Prosperous Glory

Chapter 16

"Why is that?" A surprised expression appeared on the queen's face, she leaned over and pulled the third princess up first, and then asked suspiciously, "Actually, your father is doing it for your own good." Seeing the third princess' tears She also felt sorry for this well-behaved girl, so she said softly, "You are a princess, and you are going to marry into your grandfather's house. You are the one who has the final say on that family?" In desperation, she sighed, "My good boy, you are different from your fourth imperial sister. The Duke of Liguo's mansion is not so easy to treat. The queen mother will tell you something from the bottom of her heart. With your mother and concubine, you can marry a lower-ranked concubine." It’s better to go to your family.”

Both the mother and daughter of the three princesses are not favored, and Wang Concubine only gave birth to one of the three princesses, and there is no prince to look after their mother and daughter. People like Li Guogong's mansion, Mrs. Li Guogong and his wife even treat the queen mother with courtesy , heavy mother-in-law and sister-in-law, if a simple person marries in, it's not sure what it will look like.

Just like this time, Mrs. Li Guogong did not want the third princess, but instead took a fancy to the fourth princess born by the concubine Song in the harem. The queen felt that it was suitable.

The fourth princess is smarter than the third princess, and she is used to being coquettish and pampered by her elders, so she is very popular with saints. Only such a lively and clear-hearted person can live a good life in Li Guogong.

"The queen mother thinks of her daughter, and the daughter knows it." Such words, if the queen was not sincere to her, she would never say it. The three princesses were grateful, but also felt miserable, so they just knelt down on the queen's knees and wept. Said, "Then mother, can you know why my mother and concubine are sick?"

"The imperial doctor said that he was more serious." The queen recalled with a frown.

She didn't take this kind of thing to heart.In the harem, which concubine is not thoughtful and thinks more?Don't look at her as a queen, she still has to be cautious and not dare to make mistakes.

For some reason, the queen thought of Concubine Su. This younger sibling has always had a simple temper. Although it makes people feel a little dumbfounded, is it not a blessing?

How happy would it be for a woman to be cared for by her husband?

There was a trace of sadness in the queen's eyes. Seeing the queen sighing slightly, the third princess just cried and said, "Where is it just a simple thought? Mother and concubine are popular, but because of this, they dare not let the palace know. In order not to implicate the grandparents' family," seeing that the empress was only slightly absent-minded just now, she made an appearance of listening attentively, and she said with tears, "since my grandma entered the palace that day, she has been talking about my cousin. Brother is a good man, and he did bring me a string of counting beads to play with, the meaning behind the words is that he wants to honor the Lord."

"Continue." Hearing that Concubine Wang was angry, the queen's face became serious, she hesitated for a moment, and asked all the maids around her to go out, before continuing to ask, "What else?"

"Mother and Concubine was happy at first," the third princess said in a low voice with an expression of shame and indignation on her face, "I also felt very good that day." The grandmother praised her cousin like a flower, what looks like a pan An, rich in education, seems to be a promising child in Beijing. The three princesses are not high-minded, but just want to find an ordinary family to live a simple life, and don't want to compare with the favored sisters, and they are also a little moved. It's just that as a girl and a princess, she is more reserved, so she didn't quite agree, only said to consider.

"What can my mother and concubine know in the palace." The third princess only shed tears and said, "Who knew that the relatives of the ancestors' family could deceive people like this?"

"Wang's family." The queen is not as prominent as Concubine Xu for these concubines' families, and actually doesn't pay much attention to them, so she frowned and said, "Although I don't know about your cousin from your maternal ancestor's family, it's just that you know too. Brother Erhuang has always had a good time with your Uncle Su's second cousin, and I have heard of a few outstanding young men in Beijing, but there is no one surnamed Wang." In the dim candlelight, the Queen's His face turned a little ugly, and he just sneered at this moment, "Now, what do you want to do?!" This is Lord Shang, and he wants to kill everyone!

"The concubine mother didn't know what to do, so she asked the little eunuch in the palace to inquire about it." The third princess was not taken seriously, so she just felt embarrassed to speak at this time, and said in a low voice, "I don't know how much money I spent. It's just that I got the badge to go out of the palace to inquire, it's unimaginable..." She slowly covered her face, covering her beautiful face and tears behind her hands, and said with a sob, "The cousin of that family, is it like that? A dandy who lives in flowers and sleeps in willows, commits all kinds of evil, and now has a three-year-old concubine by his side, just put it outside, just pretend that no one else knows about it!"

Hearing this, the mother and daughter felt as if they had been hit by a bolt from the blue sky. Concubine Wang passed out on the spot, and when she woke up, she didn't say anything, and cried bitterly while holding her. Crooked, it was obvious that she was heartbroken by her own mother.

The queen heard this, even though her mother has been in the world for so many years, she couldn't help jumping all over with anger, she just slapped her hand on the table, swept the teacup on the table to the ground, and said sharply, "It makes no sense!"

"Even so, the concubine mother has always been concerned about her ancestral family, and she dare not tell others about these things. She has been holding them back in her heart, and her health has worsened." In this way, he never thought of suing the saint queen, but only endured this tone for the prosperity of his natal family.

The third princess looked blankly at the fragments of the teacup under her feet, feeling that her heart was also broken.

When Concubine Tang persecuted her, she felt extremely sad. The reason for shedding tears was because she was afraid that the queen mother would hate her, and because Wang Bintong had never thought that this matter of the Wang family brought her a lot of trouble. how much damage.Just like this, she knew that the saint wanted to marry herself to that disgusting cousin, but her mother and concubine only knew to cry and told her to accept her fate, and there was nothing else.

"My daughter doesn't want to accept her fate." The third princess walked up to the queen with a lot of courage at the beginning, but now she only said with tears, "My queen, I was born a princess, and I was originally the greatest good fortune in the world. Who still has me?" How about a good life? If I want to spend the rest of my life with someone like this, I would rather die at this moment than marry him!" After finishing speaking, she just sat down on the sidelines and cried loudly.

"There are still people who dare to plot against the princess of the royal family. Do you really think that your head is not enough to cut off?!" After all, the queen has been through many years, so she just calmed down at this moment, pointed at the third princess and scolded, "Don't cry anymore!" The third princess looked over timidly, the queen just got up and walked a few steps on the spot, and said with a sneer, "What's the use of crying?! Since you know your life is the best, what else is there to cry about?" Girl, the queen's heart softened a little, she shook her head and said, "Your grandmother's palace, your imperial concubine De has already helped you to make things right. From now on, you have nothing to do with the Wang family, do you understand?! "

"I understand." The third princess got the queen's advice, and she also felt that her temperament was different from Wang Concubine who only knew how to blame others.Gritting her teeth, she stood up and said, "Don't worry, the queen mother. From now on, my daughter will not be so weak." She was born weak, but with a stubborn expression on her face, she whispered, "I am a princess. Just be afraid of nothing."

"If you are willing to come and look for me, I will naturally look for you, otherwise, what kind of queen mother?" The queen stroked the hair of the third princess and said softly, "Wang's family is too low, and I may not be a good match in the future. , I think your father will agree. As for the Wang family," the queen hesitated slightly when she thought of Concubine Wang, and after thinking about it for a while, she said slowly, "Your mother and concubine don't want your grandfather's family to be ruined. I can also figure it out." Concubine Wang is not favored, and it is difficult in the palace. If her mother's family collapses again, and the harem is connected with the former court, she will not be happy. This is also human nature. Although the queen does not like Concubine Wang in her heart He swallowed his anger like this, but he couldn't say much.

"I just refused the marriage, so I am grateful to my mother." Seeing that the queen is willing to help, the third princess wished she could kneel down for the queen. At this time, she only said gratefully, "The kindness of the queen mother will be remembered by my daughter forever."

"You." The queen just shook her head and smiled, but didn't take it seriously.

"I just said, there must be something strange about the empress talking to the princess alone inside." Just as the queen wanted to tell the third princess a few more words, telling her not to show any traces in the palace, she heard a voice coming from outside the palace. There was a woman's laughter, and after hearing this sound, the queen showed a rare smile on her face, and said angrily, "You are used to being a ghost, since you are here, why don't you come in?" After all, the smile on her face Can't even hide it, obviously he likes the visitor very much.

The third princess also looked over with a respectful face, and saw Concubine De came in with a faint smile on her face, first gave a gift to the queen, then helped the third princess who gave the gift to herself, and said softly, "Why are there so many rules? ?" Then he smiled at the queen, "Isn't this the concubine's fear of offending the empress? Instead, the concubine should turn around and teach the concubine a lesson. It seems that next time in the Fengyi Palace, the concubine will just barge in rudely. , that’s what it means to be close to your empress.”

"I only said one thing, but you have a lot of things waiting for me." The empress got close to Concubine De, only asked her to sit beside her, and told about the three princesses, then said coldly, " The Wang family acted too much, and Concubine Wang was soft-hearted, and now I don't have any good ideas to punish. Otherwise," she hesitated, "someone will pass on my decree and reprimand the female family members of the Wang family?"

"Which rank is the Wang family, who has the status to ask the empress to give the edict." Concubine De had a look of pity on her face when she heard this, and now she just closed her eyes and said, "It's not good to make such a big noise. "Wang Concubine is hiding it like this because she is worried about her mother's family.Even disregarding her daughter, she asked Concubine De to shake her head inwardly, and said inwardly that she was confused.

"You have an idea, tell me." The queen pointed at Concubine De with a smile.

"If it were me," Concubine De frowned and thought for a while, a smile appeared on her delicate face, and she said to the queen with a smile, "My sister has suffered a grievance, so a brother should naturally open his eyes."

"Oh?" The Queen's face revealed an interested look.

(End of this chapter)