Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 119

In June of the 24th year of Xijia, Concubine Jin Shujia, Emperor Rui, became his wife. She was named "Jia" from the previous title, and people in the palace called her Mrs. Shujia.At the same time, concubine Hui Chen was also promoted, and Chen was promoted as Mrs. Huimin.The two wives assisted the queen in taking photos of the Six Palaces.

At this moment, Shi Niang, who is Mrs. Shujia, truly has absolute control over the inner palace.For a moment, the concubines with sons were all panicked in private.

Emperor Rui is thirty-nine years old this year, and has nine princes under his knees. Excluding the eldest prince who died young, most of the eight princes, mothers and concubines come from aristocratic families with prominent positions.

The concubine of the second prince's mother is Defei, one of the four concubines. Defei's mother's family is the Li family, one of the five aristocratic families in Yujing. Compared with the Liu family and the Nalan family, the Li family is not very powerful, but it is also considered important in Yujing. The upper pole is in power.Back then, the emperor used Li's family a lot, and the imperial concubine also favored the Six Palaces.The second prince is now the eldest prince of the emperor, and he is currently participating in the battle in Fengyang.Behind him was a group of ministers headed by the Li family.

The third prince is also the King of Liangjun, the first among Emperor Rui's many princes to be crowned king.The third prince has been intelligent since he was a child, and has both civil and military skills.When Emperor Rui was on his southern tour, he secretly established a crown prince, saying that after a hundred years, the third prince would be able to inherit the throne.This secret decree was spread out for some reason, and the third prince also incurred the disaster of killing himself, accidentally fell off his horse, and almost lost his life.The third prince, who was most likely to be crowned prince, just became a useless chess piece. After a moment of regret, some fools switched to other camps.

Unexpectedly, the female doctor that Concubine Shu had found from the folk had superb medical skills, and she treated the third prince like an ordinary person.The third prince was able to be crowned king, and it was inseparable from the fact that he followed his cousins ​​to the battlefield and made great achievements in the Northwest Battle.The success of the third prince's comeback made the ministers in the court secretly startled. Those who followed the third prince all the time were really happy for the county king.

Although the third prince was rescued by a strange person, and even went to the battlefield, he was crowned king because of his military exploits, but compared with other princes, his body is not strong enough after all.

The influence of the third prince's family should not be underestimated in recent years.The third prince's surname is the Du family who came from the Minister of the Household Department and the Viscount Yinglie.One family, two fathers and sons, capable of both civil and military affairs.It's a pity that the heroic Viscount passed away early, otherwise, the Du family would definitely be able to rise to a higher level.

In addition to the full support of the foreign clan, the third prince also has advantages that other princes do not have.

The mother and concubine of the third prince is the highest-ranking wife Shujia outside the main palace empress at the beginning of the inner palace, Mrs. Cong Yipin, and the youngest Mrs. Cong Yipin in Daliang history.And this young Mrs. Cong Yipin, who first took pictures of the Sixth Palace, suppressed Concubine Hui, who had been in charge of the palace for many years, with excellent scheming.She has been favored by Emperor Rui, and has not declined for many years, and she is also the object of envy by the inner palace people.

The third prince also has a brother of the same mother, the sixth prince.After the birth of the sixth prince, in order to balance the forces of all parties, the emperor favored Mrs. Shujia less frequently, but when it comes to trust, the three most trusted by the emperor in the inner palace are the empress, Mrs. Shujia and Concubine Hui.

The sixth prince was born in Xijia for 21 years. Since he was born, the emperor has doted on this youngest son. Compared with his older brother, Emperor Rui dotes on this son even more.Among the young princes, the sixth prince is definitely No.1 among the princes.Compared with the younger brothers below, the sixth prince has already been enlightened, and his mother and concubine taught him personally, and the emperor would also participate in the enlightenment education of the sixth prince in his spare time.

Coupled with the teachings of his own brother, the sixth prince has begun to have the dignity that a prince should have at such a young age.Acting like a young adult, Emperor Rui often made fun of his youngest son for this reason.

There are also daughters of the Liu family and the Nalan family who have children in the inner palace.

There are two women in the inner palace of the Liu family, and because of these two women, the power of the Liu family is now divided into two.The eldest is the daughter of the head of the Liu family, Xi Ronghua from the third rank, who raised the fourth prince; After more than ten years of suffering in the palace, she has her own son, who is the eighth prince.On the issue of supporting the older fourth prince, who can compete with the second prince, or the young eighth prince who retains his own blood, disputes arose within the Liu family, and their power was gradually consumed by internal strife.

The Nalan family faced the same situation as the Liu family. The Nalan family also had two daughters who were both concubines of Emperor Rui in the inner palace.The eldest daughter is He Rongyi from the third rank, raising the fifth prince, the son of Meng Shunhua who died due to dystocia.Her younger sister is Xiao Nalan, who is Ping Chonghua from the fourth rank, and has seven princes under her knees.Unlike the fact that the Liu family was forced to split, the Patriarch of the Nalan family, after the initial exhaustion, woke up in time and automatically divided the family power into two, one supporting the fifth prince and the other supporting the seventh prince.The fifth prince was adopted to He Rongyi from birth, and He Rongyi was more trusted by the family than her younger sister Ping Chonghua; but the head of the Nalan family knew very well that all eggs should not be put in one basket.After discovering that the family was depleted due to deliberate instigation by someone with a heart, they made a decisive decision and split the power into two.However, he did not indicate which grandson he supported. His two sons supported different princes, and his grandson was also in the palace, serving as the companion of the fifth prince and the playmate of the seventh prince.

Behind Emperor Rui's eight princes, there are aristocratic or powerful families standing behind them, but the nine princes alone are looked down upon by others.Although the mother and concubine of the Ninth Prince are really favored now.

The adoptive mother of the Ninth Prince is Miao Shunhua, the biological mother of the second princess, and the real mother and concubine is Zhen Wanyi of the fifth rank.This Wanyi was still an unknown little maid in 22 years. In less than a year, she climbed up from a little court lady to become the fifth-rank Wanyi in the inner palace, and successfully gave birth to the Ninth Prince. .This Wanyi was still favored by the emperor even after giving birth to her child, even the emperor broke the harem promotion rule for her, and even promoted to the fourth level, even Defei and Mrs. Shujia, who were once crowned and favored in the sixth palace, did not have this kind of treatment.

Let's say she is favored, the emperor called her for the first time, and she is not close to her on weekdays.To say that she is not favored, the emperor has been a little bit cold towards Mrs. Shujia for her sake.Therefore, this woman who is still favored in the inner palace, after Mrs. Shujia took over the power of the palace, her life became more and more difficult.

The reason why she had such a difficult life was because of her background, her background was not obvious, no one in her family was an official in the court, and there was no power in the previous court, and she lived entirely by the emperor's favor.She originally wanted to cling to the queen, just like Miao Shunhua, she clings to the queen to live.But she is different from Miao Shunhua. Miao Shunhua gave birth to a daughter back then, so she did not pose any danger to the harem and the former dynasty.She has a son, and the childless queen will not accept her surrender, and the queen will not help any prince when the emperor does not have a prince.Therefore, the queen rejected her mercilessly.

Intellectually, Zhen Wanyi knew that everything the queen did was reasonable; but emotionally, she still resented the queen a little.From birth to now, the Ninth Prince has experienced countless assassinations, and she carefully and secretly protected her child, but even so, the original chubby little face of the Ninth Prince has gradually become thinner.

The empress was unwilling to help, which caused the women with children in the palace to think differently, and Miao Shunhua's Yihua Palace was quite lively for a while.

Zhen Wanyi's Ninth Prince was given to Miao Shunhua from birth, but Miao Shunhua was kind-hearted and did not stop her from visiting the children, but she would not allow her to comment on others.

Miao Shunhua only wanted to protect herself, it was Shunhua's duty to protect the Ninth Prince, but to help the Ninth Prince and his mother and concubine fight back against those who attacked them, Miao Shunhua was not so stupid as to make wedding clothes for her.

Miao Shunhua is willing to take the Ninth Prince, a hot potato, because Mrs. Shujia, who has been kind to her and her second princess, once sent a message to her, hoping that she can raise a royal heir; A family will not be without brothers to rely on.Out of these two considerations, Miao Shunhua adopted the Ninth Prince after Emperor Rui made the decree.She fulfilled her responsibility to take care of the Ninth Prince, but if she wanted to say how much she liked this child, it was actually not the case.

Not to mention going to fight with those wolf-like women in the palace for the Ninth Prince.

Miao Shunhua is very open, no matter who gets to that position in the future, she just needs to follow the queen and serve the queen.

Speaking of the queen, Miao Shunhua was also a little worried.

Every spring, the queen began to be lazy for no reason, feeling depressed.This situation will last for half a year, so every year Miao Shunhua goes to the palace with the queen.The queen is recuperating, she serves the queen and talks with the queen.In order to wait with the queen, the second princess will also go to the palace.Therefore, she looks forward to leaving the palace with the queen every year.

Only this year, because the seventh princess is about to get married, it is inappropriate for the queen to leave the palace at this juncture, so naturally she will not take her to relax.

It's a pity that she can't go to the palace, but right now, she is more worried about the queen's condition.After the queen took a few people to the palace, she chatted with Mrs. Shujia inadvertently before realizing that the eldest princess was still in the palace in Los Angeles.

The eldest princess is supposed to be the most valuable imperial daughter in the entire Daliang. Her biological mother was originally the emperor's first wife, the Empress Yuan.Later, Mrs. Zhaokang died of dystocia.The eldest princess who was supposed to be the first daughter, but no one cares about her, was left behind.

The eldest princess was adopted by the queen mother, the empress dowager, who wanted to restore the glory of the Xiao family. She didn't like the abolished empress who took her grandniece's position as queen, let alone the daughter of the abolished empress.

The Empress Dowager died early, and there was no concubine in the inner palace at that time. The newly married empress was the grandniece of the Empress Dowager Mother. She wanted the Empress to be more affectionate and did not want the Eldest Princess to be disturbed.In desperation, he had no choice but to adopt the eldest princess.

The Eldest Princess was not even as good as the favored Grand Palace Maiden beside her mother, Empress Dowager, but this Eldest Princess was left in the cold by her grandmother, and learned the invincible tenacity of her mother, Empress Dowager.

After the eldest princess became an adult, the queen mother and the empress dowager wanted to let her marry the Xiao family, but because of the queen's obstruction, they couldn't do it several times.After that, the eldest princess's marriage was entrusted.

Later, in order to win over Hedu on the Kunsang grassland in the northwest, the eldest princess was married to a foreign country.In a battle in the northwest, the eldest princess betrayed her father and brother and let Hedu go, but she was arrested instead.

After the eldest princess returned to Daliang, considering that Kunsang would definitely ask for another marriage, Emperor Rui was afraid that the eldest princess would be sad, so he also had the intention of punishing the eldest princess. palace.

Because the empress dowager is in charge of the Luocheng palace, the emperor feels relieved.Therefore, when the queen proposed to go to Los Angeles, the emperor agreed without hesitation.He did not expect that this was the last time in his life to see the Queen's smiling face.

Many years later, whenever Emperor Rui thinks about the queen, he will recall the night when the queen left the palace for Los Angeles.That night, the queen was especially gentle and warm, and frank with each other.

Every time Emperor Rui thinks of the Queen's smile, he can't help feeling regretful and regretful.Regret that he never took the initiative to really understand this cousin, and regret that this cousin was wasted in the first half of her life.

Of course Emperor Rui was not able to predict the future at this time, he is now resting in Yaohua Palace, Madam Shujia's bedroom.

For Mrs. Shujia's favor again, most people in the inner palace have become numb.Everyone in the palace knew that Mrs. Shujia had dared to have a petty temper with the emperor and quarrel with the emperor since she entered the palace;

It stands to reason that the emperor doesn't like women who are willful and flamboyant, but when it comes to his wife, the emperor seems to have inexhaustible patience and pampering, and it must be Emperor Rui who bows his head and turns back in the end.

If it is said that in the first half of Emperor Rui's life, the woman he respected most was the Empress; the woman he trusted the most was Concubine Hui; then the woman he loved the most must be Mrs. Shujia.

It can be said that Madam grew up rapidly under the training of Emperor Rui.Emperor Rui trained his wife according to his preferences, but gradually got out of his control.Ruidi was dissatisfied and even wanted to stop him, but he didn't know when, Ruidi found that he could no longer stop his wife and himself.

Just like at this moment, Emperor Rui was lying on Madam's body, and his fingers were walking on Madam's smooth skin.

Obviously knowing that this shouldn't be the case, Madam Hui's influence in the inner palace is already too great, and Concubine Hui can no longer compete with Madam.In order to balance power, Emperor Rui should not miss his wife's bedroom.But emotionally, he made a faithful choice for him.

Emperor Rui knew in his heart that his wife did not forgive him for the matter of the Seventh Princess marrying away.Temporarily allowing him to indulge is only because Madam no longer cares about him.For the sake of her daughter and son, the wife is willing to endure.

This realization made Emperor Rui panic, facing the queen, he said that what Madam did should be done, Madam shouldn't do anything.But he knew in his heart that what the queen said was right, he was the one who was sorry for his wife.It was he who chilled the heart of a woman who loved him only for his sake.

So, Emperor Rui panicked, and the panicked Emperor Rui began to enter and leave Yaohua Palace again, and called his wife to accompany him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation from time to time.

No one in the palace dared to take care of the emperor's abnormal behavior.The empress dowager and empress who can stop the emperor are all in the palace, and the wife of the inner palace has the highest rank.At this time, it is not suitable for the ministers of the court to participate in the impeachment of the wife, because the eldest daughter of the wife is about to marry Kunsang and clean up the post-war mess for the empire.

All in all, Emperor Rui spent half a month resting in the wife's palace every day, but he was tossing vigorously.

At this moment, Emperor Rui was still hugging his wife, and whispered in her ear: "Young girl, please give birth to me again."

This is the best way that Emperor Rui thought of to win back Madam's heart.

Use his heirs to prove his trust in his wife and the Du family again, and use his heirs to prove his love for his wife again.

"If the emperor wants the life of the concubine, just say so." Shiniang pushed the emperor away with her hands, straightened his face, and faced herself, "Does the emperor still remember when the concubine entered the palace?"

"Of course I remember, the girl entered the palace eight years ago." Emperor Rui hugged Ten Niang, "Why do you ask, how can I be willing to take your life, even if I lose my life, I can't bear to look at you die."

"Shut up." Ten Niang covered the emperor's mouth, "Say nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense. I've always thought so. It's just that I haven't told you for so many years." The emperor said softly.

"When you say that, it reminds me of something." Shiniang thought of Yimao who was punished by the emperor to go to Fengcheng, "Yimao told me that you were assassinated because of Meng Shunhua's kindness. Is this true?"

"Yimao is obedient. I know I can't scare you."

The emperor recalled, "You may not know that when we were in Nanluo, those three families sent people to secretly get rid of you. I was afraid that you would be afraid, so I never told you."

"You mean, when you were assassinated on the boat, the people behind were trying to plot against me?" Ten Niang stood up suddenly and touched the emperor's chest.

On it, there is a scar the size of a copper coin, which is the mark left by the arrow piercing into the flesh.

"It's all over." The emperor pulled Shi Niang down and let her lie down in his arms again.

Back then, she had always wondered why the emperor didn't set up the three schools after he woke up, but instead practiced Tai Chi with the three schools over the years, eroding their power little by little.

If the goal of those three families was to get rid of themselves by the emperor's side, make the emperor suffer some minor injuries, and give the emperor a warning, then everything would make sense.

After all, assassinating the emperor of the empire is a serious crime requiring beheading, and they dare not act rashly even if they are bold.But killing a concubine by mistake, even the emperor can't dispose of a meritorious official just because of a woman.

"Since you know their plan, why put yourself in danger?" Shiniang said calmly, "Did Meng Shunhua pretend to be me and follow you on the boat?"

"Yes." The emperor hugged Shi Niang tightly, "When I think of their plan, I wish I could cut them into pieces. But in Nanluo, I can only outsmart them."

"Since everything has been arranged, why are you blocking the arrow for her?" Shi Niang realized that Yimao, who had reported to her back then, had not told the truth.

"If you don't block her arrows, the people behind the scenes will see the truth. As long as they think they have succeeded, they will retreat in a panic, and they will no longer threaten your safety." The emperor said reluctantly, "Besides, Nanluo will also be investigated and dealt with because of my assassination, and the Yanzheng can take it back quickly."

"Defend the arrow with your body, never thought that the arrow is poisonous." Shi Niang hugged the emperor, "Do you know how lucky you are, if there was no Xiao Hei back then, you would have died."

"I know, for the sake of the empire, I clearly know that it is wrong for me to disregard the empire. But when I saw her wearing your clothes, it seemed that I saw you pushing me away, and then I did it naturally."

"Just treat it as if I'm for the empire." Emperor Rui was a little annoyed, "Why tell you these things."

"You said you could die for me." Shi Niang snorted angrily, "I didn't provoke you."

"I obviously want to ask you why I want you to have a child with me just to kill you." The emperor said helplessly, "When did I say I wanted your life?"

"You also said that you remember that I entered the palace eight years ago, and this year has been 24 years. How old am I and am I still alive?"

"Time flies so fast, 16 years have passed in a blink of an eye." The emperor no longer mentioned the topic of having children.It is true that he wanted to win back Shi Niang's heart, but what Shi Niang said was right, the little girl who entered the palace at the age of 13 had already reached the age when she was about to become a grandmother.

They have both sons and daughters, so there is really no need to risk their lives to have children.

It's because I didn't think carefully, ma'am, please forgive me. The emperor stroked Shi Niang's hair, "After all these years, I always felt that you were still young, and you became so big before you knew it." "

"I'm old, and I can't compare to the vitality of younger sisters." Shi Niang pointed out, "I think there are so many of them that they are willing to bear children for you. Why don't you try them?"

"Little vinegar jar, I just said you are getting older, so it started again." The emperor slid his hand down and held both of Shi Niang's hands with one hand, "See if I will spare you or not."

With one hand, he began to scratch Shi Niang's neck and armpits.

"Let go...hahaha...I don't dare anymore...the emperor spared me..." Ten Niang couldn't break free, begging for mercy with a smile while being tickled.

"What are you calling me, brat!" the emperor asked while keeping his hands down.

I was wrong... Sixth brother, I was wrong... Ten Niang dare not..."

The emperor bowed his head and kissed the corner of Shi Niang's teary eyes, "I'll go around you this time, and if there is another time, I will never forgive you lightly."

In July of the 24th year of Xijia, Xijia came as promised in the imperial concubine, you, me, and me.

(End of this chapter)