Chapter 100 The Talent of Sophistry

The Empress Dowager Gao had expected that Mu Biwei had chosen this eye bone to see herself. She must have wanted to take advantage of Sun's pregnancy. Because of Mu Qi's affection with the late emperor Ruizong in his early years, coupled with the face of Princess Wen, and Empress Dowager Gao, as Mu Biwei expected, she did not want another favorite in this palace. Compared with Sun's Tang family, even Mu Biwei's origin is closer to the kind that Empress Dowager Gao likes.

Therefore, after receiving the report from the little maidservant of Ganquan Palace, she nodded and promised to ask Mu Biwei to come in and see her. Now it was not surprising to hear Mu Biwei plead guilty. She just asked faintly, "What's wrong with you? If you are spoiled, the emperor is young and can't help but indulge in the harem. In the past two years, there have been more people who have committed this. I'm sorry that my family is old, and I don't have the heart to care more about it, and there is no one of you.

The Empress Dowager Gao seemed to be asking Mu Biwei the reason for plead guilty, but the meaning of the words was no less than telling Mu Biwei that if there was no new reason, she would not be too wordy. She was tired of hearing it.

Mu Biwei knew that the Empress Dowager Gao was Ruizong's original match, and she became the empress dowager from an ordinary princess. In the past few decades, she must have seen too many tricks of the concubines, so she dared not neglect them. She kowtowed her head first, and then said with a trace of trembling: "I am afraid. I really don't know that I have offended Ou and Ge Nuo earlier. Ke Qingyi, the close servant of the Empress Yang, is rude to the Empress Ouyang. Now she really dares not go to the Deyang Palace to plead to the Empress Ouyang. Thinking that the Empress Dowager is a kind person, she asked the Empress Dowager to turn around for me by offering plum cakes!" Because Ouyang was originally Zhaoxun, now she has been demoted to Ninghua. Although she can be called the Empress, the Empress Dowager must not like this downs. Mu Biwei called it by her surname, which is also a coincidence.

Her words were unexpected by the Empress Dowager Gao. She looked at Princess Wen and frowned and said, "What's the matter?" Of course, the Empress Dowager Gao knows who contributed behind Ouyang's punishment. Even if the Empress Dowager Gao can't know all of Mu Biwei's words, it is probably possible to infer Mu Biwei's "merit" from Ouyang's downgraded position and descended to the imperial edict after Shunhua.

It's just that the Empress Dowager Gao thought that Mu Biwei would be useful, so she planned to pretend to be confused this time. She didn't want Mu Biwei to come up and took the initiative to mention it.

"When I returned to the Empress Dowager, it was really my maidservant's fault. Because when I woke up, your majesty had gone down the imperial edict that made Ouyang's mother downgrading her position as a conservant. I couldn't do it. I wanted to go to Deyang Palace to plead with Ouyang's wife first, but I was worried that my mother was angry, but I was not afraid of punishment. Unexpectedly, the maidservant did something wrong. Ouyang's wife should punish the maidservant. Mu Biwei looked sad when she said it, and the two lines of tears fell down. She did not dare to take out with a handkerchief to wipe it. She let the tears fall on her front of her chest and continued to say sadly, "It's just that the old servant of the slave maidservant entered the palace three days ago with your majesty's kindness and brought a message that her grandmother had left for the first time because she was so big. When I opened my home, although I knew that it was a great grace for me to serve your majesty now, I was worried about it and my diet was much less. In addition, my father was not in good these two days. I thought that if it was rumored in the palace that I had done something wrong and was punished by Ouyang, my grandmother and father would definitely be more Worried, I thought left and right. Although I knew that it was really presumptuous to come and beg the empress dowager, I couldn't care..."

When it came to the last few words, Mu Biwei was already sad and speechless!

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Gao's eyebrows were already impatient, Mu Biwei wiped her tears quickly with a handkerchief, and then began to talk about the business. First, she pointed to the tie behind her, and A Shan had already followed Mu Biwei to kneel down. Now she lowered her head again. Looking at the extremely pitiful appearance, Mu Biwei said . "Empress dowager's enlightenment, the maidservant was graced and stayed in the palace to serve your majesty. Your Majesty ordered the maidservant to live according to the example of the three virtuous people, so she gave Fenghe to live, and also gave four palace maidservants to brush slaves. This maid of honor now changed her name to Wanqi with another maid of honor. Her earlier her name was Diecui, who was Zuo Zhaoyi was in charge of the palace two years ago. After the service, he was transferred to the Jique Palace.

Hearing Zuo Zhaoyi's three words, Gao Tai was even more confused and said, "Then what?"

"When the maidservant first entered the palace, she didn't know anything. She couldn't help but ask her for advice. She told the maidservant a lot of things, but she told her and another little maidservant named Genuo in the Fenghe courtyard before she went to the Jique Palace to serve. It was the maidservant who first entered the palace and was ignorant. She thought about it for a moment. Ouyang Niang!" Mu Bi said sadly, "She said that she and Ge Nuo had a very good relationship in the past, which was commensurate with her sister and brother. Before Ge Nuo was transferred to the Jique Palace, he bumped into Ke Qingyi, a close servant beside Ouyang's wife, so he was punished. Later, Ji Que was short of people. At that time, Zuo Zhaoyi was in charge of the palace and transferred the palace people from each palace to supplement it, and there was a fight. , because of Ge Nuo's earlier recklessness, he was worried that no one would continue to cause trouble if he stayed alone in the place he had served, so he dared to beg Zuo Zhaoyi. He didn't expect Zuo Zhaoyi to be virtuous and benevolent, so both of them went to Jique to serve without saying anything. The maidservant moved into Fengheyuan, and both of them were transferred!"

Here, the experience of Empress Dowager Yigao and Princess Wen in the palace has almost been able to guess Mu Biwei's next words, but she had to finish the scene. Empress Dowager Gao said lightly, "Since they offended Ouyang before you entered the palace, what does it have anything to do with you? Do you have to worry that Ouyang will embarrass you for this little thing? This is too underestimated by the girl of Ouyang's family!"

"That's what the Empress Dowager said!" Mu Bi nodded slightly and said regretfully and ashamedly, "It's all slaves who entered the palace. I was anxious to ask this and that. At that time, I heard that she and Ge Nuo had offended the people around Ouyang. I only asked the position of the Empress, but I didn't ask her deeply - and I was not afraid of the Empress Dowager's joke. When I was at home, I used to be at home because of my father and brother's age. In Yedu, my grandmother was tightly restrained and was not allowed to go out easily. Therefore, although she grew up in Yedu, she also knew little about all the people in Yedu. Of course, Ouyang's slaves and maidservants had heard of it, but when they just entered the palace at that time, they inevitably felt a little uneasy, and they didn't expect to go for a moment! I only heard that Wanqi mentioned the position of the Empress Ouyang and asked about the palace, which led to the later misunderstanding of the Empress!"

At this time, Princess Wen answered her and asked her to continue talking. Princess Wen smiled and said, "The girl of the Ouyang family was raised by the old lady of the Ouyang family. She has the best temperament. How can she pay attention to some misunderstandings? What did you do to be so scared?"

"If you return to the imperial concubine, the fault of the slave is too big." Mu Biwei wiped the corners of her eyes with a veil and said bitterly, "A few days ago, the day when the mother of Shunhua sent out the pregnancy letter, the mother of Rong Hua of the Qilan Hall of Pingle Palace invited Ouyang to enjoy the plum. In the middle, the mother of Rong Hua thought of the slave maidservant, so she also called the maidservant. The maidservant went there and met Ouyang, but she didn't I thought that Ouyang's mother was unpretentious when she saw the slave maidservant. At that time, the slave maidservant did not know the origin of Ouyang's mother. However, after listening to Rong Hua's introduction, she thought that Ouyang's mother was afraid that Ouyang's maidservant was angry because of her arm that day--

When she said this, Empress Dowager Gao said unhappily, "What nonsense!" Even if Ouyang's surname is not Gao, it is still the girl of the Gao family. Although Empress Dowager Gao knows that Mu Bi must have the following, she is not happy to hear this.

"Where do you think Ouyang's wife is angry? Mu Biwei covered her face with her sleeves, and she looked like an indescribable shame. She sighed, "I think Ouyang's mother is the first concubine, not only the direct daughter of the Ouyang family, but also the niece of the empress dowager. Don't say that Ge Nuo and Wanqi are just ordinary palace people, that is, slaves and maidservants, how can they enter the eyes of Ouyang? I'm afraid that the reason why Ouyang Niang looks unprehensitant is that the Empress's rules are strict, and the slaves and maidservants have only entered the palace for a few days. After all, they have never learned the rules in the palace. There are shortcomings in advancing and retreating with the Empress. The Empress is not hesitant to follow the rules - this is also that the Empress does not want to give ugly to the maidservants, so she has never clearly say that only His face appeared, and he intended to raise some slaves and maidservants! But I don't want to be as stupid as my maidservant and trample on my mother's good intentions! Slave maidservant...servant really deserves to die!"

"Dis because of this doubt that survived in Pingle Palace, later, because Shunhua's mother was pregnant and fainted in the prayer hall, His Majesty asked the next day because he cared about his children. After that, Your Majesty thought that because of the anxiety of Shunhua Niang's mother's birth, he was furious when he heard that Ouyang Niang was indeed in Pingle Palace the day before, and issued the decree of surrendering Ouyang Niang on the spot! Seeing this, the maidservant was too scared to say anything more. Later, your majesty restrained her anger and called the maidservant over to question carefully. The maidservant did not meet Shunhua's mother, so she only told your majesty how she had been summoned to the Pingle Palace. Your Majesty heard the maidservant say that the maidservant Ouyang asked the maidservant to fold more plum blossoms and send them to Deyang Palace. Later, he was very angry and asked the maidservant Shunhua Niang if the conflict with Ouyang Niangniang was to break the plum blossoms. Because I didn't see Shunhua Niang and didn't know why Shunhua Niang was angry, I told your majesty that I didn't know. Thinking of the famous photo of King Gaoyang, Mu Biwei temporarily changed her face-to-face to meet. Later, the voice became smaller, but the guilt on her face became more and more. In the end, she couldn't even raise her head. "Your Majesty was worried about the children of Shunhua's mother, and asked the maidservant Ouyang's maidservant that there were a lot of attendants. In addition, the Empress was also Lady Ronghua when she went to Pingle Palace. Invited, why did many palace people want to call slaves from the Xuanshi Hall to fold plum blossoms for Ouyang Niang? The maidservant couldn't answer, and your majesty asked anxiously... The maidservant... The maidservant was afraid, and then thought about it, so she told her majesty about her and Genuo, and guessed whether Ouyang's mother angered her because of this!"

Speaking of this, she didn't want the Empress Dowager Gao to talk to Princess Wen. She knocked on the ground heavily. When she raised her head, her forehead was already red. She said in a ashamed voice: "It was the maidservant who was reckless and ignorant and offended the Empress Ouyang. Although your majesty scolded the maidservant at that time and told her again. The origin of the maidservant Ouyang, after listening to it, the maidservant was simply ashamed! Although I immediately thought of going to Deyang Palace to plead with my mother, but... I thought of my grandmother and father..."

She lowered her head and dared not say anything more, but tears fell on the bricks in front of her.

The Empress Dowager Gao and Princess Wen looked at each other, and the former's eyes showed a trace of complexity.

After a long time, Mu Biwei waited for the voice of the Empress Dowager Gao, faint and without any bias: "Get up and talk first!"

At this time, Mu Biwei did not dare to be relieved. She kowtowed again before standing up and said ashamed, "I am really shameless."