Chapter 14: Zhao Shufei
But where the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, there will be more harem concubines to pass on the heirs, even if it is Zhao Yuanxi, the son of the Great Wei Dynasty, the harem concubines have successively accepted more than 20 people, not for the purpose of embracing the left and the right and enjoying the blessings of all people, but as the obligation that the Son of Heaven of the Great Wei must fulfill.
The so-called unfilial piety has three no queens, as the son of the Great Wei Dynasty, if the ancestors and the country are put in the first place, then the second place is like the problem of heirs. In this regard, not only will the royal relatives of the sect keep an eye on it all the time, but even the courtiers will speak from time to time, asking the Son of Heaven to take a concubine, in order to ensure that the orthodox bloodline of the royal family will not be severed.
According to the ancestral system of the Great Wei Dynasty, the emperor's harem concubines are divided into five classes, the first class is naturally the queen, and the second class is the "three ladies" of the concubine, the concubine, and the concubine; The third class is Shuyuan, Shuyi, Shurong, Zhaohua, Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Xiuhua, Xiuyi, Xiuyi, and other "nine concubines".
These third-class concubines are the so-called 'first queen, three ladies and nine concubines'.
And the fourth class of Shufei, Jieyu, Ronghua, Chonghua, Chenghui, Lierong, and the fifth class of beauty, talent, and love, the status is not as high as the first three ranks.
The title of the concubine is related to her birth when she enters the palace, and after entering the palace, it all depends on whether she can be favored by the Son of Heaven.
And Shen Shufei is not only the adoptive mother of the Eighth Emperor Zhao Hongrun, but also the biological mother of the Ninth Emperor, but she only won the title of a fourth-class concubine, which is not unrelated to her dislike of competing for favor in the harem.
Generally, it is difficult for a woman like this to be reserved for her duties in a harem full of intrigue everywhere, unless the mother gives birth to a good son by virtue of her son. However, it is a pity that in the past, the stubbornness of the Eighth Emperor Zhao Hongrun has become a well-known thing in the palace, and the Ninth Emperor Zhao Hongxuan is too young, so Shen Shufei's status in the heart of Zhao Yuanxi, the son of the Great Wei Dynasty, is not high, and like her two sons, it is almost a dispensable role.
However, recently, because Zhao Hongrun suddenly appeared in the vision of Zhao Yuanxi, the Son of Heaven, even Shen Shufei has gradually been valued by the Son of Heaven, but it is a pity that Shen Shufei has always been weak and sick, and most of the time she is unable to serve the Son of Heaven and cannot grasp this precious opportunity.
However, even so, some jealous concubines in the palace were still unhappy with her.
No, Chen Shuyuan, who has always been favored by the Emperor of Great Wei, took a few personal palace maids to Concubine Shen Shu's bedroom "Ningxiang Palace" today, and said a strange call.
Although Shen Shufei didn't care about her, Xiao Tao, the personal palace maid next to Shen Shufei, was angry enough.
"That Chen Shuyuan is really too much! If it weren't for the mother to stop her, the slave really wanted to have a good reason with her. What people this is! ”
Xiao Tao muttered indignantly as she cleaned up the broken porcelain and the charcoal fire everywhere.
"Alright." Shen Shufei smiled and persuaded.
In fact, Concubine Shen Shufei was not confused in her heart, the reason why Chen Shuyuan came to her Ning Xiang Palace today to lose her temper was nothing more than because Zhao Yuanxi, the emperor of Great Wei, had spent the night with her several times during these days, and she was jealous.
You must know that as one of the most favored concubines of the Great Wei Emperor in the past, Chen Shuyuan's fierce rivals have always been only a few people such as the queen, and Concubine Shen Shuyuan used to be an insignificant small role in her eyes.
But what I didn't expect was that because of the relationship between the eighth prince Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Yuanxi, and even the status of Shen Shufei in the heart of the Son of Heaven gradually improved, even if Shen Shufei's body could not serve the sex, Zhao Yuansi was happy to come to this Ningxiang Palace these days, listen to Shen Shufei tell some interesting stories about Zhao Hongrun when he was young, and soothe the regret and guilt of failing to fulfill his father's obligations.
And yesterday, according to the palace grapevine, the emperor of Great Wei appointed Chen Shuyuan at the beginning, but I don't know what happened later, he changed his mind halfway and came to Ningxiang Palace, which made Chen Shuyuan happy in vain.
Now it's okay, the grievances are settled, Chen Shuyuan, who is angry about this matter, deliberately ran to Shen Shufei's Ningxiang Palace today and said a strange thing about yin and yang, and vaguely scolded Shen Shufei for obviously being sick and approaching the Son of Heaven, obviously she was uneasy and kind, and she was angry that Xiao Tao wanted to quarrel with this delicate woman several times regardless of her dignity and humility.
And the most excessive thing is that Chen Shuyuan deliberately broke Chen Shuyuan's porcelain jar when she left.
You must know that because of her weak body, Shen Shufei's hands, feet and abdomen are usually cold, in order to warm up, Shen Shufei asked Xiao Tao to fill a porcelain jar with charcoal fire and wrap a layer of cotton cloth as a warming.
With the increase of days of use, Shen Shufei gradually developed nostalgia for the porcelain jar, and was reluctant to replace it.
However, Concubine Shen Shufei is a well-informed woman, she understands where Chen Shuyuan's resentment comes from, so she didn't plan to worry about Chen Shuyuan, but repeatedly told Xiao Tao not to tell her eldest son Zhao Hongrun about this, after all, the eighth prince Zhao Hongrun's fight with the Great Wei Emperor in the palace in the past few days has already spread throughout the deep palace.
"You're just being too polite to those people!"
Little Peach grumbled angrily.
"Okay, okay, it's over, don't mention it again, by the way, it's noon today, maybe Run'er will come over, you ask the father-in-law in charge of the meal to prepare an extra ......"
"The slave knows."
The so-called knowing son Mo Ruomu, although she did not mention it, but Shen Shufei knew that her eldest son Zhao Hongrun's life in the past few days may not be so easy, after all, he was cut off by the emperor of Great Wei.
Sure enough, when it was time to eat, Zhao Hongrun really licked his face on time and came to his mother's side to eat.
"Mother, where is Xiao Xuan?" I didn't see my younger brother Hongxuan, Zhao Hongrun asked.
"In Gongxue, you think he looks like you!" Concubine Shen Shufei stretched out her right hand, and her slender and white index finger lightly touched Zhao Hongrun's head, and persuaded: "Run'er, my mother knows that you are naturally smart, but even so, you don't have to be proud, you have to go to Gongxue to go to school......
"What can Gong Xue learn? It's all a bunch of old masters, so don't go! ”
"You! …… That's it, you're getting older, your wings are stiff, you don't need to listen to your mother's words......" Shen Shufei deliberately put on a posture of 'I don't want an old lady when my son is older'.
Frightened, Zhao Hongrun hurriedly expressed his heart: "Yes, I'll go to the palace to learn and wander around tomorrow, okay?" ”
Concubine Shen Shufei was satisfied, smiled slightly, and beckoned her eldest son to eat at the table.
Zhao Hongrun just sat down on the stool, and suddenly found that his mother was not holding the porcelain jar used for heating today, so he asked about it: "Mother, where is your jar that does not leave you?" ”
When Xiao Tao heard this, she was just about to complain to His Royal Highness the Emperor, who had always been bold, but she didn't want Concubine Shen Shu to take a rare look with stern eyes, so she didn't dare to say more.
"Oh, I accidentally broke it for my mother." Shen Shufei explained casually.
Zhao Hongrun was carrying chopsticks to pick up a piece of greasy braised pork at this time, and he was stunned when he heard the action in his hand. He knew very well that his adoptive mother was a careful and cautious person, how could she accidentally drop that porcelain jar like a treasure.
glanced at the palace maid Xiao Tao, who wanted to speak and stopped, and Zhao Hongrun suddenly understood a little in his heart.
Think about it, this is a prince who has the ability to make the emperor of Great Wei angry but can't attack, and can make the three ministers of Zhongshu helpless, how can he be easily deceived?
"Where are the fragments? Let the emperor take a look? Zhao Hongrun said indifferently.
"What's there to see?" Concubine Shen Shufei is also a smart woman, and naturally knows that accidentally breaking it is completely different from breaking it with her heart, and the fragments of her porcelain jar are completely different.
In this way, Zhao Hongrun's heart is more certain.
After lunch, Zhao Hongrun chatted with Shen Shufei for a few words, telling some of his proud deeds of harassing the three Zhongshu ministers in the Vertical Arch Hall in the past few days.
Because Concubine Shen Shufei was weak and needed to take a nap at noon every day, Zhao Hongrun did not stay for a long time, and saw that Concubine Shen Shufei's eyes showed sleepiness, so he got up and said goodbye in time.
Seeing this, Concubine Shen Shu didn't stop her, but just asked Xiao Tao to send Zhao Hongrun, after all, this eldest son was cut off by his father, and he came to Ningxiang Palace to eat five times across the mountain, so Concubine Shen Shu was not worried about not seeing him.
Xiao Tao sent Zhao Hongrun to the gate of the palace of Ningxiang Palace, and was about to return, but was stopped by Zhao Hongrun.
"Little Peach, what's going on with my mother's porcelain jar?"
"Huh?" Xiao Tao was stunned, remembering Shen Shufei's advice in her heart, and didn't dare to tell Zhao Hongrun the real situation: "Didn't Concubine Shuniang say it, it's Niangniang...... Accidentally broke it. ”
"Really?" Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly and said, "Xiao Tao, this deep palace is big and big, and small is small." If His Highness wants to inquire, how can he not inquire? It's just the difference between earlier and later. …… You say, Peach. ”
Hearing Zhao Hongrun's words on this, Xiao Tao hesitated slightly, and then told Zhao Hongrun all about Chen Shuyuan's evil deeds, saying how bad she was, how bad she was, and she simply said that Chen Shuyuan was a heinous sinner.
"Oh? Yes! Zhao Hongrun's eyes gradually turned cold.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Tao couldn't help but feel a little flustered in her heart, knowing that she also knew the temperament of this Eighth Highness very well, and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, you won't ...... You don't want to do anything, do you? Don't make trouble, or the mother will scold the slave to death. ”
"Rest assured, rest assured." Zhao Hongrun said with a smile.
"That's fine." Xiao Tao breathed a sigh of relief, saluted Zhao Hongrun and returned to the hall.
"Someone has bullied the door, how can there be a reason not to fight back?" Glancing back at Ning Xiang Palace, Zhao Hongrun shook his head slightly.
He slowly walked down the steps with his hands behind his back, and returned to his Wenzhao Pavilion with words in his mouth.
"Humph! It's really sleepy and sleepy, and I'm still thinking about which harem nobleman to start with, adding to my father's blockage, so Chen Shuyuan will send it to the door by herself...... Then I'll cut you first! ”
"Shen Yu's suggestion is really petty, do you think that catching some chickens and ducks and raising them in the imperial garden will make the current Great Wei Emperor change his mind? Hum! If you want to do it, you can do it with a big ticket! directly disturbed the restlessness of the entire harem, made the concubines in the harem compete to complain about their grievances, disturbed the purity of the father, and made him unable to find a bedroom where he could sleep quietly at night!!"
"This is called the bottom of the kettle!!"
"You are ready to sleep in the Wende Palace, Father! Wha-"
The second battle of the father-son war began here!
『ps:』
"Zhao Hongrun: Maybe I should call myself "this prince", but this prince is not as compelled as "this palace". In addition, I will continue to ask for votes on behalf of the author, hoping that readers who support the book will take a minute to vote for the recommendation. There are more tickets, and the main hall is even more good at death.'"