Chapter 2213 Imperial Concubine(1/2)
There are many women who are as thoughtful as the eldest princess. They all hope that their sons will form friendship with Zhu Yijun so that they can be valued by Zhu Yijun in the future.
Like Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyiwei at that time, was able to quickly climb to a high position and gain the full trust of Jiajing because he was a playmate of Jiajing.
Zhu Yijun's wet nurse Zhang also brought her son to the palace to play with Wanli today. However, this young master Zhang was obviously ignorant and repeatedly defeated Zhu Yijun in the game competition of using stone pieces to make water.
Zhu Yijun's skill that he had always been proud of was actually crushed by this young master Zhang, and he was so angry that he felt so angry. Given that his mother's control was very strict, the palace maid and eunuch next to him were his mother's eyes, so he had to do it.
Induce but not emit.
A gust of spring breeze blew gently, and rippled waves of water appeared on the surface of the pond, and a white light appeared under the sunlight, and sometimes fish jumped up from it.
This clear pool is more than 30 square meters. Because the last owner, the Birthday Concubine, liked to fish, he was asked to build the pool here and has been used to this day.
After continuing to compete twice, Zhu Yijun saw Mr. Zhang playing seven beautiful water drifts, and then heard the amazement of the palace maids next to him, his heart immediately sank to the bottom.
Zhu Yijun is six years old this year. He has been holding the eunuchs and palace maids around him since he was a child. He directly ordered like a little adult: "I am thirsty!"
Young Master Xiao Zhang was also a little thirsty, but he knew that there was a very delicious sour plum soup in the palace. He seemed to turn his head and look at the eunuch who left hurriedly.
Zhu Yijun turned his head and saw the young master Zhang who was staring at him, but he knew that the eunuch would give him one. He couldn't help but feel even more depressed. He ordered to the two palace maids beside him: "I am hungry, you go over and take a look together.
Have you seen the banquet started?”
The two palace maids looked at each other and hesitated for a moment. In the end, they did not dare to rebel against the eldest son's intention, so they said goodbye and left in a hurry.
Mr. Xiao Zhang had already picked up a suitable stone piece from the ground, but turned his head to look at Zhu Yijun and asked seriously: "Your Highness, are we still comparing?"
"Look at what's in the water?" Zhu Yijun felt that Mr. Zhang was deliberately provoking him. As if he had discovered something, he pointed to the pond with fish and asked in confusion.
Young Master Xiao Zhang immediately cheered up and his eyes kept collecting the movements in the lake, but except for a swimming fish, there seemed to be nothing else strange.
"Where, there!" Zhu Yijun actively pointed out the direction, while Young Master Zhang was determined to please Zhu Yijun, but he kept following his guidance.
Zhu Yijun's eyes suddenly flashed with anger, but he pushed the thin young Master Zhang into the pool, and said in his heart: Let you beat me.
I have to say that Zhu Yijun is like a spoiled only child in later generations.
Since his birth, Zhu Yijun has been Longqing's only son. He has long been regarded as the future emperor and has been favored by people around him.
But today, this young master Zhang is so ungrateful that he has surpassed him repeatedly. How can he not make him angry? How can he not let this ungrateful person learn some lessons?
A look of horror flashed across Mr. Xiao Zhang's face, but before falling into the water, he turned his head and saw Zhu Yijun with a smug face. He finally understood the lesson of his father, and realized why Li Chengen was unwilling to do so.
Play with Zhu Yijun.
But it was too late. He fell heavily into the pool water. The pool water rushed from all directions and instantly swallowed him like a giant beast.
It was such a coincidence that when Queen Chen and her group came to the back garden, fortunately, they saw the scene of Mr. Xiao Zhang being pushed into the pool, which immediately made Queen Chen's heart rise to her throat.
Although she knew that Zhu Yijun treated wealth like his life with Concubine Li, she inherited the cruelty and ruthlessness of the Zhu family, she never expected that she would do such a harmful act.
When Emperor Jing of Han was young, he smashed Liu Xian, the crown prince of Wu with a chessboard, but that was caused by Liu Xian being too competitive and not knowing to give in. However, he would not push the thin young Master Zhang into the pool like now.
"Come here! Come here! Someone fell into the water!"
I wonder if Zhu Yijun realized that he had made a mistake or wanted to clear his suspicion through this move, but suddenly shouted loudly.
After hearing the shouts here, two palace maids and an eunuch rushed over. However, they saw that Young Master Xiao Zhang was struggling in the pool, and Zhu Yijun was standing in a calm manner, with a heart hanging over.
I couldn't help but feel relieved.
The increasingly palace maids and eunuchs wanted to save Mr. Zhang who was struggling in the pool, but the palace maids and eunuchs were not familiar with water, but they could only be anxious by the pool.
Some people thought that they could use bamboo poles to catch people, but they would not be able to find the bamboo poles here for a while, and the scene seemed very chaotic.
"What should I do? What should I do?" Empress Chen also rushed to the edge of the pond. However, when she saw Young Master Li who had already sunk in the pond, she couldn't help but lose the majesty of the former queen and said anxiously.
Tang Su'er's heart suddenly sank, but she suddenly ran towards the pool as if she had made a great decision, and then jumped down angrily from the edge of the pool.
"This... seeks death?"
It was the eunuch and palace maid who were so anxious that they were even more shocked when they saw Tang Su'er jumping down, but they didn't expect another wave to be released.
ah?
When Empress Chen saw her female official seeking death in such a way, she also glared in surprise for a moment.
Tang Su'er was naturally not trying to seek death, and she was not abusive. But when she stood up from the pool, the pool water only reached her waist, but she saw her picking up the dying young Master Zhang from the pool.
Because there was a lot of noise here, and today's Chengxi Palace was already crowded, after learning that an accident occurred here, people kept coming to this place.
After an experienced eunuch checked Mr. Xiao Zhang's condition, he immediately gave first aid for Mr. Xiao Zhang, and Mr. Xiao Zhang also choked and woke up.
But I don’t know if I was choking by the water or if I knew that some things were not to be promoted, but I cried and threw them into the wet nurse who came to hear the news, without mentioning anything about what fell into the pool.
Zhu Yijun suddenly started crying, immediately attracted the care and comfort of the eldest princess. At the same time, the eldest princess scolded and punished the two palace maids who left.
After learning about the accident, Concubine Li was afraid that her son would fall into the water, so she came with her big belly under the support of her maid. After seeing Zhu Yijun safe and soundless, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Empress Chen noticed that Concubine Li had just arrived and saw her stern look, but unexpectedly saw the other side of Concubine Li's meekness. She guessed that the daughter of the bricklayer suspected that she wanted to murder Zhu Yijun.
Just as everyone was relieved, they heard the news of the arrival of the emperor, and everyone couldn't help but rush towards the front yard.
But they hadn't taken a few steps. Concubine Li, who was about to follow him, suddenly stood there, with a painful expression and said, "It hurts!"
ah……
A palace maid screamed when she saw the blood stains under Concubine Li’s skirt.
Seeing this, some experienced maids of imperial decree immediately knew that what happened just now was that the sheep fetus had broken, but they hurriedly asked someone to call the woman over.
When Longqing learned the news, he was suddenly stunned.
The accident just now was left behind by everyone, and everyone seemed to send Concubine Li to the delivery room, quietly waiting for the result of the delivery.
In this era of underdeveloped medical care, production is a relatively high risk factor, and it is not uncommon for women to die of dying from labor.
Queen Chen was unwilling to stay with Longqing and wait for the delivery room. Seeing that everyone around him was busy, she went back to Kunning Palace to wait first.
The eldest princess watched Empress Chen leave and immediately sowed the dissolution in front of Longqing: "Brother of the Emperor, look at the Queen's sister-in-law, where is the mother of a country? I think it's the best concubine and sister-in-law!"
Longqing's brows frowned slightly, and he also felt that Empress Chen was narrow-minded.
Tang Su'er, as a hero who had just been brave enough to jump into the pool to save Young Master Xiao Zhang, has been forgotten. When she returned to Kunning Palace, she changed into a clean set of female officials' clothes, and then came to Queen Chen to Hou Ming.
"Tang Shangyi, I just had you!" Queen Chen, who was drinking tea, looked up at Tang Suxin who appeared in front of her, and sighed with lingering fear.
"This is what the officials should do!" Tang Suer could see that Empress Chen really didn't want to see Mr. Xiao Zhang drowned, and responded modestly.
Empress Chen held the teacup in her hand, but asked in confusion: "You should not be water-free, right?"
"If you don't understand, how can our daughter understand water nature!" Tang Su'er immediately shook her head honestly and said in the face of this problem.
Queen Chen spat a mouthful of tea and asked even more puzzledly: "Then why did you dare to jump out of the pond to save people?"
"I saw that you were very anxious at the time, and I didn't want to see Mr. Xiao Zhang drowned. Thinking that I was the one who walked by the King of Hell, I just took a gamble!" Tang Su'er recalled
The situation at that time was to confess the thoughts at that time.
Queen Chen was stunned for a moment, but thinking that Tang Suer did look at her at that time, she said in a reproachful tone: "Don't do things so recklessly next time!"
Fortunately, the water in the pond was not deep. If Tang Su'er could really be submerged, not only would Mr. Zhang be drowned, but Tang Su'er himself would also have to destroy his life there.
"Sir, please obey the order!" Tang Su'er knew that Empress Chen was caring about her, so she bowed seriously.
Queen Chen took another sip of tea and thanked him seriously: "Thank you for this!"
"Ah?" Tang Su'er was about to review her behavior, but when she heard this, she looked up in surprise, her eyes filled with astonishment, and she once doubted her ears.
Queen Chen put down the teacup and said earnestly to Tang Suer, who was full of shock, "If that young master Zhang was really drowned under the nose of the Ai family, the Ai family would probably be unable to sleep or eat in the future, and would also be in a dilemma.
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Although there are many struggles in this harem, she is more willing to be a pure-minded person.
If Young Master Xiao Zhang is really drowned today, once she reveals the matter, she will be willing to stay with Concubine Li. Just conceal this matter, she will definitely be punished by her conscience again.
Fortunately, when facing the crisis, Tang Su'er did not hesitate to take risks and dared to jump into the pool to catch Young Master Zhang who was in danger. It was this brave move that made her not need to face that dilemma.
"The emperor was lucky enough to share the worries of the queen!" Tang Su'er was indeed grateful to her and said immediately.
Empress Chen's favorability towards Tang Su'er has increased greatly, and she warned seriously: "You have just explained to Xiaoli and the others that you must not show off what you see today!"
"The officials knew, so they must be as tight as a bottle!" Tang Su'er was used to intrigue when she entered the palace, but she knew the serious consequences of the matter, so she immediately expressed her opinion seriously.
Queen Chen turned her head and looked out the window, and suddenly said, "But you can report this to Master Lin!"
"Empress, the official..." Tang Su'er couldn't help but feel panic when she heard Empress Chen suddenly reveal the relationship.
Queen Chen seemed to have other ideas, but directly interrupted her and said, "The Ai family doesn't know what your relationship is with the Lin family, but this is an order!"
"Yes, the emperor obeys the order!" Tang Suer immediately took the order when she heard this explanation.
Although her intimate relationship with the Lin family was something she could not tolerate in the harem, she could vaguely feel that the reason why she was able to become the most dependent female official beside the queen was not that she was so outstanding, but because she had a subtle relationship with the Lin family.
Perhaps it is not just her, Tang Su'er, even this noble queen needs the Lin family to be her backer and need the Lin family's help to control the harem as she is now.
At dusk, the entire Forbidden City seemed magnificent, and Chengxi Palace was still busy.
Due to Concubine Li's sudden delivery, the afternoon banquet also ended in a hurry. However, Concubine Li's condition seemed to be bad. It had been an hour since she entered the delivery room, but she still couldn't give birth smoothly.
Long Qing was originally a very nervous person, but as time went by, he gradually became worried about Concubine Li and her unborn child, but he was so anxious that he came back to take a walk outside.
Wow……
To be continued...