"Concubine Shu has been by the emperor's side for more than ten years, which is no shorter than the concubine. She is the biological mother of the four princes, with a noble identity and a clear background, in this harem, she neither competes with the concubine for favor, nor does she seize power with the queen, and she lives her own life behind closed doors, I am afraid she is the only one. ”

Mother Shao's gaze became distant, as if she had returned to the past days in the harem, and the softness in her eyes almost made Sui Hua think that she had seen it wrong.

When I saw Shao's mother for the first time, I only felt a cold aura on her. is not only dressed plainly, but also rejects people thousands of miles away in speech and demeanor, and acts politely but with distant eyebrows.

So in a trance, this little bit of soft light in the eyes is surprising.

Shao's mother called Shen Guifei Shen, and her tone was alienated and lonely, which showed that she was not close to her; And Shao's mother used to be a female official in the palace of the Empress Dowager Sun before she left the palace, and her status should be very high, and between her and Concubine Zhou Shu, it can be seen that there is an inexplicable implication, just by the softness in her eyes, it can be seen that the two have had a relationship

Mother Shao continued: "When the emperor was still the king of Duan, not long after the Yuan family married, the Zhou family canonized the side concubine to marry, and it took a few days for the Shen family to enter the door, and the position was just a concubine at the beginning. ”

In the flat tone, Sui Hua was stunned to hear the disdain in Shao's mother's words.

It seems that Mother Shao has never looked down on Shen Guifei.

"Later, Shen's elder brother inherited the family business, the imperial merchant had a lot of oil and water, and Duan Wang was fighting in the dark, and he needed money, and the two hit it off, so Shen canonized the side concubine, and she was in the limelight for a while, and she was quite favored."

At that time, Shen Guifei also climbed up from the concubines layer by layer, in front of the harem, implicated each other, and had the full support of her mother's family, so that she was in the backyard of the prince, and she was gradually living like a fish in water.

"Since the Shen family was favored, he has been fighting with the Yuan family in the open and secret, almost to the point of endless Cheng dù, but the Zhou family has been circling between the two, and he looks like a fisherman profiting."

When the Yuan family and the Shen family were in the palace, they all had days of falling out of favor, today the main house overwhelmed the side room, and tomorrow the Shen family will be on the Yuan family's eye medicine, although it will not be restless, after all, there is a lot of competition between the two. On the other hand, the Zhou family has been silently maintaining its status, and even the Zhou family, who was born in a clear Hanlin family, is also supporting King Duan in the court. Don't stand out, don't lie about it. The Zhou family has always been based on the court with the most gentle attitude, as if the Zhou family has always restrained King Duan's heart with a gentle character.

Her grace is the long-term flow of water.

However, just looking at the means, I don't know how many levels she is higher than Shen Guifei.

Later, King Duan succeeded to the throne, after the Yuan family was sealed, the Shen family and the Zhou family were crowned concubines, and the three-legged momentum was still faintly visible in the entire Hou Six Palaces. Although the Shen clan had competed with the Yuan clan before, they were shorter in terms of heirs after all. The Yuan family gave birth to the eldest son, and after the emperor ascended the throne, he was established as the crown prince early, and the second son of Jing Zhaoyi, who was born to the queen, died early due to illness, but even so, Jing Zhaoyi still had Princess Duanhe by her side, who was the emperor's first daughter, and she was favored. ”

Shao's mother's topic changed lightly, and she turned to the children of the emperor in the harem now.

"Concubine Li Yang was only a concubine before the emperor ascended the throne, and her rank was lower, but she came to the top, not only gave birth to the third prince, but also gave birth to the second daughter of the emperor, Princess Pingning, who can be regarded as the first person in the harem with both children and daughters."

In this way, Concubine Li is pampered and arrogant, and people have this ability.

"Concubine Zhou Shu is even more in the hidden mansion, the Yuan family and the Shen family in the struggle to retreat, and gave birth to the fourth son safely, although it seems that there is not much interest now," Shao's mother's tone wanted to laugh softly, but she immediately stopped.

The Four Princes, it's so delicious. On the side, listening to the elders who taught several princes, they were also quite smart, but they memorized the book, which was far less smooth than reporting the name of the dish.

"Although she is not very smart, she is also a prince, and Concubine Zhou's honor in the future will not be too weak. Only Shen Guifei," Shao's mother raised her hand and pushed a cup of tea to Sui Hua, looked at her with fixed eyes, and then took a sip of herself, the best old gentleman eyebrows in the Hou Mansion, the tea fragrance is naturally good, and after putting down the cup, she continued to tell the story, "Only the Shen family, who is in a high position, but does not have a son and a half daughter." ”

Sui Hua understood a little.

It has been thirteen years since the emperor ascended the throne, but none of the emperor's sons were born after he ascended the throne - the youngest of the four princes were all fourteen years old. And the emperor's heirs are not abundant, in addition to the three princes who grew up safely, now even the princesses only have two princesses, Duanhe and Pingning.

In the harem, it's really not lively.

No wonder Empress Dowager Sun was in a hurry to draft the emperor Zhang Luo into the palace.

Sui Hua saw that Shao's mother had said so much, afraid that she would be tired, drank tea, said a few words, and told her to rest, and went back to the house herself, slowly pondering the palace concubines mentioned by Shao's mother today.

***

The night was quiet and dark, the sky cleared up in the night, and a slightly less perfect moon gradually brightened into the night sky with a cloud of mist.

With Fang accompanying Hui Zhi to lay out a piece of paper in the room to write, the lights in the room were lit, Hui Zhi took off the hairpin ring and meditated on the paper: "Mrs. Wu Weihou's house is from the north, should the taste of those dishes be stronger?" But the little girl of the Pei family is a sweet-toothed person, Pei Shizi is here to recuperate, the taste is better to be lighter? ”

It's a real headache.

No wonder my father didn't let my mother take care of these things. Such a thing is so brain-consuming, the father must be unwilling to let the mother get pregnant and then sort it out.

But this made her suffer. I got the work of arranging it early in the morning, just set up the interstitial screen, arrange the tea room, and tidy it up according to everyone's liking, although it was trivial, it didn't seem to be so troublesome to sort out the menu.

She is usually stubborn and stubborn, so she asked her to ask about the years, and it is estimated that both sides are not happy.

Jiang Caiqiong entered the house, came to see her frowning, asked a few questions, and said with a smile: "Isn't Pei Shizi living in the front yard?" Anyway, it's a banquet the day after tomorrow, and it will be clear if you send someone to ask a few words from tomorrow morning. ”

Then let people collect the pen and paper and let Hui Zhi come over to check the pulse.

After holding her breath for a moment, Jiang Caiqiong showed a faint smile on her face: "It's already good." The residual poison of the year has finally been cleaned up, and now that I have prepared the pills until the weather becomes hot, I will no longer have to worry about poisonous or non-poisonous things in the future. ”

Since Pei Gu was mentioned, Hui Zhi had to ask two questions: "How is Pei Shizi's injury?" ”

Jiang Caiqiong's expression was a little strange, "Speaking of which, the wound is very good, and the skin injury is not a major injury, but the poison on the dagger is very strange, but it is a pity that all the poisonous blood forced out at that time was cleaned up, otherwise you can see what kind of poison it is." ”

Then Zhengse said: "That poison looks very domineering, but when I think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be a poison that can kill people for a while, but it will cause people to be insensitive, and their heads are dull - to put it bluntly, if the poison is used too much, I'm afraid people will slowly become stupid." ”

However, there is one sentence she has not yet said.

The poison on that person's dagger was definitely not aimed at the Qin family and the Pei family.

So who was the person they were going to do in the first place?