On the day the Queen Mother returned to the palace, I got up late. When I got up from bed, I heard drums beating outside, which was to welcome the Queen Mother back to the palace. I saw that it was too late, so I didn't have to go.

I parted my long hair to my chest and lay back on the bed, because my belly was big, I was not comfortable, I leaned sideways, and the uneasiness in my heart slowly faded.

After a while, I fell asleep again, and when I woke up again, when I opened my eyes, I saw His Majesty sitting next to me, and I wanted to get up, but he held me down, "Didn't you say it was uncomfortable?" ”

I nodded, and didn't speak, he looked at me for a while, and then said, "The queen mother has already entered the palace, if you are better, go and see her." ”

I nodded, "I didn't mean not to go, I was real, and it was uncomfortable." ”

"I know." He touched my hair, my hair was soaked with sweat because of the pregnancy heat, he dried me with his sleeve, and then smiled a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong?" I knew he had something to say.

He shook his head, "It's okay, nothing is as important as you." ”

"Then I'll listen to the unimportant things?" I tilted my head and looked him in the eye.

"The queen mother, said that you are pregnant now and have no way to serve me, so you want to choose a concubine for me." He tried again and again, listening to this tone, he had already agreed, and I nodded, "No problem." Then tell the world and start choosing a concubine."

"What, what?" He was a little hard to imagine, he thought...

"What, do you think I'm going to refuse? And then use my temperament to be too tricky, difficult to convince, and unwilling to allow people to postpone the choice of concubine? ”

"I didn't mean that, I just didn't want to choose a concubine, I only had you enough."

"Then say this to your own mother." As I spoke, I rolled up the quilt and wanted to sleep a little longer.

"Yun'e, I..." He was speechless like this, which reminded me of the way he used to be in front of me, but at this time, he really wanted to put the embarrassing things on me.

"If you still want me to stay by your side, don't do anything by my hand." I threw away his hand in my hair, "I don't like people the most, touch my hair"

The room was quiet, I was still half-asleep and half-awake, and then at night, I naturally wanted to visit the Queen Mother, just flattened, the Queen Mother told me about the choice of concubine, and I glanced at His Majesty who was sitting next to the Queen Mother. With a smile on his face, he said, "But according to the mother's orders." I made a decree first, and I chose slowly, and when I was older, it would be the day of the general election, and I asked the queen mother to personally look long for His Majesty. ”

"It's great that the queen can think like this, Your Majesty also said that you are an unspeakable person, I didn't expect you to be so reasonable." The Queen Mother's smile deepened, and I gave her the steps to achieve what she wanted, and she naturally wanted to say a few nice words to me.

I looked at the one in front of me, although the clothes and ornaments were expensive, but it was still difficult to hide the sour atmosphere of poverty, the queen mother who looked down at people, still couldn't hold back, and stabbed her a few words: "Yes, the son has been at home since he was a child, and at his aunt's place, all he accepts is a wife, and the most important thing is to have the grace to tolerate people, and to be tolerant of concubines and concubines, and fairness first." The queen mother, the son has another thing to tell. Saying that, I stood up and looked at the Queen Mother very calmly, the Queen Mother didn't seem to be used to it, someone spoke to her so calmly, she was really a little frightened, so she nodded, "You say." ”

"Since the queen mother said that she needs the queen to be the master of the selection of concubines, and she should promise to be in charge of these things, then this reluctant request of the concubine, the queen mother, you will definitely agree. That is, the son is about to give birth, and after giving birth, he still wants to devote himself to educating the child in his womb, and he may not have time to take care of the affairs of the middle palace. In the past, when I was in Luoyang, my aunt was not in good health, and I heard about the affairs of the harem, and under the princess and you, the management was very good. Come to think of it, the queen mother, you must also be able to manage the affairs of the harem for your sons. "I bent my knees, my attitude and tone were very deferential, but the content of the words was very provocative, the daughters of our Chai family are all arrogant, since she wanted to be more than the first to be replaced, then let her be responsible for it to the end, after all, she was born as a slave, and she was the queen mother, and she was also a picture of hard work.

The Queen Mother looked at the arrogance on my face, and she also understood two points in her heart, and said, "Since you are the queen that Your Majesty is marrying, this harem matter is something you should govern. ”

"What did the queen mother say, you also said, I am the queen that Your Majesty is marrying, and I will tell the whole world, and the world knows it. And as soon as the sons saw the queen mother coming, they were anxious to choose a concubine for His Majesty, and they were very concerned about the affairs of the harem. And so it was decided. The queen mother came from afar today, have a good rest, from tomorrow, the son will order someone to send the account books of the harem to the queen mother, and all the affairs should be decided by the queen mother. The sons and daughters will raise the fetus with peace of mind and give birth to a healthy child for His Majesty. With that, I curtsied and sat down in my place.

The queen mother seems to have never seen such a battle, thinking that I was by my aunt's side, and I also saw that she was a competent queen, and she worked hard to support the mother and son in front of her, but in the end she was trampled underfoot, I inherited the same line with my aunt, and naturally wanted to seek justice for her, even if I died, I would not give in to this mother and son.

"As a queen, you have been threatened by the affairs of the harem and refuse to choose a concubine, what kind of system is this?" The Queen Mother was angry, but I smiled faintly, "Queen Mother, are you tired?" Didn't Erchen say it just now, agree with your intentions and make an order to choose a concubine. With that, I stood up, "It's not too early, the matter of choosing a concubine and the harem, I will be tired of you, Erchen is really tired, Erchen will retire" Saying that, I stood up, turned around and left.

In the past, when I heard my daughter-in-law teach me a lesson, it may not be a good idea to retreat into advance.

Si'er followed behind me, she was standing behind me just now, trembling with fright, I really hated her and embarrassed my face, I glanced at her lightly, and asked, "Do you have something to say?" ”

"Niangniang, you are just meeting the Queen Mother for the first time today, and the situation is so stiff, what if the Queen Mother is really in charge of the harem?" Si'er's face was full of sorrow, at this time, I really missed my tenacious maid Yue'er, she couldn't think of this layer, she would only think that I had thrown off a drudgery that made me unable to eat and sleep well.

I laughed, "I'm naturally not afraid that she will be in charge of going to the harem." ”

"Then you're not afraid, after choosing a concubine, the queen mother will use the power of the harem in her hands to support the power of the concubine and cross you?" This is what Si'er worries the most.

After I listened, I felt that this girl was indeed smarter than Yue'er and suitable for me, so I patiently explained my thoughts to her, "I'm afraid that she won't support her power, and when the time comes, she won't have to stare at me like this." Also, it is said that the queen is the enemy of all the women in this harem, but in fact, it is the power of this harem, and in whose hands is in it, who is the enemy of all women. I'm a queen, it's something I can't change, but a queen who has no real power seems to have a lot less offensive power, and as long as I live a quiet life, those people can't move me for a while. And the person who was supported by the Queen Mother will become a new thorn in the side, she supports one, and she will be immediately pulled down, and in the end, she has to be selected to be pulled down. Moreover, the harem under the management of the Queen Mother, the fighting continued, and it was spread out, even if it reached His Majesty's ears, he would question the ability of the Queen Mother, so that she could retreat to her Ci'an Palace and enjoy her old age in peace. When the time comes, I, the queen, will still be there, and the power of this harem will naturally return to my hands from the new. This process will be repeated over a period of several years. At that time, the age in my womb is a little older, healthy and healthy, and even if a child is born in the harem, it cannot be compared with a healthy and intelligent son-in-law. I, ah, take retreat as advance, and then recuperate. When the time comes, I will clear out the disobedient ones one by one, and I don't have to think about this harem, it will be in my hands. As I spoke, I touched my belly, and finally sighed, "I really deserve to be a slave, and I love to do this thankless thing." I stabbed her with words in it just now, and she didn't say a word that she didn't want to care about the harem. Let her be, I will be good, raise this child, our Chai family, endless blessings. ”

I reported this thought, and just saw the newcomer enter the palace, and the queen mother also thought about it a lot in order to make me not so arrogant, and selected a large number of women from dignitaries and dignitaries.

I sat on the phoenix seat with my stomach held up for nine months, and when I accepted their first pilgrimage, I looked at the women who knelt in the room, and I was still a little surprised.

Among them, many women used to be people I knew since I was in my boudoir, such as the county lord Mu who was already twenty-one, and Xiao Chenglan of the Xiao family, they were at the forefront, and their family backgrounds were also the highest. Both of them were named beauties, and they were the highest among those who entered the palace.

I look at the Mu family, which is not inferior to me at all, it seems that the first person the Queen Mother wants to support is her. Looking at it again, there is no special Xiao family, I am the queen mother, and I will choose her.

In addition to them, there are four or five women with lower ranks, but good looks, and I smiled kindly at them, "In the future, we will all serve Your Majesty, and I think everyone has sisters in our families and knows how to get along with our own sisters." As sisters, harmony and humility should be beneficial to everyone. The palace is now heavy, and the affairs of the harem are all decided by the queen mother. Serve the Queen Mother, filial piety is in front, don't make trouble for the Queen Mother. ”

"Yes" Everyone was very respectful and said goodbye, I sat for a long time and my back hurt, so I let them all go down.

Looking at them rushing out, I suddenly remembered my aunt. She is a woman who always has indifferent eyes, and she has powerful people around her, so she never does anything by herself, but in the end, it is always her who is satisfied.

I did it on my own intent, but not yet.

During the night, I had a pain in my abdomen, and with an oops, it alarmed His Majesty, who was sleeping beside me, and he immediately sat up, "What's wrong?" Is it a stomachache? ”

I looked at him in the moonlight, his eyes were bright, and then nodded, "Pass on the imperial doctor, I really want to give birth." ”

"Okay, Imperial Doctor, I'll go and pass on the Imperial Doctor." With that, he lifted the quilt and immediately got out of bed.

The inner room was brightly lit, and he was sitting next to me, and the grandmother and maidservants were a little afraid to step forward, so I pushed him, "You go out quickly, you are in the delivery room, and it is unlucky for you." ”

"I don't care, I don't care. Yun'e, I heard that when a woman gives birth, it is a ghost gate, we have paid attention to it, I believe you are fine. You give birth with peace of mind, after this child lands, it will be a boy, it will be the prince of the great sage, and it will be a girl, I will lay a big and rich city for her, make her a fief, and let her be the princess of the feudal country. Let these young talents at home and abroad, princes and nobles come to marry her, and in the end, the two of us will choose for her, if you don't like it, even if it is the king of Daliang, I will refuse him. What do you think? As he listened, I thought about what it would be like to have such a day, and I couldn't help but smile, "Okay, what if we just like it?" ”

"That's not good, our children must be the most intimate and close to your heart. It's not in vain that you worked so hard to give birth to him. As he spoke, he reached out and wanted to touch my hair, but he seemed to remember what I said, I don't like others to touch my hair, so I wanted to withdraw my hand, but I held it down, "I like people to touch my hair gently." When I was sick, my mother always touched my hair like this. I also like that you touch my hair so gently, which lets me know that you have me in your heart. "I don't know if it's because of the labor pains that come from time to time, I don't know how to be sober, I said what I would never have told him in the past.

"I naturally have you in my heart, I only have you in my heart, Yun'e, you remember, I really only have you in my heart, do you want to show you my heart?" As he spoke, he put my hand on his heart, and I felt his heart beating frequently because of nervousness, and I gritted my teeth, and I was awake and confused for a while, and I don't know how long it took in his comforting words.

I only felt that the sky was white, as if something warm had fallen on me, and when the first rays of morning light fell on my eyes, I used up the last of my strength, and then I felt my fall and heard a loud cry.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to the Queen Mother, happy Lin'er." I, I really, gave birth to a child, a child of me and the little minion.

I eagerly asked, "Child, how is the child?" ”

"Niangniang, how can you not listen to this loud cry?" As she spoke, Si'er wrapped the little baby, who cried very hard, with black hair and blood stained with blood, in a brocade quilt and put it in my arms.

I glanced at this child, he was a red and ugly child, but a pair of eyes, as bright as black crystals, I liked it very much, this, but my child.

"The prince was born in the early morning, the sun is just right, indicating the rising sun, and he is named Zhao."

When I heard this, I was about to ask a few questions, but before I could see his eyebrows and eyes clearly, and when I opened my mouth, I felt weak, and finally fell into a deep sleep.

I was woken up by a burst of crying, the voice was loud, and I had confidence, I thought about it, it was the child I had just given birth to, I was about to open my eyes with joy, but I heard the voice of the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty, the mourning family thinks that you are really crazy, this child was born only one day, and you will make him the prince." Do you know that this prince is the enemy of all princes and their biological mothers, do you really want him to lose his life at a young age? ”

As soon as I heard this, my heart immediately hung in the air. What the Queen Mother said is not wrong, my child has just been born with a heavy responsibility, if he is unfortunate and is killed, my life will end with him.

"Who dares? Queen Mother, I will tell you this, and I will bother you to pass on the harem, this child will be my only successor, and I and the queen will raise it personally, if anyone dares to be unfavorable to this child, I will find out, not only herself, but her family, I will be wiped out. ”

His words are extremely weighty, but after I heard it, my heart warmed, and, Zhao'er, is my child, I naturally want to protect him well, if anyone is not good for him, I, as a mother, will not let go.

Zhao'er's birth made my heart seem to have a certain number and confidence, he is a very blessed and good-looking child, I don't know how many times stronger than his eldest brother who is always crying and chirping.

And that child is also pitiful, he was born without a mother, and he was born because he was less than a month, so he was not in good health, and His Majesty didn't like him, even if he died of illness, he just gave him the title of "Prince Yiwen", sent back to Luoyang, and was buried in a hurry. I thought he was just a poor child, but I didn't expect him to become a weapon that was used by others to harm me.

Rumors began to circulate in the palace, and the rumors were so boring that everyone loved to say a few words, and when these words really reached my ears, it became that I was jealous of the identity of the poor child's eldest son, so in his medicine, I moved my hands and feet, causing him to get sicker and weaker, and finally I poisoned him.

While holding Zhao'er, my mother told me these words outside the palace in a vivid voice, and how unseemly they were passed on, I had to come forward to take care of them.

While I was trying to figure out what to do, my mind suddenly flashed and I asked my mother, "Where did these rumors come from?" ”

"If you can find out the source, it's not called a rumor." Mother only made me angry and stupid.

"Since I can't find the source, then ask my mother to spread a rumor for me too."

"Don't you still hate that there's not enough dirty water? Why do you have to make up another one? "My mother reached out and touched my forehead to make sure I didn't have a fever.

I was a little impatient to avoid my mother's hand, and said confidently, "Naturally, I want to repay the other in the way of others." ”

Ten days later, it is my birthday, and it is also the day when Zhao'er is 100 days old, he has been designated as the prince, and the canonization ceremony is today, all the ceremonies have been busy for a whole day, I have nothing to be busy with, but Zhao'er was carried out and walked outside for a whole day, if it weren't for the warm weather outside, I was really afraid that he would be freezing.

At the dinner, the palace was all there, I couldn't drink, and the food on the table was not very to my liking, so I only ate two bites, and I just made it stupid.

But His Majesty was uncertain, he looked around very uneasily, as if every whisper was directed at me, as if every whisperer was discussing me, such an environment naturally made him unbearable, so on such a good day, he slammed the cup in his hand on the ground, and everyone was shocked and immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger." ”

"Come on, drag Mu Meiren out." His voice was not high, but it was enough to make people hear his anger, and the guards immediately complied, dragging Mu Meiren, who was sitting in the first seat next to me, out.

Mu Shi was frightened, and knelt on the ground and asked, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty doesn't know what the crime of the concubine is?" ”

"You still don't admit it? I have already checked everything clearly, it is you who can buy it out of the palace to buy, to pass the news outside the palace that the queen killed the prince, and to make your own palace people, spread rumors in the palace, and finally, this matter is known all over Jinling City, but what you don't know is that the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is watching you from behind, and there has been a rumor in the palace recently, that is, someone saw your maid and used the money to buy off those palace people who went out of the palace to do errands, as well as the matter of the imperial doctor. ”

"Your Majesty, it's just a rumor, not to be believed, and why would a concubine do something so easy to be discovered? The rumor is not credible in the first place, and if you leave it alone, it will soon dissipate. Your Majesty, you didn't believe this rumor that slandered the queen's mother, but did you believe this rumor that slandered the concubines? Also, the starting point of these two rumors of Your Majesty is really very suspicious, such two lies without any boundaries have harmed the concubine and the queen at the same time. The snipe and the clam compete, and it is the third person who wins, Your Majesty. "I didn't expect this Mu family to be very smart, in a few words to say the key to this matter, this rumor is naturally spread by the Mu family, she is the most ambitious among the people who have just entered the palace, and she has also received the support of the queen mother, so she is so unbearable through this matter, although I can't really hurt me anything, but my reputation is ruined, so that everyone in the world is puzzled with me, so that everyone mentions me, they subconsciously have a suspicion in their hearts, that is, I hurt the prince.

Clarification is useless, because people only want to believe what they believed in the first place. Maybe in the end, this Mu clan will be severely punished, and my reputation will not be restored, and I may fall into the notoriety of eradicating dissidents. So I plan to suppress this one with another rumor, so that these people who like to hear this kind of person will be updated as if the news has been updated, so that the suspicion will be transferred to another person, so that the person who harmed others will be severely punished, and I can also be cleared.