Chapter 319: Concubine Lan's Past
Minghui fled back to the capital with great difficulty, hiding in Fang's house and never going out again. Although Fang Tingjun was very angry about this, he didn't have anything to do with Minghui. At the beginning, he asked Minghui to go to Yanjing City, thinking that Minghui would die in Yanjing City, but who knew that he didn't do a good job, and asked Mingtao to send troops in advance to attack them by surprise. Not to mention the loss of troops, but also the loss of many cities. made his resentment towards Minghui deeper.
He had thought of countless ways to get rid of Minghui, but Minghui was a prince after all, and he couldn't let a prince die in his house! He thought of countless ways, and Minghui said that he would not leave the Fang family for anything. This annoyed Fang Tingjun.
Minghui is now sitting in his room eating delicious fruits, looking out the window at the beautiful scenery with a smile on his face.
"Hui'er, why don't you go out and walk with your mother!" Concubine Lan walked into Minghui's room and said with a smile.
"Where does the concubine want to go? The garden is still ......" Looking at Concubine Lan who walked into the room, Minghui stood up and asked with a smile.
Since returning to the capital, he has always wanted to find an opportunity to ask Concubine Lan about the things of the year. But as soon as he used no good excuse to ask about the things of the year, he was also afraid that Concubine Lan would be suspicious, in case she went to tell Fang Tingjun that he already knew about his background, then he and his cousin would be in danger. So after he came back, although he went to see Concubine Lan, he didn't have many times. It's just that he never thought that Concubine Lan would suddenly find him to go out for a walk today.
In his memory, although Concubine Lan was good to him, their mother and son did not go out together once. This time Concubine Lan was so abnormal, Minghui was surprised.
"Just walk around the garden!" Looking at Minghui's cautious appearance, Concubine Lan said with a smile. I remember that when she first took over this child, he had just been born, and now that he has grown so big, time flies so fast!
Since coming back from Yanjing this time, Minghui didn't know what stimulation she had received, although it looked the same as before, but she knew that Minghui had changed, and she had something on her mind, but she didn't even pay attention to her mother. She had to come to Minghui by herself. Although Minghui is not her biological son, he is the child she raised. She was also sad to see him like this.
"Good! The weather is nice today, but it's a good time to go out for a walk. Minghui nodded, smiled and helped Concubine Lan out of the room.
Now it is already the season of spring flowers, and there is a special person to take care of the garden in Taishi Mansion, so now the back garden of Taishi Mansion is beautiful, the scenery is pleasant, and it is the favorite of the ladies of Taishi Mansion.
Minghui helped Concubine Lan to walk among the flowers, looking at the colorful flowers, both of them had smiles on their faces. It's just that only they know that what they just said is nothing more than useless words.
"Mother, there's a gazebo in front, let's go there and talk!" Minghui pointed to an empty pavilion not far away and said with a smile.
Although he couldn't understand the reason why Concubine Lan asked him to see the flowers, he could see that Concubine Lan had something to say to him. It just so happened that he also wanted to ask Concubine Lan about it, and the pavilion was extremely empty around it, and it was a good place to talk and chat.
"Hmmm! I'm old, I'm useless, and I feel tired when I have such a little road. Looking at the gazebo, Concubine Lan said with a smile.
Soon, the mother and son sat down in the pavilion, and the maid Xiaosi put tea and snacks for the two, and an originally lifeless pavilion instantly became a beautiful landscape.
"Get out of here, all of you! This palace wants to talk to the prince, let everyone watch from a distance, and don't let anyone get close to here, you know? Concubine Lan turned her head and said in a voice to Xiao Si, the maid who was following the two of them.
"Yes!" After the group left respectfully, they were distributed around the two of them, looking in the direction of the gazebo from a distance.
"Mother has something to say!" After everyone left, Minghui looked at Concubine Lan and asked with a smile.
Concubine Lan didn't speak, just looked at Minghui and smiled, "The mother concubine has nothing to say, it should be Hui'er who has something to say!" ”
"Mother concubine ......" Minghui didn't expect Concubine Lan to say this, and his heart was moved.
"You are a child raised by your mother since childhood, and your mother can naturally see that you have something on your mind. Go ahead! What's up? As long as the mother concubine can do it, she will definitely help you fulfill your wishes. Looking at Minghui's expression, Concubine Lan held Minghui's hand and said with a smile.
"Thank you, child, mother, it's just ......"
"What is it that makes the emperor so embarrassed? Or does the emperor not believe in his mother? Looking at Minghui's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Concubine Lan asked with concern.
"Mother...... I've heard some rumors lately, and I want to ask my mother for confirmation, but I don't know how to speak. Listening to Concubine Lan's words of concern, Minghui looked at Concubine Lan in embarrassment and said.
"Say it! What the hell is going on? You are the only son of the mother, and your business is the mother's business. Looking at Minghui's unspeakable appearance, she had a bad premonition, but she still wanted to hear Minghui's questions.
"I heard that I am not the biological son of my mother!" Under Concubine Lan's encouraging gaze, Minghui whispered. Concubine Lan was very good to him, if it weren't for his cousin telling him about his life experience, he would never believe that he was actually Guo Ting's son, although with Meng Hui's affirmation, he still wanted to confirm it again with Concubine Lan.
"That's it?" Hearing Minghui's words, Concubine Lan smiled, and smiled very easily. "This is a well-known thing, you were too young before, and the mother didn't say it clearly, and then the mother thought that you had already known about it in other palace maids and eunuchs or other people, so she didn't mention it, but I didn't expect it to become the emperor's heart disease. Could it be that in the heart of the emperor, you are not the biological son of the mother and concubine, and our mother-son relationship does not exist? In the heart of the mother, the emperor will always be the best and most well-behaved son of the mother. ”
"The Mother ......"
"So can the concubine tell Minghui how the concubine died back then?" Speaking of Concubine Gong, Minghui was a little weak-hearted, although she was not his biological mother, but she died because of herself after all, he wanted to know what was going on with all this, and he also wanted to know why he became the emperor's son.
"That's a long story!" Looking at the sea of flowers in the distance, Concubine Lan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Although Guo Ting and the queen are good sisters and have a good relationship, in this palace, Guo Ting also has a good friend, that is, Concubine Gong.
One day, Guo Ting suddenly ran to find Concubine Gong, saying that she was pregnant, and asked Concubine Gong to give her ideas. After all, Guo Ting was only a girl less than twenty years old at that time, and if this unmarried pregnancy spread, she would never recover.
At that time, the queen mother disappeared suddenly for some reason, and Concubine Gong had no one to negotiate, so she could only tell the emperor about it and let the emperor marry Guo Ting and Mu Kun.
When the emperor knew about this, he was very surprised, but after being surprised, he could only give the two of them a marriage, so that not only Guo Ting's reputation was preserved, but the child could also have a decent background. In order to give the child a good name, the former emperor Mingwu even wanted to crown Guo Ting as a princess, so that she could marry into the Mu family as a lady and be on an equal footing with Mrs. Mu Meng Hui.
Mingwu has good intentions, but who knows that Guo Ting insisted on asking Mingwu to order Mu Kun to divorce his wife and marry another. For such a holy decree, Ming Wu naturally can't give it, even if he is willing to issue such a holy decree, I am afraid that Mu Kun would rather resist the decree than divorce his wife and marry another.
After Ming Wu disagreed, Guo Ting was very sad and left after staying with Concubine Gong for a few days. Later, about a month later, Guo Ting came to Concubine Gong again, because she said that since Mu Kun could not divorce his wife and marry another, she didn't want to marry Mu Kun again, but the child couldn't follow her, otherwise the unborn child would be infamous for a lifetime. Therefore, she wanted Concubine Gong to help find a home.
Concubine Gong stayed in the palace for a long time, how could she help Guo Ting? At the same time, she doesn't want Guo Ting's children to live a precarious life in the people. So after thinking about it again, she actually bought the imperial doctor and pretended to be pregnant.
Concubine Gong's pregnancy surprised everyone in the palace. But after all, Concubine Gong already has a son, that is, the fourth prince Ming Tao, so although everyone is surprised that Concubine Gong is pregnant suddenly, no one has ever doubted it.
This was supposed to be a seamless plan, but no one thought that Guo Ting was pregnant with twins at the beginning, and the children were born just over eight months ago.
When Concubine Gong knew that Guo Ting's child was born, she could only let herself be born prematurely for the sake of that child. With the child and most of her own people around, Concubine Gong originally thought that this matter would be concealed like this, but no one knew how Ming Wu knew that Concubine Gong was fake pregnant and even made a child of unknown origin a prince. Therefore, Ming Wu didn't listen to Concubine Gong's explanation at all in a fit of anger, and directly asked Concubine Gong to be sentenced to death.
Concubine Gong died, and those of them who followed Concubine Gong were supposed to be killed, but just when they were about to be killed by Mingwu, Fang Tingjun appeared, and he actually told Minghui's true life experience. Only then did the emperor know that Concubine Gong was just trying to help Guo Ting. But when Ming Wu regretted it, it was too late, and Concubine Gong was already dead.
Although Mingwu regretted executing Concubine Gong, the young Minghui could not be left unattended, and later Fang Tingjun accepted the palace maid beside Concubine Gong as his goddaughter and asked her to stay in the palace to take care of Minghui. No one expected that she would take care of her for 30 years.
Now that Minghui has grown up, it's time for him to know his life experience. It's just that Ming Tao, who had no one to take care of later, but thinking of Ming Tao now, Concubine Lan is also relieved. Only children who have gone through the storm can achieve more, right?
"Mother is sure that my father is Mu Kun? Does my grandfather know about this? After listening to Concubine Lan's story, Minghui looked at Concubine Lan with his eyes and asked excitedly.
"Your father is indeed Mu Kun, although the Taishi has not said anything about this matter, but I think he should know. After all, although the people outside did not know about this matter back then, a person like Taishi who leaned towards the government and the opposition must have known it. Concubine Lan said with certainty.