Madam Hou

Chapter 19

Dayan Empress Palace, inside Fengyi Palace.

Wearing a woven golden dragon and phoenix pattern red sleeves and a dragon, phoenix, pearl and emerald crown, Empress Jiang is sitting on the phoenix seat at the top of the hall, receiving a father, an aunt, a concubine, and a second uncle from her natal family. A second trial mother, a cousin.

Queen Jiang comes from Kang Guogong's mansion and is the eldest granddaughter of the current Kang Guogong.The current Duke of Kang, Jiang Qiao, is nearly [-] years old. Since supporting Emperor Jinghui to ascend the throne, he has given up his armor and returned to the field on the grounds that he is getting old and mentally ill. Make grass.Now everything in Duke Kang's mansion is taken care of by the eldest son, Jiang Kai, and his wife, Mrs. Ying.

Kang Guogong and his first wife have a stronger relationship than Jin Jian. They have only one wife and no concubines in their life, and they only have two legitimate sons.These two sons are Jiang Kai, the father of Empress Jiang, and Jiang Mo, the second uncle.

Under the phoenix seat, Mrs. Jiang Er's wife Tong stood in the center of the hall, holding a handkerchief, and said anxiously for the queen: "Madam, you are so confused, how can this foreign surname be close to her own sisters, even though this concubine Chen is Gaoxia can only rely on you now, but it is hard to guarantee that she will not have ulterior motives in the future. If she adopts the prince born to her, it is said that nurturing her son is not as good as giving birth to him. After the child grows up, I am afraid that he will only be close to his biological mother. Your identity is at stake. If it is your own sister, it will be different, look at your younger sister, Sister Sui," as he spoke, he pulled the daughter standing beside him over: "Look, Sister Sui was raised the most by me since she was a child. Be obedient and obedient, let her enter the palace to help you, I guarantee that she will obey your life, and when she gives birth to a prince in the future, she will definitely hug you and raise her. You are the aunt of the little prince, and he will be filial to you in the future of."

After finishing speaking, he squeezed his daughter's hand again, and smiled at his daughter while looking at the queen, "Sister Sui, tell your queen sister yourself if this is the case, don't you always say that you are the most beautiful among these sisters in the family?" What I admire is your big sister, and I hope to have the opportunity to accompany your big sister."

Jiang Yisui, the third daughter of the Jiang family, got her mother's cue, and quickly looked at the queen and said, "Madam, eldest sister, I have admired you since I was a child, and I like you the most. I still remember when you were not out of the court, when I was only four When you were five years old, you sold a bunch of candied haws outside and gave it to me. I was so happy that I kept chasing after you and shouting 'with my sister, with my sister'. At that time, I thought, if I can always be with my sister Alright." As he spoke, he seemed to be recalling the good times, with a yearning expression on his face, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes that flowed from being moved, which looked lovely and lovely.

"Fart," Kang Guogong's son looked at his younger brother's family pretending, swung his sleeves heavily and spit out a dirty word, then turned to look at his eldest daughter: "Mother, don't listen to your second uncle's nonsense, this ear No matter how close you are, you are still a cousin from the next room, not like your own sister, sister Xiu, you two are the biological daughters of your father, let sister Xiu enter the palace to help you, and after the birth of a prince, she will be raised under your name That said, if sister Xiu is disobedient, the father will teach her a lesson, and even throw her aunt and brother to Zhuangzi, and sister Xiu is beautiful, and can help you keep the emperor."

After Kang Guogong's son died, his concubine Aunt Tang also echoed: "Yes, yes, I will also mention Sister Xiu. Madam, Sister Xiu is your real sister, don't be deceived. "

After listening to what her father and aunt said, Sister Xiu took the handkerchief and covered her face very quickly and began to cry: "Sister, big sister, do you still remember the purse you embroidered for me when I was a child? She treasured it, and took it out to look at it from time to time. Looking at that purse, I seemed to see my sister. I often thought of how my sister took care of me when I was young. When I was young, I always thought that my sister would grow up with me... .”

The queen looked at the group of natal families below who were blushing in contention and delusional about sending their daughters into the palace to give birth to a prince, and snorted coldly.

The queen was holding the new tea that had just been replaced by the maid on the left, took the lid and brushed the tea leaves floating on it, took a sip of the tea, then closed the lid, and put the tea bowl down heavily on the table.The tea bowl hit the table with a sudden "dang", and the noise below suddenly stopped in shock.

The few people in the center of the hall didn't dare to say anything, and looked at the queen with a look of surprise and astonishment.The queen caressed her nails, and said slowly: "Okay, I already know about it, I will tell the emperor about your request, if the emperor likes it, I don't need to tell you, I will let someone lift the sedan chair and send it to you." If the emperor doesn't like it, don't dream of being royal concubines. The emperor's woman is not so easy to be. It's getting late, and I won't keep my father and second uncle, Qin Mo, send Shizi and Jiang Erye out of the palace for me."

Standing behind the queen, the maid in yellow court lady's attire bent her knees and said, "Yes."

After seeing off the people from Kang Guogong's mansion, the queen went back to the inner room and sat on the couch against the wall.

Hmph, a concubine and a cousin, if they are allowed to enter the palace and give birth to a prince in the future, the Duke of Kang's mansion doesn't know who they will support in the end.

Back then when they were fighting for the crown prince, few people in the court favored the third prince, who was not a direct wife and whose biological mother died young, and his family was gradually declining. Even his father and uncle in the Duke's mansion stayed away from him for fear of getting caught in the fish and being implicated by him. She accompanied Emperor Jinghui to withstand the pressure, persuaded her grandfather to come out to help her, and with the help of her grandfather's family, she finally defeated the royal family's two elder brothers and four younger brothers, and survived to the death of the late emperor. They even broke their bodies and couldn't give birth to a son, so they finally sat on the phoenix seat. They were lucky, but they wanted to pick up the fruit of victory for nothing, thinking that the pie fell from the sky.

The queen sat and thought for a while, then asked Aunt Du, the aunt in charge of the Fengyi Palace behind her, "Has the emperor stayed in the Baigui Palace these few days?"

Aunt Du replied: "Yes, since the first prince was born, there has been no prince born in this palace. Bai Guifei gave birth to the second prince. It is normal for the emperor to be rare."

The queen nodded and asked again: "Where is Concubine Chen, is Concubine Chen's pregnancy okay?"

Aunt Du smiled and said: "Well, this Concubine Chen can eat and sleep recently, and stays in the side hall of Fengyi Palace and rarely goes out on weekdays. Except for the emperor's summons, she doesn't care about outside things, even Qin Zhaoyuan and her a few days ago She endured all the provocations, and didn't let the news reach the emperor's ears."

The queen said: "Concubine Chen is a smart person, and she knows what is the most important thing to her now." At this time, one thing more is worse than one thing less. Even if he explicitly and implicitly sued the emperor, the emperor supported her, and in the end she It will also become a target of public criticism.Being pregnant with a child is enough to make eye contact, and it is not a good thing for the concubines to stare at her.When she gave birth to the prince, if she still wanted to settle the score at that time, she would have a lot of time. At that time, a concubine who gave birth to the prince and made contributions to the royal family would not be able to compete with a concubine who had no children and no favours.

Just as he was talking, Qingzhu, another court lady of Fengyi Palace, came in and made a salute, and then reported: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Concubine Chen is outside the door, and she said she wants to see her."

The queen sat up straight, and then said: "Please come in, remember, be careful not to knock her."

"Yes."

After Qingzhu went out, she brought in a beautiful concubine who was wearing a peach-colored jacket on her upper body and a horse-faced skirt with a begonia pattern on her lower body. The concubine's belly was protruding, and it was obvious that she was pregnant and had already appeared. She was pregnant, and a court lady in palace costumes beside her supported her.These two people are Yanniang and Yanniang's girl painted pottery.

After Yan Niang came in, she held her stomach and bowed to the queen, Wanwan smiled with her mouth upturned, her smile was as stunning as a peony blooming, even the queen felt almost unable to look away, thinking to herself that it was no wonder the emperor doted on her.

Yan Niang smiled and said: "The concubine has nothing to do, and wants to visit the empress. I don't know if it will disturb the empress at this time."

The queen smiled gently and said, "Come whenever you like. I've always been free. Come and sit down. I always stand. I'm not afraid of tiring the little prince."

As he spoke, someone helped Yanniang to sit on the couch beside her.

(End of this chapter)