Haitang thought she had misheard: "Brother, what did you just say?" ”

Hai Jiao snorted twice, and slapped her on the head with a secret smile: "You heard it right, Concubine Xian...... Indeed, many people say that she was a married woman and had children. However, her husband and son died, and she waited by the Queen Mother's side for many years. Emperor Deguang took a fancy to her and had to accept her as a concubine, but the Queen Mother didn't object, what can outsiders say? The palace maids in the palace are all the emperor's people, and it is not the emperor who has the final say......"

Regarding the identity of Concubine Xian, there is still more definite news on Jinyiwei's side. After Sun Guifei found out, she often talked about her identity as a married woman in front of people, so this matter is not confidential. Sun Ge Lao also openly used this reason to oppose the establishment of the eighth prince as the prince, but the emperor ignored it.

Concubine Xian did not deceive the king, from the beginning the emperor knew that he was interested in a married woman with children, but he still insisted on accepting Concubine Xian. The Queen Mother didn't say anything, so what reason did the foreign minister have to be picky?

What's more, Concubine Xian also gave birth to the eighth prince in a hurry, so that the emperor has a successor, and he has to protect her even more.

Concubine Xian has been in the palace for many years, and has been serving by the emperor's side after the concubine, and after she became pregnant, she was sent by the Queen Mother to take care of her henchmen. There is no doubt about the lineage of the Eight Princes.

He was the only surviving and lawful heir of the emperor over the years, born healthy and intelligent. Aside from the fact that he was too young to be sure if he would be able to grow up, there were no shortcomings, and there was no reason for anyone to object to him becoming the prince.

The people of Sun Ge's old faction advocated that the prince of Ji should return to the sect, but they were just selfish. The royal family and the hundred officials of the imperial court looked at the lone seedling under the emperor's knees, and it was really difficult to talk about the fact that the virtuous concubine had been married. If the reputation of the future prince's biological mother is tarnished, causing problems in the inheritance of the throne, they will be guilty of a great crime.

Of course, after the death of Emperor Deguang and the succession of the new monarch, in order to grasp the power of the court, the hundred officials did not let the new empress dowager from humble background listen to the government and meddle in the affairs of the court. Empress Dowager Xu retreated calmly, anyway, with Tao Yue in the cabinet, and Sun Ge Lao failed to return to the dynasty to take power, she had nothing to fear. On the contrary, the new monarch lives in the palace and needs his mother's careful care.

Empress Dowager Xu knows each other, of course, all officials must know how to be respectful, and there are even fewer people who talk about it.

Haijiao smiled: "At that time, except for Concubine Sun Gui talking about this all day long, in fact, not many people dared to chew the tongue of the Empress Dowager Xu. King Ji didn't dare to make a mistake, because his biological mother Lu Zhaorong was also in the palace to retire. If he provokes the Empress Dowager Xu, his mother will be in danger. ”

Although King Ji said that his filial piety to his father and heir father was mixed with water, he still cared about his mother very much. For the sake of his biological mother's safety, he didn't dare to publicly talk about Empress Dowager Xu's second marriage, at most he muttered a few words to his henchmen in private.

When Reef was in charge of spying on one of his henchmen, she had heard him mutter. King Ji didn't even dare to say it out loud when he complained about his political enemies, for fear that others would hear it and tell him in the palace, and he was ridiculously bold. Haijiao knew at that time that he would not be able to make a big deal.

Haitang listened to her brother's description of this virtuous concubine, and felt a little curious in her heart: "Is this virtuous concubine very beautiful?" Otherwise, how could the emperor insist on accepting her as a concubine despite her marriage? ”

"I've never heard of that." Hai Jiao thought for a while, "I haven't seen Concubine Xian, but Grandpa Xin is very familiar, I only said that she is a gentle and amiable woman, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, but I didn't say that she is a stunning." There are often people outside the palace who feel strange, she is obviously not as beautiful as Sun Guifei, how can she be favored alone? Most people think that it is because Concubine Sun is old, and Concubine Xian is young and supple, and she has a meritorious relationship. ”

When the sixth prince died, Sun Guifei was in her forties, and now she is about to turn fifty, of course, she can't compare with the young concubine. Don't look at Concubine Xian's second marriage and childbirth, she is not yet thirty years old.

Emperor Deguang has been in poor health in recent years, and he pays more attention to self-cultivation on weekdays, and he is less fortunate in the harem. There has been no draft in the palace for more than ten years, except for Concubine Xian, there has been no newcomer, but isn't she the youngest? Compared with a group of middle-aged concubines, as well as the bad-tempered Sun Guifei, the virtuous concubine is docile and considerate, smart and sensible, and gave birth to a single seedling, how can the emperor not favor her?

Haijiao has no dissatisfaction with the future Empress Dowager Xu. If she hadn't given birth to the eighth prince and inherited the royal family, I'm afraid that Sun Ge Lao would have succeeded in letting King Ji's son return to the throne. Haijiao's family was ruined in his previous life, all thanks to the grandson's family, how can there be a reason not to hate his family? Naturally, it will be more pleasing to the eye to look at the opponent of the Sun family.

Haitang agrees with her brother's opinion very much. Although she knew that the imperial court would change the law and that Sun Ge Lao would not fall easily, from the position of the Hai family, of course she also hoped that the Sun family would eat turtles. Moreover, although Sun Ge Lao is a reformer, his character is really not comparable to the reformers she knows in the history books. As long as the reform of the law is successful, it would be better for a traitor like him, who disregards the interests of the people of the country, to step down earlier.

Haitang is now more interested in Concubine Xian: "Since Concubine Xian is a widow, how could she enter the palace and become the queen mother's maid?" ”

In this regard, the reef is not well understood. He only heard that Concubine Xian was the daughter of Xiucai, married a wife, and just a few months after the child was born, something happened in the family. She entered the palace on the recommendation of the Chengenhou Mansion, and she seems to be very good at making medicinal food and conditioning people's bodies. In those years, Cining Palace was closed, and no one knew when she entered the palace and how she gained the trust of the Queen Mother. Anyway, when the lady of the clan saw her beside the Queen Mother, she had already been canonized as a concubine because of her meritorious service in front of the emperor.

However, Haijiao heard a small news, saying that Concubine Xian had a grudge against the Sun family, and the death of her ex-husband's eldest son had nothing to do with the Sun family, so she hated Sun Guifei and Sun Ge Lao deeply, and she never concealed it in front of the emperor. After she became the queen mother, she also mentioned the dead eldest son to the new monarch at the palace banquet, and she couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke.

Haijiao sighed: "About the Empress Dowager Xu is too worried about this eldest son who died early, she even promoted her ex-husband's brothers and nephews, made them officials, and gave them a splash of wealth." However, the nouveau riche family, the mud couldn't support the wall, and he couldn't see how many catties and taels he had, so he was coaxed by the Sun family with a few words, which in turn caused chaos to the Empress Dowager Xu. When Empress Dowager Xu was cold to them and no longer cared for them, they were beaten back to their original form, and it was too late to regret it! ”

The excessive exaltation of her ex-husband's family is probably the most criticized part of Empress Dowager Xu. However, it didn't cause bad consequences, and the new monarch didn't care, just added a few years of talking points to the power circle of the capital. In retrospect, the reef was just a joke, and it was forgotten as soon as it was casually said.

Gossip aside. Soon, the Zhou family's side had already taken care of it, and there was also news in the capital that the Queen Mother had opened her mouth to the emperor and re-mentioned the matter of posthumously sealing Tao Hui's concubine. The mother and son hugged their heads and cried, and their previous suspicions were relieved. The emperor also sent a letter to the peace negotiation mission, which had already set off for the halfway road, asking them to bring a few rewards to the Zhou family as a sign of grace to the empress dowager's relatives.

Everything is going well, just wait for the peace negotiation mission to arrive at Gaotai, and Suzhou can arrange for someone to quietly send Xie Wen to them. In order not to arouse suspicion, Liu Keren was also ordered to go to the Gaotai Institute first to "guide" the local military and civilians to plant maize. After that, Haixi Cliff will go to "take over" the matter, and bring the "staff" with him by the way.

Haixi Cliff, Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian are all packing their luggage and preparing for the trip to the high platform.

Early the morning of the next day when the news of the arrival of the mission came, everyone in the Hai family was preparing to set off when there was a sudden knock on the gate of the front yard.

There will be a change later.

(End of chapter)