Along the way, Ding Yun arrived at Changle Palace without any obstruction, and as soon as he saw his mother, he bowed according to the rules.

When saluting, refer to the memory of the original person.

Ding Yun was still a little dazed.

Because in the memory of the original person, it was not she who saluted her mother a few years ago, but her mother who saluted her as the queen and the queen mother as a minister.

Unexpectedly, this position was reversed again.

She became a minister again, and her mother became a king.

Things really are changing.

"Get up quickly, you are really suffering..."

Queen Cui naturally felt that her daughter had suffered, and she was already ready to say something about losing weight. However, when she saw Ding Yun standing up after saluting, she could no longer say the words she had prepared.

.

Because her daughter doesn't look too good.

She looks better than when she was the Queen Mother, her face is rosy and shiny, her hair is shiny, and even her face seems to be slightly rounder than when we met half a month ago. She does not look like she is suffering.

This would mean suffering again.

That's not just lying with open eyes.

Therefore, Queen Cui could only forcefully reverse it immediately:

"You must have suffered a lot of grievances recently, sit down quickly, sit down quickly, chat with me for a few words, and then we will go to Weiyang Palace together later. Your grandmother also misses you a lot.

Come, give me Changle.

This kid Changle is so well-behaved and pretty!"

While she was talking, Queen Cui had already reached out to take her granddaughter, Princess Changle, from Ding Yun, and took the opportunity to praise and tease the child.

Among her grandchildren, there is currently no granddaughter. Although Princess Changle is a granddaughter, she is indeed the girl with the closest blood relationship to her among her grandchildren. As the saying goes, rare things are more valuable, so

Empress Cui still liked her as the granddaughter of the previous dynasty, but she still had to worry about it after all.

It's not very easy to show favor in public.

So I was very caring and caring in private.

After holding the child in her arms and teasing her, and chatting about her experience in raising children, Empress Cui handed Princess Changle over to the care of the female official next to her.

Then he dismissed everyone and talked to Qiao Mu about the business:

"Aluan, you have to know that this is no longer the past. Since your father came to the throne, he has grown very powerful. He is basically the boss of Gan Gang.

What he decided.

No one is allowed to persuade or change at all.

Don't get angry with him anymore. He will go to the Queen Mother's place for dinner today at noon. At that time, I will take you with me and you will be subdued. The Queen Mother and I will try to persuade him together.

What hatred can there be between father and daughter?"

"Mother, you can't blame me for this.

Father, when he did things, he never considered my feelings. Some time ago, I asked him to beat the new emperor, but he turned out to be kind and directly launched an army to rebel.

I won't say much more about this.

It definitely has nothing to do with me.

After all, I feel that I still don’t have such a big voice in our family, but what did the father say? The banner he used was that the new emperor was bullying me. Is this ridiculous? This is what a father can say.

.

All the blame was put on me.

I won’t say much more about this. Also, on the day he broke into the palace, he asked a general to kick on my door and invite me out. What does this mean? What is the difference between this and kicking in a widow’s door at night? Just tell me.

Is this appropriate?

Even if you don’t mention these, it doesn’t count.”

"Then after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he first refused to see me, then finally became willing to see me, and still wanted to grant me a marriage. What does this mean?"

"In any civilized family, it is impossible for the natal family to force the widow to remarry. Even if the widow is willing to remarry, she can marry whomever she wants.

There is no mention of her mother's family getting involved.

But what do you mean, father? Do you think you haven't used me enough? Do you think I can use you again?

Is this all my fault?"

Ding Yun's words were not only what she wanted to say, but also what she had been holding in her heart and never dared to say.

At the same time, Queen Cui was speechless.

After a long time, she muttered a sentence:

"But, he is the king's father now!"

Yes, this era pays attention to loyalty, filial piety, etiquette, righteousness, benevolence, wisdom, and trust. You should be loyal to the emperor and filial to your parents.

Then Dugu Xiao is both king and father.

It's like two layers of buffs.

Right is right and wrong is right. Ding Yun's so-called truth simply doesn't work for him, because he doesn't need to be reasonable. So, no matter how many reasonable complaints she makes, it's useless.

One word of filial piety can crush her to death.

Not to mention the word loyalty.

"That's all, go to Weiyang Palace later and talk to your grandmother. Now, I can't persuade your father, and he can only listen to what your grandmother says.

If your grandmother would help you.

Then it should be fine."

To be honest, Empress Cui actually felt that her husband had gone too far, but after all, she not only had a daughter, but also had a son. She was obviously unwilling to offend her husband for the sake of her daughter, thus affecting her son.

So I could only give Ding Yun a trick and ask her to beg her grandma. No matter what, the Queen Mother was Dugu Xiao's biological mother. He could not give face to others, but how could he not give face to his biological mother? She had to give it to him to some extent.

A little bit.

This is Queen Cui's only move.

At this point, Ding Yun was silent for a while before nodding: "I know, I will try my best.

But Queen Mother, there is another point that I really don’t understand. It’s not that there are no widows in our family.

Why didn't he grant marriages to others, but specifically to me? Don't say it's for my own good, or that widows have a hard time. It may be true that widows from ordinary civilian backgrounds have a hard time, but I

If the widow's life is not going well, then all the other widows will have to die. What's more, if he really does it for my own good, he should consider my opinion anyway.

Instead of pointing me to something he is satisfied with.

Anyway, there is no one around, so just tell me the truth, what does your father mean by doing this?"

"Well, I'm just guessing...

Since your father ascended the throne, there have been private rumors and rumors. Recently, some people have been saying that your father is a relative who stole power and gained the throne unfairly. This rumor of a relative naturally originated from you. Here,

Before, no daughter in our family married into the royal family.

I guess your father may have heard these rumors and become dissatisfied, and he may even be angry with you. As for wanting you to get married again, it is probably because of this. After you get married, the idea of ​​​​relatives should be discontinued.

After all, once a widow remarries,

It means that I have nothing to do with my ex-husband’s family anymore.”

Seeing that her daughter insisted on asking, Empress Cui only hesitated for a second before telling her bold guess.

Because she has heard these words before.

At the same time, it is clearer that the reputation of the foreign relatives for seizing power is indeed not good, and the Dugu family's desire to rebel is not just a matter of a day or two. It can even be said that preparations were started two or three generations ago. The success of the rebellion has nothing to do with the foreign relatives.

It just happened to happen at the right time.

Those who rely on ability to get to the top are said by outsiders to rely on relatives.

It's strange to be in a good mood.

"You can also blame me for this.

Is it possible that I am still willing to marry a spiritual emperor who is over forty years old? This is really..."

Hearing this, Ding Yun was already angry.

What's all this?

"This is just my guess.

Okay, it's almost time. Come with me to Weiyang Palace and have a talk with your grandma later.

Now you can only count on your grandma."

Empress Cui was afraid that her daughter would be angry and say something unpleasant again, which would lead to criticism, so she quickly stopped the discussion and stood up to change the subject.
To be continued...