Two months later, Gong Xiangxiao paid a visit to the Empress Dowager and his mother, the Empress Dowager.
The emperor and his harem accompanied the two empress dowagers, his loving mother and the Holy Mother, to the palace gate to greet him. After the two parties met, they talked about their farewells and almost wanted to cry. They were kind to their ancestors and filial to their grandchildren. The scene was very touching.
Finally, after everyone's persuasion, he suspended his emotions and sat down at Qingci Palace.
That day, a reception banquet was held for the Empress Dowager, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Qingci Palace.
After three drinks, the Empress Dowager asked about the current situation in the harem. When she learned that Empress Ji had been ill for many years and that the three concubines were on the palace committee, she immediately burst into tears and asked with great sadness whether she and Empress Dowager Ji were already old. , I don’t know when I will go to see the two late emperors. I didn’t expect that Queen Ji would be so troubled at such a young age.
"Why are the Ai family and Sheng'er so miserable? The red-haired people have already given away the black-haired people." The Empress Dowager Ji's maiden name only had the word "Sheng", and the Empress Dowager said sadly, "Don't even the grandchildren want to leave?" In front of the Aijia? The Aijia would rather go by themselves than stay alone in that world and suffer such heart-breaking pain!"
She said that, but it was difficult for everyone to walk. Chunjia took the lead and left his seat and prostrated himself, asking her to take back her words.
At that time, Bubong Chunjia and Queen Mother Yuan were very reluctant, and they had to say that Queen Ji's health was not serious and she had gotten well not long ago.
So don’t be too sad, the Queen Mother, her grandson-in-law is unlikely to be ahead of her!
"The status of the middle palace is noble, but the daily life is not the best." The Empress Dowager did not believe it and said, "If the middle palace is empty and there is no one and a half daughters to worry about, it is impossible to take care of six children in a row. Palace, if you can't do so much to share the emperor's worries, does that mean your health is not in serious condition? The Ai family has heard before that ordinary housewives can insist on taking care of their husbands even if they have been sick for many years. The queen is taking care of her children's health. , otherwise I wouldn’t have been elected to the palace back then, but for more than half a year, everything has been left to the real concubines and the others to make the decision. The queen is dying, and the queen is deliberately lazy!"
After saying this, he made a serious face, asked Queen Ji to kneel in front of him, and sternly asked her if she was being lazy on purpose!
Empress Ji started to cry. She did not say in public whether she was being excluded, but said: "My granddaughter-in-law came back from the summer vacation last year. She really felt that she was not very happy, so she stayed in bed for a while. During that time, the palace affairs I have entrusted the concubine Zhen and others to ensure that Ru Ming is already well because she can concentrate on recuperating. Grandmother, please relax!"
"How can I be so ignorant?" the Empress Dowager scolded, "Is it my duty to take care of the Sixth Palace and the Middle Palace, but what does it have to do with the real concubines? There are many housewives in the market who are taking care of the back house even when they are ill. I I have been lying in bed for several months, and nothing has been lost? Even though Ai Jia and Sheng'er were not here at the time, and I couldn't help, the Empress Dowager Mother and the Empress Dowager Mother were both in the palace, so I couldn't ask those two elders to help. Taking care of me during the confinement period? I only want to exploit the concubine who has nothing to do with me! Do the two loving mothers and saints look at my past years and don’t feel sorry for me? "
He also said that the three real concubines, Xuan Fei and Rui Fei, "are all young and have only been in the palace for a few days. How can they shoulder such an important responsibility? My queen neglected her duty and told them to chase ducks. Fortunately, nothing has happened so far. Please forgive me. What went wrong and I feel okay?"
Yun Fenghuang and the three of them had to kneel in front of the queen to plead for mercy... After a while, it was finalized that Queen Ji would regain control of Fengquan.
There was nothing she could do about it, the Empress Dowager was very polite to everyone other than the Empress, and she didn't say anything nice. However, as long as anyone could express the intention of "The Empress' body needs to continue to be recuperated and she shouldn't start worrying about it now", she just pressed I feel like I'm going to see Shenzong Xiaozong on the spot, why don't I just come back? I hope there's a good thing and a bad thing, can you pretend it? Chunjia's reputation is very good, don't you want it
"The empress did not leave home during those confinement months. Even though the concubines often went to ask for instructions, there were so many affairs in the palace that I am afraid that the empress was too busy for a while." Chunjia was naturally not in a good mood at the moment. Jie Fengyan basically didn't touch his teeth at all. At first, Yun Fenghuang helped him regain some control. Yun Fenghuang said after Empress Ji decided to end the "sickness", "It's better to let my concubine." Will you serve me personally and alleviate some of the tedious work for your empress?"
The Empress Dowager frowned, and Empress Dowager Yuan took the lead in nodding, saying to Yun Fenghuang: "After all, the Queen has never hurt me. I have to serve the palace with all my heart, and I can't slack off!"
Although Empress Dowager Yuan didn't like the real concubine, she had to say that at that critical moment, Na Xiaoyun's reaction was really fast - directly preventing Empress Ji from regaining palace power had failed, but it was not good to use her own people to decentralize power. .
"Isn't that inappropriate?" The Empress Dowager responded naturally, "The Queen has been in charge of the palace for many years, and she has only been here for half a year. Who needs help from others? Especially not the true concubine."
She glanced at Yun Fenghuang lightly, "Can the true concubine's knees be raised by the emperor's eldest son and Zhao Qing? How old are the two children? How can the true concubine be free when she needs the mother's care?"
"The imperial grandmother, the second prince Fu raised by the true concubine's knees, the eldest son of Qi Wangcai Fu's grandson, left in a quarrel before the full moon." Noticing that Queen Mother Yuan's expression darkened, Chunjia went to say, "The second prince and Zhao Qing She is very small, and even if she is not taken care of by the wet nurse, the real concubine has no other trivial matters except watching the wet nurse and the others, so she is suitable for Ling Zi to help. After all, Ling Zi has been sick intermittently for more than half a year, what if? Dongzi is tired, and my grandson is feeling unbearable."
The Empress Dowager frowned and said: "The emperor is reluctant to part with a child who is only one month old, so he will be granted the title as soon as he pursues it. How come he is ranked so high? That's not good. From now on, Prince Dong, who is the real concubine, can be regarded as the eldest prince."
Chunjia coughed dryly: "Please have mercy on my grandma, my grandson has only had a little bit of flesh and blood in these many years..."
"Does the Ai family feel sorry for me, so they ask that King Qi be removed from the ranking?" The Empress Dowager put on a serious look, "The child is gone, so what can I do no matter how much I miss you? Fortunately, I have a lot of money. Other heirs. If you keep asking this child to occupy the title of the emperor's eldest son, wouldn't it remind everyone of the tragedy all the time? But when will we be able to get over it? "
"It's hard enough for the emperor to manage all kinds of things every day. How can we call something like that, which hurts our heart all the time?"
The Empress Dowager sighed and added to the expressionless Empress Dowager Yuan, "The emperor is young, so he will inevitably get into trouble. Why am I confused? I don't know what is the point of showing off? A child of such a big age would not be ranked among ordinary people, let alone Tianjia? We should have dealt with it quickly when we went there and never mentioned it again."
"It's rare for a true concubine to have great blessings. The prince east of her knees is said to be very strong? Only such a child is worthy of being the eldest son of the royal family!"
"What kind of talk does it sound like to put a dead man in front of several little princes and little princesses!"