Wife of the Crown must have definitely returned to Mansion of the State, because after knowing which courtyard Guo Gongye stayed in, he immediately went to find him.When Guo Gongye, who was working with her other concubine, heard that the Wife of the Crown had come looking for him, he immediately crawled out of bed to put on her clothes.
The concubine pouted his lips in dissatisfaction as he reached out to hug Guo Gongye and did not let him go.
Guo Gongye could only turn around and pacify the concubine, saying that he would come and accompany her once he was done with his matters.
After the concubine heard these words, he smiled and let go of her hand, and repeatedly reminded Guo Gongye to definitely come and find her.
Guo Gongye touched a few more concubines, making them giggle, before he tidied up his clothes and walked out of the room in large strides.
"How is it, ma"am? What did the empress say? "
Wife of the Crown looked coldly at Guo Gongye, threw down a few words, and returned to his dwelling.
How stupid was he to be asking her these questions.
Could the empress"s words be spoken here? Seriously …
The older he got, the more brainless he became. Besides sleeping with women, what else could he do?
After Guo Gongye finished speaking, he patted his head in annoyance, he should not have asked these questions.
He chuckled twice, his hands behind his back as he quickly followed the steps of the Wife of the Crown.
However, in his heart, he was somewhat dissatisfied with Wife of the Crown, and felt that he had been humiliated by him.
However, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he wouldn"t show it on his face. It had to be known that the empress treated Wife of the Crown much better than his father.
If he offended the Wife of the Crown, it would be equivalent to offending the Empress.
He would never do something so unprofitable.
Once he returned to the courtyard and entered his room, Guo Gongye couldn"t help but ask the Wife of the Crown what the Empress had told him.
After waiting for Da Yahuan to pour them some tea, the Wife of the Crown waved her hand for them to go down.
She wasn"t anxious at all. Instead, she raised her teacup and slowly took two sips of tea to quell her thirst before raising her eyes to look at Guo Gongye. "The Empress is very angry at what you have done." Her husband was really getting more and more out of hand as he grew older, and also less and less willing to listen to her advice.
He could change his mind at once if those little hooves were to blow on his head.
When she thought of this, her heart was filled with sorrow.
Guo Gongye"s hand that was carrying the teacup stiffened, and he slowly put it down. Raising his head, he looked at the Wife of the Crown, he asked a little embarra.s.sedly, "What did I do this time?" If only he knew earlier, he wouldn"t have cared about Wu Furen"s matter.
Hearing that, Wife of the Crown placed her teacup on the table. Her gaze towards became colder and colder, and the tone of her voice became even colder, "Did you make a mistake? You dare say that you did not make a mistake? " After committing such a huge mistake, he still dared to say that he hadn"t made a mistake. How thick was his skin?
If this continued, she truly felt that the Mansion of the State would lose to him.
"If it wasn"t for you not taking good care of your 5th daughter-in-law, would I have gone to the Jing Zhao Estate to support her?" He felt that the biggest mistake in this matter was that Wife of the Crown did not manage the backyard well and allowed her fifth wife to cause such a huge disaster.
When Wife of the Crown heard this, her heart went cold, and her eyes were filled with disbelief as she looked at Guo Gongye, "What you mean is, this is all my fault? "Huh?"
She never thought that Guo Gongye would blame it all on her.
It was ridiculous, really ridiculous.
If not for her restraint, she would have splashed the tea on the table in his face.
What is a shameless person? She really had witnessed it.
Guo Gongye rubbed his nose somewhat guiltily, turned his head slightly, and did not dare to look straight into Wife of the Crown"s eyes.
"I didn"t say it was your fault. I just wanted you to manage the back courtyard better in the future, and not let the people from the back courtyard go out and cause trouble."
After taking two deep breaths, Wife of the Crown reached out for the cup of tea on the table. Only after drinking an entire cup of tea did she barely suppress the anger in her heart.
"Right now, it"s right here. Tell me clearly, where did I not manage the backyard well?" She did her best to take care of the Mansion of the State, and yet he said such a thing? How could she endure this?
Hearing this, Guo Gongye lightly kissed his throat, raised his teacup and sipped his tea, saying, Let"s not talk about this now, what did the Empress say to you when you were in the palace?
Actually, he knew that he was in the wrong in this matter. However, his face couldn"t live up to his wife"s accusation, so he subconsciously blamed it on her, making her bear the consequences of her wrongdoings.
The Wife of the Crown stared at Guo Gongye for a while, then laughed with a smile, "Why would she care?" She already knew that this man was such a person, so why would she need to take his words to heart and make herself sad?
She no longer counted on him for the rest of her life, but on her sons.
Being looked at by Wife of the Crown made Guo Gongye feel even more uncomfortable. Guo Gongye covered his tracks and drank his tea, finishing the entire cup of tea in an instant. He then poured himself another cup and continued to drink.
Only after he finished two cups of tea did Wife of the Crown speak again.
"The Empress wants me to tell you that if Mansion of the State continues like this, she won"t bother with you anymore."
"What?" When Guo Gongye heard this, he almost jumped up. He did not expect the Empress to say such words. Did the empress really say that? You"re not lying to me, right? "
He looked at Wife of the Crown with a face full of suspicion, thinking that it was because she was angry that she said such words to scare him.
Wife of the Crown was so angry by Guo Gongye that she fell backwards. She grinded her teeth as she looked at Guo Gongye.
"Why does a Mansion of the State who has no way of helping the empress and has to drag her down even further? Tell me, why should she care? "
In the end, the Wife of the Crown still could not hold back and shouted at Guo Gongye.
Maybe it was his first time seeing such a Wife of the Crown, so Guo Gongye was shocked.
He shot to his feet, took two steps back, and stammered, "Since when can the Mansion of the State not help esteemed empress?" Back then, the Emperor … "
Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted again by the Wife of the Crown, "Shut up!" Wife of the Crown was so angry that her chest was moving up and down, she stood up and glared at Guo Gongye, if looks could kill, who knows how many times Guo Gongye would have died, "Are these what you should say? If you want to die, then don"t implicate the lives of hundreds of people in Mansion of the State. "
She really suspected that his brain was filled with water and that everything was popping out of him.
He had never heard of the phrase "the wall has ears".
She really wanted to sew up his mouth so that one day he wouldn"t kill her for no reason at all.
Guo Gongye was also a little dazed, that was why he said those words. His mouth opened, and for a moment, he did not know what to say.
Fortunately, Madam interrupted his words. If his words were spread out, then even a hundred heads wouldn"t be enough for him to cut them off.
Thinking of this, a layer of cold sweat appeared behind Guo Gongye.
"Madam, I was wrong this time. I definitely won"t do that again next time." The rarely seen Guo Gongye was willing to lower his head to admit his mistakes.
The kung fu pract.i.tioner looked at him deeply, not saying a word as he sat back down on his chair.
"Then... Does the empress have anything else to say other than this? " Seeing that the Wife of the Crown did not make a sound, Guo Gongye laughed awkwardly, then shamelessly walked back to the chair and sat down.
Feeling that she had calmed down, the Wife of the Crown glanced at Guo Gongye again. "Regarding the matter of inheriting the Mansion of the State, Empress asked what the h.e.l.l you think?" Actually, she was also very curious to know what Guo Gongye was thinking. Was it still the same thought as before?
Speaking of this matter, it was Guo Gongye"s turn to remain silent.
He was old, and wanted to hand over Guo Gongye"s position as the elder son. It was just that, his eldest son was really unsuitable for him to inherit the Mansion of the State.
His character was truly too weak and his ears were soft. He could not bear the heavy burden of being a Mansion of the State at all.
If he were to hand over the Mansion of the State to him, he might not even be able to defend Cheng, let alone create one.
In his heart, he really wanted to give the Mansion of the State to the third son. If he had the third son to inherit, the Mansion of the State would definitely become more and more prosperous.
However, the teachings of the ancestors had to be pa.s.sed down to the eldest son. The only way to choose a son was if the eldest son was gone.
Gone?
Thinking about that, Mansion of the State"s eyes became gloomy, could it be that he ….
"What are you daydreaming about?" Wife of the Crown waited for a long time, but Guo Gongye did not reply. She raised her head and saw that Guo Gongye was in a daze, she was so angry that she pushed him hard, "Are you thinking about those women in your backyard again?"
When she got down to business, he was actually still in a daze. She was truly convinced.
Guo Gongye regained his senses, glared at Wife of the Crown, and told her not to speak carelessly.
"What am I saying? Isn"t it? Other than fooling around with those girls in the backyard as soon as you got back, what else would you do? "
These words were said extremely fiercely, causing Guo Gongye"s face to turn red from anger.
The Wife of the Crown didn"t wait for him to get angry and immediately repeated what she had just said, asking him what he was thinking.
Turning the topic back to official matters, Guo Gongye felt anger welling up in his heart, but he could not speak of it.
He glared fiercely at Wife of the Crown again before saying, "What do you think, esteemed empress? Did she say what she thought? "
Wife of the Crown shook her head and said no. The empress didn"t say anything, just wanted to know what he thought.
"What about you? What do you think? " Guo Gongye looked at the Wife of the Crown, "Are you really relieved to have handed the Mansion of the State over to Yin"er?" In any case, he was worried that his eldest son would regret it.
Hearing that, Wife of the Crown"s gaze turned sharp, she suppressed her voice and said, "What"s there to be worried about?" Mansion of the State should have been inherited by Yin"er, and should have been inherited by him. Stop whatever thoughts you have in your mind, and don"t let those two brothers become enemies just because of those thoughts of yours.
If she did, she"d skin him alive.