Chapter 404: House Arrest

It's just that Jian Xubai didn't know that in the harem of Darui at this moment, Concubine Nuan, who he considered the initiator, was also uneasy: "What's the matter?" The last two times I saw the Empress Dowager, I didn't seem to offend her, right? ”

β€”β€”When Emperor Xianjia was there, the Empress Dowager was very disliked and wary of the peerless Concubine Nuan because of the incident between Concubine Shentu and Mrs. Zhenyuan in the previous dynasty.

But after the death of Emperor Xianjia, the Empress Dowager Xu no longer has to worry about Concubine Nuan bewitching the king, plus the young and lovely King Qing, the Empress Dowager is more and more kind to Concubine Nuan's mother and son.

In the past year, the Empress Dowager has sent someone to summon their mother and son to Cheng Huan almost every three or five days.

Not only the Empress Dowager, but even Empress Wei often takes King Qing over to tease him for a day and a half, and then sends it back with a number of rewards - Empress Wei's own young son died when he landed, and the prince now lives alone in the East Palace, and the mother and son can only see each other for a few days; Although the two princesses were well-behaved, after seeing that Emperor Duanhua did not want to spoil the arrogant and domineering imperial daughters, it was impossible for the queen to be too partial to these two concubines.

In this way, the only person in the palace who can reassure Queen Wei of her mother's love is King Qing.

But in the past month, the Empress Dowager and Empress Wei have invariably forgotten that Concubine Nuan's mother and son are the same, and they haven't even sent one of their subordinates.

The most important thing in the palace is to step on the low and worship the high, especially the concubine Nuan is a princess from the dead country, and there is no backer outside the palace in Darui.

Earlier, I saw that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were very attentive to their mother and son, and the palace people were naturally very attentive.

This month has been quiet, the mother and son seem to have been forgotten by the Empress Dowager and Empress Wei, the palace people don't say it, many people think that they have fallen out of favor - there is no deliberate harshness for the time being, but the usual service more or less reveals slackness.

Concubine Nuan noticed it and was naturally anxious.

When she arrived at the palace before, because she hadn't found out that she was pregnant, she naturally wouldn't have preferential treatment.

And she was young and beautiful, which aroused the envy of many people, and gave her a lot of hardships - after such an experience, she was naturally very frightened and depressed.

At this moment, I can't help but think carefully about the recent experience of returning to the Empress Dowager, how do you think it is business as usual?

"Is the problem on the Queen's side?" Concubine Nuan thought about it to no avail, and suddenly suspected that King Qing was young and ignorant and annoyed the queen - but although the queen liked King Qing as much as the Empress Dowager, she never took King Qing to Weiyang Palace alone, and never invited Concubine Nuan over.

This is, of course, because although Concubine Nuan is several years younger than Empress Wei, she is the empress's concubine in terms of fame, how could the empress openly call her around?

What's more, Emperor Duanhua is still guarding filial piety for Emperor Xianjia, so he doesn't go to the harem, but Empress Wei is the mother of a country, and the emperor always has to discuss some things, and occasionally he will go to Weiyang Palace - if he bumps into Concubine Nuan, a young and beautiful concubine, it is not only inconvenient, but also easy to cause rumors.

So how King Qing behaved in front of the queen, Concubine Nuan couldn't see it.

She could only call the nurse and the palace maid who served King Qing to the front, and interrogated from the side: "My son is young, when I went to the queen's side, I didn't cause trouble for the queen, right?" ”

"Back to the concubine Niangniang, His Royal Highness is beautiful and intelligent, how can he cause trouble?" When the nurse heard this, she hurriedly said, "Last time, the queen mother also said that when our Royal Highness grows up, let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally teach our Royal Highness to ride a horse!" It can be seen how much the queen likes our Royal Highness! ”

Concubine Nuan glanced left and right, and after the idlers had withdrawn with interest, she frowned and said, "Then, why hasn't anyone come to pick up my son these days?" ”

"Mother, have you forgotten? There was just an incident of Concubine Mao in the palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was resting on the bed, and the queen mother naturally had to hold on to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, so naturally she had no time to tease our Royal Highness for the time being. The nurse reminded, "As for the Queen Mother, she may also be worried about the prince, right?" After all, the crown prince is the great-grandson of the queen mother! ”

"Yes!" Concubine Nuan suddenly realized: In fact, Concubine Mao's matter was in a uproar some time ago, and she shouldn't have thought of it.

The problem is that since Concubine Nuan returned to the palace due to pregnancy, she has been living carefully behind closed doors - she thought that Concubine Mao's matter had nothing to do with her, so she didn't pay attention to it.

Now that she was mentioned by the nursing mother, she couldn't help but laugh at her false alarm, she thought about it and said, "The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother have always taken great care of our mothers and sons, and now the two mothers are worried about His Royal Highness the Prince, although I can't help much, it's not easy to sit idly by." Why don't I take Qing'er to say hello to the Queen Mother! ”

Who knew that she freshened up and dressed up, and only then did she leave the palace with King Qing in her arms, and a waiter came up to stop her, and said with a smile: "Concubine Niangniang, where are you going?" ”

"Who is this father-in-law?" Concubine Nuan looked at him with some surprise, there doesn't seem to be such a chamberlain in this side hall where she lives, right?

"Our family is specially guarded here on the orders of His Majesty." The waiter shook off the dust, arched his hand in the direction of Xuanming Palace, and then said, "Please also ask the concubine to stay, go back!" Now it is the late spring and early summer, all kinds of diseases are easy to occur, His Royal Highness King Qing is young and frail, His Majesty is sympathetic, so he specially asked our family to persuade Niangniang: There is nothing to do in the future, Niangniang should not go around, just stay in the palace to take care of His Royal Highness King Qing! ”

Concubine Nuan listened, her face turned pale, she was stunned, and she almost lost her son, and only after a while did she ask slightly: "Why?!" ”

"Didn't we say that?" The chamberlain sighed and said amiably, "Your Majesty is sympathetic to your siblings - Niangniang, it's windy here, blowing carefully Your Highness, isn't that the truth?" ”

…… Emperor Duanhua's house arrest of Concubine Nuan's mother and son did not attract much attention.

First, the mother and son are not very important people; Second, Empress Wei gave her husband a good aftermath.

She privately revealed to the left and right: "The matter of Concubine Mao, in the final analysis, is because she has lost her only biological flesh and blood!" Concubine Nuan is now only a child of the sixth brother, although the imperial grandmother and the palace like that child very much, but the child's family is weak, and he hugs him all day long, although he likes it, if there is a mistake on the way back and forth, or he is sick here, how to explain to Concubine Nuan? ”

In this way, everyone naturally thinks that Emperor Duanhua is afraid that his younger brother will follow in the footsteps of the second prince, so for the purpose of protection, he suggested that Concubine Nuan's mother and son should not go out if they are fine.

Of course, some people muttered in private, saying that Emperor Duanhua was afraid of the competition for the crown prince during the Xianjia Dynasty, and saw that King Qing was favored by the Empress Dowager, for fear that this younger brother would grow up in this kind of favor and give birth to any ambitions that should not be born in the future. That's why I found an excuse to beat Concubine Nuan's mother and son, so as not to make waves in the future.

However, not many people believe this suspicion, after all, King Qing is nearly nine years younger than the crown prince, and his biological mother is still a concubine who did not enter the harem after the death of the country, even if he wants to fight for the idea of the throne when he grows up, what do he covet?

…… But this news was collected by Yuan Xuepei, sent to Liaozhou, and after being informed of Jian Xubai, it was tantamount to proving Jian Xubai's speculation: the problem was with Concubine Nuan!

"If it's really Concubine Nuan who framed you, then the best way is to find out the real adulterer." Jian Xubai was embarrassed to tell his wife about Concubine Nuan's request for help back then, but this matter was related to the future of Sanfang, and he couldn't help but tell Jian Limiao.

At this moment, Jian Limiao also read Yuan Xuepei's letter, and muttered, "In this way, your suspicion can be completely cleared, and with Your Majesty's person, you will definitely feel very guilty about you, not only will it not damage your brotherhood, but it will make Your Majesty's trust in you to a higher level!" ”

Jian said in vain: "If I want to do this, I can't continue to stay in Liaozhou." It's just that the filial piety period has not yet expired, so what can I do? ”

"Filial piety is not a problem." Jian Li Miao pondered for a moment and said, "The Empress Dowager and Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, if any of these two people pass on the news of the lack of peace in the jade body, it is natural for you to rush back to the imperial capital to visit." ”

After a pause, "I'm afraid, I'm afraid, this is also in the calculations of the people behind the scenes!" ”

After all, "To be honest, Your Majesty is not a very shrewd person, and inside and out, no one has ever doubted King Qing's bloodline." Now His Majesty suddenly became suspicious, and found a reason to put Concubine Nuan under house arrest - do you think this may be His Majesty's own thoughts? ”

Jian Xubai was silent, he knew that he, the emperor's cousin, was a typical representative of the good shade under the big tree, but also because the big tree of Emperor Xianjia was too huge, he blocked all the wind and rain without leaking, and he was very lacking in intrigue experience, and even lacking the intrigue mentality of Emperor Duanhua, not to mention sharp in conspiracy and calculation, and even the most basic ability to discriminate was very weak!

Therefore, this matter is absolutely impossible for Emperor Duanhua to discover it himself, there must be a promoter behind the scenes!

And since this promoter dares to expose this matter, how can he not be prepared for follow-up contingencies?

If the father and son are both in the imperial capital now, it would be okay, and now they are in Liaozhou, they are beyond the reach of the former dynasty and the harem - even the events can only be guessed from the words in the letter, and even the real situation in the imperial capital cannot be fully grasped!

In this case, I want to find out the real traitor of Concubine Nuan. Husband, find out who is behind the scenes, and expose this conspiracy...... How easy is it to say?

Jian Limiao was silent for a long time, and finally said, "When the smallpox incident on Cuihua Mountain happened last year, if your grandfather was on Cuihua Mountain, he and your second uncle might not have died so happily!" ”

Jian Pingyu, who once forced Gu Shao, who was famous in the world, died so aggrieved, in the final analysis, isn't it just that he is far away from the center, and after being framed by political enemies, he doesn't even have a chance to fight back?

"Daddy is saying......" Jian squinted his eyes, "grandfather was alive?" ”

"You don't have a male heir under your knees, and even if you do, once Your Majesty rejects you, what is your child's hope of inheriting the title?" Jian Limiao's eyes were heavy, "With the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, maybe it will fall into the hands of Jian Yiyu - the most important thing is that how many people in this world want to put you and me to death?" ”