Refusing to marry the king of broken sleeves

Chapter 119: Waiting to hold a grandson in the palace.

In this world surrounded by high-powered people, no matter what news it is, it will always be passed on from one person to another until everyone knows it.

For example, at this time, behind a rockery in the Imperial Garden, several court ladies and eunuchs were talking in low voices.

"Have you heard? The emperor came back from hunting and brought a woman with him!" said a little maid with a surprised expression on her face.

"I've heard that too." A eunuch echoed, "I heard that this woman is quite beautiful. Follow the emperor back to the palace, tsk tsk, this woman is about to jump onto a branch."

"But I heard that this woman met the emperor only after suing the imperial court. The emperor saw her pity and let her live in the palace temporarily." Another little maid frowned and said in a low voice.

The maid who spoke first glanced at her, and said seriously: "You don't understand this, do you? Although she is temporarily allowed to live in the palace, but the days are long? After the days are long, she will live in the palace. The palace is not leaving!"

The little eunuch also said aloud again: "Have you ever seen the emperor bring any woman back to the palace? No, the emperor brought this woman back to the palace, I'm afraid the purpose is not simple."

No one spoke for a while, they were all in deep thought, and nodded in agreement.

They all just heard that after the death of Concubine Shu, the emperor no longer favored any concubine in the harem, and treated all concubines equally.

They had never seen this concubine Shu who had passed away for 16 years, but they heard that this concubine Shu was born beautiful, and in this harem of three thousand beauties, she was a thriving beauty.

But God's will is jealous, Concubine Shu died at a young age.

After so many years, she never thought that the emperor would be so devoted to a woman again.

"Where is this woman coming from?" Someone asked suddenly, which made everyone doubtful.

A little maid frowned and said thoughtfully: "I heard that it seems that he was born in a family in the south of the Yangtze River, and the family seems to have been a doctor for generations."

"A family of medicine?"

"It seems to be. The family seems to have suffered a sudden change, suffered injustice, and had no choice but to come to the capital to sue the imperial court."

"It's quite pitiful."

"What a pity!" said the little eunuch with a serious face. "Who knows if it's true or not? She said that she is from the south of the Yangtze River and has been a doctor for generations, so that's it? You know people, you know your face, but you don't know your heart!"

The little eunuch's words made everyone fall into silence again.His words are not unreasonable, who knows where this woman came from?

"Since you don't know the origin of this woman, why did the emperor bring her into the palace? Isn't this leading a wolf into the house?"

"You don't know about that. Once this man falls in love with a woman, he will be driven by possessiveness, so he can't care about other things. Even the emperor, there are times when he is irrational."

After hearing this, everyone agreed.

Who can tell clearly about this relationship?Once you fall in love, how can you talk about being sane?

But what everyone didn't know was that just behind the rockery, a gorgeous and noble woman in gorgeous clothes was standing behind the rockery with a gloomy face.

The weather was fine today, so Concubine Zhen asked the maid to accompany her, wandering from her palace all the way to the Imperial Garden.But I didn't want to, just after walking to the rockery, I heard someone talking behind the rockery.

She didn't care about it at all, and planned to pretend she didn't know, so she just left.It's not uncommon for this court lady and eunuch to talk about their master's affairs in private. If they have to worry about it every time they meet, isn't it just making trouble for themselves?

However, just as she was about to leave, she heard these court ladies and eunuchs talking about the emperor.

How courageous he is, to dare to talk about the emperor behind his back.

So, she stopped, ready to reprimand the court ladies and eunuchs who were talking behind their backs, but she didn't want to. After listening to the conversation that followed, she was even more shocked.

It's no wonder that these maids and eunuchs were surprised, and even she looked shocked when she heard it.

The emperor was really surprised that he would bring a strange woman back to the palace.

The maid who followed her saw that she had a strange expression, so she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, servants, go and teach those people who chew their ears a lesson."

Waving her hand, Concubine Zhen stopped the maid.

It is a fact that the emperor brought a strange woman back to the palace, so why should she reprimand these maids and eunuchs?

If they hadn't been chewing their ears here, she wouldn't have known about it.

"I'm a little tired, let's go back." Concubine Zhen whispered, and with the help of the maid, she walked towards her palace.

On the way back to the palace, Concubine Zhen suddenly asked, "Where is the emperor?"

The palace maid lowered her head and replied respectfully: "Mrs. Hui, after the emperor came back from hunting today, he brought several princes and several adults into the palace to discuss matters."

Nodding her head, Concubine Zhen didn't ask any more questions, and continued walking towards the palace.

All the way back to her own palace, she just walked into the inner hall, but suddenly stopped, looked back at the maid beside her, and ordered: "Go and order the small kitchen to prepare a lotus seed porridge, and I will personally deliver it to you in a while." emperor."

After receiving the order, the maid hurriedly retreated and walked straight to the small kitchen. .

Walking into the bedroom, Concubine Zhen sat gracefully on the couch, while Fenghua's face was still solemn and contemplative.

What kind of ability does this woman have to make the emperor bring her back to the palace.

And since the death of Concubine Shu, there was no one who could walk into the heart of the emperor, but he didn't expect that this woman who appeared suddenly had replaced many concubines in the harem.

She really wanted to meet this woman.

***

Inside the imperial study.

The emperor sat at the top, and several princes and ministers stood below.Everyone has a serious look on their faces.

The emperor at the head frowned slightly, and on his calm and majestic face, a pair of sharp eyes lingered around the crowd.

"Do you have anything to say?" the emperor cleared his throat and said aloud.

The people at the bottom looked at each other, all looking a little panicked and helpless.

The emperor summoned them into the palace, but simply said a few things.

One is to strictly punish all officials from top to bottom, so that things like Mo Yingyu can't happen again.

But the feasibility of this matter does not seem to be great.There are many officials in the capital alone, not to mention local officials.The sky is high and the emperor is far away, so how can he care so much?

However, everyone did not dare to disobey the emperor's will, so they had to obey.It is true that the bureaucratic system should be rectified, but the strength of this rectification must be played by ear.

The second thing is about Mo Yingyu.The emperor specifically told the eldest prince, Huang Fuyan, that he must thoroughly investigate this matter, and must not bend the law for personal gain.

How could Huangfu Yan dare to object?The matter of Mo Yingyu involved the Governor of Jiangnan and the Minister of the Ministry of War, but the Minister of the Ministry of War was also his henchman.

Even if he wanted to bend the law for personal gain, he wouldn't dare.Judging from the emperor's attitude towards this Mo Yingyu, no matter whether this matter is true or not, Liang Jinyuan must be punished and the Mo family should be cleared.

If he really favored the Liang family, he might even be implicated.

The emperor originally planned to establish a heir, and the position of the crown prince must belong to him, but he didn't want to have such a side issue.For the sake of his position as the crown prince, he absolutely cannot show any favoritism.

These two things are trivial compared to the third.

The third thing is also about Mo Yingyu.The emperor decided to make Mo Yingyu his concubine.

Not to mention Mo Yingyu's identity, but just as a concubine, that's not in compliance with the rules.

The canonization of concubines in the harem is divided into classes. The highest position is the queen, the queen is the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine is the imperial concubine, and then the concubine, concubine, nobleman and other titles.

In today's harem, the concubine is below the empress. The first prince's biological mother, Concubine Hui, and the second prince's biological mother, Concubine Shu, have both passed away. Now there are only the third prince's biological mother Lingfei, and the fourth prince's biological mother Concubine Zhen.

Even when the sixth prince's biological mother was alive, she was only a concubine, not a concubine.

This Mo Yingyu had just entered the palace, and she was going to be canonized as a concubine, which was really against the rules.

So, everyone has opinions.

The first voice of objection was Prime Minister Ling Yan: "Your Majesty, this Mo Yingyu is just a commoner. Is it a bit hasty to suddenly become a concubine? And the identity of this person has yet to be ascertained."

The rest of the people also echoed Ling Yan's words and expressed their opposition.

However, no matter how everyone objected, the emperor still insisted on doing so.He didn't need everyone's consent, he just made a decision.

But due to everyone's arguments, the emperor made a concession and made Mo Yingyu a concubine, and later canonized him as a concubine.

After instructing and explaining to the people, the emperor sent them away, and got up and walked into the inner room of the imperial study.

Everyone shook their heads helplessly, for the emperor's decision to confer Mo Yingyu was very helpless, but there was nothing they could do.

No wonder, this Mo Yingyu looks so much like Concubine Shu, the emperor has lost his mind and lost his sense of proportion.

No one spoke, they all looked heavy, sighed, and walked outside the imperial study.

Outside the imperial study room, there was a gorgeous figure, which was particularly eye-catching. After seeing her, all the people who came out of the imperial study room stepped forward to salute her.

Huangfu Yi, who was walking behind the crowd, was stunned for a moment when he saw Concubine Zhen, but immediately regained his composure, and quickly walked towards her.

But suddenly, he realized that Concubine Zhen hadn't noticed him, and her gaze had passed the crowd and landed on Huangfuxuan.

Concubine Zhen looked at Huangfu Xuan with a gentle gaze.Huangfu Yi couldn't help being a little puzzled, and couldn't help turning his gaze to Huangfu Xuan, seeing that Huangfu Xuan just nodded to her politely, and then left without any abnormality.

Withdrawing his gaze towards Huangfuxuan, Huangfuyi adjusted his mood before continuing to walk towards Concubine Zhen.

We are all brothers, and we often played together when we were young. In addition, Concubine Shu passed away early, and the second child lost his birth mother since he was a child, but his mother and concubine took care of him more.

But for some reason, although the second child often came to Concubine Zhen's side when he was young, his relationship with the second child has always been particularly good. In comparison, he and the sixth child are very good.

Later, as she grew up, the second child came less often. After everyone was crowned king and moved out of the palace, they rarely entered the palace.

Even so, sometimes when seeing Concubine Zhen getting along with the second child, Huangfu Yi would unconsciously feel jealous.

After growing up, he knew how to hide his feelings, and this feeling of jealousy gradually dissipated.But there is still a trace of estrangement in my heart.

Coming in front of Concubine Zhen, Huangfu Yi bowed respectfully: "My son greets Concubine Mother. Why did Concubine Mother come here?"

Looking back at Huangfu Yi, Concubine Zhen stretched out her hand to stroke the black hair on his temples, and said softly: "I have nothing to do today, so I asked the small kitchen to prepare a lotus seed porridge for your father, this is not for you Did the emperor send it?"

Taking a look at the food box in the hand of the maid beside him, Huangfu Yi's expression looked a little dignified.

Just because, at this time, there is an uninvited guest in the imperial study room.If the concubine mother saw Mo Yingyu, how would she feel?

"Father just came back, and he was exhausted, so he should have a good rest. Mother and concubine should come to visit Father later."

Seeing that his gaze was a little dodgy and his expression was very serious, Concubine Zhen was even more sure that there really was such a woman, and this woman was in the imperial study at this time.

She understood that Huangfu Yi was worried about her, but if this woman really stayed in the palace, she would meet sooner or later.Why don't we meet each other generously at this time?

"Because of the emperor's exhaustion, I ordered the kitchen to prepare lotus seed porridge." Concubine Zhen said, with a firm expression on her aged but still undiminished face, "it's your father who is inconvenient at this time." Did you see me?"

Huangfu Yi was stunned for a moment, he didn't know how to speak, so he remained silent.

Concubine Zhen didn't ask any more questions, and stared at this increasingly handsome face without saying a word.Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she asked aloud: "I heard that the princess is injured?"

She also casually asked the court lady about the hunting, but when she heard that the Fourth Princess was unfortunately injured, she immediately became worried.

Seeing Concubine Zhen mentioned Ling Ruoyao, Huangfu Yi frowned slightly, and that delicate figure unconsciously appeared in his mind.

"It's just that I accidentally twisted my foot. It's fine. Don't worry about it, Concubine Mu."

"How can you not be worried?" Concubine Zhen glared at him feigning displeasure, "That's my daughter-in-law, I'm still waiting for her to let me hold my grandson!"

The two side concubines in the fourth prince's mansion have been married into the palace for more than a year, and there has been no news from their stomachs. She doesn't expect the two side concubines to give her grandchildren, so she can only hope, Pinned on this princess.

Concubine Zhen's words actually made Huangfu Yi a little embarrassed, his expression was a little awkward, he even avoided his eyes, and said with a smile: "Is mother concubine joking with me? The concubine is disappointed, and the concubine also knows that the concubine is not interested in women."

Concubine Zhen sighed helplessly, and the smile on her face disappeared.

How could she not know that her son is a broken sleeve?I only like that men are not close to women.Holding a grandson is just a wish in her heart.

Who doesn't want their children and grandchildren to be happy at their knees?

Sighing, Concubine Zhen shook her head slightly, and said in a low tone: "Okay, you should hurry back and see the princess. After the concubine recovers from her injuries, take her into the palace and let me take a good look at it. Only after seeing it with your own eyes can you rest assured."

Not daring to refute, Huangfu Yi lowered his head and said: "I remember it."

Nodding her head, Concubine Zhen glanced at Huangfu Yi again, sighed again, and then walked towards the imperial study.

Turning around to look at Concubine Zhen who was walking towards the imperial study, Huangfu Yi slightly squinted his deep and long phoenix eyes, with an extraordinarily serious expression.

Want grandchildren?Now is not the time yet.

Withdrawing his gaze, Huangfu Yi put his hands behind his back, straightened his back, strode forward with big strides with his slender legs.

And here, as soon as Concubine Zhen walked into the imperial study, she saw the chief eunuch next to the emperor coming forward, saluted her respectfully and said, "My servant greets Concubine Zhen. Are you here to see the emperor?"

Nodding her head, Concubine Zhen glanced inside, but only saw a thick curtain: "Where is the emperor?"

"I'm afraid it's a waste of time to let the empress go this far." The chief eunuch glanced at her quietly, and said with a smile, "The emperor just came back today, he's a little tired, and he's resting inside."

"Really?" Concubine Zhen curled her lips, but her eyes turned to the curtain again.

She didn't believe that the emperor was really resting. Just after discussing important matters, the emperor was resting inside. Is it too unlucky for her to come?

Still arching his back, the chief eunuch said again: "Your Majesty, please go back first. When the Emperor wakes up, the slave will tell the Emperor that Your Majesty has been here."

Concubine Zhen did not move, but turned her gaze to the chief eunuch, and said with a chuckle, "Since you are here, I will wait here. When will the emperor wake up?"

"This..." The chief eunuch seemed a little embarrassed, "The emperor has just rested, it's hard to say when he will wake up."

Slightly nodding her head, Concubine Zhen stepped forward and sat on the chair next to her, "You go down first, I will just wait here, if the emperor wakes up, I will see you whenever."

There is no doubt that her actions have hurt the chief eunuch.

He is just a slave, why is it so difficult to do?On one side is the emperor and on the other side is the concubine Zhen.

The emperor confessed that no one will be seen when he comes.Concubine Zhen insisted on sitting here and waiting for the emperor, and did not leave until the emperor summoned her.

What should he do with this?

Seeing that the chief eunuch was still standing still, Concubine Zhen asked with a puzzled look: "What are you doing standing here? I don't need you to serve me in this palace, you go down first."

Hey my ancestors, the chief eunuch is about to cry, you should go back first, if you know what's going on here, it will be a disaster.

Sometimes, God seems to like to play tricks on people.

The chief eunuch had just finished praying, when there was a burst of light laughter from inside, the laughter was clear and moving, like a clear spring in a mountain stream, jingling into your ears.

Concubine Zhen hooked the corners of her lips, and there was a disapproving smile on her lips, but there was a surprised expression on her face, she turned to look at the chief eunuch: "Isn't the emperor resting? Who is still talking inside? What should I do if I am arguing with the emperor?"

After speaking, Concubine Zhen stood up and walked straight to the inner room.The chief eunuch couldn't stop her, and didn't dare to step forward to stop her, so he had to let her go forward and lifted the heavy curtain.

Lifting the curtain, Concubine Zhen just walked into the room when she was stunned by the scene in front of her.

The emperor was leaning on the couch, and Mo Yingyu was sitting next to him, and Mo Yingyu was handing a cup of freshly poured tea to the emperor.Pay high ground strong.

There was nothing unusual or surprising about this, but what shocked Concubine Zhen so much was Mo Yingyu's face.

The moment she saw Mo Yingyu, Concubine Zhen even suspected that that person was Concubine Shu, and Concubine Shu was still alive.

But immediately she came back to her senses, shook her head and told herself that it was impossible.This person is not Concubine Shu.

She was there when Concubine Shu passed away, and she saw Concubine Shu pass away with her own eyes.She still remembers that when Concubine Shu left, her expression was extraordinarily calm and peaceful, without any fear of death, more like she had been relieved.

A person cannot be resurrected after death, and the person in front of him is definitely not Concubine Shu.

It's just that they are so similar, the eyebrows, the face, and even the eyes that look at people are so similar.

She also understood why the emperor brought this strange woman back to the palace and kept her by his side, all because this woman was so much like Concubine Shu, and the emperor loved Concubine Shu deeply .

Concubine Zhen's sudden appearance made the emperor a little displeased, and also shocked Mo Yingyu.

Quickly regaining her senses, Mo Yingyu put down the teacup in her hand, quickly got off the couch, and said respectfully: "The daughter of the people pays her respects to the empress."

Although she didn't know the identity of this person, judging from her attire, she must be a concubine in the harem, so there should be no mistakes in saluting like this.

Concubine Zhen also came back to her senses suddenly, her face regained her calm, she waved her hands and said, "Get up." Then she turned her gaze to the emperor, "When the concubine heard that the emperor was returning to the palace, she ordered the small kitchen to prepare The emperor has prepared lotus seed porridge, please try it."

After speaking, he turned around, took the lotus seed porridge from the hand of the maid, and handed it to the emperor.

However, the emperor didn't take the lotus seed porridge she handed over, but just glanced at her indifferently, then turned his gaze to the side.

Concubine Zhen's face suddenly became embarrassed, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was also a little stiff, feeling very uncomfortable in her heart.

The emperor was indifferent to her, not for a day or two, but for more than ten or twenty years, but she kept praying that she could attract the emperor's attention again.

But every time, she was disappointed.

Seeing that the situation was not optimistic, the chief eunuch at the side hurried forward, took the lotus seed porridge from Concubine Zhen's hand, and put it on the desk on the couch.

No one spoke aloud. For a while, the atmosphere in the whole room seemed silent and depressed, with a sense of embarrassment.

After a while, the emperor said: "I'm tired, you can step back first." But from the beginning to the end, he never looked at Concubine Zhen again.

With a calm face all the time, Concubine Zhen bowed her body and saluted: "The concubine will leave."

When leaving, Concubine Zhen glanced at Mo Yingyu again, with disbelief still in her eyes.

Never thought that there are two people who look so alike in this world.