Chapter 2 Competing for favor
87_87437Song Qinglian's heart tightened, she knew that the emperor was very suspicious, and she liked to say something in reverse. Although the queen said that he did not blame Guo Chengsi for injuring Zhang Shilangshu's eldest son, Song Qinglian still did not dare to be careless in her heart. She hurriedly knelt down in front of Zhu Xian and said, "The heir is stubborn, please ask the emperor to condemn him." ”
Zhu Xian smiled and said to Zhao Quan: "I really don't have the eyesight to see it, and I don't help the Duchess of Zhenguo up properly." ”
Zhao Quan was the chief eunuch in Zhu Xian's palace, and he was the old man who served Zhu Xian, and Song Qinglian didn't dare to really let him help him. She peeked at Zhu Xian's eyes and saw the corners of Zhu Xian's eyes raised, and a smile was hidden on his lips, so she knew that he really didn't mean to blame, so she got up from the ground by herself.
Zhu Xian said: "Zhang Shilang is also useless, the eldest son of his family dared to secretly gag his sister-in-law in order to tie up with his boss, tie her in a sedan chair and send her to be a concubine." As a result, when he passed by the prince of Zhenguo, he heard a strange sound coming from the sedan chair. The prince thought that he had run into a crutch, so he stopped the sedan chair. The concubine of the squire had a chance to roll out of the sedan chair, and it happened to roll at the feet of the prince of Zhenguo. However, his eldest son blamed the son of the world for being nosy, and the son of the world was angry, so he cleaned him up. ”
Song Qinglian said incredulously: "Is that Zhang Shilang a dead man, who is abused by his eldest son like this?" ”
Zhu Xian lazily leaned on the back of the thick auspicious cloud pattern Shu brocade chair and did not speak. Zhao Quan, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but open his mouth to show off the gossip he had gotten: "He's not a dead man, it's just that in the early years, Mrs. Shilang died after leaving him only one concubine." Now only the biological mother of the eldest son, Aunt Wang, is in the host, and the other aunts are also concubines, so this squire sees this only concubine as precious as an eyeball, and his concubines can't help but spoil this master. ”
Song Qinglian sighed and said, "In this way, this Zhang Shilang is also a fool. Now that his wife has passed away, why not choose a stepfamily among the daughters of those families and give birth to a son-in-law as soon as possible. It's a hundred times better than leaving the backyard of your home to an aunt to take care of. ”
Zhao Quan pursed his lips and continued: "It is said that Zhang Shilang's wife's mother's family deliberately sent one of her sister-in-law to Zhang Shilang as a step-room, but she asked that Aunt Wang to stir up the yellow. ”
Song Qinglian said strangely: "It's just an aunt, how can you have such a big ability?" ”
Zhao Quan said with a smile: "Duke Zhenguo and Duchess Zhenguo have always been husband and wife, so naturally they don't know the dirty things here. It is said that this Aunt Wang is the daughter of Zhang Shilang's nurse, and the two are quite a bit of a childhood sweetheart, but because their background is too low, they can only make a room in his room. Later, she gave birth to this eldest son and was raised as an aunt. Zhang Shilang has always been partial to these two mothers and sons, and the reason why Mrs. Shilang died early is not unrelated to the favor of this Aunt Wang. ”
As soon as Zhao Quan's voice fell, Zhu Xian looked at him and said with a smile: "Did you let you come to buy your tongue in front of the Duchess of Zhenguo today?" ”
Zhao Quan was so frightened that he immediately hurried to Zhu Xian, lifted his robe and knelt down to kowtow and beg for mercy. Empress Guo and Song Qinglian couldn't help but look at each other, and the little palace maids and little eunuchs around were all so frightened that they knelt down in a big way. Zhu Xian said coldly: "Go to the Internal Affairs Office to get the five boards yourself!" ”
"Thank you for your grace." Zhao Quan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and retreated with his back bent.
"Alright, you guys should retreat too! Pass the lunch. Empress Guo saw that Song Qinglian was a little uneasy, so she started a round. She smiled and said to Zhu Xian: "The emperor is really a good mouthful, the concubine just had fresh venison in the palace today, so that the meal bureau was roasted." Paired with a pot of good pear blossom white, it is the most suitable for the occasion. ”
"I know you're one of the most blessed." Zhu Xian smiled and said, "I'm just waiting here for the roasted venison." ”
Empress Guo and Song Qinglian whispered a few more homely words, and Zhu Xian also picked up a few gossips from time to time, but they also seemed happy. At this time, there was a commotion outside Kunning Palace, and Empress Guo said with a somewhat unswerving face: "Who is making noise outside, don't you know that the emperor is here?" All of them are sent out to the main palace. ”
A palace maid heard the sound and was about to go out to investigate, but the door of the main hall was pushed open with a creak. The flying snowflakes drifted into the hall like needles, although the high temperature in the hall melted these snowflakes in an instant, but left traces on the bluestone floor, which made people look at it.
It was Zhao Quan who came in after being beaten, he limped in front of Zhu Xian, knelt down and saluted, and then said: "Outside is the durian joy in the palace of Li Guifei, saying that when Li Guifei was enjoying the plum blossoms in Lingxiao Pavilion just now, she accidentally slipped and fell, and now her feet hurt badly, and I want to ask the emperor to go up and have a look." ”
Empress Guo raised her eyebrows slightly, and said impatiently: "The emperor is not a doctor, can she go and see if she doesn't hurt?" If you have the effort to invite the emperor, it is better to ask a doctor to take a good look. Don't you see that it's snowing outside again, if the emperor is frozen, how many heads do you have to deal with? ”
Zhao Quan heard that the queen's tone was not good, so he lowered his head and did not dare to speak. But Zhu Xian stood up and said, "It's okay, this idea can't be frozen by the wind and snow." It's just that Concubine Li has always been an eventful person, and it is estimated that this fall will not be light, so I should go to Lingxiao Pavilion to see her. Zhao Quan immediately got up from the ground and helped Zhu Xian put on the Xuanhu big hat again.
Empress Guo saw that the emperor couldn't keep it, so she secretly bit her silver teeth. She endured this breath, personally stepped forward to help Zhu Xian sort out her clothes, and then said in a low voice: "The snow road is slippery, the emperor must be careful." ”
Zhu Xian smiled slightly, he gently shook the queen's snow-white slender wrist, and said, "The queen doesn't have to worry, I will be careful." He turned his head to Song Qinglian and said, "Madame rarely enters the palace once, so she accompanies the queen more often, and then leaves after dinner." Song Qinglian hurriedly stood up and bowed her knees to thank her. Zhu Xian couldn't wait to take Zhao Quan and a large group of eunuchs and palace maids to leave in a mighty way.
Song Qinglian couldn't help but sigh lightly when she saw Zhu Xian walking away, and when she turned around, she might as well see that Empress Guo was also staring at the emperor's back as she gradually moved away, with a complicated look in her eyes. Sourness, disappointment, hatred, jealousy, it can really be said that there are mixed tastes. Her heart tightened, and she hurriedly called: "Empress? ”
Empress Guo straightened her back, she didn't pay attention to Song Qinglian's call, and just asked coldly, "Who put Durian Xi in?" She has seen a lot of these small methods of the concubines in the palace to compete for favor, but she has not paid much attention to them. Unexpectedly, today someone dared to give her a dignified queen mother's eye medicine. It seems that she is still too kind to the people in the harem.
When Lady Yao came in, Lady Yao had already followed in, but she had been standing in the corner and had not made a sound. Hearing Empress Guo's inquiry, she couldn't help but sigh secretly, and then stepped forward and replied, "It's the new palace maid Chun Tao." ”
Queen Guo frowned, and just wanted to speak, but when she saw the nurse walking in with the crown prince Zhu Houde, she turned her mind and said, "Send her to the Huanyi Bureau." "In this snowy season, the Huanyi Bureau is not such a good place to stay, especially if it is degraded by the queen herself, and Chun Tao is estimated to shed its oily skin if it does not die.
"Yes." Female Officer Yao knew that because of the prince, Chun Tao's fate was saved, and she was secretly relieved