July 17 of the first year of Yonghui.

Tai Chi Palace.

In the Imperial Palace.

**Inside.

In recent days, the weather is really hot, although Mei Niang's body is quite light, but after all, she still can't tolerate this kind of heat, so early in the morning, Ruian placed a cool couch water mat around the ** (water mat wai, refers to a kind of water bamboo mat made of, can be breathable and ventilated, and at the same time can shade the sun and sun, very cool three-sided screen, generally used at the same time as the couch. Here's a special note) for shade.

Not long ago, Suqin, who had returned to Yanjia Hall a few days ago, also arrived and sat down to ask for coolness.

When Mei Niang saw her coming, she was sweating, so she hurriedly asked Ryan to get iced sour plum soup, pickled sweet plum and other things, and relieve her of the heat.

"In the past few days, the weather has been hot, and I can't eat or sleep well......

No, I got the plums of Xingong this morning, so I went left and right to make plum soup to relieve the heat, and it will be iced, you can taste it, you can taste it? ”

Mei Niang instructed carefully on the wall, and on the other side took a bowl of soup and a vegetarian piano.

Su Qin thanked him with a smile, lifted the spoon and tasted it, but said with a smile:

"Sure enough, the cooks in my sister's hall are much more skilled......

It's also plum soup, and it's sent from the imperial dining room, but it's just sour, but there's no sweetness.

I put a lot of candied honey in it, and I didn't see the sweetness at all. ”

Mei Niang was stunned, but she seemed to have an intention, raised her eyebrows and said:

"That'......

You didn't drink it? ”

Su Qin glanced at her with a cool gaze:

"Sour is so virtuous, who dares to drink it!

Even the people below, I will not ask them to drink.

lest this acid pour out the stomach, or even cause anything to the acid......

Isn't it about to ruin human life? ”

Mei Niang blinked her eyes, suddenly smiled, stretched out her finger and pointed at her:

"Clever ghosts......

In vain, I have borne your heart for you for half a day! ”

Su Qin smiled, and Ryan also smiled, and Wen Niang and Liu'er, who were standing behind them and were listening to their conversation with a worried face, also smiled with relief.

"It's good if you don't drink it, it's good if you don't drink it......"

Wen Niang smiled:

"The little lady (Wen Niang is the maid of the Xu family, so she is called Xu Hui's sister, and she should be called the little lady - of course, this can only be called so when Li Zhi or the queen, and other concubines are not there) It's good to ...... if you don't drink it."

Liu'er thought about it for a while, but also asked with a smile:

"That'...... His Royal Highness King Qi didn't dare to drink it? ”

Su Qin was stunned for a moment when she heard Shangjin and asked about it, and then her face showed some helplessness and disgust:

"He?

He is so shrewd, and this plum soup is made by him in the imperial dining room......

How could he not know that this soup was so sour that he couldn't drink it? ”

Mei Niang was stunned:

"He? It's hard to ......"

Su Qin nodded, but looked at Ryan, Wen Niang, and Liu'er quietly.

The three waiters understood, and immediately excused themselves to get new ice to get cool, and immediately dismissed a group of waiters.

Su Qin said softly:

"It's probably the Queen's idea.

His mother was friendly with the queen during her lifetime, although this time his mother's death was said to be related to the queen......

But in order to protect himself, he still has to rely on the queen for the most part.

After all, he is different from King Xu, who was placed under house arrest by Concubine Shu - he is young, but his mind is very heavy. ”

Mei Niang also nodded and said:

Speaking of His Royal Highness King Xu, Jiro is also distressed and helpless.

It's a pity......

is such a good child, he was scared by Concubine Shu and had such a temperament.

I am in this palace of government, and I do not leave the house......

But you've been walking around the palace every day these days, have you seen him? ”

Su Qin nodded, and said:

"A few days ago, when I went to the Qianqiu Palace to receive the heir ceremony (according to the rules of the palace in the early Tang Dynasty, if the concubines below the four concubines want to adopt children according to the emperor's order, they must first present to the queen and the four concubines before the big ceremony, and receive the heir ceremony from the queen and the four concubines to show their grace), Concubine Xiao Shufei put on a big posture, and it was His Royal Highness King Xu that she was free for a while......

Sister Wu, Su Qin is troubled by herself now, and she can't work hard, and the Lord will listen to you more......

You have to think of a way to save His Royal Highness King Xu!

I watched him be a second heir of the prince (Li Xiao is the second son, so he can be called the second heir), and he was called by those crazy slaves......

It's really good, it's not a taste. ”

Mei Niang nodded and sighed:

"Isn't the Lord thinking about this child?

Pity......

At present, Concubine Xiao Shufei is intent on erasing the existence of this child, no matter how big or small the banquet is, it is all on the grounds of her frail and sick, and she will not be called to appear in front of people......

Alas!

The Lord is also helpless.

A few days ago, because His Royal Highness King Xu was already nine years old (the princes of the Tang Dynasty began to sit under the names of the princes of the Hongwen Pavilion at the age of nine, and began to study state affairs. The lord also issued an edict, and specially allowed him and His Royal Highness King Chen to sit under the name of Sun Taiwei, the director of Hongwen, but he didn't expect it......

The queen also had a mind to not teach King Xu to come out......"

When Su Qin heard this, she sank her face:

"This matter of His Royal Highness Xu Wang, Concubine Xiao Shufei has never said anything as her surrogate mother, where does she have the qualifications to judge? Even if she is the master of the first house, it depends on her order like this, which is inappropriate!

(Surrogacy and adoptive mothers or heirs do not mean the same thing.)

Surrogate mother refers to the substitute of the mother, to take care of the emperor's minor or unmarried children who have lost their biological mother, and the prince or princess who is adopted on behalf of the emperor should call them the mother concubine.

Just like Li Zhi and Princess Jinyang at the beginning. Because Li Zhi and Jin Yang's biological mother died at that time, they were raised by Emperor Taizong.

In this way, it is equivalent to all the women in the entire palace being their surrogate mothers. That's why they call Yang Shufei and others their mothers.

Li Chengqian or Li Tai, who have already reached adulthood or have already established a palace, rarely call them like this, and even if they have such titles, they are mostly called when they are related to Li Zhi.

The adoptive mother or heir mother refers to the fact that because the emperor's children are too young, and the biological mother has died, or clearly stated that he wants to give up the right to upbringing, the emperor will find a concubine for the child as his adoptive mother, that is, the heir mother.

In such a case, the royal children call their adoptive mother or heir, and they are called the same as their mother.

In addition, generally speaking, if the surrogate mother of a certain royal child is the queen, she is also called the queen mother. Because the queen is originally the most noble woman in the first palace, even in normal times, the princes and princesses of each palace and each hall have to call the queen mother when they see the queen.

This is a special case. ）”

Mei Niang sighed and nodded:

"Isn't that the case?

But in the end, she is the master of the harem, the head of the six palaces, and the queen of the middle palace......

The Lord has to take into account her thoughts in such harem matters.

Even if she is unwilling, she must leave some leeway.

Therefore, His Royal Highness King Xu still failed to enter the Hongwen Pavilion in the end. ”

When Su Qin heard this, she couldn't help but say:

"What a pity......

That child, that child Suqin watched, what a good child!

He is intelligent, very simple, full of nature, and kind and loving......

It's a pity that over the years, I have been scared by this concubine. ”

Mei Niang nodded, and also thought about it:

"You're right......

It's not a way for this child to stay with Concubine Shu.

At present, King Yong and King Qi have been raised by their biological mothers, which is already heart-wrenching.

If His Royal Highness Xu is folded in the matter of the harem again, then the lord is afraid that he will feel guilty for a lifetime.

That's it!

I can't get out of the palace, so you can find an opportunity to find someone to meet King Xu today, tell him what he means, and see how he reacts.

If he is willing, then tonight, I will tell the Lord about it, and persuade him, so that I must pull this child out of a place like the Qianqiu Palace. ”

"That's it!"

Su Qin smiled:

"If there is a sister who responds like this, then His Royal Highness Xu can have no worries about the future......

It's just sister, why don't you just let His Royal Highness be the queen?

After all, compared to King Qi and King Yong, His Royal Highness King Xu is really a rare good child. ”

Mei Niang shook her head and said:

"At the end of the day, they're just kids.

Although he has done something inappropriate now, he may not be as bad as he is when he grows up in the future.

Don't mention anything else, just say your plum soup.

Although the plum soup was manipulated by King Qi......

But you should also know that he just did it because he was instigated by the queen? ”

When Su Qin heard this, she immediately sank her face, and said after a long time:

"I really don't want to guard against him, but right now, if I don't guard against him, I'm killing myself."

Mei Niang shook her head and sighed:

"At the end of the day, he's still a kid.

Even if they hurt you, at most they will embarrass you, or find some childish way......

He can't do such a vicious and desperate thing as poisoning in the diet.

Even if he did it, I'm afraid that most of it was also because of someone instigated it.

So you don't have to be so sad. ”

Su Qin nodded, and couldn't help but say sadly:

"Sister, although at the moment, I am about to leave the palace, but I don't know that His Royal Highness the King of Qi is the heir of the emperor, and since I am his heir, I should be a good parent?

Is......

Even you and I both know that this mother's gift will not be successful after all......

After all, he has been with me all these days, and I still hope that he is well......

But now, it seems that the child's biological mother has turned it into a thoughtful ......

I'm afraid that if you want to twist his temperament, it will take at least three and a half years to isolate him from all people with bad intentions before it can be done!

Can...... But I ......."

Su Qin lowered her head, Mei Niang patted her hand, and said with relief:

"I understand......

I understand your difficulties.

In fact, whether it is the Lord or me, they all understand your difficulties, and they all know what kind of personality Shangjin this kid is......

Originally, I asked him to follow you, so that he could get some good teachings, but if he couldn't, then he would always have to leave those people.

It's just that he is helpless, he has been infected by his mother since he was a child, and he no longer has the heart of a child......

I'm afraid I'm going to teach him well now, as you said......

Without three or five years, I'm afraid it won't work.

So you don't have to take it too seriously. ”

Suqin nodded.

The two sisters spoke for a while, and then the little attendants who had left the temple to look for ice turned around one after another.

Seeing this, Su Qin was thinking about the things in the palace again, remembering that the king was afraid that he had already left the study hall and returned to the palace.

For the sake of tranquility, he said goodbye to Mei Niang.

Mei Niang comforted her for a while, and then sighed and sent her away.

Ryan stood on one side, seeing that Mei Niang was so worried, he couldn't help asking:

"Sister, since the Lord and my sister don't like King Qi's heart, why didn't you persuade the Lord to try to place His Royal Highness King Xu next to Xu Jieyu?"

Mei Niang glanced at him:

"What about King Qi?

Continue to follow his scheming, scheming mother who calculates others every day?

Or wait for her to die, and then heir to the queen who can not be a good mother? ”

Ryan was dumbfounded for a moment.

Mei Niang sighed:

"I understand Jiro's thoughts a little bit......

Although you look at it on weekdays, for me, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, Jiro can sacrifice anything......

In fact, he is still the kind and benevolent slave back then, and he has not changed at all.

These things, count them up, think about them......

What he asks for, what he wants, is just a both.

If nothing else, think about it, so far, there have been so many things......

When was Jiro really ruthless and destined for someone's life? ”

Ryan thought for a moment, and even nodded:

"That's right......

In addition to the queen and the concubine, who really can't stay, isn't the one who really wants the life of the lord a Yang palace attendant?

It was King Xu's biological mother Zheng Gongren, who was really too much, if she was left behind, her sister would definitely not be able to save her life, and even the position of the prince would not be guaranteed......

So......

In fact, if you think about it, the matter of the Zheng Gong people back then, I am afraid that it is also the meaning of the first emperor! ”

Mei Niang nodded and said softly:

Therefore, as a father, Jiro's most hopeful thing is that his children can grow up well, whether they are successful or not, at least they can be 100 years old.

It's a pity that there are still too many things between people's hearts.

Those children couldn't see Jiro's sincerity...... As for Jiro, he can't know if what he gave to his children is what they want. ”