Princess [rebirth]

Three days later, Mrs. Qingpingjun brought her second sister into the palace. When they saw Zhuo Jingfan who was sitting upright in the Lizheng Hall, they felt a little complicated in their hearts. They never imagined that the cowardly and incompetent The young man who was born in the harem was able to stand out in the harem and became the lord of the harem of the saint.

They followed the rules and bowed to the queen to greet them. Zhuo Jingfan didn't make things difficult for them. Is it? I have not returned home for many years, I wonder if my father is still in good health?"

"Go back to your mother, thank you for your concern, everything is fine at home." Mrs. Qingping County hurriedly said with a smile.

"That's good, so I can rest assured." Zhuo Jingfan nodded, but never asked anyone else, as if Zhuo Rongyong was the only one left in the entire Zhuo family.Although he didn't take the initiative to ask, the lady of Qingping County came to the palace today to seek a future for Zhuo Erlang, so seeing Zhuo Jingfan stop talking, she was naturally anxious.

"My lady, please don't blame me. My concubine said a word. Alang is fine, but Erlang is going to participate in Chunwei next year. I need to ask my lady to say a few words for Erlang." Mrs. Qingping County didn't dare to speak too clearly, so she just covered it up. He said something veiled.

"If Erlang has real skills, he will be able to get into the eyes of the saints. If Erlang has no skills, even if I praise him to the sky, the saints will not take a second look. Madam, let's not say that you are not allowed to do politics when you come to the harem. Erlang is my brother, so I can't be selfish, otherwise, wouldn't I be sorry for the rest of the world?" Zhuo Jingfan sneered in his heart, Xiao Wanniang really dared to say the request in front of him, did she think she was Is this stepmother doing a good job?

Xiao Wanniang was blushed by Zhuo Jingfan's words, and the second sister who was sitting on the side saw a glimmer of obscurity in her eyes, how could she not understand that Zhuo Jingfan's words were all excuses, she was the one who It was heard outside the palace that the sage only favored the queen, if Zhuo Jingfan really wanted to help the Zhuo family, so what if he said a word or two in front of the sage?How can it involve those high-sounding principles?Therefore, she became more and more dissatisfied with Zhuo Jingfan.

She also knows that Zhuo Jingfan today is different from the past. Before entering the palace, she only had an idea of ​​the high-ranking queen. After all, with the identity of the Zhuo family, she didn't have many opportunities to meet the queen. And at that time, the queen was angry that Mr. Zhuo Lang had robbed Fu Liangdi of the position of concubine, so how could he treat the daughters of the Zhuo family, so Zhuo Yilian never had the opportunity to see the empress' pomp and aura.Today when I arrived at the Lizheng Palace, I realized that the ostentation in the Cheng'en Palace of the East Palace was not enough. In the past, she thought that the Crown Princess was already very powerful, but now she realizes that her knowledge is shallow. Compared to the Queen?

Zhuo Yilian sat on the seat with her head lowered, but her heart couldn't help a surge. If Zhuo Jingfan didn't stop her that day, after she entered the East Palace, she would definitely be able to win the saint's heart. Then the person who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor for the saint The person might be her. If she is really the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor, with Aye's status and love, the person sitting in the queen's seat today still doesn't know who it is. She thought angrily, feeling that she The source of misfortune is the elder brother sitting high on it.

And she heard that the sage now has only one empress in the harem, how can such a jealous and unvirtuous empress be the mother of a country and a model for all wives?Zhuo Yilian thought, if she were a queen, she would definitely recruit young ladies for the sake of saints, enrich the harem, and think about the prosperity of the royal family. This is what a good queen does. The more she thinks, the more she feels that she is She is more suitable for the position of queen than Zhuo Jingfan.

Zhuo Jingfan naturally didn't know what was going on in Zhuo Yilian's mind. He sat on it and looked coldly at the fawning face of Mrs. Qingping County. When he was the Crown Princess before, Mrs. Qingping County was a little domineering in front of him. When he was abolished, no one from the Zhuo family asked him again. Now that he has become a queen, the Zhuo family posted it up again. He grieves for the original owner of his body in his heart. Such a family is really cold-blooded. Si, so I don't want to see Zhuo's family anymore.

Mrs. Qingping County has noticed Zhuo Jingfan's impatience, and she feels very uncomfortable in her heart because she wants to please this stepson. Now Zhuo Jingfan still looks like he doesn't care, which makes her heart Feeling dissatisfied, she restrained her displeasure, and said as calmly as possible: "Your Majesty's words are absolutely true, but Erlang is also Madam's brother. If you say a few more words on behalf of your brother, the sage probably won't be offended."

"Would the sage blame me for not daring to speak nonsense, but I really can't open this mouth. As the saying goes, if there is one, there are two. If I break this rule, how will I convince others in the future? Let me put it bluntly." , Madam can ask me to speak this way for Erlang today, will she ask me to speak this way for other people tomorrow? Will I agree or not?" Zhuo Jingfan said flatly, Bi smiled and looked at Mrs. Qingping County.

Now Mrs. Qingping County is really speechless, she really has the idea of ​​testing in her heart, if she can ask the queen to speak kindly for Erlang today, she can ask the queen to speak kindly for the Xiao family in the future A few words, in her heart, the daughter of the Xiao family should have replaced Zhuo Jingfan as the crown prince's successor concubine, but following the path of a villain, the daughter of the Xiao family was not allowed to enter the palace, otherwise there would be no Zhuo Jingfan by the saint's side today of a place.

She originally wanted to persuade Zhuo Jingfan to make an exception for Erlang, and then rely on the fact that the Xiao family is the Zhuo family's in-laws, and then ask Zhuo Jingfan to speak well for Xiao Liuniang. If Xiao Liuniang can enter the palace, Mrs. Qingping County I believe that even if there is no empress, Xiao Liuniang can still get a noble concubine.

But her wishful thinking was well planned, but Zhuo Jingfan replied back in a few words, "the harem must not interfere in politics" and "I'm sorry for the world's judges", and a bunch of big hats were buckled down to let her go again. It doesn't matter how you ask, and Zhuo Jingfan directly pointed out her thoughts, making her feel that she has nothing to hide in front of the other party. Can't make it work.

Seeing that Auntie was retreating again, Zhuo Yilian frowned and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, you are serious. As your stepmother, your mother's low-pitched requests are all motherly. It doesn't matter if your Majesty refuses to agree. Why bother to be so aggressive?" , that is, in the future, mother will plan for other Zhuo family members. Aren’t those Zhuo family members the empress’s family? The concubine also has to say something bad. I can’t write two Zhuo characters in one stroke. If the Zhuo family is well, the empress will naturally It will be fine."

Zhuo Yilian felt that she had reason, so she spoke righteously, with a passionate and indignant tone, but after she finished speaking, Zhuo Jingfan didn't respond, he just glanced at her indifferently, and then the female officer beside Zhuo Jingfan appeared Said loudly: "Bold! How can you allow yourself to speak in front of the empress? The empress and madam are talking, how can you disturb me?!"

"Okay, it's not a big deal, this younger sister of this palace has always been so impolite, I have told her before in the past, who knows that after a few years, she is still so unruly." Zhuo Jingfan Pretending to reprimand lightly, the female officer respectfully responded, and bowed her head to stand beside Zhuo Jingfan.

Zhuo Yilian was reprimanded by the female officer just now, her face was already full of embarrassment, and now she heard Zhuo Jingfan's explanation that was obviously tolerant but actually belittled her, her complexion was green, white and red, she suddenly felt a sudden Everyone in the government hall was watching his own jokes. Zhuo Jingfan is the empress today, and he said that he was unruly, and it might spread throughout the capital tomorrow, even if she didn't admit that Zhuo Jingfan was better than her. Strong, but she can still see the situation clearly, at this time, it is absolutely useless for her to confront Zhuo Jingfan head-on.

Therefore, she could only squeeze out a smile because of aggrievedness, and said solemnly: "The empress forgives the sin, it is the concubine who overstepped."

"I heard that you have married into the Du family, so you need to be cautious in your words and deeds in the future. Your husband's family is no better than your natal family. There is no need for your husband's family to tolerate you. You will be the one who will suffer at that time." Zhuo Jingfan didn't say anything. Let Zhuo Yilian go, but a few words of serious admonition, even though he doesn't like the Zhuo family and Zhuo Yilian, but as Zhuo Yilian said, he can't write two characters of Zhuo in one stroke, Zhuo No matter how you say it, Yilian is still his sister in this body, for the sake of her, he just babbles, but he doesn't care whether Zhuo Yilian can listen to her or not.

Being reprimanded by him, Zhuo Yilian's face became more and more embarrassing, Madam Qingping County couldn't sit still, Zhuo Jingfan kept her mouth shut, the second sister had no rules, and she, as a mother, couldn't please her, so the mother and daughter After sitting for a while, he excused himself from the queen on the pretext of something at home, and hurriedly left the Lizheng Hall.

After Xiao Wanniang and Zhuo Yilian left, Zhuo Jingfan took off the dignified disguise and slumped on the chair. He lazily said, "Fu Ling, come and pinch me for me. I just sat upright, and my shoulders are stiff. It's gone." Fu Ling who was standing aside immediately stepped forward and held Zhuo Jingfan's shoulders.

"Your Majesty, why are Madam and Er Niangzi still so unprogressive? I heard that Er Niangzi was married last year, and such a temper would be a big disadvantage in the husband's family." Fuling squeezed and whispered Said.

"If they had grown up, they wouldn't have entered the palace to ask to see me today." Zhuo Jingfan sneered, he really didn't expect that Xiao Wanniang would be so thick-skinned that she would dare to enter the palace to beg him to speak well for Zhuo Erlang. What kind of confidence did she have to think that she would help her?

Zhuo Yilian said just now that "when the Zhuo family is well, he will be well too", but in fact it was the other way around, it should be "only when the Zhuo family is well will the Zhuo family be well".Dou Chun did not resign Zhuo Rongyong's Zhongshuling position because of his own face, otherwise, according to the former emperor's intention, Zhuo Rongyong should have resigned from Zhongshuling after he was re-established as the crown princess. Yes, the Zhuo family has already produced a concubine, in order to avoid the misfortune of the relatives, it is impossible for the Zhuo family to produce a high-ranking official again.Now that Zhuo Rongyong can still sit in the position of Zhongshuling, it is due to Dou Chun's kindness. Firstly, he has just been established as a queen, and Dou Chun left a little bit of face for Zhuo's family. Secondly, there is no one in the court to take over for the time being. The position of Zhongshu Ling, so Zhuo Xiang is still Zhuo Xiang.

If the Zhuo family is more obedient, it should be more low-key at this time, who knows that the lady of Qingping County came to the palace to meet the queen, and even asked the queen to say a few words for Zhuo Erlang, Zhuo Jingfan felt a little funny at the moment, It's a pity that the century-old reputation of the Xiao family in Jiangling may be ruined by Xiao Wanniang.Zhuo Jingfan had also heard about Mrs. Xiao's deeds, but the Xiao family raised a lady named Xiao Wan, which really made people doubt the wisdom of the old man, and also made people doubt the upbringing of other ladies of the Xiao family.

Afterwards, Zhuo Jingfan told Dou Chun the matter as a joke, but Dou Chun snorted coldly, "When the imperial grandfather was in chaos, the favored concubines relied on the saint's favor to promote many of them. People, many courtiers thought that sending the lady into the palace would make them rise to the top, and when the father came, although the father tried his best to clean up the court, the unhealthy trends that have been going on for decades cannot be reversed so easily."

Zhuo Jingfan remained silent. In his previous life, there was such a saint in the Liang Dynasty. When that saint was the prince, in order to win over the courtiers, he brought the daughters of those courtiers into the prince's mansion and gave them extremely high favors. After he ascended the throne, he moved this set to the harem. The daughters of all high-ranking civil and military officials are highly favored in the harem. In order to balance the court, the saint dotes on this one today and tomorrow Doting on that one, on the contrary, the Empress of the Central Palace who Ming Media is marrying was left out in the cold.

At that time, he sneered at this kind of practice, the majestic king of a country, which concubine he dotes on is actually trying to be led by the nose?Whether the courtiers are loyal to the saint depends on whether the daughter is favored or not?Such a sage is too ridiculous. A sage cannot convince others with his own talents and virtues. The former court and the harem are involved, and he said that "the harem cannot interfere in politics".

Those concubines may not have pointed fingers at the government, but the family or father and brother behind them jumped up and down because of their favor in the harem. How is this different from the concubines directly interfering in the government?He had thought before that if he became a saint, he would never let his harem be related to the previous dynasty. Those ministers wanted to send their daughters to the palace, fine, but whether he doted on those concubines was still up for debate. ...

"The first emperor chose me to be the crown princess for you, and it was also because the Zhuo family was not visible. It seems that the first emperor was troubled by the court and the harem at that time." Zhuo Jingfan retracted his thoughts and said with a sigh.

"Exactly, my father saw the threat of relatives more clearly than my grandfather. After Concubine Wan entered the palace, my father directly cut off the future of the Cheng family. It was just because the Cheng family relied on the presence of a concubine in the palace to run rampant outside. " Dou Chun nodded, the reason why the father chose the Zhuo family was because the Zhuo family was not a threat at all.

"Now I am the only one who controls your harem, so you can let the courtiers see clearly that the old way will not work. Neither you nor the former emperor are the kind of people who would sacrifice the harem to win over the officials." Zhuo Jingfan said with a smile.

"That's the reason. I'm a saint now. It doesn't make sense to favor someone. It depends on the face of the courtiers. I also can't understand the thoughts and actions of the emperor's grandfather. He sacrificed himself in order to win over the courtiers. I don't feel aggrieved in this way." What?" Dou Chun lamented for the emperor's grandfather, the king of a country depends on the situation of the previous dynasty even which woman he favors, such a king of a country is really useless.

"By the way, these days I made people stare at Mu Xuan, but he didn't move. I thought he would make some noise during the Queen's Closure Ceremony. Fortunately, I guarded day and night, and it turned out to be calm." Zhuo Jing Fan didn't want to talk about the so-called "using the harem to balance the court" anymore, but instead talked about the biggest enemy.

"I'm afraid he is brewing some big conspiracy. We have to be more careful." Dou Chun said in a deep voice. For a while, it was really not a good thing for Mu Xuan to be so patient.

"I really want to catch him regardless." Zhuo Jingfan said bitterly. In order not to startle the snake, they let Mu Xuan be the commander of the imperial army. Sometimes seeing him in the palace, Zhuo Jingfan's heart would It was awkward for a while, and I really wanted to put the other party in prison and lock it up.

It's just that Mu Xuan was locked up, and behind him there was a group of loyal ministers who died for the "orthodoxy of the previous dynasty". If those people were not wiped out, it would be troublesome if another "orthodoxy" appeared in the future.Mu Xuan was able to "sleep" concubines under the eyes of the late emperor, presumably he also "sleeped" a lot of ladies in places where the late emperor could not see, but compared to those ladies who couldn't make it to the stage, the concubines in the palace The prince born naturally has an extra layer of legitimate identity.

This is also why Mu Xuan has to go to great lengths to marry Concubine Wan. After all, if Concubine Wan gives birth to a prince, this prince will be very precious. From any point of view, he is the best candidate for succession.But such a good opportunity was ruined by Zhuo Jingfan. The formed male fetus not only stabbed Mu Xuan's heart, but also pierced the hearts of loyal followers of the Great Wu Dynasty.

Zhuo Jingfan told Dou Chun about Concubine Wan's affair with Mu Xuan while investigating Mu Xuan, Dou Chun was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "I have suspected this matter for a long time, otherwise Father would not Will just watch Concubine Wan give birth." Zhuo Jingfan nodded, and said softly, "The Emperor didn't know that the real father of the child was Mu Xuan, and the Emperor thought the child belonged to Dou Ze."

"Well, my father hinted at me at that time that Dou Ze is not trustworthy and his ambitions are too great." Dou Chun sighed. He thought of his father's disheartened and disappointed face at that time, and he must have messed with his younger brother and his concubine. Together, my heart is also uncomfortable.

"Dou Ze is just a pawn of Mu Xuan's." Zhuo Jingfan said coldly, he was surprised that his tone was not good, so he slowed down his tone, and then continued: "The former emperor believed in Mu Xuan. , Many private affairs are left to Mu Xuan to investigate and handle. Who do you think found out that Concubine Wan had an affair with Dou Ze? It was Mu Xuan, who deliberately misled the late emperor."

"I've heard about this before. At that time, the time of Concubine Wan's pregnancy did not match the record of Tongshi's female official Cheng Huan. If he didn't push Dou Ze out, the emperor's father would be very angry. People will be implicated." Dou Chun curled his lips, and his father was very happy when Concubine Wan was pregnant, but after calming down, he found that something was wrong, and after calling out the records of Cheng Huan, he found that he was actually wearing a hat Big green hat, how could the father swallow this breath, immediately sent Mu Xuan to find out who the adulterer was, in fact, even if Fanfan hadn't done anything at the beginning, the father would not have left that child behind.

"Mu Xuan has a secretive mind. It is definitely not easy to be able to lurk in the palace for so long and still gain the trust of the late emperor. It seems that we still have to take it step by step, so as not to alarm the other party." Zhuo Jingfan had to He admitted that if he wanted to wipe out the remnants of the previous dynasty, he couldn't act impulsively. Even if he couldn't get used to Mu Xuan, he could only endure him freely coming and going in the palace.

"Don't worry about that kind of person. They must be more anxious than us. We just need to wait for them to make a move. Now I am sitting on the throne. They want to 'restore orthodoxy', so I will sit here and wait." Let's see if they can overthrow me and the Dou family." Dou Chun sneered, his tone full of arrogance and arrogance. ...

After a while, news came from outside the palace that Princess Pingyang, who had been married for more than nine months, was pregnant.

Princess Pingyang is pregnant, Concubine Xian in Yong'an Palace sent someone to see Zhuo Jingfan, saying that mother and daughter had been separated for a long time, she missed the princess, and asked Zhuo Jingfan to allow her to call the princess into the palace to meet.

Zhuo Jingfan raised his eyebrows, and immediately agreed, and then sent people to the princess mansion of Princess Pingyang to deliver a message. A few days later, Princess Pingyang brought a few maids into the palace, and first went to the Lizheng Hall to thank the queen for her promise , and then went to the Yong'an Palace to meet with Concubine Xian.

Princess Pingyang did not stay with Concubine Xian for too long. After all, the two are not real mother and daughter. It's all about Chuan Wuyu, so there is really nothing to say between the two of them. If it weren't for Mu Xuan, Concubine Xian would not have summoned the eldest princess, and the eldest princess would not have made a special trip to the palace.

After the eldest princess left, Concubine Xian suddenly asked to see the saint, saying that she had dreamed of the late emperor every night for days and nights, so she wanted to pray for the late emperor and the Great Zhou Dynasty at the White Horse Temple, and she was willing to live in the White Horse Temple and eat vegetarian food. After three years, I hope the saint can agree to her request.

Dou Chun and Zhuo Jingfan were a little surprised by Concubine Xian's sudden request. Since the death of the late emperor, the concubines of the late emperor moved to Yong'an Palace, and they have been silent since then, even though Concubine Xian gave birth to the posthumous son of the late emperor , and did not become frivolous because of this, even when her son was made a prince, she was still very low-key, but at this moment she suddenly said that she would leave the palace and live in the White Horse Temple, which made Dou Chun and Zhuo Jingfan have to think more.

Concubine Zhixian insisted that it was because she had dreamed of the late emperor for several days in succession, she thought of the late emperor's kindness and favor in her heart, she was willing to go to the White Horse Temple to eat fast and pray for blessings, and she lived there for three years, even entrusting the prince to the queen, I just ask the sage and the queen to fulfill her thoughts.

She said it tearfully and pitifully, Zhuo Jingfan really couldn't find a reason to refuse, after all, a concubine voluntarily prayed for the late emperor and the Great Zhou Dynasty, and handed over her only son to the queen, such righteousness and loyalty, I heard All people can only praise and praise.So in the end Dou Chun had no choice but to comply with Concubine Xian's request, and specially sent Jinwu guards to escort Concubine Xian to Baima Temple.