Chapter 255: The First Empress and the Empress Mother
The death of the princess did not cause any turmoil in the capital. However, her death was not a good thing for the Xuanping Marquis Mansion.
The Marquis of Xuanping loved his eldest daughter very much, and the eldest daughter died at a young age, which hit him very hard, making him ten years old in an instant.
The princess is smart and filial, and the Xuanping Marquis Mansion can have today's glory, and she also has her credit.
Xuanping Hou often said that the princess was most like Concubine Rong, which did not mean that they looked alike, but that they were as smart as they were.
Princess Dai grew up beside Rong Guifei since she was a child, and was deeply influenced by Rong Guifei, and she did things in the style of Rong Guifei. However, she is a little more delicate than Concubine Rong. It is precisely because of this delicacy that she can always detect the emotions of the acting king.
She is very good at talking, and can always persuade the angry king to calm down. Xuanping Marquis and Concubine Rong are worried that the acting princess is gone, who can persuade the acting king.
The acting king has a short temper, is more anxious, and is also a little stubborn. When the temper comes, he will be stubborn, and it is difficult to listen to the persuasion of others, only the words of the princess can he listen to it.
If the acting king is compared to a wild and untamable wild horse, then the acting princess is the leash of the wild horse of the acting king. Now, this rope is gone, and who else is holding the acting king.
The death of the acting princess was also a very big blow to the acting king. During this period of time, his whole person seemed to have lost his soul, not to mention going to the court, even if he had no appetite for food.
Concubine Rong was very worried about acting for the king, so she specially asked the emperor for instructions to go out of the palace to visit and persuade her son.
The acting king was too sad to listen to anyone's persuasion for the time being.
Concubine Rong had no choice but to take out her grandson, which cheered up the acting king.
In order to surpass the princess, the acting king invited eighty-one monks to chant for the princess for 7749 days.
When the people saw that the king was so affectionate to the princess, they praised him for being a good husband. For this, he won a wave of good fame among the people.
"Your Highness, His Royal Highness is deliberately pretending to be affectionate." Tongxi does not believe that His Royal Highness the Acting King is affectionate to the Acting Princess.
"Not necessarily." Zhao Yao thought that when they went to mourn, he saw the acting king looking sad, and he felt that the acting king did not look like he was pretending. "The acting king and the acting princess grew up together, childhood sweethearts, and their relationship should be very good."
"Really?" Tongxi looked suspicious, "Your Highness, will someone like the acting king be affectionate?" He couldn't imagine that the acting king looked as affectionate as in the book, it was too scary.
Zhao Yao glanced at Tongxi and said, "Why can't the acting king be affectionate?" ”
Tongxi said: "I always feel very strange. ”
"Nothing strange." Zhao Yao said, raised his hands and stretched his waist, and then crossed his hands and held his head, walking lazily.
"Your Royal Highness, the acting princess is gone, will the princess on that side become the step-princess?"
"No, neither Xuanping Hou nor Concubine Rong will agree." Zhao Yao guessed, "It is estimated that the younger sister of the acting princess will be the step-princess." ”
Tongxi exclaimed: "Isn't this just like the queen's mother?" "After the first queen died of illness, her sister, who is now the queen's mother, married the emperor and became the successor.
"Yes, it's the same as the queen's mother......" Speaking of this, Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something, and his expression became very strange for a moment.
Tong Xi saw that Zhao Yao's expression was a little wrong, and asked with concern, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" ”
"You just said that you are the same as the queen mother, what is the same?"
Tongxi felt that Zhao Yao's question was a little strange, but he still replied honestly: "Isn't the queen also the sister of the queen, because the queen died of illness, the queen mother married the emperor, and now that the princess has died of illness, is the sister of the princess also going to marry His Royal Highness the princess as the successor princess." ”
"This is it." Zhao Yao had a very scary guess in his head, but he quickly denied it, he felt that he was thinking too much.
Tongxi saw Zhao Yao's face change back and forth, with expressions of shock, shock, and denial. He couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" ”
Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's that I'm thinking too much." "He had a very terrible thought just now. Really, how could he have such a terrifying idea.
"Your Highness, what are you worried about?"
"No worries." Zhao Yao said, "It's not too early, let's go back quickly." ”
Zhao Yao came back from the Four Princes. He, like two years ago, would go to the Four Princes every night to learn something. used to learn Li Jiazi from the four princes. A year ago, he learned all the Li family characters.
The fourth prince saw that he was about to become an adult and become king, and when the time came, he would leave the capital and separate from Zhao Yao, so he wanted to teach Zhao Yao as much as possible before leaving. This is the reason why Zhao Yao went to study with the four princes every night after learning Li Jiazi.
Zhao Yao didn't want to learn, but he saw that the four princes wanted him to learn, and he thought that the four princes were also worried about him, so it was difficult to refuse the four princes' hard work.
When he was halfway there, he heard a strange sound, and Tongxi jumped up in fright and almost screamed.
Zhao Yao looked at Tongxi hiding behind him speechlessly, and said in a tone full of helplessness: "It seems that someone is calling, what are you afraid of." ”
"Your Highness, is it really human?"
Zhao Yao was too lazy to take care of Tongxi, and walked over curiously following the voice, and then he saw an unsightly scene.
"Your Highness, don't look." Tongxi was a step late, but he still covered Zhao Yao's eyes.
Zhao Yao scolded himself in his heart, he was curious about what to do, now that he saw the scene of spicy eyes, he must have a long needle eye.
Just as Tongxi was about to leave with Zhao Yao, the two people in the rockery ended. At this time, he and Zhao Yao recognized who these two people were at the same time. These two people are the medical eunuchs and medical women of the Tai Hospital.
"Do you make it comfortable?" The eunuch asked sheepishly.
The woman glared at the eunuch with disgust, and said, "Dead ghost, you are really getting better and better. ”
"If I hadn't covered your mouth in time, you would have screamed out of comfort." The eunuch said with a smug face.
"It's not like you're getting too comfortable." The woman asked, "Shall we go back now?" ”
"What are you doing in such a hurry to go back, let's sit down and talk for a while."
"Say what."
"Do you say that we should tell the acting king that the acting princess did not really die of illness."
Zhao Yao and Tongxi, who were hiding behind another rockery, heard this, and both of them had surprised expressions on their faces.
The woman lowered her voice and said, "Are you crazy?" ”
"I've been thinking about this for the past few days. If we tell the Acting King that the Acting Princess died of illness after taking a life-threatening medicine, the Acting King may reward us. "The eunuch is the eunuch in charge of medicinal materials in the Tai Hospital, and he often goes out with the imperial doctor. He followed the imperial doctor to the palace of the prince before, so he knew the condition of the princess best. Later, he learned from the imperial doctors the real reason for the death of the princess.
Zhao Yao was shocked in his heart: The acting princess actually died of illness after taking a medicine that killed people, could it be poison?
"The acting princess is not poison, you go and tell the acting king, the acting king doesn't believe it, what should I do?" The woman did not approve of the eunuch doing this, "What if the acting king kills you in anger?" ”
"I'm also afraid of this, so I don't dare to go to the acting king." The eunuch said, "Although the princess did not die of poison, she did take the medicine that killed her. ”
"Do you think there really is such a medicine in this world, can't it be that the doctors have made a mistake?" The woman didn't believe it and said, "You ran to tell the acting king that the acting princess died because she ate the birth remedies, do you think the acting king will believe it?" ”
"That's what the doctors said, and it won't be wrong." The eunuch said, "The eunuchs said that the princess took a forbidden medicine to conceive a child, and this forbidden medicine is a home remedy for giving birth to a child, and she will definitely conceive a child after taking it, and she will give birth to a son, but this medicine will ruin her body." ”
He added: "Originally, when a woman gave birth to a child, it was like going to the Ghost Gate, and after taking this medicine, the princess would definitely not be able to live." The imperial doctor also said that it was a miracle that the princess could delay her death for so long. ”
The woman was surprised: "So, the acting princess should have died a long time ago?" ”
The eunuch nodded his head and said, "After giving birth, you should die, but the princess will not die until after His Royal Highness catches Zhou." ”
"I advise you not to tell the acting king about this." The woman frowned and said, "When the acting king learns the truth about the death of the acting princess, he may not be happy, maybe he will be more sad and angry, and when the time comes, he will really be angry with you, what should I do?" ”
The eunuch felt that what the woman said was very reasonable, so he hesitated and said, "Then I'll not say it." ”
The woman told the eunuch, "This matter will rot in the stomach, and you must not tell anyone else." ”
"I'm not stupid, isn't telling others about this to ask for death?" The eunuch said, sighed lightly and said, "I wanted to use this matter to make a fortune, but I didn't expect it to work." "The acting king is very generous on weekdays, he wants to tell the acting king the real reason for the princess's illness, and the acting king may reward him with a lot of money.
"Money is important, let's live well in the palace first." One of them is a medical eunuch and the other is a medical woman, and their status in this palace is low, and they can only live cautiously on weekdays.
"You're talking about it, I'm obsessed." The eunuchs also wanted to get more money so that their lives would be better.
The woman knew the eunuch's thoughts, held his hand, and said with a very gentle expression: "I think our life is quite good now." ”
When the eunuch heard the woman say this, he smiled slightly: "It's not too early, we should go back too." ”
"Hmm."
The eunuch led the woman out of the rockery.
After they left for a while, Zhao Yao and Tongxi came out.
Tongxi looked surprised and said, "They are Cao Wu and Xuemei from Tai Hospital. "Tongxi has a good memory, and can remember the names and looks of most of the eunuchs and maids in the palace." Cao Wu is the eunuch in charge of medicine in the Tai Hospital, and Xuemei is a medical woman. ”
Zhao Yao thought of Cao Wu and Xuemei's words just now, and said with a frown: "I didn't expect that the acting princess was pregnant with a child because she took banned drugs, and I didn't expect her to be killed by banned drugs." ”
"Your Highness, is there really such a powerful medicine in this world?"
"There should be." Where did the princess get the forbidden medicine for giving birth to a child, which was given by her sister?
According to the words he often reads, the concubine of the princess has always been jealous of the princess and wants to replace the princess. learned that the princess was worried about pregnancy, so she found a forbidden drug to give birth to a child, and then dedicated the medicine to the princess. She knew in her heart that when the princess died, her sister-in-law would definitely marry the princess as the step-princess.
"Who is so vicious, he actually gave such a poisonous medicine to the princess, isn't this the life of the princess." Tongxi said in a sharp tone, "And it won't be found out, everyone thinks that the acting princess died of illness because His Royal Highness was injured." ”
"It's none of our business, let's go back." Zhao Yao didn't expect that because of his curiosity, he not only saw amazing things, but also heard amazing things.
"Your Highness, Cao Wu and Xuemei were eating against each other just now, what should I do about this, do you want to tell Grandpa Sun?"
"We didn't see anything, we didn't hear anything." Zhao Yao knew about the eunuch and the palace maid eating each other. "Tongxi, have you eaten any of them?"
Tongxi shook his head in fright by Zhao Yao's question: "Your Highness, there are no slaves, there are really no slaves." Although many palace maids asked him to make food, he refused.
Zhao Yao looked Tongxi up and down, and said jokingly: "There should be a lot of people looking for you to make the right food, right?" "Tongxi is quite handsome, very tall, and can do martial arts, there should be many palace maids who like him.
"There are quite a few, but they are all rejected by the slaves." Those people asked him to make food, first, he was good-looking, and second, he was His Highness's personal eunuch. Although His Royal Highness is not supported by the ministers, His Royal Highness is still very popular with the eunuchs and palace ladies. On the one hand, it is because His Highness is good and very good to their group of lowly people. On the other hand, it is because His Royal Highness can be crowned king and go to the fief when he becomes an adult. The people who follow His Highness will be able to leave the palace and follow His Highness to the fiefdom when the time comes.
Leaving the palace was the dream of many eunuchs and court maids. Although palace maids can leave the palace at the age of twenty-five, most palace maids are still very young and are still early to leave the palace. Moreover, when they are out of the palace, they are helpless, and they may not be able to live well outside the palace. However, if they follow His Highness to the fiefdom, maybe His Highness will marry the guards or others around His Highness, and then their lives will be guaranteed.
Eunuchs are not as lucky as palace maids, and they can leave the palace at the age of twenty-five. Unless you make a mistake and are expelled from the palace, or you are old and useless, you can leave the palace.
The big eunuch can live well when he leaves the palace, but the little eunuch has no good life when he leaves the palace. In order to live well, following a prince out of the palace is the best choice.
"If you have someone you like, I have no objection to you eating with her." Zhao Yao teased.
"Your Highness, slaves and maids don't have people they like, and they won't eat with people." A eunuch is a person with a crippled body, who has no qualifications and no right to like people.
"Oh, forget it."
Tongxi breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.
After walking for a while, Zhao Yao suddenly said, "I don't have a needle's eye, right?" ”
Tongxi: His Royal Highness ...... is only eight years old, and he actually saw such an unbearable scene, Cao Wu's guy is really too much.
"I'll go back and wash my eyes with salt water." He didn't want to have a needle's eye and be laughed at by everyone.
"Your Highness, you definitely won't have the eye of a needle." Tongxi comforted Zhao Yao and said, "If you want to be long, you are also a slave." ”
"You have to wash your eyes when you go back."
Back in the Kunde Palace, Zhao Yao shouted that he wanted to wash his eyes with salt water.
Liang Zhaoyi thought that Zhao Yao's eyes were uncomfortable, so she hurriedly asked Gui Xing to prepare salt water. Then, she carefully and carefully washed Zhao Yao's eyes with salt water.
Zhao Yao asked Liang Zhaoyi to wash him a few more times.
"What's wrong with your eyes?" Liang Zhaoyi carefully examined her son's eyes and found that there was no swelling or redness. "Eyes hurt, or do you see things blurry?"
Zhao Yao sighed and said, "Mother, I saw things that shouldn't be seen, and I was afraid of a needle's eye, so I washed my eyes." ”
When Liang Zhaoyi heard this, her face was a little unsightly.
"What do you see?"
Zhao Yao told Liang Zhaoyi what he had just seen and what he heard.
After hearing this, Liang Zhaoyi's expression was very shocked.
"The princess died because she took a banned drug?!"
Zhao Yao said with a deep expression: "Mother, don't you think the matter of the acting princess is a little familiar?" ”
"Familiar?" Liang Zhaoyi didn't understand what Zhao Yao meant at first, but she soon thought about it. There was a shocked look on her face, "You mean the first queen and the queen mother?" ”
It's the last day of the month, old irons, continue to ask for a monthly pass!
Zhao Yao: It's still useful to read the script.
Four Princes: ......
Author: Art comes from life.