Emperor Zhaode took the lead in entering the Beique Palace, first entered alone to see the situation of Empress Tao, and after coming out, he summoned the crown princess to ask for details - the princess only replied a few words, and Emperor Zhaode suddenly looked around and asked, "Where is Guo Baolin?" ”

Guo Baolin is the former Aunt Guo and the biological mother of Shouwang Jiang Tianxiao.

Qin Chengrui's system, the position of Baolin in the harem is not high, and he is not qualified to be the head of the first house. But it was already the highest among the concubines of Emperor Zhaode when he was still the Duke of Qin, because she gave birth to Emperor Zhaode's only concubine. The other concubines who did not give birth, no matter how favored they were, only got the low-level status of beauty and talent.

This is not only because Emperor Zhaode is old, and he has a relatively light view of beauty. is also because of the Jiang family's consistent style of valuing the heirs and ignoring the concubines, even if there is a master in the middle palace, they are not willing to let the side room be too showy.

Now that the queen is seriously ill, the beauties and talents are all there, but Guo Baolin is not there, and he was still asked by Emperor Zhaode, and the others are also okay, but King Shou is sweating on his forehead and is very worried.

There is a reason for Guo Baolin's absence, and the crown princess said: "If you go back to your father's words, Guo Baolin contracted a cold two days ago, and he hasn't been well yet." So today, when he learned that his mother was unwell, he was afraid that coming to serve in person would bring illness to his mother, so he sent a palace person to explain the situation to his daughter-in-law, but he never came. ”

Emperor Zhaode nodded: "Continue to talk about your mother's condition!" But he didn't mention letting King Shou go to serve Guo Baolin.

Until the crown princess finished speaking, Emperor Zhaode instructed his daughters-in-law to serve Empress Hao Tao - he felt that his obligations as a wife were almost fulfilled, so he pulled up Jiang Jinglang: "I still haven't seen some concerts in the previous dynasty, you can arrange it yourself here, I will go first!" ”

The prince hurriedly took the lead in sending it off.

Jiang Jingkun watched his cousin being taken away, and couldn't help but raise his voice and ask, "Imperial great-grandfather, can the great-grandson be with the seventeenth brother?" ”

There was silence in the hall when he asked this, Jiang Ya Dan and Jiang Ya Shuang brothers frowned slightly, and were about to speak out, but after Emperor Zhaode stopped, he thought about it for a while, and actually beckoned to him, and then said to the prince: "You will pick him up in Funing Palace later!" ”

Qiu Yulan stood down, peeked at his father-in-law's face and said after a pause: "Yes!" ”

When Emperor Zhaode left with his two great-grandsons, the crown prince also returned to normalcy and began to arrange the task of serving a male heir - in the end, he did not arrange anything for King Shou, but said to him: "Baolin has been cold for three days and has not seen well, you can go over and take a look!" On the queen mother's side, there are these people in the horizontal and vertical, and there is no shortage of you. ”

King Shou thanked him gratefully and retired.

…… Just like the previous princess arranged for the female dependents to accompany the night, after the shift came out, except for the people who were going to stay that day, everyone else dispersed to deal with the things in hand - the man's side was serving the prince himself and Jiang Yadan during the day today, but when Jiang Yashuang was about to retire, he was stopped by the prince and snorted coldly: "The mansion you picked is so far away, it is said that many of the houses in it are not very good, and they are being cleaned up these days?" ”

Jiang Yashuang lowered his hand and said, "Yes." But that's just right, and the child plans to rebuild it as he wishes. ”

"Then now you have to be busy with the mansion and take care of the children under your knees, and you have to serve your imperial grandmother, I see how you are busy?!" The prince said angrily, "Go back and send the child to Dingxi Hou Mansion or Eighteen!" Lest there are no two people in the house who can call the shots, something goes wrong! ”

The corners of Qiu Yulan's mouth twitched, and she came out to say: "Back to my father's words, my daughter-in-law has already sent the children to Dingxi Hou Mansion by the way when she entered the palace!" ”

The prince is not as strict with his daughter-in-law as he is with his son, and nodded when he heard this: "That's good!" He turned to Jiang Yashuang and said, "You go down!" ”

When Jiang Yashuang retired, Jiang Ya Dan was replaced with kindness full of fatherly love, "Dan'er, you also go back and pack up your clothes." ”

Although Qiu Yulan heard that he was actually concerned about his wife and his heirs before, he was really unhappy to look at this gap in attitude. was muttering in his heart, and suddenly heard Chu Yitong beside him say: "Back to my father's words, my husband's clothes have been brought by the daughter-in-law when she entered the palace!" ”

"You kid is careful!" When the prince heard this, he really praised her, but after saying this, his attention returned to Jiang Yadan - the crown princess saw that their father and son had talked about the court, so she got up and said, "Let's go to the side hall and sit down, just leave it for them to watch during the day." ”

When they arrived at the side hall, the crown princess let them disperse to rest, and took the opportunity to summon the palace people to ask: "What were the two of them arguing about before?" ”

The two daughters-in-law didn't know that their mother-in-law was digging up their true faces, and their faces were not good-looking after they went out, but this time they didn't make a noise - after all, now the father-in-law and mother-in-law are in the palace, and Jiang Yadan is also there, so it's better to be quiet, otherwise they will be reprimanded at most if they annoy the mother-in-law, and the father-in-law will not be able to discipline his daughter-in-law directly, so he will have to settle the account on his son's head!

The two concubines returned to their place with cold faces—the worst thing was that the two of them still lived together—the queen lived alone in the same house, and it was of course no problem for them to have one room by themselves. But they are here to serve the sick, not on vacation, what is it like to live too comfortably? So they were crammed into one room. The house is not small, enough for them to live with their maids, but under one roof, this atmosphere can be imagined!

Fortunately, it was also lunch time at this time, and the two did not stalemate for long, and the crown princess sent someone to summon them to have dinner together.

After lunch, I rinsed my mouth, and the two of them were thinking about whether to talk with their mother-in-law and how to speak. The crown princess spoke first: "You were late before, Yitong said a few words?" ”

"......" The two froze at the same time, glanced at each other, and then said cautiously: "Mother, you listen to your daughter-in-law's explanation......"

"Mother, it's like this......"

The crown princess sneered, interrupted their words, and said to herself: "At that time, it was not enough to pinch a few words, and then I went to put things away, and even started to do it?!" You've made me a big insight! I know that you have a wide heart, your grandmother is sick and lying on the couch, and you are still in the mood to fight for such a trivial matter! I don't know, I think that none of our Jiang daughters-in-law are filial, and the old man is sick and doesn't take it seriously! ”

The two of them immediately stopped pleading, confessed their guilt one after another, and pleaded guilty again.

"It's not surprising that you came late today, just like your father said before, the house in Manjing, who told you to live so far away?!" The crown princess first sneered at Qiu Yulan, "And all the elders outside the palace have arrived, so you came, and your sister-in-law said that you shouldn't say a few words?!" Do you know what it means to be a sister-in-law?! Nineteen is used to you, but not everyone in this world is nineteen, and your children should understand something if they have four! ”

Qiu Yulan was depressed, and it was not good to quarrel with her mother-in-law, so she said listlessly: "It's the daughter-in-law who is wrong, please ask your mother to calm her anger!" ”

"You're not good either!" The crown princess glanced at her coldly, pointed the finger at Chu Yitong again, and scolded, "Don't think I can't see your little care!" When she was late, except for me and the imperial doctor in the dormitory, everyone else was waiting for news in the palace, could it be that you had long eyes and saw that she was late?! So many people didn't say anything, but you want to bring it up, is this because I'm afraid that we won't be embarrassed enough in our room?! Even if you want to remind your brother and daughter-in-law to pay attention next time, you can't talk about it privately?! ”

Chu Yitong also felt unlucky, there were obviously no palace people on the corridor where the quarrel was at that time, and I don't know where my mother-in-law knew about it, and she is still so clear? He lowered his eyebrows and said, "My daughter-in-law knows that she is wrong, and I ask my mother to forgive me!" "I thought in my heart that I had known such a thing, I really shouldn't have done it first, I should have done it first!

She knew that although the crown princess pointed out that she knew that they had done it, she didn't mention it when she was reproached separately, mainly because she was the first to do it - she was a sister-in-law, and it was wrong to want to beat her brother and daughter-in-law, but it was not too much to put the order of the eldest and youngest there. On the other hand, if Qiu Yulan hits her first, the problem will be bigger!

sighed in his heart and listened to the princess's lesson, and apologized to each other according to the princess's request, and the princess said coldly: "You know how I treat you as a mother!" Whether at home or outside the home, wherever I can love you, I can't do it unless I can't think of it - I don't ask you to be so filial and considerate to me, and I don't lack people to serve me! I only ask you to do your best in your husband and children, and in addition, you will be in harmony with your concubines! ”

She looked at her daughters-in-law sternly and raised her voice, "Next time, let me know that you are so ignorant...... I don't embarrass you, but don't come to me again if you have something in the future! ”

"Daughter-in-law don't dare!" The two of them hurriedly coaxed, "This time the daughter-in-law was confused for a while, and she will never be next time!" Please don't be angry again, everything is ours! ”

The crown princess reprimanded them again, and then hummed: "Go back to the house and reflect on it!" ”

Gone out with a disgraced face, the two concubines suddenly glared at each other angrily - but this time they didn't dare to quarrel anymore, they only snorted coldly in their hearts - they didn't walk a few steps, but they saw the oncoming King Shou coming in a hurry, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his expression was difficult to hide his anxiety. Will it be convenient to see me? ”

"Mother is inside, as for whether it is convenient or not, we don't know." Chu Yitong cleaned up his mood and asked suspiciously, "Eighth Uncle, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Baolin is not very good!" King Shou was upset, but he thought that these two nephews and daughters-in-law would not be able to say anything in the future, and he didn't dare to look at them very much, so he dropped a sentence, and then hurried towards the side hall where the princess was!

"Guo Baolin is still young, and he has never been a sick and weak person, why is his health not good?" Chu Yitong couldn't help but be surprised.

Qiu Yulan glanced at the palace people around him out of the corner of his eyes, and also accosted: "Yes, Baolin was fine two days ago!" ”

"I think it's the eighth uncle who cares, but it's messy?"

"I guess it is, alas, I hope that Grandmother and Pauline will get better soon!"

"It's going to be good!"

As if they hadn't pinched it, the two concubines walked away chatting all the way, as if they had reconciled - when they walked to a place where there were no palace people, they suddenly stopped saying a word, as if the previous conversation was all an illusion.

…… This situation continued throughout the service process, until the next day the two of them handed over the shift and left the palace, Huijun Wangfu and Chongjun Wangfu have a section of the road that coincides, but the two teams of carriages and horses are distinct, which shows that they are unfamiliar!

So far, it's just a personal grudge between the two concubines.

However, they didn't expect that King Shou's previous anxiety and worry would come true - just two or three days later, the news of Guo Baolin's death came out of the palace!

The death of a mere Baolin is not a big deal, because she died suddenly, Emperor Zhaode was busy, and caught up with the more important Empress Tao who was also sick. So during her illness before her death, Emperor Zhaode didn't go to see it in person - none of this is important, the important thing is that she is the biological mother of King Shou.

So she died, and King Shou had to keep filial piety.

And King Shou is currently holding the position of secretary of the military department, of course, he has to find a replacement.

"My son has to walk around the crown princess often to test the tone of the prince's side!" The king of Huainan sent a message to his daughter in private;

"I'm now a squire in the military department, and this time I don't know if I can be promoted?" This is Qiu Jinglan.