Chapter 17: Doubt

Jiang Ming was taken aback for a moment, and then showed undisguised sarcasm: "Sister Li is probably getting older, and her words are becoming more and more out of control! Although I have little seniority, I also know that the empress is kind, All the princes below, except for the ten princes who are attached to their biological mothers, all their biological concubines or concubines are gone. If there is no empress, these princes are also pitiful."

"In front of the imperial concubine, except for the seventh and ninth princes, the birth mothers of all the emperor's heirs are still doing well, and they are even praised by the imperial concubine..."

She deliberately bit down on the word "benevolence and kindness", and her mockery was self-evident: You, a lackey of the queen, are also worthy of accusing the noble concubine of tampering with the concubine's heirs?

In terms of the survival of the empress and the imperial concubine's biological mother, no matter how you look at it, the empress is more suspicious!

Even if the biological mother of the tenth prince, Ping Xianyi, was still alive, Jiang Mingdan felt that it was just that the tenth prince knew about his biological mother early, and this prince was a child who cared about his biological mother very much.

The queen was afraid of throwing a mouse, so she didn't dare to kill her.

For the other princes, the birth mother of the third prince can be said to be the end of the world, and indeed she cannot survive; when King Chu adopted Concubine De, she was already in a state of bereavement, so she could not be counted as the empress; however, the birth mother of the twelfth prince, That's from the queen's younger sister of the same clan, so the little Gu family is gone?

It was even heard that Xiao Gu had a very good relationship with Gu Shao, another Gu family of the same clan, and they lived together all the time.

After Xiao Gu's departure, Gu Shao didn't have much time and no time left.

Gu Shao still didn't exist in the side hall of Yanfu Palace. At that time, she had been detained there by the queen for a while, and there was no specific statement about how she was treated.

It is only said that Gu Shao's death was so miserable that there were rumors of ghosts in the palace for a while.

Jiang Mingdan scoffed at such rhetoric. In her opinion, the real culprit of Gu Shao's death was the Queen.

This person died tragically. It is estimated that he either offended the queen so much that he was tortured to death; or he knew what the queen wanted to know but refused to say it, so that he was tortured to death.

In short, Jiang Mingdan felt that ghosts and ghosts were really ridiculous.

After all, what is the palace?

The emperor is so precious, and all evils are warded off, how can he not be able to protect Gu Shao?

If this is the case, wouldn't a hundred ghosts have already been walking at night in this palace? ? ?

Besides, the place where the incident happened was Yanfu Palace!

If there are really some evil spirits and monsters who are guilty of murdering a mere concubine, why not murder the queen!

If it's the kind of bullying and fearing the tough, where does he have the courage to linger in Yanfu Palace?

In short, according to common sense, the most suspicious person in Gu Shao's death is the queen.

Moreover, the concubine Mu in the palace is said to be closer to the queen's blood, but she has always had a faint hostility towards the queen... After the queen became a successor, the Gu family sent a total of three clan daughters into the palace to serve.

Gu Liman passed away soon after giving birth to the prince and handed it over to the queen to raise; Gu Shao died in the side hall of the queen's palace; However, not only did she not have the intimacy of sisters with the queen, but she was also defensive and alienated...

No problem for the queen. Who has a problem?

Jiang Mingdan was a little disappointed when he looked at Huang Lingya at this moment, did he think that the opponent who had been fighting all this time was going to die?

Such substandard framing words can also be said.

"You don't believe it?" Huang Lingya squinted her eyes and said, "Back then we entered the palace together. Over the years, you have received the most favors among us, but there has been no movement. Don't you think about it at all? You must know that we entered the palace together The reason for the palace is to give His Majesty a continuation of the heirs, and the selection was done by the doctor!"

At that time, if they were considered unsuitable for offspring, no matter how beautiful they were, they would not be able to pass the test.

"After all, it's just my palace's blessing." Jiang Mingdan was still a little sad in her heart. It's not that she didn't privately bribe the imperial physician to give her a diagnosis in the past two years, but it turned out that there was no problem. The reason why she didn't get pregnant may be that she didn't have the fate of an heir. arrive?

She also heard some things in the market, such as, a certain woman got married and had nothing to do for many years, and she only started to give birth when she was almost desperate, and she was late, and she gave birth to children one after another... So even though there has been no movement these years, Just regret and depression.

There is no such thing as resentment.

I just feel like I'm unlucky.

Listening to Huang Lingya's words now, I feel very boring, "If you just want to talk about this, please go ahead!"

"Do you think that the eldest son, the eldest daughter, and the birth mother of the ninth emperor's daughter are all there, so there is no need for the imperial concubine to murder you?" Huang Lingya sneered slightly, "Then you are wrong! Do you know that the birth mother of the emperor's eldest son Zhao Her Majesty is just a concubine conceived by His Majesty by chance. Not only does His Majesty have little affection for her, even after so many years, he may not remember Zhao Shi standing in front of him!"

"Yi Zhaorong is very beautiful, but the method of fighting for favor is not as good as that of the noble concubine."

"Thus, all these years, I can only obediently live under the noble concubine..."

"Ninth Emperor's daughter's biological mother is similar to Zhao's."

"So, why does the imperial concubine suppress them? Keeping them shows her tolerance, doesn't it?"

Li Jieyu squinted her eyes and looked at Jiang Mingdan's expression. Seeing that she was not moved at all, she sneered, "The most important thing is that the Zhao family is older than the noble concubine, and Yi Zhaorong and the birth mother of the nine emperors are the same as the noble concubine." The age is similar. The imperial concubine has a good wrist and looks good. She is not afraid of anyone who is older than her or who is about the same age as her. "

"I'm also happy to pretend to be generous."

"But you and I are different."

"When we entered the palace, the imperial concubine looked at how old the eldest son of the emperor was?"

"At that time, we hadn't officially entered the palace yet, and you were famous... I am not afraid to tell you that at that time, the reason why I targeted you was because I couldn't understand your arrogance and pretentiousness. , I just heard people say that Your Majesty likes your temperament and appearance."

"That's why I plan to get rid of you in advance, so as not to be compared to you after entering the palace together!"

"Sister Li made a mistake." Jiang Ming snorted and said with a faint smile, "Although your majesty is very generous to this palace, it can't be called a great favor. Compared with your majesty's treatment of noble concubines, don't even mention it!"

Before she officially became a concubine, the father-in-law Yanyin who was in front of the emperor gave her the words of the emperor, both in and out of which he told her not to forget the concubine's grace and care.

Jiang Mingdan kept it in his heart.

Over the years, she has followed the imperial concubine step by step, apart from a sincere gratitude, and the fact that one must have a backer in the palace, in fact, it means to be intimidated by the emperor.

The emperor told her clearly that she was able to have such a future and treatment because of the support of the imperial concubine.

If she doesn't know how to respect the concubine, who knows what will happen to the emperor?

What if she thinks she is a white-eyed wolf?

For a concubine like her who has no family background, even if she becomes the lord of the first palace, she will not end well if she loses the emperor's favor, no, even the emperor despises her.

It can even be miserable.

Jiang Mingdan is not stupid, how could he let himself fall into the situation over there?

That's why Huang Lingya said that the imperial concubine was worried that she would take away the favor of Xuanqing Palace after entering the palace...Jiang Mingdan didn't believe a word.

She thought it was complete nonsense.

As the imperial concubine gets older, she may fall out of favor in the future. After all, there are many examples of emperors who lived longer in the previous dynasty, and then moved on to their new lovers who had been in love for 28 years, and abandoned their old loves who have been favored for many years.

But Yun Fenghuang is not yet thirty, she looks pretty good in person, plus she has been pampered and spoiled for many years, at least for five or six years, if there is nothing quite happening, she won't lose her complexion to the point of being old So much so that he couldn't suppress the flowery newcomer.

Besides, the emperor has been focusing on the government affairs of the previous dynasty for the past two years, and has no intention of recruiting newcomers at all.

In the future, Yun Fenghuang might use methods to suppress those fresh and handsome newcomers, but Jiang Mingdan thinks that it is not time for him to enter the palace.

In short, no matter how eloquently Huang Lingya tried to persuade her, she not only did not believe it, but also sneered and asked Huang Lingya to take care of herself: "Although Sister Li has only one daughter under her knees, the empress has not yet had a princess to serve her. My sister's own flesh and blood, but at that time it will be my sister's fortune."

"Ask the old people in this palace, who doesn't say that the empress is really honest?" Huang Lingya frowned and said, "Compared with the concubine's means, the empress is already very good. Besides, the death of the third prince and their biological mother is a It happened for a reason, but it doesn't matter what happened to the Empress! Besides, as you said, the tenth prince's biological mother is still here."

"If the queen really intends to leave the mother and keep the son, why would she let the tenth prince's biological mother go alone?"

"Could it be that the biological mother of the twelfth prince is not as good as the biological mother of the tenth prince?"

Jiang Ming smiled lightly: "The biological mother of the twelve princes is the sister of the queen empress, that is to say, for the Gu family, no matter who the birth mother of the twelve princes or the empress is, they are all descendants. family."

Therefore, in the eyes of the empress, the biological mother of the twelve princes deserves much more death than the biological mother of the tenth prince.

Moreover, among the many princes in front of the queen, only the biological mother of the tenth prince is alive. This is what Jiang Mingdan thinks is suspicious of the queen. , and also worked as the empress's maid. Since she was born as a personal servant, she must know the empress very well."

"It is reasonable for such a person to make an exception and survive."

The implication is that Ping Xianyi has served the queen for many years, and knows the queen's methods best. Who knows if he saved a hand to blackmail the queen, so that he got a chance to survive?

After all, "It is rumored that the tenth prince has known his life experience since he can remember, and has been attached to his biological mother ever since. The empress has never expressed any displeasure about this, and even loves and indulges the tenth prince more than the twelve princes with Gu's blood." ...May I ask Sister Li, have you ever wondered why the Empress would treat the Tenth Prince better than the Twelfth Prince?"

He also said, "Sister Li, don't need to say any more. Although I am dull in aptitude, I am not the kind of person who listens to the wind and rain."

"If this kind of three-year-old child can't be fooled, don't waste time in front of this palace in the future."

"Sister Li has this skill, why not spend more time with my princess."

...Huang Lingya finally left with a gloomy face, but she didn't show much frustration when she left, she just sneered and said, "You will regret it."

Jiang Mingdan said indifferently: "Sister, go slowly."

After Huang Lingya left, Jiang Mingdan frowned: She knew Huang Lingya, she wasn't the kind of naive and unconvincing person who thought that she could talk herself into words.

Today I am so swearing...

Jiang Mingdan couldn't help being a little suspicious, could it be... that he couldn't give birth all these years, did he really do something wrong?

She really didn't doubt the concubine right now.

Because from her standpoint, the noble concubine is very favored, has many heirs, even the birth mother of the eldest son of the emperor can be beautiful, and even a stunning beauty like Yi Xingen dares to praise... Such a person, what reason does she have to cut off her fertility? machine?

She has been in this palace for several years, and she is not as good as Yi Xing'en in terms of emperor's favorite, power and status.

Jiang Mingdan thought it was pure nonsense to say that the imperial concubine was cheating on her.

I'm just worried that I was indeed cheated without knowing it.

Then, let the queen notice it and try to frame the noble concubine.

"Tomorrow, I will go to greet the imperial concubine and empress, and report this matter by the way." Jiang Ming said calmly, "I have little qualifications in the palace, and many things are not clear. The imperial concubine has been in the palace for many years and has seen a lot. Maybe she can teach One or two."

It’s just that Jiang Mingdan went to Xuanqing Palace the next day, but was told by the maid apologetically that the noble concubine had no time to see her today: “It’s a coincidence that Princess Yi just came, and I have something to talk to the empress. Only then did the empress give orders, and leave Princess Yi today. If you don't have something urgent to eat, don't disturb me."

"If Empress Jieyu has something important to do, it's fine for the maid to go in and talk to you, but there is no guarantee that Empress will be free."

Jiang Mingdan also had some regrets, but he still said: "It doesn't matter, I just miss my empress and want to come over to say hello. Since Princess Yi is here and has something to do with my empress, I dare not disturb her."

Also went back.

But at this moment, in the Huanhua Hall, Yun Fenghuang was listening intently to Princess Yi's detailed introduction of Meng Posuo.