Chapter 205 The Mistress Is Too Bored 5
The reason why Linlang is different from Concubine Ji is that even if Linlang falls out of favor, she is still the mistress of the house, so it does not matter if she falls out of favor.
As for sending them away...
It is true that there are poor men who sell their wives, but who of a respectable family like them would do such a thing? After selling, marrying a wife again, no I will marry again, because no one will marry their daughter into their family. After all, they are afraid that their daughter will be sold by the man.
Besides, it is obviously impossible for someone’s mother’s family to be very strong and to sell herself like a concubine.
Even divorcing his wife is not a matter of a word, because once he divorces his wife, he will definitely fall out with Linlang's natal family, and I heard that Linlang is quite favored by her natal family. If her natal family wants to stand up for her, they may have to do it in the court. There would be one more political enemy, which was not a good thing for him, so if he couldn't stand Linlang and wanted to divorce his wife, it wouldn't be a matter of a word.
In other words, he can't control the other person. In this case, even if he has an opinion on her, what can he do?
Linlang wanted to know that Duke Zhou Guo was unhappy with her. She wanted to say that she was not happy yet.
Speaking of which, if the original natal family had known that the Zhou family would be tied to the imperial concubine’s family, they would not have married their daughter to their family. This was because the original natal family belonged to the orthodox sect and could not stand the emperor doting on Emperor Han. The imperial concubine then wanted to make the son of the imperial concubine Han the prince. Although they were clear-minded and did not intend to take sides and were only loyal to the emperor, from the bottom of their hearts, they supported the empress' legitimate son to ascend the throne and did not support the imperial concubine's son to ascend the throne.
So since the Zhou family and the imperial concubine were tied together, the original natal family did not dare to have too close contact with the Zhou family, for fear that their own family would be affected if their son who was not the imperial concubine ascended the throne in the future.
In fact, the solution to the Zhou family's crisis is not only to let Duke Zhou go home and lie down, but also to get rid of the eldest son, the eldest prince, to clear the way for the imperial concubine's son and let the imperial concubine's son take the throne. In this way, the Zhou family will still be able to There is the merit of following the dragon.
However, it is impossible for Linlang to kill innocent people indiscriminately. The eldest prince has not been heard to have committed a crime worthy of death. After all, the imperial concubine, her son, and even the emperor are eyeing him, so how can he dare to do anything bad? , when he is caught by the imperial concubine and the emperor, he will no longer have the throne.
Since the eldest prince has not committed any damnable crime, it is impossible for Linlang to kill an innocent person just to avoid getting into trouble.
Actually, there is another plan, which is to kill the imperial concubine's son. Then, if the imperial concubine has no son, there will be no problem of fighting for the throne.
But the son of the imperial concubine is just as cautious as the eldest prince. Although the emperor and the imperial concubine both love him, his character is indeed not as good as the eldest prince's.
But... the people in the cabinet are watching him. If he makes any mistakes, he will definitely be caught out by the civil servants in the cabinet and tell the emperor that he cannot establish a second prince.
So, the second prince did have a bad character, but he didn’t commit any serious crimes, and it was also difficult for Linlang to kill him.
Of course, you can also paralyze the second prince like you did to Lord Zhou and let him go home and lie down without killing him, so that your conscience can be tolerated a little bit.
But... in fact, whether it is killing the second prince or paralyzing the second prince, it is not as good as paralyzing Mr. Zhou, because something happened to the second prince, the eldest prince ascended the throne, and the Zhou family has already been branded with the second prince. The prince's imprint is gone, and the Zhou family will not be able to get it back. Although the Zhou family is not deeply involved yet, no matter what, people will say that it is the second prince's lineage.
The only option is to get Mr. Zhou to go home and lie down. No matter how the two of them fight, even if the eldest prince ascends the throne in the future, the Zhou family will be like this. In addition, the Zhou family has not been deeply involved in the fight for the heir. The matter may not be pursued. This is the best solution. Moreover, it is much more convenient to attack Zhou Guogong than to attack someone like the second prince. After all, Zhou Guogong is right next to Linlang, and there is no need for Linlang to go to other places to see how to attack.
So, Linlang, who was originally thinking about whether to take action, saw that Duke Zhou was coming that day, and directly ordered Linlang to improve the treatment of Aunt Cui and Aunt Cai in the future. As before, he didn't want to listen to those nonsense, so he He made up his mind and decided to let Duke Zhou go home and lie down.
Firstly, the Zhou family can be protected, and secondly, the chaotic situation at home can be calmer without his intervention.
Of course, there has to be a slight interval of time, so as not to make people feel that something is wrong when Aunt Cai and Aunt Cui increase their treatment, and Duke Zhou falls down on the back.
Because Linlang did not get Zhou Guogong immediately, Zhou Guogong was unhappy after listening to Aunt Cai and Cui's instigation, and directly ordered Linlang to improve their treatment. Aunt Cai, Cui, and Zhou Guogong Aunt Liu, who was the most favored at the moment, couldn't help but feel happy - Zhou Guogong improved people's treatment, not only mentioned Aunt Cai and Aunt Cui, but also mentioned his new favorite Aunt Liu.
After all, the two people he didn't like very much had their salaries increased. How could he not improve the salaries of the one he liked now?
After Aunt Cai and Cui raised their treatment, in order to anger Linlang, they came over to greet her the next day and expressed their gratitude to her for getting them the treatment they deserved.
Linlang saw that they were very proud and didn't take it to heart at all. After all, these two people were about to be in trouble - their patron Zhou Guogong was coming back to lie down, and they would have to act based on their own faces in the future. , it’s not that she’s going to be unlucky—so why is she angry?
So she ignored them at the moment and only ordered her servants not to let these two people in in the future. She didn't want to see them.
These words were given in front of Aunt Cui and Aunt Cai. After Aunt Cui and Aunt Cai left Linlang's yard, they couldn't help but spit on the ground and said: "See what she can do , the prince no longer goes to her yard, but he can still jump around. What's the use of jumping around? As long as the Duke of Guo says something, what she said will be invalid. In this family, the Duke of Guo is the one who talks. Who is she? She doesn't have to listen to the Duke of Guo. It's really embarrassing. Ah, I was slapped in the face by the Duke.”
Aunt Cai gloated: "Isn't that right? I really admire her for being able to keep her composure even after being slapped in the face."
After this incident, Linlang's status in the mansion declined rapidly, because everyone knew that Duke Zhou Guogong Won't give her face.
Linlang dared to do this because she was confident. She had to change her cautious original body, and she did not dare to raise the issue of degrading the treatment of Aunt Cai and Aunt Cui, because she knew that she might be slapped in the face by Zhou Guogong , boring.
For Linlang, the slap in the face came at the right time. If Zhou Guogong didn't give her the face, she could deal with him with peace of mind. After all, it was Zhou Guogong who treated her badly in the first place.
But Mrs. Li didn’t know her plan. Seeing that her mother-in-law had previously agreed to her proposal to reduce the treatment of Aunt Cai and Cui, she thought she was sure to convince her father-in-law. Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law was slapped in the face by her father-in-law in the blink of an eye. , I’m a little embarrassed now, I’m afraid of my mother-in-law. The mother-in-law didn't come to Taiwan at that time. She felt that it was all her own fault. She was slapped in the face for making such a suggestion. She immediately went to apologize to Linlang and said: "It's all my daughter-in-law's fault. It's her fault for making such a suggestion." This happened to my mother.”
(End of this chapter)