After the Shangyuan Festival, the people in the capital gradually came out of the shadow of the death of Duanhe's consort and the prince. For ordinary people, it is not important to them who lives, sleeps, or dies. The important thing is that the peaceful days should not be broken.
And the emperor's will to pursue the crown prince was not issued in the end, because the prince's personal morality was too corrupt, and he had no talent and no virtue. With the ability to argue with ministers, this absurd prince may still be proclaimed emperor.
The prince stayed in the Vermillion Bird Hall for 30 days, and Taoist priests from various Taoist temples came to give the prince a practice. In the end, the prince was buried with the title of sincerity. Although it was a waste to give the prince the title of sincerity, everyone was already dead, and the emperor had already died. Concession, they also do not want to quarrel with the emperor every day for a title.
Shortly after the prince was buried, the emperor became interested in the harem, and even had the idea of selecting women to enter the palace, but after only a few words, he stopped thinking about it the next day, and let some families in the court have some ideas. The daughter's minister breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Although some people wondered how the emperor had changed his mind overnight, they were not the ones who would not open a pot and lift a pot. Since the emperor did not mention it, they all pretended not to hear it.
The Crown Princess sat quietly by the window. She glanced at the solemn grandmothers behind her, with a bit of annoyance in their expressions: "You all step back, I want to be alone."
"Prince Concubine please forgive me, slaves and other servants were ordered to protect you, please forgive me," the leading nanny was cautious and respectful, but she stood where she was and did not retreat a step.
"The emperor asked you to protect this palace, but he didn't tell you to monitor this palace," the crown prince only felt that her heart was unnamed, and she waved her sleeves and pushed the nourishing soup in front of her to the ground. Seeing that the fine porcelain white cup was smashed, There was a kind of pleasure in her heart, "Get out of here!"
Seeing that she was unsteady, a few maids were worried that her anger would hurt the fetus in her womb, so they had to pick up the broken pieces of porcelain on the ground, and hurriedly exited the door.
When all the people in the room finally retreated, the Crown Princess covered her face and cried silently. She recalled the time when she and the prince first got married, the prince's obsession with women, and the ecstasy when he learned that she was pregnant when the prince came out of the prison a few days ago.
The prince knew that his body was a little weak because of a good woman, and it was difficult for a woman to conceive, so he was so happy when he learned that she was pregnant.
But only she knew in her heart that the child in her womb had nothing to do with the prince at all. Gently caressing her already bulging belly, she couldn't forget how the queen looked at her when she buried the prince.
She understands that the queen must know that the fetus in her womb is not the prince's, but now she can't help herself, whether the prince or the queen, all she can do is bear silently and wait for the moment when the child is born.
But how could her fate become like this, if she hadn't married into the royal family, why would she have encountered such an embarrassing thing, and why would she have become a young widow at such a young age
Maybe she doesn't want anyone else to hope that the child in the house is a girl. Only in this way can this child grow up safely. Because there were too many pairs looking at the fetus in her womb, which made her a little scared.
The more the princess thought about it, the more frightened she felt, and she didn't even notice that her palm was unconsciously pinched and bleeding.
"Prince Concubine." The voice of the maid who was close to the princess sounded outside the door. She sat up and wiped the tears from her face, "Recently."
After the close maid walked in, she noticed that something was wrong on the face of the crown princess, but she didn't ask more, but pretended not to notice anything: "The slave has heard some news."
"What?" Although the Crown Princess didn't like calculating, but now she is in this position, she can only choose to strike first.
"A few days ago, the queen mother was chatting with several life women, talking about Princess Xian, and she seemed to be a little dissatisfied that there was no news about her getting married for a year." Princess Xian, this is implying that she had a baby earlier."
Although the positions were different, the Crown Princess admired Hua Xiwan quite a bit. In addition, her family was engaged to the Hua family, so she didn't want to make things too stiff. But now the empress dowager is anxious to let Hua Xiwan give birth to a child, I am afraid that she wants to increase the bargaining chip of King Xian to seize the throne, but Hua Xiwan's stomach is not up to the standard, so the empress dowager quickly came up with a not very clever method.
Not to mention that Hua Xiwan is still young now, it is said that Hua Xiwan is now double nine years old, and the queen mother should not be so obvious. How does this make others think of the royal family? The young couple are very affectionate. As a grandmother, the queen mother is only eager to give birth to a child, which is really scheming, and her posture is a bit ugly.
"Does the Queen Mother's move make Princess Xian aggrieved?" The Crown Princess raised her eyebrows slightly, how much King Xian likes Princess Xian. She has seen it with her own eyes. This move by the Queen Mother will definitely make Princess Xian unhappy. Between the Empress Dowager and Princess Xian, there will be some estrangement with the Empress Dowager, which is not a bad thing for her.
"The queen mother should be concerned about the younger generation, and we don't need to talk about it." The princess said lightly, "Our people at the Princess Shengjun should be more careful." Her biggest enemy is not King Xian, but the one who seems to be upright. Selfless King of Shengjun.
The servants of Prince Xian's mansion have become extra cautious since yesterday, because they heard that the Queen Mother seems to be dissatisfied with their princess. The princess is always favored by the prince. If they are in a bad mood because of this, it is not them who suffer The next person
Some beautiful maids were secretly happy in their hearts. The old empress dowager was dissatisfied with the princess, which meant that the prince might decide to take a concubine because of the empress dowager's affection. Don't they have a chance
Hua Xiwan flipped through the gift list awarded by the Queen Mother, all of which were ginseng, angelica and donkey-hide gelatin and other great tonics for nourishing yin and nourishing blood. She drank a sip of ginseng nourishing tea and said to Cheng Qiu, who was beside her, "The Queen Mother is so kind to me. , These are all high-quality medicines, and money is hard to come by."
Cheng Qiu didn't know how to answer for a while. Although she was the concubine's close maid, she was not brought by the concubine from the Hou residence, and she was not as useful as the other three sisters in front of the concubine. For fear of making the princess dissatisfied.
The sudden action of the empress dowager is not a good thing for the princess. If you let the concubine come in like the king of Shengjun, then I don't know how many bad things will happen in this palace.
Seeing Cheng Qiu's cautious appearance, Hua Xiwan waved her hand and said, "Put everything away." Although Cheng Qiu is steady and steady, she still prefers to use Bai Xia and the other three, probably because these three people are more observant.
In the Queen Mother's palace, Yan Jinqiu knelt in front of the Queen Mother and said, "Grandmother, please take back the decree. It's not her problem that Hua Shi has no children, but her grandson doesn't want children now."
"You have such deep-rooted affection for Princess Xian?" The Queen Mother did not expect that the child she raised would actually become a seed of infatuation. She had no dissatisfaction with Hua Xi, but she did not allow Yan Jinqiu to really become one The seed of infatuation, "Besides, you are twenty years old now, and there are no males or half females under your knees, what's it like?"
"The current situation is unstable, and my grandson does not dare to take risks with children," Yan Jinqiu said with sorrow, "grandson also wants children very much, but now is not the best time to have children."
The Empress Dowager suddenly realized that the struggle between the parties in the DPRK and China is fierce, and the one in the womb of the Crown Princess, with the emperor's protection, can't guarantee a safe birth, let alone a fetus in the palace.
"Grandmother, do you still remember when your grandson was six years old?" Yan Jinqiu looked up at the queen mother, with some admiration and nostalgia in his eyes.
The queen mother was startled and began to think back to the year.
"I didn't know who was talking behind my back, saying that my grandson was not your own grandson, and that you raised him only to disobey the queen, and the grandson was furious with those servants. Because the grandson knew that even if The grandson is not your own grandson, but you treat your grandson better than your own grandson." Yan Jinqiu's eyes were slightly red, "The grandson was thinking that night, if the father is your own son, then it will be fine. No one will gossip behind their backs."
"Hua Shi and grandson are married couples. I want her to be full of children and grandchildren. I want her to have her own son and grandson, and she doesn't have to be like my mother, who died of depression because of those concubines." Yan Jinqiu took a few steps on his knees. , resting his head lightly in front of the Queen Mother's knee, "The grandfather and father made their women suffer this crime, and the grandson doesn't want to let his women try again. The grandson is incompetent and can only make up for his heart with Fahrenheit. Sorry." At this point, Yan Jinqiu was choked up and unable to speak.
The queen mother was stunned for a long time, reached out to touch the top of Yan Jinqiu's hair, and said in a trembling voice: "Aijia didn't know you had such a childish heart. Aijia can't be loved by the first emperor, and has no chance of having a son under his knees, who can nurture you and grow up. It can be regarded as a round of regrets in Aijia's heart, you can understand the suffering of Aijia and your mother in those days, but it is not in vain that your mother used all means to protect you." The queen mother recalled that year and began to talk about the small things in her heart. I feel that there is no such child as Bai Yangyan Jinqiu in these years.
Yan Jinqiu's shoulders trembled slightly, trying his best to make his tone sound normal: "It's my grandson who is incompetent, so I can't let you live your life as you want."
"There is always a chance." The Queen Mother patted Yan Jinqiu's head very gently, rubbing her forehead tiredly and said, "Your family is actually a good one, since you don't want to take a concubine, Ai's family doesn't force it. You. If you don't want the child for the time being, don't want it, as long as you know it in your heart. "
Seeing that the Queen Mother was tired, Yan Jinqiu saluted and retired. After leaving the palace and getting on the carriage back to the palace, the admiration on his face disappeared without a trace.
In order to ensure that his grandson was filial to her, the queen mother used a lot of methods. Even his mother died early, and there were hands and feet behind the queen mother. Thinking that without his mother and his father doting on his concubine again, he would be extraordinarily close to her grandmother
The empress dowager wanted to use the power of him and the palace of Xian to hold the emperor in captivity so as to ensure her empress dowager's dignity. Now, what the empress dowager wants is the empress dowager who is sincerely respected by the emperor.
He wanted to be the emperor, but he didn't intend to aggrieve the only woman around him and take a shortcut without knowing the outcome.
Some things cannot be gained by sacrificing a woman.