The name of Yunfang Palace is very beautiful, but after seeing this palace, you will feel that the name is not worthy of the name. The half-old palace, the courtyard that has not been carefully trimmed, and the window paper that already has holes, give people an inexplicable cold feeling as soon as you step in the door.
Because there were too many weeds in the courtyard, the accompanying palace maids and eunuchs went to explore the way first.
"This is Yunfang Palace?" Gu Rujiu stood on the stone steps of the gate and scanned the palace. Seeing the overgrown weeds inside, Gu Rujiu didn't know how to settle down.
She was afraid that snakes and rats would suddenly come out of the grass, so she didn't know how to move for a while.
"Niangniang is surprised?" Concubine Qian was also standing on the stone steps, she looked at the dilapidated yard with a mocking smile, "Do you think it's just a palace that hasn't lived in five or six years, how could it be a dilapidated palace? so?"
Gu Rujiu listened and didn't speak. She didn't know what kind of life the concubines lived when the late emperor was alive, so she was not qualified to express her opinion.
"Sun's family was not favored at that time, and the servants of the palace province were all high and low. The Yunfang Palace was deserted all day long, and the palace attendants who maintained the palace didn't like to come, so even if the late emperor was there When the emperor was born, this place is not much better." When referring to the late emperor, Concubine Qian's tone carried a hint of hatred and ridicule, "For the late emperor, he would not care about us disfavored concubines, we are life or death. It doesn't matter, so even a bitch like Wei's dare to bully us."
Gu Rujiu remembered that when she went to the palace to see the Queen Mother, Wei Shi once interceded with the Queen Mother in embarrassment, because she could not stand being bullied by Concubine Qian, Concubine Sun and others.
Whatever the cause, there is the effect. No wonder Concubine Qian and Concubine Sun Gui treated her like this. If she were these two people, she probably wouldn't be too polite to the Wei family.
"Empress Empress, you are deeply loved by Your Majesty, and there are no other concubines in the harem. Naturally, I don't know how hard it is to live without the emperor's favorite concubines in this harem." Concubine Qian laughed at herself, "In this kind of place, a woman It's not a human being, it's just a plaything for the emperor."
Gu Rujiu didn't expect that Concubine Qian would say these words in front of her face without any scruples. She looked up at Concubine Qian, who was wearing a gray-blue robe, no other accessories, and hair accessories Made of plain silver, there is no other bright color, she was moved, does Concubine Qian really mourn Concubine Sun Gui
Seeing that Gu Rujiu didn't speak, Concubine Qian smiled and said, "The maiden was frightened by my words?"
Gu Rujiu shook her head: "No, I think you're right." Although she has never experienced it, living in such a big environment, women can only be sacrificed in the face of male power.
"Heh," Concubine Qian smiled, "The Empress is more transparent than I thought." She has seen many women who have been favored by the emperor. Most of these women are arrogant and domineering. Today, this queen is favored by the emperor alone, and lives with the emperor in the Zichen Palace. There is no arrogance and arrogance on her body. It is no wonder that the emperor is so concerned.
If she was Gu Rujiu, she wouldn't be as good as her.
The two stood at the gate of the palace for a while, the maids and eunuchs came back, and Concubine Qian took the lead down the steps and walked in.
Bai Xian and other palace attendants surrounded Gu Rujiu, protecting her step by step as she walked in. With this protective attitude, let alone snakes and mice, even mosquitoes and flies can't get close.
"At that time, Mrs. Sun liked peach blossoms and wanted to plant one in the palace, but the people in the palace procrastinated, but they couldn't do it," said Concubine Qian, her tone suddenly stopped, and she walked to the courtyard with a peach blossom. Standing under the tree, "Later, for some reason, a plum tree sapling grew in the yard, and Mrs. Sun let it grow."
Gu Rujiu saw that this plum tree also looked like a ten-year-old tree, but it might be because the moisture here was not good, there were too many weeds, and the leaves on the tree looked a little sluggish.
"As a concubine who can live in the main hall of the first palace, there are not even a few good trees in the yard. If it is spread, who would believe it?" Concubine Qian circled around the plum tree, and then said to Gu Rujiu, "Niangniang , the palace has been inhabited for a long time, I am worried that the dust inside is not good for your health, it is better that we don't go in."
Gu Rujiu smiled and glanced at Concubine Qian, then looked at Li Shu behind her, nodded and said, "The concubine is right, let's go back."
The palace attendants who followed behind the two were a little dumbfounded. The two nobles came to the dilapidated palace just to see a plum tree
Don't guess the big man's mind is the next person's, anyway, you can't understand it after guessing.
When Concubine Qian returned to the palace, she had to go to see the queen mother because of her feelings and reason, so Gu Rujiu simply took her to Kangquan Palace with her.
When the people in Kangquan Palace saw Gu Rujiu, they all crowded over, supporting and saluting. This posture is not like a daughter-in-law seeing her mother-in-law, it is like a married daughter returning to her mother's house.
Concubine Qian knew that the queen mother was very kind to the queen, but she was still surprised when she saw this scene. She stared at Gu Rujiu's back and sighed with emotion. This is human life. , Husband loves a lot, but some people plan for a lifetime and have nothing.
"Come in, how come here on such a hot day?"
Before Concubine Qian entered the room, she heard the voice of the Queen Mother. She paused, then quickened her pace and walked in behind Gu Rujiu.
"Concubine Qian has met the Queen Mother." She walked into the room and gave a respectful gift to the Queen Mother Zhou.
The Queen Mother Zhou pulled Gu Rujiu to sit down, looked at Concubine Qian with a complicated look, raised her hand to let her sit down: "You have worked hard all the way."
"It's not hard work." Concubine Qian's feelings for the Queen Mother Zhou have always been complicated. She once looked down on the Queen Mother Zhou entering the palace as a second married daughter, and later she was jealous that the Queen Mother Zhou sat on the throne by giving birth to a dragon and a phoenix.
Later, both of Empress Dowager Zhou's children died. Although she had the title of queen, she was not favored by the emperor. The jealousy in her heart gradually dissipated, and she even had some sympathy.
She has never had children, so at least she doesn't have to feel the pain of parting. But Empress Dowager Zhou has gained and lost, except for the position of a queen, she has nothing.
Therefore, in this harem, not only their concubines and concubines are pitiful, but even Zhou's main palace queen is not much better.
After Concubine Qian entered the door, Empress Dowager Zhou saw her in a different dress than before: "The deceased is gone, you will live a good life in the palace in the future." This means that Concubine Qian is not required to go to Lin'an. Stop the palace.
Concubine Qian didn't expect the Queen Mother to speak like this. She was stunned for a moment before she realized what the Queen Mother meant by her words: "You are getting old, so is Ai's family," Queen Mother Zhou sighed, "Let it be the past. Go over there."
"The Queen Mother..." Concubine Qian moved her lips and said after a while, "Thank you Queen Mother for her grace."
The Queen Mother Zhou waved her hand, then turned to Gu Rujiu and said, "Jiujiu, do you have any objection to this matter?"
"It's good that Concubine Qian comes back, and you can have one more person to accompany your mother to talk to you on weekdays," Gu Rujiu said with a smile, "I think Yuelou will leave here and enter, and Concubine Qian will live there in the future."
Not only is Tingyuelou away from Kangquan Palace, but it is also inconvenient to get in and out. If the people inside want to pass any news, they will definitely be discovered.
"That's fine," Empress Dowager Zhou said to Concubine Qian with a smile, "what do you think of this?"
Concubine Qian would not object, she bowed her knees and said, "Thank you, the Empress, for arranging such a comfortable place for me."
"Well," Empress Dowager Zhou nodded, "I always feel most at ease when she does things."
The three sat together and talked for a while, and then the Queen Mother Zhou left Gu Rujiu and Concubine Qian for lunch. Concubine Qian would naturally not refuse. The Queen Mother kept her for dinner as soon as she returned to the palace, and other servants in the palace did not dare to disrespect her.
Gu Rujiu felt that she had been spending less time with the Queen Mother recently, so she did not refuse.
Because Gu Rujiu was pregnant, the dishes presented were specially avoided that pregnant women could not eat. Therefore, the host and guests enjoyed a meal, and even the Queen Mother used half a bowl of rice more than usual.
"I don't know why, I always feel that the Queen Mother's food here is very delicious," Qian Taifei smiled, "I will live in the Tingyue Building in the future and have the advantage of being able to come to you often to eat. "
"You said that you don't care about the food here, but you actually care about the food here," Empress Dowager Zhou laughed, then turned to Gu Rujiu and said, "In the past, you had to take a nap after lunch. The side hall room is ready. you… "
"Qi to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty asks to see you."
"Quickly invite him in," Empress Dowager Zhou said to Gu Rujiu, shaking her head and smiling, "It seems that my side hall has been prepared for nothing."
Gu Rujiu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled.
Concubine Qian thought to herself, the queen mother really has nothing to say to the queen, and the majesty also has nothing to do with the queen...
Just thinking about it, she saw a young man in a mysterious robe walking in, she stood up and blessed him.
"Taifei Qian doesn't need to be too polite," Jin Yang nodded slightly towards Concubine Qian, then stepped forward a few steps towards the sky and bowed, "My son's family has seen his mother."
"I don't think you came to see me," the Queen Mother Zhou said with a smile, "you are here for a long time."
Jin Yang said with a smile: "It's not false for my son to come to see his mother, and it is not false to accompany Jiujiu back to the dormitory later."
"Stop, stop," the Queen Mother smiled and pointed at Gu Rujiu, "Go back with your Majesty quickly, lest I become the old man who fights mandarin ducks." After speaking, she said to Jin Yang, "You two are gone. I happened to be talking to Concubine Qian, so don't listen to you young people."
Knowing that the Queen Mother was joking, Gu Rujiu was not afraid, she was about to get up with a smile, and Jin Yang, who was standing beside her, hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her stand up.
"The queen mother talks to the empress dowager, and the younger generation is not easy to disturb, so I will leave." Gu Rujiu saluted the queen mother with a smile.
Seeing that Jiu Jiu had already stood firm, Jin Yang released his hand and bowed to the Queen Mother: "Son leave." After salute, he took Gu Rujiu's hand again.
Seeing the two of them in such a state, the Queen Mother Zhou happily let the two retire.
Concubine Qian thought to herself that there were people outside who speculated that the Queen Mother and the emperor were not in harmony. If they saw this scene today, I'm afraid no one would say such things again.
The empress dowager and Her Majesty's way of getting along is very casual, and there is no suspicion in speech and behavior. It is the biological mother and son of the royal family, and it is nothing more than that.
"The two of them are like this in private on weekdays, don't mind." Empress Dowager Zhou smiled lightly at Concubine Qian.
"The harmony between the emperor and the empress is our great fortune. It's too late for the concubine to be happy, so why would she mind." Concubine Qian was secretly shocked. Is the empress dowager warning her
"Yes, Ai's heart is very comforted to see the two of them like this," Empress Dowager Zhou smiled and shook her head and sighed, "It's much better than we were back then."
Concubine Qian didn't know what the Queen Mother's intention was, but at least from the other party's words, she didn't feel any malice, so she nodded and said, "Your Majesty is a good emperor and a good man."
Neither of them mentioned the late emperor, because there was really nothing to mention. In their eyes, that man was almost useless.
The only thing he can rely on is the identity of the emperor.
"If it wasn't for you and Taifei Sun who had these things, Aijia wouldn't have made up his mind to let you go," the smile on Queen Mother Zhou's face disappeared, looking at Taifei Qian and said, "When the first emperor was here, our days were all spent. It's not easy, so I don't want you to have a miserable old age."
Concubine Qian was stunned. She had always wondered why the women of the previous emperor had stayed in the harem for so many years, and neither the empress dowager nor the present ever mentioned that they should leave. She originally thought that she wanted to take advantage of their generous reputation, but after thinking about it carefully, who would care about these concubines and concubines when the emperor was gone? Where do they live, how are they living, and what is the hindrance to their present-day reputation
It turned out that all this was actually the benevolent heart of the queen mother, which made them stay in the harem for so long...
"It's the concubine who has failed the Queen Mother's good intentions." Concubine Qian stood up and gave a sincere gift to the Queen Mother of Zhou. "The concubine has made you embarrassed."
You don't need to think about it. Not long after the queen married into the palace, some palace maids ignored the rules and entered the inner room when the queen was resting. At that time, His Majesty and the Empress may have known that this matter was related to their concubines and concubines, but in the end, it did not happen. I am afraid that the Empress Dowager helped to stop the matter.
"Didn't Aijia tell the past without mentioning it at the beginning?" The Queen Mother Zhou said in a flat tone, "Let's live in peace in the future, no matter how bad it is... it will be better than when the late emperor was there."
Concubine Qian smiled and said, "You are right."
No matter how bad it was, it couldn't be worse than that time.
"Did you go to Yunfang Palace?" Jin Yang held an umbrella to shield him and Gu Rujiu from the sun above his head, "I haven't lived there for a few years. I'm afraid it's not clean, so don't go there in the future."
"I didn't expect you to believe this?" Gu Rujiu tilted her head and smiled at him, "Didn't you believe in these things in the past?"
"If I met him, of course I wouldn't believe it, but as long as it's related to you, I'd rather believe it or not," Jin Yang held Gu Rujiu's waist and walked slowly on the bluestone road, feeling very peaceful in his heart.
"Stupid," Gu Rujiu whispered, leaning on his shoulder, "Yunfang Palace is so dilapidated, do you want to repair it?"
"No one lives here, what's the use of repairing it now?" Jin Yang said indifferently, "A waste of money."
"No one now, will there be no one in the future?" Gu Rujiu raised her eyebrows to look at him.
"Decades later, that's our son's business," Jin Yang looked at Gu Rujiu's belly, "I'm an old man, so I won't spend this money for him."
Gu Rujiu looked at him with a smile. Judging from his expression, it showed that he was very satisfied with Jin Yang's answer.
Although the case of Taifei Sun's assassination was a riot, and King Rui was also discredited, the speculation about King Rui's assassination of Taifei Sun was untenable because there was no evidence.
After nearly three months, after numerous evidence collections and screening by all parties, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple finally came to the conclusion that the assassination of Taifei Sun was an eunuch.
The eunuch found a friend who was good at archery because he was punished by Taifei Sun, so he found a friend who was good at archery, cooperated with this friend, and shot Taifei Sun.
Three months has been enough to make the people who were originally concerned about this case shift their focus and no longer pay attention to this matter. So even though the conclusion was not that convincing, and it didn't make much of a splash, the case ended silently.
From the point of view of interested people, this case seems to be the compromise of the emperor, but it actually hides a mystery.
"The mountains and the rain are about to come and the wind will fill the building." Prince Zhong crossed Erlang's legs, took a sip of tea, and then walked to the desk with the tea cup in hand.
"Son, I will polish ink for you, Laozi." King Zhong sighed, "Since we want to surrender, we must have an attitude of surrender."
Jin Hong stepped forward to grind ink for King Zhong, and after grinding, he saw his father wrote these lines on the memorial.
I respectfully invite Saint Ann. It has been more than four months since I entered the capital, and the prosperity of the capital is not what Rongzhou has seen. This makes me linger and forget to leave. I cannot bear to part.
Seeing this content, he felt a little melancholy in his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief, as if the glory and the mountain on his head were removed at the same time, making him a little at a loss.
In October of the fifth year of Delong, the iron hat Wang Zhongwang sent a letter, because he liked the local customs of the capital and educated the people's livelihood, and asked the emperor to allow his family to move to the capital for a long time.
This memorial of King Zhong was presented to the imperial court, and the whole court was shocked. The reason why King Zhong is jealous of countless people is because he is the king of iron hats, and he has the fief of Rongzhou, so he can lead his own troops to protect the water and soil of one side. Now that he gave up Rongzhou and moved the whole family to the capital, doesn't it mean that a tiger has pulled his teeth and become a cat that was raised by others
The reason Prince Zhong did this was definitely not because he really liked the capital. There were probably not many people in the world who believed in this reason.
This is a message that the loyal king has surrendered, and it also reveals a certain signal, that is, the current His Majesty may not tolerate fiefdoms with fiefs.
Now that King Zhong has surrendered to His Majesty, the only one who still has a fief is King Rui.
This is indeed the case. The one who was most affected by King Zhong's move was King Rui, because King Zhong's behavior undoubtedly pushed him to the forefront and became the target of public criticism.
"Is King Zhong crazy?!" King Rui's face was sullen, his hand holding the teacup turned white due to excessive force, "Jin Yang is just a yellow-mouthed child, he was so frightened that he sent Rongzhou out. Is that look of fearless fear of the earth actually made to bluff people?"
"Father, please calm down," Prince Rui said when he saw that he was so angry and worried that he would hurt his body, so he stepped forward to comfort him a lot, and after seeing that his mood gradually stabilized, he said, "My son suspects that Prince Zhong is related to Jin's early life. Catch the line and deliberately act this play to force you."
"He brought Rongzhou to act?" Rui Wang sneered, "Today, whether he is acting, he is sincere and sincere. What he says is like water that has been poured out, and he can't take it back. If you say it's acting, will Jin Yang recognize it?"
"Playing with a fox, where is his brain?" King Rui didn't care what King Zhong wanted to do, what he hated was that King Zhong shut him off.
The King Zhong is an iron hat king who was enshrined by his ancestors, and he took the initiative to return the fief. As Jin Yang's uncle, should he return it or not
No, I'm afraid that people behind him will say that he has wolf ambitions.
But still, he was not reconciled.
How could he be reconciled, he has been calculating for so many years, and finally cultivated such a large force. If he really gave up like this, wouldn't it mean that his half-life efforts were a joke.
He is not reconciled!
After King Zhong submitted the letter, he did not agree to his request today. He only said that Rongzhou, under the jurisdiction of King Zhong's ancestors, has always been in good weather.
Seeing that they did not agree, King Zhong sent letters several times, but only now did he reluctantly agree, and said that although King Zhong’s family would live in the capital in the future, the taxes from Rongzhou would still be handed over to King Zhong, and King Zhong also had the right to appoint and remove officials from Rongzhou.
In this way, everyone was very happy, and everyone praised King Zhong for his loyalty to the royal family, and praised the emperor for his kindness and kindness.
After the incident of Prince Zhong's letter, the atmosphere in the court became much more relaxed. Some people even thought that the current queen is really a lucky star. Not long after she became pregnant, Prince Zhong offered Rongzhou to the court. This is a good omen.
For this statement, Gu Rujiu expressed very speechless.
Now these people's methods of flattering are getting more and more high-end, not only she and Chen Jun's horses were beaten, but even the child in her belly was beaten.
The child has been in her womb for four or five months, and sometimes she can even feel the fetal movement of this little life. Perhaps it was precisely because of this repeated fetal movement that she became more and more affectionate towards the fetus in her womb, and gradually made her accept this fact.
She is about to be a mother.
Recently, her appetite has been getting better and better, and she has also gained a little bit of meat that is not very obvious. She suspected that she had eaten so much, and all of it had gone to the fetus.
In the past few months, it is reasonable to say that she and Chen Jun should not be in the same room, but in this regard, Chen Jun has always been unreasonable, so the two still eat and sleep together, and Chen Jun is also responsible for telling the baby in her belly. story.
After several months of training, Chen Jun's storytelling ability has become stronger and stronger. When it comes to the rise, he can imitate the movements and voices of the characters in the story, and is very devoted.
"Niangniang," Qiu Luo walked into the room, presented a cup of soup suitable for pregnant women to Gu Rujiu, and waited for her to eat before saying, "Just now, Duke He Ming blamed a palace maid."
Gu Rujiu raised her eyebrows and motioned her to continue.
"Eunuch He said that because he wanted to accumulate blessings for the dragon son, he spared the palace maid's life." Qiu Luo packed up the empty bowl and handed it to the palace maid behind him. "But people rushed to the clothes washing bureau."
"What palace maid?" Gu Rujiu said, "Isn't it a palace maid who saw that Ben Gong was pregnant again and thought that the emperor could not have the same room with Ben Gong, and then had other thoughts?"