The Empress Dowager's prediction was absolutely correct. In the evening, after receiving the news, Chunjia took the time to go to Qingci Palace.
Under the guise of asking for greetings, he personally asked Gu Zhen what he was doing here
"I heard that Concubine Fu pushed Concubine Wan to a cliff, and afterwards the imperial doctor was not allowed to diagnose and treat Concubine Wan." The Empress Dowager was not polite and said straightforwardly, "The Queen knows that I have always been cruel to Concubine Wan, and she did not dare to personally intervene to calm the matter. , and being urged and begged by the concubines, I thought about coming to the Ai family and using the Ai family as spearmen... How could the Ai family have the mind to get involved in those things at such an old age? So I dismissed her with a few words. "
Chun Jiaquan pretended that he didn't hear her euphemistically accusing him of being partial to the imperial concubine. He smiled and admitted his mistake on behalf of the empress, and promised that similar things would not happen again in the future to disturb the Empress Dowager's rest...
Afterwards, he made some insinuations and made sure that the Empress Dowager was not causing trouble for him, so he planned to resign.
But at that time, the Empress Dowager stopped him and said, "If the Emperor Mingyue doesn't come, the Ai family will send someone to invite me."
"But I don't know what the emperor's grandmother ordered?" Chunjia raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this, her expression remained respectful, not the attitude that a very docile and filial grandson should have.
"Actually, it's not time to talk about that matter now, and it's up to the Queen and I to worry about it." The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and said in a calm tone, "But the Ai family sees that my government affairs are complicated, Queen Well, it’s true that the Ai family is talkative, but just watching her take care of the Sixth Palace is enough, and I’m afraid she won’t care about it either. So you can just tell me directly.”
"Although the Marquis of Yongchun is not old enough to discuss marriage... But is it true that the Queen and I are also concerned about that matter?"
Chunjia was a little surprised that the Empress Dowager would pay attention to Gong Xiangzhen, whom she had barely seen before. That was nothing.
After all, although the regent was not the biological child of the empress dowager, at that time, the legitimate heirs were not the children of the legitimate wife. Could the father and son of the regent and Ruming's Yi Wang have grown up in front of the empress dowager and Xiaozong's mother and son? Even if they were not related by blood, could they have a reputation and get along with each other for many years... In addition, the empress dowager herself had no biological grandchildren. Son, I have defended Gong Xiangxiao for this earlier, so it is not surprising that he defended Gong Xiangzhen Mingming.
The key is how old Yongchun Hou Ruming is
He does not deny a male heir, and it does not matter if he gets married a few years later.