The queen suppressed her anger, pulled the tenth prince up, and shouted: "What nonsense am I talking about?!"
Before the tenth prince could speak, he pushed him into the arms of the attendant and said in a cold voice, "Send him east!"
"No! Queen, beg mother!" The tenth prince was very anxious when he saw this and struggled hard. But at his age, the attendant held him down lightly and persuaded him in a low voice: "Don't do that to the east of the palace, you just landed. If you are raised by the Queen, how can you listen to the nonsense of outsiders but not listen to the Queen?"
However, the tenth prince refused and begged the queen to spare Ping's life.
The more he refused to do this, the more disappointed the queen would be.
As the attendant said, the child was raised in front of her right after he was born. Like the Twelve Princes, he was raised in a side hall of the Taichu Palace for more than half a year due to drowning and other reasons. But even so, he would not recover quickly after returning to the harem. To get close to the queen. The tenth prince had hardly left the queen's presence for a moment since he was a child. At that time, he suddenly found out that Ping's daughter was his biological mother, which already made the queen shocked and angry.
Moreover, he defended the Ping family so fiercely that it was difficult not to make the queen suspicious. In fact, the tenth prince had known his biological mother for some time, and there were many people who kept secretly instigating him to miss Ping Xianyi.
Otherwise, at the age of the tenth prince, he would be ignorant and would marry whomever is right for him.
Gu Zhen felt that he was wrong and that the child truly regarded him as his own and never slacked off in the slightest. Maybe she was incompetent, maybe she didn't think well, but as far as she could think of it and to the extent that she could do it, did she really try her best to help the child
It turns out that the tenth prince defended Ping Xianyi so resolutely at that time, so what did the queen think
Combined with the example of Queen Mother Yuan and Queen Mother Qu, Gu Zhen felt so sad that he couldn't help turning his head and whispered to another attendant: "As the old saying goes, dog meat cannot be eaten by a sheep, so that's probably not the case. I, I have raised that child with my legs, and Pingshi has been feasting and feasting with him all year round. I occasionally see him and have never spoken to him privately. What he is thinking about in his heart is not Pingshi after all!"
"Your Majesty, the Tenth Prince is young, so he may have been seduced by someone secretly." The servant felt heavy in his heart, wondering if the emperor's heir was not close to the queen, and that would be the emperor's own loss.
But the tenth prince, is this the master who is expected to take over the East Palace
If he doesn't care for the queen in his heart, it won't be a good thing if he misses the queen, misses the queen's attendant, or misses the Gu family!
So you can bravely persuade the Queen to be more open-minded, "Go back and teach me slowly. You are wrong about how good the Tenth Prince is. It is obvious to all. When the Emperor grows up, he will naturally understand."
But originally, the Queen was in a dilemma when she made the mistake of Yu Ping Xianyi. It would be even more difficult if the Tenth Prince of Ming Dynasty came over and interfered.
For a moment, Gu Zhen wished he could claim his illness on the spot and refuse the job of burning his legs.
It turned out that she was just thinking about it when she heard that the imperial concubine was so emotional and not feeling well because of that incident that the emperor even asked the government to go there to visit in person, and all the emperors' heirs to her were present to show their filial piety. Not only did Liande The concubines rushed over with the three princesses.
In the past two years, the palace affairs have been handled by the queen, the concubine, the former concubine Ouyang Fulu and Concubine De. After Ouyang Fulu passed away, although Cui Lianye took up the position of concubine Shu, he could not get involved in the palace power. The concubine De followed the imperial concubine in everything, and since Yandong even took her daughter with her, she obviously wanted to carry out the character of the imperial concubine as "blood sisters" to the end.
Now the queen had no place to push her. In addition to being sad and angry, she wondered if there was a reason why she had been fighting with Concubine Bu Nao in the palace. Except that Yun Fenghuang was too concerned about her middle palace, except for the Ping clan, There is no useful confidant!
The Queen's heart was up and down, and Yun Fenghuang was also a little surprised. She did arrange for someone to reveal the information about the biological mother to the Tenth and Twelfth Princes, so as to create a gap between them and the Queen, but... that only covered what happened in those two days. , as for the tenth prince to have such deep feelings for the Ping family? Go against the Queen and seek to protect the Ping family
How old is that child? Does he know so much...
"It's really hard for the third prince." After thinking for a while, she thought to herself, "If the queen knows the truth in the future, I don't know what her face will be like."
In her opinion, the only people who could quietly drive a wedge between the tenth prince and the queen were the people from the third prince's side.
Of course, there is a cocoa, Queen Mother Yuan.
But like the Yanfu Palace of the Ming Dynasty, if the emperor personally checked it, Empress Dowager Yuan's human legs must have been cleaned up. As for the informants arranged by Yun Fenghuang, many of them were driven away with excuses.
Trying to get things done in the middle palace is not as easy as before.
"Tomorrow, I will go to the Empress to express condolences on my behalf." She turned to tell Chen Jing, "I can only understand the Queen's heartache. When King Qin and Zhao Qing came to ask, were I also sad? It's tight. Fortunately, the two children were brought up by me, and they were not kissed by me before. Let the queen not think too much, the tenth prince must be very young, and he doesn't understand that the queen is wrong for him. Good. When he grows up and becomes sensible, he will understand how lucky he is to have a queen as his mother."
Of course those words were not meant to sincerely comfort the queen, but not specifically to cause trouble for Gu Zhen.
They have always raised children who are not their biological mothers, and have been questioned by the children as to whether they are biological mothers. However, the tenth prince has unequivocally defended the biological mother who made the mistake. Yun Fenghuang's case is silent, and it is clear that the children are not. Protect her; secondly, the meaning behind the words is that if the tenth prince is young and does not know the importance of being a legitimate son, if he grows up and becomes more sensible, he will... pretend that he cannot weigh the pros and cons.
In this way, the queen always felt a thorn in her heart.
If the tenth prince did not kiss her in the future, she would certainly feel sad; if he did not kiss her, she would inevitably become suspicious. Could it be that the child knew what was wrong and deliberately coaxed her
Finally, he asked, "Did the queen come to criticize the Ping clan?"
"Just now, people over there came over and said that the empress had demoted the Ping family to a talented person and fined her one year's salary. She also ordered her to copy scriptures and pray for the empress from now on." Chen Jing He whispered, "Do the people from the middle palace mean anything? It turned out that the Ping family's crime was so heinous that it wouldn't have been possible even if he was directly thrown into the cold palace. Just think about whether she was the biological mother of the tenth prince. I wonder if the empress was very fond of the tenth prince back then. It belongs to the prince. I’m afraid that the tenth prince’s face will not look good when the time comes, and the empress will feel bad if she finds out.”
Yun Fenghuang said lightly: "Is Gu Zhen smart enough to speak out against the tenth prince? Will he be able to send the tenth prince to intercede for his biological mother later?"
Chen Jing went to ask: "When the time comes, will the empress be willing to meet the Tenth Prince? If not, my servant..."
"It's okay." Yun Fenghuang was afraid that the middle palace would talk about the child, because she didn't have any children, so she ordered, "If the tenth prince comes, Zhaoqing will deal with it. She, Gu Zhen, is raising the tenth prince. I haven't seen much caring in those years, can I, Zhao Qing, be a real little cotton-padded jacket?"
Is Princess Zhaoqing really overbearing? In addition to being very respectful to her mother and concubine, she even dared to punch and kick Chunjia when she was angry, let alone her other brothers and sisters.
Yun Fenghuang felt relieved after leaving the tenth prince to her to make arrangements.
Chen Jing also smiled when he heard this and said, "No, I will tell you to the east side of the princess palace when I turn around."
But the middle palace didn't let the tenth prince come over. Could it be that because the third prince had been suffering from Zhaoqing's lap, the queen had a long memory and was afraid that the younger tenth prince would also be unfavorable when he came.
After notifying Xuanqing Palace of the original disposition, the queen went directly to the former court to apologize to Chunjia.
Chunjia Cuoping's Dongchang was not satisfied: "That's it?"
"It all depends on Xiao Shi's face." Gu Zhen carried out the tenth prince as usual, "Although Xiao Shi did not grow up in the imperial concubine's lap, Bhidong knew that the imperial concubine had always treated him well. When he was conferred the palace last year, Xiao Shi often went to Xuanqing Palace to pay his respects. The imperial concubine liked him very much and gave him many small things... That time Xiao Shi begged repeatedly for his birth mother, and I couldn't bear it anymore, thinking that the imperial concubine might not be willing to do this either. It made Xiao Shi sad, so he was given a lighter sentence."
As mentioned before, does the emperor sincerely believe that the concubine and all the children have good intentions? Hearing this, he didn't believe it. He thought it didn't make sense. The imperial concubine would not feel sorry for the Ping family, but she might not feel sorry for the tenth prince.
In this way, he no longer asked for the Ping family to be dealt with, and asked the queen to be more discerning in the future, so as not to make the people of Leg Didong do all kinds of evil things.
"Whether I know my nature or not, I shouldn't instruct the people of Didong to curse the concubines and concubines. If not, let alone hand them over to me this time, even I would like to have a good examination." The emperor scolded him rudely, "But I can't just worry about my own confinement just because I trust me. I'm just a concubine in the sixth palace? Can I be a queen? How can I be able to take care of everything in the harem?" None? I beg you to be like me. I am afraid that the rebels will attack Taichu Palace. I am wondering what I will say to you tomorrow morning!"
Gu Zhen had mixed feelings after hearing this. She wanted to be angry because she thought about whether the emperor trusted her. But she didn't want to be angry because the emperor really disliked her.
The most important thing is whether the emperor's truth is correct. She knows everything about whether the queen should make mistakes in the sixth house. The question is whether the imperial concubine is so favored. Most of Ru Ming's concubines are too late to hug the imperial concubine's lap. How many of them will follow her? Keeping her mouth shut in the palace is not as effective as the imperial concubine, so how can she be so sure of what's going on in the Sixth Palace
After thinking about it, Gu Zhen felt that if he got through it once, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Once Prince Dong entered the East Palace, he could relax a little.
She admitted her mistake with a low eyebrow and talked about the virtuous virtues of the imperial concubine without conscience. Finally, the emperor softened his expression and said that he had political affairs to deal with and asked her to withdraw temporarily.
Returning to Chongchang Palace, the queen had time to find out how the tenth prince knew about her life experience.
However, the investigation became more unclear. When the Imperial City Secretary thoroughly investigated the Zhonggong Palace, many people's legs were changed.
The two direct princes were served by old men, who were personally selected by the emperor. They didn't know much about the princes before, so other than the fact that the tenth prince was clinging to the third prince, he didn't find any other problems.
Although the Queen is shrewd, she is not always a loser. Someone raised the question right away: "Could it be that the Third Prince told the Tenth Prince?"
It's okay to just ask for it. The third prince is also very old. If he accidentally lets something slip, it can't be said that he did it on purpose.
The question is no, what about the attachment of the tenth prince to his biological mother, whom he has never had much contact with
The request is not done by the third prince, so the fun will be great...
The queen couldn't help but feel confused for a moment.
At this moment, Yun Fenghuang didn't care about the excitement of the palace. She didn't take Ping's east side to heart, because Ping Xianyi couldn't let her fall. It was peaceful and peaceful before. It was just that the Xuanqing Palace didn't want to make trouble. Now that it has, it can be wiped out in minutes.
This could mean that Yun Fenghuang planned to save her life for later use. Otherwise, if she had insisted, Chunjia would definitely not have betrayed his beloved concubine by taking the life of a lady.
In fact, after doing that, the future of the tenth prince died prematurely.
At least Chunjia of the Ming Dynasty would definitely not push the prince who had a mother-killing grudge against the imperial concubine into the position of crown prince.
Yun Fenghuang now went to entertain Empress Dowager Qu's envoy.