Chapter 23: The Target
In the harem where the peach blossoms bloomed in March, the concubines rushed to tell each other that Concubine Xiaozhang was grounded by the emperor, and everyone was happy to hear the news.
According to the news that came out, Concubine Xiao Zhang caused a temper with His Majesty and drove His Majesty out of the palace in the middle of the night. His Majesty was furious and sealed Zhaoyang Palace, banned Concubine Xiaozhang's feet, and even used guards to surround the palace.
All the concubines were guessing when His Majesty would give Concubine Xiao Zhang death, and there were still people in the harem who quietly opened a gambling game to bet on Concubine Xiao Zhang's death.
Queen Huang has been aggrieved for so long, and today her mood is finally blooming like a peach blossom. She stood in front of the tree to look at the flowers, and said to her eldest palace maid: "Your Majesty really favors this cheap maid, and drives Your Majesty out of the palace in the middle of the night. ”
The queen's palace maid Chen Yu is the son of her Huang family, who was trained by the Huang family when she was ten years old and sent to the palace, and now she is over twenty years old.
Chen Yu, the palace maid, saw that she was getting older day by day, and she was afraid that she would grow old in the palace, thinking that she was afraid that she would be lonely and old without a husband and children in this life, and she felt resentment towards her master in her heart.
The palace maid replied: "The slave maid thinks that it is only a matter of time before she enters the cold palace." At this time, if someone takes away His Majesty's favor, I'm afraid that Concubine Xiao Zhang will ......"
No one knows better than the queen's personal palace maid what the weakness of the mother is.
The queen thought of what her mother had said when she entered the palace a few days ago, and she was very angry at that time, and the family saw that she was in decline, and wanted to pick a young and beautiful cousin from her uncle's house and send her to the palace. She cried and had a seizure, but she didn't refuse.
Now that I think about it, this is actually a way, my own are half-old, and I can't compete for the emperor's favor no matter how unwilling I am. Instead of cheapening others, it is better to cheapen your own family.
She turned around and instructed the palace maid: "Go and spread the word to the family, let the mother bring her cousin into the palace tomorrow, now is the best time." ”
The palace maid respectfully saluted and withdrew, and went to deliver the message out of the palace.
People who like to calculate others always feel that they are smart and take advantage of them, but they don't know that they have lost more than they have gained.
In order to get His Majesty's marriage, the queen personally sent a beautiful woman to His Majesty. Now, she will die early for this beauty, so she has to personally send another young and beautiful cousin to His Majesty.
The next day, Mrs. Huang Ren took her niece into the palace, and as soon as they sat down and drank a sip of tea, before they had time to talk to the queen, the emperor strode in. He waved his hand to exempt everyone, sat on the top seat with a golden sword, and said to the queen with a smile: "The widow heard that the queen's peach blossoms are the most beautiful, so he came to appreciate it. ”
The queen smiled when she heard this, and she replied with a smile: "This is a happy event that the concubine can't ask for." She hurriedly asked the palace maid to arrange it, and she accompanied the emperor to pretend: "Your Majesty, the old lady brought her concubine cousin into the palace today to ask for peace, she is an understanding, gentle and obedient woman." ”
She motioned for her cousin to come forward and salute the emperor. The emperor saw a woman wearing a pink rose-scented tight-fitting robe with sleeves, an emerald green smoke gauze loose flower skirt underneath, a big bow tied with gold silk soft tobacco around her waist, and a low sideburns with a jasper and phoenix hairpin in her sideburns, stood up, knelt on the ground with a few steps, and said coquettishly: "The people's daughter Huang greets Your Majesty, long live the emperor." ”
The emperor smiled: "Get up, look up and let me see." ”
The woman raised a beautiful melon seed face, she had a small and straight nose, two curved eyebrows like willow leaves, a pair of autumn eyes, thin lips, and a charming smile at the corners of her mouth.
The emperor nodded, thinking in his heart: The target that the Huang family gave me is not bad.
The emperor showed that he liked it very much: "Since the queen's sister is so gentle and considerate, does the queen want to leave your sister in the palace to accompany you?"
Old Lady Huang's fat face suddenly turned into a chrysanthemum. Relying on the Huang family's daughters one by one, the Huang family's imperial favor will last for a long time.
The queen's heart is happy, sour and bitter, with mixed tastes. She forced a smile and said: "The concubine is willing to let her accompany her, and I want her to accompany the emperor." Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and you need to be accompanied by Xie Yuhua to relieve boredom in your spare time. ”
The emperor affectionately held the queen's hand: "You are really my virtuous queen, I am very lucky to have you." ”
The queen pretended to be virtuous and said, "What position does Your Majesty give your sister?"
The emperor said generously: "Can the queen's sister be low? He continued: "The queen is relieved to act. ”
He was in a very good mood and stayed in the Queen's Palace for a long time, and stayed in Kunning Palace that night.
The virtuous queen slept alone in the side hall that night, and gave the main hall to the emperor and her cousin. The emperor and his new love had a happy time on the phoenix bed in the main hall.
In addition to wanting to win more benefits from the emperor, the queen also has the idea of belittling her cousin in her selfish heart.
The queen slept quietly in the side hall alone, and the loneliness surrounded her, reminding her of many past events. She was fifteen years old when she first entered the palace, she was delicate and bright, and the emperor said that he liked to see her innocent smile the most. From the initial innocence to the innocence that she tried to disguise, she has been in love with His Majesty for more than ten years.
In the palace, innocence means danger, she began to become scheming for self-preservation, then vicious for His Majesty's luck, and later, became unscrupulous for power.
Tears flowed down her eyes, her hands clutched the quilt, and she said in a voice that she could only hear: If you could always pamper me, I wouldn't be like this.
It is difficult for a woman to want a dedicated love, and she also wants to ask for a dedicated love from an emperor who has 3,000 beauties in the harem, and her expectations are too high and she is destined to fail miserably.
The next day, the news that the emperor had another beautiful woman spread all over the harem, and I heard that His Majesty was still fortunate to have the queen's sister in the queen's bedroom. Some praised the queen for being virtuous, some ridiculed her, and some said that the Huang family was about to be promoted again......
The emperor's three holy decrees proved everyone's rumors: one was that the harem had a yellow concubine. The second is that the uncle of the Huang family was appointed as the prince and the prince. The third master of the Huang family was named an earl, and he attacked the second generation.
Since then, the Huang family has two lords, one queen, one prince and one concubine. The world says that the Huang family is the ancestral tomb with green smoke, and the Huang family has become the most noble mansion in Chang'an City.
On the same day, Concubine Huang stayed in the Xihua Palace, and the emperor began his new life as a favorite concubine.
The favorite concubine he used to be is now surrounded in Zhaoyang Palace, not a single mosquito can fly in, and all the food is sent to the gate by the guards, and the eunuchs of Zhaoyang Palace pick it up and send it in. Listening to the guards who delivered the food, I heard Concubine Wan crying at first, but then I couldn't hear a single sound.
The most common thing in the palace is: the new person laughs, and the old person cries.
Now that the emperor is even passing by, he walks around Zhaoyang Palace, and whoever dares to say a word about Concubine Wan in front of him will definitely attract the emperor's wrath. Seeing this, the people in the harem all understood in their hearts that Concubine Wan was a thing of the past, and it was only a matter of time before she was executed.
This time, the emperor favored Concubine Huang even more, rewarded him every day, stayed in the Xihua Palace all night, and often said before and after people: "Concubine Ai, hurry up and give me a son." ”
This made Concubine Huang, who had charmed His Majesty with her beauty, lose her initial vigilance, and she began to get carried away with her grace. She went on a rampage in the harem, and when she didn't agree with people, she asked her palace people to go up and slap people.
Even, she became casual with His Majesty.
This night, she saw that the emperor was very satisfied with her service, so she asked in the emperor's coquettish voice: "Your Majesty, before the concubine entered the palace, I heard that Concubine Xiaozhang was beautiful, I don't know who is more beautiful than her?"
When the emperor heard this, he almost couldn't help but want to kick her out of bed, and the emperor said very unhappily: "Don't mention this person, whoever mentions it in the palace, I will let people beat the board, and the concubine didn't know it before, and next time I mention it, I will be angry." After saying that, he turned over and went to sleep.
Seeing this, Concubine Huang thought that the emperor hated Concubine Xiao Zhang's anger with others, and she didn't dare to mention it anymore.
The emperor especially thought about Concubine Xiaozhang at this time, if it wasn't for the fact that she could give birth to this child safely in order not to make her the target of public criticism, how could he be willing to forbid her and fall in love with other women?
His beloved concubine is two months pregnant, right? endure it for a few more months, they can be together, love and love will never be separated, he has had a hard time these days. While thinking about his beloved concubine, he was still trying to make other women conceive children as soon as possible, so as to prevent disasters for his beloved concubine.
It can be seen that no matter how affectionate a person is, he may also meet someone he likes, and if he can meet someone he likes, he will become an infatuation, and if he can't meet him, he will continue to be affectionate.