The reborn princess is not a daughter

"Empress Dowager, we have a banquet at the Qionghua Pond tonight, and we have invited the ladies from various palaces to watch the singing and dancing. Would you like to go and watch, Your Majesty, just to have fun?" Zhang Yuan put the brewed sparrow tongue in front of Wei Zhen, and pressed Then, he retreated silently behind the imperial case.

Wei Zhen put down the booklet in her hand, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "The Queen Mother never asks about the affairs of the palace, so it's really unreasonable to host a banquet on her own initiative this time."

Having said that, Wei Zhen obviously didn't take this matter to heart, but Zhang Yuan's next words caught Wei Zhen's attention.

"The slave also thinks so. But..." Zhang Yuan glanced at Wei Zhen carefully, and then said: "The empress dowager specially invited Princess Ningcheng."

Wei Zhen stopped drinking tea: "Ning Cheng?"

Zhang Yuan lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Wei Zhen touched the edge of the teacup slowly with her thumb, and finally said: "Then, let's go and have a look at night."

Wei Zhen had just decided to go to the Qionghua Banquet at night, but the Concubine Liang of Cuiying Palace said she was sick and postponed the banquet.

Concubine Shu Su Jinghuan was originally just a little girl next to Wei Zhen. In terms of appearance, compared to those charming beauties in the harem, she was really inconspicuous.In terms of family background, the Su family fell into disrepair early on. In order for Su Jinghuan to enter the palace, Su's father sold everything he could.Fortunately, in the end, she found a way, and Su Jinghuan also entered the palace smoothly and became a show girl.

According to Su Jinghuan's conditions, it was actually very difficult to attract Wei Zhen's attention, but what he never expected was that Su Qingxian came out of the Su family.

Su Qingxian joined the army at fifteen and became an adjutant in the barracks at seventeen. In the fourth year of his enlistment, Wei Zhen succeeded him.Different from the former emperor Shengde, after Wei Zhen ascended the throne, he changed the previous emperor's style of emphasizing civility over martial arts. In the first year of his reign, he began to change the martial arts held every five years to every two years. Through selection, he included many Su Qingxian is one of the young and promising military officers.

In addition, Wei Zhen allocated a large sum of money to enrich the border defenses and prepared troops. In just a few years, Daqi's military strength has been greatly improved.Finally, three years after Yun Zhen ascended the throne, the young emperor finally couldn't bear to start attacking the Ming country.

Su Qingxian made a lot of contributions in battles, big and small, and his prestige gradually increased among the soldiers, and he gradually reached the position of a general from an adjutant.

And Su Jinghuan, borrowing her elder brother Su Qingxian's style, has also grown from a little showy girl to a good concubine who now exclusively occupies the palace.

Su Jinghuan knows very well that her favor today is inseparable from her elder brother Su Qingxian's status, so when she heard that Su Qingxian will be sent by Wei Zhen to southern Fujian to suppress bandits in the near future, the position of the general will be gone. , suddenly panicked.

Su Jinghuan thought about it, and felt very worried. She said she was sick and postponed the Queen Mother's banquet, and asked her confidant maid Lurui to get the palace card, and asked Su Qingxian to enter the palace to "visit sickness".

When people from the palace came to the General's Mansion to spread the word, Su Qingxian was playing chess with his friend Fang Ziming in the gazebo.

This Fang Ziming has a lot of background, he is the only son of Fang Ruhui, the chief assistant of the cabinet, from official to chief assistant, Fang Ruhui is upright and meticulous, and everyone who works with him praises him.

However, Fang Ziming, the only son, is nothing like him. He is a real libertine. Every three days or so, girls go to Fang’s mansion crying and asking Fang Ziming to take responsibility. To punish Fang Ziming.

Fang Ziming learned to be smart after being beaten a lot, he provoked a girl, so instead of going back to Fang's mansion, he hid at Su Qingxian's place.

"Qingxian, the people around your sister really don't think much of you." Fang Ziming said teasingly as he dropped a sunspot on the chessboard.

The person who came to spread the message was Lei'er, a court lady next to Su Jinghuan. Because of Su Jinghuan's high status, this court lady had some face in front of other unfavorable concubines, and she always spoke with a bit of a smile. She has a sense of superiority over others, but she didn't expect that in front of Su Qingxian, this grand maid would not restrain herself a bit.

Su Qingxian, who was sitting across from Fang Ziming, heard this, but did not speak. He was not like those men in the military camp, he was refined and elegant, and he didn't wear ordinary clothes at home. The ribbon is lightly tied up, looking very handsome.

Seeing Su Qingxian's indifferent look, Fang Ziming couldn't help but said: "You are really big-hearted, if I had given that court lady some color, it would have allowed her to be presumptuous!"

Fang Qingxian dropped a white piece on the chessboard, and said with a smile, "You are always caught wrong and punished by Mr. Fang just because you do things regardless of the consequences."

Fang Ziming curled his lips: "My fair lady, gentlemen are so good. I like beautiful women. What's wrong? My father is too pedantic."

Su Qingxian gave birth to another son: "Oh? I heard that what you like is not ordinary beauties, but the inner room of Marquis Huai'an. This is what you call a gentle lady, and a gentleman is so good? I'm not afraid of Marquis Huai'an mentioning the word Ming." Is Jian coming to settle accounts with you?"

Fang Ziming stopped talking now, and began to shift his attention to the chessboard, but he soon discovered that the black pieces he was holding were already trapped by white pieces, and he was surrounded by enemies. He has the upper hand; if he doesn't eat Fang Qingxian, he has no way out and can only admit defeat in the end.

Su Qingxian won Fang Ziming, changed his clothes, the carriage in the mansion had already been set up, ordered the housekeeper to entertain Fang Ziming, and then went to the palace in a leisurely manner.

That palace lady Lei'er originally thought that Su Qingxian would immediately go to the palace to meet Su Jinghuan after receiving the news, but she didn't hurry back after delivering the message, but went to a famous rouge gouache shop in Yuncheng first, and had a good time shopping After walking around, I bought several fashionable gouache, and then I went back to my life slowly.

When Lei'er returned to the palace, she found out that Su Qingxian hadn't come to Cuiying Palace at all. The anxious Su Qinghuan naturally scolded her severely, until a servant came to report that her brother Su Qingxian had come.Su Jinghuan let Lei'er go.

As soon as Su Jinghuan saw Su Qingxian, her eye circles immediately turned red, and she hurriedly got up: "Brother, it can be regarded as coming."

Seeing her haggard appearance, Su Qingxian's heart softened after all, and he asked first: "Madam, what's the matter? But you're not going well in the palace?"

Su Jinghuan bit her lower lip and said, "I received news that my brother resigned from his position as a general to suppress bandits in southern Fujian. Is this true?"

Su Qingxian nodded, acquiesced.

Su Qingxian's words confirmed the rumors, Su Jinghuan sat down on the chair, and muttered: "What should I do? Is it true that the emperor no longer uses you again? You have made a lot of military exploits. How can the emperor do this?" What? No, no, it can’t be like this.” He started to cry and said, “It can’t be like this.”

Su Qingxian sighed, and waited for Su Jinghuan to finish crying before saying: "Actually, I was the one who wanted to go to southern Fujian to suppress bandits, and it has nothing to do with the emperor."

As soon as Su Jinghuan heard this, she immediately grabbed Su Qingxian's arm: "What? Didn't the emperor send you there? How could it be brother's own idea? I don't believe that brother would let a good general go and go to southern Fujian Suppress bandits! That place is poor and broken! My brother will have no way out there!"

"Southern Fujian used to be our hometown." Su Qingxian looked at Su Jinghuan in disbelief. He didn't expect his sister to have no affection for his hometown.

But Su Qingxian immediately laughed at himself, Su Qinghuan was like this since she was a child, she didn't even care about her mother's death, so how could she be expected to have any feelings for Minnan.

"That kind of backcountry is not where I, Su Jinghuan, should stay. Brother, you shouldn't go to that ghostly place either. You go talk to the emperor and let him take back his life. Wouldn't you like to continue to be a general?" Su Jinghuan said His eyes looked at Su Qingxian longingly.

Su Qingxian lowered his head, and Su Jinghuan couldn't see his expression at the moment, and only heard Su Qingxian say: "No, I must go to southern Fujian."

"Brother you..."

Su Qingxian said in a low voice: "The Su family's limelight is too strong. If this continues, the emperor will be suspicious sooner or later. I have to think about the Su family."

When Su Jinghuan heard that it was for the Su family, she couldn't help raising her voice: "Su family, Su family, my brother only has the Su family in his eyes, and didn't he think about my sister? Now that you leave, the position of the general will be vacant. Your Majesty will not come to Cuiying Palace often. Now that there is Princess Ningcheng who favors the harem again, my sister, how can I have a bright future?"

Su Qingxian shook her head: "You are already a good concubine now, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? What's more, once the Su family falls, I'm afraid you will be in trouble to protect yourself, Madam."

But Su Jinghuan didn't listen to Su Qingxian's explanation. She wholeheartedly thought that as long as Su Qingxian was still in the position of general, her honor and favor would not be broken. When the time came to conceive a dragon fetus and give birth to the prince, the emperor, for the sake of this child, The Su family will definitely be more honored and favored, why would they be suspicious of the Su family?

Su Qingxian saw that Su Jinghuan was not wasting her energy anymore, and only warned her not to inquire about political affairs in the palace at will, so as not to cause trouble to her upper body, and then hurriedly resigned. Su Jinghuan was so angry that she smashed several sapphire vases in Cuiying Palace.

And Su Jinghuan lost her temper in Cuiying Palace, and she did not escape the eyes of Empress Dowager Liu. She dropped the vase with her first kick, and someone heard it in Empress Dowager Liu's ears the next moment.

Empress Dowager Liu looked down on Su Jinghuan very much in her heart, thinking that she was too petty and had no brains, but considering Su Qingxian behind her, she kept turning a blind eye to her.As long as you don't make a big mistake, let her go.