Two Hundred and Fortieth Chapters Truth (Three)

"No matter how important you are to the concubines, the heirs will not prosper. How can you not like watching the grown-up children, even the concubines, come alive in front of you?" The Empress Dowager said lightly, "Sejong does not lack heirs, but At that time he was getting old..."

She looked down at the age spots on the back of her hands, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "You are still too young, you don't understand, when people reach their old age, many thoughts will be very different from when they were young. Didn't set up a crown prince, let the heirs attack each other, do you really think it's because he loves so many princes that he can't make a decision? No, it's also because he is old and unable to do what he wants, afraid that he won't be able to control those full-fledged, Ambitious sons in the prime of life! Therefore, at this time, Qu's pregnancy is like a treasure for Sejong, who is being pressed by the prince and courtiers every step of the way!"

After all, under the ancestral precept that there is a direct line but no direct line, even if Sejong is old and the new posthumous prince is still in his infancy, he doesn't know the virtues and foolishness, and he doesn't even know whether he can survive the hurdle of premature death. Big, but on the scene, it also gave Sejong a reason to argue.

Continue to postpone the canonization of the crown prince.

So even though the Qu family was not favored at first, after she was pregnant and confirmed to be a male heir, she immediately became a queen!

The truth has been lost in the years, the status of the palace people was too low back then, only that Qu Shi was favored... In fact, she did not become a queen because she was favored, but because she catered to Sejong's needs at that time, she became a successor and got the status favorite!

Sejong may not dislike her, after all, which man would hate a young and beautiful woman who caters to him everywhere?

But it doesn't necessarily like it to the point of being registered because of love.

"The Ai family synthesized all these news and came to a conclusion." The Empress Dowager said lightly, "The Ai family thought that he and the late Emperor Shenzong met frequently before marriage, and they were quite destined, so when he came out of the cabinet, even though he was not married The opportunity to be favored by the prince and grandson, but he still pestered the elders to agree and chose him... But in fact, it may be that the first emperor always met Ai's family by chance at that time, because of the humble maidservant of the Qu family."

"It's just that Qu's stepmother has always suppressed her. Even if she knew that she was in love with the first emperor, she would definitely not let her have the chance to be a princess."

This is the sorrow of a girl whose biological mother died young and could not be taken care of by her biological father or other elders in the clan. Qu's marriage is completely in the hands of her stepmother, who will abuse her at will, or her parents and elders in the clan will not agree.

But if the stepmother doesn't want her to marry high, or doesn't want her to marry the person she likes, there are simply too many reasons to object.

"The Qu family is very ambitious, so on the one hand, she stabilized the late emperor, and also urged the late emperor to use his tricks to marry the Ai family with the excuse of her admiration for Ai's family; on the other hand, she followed the pressure of her stepmother to enter the palace... It's just that there are so many talented people in the palace, relying on her talent and appearance, it's okay to occupy a place, but if you want to stand out, especially if you want to have the last laugh, it's extremely difficult!"

"But they knew what was on Sejong's mind at that time... At that time, Sejong had no heir for five consecutive years. He was really old."

"Even if an old man came at such a time, Sejong must be very happy even if he didn't consider the political situation."

However, Sejong did not allow his concubine to become pregnant for five consecutive years, so it can be seen that most of them will not be able to give birth.

In this case, the Qu family wants a child, and a good mother is more expensive than a child, what should I do?

Of course, the Empress Dowager believed that the Emperor Shenzong who had an affair with her did it!

If the Empress Dowager didn't know anything, she might have been neglected by her husband first, and she was accused of all kinds of things because she didn't have anything to say, and she felt sorry for her husband. Afterwards, once Empress Qu plans to achieve great success, ascends the throne with her youngest son, and enters the Qingci Palace, there will be no more obstacles between her and Shenzong. At that time, what good results will the Empress Dowager have?

But the Empress Dowager knew that, as the daughter of Ji's meticulous cultivation, she was naturally not a persimmon.

Therefore, the loser is Queen Qu.

Thinking of what those old palace people said, Shenzong hated Queen Qu very much, and even ordered Shanyuan Temple not to keep cats because he failed to compete with Queen Qu for a civet cat... The matter of the late emperor's extinction was planted on Empress Qu, so the two of them turned against each other just now?"

At this age, Queen Qu will definitely explain it, but it is also because this matter is too big!

Emperor Shenzong might not be able to listen to her explanation.

Maybe they would think that it was Empress Qu who was ruthless and deep in the city, coaxing him to borrow a seed with sweet words and making him unable to have other children, so she could only help them wholeheartedly!

but……

She hesitated for a while, and looked at the silent empress dowager: "If Shizong's youngest so-called direct prince is really of the blood of Shenzong, no matter how angry Shenzong hated Queen Qu, how could he even want his only flesh and blood? Poisonous hands?"

Could it be that Shenzong hated Queen Qu so much that he didn't even care about his own flesh and blood?

Yun Fenghuang asked cautiously: "Grandmother, could it be... the truth is not like this?"

"...Of course the truth is not like this!" The Empress Dowager's eyes gradually welled up with crystal tears, and she choked up slightly, "The first emperor never liked Qu's lowly maidservant, and even, he hated Qu's lowly maidservant from the very beginning. !"

"Then why did he meet Empress Qu in private? How many times?" Yun Fenghuang asked puzzled.

The Empress Dowager burst into tears, and said: "Yes, the Ai family felt the same way... If there is no personal affair, may I ask, is there any step-son in the world who would frequently meet his young and beautiful step-mother? Hair's wife! Even, because of a little suspicion of the hair's wife, he sent his wife to Zhuangzi, but there was no explanation?!"

She slowly wiped her lower face, and suddenly asked, "Do you know the late emperor?"

Seeing Yun Fenghuang shaking her head, she sighed, "It's been too long, and your background is not high, so it's not surprising if you don't know. Let me tell you, the late emperor's biological mother was born in a humble family, and she was a lucky concubine by chance. After he was born, his biological mother was promoted, but the position was not high, so he was the main position of the biological mother, and Chen Zhaoyi was raised by Sejong. But Chen Zhaoyi himself has three sons and two daughters, all of whom are of his own blood, and there are several others There are seven or eight children raised by the palace people, but how can they take good care of them?"

"In all fairness, Chen Zhaoyi was not particularly harsh on the late emperor."

"It's just that her means and demeanor are very different from yours. She didn't take care of every child under her knees properly, regardless of whether she was born or concubine."

"But it was only when the late Emperor was a child."

"After the age of ten, the prince moved out of the harem and lived in the Qiongjiu Palace. This was the beginning of the first emperor's ups and downs."

"Sejong has many heirs, and the first emperor ranked middle-ranked. He didn't have any sense of presence in front of Sejong. His biological mother was humble and she couldn't speak at all; his adoptive mother didn't care about him. After he entered Qiongjiu Palace, a group of half-grown children, none of them Proper, getting along for a long time, there must be conflicts...Although the late emperor tried his best to avoid it, he suffered a lot of losses."

"After suffering a loss, other people have Sejong's love, mother and concubine's comfort, and even brothers and sisters from the same mother love and help, but he has nothing."

The Empress Dowager said softly, "The late emperor who grew up in such an environment, you said, would he think of asking someone to discuss and help him when he encountered something?"

Of course not, because Shenzong is used to solving everything by himself, or in other words, he is used to having to deal with problems by himself.

"What's more, Ai's family is still the concubine that he has been thinking about and summoned up the courage to marry!" The empress dowager burst into tears, and wanted to wipe her face, but she left the armrest with her hand, and couldn't stop trembling.

Her lips were trembling and she could hardly speak. After a while, she did something similar to what Yun Fenghuang had done a while ago—suddenly stuffed her hand into her mouth and bit her mouth, forcing herself to calm down.

"It's a pity that the Ai family was young and energetic back then, and they never thought of so much!!!"

"Over the past few decades, Aijia has often woken up in the middle of the night, recalling the past, and asking himself, if Aijia had been more mature and considerate at that time, even if it was, he would have trusted him more..."

The Empress Dowager raised her sleeves and covered her mouth, she was too excited to speak again.

Yun Fenghuang quickly poured her a cup of tea and served the imperial grandmother to drink it.

"Borrow a seed to give birth to a son, use this to seal the empress, and wait for the opportunity to take the position... These are all true, but the one who started it was the lowly maidservant of the Qu family." The Empress Dowager drank some hot tea, finally took a breath, and pushed back with a wry smile. Opening Yun Fenghuang's hand, he said, "There are even Ji and Shu Wang couples involved, but the first emperor...he didn't participate, in fact, he was a victim from the beginning to the end."

Seeing Yun Fenghuang's eyes, which she wished to hear more about, she took a short breath and continued, "Sejong has had nothing to do for several years, and after Qu's entry into the palace, he couldn't be the only one to favor him, how could he be sure of getting pregnant? To get a man in one fell swoop? Under their conspiracy, they felt that they could only borrow the seed. However, considering that the appearance and blood of the emperor's heir would be disastrous if he grew up, the consequences would be disastrous, so the borrowed seed can only be borrowed from the royal family."

At first they chose King Shu, after all, this is one of the conspiracy, the most concealed and safest.

The problem is, Princess Shu is not very happy.

In addition, the Qu family was not happy, so the Qu family joined forces with Princess Shu and proposed Shenzong as the candidate.

"Since Emperor Shenzong was not happy, why did Qu's do this?" Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but said, "For such a big matter, as long as you test a little bit, you can know the attitude of Emperor Shenzong? They are not afraid of Qu Did Emperor Shenzong expose the incident so that they all died without a place to bury them?"

The Empress Dowager said in a hoarse voice: "When I was young, the Ai family couldn't figure it out, so in the first few years after the late emperor left, the Ai family suspected that the late emperor might choose the Ai family in the end, but he may not be ruthless to the Qu family. Otherwise, Qu You rejected King Shu, why did you try to give birth to his blood to pretend to be the son of Shizong?"

"It was only later that I gradually realized that Qu's doing this was not for the sake of the late emperor, but for mourning the family!"