Chapter 19: Coming and Going

"Why is mother here again?" Yun Fenghuang asked Jiang Shi to sit down, and personally handed over a glass of honey smoothie, and asked in surprise, "Could it be that something is going on at home?"

Jiang shi used a small silver spoon to dig some nectar ice and tasted it, said: "This taste is light, your sister-in-law and the others are young, and the ones made at home are always too sweet."

Then he said, "What else can I do, isn't it Princess Lin's person?"

"Mother doesn't like the recipe of honey sand ice at home, so let my sister-in-law and the others change it." Yun Fenghuang said, "How can the elders accommodate the tastes of the younger? The sister-in-laws are always virtuous and sensible, why are they confused about such things? ?”

Jiang said indifferently: "You said that your sisters-in-law are relaxed. When you were at home earlier, you didn't allow the taste you didn't like to be served on the table. I forgot? I don't care about your sisters-in-law, but your nephews and nieces They all love sweets, so why make them feel uncomfortable eating it. This honey smoothie is the favorite of children, and I don’t often use it around.”

Yun Fenghuang persuaded her not to spoil her nephews and nieces too much: "The last time you came to the palace, you said that now it's not the same as before, and you can't spoil the juniors."

"Why worry about such trivial matters, how arrogant you were back then, isn't it pretty good now?" Jiang thought for a while, and finally said, "If the rules are broken, I will naturally not obey... Forget it, let’s not talk about that, I came to the palace today, not for food, but because I heard something from Princess Lin’s people, and I think it’s necessary to talk to you.”

So the mother and daughter got back to business, "Concubine Lin's people said that although the envoy of the King of Zhou didn't know the matter, what he said was true. Since the lineage of King Fuyang was entrusted, heirs have not been prosperous, and all the former kings have lived their lives. Not forever. When Gongxiang Ruohang went to the county to become a vassal, Concubine Lin sent people around him to be careful, and found someone who had seen the geomantic omen of His Majesty's hidden residence. It was very inappropriate... I think this It's a bit absurd, Fuyang King's lineage has always been single, even the Yuanzhi vassal king, after all, has a title, it's extraordinary, how could he suffer such a big loss in the masonry of the palace, and still don't realize it?"

"Furthermore, to be born in the royal family, is it because of the profound blessings, how can a mere feng shui restrain it?"

"But the envoy told me in private that this kind of thing is not easy to say. He said that after the first emperor of Shenzong married the empress dowager, he also married and had no children for several years. He even had nothing to do in the backyard! At that time, Shenzong was competing with his brothers. Naturally, it was criticized a lot. Later, I went to Shanyuan Temple and performed several rituals in the temple, and the Empress Dowager was pregnant with Emperor Xiaozong."

"Otherwise, even if Shenzong's first emperor and Ji's wrists are connected to the sky, the throne will not be passed on to Shenzong."

"The king of Zhou is the elder of the clan, and the people in his mansion know a lot. I don't think the envoy looks like nonsense."

Jiang shi came here to tell his daughter this, of course not for the sake of gossip, so he quietly asked, "Anyway, Shanyuan Temple is near the imperial capital, why don't you go and try it for your mother? Our family doesn't lack so many Sesame oil money, especially these two times people have never come to the door empty-handed... If it can't be done, we have the right to have fun; if it can be done, you...you can have your own flesh and blood, but why should you regret it?"

Yun Fenghuang frowned slightly, and said after a while: "My menstruation has improved a lot in the past two years, but it is not necessary to go to Shanyuan Temple to toss, it's not something else, it's the empress since Uncle Zhaowu took the crime, I fell ill in a hurry, and now it is getting worse. If it is reported that I intend to ask for a child again, it will not be a good thing for me to let her alone. After all, His Majesty is not willing to stand up I am the queen, who is not worse than the queen? I still count on her to live a few more years."

"This..." Jiang shi hesitated, "Either keep things a little more hidden..."

"Even if you can hide it from the queen, you can't hide it from your majesty." Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "Mother, it's not like you don't know your majesty's shrewdness! Besides, the three generations of the Ji family are closely related to Shanyuan Temple. The former queen and Kang Jie You don’t have any of them in the observation. Can your majesty ignore the people who come and go? My idea is that there are imperial doctors on the left and right of my body who are slowly recuperating. After all, it won’t get worse. Although I have been in the palace for a few years, but I haven't reached the age where I can't bear children, so why rush? Now the queen is sick, and two days ago, she even called me to come to her, and begged me earnestly, saying that she felt that she was about to die, and wanted to send the third prince Entrust me with the king of Chu, the tenth prince, and the birth mother of the tenth prince, Mrs. Ping."

"You said that under such circumstances, I tried every means to have children. What do you mean?"

"It doesn't make people think that I wish the queen would die soon... It's not worth it, it's really not worth it."

She said slowly, "Besides, it's not a good thing to be pregnant and have a baby now. The queen is sick, and I'm taking care of the palace affairs. If I want to have a baby, Concubine Shu and Concubine De can't help it. When the time comes God knows what ghosts and sprites are popping up again? Let’s just wait. After two years, maybe there will be news without doing any rituals?”

"That's fine." Jiang also knew that Yun Fenghuang was the only honor and disgrace of Xie's. From Xie's standpoint, in fact, it was best for Yun Fenghuang not to have children.

After all, even if the imperial concubine is always in good health, she cannot keep from following in the footsteps of Concubine Wen Huixian.

If she really went like this, then no matter whether it was the many heirs under her knees or the entire Xie family, there would really be no hope.

Chunjia's pity for a moment will not last long.

But as a mother, she always doted on Yun Fenghuang, so she couldn't help worrying that none of Yun Fenghuang's descendants would be filial and promising in the future, and that her daughter would end up like Queen Mother Yuan when she got old.

So from this aspect, it is more reliable to have a biological child.

Although some of the biological ones are not filial, but the blood relationship is more reliable than the adopted son, isn't it?

Seeing that Yun Fenghuang had an idea at this moment, he didn't try to persuade him much, he just said, "Since you are not in a hurry, then that's fine, the more urgent you are, the less successful it is."

Having said this, she also left.

On the second day, Yun Fenghuang went to see Chunjia to intercede for Gongxiang Ruohang, and she did not hide that she had received a favor: "The concubine's mother heard that it was for this matter, so she hurriedly sent her to the public. Hurry up, how easy is it to talk about this kind of thing? But the man begged hard and mentioned the heart of a mother, which finally softened her mother, so she went to the palace to talk to the concubine. She said that Princess Lin is just such a son, Now I don't ask for anything else, I just want to save his life, the words are quite pitiful... In fact, I feel that there is nothing to be touched by these words. Concubine Lin is just such a child, those people who have been deceived, Isn't it raised by parents?"

Hearing this, Chunjia couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "You've already taken other people's things, and you still want to add trouble? If this matter gets out, maybe no one will ask you to do things in the future?"

"Your majesty already knew everything early on, but still remained calm, waiting for the concubine to intercede with Gongxiang Ruohang regardless of black and white, and the punishment will come naturally?" Yun Fenghuang wanted to laugh when he heard this. He didn't laugh and said, "Fortunately, I still have a little conscience, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be bad?"

Chun Jia said: "What's the big deal? Let's talk about it in private. As for punishing you? Huh?"

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek, and said with a smile, "Let's talk about business, you won't accept Lin Wangfei's benefits for no reason."

Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, if it wasn't for your intention to keep Gong Xiangruo's life, why would this palace let it go? After all, Fuyang County is not any other place, and she will not act rashly without understanding Chunjia's mind.

At this moment, she opened him coquettishly, calmed down, and then said: "Although King Fuyang is the biological heir of King Zhou and Princess Lin, since he has adopted the lineage of King Fuyang, he should naturally follow the lineage of King Fuyang. Forget it. Everyone in the world knows the origin of His Majesty’s lineage with King Fuyang, His Majesty has always been benevolent, and he must be kind to King Fuyang. It’s not for anything else, please take your Majesty’s power for the sake of the two Empress Dowagers.”

Chunjia snorted and said, "You will say these words to coax me, but in fact, it is not because of the things that Princess Lin gave you? Just a few hu pearls tell you to change the way to fool the emperor, you have the nerve to say !"

Yun Fenghuang said: "Your Majesty's words are too unfair to my concubine. Is a few hu pearls worthy of my concubine's displeasure? I only have your majesty in my heart, and the reason why I am willing to say this is not for your majesty's sake? "

After all, the emperor didn't want to be rehabilitated, so after a few difficult words, he let go, saying that it was all because of your face, otherwise he would have to do something to King Fuyang... So the matter was settled.

After two days of waiting for King Fuyang to enter the capital, he got the news early in the morning, and rushed to His Royal Highness crying, saying that it was because of his large-scale construction work, but in fact it was for the consideration of the two empress dowagers, the means of enlisting civilian husbands may be a little bit fierce, but his heart is absolutely not The plan to be harsh on Li Shu is purely because he is young and ignorant, and the subordinates are a little out of place in doing things.

Chunjia said a few words indifferently, ordered him to be fined for two years' salary, and let him go after beating.

As for those who went to Beijing to sue, because they were indeed ordinary Li Shu, Chunjia didn't want to leave a bad impression on the people of the fief, but took the time to summon them in person, comforted them, and calmly blamed Zhou Wang and his wife, expressing their dissatisfaction. It's all Zhou Wang and his wife who have no way to teach their children, and the clan's restraint. In short, he has dealt with Fuyang King, and he still misses Fuyang County... His current skills can deal with these without any effort, and he will take care of them very quickly. ready.

At the beginning of April, Concubine De gave birth to a full-term son, the eleventh prince.

She gave birth relatively smoothly this time, the queen and Yun Fenghuang showed their importance to sitting in the township in person, and after only sitting for more than half a day, they got the confirmation that the mother and child were safe.

Concubine De has not spoiled the special room in these years, but she can be regarded as a constant favorite, so Chunjia came to see the mother and son that day, and gave a lot of extra rewards... But that's it.

The attention after that is of course back to the frontier.

At this time, it has been a few days since the Dingbei Army went to the grassland, and the battle reports came back one after another. Although Prince Xifa was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength and supplies, the leaders did not want to because they had seen the brutality of Hele before. In that situation, the heart of resistance is very firm.

The result of Gu Fangshu's personal evaluation is that he can fight.

If there is no accident, Guochao can make a fortune.

Chunjia had never been on the battlefield, and he didn't plan to command randomly, so after confirming that it was correct with the supervisor and the Imperial City Secretary, the reply was only to encourage and remind him to be cautious.

After all, it was out of good intentions that Guochao sent troops to help Xifa this time. Similarly, there would be no gratitude from Xifa.

This war will not end in a short time, Chun Jia urged for a while and then personally asked about the matter of food and grass.

This year to avoid the summer heat, he didn't have many concubines because of his hard work.

But when he returned to the palace in autumn, there were still two pregnant concubines in the accompanying harem: Concubine Wan and Xuan Zhaoyi.

After some twists and turns, Xuan Zhaoyi's mentality is now very stable. Anyway, she has the second princess under her knees, which at least guarantees that she will not be sent to the palace to fend for herself after Chunjia's death. In addition, there are many princes in the palace, Even if she gave birth to a prince, she may not be able to take advantage of it, but there are fewer princesses. It seems that Chunjia is more indulgent to Princess Zhaoqing, so Xuan Zhaoyi is very relaxed, and it can be said that there is no pressure.

Concubine Wan, on the other hand, was more entangled.

She didn't expect men and women, as far as the current situation in the palace is concerned, there have been no major changes, and it doesn't make much sense for them to have children.

Anyway, even if there is only one imperial daughter under his knees, he will be guaranteed in his old age.

The key is not wanting to step into the end of Concubine Wen Huixian...

But no one can say for sure about this kind of thing. Concubine Wan and her servants confided their troubles and listened to some persuasion. Thinking about the many heirs in the palace, although some concubines died due to childbirth, most of them survived. of.

For example, Kang Jieyu's twins were all safe and sound, and Concubine De gave birth to two children and she was too ordinary, so I might not be so unlucky?

Thinking of this, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally started to have a baby with peace of mind.

When she returned to the palace, the queen's spirit was much better, but she still couldn't get up from the couch, and she didn't recover to say hello. Yun Fenghuang told the queen and gave them some rewards according to the rules, so no one asked any more.

During this time, Weihe's war was already in full swing.

With the help of the Dingbei Army, Prince Xifa fought Hele several times, each winning or losing, but overall the victory was more than the defeat.

After hearing this ratio, Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, if it wasn't for the sake of embellishing the country's face, then it was obviously the Dingbei Army's intention.

It is to let Xifa and Hele, the uncles and nephews, consume each other. Otherwise, it is not good for Xifa to lose all at once. If Xifa wins all at once, he may not be grateful to Guochao, and he may follow Hele's ambition , tidy up and start thinking about Guochao.

We are all old rivals, and there are many pitfalls between each other. Of course, the Dingbei Army will not let go of the great opportunity to wear down the enemy this time.

Because the general situation of the war is in favor of the country and the court, although the ruling and opposition parties occasionally meet to discuss a few words, they are not very concerned.

Time flies by, and soon it will be Gu Liman's due date.

With her status, she is not qualified to be guarded by the concubine during childbirth.

But the empress will definitely be there, Yun Fenghuang greeted him expressively, seeing that the empress didn't intend to call him over, so he saved some trouble.

So he asked a small servant to wait for the news.

Gu Liman activated it at night, and gave birth to the twelve princes at noon the next day.

It is said that the mother and the child are safe, and the twelve princes are still in good shape, strong and have eyebrows and eyes quite similar to Chunjia.

This was originally good news for the queen sisters and the Gu family, but...

Under the circumstances that the queen already has the tenth prince who is recorded as the first son, the sincerity of such a prince made the queen feel complicated.

He is relieved that there are princes with Gu's blood in the palace, but he is also worried that the princes will be difficult to deal with when they grow up.

In the end, it was Mrs. Zhao Wubo who came into the palace and passed on the words of Old Master Gu to reassure her for the time being: "Since it is all recorded in the name of the empress, it can be seen that there is a destiny with the empress. In this way, you will raise them together as your own flesh and blood, and wait until later." .”

After conveying the old man's original words, Mrs. Zhaowu lowered her voice, "Jingui, the son of the royal family, the emperor's heirs are still young now, who knows what will happen in the future? Even if the tenth prince is not from the daughter of the Gu family, it can be recorded under your name. It was you who raised him, that is your son! Don’t pay attention to your grandfather’s hints, I gave birth to five or six of you brothers and sisters, which ones were not carefully raised, but in the end, your second brother and third sister did everything possible to keep you. Live, and go there at the age of ten? One more prince is one more guarantee, and before they reach adulthood, you will try to level the water!"

Anyway, the ten princes and the twelve princes who are superior to Gu Zhen are all empress dowagers, Mrs. Zhao Wu will not put her daughter behind just because the twelve princes are bleeding Gu's blood.

People like her know very well that there are still many hurdles to pass in order to raise a child so young that he can enter the East Palace. Before he is sure that the tenth prince is not needed, what did he do to make his daughter share with this child?

What if the Tenth Prince needs to be replaced in the future?

As if in response to Mrs. Zhao Wubo's words, Concubine Xian's due date will arrive soon.

In order to show the importance she attaches to this foreign princess, and mainly to give Prince Xifa face, the queen who has recovered in all sevens and eighties personally came forward to sit outside the delivery room, and then Concubine Xian struggled for most of the day to give birth to a royal daughter. Deeper than the middle-earth people, it is obvious blood.

Although it is cute, it is not an honor to wear Hu blood at such a time. The queen grew up in Yanzhou when she was young, and was deeply influenced by the concept that the four wilds are barbarians and the country is noble. After hugging her, she handed it back to Mrs. Wen, said a few words of concern for Concubine Xian, and then left.

When she left, the concubines scattered like birds and beasts.

In order to show the importance she attached to this daughter, Chunjia specially gave her a name the next day, Gongxiangxiu.

But Gong Xiangxiu was not blessed, the child was born at full term, but just like his eldest brother King Qi, he would die before the full moon.

Concubine Xian could not accept this result, and suspected that someone had murdered her daughter, but Chunjia took the time to investigate thoroughly, but it was only the negligence of the servants, who accidentally covered the little princess's mouth and nose with the quilt, causing Gong Xiangxiu died of suffocation.

What made the queen and others breathe a sigh of relief was that this careless palace man was the dowry of the concubine Xian, a female slave of Weihe, so he really couldn't rely on other people.

Concubine Xian didn't care that she was still in confinement, she got up and beat the female slave to death with a whip, and cried for several days before she was relieved by Chunjia's consolation.

Gu Zhen told Yun Fenghuang privately that Wei He's body is good: "I see that Mrs. Ping was in confinement at that time, let alone get up and beat the slaves to death in such a few days, just cry for two days, I'm afraid If you don’t, your eyes will go wrong.”

Yun Fenghuang said casually: "This one is also pitiful. The first child was not kept because of his young age, and this kind of thing happened to the second child... Actually, the little princess looked white and tender when she landed. It looks like it's going to die."

Thinking of the kindness at the osmanthus appreciation banquet back then, I finally sent a reliable imperial doctor to take good care of the concubine Xian, and let the Qing people go to persuade Roukun, "Your Majesty has lost two of her own flesh and blood. If you still suffer like this, don’t you want your own flesh and blood in the future?”

"Your Majesty, do you know that my Madam was considered to have a deep destiny as an heir at the time. The reason why she has nothing to do now is that she has broken her body for some reason since entering the palace. This is a pity until now. Your Majesty is young. Could it be that because of a moment of grief, step by step?" Follow in the footsteps of my mother?"

Out of distrust of Yun Fenghuang's character, after the queen heard about this incident, she didn't think it was Yun Fenghuang's pure repayment of favors, but wondered if doing so would make Chunjia happy, so she immediately sent someone to take care of Rou Kun.

The empress and noble concubine's sympathy made Rou Kun breathe a sigh of relief, and then his attitude towards Yanfu Palace and Xuanqing Palace became significantly closer.

At the end of the year, Princess Yun'an gave birth again, and this time she gave birth to a daughter again, but because of the identity of the late emperor's biological daughter, the Zheng family had to express their happiness no matter what they thought.

After ordering the rewards to congratulate Chunjia, he finally remembered that he had promised to confer titles on Yun An's children, so he conferred the princess titles on both of them.

The eldest daughter is Princess Yushan, and the youngest daughter is Princess Jinxi.

This was originally a happy event for both inside and outside the palace, but at this moment, the fourth prince disappeared.