Chapter 281: Smallpox
It's not once or twice that the concubine has blocked the Empress Dowager Yuan, and when the Empress Dowager Yuan was in the palace, she couldn't go to Xuanqing Palace, let alone now that she is in Fuyang County?
The queen shook her head, she didn't want to say anything more, she just asked someone to pack her things.
But at this time, a close attendant reminded: "Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang is so sluggish, that is, we all feel wronged for the Empress Dowager Cimu, you said that the Empress Dowager Cimu saw it, how can it be felt in your heart?" ”
"What's the solution?" Gu Zhen said, "The noble concubine has such a personality since she was born, and Your Majesty is spoiled, can we still give the Empress Dowager a lot of anger?" In fact, it's good that she's willing to take things out, but if she doesn't, what do you think this palace can do? I can't say that I have to put on one more piece to round this scene for her. Otherwise, this matter is not to make faces for the two queen mothers, but to give the two queen mothers no face. At that time, the two queen mothers will certainly be angry, how can Your Majesty not blame the palace? ”
After all, she presided over this matter single-handedly, and if she did it well, Chunjia praised it; If it is not done well, although the emperor will not say what to do with her, he will definitely not be able to run away with a private reprimand.
Standing in the position of the queen, she naturally hopes to complete it smoothly and add luster to her virtuous reputation.
And those people and things in the middle who are disobedient and make her helpless have to deal with them by themselves.
"Niangniang, if the two queen mothers are just uncomfortable, the key is what if they are uncomfortable and give birth to right and wrong?" Seeing that she didn't understand what she meant, the attendant had to say more clearly, "Fuyang County is just a small place, and the climate is not good. If the two queen mothers have three long and two short because of these birthday gifts, and someone goes on the table to advise and ask to take the two queen mothers to come to the imperial capital to raise, this? ”
Gu Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and immediately frowned.
The attendant made persistent efforts: "Although it is said that the Yuan family is gone, don't forget that the king of Fuyang has an heir." The two queen mothers have nothing to do with the current harem, can't they handle the princess? ”
After the birthday ceremony arrived, he first called himself sick, and when it was over, he asked Gongxiang Ruoxiao to ask for the two queen mothers to be sent back to the imperial capital to recuperate...... There is no need to handle it, as long as you make a gesture that you can't survive in Fuyang County, Gongxiang Ruogong is afraid that she can't wait to send people away immediately.
After all, Empress Dowager Yuan and Empress Dowager Qu are nominally the elders of Gongxiang Ruogong, but in fact they have a deep relationship with the Son of Heaven.
In case there is a good guy in Fuyang County, wouldn't the Gongxiang Ruogong family want to make a punch bag for the emperor?
"......" Gu Zhen didn't expect this before, and at this moment, he couldn't help but have a headache, and said, "It shouldn't be enough?" Your Majesty has always been shrewd, and the Empress Dowager was so resolute at the beginning, but it has only been a few days, if you come out like this, Your Majesty doesn't say it, how can you not have some ideas in your heart? ”
The reason why the two queen mothers traveled thousands of miles to Fuyang County at such an old age was that in addition to being forced by the general trend, in fact, in the final analysis, it was Chunjia's determination to stay, and it was not as resolute as it seemed.
Emotionally, he may hope that Empress Dowager Yuan and Empress Dowager Qu will stay and let him personally support his old age, but from the perspective of interests, Chunjia actually hopes that they will go.
After all, when these two queen mothers were in the palace, they either fought with each other, or played with the concubines in various ways...... Especially the grievances between Empress Dowager Yuan and Yun Fenghuang, Chunjia is simply a big deal after the aftermath.
The most important thing is that as Chunjia's status becomes more and more stable, there is less and less need for Empress Dowager Yuan's care, and Empress Dowager Yuan's partiality is more and more inclined to her mother's family.
even leaned towards the prince who she thought had the blood of the Yuan family.
This kind of emotion Chunjia is actually understandable, after all, he is not the biological blood of the Empress Dowager Yuan, no matter how much the two are in love with mother and son, at this time, it is generally believed that unfilial piety is the greatest concept, and it is difficult for the Empress Dowager Yuan to brush off the regret of not being able to have a biological flesh and blood.
If she were Yun Fenghuan, who took the lead in considering her own pros and cons, it might be easier to think about it, that is, as long as she lived well, a cheap son like Chunjia would not be much better than those biological sons who were not angry?
The problem is that Empress Dowager Yuan is not, although she is not a soft-hearted master, but in many places she can still be called virtuous as a husband and a child...... This kind of sex is even more difficult to think about.
So maybe the queen mother realized, maybe she didn't realize it herself, in short, the queen mother Yuan also connived at a Yuan neem mother in the past, but she was not very supportive of the Yuan family, but in the past two years, her attitude towards the Yuan family has become more and more relaxed.
This made Chunjia very vigilant.
After all, Ji's lesson to Gongxiang's is too big, and Empress Dowager Yuan herself used similar reasons to guard against Yunfenghuan, but to be honest, she is only the daughter-in-law of Gongxiang's after all, not the bloodline of Gongxiang's family, especially not the male heir of Gongxiang's family.
The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, and the start of the Ji clan did not rely on the trust and reliance of Emperor Shenzong?
Frankly speaking, the Ji family at that time was worthy of this trust and dependence, and the Ji family contributed a lot to the fact that the Shenzong was able to get the nickname of the Shenzong.
No matter what kind of humiliation and pain this family brings to the royal family, they have a credit for Haiqing Heyan in the world.
Chunjia learned these lessons, that is, he did not want to give any family a chance to threaten the imperial power.
Therefore, Empress Dowager Yuan's move of sending the eighth prince to the queen's knees makes it difficult for him not to suspect that this loving mother and empress dowager are preparing for the future seizure of the crown.
Even if she didn't have this idea at this time, but just explained the same as before leaving, she just wanted the eighth prince to be closer to the future prince, but after opening the history books, after the prince overturned, it was not unheard of being picked up by the prince who was close to him.
And if the Eighth Prince's background was not exposed, he grew up in front of the Middle Palace, watching his younger brother enter the East Palace because of his son-in-law's name, and he would have to be bowed down by their brothers in the future, who knows if he has other thoughts?
Chun Jia didn't even have the idea of giving the fifteenth prince to the queen to raise so that the mother and son could be taken care of in the future, let alone the heirs born by the Yuan concubine.
All in all, the Son of Heaven is determined, and this is true for the favorite concubine, and the same is true for the Empress Dowager Yuan and the Empress Dowager Qu.
His feelings for them are real, and his sense of responsibility for the inheritance of Jiangshan Sheji and Gongxiang is also true.
And the latter is heavier than the former.
"If the two queen mothers had given up, most of them would not have done this." The attendant whispered, "But what if they don't give up?" Think about the rumors in the palace after those two left. At that time, the concubine was about to give birth, and she was powerless, but she might not be able to do those things. and Gu Cairen's death, it really doesn't seem like a concubine has the ability to do it. The concubine has only been in the palace for a few years, and her mother's family is cold, saying that she is the daughter of the Yun family, but the Yun family is willing to do things for her? The maid felt that most of them were inseparable from the two queen mothers, especially the queen mother. After all, that wild seed, although we didn't poke it out in the end, we also have a move. The Empress Dowager may not be unaware, this matter is the fault of the Yuan family and the Empress Dowager of the Empress Dowager, but you say, would the Empress Dowager think so? ”
Of course it can't be.
In all fairness, the fall of the Yuan family is not unjust, and it is impossible for any emperor to tolerate such a big crime of confusing blood.
Not to mention that Empress Dowager Yuan is not the kind of person who is glorious and beautiful, even if it is, in the face of the result of the destruction of the entire mother's family, I am afraid that only a saint can remain calm and stand in a fair perspective.
She didn't say anything, but there must be anger in her heart.
The ones who are most likely to be angered are, of course, the queen and the concubine.
So a series of things that happened in the palace these days, the queen's master and servant were most suspicious of Empress Dowager Yuan and the concubine, but after careful analysis, even if the concubine had powerful means, in the end, her family background was shallow and her days in the palace were short, not to mention anything else, Gu Cairen's case, Old Lady Gu thought that the concubine might not have this ability.
The most suspicious is the Empress Dowager Yuan.
Gu Zhen frowned: "Why didn't you say these words before?" ”
I said before that she simply had more than one thing and one less thing, so she didn't have these worries.
What now?
The words have been spoken, and the things have been collected, so it's impossible to say that you won't send them, right? If it is sent, if those two old things really take the opportunity to make trouble, even if their actions will inevitably make Chunjia bored, but the emperor is not the kind of person who is willful, and his boredom may not fall on action.
Gu Zhen himself is an example of this, the emperor doesn't like her, but doesn't let her sit firmly in the back seat?
At that time, the emperor also came to the two queen mothers, although they were very annoyed by their cowardice, but they still welcomed back to the palace and let them continue to command, which ???
…… When the time comes, Gu Zhen can't say that he will be angry with the emperor, blaming her for having nothing to do.
The attendant smiled bitterly and pleaded guilty: "...... The maid didn't think about it so much at first, but she only thought of it when she saw the handkerchief sent by the concubine. ”
But it's not impossible to do it now, "Or Niangniang asks Your Majesty to palm your eyes?" Such things were sent over, no matter what happened, after all, His Majesty personally checked it. ”
By the way, remind Chunjia euphemistically and let Chunjia worry about it...... Anyway, Chunjia probably didn't want those two to come back.
Gu Zhen was upset and said: "Alas, this palace really regrets that I heard that my family arranged to enter this harem, one or two, and there is no one who is worry-free!" ”
In her opinion, this was originally a very mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's filial piety, so they couldn't cooperate with each other?
At this point, Gu Zhen already felt very troublesome, but the next day she went to Chunjia to speak, Chunjia had no time to worry about it, and told Yan Yin to inspect it, which was regarded as an endorsement for the queen, Yan Yin looked at it once, and his face changed, and he didn't go back to Taichu Palace, and across the high palace wall, he called a small chamberlain to send a letter to Chunjia: "Your Majesty, the things that you have prepared for the Queen Mother are excellent, but they are just ...... The doctor who went with him said that there were two things that seemed to be wrong! ”
Chun Jiayi frowned and said, "Whose thing is wrong?" ”
Without waiting for the little chamberlain to answer, he asked again, "What the concubine has prepared is inside?" ”
“…… Don't dare to hide it from Your Majesty, what the imperial doctor suspects the most is the veil prepared by the concubine Niangniang. The little chamberlain lay on the ground and said tremblingly, "Imperial Doctor...... Smell a rat...... I suspect that there seems to be something on the veil that shouldn't be touched! ”
The emperor's face instantly became gloomy: "Go and ask the empress if she has been in contact with the Ten Princes in the past two days!" ”
Chunjia reacted very quickly, but it was still too late: after all, the queen had already been publicly rumored to be a child, how could the ten princes not take care of them personally?
Before the Ten Princes were not very well, she was personally undressed and guarded in front of the couch, but now that the Ten Princes are well, she has to summon her to the front three or four times a day.
Therefore, after receiving a reminder from the imperial attendant, Gu Zhen fainted directly before he finished speaking!
In the evening of that day, an astonishing news spread throughout the harem: the birthday gift made by the concubine to the Empress Dowager was stained with smallpox acne scars, and the queen was unsuspecting and after reading it with her attendants, she summoned the third prince and the tenth prince many times!