Chapter 21 True and False Princess Twenty-One
In order to sit on the throne of the imperial grandmother as soon as possible, and in order to ease the relationship between her son the little emperor and her daughter-in-law Empress Wang, the Empress Dowager Li intentionally or unintentionally drugged the little emperor and ate aphrodisiac food and medicine. But even if the little emperor wanted a woman, he was not willing to stay with the queen and have sex with the queen. Empress Dowager Li put aphrodisiac ingredients in the little emperor's food, this matter is not a secret in Cining Palace, and Concubine Gong has also seen this ingredient many times. Concubine Gong secretly hid some of these ingredients in private, hoping to find an opportunity to get close to the little emperor.
One day the opportunity came, and the little emperor was unwilling to eat with the queen and queen, so he took turns to accompany the two queen mothers to dinner. On this day, it was the little emperor's turn to have lunch with his biological mother, Empress Dowager Li, but he didn't expect that Empress Dowager Li didn't want to eat breakfast because she didn't sleep well. In the morning, everyone was worried that Empress Dowager Li would not be able to stand it, so everyone invited Empress Dowager Li to have lunch in advance. Empress Dowager Li went to rest when she was a little tired after lunch, and said that she would recite Buddha in the small Buddha hall after getting up, so she rested in the Buddha hall.
The little emperor came not long after the Empress Dowager Li left, and the little emperor was a little unhappy to learn that the queen mother Empress Dowager Li had finished lunch. The little emperor didn't want to go back to Queen Wang to eat, and it was not good to go to Empress Dowager Chen's place to eat at this time. Just when the little emperor was a little hesitant, Concubine Gong came out and said that Empress Dowager Li had left food for the little emperor. The little emperor entered the dining room of Cining Palace alone, and Concubine Gong served the little emperor alone. The food was all made by Cining Palace, and there were not many aphrodisiac ingredients, but Concubine Gong secretly added all the ingredients she had saved. This amount is nearly ten times more than the amount that the little emperor usually takes, and it is simply an aphrodisiac. Concubine Gong served the little emperor and ate all the meals, after all, the little emperor at this age ate a lot of food, and immediately finished the small meal prepared by Concubine Gong. Soon after eating, the medicinal power began to work. Seeing the little emperor looking directly at herself, Concubine Gong knew that the power of the medicine had been exerted. The little emperor grabbed Concubine Gong a little hurriedly, and Concubine Gong pretended to be unwilling, saying that she was the Empress Dowager Li's person and couldn't mess around. The little emperor who was in a hurry to vent, and immediately promised Concubine Gong that he would give Concubine Gong a certain title, and promised to make Concubine Gong the imperial concubine if he had children in the future. Concubine Gong asked the little emperor to leave the certificate, and the little emperor took off the jade pendant he carried in a daze and gave it to Concubine Gong. Concubine Gong half-pushed and half-obeyed the little emperor, and everyone in Cining Palace and the little emperor knew about this matter. But the little emperor ordered afterwards that no one was allowed to say it, so Empress Dowager Li didn't know about it.
Concubine Gong thought that she would soon be able to fly on the branch and become a phoenix, but she didn't expect that after waiting for a long time, the little emperor still didn't come to Cining Palace to ask Empress Dowager Li to give Concubine Gong to him. Concubine Gong was a little anxious, so she had to beg someone to bring a message to the little emperor, hoping that he would abide by the agreement and come to Cining Palace to pick her up. But the people who went came back and said that the little emperor didn't understand what Concubine Gong meant, and said that Concubine Gong was talking nonsense. Concubine Gong finally understood that she had been deceived by the little emperor, and the little emperor had no intention of giving her a name at all. Just when Concubine Gong thought that she had no chance to turn over this time, Concubine Gong unexpectedly found out that she was pregnant. With flesh and blood and the little emperor's jade pendant in her hand, Concubine Gong decided to fight for herself and her children.
Concubine Gong deliberately let others know that she was pregnant, and she believed that someone would report to Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li is a master who pays attention to personal morality, and she can't tolerate her subordinates to do such shameless things. Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Li was not only very angry but also did not give Concubine Gong a chance to explain, which greatly exceeded Concubine Gong's expectations. In order to save her life, in order not to let her child lose her life, Concubine Gong tried her best to rush to the Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li originally thought that this child belonged to her father or younger brother, so she had to kill her mouth as soon as possible for the sake of the family's reputation. But when Empress Dowager Li heard that this child was her son Little Emperor, Empress Dowager Li was stupid. At that time, although the little emperor got married, the palace was still calm, and only one of the so-called palace maids around the queen said that except for herself, no one else had anything to do. As soon as she heard that Concubine Gong was pregnant with the little emperor's flesh and blood, Empress Dowager Li's first thought was whether the child might be a boy. Empress Dowager Li believed that Concubine Gong would not dare to deceive herself, because Concubine Gong would not dare to deceive Empress Dowager Li.
While inviting the little emperor to come to Cining Palace to confront her, Empress Dowager Li secretly invited a imperial doctor to check Concubine Gong's pulse. The imperial physician told Empress Dowager Li that Concubine Gong was not only pregnant, but also most likely a baby boy. This made the Empress Dowager Li, who dreamed of the imperial grandmother every day, very happy, and immediately began to pay attention to Concubine Gong's every move. Concubine Gong knew very well in her heart that she had already persuaded Empress Dowager Li that as long as the little emperor was settled, her dream of becoming the master of the palace would soon come true.
The little emperor was not happy when he came to Cining Palace, because he should stay with Empress Dowager Chen on this day. At this time, Empress Dowager Li was almost sure that the child in Concubine Gong's belly was the little emperor's. Because she had interrogated several insiders, everyone said that the little emperor not only came to Cining Palace that day, but also had been with Concubine Gong alone for a long time, and afterwards ordered that no one was allowed to talk too much. If there was nothing left, the little emperor didn't need to do this, so Concubine Gong didn't lie. But the little emperor was very disgusted by this matter, and insisted that there was absolutely no such thing.
When Empress Dowager Li began to suspect that Concubine Gong had bought the people from Cining Palace to deceive herself, Concubine Gong took out the jade pendant given by the little emperor and completely proved her innocence. Empress Dowager Li called Zhang Cheng beside the little emperor and asked Zhang Cheng to come to the little emperor's living record, which recorded all the words and deeds of the little emperor. Soon after, I found a text about the little emperor Lin Xing Concubine Gong, and the little emperor was really the biological father of the child in Concubine Gong's womb. While being happy that she was finally going to be the emperor's grandmother, Empress Dowager Li accused her son why the little emperor did not admit that the child was her own. Unexpectedly, the little emperor said that he disliked Concubine Gong's background as a palace maid, and he was unwilling to ask this child whose mother was born as a palace maid.
The words of the little emperor deeply stung the Empress Dowager Li, everyone knew that the Empress Dowager Li was also born as a palace maid, which was a taboo for Cining Palace and Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li angrily told the little emperor not to look down on the children of palace girls, the little emperor himself is a palace girl's slut. Only then did the little emperor remember that his biological mother, Empress Dowager Li, was also a palace maid, and his grandfather turned out to be a pig killer. The little emperor didn't dare to contradict the Empress Dowager Li, who was already about to run away, so he had to promise to wait for the birth of the child before making plans.
A few months later, Concubine Gong gave birth to a baby boy very aggressively, and everyone was very happy because the baby boy was the eldest son of Emperor Wanli. Just when Concubine Gong and Empress Dowager Li were happy about the birth of the eldest son of the little emperor, a person unexpectedly appeared in front of Concubine Gong. This person is Zhang Whale, whom Concubine Gong hates, and Zhang Whale has not dared to appear in front of Concubine Gong since she learned that Concubine Gong had become the little emperor's woman. Not only did she come today, but she also had a sinister smile on her face, which made Concubine Gong feel dangerous.
Sure enough, Zhang Whale asked Concubine Gong on behalf of the little emperor, and the little emperor gave Concubine Gong, the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son, two choices. The first choice is to stay by the emperor's eldest son's side as the emperor's eldest son's nurse and take care of the emperor's eldest son. But he must no longer mention that he is the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son. This thing will rot in my stomach forever. The second option is to be canonized as Concubine Gong as the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son. But from then on, he was not allowed to approach the eldest son of the emperor, and he would never be favored by the little emperor.
These two choices are not good for Concubine Gong, although she can see her son every day, she can't tell the fact that she is the child's mother. Besides, if you still stay in the palace as a palace maid, you will still be bullied by Zhang Whale's workers, and the little emperor will not give her a name and protection. If she chooses the second, although she has an identity and status, she can't be with her son, which makes Concubine Gong very unacceptable.