Chapter Thirty-Eight: Concubine Rou's Letter

After listening to Mrs. Li's words, Master Qi pondered for a while, King Jing and King Wu or General Zhong?

Who should you choose among these three? King Wu is the descendant of the original King of Chu, listening to the meaning of Taifu Li's mouth, although King Wu has established himself as the king, it seems that the reputation is not good.

What's more, the Marquis of Mingyuan's Mansion was the queen's mother's family, but King Wu was a king with a different surname who established himself as a king, and I am afraid that he would not recognize the Marquis of Mingyuan's Mansion.

The most important thing is that his temperament is unpredictable, but King Jing is the prince, and when it comes to his background, his biological mother Concubine Shu is a good position, and his mother's family is also a Jiangnan family, and his background is very noble.

What's more, the place where King Jing is located was given to him by the first emperor a long time ago, and his local forces have been operating there for many years, and the foundation must be deep.

It's just that he is so young that he doesn't know what his personality will be like in the future, so he has to think about it carefully.

If neither of them took refuge, they just borrowed from it, and according to what Taifu Li said, King Jing's generous temperament might work, but although General Zhong was once the old subordinate of Yao's father, no one could figure out how much friendship he cared about.

He also asked Yao about this matter, but Yao was still young at the time, and later he was given the title of a county lord to enter Beijing, and there was not much correspondence with General Zhong for so many years, she originally tried to send a letter over, but it was inconvenient.

How do you choose? Now that Jingzhong is still eyeing her, Min'er She has also fallen out of favor with the new emperor, he asked Li Shanggong to take care of Qi Min'er, in case it attracts the attention of others, then he must find someone to rely on first.

The so-called good birds choose trees to perch, how to choose, Master Qi was also a little hesitant for a while.

After a long while, Master Qi seemed to have finally made up his mind, and said to Mrs. Li:

"I think it's better to go to King Jing, this time to go to the side hammer, itself has to pass through the location of King Wu and King Jing, the two can only choose one of them, in the end King Jing is slightly more reliable, when the time comes, you can observe carefully, if King Jing is still acceptable, you can also stay in the local area, otherwise you will cross King Jing to find General Zhong.

The most important thing is that it is not safe enough for us to be where we are now, only when we get to King Jing of Wu, can we avoid those eyes and ears, as for the Zheng family you said, I will not consider it for the time being.

And how King Jing is, we really don't know too much, but when he was young, he was raised in the deep palace, and the concubine and the queen were quite in agreement, but I don't know exactly how to be in the deep palace, and I have to ask Concubine Rou to think about it. ”

"Concubine Rou? Are you talking about the woman who was on the road with you, and she turned out to be Concubine Rou? ”

Mrs. Li asked with some surprise, he had seen the rest of the Qi family, but he didn't know the looks of the ladies very well, only that there were the second and third daughters-in-law of the Qi family.

Later, after these days of getting along, he finally got some understanding, but there was also a beautiful woman who got along with the two, and he only heard Qi Zhenzhen call each other Aunt Rou, originally Mrs. Li only thought it was a distant relative of the Qi family or something, but she didn't expect it to be Concubine Rou.

Speaking of this harem, they may not be very clear, but a few favored concubines do, after all, the previous dynasty and the harem are closely related, and there are only a few favored by the first emperor, and Concubine Rou is the best among them.

Although Concubine Rou's mother's family is Qingliu, her background is not very high, and she has some relationship with the Marquis of Mingyuan's mansion, but she is not close, so her position when she entered the palace is not high, and it is really not eye-catching enough.

But her position rose very quickly, and when Concubine Rou was canonized Zhaorong, it caused some controversy, after all, it was the position of the second grade, even the biological mothers of many princes and princesses were not canonized to the position of nine concubines, but Concubine Rou was still promoted.

Later, with the favor of His Majesty, she canonized the position of concubine from the first grade, and the position is only below the fourth concubine, which can be said to be a holy family.

He didn't expect that Concubine Rou would be with Master Qi and his party now, shouldn't she be in the deep palace? And look at her and other people, she has a good relationship.

Seeing Mrs. Li's somewhat puzzled eyes, Master Qi didn't want to hide it from him, so he told Mrs. Li the reason.

After listening to Master Qi's explanation, Mrs. Li touched her beard and said with a light smile:

"After all, Concubine Rou can be regarded as a high-ranking concubine, and she is also the concubine of the new emperor today, if her identity is used well, it is a little exquisite, but until the critical moment, the identity of Concubine Rou must not be exposed.

According to what you said, since Concubine Shu and the queen are good friends, then you might as well ask Concubine Rou to come in and ask, she has been in the palace for a long time, and she is a high-ranking concubine, so she must know more about the situation than us. ”

After listening to Mrs. Li's words, Master Qi also nodded, and after a while, Concubine Rou walked in, she first smiled at Qi Zhenzhen, and then said to Master Qi and Mrs. Li:

"I wonder if you two came to me for something to say? If I had known, I would have told you. ”

Concubine Rou actually knew that her identity couldn't be hidden from Mrs. Li, but Master Qi didn't take the initiative to say it, and she only didn't know.

What's more, now that she knows that Mrs. Li is reliable, she naturally has nothing to hide, so she asked the two directly.

When Master Qi heard this, he didn't mean to ask, after all, they could be regarded as supporting each other with Concubine Rou along the way, so they naturally knew her character, so he asked directly: "Niangniang still remembers Concubine Shu and her son Wen Guogong." ”

Accidentally hearing some familiar names outside the palace, Concubine Rou was not only slightly stunned, but then fixed her expression and said:

"Concubine Shu and the queen mother are friendly, the former queen mother is still the princess, when the lady concubine gave birth to Wen Guogong, it is really very favored, at that time I heard that the two are very similar, the lady concubine in the palace is also Chang for its good words, the queen mother remembers her affection.

Later, after waiting for the queen mother to enter the palace, she also took care of Concubine Shu, and the relationship between the two was better.

Since I entered the palace, after I was favored and promoted, I often went to the queen's palace, and I naturally met with Concubine Shu a few times, and I knew that the two were indeed friends.

Concubine Shu has a very good personality, and although Wen Guogong is the prince's little uncle, he is still young after all, and the prince takes care of him quite a lot, Wen Guogong is a gentle character.

It's just that they were not valued by the first emperor at that time, or the queen mother specially asked for Mr. Wen Guogong's enlightenment, and then Wen Guogong's fief was delayed, or the queen mother specially asked for a fief for it, just waiting for Wen Guogong to canonize before she could go to Fan. ”

When she said this, Concubine Rou thought about it with a slight frown, and then said with some uncertainty:

"If I remember correctly, the fiefdom that I chose was far away from Beijing, and it seemed to be adjacent to the place where General Zhong was, and at that time the queen mother also said that this place was far away from Beijing, and it could be kept away from the prying eyes of some people, and Wen Guogong and Concubine Shu could be more comfortable.

Concubine Shu also specially sent some familiar palace people to arrange first, among which the queen also assigned Han Jin, the deputy head of the palace, and I also dialed two second-class palace maids who were good at cooking from the palace. ”

After listening to Concubine Rou's words, Mrs. Li and Master Qi looked at each other, and then nodded to each other.

According to the meaning of Concubine Rou's words, the relationship between Concubine Shu and the queen is quite close, and there are still acquaintances in King Jing's fief at this time.

Since this is the case, let's go to King Jing's side first, if what Concubine Rou said is true, it is okay to stay at King Jing's place, after all, King Jing is also a prince, and it is more justifiable than King Wu and General Zhong who established themselves as kings.

"You don't know yet, Wen Guogong and Concubine Shu have already arrived at the fiefdom arranged before, and Wen Guogong has also established himself as King Jing."

After temporarily confirming the thoughts in the other party's heart, Master Qi hurriedly explained to Concubine Rou on the side, and Concubine Rou also turned from the doubt just now to happiness.

"Great, Concubine Shu can be regarded as having her wish fulfilled, when she was in the palace in the past, she often thought about the things of the princess and knew her intentions."

After that, Concubine Rou glanced at Master Qi and Mrs. Li with some embarrassment, then struggled for a moment, and then said:

"And I was a little worried before, when Concubine Shu and Wen Guogong were not in the palace, but went to the palace.

Speaking of those days, although I have the title of Concubine Rou, but Your Majesty has a new favorite, although I still have some grace, but in the end it is still more accompanied by sisters in the palace, I and Concubine Shu both like embroidery, and the relationship is usually good.

If you want to try the hearts of King Jing and Concubine Shu, I will send a letter to you, I also miss Concubine Shu in my heart, what do you think? ”

Master Qi and Mrs. Li naturally have no opinions, they have nothing to do with Concubine Shu and Wen Guogong, Concubine Rou can let her give it a try if she says so.

If the relationship is really good, then it is naturally the best, they can go to King Jing, otherwise they will go to the place where the Zheng family is located for a while, and then make plans

In the Jingwang Mansion......

A woman in a brocade robe sat on a chair, and saw that she was dressed quite plainly, combed a cross bun, and only fixed with a few plain silver hairpins, the top of which was inlaid with turquoise embellishments, although simple but noble.

The brocade-robed woman seemed to be looking down to transcribe something, and at this time, a grandmother walked in quickly, with a little excitement on her face.

The brocade robe woman frowned slightly after hearing the voice, only to hear its voice like a jade bead falling on the plate, which sounded quite pleasant, she put down the pen in her hand and asked softly: "Why is Mama so excited?" ”

I saw that the mother handed over the letter in her hand, and said eagerly to the woman in the brocade robe: "Niangniang, take a closer look at the patterns on this letter. ”

The brocade-robed woman looked at it fixedly, only to see that it was a peony flower, and her calm expression couldn't help but feel a little gaffe.

"Who sent it? Don't hurry up and invite her in, I have something to ask her. ”

When the mother heard this, she shook her head and said: "It was the slave maid who went out of the house to buy, and a strange little maid suddenly bumped into the slave maid, and the slave maid touched the letter in her hand and did not dare to stay longer, and then the slave and maid looked at the peony flower on the envelope and was very familiar, so she rushed to show the mother." ”

"It's really familiar, maybe Concubine Rou also came here nearby, so I specially wrote a letter for you to hand it over."