Chapter 63: Hidden Feelings
Really!
It is groundless, but it may not be silent.
Lu Zheng may not know that he is the illegitimate son of Emperor Longqing.
Inexplicably, Gu Yao had some sympathy, although the emperor's illegitimate son brought many additional benefits to Lu Zheng in the current world, it was also a shame.
"It's because of Marquis Lu that the emperor has rumors that he likes wives."
Li Shi took Gu Yao's hand, his eyes were quite complicated, "If it is said that the emperor likes the wives of others, this is not inaccurate, it is that your father is used to messing around, and he thinks that the women who have been served by others are dirty, and the emperor ......"
"You seem to know a lot about the emperor."
Gu Yao saw Li looking over, and hurriedly explained: "Uncle told you, didn't it mean that uncle followed the emperor very early and has been ...... by the emperor's side."
"I had a sister, a very good sister, who married me at about the same time."
Li sighed and said: "I didn't want to say these words for the rest of my life, but I found that Yao'er couldn't avoid it, and I tried my best to protect you, but in the end, Lu Zheng found out, and you will inevitably have contact with the emperor in the future." ”
"Mother."
"It's not your fault."
Li Shirourou touched Gu Yao, who was obviously a little guilty, "Do you know why the emperor likes talented girls?" ”
Her daughter's delicate eyebrows and eyes are even better than she was back then, Xu inherited Gu Zhan's good looks, and Gu Yao was thrillingly beautiful.
In the past, the Li family could still help cover up one or two, but now Gu Yao is like a pearl that brushes away the dust, and the bright light is difficult to hide.
"Talented women are more favored because of their delicate appearance, and because of the emperor, the whole court regards talented women as beautiful."
"I don't know."
Gu Yao's heart trembled, thinking that Lu Zheng looked at her differently, at first it was definitely not because of temperament or anything, but because she was beautiful!
Lu Zheng is the flesh and blood of Emperor Longqing, so he must be somewhat similar to his biological father in temperament.
Emperor Longqing doted on and trusted Lu Zheng, and I am afraid that he also saw his shadow in Lu Zheng, Lu Zheng was more like him than the rest of his righteous sons.
Li said coldly: "You guessed, the emperor is the same as Lu Zheng, they can't tell the women's faces, all the women are the same in front of him, but how can the emperor have such shortcomings?" The sages said that women are beautiful by virtue. The emperor listened to the advice of the great Confucians, and admired talented women to cover up his strange illness. ”
“……”
Gu Yao didn't know what to say properly, face blindness was terrible!
is only blind to women's faces, doesn't it mean that even if the emperor has countless palace concubines, they are actually all one person in his eyes?
According to the emperor's standards, the ministers who vote for the emperor's favor are even more pitiful, obviously they are not blind, but they can only choose indifferent women, and if they love gorgeous women a little, they will be accused of vulgarity and do not understand the beauty of women.
Li Shi said worriedly: "At the beginning, I didn't want you to be a playmate for the princess county lord, in addition to not wanting you to serve people, the biggest worry is...... I'm afraid that the emperor will see you! ”
"Ahh
"You are different from those beauties, it is possible that the emperor can see your beauty. In fact, after you get married, I won't worry anymore, even if you meet the emperor when you enter the palace, he will not force his wife. The emperor did not force the Duchess of Zhenguo, they were together. ”
Gu Yao sweated on her forehead when she heard this, "Mother, how do you know these things?" Uncle can't talk to you. ”
Gu Yao was a little strange before, the Li family seemed to know Emperor Longqing very well, and he was not confused in judging major events.
Her uncle's official position is getting higher and higher, although it is rumored that her uncle has fallen out of favor, but she knows that her uncle is one of the emperor's most trusted guards, and her uncle is of great use.
The Li family is just an ordinary and innocent farmer, otherwise the Li family would not have been bullied by the ruffians and saved by Gu Siye.
Her uncle's treatment money was also from Gu Siye.
The Li family once said that he would be grateful to Gu Zhan for this for the rest of his life, and Gu Yao didn't think that the Li family was lying.
"She became the emperor's concubine, and I became your father's concubine, we entered the Gu family and the prince's mansion almost at the same time, Ruyue is also a beauty that can be remembered by the emperor, but she has never known why she is favored."
Li said softly: "Back then, I also had the opportunity to enter the prince's mansion, your father was just a gentleman, relying on his father and brother to make a fortune, he had no ability, no ambition, he was not bad-hearted, although sometimes it was annoying, but he was like a child, a child who would never grow up, I would not care about a child, let alone be afraid of a child." ”
"The emperor was an ambitious prince at that time, with the crown prince's brother, and he was not the emperor's favorite son, but he never gave up fighting for the throne. Although Ruyue can make him remember, the beauty will never be as important to him as the throne. There are countless wives and concubines around him, as well as the prince and concubine Lu who have a deep love for him. The Lu family is his help, and he will never treat the concubine badly until he achieves his goal. ”
"I can get a lot by his side, I can trample a lot of people under my feet, but I can't get what I want most."
Li Shi smiled faintly: "I don't envy wealth, I don't envy status, I am fortunate to get those things, and I don't regret not getting them." ”
"You, flesh and blood related to my flesh and blood, is what I want most, he will not let his concubine get pregnant, and he will not allow a concubine from a lowly background to raise children."
"He cares more about face than anyone else! Now he reuses your uncle, who used to only treat him as a slave to cattle and horses! ”
"You go and see the palace concubines who can give birth to the emperor and understand, each of them has a good background, and the worst is the daughter of a five-rank official. Otherwise, he wouldn't let her give birth to a child. And the prince, and then the emperor, there are too many women around him, too many women with hearts, and too many women with means, I don't want to live so tired, and I don't have the confidence to protect the safety of my children in front of them. ”
"I can't survive until the day when your uncle is valued and relied on by him, miss my best years, and I won't be able to get pregnant for the rest of my life."
"The fourth master's wife...... She ......"
Li paused for a long time when he said this, as if he didn't know how to say to Gu Yao, and hesitated: "At that time, she asked me to enter the mansion as a concubine just to leave Gu Siye behind, in addition to the pressure she faced to have children, more importantly, she was unwilling to go with Gu Siye anymore...... It's time for sex. ”
Gu Yao: "......"
"Although I haven't said it explicitly with her, we have a tacit understanding with each other, and I guess she has someone else in her heart."
Li glanced at the direction of the main room, and said quietly: "The second lady doesn't know what news she heard, she has a misunderstanding between the fourth master and Mrs. Wang, she hates the fourth master for being mean and ruthless, and she also hates Mrs. Wang for having a tryst with the fourth master before her mother died. ”
"He naively thought that others would know and agree with him, but who would believe that the charming Gu Siye could keep it?"
Gu Yao also sympathized with Gu Siye.