"Zihan!" Princess Jin subconsciously screamed.
Zihan, who was standing next to her, knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Princess, don't blame the servants, the servants are still young, and the servants don't want to die. The servants have persuaded you, but you must listen to what Zhou's mother said, Do such a thing. You are the master, even if the matter is exposed, you will be safe and sound, but the servants will end up dead."
"Slaves?" Jin Wangfei muttered to herself, suddenly sneered, her eyes were like poisoned awls, shooting at Zi Meng, Zi Die and others.
Zi Yan shook her head again and again, explaining that she didn't have one. Zimeng and Zidie lowered their heads and remained silent.
The four maidservants beside Concubine Jin actually betrayed three, leaving only Zi Yan behind.
How sad!
Zhou's mother ran out from inside, and cursed: "How dare you sell your master for glory, you cheap hoofs, the old woman said what the princess would do on weekdays, you always persuaded and stopped her, and you even tried your best to drive the old woman out, for fear Getting close to the princess... I'll kill you shameless bastards, your family is all in the Duke's mansion, and you've been gutted after eating the bear's heart and leopard..."
As Mother Zhou scolded, she pounced on her and slapped her head and face with her thick slaps, like a weasel running into a chicken coop. Zimeng and the others didn't dare to fight back, so they could only hide in embarrassment, and the room was in chaos.
Zi Yan wanted to pull, but didn't know how to pull, and if she didn't pull, she was a good sister for many years. The four of them are the dowry girls of the princess. They have been serving the princess since they were young. They have been in love for more than ten years. They never thought that Zihan and the others would betray the princess.
Zi Meng has always been a hot-tempered person, she was slapped twice, and a strand of her hair was pulled off by Zhou's mother, an old rascal, and she was also annoyed. Pushing her away, she retorted: "If you hadn't been always instigating the princess, the princess would have done such a thing? It was the princess' idea to kick you out before, not us! We are my mother and my family are all in the country. That’s why we don’t dare to take risks. Your Highness is the prince, and the child in Su’s concubine’s belly is the grandson of the dragon. If we are found out, we will be dead. If we die, we will punish the nine clans. At that time, the Duke’s mansion can stop us. live… "
Zi Die cried and said: "We have betrayed the master, but the master loves us. I came to serve the princess on eleventh, and it has been thirteen years now. I am twenty-four this year, have you ever seen twenty-four?" Married girl? The princess always says to help us find a good family, but she just keeps talking, she has no such thoughts in her heart. I don't want to be an old girl forever. You can scold me if you like, and I won't answer back. But don't do it, if you do it again, we will fight back!"
Zhou's mother has always boasted of high morals and high prestige, and the girls also treat her respectfully on weekdays, and she has never been treated like this before. Especially what the two of them said was heart-wrenching, and they didn't know what to say for a while.
As if struck by lightning, Princess Jin looked around the girls with a pale face, and her voice came out of her throat: "You all think so?"
Don't look at these Zis who dared to talk back to Zhou's mother, but they didn't dare to talk to Princess Jin, probably because of guilt, they all turned their faces away. Looking at Zi Yan, she hurriedly said: "Mother, I have never planned to get married."
Princess Jin looked dazed, and then smiled wryly: "I thought I was kind to you, but I didn't expect to offend you. What's so good about being married? The suffering of being a daughter starts with being married."
She said this in a very low voice, like a mosquito groaning. Others only saw her lips move a few times, but they didn't know what she was talking about.
She suddenly smiled.
At this moment, her smile is extremely beautiful.
She looked at King Jin, her eyes were dark, without a gleam of light: "I have nothing to say, if you want to kill or cut, it's up to you."
Li Dequan sighed.
He didn't expect that he would watch such a play just because the sage came up to the Prince Jin's mansion to give him a reward. Before King Jin kept him, he had some idea in his mind, thinking what happened, he never expected it to be like this.
King Jin ignored Princess Jin, and said to Li Dequan, "Let Eunuch Li laugh."
Li Dequan smirked: "Your Highness, this—this old slave is still waiting to return to the palace to return to life."
"This king will send you off."
The two left hand in hand, just as casually as when they came, leaving the room full of scars.
They are all old men who have been in the court for many years, and Li Dequan understands what King Jin means.
After returning to the palace, he replied to Emperor Hongjing, saying that both the mother and the child are safe, and that the second son of Jin Palace is very healthy. After the words fell, he paused, and told Emperor Hongjing everything he saw in the Prince Jin's Mansion.
After hearing this, Emperor Hongjing was very silent, put down the ink pen in his hand, and asked, "Then, according to you, what does King Jin mean?"
"This—" Li Dequan bent down, "His Royal Highness Prince Jin probably wants to abolish Princess Jin."
Otherwise, why bother to lead him to watch this scene.
Emperor Hongjing approved a day's papers today, which were all saved up a few days ago, and he also suffered from severe shoulder pain and low back pain. He stood up from the dragon seat, walked back and forth a few times, stretched his muscles, and said: "Back then, I chose the wrong wife for Lao Wu."
Li Dequan didn't speak.
In fact, it's really not the Emperor Hongjing's fault, the concubine Jin is not a bad family background, she has an extraordinary appearance, and she herself is a well-known talented woman in Beijing. When King Jin became a vassal before leaving the palace, Emperor Hongjing knew that the relationship between the fifth and fifth couple was not good, so he just thought that the fifth was withdrawn, and it would be fine after a long time.
But who would have thought that the Prince Jin's Mansion has never had a son, and there are always such rumors spreading outside. He didn't think there was something wrong with the fifth son. He rewarded women a few times, but the fifth son refused, and it was the last time. He didn't even say hello, just sent the person over, and he accepted it.
On this trip to Beijing, he suddenly had a son and a concubine beside him. Emperor Hongjing had always been indifferent to women's affairs, he felt that any man who had three wives and four concubines would be pampered, and he didn't take anything seriously, as long as he could make a living in front of him. But who would have thought that such a thing would happen, that the fifth child would want to divorce his wife, obviously it was not the grievance accumulated in a day or two, but accumulated over time.
"This Mrs. Xu is really disrespectful and disrespectful, and she doesn't look like a woman at all! But if you just rest like this, isn't it a big deal?"
Li Dequan didn't dare to respond, he just smiled and faltered, but he didn't say anything.
Emperor Hongjing suddenly said: "Morrow will announce him to the palace, I want to ask him what he thinks."
The next day, King Jin came to Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Hongjing had just finished discussing with several elders, and summoned him in without delay. Emperor Hongjing was reading a memorial and asked, "Have you thought it through?"
King Jin naturally knew what he was asking, "My son, think it over."
"Just a concubine."
King Jin was not speechless, but many of the things he wanted to say were not suitable for saying to Emperor Hongjing, so he simply said nothing.
It was not the first time for Emperor Hongjing to face this son, and he still knew some of his nature. When he saw him like this, he knew that he must be rebellious in his heart.
So, he didn't intend to go around in circles any more, and waved his hands in annoyance: "Don't mention this matter again, I won't be sure."
"Why?"
Emperor Hongjing looked very serious, "I am doing this for your own good."
Just as Emperor Hongjing understood some of King Jin's dispositions, King Jin also understood some of Emperor Hongjing's habits. Seeing him like this, a thought flashed through his mind like a spark of electricity, and he suddenly understood why his father did this.
It was nothing more than for Zhao Zuo, the son of Prince Hui, who was also the grandson of the former emperor.
In fact, Emperor Hongjing had chosen Zhao Zuo's grandson concubine very early on, she was the youngest daughter of the Chen family. Although this Chen family is not a Zanying family, it is also a noble family. There are countless children who have passed the Jinshi in the family, and they are the mainstay among the civil servants. Zhao Zuoneng's marriage to the daughter of the Chen family will be like a tiger with wings added to the future succession.
It's a pity that this matter was messed up by King Jin's order. The daughter of the Chen family eloped with her cousin. The Chen family had no choice but to report illness and funeral. Of course, this is a statement to the outside world. The members of the Chen family and the King of Jin know that the young lady of the Chen family is not dead.
Let's skip this matter, because his grandson was about to get married and his fiancée died of illness suddenly, Emperor Hongjing felt unlucky for a while. I also felt sorry for Zhao Zuo's fate, and wanted to make up for him, so I pointed out another marriage for him.
This time the subject's background is higher than the previous one, she is a girl from Wangge's hometown, her grandfather is a leader among the civil servants, and she is also a descendant of the family, and grew up with a lot of love.
It was originally scheduled for a big wedding in October this year, but who would have thought that something went wrong, and the little girl would not want to.
Elder Wang Ge personally came to Emperor Hongjing and told him that his granddaughter was spoiled and willful since she was a child, and that the old lady in his family spoiled her very much. For some reason, the granddaughter suddenly complained about not getting married, and said that she would stay at home with her grandmother for two more years. The little girl was crying, and the old woman was crying too. The grandfather and grandson cried until Wang Ge honestly had no choice but to go to the palace to find Emperor Hongjing.
It is naturally not stupid for Mr. Wang Ge to be able to sit in the position of Mr. Ge. How could he come to find Emperor Hongjing to withdraw his marriage in a blatant manner? Naturally, he paid attention to strategy. He briefly explained the matter, then sat on the ground of Qianqing Palace and began to cry, making Emperor Hongjing pity him for his age, and he really couldn't stand the torment.
This tossing talk should naturally be attributed to his old wife, no one in Beijing knows that the old man Wangge has first-class morals, except for one thing, he is afraid of his wife. This is not a scandal, there have been some famous ministers and generals in the past dynasties who were afraid of their wives, and Wang Ge was old and his beard was white, so no one would feel uncomfortable looking for him.
But it is the first time that he is so afraid of his wife that he is so afraid of going against the current sage. The key point is that the old man of the Wang Pavilion is extremely shameless, and Emperor Hongjing is so angry that he doesn't care about it, and just cries for himself.
Until Emperor Hongjing cried and softened.
Emperor Hongjing had no choice but to agree to this marriage, so he pretended that he had never mentioned it, since he didn't issue an imperial decree anyway. Fortunately, there was no decree, otherwise Emperor Hongjing would not know how to make this round.
He naturally knew why Wang Ge Lao came to withdraw his marriage. All the excuses were false, and it was true that the Eastern Palace lost power and was abolished. But Mr. Wang Ge is a veteran of the two dynasties. When the matter of marriage was first mentioned, Mr. Wang Ge was not very willing. He repeatedly said that his granddaughter was spoiled, and he might not be suitable to be a grandson concubine. The granddaughter is married into the royal family.
It was Emperor Hongjing who repeatedly assured that the grandson would not treat the Wang family's girl badly, and asked Wang Ge to go back and persuade the woman in the family, and the marriage was considered a deal. Now I have to say that Wang Ge is really a thousand-year-old fox. He prepared his own back-up in advance when he said and did things, and solved all the problems by saying that the old woman was ignorant and refused to agree.
It was also because Emperor Hongjing didn't want to have a stalemate with this old minister who relied heavily on him.
During this period, another incident happened, that is, the front foot Wang Ge always resigned the marriage, and not long after that, the news spread that Princess Yong had a close relationship with the Wang family girl and deliberately hired the Wang family girl for King Yong to come back as a side concubine. out. The key is that when Concubine Yong expressed this intention, the girl from the Wang family did not refuse on the spot.
Although it is a woman's matter, in the end the former court and the back house are also related. It is a certainty that the kings will withdraw and return to the capital. If there is no accident, these princes are all strong contenders for the future heir. People think a lot.
And then something happened, which almost made people lose their teeth. King Lu actually ran to Emperor Hongjing and said that he wanted to marry a girl from the Wang family, and asked Emperor Hongjing to order a marriage. Although he was reprimanded by Emperor Hongjing, the two incidents in a row have already shown that the contest between the eight kings has officially begun.
Now that the King of Jin is trying so hard to abolish Princess Jin, in the view of the suspicious Emperor Hongjing, it is definitely not for that concubine, but probably because he wants to show his sincerity, vacate the position of princess, and win over the Wang family. After all, the eight kings were all married, and the position of side concubine is not as attractive as the position of princess.
King Jin can also be regarded as a person with seven apertures and an exquisite heart, and many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
He didn't expect that he just wanted to abolish the princess, so he would be so unlucky to be connected with this matter. You know he just wants to...
After King Jin left the palace, he went all the way back to Prince Jin's mansion.
When I came to the yard where Yaoniang lived, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Yaoniang holding Erbao and breastfeeding, with Xiaobao standing beside her.