King Wei's eyes lit up after hearing the emperor's words.
Just hope Meng Shu is fine.
First of all, she was indeed a rare beauty. If she was punished by her mother for this matter, she would definitely suffer a lot, and he would not be able to bear it.
Secondly...this incident was not Meng Shu's fault in the first place. Even he, a man, felt admiration after hearing about it.
"Queen mother, don't be angry. It's all your son's fault. I will make it up to you!" King Wei said with a smile.
The Queen Mother slapped his hand away, but King Wei shamelessly took the Queen Mother's arm and said coquettishly: "Don't be angry. If you get angry, your son will feel bad..."
When the Queen Mother saw that he was so messy, she no longer criticized him harshly.
The emperor sat quietly aside, seeing how close the mother and son were, and didn't say much.
In the past, when he didn't know the truth about his life experience, every time he saw the mother and son so close, he was actually very envious in his heart. He envied that King Wei could be so loved by his mother.
When he was young, he even asked his mother, and he felt that her mother only loved King Wei but not him.
The queen mother scolded him, saying that he was the prince, the prince, and the future emperor. Of course she had to be very strict with him. Only in this way could he be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the country.
People who rely on their mothers all day long cannot achieve great things.
As for King Wei?
From now on he will be nothing more than an idle prince, so there is no need to be harsh.
The emperor felt that what the Queen Mother said was reasonable. Whenever he felt envious of King Wei, he would reflect on himself and feel that he was too greedy.
Since he wants to inherit the throne, he must have to pay more than others. How can he dare to expect the warmth between mother and son?
Now that I think about it, that was just the Queen Mother's excuse to deal with him. It's really ridiculous!
……
That night, King Wei stayed in the palace. In the first half of the night, he went to Chenhui Palace to find Concubine De, and in the second half of the night, he went to Feiyu Palace to meet Han Zhaoyi. He completely regarded the emperor's concubine as his own woman and could do whatever he wanted with her. Come on, there is no cover at all.
The queen mother had scolded him before, saying that the emperor's brother already knew about his affair with the concubines in the harem.
Since the emperor's brother did not punish him or these concubines, it proves that the emperor's brother has acquiesced in this matter.
The emperor's brother is in poor health and cannot touch these women, so his younger brother can do it for him. This not only saves the emperor's face, but also allows these flower-like beauties in the harem to be nourished by some sweet rain. Isn't it the best of both worlds?
Because of this, King Wei was too lazy to cover up.
It is worth mentioning that after King Wei left him, he went to find Han Zhaoyi, clearly telling everyone that he could not satisfy him.
Concubine De felt so humiliated that she went to Feiyu Palace to cause trouble for Han Zhaoyi early in the morning, causing a lot of trouble.
After the emperor heard about this, he smiled lightly and said: "There is no need to hide it, even if everyone inside and outside the palace knows it, it doesn't matter."
He, a good brother of his, is not afraid of embarrassment, so what is he afraid of?
Temporary rumors, ridicule and belittling were nothing in the eyes of the emperor.
When one day he gets rid of the Queen Mother and the King of Wei, rules the world, and becomes the wise king who is respected by the world, who will still remember the "humiliation" he suffered today.
Even if someone mentioned this matter again at that time, they would definitely not laugh at him and look at his jokes. Instead, they would spurn the king of Wei for insulting his elder brother.
……
Meng Shu got up early in the morning, because the palace sent a eunuch to tell her that the Queen Mother wanted to reward her, and the eunuch sent by the palace to deliver the message arrived in no time.
To welcome Yizhi and rewards, one cannot be careless and must make a lot of preparations in advance.
Those of high rank should wear official uniforms and official uniforms.
They also have to carry out the incense case, burn incense and kneel down to greet them.
Meng Shu also chose a more formal dress and dressed up. She followed her grandmother and brother and waited outside the gate of the British Palace.
After receiving the decree and reward, the family breathed a sigh of relief.
The Empress Dowager issued an order to commend Meng Shu, praising her as a role model for women as she was a woman who was not inferior to men. She not only rewarded Meng Shu with a thousand taels of gold and two thousand taels of silver, but also a pair of jade Ruyi, a handful of pearls, and many silks and satins from the south of the Yangtze River.
"Congratulations to our eldest lady, you have won the favor of the Queen Mother and have a bright future!" The sixth lady, Huang, who never said much in front of others, was the first to congratulate Meng Shu.
She said to her two daughters: "Yan'er, Xian'er, in the future, please learn more from your eldest sister. Don't always stay in the room and embroider. Our daughters of the Meng family still need to practice riding and shooting. The daughter of a general, If you don’t know how to do it, how can you do it?”
Meng Yan and Meng Xian's eyes widened when they heard this.
This is not what my mother said before!
After hearing his wife's words, the sixth master Meng Huailiang was convinced and said quickly: "Madam is right, the girls of our Meng family are all generals' tiger girls. They are all very powerful, especially Shu'er, although she is a woman. , but he is as glorious as a man, and the sixth uncle is as glorious as he is."
"We, Shu'er, are really good at it. Don't stand outside. If you have anything to say, go back home and say it." The old lady said with a smile.
She had a sharp eye and had long noticed that the sixth daughter-in-law had some complaints about Meng Shu, but she did not dare to say anything. She only secretly restrained her two daughters and did not allow them to interact with Meng Shu.
Today, she was the first to praise Meng Shu. It was obvious that she saw Meng Shu being praised by the palace, felt that he was a rare talent, and wanted her two daughters to follow Meng Shu and gain glory.
It was only the silly boy Lao Liu who didn't see the clues and thought his wife was so nice.
……
After receiving such a large reward, Meng Shu certainly would not hide it and keep it to himself. Except for gold and silver, he would share everything else with his family.
The pair of jade Ruyi was given to my grandmother.
Pearls and silk brocades were given to the mother and the female relatives in the mansion.
If it were the previous dynasty, not only could the gifts in the palace not be transferred to others, but they could also not be worn casually, unless it was an extremely solemn occasion, such as entering the palace!
If you give something given by the emperor to others or sell it, it is a serious crime and you will be exiled from the army.
The Zhou Dynasty did not have such rules.
Emperor Taizu, the founder of the Great Zhou Dynasty, abolished many rules of the previous dynasty, saying that they were old and bad habits and did not need to be followed.
After Meng Shu finished dividing the things, she heard from the maid Su Ye next to her that her elder brother Meng Yanxing had arrived and was waiting for her in the flower hall.
Meng Yanxing served in the bodyguard army and was a fifth-grade Zhonglang general.
He must be on duty in the palace from the tenth to the twentieth of each month.
It stands to reason that he, the eldest son of the Duke, went to war at the age of ten and returned to the capital at the age of eighteen. He also accumulated a lot of military exploits in that year, so he would not have become a fifth-grade Zhonglang general. No promotion.
But it is what it is.
This is also inseparable from his low profile.
After he returned to the capital, he only reported some military achievements and got a fifth-grade job.
Serving in the World Health Organization this year, I am just doing my duty.
Meng Huaiyuan even personally wrote to Wei Mingtao, who was in charge of the guard army, so that he did not need to promote Meng Yanxing and let him have a good experience.
To put it bluntly, they just don’t want the Meng family to be too conspicuous and fearful.
