Chapter 227 Erchen wants to marry her as a concubine(1/2)
Before she got close, the queen saw the prince walking back and forth in front of the imperial study room at a glance. She frowned and seemed to be blocked outside the imperial study room. She didn't know what she did to anger the emperor. Now she didn't even see her face. This is not very good. It is important to know that the emperor can give birth to a son, and her son's position as the prince is not stable. This is also the reason why she dared not act rashly.
As she approached, she said, "What did you do to upset your father?"
When Zhao Chu heard this, he turned around and saw the face of his mother. He immediately took a small step back and saluted respectfully, "My son has seen the mother."
Princess Qinglan, who was following the queen, quickly bowed her knees to greet the prince, "I have met the prince's brother."
Zhao Chuyi always liked this little cousin very much and smiled at her, "Qinglan, there is no need to be polite." Then he looked at his mother, "My mother wrongly accused her son-in-law..."
The queen snorted softly, not believing in her son's words at all. If she didn't mess with the emperor, how could she be stopped outside the imperial study? So before her son finished speaking, she turned to look at the eunuch guarding the gate, "Is Your Majesty in the imperial study?"
"Return to the Queen's words, I'm here."
"Who else is there?"
"The Ninth Prince is inside."
The queen was in a good mood and was filled with dark clouds in an instant. She immediately turned her head and looked at her son sharply. It seemed that she wanted to stand up for Zhao Yu again? Even though she knew that the emperor was not in a good mood recently, he still wanted to take the initiative to take over the matter for an irrelevant person. Is she unwilling to accept the emperor's anger if she didn't spread on him?
How could she have such a son?
The queen looked so angry that she looked so angry that she looked fiercely at the prince, and her hatred for Zhao Yu increased to a higher level. Zhao Yu has been dragging down his son, so she had to find a way to clean him up.
There is no better mother than mother than mother. Similarly, there is no better mother than son. Zhao Yu saw through the mother’s thoughts at a glance, so he stepped forward and said, “Mother, this is not a matter of the Ninth Brother, it’s just a coincidence that my son’s minister came.”
Zhao Chu took all the responsibility on her, and the queen was even more angry. But this was in front of the imperial study. She could not show any dissatisfaction here, otherwise her image as a tolerant and generous queen would be out of her mind. She didn't want to be pointed at the nose and scolded by the emperor.
So she patted her son's shoulder lightly, "Don't worry, how could the mother blame your ninth brother?" She paused, "Forget it, go in with me and take a look, so that your ninth brother will be severely beaten by your father."
Zhao Chu narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew very well that his mother was telling lies, but this was not a place to speak. If the mother and son had to communicate, they could only wait until they left the territory of the Imperial Study Room before talking. But now he has achieved his goal.
The relationship between the father and the queen is actually neither good nor bad, but for this wife, the queen will still leave her a bit of decent treatment. This is the treatment that the queen can only receive after Concubine Rou fell out of favor.
Sure enough, after the eunuch went in and reported for a while, he came out and raised his whisk respectfully and smiled, "Empress, Your Majesty announces you to go in."
The queen smiled and nodded at the eunuch. She was the emperor's close servant, and she always gave her face.
Zhao Chu took the opportunity to follow her mother and walked in. Finally, Princess Qinglan, who had been watching from the wall. Before, the queen and the prince had been talking to each other, she had always turned a deaf ear to her. This level of dialogue was not something she could interrupt, she could just act as a set aside.
As soon as she entered, she saw Zhao Yu kneeling on the ground. She was not surprised. She guessed some clues when she heard the conversation between the queen and her son. In fact, she rarely saw Zhao Yu in the emperor.
After the queen came in, she was first surprised, then looked at Zhao Yu with pity. After making this expression, she stepped forward to salute the emperor, "Your Majesty."
"The queen doesn't have to be too polite." The emperor made a gesture of getting up. When he saw Princess Qinglan, his originally serious expression became much more kind in an instant. He waved to Princess Qinglan and said, "Come here quickly, I haven't seen you enter the palace to play for a few days."
"Uncle Emperor." Princess Qinglan raised a sweet smile and jumped to the emperor like a deer. She reached out and shook the emperor's arm, "Uncle Emperor, Qinglan misses you."
The little girl's mouth was very sweet. After hearing this, the emperor burst into laughter and shaved her pretty nose affectionately, "You are the girl who has a sweet mouth."
The queen smiled and said, "Qinglan has been complaining to me recently, saying that Princess Dora from Mobei is always asking her for trouble. I think, Princess Dora has been betrothed to the Seventh Prince. If she lets her be so ignorant, she will be afraid that she will act recklessly in the future..."
When the emperor looked at the queen, his eyes no longer had the gentleness and tolerance of facing Princess Qinglan, but had a little scrutiny.
The queen had been with him for nearly 30 years, so how could she not know what kind of virtue this husband was? So she didn't care and expressed her thoughts directly, "This Mobei is different from our Da'an rules. Besides, the Imperial Heaven Supervision Bureau has already been optimistic about their wedding date. I wondered if I should pick her up in the palace in advance, and I personally taught her etiquette and rules, so that she would not cause trouble to lose face of the royal family in the future."
After all, the marriage has not been formally married yet, otherwise the queen would not have to pass the emperor and would have issued such an order.
Before the emperor answered, Princess Qinglan shook the emperor's arm, "Uncle, Qinglan beg you, just treat me as a pity, as she is going to be annoyed me," then leaned into the emperor's ear and whispered, "And she said she was Princess Mobei, but she was just a barbarian woman, and she was not polite. I am afraid that my seventh brother would be wronged in the future."
This kind of behavior of the young daughter every family was particularly pleasing to the point of being loved by Princess Qinglan at this age. The emperor patted her hand holding her arm with great tolerance, "Well, just take it as a way to save our Qinglan. The queen just gave her an imperial edict." Then she changed her tone, "I have to work hard to teach her a barbarian woman like that."
Mobei was a defeated general under the Da'an Dynasty this time. When the emperor thought of Prince Ertai's provocative actions at the previous banquet, he felt quite unhappy. Besides, it was natural for the future mother-in-law to teach her future daughter-in-law.
To be honest, the queen has been doing well since she was in charge of the Central Palace. At least on the surface, she still affirmed her performance in this regard.
"Your Majesty has ruined me." The queen likes to hear the emperor say this very much. At this time, the smile raised will be much more sincere. At least the emperor sees her efforts. "I am the chief palace and I am already responsible for educating the royal family's women. I am worthy of the identity given to me by Your Majesty."
The emperor nodded with a smile. This is the best thing about the queen and is self-aware.
Princess Qinglan has a slightly eyebrow eyebrow. In her opinion, the interaction between the emperor and the empress is too fake, and is worse than her father and mother. She should not be like this with Jin San in the future. Her marriage must be harmonious and beautiful.
The prince had long been used to his parents' words like this, and he had no expression at all. He glanced at Zhao Yu and made a gesture to him to keep him calm and that he would still be there for all major events.
Zhao Yu nodded slightly to his brother and shook his head again. He wanted Zhao Chu not to force him to stand up, and he would not refuse any of the thunder he deserved to bear, and he was willing this time.
It is impossible for Zhao Chu to ignore Zhao Yu, otherwise what would he do after he comes in?
But this time he doesn't need to say anything, someone will ask about Zhao Yu's situation.
The queen then looked at Zhao Yu, and her frown brow seemed to have a hint of care and heartache. She said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, what has the Ninth Prince caused? You are so cruel to punish the child to kneel there? If you get angry today, be careful to kneel down his body."
Then he gave a wink at the personal nanny he brought and asked her to help Zhao Yu up.
The emperor turned a blind eye and let the queen do such small movements, but when he snorted, he still said coldly, "Ask yourself, you can make trouble all day long and make complaints from the ministers. He is really worthy of being my 'good' son."
The good word was so good that I gritted my teeth. It sounded like I was dissatisfied with Zhao Yu's mother in the ears of those who were interested. At least the queen felt quite comfortable. Concubine Rou was favored during her lifetime, and she should have been given this infamous after her death, a vixen.
I thought so in my heart, but I still had to pretend to be a loving mother's expression on my face, "How can I punish my son for others? Your Majesty, I have to say this time. All children are the mother's flesh. Are you trying to dig out my heart?"
While she said that, she also stepped forward to pat the dust on Zhao Yu's knees, then picked up the impeachment note thrown on the ground, and took a few glances. They were all trivial matters. These matters would not cost Zhao Yu the serious crime, but there were more people suing him.
Zhao Yu knew that the queen was doing show, and she was in the royal family and could not do show show, so he saluted the queen with gratitude, "Thank you, my mother."
The queen patted Zhao Yu on the shoulder with a loving look, as if everything was as good as hers, and then slowly walked towards the emperor behind the imperial case, "What kind of big deal do I think it is? I just beat the son of these officials, what big deal is this?"
"No wonder people say that a loving mother defeats her son. This is all you spoiled." The emperor said with a beard and stared at him.
"I am still saying the same thing, whoever has the son feels sorry for him." The queen looked like she was protecting her son.
Princess Qinglan had known that Zhao Yu had been impeached for a long time, so she pretended to pick up the memorial that the queen had put back on the imperial case and took a look. These were not important military and political matters. She looked at it and saw that the emperor would not have been punished by her.
Thinking of her little sisters who seemed to like Zhao Yu, she would help Zhao Yu for Rong Jingqiu. This is one of them; the second is that these people’s nephews bullied Rong Jingqiu, so she had to exasperate her little sisters.
"Auntie, I know this." She patted her chest.
The emperor turned to look at her curiously, "Everything Qinglan knows?"
"Of course." Princess Qinglan said that the sons and nephews of these people teased good women in the street. Of course, she did not mention Rong Jingqiu's name, and finally concluded, "Why did the emperor's uncle punish Brother Jiu? He is doing good deeds, and he can't watch those people do whatever they want because of some privileges in the family."
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Zhao Yu, "You said, is this really the case?"
Zhao Yu said respectfully, "Yes, not."
"Yes, no, no." The emperor was angry again in an instant. Where did he learn the rules from, and he spoke vaguely.
"Don't calm down, my ninth brother is not trying to disobey you." The prince quickly spoke.
The queen secretly looked at the prince with dissatisfaction. This was Zhao Yu's business, so why did he force himself to do it?
"You are the roundworm in his heart." The emperor sneered.
The prince still said respectfully, "This is the eldest daughter of Dingyuan Hou. Xiaojiu has some connection with her, so he has taken a lot of action. As the saying goes, after beating his son, I will come forward, and the father should hold them accountable for the crime of teaching their children or nephews without any charge."
The queen didn't care about this trivial matter, but when her son mentioned Dingyuan Hou's eldest daughter, she subconsciously glanced at Zhao Yu, then looked at the pile of impeachment notes, and smelled something else. She frowned in an instant.
"The eldest daughter of Dingyuan Hou?" The emperor obviously did not meet anyone for a while.
The prince hurriedly said, "It was the woman the prince of Mobei wanted to marry forcibly at the banquet that day."
After mentioning this, the emperor had an impression. After suddenly realizing it, he remembered that although the woman stood in the middle of the hall with a calm face, it was unpredictable what kind of pressure she had under, and Zhao Yu just happened to jump out to relieve her.
He also came from his youth and instantly understood why Zhao Yu was doing? Looking at Zhao Yu again, his eyes were different from before. He seemed to see Concubine Rou when he first entered the palace. He was the same age as the stars in his eyes. He didn't expect that he had grown up so old.
Zhao Yu took the opportunity to kneel down and asked, "Father, my son-in-law, the eldest daughter of Dingyuan Marquis, wants to marry her as the official concubine, and ask her father to fulfill her."
Princess Qinglan opened her eyes wide and looked in disbelief. What did she hear? Zhao Yu said that he liked Rong Jingqiu, why did he sound so magical?
She thought that her little sister seemed to like Zhao Yu, so she was about to add fuel to the fire to make the lovers finally get married, but when she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered Rong Jingqiu's request that day, so out of her promise to her good sisters, she shut up and stood aside.
When his son grows up, he always wants to marry. Since he has a girl he likes, the emperor never thought of being a roadblock. He was about to agree when he heard the queen suddenly say, "No." So he looked at the queen, "What's wrong with the queen?"
"Your Majesty, I have lost my manners." The queen bent her knees and bowed to the emperor. She would not let Zhao Yu do what she wanted. Whether Zhao Yu really likes or fake loves, she would ruin the marriage, and then slowly said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I am willing to be a demon, but that the eldest daughter of Dingyuan Hou has a little reputation..."
When it comes to Rong Jingqiu's reputation, Princess Qinglan stopped doing it. No matter what her relationship with the queen, she still wants to correct her good sister. So she said, "Auntie, you misunderstood. This is the dirty water they poured on the eldest daughter of Dingyuan Hou. Why did these people's sons and nephews dare to tease the daughter of Duke and Marquis in the street? They were harmed by this rumor. As for the origin of the rumor, it has to start with the banquet that day..."
She told me in detail about how Wu Tingyu released rumors and slandered Rong Jingqiu's reputation, and finally said: "Although the Majesty Wu was incompetent in teaching his daughter, he still knew the mistake and corrected it. He also dealt with the rumor. However, the reputation of the eldest daughter of Dingyuan Marquis could not be returned, and even the emperor and aunt misunderstood."
Speaking of this, she also felt wronged for her good sisters.
When the emperor heard this, he immediately said, "What is wrong with the rumor, not the person involved, the queen. This is what you are wrong."
The queen's hand holding the veil tightened. She just made the emperor praise her motherly heart, but now because of the light words of others, the emperor accused her of something wrong again. It's ridiculous.
She would not show any disdain and indifference in her heart. "Your Majesty, what I want to say is not this, but Qinglan misunderstanding. How can these vicious rumors be taken seriously? I will not be so indisputable. What I want to say is," paused for a while, "The eldest daughter of Dingyuan Hou is not capable of giving birth. Although the ninth prince was not born from my pregnancy for ten months, I am his legitimate mother. Naturally, I have to consider my son. Martial arts that can't give birth to him will harm the child for the rest of his life? Your Majesty think twice."
After saying that, she bowed her knees.
"What's going on?" the emperor frowned. Why did Dingyuan Marquis' eldest daughter have so many things to do? He immediately had a bad impression of this girl.
The queen carefully observed the emperor's expression and felt relieved.
"I know this. She is also a victim." Zhao Yu said, and said that what Ye did that day. Finally, the topic changed, "But there has been a turning point. The famous doctor in Jiangnan who is currently inviting Shu's mother is very good at this science. In addition to conditioning Shu's mother, he is also giving Yuanhou's eldest daughter a medical treatment. According to him, Miss Rong's condition has improved significantly." He paused slightly, "If the father does not believe it, he can call him over and talk, or send an imperial physician to treat Miss Rong, then it will be clear at a glance."
"My son's advice." The prince said immediately.
The queen glanced at Zhao Yu and found out that he had brought this famous doctor in Jiangnan to see Concubine Shu to be here to wait. No wonder he could not find out the evidence that he had framed Concubine Shu. However, this does not mean that he must be innocent. What Concubine Shu did can't hide from everyone in the world. If this woman hadn't been obedient and tactful, she wouldn't have kept her for so long.
The emperor immediately issued an order to promulgate Yang Zhongwen over and reply, and then sent the imperial physician to Rong's family to see Rong Jingqiu's treatment. Both sides carried out at the same time to eliminate the possibility of collusion.
Rong Jingqiu has always felt her eyelids twitching since she woke up in the morning. She didn't believe in the saying of the strange power and chaos, but it was accompanied by panic. So in the end, someone asked someone to turn out the Tongsheng Book to compare and take a look. However, before reading two pages, she saw her mother coming here in person.
"Mom, what happened?" She hurriedly put down the book and stood up to greet her mother.
However, Rong Jinshi held her hand and asked someone to put her cloak on it. "Your father invited the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital to come to see you, let's go and have a look."
To be continued...