usatvline Chapter 463: The One Driven Out of the Marquisate
Chapter 463: The One Driven Out of the Marquisate
"The world is full of wonders. I have seen someone who looks very similar to your brother before, but he is not your brother after all." Madam Wen laid the groundwork in advance so that even if the Queen recognized her later, she would be able to make some excuses.
After hearing what Gu Jianchu said, the people from Shangshu Mansion and Pingxibo Mansion looked at Madam Wen in surprise.
The Empress Dowager has always lived in the deep palace, and only occasionally goes out with the Emperor, but not often. How could she possibly have seen someone who looked like Madam Wen?
As for the past, the Empress had never left the capital.
Just as everyone was suspicious, Gu Jianchu's voice rang out again in the hall, "Raise your head."
Madam Wen lowered her head and dared not look up. After hearing Gu Jianchu's words, she buried her head even lower. "I am ugly and I am afraid that it will pollute the eyes of the Empress. The Empress should not look at me."
Gu Jianchu did not respond, and his fingers tapped the table naturally.
Someone around Gu Jianchu stepped forward to deal with the situation.
Zhu Xia took a step forward and raised her hand to pinch Concubine Wen's chin, forcing her to lift her head. "The Queen asked you to lift your head, which was a compliment to you, but you are so ungrateful."
Madam Wen raised her head under Zhu Xia's grip.
Gu Jianchu looked at Madam Wen's appearance carefully and said, "No wonder she looks familiar to me. She is quite cunning. After being kicked out of the Nanping Marquis's Mansion, she actually hooked up with the young master of the Shangshu Mansion."
After hearing what Gu Jianchu said, the people from Pingxi Marquis' Mansion and Shangshu Mansion were all shocked.
Even Kong Lin looked at Madam Wen with a questioning look in his eyes, "What on earth is going on with Wenwen?"
Minister Kong couldn't figure it out for a moment.
The Nanping Marquis Mansion is well-known for its kindness towards others, and is even better at treating scary people. How could they kick someone out of the mansion for no reason?
Madam Wen felt hot all over as everyone stared at her, as if she had been stripped naked and was being put on display. She bit her lip with her teeth, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, and a tear kept rolling in her eyes, as if it would fall out at any time. She kept shaking her head but could not explain a word, as if she had been wronged by the Queen and suffered a great injustice.
Kong Lin immediately held Madam Wen's hand, with a look of heartache on his face, "Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore. I said I would believe you."
However, this trick only worked on Kong Lin, but had no effect on Kong Shangshu. "I don't know what the Queen Mother meant by being kicked out of the Nanping Marquis's Mansion. Please tell me something."
Not only Minister Kong was curious, but even the Pingxi Marquis' Mansion was extremely curious about what the Queen was talking about.
Seeing that Minister Kong had asked, Gu Jianchu was not stingy and spoke frankly, "My Nanping Marquis Mansion treats servants kindly. If she hadn't done something evil, why would we drive her out? Her original name wasn't Wenwen. When she was in the Marquis Mansion, she was called Hongqiao. She was a second-class maid serving my mother. One day, my elder sister and mother discovered that this girl had evil intentions and was trying to seduce my eldest brother. Fortunately, we discovered it in time, otherwise my eldest brother would have fallen into her hands and been plotted against."
"After this incident, my mother and elder sister felt that this girl couldn't be kept, so they gave her a sum of money and drove her out of the mansion. As for what happened after she went to get it, I don't know. How she got to your Shangshu Mansion, I'm afraid only the people in your Shangshu Mansion know."
Upon hearing this, the faces of the people in the Shangshu Mansion turned completely dark.
I originally thought that she was just a poor person who wanted to climb up the social ladder in their Shangshu Mansion. I never expected that this girl was only interested in climbing up the social ladder and even had her eyes on the prince of Nanping Marquis Mansion.
Everyone in the capital knows that the Nanping Marquis's family has strict education, and even teaches their descendants not to take concubines. Even the men their daughters marry are not allowed to take concubines. The reason why Gu Jianchu entered the palace was not the intention of their Nanping Marquis's family. It was originally said that they were looking for a man for their second daughter, but the emperor suddenly ascended the throne and sent an imperial edict to let the second daughter enter the palace as queen. Everyone knows that the Nanping Marquis's family holds a large number of troops, which makes the emperor wary of them, so they did this.
However, the emperor's consideration was initially for the position of empress, not a concubine, and it was even more impossible for the royal family not to take concubines. However, it was difficult to disobey the emperor's order, and she had to enter the palace even if she was extremely unwilling.
The emperor is better than the eldest son-in-law chosen by the marquis. Although he took a concubine, he did not touch her at all. Now he sent her out of the palace intact.
If Hong Qiao succeeds in seducing her, according to the education of the Nanping Marquisate's descendants, she will become the Crown Prince's wife.
This woman has really high standards.
If that's the case, it's not surprising that he did these things and drove Mu Yao away.
Kong Lin, who had just said he believed Hong Qiao, now began to doubt her again. He slowly loosened his grip on Hong Qiao, his eyes filled with suspicion, "Wenwen, is everything the Queen said true?"
Hong Qiao didn't know how to refute these words.
Seeing Hongqiao remained silent, Kong Lin continued to inquire, "Wenwen, I'm asking you, is it true? As long as you tell me, I will believe you."
"Hey, Master Kong is truly in love. Didn't you see that she didn't dare to say a word? Isn't this silence the best proof? For a woman who would do anything to climb the ladder, he even ignored his own wife. Master Kong is truly the first person to do that."
"How can someone who is driven out of such a tolerant family like the Nanping Marquis's Mansion be a good person?" The wife of the Prince of Pingxi said directly to add insult to injury.
Their little aunt has been bullied like this, she must be unhappy if she doesn't say anything.
Her parents can't say these things, but it's okay for her to say them since she's young.
Although the people in the Shangshu Mansion didn't say anything, their expressions were extremely ugly.
The Queen Mother would never joke about such a thing. What the Queen Mother said must be true.
If anything is false, Hong Qiao will definitely refute it. Obviously, there is no way to refute it, so she can only remain silent.
It would be fine if she was just an ordinary pitiful person, but she was actually driven out of the mansion for seducing the prince of Nanping. Now she was brought back home by that rebellious son, causing chaos in the whole family. If anyone tells others about it, she will be laughed at.
While Kong Lin was still questioning, Qiu Tao came in and reported, "The Queen Mother Chongfeng has returned and said she found an important clue."
They had seen the Queen whisper a few words in Chongfeng's ear before, and then Chongfeng went out quietly. They had thought that the Queen had something to do, but they didn't expect that the Queen actually ordered Chongfeng to go out and find evidence. This meant that the Queen had already known about it before, otherwise how could she have sent Chongfeng away in time to find evidence.
In the past, some people even suspected that the reason why the Empress was able to handle those cases was because of the Emperor's presence, as well as the contributions of the Dali Temple and various officials. Unexpectedly, it was the Empress herself who saw the flaws.
Gu Jianchu nodded, "Let him in."