Concubine like a house

Chapter 166: Long-term hatred is worse than water (3)
"Since you know that the Ai family treated you with sincerity, then you promise the Ai family one thing." At this point, the Empress Dowager Ye was unwilling to lose everything, and wanted to make a final fight for her only son Nie Peixiao.

Originally, Emperor Tianshou really felt a little bit of intolerance, but when the Empress Dowager Ye said this, his heart suddenly turned cold, and the guilt and intolerance disappeared immediately: "No matter when and where, the mother will never forget to plan for the ninth brother. "

There was sarcasm and anger in Tianshoudi's deep voice, but more of it...envy.In this life, he will never enjoy this selfless affection.He is destined to be a lonely king.Sitting in the country, holding the world in his hands, but unable to hold the closest people around him, he wants to watch them go away from him.

At this moment, Queen Mother Ye also felt extremely sad.She admitted that she had plotted against Emperor Tianshou, but after all, this was the son she had raised for more than ten years, and she had really planned for him and fought for him.Because of him, she climbed to the pinnacle of a woman and became the queen mother of a country; because of him, she fell into the abyss and was about to be smashed to pieces.

Finally, Empress Dowager Ye finally softened her voice and said: "As a parent, one must naturally plan for one's children. The Ai family is willing to hand over the Ye family in Quzhou. I just ask the Holy One to allow the Ai family to let Xiao'er marry Xie Peili."

"You are really persistent." Emperor Tianshou's face darkened again, "What if I don't agree?"

"Then Aijia will only die in peace." The Queen Mother Ye's exquisite makeup has long been distorted, revealing oldness and powerlessness.She caressed the peak of her eyebrows, and finally sighed: "Xiao'er is destined to have no fate with Mrs. Chuxiu, and now Ai's family is going to leave him. I wanted to find someone to rely on for him...a cruel and heartless person like you can't guarantee his future." I won't change my mind. If after Aijia's death, you backtrack and plot against Xiao'er, wouldn't Aijia's death be in vain?"

"It turns out that in the heart of the queen mother, I am this kind of person."

"Who are you, Aijia didn't see clearly before."

Didn't see clearly before?A burst of fury suddenly surged in the eyes of Emperor Tianshou: "I have the heart to honor you, to repay you for your upbringing, and to be sincere and respectful to the nine brothers and sisters. But mother, you are too greedy! I have to guard against it."

"Brothers and brothers respectful?" Empress Dowager Ye seemed to have heard some big joke, and laughed terribly, "If you really want to 'brothers and brothers respect' with Xiaoer, it's not too late after Ai's death... ...As long as you agree to Aijia's condition."

Emperor Tianshou pondered for a long time when he heard the words, but he asked: "The queen mother has fought with Mrs. Xie Tai for half her life, why do you trust her to entrust the ninth brother to her?"

"It was after fighting for half a lifetime that the Ai family understood what she was like." The corner of Queen Mother Ye's lips curled into a subtle smile, "It's just like you and Chen Xuan, who are rivals in love, but also sympathetic to each other. There is no delay in the two."

These words evoked many memories of Emperor Tianshou, and a few indistinct expressions flashed across his face.

Empress Dowager Ye didn't know what was going on in his heart, she waited while he didn't speak, and finally, she waited for the compromise of Emperor Tianshou: "I promise you."

"Okay, okay, it's not in vain for the Ai family to raise you." The Empress Dowager Ye nodded with satisfaction, and smiled weakly again, "Those who died at the hands of the Ai family in this life, concubines, maidservants, eunuchs... If there is no one thousand, there are eight hundred, and now it is the turn of Aijia to pay for his life. It is not a loss to die! It is not a loss at all!"

She sat back on the chair again, and said slowly: "Actually, the Holy Majesty, there is no need to worry. Xiao'er is not a talent for governing the country. As long as the Ai family dies and the Ye family falls, he will not threaten you. Xie Badan is not a fool. He will support another How much effort does the emperor have to spend? She puts the Yun family's foundation first in everything, so how can she come to support the son of the Ai family?"

"Since I have promised my mother, I will bear the consequences with all my strength, so you don't need to say more." Emperor Tianshou replied.

Empress Dowager Ye finally resigned to her fate and returned to her usual calm.She looked down at her hands, no matter how well maintained they were, they had already betrayed her true age.She is almost 50 years old, and she has lost, won, peaked, and glorified in this life, and it is not in vain to live.

"Your Majesty, hurry up and issue a decree to confer marriage. When you issue this decree, Aijia will be as you wish." Empress Dowager Ye whispered.

"Okay. As soon as possible." Emperor Tianshou replied four words quickly.

"Ai's family goes back to the palace and wait." After finishing speaking, the Empress Dowager Ye turned around and walked out of the holy study without even looking at Emperor Tianshou.

Outside the door, Zhang Chunxi and a group of maidservants were by his side, but they still don't know what happened.Empress Dowager Ye regained her three-point smile, and ordered decently: "Go back to the palace." After speaking, she took a special look at Zhang Chunxi, and did not speak again.

Zhang Chunxi shivered for no reason, then he regained his composure, and shouted in a high voice: "The empress dowager drives back to the palace!"

Empress Dowager Ye seemed to be pierced by the shrill voice, she frowned and touched the pendant on her left ear, and sent back to the Palace of Mercy without saying a word.

"Empress Dowager, please have some tea." As soon as Empress Dowager Ye sat down in her palace, a palace maid in green came over to serve tea with a cup of tea.

Empress Dowager Ye took the teacup without raising her head, but at the same time she stretched out her hand, she saw a plain silver bracelet with nine bends on the wrist of the palace maid.This bracelet is made of sterling silver, it is not expensive, but the engraving on it took some effort, it is very delicate and delicate.

This bracelet was one of Empress Dowager Ye's dowry, she couldn't put it down when she was in her boudoir, but after entering the palace, she was used to seeing gold, silver, pearls and emeralds, so she didn't care about this small silver bracelet.It's useless to keep it, and it's a pity to throw it away, so she thought about using it as a reward, but the material of the bracelet is not valuable enough, so it's not easy to reward others casually.So half a year ago, Empress Dowager Ye gave the bracelet to a servant girl in the tea palace as a reward for her excellent tea art.

And this maidservant is Zihan, an orphan girl of the Jiang clan who came to Jingzhou with Emperor Tianshou two years ago.At that time, Emperor Tianshou didn't want to bring her into the palace, but he couldn't bear to see her fall into a brothel like Luan Su with such a beautiful face, so he sent her to Empress Dowager Ye's Palace of Mercy, and sent her off on an errand at will.

Zihan was born in Jiangdi, proficient in poison and pharmacology, and was assigned the task of serving tea after coming to the Palace of Mercy.She knew very well that this was a good opportunity to reach the sky in one step, so she devoted herself to the study of tea art, and she achieved little success in the past two years.

Now, half of the seven or eight kinds of tea that Empress Dowager Ye used to drink were created by Zihan himself. Not only is she deeply loved by Empress Dowager Ye herself, even Empress Zhuang Xiaoran sent people to learn it.Thinking of these inside stories, Queen Mother Ye looked up at Zihan.

Zihan felt uneasy when he was looked at, quickly lowered his head, and asked obediently: "Empress Dowager, did the servants do a bad job and made you angry?"

Empress Dowager Ye smiled: "No, you've done a good job... Ai Jia just thinks of your entry into the palace and feels emotional."

When Zihan heard this, he quickly replied: "My maidservant was young and ignorant when she entered the palace, it was you who taught me well, and this maidservant is very grateful."

Empress Dowager Ye smiled again: "You don't have to pretend to be obedient in front of Ai's family. Ai's family knows why you serve with all your heart. It's been two years, and you want to ask for a chance to be recommended, so that Ai's family can send you to the dragon bed. Aijia guessed right?"

Zihan was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a "plop" and kowtowed repeatedly: "I don't dare, this servant is really grateful to the Queen Mother, and wants to stay by your side and serve you wholeheartedly."

With a sound of "click", Queen Mother Ye put the teacup on the table and did not order her to get up, but said lightly: "Okay, Ai's family has been in the palace for so many years, you can't deceive anyone with your little thought. The maid wants to do it Concubine Gong, there is nothing wrong with it, and the Ai family didn't say anything about you."

"The Empress Dowager..." Zihan was still afraid for a while, and suddenly felt that something big was about to happen.

"You raise your head." Queen Mother Ye commanded in a deep voice.

Zihan was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to show it, so he slowly raised his eyes and looked at Queen Mother Ye, his eyes showed a bit of anxiety and expectation.

Empress Dowager Ye nodded when she saw this: "Well, after staying in the Charity Palace for two years, I have learned to speak and behave." After she finished speaking, she looked at the cup of tea on the table and tapped the lid lightly, "Now This tea is ready, it's time to serve it."

Empress Dowager Ye spoke too vaguely, Zihan was very puzzled: "I don't understand what you mean..."

"The meaning of Aijia is... for the sake of serving you wholeheartedly for two years, Aijia will fulfill your wish." Queen Mother Ye got up from her seat, went to the inner room to take out a bottle of pills, and gave it to her son. Han: "This medicine has been in use for more than ten years, and it must have lost its effectiveness. Since you were born in Jiangdi, you might as well think about it yourself and change the prescription."

Zihan took the medicine bottle, still half-understood, but he knew what was interesting and didn't ask any more questions.

Empress Dowager Ye waved her hand at Zihan: "Don't disappoint your face. Go on, Aijia is tired."

"Your servant will leave." Zihan didn't dare to say more, she clenched the medicine bottle with both hands, bent over and bowed and retreated.

Empress Dowager Ye kept watching Zihan walk away before taking a few sips from the teacup again.She is used to things with solid colors and doesn't like colorful decorations. Even this teacup is pure white enamel without any pattern.

The tea smoke is light, and the tea cup is pure in color, like a mirror, reflecting Empress Dowager Ye's eyebrows on it.There are some wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and her thin eyebrows are sculpted into distant mountain brows. The color is slightly lighter, slender and relaxed, coupled with the eyes that have experienced the world, it should be elegant, peaceful, and kind.

But at this moment, through the pure white wall of the teacup, Queen Mother Ye suddenly found that her brows were extremely sharp, with a bit of calculation and a bit of revenge.

Nie Peihan!You let Aijia's mother and child separate, and Aijia wants you to pay the price!

The Empress Dowager Ye gritted her teeth in her heart, and suddenly a delicate and indifferent face appeared in front of her eyes, which gradually overlapped with Zihan... Which is the new love?Which is the old love?Who has ever paid sincerity to whom?
The long summer is gone, and the setting sun is receding, just like the ups and downs of Queen Mother Ye's life.She has gone through the splendid spring and summer, all the way to the harvest autumn, but her life will come to an abrupt end.

(End of this chapter)