Chapter 38: Cousin Meng
In the capital at this time, the heroine Meng Wanfeng had already traveled north from Jiangling to Beijing.
Her scumbag father, Meng Zhili, became the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, a position that everyone was afraid to avoid even though it was considered big or small.
Meng Wanfeng also went to the Song Dynasty to meet his grandfather's family, and successfully used acupuncture to improve the condition of the hemiplegic Mrs. Song. Later, on the recommendation of Mrs. Song, she entered the palace to treat the empress.
sick.
The Queen, who had been too sick to get out of bed, miraculously regained her energy after the heroine's superb acupuncture treatment.
In addition, the heroine Meng Wanfeng also suggested that His Royal Highness eat less sweets and use moxibustion and acupuncture to help His Highness control his appetite.
The Empress was very fond of Meng Wanfeng and stayed in her palace for a while. She also personally introduced Princess Ping An and Princess Fuming, the Prince's favorite, to get to know her.
In the afternoon, Li Zhao came out of the Liubu Yamen. He first went to the Qinzheng Hall to say hello to his imperial grandfather, and then went to his grandmother Meng Shufei’s Chengqian Palace to say hello. In the Chengqian Palace, he met several members of the Meng family from the Baoding Marquis Mansion.
A daughter, and Meng Wanfeng.
Concubine Shu heard that Meng Wanfeng treated the queen and the prince, and she disliked her.
A daughter of the Meng family had her elbows turned outwards! She wished that Queen Xu would die quickly. As early as the year when the prince was deposed, the crown prince’s natal family, Dingguo Palace, was arrested for being found to be secretly exploiting iron mines and selling iron tools.
The emperor's family was confiscated and exiled. If Empress Xu was not still here, the relationship between the emperor and the prince would have been over long ago.
Concubine Shu had been at odds with Empress Xu since she was young. They were both from a family of military generals, but she only married the emperor a few years later than the empress. Moreover, Concubine Meng Shu was extremely beautiful. She was a stunning beauty when she was young, but the emperor only respected and loved her.
Empress Xu, however, was unpretentious towards Concubine Meng Shu, always saying that she was domineering, unreasonable, and confused.
Later, during the battle to seize the throne, Empress Xu blocked the emperor's sword, and Concubine Meng Shu had nothing to say. Her role in saving the emperor was incomparable. But when it came to her son, Concubine Shu's unwillingness resurfaced.
Her son, Prince Su, had been a genius in both civil and military affairs since he was a child. In addition, he was good-looking and was very popular with the emperor when he was a child. However, as an adult, he was mercilessly demoted to Guangdong and Fujian to train in labor because he wanted to make way for the prince.
The Navy Army. It sounds like it’s called military training, but isn’t it actually a disguised form of exile?
That’s Lingnan!
Her poor son had stayed in Lingnan for almost twenty years, and she felt so angry that her chest hurt just thinking about it.
Fortunately, a few years ago, Zhao'er was recruited by the emperor into Beijing and found a job in the Ministry of War and the Xijing Camp.
Li Zhao and Prince Su looked very similar. When Concubine Meng Shu saw Li Zhao, she felt as if she had seen Prince Su more than ten years ago. She was very happy for Li Zhao. She was unloved and unloved in the palace. She always met the emperor.
If she was going to be scolded, she would not want to go to the emperor at all. She would spend all day doing nothing in the palace, and from time to time she would come to the palace to talk to her well-behaved grandchildren.
No, seeing that Li Zhao was about to reach his prime age and there was no one around him who knew how to be warm and cold, he began to think about arranging a marriage for his grandson.
Li Zhao had already made an appointment with his father for the third girl from the Song family, and he was just waiting for her to have haircuts so that he could marry her home. He found various reasons to shirk the offer several times.
How could Concubine Meng Shu know what her son and grandson were planning, she just wanted to give the girls of the Meng family to the eldest son as his concubines. No, the girls of the Meng family were recruited into the palace again by Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu took Li Zhao's hand and persuaded her earnestly: "Look, look, in Prince Su's Mansion, your second brother got engaged last year, and now your third and fourth brothers are also seeing each other. You
As an elder brother, can’t you make me, an old grandmother, worry free!”
"Grandma is so old! She is still a great beauty." Li Zhao nodded and smiled, with a very eye-catching smile, like a handsome young man. He said to Concubine Shu in a soft tone: "It's not that I don't want to get married, but I can
The person getting married is the head wife, and she is also the royal concubine of the palace. My grandson just doesn’t want to be hasty."
Concubine Shu sighed, a little unhappy: "After all, you just dislike our Meng family girls, don't you?!"
Li Zhao hurriedly denied: "No, no! Grandma, how can you think so! My grandson is just..." He suddenly glanced at Meng Wanfeng, and the corners of his lips twitched slightly, thinking of what Meng Wanfeng had been doing recently.
When the Queen was treating an illness, Concubine Shu definitely didn't like her, so she casually said, "My grandson, this sister Wan Feng is pretty good."
Meng Wanfeng's face immediately turned pale, and she clenched her fists to prevent herself from showing a ferocious expression.
When Concubine Shu heard this, she immediately became sullen. She had no choice but to pick the one with the elbow turned outward!
She immediately slapped Li Zhao on the shoulder and reprimanded: "What nonsense are you talking about! Just now, you said that this matter should not be taken lightly. Your cousins are still here, so you are talking nonsense! You are the eldest son of the royal family, do you have anything?
Behave!"
Li Zhao quickly knelt down and admitted his mistake: "Grandma scolded me, it was Zhao'er Meng Lang."
Concubine Shu glared at Meng Wanfeng fiercely and said angrily: "When you marry a virtuous wife, don't just like her just because she looks good. I pretend I didn't hear this. You are not allowed to mention it in the future. Do you hear me?"
!”
"Yes, my grandson has remembered it."
Seeing that Li Zhao was so obedient, Concubine Shu took a few breaths and finally suppressed her anger. She waved her hand and asked the girls to leave, leaving Li Zhao alone to have dinner together.
During the dinner, he still asked Li Zhao unwillingly: "Are you satisfied with the two concubines I chose for you last time? Let me tell you, instead of choosing those beautiful girls from small families, why don't I give them to you in the Meng family?
You pick a concubine and serve her in the palace first!"
"Royal grandmother! You might as well choose two more beautiful maids in your palace for your grandson. She is a concubine and a daughter of the prince's family. How can she be a concubine without a name or status?"
Having said this, Concubine Meng Shu couldn't help but become more active again. Not only did she become more active, but all the young maids in her palace also became excited.
Chapter completed!