Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 113

"Why did Sixth Sister come into the palace at this time?" Ten Niang was extremely suspicious when she saw the person coming.

"Your Majesty, can you speak further?" Liu Niang signaled Shi Niang to move back and forth.

Shi Niang waved her hand to do so, and then secretly looked at Liu Niang.

When Liu Niang gave birth to her youngest daughter a year ago, her body was a little damaged, and the Eighth Prince ordered her to forbid her to enter the palace to deliver news and go back and forth to work hard.And since having a young daughter, Liu Niang has devoted most of her energy to taking care of the child, and she doesn't come out easily.

She looked plump, but her expression was not very good, her eyes were a little red, as if she had just cried.Ten Niang bowed her head in thought for a moment, and when she raised her head, her complexion became ugly.

The bad feeling from seeing Liu Niang enter the palace just now surged up again.

"Sixth sister, just speak up if you have something to say, I can stand it." Seeing that Liu Niang hesitated to speak, Shi Niang took a deep breath, "I will accept any result.
It is. ”

"The prince returned to the mansion the day before yesterday, and he mentioned the war in the Northwest in vague words." Her husband's helpless face flashed in front of Liu Niang's eyes, "He repeatedly emphasized to me that swords have no eyes on the battlefield. Wait for me to ask carefully, and then Don't say much."

"But the third brother or the sixth brother had an accident?" Ten Niang inserted her nails deeply into her flesh, "What is going on with them, does the sixth sister know? You know that my Yaohua Palace can't be found in the northwest right now. any news."

"I understand that my sister's current situation is not good enough to pay too much attention to the Northwest. After thinking about it at home for two days, the more I think about it, the more something is wrong. The prince never gives me inaccurate information. The only possibility is that the matter is of great importance. Tell me, and you want me to send a letter to my sister."

"So my sister entered the palace." Shi Niang continued to ask, "Since you can't be sure what happened, why is your sister crying?"

"Enter the palace to greet the queen, and was left by the emperor in Guanju Palace to say a few words." Liu Niang endured it before continuing, "The emperor told me about the battle in the northwest, and asked me to bring a few words to my sister." .”

"Sister, please tell me." When Shi Niang heard Liu Niang mentioning the emperor, she was slightly bored in her anxious expression.

"The war in the northwest is over." Ten Niang couldn't help but shed tears, "Hedu has retreated to the west of the Kunsang Grassland. His envoys will come to the court to seek peace in a few days, and they are willing to surrender to Daliang."

"This is a good thing, why are you crying, sister?" Ten Niang handed Liu Niang a handkerchief, "Sixth Sister is a soldier who died in battle."

"It is true that in this battle, the emperor said that we lost nearly 3 people in Daliang, including 16 generals."

"Among the 16 people are members of the Du family." Shi Niang looked directly at Liu Niang, "Sixth sister, don't cry, tell me who died in battle?"

"Sixth brother, in the process of hunting Hedu Khan, his whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are uncertain." After Liu Niang finished speaking, she was already sobbing.

"Brother Yun, heh, yes. Who else could it be if it wasn't him?" Ten Niang murmured with a smile. .”

"Shi Niang!" Liu Niang looked at Shi Niang who was smiling brighter, grabbed her sleeve and shook it violently, "You can't mess up. If you collapse, what will the Du family do? Who else can uphold justice for the Du family."

"Yes, the Du family, and the Du family." Ten Niang came back to her senses, a tear dripped down, "Brother Yun, you want to gallop on the battlefield, you want to defend your family and the country, you want to be a marquis and a minister, If you want the Du family to prosper, if you can't do it, I will do it for you."

Ten Niang's voice was low and full of trustworthy strength, and Liu Niang inexplicably calmed down.He began to think about the emperor's intentions in his mind, whether he had misunderstood it, or whether his sister had really been forced to this point.

"Sister, we can't hide things about Sixth Brother. What should we do with our family and Third Uncle?" Liu Niang expressed her concerns, "Grandmother is old, and Sixth Brother's death will definitely hit her old man hard. Third Uncle I lost my son in my later years, and my third aunt, what rules does my sister have?"

"Sixth sister, what do you think I should do?" Ten Niang was slightly distracted, "What message did he ask you to send to Bengong?"

"The emperor said that he will remember the meritorious deeds of the Du family in his heart, and he will restore our former glory. Sixth brother, he will posthumously make him a viscount, and announce it to the world just like our ancestors."

"What else?" Ten Niang said disdainfully, "Sixth brother is gone, so what's the point of giving a false name?"

"He wants his younger sister to help stabilize the family and the third uncle. For the third uncle, he will be transferred to the household department as a servant. For the third brother, he will also reuse it."

"Is this a quid pro quo?" Ten Niang sneered, "Take what the Du family deserves and ask Bengong to help persuade the Du family. Is this the sincerity of His Majesty the Emperor?"

"The emperor also said that if you want Jiudi to be safe, you'd better listen to him." After Liu Niang finished speaking, Shi Niang's face turned pale.

"Mu Yunlan, shameless!" Ten Niang slapped the table with her palm, and the tea bowl shattered to the ground.

"It's just too much bullying. The Du family is so easy to handle, and this palace is so easy to talk! Okay, okay, okay, you wait for Bengong!"

"Sister!" Liu Niang raised her voice, eagerly covering up Shi Niang's words, "He is the emperor! Is this the first day you entered the palace? After all these years, I think you have been doted on and fainted. He is something you can talk about. Is it possible to insult people at will? Misfortune comes from the mouth, didn’t the family teach you that!”

Liu Niang's scolding made Shi Niang calm down, "Sixth sister calm down, it's because my younger sister didn't think well, you just started to recover, if you get angry because of me, the prince must be in a hurry with me."

Liu Niang saw that Shi Niang had the strength to make fun of herself, so she stopped talking, after all, they were not free to say bad things about this brother-in-law.

"How do you plan to explain to your family? Especially the third uncle, it was your guarantee that the sixth brother was transferred from the Jingji camp to the Xiaoqi camp and went out with the army."

"Don't fight back when you beat me up, don't fight back when you scold me, I will plead guilty, and come to the door in person." After thinking carefully, Shi Niang gave sixteen words.

"Come to the door, can you leave the palace?" Liu Niang expressed doubts about this.

"The emperor will definitely praise the Du family with great fanfare. Before that, I will meet with my uncle and grandmother to discuss who can be placed in the Du family. Going back to the family to visit relatives is really an apology to everyone. Why didn't he agree to my request for the game he made himself?"

"Sister is planning to act as a pleading guilty in front of the world?" Liu Niang immediately understood Shi Niang's intentions, "You are so forcing Third Uncle, are you afraid that he will quit? And Third Aunt, you are playing with fire."

"The stepchildren in the fourth house will pass on the incense to the third house. The third aunt needs the help of the sixth sister to comfort her." Ten Niang said in a low voice, "My mother sent a letter early in the morning to say that the ninth and tenth brothers are allowed The third uncle and the third aunt will choose."

"Aunt Si..." Liu Niang hesitated.

"Mother, Sixth Sister, don't worry. Grandmother, Mother will also help to comfort us. Now is not the time for us to grieve unrestrainedly, nor is it the time to calculate the loss. Now we can only follow the footsteps of blood left by Sixth Brother and continue on. Move forward."

"Only in this way, the Du family's planning for so many years will not be in vain." Liu Niang sighed.

Just as Shi Niang told Liu Niang back then, in February of the 24th year of Xijia, Emperor Rui issued an order to reward the three armies and comfort the heroic spirits.

Those who made meritorious service in the Northwest Campaign were rewarded.Of course, it was the Du family who stood out the most.

Long before the army returned to the court, the Du family had been in the limelight.In the three-year assessment of officials after the year, the members of the Du family were reused by the emperor with excellent results.

Du Xianyu was promoted to be the servant of the household department, and he was given to the crown prince as a gift; Du Xianxue was promoted to be the deputy envoy of the General Administration; Du Xianlan, who had always followed the rules, was also promoted to the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.

Among the next generation, the second young master Du Zifeng was transferred to Liuzhou as the magistrate of Liuzhou;

Everyone in the court was envious of the Du family's good luck, but also turned bitter. Concubine Shu really spent all her money to help her family, even ignoring the reputation that she always cared about.

Concubine Shu occupied the dominant position in this incident, but without the emperor's acquiescence, how could the Du family be able to become a blockbuster.All the ministers in the DPRK and China were amazed when they saw Concubine Shu's methods secretly.

It wasn't until the army returned to the court that everyone realized what the emperor's generous rewards were for a few days ago.The officers who came back alive from the Northwest battlefield began to reward them for their merits.

The third young master Du Zitian was transferred to the Ministry of War, and the sixth young master was posthumously named the Viscount of Heroes.Mu Xinyin was also transferred to the Ministry of War as a trainee.

The three princes also offered rewards.The third prince was named King of Liangjun, and the fourth and fifth princes were both named Beizi.In this way, the third prince became the most senior among the princes.His natal Du's family has risen, so there is no suspense.

After the king of Liangjun was rewarded, he reached the age to leave the palace and build a mansion. With a big wave of his hand, the emperor ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build a mansion for the third prince on Xuanniao Street.

Everyone in the court could clearly see that the emperor attached great importance to the third prince and the Du family, which was a signal.

Not to mention the turmoil in the hearts of the people in the court, the third prince who was named the king of Liangjun was not very happy.He was still thinking about those doubts that day.

These days, he followed Xin Yin to search all over the northwest border, but he still couldn't find any trace of his sixth uncle.

But there is one thing that he can be sure of, that is, some kind of agreement must have been reached between his fourth brother and the eldest princess, otherwise it would be impossible for a woman to return to Daliang safely under the circumstances at that time.

As soon as the king of Liangjun came to court, he went straight to the Yaohua Palace of his mother and concubine Shu.Missing his mother, sister and brother is one aspect, and on the other hand, his mother and concubine need his company.In the end, he wanted to share with his concubine the doubts he discovered. "

When Shi Niang came back with the sixth prince, she saw the eldest son sitting quietly by the window drinking tea.

After the baptism of the battlefield and the fighting of reference, the depressive taste of frailty and difficulty in him has disappeared, replaced by a kind of firmness and tenacity.

Shiniang looked at her for a moment, then turned to her son and said, "Yao'er helped concubine mother bring Jing'er down, concubine mother is going to cook you some egg noodles."

(End of this chapter)