"Her?" Mrs. Qi was slightly startled when she heard this, and then thought for a moment before saying, "Her story seems to have been spread all over the world: when the epidemic broke out in the mansion, Deping happened to be picked up by the concubine. Would you like to stay in the palace for a short while? Later, when the bad news about Concubine Mo and the others reached the palace, the concubine said that she was too young to get up from her grief, and she was afraid that Concubine Mo’s bones and blood would be damaged, so she ordered her to come to the palace. In the palace, I kowtowed to the direction of the palace, then set aside a small courtyard to observe mourning, and never came back to attend the funeral from the beginning to the end."
Sheng Weiqiao understood that this was because she was afraid that Princess Gaomi would eradicate the problem and kill Princess Deping when she returned to the palace.
From this point of view, it is obvious that Concubine Mo loves the grandchildren her niece gave birth to to her son.
Therefore, Sheng Weiqiao felt more and more that it was strange that the concubine would allow Princess Deping to remain in the harem until she was twenty years old.
"After that, she stayed in the palace with the concubine and never came back." Qi continued, "Since the concubine never showed up during the holidays from then on, she was probably young at that time and went in and out. They all followed the concubine, so she didn't appear at palace banquets or festival banquets for several years. Until a few years ago, when she was old enough to discuss marriage, it was probably because the concubine didn't want to do this for her. She just started running around by herself, and whenever there was an opportunity to meet her foreign man, she would not miss it... this kind of thing."
Apparently, Mrs. Qi thought that Princess Deping had taken advantage of the opportunity to get married before, and even did things like drugging Meng Guiyu, which was embarrassing to the palace. Her tone was a bit disdainful, "It's fortunate that she I haven’t been back for all those years, otherwise people would think that all the girls in our house are like her, and I don’t even know what to say!”
However, thinking about the life experience of Princess Deping, this kind of "marriage proposal" was somewhat helpless, and I was also a little bit sentimental. I put down the pink celadon glaze gold parrot spring flower tea bowl I just picked up, and sighed softly, "Speaking of which, I I didn’t see her when I came in. It was the first time I met her in the palace. If someone around me hadn’t known about it and I had overheard the whispers, I wouldn’t have known who she was!”
Sheng Weiqiao leaned forward slightly, got closer to Mrs. Qi, and asked: "So the concubine has disliked her a few years ago? That's right, otherwise she would have been told... But I don't know what happened to make the concubine so angry? "
Seeing that she was very interested in this issue, Mrs. Qi swallowed the question "Let's talk about Huang Ziyue" when she said it, pursed her lips, and whispered: "I have heard some rumors about this matter, right? But it must not be spread outside: because it is really not a shameful thing for our family!"
After receiving Sheng Weiqiao's assurance, Qi continued, "It is said that she took advantage of the concubine's trust. On her father's birthday one year, the concubine had the opportunity to reward the longevity noodles made by herself from the palace, and poisoned the noodle soup. Poison…”
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned: "Then father...?"
"Father, it's okay." Mrs. Qi shook her head and said, "The poison she administered was a very common one. After all, although it was very convenient for her to enter and exit the palace at that time, she had the favor of the concubine to maintain her status both inside and outside the palace, and she was better at doing things than later. It would be much smoother, but if the concubine knew that she was making poison, she would definitely be suspicious and ask questions. So she could only take advantage of the opportunity to leave the palace, change her appearance, go to the drug store, spend money to buy off a money-obsessed boy, and give her privately. She wrapped some nux vomica."
"In order to guard against the hidden hands of the Meng family, my father is always very careful about food and clothing. Even the food sent by the concubine comes from the palace. He is afraid that there is someone in the middle, so he has to check it before entering it. … That time, it was found out that it was poisoned at the first check, so my father didn’t use a single bite.”
"At that time, my father thought it was the Meng family who did it. After sending someone to tell the concubine, the concubine immediately arrested everyone who came into contact with the noodle soup and tortured them, trying to find out the secret behind the Meng family. ."
"In the end, it was discovered that everyone was innocent, and Deping was the one who really poisoned her... How do you think the concubine and the father would be so angry?"
Sheng Weiqiao was even more stunned: "So the concubine still keeps Deping in the palace?"
Even if for the sake of the love between ancestors and grandchildren, the granddaughter should not be killed, she should be sent to a well-guarded Zhuangzi, or she should be married to a corner where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and there is no hope of seeing Chang'an again in this life
For example, Meng's previous treatment of Meng Liyi and Meng Liti.
After all, to put it bluntly, if Concubine Mo had not had a son like King Gaomi, no matter how beautiful she was when she was young, she would have gone to the palace with those childless concubines to wait for death after the late emperor left. Got it!
So even if the concubine is a weird person who values her niece and her biological flesh and blood more important than her own son, out of consideration for her own situation, she cannot just sit back and watch something happen to King Gaomi!
... In the end, Princess Deping wanted to kill King Gaomi, but Concubine Mo actually wanted to keep her granddaughter by her side
Is this because he is afraid that the granddaughter will not find a second chance to kill King Gaomi, or is he deliberately trying to torment the granddaughter by denying her the opportunity to leave the cabinet
No matter which one it is, Sheng Weiqiao feels that this concubine is a bit... difficult to understand...
But she did know why Princess Deping later obtained the love medicine to trick Meng Guiyu. The co-author had already learned about the use of medicine, and the first time she used it was to kill her father!
"It seems to be related to the male heir who was praised by the father?" Qi said, "Is that Deping's eldest brother? It seems that when the concubine was about to send Deping away, Deping mentioned that brother... Tai The concubine must have been very worried about Concubine Mo's mother and son being lost in the 'epidemic', and then she relented and allowed her to stay."
"But I don't dare to tell her that I'm going to kiss her, because I'm afraid that after she leaves the cabinet, she will instigate her husband's family to target the father."
Sheng Weiqiao: "..."
She calmed down and reminded her sister-in-law, "Did you hear about the flower viewing party before? Deping was dressed up and brought a ribbon ring. Aunt Wuyang recognized it and said it was given to the concubine by the late emperor. Deping Ping said that the concubine specially found it and gave it to her for the flower viewing party."
In other words, Concubine Mo planned to kill her father against the Chief of Deping County... To be precise, she wanted to use this method to destroy the entire Gaomi King faction, and at the same time drag the concubine, the princess, and the princess's biological flesh and blood, and even the Zhao family, Are the hardcore Gaomi kings like the Yuan family resenting the move of going to hell together to the point where Rong Suihe returns and his anger disappears
Well, considering what Qi said that Concubine Mo had always been brooding over the death of Concubine Mo and her son, Sheng Weiqiao guessed that Concubine Mo's change of attitude toward Princess Deping was because Rong Suihe was in a good mood after returning home. wrong.
The real reason is that the concubine was in a bad mood after hearing that Rong Suihe had come back well. She deliberately used her kindness to Princess Deping to disgust Princess Gaomi and her son, right
… It’s no wonder that Princess Gaomi still doesn’t let Concubine Mo see Sleeping Crane.
Such a cheating grandmother, it sounds like she wants to hit someone!
"So later when the concubine asked about the third brother, the concubine didn't stop her. She even refused to let the concubine in if she wanted to give the third brother something." Mrs. Qi smiled and consciously discussed the palace with her sister-in-law. The discussion of these past grievances and hatreds is almost done here.
Seeing Sheng Weiqiao thinking deeply at this moment, he took the opportunity to say, "I don't know what my brother and sister sent someone to tell them yesterday...?"
"Look at me!" Sheng Weiqiao was reminded and felt a little embarrassed, so she hurriedly asked someone to get the stack of records, "Mi Zhen said that she was afraid that something would be missed in her retelling, so she asked someone to write it down so that you can read it slowly, sister-in-law. If you have any doubts, ask me and I will tell you!"
When Mrs. Qi saw the thick stack of records, all of which were written in neat regular script and were obviously very detailed, she was overjoyed and said gratefully: "It's really troublesome for you!"
Sheng Weiqiao scolded her for being polite, and made an excuse to go outside to see the bamboo forest so that she could concentrate on reading the records.
Mrs. Qi then specially sent a maid to guide her. As the Prince Wang's residence after his marriage, the Cuihuang Courtyard naturally occupies a large area. However, all bamboos are planted inside and outside. Except for a few pots of orchids on the porch, Apart from peonies, there are basically no other plants and trees.
Although this is elegant, Sheng Weiqiao's home in Nanfeng County also has such a large bamboo forest in the garden, so it was boring to walk around it twice.
At this time, I turned a corner and saw Lord Jian'an standing under a clump of bamboo branches with a boy who looked about four or five years old.
The Lord of Jian'an County was squatting on the ground. The girl had her hair tied up in a bun, with two golden silk hairpins inlaid with mutton-fat, jade, red and sapphire inserted sideways. Some of the light spots filtered by the bamboo leaves happened to fall on the hairpin heads, reflecting the reflection. Dotted with gold spots; she wore a short jacket with light foundation and embroidered jasmine flowers, but tied a bright red pomegranate skirt underneath, with cloud-tip crested shoes slightly exposed at the bottom, which stood out in the green and green courtyard. He was coaxing the boy in a low voice.
Because the youngest sons of Qi and Rong Qingzui are one year apart, Sheng Weiqiao only met once on the day of tea ceremony. At that time, he did not pay special attention to the difference in their appearance. After so many days, now they are no longer It must have been Rong Lingtiao or Rong Lingsui who was eating too much. He came closer and chuckled: "Jian'an, are you and your brother here?"
"Third Aunt!" The Lord of Jian'an County was originally facing her sideways. Sheng Weiqiao was slim and slim, and walked lightly. Now the wind blew under the bamboo, stirring up the slow sound of bamboo waves, covering up other nearby movements, and she was gone. Watch for someone approaching. Hearing the voice, he was startled and quickly stood up. He turned around and saw that it was a newly promoted elder. He did not dare to neglect, and quickly pulled his younger brother up to greet him, and whispered, "Fifth brother, please say hello to Third Aunt!"
When Sheng Weiqiao heard this, he knew that the boy at this moment was the fifth Rong Lingtiao. He glanced at him. Children of this age, especially boys, are usually naughty, but it is probably because Qi has good discipline. , even though Rong Lingtiao was pouting and looking unhappy, he still saluted obediently and said with a choked voice: "Hello, third aunt!"
"What's going on?" Sheng Weiqiao saw that the child had just cried, so he naturally wanted to ask.
"Aunt, it's like this: my niece told her brother that this section of the road is not easy to walk, and she asked him to let me hold his hand, or ask the wet nurse to hold him, but he just refused to listen!" Rong Lingtiao was about to speak after hearing this, and the Lord of Jian'an County Already answered, "Didn't it fall down in the end?"
Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly asked with concern: "Is that important or not?"
Lord Jian'an smiled and said, "Don't worry, aunt, it's nothing serious. He just feels aggrieved."
Sheng Weiqiao looked at Rong Lingtiao and saw that except for his red eyes and his small face full of grievances, his body was in good shape and did not look like he was injured. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled and said: "Lingtiao will do it later." You still have to listen to your sister!"
Rong Lingtiao was probably a little scared of strangers. After hearing this, he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he nodded timidly.
Sheng Weiqiao still wanted to say a few words to them and show the image of a loving aunt, but by this time the Qi family had already read the records and sent people out to look for her.