Even the ignorant people know a thing or two about the grievances between Princess Cheng and His Majesty. The main content is the story of the vicious stepmother torturing the children left behind by the original spouse.
The people have seen a lot of the torture of the children by the stepmother. In addition, after Jin Yang ascended the throne, the weather in Dafeng was good, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the country came from all directions, and even the state of Li belonged to Dafeng. He is a good emperor who shines all over.
People are biased and strong-willed, one is a vicious stepmother, and the other is a benevolent and wise man who was bullied by his stepmother when he was a child. Subconsciously, people naturally prefer the emperor who can bring them a stable life.
Princess Cheng herself also knew that Jin Yang was already the son of the Empress Dowager and the late emperor, and had nothing to do with her in terms of title, nor even the slightest closeness to her in terms of blood relationship. Can't get over it now.
The moment she saw Jin Yang's appearance, she lost her mind and became a little awake. It was not until Jin Yang made three consecutive decrees that she reacted in a daze.
The so-called relative of the Queen's family, Jin Yang did not cover up, but directly sentenced him to death. He did not even go to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Then she came to make such a fuss today, wouldn't it be a joke.
Although she was a little duller, she still knew what to do. At least Jin Yang didn't fall into the trap and let her son die in an unclear manner, but let the other party pay for his life.
But she has become an inexplicable princess of the county, her husband is Prince Cheng, how can she be the princess of the county? This is simply ridiculous, where did Dafeng come from such rules and ancestral system? She wanted to protest, but when she saw Jin Yang's expressionless face, she inexplicably remembered ten years ago.
At that time, Jin Yang was not yet ten years old. Although he was small and thin, his face had inherited all the advantages of his mother, which reminded her of the aloof Sima Clan.
After being a prominent local family in Jinzhou, she is beautiful and has a relationship with the Li family in the capital. She is barely a remote branch of the Li family, so she has the eyes of King Cheng.
Just one hundred days after Sima's death, King Cheng couldn't wait to marry her back. Seven months later, she gave birth to a son for King Cheng. She knew that someone was gossiping behind her back, but so what, in the boundary of Jinzhou, who would not bow their heads and salute when they saw her.
It is the child left behind by the high-ranking Sima Shi, who is not the same as she is playing with applause. She hated Sima, and naturally she hated the children she left behind.
At that time, her parents persuaded her not to overdo it if she stayed on the front line. But she was not reconciled. If she left a line for Jin Yang, what would happen to her son? Should Jin Yang be the heir and the future king of sincerity
If she had known that today would come, she shouldn't have let him die because of her sloppiness ten years ago.
It was so cold in the winter that year, who knew that he could get up after falling into the pool, if only she had sent someone to guard by the pool to prevent him from getting up.
Maybe... Maybe it's her son who sits in this position, and her son doesn't have to die...
Thinking of her dead son, Princess Cheng stumbled a few steps, sat on the ground and cried aloud.
Looking blankly at Princess Cheng's heartbroken look, Jin Yang's heart was not touched at all, he didn't even move, he just looked at the woman sitting on the ground so quietly.
He hated her when he was a child, and even thought about how to kill her, but when he was sitting in a high position, when he looked at this woman again, he no longer regarded her as the number one enemy in his heart. How could such a woman become his number one enemy, and wanting her to die is just a matter of words.
Princess Cheng cried enough, the sadness in her heart gradually eased, and then she looked up, only to see a pair of emotionless and cold eyes. When she saw her children bullying Jin Yang, Jin Yang also looked at her with this kind of eyes. children.
This child is a wolf, cold-hearted and ruthless. Whether she is or her child, in his eyes, it is like a piece of meat and a bone. If he is hungry, he can bite them without mercy. Come down, nibble down, be merciless.
Princess Cheng was frightened, she flinched, trying to get up from the ground, but only shook a few times and fell to the ground again.
"My queen has no hatred and no grudge against you, why do you want to curse her?" Jin Yang said coldly, "Back then you pushed me into the pool thinking I was dead, so you walked away, but I survived. You have also married the woman you love, and now you start cursing her again, I really want to know, what kind of hatred do you have towards me to do such a thing?"
Generally, in a wealthy family, the successor will not toss the children left by the original spouse too much, because she wants face, and she wants to leave a name for her children. The reputation of the child will be damaged.
As a mother, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your child, so even if you don't like the child of your original partner, you won't be as obvious as Princess Cheng.
It is precisely because of this that Princess Cheng is not welcomed by the noble concubine circle of aristocratic families in the capital now.
"If you want to blame, you can blame your mother," Princess Cheng looked at Jin Yang with a look of hatred, "If she hadn't treated me like that, I wouldn't have treated you like this."
Back then, she and King Cheng had mutual friendship. After Sima found out, he neither beat nor scolded her, but only said a word to her.
The lowly are foul smelling.
Where is she nobler than herself, just because her surname is Sima
But no matter how noble it is, she is dead.
If she is dead, she can sleep with her man and beat her child. Who made her look at her with that kind of eyes
When Jin Yang watched Princess Cheng fall into memory, his face became distorted and ugly, and he suddenly lost the interest in continuing to ask. He said coldly: "Prince Cheng has gone, the title is empty, there must be an heir."
"The third son of King Cheng has always been mature and stable, so let him inherit the title of King Cheng and settle down in the capital," Jin Yang looked at Princess Cheng, "As for you, go to the Taoist temple to pray for King Cheng, one day husband and wife a hundred days of kindness, wait for your palace After the second son's funeral, let's go."
"No, no..." Princess Cheng shook her head and said, "How can that slut's child inherit the title, he is just a concubine..."
"Shh," Jin Yang put his index finger on his lips and made a silent gesture, "I said yes, then yes, you understand?"
Princess Cheng stared blankly at Jin Yang, and she was terrified of the fact that the other party was calm. Knowing that the chariot left, she did not recover.
She can be sure that if she talked more at that time, the consequences would definitely be unbearable for her.
Jin Yang is a lunatic, a lunatic who looks beautiful.
"Prince Princess, the Vermillion Bird Gate is a key entry and exit point in the palace. If you have nothing to do, it's better to leave early," Hu Yunqi looked at Princess Cheng who was being held by the two eunuchs on the shoulders, with a bit of coldness on his face, "Otherwise I'll just have to play by the rules."
Rules, what rules
Those who trespass the palace will be killed without mercy.
Princess Cheng pushed away the eunuchs surrounding her and looked at Hu Yunqi crying and laughing: "Your Majesty today, is a..."
"Woooo." A hand covered her mouth.
"Princess Chengjun is too sad, and her thoughts are out of place. Send her back to the house sooner." Hu Yunqi waved his hand and asked the eunuch to escort Princess Cheng into the carriage.
"You are all servants of Princess Cheng, if the master makes a mistake, neither of you will die," Hu Yunqi looked at the servants brought by Princess Cheng, "Serve your master well, if something goes wrong, you will be careful. Bar."
When Jin Yang appeared, these servants were so frightened that they couldn't stand still. Now, when they heard Hu Yunqi say this, they nodded their heads, and they dared to refute his words.
In the past, they didn't know what the aura of an emperor was, but today they finally got a real insight.
It was terrible, as if the other party only needed to blink and they were dead.
"You left in a hurry just now, what happened?" Gu Rujiu felt a little curious when she saw Jin Yang left in a hurry and came back after a while.
"It's nothing," Jin Yang walked to Gu Rujiu's side and looked at her growing belly, "Is the baby well-behaved today?"
"Fortunately," Gu Rujiu smiled reluctantly, sitting a little hard, then stood up again and walked away.
The child is already seven or eight months old in her belly, which makes her unable to sleep well at night, and sometimes has chest tightness and shortness of breath, not to mention eating and drinking a lot. If she eats too much, she is afraid that the baby will be kicked. On the stomach, let her spit out what she ate. So she has been eating small meals frequently recently, and tossing less.
"It's really hard to conceive a child," Jin Yang supported Gu Rujiu distressedly and walked slowly around the house with her, "Why don't I let my mother-in-law come to the palace to accompany you for a few days, my mother-in-law has given birth to several children, and she is with her. You, I am also at ease."
The child is seven or eight months old, and it is possible to be born at any time. When he goes to court, if no one is with Jiujiu, he will not worry.
"This..." Gu Rujiu hesitated for a moment, then looked at Jin Yang eagerly, "Will this make you too embarrassed?"
If it is an ordinary couple, the mother-in-law will stay here for a few days, and it will be fine for a few months, but this is the palace, so you must pay attention.
"What's the matter? In the whole palace, only the queen mother, you and me, and after the mother-in-law comes, it can be more lively." Jin Yang touched Gu Rujiu's face, "Don't worry, it's alright."
"Yeah." Gu Rujiu nodded, "You asked my mother to bring my favorite fermented bean curd into the palace. I haven't eaten that flavor for a long time."
"Okay, you can eat what you want." Seeing Gu Rujiu's smiling face, Jin Yang was relieved.
Recently, because the baby is getting bigger and bigger, the fetal movement is getting more and more intense, so I have to lie down at night when I sleep, and I can't turn over casually. I can't eat or sit during the day. suffered such hardships.
He couldn't help but stretched out his index finger and rubbed Gu Rujiu's dark circles under his eyes, Jin Yang sighed and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Gu Rujiu held his hand and said, "Then you will treat me better in the future, do you know that?"
"Yeah." Jin Yang nodded, "It would be nice if you could make it bigger or smaller at will."
"Why?" Gu Rujiu looked at him suspiciously.
"Because I'll put you in my pocket, you can go wherever I go, and you don't have to worry about leaving me again." Jin Yang felt that his mentality was a bit wrong, but only in this way was the most reassuring to him.
"Are you stupid?" Gu Rujiu stretched out his hand and pulled his ear, "Our home is here, when you go out, I will look at our home, and you will be able to see me when you go home. If it’s gone, who will look after our home?”
Jin Yang's heart was delighted by Gu Rujiu's words, he helped Gu Rujiu to sit down carefully, and then pointed to Gu Rujiu's stomach, "He comes to see."
"Nonsense, I can't bear to leave my child at home alone." Gu Rujiu carefully rubbed her stomach and smiled very tenderly.
Jin Yang felt a little sour in his heart for inexplicable, strange, why would he feel sour
As soon as Gu Zhiyu arrived at the door of the house, he saw his second brother running over on a horse, with a little bit of anger on his face. .
"Big brother." Gu Cunjing was angry again, but he was still honest in front of his brother.
"What's the matter? You're so anxious, do you want to be round?" Gu Zhiyu smiled at Gu Cunjing.
Hearing the elder brother mentioned his son, Gu Cunjing's face finally softened, he rolled over and dismounted, and threw the reins to the porter, "Let's go in and talk about it."
Seeing that he was really in trouble, Gu Zhiyu did not delay, followed him to the main courtyard, and then asked his parents to salute him before the family sat down.
Not long after Hu's confinement, her whole body looked more rounded than before. Seeing that her husband's face was not good, she asked in a low voice, "What's the matter with you?"
Gu Cunjing didn't want to let his emotions affect his sweet wife, so he gave her a reassuring smile, and then said to his parents and brothers: "Today, when I passed through Zhuquemen, I met Princess Cheng, and Princess Cheng was cursing my sister at the door. kicked her."
"What?!" Yang Shi immediately patted the table and stood up, "My daughter has no grudges against her, why should she curse my daughter?!"
Seeing that the tea cups on the table were beaten a few times by her mother-in-law, Hu Shi immediately felt adored.
Gu Cunjing glanced at Gu Zhiyu with a hesitant look on his face.
Gu Zhiyu also looked a little bad about this matter. The Gu family was all good, but he was a little protective of his shortcomings, so when he heard Princess Cheng cursing his sister, he was not happy. Seeing his second brother hesitating and looking at himself, he frowned and said, "Second brother, just say whatever you want."
"Because Princess Cheng's son was beaten to death by sister-in-law's brother, and... when the two clashed, Chen Kong yelled at the servants of Prince Cheng's mansion, saying that he was a relative of the Queen's concubine, and whoever came was not afraid." This, Gu Cunjing was a little annoyed. In his opinion, Chen Kong and Jiu Jiu were relatives, and they dared to use their sister's name to make a fortune outside. It was simply hateful.
"Chen Kong killed the second son of Prince Cheng's mansion?" Gu Changling frowned upon hearing this, "Even if he is at odds with these two sons, he didn't do such a thing. How could Chen Kong have the courage to do it." It's enough to do such a thing, and it also brings their reputation as a family member, this practice is simply disgusting.
Even relatives do not do things like this. They are relatives, they are simply enemies.
"This Chen family is really..." Gu Changling sighed. When the old man Chen was there, the Chen family was still full of flowers. Since the old man Chen left, the other brothers have separated from their families. Mrs. Chen has always spoiled her son. It ruined the reputation of the Chen family.
How did the Gu family feel sorry for the Chen family, so that Chen Kong would ruin the reputation of the Gu family and his daughter
But no matter how dissatisfied he was with the Chen family, Gu Changling was still worried that this was the eldest son's Yue family, so he swallowed the ugly words behind him.
"Father..." As soon as Gu Zhiyu opened his mouth, he saw the housekeeper walking in with the invitation.
"Master, the wife of the Chen family and the young grandmother of the Chen family sent greetings."
Gu Changling took a look at the invitation, and then said to the housekeeper, "Where are they?"
"The people are in the tea room." The butler didn't know if the master saw these two people, so he didn't dare to bring people inside.
Yang's face was calm and did not speak, and Gu Cunjing's face was not very good-looking, both mother and son were angered. Gu Changling sighed, "The visitors are guests, please come in."
Gu Zhiyu lowered his eyelids, looked at the old purse around his waist, and sighed.
When Mrs. Chen and her daughter-in-law entered the door, their eyes were still red and swollen. If there was no maid to support them, they would not be able to walk steadily.
"My father-in-law, my mother-in-law," Mrs. Chen said, and she burst into tears again. She choked up, "I am here today to ask for your help for my unsatisfactory evil."
"My mother, if you have anything to say, sit down and say," Yang shi motioned for the servants of the Gu family to help the Chen family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law up, and waited for the two to sit down before saying, "I have already heard about the matter of your house, and this time I will do it. Even our family Jiujiu was implicated."
"My mother, it's because I didn't educate my children well, I apologize to you," he said, and he got up and saluted Yang.
Mrs. Chen already knew the cause and effect, so Chen Kong knew that she was a relative of the queen, and she knew it. She knew that these words had a bad effect on the Queen, and even if they spread to the Gu family's ears, it would definitely make the Gu family unhappy. But now, besides the Gu family, who else can help her
"Mother-in-law doesn't have to be like this," Gu Zhiyu was willing to embarrass his parents, he walked up to Mrs. Chen and firmly supported her.
"My son-in-law, help your wife and brother. His child is not a wicked person, but absurd. I am the only child left, so please help me." Seeing Gu Zhi Yu, Mrs. Chen seemed to see a life-saving straw, and held Gu Zhiyu tightly with both hands.
"There is one thing that my mother-in-law may not know. Princess Cheng cursed the Empress at Zhuquemen today, saying that she condoned her relatives to kill the royal family members." Gu Zhiyu looked at his sleeve that was caught by Mrs. Chen, "Did your brother-in-law think about it? However, he is so arrogant and domineering, and he still takes my sister's name, will it bring big trouble to my sister?"
The more Mrs. Chen heard this, the more panic she felt, she shook her head and said: "From now on, I will make him change, and if I don't let him do this kind of thing again, you will help him this time, for Su Mei's sake. Come on, can you help him one more time?"
"Su Mei is dead, why should my mother-in-law disturb her dead soul by mentioning such a thing?" Hearing her mother-in-law mentioning her deceased wife, Gu Zhiyu's face turned cold and pulled back his sleeves, "Over the years, Chen Kong has often caused trouble, and at that time he Xiao, I don't think Su Mei is embarrassed, so I always take care of him. Later, he got married, and he was idle all day, and I paid his debts for him. Now he killed people and hurt my sister's reputation. Do you want to I will block the reputation of my sister, the reputation of the Gu family for hundreds of years, to save him?"
Mrs. Chen stared blankly at this son-in-law, who had always been gentle and jade-like, and didn't know how to answer.
"Su Mei has always been worried about Chen Kong's younger brother, so she... After his death, I often took care of him, and even arranged an errand for him to intercede with the Ministry of Rites for him," Gu Zhiyu looked tired, "I love him. Chong Su Mei, so I am willing to take care of her younger brother after her death, but this does not mean that I can ignore the whole family and my sister."
"Mother-in-law, please come back. Killing is a matter of course." Gu Zhiyu made a gesture of invitation. "From now on, the Gu Chen family..." His voice paused for a moment, "Don't come back." He knew that no matter Chen Chen Kong, maybe I'm sorry for Su Mei, but as a son of a man, as the heir of the Duke's government, as the elder brother for a long time, and as a court official, he couldn't do such a thing.
"Good, good, very good." Mrs. Chen said three good words in a row. She looked at Gu Zhiyu, and then turned to look at the other Gu family members who didn't speak. Now, it seems that it was just because of my daughter's good reputation. If it wasn't for my daughter's death, would your daughter be able to enter the palace? If it wasn't for my daughter, the queen who lives in the palace now is probably surnamed Sima. Not Gu!"
After saying this, she spit in the direction where Gu Changling and Yang shi were sitting: "Bah, make a name for yourself."
Gu Cunjing changed his face on the spot, stood up and wanted to quarrel with Mrs. Chen, but was pulled by Hu. He couldn't push Mr. Hu away, and he hated Mrs. Chen for talking nonsense, and his face flushed.
Mrs. Chen looked at Gu Zhiyu angrily: "I knew this earlier, I shouldn't have married my daughter to you back then." After speaking, she turned around and left regardless of the Gu family's reaction.
But this time there was no one to support him.
"Sima Ji was the one who killed my sister-in-law. Our family is also very sad. She doesn't blame the Sima family, but instead blames us. What's the point!" Gu Cunjing scolded angrily, "She's just a shrew!"
"Okay, don't say a word!" Seeing that the uncle's face was bad, Mrs. Hu took Gu Cunjing's hand, "You accompany me back to see Yuanyuan, he is about to wake up now." , pulled Gu Cunjing out of the main courtyard involuntarily.
Gu Cunjing knew that eldest brother was not feeling well at the moment, so he shrugged and followed Hu Shi without saying a word.
"Father, mother, the children are not filial, which makes you feel wronged." Thinking of the scene where his mother-in-law spat at his parents, Gu Zhiyu's eyes were slightly red, "This kind of thing will never happen again in the future."
"You child, what does this have to do with you, and what does it have to do with Su Mei?" Yang said, "Chen family is Chen family, Su Mei is Su Mei, the deceased is gone, don't ruin you for others The love of the past."
"Yes." Gu Zhiyu bowed, still ashamed.
Seeing her son like this, Mrs Yang sighed in her heart, feeling distressed and sad. Where is it that they were wronged, it was obviously the child who suffered a lot of grievances.