Chapter 178: Rumors

Although he can't say it, Xinglin Hutong is a close relative, and Zhou Heng still sent someone to say it.

Cui Zhenyi and his wife were overjoyed when they got the news, and came over immediately after entering the palace to congratulate.

Cui Keyin had just finished breakfast, and she had to report it, so she had to go out to greet her. Zhou Heng had no choice but to wrap her tightly and carry her to the door of the hanging flowers in a warm sedan chair.

Zhou Heng welcomed Cui Zhenyi to Biyunju. Jiang came to the inner house alone, walked to the door of the weeping flower gate, saw Cui Keyin standing in the cold wind, was shocked, hurried over, and said, "My son, why are you standing in this tuyere?" ”

Cui Keyin said: "I miss my aunt, come out to greet me." ”

In fact, I vomited uncomfortably, thinking of the difficulty of my mother when she was pregnant with herself, and I couldn't help but miss my mother. Su Shi was not there, so he transferred this longing to Jiang.

Jiang's eyes were wet, and he said, "You kid, if you want to be an aunt, let people come over and say it, and the aunt will come over to accompany you." How can you stand in the wind, if you catch a cold, how can you be good? ”

Cui Keyin smiled and took Jiang's hand and said, "No." ”

Jiang Shi muttered a few words, pulled her inside, and said, "Hurry up and rest in the pavilion, don't catch a cold." ”

Lu Ying stepped forward and said, "Madam, the prince has an order, let the princess take a warm sedan chair back to the Purple Smoke Pavilion." ”

Zhou Heng didn't prepare a sedan chair for Jiang's, and Jiang didn't care, and said to Cui Keyin: "Then you get on the sedan chair quickly." ”

Cui Keyin wanted Jiang to enter the warm sedan car together, Jiang smiled and said, "I'm not pregnant, where is it so delicate?" ”

Lu Ying, Cuihuan and other maids all laughed.

A group of people gathered around the warm sedan chair and soon arrived at the dripping eaves of the Purple Smoke Pavilion. The Jiang family helped Cui Keyin to sit down and said, "It's rare for the prince to be so careful, you have to take good care of the fetus." ”

Don't let anything happen.

Cui Keyin asked, "How did the Queen Mother treat you this morning?" ”

Today is New Year's Day, and foreign women need to enter the palace to congratulate.

Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "As usual, there is nothing special to say. ”

In other words, the Queen Mother did not look at Jiang differently because Cui Keyin was pregnant.

Cui Keyin said: "I expected it. You didn't bring it up in front of her, did you? ”

The Queen Mother didn't want her to be pregnant.

"Naturally, no." Jiang said: "How could I be so blind? ”

The two talked for a long time, and Zhou Heng accompanied Cui Zhenyi over. The four of them had lunch together. Cui Zhenyi and his wife went back.

The news still spread, and the clan and civil officials all asked their female relatives to come to visit Cui Keyin under the pretext of paying New Year's greetings. Zhou Heng didn't see Cui Keyin on the grounds that he needed to recuperate.

Just a few days. The news of Cui Keyin's fake pregnancy came out. Some people even compare Cui Keyin to another Li Xiuxiu. The year is not over yet. It has been spread all over the capital.

After the Lantern Festival, someone asked Zhou Heng to give an explanation.

Until Andi stayed in the middle of the hair.

On this day, Zhou Heng returned home. Someone stopped him halfway and said, "Please see the prince of Jin." ”

Zhou Heng lifted the curtain and saw that it was Liu Youdao, the imperial history, hesitated slightly, and asked the attendant to let Liu Youdao in, and said, "Why did Lord Liu stop me from driving?" ”

Liu Youdao saluted and said, "The lower officials heard that Princess Jin is pregnant, I don't know if it's true?" ”

Zhou Hengliang said: "The imperial history has the right to hear about it, and the king and the princess have done something inappropriate, Lord Liu can be impeached, why stop the king's car?" ”

Liu Youdao was choked and blushed, and said: "The heirs of the royal family, there is no room for confusion, the lower officials have already been folded, but the emperor has no choice but to stay in the middle and not send it." ”

Zhou Heng was angry and said: "This king is in the prime of life, can't he have an heir?" He raised his voice and said, "Let's go." ”

Ignore Liu Youdao again.

Two days later, Yuanshan came to report: "I found out that the news came from the Chengping Marquis Mansion, saying that the princess learned from Li's fake pregnancy." ”

Chengping Hou is the younger brother of the Queen Mother. It is very likely that the Queen Mother was jealous of Cui Keyin's pregnancy and spread rumors to divert the attention of the imperial historians, so that they would not be entangled in the matter of Emperor Zhi'an having no children; Second, even if Cui Keyin gives birth successfully, the origin of this child will be doubtful.

Such obvious malice annoyed Zhou Heng. He said a few words to Yuanshan, and Yuanshan retreated with his fists and went to handle it himself.

Soon, there was a queen mother's virtue and retribution, which caused the rumors that Emperor Zhi'an had no children to spread among the civil and military officials.

The so-called failure to cultivate virtue is an old thing. Back then, when Wenzong was still the crown prince, he had a concubine to serve the Zheng family. Zheng was pregnant with Liujia, and it coincided with Wenzong's marriage to Yang. Less than a month after Yang's passing, Zheng had a miscarriage and gave birth to a baby boy. Soon after, Zheng also died. It is said that Zheng was saddened that the child died, and he was overly worried, so that he died; It is said that Zheng was poisoned by the crown princess Yang.

Now that this old incident has been turned over, it will naturally damage the virtue of the Yang family, who is the queen mother, not to mention the rumors that Emperor Zhi'an has no children as the retribution for the queen mother's evil in her early years, which is even more convincing.

At first, this old incident was heard by Jing Zhao Yin Zhu when the mother-in-law who bought vegetables in the Yiye Mansion was buying vegetables in the market; Then all the servants of the provinces heard of it; Then the heads of the houses knew about it; In the end, all the civil and military officials heard about it. The whole process took two days.

When the Yang family was the crown princess, it did not receive the attention of the civil and military officials, and almost no one heard about it, but now everyone who heard it immediately believed it. Without him, because Concubine Wei was favored, she died at the hands of the palace people. When everyone thinks of these two things, they understand the Queen Mother's vicious intentions.

As a result, the imperial history headed by Liu Youdao began to impeach the empress dowager for immorality, leaving the emperor childless.

Emperor An received the fold, was furious, and rewarded Liu Youdao with twenty court staffs. took off his pants in public and slapped 20 boards.

When the court cane, Liu Youdao shouted that the ground shook, but he was extremely happy in his heart. can be beaten for scolding the queen mother, and can be regarded as the first person in ancient and modern China and foreign countries, I don't know if I can leave a name in history, at least it can be recorded in the Liu family tree and left for future generations.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Emperor An and Wang Zhe discussed, this matter must not be known to the Queen Mother.

Wang Zhe agreed. But in less than an hour, the Queen Mother overturned several cases in Kunning Palace, called Emperor Zhi'an and asked: "But there are rumors about mourning the family?" ”

Emperor Zhi'an naturally refused to admit it.

The Queen Mother said: "Since you didn't, why did you use the court staff on Liu Youdao?" ”

Emperor An was speechless.

The Queen Mother was so angry that her stomach hurt. This matter, if it is nothing, it is just a real thing. Back then, after she got married, she found out that Zheng was pregnant. How could she let Zheng give birth to her eldest son? So the design made Zheng's frightened miscarriage, and after Zheng's miscarriage, he poisoned his diet.

At that time, Wenzong noticed it and quarreled with her about it.

More than 20 years have passed since this incident, and most of the people around her who knew about it at that time are gone, and the only ones who remain are the confidants who have to be used by her side. Who got it out?

The Queen Mother smashed the teacup in her hand.

In order to let Cui Keyin raise the fetus with peace of mind, Zhou Heng specially did not let her know about the ups and downs outside. In order to prevent accidents, the Jiang family personally went to the Jin Wangfu to take care of Cui Keyin's diet, using people brought from Xinglin Hutong.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed. (To be continued......)