Chapter 254: Sorrow
The atmosphere in the Chongchang hall is stagnant, I heard that the king of Qin took the lead, and when Princess Zhaoqing, the second prince, the second princess, the third princess, the sixth prince, the seventh prince, and the ninth prince came to visit the ten princes, the emperor and queen were stunned and even the concubines who were refuting Chen Jing's "revelation" with anger.
Then everyone saw that Chunjia's originally fierce face softened suddenly, and said: "The concubine has always pitied children, and it is difficult for her to have such a heart in her confinement." ”
He ordered the emperor's heirs to be summoned.
A moment later, a group of imperial heirs rushed in according to the eldest and youngest fish, and stepped forward to greet him.
Rao is queen and concubine don't like concubines, and she has to admit that the children in front of her are really good.
In terms of appearance, Zhaoqing is of course first-class, but the other imperial heirs are not far behind.
After all, Chunjia is handsome and gentle, and if she can be a concubine, of course her appearance must pass. How can a child born like this not look good?
Not to mention the clothes, the battle in the palace is not fierce enough to make the imperial heir wear shabby.
So a group of young children walked in and it was really pleasing to the eye.
But the most striking are the King of Qin, Zhaoqing, the Seven Princes and the Nine Emperors, because their bearing is different from that of other imperial heirs.
The second princess is dull, the third princess is restrained, and the sixth prince is cowardly...... Only the four royal heirs under the knees of the concubine have the calmness and generosity that the imperial heirs should have.
…… To put it bluntly, it's not that the concubine is favored, the children in front of her are close to the water and get the moon first, not to mention the number of times she sees the emperor, the key is that she has no scruples about going in and out, from childhood to adulthood, only brothers and sisters let them, and there is no reason for them to let their brothers and sisters.
In this way, of course, he will not be as cautious as the second princess, the third princess, and the sixth prince.
Treating Chunjia as an ordinary child looking at his father, isn't it free?
The queen and Concubine Shu walked for a while, King Qin and the others finished the ceremony, although Chunjia was in a bad mood, he barely showed a little smile in the face of these many children who were cute and polite and still came to love his brothers, and Wen Yan said: "Why did you suddenly remember to come to see Xiao Shi?" ”
Several children went to see the eldest king of Qin very regularly, and the king of Qin said: "I heard that the tenth brother was injured, and the ministers were very worried, so they wanted to come and see." Originally, I was afraid of disturbing the queen mother, but after asking the mother concubine, she said yes, so she came. ”
The emperor said, "Were you all together just now?" ”
"Back to my father's words." This time it was Zhaoqing who answered, her leg injury was completely down, and the careful treatment of the imperial doctors, that is, when she walked slowly, she could cover it to the point that she couldn't look at it carefully, and there were traces of normal walking, let alone running and jumping.
But this does not affect her beauty, and her eyebrows are picturesque and exquisite.
Chunjia is not a good beauty, Yi Xingen is the first beauty in the harem who is even convinced by Yunfenghuang, and I don't see him indulging in anything.
But the daughter is different from the concubine, plus Zhaoqing grew up with the concubine, so far she thinks that she is the concubine's own child, and there is no Yi Xingen's deference and well-behaved between the eyebrows, but she is out of whack.
The emperor himself has been trembling for as long as he can remember, and there is not a day that he has not been working hard.
But he still admires the spirits of his children.
Therefore, the gaze that looked at her softened a little, and listened to Zhaoqing with a smile, "The sons and daughters were not together just now, it was the mother concubine who said that the second sister, the third sister and the sixth brother may not know what happened to the tenth brother, let the sons and daughters tell me!" ”
Chunjia smiled and beckoned to her, and when she saw her daughter limping towards her, the smile froze, not disgust, but pity.
Because Zhaoqing is eight years old this year, as the so-called men and women are not at the same table at the age of seven, even if the father and daughter, Chunjia is also a little more evasive, but did not hug her, only reached out and touched the top of the eldest daughter's hair, and someone moved an embroidered stool for her to sit, and said softly: "Your mother is very thoughtful, and you should listen to her more in the future." ”
I casually asked how the clouds and winds were in the past two days?
In fact, although the Son of Heaven has been busy recently and has not had time to go to the harem, the news of Xuanqing Palace is announced three times a day.
But when I saw my daughter, I inevitably wanted to know about it.
But thinking of Yun Fenghuang's emphasis on the nature of the heir, he was a little curious in the eyes of Zhaoqing and others, what was the concubine like?
"The mother concubine is now in confinement, and the sons and daughters don't see it much!" As soon as Zhaoqing heard this, he pursed his lips and complained, "The sons have been to see the fifteenth brother a few times, he is so ugly, and he is not as good-looking as the sons and daughters, right?" ”
Hearing this, King Qin was a little speechless: "Zhaoqing, don't talk nonsense, fifteenth brother...... Didn't the fifteenth brother's nurse say it? The fifteenth brother will definitely look good in the future! ”
"Impossible!" Zhaoqing said firmly, "My aunts have said that I just landed and looked good, so I look good now." The fifteenth brother is not good-looking now, and he will definitely not look good in the future! ”
Chunjia laughed, touched her head and said, "Our Zhaoqing is indeed the best-looking, fifteen ...... It's not bad after fifteen, but in terms of appearance, it's really not as good as Zhaoqing! ”
This is a fact, but when the emperor said this, he didn't have the opportunity to vent his anger: Fifteen, this bastard thing, just landed in the mind of the concubine and compared me, Zhaoqing said bad things about him, it was almost to the heart of me!
The key is that the emperor knows in his heart, if he says that the fifteenth prince is not good-looking, even if it is the truth, the concubine will definitely be in a hurry with him!
He didn't doubt the status of the fifteenth bastard thing in the concubine's mind.
After all, for the sake of this little thing, the concubine would rather give up the status she has worked so hard to win since entering the palace, and want to take him to the domain!
But since it was Zhaoqing who said it, it's okay.
The emperor believes in the concubine's love for the children under his knees, even if the concubine clearly says that the child who is not biological is not as good as the biological child, but he will not punish Zhaoqing for such a trivial matter, let alone blame himself for just conniving at Zhaoqing, right?
He listened to Zhaoqing slandering the fifteenth prince very happily, and greatly vented his worries about the favor of the newly landed younger brother, so he smiled and asked a few children: "Go in and see your tenth brother." ”
The queen and the concubine looked at this family happiness silently, and their hearts were full of sorrow.
The sorrow of the queen is that the ten princes are still unconscious, and the emperor has just received the news and rushed over immediately. But the other emperors came, especially Zhaoqing's coquettish complaint, he even put aside the ten princes and so on for the time being, and laughed with Zhaoqing as if no one was around.
This made Gu Zhen a little in a trance, wondering if what the emperor said to him before was really true or false?
After all, the emperor's attention to the ten princes does not seem to be fake; But the spoiling of Zhaoqing just now doesn't seem to be fake...... But the question is, how did he manage to love his own flesh and blood as treasures, and at the same time coldly calculate how these children under his knees will kill each other in the future and finally become the prince?
There is no outsider in these people, they are all real royal heirs!
Concubine Shu's sorrow naturally lies in the fact that just now, Chen Jing, the chief manager of Xuanqing Palace, came to report to the emperor and queen, and put the death of Gu Cairen's master and servant, the fall of the ten princes into the well, and the rumors in the palace that Gu Cairen's master and servant were harmed by unjust souls, and Queen Kezi, etc., even with Wan Jieyu's death, were all buckled on her head!
She was shocked to argue for herself, looking at the previous emperor's face becoming more and more pale, full of melancholy, at this time King Qin and others came, originally a fork, easing the atmosphere, and also made her think more about her self-defense is a good thing, but ...... Seeing that the emperor had just looked like he was still arrogant and asked for guilt, he suddenly turned to his concern for the concubine, his love for his daughter, and ridicule for the fifteenth prince......
Concubine Shu's heart is mixed.
Who in this palace doesn't know the favor of the concubine?
But every time it comes to an end, I have to feel a deep feeling about whether I am favored or not.
"Your Majesty." Watching the last imperial heir bouncing into the inner hall, Concubine Shu lowered her eyes slightly, and said in an astringent voice, "Concubine, wronged!" ”
This sentence, she said desperate and powerless.
After all, she has understood that the truth does not matter at all, and it is useless to say a good self-defense...... The point is, who is the emperor willing to trust?
No, it should be said that the point is, who did the emperor choose?
Concubine Shu had the last faint hope in her heart, not expecting the emperor to sympathize with her for not doing anything, but her grandfather, after all, it was Ouyang Yanran.
At about the same time, Ouyang Fulu's mother, Meng Shi, the mound woman of the Ouyang family, was kneeling at the door of the study, bursting into tears: "My father has many granddaughters, but my daughter-in-law is only this one biological daughter!" The daughter-in-law asks for nothing else but her father...... Give Fu a way to live! Whether she is demoted to a palace concubine or entered a cold palace, her daughter-in-law is grateful!! ”
Meng is the daughter of the side branch of the Meng family, and she is the aunt of Wan Jieyu who is gone.
This is because Ouyang Yanran was loyal to Xiaozong in his early years, and was regarded by the Ji family as a thorn in the flesh, and the heirs under his knees were also suppressed.
After the Meng family married into the Ouyang family, the husband and son have always had a good reputation.
In the years when Ouyang Yanran had not yet recovered, she cooperated closely with the Ouyang clan's sect and was extremely authoritative in the Ouyang clan.
Therefore, although the female dependents were not allowed to come to the study, for her to come over and kneel and beg for her daughter, the Ouyang family also turned a blind eye.
Even the children of the Ouyang family, who were accompanying him in the study at the moment, couldn't help but help his sister-in-law and niece speak: "Father, even if the concubine is favored, but she comes from a humble background, Your Majesty obviously does not allow her to collude in the previous dynasty...... It's just that only one Yin Qu spoke up for the Seventh Prince, and our family and concubine will inevitably not be able to last long...... This is what you said earlier, since this is the case, now that you pull Concubine Shu, at most you will further offend the concubine! She can't reach out to the front to take us, but why should she give up Concubine Shu and make her proud? ”
"Yes, grandfather." The eldest grandson of the Ouyang family also said, "The noble concubine is ambitious, although Your Majesty loves her, but she is also guarded. If our family is not allowed to continue to be friendly with the concubine, this is an example...... Now her grandfather just doesn't help her very much, and she's so ruthless! Wouldn't it be more and more in line with Your Majesty's wishes to simply break with it? ”
Ouyang Yanran stopped the pen and ink in his hand and looked around at the heirs around him, although the others did not speak, but looking at their expressions, their thoughts were almost the same.
The eldest grandson also came out again: "If my grandfather thinks this is inappropriate...... Why don't you let the brother-in-law in the second room come forward and plead with the concubine? ”
In order to show goodwill to the concubine, the Ouyang family took the initiative to marry the Xie daughter with the second concubine.
It was a cousin of Yun Fenghuang.