Chapter 56
The originally solemn and tense atmosphere developed in a strange direction under King Qi's series of words.
King Qi was still saying: "So, father, don't just because what the eldest sister says, you have to be reasonable, right?" You see, take the previous incident as an example, Erchen was also there at that time, although it was the fifth emperor brother who spoke first, his voice was a little harder, and he didn't listen to it a little, but we didn't all know what kind of temper he was, and we didn't bother to get angry. It's how old the eldest sister is, and she still whips people at every turn, which is really unacceptable. You see that other women are mothers at the age of the eldest sister, and they should be reasonable and sensible, where can they just whip their younger brothers? "After the last, I couldn't help but complain about this royal sister's ruthlessness, he has been smoked by her countless times since he was a child.
Of course, King Qi's words are tantamount to mending the knife in the heart of the eldest princess, and not being able to get pregnant is an eternal pain in her heart, even if her man has more than one horse, he just can't conceive.
At this time, Xiao Lingshu also continued to mend the knife, "Those who insult others will humiliate themselves, the eldest sister has not been good since elementary school, and she deserves this injury today." β
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Isn't this a good way to say that you didn't teach your parents well? Or is it not taught well? Or is it not taught well?
Everyone else lowered their heads, not daring to look at Emperor Zhengde's completely blackened face, and even the queen and the crown prince, who were originally pleading, were silent. In fact, the eldest princess's mother died when the eldest princess was ten years old, and because she gave birth to the eldest princess, she was also the only daughter of Emperor Zhengde, and was promoted to the position of concubine. Later, because Emperor Zhengde favored his daughter, and the eldest princess was coquettish, he was promoted to one of the four concubines. Later, after the death of the eldest princess's mother, Emperor Zhengde sent the eldest princess to the queen to be raised, and she was pampered in front of her concubine. Of course, the eldest princess is not a safe master, the ten-year-old girl is already difficult to teach, Emperor Zhengde is very spoiled, the queen is really unable to teach, and the youngest son at that time is also young and needs her to devote her efforts, so she will let it go.
It can be said that the upbringing of the eldest princess is completely handled by Emperor Zhengde, and what it is like is taught by Emperor Zhengde himself.
Emperor Zhengde looked at these two sons with a dark face, obviously one is an essential bear and the other is an essential pervert, but now it is very compatible to unite and pit people, and it is a little powerless to defend the eldest daughter.
The eldest princess was furious, and she was about to whip her whip when she touched it, and after touching it empty, she found that her whip was thrown away with disgust because it was stained with Xiao Lingshu's blood, and she really couldn't stand this grievance in her heart, so she threw herself in front of Emperor Zhengde and cried, crying and crying and screaming that she should not live or something like that.
"Since you don't want to live, then take action." Xiao Lingshu said coldly and stiffly, and continued to mend the knife, "This king tortures the prisoners in the prison, which one is not extremely tough and says that he can kill and scrape, but in the end he is not begging not to die." β
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After he said this, everyone suddenly remembered his past methods, and their faces changed slightly. Outsiders say that he is vicious and ruthless, not casually, he does kill people without blinking, and the people who commit crimes in his hands never end well, and even look at his torture methods, determined men will spit it out, especially on the birthday of Emperor Zhengde a few years ago, there were assassins mixed with the envoys of other countries who came to celebrate his birthday, and he was the escort at that time, and the horror of the deaths of those assassins is still terrifying when I think about it.
Emperor Zhengde obviously thought of that scene, and his face was really not very goodβhe was standing at the front at that time, and a lump of blood still fell in front of him, making him unable to eat meat for a monthβand looked at him with a complicated expression, and once again understood that this son was really a pervert.
After a while, Emperor Zhengde said: "Shut up!" β
Xiao Lingshu looked at him coldly, but he didn't continue to open his mouth to stimulate people's nerves, but that cold and hard expression clearly indicated that if anyone was not convinced, he could continue to rip out your heart and make you unable to eat.
He shut up, but the eldest princess was not convinced, raised her pale face, and cried out, "Father, the emperor ......"
In the end, it is the daughter who has been spoiled for more than 20 years, where can Emperor Zhengde let her be wronged, raised his head to look at Xiao Lingshu, and was about to speak, when he heard him say slowly: "The eldest sister has obviously forgotten the matter of Northwest Road River Village. β
Princess Celestia's expression changed drastically.
Wu Lie's face also changed slightly, and he quickly regained his composure.
Although the others didn't know what he was talking about, they obviously also knew that he seemed to have grasped the weakness of the eldest princess.
Emperor Zhengde and the crown prince's faces were also a little strange, compared to the ignorance of others, the two of them knew better what Xiao Lingshu was doing in secret, and even many of Xiao Lingshu's actions were also instructed by them. It can be said that many things that are not visible to the light are handled secretly by Xiao Lingshu.
The atmosphere suddenly became stagnant.
At this moment, suddenly the voice of the eunuch came from outside: "Princess Ping, Princess Ping, and Princess Shizi have arrived!" β
Although the princess of Ping was taken out of the palace by King Ping to be raised, she was also an old man in the palace, Emperor Zhengde respected her and treated her as filial piety as a mother. And Princess Ping also has a lot of weight in Emperor Zhengde's heart, if she wants to intercede for someone, Emperor Zhengde will generally give face.
It's just that now I don't know who the princess of Lu Daoping came to plead for.
Emperor Zhengde's face softened slightly, and he took the lead to get up to greet him, and Princess Ping hurriedly took his hand and said kindly: "Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, why do you need the emperor to be like this." β
Emperor Zhengde smiled, waved his hand to exempt Princess Ping and Princess Ping, helped the old man to sit on the main seat, and said with a smile: "I am looking forward to the mother concubine entering the palace, the mother concubine came just in time, the family banquet is about to start, I heard that there is a new drama this year, and I want to have fun with the mother concubine." β
Jiang Lingwei, who was supporting her beside Princess Ping, suddenly turned her head and winked at Ah Bao, who was looking at her, Ah Bao was stunned, and her heart was inexplicably relieved.
From Jiang Lingwei's actions, it can be seen that Princess Ping will definitely not come to intercede for the eldest princess!
Sure enough, as soon as Princess Ping sat down, she said: "As soon as I entered the palace, I heard that Baohua and King Jin had a conflict, what is going on?" Baohua has a strong temperament, and if there is anything unsatisfactory, he will whip it, where can his daughter's family be like this? Didn't you teach people to say that the princesses of our royal family were not educated? Lao Wu is cold and doesn't like the director, no one provokes him, he generally doesn't do it casually, shouldn't the emperor know the character of their sister and brother? Is there any misunderstanding in all this? β
Although Princess Ping's words were extremely fair, it made people feel that she was biased towards Xiao Lingshu, and the eldest princess's face was even worse, she lowered her head, and after hiding the resentment in her eyes, she hurriedly said: "Concubine, what you said is not appropriate, I was directly kicked by the fifth child, and my heart hurts so much now." He didn't hurt anything, and how could I, a woman, hurt him? β
"Ah, there is such a thing?" Princess Ping was surprised.
At this time, Ah Bao, who had been silent, suddenly raised his voice and said: "Back to the concubine, the eldest emperor's words are not right, the prince is also injured, and the eldest emperor sister was the first to whip people." β
The eldest princess glared angrily, and Po looked back without dodging, and then was moved back to her face by a hand, and the voice was heard: "Don't look, it hurts your eyes." There was dislike for Celestia in her voice.
Everyone: "......"
Po: =Mouth=! That's your sister, even if you dislike it, it's so obvious!
"I see." Princess Ping sighed, then looked at Emperor Zhengde, her voice was soft, "Your Majesty, the mourning family is old, I just hope that the emperor will be healthy and live a long life, and the princes will be in harmony, and there is nothing else to ask for." Hearing that their sister and brother had a conflict, the mourning family was really sad and worried, and they were also anxious for the emperor, for fear that the emperor would be angry. Your Majesty, the mourning family is not worried about Baohua, this child has been in the palm of your hand since you were a child, and you will naturally not suffer if you protect you. But the king of Jin ...... Your Majesty, although people's hearts are biased, and the five fingers are uneven, they can't be biased like this. β
Emperor Zhengde listened to the old man who had always respected him say such a paragraph, and his face was a little uncomfortable. King Jin's experience from childhood to adulthood, anyone who sees it, will agree with this incomparably much. But Emperor Zhengde knew that Princess Ping knew the reason why he was like this, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
Princess Ping looked at him like this, but didn't say anything anymore, and then suddenly asked the queen with a smile when the family banquet would start, and the queen naturally smiled and told her that there was still about half an hour, and Princess Ping said: "The mourning family hasn't talked to the emperor for a long time, the queen, you take them outside to enjoy the flowers first, so as not to stuff them." β
Although everyone wanted to say that they were not bored and wanted to stay and see what the concubine was going to do, Emperor Zhengde silently agreed, so he had to get up and follow the queen out of the Jiaotai Palace.
"Baohua is still injured, Wu Juma, you help her to rest in the side hall first." Then he patted the hand of his granddaughter-in-law next to him and said, "Ah Wei will also go to play with her sisters." β
Jiang Lingwei responded with a smile, ignoring Princess Ping's glances at her, and gracefully took the palace maid's hand and walked out, following the footsteps of King Jin and Ah Bao.
The palace was quickly cleared of people, and even the palace maids and eunuchs were not left.
Emperor Ping's move Emperor Zhengde did not stop, although Princess Ping was not his biological mother, but Emperor Zhengde has always regarded her as a respected elder as filial piety, and he also remembered the kindness of the concubine when he was the prince, although at that time the princess of Ping just wanted to find an alliance to make their mother and son more secure, but in that difficult situation, the concubine was willing to reach out and teach him to remember this kindness. Over the years, because of the early death of his biological mother, Emperor Zhengde transferred his filial piety to his mother to the concubine, and the concubine also reciprocated and cared for him, so that the relationship between him and the concubine was really like a mother and son, and King Ping would often be jealous because of this.
"Your Majesty, King Jin...... It's your son in the end. Princess Ping said softly.
Emperor Zhengde's face slowly changed, and he became cold and ruthless at the most. This appearance is fifty percent similar to that of King Jin, Princess Ping sighed in her heart, and said: "Your appearance is really very similar to that child." β
"He killed Ah Jing! I will never forgive him in my life! Emperor Zhengde's eyes were red and he said, his voice full of ruthlessness.
Princess Ping patted his hands that were clenched into fists, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, you also know in your heart that King Jin is innocent. Ah Jing was already cornered at that time, so she had to sacrifice her life to let the child survive and let you keep the child. β
ββ¦β¦ If Ah Jing hadn't been pregnant with him, those people wouldn't have forced Ah Jing to kill me, Ah Jing loved me so much that he couldn't bear to do it, so he could only commit suicide to save that evil seed! Emperor Zhengde said viciously that he wanted him to recount the tragedy of the year in person, but he was still numb from pain. The woman he loved the most committed suicide in front of him, just to save the evil seed. No matter how many years have passed since the scene of Ah Jing's suicide, it still makes him feel uncomfortable every time he recalls it.
Princess Ping didn't know what to say, she only complained about the identity of the woman, knowing what her identity was, she dared to conceive the prince, and she was found out later, and when she was desperate, she would exchange her life for the child's life so tragically. If the child is killed and the woman gives up the idea of being a mother, the woman can still stay in the harem and be a loving couple with the emperor, so that time can slowly consume the feelings of the two. It's a pity that once a woman becomes a mother, she is strong as a mother, and even if she kills herself, she will not let her children be hurt in the slightest. And she also died when their feelings were at their strongest, so she would leave too heavy marks on the emperor's heart.
The princess of Ping was resentful of that woman, if it weren't for the fact that their eldest grandson's heart was too big, and they still didn't give up on this country for more than a hundred years, and even made such inferior means, the emperor would not have lived in resentment for more than 20 years. And this resentment was vented on an innocent child, who threw him into the cold palace and grew up alone, not even as good as a subordinate.
When the incident happened, she was still in the palace, in order to cover up the identity of the woman, the palace was cleaned, I don't know how many palace people died, and everyone was in danger. Unfortunately, the woman committed suicide at the end of the day, and when she was dying, she went to see her, and she begged herself to protect the child somehow much, so that he could grow up safely and healthily, and no longer be used as a pawn, and do some involuntary things like his mother. Now, the child has grown up safely and healthily, but the environment in which he grew up has deviated, which has caused the child's personality to also deviate. Even if she didn't see King Jin much, she could hear all kinds of bad rumors about him outside, and she could guess some things, I am afraid that the emperor would train that child to be a tool to take revenge on the eldest grandson and avenge the woman.
"I just hate him, I want him to live without dignity, let him live alone all his life, and make him regret it...... Only in this way will Ah Jing know the pain of Lu Dao I! Since Ah Jing loves him so much, then I am going to destroy him! Emperor Zhengde's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was distorted like a demon.
Princess Ping looked at him until he recovered a little before she said, "But he is also the child that Ah Jing left you, isn't he?" β
This sentence was like a hammer hitting Emperor Zhengde's heart, making him suddenly mourn in his heart, and suddenly whimpered. The old man, who was almost sixty years old, cried like a child, and fell on the knees of Princess Ping, and let out a cry of grief.
Princess Ping patted him on the back and gave him silent comfort. When the woman committed suicide in front of him, he also cried like a child, and cried on her knees like this, and because Princess Ping saw the emperor's fragile side and comforted him, the two who were not related by blood were like mother and son.
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Ah Bao looked back at the Jiaotai Palace, and when he saw Jiang Lingwei slowly walking out, he couldn't help but purse his lips and smile.
In fact, after those things happened, everyone was not in the mood to appreciate the chrysanthemum at all, maybe they were not even in the mood to participate in the family banquet, and they all guessed what Princess Ping's sudden move wanted to do. There is no doubt that Princess Ping is a person who can influence some of Emperor Zhengde's decisions, but Princess Ping has always been indifferent, how could she meddle in this matter, and listening to what she said before, it seems that she is quite biased towards King Jin, is the unfavored King Jin going to turn over?
If King Jin is about to turn over, then they probably have to think about how to treat this brother.
King Xian helped Princess Xian, who was already pregnant with her belly, and thought about it all the way, until Princess Xian squeezed his hand, looked down and saw that her face was a little pale, and hurriedly asked the queen to help her to the pavilion in the imperial garden to rest.
In the imperial garden, the children of the clan have arrived, and the previous matter involves the current royal family, so only the emperor's women and sons were present, although the others heard about it, they did not dare to inquire, so as not to violate the taboo of the royal family. At this time, I saw that the queen came to enjoy the flowers with people, and they came to pay respects, and the intentional temptation was also transferred by the queen and Qi Guifei.
"Feng Shui is going to take turns." King Xian said.
Princess Xian hugged her belly, and the smile on her face was very charming, "There are some things that people will win the day." β
King Xian couldn't help but smile when he heard the meaning of her words.
At this time, there was a sound of talking not far away, and the couple turned their heads to look, and saw King Qi and his wife, the two were standing in front of the chrysanthemum bush and looked at the human-shaped pit that the eldest princess fell out of before, King Qi smiled very arrogantly, obviously sarcastic about the eldest princess, Princess Qi obviously disagreed, and looked at the look of estimating him to persuade him to restrain himself.
"Princess Qi is a virtuous person, but the king of Qi ......" Princess Xian snorted lightly.
King Xian smiled lightly, the country is easy to change, the nature is difficult and easy, just King Qi's performance today, it can't become the climate, and if he doesn't obey the prince, the surface work done by the prince is stronger than him, and the prince has a crazy loyal dog by his side to help. After thinking about it, his expression was slightly abrupt, and King Xian felt that he could no longer see the power of the prince growing, and he had to take action.
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On the other side, Ah Bao and Xiao Lingshu did not go far, and waited for Jiang Lingwei near the Jiaotai Palace. While waiting, Ah Bao couldn't help but grab Xiao Lingshu's injured hand to check again.
When Jiang Lingwei arrived, she saw the men and women who were very close to the corridor, the woman lowered her head and held his injured hand to inspect, although the man's face was cold and ruthless, but the cold black eyes that had always been frightening contained imperceptible tenderness, so docile and silent, let the woman hold his hand.
It's like a large canine creature that has suddenly retracted its fangs.
Thinking like this, she suddenly saw that the man's eyes pierced straight at her, sharp and cold, and she was shocked into a thin layer of sweat when she saw her heart suddenly.
Jiang Lingwei froze, approached them, and said with a smile: "King Jin, Princess Jin." β
As soon as Po saw her, he smiled, "Ah Wei." β
Jiang Lingwei smiled back and asked with concern, "You're okay, right?" I've heard Princess Celestia whip at you. She has been practicing the whipping method for more than ten years, and I'm really afraid that you will suffer a loss. β
Ah Bao accepted her concern, there is no need to say anything between good sisters, the relationship between her and Jiang Lingwei is also strange, and her trust in Jiang Lingwei is at the same level as her trust in her father Li Jiyao, Jiang Lingwei only needed a look before, and she understood that Princess Ping would come forward to estimate Jiang Lingwei's credit.
"Ah Wei, thank you before." Ah Bao took Jiang Lingwei's hand, "Princess Ping didn't blame you for anything, right?" β
Jiang Lingwei glanced at Xiao Lingshu, shook her hand back, then ignored his cold eyes, and said with a smile: "I didn't do anything wrong, I just talked to my grandmother, my grandmother came over by herself, what does it have to do with me?" β
Hearing her say this, Po was relieved.
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Half an hour later, the feast began.
Emperor Zhengde sat in the top position, on the right is the princess of Ping, on the left is the queen, and down is Qi Guifei and the fourth concubine and several young concubines, the concubines are all dressed in gorgeous clothes, surrounded by pearls and emeralds on their heads, looking graceful and luxurious.
Next is the crown prince as the head, and the other kings and the children of the clan sit in order according to their seniority and status, and the number of people is extremely large, and it looks quite lively.
Po looked at it, and the eldest princess was really not there. Not only is the eldest princess not there, but even the concubine Wulie is not there. Before the banquet before, I heard that Emperor Zhengde and the concubine went to the side hall to see the eldest princess, and then stayed for a quarter of an hour and came over, and the eldest princess and his wife were obviously left behind. It is said that when Emperor Zhengde left the side hall, his face was not very good, and he didn't know what happened to Lu Dao, which made people guess.
Everyone present heard about the fight between the sisters and brothers in the imperial garden before, and now they saw that Emperor Zhengde's face was not good, and his spirit was a little sluggish, and he couldn't say anything, and what surprised them was that the eldest princess, who had always been favored, did not appear at the banquet, but the unfavored King Jin sat there steadily, which had to make them think too much.
Could it be that King Jin and his wife did the favored eldest princess, so that the eldest princess was punished, so that they could not attend the family banquet? This is the first Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet when the eldest princess came back from Beijing for five years, and she didn't even attend, no matter how you look at it, the eldest princess has fallen out of favor, and the Jin King and his wife have overturned her on the throne.
Compared with the ignorant people of the clan, the concubines and kings present at that time thought more, although the eldest princess was unexpectedly unable to attend, but Emperor Zhengde's ugly face still made them think of what Xiao Lingshu said to the eldest princess before, "Northwest Road River Village", and they were really caught.
Thinking like this, I couldn't help but be a little surprised by King Jin's methods.
Everyone present felt that this Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet was estimated to be the most unpalatable in several years, and the inexplicable atmosphere that made people dare not make a mistake made people very difficult, even King Ping, who usually likes to play sloppy with the emperor's brother, also obediently bowed his head and ate the dishes at this time, like a muffled gourd, without him taking the lead in enlivening the atmosphere, others naturally did not dare to speak, only the concubine occasionally said a few words, but it was really not the top number.
The family feast finally ended in this eerie atmosphere.
It wasn't until the end of the family banquet that Emperor Zhengde and the Empress and others left, and everyone present reacted, the previous brother and sister fight had not yet been decided, as if the emperor had not issued an order to punish King Jin who dared to kick the eldest princess, right? Although the king of Jin had been fined for thirty years and had been stripped of all his errands, shouldn't he be punished for injuring his sister? Judging from the emperor's previous situation of favoring the eldest princess, not punishing it seems too unscientific.
Soon, everyone knew that there were even more unscientific things in Ludao, because the eldest princess was ordered by the emperor to go back to the princess's mansion to recuperate, and she didn't come out if she didn't have anything to do, which was grounding her in disguise? Isn't the emperor the most favored princess, even if she pierces the sky, will he carry it for her?
With this incredible mood, everyone left the palace, and it was not until a few days later that the wind was calm and the will to punish the king of Jin was not heard, and everyone believed in this incredible thing.
Of course, those are tomorrow's things, at least after finally leaving the palace safely, I didn't see Emperor Zhengde's eccentric scumbag have any will to punish him, Ah Bao's heart is relaxed.
"Lord Wang, it's so good!" Ah Bao happily grabbed Xiao Lingshu's hand, "Father is still reasonable." He was a little sorry for saying this, but for the sake of Emperor Zhengde, he didn't know if he forgot or something, so he didn't punish Xiao Lingshu again, and Ah Bao didn't mind praising him a few words.
Xiao Lingshu's face was extremely cold, and he didn't seem to take it to heart at all. Po quickly understood his feelings, he was used to this unfair treatment - or the ignorance of his biological father and the people around him, so he would no longer have emotions about it, and he didn't even understand what she was happy about, which made her feel inexplicably sad.
Ah Bao gently stroked the wound on his hand, not daring to use force, for fear of hurting him, that inexplicable sad mood made her suddenly have an impulse, and couldn't help but blurt out: "Xiao Lingshu, I will be kind to you in the future!" β
"Good!"
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Po's face turned red little by little.
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