Qi Yuning coughed a few times and put her hand on her head and said, "Empress Dowager, I feel very dizzy and uncomfortable, and my heart feels very stuffy. I won't stay with you any longer. I will go back to the house to rest first." Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Qi Yuning's back as he stood up before leaving, and frowned, "Yu Ning, why don't you have to go against the Ai family?" Qi Yuning listened to Empress Dowager Zhou's threat and laughed sarcastically: "I have never wanted to oppose you, Empress Dowager. I respect you as the Empress Dowager, but I don't want to give in again and again. You should have respected my reputation earlier." Just heard of it. Zhou Jiayun had previously flirted with Lu Ze when I was in confinement. I really couldn't bear to express it because of your face. If you had discussed the matter of making Zhou Jiayun the concubine with us instead of directly issuing the decree, I would not be seriously ill now. Without any discussion, you tried to arrange for a girl from the Zhou family to be your concubine. You are also a woman, and you once fell in love with King Duan. Can't you understand how I feel? " Qi Yuning said respectfully again: "I have never wanted to be against you. Otherwise, I asked for divorce and gave up the position of regent princess to your niece. As long as you dare to sit in this position, you can sit wherever you like. . I respect you so much, and you still want to accuse me of being against you. I am really unjust! " Empress Dowager Zhou took a deep breath and just returned to Ci'an Palace after leaving Prince Qi's Mansion. Then I heard the palace maid coming to report Mrs. Zhou's arrival.
Empress Dowager Zhou repeatedly ordered Mrs. Zhou to enter. Mrs. Zhou entered and cried bitterly: "Empress Dowager, there are rumors outside that Zhou Shangshu has not taught his daughter strictly and is not worthy of the post of Minister of Rites. What should we do?" "Somewhere else, a group of common people came here. They all called Jiayun vile in front of my Zhou Mansion. They used their power to force people to make peace with each other, and to steal their husbands... We don't want the position of concubine of the regent, we don't want it anymore. " Mrs. Zhou made a gesture and cried bitterly: "I just want to be a concubine. I didn't expect that Princess Qi would come to belittle us like this..." Empress Dowager Zhou frowned when she heard this and said, "Now it's not up to you to ask for the position of concubine. I just returned from Prince Qi's Mansion. Qi Yuning said that the only way to calm this matter is to marry Zhou Jiayun out of Shengjing City. Marry a commoner and not enter Shengjing City. If Jiayun wants to stay in Shengjing City and find a well-matched match, she can only become a concubine!" Mrs. Zhou was extremely shocked and said angrily: "Qi Yuning, this damned thing, actually despises my daughter like this. Although Your Majesty has to rely on the Qi family now, Your Majesty will grow up one day. With her wings full, she actually dares to let His Majesty’s direct cousin be his concubine. She is so arrogant! Aren’t you afraid that one day the wealth will no longer exist?” Empress Dowager Zhou took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty is still young. The only way to calm down this incident now is according to Qi Yuning's wish. A happy event is coming to the princess's house. If Qi Yuning doesn't go back until the day of Prince Lu's big day, then Our Zhou family's reputation has been completely ruined in front of the nobles in Man Shengjing." Mrs. Zhou was really crying at this moment, "What should we do? My Jiayun has such an outstanding appearance, even if she marries a prince and nobleman as her main wife, she is chosen at will, and it would be a pity to only be a side wife... " Empress Dowager Zhou said: "On the way back to the palace, the Ai family had thought about it. You and I would not be at ease after all if we let Jiayun marry a commoner from out of town. Now in Mansheng Capital, the only one who does not wrong Jiayun as a concubine is King Jin." Empress Dowager Zhou held up the teacup on the side, sipped the tea in the cup and said, "It just so happens that there is no main concubine in the Prince Jin's palace, and the same goes for the side concubines and the main concubine." Mrs. Zhou said: "Prince Jin? Prince Jin has treated my Jiayun badly after all." Empress Dowager Zhou frowned and said: "You previously said that marrying Jiayun to Lu Ze as a concubine was for His Majesty's sake. Now, isn't it also for Your Majesty that you are marrying Jiayun to King Jin?
After all, Prince Jin is still Lu Ze's biological uncle. After Jiayun marries Prince Jin as his concubine, the Zhou family can more or less use Prince Jin to suppress the Qi and Lu mansions. " Mrs. Zhou remembered that Prince Jin was five years older than Lu Ze, which meant that he was eleven years older than Jiayun. He was not as powerful as Lu Ze in the court. Although he was a prince, in the end He is also a prince whose situation is over and has made no achievements in the court. Marrying the King of Jin as a concubine would be such a injustice to Zhou Jiayun. Seeing Madam Zhou's expression, Queen Mother Zhou said, "Why are you still unwilling?" Madam Zhou said helplessly, "Everything is up to the Queen Mother." …… In Prince Qi's Mansion. After Lu Ze entered Chunjiang Courtyard, he saw Qi Yuning who was teasing Lingling and asked, "I heard that the Queen Mother came to the palace today?" Qi Yuning smiled lightly and said, "Here we are, I thought they wouldn't be in such a hurry."
Lu Ze said: "The Queen Mother has withdrawn her decree. You should also go back to the Princess Mansion as soon as possible." Qi Yuning snorted softly and said: "I'm not happy with the New Year's Day, and I'm not so kind. I gave Zhou Jiayun two ways, one is to marry a commoner outside Shengjing City, the other is to marry Sheng Jiayun." A man from the capital will be her concubine. When will she make an appointment to get married? When will I recover from my illness and return to the princess' mansion?" Lu Ze said: "When the court begins, I will find trouble and demote Zhou Guojiu out of Shengjing City. He will never want to enter the court again in his life. Why are you going to care about Zhou Jiayun's marriage?" Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Isn't it easy to demote the Minister of Rites?" Lu Ze smiled softly and said: "Uncle Zhou Guo was promoted by exception. It is not difficult to demote him. But if it is not possible, how many more years can the old man of the Zhou family live? When the time comes for Uncle Zhou Guo Ding You, I will not give him any more Arrange any errands. Now that the Queen Mother has withdrawn her decree, the reputation of the Zhou family has been ruined, and you are so angry, you'd better take Lingling home as soon as possible. " Qi Yuning thought about it and finally stopped pretending to be sick. After all, Lu Yun's wedding was imminent, and she couldn't really ignore everything. She had to give some face to her sister-in-law's entry. Early the next morning, Qi Yuning followed Lu Ze back to the princess mansion. When Princess Pingrou saw Qi Yuning coming back, she took Lingling from Lu Ze and said, "I was just going to the palace to find the Queen Mother to return my daughter-in-law. Now you are back. My precious Lingling is finally back." .” Qi Yuning said: "Mother has been worried these past few days." Princess Pingrou said: "It's good to come back. That Zhou family girl is really shameless." Qi Yuning and Lu Ze returned to the room. When Qi Yuning was about to help Princess Pingrou to lecture the cook at the wedding banquet a few days later, Xiaoman ran in in a hurry, "Princess, it's not good, it's not good. !” Qi Yuning looked at Xiaoman anxiously and said, "What's wrong?" Xiaoman said: "The Empress Dowager Zhou issued a decree early this morning to give Zhou Jiayun to King Jin as his concubine. King Jin has already accepted the decree. This week, Zhou Jiayun will become King Jin's concubine..." Qi Yuning whispered softly: "The Queen Mother chose the most important side room for her niece, but she still feels unwilling to do so!" Xiao Man said: "Then have we really offended the Queen Mother? Your Majesty is still young now, and when he grows up..." Qi Yuning smiled and said: "It will still grow in the future. It is enough for us to do our part well."
