Chapter 540: Mother's Heart
Although the eldest princess of Chen Guo was no longer loved by Emperor Huizong because of the favor of Concubine Shentu, she was the daughter of Huizong's relatives.
Golden branches and jade leaves, how can they be the same as ordinary people?
She was angry when she fell into the well. As far as the end - her husband's family is in a panic!
Under the fear, after a short discussion, they thought that the eldest princess of Chen Guo was dead, and people could not be resurrected after death, even if they entered the palace to ask the empress dowager for their guilt, it was estimated that they would not be pardoned, so it was better to simply surrender to Shentu Guifei!
And Concubine Shentu is also very willing to take advantage of this incident to save the face of the empress dowager, teach the former dynasty and the harem to know her power, and create momentum for her son to seize the crown.
So the dignified emperor Shaohua hated herself. It's all right, it's just like that - when Emperor Xianjia ascended the throne, it was naturally impossible to let go of the family who treated his half-sister badly.
The husband's family of the eldest princess Chen was razed to the three clans, and her husband and in-laws were even beheaded.
This kind of punishment looks crisp and simple, in fact, after being cut in two, people can't die for the time being, and they will struggle on the ground for a long time before they breathe, and the pain during this time can be imagined!
However, this still could not eliminate the resentment of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xianjia, and the Empress Dowager issued an edict to the world to let the eldest princess of Chen Guo and the concubine be righteous, because she thought that the husband of the eldest princess of Chen Guo was not worthy of having her own daughter as a son-in-law, even if it was nominally.
In other words, the eldest princess of Chen Guo now nominally has no husband and no children.
Even her coffin was excavated by the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xianjia from the cemetery of her husband's family, and reburied by the imperial mausoleum prepared by Emperor Xianjia for himself.
At that time, Emperor Xianjia once said that he failed to protect this sister when the eldest princess of Chen Guo was alive, so he would never let her be wronged again after her death. is to bury the eldest princess of Chen Guo by his side, so once he is on his side, his soul can be neighbors with the eldest princess of Chen Guo and protect this sister.
At that time, Emperor Xianjia only had one child under his knees, Emperor Duanhua, and there were no extra heirs in the Jin Kingdom and Daiguo to pass on to the eldest princess of Chen Guo, and even King Suhui and King Xiangjing, who died early, had not been mentioned as heirs, and the same was true for the eldest princess of Chen Guo.
Now the empress dowager suddenly proposed to get an heir for this daughter, and also decided on the king of Shu, everyone can see that this is afraid that the current situation will drag the king of Shu into the water, and desperately cancel the identity of this grandson's prince, and also protect him!
Although it is said that Yi's decree has been made, the most helpless thing for people who don't want this matter to be achieved is that this matter was brought up by Concubine Xu!
"The concubine body was not abandoned by the first emperor, and she was not despicable with her concubine qualifications, and it was a blessing to invite heaven to allow the concubine to serve the holy driver for more than ten years!" Concubine Xu told everyone, "Since the first emperor left, the concubine has witnessed the empress dowager and the empress dowager grieving day and night, and she often feels guilty that she can't share the worries of the two mothers!" Therefore, after the Empress Dowager dreamed of the eldest princess of Chen Guo at night, the concubine thought that if the king of Shu could be recorded in the name of the eldest princess of Chen Guo, so that the eldest princess of Chen Guo would have descendants to sacrifice, whether it was the first emperor under Jiuquan or the empress dowager, she could be comforted a little! This is also the only thing the concubine can do now, and I hope that Your Majesty, the queen, and the princes of the previous dynasty will allow the concubine to do her filial piety to repay the kindness of the emperor in the past! β
No matter how people inside and outside persuade her, Concubine Xu bit this rhetoric to death, and she didn't let go of her mouth - her statement was in line with the way of filial piety advocated nowadays, and everyone couldn't say anything, so she could only vomit blood secretly.
In the end, Empress Wei came over in person, half threatening and half reminding: "This dynasty inherits the system of the previous dynasty, and no concubines can live in the imperial city for a long time without children." Mother Xu can live here, all because there is the king of Shu under her knees, once the king of Shu succeeds, the mother concubine is empty under her knees! When the time comes, you will have to drive the palace car and send it to the palace! Concubine Xu didn't care about herself for the sake of filial piety, but the imperial aunt of Chen Guo had already passed away, and the mansion of the eldest princess of Chen Guo had also been returned to the treasury. If the king of Shu loses his status as a prince, he will no longer be able to live in Jiamu Palace, but where will he go as a half-old child? β
"Of course, even if he becomes the emperor's nephew, it is impossible to say that there is really no place to live."
"It's just...... At that time, Concubine Xu was far away in the palace, and there were no reliable elders to watch at his residence, what if he was tormented by the people below? β
"Even if the imperial grandmother is willing to raise the fifth brother in front of her knees as she raised Ah Xuan back then, Concubine Xu herself said: The imperial grandmother is sad about the death of the first emperor, and the phoenix body has been a little disobedient in the past two years."
"I'm afraid, I can't take good care of the fifth brother, right?"
Everyone knows that the reason why Concubine Xu begged the Empress Dowager to pass on the King of Shu to the eldest princess of Chen Guo was because she didn't want her son to be involved in the battle for the throne - her purpose was to hope that the King of Shu would be safe.
Now the queen hinted at her that even if the king of Shu came out of the house, at his age, without Concubine Xu, the biological mother, to take care of him, the empress dowager and others who had good intentions for him, the old illness of the elders, was also powerless, so could he really sit back and relax after being the son of the eldest princess of Chen Guo?
Concubine Xu's face turned pale.
Seeing this, Empress Wei slowed down her tone and persuaded: "The mother's love for her son is moving, and the palace will not tell the mother concubine about it: now my Wei family does have plans to support the king of Shu to ascend the throne." β
Speaking of this, the queen could not hide the choked up in her tone, the prince was finally out of danger of dying this morning, but the lung lobe was damaged, and it was difficult to make up for it, and unless there was a miracle, it would not be able to heal in the future - from then on, the prince could not even walk briskly, let alone pick up the burden of this great world?
The most important thing is that the crown prince is young and has not yet married a concubine.
Now I'm dragging a sick body, what if there is no future to come?
At that time, it will be another battle for the throne - the courtiers have had enough of the court situation from the Xianjia Dynasty to the present, and they are eager for a healthy, long-lived and unconfused emperor to come to power and reproduce the stability and prosperity of the Xianjia Dynasty.
Originally, it was only the Wei family as an alternative to the King of Shu, but now he has surpassed the crown prince and has become the first choice.
The queen pressed her complicated thoughts and continued, "But this purpose is also clear to outsiders! If things can be done, the mother concubine will be the Queen Mother! We have no grievances and no enemies, we still want to avenge the prince in the name of the fifth brother, how can we treat your mother and son badly? β
"If things don't work out, the fifth brother is friendly with King Su, and it is not what the fifth brother wants to compete for the throne with King Su - this must be understandable to King Su, at most, let the fifth brother be an idle king in the future, and not let him get in touch with military affairs! Since the mother concubine doesn't care that the fifth brother can't be in power, can't she accept such a result? β
When Concubine Xu heard this, she burst into tears and said astringently: "What the queen said is easy!" This battle for the throne, even if it is close to flesh and blood, is endless! Especially because King Su was very kind to my son in his early years, if my son betrayed him, wouldn't he hate my son even more? β
Speaking of this, she got up and left her seat, knelt down with the Empress Chaowei, and begged, "The queen is the same as the concubine, and now there is only one child alive. The concubine is born and born, and she is a cow and a horse, and she must repay your kindness! β
Although Concubine Xu is not a person with a city government, she has been in the palace for so many years, and she still has basic common sense.
Empress Wei's words are good, but even if they win, the King of Shu became the emperor - the crown prince was only questioned by the ministers because of a lung lobe injury whether he could afford the trust of the Great Rui River and Mountain, and he was not dead or lost his fertility!
Once the crown prince gives birth to an heir in the future, will the Wei family not want to hand over the throne to someone with their own blood?
When the time comes, the king of Shu and the heirs of the king of Shu will have to pave the way for the prince's children with their lives!
Concubine Xu doesn't mind her son being a puppet, after all, she doesn't have any desire for power. Hope, but she will never let her son fall into the danger of being used up and thrown away!
So how could she agree to let the King of Shu go to help the Wei family fight for the throne?
She knocked on the temple bricks one by one, and the blue palace bricks were quickly knocked into a crimson color.
And Empress Wei, who was sitting upright, was expressionless for a long time before she smiled bitterly: "Mother Xu is smart, why embarrass the palace like this?" β
The queen closed her eyes and said softly, "Do you think that in this matter, now that the palace is willing to let go of your mother and son, your mother and son will be safe?" β
ββSupporting the King of Shu to ascend the throne and killing the King of Su and the Su family, this is a decision led by the Wei family and a group of people who originally supported the establishment of the crown prince, or those who did not want King Su to ascend the throne.
Not to mention Empress Wei, even Wei Xi, it is impossible to veto this matter now.
Concubine Xu's kowtowing action suddenly stopped, and after a while, she lay on the ground and whimpered: "Why?!" We obviously don't want to fight for anything, we don't want to hurt anyone, we just want to live in peace and security - why do you have to find us?!! β
"......" Empress Wei didn't make a sound, but tears slowly slipped down her eyes.
She didn't want to hurt anyone, she didn't want to persecute anyone, she just wanted to go with the flow!
Obviously, her son should inherit this country as a matter of course, and should follow the example of the previous emperor to achieve the name of a generation of Ming monarchs - obviously everything is fine, but now she can only watch her son lying on the sickbed and swallow bowl after bowl of bitter medicine, and watch the things that originally belonged to her son, everything, including health and hope, abandon him......
Concubine Xu felt aggrieved, why didn't Empress Wei feel aggrieved?
And she knew that the Empress Dowager Su must have joined forces with her mother's family to plan the seizure of the crown because she felt wronged-she and her mother's family made a great effort in the enthronement of the first emperor, and what did the Cui family do for the first emperor? Why did Da Rui end up giving it to the grandson of the Cui family, instead of the grandson of her Su family!?
Especially the Su family has grown and grown in the twenty years of Emperor Xianjia's reign, Emperor Duanhua has no blood relationship with the Su family, and he does not have a friendship with the Su family like Emperor Xianjia and misses the old, even if the Su family does not support King Su to grab the throne with him, after he comes to power, will he rest assured that the Su family has a good existence?
When He Lou Duhan lurked beside Gu Shao, King Su had not yet been born.
At that time, no one could guarantee that the Empress Dowager Su could have her own biological son, after all, the Empress Dowager Su, as the wife of Emperor Xianjia, was the first to marry Emperor Xianjia - she has not given birth for so many years, who dares to say that she will give birth to a pair of children in a few years?
What's more, Emperor Xianjia's health has always been bad, so even Emperor Xianjia himself feels that he won't live long! Once he dies, even if Empress Dowager Su can still give birth, who will she give birth to?
The Su family left He Lou Duhan as a backhand at that time, and the plan was definitely not to seize the throne, but probably to revitalize the family's reputation.
After all, the reason why Gu Shao was driven back to his hometown was that Emperor Xianjia wanted to leave him to his son - many people knew this matter at that time.
The Su family, who was afraid that Emperor Duanhua would be unfavorable to their family after he ascended the throne, could not ignore this opportunity.
Gu Shao, who regretted that he had no successor, was really bewildered by blood and talent, and regarded He Lou Duhan as his own and devoted himself to cultivating - and once Emperor Xianjia died, Gu Shao would be revived and reused, so that when Emperor Duanhua targeted the Su family, he could indirectly influence Gu Shao through this person and leave a way for the Su family to survive.
As long as Fufeng Hall is not destroyed, no matter how badly it falls, He Lou Duhan, who follows Gu Shao, will definitely be on the rise.
In this way, when the Su family revitalizes the court, there are also important officials in the DPRK and China who can take care of them.
β¦β¦ Concubine Xu, Empress Wei, and Empress Dowager Su all felt wronged, so who caused all this?
Thinking about it, you can only resent Emperor Huizong, right?
If it weren't for his pampering of Concubine Shentu and Mrs. Zhenyuan, Emperor Xianjia had a very difficult time as a prince, so he fell ill, and he was only in his early twenties and worried that he couldn't sleep every day.
In that case, Emperor Xianjia naturally would not choose the eldest daughter of the Fengzhou Wei clan as his wife for his eldest son, so as not to block the way of the hard-won sister-in-law-in this way, these tragedies will not happen.
Emperor Kehuizong has long since died.
Now, who can blame it?
"If I had known that Xuan'er would be injured like this because of this, I would rather fall down in front of Empress Dowager Su's feet at the beginning!" Empress Wei thought sadly, "What is more important than the health of Xuan'er?" β
But she also knew that if it weren't for the prince's current situation, she would have surrendered without a fight...... That's impossible!
β¦β¦ Looking at the back of the queen leaving, Concubine Xu, who was kneeling in the hall, raised her head blankly, her eyes full of despair.
After a while, she seemed to think of something, and there was a touch of determination between her eyebrows!