In June of the tenth year of Tang Zhenguan (636 AD), the eldest grandson of a generation of virtuous queens was carefree, and finally died in the Taiji Palace Lizheng Hall due to qi disease, at the age of 36.

Taizong lost his beloved wife, and he was so sad that he stopped the dynasty in March. Respect his beloved wife as Queen Wende, and according to his wife's will, Yingshan is a mausoleum, which is a Zhaoling. He also showed his grief with filial piety. And because the queen's close servant Shanggong Huayan presented the queen's posthumous work "Female Rule" ten volumes, Taizong was injured, but he said that he lost Jiazuo in this life, and the Tang Dynasty lost his virtuous queen. Therefore, I do not want to seal the queen in this life to comfort the soul of my beloved wife.

At the beginning of July, Empress Wende was at the funeral, and all the sons born to her were in grief, and the ministers also obeyed themselves. However, among the crowds, only the eldest grandson queen gave birth to three sons, and the nine-year-old Jin Wangzhi was the most pitiful, losing his mother at an early age, and the grief could not be stopped. Even cried several times and died in front of the spirit, Taizong was worried about his body, and every time he wanted someone to take him aside, he was treated and ran forward, leaning on his mother's coffin, and couldn't cry for a long time.

And because he was young and reluctant to give up his biological mother, he desperately hugged his mother's coffin and was not allowed to send it. Again and again, they were dissuaded. His uncle, the eldest grandson, persuaded him, but he only complained, crying and begging his uncle to find his mother and return.

When a group of people heard the child's innocence and longed for his mother's words, they all wept for it.

Taizong was injured, seeing that his beloved son was like this, he lost his mother at a young age, and he had always loved him, so he cried in his arms at the moment, and comforted him: "Although the queen mother is gone, the father is still there." But there is a father and the emperor for one day, and it will never make the young slave sad today. ”

Although he is smart and reasonable, he also knows that his mother should sleep peacefully at this moment, but he can't bear it, and then hug Taizong's neck, bow down to Taizong's neck, mourn and cry, and finally cry hoarsely, and when Empress Wende entered the mausoleum, because of excessive grief, he first committed a wind disease and fainted in Taizong's arms.

Taizong was shocked, and the eldest grandson Wuji urgently ordered the imperial doctor to go for diagnosis and treatment.

After some recuperation, the prescription is sober. I still want to cry again. In order to comfort his heart, Taizong was caressed with his uncle's eldest grandson Wujilang and his uncle, and when he saw his mother's uncle, he was taken pity by his father, and he gradually stopped crying.

Taizong also took pity on the loss of his mother, so he refused the four concubines of Guishu and virtuous, and asked for the grace of the queen, and asked to raise the king of Jin on his behalf, and issued an edict saying: "Since the king of Jin has been filial and lovely, but he lost his mother at an early age, his parents should be raised by his father." There is also Princess Jinyang Anning, who should also be caressed together. ”

When they heard this edict inside and outside, they were all amazed, and the eldest grandson Wuji and others even said that the matter of the emperor's personal care had not been heard of since ancient times and was not feasible. However, Taizong was strong, and cried even more: "You only know one thing, but you don't know the other." The young slave has been benevolent and obedient since childhood, and has long been accompanied by me and the queen. I can't leave. Today, the queen left me, leaving only the two slave brothers and sisters to comfort me. How can you take away the last thoughts of me? ”

Therefore, it has been known to the whole world since then. Jin Wangzhi and Jinyang princess Li Anning were raised by Taizong himself. Feed and clothe.

The ninth day of October in the eleventh year of Zhenguan (637 AD).

The night was dark.

In Chang'an City, the lights are on.

In the inn.

The word is in the room.

A woman with a bright complexion, hair like thick ink, skin like snow, eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like autumn water, and lips like rouge, was sitting in front of the window, holding a scroll of books with broken threads, looking out the window at night.

In front of the bed sat her mother, a noble lady who, though old, still had the same complexion.

"Mei Niang, rest early! Tomorrow, you have to hand over the famous book to the inside (that is, when you enter the palace in the Tang Dynasty, you will write your name, birthday, family history, etc., into a book and submit it to the palace, and after being reviewed by the relevant person in charge, it will be sent to the relevant people to select. Pick the best and eliminate the inferior. The highest rank is to be given to the emperor himself to read. Like this, it will basically be a family of nobles) and portraits. Mrs. Yang said softly.

Mei Niang smiled indifferently, and her slender jade fingers stroked the book and said, "Mother don't worry, the famous book will not be returned." ”

Mrs. Yang was worried: "I hope so...... I just heard that this time the Wei family also chose someone to go up. I'm just afraid ......"

Mei Niang didn't reply, just stared blankly at the moon in the sky, stunned:

It's been nine days, and he still hasn't replied. Seemingly...... After all, he still can't do what he wants.

"Mei Niang, Mei Niang! Mother is talking to you, what are you in a daze? Mrs. Yang was dissatisfied.

Mei Niang came back to her senses at this time, and hurriedly turned her head and smiled: "Mother, don't blame, Mei Niang is just a little distracted." ”

Why doesn't Mrs. Yang know her daughter's thoughts? Then he said unhappily: "You, the matter has come to this, don't think about him anymore." What kind of person is he? I definitely won't come to welcome you to get started. ”

Mei Niang changed color and said, "Mother! ”

"Isn't it? He is a son of a family, that is, he has a true affection for you, where can his parents look up to your father, the prince of the country! Even if he really entered his house, he was just a concubine! Child, the mother is incompetent and cannot give birth to you in your famous house. But since you are destined to be a concubine, why not be the first concubine in the world?!

Besides, you are destined to enter the palace...... Don't forget the words that Daoist Yuan gave you! Yang persuaded bitterly.

Testimonial......

Ying Guogong's second daughter, Wu Zhao, the word Ruyi, the small character Mei Niang, smiled bitterly, and gently stroked the peony gold pendant in her neck.

The pendant is hollow. There is a small note sprinkled with red mud and gold inside, on which is the eight-character proverb left by Yuan Tiangang, the great heavenly master who accidentally traveled to the Yingguo Mansion when she was full moon. ：

Later, she was a martial artist, and Tang San Daichang.

Even my mother didn't know about this criticism. Because since my father got this criticism, he has been hiding it from everyone, including Mei Niang herself. It wasn't until recently, before her father died, that he called her to his bed and told her about it.

He sealed this criticism with a clever pendant, because he didn't want his daughter to enter the ** that was as deep as a bloody prison.

However...... Things didn't work out as he wanted. Seeing that the two sons' hatred for this most beloved daughter is growing day by day, and seeing that the daughter is not suitable for the person she likes because her Wu clan is not a family......

"Mei Niang...... Perhaps, it was really my father's mistake...... Daddy was wrong...... Perhaps, the mandate of heaven is really inviolable...... It's just that...... It's just that my father hates himself so much, not a family...... Can't ...... for you later Earn a good ...... in the future Good home...... Mei Niang...... This one...... What's in this pendant...... You can ...... after your father's death She wants to fit you in...... When it is suitable for concubines among the nobles...... Take it with her......

She will keep you in the palace......

Child...... Father has protected you for the rest of your life...... I hope that watching my daughter can live an innocent and happy life...... But now...... Now after all, my father is wrong......

Father was wrong......"

Thinking of her father's last words, Mei Niang felt a faint disgust in her heart.

Yes...... She knows, she knows.

In fact, my mother's favorite was originally the eldest sister. Because the eldest sister married a Langjun who made her face shine. But it's a pity that Lang Jun, who has a bright face, can only find a "good story" for his "little sister" of "sisters serving a husband".

How could the eldest sister tolerate it?

Mei Niang, who was only thirteen years old, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Oh, yes! The eldest sister and her finally got rid of each other, and the eldest sister was unwilling to let her husband marry her least favorite sister as a concubine. is her Wu Meiniang, and she doesn't want to be a concubine.

So, she kept waiting, waiting for "him" to come, waiting for "he" to tell her that she didn't have to enter the palace to be a concubine, because "he" wanted to marry him.

The only wife.

She's waiting.

Been waiting.

……

But in the end, until the night before the famous book was delivered, "he" still didn't come.

Mei Niang smiled bitterly again: Yes...... I should have known this a long time ago. Two days ago, didn't the eldest sister send someone to tell her kindly that "he" had already made a family appointment with Miss Shu of the Taiyuan Wang family under the orders of his parents and the words of the matchmaker?

That's right, if she marries a son of a family, she is a young lady, and she is also more glorious than her, the daughter of the Ying Guo of the Feishi family.

Mei Niang doesn't blame "him", never blames.

Because she knows that "he" has too much helplessness, and she also knows her fate.

Turning around, she slowly walked back into the house, sat on the edge of the bed, put away the cold chrysanthemum pendant, and put it in the box.

Now, this gold pendant is her biggest capital, and it is the biggest capital to keep her from being used as a gift by her mother and given to Master Cui, who was sixty years old at the time, as a concubine.

In fact, my mother is right: since she is destined to be a concubine, why not simply be the concubine of the first person in the world?

What's more, in her mother's heart, she actually holds that she can be crowned a concubine and glorify her life, and by the way, she will also make her mother's family glorious?

……

Like a garment in the West Market.

When the chaos and sleepiness came, Mei Niang's mind suddenly jumped out of this sentence:

She is now as straight as a piece of clothing in the West Market.