Chapter 53: The Middle Palace
Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and it is Xu Weiqiu's favorite season...... Autumn.
In the past six months, because of her nutrition to keep up, she has raised a lot more, and her height is not 170, but also 167 and 8, and her female characteristics are more obvious, plus her complexion is good, and she looks young and beautiful.
Seeing her slim appearance, the Zhang family tried to persuade her to find a matchmaker to tell her a good family, but Xu Weiqiu always perfunctory at will.
Now for her to make money is the king, she set up a store next to the Lanyang City vegetable market to sell groceries, started a small business, and became her boss------
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The autumn breeze was pleasant, Concubine Qin was dozing off on the chaise longue, and a palace maid lifted the curtain and bowed in, knelt on the ground and whispered to her: "Concubine Niangniang, the queen asks to see her." ”
Concubine Qin's eyes were slightly raised, and her face was full of impatience: "What is she doing here?" I'm afraid that I can't go to the Three Treasures Hall if I have nothing to do, right? Bengong doesn't have the leisure to accompany her, let her go back. ”
"Mother." The palace maid Pearl was full of embarrassment on her face, and persuaded: "It's rare for the queen to come here, if you refute her feelings and spread it to the emperor, it will be bad." ”。
Concubine Qin sat up straight, and said very solemnly: "My old woman has lived for most of her life, and she really hasn't been afraid of anyone?" Go, get her out of me......"
"Yes!" Pearl didn't dare to refute anymore, and bowed down to retreat.
At this time, Concubine Qin suddenly changed her mind: "Forget it, let her in, I want to see what kind of moth this woman has come up with to toss people." ”
Not long after Pearl went out, a middle-aged woman wearing a phoenix crown and a very noble woman walked in, and greeted Concubine Qin with a smile: "The concubine has seen the concubine." ”
Concubine Qin's face also changed the disgusted look on Fang Cai's face, and greeted her with a smile: "Come on...... Come...... Come on, why does the queen have to come to my old woman's place? ”
The two sat opposite each other and exchanged a few polite words.
"Last time, the mother concubine was sick, and the saint often worried about it, and now the concubine seems to have looked much better recently......"
Concubine Qin was not modest, and said very naturally: "That is all the merit of the old man who has been fasting and reciting Buddha for many years. ”
The queen echoed on the surface, but secretly mocked in her heart: This recitation of the Buddha is true, but if you eat fasting for the past six months, you think you don't know, where is the shame of your words?
"The queen has time to go to the temple to make incense, when people reach middle age, they will accumulate virtue for their children and grandchildren, this person, what you plant will get what you get."
The queen smiled and nodded: "The mother concubine has taught ......"
The words of the two women seem to be commonplace, but in fact, they are surging.
The two talked back and forth, and the queen finally said the purpose of the trip lightly: "Recently, the emperor heard that the prince of King Sheng acted absurdly, and he actually let the vicious dog bite the little son of the Guangwu Hou family. ”
Concubine Qin pretended to be confused and said, "Is it, there is such a thing? Why don't I know, where did the queen hear about it? ”
The queen bowed slightly: "The concubine is not hearsay, this Guangwu Marquis has filed a complaint with the saint." ”
The fat on Concubine Qin's face twitched.
The queen then said:
"The prince of King Sheng is also twenty-one this year, and he is used to wandering on weekdays, and the concubine has discussed with the saint, thinking that he will let his mother show him a marriage, so that someone can control it."
As soon as Concubine Qin heard this, her heart immediately sank, and she responded unhappily but quietly.
Seeing that the purpose of this trip had been accomplished, the queen found an excuse to leave the Ruian Palace.
Spices were burning on the desk, and the fragrance was permeating, and Concubine Qin looked at the white smoke above the incense burner with a solemn face, and her heart was mixed.
Yan'er has long passed the marriageable period, and his delay in marrying him is to avoid the thorns in the middle palace.
Now that the queen has handed over the right to choose a concubine, she must have wanted to test herself, if she pointed out a spouse with a prominent family to Yan'er, it would definitely arouse the emperor's jealousy and suspicion, so as to give her a chance to sow discord.
This middle palace is extremely scheming, and he has always been pressed by this old man in this harem, and he can't hold it back, and he wants to put himself to death again and again.
The last time she wanted to murder herself, she took the opportunity to pull down her mother's cronies, and this woman probably hated herself so much.
Nowadays, every step has to be taken carefully.
Today's saints are suspicious, if they take a wrong step, I am afraid that ......?
She still has palpitations when she thinks about the incident from twenty years ago, and she never wants to experience that feeling of powerlessness again.
She was the concubine of the dynasty, from a famous family and a prominent family, and she was already a well-known talented woman before entering the palace.
married into the palace in the name of the world's most talented woman, and was deeply loved by the first emperor Enpang and the empress dowager at that time.
However, the biggest regret is that no matter how many saints she gets, she failed to give birth to a son and a half daughter for the first emperor.
The Empress Dowager felt sorry for her, and after she passed away due to illness, she handed over the two princes from the main palace to her to raise.
Today's saint is the prince at that time, and the prince of that year can be described as ruthless, in order to fight for the throne, he used all means to kill almost all his siblings.
Although he has good means and has done a great job, the first emperor who has lost his son one after another gradually noticed the clues, and he didn't want to hand over the country to such a vicious son, so he moved Yi Chu's heart.
All this, as the imperial concubine and the prince's adoptive mother, she saw it all, she knew that the prince had already planted eyes and ears beside the first emperor, and at the same time she was wary of her younger brother Prince Sheng.
In order to protect the two of them, Concubine Qin thought about it and finally decided to personally persuade the then Prince Sheng to give up the fight for the crown.
Prince Sheng had plans to compete with his brother, but he couldn't screw her as a concubine, so on his own birthday, he mounted a fast horse and pretended to fall off the horse.
At that time, I just wanted to be a show, pretending to be lame for a year and a half. If the body is disabled, there is naturally no right to inherit the unification, and while the first emperor dispelled the idea, the prince naturally let down his guard.
However, no one expected that the horses had already been manipulated by the crown prince, and after the prince fell from the horse, the usually well-behaved and obedient mount was running wildly around, and Prince Sheng was trampled by the horse's hooves and injured his roots. Since then, not only has he been lame, but his ability to pass on the lineage has also been damaged.
Prince Sheng withdrew gloomily, knowing in his heart that it was the prince who did the work, but he also resented Concubine Qin, who gave him the idea at that time.
Over the years, this has also become a wound in Concubine Qin's heart, thinking of the adopted son who is outside, she feels very guilty.