According to Mrs. Xu, the imperial concubine gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor not long after giving birth to the third son of the emperor, Zhu Wu, but the fourth son of the emperor unfortunately died when he was two years old, saying that he was sick, but not long after, the first queen also had an accident, and the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year of that year did not come out, saying that the phoenix body was sick.

The specific details of Mrs. Xu are not clear, she only remembers that not long after the New Year, the first queen is gone.

"By the way, the first queen has been around for a few months, and another big thing happened." Old Madam Xu's eyes looked out the window and fell into memory.

This incident is that Concubine De gave birth to a child and gave birth to the fifth son of the emperor, Zhu Min, the reason why it is defined as a major event is because before this, except for the queen and the imperial concubine, none of the other concubines had any children, and after her, there was no prince in the palace for three or four years, only two princesses, and they were still born to concubines with relatively low ranks.

This is also too abnormal, you know, the emperor was in the prime of life in those years.

Of course, Mrs. Xu didn't say this, after all, Zeng Rong was still a child who had not yet reached his prime.

This situation continued until the second son of the emperor had an accident. In the next year, two more masters in the palace gave birth to children, one was a virtuous concubine, and the other was a talented person, but unfortunately, these two princes did not grow up, and they died at the age of one or two. After the old lady finished speaking, she sighed softly.

Zeng Rong heard this, presumably the birth of these two princes was the result of the imperial concubine's compromise with the emperor or the queen mother, regardless of whether the accident of the second prince was related to the imperial concubine, but the inheritance of the heirs was inevitably impacted, there are only two princes left, who dares to guarantee that these two princes can grow up one by one?

Moreover, if the eldest son has an accident, whether the son is noble by his mother or favored, the son of the imperial concubine is the first, and the confidant has been eliminated, and the imperial concubine is also happy to be a favor.

I just don't know if the two princes really deserved to be like this or were manipulated again, Zeng Rong didn't know.

However, she guessed that the son of the talented man must be the former who was older, and it was difficult to say as for the son of the virtuous concubine.

"And then?" Zeng Rong asked.

"Five or six years ago, Concubine Li gave birth to a son, and now she should be five or six years old, and later, Concubine Shu has a son, who should be three years old this year, and the queen gave birth to another son in the old year, I don't know anything else, by the way, there are several princesses, and they are not very old."

Zeng Rong listened to the silent count, a total of six princes, the second son of the emperor, the first queen, the age is ominous, the name is ominous; The third son of the emperor, Zhu Wu, born to the imperial concubine, was sixteen years old, entered Taixue at the age of thirteen, and was the emperor's favorite son, and he was also the person who later ascended to the throne; Zhu Min, the fifth son of the emperor, was born to Concubine De, thirteen years old; The eighth son of the emperor, born to Li Concubine, has an ominous name and an ominous age, five or six years old; The ninth son of the emperor, born to the concubine, three years old, with an ominous name, and the last one is the tenth son of the emperor, born to the queen, two years old, and the name is unknown.

Judging from Zeng Rong's experience in the previous life, the emperor still has about seventeen or eighteen years to live, when Zhu Wu was thirty-three or four years old, just in the prime of life, although it is not clear what position he is in, but he must have been following the emperor to experience, and the tenth son of the emperor born to the queen was definitely not Zhu Wu's opponent when he had just entered the year of the weak crown.

I don't know how the son of Concubine De is, reasoning, Concubine De can give birth safely and raise the child in the gap between the former queen and the imperial concubine, there should be some means.

However, Zeng Rong guessed that with the ability of the imperial concubine, their mother and son could survive safely, but he was afraid that this concubine would have already stood on the side of the imperial concubine.

The remaining two princes are not very old, and it is unlikely that they will win, so they are pulling and pulling, but I am afraid that Zeng Rong will not be able to prevent the son of this imperial concubine from succeeding to the throne, what she can do is to prevent Xu Jing from marrying Wang Chuchu.

When he was discouraged, Zeng Rong flashed the face of the second son of the emperor in front of him, there was nothing wrong with his mind and words, how could he say that he was ill? Why haven't you been willing to show up all these years?

Could it be that he is really the boy in a wheelchair? Because of these legs, he was so ashamed of himself that he locked himself up?

"Child, what do you want?" Old Madam Xu saw that Zeng Rongxiu's eyebrows were tightly locked, obviously bothered by something, took her hand, and asked with concern.

"Back to the old lady, I was thinking that this imperial concubine was really very good, I was such an insignificant little person who refused to let go, on the surface and behind the back, if I hadn't always remembered the old lady's teachings, concentrated on doing things, and had no distractions, I was afraid that I would have fallen into someone else's trap."

Sure enough, as soon as she said this, the old lady had a smile on her face, "I didn't expect you to be so transparent at a young age, now I am really relieved, but there is one point, if you become a female officer in the future, you should also keep in mind a little, only focus on your own things, and don't stand in line." ”

"Speaking of standing in line, old lady, I dare to ask, if this queen can't fight the imperial concubine, will the people around her and her mother's family suffer?"

"This?" The old lady was embarrassed.

This kind of topic is too sensitive, Zeng Rong is an outsider after all, and she is so young, she is worried that these words will cause trouble to the Xu family, so she doesn't want to answer.

"Old lady, I don't embarrass you, I'm just asking blindly, in fact, this answer is very simple, I can guess."

Zeng Rong didn't point to the old man to answer, she just wanted to hint at the old man, she didn't stand in line, and the Xu family must not stand in line.

"Child, since you can guess it, you should be more cautious in your words and deeds, and don't let others take advantage of it. Also, keep in mind that you are just my distant relative, not close, and I have never met before, and this time it was also a coincidence that I went back to my hometown to visit relatives, and I brought you into Beijing because I saw that your sisters were pitiful. The old lady admonished.

"Don't worry, that's what I've always said to the outside world." Zeng Rong nodded.

Then, looking at the hourglass in the corner of the wall, Zeng Rong wiped his tears, straightened up, got up and knelt down again, "Thank you for the old lady's teachings, and thank the old lady for her care of Ah Hua, Ah Rong is grateful." ”

"It's a little thing, you don't have to worry about it. Don't worry, since I said that if I treat her as a granddaughter, I will not wronged her, but you must take care of yourself, if it is really time to retreat, our Xu family can also be your talisman, do you know what I mean? ”

The old man still relented in the end.

This child is too sensible, too smart and too smart, although she doesn't understand why Zeng Rong chose such a difficult path, but she believes that Zeng Rong will not harm her or the Xu family.

On the contrary, she had a faint feeling that this child seemed to have a deep relationship with the Xu family, not just her grandson's savior, but Zeng Rong didn't say it, she couldn't ask deeply.

What she can do is to protect her at a critical time, and protect her in the name of the Xu family.