diskusbooks Chapter 126 Old Madam Ye also tried her best
Chapter 126 Old Madam Ye also tried her best
Chapter 126 Old Madam Ye also tried her best
Old Madam Ye felt that she was particularly right. After feeling aggrieved for so many days, she could finally question the Mu family with reason and evidence.
"I am not lying about this matter." She told Madam Mu, "You can go out and ask around. It was the Fourth Prince who admitted in front of all the court officials during the morning court session that he invited the Fourth Girl to have tea. That's why the Fourth Girl was not able to come back with our motorcade. And yet you insist that Jing Sheng lost her!"
The old lady was getting angrier and angrier as she spoke. "I can think that it was all a misunderstanding, but if the misunderstanding was resolved, you should have gone to Prince Chen's mansion to ask for her instead of showing off and waving your whip at home. I really don't understand how you educated your daughter. She went to drink tea with the Fourth Prince without even saying hello to the family, and let her uncle and aunt suffer such an injustice, and you are still here and not giving up. Are all your family members in the first house bandits? Mu Qianqiu, you have ridiculed Hongzhuang several times before, and now your own daughter has done such a thing, what do you say?"
Mrs. Mu kept frowning and said nothing. She didn't understand what the old lady meant, nor did she understand what His Royal Highness Prince Chen meant.
Judging from the old lady's attitude, this should not be false, but if it was true, why would His Royal Highness Prince Chen say such a thing in the court? Nanny Ji clearly told her that Yan'er lived in Yanhua Palace and was only related to the Emperor, so why did this involve a fourth prince?
She looked at Nanny Ji quietly, but saw Nanny Ji shaking her head slightly, and she knew that Nanny Ji didn't know what was going on.
So she simply asked directly: "What exactly does the old lady want to say?"
Seeing that the time was ripe, the old lady sighed and softened her tone: "I didn't ask you to come here to lose my temper with you. I am the old lady of the Ye family. Even if I am angry with you, I can't ignore my descendants. Yan'er is also my granddaughter. Although I don't forgive her, I still hope that she can live a good life. Even if the previous matter of Prince Su's Mansion has been revealed, now that Prince Chen is involved, I think that Yan'er can't be wronged again. As elders, we must do something for her so that she can live a happy life in the second half of her life."
The old lady shook her head as she spoke, "What can I say about Yan'er? Her grandfather spoiled her. She wants whatever she wants, and she will do anything to get it. Qianqiu, you have to admit one thing. The Sixth Prince was not happy about Yan'er's marriage. But Yan'er really liked her, and she asked her grandfather to make the decision for her whenever she got the chance. Later, her grandfather was so annoyed that he had no other choice but to sacrifice his reputation and ask the late emperor to issue an order to grant them a marriage. The Sixth Prince even smashed things for this. These are all facts."
The old lady's words left Mrs. Mu speechless, because it was indeed the truth. It was indeed her daughter who first fell in love with the Sixth Prince. She took the initiative to express her love for him several times and then begged the old man to help her arrange the marriage.
In the past, she was very angry with her daughter because of this matter. When she was extremely angry, she even cursed her daughter with ugly words, saying that a girl, the head of the family, was in a hurry to pursue a man and even went to beg the emperor in desperation. How could she put her face aside if she told others about it?
But in the end, I failed to persuade my daughter back, and in the end, I still couldn't win over her.
That was something she was destined to regret for the rest of her life. If this had happened earlier, she would have broken her daughter's legs rather than let her marry into Prince Su's Mansion.
Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything. Now that the old lady brought up the old matter again, she really had no position to refute.
Seeing that Madam Mu remained silent, the old lady became even more proud. "So you can't blame Hongzhuang for taking Yan'er's place, because the Sixth Prince likes Hongzhuang from the bottom of his heart. Well, let's not talk about the past, let's just talk about the present. Now Yan'er has fallen in love with the Fourth Prince. I think that Prince Chen is Jinggui's student. When Jinggui was here, he often praised that student in front of me. You also know this, Qianqiu, right?"
Mrs. Mu remained silent, because what the old lady said was right again. Ye Jinggui did often praise that student. Even after the Fourth Prince was sent to Guiyue Kingdom, he still talked about it often and said it was a pity. If it weren't for the hostage issue, he really wanted to arrange for the Fourth Prince to marry one of his daughters.
"Qianqiu, we missed it once, and Yan'er missed it once too. We should learn from our mistakes, but we can't make the same mistake again. So what I mean is that since Yan'er and the Fourth Prince are interested in each other, we should help her this time and take the initiative to arrange the marriage. After all, the Fourth Prince is a reliable person and a student of Jing Gui, so he knows everything about her. Moreover, he is a prince, and his status is not bad. In the future, when the two of you get married, you can burn incense in front of Jing Gui's tablet. Jing Gui will definitely be happy in his nine springs."
Mu finally reacted. She looked at the old lady and tilted her head to ponder.
The Fourth Prince is reliable, but the old lady is definitely not. If this happened a few months ago, she would definitely nod her head. Because just like the old lady said, the Fourth Prince is her husband's student and a reliable person. If Yan'er can marry the Fourth Prince, she can rest assured, and her husband will be relieved.
But now, things have changed, the Ye Mansion is no longer the same as before, and Yan'er is no longer the same Yan'er. She could make decisions for the former Yan'er, but she cannot make decisions for her current daughter.
Furthermore, the Fourth Prince has lived in Guiyue Country for many years. Who knows what has happened during these years? Who knows whether he has a confidante in Guiyue Country.
Of course, the most important thing is not these, the most important thing is that her daughter is very promising now, the princes and nobles don't like her, if they want to like her, they should like the immortal emperor of Northern Qi. She now lives in Yanhua Palace, although it is not legitimate, but what kind of place is Yanhua Palace? How can it be the same as the palace outside?
If her daughter lived in the palace, she would catch her and beat her, regardless of whether she was her former daughter or not, in order to correct the family tradition.
But her daughter lived in Yanhua Palace, so she had no right to fight, and no need to fight. But she couldn't tell the old lady about this, and she had to reject the old lady's proposal tonight.
The old lady just saw that Mu Shi was finally willing to look at her, and she thought he was going to say something. But after waiting for a long time, Mu Shi was still sitting there thinking, so she couldn't wait any longer, so she asked, "Did you understand what I said?"
Madam Mu nodded, "I understand. The old lady means that Yan'er should be married to the Fourth Prince."
"That's right, and I believe that this must be the destination of Yan'er that Jing Gui would be most happy to see."
"That's not necessarily true." Mrs. Mu said, "The old lady has never liked her eldest son, so how could she understand his feelings so well after his death? In the final analysis, the old lady still has her own plans for this matter. You think that the fourth prince has been a hostage for many years and has a weak foundation in Lin'an City. After Yan'er marries him, he will not pose any threat to you and your second son's family, nor to the current Queen Mother Xigong, so you are trying your best to match this marriage, right?" She spoke frankly to the Queen Mother Xigong. This was a very bold act for Mu Qianqiu, who was always cautious and always put the overall situation first. The old lady was also suspicious of her words, but after thinking about it, she finally blamed the three people who collectively arranged the "Queen's accession to the throne" for her at the gate of the mansion during the day.
Yes, with the support of those three, the Mu family really doesn't need to care about Empress Dowager Li.
The old lady gritted her teeth, cursed the three people in her heart, and then said, "Don't always think that people are so bad. I have analyzed so much with you for Yan'er's good. If you still think so, then I can't do anything. The Fourth Prince is Jing Gui's student. His character and status are beyond reproach. I think this is a particularly suitable marriage, and I believe that Jing Gui can rest in peace in his nine springs. So this matter is settled. At the palace banquet tomorrow night, I will personally propose it to the emperor and ask the emperor to grant the marriage. This way, it won't be considered an injustice to the legitimate daughter of the first-rank general's mansion."
Madam Ji couldn't listen any more: "Isn't Madam Ye meddling too much?" The old lady shook her head, "Madam, although you are from Yanhua Palace, I am now arranging a marriage for my granddaughter. Even if the matter goes to heaven, I am still right. Besides, this was Yan'er's own choice. She didn't come back after drinking tea with His Royal Highness Prince Chen. I was just helping her. She would be grateful to me if she knew."
"How do you know that she must have gone to Prince Chen's Mansion?" Nanny Ji snorted coldly, "I would also like to advise Old Madam Ye not to take things for granted. Many things will not develop as you imagine. If you insist on doing it your own way, it will be bad if you get yourself involved in it in the end."
The old lady's heart tightened. She could hear the hidden meaning in Nanny Ji's words, and she also knew that the matter was not that simple. But she was so eager to marry Ye Wenyan to the Fourth Prince, how could she let go of such a good opportunity?
The old lady was determined, so she gritted her teeth and said to Madam Ji and Madam Mu, "As a grandmother, I have the right to decide my granddaughter's marriage. This is settled!" After saying that, she raised her hand and waved, "Okay, it's getting late, I need to rest."
It was widely rumored in the capital that the Ye family was going to marry the fourth young lady to His Royal Highness Prince Chen, on the grounds that the two of them had secretly decided to spend their lives together. It was also said that the fourth young lady had not returned to the mansion since she had tea with Prince Chen on the night of the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, and had moved directly into Prince Chen's mansion. Therefore, the Ye family had already begun to arrange the marriage of the two, in the name of preserving the chastity of the fourth young lady of the Ye family.
This matter was reported to Yanhua Palace, and Yun Chen came to tell them.
Speaking of which, Yun Chen had just come over to tell a story in the afternoon, about how he, Lian Shi, and Wu Fei went to deliver a banquet invitation to Madam Ye. Although Lian Shi and Wu Fei were telling the story together, he was still exhausted and his mouth was dry...