Chapter 396 The Undercurrent of the Feifeng Palace
On this side, before Empress Dowager Tong left, someone came in outside to report, "Empress Dowager, Empress Ming comes to pay tribute."
Empress Dowager Tong turned her head and asked, "Didn't she say she was feeling unwell? Why are she coming again now?"
"When the Empress Dowager said that she had hired an imperial doctor. She felt better, so she hurried over to pay her respects!" The palace maid replied.
Queen Mother Tong nodded with satisfaction, "She is sensible, and she knows that it is important to pay her respects."
Queen Mother Long wanted to block the outside first, but when she saw Jin Ning secretly breathing a sigh of relief, she said, "Please come in."
Jinning was really relieved. The words of this Empress Dowager Tong were really heartbreaking. She had done all her psychological construction before entering the palace. Unexpectedly, her few words of unblockedness would have defeated her defense line.
The lethality cannot be underestimated.
She even wanted to say thank you to the upcoming Cha Duanming.
"Drink medicine!" said Empress Dowager Long.
Jin Ning said oh, and finished the medicine in one breath, "Thank you Queen Mother!"
"How does it feel? Is it better?"
Queen Mother Tong turned her head and said, "How else can she feel? Where can she get better so quickly? It's only a few days that have passed, so I'm naturally sad. Don't always sprinkle salt on other people's wounds. Can you not mention this matter?"
Queen Mother Long reached out and pressed her hands, rolled her eyes, "I'm not right, we'll shut up and not say anything!"
Queen Mother Tong laughed, "It's rare to see you admit your mistake!"
Queen Mother Long saw her smiling at herself, but she couldn't laugh.
Cha Duanming brought Fang Yi in. She learned the rules taught by Aunt Guo Yu very well. After a while, she knelt down and greeted her, she was smooth and flowing, and her dignified and generous face, and her reaction was not timid at all on the spot. She really made people feel that she was a bit like a queen.
Before Empress Dowager Long could speak, Empress Dowager Tong asked with concern: "I heard that you are feeling unwell, are you getting better?"
Check Duan Ming’s blessing, “Empress Dowager Xie is concerned, I am much better.”
"What's going on? I'm sick just after I entered the palace?"
"Maybe it's because I am not adapting to the local environment, but it's no big deal. Please rest assured to the Queen Mother!" Cha Duanming answered appropriately.
Jinning stood up and blessed, "Jinning meets the Concubine Ming!"
Cha Duanming looked at her with a smile, "The princess is here too? Please give me a gift!"
"Thank you!" Jinning thanked her sincerely this time.
"Sit down!" said Empress Dowager Tong.
"Thank you Queen Mother!"
After a while of etiquette, we took our seats together.
Although Cha Duanming was respectful, he was not nervous, which made Empress Dowager Tong admire him very much and said, "Concubine Ming was dignified and generous, and she deserves to be Mr. Cha's granddaughter."
"The Queen Mother is too rewarded!" Cha Duan Ming said.
Empress Dowager Tong looked at her carefully again, and smiled and said to Empress Dowager Long, "Zhan Yan, although this Ming Concubine is not very beautiful, she looks like a very person. Do you know that?"
Queen Mother Long said, "I didn't see it when my eyes were clumsy."
Queen Mother Tong covered her mouth and smiled, "I know you have no vision, just like when the queen was young."
"Where does it look like?" Queen Mother Long looked at her, "Eyebrows, mouth, nose, how can she look like? Besides, the queen is not old now, why did she say she was young?"
Queen Mother Tong said, "If you talk about eyebrows and eyes, it doesn't look like you, but you just give people a feeling of you and a temperament. As for those who are old, compared to the Ming Concubine, the queen will be old."
"You old guy, I'm embarrassed to say that your daughter-in-law is old?" said Empress Dowager Long.
Queen Mother Tong looked at her depressedly, "Do you think everyone looks like you? She is just as old as a fairy? What kind of makeup do you use? Why does it look like it is not much different from when you entered the palace?"
Queen Mother Long smiled, "I have a good mentality and naturally young."
Cha Duanming was actually shocked. In fact, Empress Dowager Long had grown old, but she looked at her only about twenty years old. This was not something that was maintained. Even if it was taken care of, there would be traces of time on the corners of her eyes and nose wings, and her skin would slowly loosen. However, after a quick glance just now, she saw her skin tight. If she didn't know her age, at most she would be about twenty-five.
Cha Duanming was waiting for Empress Dowager Long to ask her. She had thought about many questions asked by Empress Dowager Long last night, and she had also carefully considered the answers.
She felt that Empress Dowager Long would ask about her family background, the Dongzhe Prince's Mansion, and the Iron Box. She knew that Empress Dowager Long was smart, and she didn't dare to be perfunctory. They all prepared a set of rhetoric, which was linked together. If she asked, she would not make any mistakes.
However, I sat down for a while, and Queen Mother Long didn't even look at her directly, so don't ask questions.
Finally, when I heard Empress Dowager Long speak, "Jinning, Ah She told me about the Duke's Mansion, and your brother also reported to the emperor that you will be hereditary to the Duke's position. What do you think?"
Cha Duanming's eyes tightened and she felt a little angry. She came over to pay her respects with a bad mood, but Empress Dowager Long ignored her. This was really rude.
However, Empress Dowager Long's problem surprised her slightly. She was hereditary marquis? Why?
So, she looked at Chen Jinning and heard what she said.
If she says she wants it, she is really ambitious.
A marquis is actually nothing, after all, he has no real power.
However, the meaning is different.
She is now the daughter-in-law of the Marquis' Mansion, and her parents' family is also a wealthy family. However, she always relies on the small vines that enjoy the shade under the big trees. Once she becomes a marquis, with her ability, she will become a great person within three years.
Thinking of her repeated threats to herself in the Marquis’ Mansion, if she really became a climate, she would probably hinder her great cause.
Jinning looked at Empress Dowager Long, "Actually, my brother told me about this, but this matter is not about whether I am willing or not."
Cha Duanming's eyes were almost falling off, not because of her willingness? Isn't it equivalent to telling Queen Mother Long that she is willing? She is so brave and has a thick face.
She was in a hurry and couldn't speak, so she was so anxious.
But Empress Dowager Tong said, "A woman is hereditary marquis? There is no precedent. Even if the prince does not have a biological son, he still has an adopted son. No matter how bad he is, he still has a nephew. If even his nephew cannot take on the great responsibility, he can choose from the clan. Where can this be passed on to his daughter? This is not in accordance with the rules."
Cha Duan Ming and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Empress Dowager Tong could not refute the rules. This is the rule, and there is no precedent. It is not that the males of the Duke's Mansion are dead. How can women be hereditary?
Little did she know that Empress Dowager Long said, "Was there any precedent and rule for women to rule in the court before?"
Queen Mother Tong was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this impossible at that time?"
"Why can't you do it? Do you think there are no other men in the Murong family?" Queen Mother Long asked back.
When Empress Dowager Tong remembered the past, she really made no sense, and the Murong family made no sense. She pushed her a woman forward to block the wind and rain, and she also did many stupid things.
She laughed, "How can this be confused? But you can do it as you can, and the Ai family doesn't understand it."
Cha Duanming was a little surprised to see Empress Dowager Tong so "humble" in front of Empress Dowager Long, but this may be a good thing, as long as the two empress dowagers are not as peaceful as the outside world said.
Chapter completed!