Because of what happened to the second princess, the queen was worried that the emperor's heir would not be taken care of well again. The next day, when the concubines came to pay their respects, she gave a special lecture and a hard beating to let the emperor have an heir. All the concubines should take it easy and not be negligent.
Concubine Shu was very angry and couldn't say anything, so she left with a livid face.
Then she turned around and was told by Chunjia, saying that she had such an attitude even when she lectured the queen, so it was no wonder she treated the second princess badly: "Even if Ruyi'er is not your biological child, you are not her heir, and you are just temporarily helping to take care of her. Why?" As for being so cruel to a child? Are all the children in this palace, except for the fourth princess you gave birth to, children? You must know that in my eyes, Ruyi'er and the fourth princess are the same!"
These words were not taken lightly, especially when they were spoken by the emperor himself. Concubine Shu almost cried on the spot. She forced herself to kneel down to apologize, saying that she absolutely did not mean such a thing: "I just heard that Ruyi'er was in front of Concubine Jing's sister. When I was a child, it had never been like this. Even when I was studying in the side hall of Taichu Palace, I didn't have a meal for more than an hour. When I arrived in front of me, my appearance suddenly changed. I couldn't help but feel a little sad. I don’t know why I didn’t take good care of Ruyi’er, so that she would embarrass me like this.”
Chunjia was busy with government affairs. When several children were staying in the side hall, he only went around when he had time. His attention was mostly focused on the top children, such as King Qin and Zhaoqing; He focused on the more favored children, such as King Qin and Zhao Qing; he also paid attention to the children who loved the house and the black, such as King Qin and Zhao Qing... So he really didn't know what the second prince's usual style was.
Hearing this, he sneered: "Ruyi'er has nothing unusual in the side hall of Taichu Palace, and she is also very good in front of Concubine Jing and the Queen. The only thing she is doing is lingering in front of you. Of course, you didn't take good care of her! Ruyi'er is only five years old. , how can I embarrass you? It would be nice if you don’t just rely on yourself as a concubine to embarrass Ruyier!"
"I don't dare!" Concubine Shu directly put her forehead to the ground, her body trembling slightly, half frightened, half angry.
She really didn't know how she had wronged the Second Princess and allowed this little thing to deceive her like this
Ordinarily, she is neither the biological mother nor the heir-mother of the second princess, and has never had any contact with her. Even if the second princess is a naturally scheming child, there is no way she can be tricked.
Could it be possible that he was taught this by others and deliberately tortured himself
Perhaps the only person who can teach the second princess is Concubine Jing.
Apart from the possibility of jealousy, what is Concubine Jing doing for
Concubine Shu only thought for a moment and thought of what Chunjia had just said, "In my eyes, Ruyi'er and the fourth princess are the same." She couldn't help but think that after giving birth to a child, she was still unable to satisfy Concubine Jing after being promoted to the concubine. This Are you plotting to become a concubine
After all, Concubine Jing is only one step away from the position of fourth concubine. If the second princess under her knees has a tragic accident in front of Concubine Shu, the emperor will demote Concubine Shu even to give an explanation to the Luo family. . And the vacant position of Concubine Shu must be used to compensate Concubine Jing. In this way, aren't the two of them exchanging dignity
The more Concubine Shu thought about it, the more likely she felt that this was possible. After all, among the people who entered the palace in the same batch, Luo Hanyi had always regarded himself as the leader. Later, he was taught by Yun Fenghuang over and over again, and then he gradually became the leader.
How could Luo Hanyi be willing to do so
High-ranking ladies like them were praised by the stars from the moment they landed. They even looked down upon the queen, let alone the fourth concubine
At this moment, in front of Chunjia, Concubine Shu did not dare to say anything. She just sobbed and admitted her mistake, saying that it was all due to her inexperience, because her biological daughter, the fourth princess, had not grown up to this age, and she did not know how to treat the second princess. I have neglected my wrong place and begged the emperor to forgive me... I turned around and became furious, and finally went to Yun Fenghuang to apply eye medicine in a roundabout way: "I will never dare to be disrespectful to the second princess again. I will simply treat the fourth princess as the second princess." With this age difference, I'm afraid we won't be able to play together in the future. But I think about it, His Royal Highness King Qin and His Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing are the same age as the second princess. After the summer vacation is over, they will go to school together... Madam, no I have a chicken body and a small belly, but after seeing the Second Princess’s method of judging others’ food, I am really worried that the two highnesses are naive and ignorant, and they will be harmed without knowing it by then!”
"I know what's going on." Yun Fenghuang has been wondering what happened to the two princesses these past two days.
Speaking of which, she still had some pity for the second princess.
After all, the second princess's biological mother, Mrs. Liang, was a concubine who worked under her, so she was quite respectful when she was there.
Later, the Liang family gave birth to the second princess and disappeared. Yun Fenghuang even had a fight with Luo Hanyi over this and beat Luo Hanyi hard.
It's just that after all, she has her own things to be busy with, and she can't always look at the second princess.
In addition, Luo Hanyi was no longer able to fight after jumping around for a few days. Yun Fenghuang quickly turned his attention away from her and didn't even pay much attention to the second princess.
At this moment, I couldn't tell whether this girl was being taken advantage of, or if she was someone with deep thoughts and deliberately tricked Concubine Shu
Hearing this, he glanced at Concubine Shu and said, "It's just... you really have nothing to be harsh on the Second Princess?"
"Your Majesty, to put it bluntly, I am just a royal daughter. Her birth mother is from a humble background, and her stepmother is not as tall as I am. I don't need to hold her up, so why should I be harsh on her?" Concubine Shu was wronged. She almost burst into tears and choked with sobs, "We are treated according to the rules of the palace. Since she has been here these two days, I have not said anything that I will not give to the fourth princess... I am Ouyang after all." How could your daughter be so short-sighted and care about petty gains?"
This is true.
After all, she is the legitimate daughter of the Ouyang family, just like Yun Fenghuang. When she got into trouble with Xie Fenghuan over clothes and jewelry, a group of elders scolded her for her narrow vision.
What's more, Ouyang Fulu
And she wasn't stupid. If she was really tired of carrying a dragster, she simply wouldn't agree to take the second princess with her. Now that she agreed, even if she didn't like Gong Xiangqian very much, she would pretend to be a loving mother.
"You and Concubine Jing have had a falling out recently?" Yun Fenghuang asked, but before Concubine Shu could answer, he shook his head, "In that case, she wouldn't ask you to take care of the second princess, and you wouldn't agree. This is strange. After all, you have known each other since childhood, and even though we served His Majesty together when we entered the palace, we never had any disagreements. Why is the princess in front of Concubine Jing specifically looking for you?"
Concubine Shu pursed her lips and finally expressed her guess: "Could it be that she wants to take my place as Concubine Shu?"
Yun Fenghuang laughed when he heard this and said: "The canonization of the fourth concubine is so important that even the loving mother Queen Mother or the Queen Mother cannot decide it with one word. Is she dreaming?"
These words reminded Concubine Shu, indeed, which of the four concubines would have an easier time getting to the top
When Chunjia got married, she also named Imperial Concubine and Shu Concubine, Zheng Shangchu and Yun Shuangpou, who was not the powerful official standing behind them
Among the four current ones, apart from Yun Fenghuang who was awarded the title because of love, Concubine Shu herself, Concubine De, and the Concubine Xian who was granted the title of Concubine Wen Hui, and the current Concubine Xian, all have good backgrounds.
Even if Yuan Yuniang, the lady in the uncle's name as her aunt, still has the strong recommendation of her loving mother, the Queen Mother, and is pregnant, she is still very reluctant to take the position.
Where did Concubine Jing get the courage to replace herself with just a second princess
"Then what does the empress mean...?"
"I have never even spoken to the Second Princess alone, how did you know?" Yun Fenghuang shook his fan and said calmly, "If you can't figure it out, why don't you try to ask the people around the Second Princess? You're such a young child. , whether it’s what you think of or what others teach you, why can’t the people around you not see the traces?”
Concubine Shu bit her lip, thought for a moment, and then stood up: "Thank you for your advice, I will go and do it now."
Anyway, the second princess didn't come here for Yun Fenghuang. After giving Concubine Shu some advice, she didn't take it to heart.
After a few days of this, Chen Jing came over to complain to Yun Fenghuang, saying that when she saw King Qin going out to play, Zhao secretly leaned over. Although she did not take the initiative to say hello, her behavior attracted King Qin's attention. But he took the initiative to ask her what happened
"Although Ms. Zhao only paid her respects according to the rules and said she was just passing by, she left. But I feel that if she doesn't have that heart, the road is facing the sky. She has no choice but to walk by." Chen Jing He whispered, "I spared her last time, but she is still so ignorant this time. It shows that this person is ambitious and not a good person."
Yun Fenghuang muttered slightly: "Maybe my good temper these past two days has caused them to misunderstand me a little."
Because she had no intention of treating the cheap children of King Qin Zhaoqing as her own flesh and blood, or in other words, in Yun Fenghuang's view, even if they were her own flesh and blood, if they were disobedient and unfilial, she would not be polite to them.
Not to mention not biological.
Therefore, there is no strong idea of eliminating the mother and leaving the son.
She would take care of these biological mothers as long as they were alive. If someone as unlucky as Mrs. Zhu died, she would die.
But this Zhao family seemed to be keeping her peace in the beginning, but now as the emperor gets older, he is more and more provoking her bottom line
Yun Fenghuang was about to order someone to get Mrs. Zhao, but at this time someone from the palace came to report that it was Mrs. Zhao who came to see her.
"She is quite clever. She came just before you came." Yun Fenghuang glanced at Chen Jing after hearing this, "It's not someone around you who called you here, right?"
"How dare you, slave? Besides, who is the Zhao family? Although slaves and slaves are humble, they are still running errands for the empress." Chen Jing said quickly, "Is the Zhao family worthy of using slaves and slaves?"
Yun Fenghuang chuckled, leaned back, and said in a lazy tone: "I was too lazy to talk to her at first, but since she's here, let her come in and listen to what she has to say."
After a while, Mrs. Zhao was brought in. She kowtowed in fear and said goodbye, and finally said: "My dear, please forgive me. I just went out and met His Highness King Qin, so I asked you to say hello."
"With your status, isn't it natural for you to come up to greet the prince when you meet him?" Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "But is there anything to forgive?"
Zhao lowered her head and said softly: "I am humble, how dare you disturb the prince? It's just... I just felt that the sachet on His Highness King Qin seemed... something was wrong."
Yun Fenghuang frowned and looked at Chen Jing. Chen Jing was also surprised and hurriedly motioned to the waiter at the door.
Seeing the little chamberlain running out to verify, she asked Ms. Zhao, "What's wrong? How did you know?"
"Empress." Mrs. Zhao swallowed her saliva, quite nervously, crumpled the handkerchief in her hand, "I am a beautiful empress, but I came from a humble background. I... I didn't know anything. I was just lucky enough to be killed by common people one after another. Mrs. Zheng and the former Empress Ji took care of me for a while. At that time, they both hoped that I could give birth to a strong prince, so they specially arranged for an aunt to explain many taboos to me."
Yun Fenghuang's face darkened slightly, and he already had some thoughts in his mind.
Sure enough, Mrs. Zhao continued: "Spices are the most important thing. At that time, neither the common people Zheng nor Empress Ji were allowed to use spices. Even many ordinary floral and fruity fragrances were not allowed to appear in the house. Around me. For this reason, those aunts spent a lot of effort to teach me to identify many things that are not suitable for pregnant women, so that if they don't take a good look at them, I won't even know if I have fallen into trouble myself. I... I feel that, The sachet that His Highness the King of Qin is carrying seems to have a slight smell, which is not suitable for the Queen to get close to now!"
When she was pregnant and the harem was at its most bloody, Zheng Sangchu, who had the Cavalry General as his backer, was unable to keep his unborn heir. An's concubine, Yuan Fu Niang, made frequent mistakes, and in the end, she took advantage of the inconspicuous Zhao family. The secretive concubine became the de facto biological mother of the emperor's eldest son.
As the first child of Chunjia, especially a male, Zhao's ability to give birth to King Qin was mainly due to Zheng, Ji Lingzi and Yun Fenghuang.
If she relied on herself, that would be absolutely impossible.
But Yun Fenghuang didn't know that Zheng and Ji Lingzi had specially trained this concubine.
But if you think about it carefully, this is also a reasonable thing. After all, when the two took over, it was the most dangerous stage for Zhao and his son to be trapped. On the other hand, when it was Yun Fenghuang's turn to care for Zhao, not to mention the big month, the strong opponents were eliminated one after another, and some were stumbled, but it was twice the result with half the effort.
Zheng Shangchu relied on the powerful eunuch Zheng Ju, so he must have a good understanding of the privacy of the palace. If the fact of the three zombies had not been hidden, the unborn male heir would not have died quietly; Ji Lingzi would not have talked about it. , if it weren't for the fact that Gongxiang's Fuzuo had not declined and had an emperor like Chunjia, they would still be in control of the government to this day.
Both of them sincerely hoped that Zhao would give birth to a prince, and they would not hide anything secretly.
so…
Yun Fenghuang frowned, and Chen Jing next to him had glanced at her flat belly with fear, and said sternly: "You mean that the sachet on King Qin's body has been tampered with, and it will be harmful to the empress?!"
"... I thought that was like this." Mrs. Zhao said nervously, "The fragrance is very light, and you can hardly smell it when mixed with anthelmintics. If it weren't for the fact that it was summer when I was pregnant, those aunts said that the repellent would The insecticide has a strong smell and is the easiest to manipulate. I specially used similar spices to simulate the separation, and I couldn't detect it just now. After all, it is too weak, and... And if you are an ordinary person, you will actually smell it occasionally. It’s nothing.”
These words did not comfort the imperial concubine's master and servant. After all, Yun Fenghuang was not an ordinary person. Judging from her mother and aunt, there might be no problem with her earlier fertility, and she might even be the child the Qi family expected.
However, after self-administering the infertility medicine and recuperating for many years, it is a blessing to be able to restore the fate of her children. What is nothing to ordinary people at this moment may be a poisonous blade that cuts off the fate again!
"Your Majesty," Chen Jing said immediately, "This is a serious matter. Please wait here for a moment while I go to see His Highness the King of Qin!"
Yun Fenghuang took a deep breath and said with a stern face: "By the way, take down all the people around King Qin and those who have been in contact with him in the past two days! No matter whether you are high or low, you will not be tolerated! If anything happens, just push it to the head of this palace. superior!"
Although she still has some worries about having children herself and has not completely made up her mind, whether she is willing to have children is one thing, and whether she can have children is another matter - the most important thing is that she did not want to have children before. Health, it was her own fault. If others dare to touch her, don't blame her for being cruel! ! !