"Empress, Concubine Ning, please come in." Sun Xing, the head chamberlain, hurriedly came out and welcomed the two of them inside.
The Queen and Concubine Ning were very kind to Sun Xing. They smiled and nodded and followed him in. They were one of the most personal chamberlains around the Emperor, so even they had to be polite.
The Queen was in front and Concubine Ning was behind. They entered the imperial study and bowed before raising their heads.
The emperor gave him a seat and looked at Concubine Ning first: "What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, the pills are ready. I brought them here specially for you." Concubine Ning said softly. She turned sideways and took the tray from the hands of the palace maid, and presented it respectfully: "Your Majesty, will you be convinced now, or will you wait a while?
?What I mean is, don’t wait too long, otherwise it will hinder the effectiveness of the medicine."
The emperor frowned and looked at the queen again: "What's the matter with the queen?"
The queen's chest felt tight. She knew that the emperor valued the efficacy of the medicine most. Even if she had urgent matters, she had to wait until the emperor took the medicine.
"Your Majesty, I am not in a hurry. I am asking about Prince Qi's affairs." The Queen bowed her head softly.
The emperor frowned more and more, looked at the queen, and finally waved his hand: "Queen, please go back first, I will be back in a moment."
"Concubine, please leave." The queen stood up knowingly.
"Farewell to the Queen." Concubine Ning smiled brightly and bowed to the Queen.
A stern look flashed in the Queen's eyes without showing it on her face. She nodded to Concubine Ning, turned around and left dignifiedly.
When they got outside the door, all the chamberlains and palace maids were even more arrogant and did not dare to show off. The queen and Concubine Ning faced each other. It was obvious that the queen had lost her power. Is this what they, ordinary chamberlains and palace maids, should see?
The queen squinted her eyes, exhaled forcefully, looked dignified and decent as always, turned around and left with her people, her attitude was calm and controlled, without any resentment or anger that her beloved concubine had taken the spotlight.
All the way back to Fengyi Palace from the Imperial Study Room, and sitting in the main hall of Fengyi Palace, the smile on the Queen's face faded and her expression became gloomy.
Everyone else in the hall retreated, leaving only two close friends standing, not daring to speak loudly.
Suddenly I heard the little palace maid's report coming from outside.
"Princess Changping meets here."
The queen exhaled a long breath, her eyebrows still gloomy: "Let Shuang'er come in."
A chamberlain hurriedly went out, and soon came in with the seventh princess.
"Mother, has something happened?" The seventh princess felt something was wrong as soon as she entered the door. The coldness in her eyes almost condensed, "Is it about Feng Yu?"
"Yes and no." The queen waved her hand, and everyone who came in with the seventh princess retreated.
"Mother, how can I say that? Feng Yu is causing trouble again?" the seventh princess said sarcastically. She no longer knew what to say to this cousin.
She is not an outsider and knows the inside story. She can even attack people who are similar to her own mother and concubine. This cousin is really worthy of being ruthless.
If she had known this, she would not have sent the person to Feng Yu in the first place. As a result, she was scolded by her mother for not telling her. She was also worried about being discovered by her father, so she did not even dare to leave the palace gate for the past two days.
"I just went to your father to tell you about Prince Qi's son, but..." The queen was so filled with hatred that she didn't need to dress up in front of her daughter. There was hatred in her eyes, "I actually met Concubine Ning."
"What...does she want to do again?" The seventh princess's face darkened and she asked hurriedly.
The Queen let out a long breath, "Your father actually asked me to come back first."
The seventh princess was stunned for a moment, then slapped the table: "Mother, what do you mean, father? You are the master of the harem, and a little childless concubine actually dares to climb on top of you?"
The Queen can tolerate others, but Concubine Ning cannot endure it, because Concubine Ning has suffered so much. Thinking about how she was still pregnant with the little prince, if it weren't for Concubine Ning, why would she have no heir now? If she had given birth to
As a prince, her child is the true eldest son.
The true position of the prince cannot be shaken by anyone.
"Qin Zhenren helped the emperor... Changsheng, that bitch, somehow got mixed up with Qin Zhenren, and actually got a set of massage techniques. It is said that it can help the emperor digest the power of the medicine and better attract the emperor to the elixir.
The medicinal properties of the medicine." The Queen gritted her teeth.
"Mother, is Master Qin related to Concubine Ning?" the seventh princess asked in confusion.
The queen shook her head and was speechless. The grudge between her and Concubine Ning would probably have to wait a hundred years for the emperor to resolve, and she would never let Concubine Ning go by then.
Concubine Ning had harmed herself, and she would never allow Concubine Ning to have an heir.
If she has no heirs, no matter how favored she is, she will be nothing more than a concubine of the late emperor in the future, and she can do whatever she wants.
Thinking of this, the depression in my heart eased a little.
"Mother, don't be angry. Your daughter will support you in the future." Seeing that the queen was still angry, the seventh princess hurriedly comforted her, stretched out her hand to hold the queen's hand and shook it, "Mother, don't worry, my daughter will always vent her anger for you in the future.
of."
The queen exhaled a long breath, and looked at the seventh princess and felt a little comforted. At least she still had children, and at least she still had a queen. Concubine Ning was nothing, she only relied on the emperor: "The queen knows that the queen is so
I have tolerated it for many years, so how can I do something bad at this time?"
"What the Queen Mother said is absolutely true, Concubine Ning... you can imagine what will happen to her in the future." The seventh princess curled her lips and said disapprovingly. She really looked down on Concubine Ning. In her opinion, a child who has not given birth to a son and a half is
The favored concubines of women are not as good as those unfavored concubines who gave birth to blood.
At least those people still have a future, Concubine Ning has no future.
Seeing that the queen's anger subsided, the seventh princess smiled sweetly and said: "Queen Mother, the marriage decree can be announced now."
She came here for this purpose. Her father had already agreed for her to marry the Crown Prince of Yangshan.
"When your father comes over later, I will talk to him about this matter." The queen nodded and reached out to touch her daughter's hair.
"Where is Feng Jingrong?" The seventh princess thought for a while and then asked, "Has her marriage been discussed?"
The marriage decree has not been announced for a long time. Part of the reason is because of Feng Jinrong. She is the sixth princess and is ranked higher than the seventh princess. There is no way that the sixth princess's marriage has not been settled, and the seventh princess is anxious to get involved.
, in fact, these two princesses were related to each other in the earliest days.
The last time we got married, the two of us were about the same time.
Like the Seventh Princess, something happened to the horse that the Sixth Princess chose, earlier than the one chosen by the Seventh Princess.
"Who did you like this time?" the seventh princess said angrily. She vaguely felt that the sixth princess also seemed to be attracted by Yangshan Hou Shizi. Although Li Xian said that he was not familiar with the sixth princess, he only met her occasionally and talked about them.
However, the seventh princess sensitively felt that the sixth princess treated Li Xian differently.
The Seventh Princess and the Sixth Princess grew up together. They discovered that the Sixth Princess was a shady person since she was a child. She often used secret tricks when she was young, just like her despicable mother.
The two are similar in age. Although their identities are different, in the eyes of outsiders, there is not much difference. Even though the seventh princess is the direct princess, she does not have a biological brother from the same mother. The royal brother from the same father and mother is more important.
location.
"How about your cousin marrying the sixth princess?" the queen asked thoughtfully.
The seventh princess immediately objected: "Queen Mother, this is not good."
"Why?"
"Mother, do you think King Yi will not reach out?" the seventh princess said mockingly.
Both mother and daughter know what the so-called "stretch" is. There is only one throne, and there is only one person who can get it. In the end, you will die or I will live. Even if they are as close as the King of Qi and the Emperor, two compatriots from the same mother.
The two brothers were completely different in the end, so what about the Queen Mother?
Two sons cannot share a bowl of water, even the Queen Mother has to give up one.
But what makes the Queen Mother better than herself is that she has two sons, while she has none.
Originally, the queen had the idea of letting her mother's family marry the sixth princess, but now that she heard what the seventh princess said, she immediately gave up the idea. She couldn't be from the same camp. In the end, she was allowed to join the center, which even gave rise to more troubles.
"The sixth princess is marrying someone who is not an important minister. Your cousin is already engaged, and the others are not worthy of her. As for Prime Minister Ming, his son is already married, and now the marriage has fallen to the son of the Minister of Industry."
The queen said softly. She had some thoughts at first, but she suppressed them deliberately.
When my daughter said this, she was enlightened and she immediately became clear.
Minister of the Ministry of Industry, a slightly less important person among the six ministers, but still better than the husband chosen by the six princesses before.
"Hmph, you want to compete with me in everything, and you don't even want to see if you are worthy." The seventh princess said disapprovingly. If it weren't for her status as the sixth princess, she would kill anyone who might miss Li Xian one by one.
She is the true love of Crown Prince Yangshan. Why do those despicable women dare to dream of Crown Prince Yangshan?
Both of them deserve to die.
Damn death by a thousand cuts is...
When the emperor arrived at Fengyi Palace, the seventh princess had already left early. Hearing that the emperor was coming, the emperor hurriedly greeted her. The emperor nodded calmly, giving the queen enough face, and then the most distinguished couple in the Jin Dynasty entered together.
Enter the main hall.
The queen bowed again, and the emperor smiled and gave her a slight support, indicating for her to stand up. After the queen sat down, he asked: "Is the queen doing this for Prince Qi's son?"
"Your Majesty, I have been searching here and there...but I only found these clues." The Emperor presented the case files he had investigated on the case of a woman escaping from the cold palace.
The emperor took it, looked at it carefully, and frowned, "Since we can't get to the bottom of it, just look at Zhaoyi. This matter originally had something to do with her."
The concubine who was offended at first was Gu Zhaoyi.
In fact, this matter has already been concluded from the very beginning.
"The emperor loves Gu Zhaoyi so much, what if..." The queen frowned slightly, looking even more worried than the emperor, "It would be better for me to choose another concubine who is not favored."
"No need!" The emperor waved his hand directly, with a cold face, "Just her! I am not kind to her. She has indeed become increasingly arrogant and extravagant since entering the palace. Even Concubine Ning has been contradicted by her several times.
This time I don’t know what kind of trouble Yao’ezi wants to make, it’s because I trust her too much.”
"What the emperor said is absolutely true. It is also because I did not discipline my concubine strictly." The queen also bowed her head and admitted her mistake.
The emperor was satisfied with this attitude. What satisfied him most about the queen was that she knew the general situation and knew when to say what to say.
The person to take the blame was thus decided.
"Your Majesty, what should we do if An and the eldest princess want to break off their engagement?" After finishing this matter, the queen talked about another serious matter.
The emperor's eyes jumped fiercely, and he slapped the table with his hand: "This evil!"