[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 521

Within a year, the two senior officials of the DPRK and China passed away one after another, and neither of them could be buried in their hometowns, which made it even more and more difficult for the Great Wei River to decline.

At this time, Shen Bo was worried about Shen Lang's future wisdom and foolishness, and discussed with Empress Dowager Deng whether to come to an amnesty or something to pray for Shen Lang. It's just that Shen Bo ascended the throne a few months ago, and he has just been granted amnesty, and now almost all of the people in prison are traitors, and this group of people is easy to catch, and if they are released, they are afraid that it will be another storm.

Knowing that Sikong Song Yuwang died of illness, Shen Bo's already troubled mood was clouded by a layer of haze - Song Yuwang's death was predictable half a year ago, but when he heard that he was really dead, Shen Bo was really sorry and melancholy.

Originally, his ability to ascend the throne had a lot to do with Song Yuwang's efforts and Wei Xinyong's running, but now one of these two people is dying of illness and the other is dying...... Don't say anything to repay or not to repay, just say that Shenbo had planned to let Song Yuwang, Wei Xinyong, Duanmuxing and others check and balance each other, and reconcile with each other in the middle, without losing power, now think about it, the so-called people are not as good as the sky, it's just empty.

He sent his attendants with a heavy heart to mourn, and gave the Song Mansion generously, and finally was brought up, Song Zaitian was robbed of love last year due to the loss of his grandmother, and now his father is gone again, is it to continue to win love or?

In fact, now that the Taishi is in charge, the Taifu, the Taibao, and the Taiwei are the assistants, are there any Sikong or others...... Anyway, Song Yuwang has been sick for so long, isn't the court still the same? However, whether to win love or not, and the vacant position, these are the attitudes of the new monarch.

After thinking about it, Shen Bo decided to continue to award the position of Sikong to Song Zaitian, and at the same time made a decree to win the love.

But these two things were resigned by Song Zaitian, and the reason for his resignation was very simple, because he had served his father before his illness for the past year, plus his grandmother and father had two bereavements, and there were no younger brothers and sisters to support each other, and even his wife Huo took their sons back to Jiangnan to mourn on his behalf. Therefore, he can't continue to be a member at all, and at the same time, he hopes that Shenbo can allow him to fulfill his filial piety and give Song Yuwang three years of filial piety.

The chamberlain returned to the palace and reported to Shen Bo: "The eldest prince of the Song family is indeed described as haggard, not like he can handle it. ”

…… thought that he would use this incident to try if he could lead Song Zaitian as a confidant, but Shenbo felt more and more that everything was not going well.

At this time, something happened in the harem again: Empress Wei Lingyue was suspected of murdering Concubine Deng.

It is said that the cake given by the queen to Concubine Shu was found to be highly poisonous, and Concubine Shu was so frightened that the six gods had no owner, and ran to the Weiyang Palace with the cake in front of the long kneeling, asking the queen to read it for the sake of Shen Lang and his youth, and forgive him for his carelessness in the past.

Shenbo has not yet been filial piety at this time, and there are not many people in the harem. In addition to the queen and the concubine, the two who served him before marrying a wife were only given to the girls from the sixth grade - the two girls fell out of favor as early as when he was still King Yi, and they were basically full. In this way, whoever has a move in the harem is watched up and down.

Concubine Deng Shufei ran to make such a fuss, and it didn't take long for it to spread all over the six palaces.

When I reported to Shenbo here, I had already added oil and vinegar to say that Empress Wei was out of favor and childless, and she was afraid that she would be shaken by Concubine Deng Shu, so she planned to take advantage of the situation when Shenbo couldn't go to the concubine during the filial piety period, and poisoned Concubine Deng Shu, and then she could adopt the only prince Shenlang as a mother-in-law.

The words are full of tears, and the evidence is ironclad......

Because Shen Bo married the wrong person, he was not very satisfied with Wei Lingyue. When he heard the news, he immediately believed it, and ordered him to summon the guards to come and ask him about the crime!

As a result, he waited angrily in Xuanming Palace, and Concubine Deng was helped by the palace people to pounce on him and cried several times in his arms - Empress Wei actually sent a palace maid, who was late, ignored Shen Bo's anger, and respectfully announced: "Niang Niang has been seven months pregnant, and now her body is heavy and her legs are swollen badly, so she can't come!" ”

Hearing this news, Shen Bo and Deng Shufei were stunned...... Shen Bo subconsciously ordered: "Call Hu Rafter!" ”

After he ascended the throne, he did not spend the night in the harem, and the days before he ascended the throne were not included in the history of Tong, and these were recorded in the palace when he was in the palace, and the person in charge at that time was named Hu Rafter.

After he arrived, he took the records from the palace, and sure enough, not long before the first emperor's trip, Shen Bo went to Wei Lingyue for a face-saving trip.

It is exactly the same as what the palace maid said, "I am seven months pregnant".

The palace maid said: "A few days ago, the mother asked the imperial doctor to diagnose it, and it was seventy percent likely to be a little prince. It's just that the Queen Mother and the Holy Mother are not in a good mood these days, and since the Mother is pregnant, her body has never been very good, and she is afraid that the Queen Mother and the Holy Mother are worried, so she has not said it. ”

Little Prince!

Shen Bo was originally dissatisfied with Wei Lingyue's deliberate concealment of her pregnancy, but she heard that it was another son...... The anger in his heart gradually calmed down: Shen Lang would become stupid because of such a fall, this was said by Duanmu Xinmiao himself, and Empress Dowager Deng cried in private and made amends to him...... Shen Bo also needs the support of the Empress Dowager Deng and the help of the Deng family, and secondly, he knows in his heart that it is actually himself who really harms Shen Lang.

Although Shen Lang is still young, it can be inferred that he will not be able to see it until he is older. However, since the child woke up, he was obviously not as agile as before. Neither Empress Dowager Deng nor Shen Bo wanted to admit Duanmu Xinmiao's words, and in view of the death of the nurse before, the palace people were even more afraid to say it. Therefore, inside and out, Shen Lang is now normal.

But no matter how much he deceived himself, Shenbo also knew in his heart that Duanmu Xinmiao's words were true.

Under the blow that the only son is likely to become a fool, but he is about to usher in the landing of his second son or sister-in-law, how can Shenbo not pay attention to it? He leaned forward slightly: "Is it really a prince?" ”

The palace maid said respectfully: "It is judged by the court, how dare the maid lie?" ”

…… The court sentenced him to be summoned to the front of the palace, wiped his cold sweat and proved the words of the palace maid, and at the end, he fell to the ground and begged for mercy. Shen Bo learned that this second son was all right, and would land in the next spring, his heart was full of joy, he stroked his palms and laughed on the spot, and generously pardoned the court sentence to help the queen hide her pregnancy, not only issued a decree to reward Weiyang Palace, but even got up and went to visit the queen who he had not paid attention to for more than half a year - Concubine Deng Shu was left alone on the Xuanming Palace, her face turned from iron blue to pale and then to red - I don't know how long it took for her to pack up her emotions, return to her palace, and walk outside, but saw Yao Tao standing at the bottom of the steps.

Concubine Deng Shufei was taken aback, hurriedly laughed, and went over to greet: "Why is Mama Yao here?" Is it my aunt who wants to seek the saint? ”

Yao Tao glanced at her deeply, shook her head and said, "The Queen Mother asked the maid to invite the lady to come over to talk." ”

"You're so reckless!" In the Huishu Palace, Mrs. Deng sank like water, as soon as Concubine Deng Shu entered the palace, she reprimanded her head and face, "Do you think that you are now one of the four concubines of Zhengyipin, only under the queen, you have both the intention and the merit of giving birth to a child, and you are also humble to the position of the concubine, once the middle palace falls, then Weiyang Palace must be you, right?!" ”

Concubine Deng hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Concubine don't dare!" But that snack is really poisonous, auntie! The concubine is really scared......"

Empress Dowager Deng said impatiently: "Since the age of seven, the mourning family has often entered the palace to accompany the mourning family's aunt and grandmother!" There have been ups and downs in this palace for decades, what battles have you never seen? You think carefully about this idea, even if you coax the saint, you dare not tell the truth in front of the mourning family?! Didn't you just think that the queen was not favored, and this time Lang'er was accidentally injured again, looking at it as an opportunity, thinking that she could take the opportunity to bring down the queen?! ”

"You're so confused!" Empress Dowager Deng patted the long case, hating the iron but not steel, "Such a big matter, you didn't even discuss it with the mourning family at all, and acted so recklessly!" Look at the present! Not to mention the ready-made handle to the queen, he also called the attention of the saint to be robbed by Weiyang Palace! ”

Concubine Deng Shufei said timidly: "My niece knows her mistake, but my aunt and niece really don't know that Wei is pregnant, and ...... And it's been hidden for so long! Niece...... My niece did such a bad thing to her this time, but what should I do? Auntie, you must help a bunch of nieces! ”

Originally, it was impossible for Wei Lingyue's pregnancy to be hidden for so long.

But now there is no one in the harem, and she is the queen. The first emperor was a big deal, and she was still young when she needed to come forward, so she didn't show up at all. When she was a month old, she exempted her concubines from asking for peace, and hid in Weiyang Palace without leaving the house, except for her close body and soul, no one outside could see her at all. Hengzhu's temperament was already quiet, but now that she is in the filial piety period, no one under her is suspicious or anything-who told her to be unfavorable?

Second, she was conceived when she was in the palace, although Empress Dowager Deng has been in the palace for many years and is deeply rooted, but she is not Shenbo's biological mother or adoptive mother or mother-in-law. It is impossible to go to Shenbo's living record in the East Palace after becoming the queen mother...... Besides, she really didn't expect it to be so coincidental.

came to the Empress Dowager Deng three times, and at first asked her to ask for peace a few times. But later it was discovered that Shenbo couldn't go to the harem now, and most of the time he went to Huishu Palace to ask Empress Dowager Deng for advice. He didn't arrive accurately, and he bumped into the concubine a few times, Wei Lingyue is everyone's daughter in the end, and the words of persuasion and enlightenment are very ironing, although Shen Bo found out that he had married the wrong person because of his hard work to marry a wife, he always had a knot in his heart for her. But listening to her speak skillfully, she is much more pleasant in front of people. When Empress Dowager Deng found out, she sent her back to continue to nest under the pretext of sympathy for the queen......

As a result, she was actually raising a fetus in such a litter......

If it weren't for Concubine Deng Shu's covetousness this time, she asked Wei Lingyue to take the initiative to say that she was pregnant in order to protect herself, I am afraid that the second prince would fall to the ground, and the palace would know about it!

Because of this birth, Concubine Deng Shufei's carefully planned slander suddenly became a joke - even if Shen Lang injured his head, at least he was the only heir of Shen Bo, and he had the value of being fought for. But now the queen is not only pregnant but also about to give birth, and she is even a prince!

In the end, the son-in-law is more expensive than the concubine, even if it is the eldest son.

What's more, it's hard to say whether Shen Lang will be wise or stupid in the future, in this case, the queen's reason for murdering Shen Lang is very reluctant, let alone attacking Concubine Deng Shu!

Concubine Deng secretly scolded the Wei family for being treacherous in her heart, and cried and begged the Empress Dowager Deng to give an idea: "Now that the saint is in Weiyang Palace, the Wei family is about to sue, what should I do if the saint is disgusted with the concubine when the time comes......"

"Are you scared now? Why were you so bold and self-assertive when you slandered Wei's earlier, and you didn't even ask the mourning family! Empress Dowager Deng scolded hatefully, but scolding is scolding, and the niece of the clan still has to help. The Queen Mother has been up and down in the palace for many years, has rich experience, and has settled down, so she asked, "The people around you are all old people brought over from the East Palace, right?" ”

Concubine Shu said cautiously: "Yes." ”

"Then go and dispose of all the people who know about this matter, and say that they are the remnants of the former prince, and they deliberately want to provoke the holy harem!" Empress Dowager Deng said decisively, "The Holy Lord is very disgusted with the Gu family, he will believe it if you say so." ”

"Huh?" Concubine Shu was stunned, and subconsciously said, "But those are the concubine's henchmen......"

"If the henchman is dead, he can be cultivated again!" Empress Dowager Deng sneered and said, "If you are rejected by the Holy Lord, based on this incident, you say that the Empress will tolerate you?" Don't think that you can count on the mourning family, the mourning family is old and it is impossible to protect you for a lifetime! ”

Glancing at the dormitory, the Queen Mother sighed, and her voice was low, "It's hard to say that Lang'er will not be able to say in the future, but the middle palace is about to have a son!" Don't you think about the future?! ”