The Empress Dowager said lightly: "No." Even if the King of Zhongshan wants to take care of the affairs of my family, it depends on whether the parties are willing or not. At the beginning, the king of England himself was not willing to marry Jiang Shanshan, and now what is it to let her be a side concubine, I have never heard of spitting and swallowing back. ”

Aunt Mu sighed: "But in the eyes of others, I don't see it that way." The first few princes are all concubines and side concubines together, and then enter the door in the order of priority, and when it comes to His Royal Highness, he will not mention the side concubines, and those ignorant and vain people will take it for granted that the princess is bullying others, and the princess is jealous and not virtuous. would say that the second girl Jiang has lost her position as the main concubine, and she can't even be a side concubine, which is really too much bullying. ”

The Empress Dowager sneered: "It's really funny, didn't the sixth child also not agree on the candidate for the side concubine when he and Jiang Shanshan still had a marriage contract?" Why didn't anyone say that Jiang Shanshan was not virtuous at that time? Everyone has to praise her for her virtuous and beautiful, which makes the sixth child fall in love, so she does not accept a side concubine, which is a good story of a talented and beautiful woman. Why is it now the turn of our Fu family's daughter, who has become our bullying and jealousy? I have lived for so many years, and I have never seen this kind of Houmen daughter who refuses to be a concubine, but wants to rush to be a concubine. ”

Why? Isn't it because people have a good reputation, but Fu doesn't have a good reputation? What's more, Mingzhu is even more famous, and this family affair is inexplicable, how can there be good words? Jiang Shanshan married another eight kings, and people would say that she was high-spirited and bright, and she was good and rewarded, and she deserved it; Jiang Shanshan does not marry the eighth king, she has to be a side concubine to the king of England, people will say that she has deep roots, and she does not hesitate to compromise. Such affectionate requests can't get what they want, it's really a pearl to bully people, jealous and unvirtuous, and can't tolerate people. All in all, it was Yuwenchu and Mingzhu who failed Jiang Shanshan. Aunt Mu didn't want to say much, so she had to say, "I'm afraid that King Zhongshan will be unhappy." ”

The Empress Dowager disagreed: "Face is given to each other, this world belongs to the Yuwen family, but it is not his Zhongshan King's." Even if he has guarded the border for many years and worked hard, that is also his duty as a descendant and courtier of the Yuwen family. I respect him in major matters, he can't always interfere in everything, this is our family matter. ”

Eunuch Rong came from the outside and said with a smile: "Niangniang, just now the godson of the old slave was ordered to go to the imperial kitchen to get sweet soup, and when he passed by the garden, he actually met the eldest princess of Funing and the second girl of the Changxing Marquis Mansion standing in the garden talking and playing. I heard that the second girl Jiang was sick with a cold these days, and the Empress Dowager of Zhaoyang Palace took pity on her, so she summoned her to the palace for questioning. ”

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows, sneered and turned back to look at Aunt Mu: "Look, it's only been a few days, and she can't wait to come to block me." First King Lin'an, then Jiang Shanshan, did she look at me as a dead person? It seems that she is determined to get along with me. After a pause, he instructed Aunt Mu: "You go and call Mingzhu back immediately, Fu Ning must be going to bring people to Concubine Min, and Concubine Min's mother and daughter have always liked Jiang Shanshan very much, so if she bumps into her, it is inevitable that she will be unhappy, and she will fulfill other people's wishes." ”

Aunt Mu hurriedly chased out, and Eunuch Rong said: "This second girl Jiang was very sensible in the past, but she has been quite ignorant recently." ”

The Empress Dowager glanced at him and scolded: "You old thing! Just say what you want in your heart, and dare to beat around the bush with me? ”

Eunuch Rong smiled and saluted, and said: "The old slave thinks that the second girl Jiang is very famous, and even the King of Zhongshan, who is far away at the border, knows about it, and wants to stand up for her, and even the Queen Mother of Zhaoyang Palace is willing to help her." Before, Niangniang wanted to compensate her and let her marry the king of Anyang, but unfortunately she was not happy, so she asked the concubine to get a favor in front of you, and choose her favorite one by herself. At that time, the old slave felt that this Jiang Er girl was really a good girl, she was not greedy for power and money, but she was a person of extreme affection and sex, who knew that she wanted to be the side concubine of the British king? ”

The Empress Dowager said: "She has loved the King of England for many years, and she is willing to retreat to the second, and it was nothing to give her the position of a side concubine, but her family background is too good, and she is so smart and capable, it is really wronged to let her be the side concubine of the King of England." In this way, when Mingzhu and the King of England leave the palace, you will go and announce her, and I will meet her in person. "Jiang Shanshan is such a smart person, and his family background is not weak, isn't it a strong enemy to put him next to Mingzhu? Besides, Yuwen was unpredictable and ambitious, how could he add wings to him? She categorically couldn't allow it!

Eunuch Rong understood: "The old slave knows." stepped forward and pinched the Empress Dowager's feet for a while, and said, "Do you want to find an opportunity to announce that Mrs. Chang Xinghou has entered the palace to talk?" The old slave heard that the new champion Lang is very good, and the second girl Jiang is a talented woman, so it is a pair made in heaven. ”

The Empress Dowager smiled: "You old goods, you have a really good heart." Since she can't even look down on the king of Anyang, how can she look down on the champion from a poor family? No kidding. "Shut your eyes and recuperate, and say no more.

Eunuch Rong smiled, knelt on the ground, carefully picked up the Empress Dowager's feet and put them in his arms, and pinched them one by one. The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, as if she was very painful but very comfortable, and it took a long time for her to let out a long breath and whispered: "We are all old." ”

Eunuch Rong said quietly: "In the eyes of the old slave, Niangniang will always be the same as when she first entered the palace. ”

The Empress Dowager opened her eyes to look at him, and there was a slight moisture in her eyes: "Rongming, after so many years, do you regret it?" ”

Eunuch Rong smiled faintly, and his white and fat face showed a little comfort and tranquility: "Isn't Niangniang thinking that the old slave is not serving well?" ”

The Empress Dowager saw through his chubby white face the face of a delicate, fair-skinned, indifferent and condensed young man.

"The slave is honorable, and the father is the guilty minister of the family." That was the first time she had spotted him among a large group of palace people.

"Niangniang, please go this way, it rained before, and the road is slippery." She was pregnant, and he led her to escape a deliberate murder for a long time and save the emperor in her womb.

"This bowl of soup is cold, let the slave maid warm it up for you." He took the bowl of poisoned soup and saved her life.

"A slave is just a son of a sinner, and it is not worth the mother to be sad for a slave." For her sake, he angered the emperor and was about to die, but he did not complain at all.

"There's nothing wrong with being fat, if the slave becomes like this, no one will judge the slave and the maid with their appearance. Could it be that Niangniang will also judge people by their appearance, dislike the ugly and fat slaves and don't want the slaves and maids to serve? She laughed at him for eating himself into such a fat and ugly appearance, but he was very calm and peaceful.

For so many years, Emperor Wenzong, who didn't love her, died, and his only son, Emperor Zhengqian, who loved her, also died young, her daughter-in-law and her face and heart did not agree, and the grandson who succeeded to the throne was not satisfactory. He was originally the eldest son of the Guogong Mansion, a world-famous romantic tanhualang, but because of his father's sin, he did not enter the palace and lost all his dignity as a man. It is naturally extremely easy to die, but it is rare to survive and do your best to live better, that is the real man.

A warm current arose from the impulse in her chest, and the Empress Dowager sat up and stretched out her hand towards Eunuch Rong's face. Eunuch Rong was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes tremblingly, raised his head, and waited quietly.

The fingertips, still as white and delicate as the young woman, stopped abruptly when they were about to touch his face, and there was only a hair's length between her and him, but they could not get through.

The Empress Dowager quickly turned around, withdrew her feet from his arms, turned her head to look at the yellow bird hanging under the window, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's been cool in autumn recently, you take care of your body." ”