Otoharu

Chapter 542
Mrs. Li was really frightened. A piece of braised pork in her hand dropped on the table. She stared wide-eyed and asked, "It's so miserable, Madam Zhou is not in danger anymore, the emperor is not young now." There must be a few more years to live. By that time, Empress Zhou will still be in her prime, and she will spend the rest of her life in the cold palace. Thinking about it, it will be miserable!

"Sister Yuyan is still young. Hurry up and give birth to a few more children. It shouldn't be so miserable." Li Meier can only hope that Zhou Yuyan can really have such good luck and give birth to a son and a half daughter. One can rely on her, but with the queen's cruel and jealous appearance, I'm afraid she won't let the low-ranking concubine give birth to a child.

Thinking about it this way, Concubine Yun is really powerful. Not only did she seduce the old emperor under the eyes of the empress, but she was also pregnant, and she was pregnant with twins.

The Li family was chatting away after dinner, and in the harem, Empress Song was also accompanied by Li Chengqi for dinner.

Li Chengqi is a filial son, and he would go to Kunhe Palace to accompany Empress Song for dinner when he had nothing to do on weekdays, so the daily dinner time was the happiest time for Empress Song.

Today, Empress Song helped her son prepare vegetables as usual, and when she saw that her son had almost eaten, she served him a bowl of soup, and when she handed it to him, she casually asked, "I heard that you called today?" When the servants of the Imperial Academy came to you, didn’t you always say that the servants of the Imperial Academy were old-fashioned and boring, how did you change your temper today?”

Li Chengqi took the soup, took a sip, and replied with a smile: "Jiang Shidu is young, and he is different from those 40-year-old Hanlin. Many of his views are very novel, and he is really talented. My colleagues He can always get some new ideas and ideas when chatting with him, and the emperor is also very optimistic about him, so let me get in touch with him more."

When Empress Song heard this, the smile on her face immediately faltered, and she was still a little bit unstoppable. After finally adjusting her expression, she asked: "Your father really said that, but I know that Jiang Shidu You are not very old, so young, you are really so knowledgeable."

Li Chengqi didn't seem to notice the change in Empress Song's expression, and still said with a smile: "Although Jiang Shidu is not very old, his temperament is extremely calm. Speaking of which, this person's talent is really different from others. Many old men from the Imperial Academy Shidu, I don't think Jiang Shidu is as knowledgeable as Jiang Shidu. When he was first spotted by his father, there were rumors outside that he was the reincarnation of Wenquxing. Otherwise, how can he be so knowledgeable at a young age? Not impossible."

Li Chengqi's words were obviously a joke, but it made Empress Song feel very heartbroken. He obviously grew up outside the palace with difficulty, and lived under the fence since he was a child. How can he still grow into the splendid appearance he is today? The old man is really blind. How could he not be allowed to die outside the palace?

Empress Song's mood was surging, and she managed to keep her distorted expression from showing. She forced a smile again and said to Li Chengqi: "According to the empress's wishes, this Jiang Shidu was born as a commoner, and I'm afraid his future career in the officialdom will be difficult." If it goes well, you should still get to know more officials with aristocratic backgrounds. Only by attracting more aristocratic families can you bring more help."

Li Chengqi listened to Empress Song's words, the smile on his face faded a lot, and he didn't refute, but just responded lightly, "Understood."

Empress Song could sense the change in her son's mood, and knew that he didn't like what she said, so she immediately changed the subject, "Speaking of this draft, I originally wanted to choose two concubines for you. Seventeen, there should be some caring people around to serve you, and you also know that your father is the one who likes your son the most, if you can give birth to your eldest grandson earlier, he will be very happy."

Li Chengqi seemed to have lost his appetite, so he put down the half-drinked soup in his hand, took the handkerchief held by the maid at the side, wiped the corner of his mouth, and said: "Mother, before marrying the crown prince, the son does not intend to accept other side concubines." Or a concubine's room."

Empress Song was a little surprised when she heard the words, and asked with a frown, "Why? Qier, you should know who you are. You can respect your princess, but you can't favor her. Your choice of harem is not based on your own preferences." , but to balance the forces of all parties.”

Li Chengqi had heard Empress Song's remarks more than once. In the past, he would deal with them perfunctorily, but today he felt a lot of irritability for no reason. Concubine, is it still the Song family? If my eldest son came out of the womb of the Song family daughter, would the queen mother be more satisfied?"

Empress Song's face paled immediately, she never expected that her filial and obedient son would say such a thing.

Her eyes turned red in an instant, and she said sadly: "Qi'er, do you always think about the queen mother like this? Do you think the queen mother arranges these things for the Song family? The queen mother is obviously for you!

I don’t know the virtues of my own natal family. If your heir comes from the girl of the Song family in the future, you don’t have to worry about the disaster of your relatives. You can completely control those people. However, it is different for noble families like the Sun family. They have been intertwined for hundreds of years. As long as you move their interests one day, they may abolish you and establish a new emperor.

Don't you understand mother's hard work? Otherwise, you think why I only pay attention to the teachings of the daughters of the Song family for so many years.Those men, I just let them be dudes, no matter how big a mistake they made, I will cover them up, because no matter how big a mistake those people make, it will not harm the interests of our mother and child. "

Li Chengqi had never heard his mother say this to him, so he couldn't react for a while. He always thought that his mother was very close to his natal family, otherwise he wouldn't indulge the Song family like this, and wanted to help his cousin too. The position of the princess.

But ever since he became sensible, he has always hated his uncle's family. Those people who only cling to him and the queen mother to suck blood are like a group of leeches that cannot be shaken off, making him want to stay away from them as much as possible.

But those people were all his relatives, and he was doomed to be inseparable from them all his life.Every time these people got into trouble again, he wanted his mother and queen to destroy their relatives righteously.But he never thought that all of this was connived by the queen mother, and she deliberately wanted to raise them and waste them.

"Mother..." Li Chengqi didn't know what to say, so he just called out apologetically.

Empress Song saw that her son had shown remorse, and her tone immediately softened a lot. She sighed, and slowly said something from the bottom of her heart.

(End of this chapter)