Chapter 129. smallpox
Something big happened in the capital.
"Did you hear that? The Hu family, who lived on Yanshou Street, had a big scandal. β
"What's going on? Let's talk about it. β
"There is a show girl to be selected in his family, and he is about to be selected, and someone came to the door to deliver the hairpin a few days ago!"
"Oh, how can I say this, the hairpin is a token of love, who is so bold?"
"I heard that it's someone from Prince Heng's mansion."
According to the number of rites, if men and women are interested in each other, then the woman can make a purse for the man with her own hands, and the man will give a hairpin to the woman again, which is considered to be love.
This incident caused a lot of uproar, and the news spread throughout the capital in a blink of an eye, as if he had grown wings.
When Hu Yunrong learned about it, she was so angry that she went crazy, she was not stupid, she naturally knew that she was calculated.
"Miss, how is this good?" The personal maid Green Willow was so anxious that she jumped to her feet.
"Mother is almost there?" Hu Yunrong forced herself to calm down, "As long as my mother enters the palace to intercede, there may be room for redemption in this matter." β
As soon as the words landed, Feng Lianxiu's voice sounded at the door: "What do you think there is any room?" She walked in with a breeze at her feet, raised her hand and slapped Hu Yunrong in the face, "Shameless things, let you enter the palace and have a relationship with the queen, you actually seduce a powerless prince, my face is really embarrassing for you." β
Hu Yunrong suddenly had tears in her eyes: "Mother, I didn't, someone deliberately harmed me." β
Feng Lianxiu didn't have the strength to argue with her about this, after she knew about it, she was so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas went out of her body, and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and rushed to the capital without stopping.
Their Hu family actually doesn't have much to do with Princess Rongxian, Feng Lianxiu's mother was one of the dowries of Princess Rongxian, and she accidentally got a chance to conceive Feng Lianxiu, for various reasons, this child was not recognized by Ulgon, and almost couldn't be born, it was Princess Rongxian who was kind-hearted and allowed her to give birth, but this child can only be named with her mother's surname.
After Feng Lianxiu was born, Princess Rongxian took her under her knees, raised her with her own Princess Duanjing, and gave her a good family affair.
It's just that Feng Lianxiu has been compared with Princess Duanjing since she was a child, and she is unwilling to be subordinate all the time, so she pins all her hopes on her descendants.
It's a pity that the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes, Feng Lianxiu has not been able to give birth to a son so far, seeing that the power of the Hu family is about to fall into the hands of the concubine, she is ruthless, let her only daughter enter the Beijing draft, cling to Long En, and begged for a warrant from Princess Rongxian with a dead face, so that Hu Yunrong can enter the palace to meet the queen and establish a good relationship in advance.
Before leaving home, she also specially explained to Hu Yunrong, after entering Beijing, she only said that she was the granddaughter of Princess Rongxian, and she must not mention the word "concubine", Hu Yunrong knew the importance and kept it in mind.
But now, seeing that he was about to enter the palace, he never thought that such a fork would happen.
"I just licked my face and asked to see the queen, you don't know how ashamed I am." Feng Lianxiu's face turned blue with anger, "The emperor has already issued an order, three days later, you will enter Prince Heng's mansion as a concubine, for the sake of the eldest princess, after the quota for the draft is vacated, the emperor did not say to take it back, the queen said that it is still for our family, and after a while, I will let Hong'er come to Beijing." β
"For a concubine?!" Hu Yunrong was like being struck by lightning, and screamed, "Mother, how can a daughter be a concubine!" β
Feng Lianxiu slapped the table violently and said sharply, "Do you think this matter that has been spread out is a glorious thing?" If it weren't for Prince Heng personally going to the palace to intercede and ask for a decree to take you into the palace, it is not certain whether you can live now! What's more, it will drag down the entire Hu family! β
Hu Yunrong stood in place in a daze, tears falling down her eyes.
But, it is.
Hu Yunrong, as a show girl, secretly communicated with others before the palace election, which is a big crime, even if the other party is a prince, her reputation has been damaged because of this, and Prince Heng Fujin is still there, and the position of the side Fujin is also full, and she can only be a concubine when she enters the mansion.
Time was pressing, Feng Lianxiu didn't have time to prepare too much dowry, she ran all over the capital, and only hastily loaded fifty-eight lifts, half of which were still false.
Three days later, Hu Yunrong changed into a delicate pink dress, covered with a red hijab, sat in a small sedan chair, and was hurriedly carried into Prince Heng's mansion from the corner gate in the early morning.
When the hijab was lifted, Prince Heng looked at Hu Yunrong, who was crying into tears, and did not blame her too much, but comforted her softly: "I have wronged you, and this king has no choice but to do it." He sat on a stool not far away, keeping a polite distance, "That person has a life-saving grace for this king, and has cut off your road to wealth and nobility, this king is very sorry, but you can rest assured, no one will bully you when you enter the palace, Fu Jin and Fang Fu Jin are very good talkers, and they will not embarrass you......"
Prince Heng's voice disappeared into Hu Yunrong's loud crying, he touched his nose a little embarrassed, and sat farther away silently.
In the palace, Zhou Nan came to An Lingrong to reply to him: "Niangniang, it's done." β
"Okay." An Lingrong breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you Lord Ji for me, it's hard for him, and I also took the path of Prince Heng." β
"Brother Ji has his own methods, so there is no need to worry about it." Zhou Nan leaned over and bowed, and was about to retreat.
An Lingrong opened his mouth and shouted to him: "Ankang's appetite has suddenly deteriorated a lot recently, you go and take a look, and prescribe some medicine to regulate the stomach." β
Zhou Nan nodded, carrying the medicine box and walking in the direction of Xiuchun Pavilion.
An Ling took a look at it, felt a lot more relaxed, and opened the letter sent to the palace this morning and read it.
"Niangniang, let's drink a bowl of red date soup and rest." Cui Yin came in with a bowl of red date soup, and said with a smile, "Niangniang's troubles Shui Dongyin solved two big troubles for herself at once, and I heard Gonggong Xia say that after the emperor knew about the Hu family girl, he immediately announced that Master Long Keduo had entered the palace, and he beat it well, and said that Tong Jiazhiyan would enter the palace in the future, if he was so restless, he would never spare it." β
An Lingrong chuckled lightly and did not speak.
Hu Yunrong and Tong Jia Zhiyan are the best family backgrounds in this batch of show girls, both of them are also good-looking, and they are the two most competitive parties, and now Hu Yunrong has suddenly lost power, and even the emperor thinks that the Tong family did it, let alone others.
At this moment, Hu Yunrong couldn't enter the palace, Tong Jiazhiyan first set up a crime with the emperor before entering the palace, and the two most threatening newcomers were suppressed, An Lingrong was naturally happy.
What she didn't know, however, was that the real threat was still in the shadows, unrevealed.
An Lingrong finished reading the letter in his hand, folded it twice, threw it into the brazier and burned it clean: "Father said that there is a show girl who wants to enter the palace through the door of the palace, Cuiyin, do you want to see the palace?" β
"In fact, before the final palace election, it is very common for a show girl to want to enter the palace to climb the relationship, but it is generally a prominent family to enter the palace to meet the queen, although the mother is now the head of the first palace, but only in the concubine position, if you summon the show girl, it is inevitably a little too public." Cuiyin said slowly, "According to the foolish opinion of the slave, if this show girl doesn't even have the ability to be selected to enter the palace, even if the mother guarantees her to enter the palace, she will only be a burden in the future." β
"You're right, Hongu thinks the same way." An Lingrong smiled, "Prepare pen and ink, and this palace will write a reply." β
"Yes." Cuiyin commanded.
After writing the letter, An Lingrong was ready to take a nap, but saw Zhou Nan running over in a panic, did not come in, only knelt down outside the Chengxi Palace, and shouted: "Please also close the palace gate immediately, no one is allowed to enter or leave, Princess Ankang is infected with smallpox!" β
Like a thunderclap in a sunny day, An Lingrong was so shocked that she could barely stand, she staggered out, but was stopped outside the Xiuchun Pavilion by everyone.
"Mother, you can't go in!"
"Smallpox is very contagious, and if someone who has never been infected comes into contact with it, it will definitely be infected as well!"
"Ankangβ"
In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Su Peisheng's face turned white in a hurry, he walked in with a stumble under his feet, and said in a panic: "The emperor is not good, Princess Ankang is infected with smallpox, Concubine Rong Niangniang ignored the obstruction, she just hugged the princess and didn't let go, Weiyang Palace is in a mess now." β
The emperor's hand changed Zhu Pi's hand and slammed it: "Confused things, what do the servants in the palace do to eat!" He lifted his feet and walked out.
Su Peisheng hurriedly stopped the emperor: "The emperor can't go, it's smallpox, in case it is infected......" He was suddenly silenced and hurriedly knelt down, "The slave has a lot of mouths." β
The emperor's eyes were too terrifying, as if he was going to kill him in the next second. Su Peisheng has served the emperor for so many years, and he has never seen him so emotionally exposed.
"Call all the doctors on duty at the Tai Hospital today." The emperor rushed to Weiyang Palace like a wind.
There were a bunch of people standing in the Weiyang Palace, and the head of the Internal Affairs Office, Mr. Jiang, was still persuading him bitterly: "Concubine Rong, don't embarrass the slave, the queen said that smallpox is too contagious, and the princess should not continue to recuperate in the palace, so she should be sent to the elder brother immediately, and she should be separated from the rest and recuperate." β
"Now that the palace has lived in the same room with the princess, since you are going to the elder brother's office, the palace will go with you." An Lingrong's hand holding Ankang was trembling uncontrollably, her mind was now in a mess, she didn't know what went wrong, obviously everyone around Ankang she had carefully checked, but the current situation didn't allow her to think too much, she knew that once Ankang left her to go to the brother's office, it would be unpredictable life and death.
She must not let go.
Manager Jiang was so anxious that Jingren Palace kept sending people to urge him, and he really had no choice.
"The emperor has arrivedβ"
The emperor stepped down from the sedan chair in three steps and two steps, and only looked around the surrounding scene to know what had just happened, and frowned fiercely: "Su Peisheng, have the imperial doctors arrived?" β
"The minions have already sent someone to urge, and they will be there soon." Su Peisheng didn't dare to delay, and immediately replied.
An Lingrong stood at the door of Xiuchun Pavilion, with Cuiyin, Dill, Cardamom and Fenruo standing beside her, and Xiao Yinzi and Qin'er standing behind her, all of whom were her most trusted henchmen. Seeing the emperor coming from afar, she didn't realize that there were tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, please don't send Ankang away, the concubine can't live without her." β
The emperor paused, looked at An Lingrong's arms and burned his cheeks red, and mourned in his heart: "Okay, don't send her to Brother's office." Rong'er, let Fenruo take care of her health, you come back first. He panicked, as if he would lose her in the next moment, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand and take a few steps forward.
"Your Majesty, don't ......"
"Your Majesty!" After the queen got the news, she hurried over, and when she saw this scene, she was so frightened that her soul was about to fly, and she trotted forward to stop in front of the emperor, "Princess Ankang has smallpox, if the emperor is damaged by this, the concubine will be to blame!" She said earnestly, and immediately knelt down after speaking, "Please also ask the emperor to take into account the overall situation and immediately separate Princess Ankang from recuperation, the concubine has already instructed the servants on the side of the elder brother to take good care of the princess until the princess recovers." β
Jian Qiu and Jiang Fuhai, who were with the queen, also knelt down together.
An Lingrong looked at the queen's back, and a strong killing intent suddenly rose in his eyes.
Empress!
Sure enough, it's the queen!
It's not enough to hurt her in the previous life, but she will also harm her children in this life, such a poisonous woman! Such a poisonous woman...... An Lingrong gritted his teeth with hatred, but he had to endure it. She can't fight the queen, she can't be impulsive, otherwise her previous achievements will be wasted.
The queen frowned, and for a moment, the killing intent like a thorn in her back aroused the pores of her whole body to stand upside down, but she didn't look back, she also knew that An Lingrong was looking at her, and couldn't help but sigh An Lingrong's intelligence, and she was so keenly aware that it was her hand.
"No one can take away health today." An Lingrong turned his eyes to look at the emperor and said word by word, "Whoever dares to take a step forward, the concubine will definitely fight with her life." β
"Don't talk nonsense." The emperor was shocked by the determination in her eyes, and immediately said, "With me, no one dares to touch you." β
With a heartbeat for no reason, the queen raised her eyes and looked at the emperor, and suddenly felt that today's plan was to be stillborn.
"Ministers, see the emperor." A group of imperial physicians knelt behind the emperor.
The emperor waved them up: "From today onwards, the gate of Weiyang Palace will be closed, you must heal the princess until she recovers, if the princess and Concubine Rong have three long and two short, you don't have to come back to see me." β
The queen raised her head suddenly: "Your Majesty, Concubine Rong?" β
"Rong'er, I'll wait for you to come back." The emperor ignored the queen, but just looked at An Lingrong from afar, "You and An Kang have to come back alive to see me." β
The tail note landed, faintly choked with a little choked, everyone in Weiyang Palace bowed their heads as if they couldn't hear, but there were stormy waves in their hearts, especially the queen, her face suddenly became extremely ugly, and a mouthful of silver teeth was almost broken.
"Yes, the concubine obeys." An Lingrong couldn't help but burst into tears, at this moment, she was suddenly glad that the emperor had her in his heart, otherwise at this moment, how could she escape this catastrophe in the hands of the queen.
Rong'er is finally going to be a concubine~