Chapter 286: Lotus Seal (2nd Update)
Qi Haoning looked at Concubine Zhao with a smile, and the mockery in his eyes was undisguised: "You won't let it?" Concubine Zhao? Are you sure you have the qualifications? ”
Concubine Zhao's face turned dead white in an instant, Qi Haoning has indeed been estranged from her in the past few years, but she has never spoken so sharply, obviously not hesitating to tear her face.
However, no matter where she goes, she is really not qualified, no one will stand on her side, and people will only laugh at her for not being able to do anything. Not to mention that Qi Haoning went to Yuecheng was assigned by the emperor, even if Qi Haoning herself wanted to travel south, she had no position to stop her mother, not to mention that the concubines of Prince Yong's mansion were worlds apart, much stricter than other families.
She just said that just to recall Qi Haoning's previous memories, Qi Haoning was very affectionate with their mother and son in the past, and she had been instilling in him openly and secretly that they were like biological mother and son, Qi Yuexin and Qi Haoxiang were also his closest siblings, and even closer than Qi Yueling, who had not been together since childhood. So there is no need for any rules between them, they are as close as ordinary relatives and siblings.
She has spent so many years of time and energy doing that, nothing more than wanting to "attack and defend". If there is a chance to get rid of Qi Haoning, no one will suspect her, because they have always been closer than their own children.
And if there is no such opportunity, as long as Qi Haoning has always treated their mother and son closely, their lives will still be very good.
Who would have thought that her long-term forbearance of great wisdom, precise arrangement, and almost seventy percent of her private property was wiped out in an instant after a failed assassination attempt. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't bring her relationship with Qi Haoning back to the way it used to be.
Over the years. She became more and more convinced that Qi Haoning did not know who was behind the assassination of Lu Dao. But. Even so, he was indifferent to everyone in the palace. What is this attitude? Because someone assassinated him, can he suspect everyone? Because he is a son-in-law, he can implicate the innocent, can he be so ruthless and unintentional? Has her kindness to him been erased for so many years?
The more Concubine Zhao thought about it, the more angry she became, the more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore and broke out.
"Qi Haoning, what do you want? Tell me about it. Where did the three of us offend you in this world? Let you be so yin and yang to us all day long?
Yes, I'm just a side concubine, and I'm not qualified to ask for anything from you, the son of the world. But I'm also a mother, although I'm just a humble mother-in-law, don't I even have the qualifications to worry?
Your mother is not in good health, since you were born, I have almost brought you up, and after my cousin passed away, I regarded you as my own. I am close to you for everything, and I feel more sorry for you than for Xin'er and Xiang'er, you and Xiang'er are sick at the same time. I am also guarding you and throwing Xiang'er to the nurse. Just because you are the only concubine in the house, the only son left by my cousin. Your eldest brother died early, and I must protect you and take care of you for your mother and the prince.
Yes, all this is what I am willing, I never want anything, let alone ask you to repay anything, I just do my duty and do things according to my conscience. But now, there are rumors outside that the pirate Water Dragon King wants to seek revenge on you, how can you go to death in vain at such a time? You are the son of Prince Yong, not a great general, you don't need military exploits, what you need is to protect yourself and spread out for Prince Yong's line as soon as possible, this is the first thing to do to be loyal and filial.
I don't care, your mother repeatedly entrusted me to take good care of you before she died, no matter what you want to alienate me, I won't let you go to Yuecheng. No, it's not that I won't let it, it's your mother who won't let me.
It just so happens that I am worried that you will not look down on me as a concubine now, and will not listen to my persuasion, so I specially brought the suicide note of the cousin of the former princess, you can see for yourself, I am doing it according to my cousin's explanation and his expectations for you. The prince doesn't need to ask me why I didn't take it out before, I just don't want you to feel guilty, or think that I am restraining you in the name of my cousin. ”
Zhao's mother handed over an obviously yellowed piece of paper with both hands, but Qi Haoning didn't reach out to take it, nor did she "first stunned, then happy and excited" as Zhao Fangfei imagined before, but instead smiled sarcastically: "Don't look at it, I know that Zhao Fangfei grew up with her mother since she was a child, not only imitating her mother's words vividly, but also knowing the tone and habits of her mother's writing." Hold your horses... Hear me out......
However, there is one thing that Concubine Zhao may not know, when the mother concubine was seriously ill, her father asked for a piece of superb chicken blood jade from Master Jingxuan, and re-engraved a seal for himself and his mother, the seal was not engraved with their words, one carved is a special lotus, and the other is engraved with a waterfall pattern, symbolizing the lotus pond waterfall that the father and mother saw when they first met in the water curtain cave of Yuquan Peak. ”
Concubine Zhao raised her head suddenly, forgetting her grievances and crying, but her face turned even paler, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Qi Haoning ignored it and continued: "My father made an appointment with my mother, and from that moment on, the letters they wrote to each other, as well as to me and Yue'er, were stamped with that unique seal, which was a sign that our family knew the Tao. A few years ago, my father gave me a letter to me, and all three of you, mother and son, should not forget the seal of the waterfall pattern, right? ”
How could the three of them forget? They discussed several times what that pattern represented, and why Prince Yong occasionally wrote to them, but they didn't have the beautiful waterfall seal, but Qi Haoning didn't seem to know the way at that time.
Qi Haoning still seemed to be smiling and said flatly: "Indeed, I didn't know about this before, until I went to the southwest four years ago, when my father said that I grew up, and he told me." ”
Concubine Zhao trembled more and more, and some things began to become clear in her mind. She began to realize when Prince Yong suddenly became indifferent to her, that is, about half a year after her cousin's death, she took out a cousin's suicide note, and asked the prince to make her cousin Concubine Zhao as the main concubine for the sake of Qi Haoning's brothers and sisters.
Before that, although Prince Yong didn't love her much, it was not bad, and it could be said to be the best among all the side concubines and concubines, and after the death of his cousin, the prince would also take care of Qi Haoning and hand over the responsibility of the palace to her. It was precisely because of these that she felt that it would be natural to take out her cousin's suicide note at that time.
I don't want to, after reading the suicide note, the prince just stared at her silently for a while, and then said that he only had one concubine in his life, and left after speaking. Since then, the prince has become more and more indifferent to her, until he left Beijing and went to the southwest. Later, the general of the southwest had an accident, and the prince was stationed in the southwest and did not come back.
It turned out that it was the "suicide note" that hurt herself, she thought it was an absolute chance of winning, but she was smart but was mistaken by cleverness, and lifted a stone to shoot herself in the foot?
For what? What could happen for Lang? My cousin was coaxed by her to be obedient, she always trusted her, told her everything, and shared her joys, sorrows, and sorrows, even when her cousin came to the monthly letter, and how many times the prince asked for the wedding night, she was clear, why didn't she tell her such a "loving and interesting" thing? Could it be that her cousin's kindness and trust in front of her are also pretending? Singing like her?
At that time, Prince Yong told his beloved wife that the piece of chicken blood jade was enshrined in front of the statue of the Buddha for a long time, and the spiritual jade that had "listened" to the scriptures 9,999 times was a treasure for their family to communicate with each other and protect each other. With such a premise, where did the first princess dare to tell her cousin?
At this point, Concubine Zhao naturally understood why Qi Haoning had been indifferent to her and alienated the three of them since she came back from the southwest, so it was, so it was, but what should she do now?
If the news of her cousin's "suicide note" came out, she wouldn't want to see anyone, and the relationship between Qi Yuexin and Qi Haoxiang would be more difficult...... Concubine Zhao suddenly shuddered, the Queen Mother hated her so much, did she also know about it?
Seeing the panic on Concubine Zhao's face finally revealed, Qi Haoning's voice became even colder: "What? Concubine Zhao, do you still want me to read this 'suicide note'? ”
There is no beginning or end, Yunxiao behind Qi Haoning didn't understand the whole thing, but a little string of strings didn't affect him to understand one thing, that is, the "suicide note of the first princess" in Zhao's mother's hand at this moment must be fake. He didn't know how to despise Concubine Zhao, what a shameless woman, she really did everything, in vain he had always thought that Concubine Zhao was really good to his master.
Poor Qi Yuexin didn't wake up in the clouds, couldn't figure out the situation in front of her, looked at her mother who was trembling with anger, and said angrily: "Second brother, what are you doing?" Why did you become like this? Who is instigating? What do you mean by such a long list of words? What did my mother imitate the handwriting of the former princess? You haven't read the letter, how can you slander my mother like this? Second brother, my mother has loved you the most since she was a child, how can you make her so sad? Second brother, don't you have a heart? ”
"No heart? In this case, Yunxiao, after receiving this 'mother's suicide note', she sent it to the palace to the imperial grandmother before leaving Beijing tomorrow morning, and the two letters written by the mother concubine to Yue'er, who had not yet been born, are now with Yue'er. Qi Haoning suddenly laughed, but the laughter made people chill, Qi Haoxiang, who was about to open his mouth to support his mother and sister, shuddered, and quickly closed his mouth, this second brother who has loved him since he was a child is too terrible now, and he doesn't know it at all.
Concubine Zhao was startled, and rushed over to grab the piece of paper, almost knocking Zhao's mother down.
Qi Haoning didn't continue to entangle with them, and entered Zhiyuan Yuan with a cold snort, and the courtyard door was slammed shut. (To be continued......)
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