Chapter 14: "The Queen Mother's Thoughts (2)
For the thoughts of the courtiers, the Queen Mother understands it clearly. After listening to the words of the eunuch Chang Yi, the Queen Mother in Shoukang Palace fell into a memory, the Queen Mother's surname Xu came from the Zhennan Mansion of the Four Princes, and the Queen Mother was only beautiful when she was young.
At the meeting to choose the crown princess for the former emperor who returned to the crown prince, he was fell in love with the former emperor who was still the crown prince at first sight, and then Dezong gave the two a marriage. After the two got married, they were like glue and raised their eyebrows. The prince likes the princess very much.
But the good times didn't last long, after the death of Dezong, the courtiers after the first emperor Fengji took advantage of the excuse that the two had no children under their knees and the harem was empty to let the emperor draft a concubine. was rejected by the emperor, and later the queen mother became pregnant, and the emperor wanted to take this opportunity to abolish the draft system during his reign, regardless of whether it was a man or a woman.
But there are unforeseen circumstances, the Queen Mother gave birth to a difficult birth, gave birth to a son, but did not expect to die in less than a month, the Queen Mother was deeply affected and her body was seriously damaged since then, and the imperial doctor diagnosed that it was difficult to conceive, and the queen who could not give birth naturally caused the dissatisfaction of the courtiers, and half of the courtiers took this opportunity to discuss the joint letter to ask the emperor to draft, or abolish the queen,
The first emperor had no choice but to choose four people into the palace as the four concubines, the queen mother's body gradually improved, the virtuous concubine was pregnant and gave birth to Nanyang princess Xiao Biying, and the concubine gave birth to the king Xiao Chenxu in the same year, and the concubine died early due to illness.
The first emperor has been secretly recuperating for the queen mother, and when the virtuous concubine gave birth to Xiao Chenyang, the king of Qi, the queen mother became pregnant and gave birth to Pingyang princess Xiao Shuying after four years, and then Concubine Qing gave birth to a daughter Lingyang princess Xiao Liying.
The families of Concubine De and Concubine Xian each encircled their courtiers, and invited one of the two kings, King Lixian and King Qi, to be the crown prince.
Although the queen mother has not been pregnant again after giving birth to Princess Pingyang, the first emperor has always been favored, and the courtiers at this time did not dare to mention the matter of choosing a concubine and establishing a prince, which is obviously more important than glory and wealth or life. Sooner or later, the prince will be established, and it will not be too late to stand in line in the future,
What everyone didn't think about was that after five years, the queen mother became pregnant again and gave birth to a son, and the emperor was very happy and became the crown prince when the moon was full. This shattered all the calculations made by the ministers,
Although the emperor accepted the four concubines, but the queen mother is still a husband and wife, the death of the first emperor made the queen mother physically and mentally damaged, but the queen mother is pleased that the emperor and the eldest princess of Pingyang are filial, so that the queen mother is deeply relieved.
Mama Xu walked in and saw that the Queen Mother had been staring at a painting, the painting was the first emperor holding the emperor, the Queen Mother was standing next to the eldest princess of Pingyang, the four of them were smiling and looking very happy, this painting painted a total of four identical, one of the first emperor died and put it in the coffin, one was in the hands of the eldest princess of Pingyang, and one was in the hands of the emperor.
Mama Xu knew that the Queen Mother wanted to be the first emperor again, and she was a little distressed that the Queen Mother grew up with the Queen Mother, watching her grow up with the Queen Mother from the pampered Miss of Zhennan Mansion, to the pampered Crown Princess of Zhennan Mansion, and then to the Queen Mother of the World, to the Queen Mother of the World, to the Queen Mother today, although there are winds and rains along the way, but fortunately, the first emperor and the Queen Mother really love each other.
The Queen Mother, Your Majesty has sent a letter," Mama Xu stepped forward and saluted, picking up the letter in her hand with both hands. Mama Xu's words successfully pulled the Queen Mother out of her memories.
"Yes, did Chen'er write again?" The Queen Mother carefully rolled up the picture on the table and carefully handed it to the female official next to her, and it can be seen from her action of collecting the painting how much she attaches importance to this painting.
"Yes" Mama Xu stepped forward and gave the letter to the Queen Mother, who took the letter and looked at it carefully, and laughed when she looked at it. Mama Xu saw the Queen Mother laughing, so she quipped, "Your Majesty is still filial, and often writes letters to the Queen Mother when she goes out."
After the Queen Mother put the letter back in the envelope and said, "Yes", I don't know what I thought of, and sighed, Xu Mama saw that the Queen Mother was fine just now, why was her face full of sadness.
"What's wrong with you, Queen Mother, but what did Your Majesty say" The Queen Mother looked up and saw the worry on Mama Xu's face, knowing that she was distressed and concerned about herself, and explained, "I saw that the emperor has been conscientious and conscientious in governing Daxuan over the years, and now Daxuan is strong and the people are rich, but there is not even a person around him who likes him" After speaking, she burst into tears in distress.