The correct way to open the first favorite concubine of Ming Dynasty

At first, it was Hongye who entered the palace and said that King Yue wanted to build a pagoda in Tanzhe Temple.

I laughed and said, "As long as the pagoda is not too extravagant, it is not a bad thing. Just build it according to your wishes, why bother to go to the palace to ask for instructions? Could it be that the youngest thinks that his share of the prince's royal money is not enough to spend, so call him Are you here to fight the autumn wind?"

I said it funny, but Hongye didn't support me with a smile, instead she showed disbelief: "The prince built the pagoda to pray for the queen mother, so I thought, the day the foundation stone is laid and the day it is completed, I invite the queen mother to take a look."

I fell silent.

The ancestral system is "establishing a descendant to grow up", Qi Zhen cannot be counted as a descendant because his biological mother (the nominal adoptive mother) was abolished, and the third child is now the second in line to the throne.If there is a coup in the palace and someone abolishes me and Qi Yu, the throne will fall on the third child, followed by the fifth child.Because the third child has always been weak and indifferent, so I am not very wary of him, but I have never let go of him—Jin Yiwei still sent people to keep an eye on him from time to time.

Now that his concubine came forward to request the release of the queen mother, and even went out of the palace to meet him, it is really hard for me not to be suspicious.

If I want to refuse, I am afraid of hurting the third child's heart; but if I want to agree, I have many worries.

Hong Ye said: "I know the empress is in trouble, so on the day the empress dowager leaves the palace, the concubines stay with the empress." This means taking herself as a hostage.

I hurriedly said: "What is this..."

"The lord and the concubine know that it is not easy for the empress to sit in this seat, so they have discussed such a way and have no complaints against the empress and your majesty." Hongye said: "The lord usually does not want many things, so it is rare that there is something he wants to do. , the concubine wants to fulfill him."

What I said made me feel guilty, so I agreed.

When Heidan first came to the throne, I urged him not to doubt his younger brothers without authorization. Now that I am in power on his behalf, I realized how difficult it is to "not doubt".

Hongye's last words sounded ominous, and I felt a little uncomfortable, so I asked, "How is the third child's illness?" Since I put the queen mother under house arrest, the third child himself has not entered the palace again.Before the New Year's Eve, Heidan was seriously ill, and the New Year's ceremony was also simplified, so I haven't seen the third child for a long time.

Hong Ye said: "Madam Lao is worried, the prince's body is as usual."

When she said this, she smiled very reluctantly, which made me very sad.Ever since Heidan got this serious illness, I can understand Hongye's state of mind more and more.Seeing the husband hanging the medicine jar every day, how can a lady not feel distressed?But it is difficult to tell outsiders.I said, "Qin Qian, the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, made a point when he was treating His Majesty before, saying that His Majesty's illness is the same as that of the third child, and that it was brought out of the womb. After his treatment, His Majesty's illness is getting better day by day. The treatment seems to be suitable for the symptoms. I have kept him in the palace for several months because I am afraid that His Majesty's condition will relapse, why don't you ask him to come to your house every day to show the third child?"

Hongye said: "The concubine thanked the empress for her kindness on behalf of the prince."

When Qin Qian came back from the palace of the King of Yue, he reported that "the King of Yue's condition is still the same as before".

The third child has been sick for more than ten years since he suffered from red leaves when he was a teenager.So after hearing this, I only entrusted Qin Qian to treat King Yue with all my heart, and didn't ask any more questions.

On the day when the foundation stone of the pagoda was laid, Fan Hong sent the Queen Mother out of the palace, and I secretly ordered Fan Jin to arrange another team of Jinyi Guards to follow along the way, and this team watched the Queen Mother come back, and then took Hongye back to the mansion.

When Hongye was with me in the palace, she was obviously restless, and she was thinking about Tanzhe Temple from afar.Now she and him are husband and wife with the same heart, and her heart is with the third child.

I saw it in my eyes, and I couldn't bear it.I actually put her as a hostage in the palace so that she could not take care of her husband personally.

But I am sitting in this position, my husband is sick, my son is still young, and a sharp sword is hanging above my head.

In the evening, I had dinner with Heitan, and when I saw Fan Jin looking at me, he made a "three" sign under his sleeve.I made an excuse to go to see the calligraphy practiced by Kumquat, and came out of the bedroom.

Avoiding to the side hall, Fan Jin said in a low voice: "My lady, I told the Jinyiwei Baihu who went today that everything else is normal... It's just that the prince of Yue is not in good health."

I frowned: "What's the 'bad' way? Is it as bad as before, or worse than before?"

Fan Jin said: "I was in the temple today, but I couldn't support the Queen Mother the whole time."

When I heard this, it was like half of my body was immersed in ice water.

"He can't even walk by himself?" If it weren't for this, with the pure filial piety of the third child, how could he let go of his mother on such an occasion of filial piety and love?

Fan Jindao: "The lord insisted on walking by himself, but he only took a look at the site selected for the tower, and then rested in the guest room, talking to the abbot for a while before leaving. It is said that the cold weather , Clothes were drenched with sweat."

I knew how badly the disease was getting worse, so I couldn't sit still for a moment, and hurriedly ordered: "Go and call Qin Qian."

As soon as Qin Qian entered the door, before he had time to salute, I said: "Physician Qin is not polite. I heard that King Yue's illness seems to be getting worse. I am really worried. I specially come to Xuanqing's family to ask."

However, Qin Qian knelt down and said, "It's a capital crime if you don't report what you know!"

I was shocked and said, "Why don't you report what you know? What kind of situation do you know?"

Qin Qian kowtowed and said: "When the minister was entrusted by the empress to consult the prince of Yue, the prince was already seriously ill, and gold and stone were ineffective, but the prince asked the minister not to disclose the illness, so the minister lied to the empress."

I said anxiously: "How could the gold and stone be ineffective? At that time, His Majesty was so seriously ill, didn't you manage to rejuvenate him and rescued him?"

Qin Qian said: "The nine sons of the dragon are all different. Although your majesty and the prince have the same disease root, there are strengths and weaknesses in their natural dispositions. Your majesty only had one seizure when he was young, and he lived like an ordinary person, while the prince himself The juveniles are weak and sick, and the attack lasts continuously after one episode. Although he once went to Sichuan to recuperate and travel in the mountains and rivers, which is beneficial to the body, but after all, he was depressed when he was young, and the pain was too great to make up for. The bloodletting technique performed by the minister is extremely risky Big, it doesn’t work for everyone, and the princes and concubines all believe in Buddhism, and they are afraid that if they can’t be saved, they will leave a mutilated body and affect the next life...so they are not willing to perform this technique.”

"Confused...why are you all so confused! As long as there is a one-ten-thousandth hope of surviving, just try to live. This life is unpredictable, so what retreat is left for the illusory afterlife!" Fan Jin said: "Come here, prepare quietly!" Get off the horse, don't let His Majesty know. I'm going to Yuewang Mansion! Imperial Physician Qin, bring your belongings and come with me."