Madam Hou

Chapter 160

The 11th year of Jinghui’s New Year passed with the sound of firecrackers. During the reunion dinner, Mrs. Lin looked at the table surrounded by her own children and grandchildren. She is disgusted, not to mention how happy she is.Although the population is still a little thinner now, it doesn't matter, after a few years, Yinniang and Mingyu will give her a few more grandchildren, and the population will prosper.

After the fifteenth day, Yinniang sent Aunt Liu to Shuiyue Nunnery as agreed.

Yin Niang stood at the door, watching the carriage leave the Hou's mansion with a "da da da", and headed for Shuiyue Temple, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.No matter how indifferent and calm she is, as long as Aunt Liu stays in the mansion, even if Lin Fengqi has no intention of treating her, there will always be a thorn in her heart.And now that Aunt Liu left, although it didn't mean that the thorn was completely taken out, at least it wouldn't hurt her so much.But what about living a life, how can you live smoothly for a lifetime, and if you get stabbed occasionally, it should be regarded as an adjustment to your life.

Yin Niang turned around and went back to the inner courtyard, seeing some little maids who were not working in the inner courtyard gathered around and playing games lively, she couldn't help but smile knowingly, her life will only get better and better in the future.

When the spring blossoms in March, Yinniang and Mingyu were diagnosed to be pregnant at the same time. Mrs. Lin was so happy from ear to ear when she heard the news, she happily took the middle child over, and at the same time told Yinniang He Mingyu said: "Take good care of the fetus, just tell mother what you want to eat."

Yinniang doesn't have to take care of the housework, and there are fewer people in the family who come here and there from time to time like Mrs. Da Tai. Although the reaction to this pregnancy is bigger than that of Huai Yi's brother, Yinniang feels that it is really better than pregnant with the first child. easy.

Spring flowers and birds are singing, and the sun is just right outside, so Yinniang takes Brother Yi to the garden to bask in the sun.

Brother Yi has just learned to walk, and he can't walk steadily, but he doesn't like to be supported by others, so he throws off the nurse's hand and wants to walk by himself, but he is impatient, and he wants to run after only two steps. As a result, I often fall and sit on the ground.I don't know if he hurt from the fall, but he didn't cry, he opened his hands, looked at Yinniang with those peach blossom eyes that were exactly the same as Lin Fengqi, and shouted in an inarticulate voice: "Mother, Mother!" Shouting makes people's hearts almost soften.

He wants someone to help him up.Although he learned to walk, he didn't know how to stand up after falling.When the nanny went over to help her up, he shook off the nanny's hand and wanted to leave by himself.

The rhododendrons in the garden were in bloom, Brother Yi stretched out his hand and pulled one off, then turned around and staggered to run towards Yinniang's arms, before he could get close, another figure suddenly ran away Come out and pick him up.Brother Yi looked up, then squinted his eyes and laughed, and shouted, "Daddy!"

Lin Fengqi patted his son's head and said with a smile: "Boy, how many times has Daddy told you that now you can't just bump into your mother's arms casually. Mother is going to give birth to a younger brother to play with you!"

Brother Yi didn't know if he understood, he just stretched out his arms and hugged his father's neck tightly, buried his head in his father's chest, and giggled.Brother Yi loves to laugh, sometimes people don't understand what he is laughing about, and suddenly he will giggle.

After quarreling in his father's arms for a while, Brother Yi suddenly thought of his mother again, looked up, found Yinniang, opened his little hand holding flowers to her, and said, "Your Majesty, Huahua."

Yin Niang came over, picked up the rhododendrons that had lost a few petals in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Brother Yi picked the flowers, are you going to give them to your mother?"

Brother Yi nodded with bright eyes.

Yinniang even smiled, leaned over and kissed her son on the face, and said, "Thank you brother Yi, mother's brother Yi is really a caring baby!"

Brother Yi buried his face in his father's chest again, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Lin Fengqi gently tossed his son away, hugged him a little, and said to Yinniang: "Let's go back, it's not good to be exposed to too much sun."

Yin Niang nodded.Then Lin Fengqi hugged his son in one hand, and led his wife back to Tangrong Courtyard with the other.

After returning to Tangrong Courtyard, Yinniang helped Brother Yi change into a suit of clothes, and then asked the nanny to take him to take a nap.But Lin Fengqi ordered all the servants in the room to go out, and he and Yinniang sat on the kang in the inner room to talk.

Lin Fengqi said: "The emperor has decided to record the third prince under the empress's name."

Yinniang was not too surprised by this news. Since last year, the emperor had been vaguely intending to record the third prince under the empress's name. This meaning became more obvious after Yanniang gave birth to the fifth prince.And after the third prince is recorded in the name of the empress, his status will definitely be higher than that of other princes, including the eldest prince whose birth mother is tall and has a long character.The emperor's move is self-evident, it means to treat the third prince as a prince.

And Yin Niang was more worried about those people standing behind the First Prince.

Yin Niang asked: "Is there any objection in the court?"

Naturally, Lin Fengqi knew that Yinniang was talking about people from the Ningguo government's faction, and replied: "Of course there will be people who object. But in the end, this is just a name registration, and the emperor did not say to establish a heir. The child wrote down his name, saying that Potian is only a family matter of the Tian family, and has nothing to do with court affairs, and there is no legitimate reason to object. Besides, the emperor has long been dissatisfied with the actions of the Ningguo government in recent years. The incident with Duke Ning’s son happened again. Duke Ning and his son were reprimanded by the emperor for this incident. It’s time to keep a low profile. things going on.”

What Lin Fengqi said referred to the quarrel between Duke Ning's sons, wives and concubines, which resulted in the tragic death of several of Duke Ning's grandchildren.

In January, Duke Ning's eldest grandson passed away, and Duke Ning's government claimed that he died of illness.That child already had insufficiency. He has been eating medicine since he was born, and he was lying on the hospital bed for eight out of ten days. Not to mention people from the Ningguo Mansion, even outsiders are muttering that he is afraid He couldn't live to be an adult, so everyone didn't feel strange about his death, and at most people sighed "Poor!"

After the child's death, his biological mother, Mrs. Ning Guogong Shizi, suddenly disappeared in front of people, and she did not even appear for her son's funeral. Mrs. Ningguo Gong Shizi said to the outside world that she fell ill because of the shock of the loss of her son.However, it was this sick wife who poisoned the two sons and one daughter of a noble concubine to death last month.

No matter how much Duke Ning's government tried to cover up such a big matter, the news caused a sensation in the entire capital almost immediately.Not only the circle of nobles, but even ordinary people can get together to comment on this matter.Later, it was rumored vaguely that Duke Ning's eldest grandson was murdered by a noble concubine.

The child suddenly had a high fever that day, Mrs. Ning Guogong and Mrs. Shizi were not in the mansion, and only Aunt Zhao was in the inner courtyard.Aunt Zhao has children and favors, and she has long been able to compete with the mistress in the inner court, and she can even have a hand in the affairs of the inner court.The maid serving the young master wanted to go outside to ask for a doctor, but before she could go out, Aunt Zhao beat her to death on the spot on the charge of theft.Although the other maidservants had intentions, they cherished their lives and dared not make any further moves.When Mrs. Shi Zi came back, the child was already sick and unconscious, and he died directly before inviting the doctor back.

Mrs. Shizi kept yelling that it was Aunt Zhao who killed his child and wanted to kill her and her child to avenge her.Although Mrs. Ning Guogong was dissatisfied with Aunt Zhao's behavior, but her grandson was sick and weak since she was a child, and it seemed that she would not live long. Mrs. Ning Guogong didn't like him. She is the biological mother of two grandsons, and her son begged for mercy, Mrs. Ning Guogong only sent Aunt Zhao to Zhuangzi in the countryside to think about her mistakes.

His own son died, and the enemy had to be sent to Zhuangzi. How could Mrs. Shizi be reconciled.Mrs. Ning Guogong also saw that her daughter-in-law was not reconciled, and she was afraid that she would do something to harm her two little grandchildren, so she locked her up on the grounds that she had a madness.What was unexpected was that Mrs. Shizi escaped in the end. Not only that, she also got a pack of poison into the soup that the children were drinking, poisoned the children to death, and then jumped into the well by herself.

When the incident spread, it shocked the ruling and opposition parties.Although the Wen family of Mrs. Shizi's natal family has fallen, there are still people in the court who are officials. Her father, Mr. Wen, is the fourth rank Tongzheng Siyou Tongzheng.Lord Wen sued Duke Ning's mansion in front of the emperor because of his daughter's injustice.The emperor was also shocked after hearing this, and then reprimanded Ning Guogong and Ning Guogong's son in front of all civil and military officials, and at the same time took the post of general from Ningguo's son.Of course, although Lord Wen's daughter and grandson are sympathetic, it cannot be said that his daughter was right to poison the concubine.Mr. Wen was also obedient, and he resigned to the emperor after filing the imperial petition.

Yin Niang has always suspected that the matter of the Wen family suing the imperial court was manipulated by the Queen's family.Although Wen's family had some quarrels with Duke Ning's mansion before, but after all, it was only the women from the inner house who came forward.The Wen family wanted to rely on this in-law to revive the family, and they were still unified with the Ningguo government in terms of political stance.

But when Yinniang thought about it later, she felt that it was not certain. After all, both her daughter and grandson died, and it was because of the concubine of Duke Ning's son. The in-laws between the Wen family and the Duke of Ning's mansion were broken, and Mr. Wen might have become angry from embarrassment. , Sued Ningguo Duke's mansion with broken jars.

Yinniang later went to ask Lin Fengqi, and Lin Fengqi replied in a tone that was half gloating and half emotional: "It's a sign of chaos if the concubine and concubines are not distinguished. Sooner or later, there will be problems."

Yin Niang recovered from this incident, and Lin Fengqi went on to say: "The matter of registering the name is not worth worrying about. The real test of strength will be when the real reserve is established."

Yin Niang asked again: "Then... will the third prince be made the crown prince soon?"

"No, although the emperor likes the third prince, the emperor is still in his prime." Lin Fengqi paused, and then said: "Besides, it is not a good thing for the third prince to establish a prince too early. The third prince is only five years old this year. It is too early. Being promoted to a high position is not conducive to his growth."

Yin Niang nodded, she was only half knowledgeable about politics, but Lin Fengqi said it was not a bad thing, she believed him.

Lin Fengqi looked at Yinniang's pensive look and thought she was worried, so he pulled her over to comfort her and said, "Don't worry, the Empress is a woman, and she has attracted many powers behind her over the years. There are Ying family, generals, etc. With my master, Marquis Weibei, and Prince Yu in the clan, as long as the third prince is not a dou who cannot be supported, even if the emperor favors another prince in the future, the status of the third prince can be guaranteed."

No matter how many disputes there were in the court, the third prince was finally recorded in the queen's name and became the emperor's son in name.

On April [-]th, Brother Yi's first birthday, Yinniang held a banquet for him, and Brother Yi caught a silver general's order.Everyone smiled and congratulated, saying that Brother Yi has the style of his father, and he will definitely be a young general again in the future.

On the second day of her first birthday, Yinniang took Brother Yi into the palace to see Yanniang.Brother Yi didn't have any playmates of the same age at home. When he entered the palace, he saw the fifth prince who could only crawl. He was so rare that he kept calling him "younger brother" and "younger brother".When he got home, he was still thinking about when to visit his younger brother.

After the first year of life, Lin Fengqi went to the court to invite him to be the crown prince, and in June, the decree came down, and Brother Yi became the crown prince of the Yongning Houfu.

In October, Yinniang and Mingyu gave birth one after another.Mingyu mobilized half a month earlier than Yinniang, and gave birth to her and the third master's eldest son.And Yinniang also gave birth to a son.

In December, the eldest daughter of Duke Kang's son was born, and she was named Sister Dong.

Mrs. Kang Guogong's eldest son was born in Prince Yu's mansion and is the eldest granddaughter of Prince Yu.Prince Yu is the youngest uncle of the late emperor, a few years younger than the late emperor, and he is very prestigious in the clan.

The birth of Duke Kang's eldest granddaughter not only relieved the queen and Duke Kang's mansion, but Yanniang and Yinniang also breathed a sigh of relief.People look forward to having a child, but Kang Guogong's mansion is extremely hopeful that this child will give birth to a daughter.If there is no accident, this child will be the third concubine in the future.

The days passed slowly like this until the 16th year of Jinghui.

In the spring of the 16th year of Jinghui, Goguryeo invaded the north of Dayan. General Xue Jian volunteered to fight against Goguryeo's invasion, but was defeated.The emperor was angry, and sent General Su, who had been disarmed for many years, to win.

After returning to the court after a great victory, General Su took the initiative to return the military power in the north to Emperor Jiazhi.At that time, Master Liu, Minister of the Ministry of War, became official, and the emperor appointed General Su as Minister of the Ministry of War.

General Xue was defeated, the emperor did not punish him severely for his past achievements, but he took back most of the military power from the Xue family.

In the autumn of the same year, the emperor rehabilitated the former prince who had been bestowed to death by the first emperor for the "crime of treason", posthumously named him Prince Duan, and adopted the eldest prince to be in the same line as Prince Duan.At the same time, the emperor proposed to establish the third prince as the crown prince.

The court and China had been arguing for several months over the establishment of a reserve. Finally, in the winter of the same year, the third prince was conferred the title of crown prince.

The winter snow melted, and the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming. In the blink of an eye, it was the spring of Jinghui's 17th year.

The spring is just right, and the two sisters, Yinniang and Pingniang, take their children out for an outing.

At this time, Yinniang is already the mother of three children, the third son Ting Geer is less than two years old, and she still has one in her belly.In the past few years, Pingniang also gave birth to two sons and a daughter.The Ying family is notoriously prone to twins. Pingniang's eldest daughter and eldest son are twins, and her second son is the same age as Ting Geer.

Yinniang and Pingniang sat side by side on a big rock, watching five or six children running around in the lawn, the maids behind them followed the young masters and young ladies all the way, the laughter of the children was mixed with the sound of the trees. The sound of birds chirping and chirping is so lively.Pingniang closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then said with a smile, "It's such a good day!"

Yin Niang also smiled and said, "It's very good."

Ping Niang stretched out her hand to hold her sister's arm again, and said, "Second Sister, let's go to the palace to see Eldest Sister tomorrow."

After the third prince was established as the crown prince, Yanniang was established as the noble concubine as the prince's biological mother, and she was in the same position as the noble concubine.Mrs. Chen, as the birth mother of a noble concubine, was granted the title of Mrs. Zhenshun of the first rank. Master Chen passed away in the winter of the previous year, so she was not granted the title.

Thinking of her sister, Yin Niang couldn't help laughing, and replied: "Okay, take Brother Yi and the others together, last time the Fifth Prince asked me why I didn't bring Brother Yi in together, saying that he raised a It's a big cricket, and I want to give it to Brother Yi."

The two sisters sat quietly arm in arm for a while. In the group of children, someone suddenly yelled: "Daddy!" Then a group of children also shouted "Daddy" and "Daddy".

Yinniang and Pingniang looked up and saw Lin Fengqi and the eighth young master of the Ying family facing the soft spring sunshine, walking towards them with smiles under the warm sun...

(End of this chapter)