Although Mrs. Song ordered her daughter to hide it from Mrs. Song, within a few days, the details about Deng Zongqi came from the imperial capital. Seeing what was said in the pigeon letter, "Deng Zongqi was protected a lot by the imperial concubine," Mrs. Song frowned tightly, raised her head and said to Mrs. Song, "Since Deng Zongqi has ulterior motives, he needs to add more people to his yard."
Mrs. Song nodded: "I will instruct the steward of the outer courtyard."
"This man saved Chang Ying. Our family originally asked Chang Feng to personally invite him to our home to recover from his injuries. Although we now find that he is uneasy and well-intentioned, we just kicked him out. Chang Ying has a bad reputation." Song Song The old lady thought for a moment and said, "Keep him under good watch, and don't let him act like a junior."
Mrs. Song was about to continue to agree, but Mrs. Song added another point, "By the way, take a good look at Zai Shui."
Mrs. Song's heart skipped a beat, and she forced a smile and said: "Don't worry, mother, Zaishui has been very well-behaved these days. Now she already knows that Zaitian is coming, and she has promised to wait until Zaitian arrives before leaving together. Although this child does not want to marry into the East Palace , but she’s not ignorant. What happened on Xiaozhu Mountain this time... She already regrets having to deal with Chang Feng and Chang Ying... "
"That's not what I'm talking about." Mrs. Song said calmly, "The incident in Xiaozhushan is over. How can a child not cause trouble? I mean, this Deng Zongqi is probably here for Zaishui. No matter what his plans are, in short, Changfeng is still young and it is not suitable for our family to get involved in the turmoil, so we must not let him have any chance to contact Zaishui. "
"This...?" Mrs. Song was shocked. She knew that the old lady had always been shrewd, and now she had guessed Deng Zongqi's intention. She realized that it was only a matter of time before she and her daughter hid her, and she did not dare to lie. She pondered for a moment and said, " Since my mother is suspicious of Deng Zongqi, and he is in our house now, why don't we just ask him what he wants to do? "
Mrs. Song snorted and said: "Do you still need to ask? He has been living in the front yard for a few days. If he wanted to say something to our family, he would have spoken long ago and there has been no movement. It must not be At this point, the old lady frowned slightly and said, "Hey, is he trying to drag our family into trouble? Concubine Deng has been very quiet in the past few years, but Why is it that the imperial concubine is here for Zai Shui again? Could it be that the imperial concubine is secretly competing with Queen Gu? "
Mrs. Song lowered her head and whispered: "If this is the case, what will our family do?"
"There is no prince under the imperial concubine's knees." Mrs. Song did not answer immediately, but thoughtfully, gently turning the bracelet on her wrist, and said, "She is not as favored as the queen in terms of status, but she actually dares to compete with the queen... Well, Last time you said that Zhong Xiaoyi, who was newly adopted by the Holy Emperor, was so favored that he even sent Yiwei to Qingzhou to look for her? "
Mrs. Song said: "Yes, those Yiwei..."
But Mrs. Song raised her hand to stop her from talking, and said calmly: "I know, Concubine Deng and Empress Gu have had a grudge for a long time, and now I'm afraid it's a critical moment... Moreover, Concubine Deng is in a weak position, so she tried to Use your brain on the water!”
Seeing Mrs. Song's surprise, Mrs. Song patiently explained, "Empress Gu has been in charge of the Central Palace for many years, and her position has always been stable. But since this year, haven't we been hearing rumors that the emperor favored his new favorite Miao Jieyu and neglected the queen for several months, so that The position of the queen and the crown prince has been shaken? And this Miao Jieyu also adopted two princes, sixteen and seventeen? "
Mrs. Song was shocked and said: "Yes!"
"The queen is in charge of the middle palace, she is very skillful, and she has a prince at her knees. If there is no one to support Miao Jieyu, how can she just appear out of nowhere?" Mrs. Song said contemptuously, "It must be Concubine Deng's handiwork. ! The sixteenth and seventeenth princes may not be the ones Miao Jieyu wants to adopt, but it is probably Concubine Deng’s intention! After all, Concubine Deng’s sixth prince has passed away, and Miao Jieyu is young and newly favored, but she is not ready to have a son. ! As a precaution, we took the sixteenth and seventeenth princes under our control!"
"It's just that Concubine Deng still underestimated Queen Gu. Although Miao Jieyu's momentum was strong, people suspected that the queen would follow in the footsteps of the former Qian family... However, now that Zhong Xiaoyi has appeared, it has suppressed Miao Jieyu's limelight again. " Mrs. Song smiled coldly and said, "Originally Concubine Deng wanted to use Miao Jieyu to deal with the Queen, but now the Queen has used Zhong Xiaoyi... So it is no wonder that Miao Jieyu's advantage is gone. The imperial concubine will send this Deng Zongqi."
Mrs. Song's expression changed slightly - Wei Changying had told her all the news that Song Zaishui's bodyguard had found out, but she didn't expect to go to Miao Jieyu and Zhong Xiaoyi either...
"Mom, what about our family?" Mrs. Song calmed down and asked softly.
Mrs. Song concentrated for a long time, and then she said slowly under Mrs. Song's uneasy gaze: "Just pretend not to know anything. Anyway, the queen has the upper hand, but Concubine Deng may not have the power to fight back! Let's see and talk about it. .”
"Why does mother say that Concubine Deng may not be able to fight back?" Mrs. Song was surprised and happy, and asked tentatively.
"If the Queen's position in the palace is as stable as before, what else will Zhong Xiaoyi do?" Mrs. Song said disdainfully, "There hasn't been an upstart in the palace for a long time. Miao Jieyu has shaken the Queen's position, otherwise why would the Queen How about promoting Zhong, who was born as a palace maid, to redeem the disadvantage? What's more, the Holy Emperor's new favorite is Zhong Xiaoyi. Isn't Miao Jieyu doing a good job? I haven't heard about the sixteen or seventeenth princes she raised. It can be seen that Concubine Deng has a child. The power of fighting, and Miao Jieyu... already has a place in the palace!"
She glanced at her eldest daughter-in-law and said pointedly, "It was the news at the beginning of the year that Miao Jieyu was favored. Why didn't your brother tell you?"
Mrs. Song smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't mention it in the letters, but I kept urging him to go north."
"This may mean that the Queen needs help." Mrs. Song squinted her eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Although there is a marriage contract, Zaishui has not left the court yet, and the Song family is not a fool! What's more, although Dong Palace is the Queen's biological flesh and blood , but is far less shrewd than the Queen! The Queen cannot keep an eye on the East Palace all the time, so how can she concentrate on fighting Concubine Deng and Miao Jieyu? , at least it can keep the East Palace safe."
Mrs. Song couldn't help but said: "In that case, why did the Queen let Zaishui stay in Fengzhou for so long? Although her brother wrote several times to ask her to go north, if someone had come earlier, Zaishui could still be here. Won’t you follow earlier?”
Mrs. Song frowned and said: "Perhaps she was tripped up by Concubine Deng - wasn't it originally agreed that she would marry into the East Palace as soon as her hair was wet? When is it now? How did the news spread in the imperial capital three years ago? Where did this news come from? I don’t remember that there was any explanation?”
"That's right." Mrs. Song said thoughtfully, "We were not in the imperial capital, so we didn't pay much attention to it at the time... It's strange to think about it now. Even if the royal family doesn't mention it, the courtiers should have mentioned it."
Mrs. Song said: "It's not necessarily that no one mentioned it, but we didn't ask." Wei Changying was only one year younger than Song Zaishui. She was fourteen three years ago, which was the time to prepare for the haircut ceremony. Mrs. Song and Mrs. Song had been planning this big event since she was thirteen years old. They made the haircut ceremony so grand that they had no time to worry about anything else in those two years.
Besides, the news that Song Zaishui had been hired by the royal family had been known to both the government and the public, but at the agreed age, there was no news - who could not guess that there was an accident? For example, the royal family has taken a fancy to another lady as the crown prince... After all, when the gold and jade handle was handed over to Song Zaiyu as he wished, Queen Gu was still Gu Zhaoyi.
Considering this possibility, the Wei family has always been close to the Song family. Wouldn't it be a loss of face for the Song family to get to the bottom of it? And they were not in the imperial capital, so when the Song family didn't explain, the Wei family pretended to be confused so as not to embarrass the Song family.
Mrs. Song sighed in her heart at this moment. If she was still in the imperial capital, she would never be so closed-minded. At least other people in the Wei family were not suitable to ask. As Song Zaishui's aunt, she could ask Song Yuwang in person. That way you don't have to worry about guessing today.
If Mrs. Song hadn't been shrewd, she wouldn't have thought of the two new concubines, Miao Jieyu and Zhong Xiaoyi... But even so, she still didn't dare to fully confess Deng Zongqi's matter, so she could only pretend to be The old lady's words: "I heard from mother, the Song family... is afraid it will be in trouble this time?"
"Anyway, I will be here in Tian in a few days. If you want to ask him about anything that is not convenient to mention in the letter." Mrs. Song frowned and said after a long while, "But Queen Gu is the daughter of the Gu family in Hongzhou. Hongzhou is not the only one." In Jiangnan? When Queen Gu was still Gu Zhaoyi, she tried every means to hire Zaishui as her daughter-in-law. Was it not because the Gu family was close to the Song family, but also because she was married to the Song family? , with the support of the Song family nearby, the Gu family will definitely grow rapidly! Since Hongzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, Queen Gu does not expect to do anything to the Song family. "
... That was under the premise that Queen Gu didn't know that Song Zaishui disliked her son!
Now the queen and the prince both know that Song Zaishui despises the prince and wants to regret the marriage!
Before, Wei Changying only spread some rumors to the imperial capital that he wanted to discipline her husband. Mrs. Su immediately looked at her and saw that the Shen family was still on par with the Wei family! Not to mention the royal family
What's more, Wei Changying never thought about regretting the marriage!
If it were herself, if Wei Changfeng also had an unmarried wife, Mrs. Song would know that this future daughter-in-law disliked her son and didn't want to marry her - she didn't want such a daughter-in-law, not only didn't she want her, she almost wanted to eat her! No matter how you look at my biological son, where are your eyes, you unpromising thing? Even if she had to marry someone from another family due to circumstances, it would be strange if Mrs. Song didn't hold Chen Guangqiu to settle the score! How can the thoughts of mothers all over the world be so different
Mrs. Song endured for a long time, and although she did not dare to tell everything, she still asked tentatively: "Mother, what if Queen Gu already knows that Zaishui is unwilling to marry the prince?"
As soon as he said these words, Mrs. Song glanced at her with lightning eyes!
Mrs. Song immediately looked at her nose, nose and heart, and sat upright obediently.
After a long while, Mrs. Song said calmly: "The queen will naturally be unhappy, and so will the prince. However, the queen's mother-in-law is always reasonable."
Of course Mrs. Song understood the meaning of "reasonable". She couldn't help but bite her lips and said, "If this is the case, then marrying in the water will be a hidden danger to the Song family... in the future?"
Mrs. Song said calmly: "In that case, isn't it just a matter of not getting married?"
As soon as Mrs. Song was stunned, she heard the old lady continue, "You wrote a letter to your father two days ago. Is this what you were talking about?"
"..." Mrs. Song tightened her handkerchief and didn't know what to say!
The old lady continued: "Believe me, of course I won't look at you, but... After all, Deng Zongqi is in the Wei family about this matter. If Concubine Deng really has a perfect plan, in my opinion, it is better to leave the matter to the Deng family. good."
"Why?" Mrs. Song subconsciously said, but she felt that it was inappropriate after saying this. She saw the old lady glance at her clearly, and then said calmly: "Repenting from an engagement is not a good reputation. Even if the situation is smoothed out, how can it be done in private? Don’t you know what’s going on? But if the Song family has no intention of regretting the marriage, but someone uses a trick to break it up... then there is nothing we can do.”
"…!"
Mrs. Song's words woke her up, and she returned to her room. Mrs. Song did not bother to write any more letters to Jiangnan, but ordered the people around her: "Go and tell the steward of the outer courtyard that from now on, Deng Zongqi's courtyard will be kept secret... Read more See how his injury is. If he can get up, let him come to the backyard when no one is paying attention!"
Aunt Shi said hurriedly: "Old slave, go and tell us now." (To be continued)