noffsinger Chapter 747 The Queen Mother is Here Again
Chapter 747 The Queen Mother is Here Again
Concubine Chang said: "Yang'er has already told me. Alas! I don't know what happened to Yu Rou. Why is she talking nonsense like this?"
"Can the Concubine Dowager persuade my fourth sister-in-law to clarify the matter? I think she will listen to her and tell the truth to clear my name. With this stain, all the ministers in the court and even the people of the world will lose confidence in the royal family. This incident will also have a great impact on my fourth brother. I have always respected him, but now such a misunderstanding has occurred." Xie Shang's face was full of sorrow. "I am too ashamed to see anyone now, and I will be even less ashamed to see the ancestors of the Xie family in the future."
Concubine Chang's face was not good either. "How could Yu Rou be so confused? What she did was not only harming the emperor, but also herself. A woman's reputation is more important than her life. Does she mean she doesn't want to live by saying this?"
Jiang Fenghua interrupted, "So please ask the Concubine to persuade the Fourth Sister-in-law to tell her who instructed her to do this. If she has any unspeakable secrets, please tell her."
Concubine Chang said: "I will try my best to persuade her."
"Zhang Yurou is a shameless bitch. I don't know whose bastard she gave birth to, but she dared to rely on the emperor. Such a morally corrupt woman should be dragged out to be paraded through the streets and then skinned alive." At this moment, Empress Dowager Cheng came in a hurry with her men. Empress Dowager Cheng said in a cold voice.
When Empress Dowager Cheng arrived, Concubine Chang quickly stood up and saluted, "You are here to see the Empress Dowager."
Queen Mother Cheng gave her a cold look. "Zhang Yurou is your daughter-in-law. It is your responsibility if you cannot control her. The Fourth Prince is weak and incompetent and cannot control her. As their mother, you should manage the family for your son. I have long advised you to move out of the West Palace and live in the Fourth Prince's Mansion to train your daughter-in-law. Now that such a big thing has happened, it is too late to say anything. You have brought shame to the royal family."
Empress Dowager Cheng pointed at Concubine Chang and said a lot, "Chang Mingxiu, how can I say anything about you? You should have left the palace to protect your son. He can't control a woman. He is thirty years old and still hasn't been weaned. Since Zhang Yurou is not a good wife, she will be beaten until she is a good wife. The royal family has to maintain its reputation, and now my son has been implicated."
Concubine Chang was scolded and didn't want to say a word to her.
Just as Empress Dowager Cheng was about to speak, Xie Shang said in a deep voice, "Mother."
Empress Dowager Cheng's expression changed immediately, as if she had just noticed Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua. "The Emperor and Empress are here too! I heard about what happened in the Golden Palace and I'm extremely worried. The only plan now is to get Zhang Yurou to change her words and say that she said that under duress and try to restore the Emperor's reputation. Concubine Chang and Xie Yang will go together to clarify the rumors and say that the child is the Fourth Prince's. As for Zhang Yurou, say that she said that on purpose in order to frame the Emperor..."
"Mother, please go back to the palace first! I will take care of these things." Xie Shang said in a deep voice.
When Empress Dowager Cheng saw the impatience in her son's eyes, and thought about how he had not visited her palace to pay his respects to her for a long time, she felt very sad. For Jiang Fenghua, he really disregarded the mother-son relationship at all. It really lived up to the old saying among the people that a man forgets his mother when he gets a wife.
Xie Yang is different. He always puts Concubine Chang first in everything and has been protecting his mother since he was young.
"The dirty water has been thrown on you, how are you going to deal with it? Whether you and Zhang Yurou were together or not, you can't explain it clearly." Empress Dowager Cheng said, "But for men, even if there is something, it is human nature. So many years have passed, even if there is something, you can't admit it, because you are the emperor now, with a noble status. It's been so long, you can't explain it clearly.
I remember that Zhang Yurou wanted to marry you, but was rejected by my mother. If I had known, I would have married Zhang Yurou to avoid you getting involved with Su Tingwan. Later, you married someone else..."
She glanced at Jiang Fenghua, who had married the woman she hated the most into the palace: "If Xie Ruoyi is really a princess, we will find a reason to let her enter the palace to recognize her ancestry. Since the royal heir is weak, let the stepmother... let the queen arrange the selection of concubines, and everything will be based on the royal heir."
Jiang Fenghua sat upright. Empress Dowager Cheng did not dare to offend her openly now, but from what she said, she regretted not marrying Zhang Yurou into the mansion, and instead let her occupy her son.
What's even more ridiculous is that Empress Dowager Cheng actually thought that what Zhang Yurou said about Xie Shang was true. She really slept with his son and was pregnant with his child. She also wanted Xie Ruoyi to enter the palace to be a princess.
What did she mean by this? Did she bring a child into the palace on purpose to disgust people?
Empress Dowager Cheng must have something wrong in her head to say these things. It is shameless that such a thing happened between her uncle and sister-in-law. He is still the emperor. If such a thing gets out, how will people in the world view the emperor?
If it was really Xie Yang who designed all this, it has to be said that he was indeed overestimating himself. He used his wife and children to directly ruin the emperor's reputation. Xie Shang would really be in a state of panic next.
At this moment, Xie Shang felt heartbroken. His mother did not believe him either. She had never really understood her son.
Compared with Xie Yang, Xie Yang is indeed happier than him. At least Concubine Dang’s smile is warm.
Hearing Empress Dowager Cheng still chattering, he said coldly: "Please go back, mother. This matter has nothing to do with you." He had already restrained his attitude.
Queen Mother Cheng's eyes flashed with anger, "Shang'er, mother is worried about you. I am your biological mother. You ran to the West Palace to ask Concubine Chang to help you, but you are unwilling to listen to mother's advice?"
"I thank my mother for her concern. You can go back to the palace first!" Xie Shang said in a deep voice.
Empress Dowager Cheng was so angry after being rejected that she looked at Jiang Fenghua and deliberately said, "The emperor will still have to add concubines to the harem in the future. The matter of Zhang Yurou and Shang'er is a thing of the past. The queen does not need to take it to heart. The most important thing now is to help the emperor deal with this matter. I will return to the palace first."
The more Empress Dowager Cheng said this, the more it proved that Xie Shang and Zhang Yurou had once had an affair. She was just trying to anger Jiang Fenghua on purpose. She was annoyed whenever she saw Jiang Fenghua.
Jiang Fenghua had never seen such a mother. No wonder Xie Shang had never felt a bit of warmth from Empress Dowager Cheng.
After Queen Mother Cheng left, Xie Shang's face turned green with anger. He did not just walk away, but controlled his emotions with reason and said gently: "Don't mind, Queen Mother. Mother has always been like this."
Concubine Chang has lived with Empress Dowager Cheng for decades and of course knows her temper. "The Empress Dowager also cares about the Emperor." With Empress Dowager Cheng being like this, Xie Shang would never be able to get close to her.
After Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua left the West Palace, Xie Yang came out from the dark, "Mother."
Concubine Chang said, "I'll go see Zhang Yurou and pretend. You can go back to the palace! You are the victim now."
"Is it really good for us to ruin Xie Shang's reputation?" Xie Yang asked, "Does mother really think her son can become emperor?"