Madam Hou

Chapter 26

In the side hall of Fengyi Palace, Mrs. Chen, mother and daughter cried for half an hour, and then wiped each other's tears comfortingly.

Among the four, Pingniang didn't feel sad because of her young age.Ever since she came in, she has been amazed by Yanniang's belly. Looking at the protruding belly, she couldn't help poking Yanniang's belly lightly with her fingers. The inside of her belly suddenly moved, and Pingniang was so frightened that she quickly Withdraw your hand.Pingniang raised her head and asked Yanniang in surprise: "Big sister, is there really a little prince living here?"

Pingniang's actions made the sad atmosphere in the hall feel dull for a while, Yanniang couldn't help but smiled, touched Yanniang's head and replied: "No."

Pingniang stretched out her hand to touch it again, but Mrs. Chen slapped her hand down: "Don't move around, the fetus is delicate, but you can't stop poking like this."

After Madam Chen finished speaking, she looked at Yanniang's protruding belly, but she couldn't help sighing: "I remember when you were just born, you were a little person as big as a cat, delicate and tender, I hugged you I didn't even dare to move, I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, you will be a mother." He took Yanniang's hand, and choked up again: "Yanniang, how are you doing these days? After entering the palace, I am worried every day, because I am afraid that you will be bullied by the people in the palace."

Yanniang smiled and comforted Mrs. Chen and said: "Mother, don't worry, I live very well in the palace. The emperor dotes on me, and the empress also values ​​me. In the palace, no one dares to show me face directly. Let's talk , since you were a child, didn't you praise me for being smart? Since you were a child, you have seen who can bully me."

"That's what I said, but our family is low, and I'm afraid that others will overwhelm others. The Tian family is powerful, if you are bullied, there is no one who can make decisions for you."

"Mother, don't worry, I can protect myself. Besides, in the Tian family, the family status is not the only guarantee, the more important thing is the offspring..." Yan Niang rubbed her stomach, paused for a while before finally He continued: "If this is a male fetus, I'm afraid it will be very promising in the future."

Speaking of the child in her womb, Yanniang felt a little complicated.If it is a boy, he is destined not to belong to her. Sometimes she feels that she should not put too much affection on this child, so as to avoid pain in the future, but the child lies in her belly every day. She would also kick her in the stomach, and her heart couldn't help being soft.She thought, it's better to be a girl, but if that's the case, she will be useless to the queen. She is a powerless woman living in the deep palace. It would be better if she has no favor, but she is favored by the emperor now Even if she doesn't do anything, she has already offended a group of people.The emperor's favor is unreliable, and I'm afraid that the favor will be cut off before the confidante grows old. If there is no backing at that time, one can know what the final situation will be without even thinking about it.

"How do you say that?" Mrs. Chen asked, "Ever since Mrs. Lin Hou came to our house to ask for Yinniang, I have been a little confused. I know that her asking for Yinniang must be related to you in the palace. , but I also feel that even if you give birth to a prince, according to our family's status, Mrs. Lin Hou will not look down on marrying our family."

Yanniang sighed, although her mother was not confused, she grew up in a small place like Linping County, and had just arrived in the capital, so she didn't know much about the Tian family's situation.Yanniang turned to look at Yinniang, and asked her: "Yinniang, can you guess?"

Yin Niang put her chin in both hands, nodded and said: "I guessed a little bit, Mrs. Lin Hou mentioned to me that the queen has no children so far."

The queen has no children, and it is very likely that she will never have children in the future. For her own status, if she does not want to choose a girl from her own family to enter the palace to bear her child, then she can only choose one of the low-status concubines .Mrs. Lin Hou said that the queen is a proud but cautious person. The most taboo in the Tian family is the powerful relatives. Whether it is emotionally unwilling to let her sisters come in to work with her or to lower the reputation of the Tian family. Taboo, the queen would choose to adopt a child from among the lowly concubines.

After all, the adopted child was separated by a layer, and the connection with his relatives would not be so strong. The empress's natal family might not be willing to support this unrelated child wholeheartedly. Of course, the emperor's taboo would not be so deep.

Of course, the queen also has considerations when choosing this concubine. The concubine must not only have a low status, but also know how to please the emperor. The success rate will be low.And it is best to have a father and brother who are not promising in the family, so that the adopted child can only rely on the queen's natal family, so as not to make a wedding dress for others in the future.

Mrs. Linhou fell in love with her not only because Yanniang, a cheap righteous daughter, might give birth to a prince, but because she might give birth to a future prince.If the child born by Yan Niang is recorded in the queen's name, it will be a legitimate son when the queen can't give birth to a child.And the blood relationship is a constant connection, even if the little prince is not raised by Yanniang in the future, it is impossible for the little prince not to take care of his own mother, Yanniang has no brothers, if he wants to take care of his mother's family, then he can only Garn to his own mother's sister.

The relationship between going around and going around is actually inseparable from a trade-off of interests.

Yanniang hugged Yinniang's head, and said with a satisfied smile: "I knew that our Yinniang is also a very smart person." After speaking, she turned her head to Madam Chen and said cautiously: "The queen has no children. , she wants to adopt a child."

Mrs. Chen jumped up from her chair in shock: "You mean..." A thought was about to come out of her mind, but she suppressed the words she wanted to say in disbelief.

Yanniang nodded, and then said: "So, you can rest assured that Yinniang will marry to Yongninghoufu. As long as I can give birth to a prince, people in Yongninghoufu will not dare to embarrass Yinniang. Moreover, the son of Yongninghou is a promising man. At the age of 16, he won the champion of martial arts. Now he is following General Su to fight against the Japanese in Fujian. It is the way of a civil servant. The second son is a little naive and not suitable for officialdom. In the future, his connections in the army will probably be handed over to the prince. As long as he has military merits and qualifications in the future, the prince can become a military commander guarding one side. .”

Mrs. Chen nodded and sighed: "I used to always want you to marry high because I thought it might not be good to marry low. I married your father low at the beginning, but when your father is successful, why have you ever thought of my kindness?" .In that case, it would be better to marry higher, at least you can enjoy the glory and wealth, but now that Yinniang is marrying so many high-ranking women, I always feel uneasy in my heart."

Yanniang comforted: "Mother, don't worry, as long as I am here, I will always protect Yinniang and Pingniang. Yinniang is not stupid, if she can't handle it, I won't let her marry Go to Hou Fu."

(End of this chapter)