Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 91

"Wife? Your wife is the empress of the court. She is still waiting for you outside the palace. If I hear you say that, I'm afraid I will anger my concubine. Besides, my concubine is just a concubine who can't be seen in the first place." That’s all. I don’t dare to bother you, Your Majesty, to praise you so much.” Shiniang came back to her senses, and the words just blurted out.

The emperor's expression became more and more serious in her words.

"As for your son, my concubine said earlier that you have many sons, and you don't care about Yao'er. He is just one of them, so what is it in your heart?" Shi Niang choked, ignoring the emperor's increasingly ugly face. road.

"You are presumptuous!" The emperor held back his anger, but he still couldn't suppress it, "With just a few words of yours, I can punish you for a serious crime of disrespect!"

"Father!" The third prince shouted in a panic, and the emperor gradually calmed down when he heard his son's voice.

"Ask yourself, how have I treated you and Yao'er all these years? Is it because I know that I am reluctant to punish you for saying such things?" When he said the last few words, his voice gradually became low.

"The guilty concubine, Du, will be punished by the emperor." Ten Niang said slowly, "Demotion is still going to be thrown into the cold palace. When you make a decision, just send someone to notify the concubine, and the concubine is willing to accept the punishment."

"Unreasonable!" The emperor's anger, which had been subdued, was rekindled by Shi Niang's words.

He stood up, and just as he was about to send off to Shi Niang, someone grabbed his sleeves tightly.He froze for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he saw the child on the bed looking at him with a pair of almond eyes like his mother's concubine.

"Father, I beg you to avoid this incident with mother and concubine." The child who was pulling the emperor's sleeve said softly.His breath was not very steady, before he finished a sentence, his face changed, and there was still a slight tremor in his voice.

"Yao'er is not in a hurry and speak slowly, father will give you justice." The emperor reached out and stroked the third prince's head, with a hint of comfort.

"Your mother and concubine, I have my own arrangements. Don't think too much, just rest well." The emperor did not agree to the third prince's request, but instead kept persuading the third prince to rest.

"Aniang, it's because Yao'er was worried that she was so unrestrained. She still respects and loves you in her heart, and Yao'er will apologize to you on her behalf. Let's go around her this time, Dad." The third prince hurried Said, "If Yao'er caused a estrangement between parents and parents, Yao'er would die and be blamed."

"Shut up!" Shi Niang hurriedly stopped before the emperor could speak, only to see that after hearing what the third prince said, the mocking smile on her face disappeared, and her face became frosty.

"Don't talk about death!" Shi Niang's voice was trembling, carrying the fear that had been suppressed deep in her heart these days,
"You are dead, what do you want your mother, concubine and younger sister to do? Do you let others bully you in this deep palace?!"

"Aniang!" The third prince interrupted his concubine mother loudly, "Yao'er said something wrong, don't worry. Yao'er will be obedient, and he will recover and guard you and your sister."

"Good boy, Madam believes in you." Ten Niang wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

"Aniang, even if Yao'er is really gone." The third prince repeated the old saying, "Don't worry, wait for Yao'er to finish speaking. What Yao'er wants to say is that no matter what happens to Yao'er, Dad will always be the same as before. I will protect you and my sister." The third prince panted slightly, "No one in this palace can bully my mother and my sisters at will."

"Father, do you think so?" The third prince tugged at the emperor's sleeve with all his might.

The emperor lowered his head, looked at the third son who looked forward to his answer, and sighed insignificantly.This is the child who grew up in the inner palace, and this is the child who transformed into a grown-up child under the struggle.

The last innocent child in the palace who admired him changed after this incident.He has become cautious, has become cautious.

No matter how it changes, he is the child I once cared about.And no matter whether it is real or pretended prayers in the child's eyes, he can't bear it and can't ignore it.So he glanced at Shi Niang, who was watching his son's actions in shock, and spoke after a moment of pondering.

"Father will protect the four of you mothers. Yao'er should not worry about these things, the rest will naturally be left to the grown-ups. You should rest well, Father will take Yao'er out of the palace to play while Yao'er is well. "

"Thank you, father!" The third prince said seriously, "Yao'er is waiting for you to fulfill your promise."

"Jia Zhaoyi, from now on, let's contemplate behind closed doors in Yao'er Palace. The third prince moved to your Yaohua Palace to recuperate. When will the prince recover, and when will you come out again?"

"Thank you, father, for being lenient." The third prince immediately thanked him, "Mother and concubine, aren't you happy that Yao'er is going back to Yaohua Palace?"

"My concubine, thank you Lord for your kindness!" Ten Niang knelt down on the ground.

On that day, the emperor decreed to move the third prince to Yaohua Palace to recuperate.Since then, Yaohua Palace has closed its gates and faded out of everyone's sight.Rumors that Jia Zhaoyi contradicted the emperor was punished and fell out of favor spread in the inner palace.

At this time, the owner of the rumors was sitting in the third prince's room in the side hall, trimming the thorny periwinkle.She picked up the tweezers and pulled out the thorns from the flowers one by one.

"Mother and concubine, rumors in the palace, father and he..." The third prince leaned on the bed and casually flipped through a book of pictures.

"Your father, heh, he wished for your mother and concubine me to do it myself. He even pointed at me to help him hold Liu Shi high and suppress Li Shi severely." Shi Niang put down the tweezers, took the scissors, Trim the flowering branches neatly.

"I don't understand." The third prince put down the map, "You questioned him in Guanju Palace that day, and I was worried that you would be blamed by him. Why do you continue to help him now?"

"Help him?" Shi Niang raised her head, "Silly boy, Mommy is not helping him, she is helping you get justice. Anyone who dares to touch my son must be prepared to be played slowly by Ben Gong. If you don't release news, don't disturb this pool of spring water, don't let this inner palace become chaotic, how can the people behind the scenes show up so easily."

"Mother and concubine mean that the events of that day were not as simple as what we saw?" The third prince clarified.After falling off his horse, he became sharper.

"Your father killed all the servants who were on duty in Shanglinyuan that day, and none of the servants who served by your side were spared."

"Thanks to my concubine's quick action, my little uncle was sent out of the palace." The third prince was afraid.

"Silly boy, even if your little uncle is in the palace, your father won't touch him easily." Shi Niang laughed, her son seemed to have matured a lot, but after all, he was young and didn't think deeply about some things.

"Because of the third grandpa?"

The third prince thought of the famous salt transport envoy of the empire, "My grandfather travels four times, and the third grandfather travels three times. Why does the mother and concubine call the third grandfather the third uncle?"

"When my concubine was very young, your third grandfather was working outside, and he was not in Yunqiwei's mansion all the year round. I only know him from your six, seven, eight or nine aunts. Your sixth and eighth aunts call him Third uncle, mother and concubine are young and don't understand these things, so they just called them that."

"What happened later?" The third prince asked curiously. It stands to reason that there are always strict rules for the ranking of aristocratic families, so there is no reason for a girl in the family to call her uncle an uncle.

"One time during the Chinese New Year, he returned to Beijing to report on his work. When we met in the mansion, he teased me. I didn't know him, so I asked him. I asked him 'this uncle, who are you? How did you get to my house? coming?'"

"Pfft." The third prince was amused, "I didn't expect the mother concubine to be so cute when she was a child, and then?"

"Then he said, 'I am the son of this old lady, Xing San, you can call me Uncle San.'"

"The third grandpa mistook you for other aunts?"

"The age difference between the sisters in my family is not too big. It's almost Chinese New Year, and they all wear red cloaks made by my grandmother. He thought I was the eighth girl of Dafang."

"Then, the old lady didn't correct your address later?"

"Grandmother said a lot about me because of this, but I was small but stubborn. I told her, 'Obviously he told me to call him third uncle.' Your third grandfather listened and said to the old lady, 'My son It doesn't matter what it's called, as long as she likes it.'”

"Third Grandpa's remarks are new."

"Since then, I've been calling him Third Uncle." Shi Niang laughed, "Who would have thought that when people in court mentioned him these years, they would also introduce him like this, 'Jia Zhaoyi's Third Uncle', you Third grandpa, he is quite proud of this matter. He still thinks he is young. "

"The third grandfather is a capable person. The master said that the salt law he proposed changed the salt system of the empire for a hundred years and made the empire's economy flourish."

"Your father, you won't touch your little uncle easily, not only because of your third grandfather, but also because of it." Shi Niang pointed to the northwest direction.

"My son understands." The third prince nodded. These days, he followed his concubine mother, and the concubine mother began to intentionally teach him some things that he hadn't taught before, such as the power and struggle between the inner palace and the previous dynasty.

"Father killed Shanglinyuan and the people around his son with a cane, and declared to the outside world that his son's fall from the horse was an accident, because those servants were not good enough to protect the master." The third prince mentioned that he kept saying that he would give him a fair man, and sneered. .

Ten Niang put down the tool for pruning the flower branches, and sneered, "Your father acted too quickly and too hastily, as if he was trying to cover up something deliberately. The only explanation for this matter is that he can still use the people behind the scenes." , and I don't want Ben Gong to touch her."

"Xin Cairen and Shu Jieyu who died of illness successively?" the third prince asked, "Since they were ordered by others, the emperor ordered them to die one after another, isn't it just to scare the snake away?"

"That's what your father meant. To remind the people behind the scenes, let them shrink back, and don't be caught by your concubine mother."

"Is the person protected by my father the Concubine Li or...!" The third prince said softly, "The son blocked their way, and they have a reason to do it."

"No matter who it is, after a long time, the fox's tail will always show." Ten Niang took tweezers and pulled out the thorns from periwinkle flowers, while teaching the third prince, "This flower is just like a person. It will always be an eyesore. Pull it out slowly. Don’t rush, those who are disobedient, take your time to repair, there is plenty of time.”

"In a few days, father and emperor should announce the fourth brother's custody rights. Do you think mother and concubine?" The third prince thought of the news he had received.

"Sooner or later, my palace secretly promoted and blocked it back then, and the Liu family was too powerful. In order to curb her family's power, your father followed suit and gave your fifth younger brother to the Nalan family and the ninth girl to the Liu family. .”

"Fifth brother, he has only been able to speak slowly in the past two years. I heard that he and his mother and concubine don't often let him out of Zhongcui Palace."

"Your Concubine Lu said he was here." Ten Niang pointed at her head and shook her head.

"It's inevitable that you and Concubine Mu will hide this matter. You said that the Nalan family has gradually overwhelmed the Liu family in the past two or three years."

"The fourth prince's biological mother and adoptive mother died, so he was only four years old, so naturally he had to be taken care of by another mother and concubine." Shi Niang guided her son step by step to analyze the intricate forces in the inner palace.

"The fourth brother's biological mother was only from the fifth rank, and the previous adoptive mother was only from the third rank. Both of them were convicted and died. The status of the fourth brother's new mother and concubine should not be too high or too low. You said that the emperor wants The most important thing is the mutual check and balance between the Nalan family and the Liu family. Then Concubine He's family will meet with Concubine Xi's family again. Concubine Xi has only one ninth younger sister, which is impossible."

"Go on," Shi Niang encouraged. Her son, who was only six years old, had a deep understanding of the cruelty of the deep palace, and gradually blended into it.Sure enough, it was his son, who was born to put politics in his hands and play with him.It's just hateful that her body was framed by those sluts.

"Father should issue an order soon to adopt the fourth brother to Concubine Xi's mother. In this way, among the four existing princes, the son will be the one with the least chance."

"Tell mother and concubine, do you hate it?" Shi Niang suddenly asked, this child has been stubborn since he was a child, but his spirit is high. The gap between before and after is unbearable for most people, let alone him.I'm afraid that there will be more tribulations waiting for him in the future, if he is not allowed to figure it out, if he only hurts himself, he will be ruined.

"Hate? Who do you hate? Hate those who harmed me for the throne? Hate my father?" The third prince laughed, looking directly at his mother and concubine, "No, my son doesn't hate anyone. He only hates himself, he's too weak , that day will give people an opportunity to take advantage of."

"It's the concubine mother who is sorry for you." Shi Niang paused, "The concubine mother's mistake is that she trusts your emperor father too much, which makes you bad in your life."

"No, the son is a man, and the son should protect you. Don't worry, the son will be the strongest if he doesn't reach that position. In the future, the son will protect you and your sisters."

"Mother and concubine are waiting." Shi Niang smiled, "Next, let's watch the fun quietly."

(End of this chapter)