Ning Hui Yan has always been cautious and cautious, since she entered the palace, she has not fought for favor and has not argued with others, even if she is deliberately looking for trouble, she is blindly patient, compared to the Jiang family back then, although she has been the head of the palace very early, but in fact, even the palace concubines in her own palace have not put her in their eyes, although Ji Shen has not favored her, she has always been lucky, and the palace now compares several aggressive favorite concubines, they all think that the Yan family is very good.

But suddenly there was a mistreatment of Princess Xintai, and it really couldn't help but make the six palaces noisy, and even the "sick" Empress Dowager Gao was alarmed, because the incident happened in the Chenglian Palace, and the Yan family has always been well-behaved and cowardly, and the Empress Dowager Gao inevitably wanted to suspect Mu Biwei's head, and asked the Song family to call Princess Xintai to the Heyi Palace, and personally cheered up and asked carefully: "Is it really that Hu Shi pushed you?" Didn't you do it? ”

"Back to the emperor's grandmother, it was indeed Aunt Hu who pushed her granddaughter, and her granddaughter fell." Princess Xintai lowered her head, fiddled with the corners of her clothes, and said timidly, "The shepherd concubine wanted to ask her granddaughter to come to her to talk at that time. ”

Empress Dowager Gao asked a few more words, and saw that Xintai never dared to raise her head, in the end she was her own granddaughter, she couldn't help but sigh secretly, asked someone to lead her out, and said to the Song family: "It's really a sin, when the Sun family was still there, although he couldn't teach this child well, he always had a bit of arrogance, and now he has become the appearance of this frightened bird." ”

Song said: "The Yan family has been patient since entering the palace, it stands to reason that when the Sun family was still there, although there was no one in the palace who she had not offended, but there was no special embarrassment for the Yan family, but the He family was instructed by the Sun family to make the Tang family who had disappeared everywhere to make trouble, when the He family raised the princess Xintai, although he did not care about it, he did not treat the princess badly...... Queen Mother, is there anything inside here? ”

"When the He family raised Xintai, the Sun family was not dead, and he did not go to the throne." Empress Dowager Gao sighed, "Although the Sun family is not good, the child without a biological mother is so pitiful!" ”

"Queen Mother, Princess Xintai must not be able to return to Jiafu Palace like this, do you have to let her live in the Chenglian Palace all the time?"

Empress Dowager Gao thought about it carefully and said, "Although her biological mother is gone, she was once Youzhaoyi!" In this palace, she is qualified to raise her concubine, Youshu...... Now that he has Changkang, Zi Jun, and only wants his own children, the Mu family already has a son and a daughter, not to mention the Bu family! Ho ...... How can the mourning family rest assured of her? If you go down, you're just a concubine......"

She groaned, "Do you think there is anyone else in the concubine who is more reliable?" ”

"The slave felt that Dai Ninghua and Jiao Guangxun had been in the palace for several years and had nothing to do. The son is not bad, Dai Ninghua is more lively, Jiao Guangxun is more calm, but Yan Ninghui looked like an excellent person before, so the slave didn't dare to say anything. Song said after thinking about it.

Empress Dowager Gao thought about it for a moment, but said: "Speaking of raising children who are not born by herself, the Mu family...... It's not bad. ”

"But Mu Guangyou already has Princess Xiping and the third prince." Song reminded.

"But she's taking care of it." Empress Dowager Gao said, "I have my own palace people to serve specifically, and Xintai and Xiping are nominally sisters, and they were both born on the same day, so it doesn't take much effort to raise them." ”

When Empress Dowager Gao said this, she called Princess Xintai to come to her again: "The mourning family wants to come and go, the Yan family, no matter how your father punishes her, you can't always be told to go back......"

As soon as she said this, Princess Xintai was like being amnestied, and immediately fell to her knees with a bang and knocked her head three times, choking and saying: "Granddaughter Xie Huang's grandmother saved her life!" ”

Seeing this situation, Empress Dowager Gao also became suspicious of the Yan family, paused, asked the Song family to help her up, and reprimanded: "The mourning family doesn't mention the previous things, but you are young and ignorant, no matter what happens, you can't always be blamed!" Your biological mother is confused, what does it have to do with you? Poor one, isn't it you? It doesn't matter what your biological mother did, but you are always the daughter of my Ji family! A dignified golden branch and jade leaf! These concubines of yours are of course your elders, but if you are not treated well, isn't there still a grandmother who will call the shots for you? Why didn't you say it before? Plainly suffer the grievances of these days! ”

Princess Xintai cried and said: "The mother concubine did something wrong before, although the granddaughter is young, but she also knows that she has committed a big crime, the imperial grandmother asked the concubine Yan to raise her granddaughter, it is already very worrying, these days, the imperial grandmother is not in good health, the granddaughter is worried about the imperial grandmother in the Jiafu Palace, it is too late, where do you dare to bother the imperial grandmother again?" But I don't want to worry the imperial grandmother in the end, it's all my granddaughter's fault! ”

Empress Dowager Gao's granddaughter was far less harsh than her concubines, Princess Xintai was used at a young age and had no biological mother, and now she was treated badly by her mother, but she was still worried about her illness, Empress Dowager Gao's heart was soft, and she said softly: "Good boy, it's hard for you to suffer so much at a young age and still worry about mourning your family!" ”

I heard Princess Xintai continue: "Actually, the granddaughter can't say that Mother Yan treats her granddaughter badly, after all, Mother Yan allows her granddaughter to wear plain clothes in Jiafu Palace, and her usual diet is also good, in the end, the granddaughter is not Mother Yan's own child, you can't expect Mother Yan to treat her granddaughter as her own, Imperial Grandmother, if you can, can you not blame Mother Yan too much?" ”

"What a good-hearted boy." Empress Dowager Gao stretched out her hand and touched her head, did not answer Yan's words, and said, "You go back first, if the Mu family treats you badly, then come and tell the mourning family, the mourning family will be a little tired, and then call you to talk." ”

When Princess Xintai left, it happened that Mrs. Wuyingjun came to the palace, and the Empress Dowager Gao told Mrs. Wuyingjun about this matter. ”

"Alas, none of these people that San Lang has favored in the past few years are virtuous." Empress Dowager Gao said worriedly, "Do you still want to call it a young man?" ”

Mrs. Wu Yingjun said: "How is my sister going to place her?" ”

"That Mu raised Xiping, and she was not born, and it has been good to see Xiping in the past few years, after the birth of Xiping, he also taught Xiping to be harmonious with his sister and brother, and he did not treat Xiping badly." Empress Dowager Gao said, "The mourning family is afraid that she has always had a grudge with the Sun family in the past, and she may not be willing to treat Xintai as well - the mourning family really has no time to support her here." ”

"Actually, the princess already has some ideas when she said what Yan said." Mrs. Wu Yingjun reminded, "These concubines in the palace have some grudges with the Sun family, in the end, there is only one Your Majesty, which backyard is not a little bit of a fight for wind and vinegar?" The princess has now begun to remember again, no more than she is still in swaddling clothes, it is difficult not to make people angry, she is also worried about this, saying that the Yan family is not her biological mother, it is good to be able to control her food and shelter without deducting it, isn't it just saying that the Mu family may not necessarily be interested in her? The so-called reactive power is not ......"

Empress Dowager Gao understood that if any concubine was so tactful, she would definitely blame the concubine for being scheming, and now she is a granddaughter, so this became: "Poor child, only five years old, I don't dare to explain it when I get to my grandmother...... That Yan is really damned! ”

He said, "In that case, let's give the Mu family some benefits." ”

Mrs. Wu Yingjun said: "In my opinion, the Mu family was Guangyou before, and then the third prince was born, and he was not promoted, sister, you simply do it better, this time she will be promoted, and then Xintai will be pointed out to her to raise, isn't it the best of both worlds?" And in this way, everyone in the palace knows that the promotion of the Mu family is because of the raising of Princess Xintai, and the grace of Princess Xintai, if Princess Xintai is not good, where can the six palaces not talk about it? This is better than the Yan family's previous silent raising and secret mistreatment! ”

"That Mu clan is originally the head of the nine concubines, if it is promoted again, then it will be at least the position of the third lady." Empress Dowager Gao reminded, "San Lang mentioned that she was promoted to the throne before, wasn't it pressed down?" But a concubine, why bother to make our own children unhappy? ”

Mrs. Wu Yingjun was sour when she heard this, thinking that if it weren't for the fact that her eldest daughter didn't live long, how could she come to promote this Mu clan?

But he still smiled and said: "This promotion was told to me by someone and asked me to come and discuss with you!" ”

"Oh?"

"Zi Jun likes San Lang, she is also spoiled by me, it is inevitable that she likes to pinch the tip and drink vinegar, but that day was also a coincidence, she saw the injury of Princess Xintai in the Chenglian Palace, and her heart was really uncomfortable, no, turn her head and look for me? It's because she pestered you to help her prevent the Mu family's promotion, and now I'm embarrassed to say it in person! Mrs. Wu Yingjun said with a smile, "She said that she knew that your aunt loved her, but she just made you worry about it again and again, so she hid and didn't dare to come." ”

Empress Dowager Gao has always been more tolerant of her nephews and nephews, and when she heard this, she said angrily: "Why don't you dare to come here?" Her own aunt, even if she is annoyed with her, a few words of anger will pass, how can she not be able to mourn the family? ”

"Sister, if you really want to do something to her, she is not afraid, but she knows that you love her, so she is more and more ashamed." Mrs. Wu Yingjun pursed her lips and smiled.

Because the mother and daughter of the Su family suggested that Mu Biwei be promoted and Princess Xintai should also be raised, Empress Dowager Gao agreed.

At the beginning of May of the ninth year of Taining, Guangyou Mu was promoted to the throne on the two grounds of giving birth to a son and raising Princess Xintai.

Although the three ladies are of the same grade, according to the convention, it is the noble concubine who is the head and the noble concubine is the last, which shows that the Empress Dowager Gao still has the intention of beating in her heart.

Mu Biwei has long been too lazy to care about these with the Empress Dowager Gao, and the promotion of concubines above the nine concubines has serious ceremonies, all of which are extremely complicated and cumbersome, and they have been busy with promotions, and they are officially called Mu Guiji - Princess Xintai also officially lived in the Chenglian Palace, and changed her name to call her the mother concubine - Mu Biwei can finally justifiably call her to the front alone for questioning.

Xintai was still wearing plain clothes, but the cautious attitude before had gone a lot, and after she came in, she didn't seem to find that there was no one else in the house, so she generously gave Mu Bi a slight salute, and smiled slightly, and called sweetly: "What do you have to tell the concubine to call her son?" ”

Mu Biwei stared at her for a moment before she said, "Yingluo, there is no one here now, and Ah Shan has also been sent to the kitchen to see snacks...... You tell me honestly, Yan Ninghui, oh, now it's the beauty Yan, and the Hu Gong people, did you do it on purpose?! ”