sixteen
"Emperor, Chunlan has been here today." When the queen mother saw the emperor coming, she drank tea a little impatiently, and took the initiative to speak, "The queen is already pregnant, three months old. ”
The emperor almost squirted out a mouthful of tea in his mouth, but he didn't even know: "Is there really such a thing, and the ministers don't know about it?" ”
"You have been taking care of the Zheng family for the past few days, how can you still have the heart to take care of the queen's body?" The Queen Mother said with reproach in her tone, "If you go to Changchun Palace less, you won't have today's incident, or Chunlan came to tell the mourning family, and the mourning family will know." ”
"What the queen mother said is that her sons know their mistakes." The emperor said so, but his heart thought that the queen mother had always been happy to point fingers in the harem, and this queen was personally selected by the queen mother when she was the crown prince, so she just respected each other, and more often it was to satisfy the queen mother. Now it is rare to have a favorite woman, and because of all kinds of accusations, he is not convinced.
"If you really like it, wait two years, and when they reach the age of sixteen, no matter how much you spoil it, it's your own business. But if she is not yet sixteen years old, she will not be in accordance with the rules, and she may have other thoughts. ”
"Erchen knows she won't." The emperor had a determined look on his face.
"You know? How do you know? You've only known her for a few days? You are ashamed of killing her father Zheng Chengxian, so show more affection for her, don't be deceived by this. The emperor's head was buried, and the queen mother didn't care, and continued: "The emperor's family is the most taboo about children's affection, who can give you a prince, who is the most important." ”
"Erchen knows." The emperor's voice was a little impatient, "Queen Mother, Father Zheng's matter, don't talk about it in the future." ”
"The mourning family knew that Zheng Chengxian was the best person to get close to Zhang Juzheng, and it was the emperor who brought down an important chess piece for him, so killing him and finding someone to replace him was all calculated. Once Zheng Mengjing enters the palace, it has nothing to do with her Zheng family, and from then on she is a woman in the harem, you call her to serve tea today, it looks like it's so simple to just serve tea, do you know how many concubines in the harem are unhappy in their hearts, and how unfair the queen is? The rain and dew are all wet, the harem is peaceful, and while you don't spoil her deeply, the mourning family said this first. ”
"Erchen knows." The emperor became lost, not because the Queen Mother said it in his heart, but because he couldn't let go of the guilt of the dream.
All this is only because the emperor ascended the throne at the age of ten, and Zhang Juzheng, as the first assistant of the cabinet, is also the emperor's husband. He presided over all military and political affairs, made high achievements, covered the sky with one hand, and had many henchmen in the government and the opposition, so the imperial power was in jeopardy.
A year ago, the Queen Mother informed a person named Zheng Chengxian that she had written a book praising Zhang Juzheng, and took the initiative to recommend Zhang Juzheng. The Empress Dowager was instructed by the emperor to kill Zheng Chengxian and find someone to replace him.
At that time, the emperor only knew that Zheng Chengxian had a daughter who was about to get married, so he wanted to kill him when his daughter got married. But he didn't expect his daughter to be married, so he ran up the street, and Feng Bao was in a hurry and didn't let her know the truth on the grounds of taking her into the palace. The emperor originally just wanted her to live her life in peace in the palace, but he didn't expect that he would fall into it at the first sight of her.
"Emperor, you listen to the mourners!" The Queen Mother saw that he was absent-minded and raised her voice, "There is also this matter of Qin's poisoning." Such an obvious competition for favor, such a vicious heart, you turned a blind eye at that time? ”
"Erchen thought that a palace maid had died, and he made the harem restless after checking and checking, so he listened to Qin's words and didn't check, it was Erchen's fault."
"The palace maid is also your person, and you can't take care of a person's life, the mourning family heard that the palace maid has a sister who is also in Changchun Palace, so you can give her to the mourning family, so as not to experience some dirty things again."
The emperor told the queen mother that she had given Cuifang to the dream, but the queen mother insisted on Cuifang, and the emperor could not argue, so he had to agree, but he also seized the opportunity to propose the matter of sealing the dream beauty, but fortunately the queen mother agreed.
After saying these words, the Queen Mother got down to business: "Can that 'Zheng Chengxian' still deal with it freely?" ”
"Very good, Zhang Juzheng has no suspicions, he is also old."
"The rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty are surnamed Zhu after all, and some trees grow too tall and too prosperous, so they have to be uprooted."
"There are many henchmen, and you can't act rashly until the critical moment," the emperor yawned, realizing that he had not had a day of rest, and was already too tired to move, "The retainers were a little sleepy. ”
"Go and rest, don't forget to go and see the queen, so that you can be appeased."