Chapter 235: The Game Begins
It has been more than a few months since the Hai family and others entered the palace to see Huo Yunxuan, and at this time, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, so Gu Shaojing asked someone to bring a letter and told Huo Yunxuan that everything had been prepared, and she was just waiting for Xue Ruqian to go to Hengwuyuan for dinner today. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After Huo Yunxuan received the letter, she squinted her eyes and burned the letter in the candle flame.
Xue Ruqian thought that she kept her secret very well, and so far no one in the Huo family had found out that she was pregnant, but she didn't know that the entire Huo family, except for Mrs. Huo who was kept in the dark, everyone else already knew the movement in her belly, but they were all silently accompanying her to act.
Moreover, this time it was the Mid-Autumn Festival family gathering in Hengwu Garden for a regular dinner, and Xue Ruqian naturally relaxed her vigilance. Moreover, Xue Ruqian is now nearly five months pregnant, and it is not easy to have a miscarriage, but Xue Ruqian deliberately wants to hide it from her family, so as not to let others find out, she has been closed in the garden for the past few days, but she goes to save time for Mrs. Huo and Hai's morning and dusk on the fifteenth day of every month, wearing looser clothes, Hai's pretending not to know, and Mrs. Huo doesn't like her very much, and she doesn't want to invite her to talk to me I am far away, after all, Mrs. Huo is older and her eyes are not good, but she can't see it.
In this way, now Xue Ruqian is slowly showing her feelings, but everyone in the house pretends not to know anything.
The mother-in-law in the kitchen was originally Hai's person, and Hai's just ordered to put some saffron in the pork rib soup, only saying that she saw that Mrs. Huo was not looking good today, and she used some safflower to bruise the blood, and the mother-in-law in the kitchen understood Hai's meaning, and put a few more saffron in the pork rib soup.
Because the child in Xue Ruqian's womb was eventually sent to Xue Ruran, it was natural that she couldn't make it clear to the Huo family - the Huo family and the Xue family were originally hostile, if the Huo family knew about it, wouldn't they think of a way to mess up this matter?
It's just that Huo Pingyi and Xue Ruqian don't have a lot of brains, one is because they were protected too well by Qin Fang at the beginning, but the other is because they were carried away by jealousy, and they want to compare with Xue Ruran in everything, but they can't sink their hearts, and they can't compare to Xue Ruran in anything.
For this child, Xue Ruqian has long known that she is going to be sent to the palace, and she also knows that if it is a girl, she will be exchanged with those who have given birth to boys, so she has always suppressed her feelings for this child, and did not let herself give too much affection so as not to be sad in the end.
Therefore, I didn't care about eating, but I didn't want to unintentionally insert willows and willows, but I raised this child quite strongly, and it was not like other pregnant women, who had morning sickness twice in three days.
Speaking of which, this family banquet in the Huo Mansion is quite meaningful - Huo Yun, the eldest lady of the Huo family in the original famous town of Beijing, has also returned.
Huo Yun has always been quite famous in the capital, at first it was quite famous under the deliberate management of Qin Fang and herself, and then with the arrival of Huo Yunxuan, Huo Yunyi's reputation was disintegrated little by little, and in the end, it became avoided by everyone in the capital, especially those who have daughters in the family, and they all take Huo Yunyi as a counterexample to educate their daughters directly, don't learn from such a woman.
"The eldest lady came back so soon......
When Zhishu saw this letter, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Huo Yunxuan disagreed: "After all, she is the grandmother who has seen her since she was a child, and her grandmother is getting older, even if the eldest sister has done a lot of mixed things, her grandmother is reluctant to think of her previous good." This time it's the Mid-Autumn Festival again, seeing everyone get together, but the eldest sister is missing, how can you say that grandmother will feel good? ”
"But it was the emperor who punished the eldest lady to go to the family temple to face the wall and think about it, the emperor has not made an order yet, and the old lady is so blatant to take people back, aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame her?"
"With this favorite concubine in this palace, what is grandmother afraid of?"
Huo Yunxuan sneered, the corners of her mouth were always hooked with a sneer, and a trace of mockery flashed in her eyes. In the end, no matter how filial piety he does in front of Mrs. Huo, he can't compare to Huo Yun's affection since childhood.
Since Huo Yunxuan entered the palace, she has been in constant favor, and she has only been in the palace for less than a year, and she has been promoted to the position of Zhaoyi, just waiting for her to give birth to a boy and a woman, and a concubine is no problem.
Mrs. Huo just grasped that Huo Yunxuan was now in favor, and the emperor also turned a blind eye to such a thing.
In order for Huo Yunxuan to gain a firm foothold in the palace, she must have the support of her mother's family, even if the emperor wants to blame the Huo family, is it possible that Huo Yunxuan will sit idly by?
Mrs. Huo just calculated this, so she didn't have any scruples about doing anything.
"The old lady is so ......" Zhishu quietly glanced at Huo Yunxuan, with distress and indignation in his eyes: "The old lady only knows that she is asking for it from her mother, but she doesn't want to think about how her mother has treated her all these years." ”
"Over the years, the mother has been filial piety by the old lady's side every day, and the morning and dusk are never set, even if she enters the palace, she will send any good things to the palace, but she can't compare to the weight of the eldest lady in the old lady's heart."
"In the end, the old lady is naturally more partial," Huo Yunxuan took a sip of the teacup, hiding the emotion in her eyes, and said lightly: "It's only to blame that the palace was too ignorant at the beginning, and it was separated from my grandmother for so many years, and even if I changed my mind later, it was over." ”
Zhishu sighed and comforted: "Don't be cold, Mrs. Tai is sincere to you, besides, after all these years, Mrs. Tai has long regarded you as her own daughter, and the last time I came to see you, I was also so distressed as my own daughter." ”
Huo Yunxuan nodded and sighed: "There are many people in the mother's family who really treat this palace, and this palace is not uncomfortable, in the end, the emperor will not really blame anything, and there is nothing to worry about, but when the eldest sister comes back, it is a little difficult to deal with Xue Ruqian." ”
I don't know if the plan will work out tonight.
Huo Yun is also Huo Pingyi's sister in the end, although they have been separated for a long time, but in the end, they came out of the same belly, and the two sisters and brothers worked together.
Huo Yun is not like Huo Yunxu, she was raised by the Hai family at a very young age, and she is afraid of things and always thinks about avenging her aunt and herself. Huo Pingyi also relied on this sister a lot before, and it is estimated that as soon as Huo Yunyi comes back, he will tell Huo Yunyi about Xue Ruqian and ask for advice from Huo Yunyi.
Although Huo Yun is not a shrewd person, she is smarter than Huo Pingyi and Xue Ruqian, and Huo Yun is also suspicious, and I don't know if she can find out about the Hai family's schemes.
"Mrs. Tai and the princess have always been exquisite, and they won't find out if they think about it, but it's just ......"
Saying that, Zhishu paused, and said quite puzzled: "Even if the third lady loses this child, it is not the queen's mother who stays, and the Xue family has already found a good family, so just report a child casually when the time comes." ”
"Xue Ruqian is the queen's sister in the end, and her appearance is quite similar, if Xue Ruqian is pregnant with a male fetus, then it is the best, and it will not make people suspect anything, if she grows up, she is said not to be like the emperor's child, or it can be said that she is the mother of the boy, and when others see that this child is somewhat similar to the queen, they will naturally no longer suspect anything."
"The families who are ready are just a last resort."
Saying that, Huo Yunxuan sighed and sneered: "Besides, this palace is just responding to them once this time, and when the time is ripe in a few days, I will call her the queen to have an abortion!" ”
As she spoke, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in Huo Yunxuan's eyes.
Zhishu was puzzled: "The third lady has always felt that the scholar was unfair to her and hated the Xue family. At this time, the third lady had already married into the Huo family, if she and the third master changed their minds to help the Huo family deal with the Xue family, wouldn't they be able to breathe a sigh of relief? Why does the third lady still help the Xue family? ”
Huo Yunxuan sneered, with mockery in her eyes: "Why? Because she also expects her to have a better stomach and give birth to a boy! ”
"Why?"
Zhishu was surprised and looked at Huo Yunxuan incredulously.
I saw Huo Yunxuan sneer, took a sip of the teacup, and continued: "Why else, do you think, Xue Jiaxiao thinks that position is already known to everyone in Sima Zhao's heart, if he wants to climb to that position, who will let him rebel at the beginning?" Don't you want to go up with the children of the Gu family first? Gu Shaoyi is the son of the Empress Dowager in the end, if the Empress Dowager has a crooked mind...... You say, when the queen mother is at ease, or is she a princess at ease? ”
The Empress Dowager Dong is the daughter of the Xue family, if Xue Guogong ascends the throne, wouldn't the Empress Dowager be demoted from the Empress Dowager to the princess? With this difference in identity, how could the Queen Mother be willing? She is now helping the Xue family just to take what they need, and she wants to lift her son to the throne.
After Huo Yunxuan's explanation, Zhishu suddenly realized, and Huo Yunxuan said again: "So Gu Shaoyi is just a pawn of the Xue family dragging the East Empress Dowager to form an alliance, and what the Xue family really wants to borrow is the child in Xue Ruqian's belly now!" ”
It turns out that there are all these twists and turns! Zhishu was surprised, looked at Huo Yunxuan in surprise, and asked: "Then the Xue family is not afraid that the queen mother also wants to be the queen mother, and does not want to be the most princess?" ”
"Xue Ruran, she doesn't dare!" Huo Yunxuan sneered, her eyes were full of ridicule: "The child is not her own child, she lacks confidence!" ”
So Xue Ruqian is looking forward to the child in her womb is a boy, if that child really ascends the throne, and she is the child's biological mother, as long as she secretly protects the child and forms an alliance with the child and Xue Ruran, are you afraid that the child will not be able to sit on the emperor's throne?
"With the intelligence of the Xue family, it is possible to climb to this position, is it impossible to imagine that the emperor deliberately did not let the queen mother conceive a child? It's just that I didn't tell the queen. ”
The Xue family kept Xue Ruran and Xue Ruqian sisters because they wanted the two to contain each other, but Xue Ruran and Xue Ruqian sisters didn't do anything to each other, they just wanted to form an alliance in the future.
Therefore, the Xue family can't succeed, the biggest problem is that people's hearts seem to be neat, but in fact, they are fighting for their own interests, if there is really any interest problem, before they collapse, they themselves have already begun to fight!
But now, their hearts are quite neat - their current purpose is just to pull Gu Shaoyuan off power.
There are so many twists and turns! Zhishu sighed and sighed suddenly: "Then what did Mrs. Xue say?" Is it just watching the Xue family use their two daughters? ”
Huo Yunxuan also sighed and sighed: "Mrs. Xue is just a woman, what can she do?" Married to her husband, her husband is his wife, even if she cries every day, but in the end it is what her husband decides, and she can't stop it! ”
"Duchess Xue Guo also ......" Zhishu sighed, his eyes were full of sadness: "That is her granddaughter." ”
"What about the granddaughter? is not a daughter who came out of her belly, and she also has a granddaughter, so naturally she is not as sorry for the two sisters as she is for her daughter. ”
After that, he sighed and asked, "What time is it?" ”
Zhishu looked out and said with a smile: "It's not early, Niangniang is going to Cining Palace?" ”
Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, Huo Yunxuan is also going to Cining Palace to accompany the Queen Mother for the holiday.
Huo Yunxuan nodded and shouted outside: "Zisu, go and bring your Royal Highness." ”
Zi Su should be outside, but Xi Xiang and Zhishu tidied up Huo Yunxuan's clothes, combed her hair, and were about to help Huo Yunxuan out, but Bai Su came in from outside and whispered a few words in Huo Yunxuan's ear
"Niangniang, the spies in our palace have been exposed."
Huo Yunxuan's eyebrows jumped, she looked up at Bai Su, frowned and asked, "What?" ”
"It's a little maid who sprinkles and sweeps outside, and she doesn't often appear in front of Niangniang on weekdays, the last time Niangniang had a miscarriage, she went to tell the secret, saying that Niangniang wanted to take the little palace to the imperial garden, and Jiang brought the second highness over."
Really? Huo Yunxuan squinted at me, and a sneer flashed in her eyes: "How did you find out?" ”
"Just now Sister Zhishu bought it from outside, Su Ye saw that the little maid sneakily followed behind Sister Zhishu, Su Ye went to stop the little maid, the slave came over to ask Niangniang, what should I do?"
"Leave her alone."
Huo Yunxuan narrowed her eyes, a sneer flashed in her eyes, and she said coldly: "If there is nothing other than this, there will naturally be the next one, it is better for the enemy to be in the dark and in the dark, just Xiao has a good idea of her, and she will be guarded against in the future, it is better than them sending someone we don't know." ”
Bai Su hurriedly responded, nodded and said, "The slaves and maids know, and the slaves and maids will observe carefully in the future." ”
Huo Yunxuan nodded and instructed, "Be careful, don't let her find out." ”
Bai Su nodded again and again, and the Qiu clan and Zhiyu had already hugged Gu Mingyu.
When Gu Mingyu saw Huo Yunxuan, he was coquettish again, and let Huo Yunxuan hug him for a while, before he was willing to come down and walk by himself, but he only walked for a short distance, and he clamored that he couldn't walk anymore and wanted to be hugged by his grandmother.
Qiu was about to pick it up, but was stopped by Huo Yunxuan.
"Tell him to go by himself."