The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

The censor who participated in the imperial concubine's performance was just speechless.

The family members of other concubines in the court all looked a little ugly. After all, she is a noble girl raised carefully by various families, but in His Majesty's heart, she is just a coward? Or thick noodles?

This is not finished.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhaolin asked: "Who I favor and whom I do not favor are all matters forbidden by the palace. How did Aiqing know? Could it be that Aiqing peeked into the palace privately?"

Peeping into the palace privately is a serious crime, and the sentence that follows is an attempt to assassinate you.

The censor's knees immediately weakened, and he knelt on the ground and explained everything: "It was the right minister of the Ministry of punishment who found me and told me that for nearly a year, your majesty has not favored anyone other than the imperial concubine. "

As soon as these words came out, the right minister of the Ministry of punishment in his mouth also came out and knelt on the ground.

Lu Zhaolin's eyes were on the right minister of the Ministry of Justice: "So it seems that it was Qian Aiqing who was spying on the palace?"

Yes, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice's surname is Qian, and he is the uncle of Qian Guiren.

When he was exposed in the palace, he kowtowed and confessed: "I am guilty, please punish me."

This is because he hopes that the matter will end with him, and will not involve the minister Zuopushe, nor will it involve the noble Qian in the palace.

Lu Zhaolin was not as he expected, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "How did Qian Aiqing know about the affairs in the palace? Could it be from Mr. Qian?"

Having said this, he stood up, picked up something on the imperial desk, and threw it heavily onto the hall.

"Because of my blood and family ties, I allowed the concubine to communicate with my family. Why, did I give you the opportunity to peek into the palace privately?"

Everyone knelt down one after another and said, "I don't dare."

The final result of this matter was that Qian Guiren was directly demoted from the sixth-grade nobleman to the ninth-grade nobleman.

The right minister of the Ministry of Justice was assigned to a small remote county as the county magistrate. Lu Zhaolin's exact words were: "If you can't pass the examination for three consecutive years, then don't come back."

Qian Guiren's father, Shangshu Zuopshe, was ordered by Lu Zhaolin to go home and "reflect on himself".

As for when he will reflect on it, he did not say.

As soon as this happened, Song Cai and Zhou Guiren secretly said that it was very dangerous.

Fortunately, the first person who couldn't hold back was Qian Chang, otherwise they would be the ones being demoted.

The way forward seems to be deadlocked, so what else can we do?

Zhou Guiren rolled his eyes and thought of the Queen Mother!

For several days in a row, she went to the Anhe Pavilion to beg to see the Queen Mother, and to please the Queen Mother.

On this day, Zhou Guiren finally felt that the relationship between himself and the Queen Mother was much closer, and he boldly said: "I heard that a king should be exposed to both rain and dew. Your Majesty only loves the Queen Mother, right? Is there something not so good?"

The Queen Mother looked her over, sneered in her heart, and asked her: "Have you never heard of the emperor's comments about shark fins and cornstarch?"

Of course Zhou Guiren has heard of it, but His Majesty has just reprimanded the courtiers for spying on the palace. If she admits it, what if she is convicted of spying on the court?

Therefore, Zhou Guiren shook his head and said sincerely: "I have never heard of it."

The Queen Mother saw through her meager acting skills at a glance.

The Queen Mother did not expose her, and only said: "If you haven't heard of it, then the Ai family will tell you."

Then, he repeated what Lu Zhaolin said in the court a few days ago in Anhe Pavilion.

At the end, the Queen Mother said: "Is it because the emperor doesn't want the rain and dew to be equally shared? He is the king of a country. He can't be forced to eat cornstarch just for the so-called rain and dew to be shared equally, right? You concubines, don't stare at the emperor every day. Concubine, you want to find fault with the imperial concubine. Look at yourself more and reflect more on what you did wrong to make the emperor dislike her so much."

Zhou Guiren listened to the Queen Mother's words and almost didn't mention it in one breath.

Then, without waiting for her to say anything, the Queen Mother simply waved her hand: "Okay, you can leave. The Ai family is a little tired."

After Zhou Guiren was sent away, the Queen Mother did not rest. She told Liu Baoshan: "Go to the Mingguang Palace and tell the emperor everything about Zhou Guiren's coming to the Ai family to stir things up."

Liu Baoshan said "Promise" and was about to go out when he heard the Queen Mother say: "After you have finished speaking, tell him on behalf of the Ai family. It doesn't matter whether he is the only favorite or the exclusive favorite. The Ai family didn't say anything. Let him go." Yes. But since he has promoted people himself, he has to protect them. Protecting people is easy for a while, but being able to protect them for a lifetime is the key."

After Liu Baoshan left the palace, Qingshan helped the Queen Mother back to her bedroom.

She said: "Your Majesty treats the Imperial Concubine with sincerity, right? A few days ago, he went over there to impeach her. Didn't your Majesty also protect her?"

The matter of special favor has been confirmed, and no trouble has happened to the imperial concubine.

Why special pet? It's not that the imperial concubine is jealous, it's that other women in the palace are not! If you want to blame the previous dynasty, then blame the concubines for not living up to expectations. You can't just blame the imperial concubine just because she is outstanding, right?

The Queen Mother snorted softly: "Over the years, you have followed the Ai family, from a young talented person in the late emperor's harem to your current position. Others don't know it, but you don't know it? What is a man's favor? Something reliable. Now that he sees you well, all the previous criticisms of the harem have been stopped for you. What if one day he changes his mind?"

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother sighed: "The Ai family was once the most favored concubine in the harem. It was such a glorious time, to say something arrogant, until the late emperor died and the emperor succeeded to the throne, the tension in the Ai family's heart was The string that was tightened was finally loosened."

Hearing what she said, Qingshan also remembered those bloody days in his early years.

She said distressedly: "You have finally come to this point, and all your hardships have finally come to an end."

The Queen Mother patted her hand and said, "The Ai family has been through all the hardships. However, Ah Ying's scenery today is just like a mirror, a mirror, a castle in the sky."

After all, she is the imperial concubine. She looks like she is only half a step behind the queen, but this half-step difference is actually a huge difference.

As for the children, Ping An is a good boy, but he was born weak due to premature birth. No matter how much the emperor preferred peace, neither the clan nor the previous dynasty would agree to appoint a frail prince as heir apparent.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother frowned and said: "If I can't give birth to a healthy prince, even if the emperor doesn't change his mind, if one day - well, life will not be easy for the two of them."

Qingshan was surprised when he heard what she said: "The imperial concubine is so popular with you? My servant looks at her and you actually love her as your own daughter."

Otherwise, it would be enough not to stop His Majesty from favoring her alone, but he would actually worry about the future of the imperial concubine.

As the words fell, the Queen Mother chuckled and shook her head.

Do you love Ah Ying? Of course there is. As a biological daughter? That's not the case.