Chapter 159: The Old Palace's Grievances

Hu Shi smiled and said, "If Song Sikong doesn't know, how can he insist on 'forcing' Miss Song to marry His Royal Highness the Nine?" Although His Royal Highness the Ninth is Niangniang's biological flesh and blood, to tell the truth, the servant doesn't like him either. When His Royal Highness the Ninth was deposed as the crown prince and demoted to Hengdi, Niangniang intended to let the maid accompany and assist, but the maid insisted on grinding the maid to allow the maid to stay...... Prepare to follow the ...... Today's Miss. ”

Her eyes darkened, "It's a pity, the maid is incompetent, and she asked to accompany Miss, but she couldn't protect Miss after all!" ”

Wei Changying silently wiped her tears, her expression confused.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and Hu continued: "The life of the maid has long been willingly 'handed over' in the hands of Niangniang, and she is left to her own devices. Niangniang only has a son of His Royal Highness the Nineth, but even the maid is unwilling to accompany His Royal Highness the Ninth - such a master, Song Sikong is determined to marry Miss Song to him, just because Miss Song is not from Song Sikong at all, it is the blood and blood of Emperor Wei Ai, and the golden branch 'jade' leaf of the former Wei! ”

"Aren't they half-siblings?! If you get married, it will be 'chaos'.Lun - my uncle is okay, I think he should be to take revenge on Emperor Wei Ai! But what about your mother? What does she mean?! Shen Xun is her own flesh and blood, right? Even if he is not satisfied, how can he be hurt so much? Wei Changying asked in surprise.

Hu Shi snorted: "But did His Royal Highness the Ninth finally marry Miss Song?" ”

Wei Changying bit her 'lip', and suddenly remembered that in the matter of Song Zaishui's retreat, there seemed to be a speculation that the Gu family did not want to marry this 'door' family very much, and at that time I thought that the queen valued the support of the Donghu Liu family more - this was also understandable under the circumstances at that time.

Although the Jiangnan Song clan is no worse than the Donghu Liu clan in terms of 'door', in terms of the selection of the crown princess, Song Zaishui is much stronger than Liu Ruo's 'jade'. But the Song family is from the text, and the Liu family is still martial...... At that time, the Great Wei world was not very peaceful. Shen Xun's foreign family, Hongzhou Gu, also focuses on the side of civilian officials, and the prince really needs the assistance of the forces in the army...... Marriage is, of course, the quickest and safest way.

Therefore, even though the Wei family and the Song family were vaguely aware that the Gu family regretted that Song had left a scar on his forehead, they were very much in favor of dissolving this 'door' marriage, but they all thought according to the situation, and none of them suspected the inside story......

Wei Changying couldn't help asking: "Then your mother, when did you know about this?!" A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in her mind, and she blurted out, "You just said it twice, and Concubine Deng confessed?!" ”

Hu Shi smiled lightly and said, "That's right! Mrs. Sikong was so hidden, Emperor Wei Ai didn't dare to tell anyone, which of the people in the palace who knew about it at that time was not killed? If it weren't for forcing Deng Guifei to say it herself, how could my mother know? ”

"Your mother was able to 'force' Concubine Deng to confess?!" Wei Changying frowned, "I remember that although the concubine didn't fight for your mother-in-law in the back position, your mother-in-law can't do anything with her, right?" She is the cousin of Emperor Wei Aidi! ”

Hu Shi said contemptuously: "Mrs. Wei, you don't really think that Emperor Wei Ai attaches great importance to the relationship between his cousins and cousins with Concubine Deng, right?" ”

Seeing Wei Changying looking at himself inquiringly, Hu said, "Let me tell you the truth, the reason why Concubine Deng Guifei has never been able to become the empress of Emperor Wei Ai is because Emperor Wei Ai is unwilling to appoint her!" Why not? Hehe, it's longer to talk about this matter, in short, it is the Empress Dowager Deng - that is, the aunt of Deng Guifei and the mother of Emperor Wei Ai, although the Deng family is Emperor Wei Ai's foreign family, but Emperor Wei Ai has always treated the scholars equally, even if it is a foreign family! Empress Dowager Deng insisted on appointing Concubine Deng Guifei as the Empress Yuan, but Emperor Wei Ai suspected that Empress Dowager Deng was trying to continue to be regent...... insisted on contacting the Liu family 'privately', and established the Liu family ...... after the Yuan Dynasty."

She said hesitantly, "You see that Concubine Deng entered the palace with the Empress Liu of the Yuan Dynasty, but her first child and only biological bone 'flesh' King Ying's ranking is only sixth among the princes!" If you include the princesses, they will be ranked outside the ten! It can be seen how much she was favored when Empress Dowager Deng was alive! King Ying, but he was born after the Empress Dowager Deng was gone! ”

Wei Changying wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "According to what you say, Emperor Wei Ai is nothing more than this to Concubine Deng, and it is even more unlikely that King Ying will be the prince." Then why did the Qian family be abolished and still attack King Ying? After all, Concubine Deng's position is not low, and her background is not bad! Even if Emperor Wei Ai doesn't value the relationship with her cousins and sisters, and rashly forces her to die, can't he do it? If the Qian family is jealous after the abolition, when will there be fewer people in the palace of Emperor Wei Ai? Deng Guifei has never been treated as a pampered house, why does the Qian family have to get along with her after the abolition? Is it because she is second only to the queen? ”

Regarding this question, Hu Shi chuckled lightly and said eloquently: "Do you know how the Qian family fell into the eyes of Emperor Wei Ai after the abolition and became the successor. Without the introduction of Donghu Liu, the Qian family didn't even have a chance to face the saint after the abolition, so how could he be welcomed as the successor? But after the abolition of the Qian family as the queen, not only did she become more and more estranged from the Liu family, but in the end, for the sake of her son, she slandered and 'forced' to death the eldest prince and the prince of the country from the Liu family after the Yuan Dynasty! You say the Liu family will give up? ”

Wei Changying was stunned and said, "You mean, King Ying was done by the Liu family?" ”

"How could the Donghu Liu clan turn their faces and not recognize people after the abolition of the Qian clan after gaining power? It's just that they didn't expect Emperor Wei's 'sex'...... In the past few years of pampering the abolished Qian family, it is like having no brains, and what the abolished Qian family says is what it is! Hu Shi said lightly, "You must know that before the abolition of the Qian family, even though Emperor Wei Ai had a few favorite concubines and was not bad to the Liu family of the Yuan Dynasty, none of them had a special favor and obeyed this kind of treatment!" Donghu Liu's estimation was wrong, so he failed to save the blood of the Yuan Hou. ”

"But when the Donghu Liu clan paved the way for the abolished Qian clan, the secret hand set up was not prepared in vain." Hu Shi ran, "King Ying was killed by the Liu family, and the Qian family knew this very well in his heart. But the person who did it was her henchman - afterwards, she also led the trouble to Concubine Huo Shu, who had nothing to do with the matter at the time, and made enough gestures of the Qian family not to take the concubine in his eyes after the abolition...... However, Emperor Wei Ai was pampering the Qian family after the abolition, and after asking casually, he ordered Huo Shufei and others to be executed, and forcibly ended the matter! Do you say that after the abolition, can the Qian family explain clearly? ”

Wei Changying frowned and said, "The Liu family only did this one?" Still is? ”

"Of course it's impossible - the Liu family suffered such a big loss, and they came out with a white-eyed wolf, and if they didn't give the Qian family's 'look', where could they swallow this breath?" Hu Shi shook his head and said, "Let's put it this way, if there is no manpower left by the Liu family of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Donghu Liu family will continue to cultivate after the death of the Yuan Dynasty, my mother may not be able to sit in the back seat at the beginning." ”

"Sure enough, the reason why your mother was able to ascend to the back seat is related to the Liu family!" Wei Changying raised her hand and 'rubbed' her eyebrows, and sighed, "So when your mother planned to break off the marriage contract with the Song family, she immediately chose the Liu family?" ”

Hu Shi smiled faintly: "That's right!" ”

She thought for a while and said, "The maid continues to tell you when my mother-in-law knew about Miss Song's background, that was when my mother-in-law and Deng Guifei dealt with the abolished Qian family together - Deng Guifei's favor was like that from beginning to end, it was not a fall from grace, but it was not a great favor." But my mother-in-law is different, my mother-in-law is the 'daughter' of the side branch of the Gu family in Hongzhou, and to be honest, her status in the Gu family is mediocre. When I sent my mother into the palace, it was all because of my mother's beauty, which was no less than the Qian family after the abolition! ”

Hu sighed, "As a result, after Niangniang entered the palace, she was really favored because of 'sex', and she was promoted again and again - when Niangniang entered the palace, her position was only from the seventh rank of the imperial wife, and within two years, she was promoted to the head of the nine concubines from the second rank - do you say that the Qian family can still sit still after the abolition?" ”

Wei Changying remembered that the first time she entered the Wei Palace, she looked up under the Danqi, and she was still the one of Queen Gu, the "color" of the Tianxiang Kingdom, and the intoxicating eyes and "waves" like the "spring" water...... lowered her eyes and said: "Concubine Deng Guifei was misled to have a grudge against the abolished Qian clan for killing her son, and your mother-in-law is for self-protection and joined forces to deal with the abolished Qian clan - this is not a secret, I heard about this when I married in the imperial capital." It's just that, since they are allies, why can your mother let Deng Guifei confess? ”

"Do you know that dreams are scattered?" Hu Shi stretched out his fingers and swept his sideburns, and asked with a smile.

Wei Changying's face changed slightly: "What does it have to do with this thing?" ”

"You also know the ancient recipe found in the palace treasury, right?" Hu Shi said lightly, "That copy is fake." ”

This conclusion was already mentioned by Duanmu Xinmiao, so Wei Changying was not surprised, she remembered the Gu family's promise to Duanmu Xinmiao after the abolition, and asked tentatively: "Does your mother have it in her hand?" ”

Hu Shi shook his head, but after thinking for a while, he nodded again: "I don't know if that recipe is true or not, after all, Concubine Dahe Xu has been two hundred years now, and it is not necessary to spread false rumors in the middle?" In short, the recipe in Niangniang's hand is far less magical than when Concubine Xu was recorded, but it is better than most of the prescriptions for rejuvenation. The first time you saw your mother, she was very old, and she even had a few grandchildren, but she looked about the same age as you were at the time...... Niangniang has been obeying the dream and scattering, but as for the truth or falsehood, I don't know. ”

Wei Changying asked: "Then your mother's dream is scattered...... Where did the fight come from? ”

"Speaking of which, you may not believe it, my mother was born in a side branch of the Gu family, she has no father since she was a child, and she lives by her widowed mother, although there is help in the Gu clan, she has lived a hard life in the end." Hu Shi said, "It's like Mrs. Sikong's childhood, Mrs. Sikong is a little better than my mother, and Mrs. Sikong is also both parents when she dies - far away, Hongzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and things are easy to 'tide' on rainy days, so on sunny days before and after the rainy season, things have to be dried over there." ”

"When I was a child, I took things out to dry at home, and accidentally found an ancient book in the corner...... It was hidden in the mezzanine of ancient books, and it was found when the mother was idle. ”

Wei Changying was stunned: "What a coincidence? The one in the storeroom? ”

"That's always in the storeroom." Hu Shi said seriously, "In fact, when Niangniang entered the Middle Palace, she accidentally found that the recipe in the treasury was scattered, and she was also very surprised that the recipe she obtained when she was a child was scattered in a dream. But the prescription in the warehouse, except for the 'medicine' quotation and the legendary dream scattering, really doesn't seem to be serious for people to eat - so expensive! Therefore, Niangniang deduced that someone should have wanted to conceal the true prescription that Niangniang obtained when she was a child, and deliberately 'made' the fake prescription that used the child's brain marrow as a 'medicine' to 'mix' right and wrong! Back then, Concubine Dahe Xu may not have really used a fake prescription, but she just said it to Empress Feng to take revenge on Empress Feng! ”

"You said that when you dream of seeing San, how did you get Concubine Deng Guifei to confess?" Wei Changying 'rubbed' her eyebrows again, and said, "Since Concubine Deng Guifei didn't spoil a special room when she was young, even if she is forever twenty-eight years old, it doesn't seem to mean much?" Why did this dream make her confess...... Confession is not an ordinary word, is it? ”