"I heard that Mrs. Yan Guo has entered the palace?" The name of Jinyun Palace comes from the fact that when this imperial city was just built, this palace was full of apricot blossoms, and when it was in full bloom, it looked like a brocade of clouds, although with the changes of the years, some owners who did not like apricot blossoms even replaced most of the apricot blossoms, but this name was retained.

At this moment, under the west window, there is a light snow outside the glass window, the court is covered in silver, and a cluster of red plums in the corner of the wall is like a small flame, swaying in the north wind.

Concubine Yao's white wrist gently picked up a silver kettle, poured a kudzu vine drink for Concubine Xuan in front of her, and said leisurely, "Now I am comforting the queen in the Changle Palace—I heard that my sister has seen that lady?" What kind of person is she? ”

Concubine Yao is sixteen this year, her appearance is gorgeous, but her temperament is very elegant, and she looks at all directions, and when she speaks with curiosity, she can get a glimpse of the innocence and liveliness that she should have at this age, "Can you make our queen mother obey her words, and even when Your Majesty has no time to stay in Weiyang Palace, she can only ask for help?" ”

"I've only met a few times, and they were all introduced by your sister-in-law, and it's not my turn to have a long talk with her, but where can I say a few words of greeting on the scene?" Concubine Xuan took a sip of kudzu vine and smiled lightly, "However, although she was raised in the Hengshan Palace, it is rumored that Jiangnan Hall has never taught her anything, but I see that it is still very similar to our sisters." ”

When she said "our sisters", she naturally did not refer to the concubines in the palace, but to the concubines of the six valves.

"Then I'm relieved!" Concubine Yao's eyes flashed, she was obviously relieved, she played with the skein gold bracelet on her wrist, and sighed, "Our father and brother will be fighting in the north in blood, if there is any turmoil in this court that affects major events, it is not a joke!" ”

This is the reason why she specially invited Concubine Xuan to come over today to find out about Song Yixiao's temperament - she and Concubine Xuan are both orthodox concubines, and they don't know how much better they are than Queen Nie in terms of city government and scheming.

This time into the palace, the family has already been taught: they give Emperor Sutai as concubines, it is not necessary to compete for favor and snatch the prince, first, Emperor Sutai made it clear that he is sincerely on Queen Nie, at least so far on Queen Nie, the two of them forcibly pasted it, not only can not please it, but it will make Emperor Sutai annoyed, and even cause Emperor Sutai to suspect that the Shen and Liu families have big hearts, it is better to live in a proper manner, and they can also keep the physique of famous and noble women;

Second, they are different from Queen Nie, they are based on the foundation of the palace, relying on their mother's family rather than favor.

As long as the Shen and Liu families do not fall, even if Emperor Sutai has no sincerity towards them, or even hates them, he can't lose their dignity!

Therefore, the second concubine Yaoxuan didn't have much idea of competing with Queen Nie, except for praying that the queen would give birth to the emperor's eldest son as soon as possible, so that they would not be able to give birth, but they were staring at her mother's family without hindrance.

This time, after the truth that Queen Nie had been out of nowhere, the second concubine almost immediately took care of her mother's family!

The problem is that as soon as this matter came out, Queen Nie went on a hunger strike, which made them even go to Weiyang Palace to condole, suggesting that the queen did not dare - because when they entered the palace, they played the pretext of "spreading branches and leaves for the royal family and extending the heirs".

Now that the queen has revealed that she can't give birth, they still have to go to the queen, isn't this poking the queen's heart?

Especially now that this queen is notoriously without a city, if after seeing them, she can't even maintain the surface, how embarrassing would it be?

So after they learned about this, they only sent some condolences to Weiyang Palace, and they didn't show up at all - later they heard that Emperor Sutai stayed in Weiyang Palace for three days before returning to his bedroom, and both of them were very glad that they were interested.

However, although they did not go to Weiyang Palace to disturb the emperor, they were very worried that the simple-minded Empress Nie would fall for the plan and listen to the words of the courtiers of the previous dynasty who impeached the Yanguo Mansion, causing the collapse of the fragile trust between the Sutai Emperor and the Yanguo Mansion.

No, knowing that after Song Yixiao entered the palace today to see the queen, Concubine Yao couldn't sit still, and hurriedly found an excuse to invite Concubine Xuan to Jinyun Palace to find out Song Yixiao's personality and temperament, so as to speculate on the next actions of the Yanguo Mansion, so as to judge whether her father and brother on the front line would be dragged back by the court?

The answer that Concubine Xuan gave her was good news, Concubine Yao was relieved, thought of another question, waved away her left and right henchmen, and only was in the room with Concubine Xuan, Fang whispered: "You say, if the queen really can't give birth, then ......?" ”

"Then she is also the queen of the main palace, and she is the most justified mother of all the children in the future of His Majesty." Concubine Xuan raised her eyebrows and said, "Until Your Majesty gets tired of her, we'd better not have any ideas!" ”

"Where did my sister go?" Concubine Yao laughed when she heard this, "Am I that foolish person?" What's more, a discerning person will know at a glance that even if His Majesty doesn't like us one day, the current queen mother, and wants to establish a new one, it won't be our turn - this kind of thing will be known by looking at the fate of the Su family! ”

Although Emperor Sutai is still young, he can already spy on it, and this person, like Emperor Xianjia, is not a person who will indulge in beauty at all.

At least until he is old and deaf, he will not and is not willing to be deceived by beauty.

is that even if he loves Concubine Yao and Concubine Xuan unforgettable one day, he will not let them be queens - that is equivalent to giving the Shen family and the Liu family the opportunity to become the current Su family - so Concubine Yao understood early on that if nothing else, she would not have even one child, but there is no problem in being one of the four concubines in this life, as long as her mother's family does not fall and she will be a concubine in the future, it is estimated that she will be able to get the grace of continuing to be raised in the imperial city.

However, the position of her life will come to an end when she reaches the concubine, and it is impossible to be a queen.

So, what did she do to Empress Nie?

Queen Nie, who has no family background and no city government, is simple-minded and doesn't like fighting, which is still a good thing for concubines like them who entered the palace because of politics.

At least Empress Nie doesn't need them to tremble or be cautious, so far the concubine has been in person a few times, just come politely - if Queen Nie has three long and two short, and changes to a deep-minded and trouble-provocative person to enter the Weiyang Palace, even if Concubine Yao and Concubine Xuan are not afraid, but they can live a good life, what are they tossing?

At this moment, Concubine Xuan carefully looked at Concubine Yao for a while, and confirmed that she really did not mean to fall into the well for Queen Nie, so she relaxed, nodded and said, "It's good that you know!" Let's enter the palace for the sake of the family, every move is closely related to the family! It's not easy for the family to cultivate us for many years, but don't be jealous for the sake of fighting for the wind, causing a big event that can't end, and then you can't eat and walk around, you can't please yourself, and you have to affect the size of the family! ”

"It's nature!" Concubine Yao said solemnly, "Besides, only my sister is here at this time, and I am not afraid to say something in my heart: we are not ordinary girls, we want to find a wishful husband to love each other, but we know what to do early on." ”

Since before entering the palace, she has been repeatedly reminded not to be sincere to Emperor Sutai - once Emperor Sutai's sincerity has been given to Queen Nie, most of them have no result in their hearts; Second, the political marriage plays sincerely, and if you are not careful, you will play yourself into it.

Although Concubine Yao is young and can be picked out by the family from many sisters, she is not a person who has no ideas.

Emperor Sutai doesn't love her, she doesn't love Emperor Sutai either, marriage is marriage, and no one expects to gain anything gentle from it - looking at her calm and calm gaze, Concubine Xuan nodded and said, "Then what do you do when you mention that the queen can't be born?" ”

"According to His Majesty's favor for the queen, even if the queen can't give birth, the status is still there." Concubine Yao explained, "However, as my sister said, the queen can't give birth, but she is still the most legitimate mother of all His Majesty's heirs - but how can a child raised under someone else's knee be compared to the child raised by herself?" I guess Your Majesty will let the queen hug. Raise the prince to rely on in the future! ”

Concubine Xuan chuckled: "But it's as if Your Majesty won't let us be queens, do you think that Your Majesty wants to hug the queen. Raising a prince, will you pick our children in the future? ”

Emperor Sutai would allow them to give birth to heirs, but they were explicitly forbidden to give birth to the emperor's eldest son - how could the young emperor be so unabashedly wary of the Shen and Liu families, or the family lords, how could he let the princes with the blood of these two families ascend the throne?

Unless only the two of them give birth to a prince!

Thinking of this, Concubine Xuan still shook her head, "Although the queen doesn't have a city government, Your Majesty is not easy to fool!" ”

She pointed in the direction of Mingren Palace, "Don't forget the one there, who is not from below us, and who has been in the palace for a long time." Even for the sake of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Changxing, that person has never given His Majesty a good face until now, but in the end, it is the mother and son, and it involves the blood of His Majesty, will you really ignore it? ”

Although the two of them are very skilled among their peers, they have not been able to support themselves so much that under the hands of Empress Dowager Su and Emperor Sutai, they will not let Emperor Sutai's other concubines in the future give birth to sons.

"We don't do anything, even if we can't bring any benefit to our family, at least we won't get into trouble." Concubine Xuan settled down and continued, "This kind of thing is not a joke, once you do it...... Either succeed; Either that, ruined! ”

Her eyes were a little cold, and she said word for word, "In these extraordinary times, it's better to be still than to be still-after all, our father and brother are already fighting on the battlefield, so why bother to let them worry about us when they are born and die?!" ”

Concubine Yao listened to her beating, and her smile remained unchanged: "I know what my sister said, but my sister also said: With Your Majesty's affection for the queen, if the queen really can't give birth to a son, Your Majesty will definitely give her a hug. Raise the prince. Moreover, this prince is also the most likely to become the prince! ”

She looked meaningful, "The problem is that Your Majesty is not only deeply affectionate to the Empress, but also very wise!" My sister said that he would canonize a prince with mediocre qualifications into the East Palace?! ”

Concubine Xuan was stunned and frowned slightly.

"The end of the first emperor's painstaking support, this is a ready-made example!" Concubine Yao chuckled, "If the queen can give birth, Your Majesty may repeat the mistakes of the previous emperor because of the love between husband and wife." But since it's a hug. Raising, horizontal and vertical is not born to the queen, how can the first emperor not pick the best? ”

She said leisurely, "So, I bet Your Majesty if you want to hug the queen. Raising the prince will never be hugged when the prince is still an infant. Raise! It must be when the prince grows up and reveals his qualifications before making a decision - after all, once it is recorded in the queen's name, it is the concubine of the main palace! Naturally, it will be supported by the courtiers who advocate the establishment of a successor! How dare Your Majesty ignore such a big matter? ”

When Concubine Xuan heard this, she also smiled: "When it comes to teaching children and grandchildren......

Who can compare with the six valves in the sea?

The two looked at each other and smiled, and at this moment, their hearts were racing.

…… After Concubine Xuan said goodbye, Concubine Yao's henchmen came in to serve with her marriage, and she couldn't help but wonder: "Since Niangniang thinks that the queen's future heirs are difficult is an opportunity, why do you need to tell Concubine Xuan?" After all, Concubine Xuan's background is similar to that of Niangniang. This reminded her that if Concubine Xuan also had a prince in the future, wouldn't she want to become our opponent? ”