Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 107 The Concubine's Summoning

The queen looked at Concubine Liang with swollen eyes, and sighed, "Concubine Liang, if you come to this palace to beg like this, I can't help you. You have served the emperor for so many years, don't you know the emperor's temper?" It has already been settled, and there must be no room for change. Even if the queen is so talkative that she can ignore the fact that the second prince hurt the prince, with the emperor's current weird temper, the more people come to intercede, the more difficult it will be.

Concubine Liang knelt down and cried, "Empress, you and the emperor are deeply in love with each other. You have been husband and wife for so many years, and the emperor will definitely listen to what you say. Kun'er made a big mistake. I, the concubine, did not raise him well." , isn’t that right, the emperor relegated him to Yizhou and he spared his life, but the two children are still young, even if Kun’er is not allowed to take them away, they shouldn’t be allowed to leave their mother at such a young age.”

"Concubine Liang, why can't you see clearly." The queen interrupted her, "Kun'er didn't go there to enjoy the blessings, the environment in Yizhou, the two children will suffer if they go there, so it's better to stay in Luodu city , you can get the best care in the palace, go to Yizhou, and suffer with the couple, you are willing to give up the two children."

"But the Holy Majesty said that Kun'er will not be able to return to Luodu City in this life." Concubine Liang is on the edge of her horn, and she can't even look down on Concubine Zhang. Originally, because the emperor entrusted these two children to her to take care of, she is here. It's also very embarrassing, seeing her like this now, I have to say, "Concubine Liang, Your Highness is angry now." He said that he was his own son, and he could change it when his anger subsided.

Concubine Liang was stunned for a while, and the queen asked her to help her to sit on a chair beside her, and drank a cup of tea. Concubine Liang looked at Concubine Zhang who was speaking, "Then, can you talk to the emperor about the two children? Raise here with my concubine."

Concubine Zhang paused while holding the cup, her face was a little annoyed, she put down the cup and her tone became light, "I can't decide this matter, Concubine Liang should go and talk to the emperor."

Concubine Liang also knew that she had said the wrong thing when she begged, but she was the real grandmother of the two children. Even if she didn't go to Yizhou with her son and daughter-in-law, she would be more close to her. "The two children are still young, The concubine is afraid of nagging the imperial concubine."

An imperial decree from the emperor, it is very difficult to come to the harem. Concubine Zhang does not want to raise her, and she is not her own grandson and granddaughter. please.

"The emperor has his reasons for doing this. Concubine Liang, you are not in the right mood to raise these two children. You are also tired. Go back and have a good rest. Tomorrow Kun'er will leave Luodu City. You mother should be with you." He talked well." The empress looked a little impatient, and forcibly sent someone to send Concubine Liang back to her palace.

Watching her leave, the queen looked at Concubine Zhang apologetically, "I know you are happy, the emperor made it difficult for you to raise a child."

"Anyway, my concubine doesn't have any children, so I'll just raise two grandchildren for fun." Concubine Zhang Guifei smiled indifferently, "I can raise them as much as I want, and if I have all the people ready, there will be no shortage in the palace."

"Of course you can't make mistakes in your work. I'm afraid she will often go to your place." Isn't the queen helpless? She is more helpless than anyone else. She still can't get angry with Concubine Liang, just now when she saw Concubine Liang begging, she couldn't help feeling angry.

"Come on, come on, you know the temper of the concubine." Concubine Zhang was drinking tea, and the queen smiled, "Yes, what is your temper." If you are upset, you dare to close the door to prevent the emperor from entering. What about Concubine Liang? won't hold back
At the beginning of September, the second prince took the second concubine to Yizhou, and the two sons and daughters of the second prince went to the palace of Zhang Guifei.

Because of the sudden accident of the second prince in the court, the controversy subsided, and the prince's body gradually recovered. Under the seemingly peaceful situation, many people were tense.

In mid-September, there is a banquet in the palace.

Lin Qingran also entered the palace to participate in the current status. After changing in the evening, Brother Bo sat in his brother's arms and looked up at her. He had never seen her wearing such a formal palace attire. looked at her.

"Father and mother are coming back late, please be good." Patting their heads, Brother Han hugged his younger brother's waist, "Mother, don't worry, I will take good care of younger brother."

After leaving the gate, Lin Qingran got into the carriage. Along the way, she could still see the carriages going to the palace, all of which were wives of nearby officials.

After getting out of the carriage at the gate of the second palace, Lin Qingran followed the maid and walked in, halfway through, the maid came to meet her, saw her saying a few words to the maid leading the way, the maid backed away, and the maid came over , "Mrs. Shao, the imperial concubine asked the servants to take you to the Palace of Harmony for a sitting meeting."

Lin Qingran was startled, then nodded, and followed the maid.

After walking a long way and arriving at the Yihe Palace, the maid led Lin Qingran to the door of the main house, and spoke to the guarding maid, who went in to report, and came out after a while to bring Lin Qingran in.

Concubine Zhang was sitting there, and Lin Qingran saluted respectfully. After sitting aside, Concubine Zhang looked at her and said with a smile, "Your child is as reserved as Xiao Wu."

A look of surprise flashed in Lin Qingran's eyes. She never remembered that the Shao family and Concubine Zhang knew each other very well, but the Shao family and the Zhang family did not.

"Aren't you surprised? I seem to be very familiar with you." Zhang Guifei saw her doubts, smiled and took a sip of tea, Lin Qingran nodded honestly.

"I am not only very familiar with you, I am also very familiar with your mother." Lin Qingran turned around now, this mother must be talking about her deceased mother-in-law, Zhang Guifei said, a look of sadness flashed in her eyes, Then he covered it up, "However, I have lived in the deep palace for a long time, more than 20 years have passed, and now I am afraid that no one knows about it."

Twenty years is actually a terrible word for time, how many twenty years can there be in one's life.

Lin Qingran didn't hear Shao Ziyu mention anything about the relationship between her mother-in-law and Concubine Zhang, and she didn't know how to answer the conversation. Concubine Zhang didn't leave time for her to answer the conversation, so she ordered someone to bring the things up. There were two pieces of jade pendants, and words were engraved on them, "This is for your two children. When the children are older, bring them into the palace and show them to me."

Lin Qingran could hear the nostalgia in Concubine Zhang's tone from time to time. This noble concubine, who was loved by the emperor, had no children. Lin Qingran only knew that Concubine Zhang was pregnant many years ago. Unfortunately, she had a miscarriage, and she has nothing to do after that, and she herself is unwilling to raise other people's children to her knees.

Although it sounds uncomfortable to be confused, Concubine Zhang Gui didn't know why Lin Qingran asked, Concubine Zhang asked her about the situation of her two children, and when she heard Lin Qingran say that both children could eat, Han My brother is still chubby, Concubine Zhang smiled, Lin Qingran looked over from the angle, under the delicate makeup, the twinkle in the eyes was very attractive.

"It's really the child of the two of you. I remember that Xiaowu was edible when he was young. I heard from your mother that when you were young, you held a bowl, but you always eat seriously, just eat with your head down. gone."

Lin Qingran was slightly embarrassed. Speaking of which, the two sons followed her and Shao Ziyu's eating habits.

Laughing, Concubine Zhang Gui sighed softly, "At that time, Xiao Wu's mother said that she would bring Xiao Wu into the palace to show me when he was a little older, but she didn't wait for him to grow up." Before Shao Ziyu grew up, Shao Changzhong and his wife died immediately.

Concubine Zhang left her to talk a lot, there was a noise at the door, Lin Qingran looked over, a three or four-year-old boy struggled to beg the hand of the palace maid, and kept wriggling into the room, his face was flushed and his expression was angry .

After entering the room and seeing Concubine Zhang Gui, she yelled in a childish voice, "I'm going to find my grandmother, I'm going to find my grandmother, please let me go."

Concubine Zhang Gui looked at him, and her expression suddenly turned cold. The child struggled a few times in the arms of the maid. Seeing Concubine Zhang look at him like this, she calmed down for a while, and hid in the place where he had just punched and kicked. In the arms of the palace maid, she began to cry, "I want a mother, I want to find a mother, I don't want to stay here, I want to go home."

Concubine Zhang Gui kept silent and let him make trouble, the atmosphere in the room seemed very weird, Concubine Zhang Gui seemed to be waiting for something.

After a while, an eight or nine-year-old girl hurried in from outside the house. She saw the boy crying loudly in the maid's arms, and knelt down in front of Concubine Zhang, "Grandmother, He'er is ignorant and disturbed grandma."

After a long time, Zhang Guifei looked at the kneeling little girl, "Xun'er, if you want to go back to live in the second prince's mansion, grandma will agree to you."

The little girl named Xun'er shook her head, "Grandmother is very kind to us, but my younger brother is not sensible, and my younger brother just misses his mother and concubine, so my grandson will take him back immediately."

The little girl got up and took her younger brother from the hand of the maid, and said goodbye to Concubine Zhang Gui. The boy was still sobbing, and led him out of the room.

Walking all the way, the older sister led the boy to stop making trouble, and just looked up at her, "Sister, why can't we go home."

Xiao Yuanxun stopped in her tracks, her eyes were red, she knelt down and looked at him, "He'er, we have no home anymore, this is our home, so you can't be unreasonable to the imperial concubine, you know?"

"We have a family, we have a family." Hearing what my sister said, the child started crying again. Xiao Yuanxun held his arm tightly, looked at him, and repeated word by word, "Here is our family." Family."

"Then father and mother are back." How can a young child know that his parents may never come back.

Unable to bear the sadness of his younger brother, the sensible Xiao Yuanxun hugged him, "We will have a home when our parents come back. Before this, the Palace of Harmony was our home. The imperial concubine is very kind. Listen to my sister, and I will call her grandmother in the future." .”

"But I have a grandmother." Lying on her sister's shoulder, He'er muttered.

"The empress is our imperial grandmother, and the imperial concubine is also our grandmother. You can't be like this today. We can't let your mother worry about us." Wiping his tears, Xiao Yuanxun stood up and led him to the yard where he lived
Concubine Zhang Guifei looked at Lin Qingran and didn't back away, "They are the sons and daughters of the second prince."

Lin Qingran nodded, "Your Majesty is kind."

"That child is sensible." Zhang Guifei sighed lightly, but even if she wanted to treat them better, she had to consider the closeness. She was just foster care here, and there was her grandmother's concubine Liang.

"They will know how kind you are to them, Madam." Lin Qingran stood up with her, and Concubine Zhang smiled, "It's getting late, let's go with me."

The autumn banquet in the palace was very lively. Lin Qingran came out with Concubine Zhang and did not attract many people's attention, and she might have met them along the way.

When she arrived in the garden, Concubine Zhang asked her to walk around by herself and chat with other wives. When she arrived near the pavilion, Lin Qingran met her fourth sister-in-law Yu.

"I've been looking for you just now. I thought you should be here too. No one is there." Yu was very happy to see her, and dragged her to the pavilion to sit down. "The dinner party won't start for a while."

They met and talked mostly about children. Ever since Lin Qingran and the others moved out, Sister Lan lost a playmate. Brother Ying in the fourth room was protected by the fourth aunt, so it's better not to play together.

"You can bring her here, Brother Han is always talking about his sister." Lin Qingran said with a smile.

Mrs. Yu tugged at her clothes, her eyes narrowed, "Look over there."

Lin Qingran looked over and saw that the elderly Princess Zhu'an was walking towards this side with many people, among whom Lin Qingran was familiar, such as the eldest aunt Mrs. Zhu, such as the current Mrs. Mu Xu Qinlei , such as the eldest aunt's daughter-in-law Wen Shi.

Coming here just happened to be passing through the pavilion, so Lin Qingran had to say hello anyway, so she got up with her fourth sister-in-law, and saluted when they came over.

Princess Zhu'an hadn't said anything yet, when Xu Qinlei saw Lin Qingran as if she was seeing an enemy, she raised her chin and snorted.

Lin Qingran didn't bother to pay attention to her, and waited for them to come over, sat down and chatted with Mrs. Yu for a while, and the dinner over there was about to start.

The banquet in the palace was like this, after the bustle and bustle, the queen sat on the top, followed by the concubines. Lin Qingran didn't see her mother until halfway through the dinner, when she went to see the lake lantern.

When chatting, Lin Qingran remembered what Concubine Zhang said, "Mother, did Concubine Zhang ask you about me before?"

"Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"

"Concubine Zhang Gui called me over today, and asked about Brother Han and Brother Bo, and also mentioned that she asked Mother about me before." Lin Qingran talked about the jade pendant gifted by Concubine Zhang Gui.

Mrs. Lu thought for a while, "It's been many years." At that time, she gave birth to Lin Qingran, and Concubine Shu still wanted to get married, so the couple hid the child. At that time, they entered the palace and had nothing to do. Concubine Zhang Gui did mention about her daughter.

"The Zhang family has always been neutral. Concubine Zhang's temperament is her own way, and my mother never thought that she would ask you about it." Lu originally thought that Concubine Zhang wanted to choose a marriage for a boy in her mother's family, but she just wanted to marry her. Concubine Zhang didn't mention it after asking that time, and Lu's dismissed the idea.

"Mother, Zhang Guifei seems to be old friends with her mother-in-law." It should be a very good relationship.

After hearing this, Lu shook his head, "I don't know. If so, it's possible. The Zhang family and the Zhu family are old acquaintances, and they only walked away in these years."

"You don't have to think too much, since Concubine Zhang has given you something, just keep it." Lu patted her hand, Lin Qingran nodded

It was already very late when she came out of the palace, Shao Ziyu came out one step earlier, stood outside the carriage and waited for her, got on the carriage, Lin Qingran told what happened with Concubine Zhang today, Shao Ziyu really didn't have much impression.

The couple looked at each other for a while, and Shao Ziyu smiled, "Mother Tian married into Shao's family with her mother, and I will find out by asking her tomorrow."

Lin Qingran was also a little embarrassed, "I just think it's too strange, I didn't see how kind Concubine Zhang Gui was to us before, why did she suddenly say something like this in the past today, mother said that when I was five years old, Concubine Zhang Guifei Xiangniang asked me about me, think about it, the imperial concubine has no children, and she and my mother were not familiar in the past, so how could she ask about me."

"According to what you say, maybe the imperial concubine is worrying about my marriage." Shao Ziyu listened to her analysis with a smile, "Didn't you say that she and my mother are old acquaintances? It’s not allowed to be the concubine or empress.” When Lin Qingran was five years old, it was because her eldest sister got married and made things difficult for her eldest brother-in-law, and she gained the reputation of a little child prodigy.

(End of this chapter)