Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 123

In Yaohua Palace, in the sleeping hall, a glazed palace lantern emits a faint light.

Ten Niang raised her hand to pull out the golden Buyao from her hair, and used the tip of the Buyao to lighten the wick. Looking at Shang Ruomin's worried eyes, she smiled softly, "I'm fine." It fell on the bed boards, and knocked over the teacup on the bed boards, making a crisp shattering sound.

Ruo Min glanced at Shi Niang, stepped forward to put Bu Yao away, wrapped the broken teacup in a handkerchief, and put it aside, and the little girl stepped forward to take it away.

"Heh." Shi Niang sneered, "The cups, saucers and teacups of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are getting more and more unusable, and a set is broken within three to five days. I don't know how the screwdriver works. He is so angry. sex!"

"You've been busy all day, why bother with those people." Ruo Min shook her head slightly, as if to say, "Isn't this the time to make trouble?"

Ten Niang paused, Fang glanced at Ruomin, "What did Xiao Luzi say?"

"Grandpa Lu didn't say much. It's getting late, you should settle down." Ruo Min said, waving all the waiters in the room to leave.

After all the attendants retreated, Ruo Min remained cautious and silent, and only quietly made an "eight" with her hand gestures, which was also the information she got from Xiao Luzi's deliberately leaked words.

Ten Niang's eyes flickered slightly, and she saw the emperor temporarily changing the prince to send him off for marriage during the day, so she vaguely guessed that the matter of this palace visit probably had a lot of involvement behind it.I'm afraid that if something happens to the queen, the emperor has already thought of a countermeasure.Secretly dispatched the eight kings to return to Beijing, and let the eight kings secretly track down the disappearance of the queen.

The emperor had never expressed any intention of going to the palace before, and Shiniang deduced from her own understanding of the emperor that the eight kings should be the best candidates to go to the palace for a secret investigation.

The emperor was afraid that he would be in the open, the eight kings in the dark, one in Yujing, one in the palace, and act separately.But the eight kings came so quickly as they wanted, and they already arrived in the palace tonight.

No, Shi Niang noticed that Ruo Min's expression was wrong, and reached out to hold Ruo Min, "What else did Xiao Luzi want you to tell me?"

"Niang Niang, Eunuch Lu asked the servant to inform you that Zhen Wanyi will stay in the Hall of Mental Cultivation tonight. Please make sure to affix your seal on Tong History, and don't do too much." Ruo Min said with an unnatural expression, if the master didn't ask her, she would be wrong He will say things that embarrass the master.

With the power of Yaohua Palace, it is not difficult to secretly suppress the fact that Zhen Wanyi is favored tonight.

"Confused, you!" Ten Niang was anxious, "Go pass on the history of Tong, I can use the seal."

"Young lady, don't do it! In this way, rumors about you will spread in the harem tomorrow morning." Ruo Min's words were gradually silenced under Shi Niang's glaring gaze.

"You can just do what Bengong said, hurry up!" Ten Niang was so excited that Ruo Min almost ruined the big event.

Seeing Ruo Min's worried and disapproving expression, Shi Niang suppressed her anger and said calmly, "Ruo Min thinks that Fengcheng is a very short distance from Yujing?"

"Ah?" Ruo Min was startled, came back to her senses, and immediately went to announce the female officer in charge of Tong Shi.

Seeing her flustered back, Shi Niang also asked herself, can the distance really be bridged?
No matter how close Fengyang and Yujing are, no matter how good the eight kings are in the dark guards, no matter how good their skills are, no matter how good their lightness kung fu is, they still cannot catch up with half a month's journey.

Arrived in a few days.The only explanation is that the emperor had secretly ordered the eight kings to return to Beijing early in the morning.

Therefore, the person who stays in the capital and disturbs the pool of spring water secretly is the eight kings, and the person who stays away from Yujing and goes to the palace as a cover is the emperor.

If it's what she thinks, Yujing's situation is really dangerous.And the emperor is indeed worthy of their mother and son.Her children have been expelled from the dangerous place of Yujing by the emperor.

Yao'er went to Kunsang Grassland because Jing Han married far away in the northwest, Jing'er and Yue'er were going to follow the emperor to the palace in Luocheng.In this way, the four children can stay away from the strife of Yujing imperial power.No matter how chaotic Yujing is, as long as he is stable and he has no worries, he can free up his hands and let the Yujing family and the forces behind the prince be reshuffled unconsciously.

Mu Yunlan, Mu Yunlan, you really play a good game of chess.

Before the game started, he still did not forget to put himself on the line. Sure enough, he must not be careless, otherwise he would be warned.

Thinking of the "Zhen Wanyi" in Xiao Luzi's mouth, he couldn't help feeling a pity that this chess piece may have been exposed.The emperor probably knew that the woman was his dark chess, and this time he planned to use this opportunity to get rid of it.He is the most ruthless and cruel person. Zhen Wanyi, who was summoned to serve as bed attendant at this moment, is probably already controlled by his people.

It's a pity that this obedient and stupid pawn, it may be hard to find someone who can get close to the emperor in the future.I am afraid that I will become the target of the six palaces again.

Forget it, he had been on the fire for so many years before, since he didn't want others to use him as a shield, it wouldn't be long before he was treated as a living target for a few more years.

But right now, it takes a long memory.

That person said that only Shuyuan Ning and the prince and daughter were taken away.In other words, he wants to keep these people.Then I was worried about the young children and wanted to arrange for Chen Minxian to follow and take care of them, but it would not work.One is that I have to work with Chen Minxian to be more confident in suppressing the forces of the Li, Liu, and Nalan families; second, the emperor is afraid that he is still worried about the forces secretly developed by the Du family and the Xin family. can help him balance himself.

Then, the people who follow Jing'er are Lu's He Miao and Bai Shunhua who are more suitable.Ning Shi had a deep grudge with herself because of the four imperial daughters, facing her own child in the palace, she was not sure that something would happen to her.She couldn't believe the emperor's promise after Yao'er fell off the horse.Jing'er is only less than three years old, he is smart, and the hidden guards are watching closely, so it can't hinder the vicious schemes of those who have a heart.

The Lu family has no children, and I have no more interest entanglements with her, and the sixth emperor's future marriage will have to be played by myself; the Bai family and the Miao family are more appropriate, they have all received my favor, and it is time to let them repaid.

After figuring out these joints, Shi Niang breathed a sigh of relief, stroked her lower abdomen with one hand, tapped the strings of the bed with her fingers, and said indifferently, "Come out!"

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you!" The man on the beam was not polite, he picked up a few sour plums and threw them into his mouth, grinning his teeth, "It's so sour, my lady, do you have it again?" Mother blinked.

Shi Niang stared at the visitor, but did not answer the visitor's question.The person who came was not any of the hidden guards that appeared before, but there was poison hidden in the fingernails of the person who came, making an unnatural dull sound.Ten Niang chuckled, "It's you!"

During the day, he was still guessing where he was arranged by the emperor, but unexpectedly, he saw him tonight.Xin Yin, the former leader of the Xin Department of the Dark Guard.

"This time I recognized it quickly!" Xin Yin smiled nonchalantly, "The wedding party has already left the city for thirty miles, and they should have set up camp outside Taoyang County."

"You are so courageous. Breaking into a concubine's bedroom tonight is a serious crime." Shi Niang didn't pick up anyone's words, but only pointed out something.

"Follow the power in a hurry. The master said it himself. If I don't obey, I will resist the order." The visitor lowered his voice, "You are so smart that you should know the purpose of my visit. The Du family's influence in Nanluo, you Is there a way to mobilize it?"

"Mu Xinyin, your master wants to ask for something from me again?" Shi Niang sneered.

"Your Majesty can't trust Xin Yin." Xin Yin lowered his voice, "I was summoned by the emperor to protect him to the palace as his secret guard. But I guess his real purpose is Nanjiang. This time, it is my selfishness. Nanjiang I'm afraid Xinjiang is going to be chaotic, you know what's going on in your mind."

"I can't believe it. The one who is loyal to the palace is Xin Yin, the deputy commander of the Ministry of Xin, not Mu Xinyin, who has regained his royal status. What's more, you are now the emperor's man?" Shi Niang's eyes flickered, but she didn't accept it. People bewitched.

"You don't believe me if I say more, you just see that the eight kings have returned to Beijing, and the disappearance of the empress is full of weirdness. The purpose of the emperor is not the family, it is the king of Fengyang, it is the southern border. If you have someone useful in southern border , Be careful of war. Be careful..." Before Xin Yin could finish his words, he disappeared quickly.

There was movement from the door of the bedroom, and Xin Yin was pushed away just after he disappeared.The visitor was dressed in a black robe, with loose hair, and his peach blossom eyes, which always carried a mocking smile in the past, were icy cold.

He looked around Shi Niang's house, and finally turned towards the direction of the beam, with murderous intent in his eyes.

Shi Niang observed the change in his expression, but she still couldn't easily believe that Xin Yin's coming was her own idea and had nothing to do with the emperor.It's just because the emperor is so good at acting all these years.In this palace, there are fewer and fewer people she trusts. The trust in the emperor, this kind of thing has disappeared unknowingly during the turmoil in the inner palace for so many years. She will always speculate on the emperor with the greatest malice His intention is to speculate on the hidden use and profit gains and losses behind this.

She pretended to be surprised and pleasantly surprised and got up to greet Shengjia with jealousy, "Please be respectful, Your Majesty, this concubine thought you would stay in the Hall of Mental Cultivation tonight, but the bed in Dongnuange hasn't been moved for a long time."

As soon as she opened her mouth, the image of a jealous lady has been perfectly interpreted by her.In this palace, there are not many people who wear masks more than her, and there are not many people who lack her.It depends on whether you are willing, when he is no longer worthy of your love and trust, acting is not a very sad thing.

"Girl, come here, come to my side." The emperor withdrew his eyes from looking at her, and didn't go forward, just stood at the door and waved.

As soon as Shi Niang walked up to him step by step, he stretched out his arms and hugged her full.Feeling his breath sniffing lightly on his neck, his palms stroking his loose hair.

His soft warning came from his ear, "Little vinegar jar, there will be no next time."

This "no next time" does not know whether it is because there is no next time to be jealous, or if there is no next time to be disrespectful to the emperor.Ten Niang said "yes", but suddenly her body flew into the air and was held in his arms.In a tense moment, he subconsciously protected his lower abdomen.

The emperor just hugged Shi Niang and turned around, leaving the bedroom.

"Your Majesty, where are you taking your concubines?" Ten Niang asked anxiously.

Xiaoluzi hurriedly gave instructions to the people behind him. "The emperor sends you back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"Your Majesty, please let me down. Don't mess around. Sister Zhen is still waiting for you in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Aren't you embarrassing my sister?" Ten Niang was really anxious.

The emperor summoned Zhen Wanyi and ordered it to be recorded in Tong's history, but he ignored her.She was pregnant and couldn't afford to toss about it, and if he really carried herself from the Yaohua Palace to the Yangxin Palace, then tomorrow the harem and Chao Zhongguang would be able to drown her with spitting stars.

She is no longer the favorite concubine who only loved but had no rights back then, so she doesn't care about other people's opinions.Now she is the wife with the highest rank in the inner palace, acting as the phoenix seal, and her words and deeds represent the royal family. If the emperor really came, she would no longer need to be a human being.

"Let her wait. I want you!" The emperor was impatient, but he kept walking. Seeing that he was about to leave the Yaohua Palace, Ten Niang couldn't bear it anymore, and was impatient, "Mu Yunlan, let me down. Our mothers really have a good or bad thing, I will fight you hard!"

"You--say--what--?" The emperor paused, causing Shi Niang to tremble in fright, looking at her hands protecting her abdomen, her eyes were stiff.But in the end he stopped, and then glared at Shi Niang fiercely.

"That's what it means, let me down." After Ten Niang got nervous, she wasn't afraid anymore.Looking at the emperor with surprise and bewilderment in his eyes, "Declarate the imperial doctor, the child is his father."

The emperor tightened his arms, "Don't move!" He carried the person in his arms back to the bedroom.

He yelled at Xiao Luzi who was already frightened, "Hurry up and pass on to the imperial physician!"

"Scum!" Xiao Luzi forgot to shake the floating dust, and ran away.Before running out of the dormitory, he did not forget to close the door, leaving only the emperor and concubine inside.A joke, His Majesty's joke, still don't let the people below court death.Lu Gonggong closed the door empathetically, complaining inwardly.

"Don't worry." Shi Niang was placed on the bed, she stretched out her hand to tug on the emperor's sleeve, "I'm fine, I was just fooled by you just now."

"It's just nonsense, if I don't come tonight, how do you plan to end it?" Sitting by the bed, the emperor asked angrily.

"This child came at the wrong time, and I planned to keep it from you. Let you deal with the affairs of the palace without distraction." Shi Niang said in a low voice, "I know that the Queen's sister's matter is by no means that simple."

In this troubled time, it is really not suitable for people to know that she is pregnant.It's just a coincidence that this child came, under internal and external troubles, it was very similar to the environment of the Eighth Emperor's daughter before she was born.If it works properly, it might not fail to arouse the emperor's pity and support for her in every possible way.

"Nonsense, and you plan to make your own decisions." The emperor scolded, and then took Ten Niang's hand, "Since you know this is dangerous, why didn't you tell me?"

What the emperor didn't say was "Since you know it's dangerous, why don't you blame me for not taking you to the palace?" It was just this, he looked at the woman with a calm expression supporting her lower abdomen, but couldn't ask.

"The queen's sister is not here. I will be in charge of the Fengyin in this palace, and she is not allowed to leave the palace." Shi Niang led the emperor's hand and stroked her lower abdomen, "Xiao Ba was in Fengyang to seek medical treatment for his father, and Xiao Jiu is now in Luocheng to treat her father. Father guards the city. With them here, I will be fine. I will wait for His Majesty to return from victory in Yujing!"

"For so many years, madam has been worthy of the word 'good'. Beautiful, standard." The emperor looked at Shi Niang and sighed.

Shi Niang felt relieved, and she confessed these words in a timely and appropriate manner at this critical moment.The emperor also accepted her friendship.

These words emphasized her responsibilities as a wife, and brought up the danger of going deep into Fengyang again, showing her loyalty and admiration for His Majesty the Emperor.Back then in Fengyang, I could have given up the opportunity of the emperor's ascension to the throne for you to risk your life for a chance.Today, I can also give you the fastest sword in Yujing, and cut off the influence of the family that hinders you.

As for the child in this womb, I would rather be a princess and conceive an heir for you, but I don't want to embarrass you, and I don't want to increase the power of your prince and me.Shi Niang took the opportunity to find a way out for the unborn child.

"Come with me?" The emperor changed his mind, "After the new year...you can go with me, and you can do things according to your plans if you stay with Min Xian. The hot spring in the palace can warm and nourish your body."

"If Sixth Brother really cares about Shiniang, please leave Sister Chen to help me. The two of us will obey your orders and do what you have asked for." Shiniang shook her head. She had to be cautious about the emperor's temptation.

"Played by Zhunqing. At the Xinggong, Lu, Ning, Zhao, Bai, and Zhen'er will follow, and the emperor and the girl will be brought along." The emperor is generally satisfied with Shi Niang's knowledge, and he is naturally willing to reciprocate her. Reassuring answer.

"Brother Six, there is something that Shi Niang doesn't know whether to say or not." Shi Niang gritted her teeth, and finally decided to take a gamble.If the fourth and fifth princes don't take advantage of this opportunity to suppress them, they may have no chance to avenge "Brother Yun's death in battle" that day in the future.

"Say." The emperor's voice was impatient. Women, for their children, ask a lot.

"It stands to reason that all the princes and daughters should go to serve the queen's sister. This time, the people who followed them were all stable old people. After all, Zhen Wanyi is younger. The fourth and fifth princes are also 11 years old. I heard that Sister Xi and Elder Sister have already started to help the two princes choose people around them. The two princes followed them to the Northwest Battlefield last year, and it is normal for children to mature earlier than ordinary children. Only the concubine and the prince who are getting older have to be avoided after all. These are not." Ten Niang reminded cautiously.

"Since that's the case, Xiaosi and Xiaowu should stay in Yujing temporarily. I planned to let them go to Fengcheng to gain knowledge in a few days." The emperor decided after pondering for a while.

"With you, a father who thinks about his son, the fourth and fifth princes will do well." Shi Niang praised her mouth, and said in her heart, fortunately, she stopped her. As long as she is in Yujing, she has a way to make him eat I've had a hard time.

"Your Majesty, Imperial Physicians Zheng and Li from the Imperial Hospital have arrived." Xiao Luzi's voice sounded in time.

"Don't get out of here yet." The emperor scolded, "Take care of Madam well."

The two imperial doctors of the imperial hospital used to treat Shi Niang, and they were used to the emperor's nervousness and reprimand.

After Xuansi's pulse diagnosis, the two imperial physicians exchanged glances, and Imperial Physician Zheng replied, "Congratulations to the Emperor, Madam is fine, and the pulse is happy, and it has been almost two months."

"Okay, okay!" The emperor's joy at this time truly infected everyone present.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the madam." Xiao Luzi led others to kneel down to congratulate.

"Reward, all the people in the inner palace will be rewarded for three months. Take good care of my wife. If there is any mistake, you can ask me." The emperor gave both kindness and power, but he seemed to have forgotten the old practice of conceiving an heir in Daliang. There is no way to advance.

Shiniang was so happy that the emperor didn't immediately set herself up as a target, so naturally she didn't say too much.

"No." The palace people bowed down one after another.

"Madam's pulse, the two lovers ask me once a day, and send someone to inform me once every three days." The emperor said to the kneeling imperial physician.

"There are also Madam's taboos about eating, you also list a prescription for Yaohua Palace..." The emperor explained in detail.

"Your majesty, the concubine will take care of herself. You should go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and wait." Shiniang interrupted the emperor with a smile.

"Okay, I will go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to review the papers, so I won't bother you. Rest early, and I will come to see you tomorrow." The emperor smiled kindly and led a group of people away from Yaohua Palace.

For a while, only Shi Niang and Ruo Min were left in the huge Yaohua Palace's inner bedroom.

Ruo Min pulled out Tong Shi from his sleeve and asked, "Master, do you still need to seal this thing?"

"Let's put it aside. Today, His Majesty the Emperor probably doesn't need to look for that thing to hide it. This pregnancy made His Majesty the Emperor happy to approve the papers overnight in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. This news is useful, isn't it?"

"Wouldn't Zhen Wanyi meet you?" Ruo Min was worried, "This has disgraced her face, she has lost her lining."

"Don't pay attention to her, it's just a useless chess game." Shi Niang sneered, "It won't be long before she is insolent, and someone will take care of her. If you really think that you are so capable, I don't need useless people."

"It's you?" Ruo Min understands, the master never leaves any mistakes in employing people.The emperor will find out that the person behind Zhen Wanyi is the master, and she even sweated for the master.Now it seems that the master did it on purpose, so everything is under the master's control.

"Otherwise, do you think that people in Xinbu are vegetarians? If you can't figure out such a thing, you will really be 'sorry that you didn't have a plan at the beginning, and you have fun'." Shi Niang yawned wearily, "This No one will make trouble in the meeting, so you should go to sleep early. Let Si Jin accompany you."

"No." Ruo Min went up to help Shi Niang change, wash, and go to sleep without mentioning it.

"Da Liang·Rui Emperor Benji" records: On the eighth day of August in the 24th year of Xijia, Princess Jinghan, the seventh daughter of the emperor, and her relatives in the northwest Kunsang grassland were named Hedu Khan Dayan.It was night, and the emperor drove to Yaohua Palace to visit the princess's mother, the concubine Shujia who was his wife at that time.The wife was diagnosed by Zheng Tai Physician of Taiyuan Hospital, and she was pregnant for two months.The emperor was overjoyed and rewarded the palace servants with silver coins for three months.

(End of this chapter)