The seventh prince accidentally contracted the wind cold during the late spring of the eleventh year of Chunjia. A child at such a young age was the most frail. Even after the fever subsided, he was in a state of coma for a long time.
Yun Fenghuang could not help but visit him from time to time.
This move immediately aroused Princess Zhaoqing's taste, because Yun Fenghuang always praised her for being well-behaved and considerate, and the most beautiful, cutest, most sensible and filial child in the world. Now Zhaoqing is too embarrassed to directly let her mother-in-law Don't worry about Xiao Qi or say bad things about the Seventh Prince, she changed her approach: "Mother, Concubine, is the seventh brother just pretending? The imperial doctors said that the seventh brother is already well, why is he still so low energy?" Look! Look, I think, he just wants to trick you into accompanying him! He is so bad, knowing that my mother and concubine are working very hard, yet he still wants to tease me like this! The seventh brother is a misbehaved child, isn’t that right for me, concubine?"
Yun Fenghuang looked at the little baby in the cradle who was not yet one year old, and then looked at Princess Zhaoqing who was holding her skirt to the side, her long eyelashes flickering. She smiled slightly, bent down, and said softly: "It turns out Xiao Qi Are you doing this to trick your mother and concubine into accompanying him?"
Zhaoqing nodded vigorously.
"Then Zhaoqing is so sad for his mother and concubine." Yun Fenghuang opened his eyes and told lies. He touched her head and sighed quietly, "When Zhaoqing was so old, he wanted his mother and concubine too much. As soon as the concubine takes two steps away, you cry and make trouble. The mother-in-law thought at that time, you are young, it is natural to want to be next to the mother-in-law... The result is that you know that the mother-in-law is working hard, and you still want to tease the mother-in-law? Concubine is really sad, Zhaoqing is such a good child..."
Princess Zhaoqing: "..."
She quickly tried to smooth things over for herself, "No, no, no, concubine, I wasn't teasing my concubine at that time, I just missed my concubine!!!"
"Concubine Mother believes in Zhao Qing." Yun Fenghuang smiled and touched her pink cheek, and said softly, "It's just Xiao Qi..."
"Xiao Qi doesn't miss my mother and concubine!" Zhaoqing immediately said, "Xiao Qi is just ignorant! Concubine, please believe me, Xiao Qi is really ignorant, considerate and obedient!!!"
Yun Fenghuang nodded good-naturedly: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, Zhaoqing is the most sensible, considerate and well-behaved good boy. When Xiao Qi grows up, his mother and concubine will definitely let him take care of Xiao Qi. Study! Just..."
She deliberately hesitated and said, "Xiao Qi is so ignorant, considerate and well-behaved. I don't know if Zhao Qing is willing to take him to learn?"
Zhaoqing thought to himself, of course I don’t want to!
I wish I didn’t have a brother!
Don't take him with you!
It's best if he continues to be so ignorant, considerate and well-behaved, then my mother-in-law will not like him, but like me alone!
But just when she was about to refuse, Yun Fenghuang said again: "Concubine Mother can't bear to embarrass Zhao Qing. After all, Zhao Qing also wants to play, so it seems that Concubine Mother can only teach him by herself, otherwise she will leave." When we go out, everyone thinks that the mother-in-law has no way to teach her son, doesn’t it mean that she has fallen short of the dignity of our Huanqing Palace?”
"Mother and concubine are very busy!" Zhaoqing said decisively, "When the seventh brother grows up, it is better for the son to take care of him! After all, the seventh brother is ignorant, inconsiderate and not well-behaved, so it will be very troublesome to take care of him. Erchen For the sake of my mother and concubine, I am not afraid of trouble!"
"Concubine Mother knows that Zhaoqing is the best." Yun Fenghuang picked her up and kissed her with satisfaction, "Concubine Mother likes Zhaoqing the most."
Zhaoqing was so happy that he had no idea that everyone in the palace was trying hard not to laugh.
When she ran to play with King Qin, the Qing people came up and whispered to Yun Fenghuang: "The seventh prince and the tenth prince are still young now, so it's okay. When they grow up, if they also compete with Princess Zhaoqing for favor, then …”
Then you, the imperial concubine, can't you like Zhao Qing, the Seventh Prince, and the Tenth Prince the most at the same time
As for saying that these two princes will be modest and sensible and will not compete with Princess Zhaoqing when they grow up, that is basically impossible.
Even if they don't have this idea themselves, the people who serve them will teach them intentionally or unintentionally.
"That's nothing." Yun Fenghuang said disapprovingly, "Don't forget that when I was young, I also used different methods to compete with my sister, but when I grew up, didn't we have a good relationship?"
"But..." Qingren twitched the corner of his mouth, wanting to say that the reason why your relationship with Miss Six was so good later was because Miss Six had always given in to you. Moreover, when you grew up, you had a new rival, Chao Jingyou. The concubine sister didn't care so much anymore, and with the efforts of the mistress Jiang to make peace, the sisterhood was restored
If Xie Fenghuan hadn't been patient and even helped Yun Fenghuang to smooth things over and refused to admit that her eldest sister had framed and bullied her, if she had fought back once or twice, Yun Fenghuang would have been so petty, and she would have been so stubborn. Now, even the Nu Jiang clan has been moved.
The reason why Miss Xie Liu was willing to give in to Yun Fenghuang was not only because of her aunt's mother Jiang's love for her, but also because after all, she was not Jiang's biological daughter, but a concubine. Since she was a child, she had been able to have the treatment of a legitimate daughter only because of her aunt's support. This made Xie Fenghuan feel that she owed her aunt, so facing her aunt's biological daughter, she was somewhat willing to tolerate it.
If Xie Fenghuan was not a concubine, or if Yun Fenghuang was not a direct descendant, Xie Fenghuan might not be willing to accept the situation like that.
Nowadays, none of the heirs under Yun Fenghuang's knees are biological. In comparison, Zhaoqing and the tenth prince are of course extra friendly. After all, they are the emperor's heirs who are named in Yun Fenghuang's name. But King Qin and the Seventh Prince are not to be neglected, because behind one is standing the Duke of Yi's Mansion, and Duke Yi's wife has always come to visit every time she has a greeting; behind the other is the Yin family, her aunt and daughter-in-law. Aunt Yin Nuluo visited more diligently than Mrs. Yi Guogong.
Because Zhaoqing grew up with the King of Qin, although he was considered unruly towards the King of Qin, the relationship was not bad, so it was okay.
As for the Seventh and Tenth Prince, she was coaxed by Yun Fenghuang and now she dared not directly say words of rejection. If she could throw these two brothers away without anyone noticing, Zhaoqing would definitely not hesitate.
After this situation grows up, will you start to fight against it
"How can children take what they say when they are ignorant?" Yun Fenghuang glanced at the attendant and said calmly, "Children who grow up will definitely become sensible. Besides, in three or two years, King Qin and Zhao Qing is about to enter school. When they do their homework, I will love Xiao Qi and Xiao Ten more. I will love them even more when they come back. Will this matter be solved? There are six direct descendants and concubines under my mother's knees. As for the children, I don’t see that our relationship is not good now.”
Qingxin said, can this be the same? There is a big age gap among your compatriots, so you have caused trouble to Miss Sixth.
What's more, the four imperial heirs under Yun Fenghuang's knees all have different biological mothers
But Yun Fenghuang no longer wanted to discuss this issue, and waved her hand to let her go down. She said to herself that a waiter like Xie who came from a lintel family had a narrow vision after all: these four emperors were not her biological children, and they were too harmonious to her. what is the benefit
Let them compete for favor, so that she can appear important as a mother-in-law, okay
As for the bad blood between the children, Yun Fenghuang doesn't care as long as it's not against her, the mother-in-law.
After all, Queen Mother Yuan and Chun Jia were examples before her. She didn't want to be the second child to Queen Mother Yuan. She worked so hard to raise a child, only to have a daughter-in-law and forget about her mother.
Empress Dowager Yuan had no choice. Prince Fuyang Duan had only one son and one daughter. Princess Kunze was still much younger than Chunjia, so there was no competition between siblings at all.
But Yun Fenghuang is not like that. The four emperor heirs she is raising now seem to be of such an age that they will instinctively start fighting when they grow up.
If you don't seize this opportunity to show your importance as an adoptive mother, why would you be stupid enough to teach them friendship and harmony
That's why she insisted that "children are inevitably ignorant when they are young. When they grow up, they will know how to love siblings." That day, Yin Nuluo came and tactfully suggested that Princess Zhaoqing didn't seem to like the seventh prince very much. Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: " You haven't married Shouning Hou yet, and you haven't become a concubine, so you don't understand. Children's joys, anger, sorrows and joys are very simple. Now the seventh prince is still young and can't play with Zhaoqing. Zhaoqing went to see him twice. The younger brother muttered for a while but didn't get any response, so he naturally felt that he didn't like it. In two years, the seventh prince will be able to run away. When the time comes, you ask Zhaoqing not to play with his younger brother, but she won't of."
Yin Nuluo left a nephew like the seventh prince because of her sister. Under her father's various considerations, she raised her nephew in front of the imperial concubine. She was not only afraid that her nephew would be wronged if she didn't mention it, but also afraid that she would offend the imperial concubine by saying too many words and bring her nephew to her. trouble.
Hearing this, he did not dare to say anything. He just smiled and said, "I see, I only heard about it by chance... I am afraid that the Seventh Prince may have offended Her Royal Highness in some way. Please forgive him for being young and ignorant. Don't worry about it." .”
"How old is the seventh prince? How can he not be offended?" Yun Fenghuang said softly, "As a child, it is normal to be nice to you today and be nice to her tomorrow. Zhaoqing and King Qin grew up together. , there will be conflicts from time to time. At first, I felt like I was facing a formidable enemy. I couldn't sleep all night, worrying that the brother and sister would have a bad relationship from now on. But what can I do? Who knows, I am still worried here, but I am having fun over there. We are together. This kind of thing happens a lot, and I feel calm. At their age, they are angry for a while, and they are unhappy for a while, so they say they don’t want to be with you anymore and stop playing with you. Wait a while I forgot about it, so we started playing together again."
Yin Nuluo went back to consult the sisters-in-law in the clan for this purpose. Most of them agreed with the imperial concubine's words, but reminded her: "These are the words of the imperial concubine's family. I heard that Princess Zhaoqing and King Qin were very pampered and fierce. They even At the birthday banquet of the second prince and the third prince, they teamed up to beat the third prince."
"Your Highnesses may be ignorant." Yin Qu speculated in the end, "But Concubine Min is determined not to give up the help of our family easily. For this reason, she will not let the Seventh Prince suffer too much. After all..."
Yin Qu said coldly, "Princess Zhaoqing or the tenth prince, Concubine Min is young, and the concubines under her are also young. The emperor can regenerate without his own name, but Xianger only left the seventh prince. !”
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether King Qin, Princess Zhaoqing, and the tenth prince in the future will be unruly and willful and have bad temperaments for their siblings. Concubine Min will definitely give priority to ensuring the safety and interests of the seventh prince.
Otherwise, Yin Qu would not have resolutely handed over his grandson to the Xuanqing Palace to raise him.
The Yin family then ignored the rumors in the court about Zhaoqing's jealousy, but Mrs. Yi Guogong was very sad: "Our family said that they are the imperial concubine's maternal family, but in fact they are not close to the imperial concubine, but have a close relationship with her." Grudges, in the past, the imperial concubine had only one prince, King Qin, and she was somewhat doted on. Now she has ten princes under her name, and she also raises the seventh prince, the grandson of the Yin family. How much does she care about King Qin? I heard that Princess Zhaoqing was jealous several times However, King Qin never mentioned similar words once... It can be seen that the imperial concubine favors the princess between King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing. Let alone the seventh and ten princes when they grow up? "
"But King Qin is His Majesty's eldest son after all. Even if the imperial concubine treats him coldly, she will not ignore him." Duke Yi Guo said lightly, "And as the eldest son, it is also his duty to take care of his younger brothers and sisters. King Qin is not like It’s a good thing that Princess Zhaoqing is so pampered.”
Mrs. Yi Guogong murmured: "We only have one legitimate son and one legitimate daughter. You harmed your daughter and I harmed my son. Now you can't even compensate your grandson?"
Duke Yi Guo was silent for a while and then said slowly: "What do you mean by your Majesty? Although he doted on Concubine Min, he still made Gu's daughter his queen and his adopted prince as his legitimate son. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, The East Palace will still come out from under the Central Palace. If Concubine Min is too powerful, is that what His Majesty wants to see? Especially Xike and the others have just joined the Dingbei Army, which shows His Majesty's trust and reliance on our family. At this moment, our family What do you think, Your Majesty, of going to please the imperial concubine?"
If this had happened before, Mrs. Yi Guogong would have continued to pester her, but after Xiao Han's incident, her status in the family had been affected, and she did not dare to say anything at this moment.
Only when he went to see King Qin again, he told him to be well-behaved and sensible: "You are the eldest son of His Majesty and the first child of the imperial concubine. Now that you have younger brothers and sisters, you should take care of them more and don't always think about competing for favors." , we must learn to share our worries for Your Majesty and Your Majesty."
King Qin nodded silently.
But when Yun Fenghuang found out what he said, Yunfenghuang was very unhappy. He summoned King Qin to him, held his hand, and said sternly: "Don't listen to your grandmother. She has serious thoughts. Although It's a good intention, but what you say may not be entirely correct. Although you are His Majesty's eldest son, how old are you now? You acted coquettishly and foolishly with your father, the emperor, and your concubine, so what if you were a little ignorant? When your mother and concubine were at your age, I'm also jealous of your sixth aunt. My mother-in-law didn't criticize her for this, she was always trying to reason with her!"
Are you kidding me? What if Mrs. Yi Guogong obeyed King Qin's teachings and the seventh and tenth princes no longer had the pressure of their eldest brother? What if they didn't care so much about the support of their mother and concubine
Also, King Qin is also the eldest son of Chunjia, second only to the legitimate son among the princes. How could Yun Fenghuang let King Qin develop a weak character
Chunjia doesn't like weak people!
Not to mention his children.
Although the emperor did not express his expectations for the emperor because the heirs were still young, Yun Fenghuang knew that Chunjia loved and cherished talents, and a child who was too cowardly and only had filial piety would definitely not get his special attention. of.
In fact, this is not surprising. Young and strong emperors generally like outstanding heirs.
When they got older and frailer, they began to avoid children in their prime. At this time, children who were not so smart, could see through them at a glance, were pure, filial and considerate, and the key point was that they did not threaten their throne and could be controlled, became Their new favorite.
Therefore, Yun Fenghuang would never allow Mrs. Yi Guogong to teach King Qin submissively.
After she appeased King Qin, she went to Chunjia to file a complaint.