Chapter 254 Sadness

The atmosphere in the Chongchang Palace was stagnant. I heard that King Qin led the way. When Princess Zhaoqing, the Second Prince, the Second Princess, the Third Princess, the Sixth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Ninth Prince came to visit the Tenth Prince, the Empress retorted with surprise and anger. Concubine Shu who was "revealed" by Chen Jing was startled.

Then everyone saw that Chunjia's originally stern face suddenly softened, and said: "The imperial concubine has always been sympathetic to children, it's hard for her to still have such affection during her confinement."

He ordered people to summon the heirs of the emperor to enter.

After a while, a group of emperor's heirs filed in according to senior and young, and came forward to pay their respects.

Rao even the Empress Concubine Shu doesn't like the imperial concubine, and she has to admit that the children in front of her are really well raised.

In terms of appearance, Zhaoqing is of course the first class, but the other heirs are not far behind.

After all, Chunjia is handsome and gentle, and if she can be a concubine, her appearance must pass the test. How could a child born in this way be unattractive?

Not to mention the clothes, the battles in the palace are not so fierce that the emperor's heirs wear shabby clothes.

So a group of young kids walked in and it was really pleasing to watch.

But the most eye-catching ones are King Qin, Zhaoqing, Seventh Prince and Ninth Prince, because their demeanor is different from other heirs.

The second princess is dull, the third prince is reserved, and the sixth prince is cowardly... Only the four princes under the imperial concubine's knees have the calmness and generosity that princes should have.

... To put it bluntly, it's not that the imperial concubine is favored. The children in front of her are close to the water first. Not to mention the number of times they see the emperor. The truth of brothers and sisters.

In this way, of course, she will not be as cautious as the second princess, third daughter and sixth prince.

Seeing Chunjia as an ordinary child treats his father, isn't it easy?

The queen left with concubine Shu for a while, and King Qin and others finished seeing the ceremony. Although Chunjia was in a bad mood, she managed to smile a little bit at the many cute and courteous children who came to Youai brothers, and said softly: "Why do you suddenly want to see Xiao Ten?"

The few children went to see the eldest King Qin very politely, and King Qin said: "I heard that the tenth brother was injured, and the sons and ministers were very worried, so they wanted to come and see. I was afraid of disturbing the queen mother, but I asked the concubine mother All right, here we come."

The emperor said: "Were you all together just now?"

"Return to the father's words." This time it was Zhaoqing who answered. Her leg injury was completely healed. The meticulous treatment by the imperial doctors meant that when she walked slowly, she could cover it up to the point where she couldn't see it unless she looked carefully. She walked normally. There are very traces, let alone running and jumping.

But this does not affect her beauty, her eyebrows are picturesque and exquisite.

Chunjia is not good at beauty, and Yi Xingen is the number one beauty in the harem that even Yun Fenghuang is convinced, and he has no intention of being obsessed.

But a daughter is different from a concubine, plus Zhaoqing grows up in front of the concubine, so far she still thinks that she is the concubine's own child, there is no obedience and obedience in the eyebrows, on the contrary, she is free and willful.

The emperor himself has been trembling since he can remember, and there is not a day when he is not working hard.

But he still appreciates the high spirits of his children.

Therefore, the eyes that looked at her became softer, and she smiled and listened to Zhaoqing's crisp voice, "The sons and officials were not together just now. It was the mother and concubine who said that the second sister, the third sister, and the sixth brother may not know what happened to the tenth brother. , Let the ministers go and tell!"

Chunjia smiled and waved at her, seeing the daughter limping towards her, her smile froze for a moment, not disgust, but pity.

Because Zhaoqing is already six years old this year, as the saying goes, men and women have different seats at seven years old. Even if father and daughter, Chunjia has begun to avoid taboos now, but she didn't hug her. She just reached out and touched the eldest daughter's hair, and someone moved her The embroidered stool came to let her sit, and said softly: "Your mother and concubine are very considerate, and you should listen to her more when you encounter problems in the future."

Just ask Yunfeng Huang how the past two days have been.

In fact, although the Son of Heaven is too busy to go to the harem recently, the news from Xuanqing Palace is reported three times a day.

But seeing her daughter, it is inevitable that she wants to understand again.

But thinking of Yun Fenghuang's temperament of valuing children, he was a little curious about what a noble concubine looked like in the eyes of people like Zhaoqing?

"The mother and concubine are in confinement now, and the ministers don't see them very often!" Zhaoqing curled his lips when he heard this, and complained, "The ministers have visited the fifteenth brother a few times, he looks good. It's ugly, it's not as good-looking as my son-in-law, right?"

King Qin was a little speechless when he heard this: "Zhaoqing, don't talk nonsense, brother fifteen... Didn't the wet nurse of brother fifteen say something? Brother fifteen will definitely look better in the future!"

"Impossible!" Zhaoqing said firmly, "My aunts have said that I look good just after I landed, so I look good now. Brother Fifteen doesn't look good now, and I'm sure he won't look good in the future!"

Chunjia laughed, touched her head and said, "Our Zhaoqing is indeed the most beautiful. After fifteen...after fifteen, it is not bad, but in terms of appearance, it is indeed not as good as Zhaoqing!"

This is true, but the emperor said this, not without taking the opportunity to express his anger: Fifteen, this bastard, just landed and compared me in the eyes of the noble concubine. Zhaoqing said bad things about him, and it really went to the bottom of my heart !

The key is that the emperor knew it well, if he said that the fifteenth prince was not good-looking, even if it was the truth, the imperial concubine would definitely be in a hurry with him!

He didn't doubt the position of that bastard Shiwu in the heart of the imperial concubine at all.

After all, for this little thing, the noble concubine would rather give up the position she had worked so hard to gain since entering the palace, and she would take him to the feudal domain!

But since it was Zhao Qing who said it, it's fine.

The emperor believed in the concubine's love for the children under her knees. Even if the concubine said clearly that her own children were not as good as her own, she would not punish Zhaoqing for such a trivial matter, and she would not blame Zhaoqing for pampering herself, right? ?

He was so happy to hear that Zhao Qing slandered the fifteenth prince a lot, vented his worries about the new brother's favor, and then smiled and asked the children: "Go in and see your tenth brother."

The queen and concubine Shu watched the family happiness in silence, and their hearts were filled with sorrow.

The queen's sorrow is that the tenth prince is still unconscious inside. The emperor rushed over immediately after receiving the news. Zhang Luo has taken it very seriously, right? But when the other heirs came, especially Zhaoqing's coquettish complaints, he even temporarily put aside the tenth prince and others, and started talking and laughing with Zhaoqing as if no one else was there.

This made Gu Zhen a little dazed, wondering whether the words the emperor said to him before were true or false?

After all, the emperor's emphasis on the ten princes does not seem to be fake; but the doting on Zhaoqing just now does not seem to be fake... But the question is, how did he manage to love his own flesh and blood like treasures, and at the same time make cold calculations? How will these children under Cheng Huan's knees kill each other in the future, and finally fulfill the crown prince?

None of these are outsiders, they are all real heirs of the emperor!

Concubine Shu's sorrow, of course, lies in the fact that Chen Jing, the chief executive of Xuanqing Palace, came to report to the empress just now, and reported the death of Gu Cairen's master and servant, the fall of the ten princes into the well, and the palace's rumors about Gu Cairen's master and servant being murdered by unjust souls, And the rumors of Queen Kezi and so on, including Wan Jieyu's death, were all blamed on her!

She was defending herself in astonishment, watching the emperor's complexion turn livid and full of anxiety, at this time King Qin and others came, originally interrupting and easing the atmosphere, it also made her think more about her self-defense Words are a good thing, but... Seeing that the emperor was looking aggressive just now, he suddenly turned into caring for the noble concubine, doting on his daughter, and teasing the fifteen princes...

Concubine Shu has mixed feelings in her heart.

Who in this palace doesn't know that the imperial concubine is favored?

But every time something comes to an end, it is necessary to have a deep understanding of the feeling of being favored and not being favored.

"Your Majesty." Seeing the last imperial heir bouncing into the inner hall, Concubine Shu lowered her eyes slightly, and said in a harsh voice, "I am wronged!"

This sentence, she said desperately and powerlessly.

After all, she has already understood that the truth is not important at all, and self-defense is useless no matter how eloquent it is... The key is, who is the emperor willing to trust?

No, it should be said that the key is, who did the emperor choose?

Concubine Shu had the last faint hope in her heart, not that the emperor would sympathize with her for not doing anything, but her grandfather, after all, it was Ouyang Yanran.

At about the same time, Ouyang Fulu's mother, Meng Shi, the wife of Ouyang's family, was kneeling at the door of the study, bursting into tears: "My father has many granddaughters, but my daughter-in-law only has this biological daughter! My daughter-in-law asks for nothing but Father... gave Fulu a way to survive! Whether he was relegated to the palace concubine or thrown into the cold palace, the daughter-in-law would be grateful!!!"

The Meng family is the legitimate daughter of a side branch of the Meng family, and she is the aunt of Wan Jieyu who is just gone.

This is because Ouyang Yanran was loyal to Xiaozong in the early years, and was regarded by the Ji family as a thorn in his flesh, and his descendants were also suppressed. For this reason, they didn't dare to marry the main clan's first daughter, but only selected the most outstanding girls from the side branches to marry, so as to maintain the relationship between the two families.

After the Meng family married into the Ouyang family, it has always been well-known for being a husband and a child.

During the years when Ouyang Yanran hadn't recovered, she cooperated closely with the eldest son of the Ouyang family and had great prestige in the Ouyang family.

Therefore, even though the female relatives were not allowed to come to the important place of the study, Ouyang turned a blind eye to her kneeling and begging for her daughter.

Even the children of the Ouyang family who were accompanying in the study at the moment couldn't help speaking for their sister-in-law and niece: "Father, even if the noble concubine is favored, but she comes from a humble background, and His Majesty obviously forbids her to have collusion in the previous dynasty... only for the sake of one It’s all right for the Seventh Prince to speak out for him, our family and concubine will not be able to last long... This is what you said earlier, since this is the case, if you pull Concubine Shu now, you will at most offend the concubine further! She can’t reach out her hand What will the court do to us before coming here, but why abandon Concubine Shu to make her proud?"

"Yes, grandfather." The eldest grandson of Ouyang's family also said, "The noble concubine is very ambitious. Although His Majesty loves her, he is also on guard. Forbid our family to continue to have good relations with the noble concubine. This is an example...Grandfather just doesn't help her very much now. , She is so ruthless! Wouldn't it be more in line with His Majesty's wishes to simply break with her?"

Ouyang Yanran stopped writing and ink in her hand, and looked around at the surrounding children. Although the others didn't speak, judging from their expressions, they all had the same idea.

The eldest grandson came out to propose again: "If grandfather thinks this is inappropriate...won't the second room's sister-in-law come forward and intercede with the imperial concubine?"

In order to show their goodwill to the noble concubine, the Ouyang family took the initiative to marry Xie's daughter as the second wife's son.

That was Yun Fenghuang's cousin.