Glory all the way

Chapter 220
"Grandmother, you used to go to the palace often. Do you have any impression of that Princess Qingcheng? I heard that the streets and alleys in the capital were crowded with people that day."

In Qing'an Hall, Bai Yingluo asked old lady Bai a newly sewn warm hat as she tried it on.

"Princess Qingcheng... I watched her grow from a pink and tender baby in her swaddling womb to such a stunning and charming appearance, what should I say about her?"

The old lady Bai hesitated for a while, then sighed softly and said: "Her biological mother, Concubine Rou, is the most favored of the six palaces. If she is a prince and not a princess, I am afraid that it will be Concubine Rou, not the current queen mother, who is living in Shoukang Palace. Damn it."

After finishing speaking, the old lady Bai stopped her mouth, and glared at Bai Yingluo angrily, "If you don't raise your baby properly, what are you doing asking about these nonsense?"

"grandmother……"

Dragging old lady Bai's arm coquettishly, Bai Yingluo smiled flatteringly and said, "Because of having a baby, life is much more boring than before, so I found something interesting to relieve my boredom, just tell me."

There was nothing wrong with the left and right, so the old lady Bai talked to Bai Yingluo about the past.

"Concubine Rou is the queen mother's cousin. When the first emperor was still the crown prince, he fell in love with her and proposed to marry her as the crown prince. But the crown prince is the prince of a country. How can he choose his marriage according to his preferences? Later, Yongqian The emperor appointed the empress dowager. When the first emperor came to the throne, Concubine Rou was already there. In the first draft, she was ranked as the second-rank concubine. This is the only honored concubine in the Song Dynasty."

The old lady Bai said, seeming to remember the situation when she saw Concubine Rou, and looked back at Bai Yingluo, the old lady continued: "If the concubine next to me monopolizes the favor like this, the courtiers will not let it go. It is said that she is a demon concubine, but noble concubine Rou does not interfere with the late emperor except for her tenderness. People say that noble concubine Rou gave birth to a prince, and with the late emperor's temperament, that prince may be the future prince, but Concubine Rou has been taking Bizi's decoction until the Empress Dowager gave birth to the current emperor and was appointed as the crown prince, then she stopped the decoction and gave birth to Princess Qingcheng."

For thousands of years, no matter which dynasty or generation, the emperor's harem is not bloody, the soft noble concubine occupies the most favor of the former emperor, and she can still stand in the palace, and she will not give birth to an heir until she has a prince. For this alone, she is definitely not a simple character.

In Bai Yingluo's heart, she suddenly became curious about the noble concubine Rou, "Grandmother, please tell me more about that noble concubine Rou."

The old lady Bai chuckled, took a sip of tea and said, "How can there be so many things to talk about? Concubine Rou is cold-tempered, and she doesn't go out much with wives. I only met her a few times when I went to the palace to worship on New Year's Day. I just thought she was a stunning beauty. Later, she gave birth to Princess Qingcheng. When Princess Qingcheng was ten years old, the late emperor died. She didn't want the late emperor to be alone, so she committed suicide and followed him. Now, her mausoleum is It is on the right hand side of the late emperor's mausoleum in the emperor's mausoleum, next to the late emperor."

It is not an easy task for a woman to withstand the pressure of not getting married when she is young, to be drafted into the palace at her age, and then to be favored by the sixth palace.Afterwards, as a noble concubine in the harem, she was able to keep a clear head and give birth to an heir under the condition that the crown prince was appointed. Such a woman is already a legend in itself.

Bai Yingluo expressed her dissatisfaction with her grandmother's storytelling, "Grandma, the thrilling and legendary stories are as tasteless as white water after being told by you."

The old lady Bai retorted with a smile, "The truth is plain and ordinary. This kind of ending is the most satisfactory. How can there be so many thrills?"

Perhaps, for the world, the concubine Rou lives and dies, and lives with the late emperor in another world, is the greatest consummation, right?

Thinking to herself, Bai Yingluo continued to ask: "Then what about Princess Qingcheng? Concubine Rou followed the late emperor, did she never plan for her own daughter?"

The old lady Bai angrily gouged out a finger of Bai Yingluo, sighed softly and said: "I have to say, Concubine Rou also took great pains. Before Princess Qingcheng, the first emperor had five princesses. Except for the eldest princess who was born by the empress dowager, the others The princesses are all arranged in order. Princess Qingcheng was born a hundred days ago, and she was already pink and cute. The first emperor was so happy that he gave her the title of "Qingcheng". When the imperial concubine wanted to stop it, the oracle had already resounded through the six palaces, and after that, she took her daughter under the knee of the concubine Xian on the grounds that she was unwell and could not raise Princess Qingcheng herself."

"Concubine Xian?"

Bai Yingluo was a little puzzled.

If she is afraid that someone will plot against her daughter, then Concubine Rou should also entrust the child to the queen, and she should be cautious. In this way, Princess Qingcheng will be more secure.

"Concubine Xian is the young lady of the Pang family, the queen mother's family."

The old lady Bai said in a deep voice.

Bai Yingluo suddenly realized.

They are all Pang's daughters, no matter whether the empress is raising them or the concubine Xian is taking care of them, as long as there is any problem with Princess Qingcheng, the first to bear the brunt is the intentions of the Pang's family. However, the trick of Concubine Rou is far more clever than directly entrusting it to the queen.

"Did Concubine Rou follow the late Emperor voluntarily?"

Bai Yingluo never believed that as a mother, Concubine Rou would leave her daughter alone in such a dangerous environment in the palace.

The old lady Bai gave Bai Yingluo a sideways look, "Don't inquire about such pretentious things."

In a word, Old Madam Bai no longer intends to tell Bai Yingluo about the dusty past.

Bai Yingluo accepted it as well, and talked about other things with the old lady Bai.

After lunch, Bai Yingluo said that she was going to see Mrs. Jia, and went straight to Xu Hexuan after leaving Qing'an Hall.

A few days ago, Mrs. Jia was not feeling well, so I invited a doctor to see her, and it was diagnosed that Mrs. Jia was two months pregnant. Now, Mrs. Xue does not let her take care of the house with her, so Mrs. Jia just rests in the house every day. with.

When entering the room, Jia Shi was leaning on the heated kang watching Brother Kun's graffiti, seeing Bai Yingluo coming, Jia called the servant girl to come over and take Brother Kun to the desk in the middle of the room, and pulled Bai Yingluo affectionately. Talk about pregnancy.

The topic turned to Bai Yingyun after a while, and Jia said rather mysteriously: "Second Aunt is also in a hurry now, and she is going to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, and she also invited a sorcerer to do fortune-telling and Feng Shui, what are you busy with every day?" I heard that a few days ago, a female doctor who was good at gynecology was invited from Kuining, and the fifth younger sister came back secretly, and went back happily. This time, I don't know if I can get pregnant. "

If it is said that there was still a lot of resentment towards Bai Yingyun in the past, and after getting married and having her own sweet and happy life to live, Bai Yingluo would not focus on her too much. As for whether her life is good or not, Bai Yingluo don't care.

Seeing this, Jia naturally changed the subject, "When a child is just born, the skin is the most delicate, and those new clothes just made are not the best. I have brother Kun's old clothes here. Everything is worn out, the baby wears the best, I will give you half of it, and when the baby is born in the future, you will wear it for him.”

Bai Yingluo thanked her with a smile, and Jia said jokingly, "You made many of them for Brother Kun, and I didn't thank you at that time."

The two aunts and sisters-in-law have always been close, so Bai Yingluo didn't show any politeness anymore. They looked at Brother Kun's old clothes, Bai Yingluo picked out a set of each color, and ordered Xiao He to wrap them up.

Jia Shi suddenly mentioned Princess Qingcheng.

"I heard that in the past few years, the emperor has sent special envoys to Mobei several times to order Princess Qingcheng to come back, but she insisted on refusing to do so, but she changed her mind somehow this year."

Jia's words were ordinary, but there was a hint of mystery in her eyes, and Bai Yingluo suddenly became curious.

It is often said that when there are three women in a play, what happened to which household in the capital, within a few days, everyone in the capital will know, and naturally it was spread by word of mouth among the women in the inner house. Everyone thinks that they are tight-lipped, but they don't know it. Once it is passed on, everyone knows it.

And those secret rumors are even more exciting than the storyteller's jokes in the teahouse, and they are more widely spread.

"What are the rumors, sister-in-law, let's hear it?"

Bai Yingluo asked with a smile.

Seeing Bai Yingluo's expectant face, Jia Shi suddenly became interested in sharing, waved his hand and waved away the waiters in the room, Jia Shi said in a low voice: "I heard that His Majesty also has a bit of affection for this Princess Qingcheng. Well, it is precisely because of this that Princess Qingcheng and Empress Ji, the queen mother married her to Mobei."

This is already regarded as a palace secret.

Bai Yingluo looked shocked, but Jia Shi still had more thoughts, "The young general in the Mobei General's Mansion is rumored to have a habit of cutting off his sleeves, so Princess Qingcheng has not had an heir after ten years of marriage. I heard that the relationship between the two The relationship is not as deep as it is rumored outside, but there are rumors that the major general's death on the battlefield is also related to Princess Qingcheng's secret tricks."

Bai Yingluo didn't believe such a statement. She shook her head and said, "Even if he has no feelings, he is also her husband-in-law in name. What good does it do me to kill him? Besides, things on the battlefield are basically Unpredictable, she is a woman, what ability can she plan to go there?"

With an expression of "you are really naive", Jia's voice became deeper and deeper, "I heard that Princess Qingcheng had an affair with the lieutenant next to that major general, and the major general's death on the battlefield was a masterpiece of the two of them. "

As if he was afraid that Bai Yingluo would not believe it, Jia gave evidence: "If the major general really has the habit of cutting off his sleeves, what he did with Princess Qingcheng is a nameless couple. After he dies, Princess Qingcheng can remarry and live a better life." It used to be good, how can I put it, she is also the most beloved daughter of the late emperor, and the current emperor is protecting her, so why not have a good life?"

Hearing what Jia Shi said, Bai Yingluo was skeptical, but Jia Shi's next words made Bai Yingluo turn pale immediately.

"People say that Princess Qingcheng doesn't want to return to Beijing in Mobei because no one cares about her there, and she lives a happy life. It is said that there are more than a dozen faces raised in the princess mansion in Mobei, all of whom are young and handsome. My young man, eats and sleeps with Princess Qingcheng on weekdays."

(End of this chapter)