Royal Palace
In the Chunluan Palace of Concubine Xu.
When it comes to Concubine Xu, the first impression of others is that she is always favored. As a woman in her 40s, who has been favored by today's saints for decades, anyone who mentions it will smack her lips and praise this woman for being so powerful.
But in essence, Concubine Xu is not very beautiful. At least, there are many more beautiful concubines in the palace than her, but she can dominate His Majesty's favor, so you can't be convinced.
She was originally a good woman from a small family, and she was once chosen on the side of the king. All the way from a talented person to a noble concubine of the sixth palace, not only relying on her face and scheming, but also cast the eyes of His Majesty.
At least others are not used to seeing Concubine Xu's age, and she looks like pear blossoms and rain in the day, but today's saints are eating this set.
Concubine Xu Gui was born with a melon-seed face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and her eyes were filled with spring love, and her face was weak and delicate. The figure is slender, like a weak willow facing the wind. In terms of face and figure, as a woman in her forties, she is very well maintained. You Qi's crying pear blossom looks like it's raining, it's really distressing.
"Your Majesty, the concubine really wants Jin'er to be powerful, so you can recruit him back and let the concubine take a look."
Concubine Xu Gui cried for a while, crying and acting like a spoiled child, only to make Emperor Xi, who had insisted on it, become softer and softer, and even showed pity on her face.
"Okay, don't cry anymore, I will announce him back to Beijing someday."
"real?"
Concubine Xu's face was full of joy, with tears on her face, but I have to say that this crying and laughing look suits her very well, with a touch of watery charm.
"How can I be false when I speak?" Emperor Xi pretended to be annoyed.
Concubine Xu broke her tears into laughter and leaned up, "My concubine naturally believes in Your Majesty, but His Majesty is a golden mouth."
She had to get what she wanted, so Concubine Xu flattered for a while, and Emperor Xi looked at the sky outside and said, "Okay, it's getting late, I will go to Fengqi Palace to sit for a while, and listen to Imperial Physician Xu saying that Queen Feng Slightly ill."
"Congratulations, Your Majesty."
After Emperor Xi left, Concubine Xu Gui showed a look of resentment on her face.
The queen again, the old woman fought her for decades without dying. Every time I use the phoenix body as an excuse, I coax your majesty to go to her!
The key point is that she can't pierce the hypocritical face of the queen, because what Your Majesty hates most is women who are jealous. He can pamper you as much as he wants, but you can't put eye drops on 'others' in front of him.
This other person is the current Queen Xiao Shi.
Empress Xiao was born in the Yasukuni Gongfu and was the original match of Emperor Xi. If Concubine Xu has been favored for decades, then the Xiao family has been favored for longer than her, especially with today's juvenile couple, the relationship is even deeper.
Empress Xiao was tolerant and generous, and her mother respected the world. She treated the queen concubines equally, and took great care of the prince, which made Emperor Xi grateful and respected. Of course, respect comes from respect. There are so many concubines in the harem that Emperor Xi likes quite a bit, and Concubine Xu Gui is one of them.
After being Empress Xiao's old enemy for decades, there is no Concubine Xu in this world who knows Empress Xiao better. If it is said that Concubine Xu is pretending to be weak, then Empress Xiao is an extremely hypocritical person.
Mingli treats the concubines in the palace equally, and loves the princes from other concubines. In fact, I don’t know how many concubines died in her hands. There are also those princes and princesses who died in childhood. Of course, there are even more miscarriages before they come out. are countless.
When Concubine Xu entered the palace, she didn't know the situation, but she suffered a lot from Empress Xiao and had a miscarriage once. Since then, Concubine Xu and Empress Xiao have been at odds with each other, and they have fought fiercely, both openly and secretly. Of course, this is all in private.
On the bright side, everyone said that Empress Xiao and Concubine Xu had a harmonious relationship and were as close as sisters.
Of course, among so many women in the harem, who can stand out as a holy family, and which one is simple? Anyone who dares to say that no one has blood on their hands is nonsense.
Seeing that Concubine Xu Gui's face was not good, Qin'er, the maid in charge of Chunluan Palace, said next to her, "Congratulations to the concubine, congratulations to the concubine.
After hearing this, Concubine Xu's face looked a little better, but she still said, "What kind of reunion, we can only see each other for a while, and it will take a long time to return to the fief."
"Being summoned to the capital means that His Royal Highness the King of Jin has a wealth of saints. Niangniang sees that King Yun and King Jing have never been called back to the capital since they became a vassal. Who doesn't know that they are not welcomed by His Majesty."
Concubine Xu Gui smiled disdainfully, "Can they compare with my Jin'er and Qi'er?" In an instant, her brows furrowed again, "It's a pity that this palace can only beg one son to come back at a time, so take pity on my Qi'er. After recruiting Jin’er back to Beijing twice, I don’t know if Qi’er will complain about this palace.”
"His Royal Highness King Qi will definitely understand the mother's painstaking efforts. After all, we are also doing this for a major event."
Concubine Xu looked at the Dan Kou in her hand and smiled meaningfully.
Fengqi Palace.
After Emperor Xi left, Empress Xiao leaned on Feng's couch and rubbed her brows.
Thinking of His Majesty's will to bring the King of Jin back to Beijing just now, she was troubled.
After sitting for a while, Queen Xiao summoned the eunuch next to her and said, "Go to the East Palace in person and invite the prince."
"Yes."
The prince came quickly.
"Empress mother, why did you recruit your servants to come here?"
Empress Xiao called the prince to her, and told me in detail that King Jin wanted to return to Beijing.
The crown prince frowned, "How long has it been before the royal father recruited him to the capital again!"
Empress Xiao certainly understands this truth, but the holy will has been decided, and her repeated dissuasion is useless, and now she can only be careful.
From Emperor Xi's point of view, King Jin entered the capital to relieve the concubine's longing. From Queen Xiao's point of view, it was Concubine Xu, that slut who did something wrong.
It's just that the last time King Jin returned to Beijing, he acted very frankly. Except for entering the palace to accompany Concubine Xu, and occasionally doing filial piety in front of Emperor Xi, there was nothing unusual. After staying in Beijing for only half a month, they requested an edict to return to the fief, so that they could not catch whatever they wanted.
It's not easy to tell before your Majesty if you can't get a handle on it, so this time Emperor Xi said that he would invite the King of Jin to return to the capital.
After all, the imperial concubine cried when she missed her son!
These are the original words of Emperor Xi, but Queen Xiao also heard another meaning. You don't read the prince in Beijing, but the two sons of the concubine are in the fief and you can't see each other all the year round. You don't understand others. of suffering.
Well, now Empress Xiao can't say anything.
Seeing the prince pacing back and forth, Empress Xiao said: "Okay, don't panic. You are the prince, and no one can shake your status. The queen mother told you about this not to make you upset, but to keep your eyes on it. He. The vassal king is not allowed to make courtiers, as long as there is a slight difference in him, we can preempt him.”
Queen Xiao has said this many times, and the prince also understands the reason. It's just that passive defense always makes people feel extremely embarrassed. But what can we do if we don't passively defend, he and his mother will only have a reputation that no one can tolerate when they are in front of the father and emperor. After all, the noble concubine and the Jin king Qi Wang did nothing!
To put it bluntly, it's just eccentric!
The prince has long been worn down and full of resentment.
"My son understands."
"If there is anything you need to discuss with your grandfather, be careful not to be impatient."
Empress Xiao knew her son's personality and was irritable, and with the help of her Prince Jingguo, she should be relieved.
The two talked for a while, and the prince left Fengqi Palace in a hurry.
***
King Jing knew this strange state of stalemate between the Prince's family in Beijing and Concubine Xu's family.
He thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't see King Jin's successive visits to Beijing as normal. But if there is something tricky about it, his spies and the prince have hardly got any useful information.
Abnormal things are demons.
For King Jin, due to the experience of the previous life, King Jing pulled up the spirit of twelve points.
Huang Tan also didn't think that the imperial concubine line was aimless.
Many people understand this truth, and they may see through the tricks but not many, because judging from the actions of the imperial concubine, it is indeed because the imperial concubine Sizi King Jin returned to Beijing to visit the mother and concubine.
King Jingjing in Jingzhong still did not leave, and the two of them struggled to think about the tricks inside. The two discussed it for a long time, but they didn't come up with a clue, and the matter was put aside for the time being.
King Jing's Mansion is leaning against a courtyard in the northwest corner.
"Brother and sister, don't think too much. Since you are here, you can live here with peace of mind. Even if you don't look at others, you should look at your son and grandson." An old woman over fifty years old said.
The old woman who was persuaded had a look of sadness on her face, "I also understand this principle, but he hasn't delivered the letter for more than half a year, and I'm worried. He is also a sullen person, and he usually returns home. Just don't tell me anything."
"You better not think too much, maybe he thinks it's more appropriate, after all, you also know his condition. Being an imperial doctor is a precarious situation. If our old man hadn't come to Jingzhou, the whole family might be worried now. ."
"Alas. Thanks to your family, Mrs. Hu is really troublesome."
"What's the trouble, everyone doesn't say anything about the two families, and since you're here, you can live here with peace of mind."
"Yes, I shouldn't, shouldn't think so much."
The two said a few more words before they went to work on their own. After all, they both had children and grandchildren, and although they lived under the same roof, they were not idlers.
***
Now every time King Jing sees Xiao Hua, he has a feeling of trembling.
Not for anything else, but for her belly. Such a slender person with such a big belly looks really scary.
But Xiaohua is calm, King Jing even touches her stomach and smiles occasionally when she sees her calm down.
King Jing has never understood what maternal love is. It is mentioned in the book, but he has never been able to understand it. At this moment, seeing this scene, he seems to have a little enlightenment.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Xiaohua asked when King Jing was in a daze.
King Jing came to his senses and carefully touched her stomach with his fingertips.
Xiaohua smiled, grabbed his hand and stroked it, "Isn't it big? My concubine also thinks it's a little big. But Hu Liangyi said it's normal. It just looks like her stomach is a bit like twins, but she can't feel the pulse for the time being. Come on, it will take a while."
"Twins?"
"That's right." Xiaohua smiled, "But I don't know if it is, Hu Liangyi only said that it looks like it, and we will know the details after checking the pulse. It would be good if there were two, the maid and concubine would save trouble. ."
"joy?"
"Yeah." Xiaohua said, "Is Your Highness not happy?"
"The lonely king is very happy."
"Your Highness, you don't know, the baby will move. Yesterday, it moved once, and this morning, it moved again, but it's just two times. But Hu Liangyi also said that the baby will move more and more slowly... "
Just as she was talking, she suddenly squeaked.
"What's wrong?"
"He's moving again, touch him."
This novel feeling made Xiao Hua excited like a child, grabbed King Jing's hand and put it on her stomach again, but after that, there was no movement again.
"Oops, move it a little more, let Daddy feel it too."
Daddy? King Jing was stunned again.
Just as he was in a trance, his subordinates moved again.
"Look, he's moving."
There was so much excitement over there, but King Jing suddenly felt a sore nose. This feeling is very strange, and he is a little helpless.
King Jing suddenly stood up, "You're fine, there is something else in the front yard of King Gu."
Xiaohua raised her eyes suspiciously to look at King Jing. What could be wrong at this time? King Jing usually comes here in the middle of the afternoon, and usually everything in the front yard has been dealt with. But Xiaohua also knew that King Jing was very busy recently, so she didn't think about it.
"Is His Highness coming back for dinner?"
"If you're hungry, you can use it first." King Jing knew that since she was pregnant, her appetite was very good, and she was always hungry. Sometimes I was so hungry that I thought he was coming back soon, so I still waited for him.
"All right."
After King Jing left, Xiaohua stared at her stomach again and began to observe the fetal movement.
Since the first fetal movement yesterday, she has been quite happy with this move. She had never known such a thing before, but at this time she felt very miraculous.
You Qi's movements seemed to be pulling her mind, and there was always a vague illusion that she could feel the emotions of the fetus in her belly.
It's an amazing feeling, it melts my heart...