Chapter 7: A Secret and Complex Background
In the backyard of Prince Zheng's mansion, Prince Zheng's concubine Fujin Fucha was leaning on the couch, and several maids were beating her legs and loosening her bones. Although she is over the age www.biquge.info of sixties, she does not look so old because she pays attention to recuperation on weekdays, and her slightly plump face looks even fairer and translucent against the background of her silver-white hair, and her slightly raised eyebrows are just like her personality, fierce and fierce, and her sharpness is exposed.
At this time, Prince Zheng's Shu Fu Jin Gangjia filled a bag of hookah, stepped forward and respectfully handed it to Fucha, and after serving her to take a few sips, he reached out and took it, held it gently, and then sat down on the low stool in front of the couch.
"Sister," Gangjia said softly, "Just now they came to report that the prince had drunk the awakening decoction boiled by the imperial doctor, and he was in good spirits at this time, and he was chatting with the two adults of the Zongren Mansion." ”
"Alas," Fucha sighed, "Don't look at the prince's spirits, it's just a matter of returning to the light, and if you say that you will turn your head down, you have to be prepared in your heart!" ”
"Yes." Gangjia lowered his head and said, "It's just ......"
Fucha looked up at his expression, and immediately waved his hand to take out all the maids in the house, and then lowered his voice and said, "Everyone has been sent out?" ”
Gangjia nodded and said softly: "Sister, don't worry, they have already come to report, and they have been sent out early in the morning, and they are all masters selected from the Jianrui camp."
"Well," Fucha said thoughtfully, "I didn't intend to attack that kid, his mother died many years ago, and the grievances and grievances of our generation are over." It's just that now that the prince is down, who will inherit the prince next is extremely important. Nowadays, the prince only has four sons in the house, the old three Duanhua, the fifth Enhua, the seventh Huiluo, and the eighth Kuanluo. ”
Gangjia turned around and handed the tea bowl to the Fucha clan, and said: "The seventh and eighth years are all young, and their biological mothers have not been crowned, so naturally they are not qualified to choose the prince." ”
"yes." Fucha took a sip of tea and said slowly, "The third Duanhua is born to the Hujia clan of the side Fujin, the fifth Enhua is born to you, you are the Shufu Jin, and you are one level lower than the Hujia clan. However, I am on your side, as long as I can get rid of that evil seed first this time, the matter of inheriting the prince will be discussed! ”
"Alas," Gang Jia sighed, "Speaking of that evil seed, we were really soft-hearted at the beginning, otherwise, we would not have left such a scourge!" ”
"You can't say that, it's all fate." Fucha shook his head, recalled the past of the year, and said with emotion, "Back then, the wedding girl of the Hujia clan of the side Fu Jin was handsome and charmed the prince, so she gave birth to this evil seed, and she should be the sixth in the ranking. The prince originally wanted to make that slut a Shu Fujin, but I insisted on not allowing it, and a few of you Shu Fujin made a big fuss, so the prince gave up. Later, I was the one who expelled the two from the palace, and this was the end of the matter. However, the prince is in charge of the Zongren Mansion, and although he clearly drove out the evil seed and his mother, he secretly wrote down the name of the evil seed in the genealogy of the Zongren Mansion! Besides, over the years, the prince has been sending people to secretly protect and raise the mother and son, if the prince is alive for a day, how can we get rid of them? Now that the prince is seriously ill and is about to die, in order to inherit the prince's affairs, he has no choice but to make this decision! ”
"Yes, yes." Gangjia echoed, "I also know my sister's hard work, and at this juncture, it won't work if you don't use some means!" ”
"The fifth elder of your family," Fucha continued, "I have served several terms as the commander of the various banners over the years, and now I am also the left squire of the Lifan Yuan, and I still have the title of squire of the Ministry of Rites, which is also considered to be a good thing." As long as our plan can be realized, I will definitely be able to let him inherit the title of Prince Zheng!" ”
Gangjia was extremely moved, got up and knelt down to salute: "It's all about my sister's cultivation, my sister and Enhua are grateful!" ”
It turned out that Prince Zheng Wuergong'a had many blessings, in addition to the Fucha clan of the Fujin clan, there were also the side Fujin Wang Jia clan and Hu Jia clan, the Shu Fujin Chen Jia clan, the Gangjia clan, the Lu Jia clan, the Wang Jia clan and the Hou Jia clan. Although he married many Fu Jin, Wu Ergong Ah was merry by nature, and he still attracted bees and butterflies everywhere, and when he was young, he hid Jiaojiao in the golden house outside the palace for the time being, and he was also merciful everywhere in the palace.
When the Hujia clan of the side Fu Jin married into the palace, he once brought a little sister in the clan as a companion, also surnamed Hujia, and the name of the boudoir was called Qitong. She was still young when she entered the mansion, and she did not attract the attention of Prince Zheng at first. Later, Qitong gradually grew up, and became more and more beautiful, graceful, and good at singing and dancing, dancing like a fairy, which made Prince Zheng think about it day and night, and couldn't sleep day and night.
At this time, several Fujin of the palace fought endlessly in order to compete for favor. Although the Fucha clan was born into a famous family, he did not have children; The side Fujin Wang Jiashi first gave birth to the eldest son Su Kuan, but the child died of illness when he was three years old; Only the third son Duanhua born to the side Fu Jin Hujia clan gradually grew up. In the palace, the mother has always been more expensive than the son, and the mother has no queen, so the mother is more expensive, so the contradiction between the Fucha clan and the Hujia clan as the mother-in-law is becoming more and more acute.
In order to protect himself, Hu Jia let Prince Zheng approach his companion Qitong, and soon Qitong became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Prince Zheng. At this time, the originally balanced pattern was broken, and the Hu Jia family produced two sons, which made the Fucha clan, as the mother-in-law, feel that his status was precarious, so he worked hard to cultivate the Shufu Jin Gangjia clan who gave birth to five sons Enhua, and on the other hand, on the grounds that Qitong's status was lowly and the prince was seduced, he launched several Shu Fujin to make trouble in the palace. At this time, Prince Zheng happened to enter the cardinal court on duty, and he was afraid that his future would be delayed due to his affair, so he had to compromise with Fucha and others to expel Qitong's mother and son from the palace.
But after all, Prince Zheng could not let go of this family relationship, so he took advantage of his position to manage the Zongren Mansion, and compiled this Qitong's son into the spectrum, but wrote his biological mother as the side Fu Jin Hujia clan, and was signed and confirmed by the relevant officials of the Zongren Mansion, and reported to the imperial court for the record.
This matter has been kept a secret in Prince Zheng's heart, and during his serious illness, he entrusted his personal servant Yuman to discuss the matter with Chunshan many times to Miansi, who had a close personal relationship with him in the Zongren Mansion, hoping that they could disclose the identity of this son before his death, so as to fulfill his long-standing wish and guilt for his deceased concubine Qitong.
As soon as they heard that Prince Zheng was critically ill, they hurriedly took out the booklet of the pedigree from the Zongren Mansion and rushed to Prince Zheng's mansion, hoping to help Prince Zheng complete this last wish. Therefore, when Mian Xi turned the page that recorded the genealogy of King Zheng's mansion to Prince Zheng, Prince Zheng couldn't help but burst into tears.
However, Prince Zheng is here to correct the name of his son, but the Fucha clan and the Gangjia clan in the backyard of the palace are also in full swing about how to get rid of his son.
According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, after the death of the eight hereditary princes like Prince Zheng, their sons-in-law inherited the princes as usual, but the Fucha clan, who was the concubine of Fujin, did not have children, so Prince Zheng's palace did not have sons-in-law. According to the usual practice, if the prince does not have a son-in-law, he will be inherited by the side family born to the side Fujin, so that the third son Duanhua born to the Hujia clan is the heir to the first prince.
However, although the fifth son Enhua born to the Gangjia clan of Shufu Jin was a concubine, he was also favored by the Daoguang Emperor of the current dynasty, and due to the instigation of the Fucha clan, the Fucha family climbed to the court elder, the former minister of the imperial court and the king of Dingjun of the Zongren Mansion came to help, and constantly sent close ministers to the Daoguang Emperor to encourage the canonization of the fifth son Enhua as the prince's prince.
Although the two factions were wrestling, Prince Zheng was alive for a day, and the matter was inconclusive. However, this original stalemate was broken by a temporary arrival on this day.
Fucha and the others did not expect that when Prince Zheng was in charge of the Zongren Mansion in his early years, he had already included the son of Qitong in the Zongren genealogy, nor did they expect that the biological mother of this child in the pedigree was recorded as the side Fu Jin Hujia clan. When Miansi and Chunshan signed to borrow the genealogy of King Zheng's Mansion from the Yamen of the Zongren Mansion, someone separately informed the Given County Mansion and Prince Zheng's Fujin Fucha clan.
After getting this news, the Fucha clan and the others couldn't help but be a little flustered, if this child also came to participate in the battle for the prince, that is, the side Fu Jin Hujia clan will have two sons involved, and they are all side chambers with a higher status than the concubine, in that case, as the concubine, Enhua's hope of inheriting the prince is extremely slim.
So, at the suggestion of the Fucha family and the henchmen of Dingjun Wang Zaiquan, a secret killer was quickly dispatched to kill the son of Qitong before Prince Zheng made this matter public, so that one less candidate would be less trouble. The killers sent were undertaken by the Jianrui battalion under the jurisdiction of King Dingjun's influence, and when the news was reported to the Fucha clan and the Gangjia clan in Prince Zheng's mansion, the men and horses there had already been dispatched.
"Ahh Prince Zheng looked at the name of his son on the booklet, stretched out his hand and drew a "six characters", "Ah~"
Yuman explained: "The prince said that his son is the sixth. ”
"Yes," Mian Xi nodded, "I understand, just because he is ranked sixth, the prince named him 'Su Shun', which means 'Six Six Shun'!" ”
Prince Zheng pointed to the name "Su Shun" written on the book, and hugged his fists to Miansi and Chunshan.
"The prince is saying," Yuman explained, "This matter depends on the two bosses!" ”
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Mian Xi waved his hand, "This is a matter of duty, this son is the bloodline of the prince who is ironclad, and we are also impartial, and we dare not rely on the word prince!" ”
Prince Zheng pointed to the top of his head with one hand, and then patted his ass with the other.
"The prince is saying," Yuman said, "There is also the king of Dingjun above the Zongren Mansion, so be careful that he gets in the way." ”
"This is the King of the Rings?" Chunshan patted his buttocks, "The prince is really good." ”
Then, Miansi and Chunshan both patted their chests and said, "Don't worry, the prince here in the court!" We will play to the emperor according to the truth, and it will definitely not be a problem for your old son to enter the mansion. No matter how powerful the Dingjun King is, they can't stop it at this point! ”
"It's just that," Mian Xi Lao Cheng was serious, knowing that there were still many details behind this matter, so he reminded, "The prince should hurry up and send someone to take this child to the palace as soon as possible, so as not to make any mistakes!" ”
Prince Zheng nodded, pointed to the two words "Sushun" on the booklet with a smile, and then crossed the word "six" a few times.
"The prince said," Yuman also smiled, "This Su Xiaoliu will definitely be able to 'six or six shun'!" ”