Old things in the Red Chamber

The Seventh Prince was very reluctant to do this kind of manipulation by his mother.In fact, he has someone he likes in his heart, and that is his aunt's cousin.But very helplessly, his uncle is a sixth-rank petty official.Of course a concubine with such a family background would look down on her.The concubine he chose for his son, the father was either the second rank or the third rank, and he let out the word very early, there were not many people who were tempted, and there were not a few people who refused.After several years of picking and picking, Concubine Xian knows all about the kind of noble ladies from high families.

The reason why she has been losing her composure these days is because she heard that someone is planning a marriage for the Ninth Prince.The Ninth Prince is two or three years younger than the Seventh Prince.But at his age, the engagement is reasonable, and there are rumors in the palace that the emperor never forgets the concubine who passed away, and he cares more about the nine princes left behind by the concubine, and a few words from some eunuchs who served in front of the emperor are spread all over the place. With a nose and an eye, he said that the emperor had already discussed with Jia Hou about the marriage of the nine princes.

Concubine Xian cannot be in a hurry, her strategy is very simple, if I can't get it, I won't let you get it either.It will be very difficult for those girls who have scandals with the seventh prince to marry the ninth prince, but the ninth prince doesn't mind, the emperor doesn't mind, don't the old princes of the clan's mansion not mind?At this time when they are desperately trying to restore the royal reputation, the clan will not agree with the princes messing around.

It can only be said that she thinks things are too simple and too complicated.This kind of trick hurts the enemy a thousand and hurts himself eight hundred.

Concubine Xian felt that the greatest achievement in her life was to be on equal footing with the queen.In fact, the queen didn't take her seriously, but the queen had been down and out for a few years, and the end was too miserable in the eyes of others at the time.So in the eyes of Concubine Xian, the queen is the one who sticks to the cold palace, and she thinks that her son is the eldest son, so sometimes she will be domineering in the palace.These are trivial matters, the queen will naturally not care about her, what she wants to care about now is the matter of the queen mother and the emperor.Earlier, the Empress Dowager avoided the attention of the Supreme Emperor. After the news of the emperor's southern tour came out, the Empress Dowager became active in the palace uncharacteristically.

At this time, Princess Anyang entered the palace and advised her to tour the south with the emperor, and she could also relax in the middle.The queen mother refused with a smile. As long as the emperor leaves, the imperial palace is a huge battlefield. She has lived here for many years and knows how to fight with a concubine who is suddenly favored.He also asked the eldest princess Anyang to be fine, don't come to the palace during this time, and stay in the princess mansion honestly, "You are also at this age, and you have several grandchildren. Isn't it a beautiful thing to play with grandchildren?"

Princess Anyang couldn't laugh at all, "I'm old, but you are older than me, and you still experienced this kind of thing in your later years. Thinking of this, my daughter will feel bad for you."

"What's the matter? I want to be with you and your brother for the rest of my life. I have made up my mind to tear that old thing apart. He has his beauty, and I have my children. If it weren't for you, I would We have already torn faces with him. It is the blessing of our ancestors that we can live in peace until now, so you don't have to worry about me, as long as you don't enter the palace during this time."

Within a few days, the palace became quiet.The emperor left, taking his two sons and older daughters with him.The imperial concubine took away Concubine De and Concubine Rong.The reason why he brought his sons was to let them see the outside world, and he took his daughters to see if there were any talents in Jiangnan. It would be a good thing if he could marry his daughters in Jiangnan. commandment.

This trip is very necessary. On the one hand, he wants to see Jiangnan. He has never been to Jiangnan after taking the throne for so long.On the one hand, they put the two children in front of the ministers. It is conceivable that in the near future, many people will gather under the command of the two of them, and there will be another bloody fight at that time.The emperor thinks this kind of thing is very necessary. Only the emperor who has been killed will become a real emperor, not a puppet. Sometimes the emperor's heart is very cold, and their experience is like fate. Let the sons go through it again.The Ninth Prince was riding on the horse, looking back at the palace wall, Jia Gu was standing on the wall, cupping his hands.

After the emperor left, not only the palace, but even the capital city became a bit idle.Even if the Supreme Emperor ordered people to enter the palace to worship, and more and more people complained of illness, it is obvious that Beauty Dou lacks stamina. It's a big skill, Mrs. Tong heard that she was defeated by the Queen Mother in just one round, and now she hides in the palace every day to raise her baby.In the prison of the clan mansion, it was heard that two princesses had died of illness.

Everyone loves to listen to the gossip of high-ranking families. If the royal family is involved, although they will not discuss it openly on the street, it is still okay to wink and say a few vague words when they meet each other.During this time the news of the death of the princesses was circulating in the streets.Some well-informed people naturally know what's going on, and the uninformed commoners finally clapped their hands and cheered, "It's said that raising such a daughter will be soaked in a pig cage sooner or later. What's wrong with the princess? The princess is also a human being, and she also needs to eat. , Sleeping and drinking water, doing this work, the in-law’s family is implicated, the mother’s family is also implicated, and the children are also implicated.”

It is a generally accepted news in the market that these princesses were secretly executed. The news is not false. It is true that two princesses were rewarded with poisoned wine, and it was the empress who did this.

The eunuchs carried away the bodies of the princesses, and the princesses who did not participate huddled in the corner, how pitiful they looked, the queen stared at them and saw a princess sitting very upright inside, and couldn't help but look at her Curious about his identity.

"In the past few years, I haven't worried about the affairs of the palace, and I haven't seen you often. I can't remember who is who. Which princess is sitting next to me?"

"My sister is titled Huaihe."

"Oh, it turned out to be you." The queen has also heard of her reputation. "These days, I talked to some elderly people in Kilometer, and they all said that Princess Huaihe was Zhuge Zhuge when she was young, bold and careful. , and it’s considered exhaustive. I heard that entering here is also implicated, isn’t it?”

Princess Huaihe kowtowed upright, but did not speak.

The queen didn't want to talk to her either, so she went out of the cell and said a few words to the guard women.

"Who usually visits the princesses?"

"If you go back to the empress, it's the nuns in the palace, the wet nurses of the princesses, and some of their housekeepers."

"Which son-in-law sent someone to visit?"

"Princess Tengyang's son-in-law has sent someone to visit."

"What did you say? What did you send?"

"I sent some rouge in, and some change of clothes. Their young master also came in to look at it a few times. I heard that because it is a women's prison, it is inconvenient for the son-in-law to come in, but every time he waits at the door."

The queen thought about it in her heart, who is Princess Tengyang?He said to the guarding women, "Tell the old prince that this is what I mean, let Princess Tengyang clean up and go out."

The mother-in-law agreed, "Do you want the son-in-law to pick you up?"

"Naturally, let the concubine pick it up. Is it possible to let the princess go back by herself? After a while, you can pass the message to Princess Tengyang on behalf of the palace. Although she was spared from the crime, she must be punished. The specific punishment will be announced later. The inner eunuch is going to deliver the decree. Let her take care of herself in the future and live a good life, and don't come out and wander around if she has nothing to do."

When the news spread to the prison, Princess Tengyang burst into tears.Not wanting to stay here for a moment, she called to the women to open the prison, and she was going to wait outside.

The other princesses immediately broke out.

"Why let her go? Why are we still here?"

"Where is the empress? I want to see the empress."

"Sister Tengyang sent a message to my mother and concubine for me, asking her to intercede for me in front of my father."

"Come here, lady, what did the empress say? Only let Tengyang go out alone?" Princess Huaihe was very excited, she shook the door a few times, her crime here was the least serious.If there was one person who might go out, it should be her.

Although in the prison, the sons and grandsons of the dragon are also the sons and grandsons of the dragon, the mothers-in-law did not dare to treat them slowly, and respectfully said to Princess Huaihe, "My lady only allows Princess Tengyang to go alone. For the other princesses, my mother didn't speak, my slave They dare not let you out."

Princess Huaihe was very disappointed and sat back unhappy.She really didn't understand which link went wrong, how could this benefit make Teng Yang go?Thinking of her son who was outside, she didn't know what kind of life she was living, and she felt heartbroken at this moment, but at this time, there must be no chaos, absolutely no chaos.

She calmed down and thought for a while, then called a woman over, "Please tell the old prince that I want to talk to Jia Hou's wife."

The mother-in-law could only agree and come to see her after a while. "The old prince said, let the empress speak about this matter."

Princess Huaihe closed her eyes, and said lazily, "Got it."

After the emperor left, Gu Yun was also very happy. When he arrived at the yamen, he quickly packed up his things and left the yamen. There were still two children in the house, especially the newborn one, who was chubby after a few days. He couldn't help hugging and kissing again and again, this little guy looks very pleasant.His elder brother Gu Yu privately felt that this child should not be named Lin, "It should be our child. You go back and discuss it with Mrs. Lin. If you have another child, the next one will be named Lin."

Gu Yun rolled his eyes at him, "If you love the next one, when will there be a child from the Lin family?"

Gu Yu felt that when his younger brother promised to have a child named Lin, he should have stopped him. What a good child, he is white and fat, and he is so happy to make him laugh. It's hard to find a good child with a lantern, so why did it belong to the Lin family?