Chapter 235: Secret Fight
Although the prince was born to the Li family, he would only recognize Liu E as his mother. 【Fengyun Reading Network. As early as three months before the child was born, Zhenzong had announced that Liu E was pregnant, canonized Liu E as Xiuyi, and Yang Cairen, who was good friends with Liu E, was promoted to Jieyu. Although the prince is Liu E's son, Liu E did not raise it personally, but handed it over to Yang Jieyu to raise. Yang Jieyu is also a native of Chengdu, 16 years younger than Liu E, and is a sister to Liu E. Zhenzong loves Liu E and has a good impression of the Yang family, so every time Liu E is promoted, the Yang family is indispensable. When Liu E was in her forties, her energy was naturally not as good as that of Yang in her twenties, so she asked Yang to take care of her.
However, Liu E did not kill the real biological mother Li, and named Li the monarch of Chongyang County. Soon, the Li family gave birth to another daughter, who was promoted to a talented person and officially entered the ranks of concubines. Unfortunately, the little princess soon died. Li believes that his fate is not blessed, and he has not recognized his son for the rest of his life.
Since Liu E had already "given birth to a child", Zhenzong told the ministers that he wanted to become the queen. However, many people know the truth about Liu E's "childbirth", and Zhenzong is helpless, and Liu E has to "fix" several times. In November 1012, the fifth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Zhenzong Jin named Liu E as the concubine of virtue, and gave hundreds of officials to add officials to the knight, the etiquette after the book should be simple, neither let the officials enter the congratulations, nor engage in the ceremony after the seal, the edict after the seal also avoided the courtiers' public discussion, only ordered the edict to be passed to the province of Zhongshu, and announced it at home. In December, at the age of forty-four, Liu E finally became the empress of the Great Song Dynasty.
There is such a precedent, how dare Empress Xiang take it lightly
Chen Qiaoqiao got Wang Duo's signal, knowing that she was entering the palace to paint a portrait of the concubine, but she was not very nervous, but she was just in a proper manner, trying to be careful not to make mistakes, hoping to get out of the way.
"Concubine to meet the queen" After the last training, Chen Qiaoqiao's etiquette seems to be similar. Xiang put away the worries in his heart, and said with a smile: "Madame is the emperor's honored guest, and the palace should be a good hospitality."
Chen Qiaoqiao heard the solemnity in her voice, didn't dare to get up, and said with sincere fear: "Niangniang's words are serious, the concubine body is just a skill, so she has to be valued by the emperor, and she paints for all the mothers, and the mother said this, it is really a concubine" Xiang smiled at the queen and did not comment, if it was a simple portrait, why not arrange it to the female official. But it has to be arranged in the bedroom of this favorite concubine
Xiang looked at Queen Chen Qiaoqiao carefully, this time she saw that her makeup was not as delicate as last time, but her face was ruddy, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, she was very vibrant, and she was sincerely envious of Queen Xiang. She has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and her passion for life has been exhausted, and Queen Xiang suddenly felt that in front of Chen Qiaoqiao, she was the woman in her twilight years
She had only one daughter under her knees, and she was born intelligent, and she had been accustomed to it like an adult since childhood. It's a pity that the sky has no eyes, and when she was twelve years old, she contracted a vicious disease and died, which was the most painful in her heart
The woman in front of her is already a grandmother, and she is still vibrant, but she is especially weak under her knees, not saying that she will not have children in her life
Song Shenzong has not pampered her for many years, she gradually recognized this fact, her life, can only survive in this deep palace, the only thing she needs to do is to take care of the harem, for her, Song Shenzong's respect for her is the only capital she can gain a foothold in the harem
Chen Qiaoqiao curts, half a ring, this Xiang Queen still has not been flattened, and beads of sweat are coming out of the beans Isn't this the plot of Gong Dou, how could it happen to her
It took a long time for Empress Xiang to pull back her thoughts, and then she said: "Mrs. Chen is flat, and the palace is in a trance for a while."
Chen Qiaoqiao sighed, only to feel that the whole person was about to fall apart, and said with a smile: "Thank you Queen Mother"
"Since it was arranged by the emperor, Xiao Shunzi, you go and call a few mothers here, and they all know each other" Chen Qiaoqiao just lowered her head, not daring to speak easily.
After a while, several concubines of Song Shenzong came one by one, led by Song Guifei, who was kind and kind-hearted, and was dressed in a very simple dress, a plain blue dress, and only a jade hairpin on her sideburns, exuding a dignified atmosphere all over her body. Queen Xiang was also very polite to her, Song Guifei and Queen Xiang are both hard-working people, and they have given birth to several sons who died early, and the only daughter Princess Kangguo married the right general Wang Yu, which is also happy, but the Queen Mother is not very fond of Princess Kangguo, so Princess Kangguo does not often enter the palace, because she and Queen Xiang are both old people in the palace, and they are each other's companions, but they are also idle.
She likes to be quiet by nature, and she has not been seen in the last sumo meeting.
Followed by Concubine Zhu, her gentle temperament is her biggest advantage, and she always has a smile that makes people feel like a spring breeze, although she wears quite brightly, a rose-red dress, but she does not see luxury, only brightness.
Song Shenzong was a frugal emperor, and the concubines did not dare to show it.
"Where is the painter that the emperor found for us, the palace has admired the name for a long time, but we haven't been able to meet" Chen Qiaoqiao was greeting Concubine De Niangniang, and there was already a coquettish smile outside Shanghua Palace.
Chen Qiaoqiao couldn't help but be a little curious, who was so bold and noisy in front of the queen and the concubine
Xiang smiled at the queen: "Sister Xian is still so informal" Song Guifei's smile was a little alienated, "The emperor doesn't like her like that"
Chen Qiaoqiao beat the drum in her heart, it seems that she is quite skillful, and Concubine Wu Xian, who is deeply favored by the emperor, saw the appearance of the queen and Song Guifei, and it is clear that she is not very good at dealing with this concubine, she doesn't want to be involved in this palace fight, the women in the harem are not simple, they look harmless, maybe they are deadly weapons
Just as he was thinking about it, a woman with an extremely powerful aura walked in, her eyebrows were trimmed, and her crimson dress exuded flamboyant beauty, making it impossible for people to look at it directly. "This is Mrs. Chen, she is really beautiful and lovely, no wonder she can touch the heart of the prince."
Xiang Empress frowned slightly, I don't know what kind of mind the emperor is now, how can I say such a thing, "Concubine Xian, don't want to scare Mrs. Chen, she is the emperor's honored guest" Chen Qiaoqiao's heart was furious, this queen mentioned the word "noble guest" early in the morning, Chen Qiaoqiaozhi felt that her heart was pounding
Concubine De also said: "Sister Concubine Xian is a rectum, and she is not afraid of scaring Mrs. Chen."
Concubine Xian was robbed for a moment, and her face was not very good-looking, but she didn't dare to be angry at the queen blatantly, but said coldly: "Sister Concubine De, I heard that your father Cui Jie's memorial day is coming again, are you ready to pay tribute?"
Concubine De's face turned pale suddenly, her origin was the pain in her heart, Concubine Zhu's biological father was surnamed Cui, there was an indescribable pain Concubine De's mother Li, after giving birth to her with her biological father, the husband and wife fell out of harmony, and Li actually took her to elope with a beautiful man surnamed Ren to the countryside and start an idyllic life.
In order to escape the condemnation of the world, she lived in seclusion in a remote countryside.
The so-called unpredictable weather in the sky, people have good fortune and misfortune, suddenly one day, the man surnamed Ren was infected with a strange disease, and he saw a lot of Langzhong, but he didn't see it well, and it didn't take long for him to die. Li was sad to die and live, the taste of happiness was still in front of him, but in the blink of an eye, it was accompanied by desolation. It's not okay to go back to Cui's house, good horses don't eat back grass, not to mention that at this time, Cui Jie was full of grief and anger because his wife eloped with someone, and he was very ashamed, and he died of anger not long after.
Li knew that his only weapon was his own beauty, so he found a reliable matchmaker, three times, this matchmaker found a man surnamed Zhu for Li, the big name Zhu Shi'an, Bianliang people, authentic hometown, solid family background, such good conditions, Li still has nothing to be unhappy about, nodded shyly, and then shyly replied to the sedan chair and made the third time as a bride. So, the daughter had a third father, and officially changed her surname to Zhu, so it was decided.
In 1068 AD, Yingzong died, and Shenzong became the emperor, and ordered the world to choose palace concubines. Zhu happened to be 16 years old this year, and he was like a flower, and he met the conditions for selection, and he was a Kyoto girl, so he was selected at once.
It is said that Emperor Shenzong saw her at first sight, he liked it very much, and he was pampered that night, and the next day he was named Xiaozhu girl as a talented person, and it didn't take long for her to be promoted to Jieyu, which is amazing, in the Song system, Jieyu's status is second only to Zhaoyi, and she is the emperor's veritable concubine so far, her belly is becoming more and more competitive, and she has given birth to three children for Emperor Shenzong, including Zhao Xu, King Cai Zhao Xiang, and Princess Xu, and further made a concubine, and her status has been more and more consolidated.
Song Shenzong originally wanted to crown her as a concubine, but her life experience was dug up, and she sang a small song, which was circulated in the capital, and everyone knew that the emperor's mother-in-law had this unbearable past, which made Song Shenzong very angry, and Concubine De could not have further extravagant hopes in the position from now on
Concubine Wu Xian said such words at this time, obviously deliberately mocking Concubine De Tears suddenly swirled in her eyes, and she just smiled at the queen, ignoring it, Song Guifei picked up the teacup and drank the tea unhurriedly, looking like she had nothing to do with herself.
Concubine De forced back with tears in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your sister's concern, Xu'er said that he would do his best not to boast about the palace, Xu'er is really a caring child, and yesterday he also made an inkstone for the emperor, what does the emperor like?"
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