Chapter 8 True and False Princess Eight

The little eunuch was not Feng Bao's cronies, and at that time, from Feng Bao's attitude towards Qin Tai and his wife, he knew that Feng Bao and Qin Tai and his wife not only knew each other but also had a good relationship. Therefore, he has a lot of respect for Qin Tai and his wife, and even has a little bit of a grudge against Qin Tai and his wife. Although this little eunuch is only fourteen or fifteen years old, he has been in the big dye vat in the palace for a long time, and has learned a lot of sideways and observance. He knew that Qin Tai and his wife were very curious about this noble lady, and they began to show off their skills. Qin Tai and his wife finally knew the identity of the person who came, and it turned out that she was Concubine Gong, that is, the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son.

Speaking of this, Concubine Gong is also a pitiful and pathetic woman. Her background is not good, as if she is a distant relative of a criminal official. The relatives of the officials used to be Yan Song's lackeys, so they were implicated after Yan Song's downfall. The girls were put in prison together with their families, and all the men over the age of 15 were beheaded according to the rules, the men under the age of 15 were castrated and became miscellaneous eunuchs, the adult women became official prostitutes, and the underage girls became slaves. Fortunately, two more upright officials interceded for them at that time, which gave these underage girls a way to live. It is better for a girl to be assigned to the palace as a palace maid than to be a slave or an official prostitute in the future. These two officials who were kind to them were Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, who had not been confused by power and money. In other words, Zhang Juzheng is actually her great benefactor.

After entering the palace, she was often bullied by other palace maids because of her relatively young background and age, so she vowed to get ahead and become a noble person respected by others. Because she was more obedient and knew some rules and cultural knowledge, she was arranged to be a janitor to Concubine Li Guifei. At that time, Empress Dowager Li, who was still Concubine Li, had already begun to take charge of the affairs of the harem, and there were constantly people coming to ask for instructions and report every day. This palace maid used her ability to understand words to make arrangements for some inconsequential people, such as letting them go in to report together, or waiting for the master to rest before going in, etc. This is her job, so she is not overstepping her authority. After Li Guifei found out, not only did she not accuse her, but also made her the housekeeper of the outer room. When Empress Dowager Li became the Empress Dowager, she grew up as she grew up and became a palace maid on duty beside Empress Dowager Li. Although Empress Dowager Li has a little bit of culture, it is impossible to fully understand the recitals of the ministers, so several palace maids who understand culture read the recitals for Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li is actually good to the people around her, and the things she has rewarded over the years are enough for them to live after leaving the palace. If she settles down, she can leave the palace as long as she is twenty-five years old, and then ask Empress Dowager Li to make decisions for her and find a white family as the main house. If you are lucky, if your husband wins the imperial examination in the future, she can also be an official wife. But she didn't want to be a businesswoman or a peasant woman, she wanted to be a person of status.

She is not eligible to participate in the draft, let alone become the main house of the emperor's relatives, so she can only wait for the opportunity. Her original object was to become the side room of Empress Dowager Li's younger brother, the little marquis. But this little marquis of the Li family has no feelings for this old woman who is already old, and there are a lot of seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls in the family waiting for him to be lucky. At this time, the little emperor and the queen were at odds, and the Empress Dowager Li often sent some aphrodisiac food to the little emperor. The little emperor didn't know the function of these things, and she, the personal palace maid beside Empress Dowager Li, knew the power of these foods. She is ready to use this opportunity to get close to the little emperor, as long as the little emperor must be herself, Empress Dowager Li will also follow the little emperor.

The opportunity finally came, and Empress Dowager Li didn't have breakfast because she was in a bad mood, so she had to eat lunch early. After lunch, Empress Dowager Li first wanted to worship the Buddha and then take a rest, so she went to the small Buddha hall to worship the Buddha in advance. Originally, the little emperor ate alone, but because he didn't want to eat with the queen, the little emperor took turns to eat at the Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li. That day, it was the turn of the little emperor to go to the Empress Dowager Li for lunch, but when the little emperor arrived, the Empress Dowager Li had already gone to the Buddhist hall to worship the Buddha. The palace maid took advantage of this opportunity to serve the little emperor's meal, and at the same time deliberately increased the amount of aphrodisiac food, so that the little emperor's blood was surging.

The little emperor has not done anything for several days because he didn't deal with the queen and queen, and the impact of the heavier amount of food certainly can't stand it. It just so happened that there was only such a passable palace maid around, so the little emperor wanted her. In order to get this woman as soon as possible, the little emperor agreed to all the requests of the palace maid in a daze. But afterwards, the little emperor not only forgot about it, but also began to dislike the status of this palace maid. The little emperor ruthlessly left the palace maids, and ordered that no one in the know should say anything. The poor palace maid waited and waited, and when her stomach was pregnant, the little emperor still didn't give herself an answer.

The palace maid was pregnant before marriage, and she was the person of the Empress Dowager Li of Cining Palace, which made the Empress Dowager Li, who had always been strong, very angry. Empress Dowager Li didn't even want to see the palace maid, so she directly ordered this immoral palace maid to be dealt with. In fact, Empress Dowager Li was worried that the child in the womb of this palace maid belonged to a relative of the emperor, which would not only damage the royal majesty, but also affect her reputation. Empress Dowager Li was even more worried that the child's father was her father or younger brother, and if this was the case, the Li family's reputation would be ruined. Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Li decided not to deal with this palace maid publicly,

After the palace maid learned that Empress Dowager Li had decided to kill herself, she knew that if she didn't say anything, she would never have a chance to say it. She desperately broke in and came to the Empress Dowager Li, begging the Empress Dowager Li not to kill herself, because she was pregnant with the emperor's child, which means that the child will be the Empress Dowager Li's own grandson or granddaughter. Empress Dowager Li obviously didn't believe it, but this palace maid swore to the sky, which made Empress Dowager Li hesitate a little. For the sake of her own life and the child's life, the palace maid had to tell what happened, and the Empress Dowager Li interrogated several insiders to determine that what the palace maid said was true. This palace maid has the flesh and blood of the emperor, and the problem is different. Empress Dowager Li couldn't and didn't dare to be even more reluctant to kill her grandson together. While summoning the imperial physician to carefully check the pulse of the palace maid to determine the sex of the child and the time of pregnancy, she asked someone to invite the little emperor to come over to confirm this matter.

The little emperor knew about this on the way here, and he didn't want to admit this woman when he got there, and he didn't want to admit that this child was his own. Because of the little emperor's resolute attitude, this made Empress Dowager Li, who had already begun to believe in the palace maid, doubt the palace maid again. The palace maid knew that if she couldn't pass this pass, not only would she not have a good life, but she wouldn't even be able to pass this day. Although the palace maid secretly hated the irresponsible little emperor in her heart, this was not the time to target the little emperor. The palace maid took out the jade pendant left to her by the little emperor at that time, and the promise made by the little emperor. This jade pendant was given to his grandson by Emperor Jiajing back then, and there is only such a piece in the world, plus Zhang Cheng next to the little emperor also admitted it, so the palace maid did not lie. Especially when the imperial doctor took the pulse and learned that the child was very likely to be a boy, the Empress Dowager Li, who wanted to be the imperial grandmother and almost went crazy, of course offered the palace maid the same ancestor.

However, Empress Dowager Li's behavior and the palace maid's questioning completely offended the little emperor, and the little emperor began to dislike this palace maid from the bottom of his heart. When the palace maid finally gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, what awaited her was a ruthless blow. The little emperor asked Zhang Cheng to pass the word, saying that the husband and wife relationship between the little emperor and the palace maid had ended, and the little emperor would no longer come to see the palace maid. There are two ways left for the palace maid, first, to take care of her own son as a palace maid, and she will be regarded as the nurse of the emperor's eldest son in the future. Second, make public the information that she is the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son, but she will lose the emperor's favor forever, and she will not be able to see the emperor's eldest son again. The palace maid thought about it for a long time and decided to disclose the information that she was the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son. Not long after Zhang Cheng returned, the little emperor issued a holy decree and named the palace maid as Concubine Gong, but she was claustrophobic in the cold palace and could never face the saint and approach the emperor's eldest son.