Chapter 15: The Great Prince
Next is Yuan Zhaorong, Li Shuyi, Wan Jieyu, Gu Baolin, as for this side......
Chu Yue hadn't remembered everyone in the harem yet, and the queen's voice sounded, "Although the younger sisters are here to greet the palace, don't be too formal, just treat it as your own casualness, Qu Zhaoyi's second prince is okay recently?" ”
Qu Zhaoyi got up and saluted, "Everything is fine with the queen mother, thank you for your concern." ”
The queen was about to answer, but she didn't want to, "Speaking of which, the second prince is also four years old, and he will start enlightenment next year!" Concubine Wan asked suddenly, glanced at Qu Zhaoyi casually, and then said, "I heard that the eldest prince was enlightened when he was less than three years old, why did he treat the second prince differently when he was here?" ”
seemed to be a casual sentence, but it made the queen and everyone present change their faces, everyone knew that the eldest prince was the pain in the queen's heart, and no one in the harem dared to mention it.
It's just that Wan Guifei wants to mention it at this time, and it is clear that she is going to fall on the queen's face.
The queen on the first seat only frowned at first, as if she had a fierce color, and then she was lonely and sad, but in a blink of an eye, she was replaced by graceful and luxurious, dignified and elegant.
The changes in the three emotions were only overnight, which made Chu Yue a little impressed.
This queen is not simple!
I heard that the queen married the emperor in the second year, the emperor ascended the throne, and gave birth to the eldest son in the same year, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and the eldest son died three years later because of the sudden plague in Beijing.
This matter is an eternal pain in the queen's heart, and the emperor also caresses more, and there are rumors in the harem that the queen has lost her health since giving birth to her eldest son, and she can no longer have children, and I don't know if it's true or not.
"Concubine Niangniang, you are pouring salt on the heart of the queen mother!" It was Yuan Zhaorong who spoke, and she should be the most ordinary-looking one in the audience, looking at the way she intersected with Wan Guifei's eyebrows, she should be attached to Wan Guifei.
"Look at my mouth, I said the second prince in a dignified manner, how to mention the eldest prince, it really shouldn't be, please forgive the queen." Wan Guifei pleaded guilty, but the smugness on her face didn't show that she was wrong.
"It's okay, my sister is also unintentional."
The queen paused, and suddenly spoke, "I heard that Concubine Wan's brother was praised by the emperor the day before yesterday for doing a good job, and he has been promoted to the third-rank waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and even your mother has been named the second-rank lady!" ”
Concubine Wan got up proudly and smiled, "This is all because of my brother's outstanding ability and the emperor's love." ”
The queen's face turned a little colder, but Concubine Wan also knew that it was enough, "But my sister's brother will return to Beijing soon, and I believe that the reward must be heavier than my brother's." ”
"In fact, whether the reward is rewarded or not is secondary, the most important thing is to do things for the emperor, and the errand is done well."
You come and go between the two, and the other concubines have become accustomed to it, and it doesn't seem strange at all.
"The queen mother and the concubine mother's maiden family are all important courtiers, and the same is true of the sisters present, but some people's fathers don't do a good official position, and they have to embezzle materials to make huge profits, which is treason!"
Everyone's eyes fell on Chu Yue at the same time, and it was obvious that Wan Jieyu was saying to Chu Yue, because among the people present, only Chu Yue's father was the former secretary of the military department who was sentenced to exile by the emperor for embezzling military funds to shoddy and profiteering.
"Concubines, concubines, concubines......"
Chu Yue cried anxiously, and her trembling appearance was endearing.
But no one spoke to her.
"Wan Jieyu, Chu Cairen has joined the royal family is a royal woman, Chu Shangshu made a mistake, it has nothing to do with Chu Cairen, Chu Cairen, you get up!"
The queen scolded Wan Jieyu one second ago, and gently asked Chu Yue to get up the next second.
Chu Yue didn't move for a while, but stepped forward and knelt down, "Queen Mother, the concubine knows that her father is guilty, and she doesn't dare to say anything for her father, and the concubine is willing to go to the Treasure Buddha Hall to copy the scriptures to forgive her sins." ”
"Chu Cairen has such filial piety, and the palace is also very moved, but your illness has not yet recovered, and the location of the Treasure Buddha Hall is biased, so let's wait for your illness to heal before going!"
"Queen Mother, since my father's accident, the concubine can't sleep at night, so she has been infected with the wind and cold for so long, and the concubine wants to go to the Treasure Buddha Hall to copy the scriptures, which can be regarded as a piece of heart."
The queen sighed, "If you insist, then go!" ”
The queen waved her hand and asked Chu Yue to get up, and Chu Yue returned to her seat with tears in her eyes.
Wan Jieyu glanced at her coldly a few times, and the anger that had been rectified by Wan Guifei these days seemed to have been vented.
But at this moment, Wan Jieyu suddenly felt a cool breeze, followed by a stinging pain in her abdomen, and then her face became uncomfortable.
"Puff ......"
Everyone's faces changed, and they all looked disgusted.
"The queen mother, the concubine is unintentional." Wan Jieyu hurriedly pleaded guilty.
The queen's face couldn't see joy or anger, "I think Wan Jieyu should be unwell, let's ask the imperial doctor to take a look after I go back, I will inevitably collide with the emperor, and the two months of sleeping will be waived." ”
"The Queen?" Wan Jieyu wants to ask for mercy, and the two months of sleeping are exempted, isn't that equivalent to grounding?
was interrupted by Concubine Wan, "Wan Jieyu, let's talk about it after you are sick, I'm afraid this will smoke the emperor." ”
"Hehe......"
Some of the concubines couldn't hold back, and laughed while holding their handkerchiefs.
Wan Jieyu didn't understand that her body had always been very good, how could it be suddenly, suddenly, thinking like this, it seemed that that feeling came again, Wan Jieyu was shocked, "The queen's concubine's body is ...... Poof......"
In the end, Wan Jieyu forcibly retired, which made the concubines laugh for a long time.
From beginning to end, Chu Yue looked sick.
"Sister Chu, I heard that the emperor gave you his mink fur, why didn't you wear it today, and you didn't use any jewelry, so quiet, did you deliberately not give the queen mother's face?"
However, before Chu Yue could breathe a sigh of relief, a voice suddenly remembered, because it was blocked by the person in front, Chu Yue couldn't see his face, and then stepped forward and knelt down again, Chu Yue knelt down for the fourth time.
"Your Majesty, I rewarded the mink fur, but the concubine was really blessed, I was afraid, I was afraid that it would be damaged, so I collected it well, as for not wearing jewelry, yes, yes ......"
The queen said understandingly, "Don't be nervous, Chu Cairen, this palace doesn't mean to blame you." ”
"Xie Niangniang, the concubine didn't wear jewelry, because she felt that no matter what she worn, she was not as beautiful as the sisters, and she was quiet and leisurely."