Chapter 521: Mystery
Just when Mrs. Meng was worried, the Prince Guo’s Mansion was not calm either.
Princess Guo County was so angry that she almost vomited blood after hearing the maid's retelling of the comments on the streets and alleys. Her daughter Le Wen could only cry. There was no way, so she had to go to Concubine Xue to discuss countermeasures again.
Concubine Xue was also helpless. When she was old, she would easily get tired when she thought too much. Besides, she was talking about it in the streets and alleys, and she didn’t know who was spreading rumors behind her back and couldn’t clarify. Some things became darker and darker the more they were described.
Princess Guo County didn't want to clarify anything, but she felt that her daughter was promised to be a fourth-rank official and felt very wronged. Later, Meng Ye's official position was promoted and she had real power, so she felt a little better. But in general, she still felt that the other party was not worthy of her daughter.
She raised her daughter, who was only one step away from the title of Princess. She could have asked for a title, but later she encountered the fact that she chose a royal daughter to marry her. In her life, her daughter was mistted and she did not dare to ask someone to go through the harem. Even so, the daughter was no different from the princess. If she was so wronged, she felt too wronged and there was no other way to marry an imperial edict. She also advised her daughter to accept her fate. After all, Meng Guang's father Meng Ye became bigger and bigger, and she did not feel wronged her daughter. This is better.
I really didn't expect that when I was about to start preparing for the marriage, I was about to discuss with the Meng family that the noble family would get married, but it would definitely not be possible if I didn't prepare for a year or two. At this critical moment, the Meng family's son made a fuss, and it was embarrassing to tell him about it, and he couldn't get involved with a brothel woman.
At that time, she wanted to go to the Meng family to question it, but she was persuaded by the old concubine Xue. It was the old concubine Xue who said it. Let's see how the Meng family will deal with it first. If you help conceal it, you will get the wrong thing. You are more rational here. Even if the trouble is really unreasonable in the end, you can talk to the concubines in the palace and discuss a safe way.
After that, the Meng family expelled her son from the house first. Without any tolerance, she became even more inconvenient to come to question anything. She just thought that the old concubine was right, so she just waited to make a bigger mistake. She went to the palace to say to see if the marriage could be cancelled.
But after waiting for a while, the result was indeed like this. Princess Guo County was really depressed.
This kind of thing cannot be completely clarified. Even if you take it to the palace to talk about it, the nobles in the palace will hear it. You may believe that the rumors on the streets and alleys will be so authentic.
This man is not a serious crime to have one or two confidantes in his youth. If he says he is dealing with the woman around his future son-in-law for his sake, he is too much. The brothel woman is also a life. When the people in the palace deal with the palace servants who make mistakes, he is not ruthless to those who threaten their status. But they still have to be kind and righteous and to be convinced by virtue.
The Princess Guo County was very dissatisfied with Ping in his words. He was very interested in resolving the accounts with the Meng family.
Old Concubine Xue listened quietly to her and said for a long time: "If you want to go to the Meng family to theory, what kind of result will be achieved? The Meng family is undecided. They will not deny it. Then? If you make a fuss, let the Meng family admit their mistakes, you will be able to get rid of the anger?"
"But you can't just let it go!" The anger in Princess Guo's heart could not be calmed.
Old Concubine Xue slowly turned the red sandalwood Buddhist beads in her hand, and after a while, she said, "Have you copied the scriptures I asked you to copy last time?"
Princess Guo was stunned for a moment. Last time, Old Concubine Xue mentioned something, but she just said it casually. She responded without caring about it. She thought of copying it again when she had time, but there were so many things and so annoying, so she naturally forgot about it. Now that Old Concubine Xue suddenly asked, she was a little hesitant.
The old concubine Xue sighed, "Young man, I just don't have patience. I asked you to copy scriptures to make you calm and be sincere. In addition, you will be virtuous. Those who believe in Buddhism will also bless you more."
"Old concubine, my wife knows that it's just that the prince of the county is not here recently. There are too many things in the mansion. I'm not available for a while and I'll copy it after a while." Princess Guo hurriedly explained, "When the prince of the county returns to the mansion, I will free up my hands and copy it a few more times."
Old Concubine Xue narrowed her eyes and sighed slightly, "You have no sincerity when you say this. If you just want to be perfunctory and not copy it, it would be fine. In fact, copying scriptures is to make you more calm and not get angry at all times. You have been too restless and unable to calm down recently, and you are prone to doing wrong things."
Princess Guo County was a little guilty again, just thinking that it wasn't her irritable. Can anyone not be impatient when encountering these unlucky things?
Old Concubine Xue said slowly: "The more troubles there are, the more you need to calm down, otherwise you will be more impulsive."
"Yes, the old concubine, remember my wife." Princess Guo County looked sincerely taught.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking when the maid came to report that Prince Guo was back.
When the princess of her husband came back, she was overjoyed. No matter what, a man finally came forward at home. For things like Lewen, women can only verbally sue, and it may be different for men to come forward.
Old Concubine Xue frowned and said, "Why is it so fast? Didn't the prince of the county send someone to deliver the letter before, saying that it would take about half a month to arrive?"
After saying this, Princess Guo also felt that something was strange. Even if the journey was faster, she should send a guard to come back first and report it. She could make arrangements for it herself, but why did she suddenly come back without saying a word?
The little maid couldn't explain it clearly, and only said that the prince of the county came back suddenly, so the prince and a few personal guards came back in a hurry. I don't know what happened. In addition, the prince of the county went to the warehouse as soon as he came back, as if he was looking for something.
"Go and have a look." Old Concubine Xue knew that Princess Guo must be anxious and would not keep her gossiping, and asked her to go and see the situation first. Don't have any major problems.
After the Princess Guo County saluted, he hurried over.
At the entrance of the warehouse, she happened to see Prince Guo coming out with a few bottles of ointment and other things. Her eyebrows pounded and she quickly said, "Prince, what's wrong with you? Are you injured somewhere?"
"It's not me, it's the member of the Great Zhou mission." Prince Guo said as he walked, "Half a month ago, the mission was attacked again, and the number of casualties this time was more. In addition, the female members in the mission were too scared and fell ill. The number of injured people was large. I could only stop again and rest in a small town. There were no good doctors in the town. I came back to change my clothes this time, and I had to go to the palace to ask the emperor for instructions and send the imperial doctor to help me see the doctor."
"Is that dangerous?" Princess Guo was startled. "Didn't you just said you were attacked once last time? Are you the same group of people?"
Prince Guo walked quickly, and Princess Guo Guo trotted before following. When he entered the bedroom, he put down the medicine bottle, changed into court clothes and said, "I don't know, they are all dead soldiers, and they committed suicide immediately after being caught. I don't know if it was the same group of people. In short, it's a problem, especially the wife of the Marquis of Yongxiang, who was too scared and seriously ill. If there were any problems, it would be difficult to explain to Dajing. After all, this is on the territory of my Great Zhou, and our protection is not good. It's really unreasonable."
Princess Guo County helped her husband change clothes, suddenly remembered a key question. He hurriedly asked: "Then Prince, will this matter involve you? In addition, do you want to go back? This is really too dangerous."
"There is definitely a responsibility." Prince Guo frowned, "After all, I am the one who welcomes the mission, and it is my responsibility to be unfavorable to guard the situation. This time I enter the palace, I have to apologize first. In addition to letting the emperor send the imperial physician, I also have to send more masters to protect me, so as not to have any accidents."
"This prince... since it's so dangerous, why not ask for local garrison guards?" Princess Guo County is not an uninformed woman. Prince Guo has also welcomed envoys and important distinguished guests several times before. Occasionally, he was afraid of life and so he asked local garrison guards.
Now that Prince Guo left the envoys and returned alone, it was actually very dangerous. He could not have sent him back with too many guards. This would be easy to be ambushed in the middle of the way. Prince Guo Guo was sweating all over the place after thinking about it.
Prince Guo said: "All the assassinations are masters, and ordinary soldiers are useless at all. This is not enough for too many people. Besides, the local garrison does not know the basis. If someone gets involved in the middle, it will be even more difficult to guard against.
Princess Guo County was really worried and suggested: "Master, you are working back and forth, so hard... can you take a few days off?"
"Human life is at stake, how can we slow down?" Prince Guo didn't care at all, but he really couldn't do it now. In the past few days, he actually took a lot of risks. If this envoy was attacked again after he left, it would be his responsibility to leave his post without hesitation.
But there are some things that he doesn't have to come back in person to talk to the saint. It's important, and it's easy for people to spread messages to leak information.
Princess Guo County was really worried about her husband, but seeing her husband's current appearance, she could only calm down and hope that her husband could overcome this difficulty.
If this matter is disturbed, the Meng family's affairs will seem a little insignificant. When her husband is so anxious, it is not suitable to tell him these worries.
After Prince Guo finished sorting out, he was ready to enter the palace to meet the saint.
Before leaving, he told the Princess Guo County that he would not make any news about his return, so as not to be discussed by others. If the news of frequent attacks by the envoys of Dajing was spread, it would easily cause panic. In addition, when he entered the palace, he might have rushed back directly with the imperial physician and others, and would not go home again, so that Princess Guo County would take care of the whole family more.
The Princess Guo County agreed. After Prince Guo went out, she was a little uneasy when she thought about it, so she went to the old concubine Xue again and told the old concubine Xue about the matter and asked the old concubine Xue to make an idea.
Old Concubine Xue sighed again and said, "So you have to copy more scriptures in the past day and ask the Bodhisattva to bless you more. Look, these dangerous things are one after another. It is difficult for women to interfere with men outside, so they can only do their own things."
Princess Guo sighed and said, "But the old concubine, this matter is in danger, the prince..."
"What do you want?" Old Concubine Xue narrowed her eyes and glanced at Princess Guo County.
Princess Guo County said a little embarrassedly: "Old concubine, you are familiar with the old empress in the palace. Can you enter the palace to ask for love? The prince of the county is running back and forth, and it seems so tired. Can you change someone to welcome the envoy? After all, there are many royal nobles in Yancheng..."
"Shame..." Old Concubine Xue shouted suddenly, "How can I mention this? I said that I didn't want to do it again after half of the errands? I didn't want to welcome it at the beginning. I said it was okay earlier, but now that I am like this, if I shrink, I will doubt something. Even if the Dajing envoy is like this, I will doubt something."
Princess Guo was scolded so much that she dared not speak anymore, and she just muttered, "But this is not a solution now. Old concubine, you have to think of a way. This prince of the county is also your son..."
"Can I not save you when I die?" As the old concubine Xue saw that the princess Guo County became more and more distorted, he scolded, "Earlier, when such a big thing happened to Prince Guo County's Mansion, you were worried that this was a glorious thing to welcome the envoy. Unless you deliberately neglect the other party, the person who welcomed must have a noble and decent status. This move by the emperor clearly gave the Prince's Mansion a chance. If you do a good job, the Prince's Mansion will naturally restore the glory of the previous one. But now, if you don't have to do the job well, you will have to retreat in the face of trouble. Do you think the prince's mansion has enough wealth and no longer want to ask for it?"
"Old concubine, the daughter-in-law doesn't mean this." Princess Guo County was furious when she saw the old concubine Xue, and hurriedly explained, "The daughter-in-law is just worried that the prince is the backbone of the prince's mansion. The woman is worried about her husband, but the daughter-in-law doesn't think so much."
"I didn't think so much, I can think more now." Old Concubine Xue was a little stern, "You just think about your little things, for fear that your daughter will be wronged when she gets married. Why don't you think about it? The dignity of a married daughter is given by her parents. As long as her parents are decent, who dares to take it lightly? On the contrary, if her parents are not in power, no matter how capable I am, it is inevitable that she will act according to the expressions of others. It's not that I look down on Le Wen. She is a normal wife, and if she marrys into an ordinary person, she is just like that.
For the sake of the prince's mansion, no one dares to make things difficult for her, but you choose so many times and dislike this and that only because of the poor family background. If you didn't make a marriage earlier, you would waste your time and miss the opportunity. In addition, you did something like that before... you plotted against others, but you shot yourself in the foot. As a result, you didn't think about the mistakes you made, and you wanted to hide and blame others. What's the use of?"
The Princess Guo County was scolded so severely, and she couldn't hold her face down, but the old concubine Xue was full of momentum. Instead, she didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction. She could only say aggrievedly: "The old concubine is the fault of her daughter-in-law, and the wife will think more about it in the future."
Chapter completed!