Chapter 67

Empress Dowager Yang is a hard-working woman who likes to make her own decisions. This may have something to do with her life experience. Empress dowager Yang had a very successful life. As a young girl, she was born in a well-off family and had no worries about food and clothing. Later, she entered the palace in the draft, so she didn't have to worry about her livelihood.

After entering the palace, although she had a fair pet, she couldn't stand it. Fortunately, she became pregnant after a limited number of times, and then directly gave birth to the eldest son. Because the mother's son was expensive, Empress Dowager Yang was granted the title of Queen. After a few years, the imperial concubine, who was most favored by the emperor, gave birth to the second prince.

The second prince was granted the title of King Rong at a young age. The former Emperor loved the child very much, and even once had the idea of making him the prince. However, due to the rule of "having a legitimate person to establish a legitimate person without a legitimate person to establish a leader" and the huge civil servants of the previous dynasty, this idea could not be carried out. Empress Dowager Yang, who was still queen at that time, became ruthless in the harem because she gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor. She also vigorously promoted her younger brother and had a bloody fight with the royal family.

Mortals can't get involved in the fight between immortals. Even the same Prince has high and low status. Li Huan, the king of Kang whose mother is only a low-level maid, is obviously the low-level one. Empress Dowager Yang didn't care about King Kang at first, but she was just a prince who was not in favor and had little talent. She got the title early and became a vassal. Having more children on the vassal land was her greatest contribution to the imperial court.

However, no one expected that the prince would fight with King Rong. For a moment, he didn't investigate the accident. The first emperor was furious when he heard about it. Empress Yang and Yang Fucheng refused to give up. They finally found out that the so-called accident of the prince was just the assassination of King Rong.

As a result, the king of Rong was demoted to be a commoner, and the domineering imperial concubine also fell down. The former Emperor lost two sons one after another. After dealing with the queen of Rong, he fell ill.

Empress Dowager Yang has avenged her enemies for half of her life, but her son will never come back. After the Empress Dowager Yang suffered, at the suggestion of Yang Fucheng, she took the initiative to call King Kang, who gave birth in the vassal area, back to Beijing.

The throne is bound to be cheap. It's better to do it yourself and sell a new emperor's favor than to choose one from his mother's family by the ministers. Empress Dowager Yang chose Li Huan, king of Kang. Before Li Huan arrived in Beijing, the former emperor died before he could see his third son who was not in favor.

After that, Empress Dowager Yang arranged the funeral of the former Emperor and the ceremony of Li Huan's accession to the throne, and she was promoted to empress dowager. Immediately, Empress Dowager Yang's power in the harem expanded rapidly, reaching the peak after the second empress of the Yang family.

At the same time, the Yang family has also been promoted. Yang Fucheng is in charge of the cabinet. He is basically the actual master of the country.

Although there were twists and turns in Empress Dowager Yang's life, she developed according to her expectation, so she became extremely arbitrary and tough, and no one dared to refute her words.

Empress Dowager Yang said that she wanted to go out of the palace to fulfill her wish. No matter whether it was feasible to go out of the palace in the cold winter or not, how much manpower and material resources it would cost, how many people it would take to fight, and how many people it would cost, she said that the palace was going out of the palace. And this time the emperor also followed the monkey, even to accompany the Empress Dowager to incense. The Ministry of rites and the royal guards were in a hurry to clear a clean and safe road before December.

In the early days of December, the Empress Dowager and the emperor's instrument set out from the Imperial Palace and went all the way to Xiangji mountain.

When the Empress Dowager went out, her retinue meandered for ten li, and there were countless supplies. Yi Luan Wei, who was the first to open the way, had already left the city. The Empress Dowager's carriage had not yet been used out of the palace, and the accompanying wife was waiting in the same place. It was only in the early morning when the sun was shining that we finally moved forward a few steps.

The Empress Dowager was accompanied by female officials and eunuchs, as well as the wives of the officials and the ladies of xungui. These wives also had servant girls. It was impossible for a servant girl like half a young lady to do rough work. There were also special servants and miscellaneous servants It is conceivable how huge the team is when the personnel are stacked up layer by layer.

Cheng Haoyu was also a member of her family. Although she was very tired, she didn't have to do anything. The Empress Dowager's pilgrimage to Xiangji temple is not for her to accompany her. The Yang family and other prominent families have already occupied all these places. However, once the Marquis's residence in Yichun has no sense of existence, and there are no prominent relatives and friends, it's no problem to follow the army to Xiangji temple.

At this moment, Rao Shi and Cheng Yujin can't help sighing in her heart that it's no better to work hard and waste money. Cheng Yujin is still miss Hou Fu. She has been suffering a lot at the end of the day. What are the officials in charge of this matter and the servants below?

Move your mouth above and break your leg below. But what can I do? Cheng Yujin doesn't dare to complain. She still smiles politely and goes to the lounge to greet Mrs. Cheng.

Xiangji temple covers a vast area, Rao is so, it is not easy to place so many ladies and ladies all of a sudden. Because of the limited space, the largest and most spacious fragrant room is naturally the Empress Dowager's, followed by Mrs. Yang's and Mrs. Qian's, as well as several young grannies and aunts of the Yang family. Then there are many royal relatives, princesses and princesses. When it comes to ordinary nobility, there are only five or six people left in a second-class fragrant room.

However, it's good to be in the incense room. There are many ladies who don't even have a place to stay outside. On such an important occasion, you can't sit outside, so you can only stand all the way. Old lady Cheng, because she is old and experienced, is also lucky to have a rest in the guest room. Although her husband is useless, Princess Qingfu is a princess after all. She has royal face and a seat.This is probably the most concentrated time of honor density. The ladies, who are usually well-off, have to bear to squeeze together in a small room at the moment. If the younger generation of which family comes to visit, it is natural for everyone to comment together.

This is exactly the purpose of Cheng Yujin. She came here to show her face. Taking advantage of such a good opportunity today, she has to show her talents and generosity in front of her wife as much as possible. It's uncertain where her marriage will come from.

Cheng Yujin went to old lady Cheng's house according to little monk's instructions. Today is a natural social platform. No one will give up a great opportunity. Everyone flows in a small area, and Mrs. Cheng's place of residence is not fixed. Cheng Yujin followed Princess Qingfu just now and scattered with old lady Cheng. If she wants to go back now, she has to ask the way to Shami first.

Cheng Yujin passed by many fragrant rooms along the way. If she met a well-known lady, she had to stop to exchange greetings. In this way, I happened to meet Cheng Yumo on the way.

Cheng Yujin doesn't want to waste her time because of Cheng Yumo. Old lady Cheng has a high seniority. Other high-ranking ladies have to bring their younger generation to old lady Cheng. Please say hello. Cheng Yujin sits beside her. God knows how many people she can meet. If you talk to Cheng Yumo, it will delay her time and influence her to choose her future mother-in-law.

However, it was too late for Cheng Yujin to avoid it. Cheng Yumo follows Huo Xueshi and waits on her. Her mother-in-law doesn't have the right to talk to her. Cheng Yumo is bored and turns her eyes to see Cheng Yujin. Cheng Yu Mo was stunned for a moment, and immediately called out: "big sister?"

Cheng Yujin sighed in her heart. She couldn't even pretend to be invisible this time. No matter what she thinks, the smile on Cheng Yujin's face has never been colder. When she hears the voice, she seems to find that Cheng Yumo is standing in another yard and comes over kindly and gently: "second sister."

Several ladies who talked with Huoxue stopped and looked back at the people who came. Cheng Yujin gradually approached, and her face also showed in front of the public. The ladies were surprised and curious, waiting for Huo Xueshi to introduce her.

Huo Xue was a little annoyed. Cheng Yumo made a sound and interrupted her. As soon as Huo Xueshi met Cheng Yujin, her face became even worse. Everyone was staring at him, but Huo Xue was not good enough to give Cheng Yumo a cold face in person, so he said faintly, "this is Cheng's eldest daughter, my daughter-in-law's elder sister."

"The Cheng family? Is it the Cheng family of the Marquis's residence in Yichun? "

Cheng Yujin approached and naturally said, "exactly." She said, very naturally to the presence of a few ladies salute: "wife Wanfu, little girl to ladies please."

Cheng Yujin's voice, movements and manners were impeccable. The ladies looked at each other and felt shocked: "so you are the big girl of the Cheng family. Second aunt's grandmother married to Jingyong Marquis's house. How come the eldest girl doesn't often come to Marquis's house? We haven't seen much of a big girl

Cheng Yujin kept smiling and said, "what the ladies said is that the second sister just got married, and there are still many things that they don't understand. If we offend and visit, I'm afraid it will cause trouble to Mrs. Huo, so my grandmother detained us in the house."

This passage is very clever. In fact, there is such a big circle in the capital. People have heard about the Cheng family and the Huo family, including why Cheng Yujin is still called a girl. Cheng Yumo has become Huo Xue's daughter-in-law, and several wives know it. It's just that everyone knows it by heart and doesn't mention it.

Why didn't Cheng Shoujin and his wife go to Xiaohou's house to get married. However, none of them is the reason that can be said on the stage. When she asks like this, it seems that she deliberately embarrasses Cheng Yujin.

However, Cheng Yujin's reply was unexpectedly brilliant. She bypassed the idea of retiring from marriage and keeping filial piety, and set the reason on Cheng Yumo's serving her mother-in-law. In this way, Cheng Yumo is not shameless, Huo Xueshi is also good-looking, but also inadvertently reveals Cheng Yumo's filial piety. Married women do their best, Yichun Marquis house as her mother, of course, also face light.

Several ladies present were both surprised and happy, and gave Cheng Yujin another high look. Huoxue noticed that several people were looking at her in secret and puzzled. Huoxue could guess what they were thinking without asking. It's just strange that Cheng Yujin looks good-looking, has a good personality, and can speak. Why does the Huo family want to retire?

Huo Xue's heart was choked and his mood was even worse. Huo Xue's young widowhood, in fact, is very concerned about other people's eyes, and her decision to retire from Cheng Yujin and make Cheng Yumo is not much right. Huo Xue's family was already annoyed in her heart. Others reminded her again and again, and Huo Xue's family was even more agitated.

Cheng Yujin is a girl of other people's family. It's not Huo Xue's turn to direct her, so Huo Xue's anger is poured on Cheng Yumo. Needless to say, these days, Huo Xue's view of Cheng Yumo is really getting worse and worse. Especially her soft prone, and Huo Changyuan cry posture, Huo Xueshi often see all infuriated.

"There's nothing to be bothered with," Huoxue said. Even if I have to marry my children for many months, I may not be able to do it well. If Miss Cheng and Mrs Cheng really have something to say, there's no need to delay them. "

After hearing this, Cheng Yumo bowed his head and was ashamed. Huo Xue's usually very harsh, mouth can not say good words. Cheng Yumo can tolerate it at home, but now in front of many outsiders, even in front of Cheng Yujin, Huo Xueshi still says so. Cheng Yumo feels very embarrassed.Cheng Yumo got up before dawn today. Because she wanted to go to the palace with her, she got up earlier than usual. In a hurry, she didn't even have breakfast in the morning, so she went to wait on Huo Xue to get up and make up. After that, she followed her mother-in-law into the Palace and went to Xiangji temple. Most of the day has passed, and Cheng Yumo hasn't sat down to rest since he opened his eyes.

However, she worked so hard that her mother-in-law even found fault with her. Cheng Yumo's face was pale and his lips were bloodless. He looked very pitiful.

Cheng Yujin frowned. She knew how difficult Huoxue was. But now, is it too harsh?

Cheng Yujin represents the Cheng family. In front of his mother's family, Huo Xueshi dares to say that Cheng Yumo is unkind in private.

Cheng Yujin gives Cheng Yumo a light and quick glance. She chooses the road by herself. She doesn't feel for Cheng Yumo, but Huo Xueshi talks in front of his mother's family in such a way that she doesn't give them face. Cheng Yujin is not used to her.

Cheng Yujin then laughed and said, "if there's something wrong with the second sister, it's natural that our Cheng tutor is not good. It's a trouble for Mrs. Huo. It happened that grandma also asked about her second sister. She was the youngest daughter at home. She had been pampered for more than ten years. She was afraid that she would be wronged outside. Unexpectedly, she gave Mrs. Huo trouble. Don't worry, madam. I'll take her back and let my grandmother give her directions. "

Cheng Yujin's words were polite, but Huo Xueshi's face was not very good-looking. Cheng Yujin finished, completely waiting for Huo Xue's reaction, said: "grandma has been waiting for a long time, younger generation is not good to stay. My second sister and I will leave first. Ladies, take your time, Wan'an. "

Cheng Yumo was very happy to hear Cheng Yujin's words, but he was afraid that he would offend Huo Xueshi, and he didn't have good fruit to eat when he went back to his house. She hesitated. She didn't know whether to follow her. Of course, she wanted to go back to her mother's house, but Huo Xue

Huo Xue's face is red because of Cheng Yujin's irony, and his daughter-in-law's elder sister says this face to face. Huo Xue's face is very shameless. This kind of time, in front of the public, she stopped Cheng Yumo not to let go, is not more sit down harsh reputation?

Huo Xueshi just squeezed out a smile and said to Cheng Yumo, "since Yu Mo came in, I've treated her as a daughter. I love her deeply and I'm very responsible. I've been strict with her. It seems that I speak fast and make people misunderstand. How can I be willing to criticize Yumo? I don't have time to hurt her. "

After that, Huo Xueshi said to Cheng Yumo with a superficial, no smile face: "blame me. I forgot that my mother also wanted to have a daughter. Since the old lady is waiting for you, hurry up. Go early and return early. "

Cheng Yumo was flattered. She didn't know it was true until Huo Xueshi said it again. She bowed her head and followed Cheng Yujin.

After walking out of Huo Xue's sight, Cheng Yumo felt that his pores were smooth. As soon as she raised her eyes, she saw Cheng Yujin in front of her. She felt mixed feelings.

Cheng Yujin had never complained with her mother's family in her previous life, so Cheng Yumo felt that Cheng Yujin's married life must have been very comfortable and smooth, until it was her turn to understand the pain.

Cheng Yumo followed Huo Xue all day. Huo Xue got up in the morning and waited on him until he had a rest in the evening. During that time, he always had to carry tea, water and vegetables. Even if one day Huo Xueshi was merciful and didn't ask her to do her work, Cheng Yumo would stand from morning to night. During that time, he could only sit down and have a rest at lunch.

It's not easy to say that we stand all day long, day by day. Cheng Yumo was used to Huo Xueshi's pressure on her, but she didn't expect that Cheng Yujin would come forward like a female Xia and say justice for herself.