[Chapter 2, Volume 2]

Section 88

Although Mrs. Song asked her daughter to hide from Mrs. Song together, within a few days, Deng Zongqi's details were still passed from the imperial capital. Looking at what the pigeon letter said, "Deng Zongqi is protected by the noble concubine a lot", Mrs. Song frowned tightly, raised her head and said to Mrs. Song: "Since this Deng Zongqi has ulterior motives, he needs to add some manpower to his courtyard." ”

Mrs. Song nodded: "I will instruct the steward of the outer court." ”

"This person saved Chang Ying, and it was our family who asked Chang Feng to personally invite him to his home to recuperate, although now I find that he is uneasy and kind, but he just drove him out, and Chang Ying's reputation is not good." Old Madam Song pondered for a moment and said, "Take a good look at him, don't be careless about a junior." ”

Mrs. Song was about to continue to agree, but she didn't want Mrs. Song to mention again, "By the way, take a good look at the water." ”

Mrs. Song's heart jumped, and she smiled reluctantly: "Mother don't worry, she is very well-behaved in the water these days." Now she already knows that Zaitian is coming, and she also promised to wait for Zaitian to arrive before leaving together, although this child does not want to marry into the East Palace, but he is not ignorant. This time on Xiaozhu Mountain...... She already regrets that she has been involved in Changfeng and Changying......"

"I'm not talking about that." Old Madam Song said lightly, "The matter of Xiaozhushan has passed, children, how can there be no trouble?" I mean, this Deng Zongqi is most likely coming for Zai Shui, no matter what his calculations are, all in all, now that Changfeng is still small, our family is not suitable to be involved in the turmoil, so he must not be allowed to have any chance to contact Zaishui. ”

"...... this?" Mrs. Song was shocked, she knew that the old lady had always been shrewd, and now she guessed Deng Zongqi's intention, and found that it was only a matter of time before she and her daughter concealed her, and she didn't dare to lie, she pondered for a while, and said, "Since my mother suspects Deng Zongqi, Hengzhu is now in our house, isn't it...... Simply asked him, what do you want to do? ”

Old Madam Song snorted and said, "Do you still need to ask?" He has been living in the front yard for a few days, if he wanted to say anything to our family, he would have opened his mouth a long time ago, and there has been no movement, it must not be for someone who is in our house but not our family! Speaking of this, the old lady frowned slightly and said, "Hey, is he trying to quietly drag our family into the water?" Deng Guifei has been very quiet in the past few years, but how can she be a concubine...... It's coming to the water again, isn't it that the concubine is secretly competing with Queen Gu? ”

Mrs. Song lowered her head and said softly, "If that's the case, what will our family do?" ”

"There is no prince under the knees of the concubine." Old Madam Song didn't answer immediately, but thoughtfully, gently turned the bracelet on her wrist, and said, "The position is not as favored as the queen, she actually dares to compete with the queen...... Well, last time you said that Zhong Xiaoyi, who was newly accepted by the saint, was very favored, and even sent Yiwei to Qingzhou to visit her for a word? ”

Mrs. Song said: "Yes, those Yiwei ......"

But seeing that Old Madam Song raised her hand to stop her from going on, she said calmly: "I know, Concubine Deng and Queen Gu have long had a grudge, and now I am afraid that it will be a critical time...... And the concubine is weak, so she tries to use her brains on the water! ”

Seeing that Mrs. Song was stunned, Mrs. Song patiently explained, "Queen Gu has been in charge of the Middle Palace for many years, and her position has always been stable, but since the beginning of this year, haven't we always heard rumors that the saint favors the new favorite Miao Jieyu and snubs the queen for several months, so that the position of the queen and the prince have been shaken?" And this Miao Jieyu also adopted two princes, sixteen and seventeen? ”

Mrs. Song was taken aback and said, "Yes! ”

"The queen presides over the middle palace, her wrists are outstanding, and there is a prince under her knees, if this Miao Jieyu has no one to support her, how can she say that she will come out of nowhere?" Old Madam Song said contemptuously, "It must be the handiwork of Concubine Deng!" The sixteenth and seventeenth princes are not necessarily what Miao Jieyu wants to adopt, probably what Deng Guifei means! After all, Concubine Deng's sixth prince has long since passed away, Miao Jieyu is young and newly favored, but she is not as good as having a child! In order to prevent accidents, so the sixteenth and seventeenth princes were brought to their knees! ”

It's just that Concubine Deng still underestimated Queen Gu, although Miao Jieyu's momentum is strong, which makes people suspect that the queen will follow in the footsteps of the previous abolished Qian family...... However, now that Zhong Xiaoyi has appeared, hasn't Miao Jieyu's limelight been suppressed again? Old Madam Song smiled coldly and said, "Originally, Concubine Deng Guifei wanted to deal with the queen through Miao Jieyu, but now the queen has made a Zhong Xiaoyi...... So Miao Jieyu's advantage is gone. It's no wonder that Concubine Deng Guifei would send this Deng Zongqi here. ”

Mrs. Song's face changed slightly-Wei Changying told her the news from Song Zaishui's guards, but she didn't expect Miao Jieyu and Zhong Xiaoyi to go to ......

"Mother, what about our family?" Mrs. Song calmed down and asked softly.

Old Madam Song stared for a long time, and then under Mrs. Song's anxious gaze, she said slowly: "Just pretend that you don't know anything, horizontal and vertical, the queen has the upper hand, but Deng Guifei may not have the strength to fight back!" Let's see. ”

"Why did my mother say that Concubine Deng may not have the strength to fight back?" Mrs. Song was surprised and delighted, and asked tentatively.

"If the queen's position in the palace is as stable as before, what else do you want this Zhong Xiaoyi to do?" Old Madam Song said disdainfully, "There has not been an upstart in the palace for a long time, this Miao Jieyu has shaken the queen's status, otherwise why would the queen raise the Zhong family, who was born in the palace, to redeem the disadvantage?" What's more, Zhong Xiaoyi, the new favorite of the saint, is Miao Jieyu not a good child? I haven't heard about the sixteenth and seventeenth princes she raised, so it can be seen that Deng Guifei still has the strength to fight, and Miao Jieyu is ...... He has already earned a place in the palace! ”

She glanced at her eldest daughter-in-law and said meaningfully, "Miao Jieyu's favor is the news at the beginning of the year, why hasn't your brother told you?" ”

Mrs. Song smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't mention the correspondence, but I kept urging to go north in the water." ”

"It may be that the queen needs help." Old Madam Song squinted and thought for a moment, and said, "Although it is said that there is a marriage contract in front of it, the Song family is not a fool before the water is out of the pavilion!" What's more, although the East Palace is the queen's biological flesh and blood, it is far less shrewd than the queen! The queen can't watch the East Palace all day long, so where can she spare her hands to concentrate on fighting with Deng Guifei and Miao Jieyu? If the water passes through the door, even if you can't help when dealing with Deng Guifei, at least you can keep the East Palace safe. ”

Mrs. Song couldn't help but say, "Since that's the case, why did the queen still let Zaishui rely in Fengzhou for so long?" Although it is said that the middle brother wrote several times to ask her to go north, if he had sent someone earlier, would he have followed him earlier? ”

Old Madam Song frowned and said, "Maybe I was stumped by Concubine Deng Gui-wasn't the original appointment to marry into the East Palace after Shui Jixuan?" What time is it now? How did the news come out of the imperial capital three years ago? I don't remember saying anything? ”

"That's right." Mrs. Song groaned, "We weren't in the imperial capital, and we didn't pay much attention to it at that time...... It's strange when you think about it now. Even if the royal family doesn't mention it, it is said that the courtiers should also mention it. ”

Old Madam Song said: "It's not necessarily that no one has mentioned it, it's just that we haven't inquired." "Wei Changying is only one year younger than Song Zaishui, she was fourteen three years ago, and it was time to prepare for the ceremony. Mrs. Song and Mrs. Song have been planning this important event since she was thirteen years old, and they have made the ceremony very grand, and they have not had the heart to care about it in those two years.

Besides, the news that Song Zaishui had already been hired by the royal family was known to the government and the opposition, but when he reached the promised age, there was no movement - who can not guess that there was an accident? For example, the royal family has taken a fancy to other ladies as princesses...... After all, when the gold-inlaid jade Ruyi was handed over to Song Zai's sailors, Empress Gu was still just Gu Zhaoyi.

Considering this possibility, the Wei family has always been close to the Song family, wouldn't it be the Song family's face to get to the bottom of the problem? And it was not in the imperial capital, so seeing that the Song family did not explain, the Wei family pretended to be confused, so as not to embarrass the Song family.

Mrs. Song sighed in her heart at this moment, if she was still in the imperial capital, she would never be so closed, at least the rest of the Wei family was not suitable to ask, as Song Zaishui's aunt, she could have asked Song Yuwang in person. Then you don't have to speculate about it now.

If it weren't for Old Madam Song's shrewdness, she wouldn't have thought of Miao Jieyu and Zhong Xiaoyi, the two new palace concubines...... It's just that despite this, she still didn't dare to completely confess Deng Zongqi's matter, so she could only take the old lady's words: "Listen to what my mother said, this time the Song family ...... Afraid it's troublesome? ”

"Anyway, I'll be here in a few days, and it's inconvenient to mention things in the letter, so ask him." Old Madam Song frowned, and after a while, she said, "But Queen Gu is the daughter of the Gu family in Hongzhou, isn't Hongzhou in the south of the Yangtze River?" When Queen Gu was still Gu Zhaoyi, she tried her best to hire her as a daughter-in-law in Shui, wasn't it because the Gu family Sangzi was close to the Song family? Not only did they take a fancy to the power of the Song family, but also because they married the Song family and had the support of the Song family nearby, the Gu family would inevitably grow rapidly! Just because Hongzhou is in the south of the Yangtze River, Empress Gu didn't expect to do anything to the Song family. ”

…… That was under the premise that Queen Gu didn't know that Song Zaishui disliked her son!

Now the queen and the crown prince know that Song Zaishui doesn't look down on His Royal Highness the prince, and they want to repent of their marriage wholeheartedly!

Before, Wei Changying just spread some rumors that she wanted to discipline her husband to the imperial capital, and Mrs. Su immediately showed her face, the Shen family is still the same as the Wei family! Not to mention royalty?

What's more, Wei Changying has never thought of regretting marriage!

For herself, if Wei Changfeng also has an unmarried wife, let Mrs. Song know that this future daughter-in-law actually dislikes her son and doesn't want to marry - she doesn't want this kind of daughter-in-law, not only does she not want it, she simply wants to eat the other party! How do my own sons look good, where are your eyes growing when you don't keep your promises! Even if she was forced to marry due to the situation, it was strange that Mrs. Song didn't pinch Chenguang to settle the account after the autumn! Where can the thoughts of people who are mothers all over the world be worse?

Mrs. Song endured patience for a long time, although she didn't dare to say it all, she still asked tentatively: "Mother, what if Empress Gu already knows that Zai Shui is unwilling to marry the prince?" ”

As soon as these words came out, I saw Mrs. Song's eyes sweeping towards her like electricity!

Mrs. Song immediately looked at her nose and nose, and sat upright obediently.

After a while, Mrs. Song said lightly: "The queen will naturally be unhappy, and so will the prince, but the queen mother is always reasonable." ”

Of course, Mrs. Song understood the meaning of "reasonable", she couldn't help biting her lip and said, "If that's the case, then marry in the water, and I'm afraid of the Song family in the future...... Is it also a hidden danger? ”

Old Madam Song said lightly: "In this case, if you don't marry in the past, isn't it?" ”

Mrs. Song was stunned for a moment, and then heard the old lady continue, "You wrote a letter to your father two days ago, is this what you are talking about? ”

"......" Mrs. Song squeezed the veil tightly, and she didn't know what to say!

The old lady continued: "Believe me, of course, I won't look at you, but ...... In this matter, Deng Zongqi is in the Wei family, if Concubine Deng really has a perfect plan, in my opinion, it is better to hand over everything to the Deng family. ”

"Why?" Mrs. Song subconsciously said, she felt inappropriate when she said this, so she saw the old lady glance at herself, and then said lightly: "Repentance is not a good reputation after all, even if the scene is over, what is going on in private, don't people who have a heart still know?" But if the Song family has no intention of repenting of the marriage, they were broken up...... Then there is no way. ”

“…………！”

Mrs. Song woke up Mrs. Song with a word, and returned to her house, Mrs. Song didn't care about writing to Jiangnan again, but ordered left and right: "Go and tell the steward of the outer courtyard, from now on, keep Deng Zongqi's courtyard ...... Let's see how his injuries are, and if he can get up, and see when no one is looking, let him go to the backyard! ”

Mama Shi hurriedly said: "The old slave will go and say." ”