Chapter 189: Miaozhu's identity
The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt in his heart, why was he so confused and gave his concubine to King Chen? Especially this Concubine Lan, her mother's family is the Guo family who holds the military power, and marrying her to King Chen is equivalent to giving the Guo family's military power to King Chen.
Empress Fang Cai said that it was Concubine Lan who was framed by Concubine Rou, so what good is this for Concubine Rou? The emperor has to investigate this matter well, he can't just lose a concubine for no reason.
Guo Qilan's complaint to Chu Lixue was naturally unsuccessful, Guo Hai, who was sitting not far away, glanced at Guo Qilan, this sister of his was really too anxious, where is Princess Nachen so easy to deal with, if it is really easy to deal with, it will not make the Queen Mother so embarrassed.
But this time, she tore her face with Chu Lixue in front of King Chen, and King Chen may hate and resent her because of this, I'm afraid it is impossible for her to want her mother to become a concubine with her son.
Guo Qilan returned to her position and sat down with Qiu He's support, and saw that King Chen and Chu Lixue, who were sitting in front, didn't care about her, so she also lowered her head.
"Miss, why are you so breathless, now, the emperor also said that you were wrong, won't the prince resent you? Exposing his shortcomings on such an occasion is really not a Meiji move. ”
In Chu Lixue's opinion, the scene staged by Guo Qilan was not the best way to frame herself, but to give her a life talisman for herself.
Guo Qilan suddenly married King Chen, how could Chu Lixue not doubt the purpose of her coming, even if it was as announced to the outside world, Concubine Lan was framed and needed to purify her soul and body before she could serve the king, just ask, what man can tolerate his daughter-in-law to share the bed with other men for a period of time and then return to his side, and that man is still his brother.
What ordinary men can't tolerate, it's even more impossible for an emperor to tolerate it. The emperor looked at Guo Qilan's appearance, thinking that she was cold to herself, but she was treating King Chen with her heart and lungs, could she not be as good as a prince? Thinking of this, the emperor beckoned to the eunuch beside him, and after whispering a few words in the other party's ear, the eunuch quietly left.
There are no secrets in the palace, and what seems to you to be a seamless plan has long been full of loopholes in the eyes of others.
Because Concubine Rou said on the spot that she was able to give birth to the prince smoothly because after taking the pill given by Chu Lixue, the civil and military officials present went to King Chen's Mansion to ask for medicine in order to increase the number of men in the family.
For a while, the families of the hundreds of officials in the city worshiped Chu Lixue as a god, Chu Lixue was really helpless, although this Ning Hua Dan has the effect of helping to conceive, but it does not guarantee that the son will be born, but the family members of those officials do not think so, in their eyes, as long as they take Ning Hua Dan, they will definitely be able to save their son.
"Princess Chen, you can be merciful and compassionate, give my daughter-in-law a pill, and let her give birth to a big fat boy for my family." Mrs. Huo said with a smile. Immediately pushed a delicate wooden box in front of Chu Lixue, the lid of the box was open, Chu Lixue glanced at the box of gold leaves, and said secretly in her heart, is this worth a thousand gold?
"Mrs. Huo, I don't have any secret recipe for giving birth to a son, what I give to Concubine Rou is just an elixir to nourish the body." Chu Lixue said lightly.
"It's okay, it's okay, whatever you say, just give me a pill and let me go back and give it to my daughter-in-law, maybe it won't be long before I can hold my grandson as a grandmother." Mrs. Huo said with a smile.
Hearing this, Chu Lixue pursed her lips, this is said to be okay, it is basically determined that Chu Lixue has the secret recipe for having a child, but she simply thinks that Chu Lixue is unwilling to give her the secret recipe.
"Princess Chen, we have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, why do you hide it, my daughter-in-law has also been married into the house for three years, let alone giving birth to a child, and I haven't even laid an egg, do you think I can't be in a hurry?"
"Well, it's right to be in a hurry." Chu Lixue said lightly.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Huo actually climbed up the pole, "Look, Princess, you said that you should be in a hurry, but my son and daughter-in-law feel too young, and they have to give birth in a few years." ”
Chu Lixue really couldn't resist Mrs. Huo's entanglement, so she immediately let Rean Xue pour out a Ning Hua Dan from the porcelain vase and handed it to Mrs. Huo. Mrs. Huo cautiously left King Chen's Mansion with the pill in her hand. This is an important object for her own grandson, how could she place it at will, as soon as she got into the carriage, Mrs. Huo wrapped the Ning Hua Dan with a handkerchief and stuffed it into her arms.
"Princess, why are these people so ignorant, really think that Ning Huadan is a secret medicine for giving birth to a son." Ning Xiang smiled lightly.
"yes, you say, I don't know how to explain it to them."
"Then I won't explain, anyway, it's not that we have to give it to them, but they ask us for it with a dead face."
At this time, Li Ping rushed back from outside, and as soon as he entered the courtyard of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he shouted loudly and was exhausted. Who knew that being robbed of the incense by Ning Xiang made Li Ping, the prodigal son, shut his mouth.
"What are you shouting, the princess just asked you to inquire about that Miaozhu Daoist, as for asking for merit?" Ning Xiang pouted.
"Sister Ning Xiang, you don't know, I'll go this time, it's a life of nine deaths." Li Ping said with a mysterious look.
A narrow escape? Chu Lixue felt very puzzled, didn't she just go to various Taoist temples? It's all a woman, what's the danger? What's more, with Li Ping's martial arts, he can be regarded as a rare opponent in the rivers and lakes, if he is all dead, then a person like her who doesn't know martial arts can't even find his bones?
"Nine deaths? What the hell is going on with Li Ping, let's talk about it. Ning Xiang said curiously.
Li Ping saw Ning Xiang's curious appearance, and saw that Chu Lixue did not object, and she also looked like she was waiting to listen to the book, so he slowly spoke, "Don't we suspect that Miaozhu has something to do with Guo Qilan's marriage into the palace?" For the past few days, I've been staring at the breeze. ”
"And then?" Ning Xiang said anxiously.
"Don't worry, don't worry, listen to my brother and I'll talk slowly." Li Ping said mysteriously.
Seeing this, Chu Lixue motioned for the three girls to sit down with Li Ping, poured another cup of tea for Li Ping and pushed it in front of him, Li Ping was not polite, took the teacup and drank it in one gulp, and then continued: "That Qingfeng Miaozhu is not like the one we saw at all. ”
"Not the one we saw? So what does she look like. Ning Xiang said curiously. Could it be that Miao Zhu Dao Chang knows some disguise techniques? Wouldn't a cultivator not care about this? Why does she still use a mask to show people?
"What do you see, don't sell it, or I'll poison you, and you won't be able to say what you want to say when the time comes." Chu Lixue said lightly.
"Princess, don't, if I don't sell this pass, there will be no mystery. However, this wonderful bamboo Taoist really opened my eyes, she was already a gray-haired old woman, but she had to eat some bugs or something every day, and drink some strange things, and then soon regained her youthful appearance. ”
Hearing this, Chu Lixue frowned slightly, this matter sounds very mysterious, but she likes to read wild history miscellaneous records, such a thing, she has also seen it in miscellaneous records, this is a kind of Nanyang witchcraft, all of which use centipedes, maggots and other things, plus some magic spells, you can achieve the desired effect.
It's just that Chu Lixue didn't expect that she could meet such people and things, so Concubine Lan's marriage to King Chen seems to be inseparable from her.
Emperor Xin has always suspected that Concubine Lan's marriage to King Chen was designed by someone, but in order to save his life at that time, he could only give up Concubine Lan. However, at the banquet, the queen said that this matter was related to Concubine Rou, and he decided to find out about it.
"Princess, this Miaozhu is so strange, what are we going to do next?" Ning Xiang said worriedly. When she heard Li Ping's story just now, she was really scared into a cold sweat, but since the princess said that it was recorded in the book that this was some witchcraft in Nanyang, she was relieved.
Think about it carefully, since this Miaozhu didn't take the initiative to find trouble with King Chen's Mansion, then she Chu Lixue didn't need to go to the other party's bad luck, if she really annoyed the other party, then she really had no way to compete with her. Anyway, this matter, even if she Chu Lixue won't investigate, the emperor will also investigate, so why should she be a bird.
Sure enough, the people sent out by the emperor also started from Miaozhu's Qingfeng view, but they directly asked about some things about Miaozhu, either coercion or temptation, but Miaozhu still insisted that Concubine Lan's marriage to King Chen was all Concubine Lan, who was framed by Nanyang Wizard by Concubine Rou, if Concubine Lan was not allowed to marry King Chen, and the disaster was transferred, then the disaster would definitely befall the emperor.
Since then, the emperor has also become estranged from this hearty Rou Guifei, and even wants to take Rou Guifei's son to the queen's knees to raise.
This is a great good thing for the queen, even if the position of the concubine is high, she is also a concubine, to put it bluntly, she is a concubine, and the queen is a wife, if the little prince grows up next to the concubine, then the child is a concubine, but it is different to raise it under the queen's knees, he will become a concubine, and it will be the most favorable condition in the succession to the throne in the future.
King Chen's Mansion looks very calm on the surface, but in fact, the dark tide is turbulent, Guo Qilan has been thinking about how to drive Chu Lixue away and make him the princess of Chen, but this princess Chen is soft and hard, and King Chen is becoming more and more light on himself.
That night, King Chen was having dinner together in Chuli's snow room, and Qiuhe, the maid of Youlanxuan, ran over quickly, and shouted loudly: "Lord, please go and see the side concubine, the side concubine hasn't eaten all day, she can stand it, but how can the little prince in her stomach bear it." ”
Hearing this, King Chen frowned slightly, why is this Guo Qilan so ignorant, she is a pregnant person, how can she be so willful.
Chu Lixue picked up a piece of long yam with chopsticks, put it in her mouth and chewed it carefully for a while, "Husband, let's go and see her, pregnant people need a lot of care." ”
King Chen looked at Chu Lixue and saw that her complexion had not changed, so he said, "Then I'll go over and have a look, and I'll come back later." Ningxiang, you remember to leave the door for me, leave the door. King Chen said as he walked out.
After King Chen's figure disappeared into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Ning Xiang said softly: "Princess, why do you want to push the prince out?" Didn't that Concubine Guo just rely on the child in her belly to invite pets like this? There is a child in her belly and she can't sleep, princess, can't you let her snatch the prince away like this. ”
"Ning Xiang, what about the things in this world, you can't run away, and you can't ask for it if it's not yours. So, there is nothing to worry about, if the prince has the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in his heart, Guo Qilan can't snatch it away by all means, on the contrary, there is no need to rob it, the prince is hers. ”