mtl008 Chapter 350 Xue
Chapter 350 Xue
Baochai had just sat down again when the Queen Mother looked at her with a faint smile:
"I heard that your brother returned to his old house in Jinling two hours after you got on the bridal sedan yesterday, before the city gates closed?"
Baochai's heart skipped a beat!
She explained it very clearly to her mother!
The fact that my brother is returning to the south must be kept secret. Neither my brother himself, Xue Ke, nor Bao Qin can be told, nor can other outsiders in the family, such as Zhang Dehui, know about it!
If all the people in the family were kept in the dark, how did the Queen Mother know about it?
It couldn't be the person who sent my brother back to the south, shouting loudly at the dock in the city!
Baochai was so confused that she was speechless and couldn't answer.
Cheng Qian's face suddenly darkened: "Crown Princess Xue! If you don't know, then answer truthfully 'I don't know'.
"What? You are still willing to keep silent and ignore everything in front of the Queen Mother? Who are you angry with?!"
Lin Daiyu glanced at Xue Baochai, smiled, pointed at the Queen Mother's teacup, and motioned Zijuan to add more tea, saying:
"It's no wonder that Xue was stunned. She entered the palace yesterday and came to the palace this morning. How could she have the time to inform her mother's family?
"Maybe she really doesn't know."
The step was handed to her, how could Xue Baochai not take it?
She lowered her head and said, "My princess is right. I really didn't know about this.
"Your Majesty, I should have answered you immediately, but this matter was too shocking and I was unable to react. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Haha! You don't know?" The Queen Mother's eyes became more and more unfriendly.
Xue Baochai closed her eyes tightly, took a deep breath, looked up at the empress dowager, and answered in a calm voice:
"In reply to the Empress Dowager, ever since the marriage decree came into my hands, my mother no longer allows me to participate in the affairs of the Xue family.
"Now, the affairs of the Xue family are handled by my mother and cousin, and the external affairs are handled by my brother and cousin. I know nothing about it.
"As for what the Queen Mother said about my brother suddenly returning south, I don't know the reason. But I guess something urgent happened in the ancestral home, so he had to do this.
"Otherwise, I still have three days to go back home, and I still have to go out for the New Year. My mother is still alive, and my younger brother and sister-in-law are still young. How could he leave rashly?"
The Queen Mother looked at her passionate speech indifferently, unmoved.
When she had finished speaking, Daiyu looked at the Empress Dowager, then at Tanchun who was hesitant to speak, and suddenly smiled:
"This is your Xue family's internal affairs, and has nothing to do with the Queen Mother or us.
“There is absolutely no need for the Crown Princess to be so excited.
"It's just a casual chat, you can say whatever you want, how can you feel so wronged?
"It's like someone wants to harm your Xue family!"
As he said this, he chuckled.
The light words and the twists and turns in their meaning made Xue Baochai break out in a cold sweat!
"You are such a tense woman. It's tiring to chat with you."
The Queen Mother waved her hand and looked back at Cheng Qian, "Forget it. She has eaten, but the three of us haven't.
"Please bring breakfast.
“In terms of seniority, she is my granddaughter-in-law.
"Let her serve me breakfast, so that I can be praised when I go out, saying that she is filial and virtuous.
"It also looks good on Prince Zhongshun's face."
Cheng Qian agreed with a smile, looked up and clapped her hands.
People from the kitchen who had been waiting outside the hall came in one after another, and the table in front of the three people was filled with plates, bowls, and cups.
Xue Baochai lowered her head and gritted her teeth gently.
She has been pampered since her childhood. When has she ever served others at meals?
Even in the mansion of the moody Princess Tongyi, she had never been treated like this!
"Why? No?" Aunt Cheng Qian frowned as she watched her slow steps, "The Queen still has to serve the meals herself!
"Didn't the nanny she sent to your home teach you how to serve your elders?"
Baochai's face turned pale immediately.
Of course the teaching nanny has taught me.
But she was also told that there was no princess consort in Prince Zhongshun's palace, and all the remaining concubines were not worthy of being served by a legitimate princess consort like her.
There are many elders in the royal family, but no matter who they are at the table with, she is either the host or the guest, and there is no reason for her to serve the meal.
What's more, the teaching was supposed to take a month, but because of the urgent wedding date, it was only five days. What could she learn?
I could only watch my nanny demonstrate it, but I had never practiced it myself.
"Okay. Do I really need her to feed me? It's just a bowl of soup and a dish."
The Queen Mother became more and more impatient. She waved her hand to drive Zijuan away and pointed to the place, "You stand here."
Zijuan smiled helplessly, stepped aside, and even bowed to Baochai who had just walked up.
The food was fully spread.
The Queen Mother's gaze was also empty.
Baochai was suddenly at a loss.
The Queen Mother and Cheng Qian sighed helplessly at the same time.
"Forget it, the Crown Prince's Consort can just stand aside and watch." Cheng Qian called Zijuan back.
Xue Baochai had no choice but to try to move to a position where she would not be in the way, and stood there with her lips bitten, feeling extremely humiliated.
Since the mother and her two daughters had eaten something earlier, they were not very hungry at the moment.
Especially Daiyu, who had just recovered from her illness and whose appetite had not yet fully recovered, so she only ate half a bowl of egg custard and two chopsticks of vegetables, and then refused to eat anymore.
Because she tilted her head to look at the Queen Mother's table, she saw that the Queen Mother only wanted to eat the glutinous rice cakes, so she frowned and ordered Zijuan:
"Give the Queen Mother some more greens. It's winter, and the kitchen has a hard time getting them. Why doesn't the Queen Mother eat more?
"There are also yam cakes, hawthorn cakes, purple potato cakes and so on. Take a bite of each and give it to the Queen Mother.
"You can't just eat one thing because you like it. Eat a little bit of everything, and your stomach and intestines will feel better."
The Queen Mother looked at the plate of glutinous rice cakes reluctantly.
Daiyu snorted coldly and ordered Qingwen directly: "Here, it's a reward for you. Take it and eat it."
Qingwen said "Thank you, Princess" and decisively took it away.
The Queen Mother groaned but obediently ate a little of each of the grains that Zijuan took a bite of.
I ate another half bowl of food, and finally drank a few sips of mushroom chicken soup. I put down my chopsticks feeling full and warm.
Tanchun and Daiyu had already rinsed their mouths, and the one who was serving the empress dowager also rinsed her mouth. Then she went over and helped the old lady stand up and go down the steps.
Xue Baochai couldn't help but be confused.
This is, are we leaving after dinner?!
"After eating, it will be comfortable to take a walk." Daiyu seemed to know Xue Baochai's question and seemed to be talking to the empress dowager, but in fact she was explaining it for her.
Xue Baochai finally understood what was going on and hurriedly followed him down the steps.
In this way, the Empress Dowager, Daiyu and Tanchun were in front, Xue Baochai was in the middle, Cheng Qian and Zijuan followed at the end, and the few of them slowly walked around the hall twice.
Xue Baochai silently endured the time she spent in Yanjia Palace.
Until a heavenly voice came: "The prince has returned from Ganlu Palace and is waiting outside to pick up the prince's wife."
The Queen Mother returned to her seat, smiled, looked straight at Xue Baochai, and said word by word:
“Since you have married into Prince Zhongshun’s palace, you should remember your identity and be a good daughter-in-law to the royal family.
"Xue."