Although Shu Ting was the biological father of Concubine Shu Guifei and Shu Zhaoyi, he also benefited greatly after the two daughters entered the palace and became favored. However, in order to support his son, he sold both daughters to the servants of Princess Wuyang's mansion. The sisters There was some resentment in their hearts.
So she wasn't very close to Shu Ting... Well, the main reason was that Shu Ting didn't have much ability. Unlike Zheng Guogong and others, they became prosperous when given a chance, and in turn became the backer of the concubine. The Shu sisters helped her a few times, but when they saw that her father and brothers were all the same thing, they couldn't get enough of it, so they gave up and usually only gave orders such as running errands.
The secret that Meng Guiyu said that Rong Suihe was Huan Guanlan's closed disciple was not told to Shu Ting.
Shu Ting didn't know that the Shu sisters' attitude towards Rong Suihe had changed. After receiving the message from the Feng family, she made a special trip to the palace and told the two sisters: "This Feng family is the first group to honor us." I live in this family. Over the years, I have never made any requests, but the New Year rituals have never been interrupted. Now their old man comes to ask personally. No matter what the matter is, you can give me some snacks. Let those who give us offerings know what your sisters are capable of!"
Concubine Shu said impatiently: "Who else needs to show off our sisters' abilities?"
She dismissed Shu Ting coldly and ordered someone to invite Shu Zhaoyi to discuss it, "What do you think is going on?"
"Eighty percent has something to do with Mi Zhen." Shu Zhaoyi said, "The Feng family hasn't come here to talk to each other for so many years. Obviously, they themselves are not easy to bully! Even if they are in trouble now, this is not a free release. Does the Ningwei Hou Mansion still have the power of Mi Zhen to use? Of those two families, one is a close friend of the in-laws and the other is the grandson-in-law. They are easy to find and do not need to be too cautious. "
"On the other hand, we sisters, although we have received a lot of tribute from him, have been living in the palace for many years and have no friendship with him!"
"Begging us to come now will cost the Feng family's decades of accumulated filial piety... It's not a matter that even secrets can't solve, so why would the old man use it?"
Shu Zhaoyi frowned when he said this, feeling vaguely uneasy.
Because Mrs. Feng personally came to ask for this favor, in addition to what she said, Mrs. Feng could not find anyone to solve the problem and could only come to the Shu sisters to ask for help, there was another situation, that is, Mrs. Feng thought that the two sisters could not do whatever they wanted. How long!
In order to prevent the Feng family's investment over the years from being wasted, this was specifically done to recover the cost.
"Although Your Majesty's body is not as strong as before, it doesn't mean that you won't be able to hold on for a while!" Shu Zhaoyi bit her lip and said to herself, "That old woman, the Queen Mother, is so much older than Your Majesty, and she is still alive right now. Aren't you living well? That old man from the Feng family shouldn't have the guts to think like this!"
But I felt a little unhappy, so I said: "Although the Feng family has always been respectful to us, their granddaughter, the princess of Mi Zhen County, is not a good-tempered one! Sister, do you still remember the time she offended you by Chunbo Lake? ?We sisters are not easy to bully, otherwise just ignore him!"
Concubine Shu reminded: "Didn't you say before that if Mi Zhen can pretend, our sisters may not lose to him?"
Rong Suihe was not a fool. Originally, the Feng family had always worshiped the Shu sisters. According to the tacit agreement, Mr. Feng personally came to ask for help. The Shu sisters should not be closed to the door, and they had to ask why.
At this moment, they actually ignored them. How could Rong Suihe have imagined that they had changed their attitude towards him? Otherwise, it was just for his sake, and there was no reason to ruin Old Mrs. Feng’s face like this.
"This old man is real." Shu Zhaoyi said displeased, "Concubine Meng over there is about to give birth, and there are so many eyes staring up and down now! But he didn't come earlier or later, so he came here now, and now Isn’t it causing trouble?”
The imperial concubine said: "With Concubine Meng, King Gaomi is more anxious than us. Let's just keep an eye on it. As for the old man from the Feng family, he's already here. Let's send someone to ask what's going on! What's going on? People who have been serving us for decades... think about how time flies, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye."
Shu Zhaoyi was a little bit sad when she said this: "I still remember that when we first entered the palace, we were very nervous and wanted to kowtow to say hello when we saw someone who was more gorgeously dressed. Once, a female official was frightened and had no time to help us, so she simply I knelt down with a plop... I was really ignorant at that time."
When she said "ignorant", she didn't mean that as a beloved concubine, she had to kneel down as a female official, but that if she could have predicted her current situation at that time, whether it was to create an orphan girl to serve Emperor Xuan Jing, leave her mother and leave her son, or If they had adopted Concubine Shu's suggestion earlier and secretly borrowed seeds from the clan to give birth to an "emperor's heir", the two sisters would not be so passive now.
Concubine Shu noticed her sister's mood and patted the back of her hand comfortingly: "Didn't the imperial doctor just show it to His Majesty? We still have time."
"But I'm afraid Mi Zhen won't be able to come back in a short time, and Meng Guiyu is not very trustworthy." Shu Zhaoyi frowned, "Forget it, let's not talk about these troublesome things... I will send someone to ask Feng as my sister said. What’s going on with that old guy at home?”
So they sent a palace maid to the Shu Mansion, and through the Shu Mansion, they sent someone to call Mrs. Feng to inquire.
After the palace maid returned to the palace, she said good things about Mr. Feng: "The old man obviously respects the two ladies from the bottom of his heart. When they first met, he almost knelt down to salute the slaves! Your Majesty, you Speaking of my status as a slave, outsiders would be embarrassed when they saw the shouting "girl". How can I have such qualifications? In the final analysis, isn't it that he respects you two? In the end, our master repeatedly said no, hard pull Get up. And what the old man wants is human nature."
Concubine Shu smiled half-heartedly and said, "How many benefits has he given you? You should spare no effort to say good things to him!"
"A complete set of Cuitou Noodles." This palace maid is Shu Guifei's confidant. She has served for many years and is quite decent. Therefore, she is not afraid when asked by the imperial concubine at this moment. She said with a smile, "The most rare thing is that it is done thoughtfully. It’s a very low-key style and can be used even by a slave!”
The imperial concubine said: "Huh? Do you plan to keep them all instead of turning them over?"
"What are you going to hand over?" The palace maid smiled and took out a brocade bag from her sleeve, "I also gave the two empresses a hundred thousand taels of rouge money! Isn't this small thing that I got as a reward for running errands?"
"Hey, what kind of trouble did he get into with this move?" Concubine Shu frowned, "Don't make it difficult for our sisters, right?"
The palace maid said: "That's what you said! Is there anything else in the world that is too difficult for you?"
He told Mr. Feng what he wanted, "He said he had just received news about Western Xinjiang."
He roughly told the whole story... Because Mr. Feng believed that the Shu sisters wanted Rong Suihe to be their heirs, they would never stand by and watch Rong Suihe's affairs, let alone be detrimental to Rong Suihe, so he told everything he knew. said.
Now the palace maid also relayed the story to Concubine Shu, and finally said, "No, when Mr. Feng was in Nanfeng County, he guessed the cruel plan of Mr. Sheng, so he found a reason to go north specifically, originally planning to persuade Sheng The old man is here, but after two days of testing, he found that Mr. Sheng has made up his mind. It will not help to tell him clearly, and he may be on his guard! The Gaomi King is partial, and now he will take this opportunity to suppress or even eradicate the secret lord. Prince Zhen, to avoid the suspicion that the future prince will threaten the prince! So I can only ask the two ladies for help, tens of millions, to protect Prince Mi Zhen and his wife, as well as the old man’s biological eldest daughter, Mrs. Feng!”
Concubine Shu's expression changed as she listened. After a while, she nodded and said, "I know about this matter, but it is a serious matter. After all, King Gaomi is a big tree in the court... I will invite Zhaoyi over later for a discussion." After that, give him an answer!”
"Is there something wrong with the old man of the Sheng family? And King Gaomi is really not so cruel!" After a while, Shu Zhaoyi came over. Knowing this, she just sneered, "Such an outstanding son is willing to give up!"
Concubine Shu frowned and said, "Do you want us to help with this matter?"
Zhaoyi said: "Sister, how can you not help? Not to mention looking at the entire clan, there is no one more suitable to be the biological father of our child than Mi Zhen. Let's just say that Concubine Meng is about to give birth. Once she gives birth, Heir, God knows what crazy things Meng will do?!"
"At this time, Mi Zhen has fallen, and the only one who can stop the Meng family is the King of Gaomi!"
"People say there are three cunning rabbits in the cave. As the beloved son of the late emperor, King Gaomi got so many benefits from the late emperor, and even roped in important ministers like the Yuan family and the Zhao family to help him. So far, he can't do anything to the Meng family!"
"If he loses to Meng, wouldn't we be doomed?"
"So it's better to keep Mi Zhen. With him here, even if King Gao Mi can't do it, he can still be pushed up to act as a shield for a while!"
"I also think we can't just sit back and watch now." The imperial concubine nodded, but did not raise her brows, "It's just...how can we help? King Gaomi definitely doesn't want to bear the reputation of being a murderer. These things are done in private. Yes, if we tell him directly that we are not allowed to do this, he will definitely not admit it!"
"If you even talk about it like this, it will only scare the enemy!"
Shu Zhaoyi pondered for a while and said, "Why don't you tell King Gaomi, but talk to Princess Gaomi? Doesn't she cherish her little son very much?"
"If King Gaomi and Mi Zhen gave her a choice, she would definitely choose Mi Zhen." The imperial concubine shook her head and said, "But in the final analysis, it was the crown prince and Mi Zhen who asked her to choose. The palms and backs of these hands are all flesh... but It’s hard to say. After all, although the Crown Prince of Gaomi is far less outstanding than Mi Zhen, he has always welcomed Princess Gaomi and has always been filial and respectful to her. As the eldest son, he is the natural heir. If he loses his throne, not to mention Mi Zhen, Whether Zhenri will be able to tolerate him in the future, Princess Gaomi may not be willing to bear this embarrassment!"
Moreover, "Princess Gaomi has been ill for many years. It was said earlier that she has only a few years to live. Now it is probably because Mi Zhen has returned well and she is in high spirits during happy events, so she can still hold on. If she is stimulated now , who knows if he will die?! When the time comes, Mi Zhen will have to come back to attend his mother's funeral. In this case, even if he saves his life, will he still have a future? It doesn't matter if he loses his future, the key is that we still need it now He has a future!"
Zhaoyi thought about it, and became worried: "What should we do? We have so few manpower, but we can't hold down King Gaomi."
"We are not good at this kind of temple planning." The imperial concubine said thoughtfully, "Or... summon Marquis Chongxin and ask him if he has any suggestions?"
Zhaoyi doesn't like Meng Guiyu: "This person is not a good person! Don't look at him telling us Mi Zhen's secret. This is not for our sake. He wants to poach Mi Zhen! It seems like Mi Zhen Before leaving Chang'an, many things were entrusted to him? The errand of General Zuo Weiwei he had was all done for him by Mi Zhen! Even if Mi Zhen did this, he had ulterior motives. After all, it was to give him a chance! There is nothing better than the treatment given to him by the Meng family. But look at him, he is not merciless when selling secrets, which shows his true nature!"
She concluded, "This is an ignorant white-eyed wolf who can be used and is not worthy of trust!"
Concubine Shu nodded and said: "Don't worry! Aren't there still a few people who have tried their best to speculate in our business over the years? It's just a matter of ordering them around. Who else is going to give him their heart and soul? It would be best if he has a way at this moment. If there is nothing we can do, now is our chance to beat him!"
So the two sisters discussed the matter and ordered someone to convey the whole story to Meng Guiyu the next day, asking Meng Guiyu to come up with a proper plan.