Yin Nu Luo is two years younger than her elder sister. She is fourteen this year. She wears a double-snail bun and wears satin half-sleeves embroidered with luan and bird bits on a vermilion base, a jade-colored tea-white double-edged collar, an orange-red narrow sleeves and a short jacket, and a gold hanging on her chest. The exquisite and long-lasting jade pendant collar; underneath is an ultramarine embroidered nail-sized plum blossom fairy skirt, with a two-inch wide brocade belt tied around the waist, and a golden cat-eyed elk holding a grass ribbon ring... Just look at this bright dress. You know, she didn't expect to hear the bad news after arriving.
The double-snail bun even wears a pair of gold-plated emerald inlaid beads and begonia crane pattern head flowers, the style is extremely complicated and gorgeous.
The palace attendant at the door didn't know. The palace attendant who brought her here didn't say anything after the warning. He just said that he would bring her to Concubine Shao's palace. After entering, she was brought to the queen in a daze. When she saw the queen's pity, she felt Something is wrong.
Gu Zhen sighed: "Are you Concubine Shao's sister? But you're a step too late. Forget it, let's go in and see your sister. I'll give her a ride on behalf of the Yin family."
Yin Nuluo's eyes suddenly widened, and tears fell down.
Her appearance is quite similar to that of Yin Xuan, but because she is young and has not yet grown, her apricot-like eyes are sparkling, and the tail of her eyes is slightly drooped, which is very charming. At this moment, she is looking at Gu Zhen helplessly with tears in her eyes. , Gu Zhen was also a little sad, and said: "Life and death matter, I have tried my best, but it's a pity... You go and see your sister first, oh, luckily she left you a nephew. After you see them, I will tell you more later."
Yin Nuluo held back her tears and bowed to thank her. After going down with the palace servants, she went out. The queen and concubine could no longer see her directly, and the hysterical cry of pain could be heard.
"The Yin family is a wealthy family after all." Yun Fenghuang listened to the cry with an unchanging expression, and asked calmly, "Why is there a Yin Nuluo coming so often? Even if Yin Qu's wife died young and has never renewed her relationship, others Are there no female relatives?"
Gu Zhen also frowned and asked: "Go and check, what's going on?"
In the evening, Chunjia, who looked tired, hurried to Ranxiang Palace. Although he didn't pay special attention to Concubine Shao and her son, she really didn't mean not to come here today, but the people in the court really showed up. A major event happened: Mu'e, who was thought to have either died of illness or died in the rebellion, did not die.
Not only did he not die, he was also captured by Hele!
Now, in the name of Mu'e, Hele asked the Dingbei army to return the mother and son of the Dalan family.
This is very embarrassing.
Even Gu Zhen knew that the Dingbei Army was intensifying its troops, which showed that the imperial court had made up its mind to take advantage of the situation, and even planned to establish the young ruler Wei He to weaken its national power in disguise. At this time, Mu E was still alive, so...
The monarch and his ministers discussed for a whole day, and even lunch was dealt with by two or three people. They had no time to think about anything else. They were just discussing one thing: whether to stop or not
If you want to stop, just return the mother and son of the Dalan family.
Because Hele wanted it in the name of Mu'e this time, the Dingbei army would not be ashamed if they made friends with him.
After all, the mother and son of the Dalan family are from Mu'e. It is natural that he wants his wife and young son to go back and reunite. As a foreign country, he protected the mother and son of the Dalan family when they asked for help, and refused Hele's request for them. Now the real master of the family has come If you want someone, there is no reason to continue withholding it, right
If you don't stop, then war is certain.
Moreover, it is hard to say whether the tribes that were previously willing to unite to support Dalan's mother and son would still think so and do this when Hele held Mu'e as a hostage.
The problem is, to stop is to just sit back and watch Wei Heyi Khan. Hele is younger and stronger than Mu'e, and has no disasters and no illnesses. Looking at his actions, he is also very ambitious and aggressive. I'm afraid that today the matter will be settled, and tomorrow he will be alone. Hele has stabilized his position and is ready to start another border provocation.
In this way, the war in the north is still inevitable, and the flames of war will be burned within the borders of the country.
If he doesn't stop, even though the situation he faces will be more difficult than before, in any case, it is unlikely that Hele will come directly to the country to kill him, but he can keep it out of the country.
When the time comes, the fighting of life and death will not affect the people of the country.
Moreover, compared to Mu'e who has fallen into the hands of Hele, the young prince who needs assistance is undoubtedly more popular with some equally ambitious tribal leaders, and there is still room for profiteering.
At the same time, some people proposed a compromise strategy, which is to hand over the mother and son of the Dalan family first. Now Hele keeps Mu'e as a prisoner but does not kill him. This is simply because he considers that the mother and son of the Dalan family and Mrs. Roukun are in conflict with the country. North Korea relationship.
It would be better to give up interfering in Wei He's affairs, send the mother and son of the Dalan family back, and even send Mrs. Roukun to the cold palace to paralyze Hele, so that Hele can concentrate on killing Mu'e's cronies, but secretly help save the The descendants and tribes of Xiamu'e were given money and food to let them fight with Hele.
Even if these people fail to live up to expectations, after Mu'e dies, the dynasty will continue to support a "descendant of Mu'e" to crusade against Hele under the banner of avenging his father Khan.
... The matter was so serious that the monarch and his ministers discussed it for a whole day, but could not make up their minds. In the end, they had to end it temporarily because they were too tired.
Only then did someone from the palace step forward and tremblingly report the news that Concubine Shao had died in childbirth.
When Chunjia rushed to Chunbo Hall, Yin Nuluo had already fainted from crying several times. Gu Zhen pitied her for losing her mother when she was young, and now that she had received the bad news of her eldest sister's death, he ordered her to be sent to the Nuan Pavilion to rest temporarily. The palace doctor took care of him so that Yin Qucai would not receive the news of his eldest daughter's death. The younger daughter also suffered from excessive grief and injured her body.
"The queen did a good job..." The emperor was very tired at this time. He forced himself to ask what happened, and then sighed, "There is nothing suspicious? So, you just rushed to have a difficult childbirth?"
After all, in the palace confinement, there are endless secrets and secrets. Even if Chunjia does not pay attention to Concubine Shao and her son, she does not want them to die due to conspiracy and conspiracy.
The key point is that if Concubine Shao's death was due to a conspiracy, it would be difficult for him to explain to Yin Qu if it was exposed in the future.
Gu Zhen shook his head and said: "Concubine Shao has a high status since she entered the palace, so she brought a large number of dowries. After she became pregnant, the Yin family specially sent some people to serve... I have just cross-examined the concubine and the concubine, and there is no Found some problem."
He added, "Just now Po Wen said that Concubine Shao's fetus was not in the right position. I asked all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital to come over and take a look. They also said that they should have caught up."
Chunjia was silent for a while and sighed: "What a pity."
After all, he didn't have much time and energy to regret the departure of this young concubine. After thinking for a while, he said, "Concubine Shao was born in a famous family. Since she entered the palace, she served me very diligently and had great achievements in childbirth. Now that she has passed away, My heart is very sad... I will posthumously call her the Concubine Wen Hui."
Gu Zhen choked, feeling that this posthumous title was a bit of a nuisance for Yuan Zhiniang.
But then I thought about it and thought that Concubine Shao was already second only to the fourth concubine. Among the four concubines, the imperial concubine was the emperor's sweetheart, Concubine Shu's grandfather was the emperor's arm, and concubine De was ranked among the top five favored concubines in the palace. The virtuous concubine came to power purely because of her loving mother, the Empress Dowager. In terms of favor and family background, the emperor did not need to pay special attention to or take special care of her.
Even her unborn heir may not be very important to the emperor.
She can only be granted the title of Concubine Xian.
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of Concubine Wen Huixian." Now that the Yin family members were not present, and even Yin Xiang's attendants were not present, the queen stood up and blessed her. After sitting down, she hesitated and looked at Yun Fenghuang.
Yun Fenghuang understood what she meant and said softly: "Your Majesty, do you want to see the Seventh Prince?"
The Queen herself didn't dare to ask this, because before Concubine An gave birth to King Qi, due to premature birth, King Qi looked bad since he was born. It was because of repeated pressure from his loving mother, the Queen Mother, that Chunjia reluctantly went I watched it twice... And now the seventh prince is also very weak. Just now, the queen and the noble concubine secretly asked the old people around them to estimate that it was really hard to say whether the seventh prince could support him.
"Wen Hui has only so much flesh and blood left behind, of course I want to see it." Chunjia thought for a while, and for Yin Qu's sake, he got up and went to the side hall where the prince was accommodated.
As soon as he entered, he saw a brightly dressed girl standing in front of the cradle. Seeing the holy driver and the queen and concubine behind the holy driver, she quickly bowed and saluted.
"This is the younger sister of Concubine Wen Hui." The queen introduced the emperor and said to Yin Nuluo, "His Majesty has just decreed that your sister can be posthumously named Concubine Wen Hui. Why don't you thank her quickly?"
Yin daughter Luo Yiyan came over to salute, and Chun Jia called out warmly. Seeing that she looked tired, he comforted her for a few words before going to see the seventh prince.
The Seventh Prince was asleep at the moment, his little face was still wrinkled, and there was a hint of Yin Xiang between his eyebrows. Chunjia sighed and said, "This child reminds me of the way Wen Hui looked when I first met him." .”
The queen accompanied him and said some words of nostalgia, and because she was afraid of waking up the seventh prince, she persuaded Chunjia to leave.
After leaving the side hall, the queen said: "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so you should go and have some rest. I can just come here with the noble concubine."
At this time, Yin Nuluo was following behind. When she heard this, she raised her head and wanted to say something, but she stopped herself when the maid beside her pulled her sleeves.
After Chunjia left, the queen turned around, looked at her, and said, "But you think I'm neglecting your sister's posthumous affairs?"
"My daughter dare not."
"Your sister used to be Concubine Shao. In the palace, she is only under me and the fourth concubine. If it were normal, if he knew that she was giving birth, Your Majesty would put aside government affairs and come to guard her personally." The queen said slowly, " But there is nothing you can do about it because you are rushing to attend to state affairs. And you probably don’t know that there will be no results from today’s court meeting, and it will definitely continue tomorrow. At this time, I cannot allow Your Majesty to stay and continue to accompany your sister, otherwise, Your Majesty will be in low spirits tomorrow, how will you make a decision?"
There was mist in Yin Nuluo's eyes, and she choked with sobs: "My daughter understands."
The Queen looked at her expression and saw that she really didn't have any resentment, but was just sad. She breathed a sigh of relief calmly and softened her tone: "Your Majesty still cares about your sister, otherwise he wouldn't be pursuing your sister right now. He even drafted the posthumous title himself. You think of it: Concubine Zhenxi Shu had been with His Majesty for many years, and after her death, it took a few days for His Majesty to posthumously grant her the title. Speaking of which, His Majesty is also in a difficult situation today. The state affairs are not going well, and he is deeply saddened by the loss. My beloved concubine... alas."
After helping Chunjia tell her difficulties, seeing that it was getting late, she thought of sending Yin Nuluo out of the palace.
"Empress." Upon seeing this, Yin Nuluo hesitated for a moment and finally asked, "After the unknown sister passes away, which empress will raise the seventh prince next?"
Gu Zhen was startled. Today, Yin Xiang died in childbirth, and Chun Jia was too busy with state affairs to attend. She was so busy running around that she really didn't think about this issue.
At this time, Yun Fenghuang said next to him: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to Concubine Wen Huixian, and he will definitely choose his mother-in-law for the seventh prince. Miss, don't worry."
"...Thank you, Your Majesty the Concubine." Yin Nuluo was worried, so she followed the palace attendants.
After she left, the queen asked Yun Fenghuang: "Who do you think the seventh prince should be raised by?"
Yun Fenghuang's words just now were just to comfort Yin Nuluo. In fact, Chunjia would not worry about such things personally unless he had ulterior motives.