In the first month, the court advised the prince, and in February, Xiao Yan still did not look forward to the favor of the saint, but watched the newly entered Qin concubine "thousands of favors", can she not be anxious? The eyes were so burned that the beads were red, but the queen mother governed the six palaces of the east and west in a proper manner, even if Xiao Yan was careful, Mo said that she went to the Qianming Palace to show her existence in front of the emperor, in addition to going to the Kunren Palace with the crowd to greet her, with her grade, it was impossible to wander around in the imperial garden, and only a eunuch had the ability to "invite her back", and she had never had the opportunity to meet the holy driver, not to mention the Zhongcui Palace where Qin Concubine lived, even if it was only separated by a two-fold palace wall, knowing that the holy car was there, Xiao Yan did not want to be allowed to "greet her", she tried a few times, unexpectedly, she ate the closed-door soup, but it made Qin Concubine remember this ill-intentioned little election waiter.

To say that this Qin concubine, and the queen even out of five suits, counting up to the great grandfather is a cousin, her grandfather is already a concubine, her father is a concubine, and she is also a concubine, but her grandfather has no title, to her father, because he always flatters Qin Xiang, and seeks an idle job, it can only be regarded as not Bai Ding, the family background is already cold, once you are a concubine, Qin Concubine is somewhat top-heavy, and she relies on the favor of the Son of Heaven, the queen supports her, and she only thinks that it is enough to run rampant in the six palaces, and it is common to see Concubine Deng and Concubine Yan both holding their heads high, How could she see Xiao Yan in her eyes - of course she didn't know that the eldest son of the emperor came out of this belly.

Qin Concubine packed up people, of course, she would not be as straightforward as Liao Jieyu, she didn't even have to come forward herself, and as soon as she said to the queen's ear that Xiao Xiao chose to compete for favor, Xiao Yan was even deprived of the qualification to "stand on duty", and as soon as the queen gave an order, Xiao Yan was grounded in the palace, and she completely lost her freedom.

Even if the queen does not have the seal in her hand, she has no right to take care of the palace affairs, but it is not a problem to deal with a backless candidate, and the queen mother is not theoretical, Xiao Yan was "imprisoned" like this, and she can only ask God to tell the Buddha, hoping that one day the Son of Heaven will remember her, although she is grounded, but this ban is invalid for the Son of Heaven.

To put it mildly, the queen still relied on Xiao Yan a little bit when she was in the palace, relying on her to support her face, but when she entered the palace, the queen originally planned to keep Xiao Yan in Kunren Palace to be a palace maid, but she was given the rank of the chosen servant by the Son of Heaven and officially became one of the harems, even if the rank was low, the queen was as embarrassed as if she was slapped in the face.

In the end, there is the eldest son of the emperor, and Xiao Yan never dares to be presumptuous in front of her, so the queen can barely tolerate it, and the "affection" is far less than at the beginning.

Not to mention that at this time, if she was mentioned in the quilt, she had already made up her mind to let her eldest son die, and at that time, Xiao Yan would not be able to live, and the queen would not take her seriously.

The Son of Heaven probably really enjoyed Xiao Yan's "service", and treated the rest of the concubines with rain and dew, and he could only think of the queen on the fifteenth day of the first month.

It's about too much rain and dew, none of the harem concubines are pregnant, but the most favored Xiao Yan was "destroyed" by the Shunzi Soup, and it is difficult to get pregnant - this woman is indeed sad, in terms of speaking, she was a prostitute at the beginning, and it is common to take the Shunzi Soup, but she was soon "privately hidden" by the prince, and the old bustard naturally did not dare to use medicine on her, which made Xiao Yan pregnant with the dragon, but after being admitted to the palace, she was injured by the Shunzi Soup.

The queen is not so thoughtful, and will bother to find any prescriptions for Xiao Yan that will not hurt her body, using tiger and wolf medicine, just to make it impossible for her to have children, Xiao Yan didn't care at first, and thought that the things she drank were similar to those used by those people in the Gaomen family, and she couldn't get pregnant for a while, and she would be free after stopping the medicine.

became a waiter, so she naturally stopped taking medicine, but she couldn't get pregnant, so it was easy to "buy" Jiang Han to diagnose the pulse privately, and the bad news was at the head, and Xiao Yan was discouraged, and she could only pin all her hopes on the emperor's eldest son.

However, as soon as someone admonished the prince, the Son of Heaven began to pay attention to the problem of his "childlessness", how can he still think of Xiao Yan, the eldest son of the emperor can not live for a long time, then it is necessary to let the harem give birth to an heir to be stable, the Son of Heaven pondered, since he still has to use the Qin family for the time being, he cannot abolish the queen, and it is the "right way" to favor Qin concubines, although the Son of Heaven is really a little impatient with the twisting behavior of these women, and he cannot be waited for to "ecstasy".

A mere selection of waiters was punished and grounded, and did not attract any attention, that is, the queen mother listened to the report of the inner servant and turned her head and forgot, she had long been dissatisfied with the harem where the Son of Heaven "favored" a maidservant, and at this time the queen mother thought that Xiao Yan was really as she looked, and she was the maid of the queen's private house.

But the Empress Dowager kept her heart.

Because she has concluded that the eldest son of the emperor is not a concubine, and after thinking about it deeply, she does not think that this thing that confuses the concubine is carried out by the queen, at that time, the princess is pregnant is also a big deal, and the good doctor of the prince's palace is bound to ask for the pulse, if it is not for the cover of the Son of Heaven, how can the queen be "fake pregnant"? The Empress Dowager thought that even if the Son of Heaven had planned to give birth to the emperor's eldest grandson in order to win the holy family, he would not be so bastard as to find a pregnant woman outside to pretend to be the emperor's heir, then someone must have "surrogacy" for the queen, and it could never be two side concubines, maybe they were the maids beside the queen.

Xiao Yan's anxiety and anxiety have repeatedly exceeded the rules, and she has not escaped the eyes and ears of the Queen Mother.

But she only paid attention silently, and the Empress Dowager did not intervene rashly.

Even if the eldest son of the emperor is not a concubine, he is also a dragon son, he is the blood of the heavenly family, and the identity of the biological mother is more humble, in the absence of other princes, the identity of the eldest prince is also the most noble, and the concubine is indeed a royal scandal, although the queen is responsible, the son of heaven cannot escape the involvement, the queen mother did not think about it at this time, it depends on what the son of heaven will do next - that is, Qin Concubine gave birth, and it is also a concubine, and it is not more justifiable than the eldest prince in the name of the queen, does the Son of Heaven want to abandon the grandson and establish a virtuous? This is also good, if Concubine Yan gives birth in the future, she will also have the qualifications to fight for the storage position.

The Empress Dowager didn't expect that the Son of Heaven had already made up his mind to let the eldest son die, and the tiger poison didn't know the son, although the Son of Heaven was ruthless to his hands and feet, even if his own son was unwilling, he didn't have such a cruel reason.

However, the Empress Dowager still instructed Aunt Ru to take care of some Zhang Xuanzhi, so as not to let people suddenly "fall ill", and it is best to arrange a few palace people to have private contact with Zhang Xuanzhi and establish a personal relationship.

This is easy for Aunt Ru.

And the queen grounded Xiao Yan since she beat her, but also left her behind, Bai Concubine is a virtuous and gentle person, Xiao Yan spoils her more and is not jealous, and she will not fall into the well if she falls out of favor, as long as Xiao Yan does not go out of her own yard, Bai Concubine does not pay attention to the occasional gossip of the palace people.

In this way, the palace maid named Azhu in Jinghe Palace, because of her "sympathy" with Zhang Xuanzhi, often visited, brought some medicinal food and pastries to "replenish", and was introduced as a confidant by Xiao Yan, and it was also the only way to understand everything outside the wall.

Xiao Yan naturally received the warning of the Son of Heaven, knows how to be powerful, and will not easily reveal the secret that she is the emperor's biological mother, once this matter is publicized, it is still herself who is unlucky, and the status of the queen's concubine is naturally different from that of a lowly son, and Xiao Yan can only hide in her stomach unless she has to.

But she still couldn't help but let Azhu pay attention to the recent situation of the emperor's eldest son.

When this matter reached the ears of the Empress Dowager, she was sure of a little conjecture, and she was in a predicament again, how could she worry about the queen's "heir" to the eldest prince for no reason?

He also said that since there was a royal history to advise the prince, although it was not over, but the ministers of the court paid a lot of attention to the emperor's eldest son, and there was a Hanlin advice, even if it was too early to establish the prince at this time, it should also enlighten the emperor's eldest son, and select a virtuous and knowledgeable person to teach the prince to read and know books, of course, the Son of Heaven will not refuse, and there is no reason to refuse, after some discussion, Qin Xiang's nephew stood out.

The Empress Dowager knew about this, and she didn't care, the eldest son of the emperor was not the choice of the prince anyway, the Son of Heaven himself didn't care, and the Empress Dowager didn't bother to care about whether the prince's teacher would be passive and slacking off.

But even if the Empress Dowager has a time to discuss with others when encountering problems, the ladies of the Yan family are foreign women and cannot be contacted from time to time, so the Empress Dowager will naturally rely on the female officials around her.

Wei Zhao has something to do with the Chu Palace, and as for such "secrets", the Empress Dowager still guarded against her, and only told Aunt Ru.

For example, the aunt was worried: "I'm afraid that in the future, Concubine Qin will have a child, and the queen will have ideas." ”

said tactfully, but the Empress Dowager understood the meaning of her words, it was unlikely that the Son of Heaven would "eat children", but the queen could not say.

"The eldest prince is surrounded by the queen's cronies, and our people can't get close, so we have to let Ren Haihai have some heart." The Empress Dowager said: "The queen doesn't have evil thoughts, once she tries to assassinate the emperor's heir, she is bound to pinch the evidence of her crimes, and no one can protect her at that time." ”

Such as the aunt whispered a promise.

This matter cannot be spread because of the Empress Dowager's instructions, and Aunt Ru did not violate the order, but she still prefers Yu Feng and Yijing in her heart, knowing that the Qin family is eyeing the princess, but if she can help, Aunt Ru will not stand idly, so she found an opportunity to remind Wei Zhao: "The Empress Dowager is really disgusted with the Qin family, if the queen follows the rules, if there is a mistake, it will be another turmoil." ”

Wei Zhao was alert and cautious, and he would not ask the queen if there might be any mistakes, but silently kept the words in his heart and passed them out through the secret line planted by his cousin.

After Yu Feng learned about it, he only smiled at Yi Jing and said: "Gradually, there is a fire, and the Empress Dowager's attention is all aimed at the Qin family at this time, and our plan is also smooth." ”

At the same time, Qin Xiang's plan is also being implemented in an orderly manner, and the rumors that took root in the Daimyo Mansion finally reached Jinyang after two months of development, and after adding oil and vinegar, the more detailed - I heard that Qi Jiatang and his gang, not only are they not chivalrous, but they do all kinds of evil, that is, the husband of the Qi family, all have the behavior of adulterous wives and daughters, where they used to be entrenched, there is a village not far away, and an orphan girl was taken away by this gang of gangs, and she was simply tortured and humiliated to death.

The people do not have the ability to distinguish right from wrong, most of them only believe in the wind, and they are very sympathetic to the weak who have suffered from the scourge of the rogues, and they complain and scold the remnants for a while, but they do not further associate with the princess of Chu, even if they do, they dare not openly talk about the princess's loss of virginity, but they are just secretly guessing.

Since there are rumors heard by the imperial history, although most of them are vigilant and speculate that these rumors are not simple, but Qin Xiang naturally has a way to instigate people to admonish, questioning that Qi Jiatang is not a behavior that the king of Chu claims to have violated the law, but is a group of heinous criminals who should not be pardoned by the imperial court, but should be eliminated for the people and punished with serious crimes.

At this time, the people of Qi Jiatang had already been placed by Yu Feng in turn, only the Qi family and his wife were still detained in the palace - this is also the meaning of the Queen Mother, Yu Feng's eldest daughter is still in the hands of the Qi family, the matter has not been properly handled, and the hostages have not been returned, how can the Qi family and his wife be released? But the Son of Heaven didn't know about it, let alone Qin Xiang.

The Son of Heaven asked Yu Feng - how to explain?

Yu Feng is naturally bright: "There are no root rumors, even the bitter master has not appeared, let alone the evidence of the crime. ”

Qin Xiang's plan was not really to investigate Qi Jiatang's guilt, this was just an inducement, his plan was to question the princess of Chu or be humiliated, damaging the reputation of the clan, and it could not be forgiven, not only to damage the reputation of the clan, but also to use the people's boiling discussion to build momentum, so that the imperial historians had an excuse to go to the book, and the Son of Heaven could logically hold him accountable and force the king of Chu to divorce his wife.

However, this matter cannot involve the Qin family, so as not to make the king of Chu angry, even if he divorces his wife in desperation, Qin Ziruo has no chance to replace him, so Qin Xiang acted very carefully this time, warning his protégés not to participate, but to find an official who is not involved in the Qin family on the surface.

Even he told Ziruo through Mrs. Qin that there was a royal history to hear, and the people had already had very ugly discussions, so he was afraid that it would damage the reputation of the princess, although his protégé had already prepared an excerpt, but he was stopped in time, but he couldn't keep that there were other officials who took care of the reputation of the clan and the dignity of the heavenly family, in short, I am afraid that there will be a turmoil, and the king of Chu should prepare how to deal with it in advance.

is really hypocritical to the extreme, but he pretends to be smart, and he is foolish when he is right.

And in Jinyang Jingli, the rumors about Qi Jiatang's evil deeds were popular for a while, and finally there was another news that everyone was glaring at - but it was a poplar alley where civilians in the outer city lived, and there was a fierce woman, who did not abide by the woman's way and did not speak, and even openly beat and scolded her mother-in-law, her man wanted to stop it, but was beaten violently by this woman's adulterer, and the degree of horror shocked the entire capital, and no one knew about it for a while, and the market was boiling.