Chapter 172 The first conflict with Queen Cao
After breakfast, Zhao Xing changed his clothes and went to the Kaifeng government office.
Yu Yanran and Sheng Shulan were a little embarrassed for a while.
"Sister, the weather is still cool in the morning, why don't we go for a walk in the garden?" Yu Yanran said.
"You entered the palace before...before me, so I should call you sister." Sheng Shulan said nervously.
"Didn't Minglan tell you? She and I are close friends. We haven't registered yet. She is older than me, so it is appropriate to call her sister." Yu Yanran said with a smile.
"Sister Minglan didn't tell me this." Sheng Shulan shook her head.
"Next time I see her, I must talk to her well." Yu Yanran pulled Sheng Shulan out and said, "Sister, you don't have to be so reserved. His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't like it either."
< br>Sheng Shulan was dragged to the garden by Yu Yanran, followed by their maids.
"I see that the maids around my sister are all maids from the East Palace. Didn't my sister bring her maids when she came?" Yu Yanran asked.
"The people sent by His Highness said they could bring a personal maid, but I was married before, so I didn't bring one." Sheng Shulan said with some embarrassment.
Although it is nothing for a woman to remarry after divorce, she will feel inferior to others.
After hearing this, Yu Yanran understood what Sheng Shulan meant after a moment's thought. She smiled apologetically and did not discuss the topic again. Instead, she introduced the scenery of the East Palace Garden to Sheng Shulan.
Although it has already entered autumn, the Donggong Garden is planted with exotic flowers from all over the world. Flowers bloom in all seasons and the scenery is beautiful.
After walking around for a while, the differences between the two of them when they first met dissipated a lot, and they became more harmonious.
At this moment, a palace maid hurriedly ran over and saluted: "I have met two nobles. Aunt Feng said that the Queen sent two nuns to teach the nobles the rules and asked the two nobles to go to Shuning Hall to learn the rules. ”
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Zhao Xing also heard about the fact that Empress Cao sent her nanny to the East Palace to teach Yu Yanran and the others the rules.
I didn’t pay too much attention to it.
In ancient times, etiquette was strict. Whether it was the emperor's concubine or the prince's concubine, before being canonized and served, they had to be taught by the nuns in the palace who were responsible for teaching etiquette and rules.
Yu Yanran had not received any guidance from her mother-in-law before, just because it was too early for him to marry a wife, Yu Yanran could not be canonized, and she was only a palace maid in name.
Now that Zhao Xing’s wedding is only about half a year away, it is normal for Queen Cao to send her nanny to teach her the rules.
However, when Zhao Xing returned to the East Palace at about noon and sent someone to invite Yu Yanran and the others to come and have dinner with him, he was told that they were learning the rules and could not come to eat.
"I want to see how there is no point in following the rules and not giving me food!" Zhao Xing got angry when he heard this, got up and walked out.
Although it has entered autumn now, the weather is much cooler and not as hot as before.
But at noon, it was still quite hot. After studying all morning, it didn’t matter if I didn’t have a break at noon, and I didn’t even have to eat. It just didn’t make sense.
Zhao Xing had heard some rumors before, saying that some old ladies and eunuchs in the palace liked to bully some concubines who had just entered the palace.
He can't control the affairs in the palace now, but he will never tolerate showing such authority in his East Palace.
Zhao Xing came all the way outside Shuning Hall and heard a voice coming from inside the hall.
“The kowtow ceremony is an important ceremony. Whenever the court holds a big ceremony, it must hold hands. If the two nobles do not follow the etiquette, it will damage the royal face. The slaves will also be responsible for teaching. Please bear with me for the unfavorable responsibility.”
"Sheng Guiren is wrong again. After kowtow, your back should be straight, and you should keep enough distance when you drop your hands. Reach out..."
Zhao Xing walked into the hall and saw Yu Yanran lying on the ground. , Sheng Shulan was kneeling and stretching out her palms. An old woman stood in front of her, raising her ruler as if to strike.
"Stop!"
"Meet His Highness the Crown Prince!"
The maids and two old ladies in the palace quickly bowed and saluted.
Upon hearing this, Yu Yanran and Sheng Shulan quickly stood up and blessed Fu.
Zhao Xing came to Sheng Shulan expressionlessly, stretched out his hand and took her left hand.
Sheng Shulan instinctively shrank in pain, but did not dare to avoid it.
Zhao Xing lifted Sheng Shulan's hand and saw that her palm was red and swollen, and her fingers were trembling slightly. He said softly: "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt, slave." Sheng Shulan shook her head Shake his head.
"Didn't I say that I call myself my concubine?" Zhao Xing said, "It's swollen like this and it still doesn't hurt."
After that, he came to Yu Yanran and said, "Show me your hand."
"Your Highness..."
Yu Yanran wanted to say something, but seeing Zhao Xing's unquestionable eyes, she still stretched out her left hand.
Her palms are also slightly swollen, but they are lighter than Sheng Shulan's.
Zhao Xing looked at the two nuns on the side and said coldly: "Did you beat me?"
"Your Highness, this slave is here to tell the two nobles how to behave according to the orders of the Queen. The ruler..."
When the grandma holding the ruler was about to explain, Zhao Xing interrupted her directly and said, "I want to ask you if you did the beating?"
"Yes, but..."
What else did the nun want to say? Zhao Xing sneered and said: "Okay, Gu is very reasonable. I will hit you twice as many times as you beat them."
"Your Highness!"
The two nuns knelt down with a bang and said, "All slaves are under the orders of the Queen, and the ruler was also given by the Queen, representing the Queen."
< br>"Are you threatening me?" Zhao Xing said coldly.
“I dare not!”
“Hmph!”
Zhao Xing said coldly: "If you teach others, they will not say anything after being punished. They are not crown princesses, they are just ordinary concubines. Can they use the kowtow ceremony in this life?"
The so-called kowtow ceremony, to put it bluntly, is kowtow.
Kneeling ceremony was not popular in the Song Dynasty. Ordinary people only need to kowtow when worshiping their ancestors or when their parents or elders die. Officials can only use it when the emperor dies, the new king ascends the throne, the prince is enthroned, and when he offers sacrifices to heaven.
When it comes to women, there are even fewer that can be used.
The Crown Princess might still be able to use it, but the other concubines would not be able to use it at all.
In the final analysis, concubines are just concubines, and they are not even qualified to attend formal occasions.
They teach a useless etiquette and often punish them with slaps. In fact, they are deliberately making things difficult.
"This..."
A trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the two old ladies.
They are indeed deliberately making things difficult. In fact, the most important thing about teaching rules is not to teach etiquette, but to make them understand the rules.
Just like some mothers-in-law like to make new daughters-in-law obey the rules, the purpose is to make things difficult and suppress them, so that the new daughters-in-law can be more honest.
As far as etiquette is concerned, as long as the steps are good, it is basically harmless.
No one will pay every dollar to pay attention to details.
"Come on, drag me down!" Zhao Xing said coldly.
"Your Highness!" Yu Yanran knelt down quickly and said, "I am stupid, I don't blame the two nuns."
Although Sheng Shulan didn't understand why Yu Yanran was pleading for them, she also knelt down when she saw this. Come down and intercede for the two of them.
"Your Highness!"
At this moment, Aunt Feng hurried over after hearing the news and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, after all, they are people sent by the Queen, and they represent the Queen. I can’t beat my face.”
“Huh…”
Zhao Xing exhaled heavily, and he knew that he had just been impulsive.
As the saying goes, when beating a dog, it depends on the owner.
If you beat someone sent by Queen Cao, it would be an unfilial act.
“Get out!” Zhao Xing said coldly.
The two old ladies quickly got up, saluted and left.
"What are you doing kneeling? Why don't you get up."
Zhao Xing glanced at Yu Yanran and Sheng Shulan who were kneeling on the ground, then came to sit down.
The two stood up with the help of the maid, stepped aside and stood with their heads bowed.
Zhao Xing looked at Nanny Feng and said, "Nanny Feng, how many years have you been serving the orphan?"
"Since His Highness has been living alone, the servants have been serving His Highness. It’s been almost ten years since I got up,” said Grandma Feng.
"If there is any trouble around Gu, you will report it to your mother. Gu knows that you can't do anything, and I have never blamed you. But you just watch them making things difficult for them? Are you messing around in the East Palace?" Zhao Xing said coldly.
Nanny Feng was silent for a while and said: "I am old, please allow me to return to my hometown." "Zhao Xing said: "You have served Gu for many years, and Gu respects you very much. The reason why the queen sent you to the East Palace is because of her trust in you. Although the two were sent by the queen, they relied on her trust. Acting wantonly."
"What Gu just said is to hope that you will not betray the trust of Gu and his mother in the future. Do you understand?"
Zhao Xing knew very well that he had just driven away that person. Two nuns for education are nothing.
Queen Cao knew that she would not be angry, but would punish the two nuns.
But Nanny Feng is different. She has followed Empress Cao for many years and is Empress Cao's confidant.
If we drive her away, Queen Cao will definitely have a grudge.
"My slave understands." Nanny Feng said.
"Okay, you go down and do your work." Zhao Xing waved his hand.
Aunt Feng bowed and left.
"What are you doing standing there stupidly? Come here." Zhao Xing looked at Yu Yanran and Sheng Shulan who were standing aside and said.
After hearing this, the two came to Zhao Xing with their heads lowered, like children who had made a mistake.
Zhao Xing took their hands and looked at them. He asked Sanshui to get the ointment and asked, "Does it hurt?"
"Yes." The two nodded.
"You know it hurts, but you don't know how to send someone to find Gu for help?" Zhao Xing said angrily.
The two of them bowed their heads and remained silent. In their opinion, this was just like being made things difficult for their mother-in-law after getting married, and they could only accept it.
"By the way, besides asking you to learn the rules and making things difficult for you, did those two nuns say anything else?" Zhao Xing asked.
Sheng Shulan's face turned red and she said: "Mammy said that Your Highness is young, let me...concubine...let me not...don't..."
Sheng Shulan was a little embarrassed to say the following, and she didn't want to say a few words. Never said it out loud.
"You can just say what you don't want." Zhao Xing said anxiously.
"I ask you not to...don't ask for pleasure from His Highness all the time, and hurt His Highness' body."
When Sheng Shulan said the last part, her head almost buried in her chest, and her voice was almost inaudible. .
Zhao Xing looked strange. No wonder Sheng Shulan was speechless.
Such words are indeed difficult for a woman to say.
At first glance, it seemed that Queen Cao was concerned about him.
But thinking deeper, this incident seems to indicate that the conflict between mother and son may break out in the future.
(End of this chapter)