On the morning of the next month, Shu Zhaoyi brought a box of Jade Point Noodles to Anfu Palace. The Jade Point Noodles were stuffed with fat bear meat and lean venison, wrapped in dough into the shape of pointed steamed buns and then cooked. [Note 1], has always been pleased by Concubine Shu.
Now taken out from the ebony food box filled with gold and painted with flowers, it smells of freshly baked heat, which is really pleasing to the eye and makes people salivate.
"Sister, please try it. Yesterday, my friend Bidong wanted to eat that, so he asked the cook to cook it overnight. When Bidong wakes up tomorrow morning, he can pass on the meal." Shu Zhaoyi placed the jade-pointed noodles in front of the imperial concubine. He said with a smile, "He heard that I begged him to come over, so he brought a few cooked ones over for me to try! I asked him later if he thought they were not good enough, so he asked the chef to cook them again!"
"How could he be in the mood to eat that at that time?" But Concubine Shu sighed, without even looking at the jade-pointed noodles, and said listlessly, "He told me something: Yesterday, Meng Guiyu suddenly Go to the palace in the middle of the night and tell me if there is anything that affects the life or death of their sisters!"
Shu Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows in surprise and said, "What did he say? Is it sensational or is it true?"
The imperial concubine looked grim for a while and said: "It's hard to say, he hopes not to be true or not. But looking at his determined look... The most important thing is, we have all asked, that person does not have that kind of reckless nature. Son! He doesn’t know our temper, he should know that he is lying about such a pressing matter, and we will never let him go!!!”
"Sister, what's going on?" Shu Zhaoyi's expression became solemn after hearing this. She brushed the box of jade noodle aside with her legs and leaned most of her body on the case between the sisters. "It's so serious. ?!”
Concubine Shu glanced at her and sighed deeply: "Meng Guiyu said, Mi Zhen, he... He is actually Huan Guanlan's proud disciple! The reason why he approached us was because he was ordered by Huan Guanlan to ask us to taste something. The heart-wrenching pain of betrayal by someone close to you and whom you trust!!!”
"..." Shu Zhaoyi's eyes widened for a moment and she gasped, "Such secret information, if it is true, Mi Zhen Jue Cuo Cuo Cuo will not reveal it easily! Meng Guiyu, how did he know?!"
"He didn't say anything last night. He said he would order someone to leave the palace tomorrow to see the evidence at his place." Concubine Shu frowned, "Just wait for the person who went there to come back!"
In fact, the imperial concubine's interest at that time was no longer in whether Rong Suihe had a close relationship with Huan Guanlan, or whether he had been ordered by Huan Guanlan to get closer and take advantage of their sisters' presence.
She was turning over and over in her mind, thinking about whether the two queens were unable to have children, not infertile. If that was really the case, could they have biological flesh and blood, and what would they do to recognize an heir
Even if an heir like Rong Suihe, who seeks talents and good looks... in the final analysis, he is not his biological son! ! !
"Sister, that's not okay!" Shu Zhaoyi didn't know what was going on and complained a little bit, "How can you ask him to show the evidence outside the palace? Who knows if he made it up?! How can you ask him to bring it to the palace? , the two of us discussed taking a good look at the examination! Don't you think that the three of them are like tigers? If Meng Shi sees that Mi Zhen is prospering in Western Xinjiang, he will have no choice but to give it to him from us. If we believe it, we will destroy our future, right?"
Concubine Shu said: "I heard what he said! If he called me over so early in the morning, he would deny the matter of Mi Zhen, and if not, he would deny some of what Meng Guiyu said later!"
Shu Zhaoyi was surprised: "What? He said something serious last night about begging for help? Did he...where did he get that news?! Where did he get such ability?!"
"He said it would be difficult for us to get pregnant, not impossible." Concubine Shu said a little eagerly, "The reason why we haven't had a son and a half for so many years is probably..."
Glancing at the palace door, he saw that it was closed, so he took a deep breath and leaned into his sister's ear, "It's probably because Bidong has a problem with his head during childbirth!!!"
Shu Zhaoyi said in shock: "It's impossible! Jin Meiren and Xiao Wenshi..."
"Apart from those two people, has there been a third person in the palace who is happy over the years?!" Concubine Shu asked back, repeating the speculation that Meng Guiyu persuaded her last night, and finally said, "Since Bi Dong originally As far as having an heir is concerned, Ru Ming is very young. I told him that my sister wants to have an heir, how can she expect him?! It’s a shame that the world is ignorant. Seeing that there are no children, they all think it’s our women’s fault. It’s really hateful. !!!"
Shu Zhaoyi had no intention of criticizing the world's short-sightedness and bias, and said hurriedly: "Sister, what do I want to do? Is it?!"
She was a little panicked, "Is that really... what if we are discovered...?!"
"The harem is now in the hands of my sisters. Meng Guiyu, a foreigner, comes and goes in the middle of the night and no one knows. How can it be so easy to be discovered?!" Concubine Shu gritted her teeth and said, "Besides, even if he is discovered, it will be I beg Bidong to trust us, but other people, including the old lady the Queen Mother, what’s the use of their thoughts and opinions?!”
Shu Zhaoyi thought for a moment that Emperor Xuan Jing had clearly wronged her sister's favor, and she felt a little relieved, but she was not very worried: "Those are not Meng Guiyu's one-sided words! He is not a medical doctor! If he says that, he will Do you want to seduce my sister to follow him... Then he will use our leverage to threaten us?"
"He has a beautiful idea!" The imperial concubine frowned when she heard this, "I don't think he will choose him, do I? Is he that stupid? That idea was not what he hinted to him. He came to him very much, isn't that right? Send him to the door to be tricked by him!"
Shu Zhaoyi said: "Did he think so... Oh, is that method too risky? Please don't we ask the imperial doctor to take a look or something?"
"It's useless!" the imperial concubine said a little frustrated, "How many times have we seen stir-fry since we became concubines?" Tai Hospital is in the east. Who hasn't asked us for a pulse? ! So what? Are you disappointed again and again? ! "
Her face was gloomy, "Besides, even if we find out now that it's possible to have a baby, I think Bidong is already in his fifties. Is he very capable of being a father?! In those two years, the imperial doctor prescribed special medicine." , he... Haha! Not to mention the two of you, he can't stand anyone! How can such a person make us mothers?!"
"But what is Bu Shen Meng Guiyu's idea? He thinks what he said is right: what comes through adoption is what comes through adoption. You will never be able to compare with your own flesh and blood!"
"The reason why we have so many worries is because we have no children?!"
"As long as you have a son, do you think Nadong is something worth worrying about?!"
Concubine Shu said bitterly, "It's my fault that he didn't think of that earlier, otherwise he should have tried it long ago... Anyway, not many people came to his place in the Ming Dynasty!"
"Is it because Bidong often feels powerless recently?" Shu Zhaoyi said hurriedly, "Is it because I deliberately neglected my sister?"
The imperial concubine said: "He knows, that's why he is worried! After all, I also know that the reason why our sisters can live happily during the confinement period is because Lord Bibi is here. If it is clear that his body is getting weaker and weaker, But he refuses to stop taking the medicine. Of course, we can't let him stop. After stopping, what should we do if his mind is not in the harem?! He is impatient and takes care of others not as carefully as I do. If he doesn't come to Anfu Palace, please stay here. If my Leyi Palace doesn’t go around with those messy things, especially if I don’t go to Wangchun Palace, he will feel relieved... I’m afraid he’ll be jealous?!”
"Sister, it would be great if I could have my own flesh and blood!" Shu Zhaoyi frowned and said, "However...not to mention whether your method will be effective, even if you do it, you will have a child. , we can also think of ways to fool Yidong during the confinement period, the question is, what should Meng Guiyu do?"
"As my sister said, although that man's surname is Meng, he never behaves like Meng Lang."
"Since he dares to make such suggestions to his sister, he will definitely be held back accordingly!"
"Even if we send people to kill him right then and there and silence him, there's a good chance he'll already have something to show for it. Just beg him to make it public if he has something good or bad!"
"In that case, the child is not the emperor's heir. Outsiders don't know it, but he knows it in his heart. He uses it as a blackmail and takes it away. How can I and him resist?"
Concubine Shu narrowed her eyes and said, "That's why he won't look for anyone from outside!"
She said slowly, "It's not like the Rong clan is all dead, and only Bidong is the only male heir left, isn't it?!"
Shu Zhaoyi's thoughts turned and she asked tentatively: "Sister, did you say... King Guangling?"
"Prince Guangling!" Concubine Shu frowned when she heard this and said, "Although Prince Guangling is the youngest child of the late emperor, he will be over forty next year. At such an old age, a young woman like Concubine Meng can be pregnant. It’s just that his children are very young. At our age, we are afraid of death! Was his wife Chai, who died last year, the same age as him? Hasn’t it been almost ten years since she had a child? "
The youngest child that Princess Chai gave birth to to Prince Guangling, Rong Yanjiao, the head of Guide County, will be ten years old next year.
"Are you afraid that King Gaomi is not so scheming?" Shu Zhaoyi pondered, "Fortunately, his biological mother, Concubine Mo, is here. Although he has rarely seen Concubine Mo in the past ten years, is he his biological mother?" Mother and son…”
At this point, the two sisters were silent, a little frustrated and a little expectant. Considering what Concubine Mo did back then, if King Gaomi didn't deny that she was her biological child, he might have broken up with her soon, and the more cruel ones might even commit matricide. , how can it be like now, when King Gaomi doesn't visit the concubine often, the Lord asks him not to worry about the princess, but privately, the concubine is worried about her.
Blood and flesh.
Shu Zhaoyi chewed the word silently and was about to continue talking about going to the east, but she heard Concubine Shu say in surprise: "What do I want those old people to do? The King of Gaomi is only two years younger than Bidong, and he is the youngest child of Dongdong, please." If you are still alive, you should get married by then, and you are much worse than King Guangling!"
"... Can we go to our clan relatives who are further away? They usually don't enter the palace very often, and they don't interact with us very much." Shu Zhaoyi said without knowing why, "It will easily arouse people's suspicion; secondly, it will not When considering the matter of blood recognition, if the child’s biological father is not Bidong’s brother, is it okay to have blood recognition with Bidong. But if he is not Bidong’s distant relative, it will not work at eighty percent [Note 2]!”
Only through a drop of blood can the two sisters be able to ensure that their missing heir will not be exposed in the future and be knocked down from the top of the clouds!
Concubine Shu looked at her, her mouth twitching: "Did I forget that regardless of whether King Gaomi is King Guangling or not, the heir to the east of the knee is already old?"
"Rong Qingzui and Rong Qing'an?!" Shu Zhaoyi was stunned, and Bu Nao said without saying anything, "Those two people are much younger than their father, and they are not very smart. … When we go back to the banquet, let’s take a closer look?”
The imperial concubine narrowed her eyes and said, "I'll coax Bidong to let the imperial doctor take a look tomorrow. How long can he last?"
Seeing that Shu Zhaoyi didn't know why, the imperial concubine lowered her voice, "He was thinking, since he wanted to hide the truth and get a biological child, of course it would be better to be smarter and smarter! In this case, as I said, then Rong Qingzui and Rong Qing'an both It’s not about any smart people, it’s about their descendants. So far, I haven’t heard of anyone who is extraordinary!”
"Then why should we be so eager to choose them? If the child also inherits their stupidity, even if it is not our biological child, we will not dislike it, but it will be regrettable after all!"
"After all, can our child be the emperor in the future?"
"People are too stupid to be easily influenced by people from Didong. We have worked so hard in our lives, so why should we ignore outsiders and not be influenced by people from Didong?!"
The imperial concubine sneered, "So, if Bidong is likely to have some confinement, he would like to... wait for the secret of Yuanxi Border!"
Her eyes were cold, "After all, can our two Aunt Shu always treat him well! After helping him so much, he should also give something in return, right?"
[Note 1]The method of making jade-tip noodles is not messy.
[Note 2] Well, according to the rules of blood recognition, it doesn’t matter whether you are a close relative or not.