Chapter 9 True and False Princess Nine
Concubine Gong has since become an alternative, an empty master who only has a title and no benefits, and there are no palace maids and eunuchs around to serve her, and no one wants to approach her. But she still came to Cining Palace every once in a while to meet the Empress Dowager Li, and in order to ease the mother-son relationship between her and the little emperor, the Empress Dowager Li also ignored Concubine Gong. The reason why Concubine Gong was cheeky and still came to invite Empress Dowager An Li was that she wanted to see her own son. But Empress Dowager Li doesn't seem to want their mother and son to see each other, every time Concubine Gong comes to Cining Palace, the eldest son of the emperor who is fostered in Cining Palace either happens to sleep or happens to be not in Cining Palace. At that time, Concubine Gong still took advantage of her familiarity with Cining Palace and secretly looked at her son from a distance two or three times. Because of these two or three times, Concubine Gong missed her son even more, and Concubine Gong often looked outside Cining Palace, hoping to meet her child "unintentionally".
The little eunuch was on an errand in Cining Palace, of course he knew this unlucky Concubine Gong, but he didn't dare to sympathize with Concubine Gong. The little eunuch also told Qin Tai and his wife that not long ago, someone saw Concubine Gong in frame I and remembered that the cold palace was crazy, so Empress Dowager Li ordered that Concubine Gong should not be allowed to enter Cining Palace. Zhan Xiaoxiao and Qin Tai didn't speak, because as a master investigator and a doctor, they discovered a problem that ordinary people were not aware of. This Concubine Gong is not only a little mentally problematic, but also her eyes are not very good. She stumbled along the way, it is said that she should be very familiar with this place, it should not be like this, but this Concubine Gong is a little difficult to see people, and she often walks wrong, which is a problem of poor eyesight. In Chinese medicine, there is a saying that excessive sadness and worry can affect people's vision. It seems that Concubine Gong's condition is already very serious, and she will soon lose her sight and even affect her life. Qin Tai and his wife had no choice but to sigh secretly, they didn't dare to take care of Concubine Gong's affairs and couldn't manage it, and they couldn't control Concubine Gong's future.
Just when Qin Tai and his wife were sighing for Concubine 2 Gong's mother and son, Empress Dowager Li had already woken up. After Empress Dowager Li learned that Qin Tai and his wife were already waiting outside Cining Palace, she directly called someone to call Qin Tai and his wife in. Empress Dowager Li's order, the people of Cining Palace did not dare to disobey, and neither could Qin Tai and his wife. The little eunuch invited Qin Tai and his wife in, and left on leave. Qin Tai and his wife also knew that the little eunuch was going to inform Feng Bao, so they did not stop or intervene, and the little eunuch nodded gratefully to Qin Tai. Qin Tai believed that it wouldn't be long before Feng Bao would rush over, nominally to serve Empress Dowager Li, but in fact, he wanted to know more fully about anything that happened in the palace. For Feng Bao, only the more he knows, the more perfect he can deal with it under his control, this kind of slave is really tiring, but if you don't do it, you can't do it.
But after the American Qin Tai couple took Qiu Xiaoqiu in, they found that they were all palace maids, and there were almost no eunuchs. Qin Tai immediately remembered a past incident at the beginning, and immediately understood the delicate relationship between Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao. When Empress Dowager Li was still a palace maid, she was often bullied by the little eunuchs, and when she first entered the palace, she was tricked by the little eunuchs and had no food to eat. Empress Dowager Li's first child was stillborn because of the hands of a eunuch, so Empress Dowager Li didn't believe in it from the bottom of her heart and was unwilling to accept the eunuch. But as Empress Dowager Li moved into politics step by step, she had to rely on eunuchs, and Feng Bao was the first eunuch to defect to Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li needed Feng Bao's help, but she didn't want to fully trust the eunuchs, so in the place where she lived, there could be eunuchs on the periphery, but the person who served her had to be a palace maid. Feng Bao can only be regarded as her slave or collaborator, and cannot really become Empress Dowager Li's own person. Feng Bao hinted at Qin Tai more than once, and Qin Tai was skeptical of this statement before, but now it seems to be true.
Although this was in Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Li still couldn't talk to Qin Tai face to face. The main hall of Cining Palace has been divided into two halves, and there are two round stools outside, which are for Qin Tai and Qiu Xiaoqiu to sit on, with a gauze curtain in the middle, and Empress Dowager Li will receive Qin Tai inside. The palace maid led Zhan Xiaoxiao inside, and Zhan Xiaoxiao, as a woman, could get close to the Empress Dowager Li inside. Qin Tai and Qiu Xiaoqiu not only couldn't go in because of their gender, but they also needed to sit respectfully and not move. Although there were all palace maids here, Qin Tai obviously felt something strange. Qiu Xiaoqiu, who knew some kung fu, secretly reminded his cousin Qin Tai that there were at least a dozen master-level women here, and although they couldn't beat Zhan Xiaoxiao, they would definitely be able to subdue all outsiders, including Zhan Xiaoxiao, in a very short time.
After Zhan Xiaoxiao entered the inner room, he saw the slightly old Empress Dowager Li for the first time, and the Empress Dowager Li was much older than when she saw her a few years ago, but Zhan Xiaoxiao would never dare to say so. There was a huge cradle beside Empress Dowager Li, and two children were sleeping soundly in the cradle. As an experienced mother, Zhan Xiaoxiao can tell the gender and approximate age of her child almost at a glance. The child on the left is a boy, about four or five months old, not only white and chubby, but also a little like the little emperor back then, he is the eldest son of the emperor who has just met Concubine Gong's son outside. The child on the right is a girl, who should be one or two months older than the emperor's eldest son, and her physique is not as good as the emperor's eldest son, as if she was a premature baby born less than a month. Maybe it's because of the girl, this child has a lighter hair color than the emperor's eldest son, and looks malnourished. As a descendant of the royal family, it is impossible for the princess of the little emperor not to take care of it, and the only explanation is that the girl's biological mother is not in good health, and the lack of nutrition during pregnancy affects the child.
Empress Dowager Li also noticed Zhanxiao's behavior, but she didn't say anything. Empress Dowager Li asked Zhan Xiaoxiao to sit near the cradle and let Zhan Xiaoxiao observe the royal children up close. And Empress Dowager Li waved her hand and told the palace maids to go down, because she knew that Qin Tai and his wife were at ease with her, and she also knew that it was a matter of minutes to control Empress Dowager Li with her small skills, and it was useless to have more palace maids. Besides, what needs to be said needs to be kept secret, so Empress Dowager Li told everyone to go down. At this time, Feng Bao came in, and Empress Dowager Li acquiesced to Feng Bao listening to the side, and only Qin Tai and his wife, Qiu Xiaoqiu, Feng Bao, and Empress Dowager Li were left in the main hall of Cining Palace, and two milk babies who couldn't even speak and fell asleep.
Empress Dowager Li used a gossipy way to ask Qin Tai some questions about the child, intentionally or unintentionally. At first, Qin Tai was a little confused, but then he immediately understood the meaning of Empress Dowager Li. Feng Bao looked at Qin Tai with a worried twilight, but in order not to let Empress Dowager Li notice him, he immediately withdrew his gaze again. Qin Tai had already sensed Feng Bao's twilight and began to carefully answer Empress Dowager Li's questions. Empress Dowager Li mainly asked three questions, first, whether it is possible to determine the biological parents of the child by observing the child. Second, whether you can see whether the child is born at term and when you are pregnant. The third question is whether there is a way to determine the child's bloodline.
Although Zhan Xiaoxiao was a little worried that her husband would speak out of line, she couldn't remind Qin Tai clearly. Zhan Xiaoxiao used some small actions to remind her husband Qin Tai to pay attention in a suggestive way. Qin Tai received a small hint from his wife Zhan, and then remembered Feng Bao's reminder, and gradually understood Empress Dowager Li's intentions. Empress Dowager Li avoided the little emperor and left the two children in Cining Palace, just to clarify the doubts in her heart. However, this question is not easy to answer, these two children are the flesh and blood of the little emperor who has been confirmed, and once it is found that there is a fake, it will be a scandal for the royal family. Even if it is determined that the identities of these two children are the flesh and blood of the little emperor, Empress Dowager Li will be fine, and Qin Tai and his wife and Qiu Xiaoqiu will be killed by the little emperor. Dare to suspect the royal bloodline, dare to do something to the emperor's flesh and blood, and dare to spy on the emperor's secrets in the palace, these are all crimes that will surely die. But now that the Empress Dowager Li has said this, it is impossible for Qin Tai and his wife to listen to it or not, Qin Tai and his wife have to obey the orders of the Empress Dowager Li, otherwise they don't have to deal with them with the little emperor, and the Empress Dowager Li can also order them to be exterminated.