Now that Pan'er is not yet confinement, Zong Cong promised to make her an imperial concubine at that time. The imperial decree has already been written, and Pan'er has read it, but he didn't send it down. He only said to wait until she was born.
So few people know about it.
How did the Ministry of Internal Affairs know
"It seems to be ordered by His Majesty. The group of people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are also ghosts. They probably want to please you in advance, so they will send them here." Xiao Dezi said playfully.
Pan'er gave him an angry look: "Okay, what's there to look at, isn't it just clothes."
Naturally, it is different, although the difference between the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine is just a word, in fact the status and status are completely different. A noble concubine is a concubine, even if the character "gui" is added, she is still a concubine. But the imperial concubine is the same as the deputy queen, who can divide the power of the harem, which is a bit equivalent to a common wife in the folk.
So people in Jingren Palace who knew about this matter were very happy, and Xiao Dezi was one of them.
"Okay, keep a low profile and don't make jokes from outsiders."
Having said that, everyone in the room was very happy, and Aunt Qing was also full of relief.
Pan'er looked at her and said, "Now I'm about to give birth, and then I can take care of my aunt's marriage."
This made Aunt Qing blush. Imperial Physician Dong has never married since she lost his wife, and she ran into her childhood sweetheart in the palace. It has been almost ten years since she left, and she finally managed to grind Aunt Qing to the core. Willing to marry her.
Originally, marriage should have been put on the agenda last year, but at that time Pan'er was pregnant, and Aunt Qing was concerned about her body, so she said that she would marry after she gave birth.
Now it's a good thing.
"And you guys, don't say that I'm the kind of unreasonable master, if you have any ideas, just say it, and don't always procrastinate, the longer the daughter's family is delayed, the harder it is to marry." Pan'er said to Cattail and the others.
Although it is said that the maids can only leave the palace when they are twenty-five years old according to the rules, but after all, they are the maids next to the noble concubine, as long as Paner sends a word, it is actually very easy to think out of the palace. Ever since Cattail and Qingdai passed their twenties, this matter has been brought up a few times every year, but these girls have no plans to leave the palace.
Bai Shu can't get out, and now in Jingren Palace, life is going smoothly and smoothly, for a person like her who has experienced many hardships since childhood, this is quite good. Even if she leaves the palace, she doesn't know where to go, and she has no idea of getting married, let alone guarding against the Chen family's revenge.
It may be that this kind of thinking imaged Cattail and Qingdai, and they were not in a hurry at all.
As for Bai Zhi, she never talked much, Pan'er heard Cattail say that Bai Zhi had plans to leave the palace, it seemed that there were family members outside the palace, but she was not in a hurry to leave the palace, and said to wait a while.
"Master drives us out of the palace every day, as if he doesn't miss us at all." Cattail said.
"I would like to keep you by my side, but I am afraid that you will blame me in a few years."
These are just some gossip, just talking, just in time the nannies brought the baby over and began to gossip around the baby again.
Zong Cong is here.
The people in the room were busy saluting, and those who should go down went down.
Pan'er didn't let the nanny take the baby down, but put the baby on the bed and asked, "Why are you free at this time, are you not busy today?"
Zong Cong naturally wouldn't say clearly what he was thinking about, he just said that there was no government affairs at the moment, so he went out to relax. He was talking to Pan'er one sentence at a time. Seeing the little daughter feed her little hand into her mouth, he couldn't help stretching out her hand to pull it.
One persistently pulled, the other persistently fed, and the two were quite competitive.
After a while, Zong Cong looked around as if nothing had happened, and asked, "Did the Ministry of Internal Affairs send you anything?"
Pan'er couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing: "You came here to ask this."
"By the way." He still looked very serious.
Who knew that things came but didn't see them, and she didn't look very happy.
"I asked them to receive the things in the side hall. I haven't had time to look at them. Didn't they just arrive? I always have to carry some, so as not to be overwhelmed by the jokes of the people below." She also looked serious .
At the end, both of them laughed.
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"The Empress Dowager took Zongyue Wanwan and the others to Xiyuan. Now there is no sound of reading in the study room, and the Qianqing Palace is much cooler."
This time the Empress Dowager went to Xiyuan, originally only planning to take Wanyu and a few other princesses there, Zong Cong thought about it, discussed with the Empress Dowager, and decided to take the boys along.
At that time, Pan'er was in confinement, and he didn't go with him because he was busy with government affairs, so the queen mother and the children went.
"If Your Majesty wants to go, it's not too late to go now, just to avoid the summer heat."
Zong Cong thought for a while, then shook his head.
In fact, Pan'er knew why he didn't go, but it was because of Zong Duo. This time, the queen mother brought Zong Duo there too. The name was that all her grandchildren went. Of course, Zong Duo couldn't be left out. Of course, Empress Chen There is no reason for refusal either.
But if Zong Cong also took his concubine to Xiyuan, how could Empress Chen not follow him, which would defeat his original intention of separating Zong Duo from Empress Chen for a while.
But Wanshu is still there.
But Pan'er didn't say this, after all, she was not his own, but also Empress Chen's daughter, she said that it made him think too much, and she didn't want to add trouble to him.
After Pan'er was out of confinement, the imperial decree to confer the title of imperial concubine came down.
This is the expected result. Some families in Beijing have roots in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and have known about this for a long time, but it is still a shock to the Chen family.
It was even more shocking to Kunning Palace.
So Empress Chen was sick.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the Chen family's entire mansion was very depressed.
Especially Chen Pingwu, he was standing in a different position from the second wife. The second wife could only see her, the queen's daughter, the eldest prince's grandson, and the two sons, but what he saw was the entire Chen family.
The eldest brother really seems to be not doing his best, but the eldest brother himself is devastated, so how can he force the eldest brother to work hard for the queen's daughter.
To put it bluntly, now that the Chen family may not even be able to maintain their own foundation, how could they be distracted to do other things.
And all these pressures, as well as the turmoil in the Chen family in recent years, and even his father's retirement all came from Concubine Su.
Yuanyuan, his own daughter.
Therefore, Chen Pingwu has also suffered a lot these years. On the one hand, he felt that what he did was right and he had to take into account the overall situation, and on the other hand, he felt that it was all his concealment, so that the Chen family has suffered so much now. Every time there is turmoil in the Chen family, he must Suffer once.
The second lady guessed that he wanted to tell the family about this, but he was not mistaken. Chen Pingwu had this plan, but he was still hesitating.
But he didn't know that there were always a pair of eyes staring at him in secret, including his hesitation and struggle, and even underestimated a woman who had been suppressed for a long time, a woman who was not favored by her husband and wanted to knock out her teeth and swallow her blood in everything , belongs to her madness.
In particular, Empress Chen was ill, and Zong Duo was taken to Xiyuan, all of which further contributed to this madness.
So something happened to Chen Pingwu.
The incident happened very hastily, it happened to be at night, and the other members of the Chen family soon found out about the incident.
Not only Chen Pingwu, a nursing home of the Chen family, but also Aunt Bai were involved. Although the old lady was shocked and sad, she still had the skills to suppress the whole thing immediately.
It was declared to the outside world that Chen Pingwu had been suffering from heart palpitations all along, so he died suddenly. As for Aunt Bai, a woman who is almost unknown to outsiders, she died with her husband before she was put into the coffin.
As for the nursing home, no one knows its whereabouts, including the second wife. The Chen family killed a few unremarkable servants, and sold out a group of people. The whole thing seemed to pass without a trace.
Except that Empress Chen is going to keep her filial piety.
The reason why Pan'er knew about this was because Zong Cong lost his temper in Jingren Palace.
At that time, his face was extremely ugly, his dislike for Empress Chen was palpable, and he didn't hide it at all. Pan'er suspected that if it wasn't for the sake of the overall situation and Zong Duo's reputation, he would definitely have abolished Empress Chen immediately.
Fortunately, she was smart. Seeing that his face was not right when he came in, she sent everyone down. With Fu Lu watching outside, she didn't have to worry about such a secret being known to outsiders.
Pan'er listened to it for a long time before she understood the ins and outs of the matter.
She felt extremely uncomfortable, an indescribably uncomfortable feeling, just feeling very blocked, a little absurd, a little surprised, a little sad.
"Then does the empress know about this?" For the first time, she called empress Chen in this tone without honorifics.
Zong Cong shook his head.
That is to say, this matter was done by the second lady herself, but the origin was because of Empress Chen, or even because of her.
"Don't think too much, I didn't tell you this to make you unhappy." Zong Cong persuaded her instead, seeing that her face was not looking well.
Pan'er smiled sadly: "It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just that I'm a little surprised."
For the sake of rights, is there anything a person can’t do? When the daughter forces the mother, the mother has no choice but to block the source. Pan'er has always thought that the second lady is not very smart, but this time she seems to have nothing to do with not being smart.
In order to cover up herself, she took advantage of Aunt Bai's affair with the nursing home, bribed and coerced the nursing home, and drugged Chen Pingwu's wine.
After drinking, Chen Pingwu went to Aunt Bai's place. He was at another aunt's place today. Of course, this was the news that Aunt Bai had received. In fact, the news was false, so he had the courage to have a tryst with his lover.
Unexpectedly, he was bumped into by Chen Pingwu. Chen Pingwu smashed through the adultery, and took the sword from the wall in a rage, and wanted to kill the guard, but unexpectedly, the guard snatched the sword back and stabbed it backhand. .
A sword pierced to the vital point.
The next thing will happen naturally.
What happened here alarmed the servants, and alarmed others. The Chen family came after hearing the news, but they did not expect to see such a scandal.
No matter how much he hated the nurse and Aunt Bai, this kind of thing must not be made public, otherwise the face of the Chen family will be lost, and it will become a great shame hanging on everyone's heads that cannot be removed.
The old lady teamed up with Chen Pingwen to suppress the matter, cleaned up the inside of the Chen family, and dealt with Aunt Bai and the nursing home, but never thought that all of this was just taking advantage of the second lady's wishes.
It is estimated that the second lady never dreamed that there is actually a pair of eyes in the dark.
Zong Cong arranged for someone to watch the Chen family, firstly because of the special status of the Chen family, and secondly because of Pan'er's background, so the direction of the staring expanded from the front yard to the back house, never expecting to run into this incident.
At this time, Empress Chen was mourning her father's death in Kunning Palace, and she made rumors that she wanted to keep her filial piety. In Zong Cong's eyes, it became a hypocritical cover-up.
"Don't be unhappy, the queen is sick and has to be filial, I will take you to Xiyuan to relax."