Chapter 67: Entering the Palace
Mrs. Zhao suddenly had a smile on her face, and asked affectionately and familiarly, "Niangniang, she is in good health these days, her appetite is better, she likes the side dishes I brought her last time, and she sleeps well at night" The old lady's face was full of concern and worry, and her mouth was asking about Niangniang's condition one after another. This Lansang was brought into the palace by the queen from the Hou Mansion, and he has been following Niangniang for so many years, and he can be said to be the most intimate person around Niangniang.
So Mrs. Zhao doesn't need to be polite to talk about those false things when she speaks in front of her, she also really feels sorry for her little daughter, although she is the queen, but only the old lady knows the difficulty and pain of the mother, but there is no heir in the middle palace, although she is also a young husband and wife with the emperor, but the beauty in the palace is a stubble, since she is older, although the emperor has always respected her, but it is very rare to go to her, she is only a woman no matter how noble she is, her husband is rare to see, and there is no child under her knees, how unbearable it should be, Therefore, I always don't sleep well at night, so naturally my appetite is not good, and my body is getting thinner and thinner.
Lan Sang felt warm in her heart when she heard this, and only Mrs. Zhao really cared about Niangniang, she hugged Mrs. Zhao, with a sincere smile on her face, and sighed, "The side dishes you brought last time, Niangniang ate them very well, saying that they are sour and spicy, very appetizing, and they use it more when eating." Niangniang will only be happy when I hear that you come to my heart, you can often enter the palace to see Niangniang, accompany her to talk about family life, Niangniang loves to listen to these, Niangniang is happy, and the body will naturally be brisk. The people around them looked at the **** widow and the widow, and they were also distressed and anxious.
"No, Lansang has always been the most caring." Old Madam Zhao patted Lan Sang's hand and exclaimed. "But the old woman is old, and she always enters the palace to not be able to bear the body, and secondly, she is afraid that someone will take advantage of this to say something, so I have to be comforted by your side."
As he said that, the two entered the hall, and they saw a beautiful woman in her thirties sitting on the main seat, wearing a luxurious palace dress and a phoenix crown. It's just that there is a light sorrow on her face that can't be erased, and her body is also emaciated, although she is so haggard, it does not damage her extremely beautiful and atmospheric face. It pours under the stunning beauty and adds a charm of Chuchu.
She can still have such a prosperous appearance at such an age and haggard, it can be seen that she must have been a woman with a charming appearance when she was young, and Mrs. Zhao was busy and was about to kneel down and salute, and the queen mother stepped forward to support her in a few steps and sat down with her. Disgusted, "There are no outsiders in this hall, what does my mother do every time she comes, isn't this killing her daughter?" ”
When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she was relieved, as if she saw the little girl who was still spoiled under her knees again, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes, raised her eyes and swept around, and saw that the people in the hall had retreated, so she smiled at the corner of her lips. "You are not just your mother's daughter now, you have to be the mother of a country first, and your mother must follow the rules, and you can't make it difficult for your mother."
When the queen heard her say this, she couldn't help but feel hot in her eyes, and her eyes were a little red, speaking of her, she was really sad about being the queen, the father and brother of the family were loyal to the country for her position as the queen, and now there is only a nephew and an elderly mother left in the mother's family. She doesn't even have a child herself, what's the point of being such a queen.
Old Madam Zhao saw tears in her eyes, and her eyebrows were even more sorrowful, and she felt uncomfortable. couldn't help but look at her face carefully, and after a while, Fang sighed and said, "Niangniang, you should take care of yourself, I looked at you and lost a lot of weight." You should think about it, our Zhao family is just you, I and Ling'er, if you have a good one, how can Ling'er and I live, Ling'er, this child, you also know, he has been a naughty since he was a child, and his temperament is domineering, he can't stand the slightest idleness of others, his mother sees that he is old, and he can protect him for a few years, so I don't have to expect your aunt to protect him more. The old lady thought, let the mother have a concern in her heart, she can't rest assured, even for Ling'er, she will take good care of herself.
Sure enough, the queen listened to this, she wiped her tears and said, "My mother said very much, my brother left such a single seedling, I can't let people deceive me." When Mrs. Zhao heard her say this, she was comforted, wiped her tears, hugged her and said, "Mother knows that Niangniang has been a transparent child since she was a child, and she will definitely be able to turn this corner, and in the future, not only your nephew will want your blessing, but also your nephew's child will also be protected by you." ”
When the queen heard this, her heart suddenly moved, thinking that the children born to those concubines in the palace were not fat and cute for nothing? It's just that although she likes it very tightly when she sees it, but in the end it is someone else's child, and she has no blood relationship at all, so many low-ranking concubines want to hold the child to her to raise, but when she thinks that this is the emperor and other women, she should panic, and she can't help but think of her own child who has no chance to meet, and she feels painful and hateful in her heart, where is she willing.
It's not that she can't give birth, it's just that when she was pregnant with a child, it was the most thrilling time for several princes to compete for the throne, and her child was lost because of the bloody palace mutiny, and she also lost her body because of it, and she could no longer conceive a child, so the emperor has always been sorry for her, but what's the use.
As soon as she thought of these queens, she felt uncomfortable, she pressed her eyes with a handkerchief, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, "Mother said very well, my daughter is not blessed to have lovely children, and it is the same for children who can watch her nephew, in the end, it is the blood of our old Zhao family." She is really heartbroken, she is often lonely in the palace alone, and she is impatient to interact with those thoughtful concubines, if her nephew gives birth to a child, she can often bring him to see, if it is a girl, she can raise her by her side, and talk to the emperor, it is also possible.
Thinking of this, it was rare for her to show a happy smile on her face, but in the blink of an eye, she thought of something, so she frowned, and said in annoyance, "Ling'er's child, I don't know what's going on, after so many years, he has found a lot of women, but he has never heard of anyone who has conceived a child for him, and the imperial doctor has seen it for him and his aunts, and I don't know what is wrong with our old Zhao family?" The queen's eyebrows that had just stretched suddenly became sad again.
Old Madam Zhao said, "Ling'er just rushed back from Jiangzhou, saying that an aunt in Jiangzhou had just become pregnant" When the queen heard this, her eyebrows and eyes immediately stretched, and she smiled with joy, revealing the coquettishness of a little child and said, "Really, my mother is really, such good news, I have to hide it, and I didn't say it earlier, she made her daughter happy." Old Madam Zhao was full of joy when she saw her. is really happy for her nephew, knowing that she has always loved this only nephew.
couldn't help but sigh and smile bitterly, "If it's really just a happy event, how could my mother not say it earlier." Let the mother be happy! It's really a joy and a worrithing thing" The queen heard her words as if there was something bad going on, so she eagerly interrupted Mrs. Zhao's words, and hurriedly asked, "What the hell is going on, is it possible that something has gone wrong." Mother, you should hurry up! ”
Old Madam Zhao said, "It's not something in the back house, that aunt is already Ling'er's favor, and she is pregnant, so this attracts the eyes of other aunts in the house, poisons the pregnant concubine, and is still unconscious." ”
The queen frowned suddenly, and said with anger, "Ling Er is really unreasonable, she said it a long time ago." Let him not carry any fragrant and smelly things to the house, there are still you and me watching in this capital. But in Jiangzhou, the emperor is far away, and he has always been uncounted, but I'm afraid that he still doesn't know how to mess with the law, what matters now is to let the poisoned concubine hand over the antidote, and hurry up to save people, what are you going to do when you run back? It's confusing. The queen was so angry that she said with red eyes.
Old Madam Zhao frowned and said, "If the antidote can be found, why does Ling'er need to travel thousands of miles to the capital." "What's going on?" The queen saw her like this. Confused again, he looked at the old lady full of doubts.
Mrs. Zhao told the queen what had happened, and the queen was also angry, but she had been in the palace for more than ten years. What kind of dirty and poisonous things have never been seen, these are nothing compared to the things in the palace, which backyard has never been a fight to the death, but if it doesn't involve the heirs, it doesn't matter, but now it affects the children. Think about my nephew's child who has been having a hard time for so many years. Naturally, my heart is not happy, and I am also angry and hateful to the person who harms others.
But now the top priority is still thinking about how to save her, the queen doesn't care how precious the medicine is, what do she get if she wants to be such a queen, except for the good name, speaking of the mother of a country, there is nothing, the only nephew is just a marquis, he used to occupy an idle position, he couldn't get much Fenglu, and someone from three days and two heads went to the emperor to sue him, and in the end he didn't want to be angry anymore.
But the Hou Ye is just an empty shelf, and the life in the house is also stretched, and when it comes, Ling Er groped his way to do the business that people looked down on, thinking about earning some money to supplement the daily expenses of the house, so he said that he was not the queen looking at the scenery, and he couldn't even take care of his mother's family, and he had never begged the emperor for anything, so he begged him like this, no matter how precious the medicine was, could it be more important than my nephew's unborn child? You have to know that just like my mother said, my nephew finally had a child, if there is a case for this, who knows when I will be able to have it again.
Thinking of this, the queen immediately stood up and said to Old Madam Zhao with a resolute face, "Mother, don't be in a hurry to wait for me here, I'll go to the emperor, no matter how precious the antidote pill is, my daughter has to get it, nothing is more important than our Zhao family's bloodline." "Mrs. Zhao originally wanted to ask the emperor for mercy by herself, but her daughter should have a better grasp of it, so she didn't stop it.
It's just that there are some worries in my heart, if I can't ask for it, will it cause trouble for Niangniang, I thought about it again and again, so I carefully advised, "Niangniang, you talk to the emperor well, if he really doesn't want to, then forget it, it's only to blame our old Zhao family for not being lucky to keep the child." As he spoke, tears couldn't help but fall on his face, and he remembered that he couldn't shed tears in the palace, so he was busy wiping them again.
The queen was also sad when she saw it, and hurriedly comforted her, "Mother, don't worry, my daughter is measured, and the emperor is not so careful, no matter how precious the medicine is, it is just a dead thing, and the emperor has always been very generous to our house, so you just wait for the good news!" ”
Lan Sang helped the queen mother all the way to the imperial study, and when she arrived at the door of the imperial study, she saw the emperor's personal attendant Xu Gongcheng standing under the porch, her brows frowned imperceptibly, and soon a decent smile appeared on her face, and she stepped forward and said softly, "Father-in-law Xu, why don't you wait for the emperor inside, but stand outside the door and be lazy." ”
As soon as Gonggong Xu saw the queen mother coming, he hurriedly stepped forward with a respectful face and saluted, "The queen mother, you are here, you are really hot-eyed, the slave is lazy, and you will be caught, you must not complain to the emperor, otherwise the slave only saved a little pension silver, I am afraid that the emperor will confiscate it." Father-in-law Xu made a bitter face and deliberately followed the mother's words and said funny.
Everyone in the palace knows that Gonggong Xu loves money like his life, but he is very measured, he doesn't collect any money that shouldn't be collected, and no one wants to find out from him to the emperor's words, because of this, he has always been the first proud person in front of the emperor, the emperor knows that he has good money, as long as he makes mistakes, he will be fined for other things. So these words are as if they were true, the queen glanced at him, so I don't know if he was sent by the emperor, but I am afraid that the concubine is there to offer courtesy.
Probably the sound of talking outside made the room hear, and in a moment, a delicate beauty with a willow waist came out of the imperial study, and saw her wearing a large peony emerald green smoke veil Bixia Luo, a pink narcissus scattered flowers and green leaf skirt mopping the floor, and a thin gold silk smoke and green veil. The low-hanging sideburns are obliquely inlaid with pearl and jasper hairpins, which is really a flower and moon appearance out of the water hibiscus.
She was carrying a food box in her hand, and when she saw the queen mother, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said coquettishly, "Meet the queen mother, is the mother also coming to see the emperor?" She looked at the queen with a delicate face, her smile was soft, her face was tender and tender, and it was delightful to look at. It's good to be young, the queen couldn't help but sigh when she saw this, knowing that she was the emperor's favorite concubine Ning recently, no wonder the emperor liked it, such a delicate and tender person, and such a delicate temperament.
It's just that where is the really delicate woman in this palace, the queen glanced at her meaningfully, and said, "This palace came to find the emperor for something, but it disturbed the interest of the emperor and Concubine Ning." ”
Concubine Ning listened to this, and hurriedly lowered her eyes and said, "The queen mother, you are serious, the concubine just made a few snacks for the emperor to taste, why not disturb any interest, and what kind of identity is the concubine, don't you dare to let a noble person like the queen mother say this." When the queen heard this, the smile in her eyes deepened, and she said that where is the really innocent and delicate woman in the palace, but she is afraid of how tall the grass on the grave has grown.
Concubine Ning didn't dare to linger any longer, so she hurried away after seeing the ceremony, and then Gonggong Xu stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, the emperor let you in!" The queen asked Lan Sang to wait outside the door, and walked to the imperial study, where the emperor was sitting on a chair to review the folds, the queen had not seen him for several days, and saw that the emperor was wearing a bright yellow robe embroidered with the pattern of the dragon of the sea, the wide corners of the robe were slightly drooping, and the long black eyebrows were in the sideburns, and the eyebrows were slightly locked.
He put down his pen and looked at the queen, his pupils as black as a deep pool flashed with a warm brilliance, his mature and handsome face reflected the sun, with god-like majesty and innate nobility, the whole person emitted a kind of king air that shocked the world, and at this time there was a light smile at the corner of his lips.
Looking at this face for decades, the queen also had to admit that the emperor at such an age was no worse than the charm of her youth, and it was no wonder that those concubines were fighting more and more, she lowered her somewhat gloomy eyes, and saluted the emperor, and the emperor hurriedly helped her up and said, "The queen doesn't need to be polite, but there is something to find me." "He knew that Mrs. Zhao handed over the sign to the palace today, and the queen must have something to do when she came over at this time. (To be continued.) )