At that time, twilight was coming, the Xu family had already finished dinner, because it was the Lantern Festival, the juniors went to the street, Zeng Rong did not see Xu Jing and Zeng Rong, and there were only two Yang and Bai concubines in Jishan Hall who accompanied the old lady to gossip about the New Year's Festival.

Seeing Zeng Rong, the three of them were taken aback, and learned that Zeng Rong only had one hour to spare, so Yang, Bai and Zeng Rong exchanged a few words and got up to leave.

"Old lady, Ah Rong has something to say." Zeng Rong knelt down.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xu glanced at Zisu, who took the maid out of the house without waiting for the old lady to speak, and carefully brought a small pestle to Zeng Rong before leaving, and let Zeng Rong sit next to the old lady.

Zeng Rong roughly learned her experience of more than three months after entering the palace, first Liu Chunmiao and Qin Chuxue's appreciation and wooing of her and the forces they represented behind them, then the eight-treasure porridge given by the queen, the series of Dilian embroidered by the imperial concubine and the gold bracelet given by the imperial concubine, and then the loss of the gold leaf thread, the queen's summons and hints, etc.

However, because of Amei's relationship, Zeng Rong concealed the second highness, she was afraid that if the second highness was really the son of the first queen, Lord Xu might go to the emperor for verification after knowing about it, after all, it was rumored that the son of the first queen was suffering from a hidden disease and could not see anyone.

The more Mrs. Xu listened, the more stunned she became, and the more she listened, the more she was afraid, who did this kid provoke, she had done so many things in the palace for more than three months, she didn't see that this kid had such a big magic power, and it had become a fragrant dumpling that so many families wanted to snatch in more than three months.

"Old lady, there is another thing, on Chinese New Year's Eve, I saved a person on the way to watch the fireworks in the back garden." Zeng Rong moved out of the wheelchair boy, she was really curious, wondering if this boy was the son of the former queen.

"I've never heard of a prince in a wheelchair?" Mrs. Xu enters the palace a lot every year, and she is also an old acquaintance with the Queen Mother, and she has dealt with the queen, the imperial concubine and the four concubines a few times, so she has heard a little about several princes in the palace.

"If it's not the prince, maybe it's the prince outside the palace, it was dark at the time, I didn't dare to look at him carefully, I got him into a wheelchair and pushed him to the side of the road and I ran away, he shouldn't have seen my appearance clearly, don't say anything about this, I'm afraid he will trouble me, after all, the situation was a bit bad at the time, and no one wants to be seen by a palace maid when he is most embarrassed." Zeng Rong regretted a little that he shouldn't have said this, with Xu Fushan's ability, it shouldn't be difficult to find out about this young man.

"The foreign world has never heard of anyone in a wheelchair?" Mrs. Xu has lived in the capital for more than 30 years, and often comes and goes between these families, not to mention their descendants, at least she knows it, because it involves the marriage of the descendants.

"It's also possible that you broke your leg and sat in a wheelchair for a few days." Zeng Rong wanted to end the topic.

Old Madam Xu nodded and asked about Zeng Rong's follow-up plans.

Knowing that Zeng Rong wanted to take the female officer exam after completing Mrs. Xu's regular clothes, and wanted to enter Cining Palace, Mrs. Xu hugged Zeng Rong with pity, "Child, I just said that I can't go to the palace, if you don't listen, it will be difficult for a female official to go out of the palace again, and you will have to explain it there for the rest of your life." ”

"Back to the old lady, people are not as good as heaven, if I can't enter Cining Palace, the queen and the imperial concubine will definitely take me there, I don't want to be involved in their fight, let alone implicate the Xu family." Zeng Rong lay on the old lady's knee.

Old Madam Xu touched Zeng Rong's head, "Child, you are really a smart person, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to see through it before, and I was thinking about how to tell you this." Since I said this, I won't hide it from you, since the first queen is gone, the emperor has mentioned the matter of establishing the queen twice in the court, although he did not explicitly say that he wanted to straighten out the imperial concubine, but this is what he said in and out of the words, these two times were rejected by the cabinet first, and few of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty agreed. Reasoning, I shouldn't have told you as a child, but I'm also worried that you'll be taken advantage of. ”

Old Madam Xu wanted to say these words when she heard that the imperial concubine rewarded Zeng Rong with a gold bracelet, but she was afraid that Zeng Rong was young and did not know the severity, and if it reached the ears of the imperial concubine, the Xu family would really have an enmity with her.

Fortunately, Zeng Rong saw through this by herself, and she didn't waste all her effort in training.

Thinking of training, she simply said a few more words, and introduced several important princes in the palace to Zeng Rong, not saying it before because these people were far away from Zeng Rong and were not in the same circle, but now Zeng Rong is going to take the female official exam, and he will inevitably have to deal with these people in the future.

According to Mrs. Xu, the emperor should have six or seven princes at present, the first queen gave birth to two, the first one died at the age of two, and the second survived, but he had a serious illness and could not show it, so the second prince can be ignored.

"Have you seen this second prince?" Zeng Rong didn't expect it to be so effortless, it turned out that this second prince was really the son of the former queen, that is, the person Qin Chuxue desperately wanted to protect.

"I saw it twice when I was a child, and the queen was still there, and she was three or four years old, and she looked very clever and likable, but unfortunately, when the queen died, I heard that he also had a serious illness, and then he never appeared in front of the public, and since then, the queen mother has not even mentioned him, and I still don't know if he is still alive."

This is strange, the second prince Zeng Rong saw was obviously a healthy person, and it was normal to talk or something, if it weren't for Amei's advice, Zeng Rong really wanted to say this.

"It should be alive, if the prince is gone, he will announce it to the public, right?" Zeng Rong didn't want this poor second highness to be ignored like this, it was too unfair to him, obviously he was the emperor's eldest son.

"That's the reason, but he hasn't come out all these years, I'm just afraid that the situation is not very good, it's just that, I also accumulate some virtue, don't talk about him, it's good to be alive."

Next, Mrs. Xu mentioned Zhu Wu, the son of the imperial concubine, should be sixteen years old this year, he is currently the most favored son of the emperor, literary and martial arts have been successful, thirteen years old entered Taixue, followed by those children of the family to study, it is rumored that this person and Zhu Yu, the son of the king of Huainan, Li Man, the grandson of Zhenguo, and Sun Jin, the grandson of the Ministry of Rites, are listed as the four great talents of the capital.

Zeng Rong heard it, sure enough, this imperial concubine had good means, she sent her son to Taixue so early, and went to school with the children of those families since she was a child, not only did she grow in her studies, but her network circle also expanded, with the help of these descendants and grandchildren, the court's right to speak was basically stable, and the harem had her own connections for many years, so it was not surprising that the queen would lose.