Chapter 85: Gu Su

The virtuous concubine Yuan Zhiniang's birth was launched during the period calculated by the imperial physician. To be honest, apart from the Empress Dowager Yuan and Yuan's family who paid special attention to it because of their blood relationship, the empresses and concubines with ulterior motives in the six palaces were more concerned about it. .

The others didn't care much after receiving the news, they just said lightly that they got it, and told them to wait for the result to come out before reporting, so that the congratulatory gift can be finalized at that time.

Well, considering that Concubine Wen Huixian, the biological mother of the Seventh Prince, only went there, maybe she packed up her things and went to Spring Palace to annoy the Queen Mother Yuan?

Anyway, everyone's concern is not as high as that of Gu Su's pregnancy.

After all, that is the default son.

On the other hand, Queen Gu Zhen heard the news and said, "Keep an eye on it, don't be slack in the slightest!"

"It's a pity, the family is really not well-off." Yun Fenghuang was more regretful, "Otherwise Concubine Xian didn't give birth in the palace for some reason, but it would be a good opportunity to play tricks... However, Mrs. Xie doesn't have this ability at all. Others As for people, I can't rest assured! Otherwise, it will be confirmed that the loving mother Empress Dowager has bad intentions, and I don't know what will happen to the empress?"

Wannian County is the capital of the capital, so it is convenient to send letters back and forth.

The palace was only worried about it for most of the day, and in the evening, a fast horse entered the city before the city gate was closed, and reported to the palace gate that Concubine Yuan Xian had given birth.

She gave birth to a prince.

This made the Empress Dowager Yuan and the Xingning Bofu extremely happy, and at the same time, Yun Fenghuang also showed a slight smile.

But she didn't die.

Yun Fenghuang sighed, feeling that it would be impossible to push Gu Zhen to the opposite side of Queen Mother Yuan.

And Gu Zhen also lost his temper in Yanfu Palace, thinking that the noble concubine is really hateful: "How dare she talk nonsense about such a big matter??? Fortunately, this palace didn't listen to the wind and rain to confront the empress dowager, otherwise it would be passed on. Go out, you can't make people laugh!"

The left and right carefully persuaded: "Your Majesty, calm down, the imperial concubine has always been a person with deep thoughts and bad intentions. Why do you have the same knowledge as her who came from a small family? Besides, besides us and the imperial concubine, no one else is involved in this matter now." Know, let’s just pretend there’s nothing, and let’s pass when it’s over.”

"Yes, ma'am, wouldn't it be best if the loving empress dowager didn't have that intention? Otherwise, because of the respect your majesty has for the loving empress dowager, even if we refuse, we will inevitably attract the attention of the loving empress dowager."

The queen is not a noble concubine, and without the meticulous protection of the emperor, it is not so easy to deal with the empress dowager Yuan's difficulties.

Gu Zhen thought about it, but he was still very annoyed, and sighed: "Why do you say that there are people like noble concubines in the world, but they still fall into His Majesty's eyes?"

"Your Majesty is just trying to be fresh. After all, the dignitaries in the palace earlier were all daughters of noble families." The left and right coaxed, "It's rare for Meng Lang to come from a humble background like a noble concubine, isn't it that rare is more expensive? But Now there are already a few concubines in the palace who come from poor families, and it is unknown how long His Majesty will be able to keep her fresh."

"That's all." Gu Zhen also knew very well in his heart that there is no basis for this matter. Even if she made a scene, Yun Fenghuang has nothing to be afraid of. When confronted, she will definitely say that she is not allergic to a noble concubine. Don't be beaten back when the time comes, so After venting for a while, Xu Xu let out a breath and sighed, "Let's not talk about this lowly servant girl... Your Majesty's thoughts are not something I can guess."

Maybe Chunjia himself is a feudal lord from a remote place, not on the stage, so birds of a feather flock together, and he also likes people like Yun Fenghuang, rather than a noble lady like himself?

Regardless of whether it is true or not, Gu Zhen felt much more at ease thinking about it this way.

She calmed down a little, and pondered, "Let's just pretend that this incident never happened, and you are not allowed to mention it in the future. The people who were sent to Wannian County to watch Concubine Xian before were all sent away by this palace. You are not allowed to step into the imperial capital for a whole year!"

Left and right agreed to do it, Gu Zhen pinched the center of his brows in annoyance, turned his attention to Hui Su, and carefully asked this cousin about her diet and daily life in the past two days, is there anything inappropriate?

"This..." Left and right were slightly embarrassed when they heard the words.

Gu Zhen only felt a dull pain in his head, and said, "What happened to her?"

Although her cousin Gu Su is only a concubine, but because her biological father passed away early, she left some of her own flesh and blood, and her stepbrother followed her biological father away from home for many years. , she has always been doted on, and the treatment is said to be comparable to that of a prostitute, but in fact, she is often favored more than a prostitute, which has caused Gu Su's willful and pampered temperament.

On the other hand, Gu Su's aunt was worried that she would be considered harsh on the only biological child left by her deceased husband, and she also felt that it was not her own and was just a girl, so it was not worth spending too much time on. , Gu Su grew up freely, and didn't need to look at his face or anything, so he didn't have much thought.

She wanted whatever she wanted, otherwise, even if she was teased before, an ordinary lady would not be able to go into the palace to serve the emperor without eating or drinking.

Now that I am pregnant, I will do even more.

Yesterday, I don't know where I heard about the noble concubine's proposal to promote her and the Zhu family, so I came to the Chongchang Palace to get tired of Gu Zhen's promotion, and said naively: "I heard that your majesty wants to promote the imperial concubine. Don't care, if I become a concubine, surely His Majesty will be able to see me."

Gu Zhen sneered at that time, and said, "Where did you hear the rumor? Everyone in the palace now knows that His Majesty favors the concubine the most. But when the concubine first entered the palace, she was not a Baolin like you? Ben The palace asked you to come in to be Baolin, just hoping to be a part of her good luck! As for what you can see when you become a concubine... Look at the lords in the palace now, your majesty hasn't been to them for a year or so There are many people in the palace!"

"But they're all old!" Gu Su said the truth without any intention, "I'm still young, if I were to become a concubine, why wouldn't Your Majesty go to my place?"

What does this mean?

Do you feel that the people in this palace are old and filthy, and deserve to fall out of favor? ? ?

Gu Zhen sighed in his heart, and said in his heart that if this was not his first cousin, and he also expected her to help raise children, then it was really...

She patiently persuaded Gu Su not to make trouble: "Everyone knows that your sisters have come to the palace, but whoever gives birth to a prince will be embraced by this palace as his son. Now that you are pregnant, it is enough to attract people." It's eye-catching, if you want to be promoted, wouldn't the six palaces be more and more jealous? You should have heard that there were not many children in this palace during the years from Xiaozong to the present when he was not in charge! And take good care of the fetus! , when the child falls to the ground, how can I treat you badly?"

Then he said, "And even if you feel that you are now a concubine, His Majesty can notice you... You are pregnant now, can you still serve His Majesty? You are just pregnant, so all the signs are still there. Obviously. After a few days, the body will gradually plump up, and the skin may not be as good as it is now. Wouldn't it be disappointing to let His Majesty see it? Why not give birth to the child in a low-key manner, and wait until the confinement period is over, tidy up and look bright again To His Majesty."

"But isn't there a sister here?" Gu Su felt that it made sense, but he was still unwilling, and pouted, "You are the empress! As long as you are willing to protect me, what am I afraid of?"

What she said, it seemed that she had three good things and two bad things because Gu Zhen didn't pay attention.

Although she is a direct cousin, and she knows that she is such a person, she can't speak her head and doesn't really mean something, the queen still feels very uncomfortable, so she looks cold: "Although I am a queen, this harem It's not that Ben Gong alone has the final say. If Ben Gong is really that powerful, what happened to the King of Chu? Anyway, the family sent the three of you sisters in. Whoever gave birth to the prince is not hugged by Ben Gong. If you think Your birth is easy, if it is not worth cherishing, then it is up to you."

Only then did Gu Su calm down and let her go away in dismay.

Originally thought that with such a beating, this cousin would be able to settle down for at least ten days and a half months before making a fuss.

As a result, he became a demon again right now? ? ?

Seeing Gu Zhen's unhappy expression, he was also embarrassed: "Bao Lin didn't ask for anything else, but felt that His Majesty was working hard in government affairs, so he wanted to make some food and send it to Taichu Palace."

"Let's forget about her!" Gu Zhen sighed, "That's not how you want to compete for favor. It's not like no one has used such a small trick in those years. What's the use? Your Majesty doesn't like this at all. If you get offended If the person from Xuanqing Palace doesn't like it, that would be fatal!"

The left and right bite the bullet and said: "The maidservants also said the same, but Baolin was so hot that he couldn't listen."

"..." Gu Zhen was silent for a while, and finally shook his head helplessly, "Forget it, I will go back and tell His Majesty to let His Majesty go down and see her."

After all, Gu Su is still young, so if you don't coax her, you don't know what will happen to her next?

Gu Zhen thought about the calculation behind this cousin's entry into the palace, and felt that Gu Su was actually pitiful.

Losing her father since she was young, it seems that she is loved because of this, but in fact, the aunt's thoughts are all on a good relationship with her heir, and it doesn't matter to her even if she is adopted and disabled.

The biological mother loves her, but the biological mother is only a housewife and doesn't understand anything.

The other relatives usually took good care of Gu Su, but at the critical moment, it was obvious that they were far and near.

When someone needs to give birth to Gu Zhen's surrogate, even the concubine's own daughter is hidden away, and only Gu Su, who has no biological father and is not valued by the aunt's mother, is pushed out.

The key to this trick is to get Gu Su to enter the palace to serve Chunjia. This matter has been accomplished, and Gu Su is still very grateful to his family in his heart, thinking that they are really good to him, and he tries his best to fulfill even such a willful request.

It was really sold and helped to count the money.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhen sent someone to tell Chunjia about Gu Su's pregnancy, and euphemistically asked Chunjia to visit Gu Su when he had time.

Chunjia has already been leaked by Yun Fenghuang. When he was suspicious of Gu Fangshu, he squinted his eyes slightly when he heard this, and immediately said to the person as if nothing had happened: "I know, go back and tell the queen, I will wait for you." I'm going to see Gu Baolin."

He really went to see Gu Su that day, and his attitude was very gentle and considerate.

Gu Su was already obsessed with his elegant and handsome appearance, as well as his status as the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. Seeing this, he became more and more fascinated, and boldly revealed his heart. I have told everything about my experience of entering the palace.

In fact, almost everyone in the previous court and harem knew about this incident, so Gu Su naively thought that only his own family knew about it, and shared it with Chunjia as a secret.

Chunjia just laughed, seeing how shy she was, she lazily prevaricated a few words, probably to praise Gu Su for being innocent and cute, unlike other people in the palace, and so on, seeing Gu Su's bright eyes, the emperor thought Seeing that the task of visiting a pregnant concubine today is almost completed, can I find an excuse to leave?

But before she could speak, Gu Su got excited and talked about her brother again.

Her heir brother is Gu Zhen's half-brother from a concubine, named Gu Du, because his biological mother died young, and his biological father did not love his aunt or his aunt, so to say he was the son of the uncle's mansion actually seemed a bit lonely.

As a result, the four-bedroom widowed aunt took a fancy to her. At first, she took care of her secretly. Two years ago, the fourth wife of the Gu family felt that the time was ripe, so she chose a time to cry to the old lady of the Gu family about the grievance of being a young widow with nothing to do. : "Although the concubine left a daughter for the husband, the girl will eventually leave the cabinet. Then the husband will be alone in the bottom, and there will be no one to sweep the house during the holidays!"

The old lady of the Gu family didn't intend to make the fourth wife extinct, but upon hearing this, she readily agreed to let her have a adoptive heir.

But Gu Zhen's mother didn't care about Gu Du, her father-in-law nodded her head, and her younger sister-in-law came over crying and begging. She wrote a letter to Uncle Zhao Wu in the Northern Army, and she agreed when she got permission.

In this way, Gu Du adopted the fourth wife as his heir, recorded it under the name of the fourth wife, and turned himself into a direct descendant on the genealogy. future.

Gu Sutong is actually not very familiar with this brother. One is that the brothers and sisters were not in the same room at first, and men and women were different, so they couldn't play together; She was never given any chance to associate with this brother.

But even if she is as ignorant as Gu Su, she also understands that the reason why her first cousin Gu Zhen can become a queen is mainly because of her uncle Zhao Wubo's face, and has nothing to do with Gu Zhen's own talent, appearance and character.

So she thought that if she wanted to gain Chunjia's attention, she should take some bargaining chips.

For example, Gu Su told the emperor right now: "Even though my brother is a son of a concubine, he is very intelligent and brave. My aunt privately said that he is the most outstanding among our brothers, but it is a pity that he was delayed by his birth. After giving it to my late father, my aunt took great care in cultivating it, and I heard that my uncle has regretted it for the past two years, and shouldn't have passed him on to our fourth wife."

It’s okay if she didn’t mention this, but when she mentioned this, Chunjia’s eyes changed when she saw her, and she smiled and said, “Really? Then your aunt is very discerning. But Uncle Zhaowu has many heirs, since your heir brother didn’t Being valued, no one is serious about cultivating them, but your cousins ​​who are direct relatives must have been brought up by ear, so they are all compared to your heirs?"

Gu Su quickly said: "I heard from my mother-in-law that although my uncle's sons are working hard, they still lack a bit of ingenuity. On the contrary, my brother-in-law is very clever, so I get extra appreciation from my uncle!"

It's not enough for her to show off in front of Chunjia. Chunjia smiled and echoed a few words when she heard the words, and soon turned the character of Uncle Zhaowu's family in her impression to the bottom.