Mrs. Hu's expression became indifferent at this time: "If you can ask me here, I will know that if I don't give you an explanation, I will definitely bring trouble to the young lady. Why is the Wei Dynasty dead, but your family is still there?" Are you still rich? I can't help but let you know. But I'll tell you the truth: these young ladies don't know anything about it. How can she survive after hearing this? You can kill this maid, but I beg you to be noble and let the young lady go..."
Looking at the anxious look between her brows, she was obviously impatient to hear her wordy words - Mrs. Hu said: "If you are willing to promise, I can swear to tell you the whole story! Whatever you want to know, as long as you My servant knows that there are absolutely no lies - if you refuse to promise, then... To be honest, the young lady is in a very bad mood right now, and she has repeatedly threatened to seek death... It seems that it is not impossible for us, master and servant, to go see the empress together. "
"If you hadn't said such shocking things, I wouldn't even want to touch you!" Wei Changying said this, which was tantamount to admitting that she would kill Hu and silence her. She said with a pale face, "How about Shen Bao? I can I promise with the spirit of my ancestors of the Wei family in Fengzhou: If Shen Bao really doesn’t know about this ancestral incident, I will never hurt her! I will do my best to help you to repay your kindness today!”
Mrs. Hu laughed at herself: "Actually, the promises of you people... Miss Duanmuba also promised at the beginning... Oh, but after hearing what you said, at least I can have a reason to comfort myself. What else can I do now?"
After regaining her composure, she said, "Then, do you want me to start from the beginning, or do you?"
Wei Changying touched the mutton-fat jade bracelet on his wrist that was warmed by his own body temperature, and his eyes were heavy: "Let's start from the beginning!"
"That's a long story." Mrs. Hu thought for a while and said, "Mrs. Sikong, I guess you know the origin of your aunt? Although she is the daughter of the Wei family in Fengzhou like you, Mrs. Sikong is far inferior to you in terms of dignity. How lucky is she to marry Song Sikong?"
"Song Sikong loves her very much. Your maternal grandfather and grandmother. Because Song Sikong is the only son, even if he is not satisfied with his wife, he will turn a blind eye and close his eyes because of Song Sikong's face."
Mrs. Hu said calmly, "My maid is not saying that Mrs. Sikong is not good, but - Mrs. Sikong's background was not high in the first place, and she was favored after she came out of the palace. It is not surprising that she has no palace. The maid said one more thing: Ancient people It is not unreasonable to say that one is born in sorrow and dies in happiness. My maid dares to say this to you. You are also the most blessed person among the nobles. But if it were not for the hardships of being born in troubled times, my maid would miss you today. Maybe it’s innocent.”
Wei Changying said with a stern face: "I know my experience very well. You can talk about my aunt."
"My maid is so long-winded - don't be surprised. My maid is going to die after what she said this time. To be honest, ants are greedy for life. Even if my maid doesn't regret dying for my lady, I'm still a little scared when things happen... I can't help but say..." He was rambling on and on, please bear in mind that people are about to die," Mrs. Hu sighed, and then continued, "Not only does Madam Sikong have no wealth, but her family has been poor since she was a child. She relies on her father to make ends meet by working for your maternal grandparents. She is said to be a member of the Wei clan, but she is actually not as powerful as the servants in your family! It is inevitable that she has developed a taciturn character - the empress once said that she was actually bullied and humiliated. , cowardly, dare not speak.”
Wei Changying bit his lip and remained silent.
Mrs. Hu saw it and said: "Don't think that the temperament of Mrs. Sikong that my maid has been talking about for a long time is nonsense, because if Mrs. Sikong didn't have such a temperament, things may not be like that later."
She can move to the main topic, "His Royal Highness, the first prince during the reign of Emperor Ai of Wei, was deposed, and the son of the Qian family was succeeded. However, Prince Ying, the son of Concubine Deng, fell seriously ill just before he was crowned king and was about to go to Ying to join the vassal state. Therefore!”
"Concubine Deng is the direct cousin of Emperor Ai. According to the wishes of her aunt and Empress Dowager Deng, the mother of Emperor Ai, Concubine Deng was originally supposed to be the queen. Later, because Emperor Ai insisted on choosing the daughter of the Liu family, the queen of the Yuan Dynasty became Empress Liu. But Empress Liu After his death, Emperor Ai promised Concubine Deng several times that he would make her his queen. In fact, it was okay to just listen to this. How could the nobles be willing to take his concubine as his wife? "
There was a hint of irony in the corner of Hu's mouth, "I guess Concubine Deng didn't take it seriously at first. After all, she is also the daughter of everyone? She still knows such a simple truth. But after King Ying died of a sudden illness, the concubine seemed to be stimulated... She actually came up with such an idea, oh, maybe she thought that if she became the queen earlier, Prince Ying would not necessarily die? Of course, the maidservant, who was serving the empress, was not very clear about Concubine Deng's thoughts - in short, at that time, The deposed Queen Qian was hated by Concubine Deng! "
Wei Changying said: "But after the Qian family is deposed, your mother-in-law will be the queen... Your mother-in-law is not like the Qian family who was deposed, who was directly married into the palace as the queen, but she was granted the title of queen from the Zhaoyi Jin Dynasty. "Of course the nobles disapproved of taking concubines as wives, but was Emperor Ai of Wei a person who abided by the rules
"There is a reason for this." Mrs. Hu said happily, "Let's put it this way, Concubine Deng almost went crazy when she wanted to deal with the deposed Qian family! But she was the concubine of Emperor Ai when he was a boy, and she was still young at the time. Beauty, but... Ordinary men still like the new and hate the old, not to mention the palace that will never be short of young and beautiful concubines? Seeing that Emperor Ai's interest in her was fading, he was fascinated by the deposed Qian, and Concubine Deng recommended her one after another. Several new favorites could not shake the deposed Qian family's status... "
Emperor Ai of Wei can be said to be the most typical person who "loves people who want to live, hates people who want to die." This can be seen from the replacement of his four princes, which is almost always accompanied by the rise and fall of favor in the harem. When he favors someone, he can't wait to hold on to all the good things, including the position of queen, the crown prince of the country, and all the other things in front of others and behind others. Thoughtful and loving…
But once she loses interest, being thrown into the palace and ignored by Mrs. Zhenyi for more than ten years together with her daughter Anji is the best ending.
It was the heyday of the deposed Qian family. Concubine Deng tried her best to fight against the deposed Qian family. Instead, she fell into a crisis. At this time, Emperor Wei Ai privately mentioned Wei Chanying.
There is no doubt that Wei Chanying is a beauty.
Even if Wei Changying has never met this elder who is both a clan aunt and an aunt, he can confirm this. She had always relied on her beauty since she was a child. After leaving the palace, she entered the palace with her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law for the first time. When the Empress Gu praised her for her good looks, she mentioned Wei Chanying. It can be seen that Wei Chanying's beauty, even if not as good as Wei Changying, is limited.
With such a beauty, it seems that Emperor Ai of Wei could not do such a thing as he was fatuous and coveted his wife
But Mrs. Hu shook her head: "Actually, Emperor Wei Ai was wronged in this matter. Although he had some thoughts about Mrs. Sikong, he was not so stupid that he dared to touch the head wife of the quasi-lord of the Song family in Jiangnan! Especially Song Sikong's doting on his first wife. , Who doesn’t know?! According to the Empress’s guess, Emperor Ai just said a few unserious words in private - but these words happened when Concubine Deng was alone. At that time, Concubine Deng had done anything to win favor. , Emperor Wei Ai did not dare to touch Mrs. Sikong, but she did! "
There was no trace of color on Wei Changying's face, and he said, "Keep talking!"
"It's really easy to attack Mrs. Sikong." Madam Hu said calmly, "Concubine Deng made up a random reason and invited her into the palace, and played tricks on the tea to make her fall asleep... and sent her to Emperor Wei Ai's bed. That’s it. After all, Mrs. Sikong is so naive and easy to deceive—”
"Didn't you say that Emperor Wei Ai didn't dare to touch my aunt at all?!" Wei Changying asked with a trembling voice!
Mrs. Hu muttered: "Mrs. Wei, do you think Concubine Deng will know whether Emperor Wei Ai dares to touch Mrs. Sikong? Since she has made up her mind to favor Mrs. Sikong, how could she not consider this? According to herself Later, she confessed that she initially wanted to make a fuss about the matter and frame it on the Qian family, but she couldn't find a perfect solution. She was afraid that it would backfire and bring disaster to the Deng family, so she had to settle for the next best thing: Madam Sikong and not publicize the matter! !”
"In short, in the two or three years after the incident, Emperor Wei Ai thought that he used too much love-helping incense that day, and he mistook Mrs. Sikong, who happened to be taking a nap in Concubine Deng's usual resting place, for Concubine Deng. To tell you the truth, After the Qian family was deposed, the reason why my mother-in-law was named the successor, but not Deng Guifei, was because of this incident!" Mrs. Hu sneered and said, "If my mother-in-law hadn't exposed her, she would have been there long ago! She took the back seat and murdered her!"
Captain Wei's lips were trembling, and he wanted to speak several times, but couldn't!
Mrs. Hu glanced at her and said clearly: "You mean why there is no news about this matter? Of course there is no news - when Emperor Wei Ai found out that he had insulted Mrs. Sikong, he was so frightened that he almost fainted! He was greatly stimulated by this... After that Never set foot in Mingguang Palace again! Otherwise, Concubine Deng would have nothing to do after Prince Ying. Do you think it was just her health or her life? Emperor Wei Ai would think of Mrs. Sikong when he saw her, and he was afraid that the matter would be exposed - For a long time, she was even asked to stay in Mingguang Palace to recuperate, so as not to be seen by Emperor Wei Ai! How can she give birth alone? "
"But..." Wei Changying lowered his head, blinked away his tears, and gritted his teeth and said, "Concubine Deng wants to frame this kind of thing... to frame the deposed Qian family... I can understand it, but since there is no hope of framing the Qian family, she still wants to do this. Do it! Hasn’t she thought about the consequences? She wants to be favored by my aunt!”
Mrs. Hu smiled calmly and said: "What the maid said is a bit wrong - the situation at that time was very complicated. I will tell you this now. It is unavoidable that there is an oversight, but I did not deliberately coax you. Concubine Deng did this for two reasons." : One is to follow the wishes of Emperor Wei Ai; the other is to save his life! "
Wei Changying burst into tears and laughed: "She took the lead in the humiliation of the Song family's mistress in Jiangnan. She thought she could save her life?!"
"Why not?" Mrs. Hu said calmly, "To be honest, the empress was also very impressed by Concubine Deng's skills during her lifetime - don't get me wrong, it's not that she did well, but that she was brave and original! At that time, Queen Qian was abolished The family was so prosperous that even the legitimate son of the Empress Yuan said she was unjust. Even if the Highness and his wife committed suicide, her status in the eyes of Emperor Wei Ai could not be shaken. You said that under such circumstances, Concubine Deng was heartbroken! After the death of King Ying, he tried every means to recommend new people to Emperor Wei Ai and find loopholes and troubles for the Qian family... Is this not seeking death? "
"According to what Concubine Deng said later, she was not afraid of her own death, but she was afraid that she would not be able to avenge King Ying if she died. So as long as there was a glimmer of hope, she would do it no matter how crazy she was -" Madam Hu said, "Sikong Concubine Deng was the main instigator of the madam's humiliation! If she died, how dare you say that even Emperor Wei Ai would take the responsibility for her? So as the culprit, she must stay, not only her but also the Deng family - because Emperor Wei Ai hates her no matter what, but he has to let her live and let the Deng family be well, because he has to keep them and prepare to explain to the Song family after the matter is revealed!"
Madam Hu calmed down her voice, which was getting louder and louder, and said calmly, "In this way, at that time, Queen Qian could have killed Concubine Deng with just a raise of her hand, but because she harmed your aunt, she was warned by Emperor Wei Ai, Don't dare to touch her..."
"Does my uncle... know these things?!" Wei Changying cried for a long time and asked in a low voice, "If he knew, when and how did he know it?!" (To be continued)