Chapter 221
"Mother." Xiao Duo's face also sank, and he said: "Who should be sealed, how should it be sealed, these words are not up to the mother and me, and the father and emperor have to decide." The son is only the crown prince now, how can he bypass his father and make decisions for him? The words of the mother concubine, if people listen to it, it is simply their heart! Mother, don't embarrass your son. ”
"Am I embarrassing you?" Jiang Gongfei choked in her chest, and said angrily: "The mother is more expensive than the son, and the son is more expensive than the mother, you are already the prince, shouldn't I be promoted?" Even if the emperor is seriously ill and doesn't think about it for a while, you won't mention it? "When I thought that my son would ascend the throne in the future, and I would actually take the position of concubine as the queen mother, I felt tightness in my chest and shortness of breath-
No, no!
Jiang Gongfei saw that her son was silent, thinking that her son was disobedient and was confused by her daughter-in-law, and now her waist pole couldn't stand up, so she eased her tone slightly, "Sixth, aren't you in front of the emperor every day?" Find an opportunity to remind the emperor euphemistically, it's just a handover, and it's not a difficult thing. And said: "When the time comes, the mother concubine will have decency, won't you also have decency?" ”
Xiao Duo is the crown prince, the future of the Ninety-Five, and it is really decent for his biological mother to enter the concubine from the concubine, of course, he can't say this, if he says it, he has to make his mother stunned. Besides, it wasn't that he had the heart to get along with his mother, but that the emperor really didn't mention it.
If the emperor forgot, it is absolutely impossible!
The emperor forgot that before the people of the Ministry of Rites went through the process of canonizing the crown prince and the crown princess, they would definitely ask the emperor whether to promote Jiang Gong's concubine. Since the emperor did not promote and did not mention it, he could only be unwilling.
Xiao Duo is only crazy to disobey the emperor's will at such a time, and it is just to fight for his mother for a concubine. But seeing that her mother was so angry, she could only persuade patiently: "Mother, no matter what position you are now, you are the biological mother of your son, and you will naturally be a stable queen mother in the future, don't worry about it anymore." ”
"Hongu is careful?!" Jiang Gongfei's eyes widened in anger, and she looked at her son in disbelief, "Are you half-distracted and thinking about me?" Oh......, I understand, it must be the Feng family who blew the wind in your ears, so that I will be in a good position to laugh at me in the future, so that I can't hold my head up for the rest of my life, so as not to suppress her, right? ”
What does this matter to Luan? According to the mother's meaning, if everything is bad, it is all the fault of Ah Luan's instigation, how wrong is this called Ah Luan? Mother is simply messing around, and she has to stir up three points if she is unreasonable!
At present, my mother is just a concubine, so she is so big, if she becomes the queen mother in the future, then she can't ask Ah Luan to set rules every day? If she doesn't protect Ah Luan, even if she becomes a queen, she will only be a depressed and unhappy queen, and if she is not angry to death, she will have to be wronged to death.
Xiao Duo held back his anger and explained: "Mother, my son will say it again. Whether you can promote your position as a concubine, that is only the father and the emperor can decide, how can there be any reason for the prince to promote his own concubine? This is impossible, and it will make his son impeached by hundreds of officials. As for what you said about mentioning it to your father...... "After a pause," you think about it yourself, can the officials of the Ministry of Rites not mention it to your father? The father did not move, so naturally he did not mean to be promoted to the position of the mother concubine. ”
Jiang Gongfei was originally furious, and when she heard this, it was like a basin of cold water broke in her pocket.
Yes, will the officials of the Ministry of Rites not mention it to the emperor? Definitely not.
Then why didn't the emperor agree? For what? She couldn't figure it out, and she was even more unwilling, so she pondered it carefully, and she never made any mistakes in her life. The only time was ......, that time I designed the Feng family with my niece, saying that she pushed her niece's miscarriage, and then took her into the palace and let Mama Tingting stick her.
That's right, that time.
The emperor was not only furious, but also warned himself that if he dared to calculate the Feng clan again, he would take away his title of "Gong". Not only that, but even threaten yourself, "There is no next time!" My prince doesn't need a mother concubine who doesn't care about it, and he doesn't need a mother who causes trouble for him! ”
Jiang Gongfei's face suddenly fell into defeat, and she turned pale.
Xiao Duo saw that his mother was so uncomfortable, and he couldn't bear to say, "Okay, mother, don't worry about this." Didn't my son say that? You just have to enjoy the blessings, don't worry about the outside things, as long as the son is the prince, the mother will be the justifiable queen mother in the future, what else doesn't need this to be more honorable? And for now, it's better to take care of your father and follow your father's thoughts. ”
Jiang Gongfei raised her eyes to look at her son, feeling that this son who was pregnant for ten months and died nine times before giving birth was really unfamiliar. "You go." She gritted her teeth with hatred, her hands trembled in her sleeves, and it was all because the Feng family implicated herself,—— her husband hated her, and her son was not biased towards herself, "Go, the temple here in this palace is small, and it can't accommodate the great god of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Feng, you wait, when this palace becomes the queen mother in the future, I will settle accounts with you!
She couldn't argue with her husband or compete with her son, so she only put her resentment on her daughter-in-law's head. But I didn't think about it carefully, a concubine who was disgusted and alienated by the emperor, a biological mother who made the prince troubled and patient, and her mother's family had no real power, and the queen had a name, power, and son, how would she compete in the future?
Not to mention, Jiang Gongfei still has the fault of murdering Feng Luan's child in her previous life, Feng Luan's child, isn't it Xiao Duo's child? With this layer of sin, even if she becomes the queen mother in the future, I am afraid that she is not as good as the queen mother of Qin in this dynasty, everything is just her imagination.
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The Ministry of Rites did ask the emperor for the position of Jiang Gongfei, but the emperor did not forget, but did not agree, as for the reason, he did not say, and the people in the Ministry of Rites did not dare to ask more. Anyway, Jiang Gongfei will be the queen mother in the future, and now the emperor has not mentioned promoting her position, even if the crown prince ascends the throne, he can't complain about the first emperor.
In fact, the emperor has his own thoughts.
First of all, Jiang Gongconcubine is not generous and generous enough, and like most mothers and mothers-in-law in the world, she likes to pinch her son and daughter-in-law. The emperor has had enough of being constrained by the queen mother in his life, first his mother-in-law, then his biological mother, and his mother-in-law is still for political reasons, which cannot be avoided. The biological mother, the Empress Dowager Qin, was completely idle, looking for trouble for herself, and made the palace concubine cry and cry for three days, and even her grandson and daughter-in-law did not let go.
After thinking about it, it is better to press Jiang Gongfei to let her see the rules and reality clearly, so as not to be the sixth child who will ascend the throne in the future, and face the same headache as himself for the Qin family.
In addition, Jiang Gongfei and the crown princess Feng have a grudge, even if the princess has a good temper, she can't stand her mother-in-law's handling every once in a while, and the people of the Feng family can't stand it. Especially the eldest princess of Liyi is still alive and well, the future queen mother and the queen are fighting, plus an eldest princess and the Feng family are making trouble in it, it is estimated that one of the heads of the sixth child is two big.
The harem is not quiet, can you still handle political affairs in front of you with peace of mind? Therefore, Jiang Gongfei will be promoted to the queen mother by virtue of her son, but she can only be the queen mother who enjoys the honor.
Therefore, I heard that Jiang Gongfei called the prince twice in a row, and there were disputes inside, so she called Xiao Duo over, Zhengse admonished, and then said: "Sixth, you have to remember." The emperor's voice was categorical, "The surname of this splendid country is Xiao, not Qin, let alone Jiang!" ”
Right now, it is a bright and good spring in March, with flowers blooming all over the garden and spring in the world.
However, the emperor's illness became more and more serious.
Three days after the marriage of the county lord of Xiaoxian, when he returned to the palace to greet his parents, Xiao Duo was too busy to hurry, and hurriedly returned to the East Palace to see his daughter and son-in-law, and asked his daughter, "Is everything okay?" Are you still used to marrying the Wei family? ”
"Good." Lord Xiaoxian was slightly ashamed and lowered his head.
Wei Rong stood aside respectfully, lowered his eyes, and didn't dare to look around.
"Okay, that's fine." Xiao Duo didn't have time to ask more questions, nor did he have time to put his father-in-law on the shelf in front of his son-in-law, "There is still something to do in front of you." He told Feng Luan, "You leave them to eat, let the children come out to gather together, and go back early before the palace gate falls into the key." After speaking, he hurried away.
A hint of disappointment flashed in the eyes of the county lord of Xiaoxian.
Feng Luan could see it clearly, but she didn't want to say more to her, and she didn't understand the reason, so she ordered: "Wait for Brother Chong'er to get out of school, let him wait, and say that his sister is coming back." Then he looked at Sister Hui'er, "Zhilu said that you have a deep sisterhood, and you want to say something considerate, but wait, I will lead your sister and brother-in-law to Jinghe Palace first." ”
Sister Hui was dressed in a carambola-colored palace dress, and said with a sweet smile: "I'll wait, the mother concubine and sister will go." ”
The dragon and phoenix fetus has always been lively and active, and likes to go out with his mother, but he went to Jinghe Palace to see Jiang Gongfei once before, and he was so uncomfortable by the cold aura.
Therefore, the sister hurriedly answered: "Mother, we are also waiting obediently." ”
Brother Hao nodded, expressing his agreement with his sister's meaning.
Of course, Feng Luan would not object, and smiled, "Wait a minute, I'll bring Brother Nian over too." She stood up, wearing a bright purple gold-woven butterfly cardigan with large sleeves, and between her actions, a large dark purple skirt underneath was exposed, setting off a bright and incomprehensible look.
Wei Rong couldn't help but look up, full of amazement.
Sure enough, the rumors outside are true, saying that the crown princess is the first beauty in the capital, and she is good at words, so she has been favored for many years. Even when the prince entered the palace, none of the concubines in the palace were brought with him, which was unheard of, and everyone in the capital said that the Feng family was jealous and scheming.
But it doesn't seem to be in touch with the beautiful woman in front of me with a soft tone.
Wei Rong spent a novel and tense day in the palace, and when he returned to Wei's house, his whole body relaxed. Then he changed his clothes and went to his mother's room to reply, "Listen well, the prince and the princess are very talkative, and Concubine Gong is also ...... and polite." ”
Mrs. Wei stammered when she heard him, and couldn't help but worry, "What's wrong?" Concubine Gong said you? ”
"Not really." Wei Rong replied: "I just went in and saluted and answered a few words." Seeing that her mother looked worried, she hesitated and said in a low voice: "It's the ...... of Concubine Gong and the Crown Princess, it seems a little polite." ”
That's a very euphemism.
Why can't Mrs. Wei hear it? frowned, "In this world, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the most difficult, let alone the royal family of the Heavenly Family?" It's not something we should worry about, and we can't worry about it. ”
Wei Rong nodded and said, "Yes, my son understands." Then he talked about his wife, "It's the county lord, the identity is really a little special, it's not embarrassing, hey, be careful in the future." ”
said that she was the daughter of the crown prince and the future princess, but she was not in harmony with the princess Feng.
Mrs. Wei disagreed, and said: "Our Wei family only treats each other politely and abides by the rules, you don't beat and scold her, and I don't pinch her specifically, no one else can say anything anywhere." "I remembered the last time I saw the Feng family," although the crown princess spoke sharply, she was not an unreasonable person, and she should be fine. ”
Then, it was indeed calm for a while.
However, soon a turmoil set off, and the reason was that Jiang Gongfei wanted to marry Sister Hui to the Jiang family. She has thought about it, at the moment, the Jiang family has no school-age girls who can serve by her son's side, so it is not bad to get a future princess for the Jiang family. Of course, Sister Hui'er's identity is not very good, but there is no way, Sister Wu and Sister Zhen are too young.
In the past, Mu Roujia had sent Mu Roujia to talk about it. It means that the Mu family and Sister Xian have no fate, but they hope to marry Sister Hui,—— in addition to taking care of their granddaughter, they also have the meaning of letting the long house have a horse so that they can hug the thigh of the future emperor.
After all, the Mu family's room has lost its title, and if it doesn't marry the royal family, when the old lady Mu goes in the future, the title of Duke Liguo will be the second room, and the Mu family's rooms will be divided into their own families, and the long house will have to withdraw from the noble circle.
Feng Luan and Xiao Duo discussed, and felt that although the Mu family's room was selfish, Sister Hui was more relieved to marry her, and she had a good reputation with Feng Luan. In case Sister Hui had a dispute with the concubine and quarreled with her mother-in-law, it was her cousin and aunt, and it couldn't be said that Feng Luan's family affair had hurt her.
Although Sister Hui was young and agreed, she did not refuse.
Mu Jiafang thought that this was a matter of nine out of ten, but he didn't expect that Jiang Gongfei would come out and insert a lever, and the most important thing was that Xiao Duo actually agreed,—— From Xiao Duo's standpoint, Sister Hui will not endure hardships if she marries the Mu family and the Jiang family, and it will not affect Feng Luan's reputation, there is no difference between the two.
And because of speaking for Feng Luan before, and because her mother couldn't get the concubine position, she misunderstood Feng Luan and got a knot, so she thought about doing something that made her mother happy and eased the tension between everyone, so she agreed.
At this moment, the people of the Jiang family were ecstatic, and the Mu family's room was like a frosted eggplant.
The lord of Xiaoxian was even more deeply dissatisfied, and even resentful.
Can the Jiang family compare with the Mu family? Even if my grandfather no longer fights the knighthood, it is also a close branch of the Liguo Mansion, and the three uncles have all entered the officialdom, as long as my father is willing to support him in the future, he will naturally have a bright future. But what is the Jiang family? It's just that my grandmother's father served in the army, and as soon as Mrs. Jiang died, the children and grandchildren behind me couldn't be literate, martial and martial, and they weren't even bullshit!
Besides, even if you don't think about face and only talk about intimacy, can the close relationship between the Jiang family and the Mu family be the same?
If the younger sister marries into the Mu family's house and marries her cousin, she is taken care of by her grandfather and grandmother, and protected by her uncle, and then she has a good cousin's heart, even if her aunt makes it a little difficult, she will be able to press it down.
But if she marries into the Jiang family, who will her sister tell even if she suffers? Could it be that grandmother will still protect her sister and reprimand the people of the Jiang family? According to her grandmother's temperament of protecting her shortcomings, she will not only make her sister suffer in vain, but she will even help the Jiang family reprimand her sister.
The county lord of Xiaoxian was short of breath, although it was inconvenient to say that Jiang Gongfei was not, but there were many complaints between words, and even complained about Feng Luan, blaming her for not setting her sister's family affairs earlier.
Wei Rong couldn't help but persuade: "Since Concubine Gong is the mother who intends to marry, and the princess is the daughter-in-law, how can she go against the will of her mother-in-law?" Don't be angry with the crown princess. ”
Lord Xiaoxian couldn't help sneering when she heard her husband speak for her stepmother, "Can she really hope that we are good?" I wish I could marry my sister and I decently, but in fact, I am bitter. "Just let the people of the Jiang family rub her sister, her Feng family doesn't touch her hands at all, why not? Naturally, I am happy to see it happen.
Wei Rong's face sank, "What do you mean, you are also bitter when you marry into the Wei family?" ”
Lord Xiaoxian was stunned for a moment, and then argued: "No, I'm just talking about the Jiang family." ”
Wei Rong thought that she was angry, and didn't care, but frowned and said, "Actually, you are too worried." When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future, you and I, the second sister and my brother-in-law, will all move to the princess's mansion alone, where will anyone make the second sister suffer? Your worries are simply unnecessary. ”
Lord Xiaoxian was stunned, as if he was ......, which made sense.
"Right." Wei Rong felt that he had said the key point, and he was slightly proud, and even the little depression just now was reduced a lot, and said with a smile: "So, you can put a hundred hearts." ”
"Even so......" Lord Xiaoxian was still not happy with this family business, and complained: "Sister Hui is married to the Jiang family after all, father-in-law, mother-in-law, uncle and concubine, trivial things, where can you avoid it by moving to the princess's mansion?" In the future, I will have to suffer some troubles, and ......, if there is a good thing, it will not fall to the Mu family, but to the Jiang family. ”
Wei Rong's face became heavier and heavier, heavier and heavier, he slammed the teacup on the table, and said coldly: "You can't even look down on the future Queen Mother's mother's family, what is the Wei family?" It turns out that you are so reluctant to marry the Wei family, and you don't want to see your parents-in-law and uncles, for fear of disturbing you and annoying you. He laughed angrily, "I married you, but I took a big advantage!" ”
Flicked his sleeves and went out angrily.
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"I heard that Sister Xian'er entered the palace to see you in the morning?" Xiao Duo drank wolfberry chrysanthemum tea and asked.
"Hmm." Feng Luan had already practiced her joy and anger, and said with a smile: "For Sister Hui'er's marriage, I said a few childish words, I listened to it, coaxed her and let her go." It's not that I'm talking for Sister Xian'er, but I don't want him to hurt his liver, "Okay, don't worry about these trivial things." ”
Xiao Duo listened to her soft tone, not only did he not have half of his resentment against Sister Xian'er, and complained to himself, but comforted himself not to be angry,—— he was very angry, and he was also soothed by this thoughtfulness and gentleness.
has been together for five years, and only she is the most considerate, gentle, empathetic, and thinks about herself everywhere.
"Ah Luan." His hand stopped on her face, trying to see her flower-like face clearly, but he hated that his eyes were not good, even if the beauty was on his side, it was always like a dull veil. Or hold her hand tightly, feel her temperature and fragrance, and be more grounded.
Feng Luan smiled slightly, and also looked at him, and the two sat silently opposite each other, leisurely.
All affection, care, thoughtfulness, and understanding are all in it.
The light smoke of the agarwood incense of the gilded Boshan furnace drifted out, and the mist was like a mist, adding a touch of dark agarwood to the hall, and it was also set off with boundless tranquility. Until someone broke the silence, someone hurriedly came outside the door, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the emperor is not in a good situation, Chief Manager Cai asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to hurry over......"