I am the Queen

The empress dowager's face was gloomy, and Lingxin's expressionless face made Qingyan and Hejing at a loss, only to hear a "bang", a little palace maid accidentally knocked over the tea tray.

"It's useless, so hurry up and tidy it up." Feng Ling reprimanded her on the surface, but she actually rescued the little maid. The two masters are in a bad mood, and they are still in this situation. This is not looking for a fight.

"Yes." The little maid picked up the fragments on the ground in fright, and looked at the wind chime gratefully before leaving.

"The emperor is here." Eunuch Qin had been waiting outside for Qianlong, and when he saw Qianlong coming, he came in to report.

"Emperor Niang." Qianlong knew that the Empress Dowager already knew that he summoned that Miss Xia alone, and he also asked Gao Wuyong to send those broken mouths to Xin Zheku.

"You still know that I am your mother-in-law. Look, what are you doing? Now you are dressed in Jiangnan, and the eyes of the people are staring at you. You brought the queen's concubine here this time. This favored girl, what do the people of the world think of you, the emperor. In the past, the mothers you brought to the palace on tour would turn a blind eye, and they were all ladies, but today this girl, the Ai family listens. It is said that she is a singer presented by Hangzhou officials, but what kind of background is that, I don't need to say more about it." Just now, Nanny Gui has already reported the news of Xia Yingying to the Queen Mother in detail.

"Emperor mother, listen to your son's explanation." Qianlong thought, if this is true, he still has to tell the queen mother, "You all stand down." Just now he also asked someone to call Hong Zhou over, and he is now in charge of the clan's mansion. , let him know too.

"Yes." Qingyan and Hejing led everyone to leave, and before leaving, they gave Lingxin a worried look, fearing that his Ama would bring the woman back to the palace, and Erniang would do something stupid.

"Fifth Uncle." Qing Yan and He Jing saw Prince He Hong Zhou rushing over at the bow of the boat.

"Well, is the emperor in there?" Hong Zhou was still drinking with the officials, but when he heard Qianlong calling him to come to the queen mother immediately, and Qianlong left the table early, and someone told him that Qianlong recruited the singer to go to the imperial boat, his heart ached. I think it's probably because of this, but I'm afraid that the queen mother will blame her for not being optimistic about the emperor's brother.

"Yes, Huang Ama is already inside." Qingyan said.

Hong Zhou nodded and went in. "Hong Zhou greets the Queen Mother, the Emperor Brother, and the Emperor's Sister-in-law." Why are the faces of the Empress Dowager and the Empress so gloomy and terrifying.

"Get up, emperor, you said to wait for Hong Zhou, now that Hong Zhou is here, you can make it clear, what is the misunderstanding between the Ai family and the queen? Things are not what we thought." Now the queen mother wants to decide for her daughter-in-law He said that if Qianlong said he wanted to take the woman back to the palace, he would go on a hunger strike to protest.

"Yes. In fact, I suspect that the woman is my niece." Qianlong said a news that shocked everyone present.

The Queen Mother's first thought was Hong Zhou, maybe this child had an illegitimate daughter like Qianlong, but this child is usually absurd, but he just likes to hold funerals, and there is nothing else.

Seeing that the Queen Mother doubted him, Hong Zhou hurriedly shook his head to indicate that it was not him. "Emperor Niang, don't look at your son like this, how could your son do such a thing. Queen's sister-in-law, you also say a word." Ever since she knew that Qianlong summoned a woman, she was still a brothel woman, she didn't speak, and expressed herself with silence sad.

"Emperor's mother, it's not Hongzhou." Seeing Hongzhou's innocent face telling his grievances, Qianlong spoke up to help his younger brother.

"If it's not Hong Zhou, who would it be?" There were only a few elder brothers of the late emperor who were adults, and the Empress Dowager couldn't figure out who it was?

"Don't be a fool, let's talk about it." Lingxin, who hadn't spoken for a long time, began to speak. She also thought that if Qianlong really wanted to bring the brothel girl into the palace, she would move into Yuanmingyuan as soon as she returned to the palace. Nor return to the palace.It's not that she tolerates others. There are so many concubines in the palace. She didn't say anything. She used to go on tour and brought women back to the palace. For example, Concubine Qing was brought back to the palace when Qianlong went on tour. She went from nobleman to concubine all the way. It's different, I followed this time, and that woman is different from Concubine Qing, Concubine Qing came from a scholarly family anyway, what is the background of this woman?Now knowing that it was a misunderstanding, Lingxin felt relieved. At the same time, she also blamed herself for not trusting Qianlong. Qianlong would not care about his reputation no matter what, and he promised himself that he would no longer accept concubines into the palace.

"Actually, I suspect that Xia Yingying is Fu Pei's daughter."

"Fupei? Didn't he die right after he was born?" She still vaguely remembered that Nianshi was born Fupei in the first year of Yongzheng, but that child was unlucky and died soon after, and Nianshi was also very sad because of it. Followed in a few years.

"Actually, Huang Ama called his son away before he died, and told him not to tell anyone, but to go to Fupei in secret, and it would not be too late to tell the royal family when he arrived. So as soon as the son ascended the throne, he ordered someone to go. Looking for it, but the sea of ​​people is vast, so where should I look for it?" Qianlong said that he had been asking the secret guards to look for him from all over the country for many years, but they never found anything.

"Wait, emperor, what you said about Aijia is completely confused." The queen mother was confused, and this is not the point.

"Actually, on the day Fupei died, a famous court lady took Fupei out of the palace. The imperial concubine Dunsu was conferred the title of imperial concubine in the first year of Huang Ama. She was the only imperial concubine in the palace at that time. She avoided three points, and Huang Ama loved her the most. Her brother Nian Gengyao had made great military exploits. As an official in the court, the court lady's father impeached Nian Gengyao because he was dissatisfied with Nian Gengyao's self-supporting merits, military merits, arrogance, and accepting bribes. It was initially determined that Nian Gengyao was still needed, so he knew that Nian Gengyao had accepted bribes and ignored him, and instead demoted that person's official position. However, Nian Gengyao was narrow-minded and held grudges, so he forced the official to hang himself. The maid learned that her father was forced to death by Nian Gengyao, and she had seen too much of the royal concubine's demeanor in the palace, so she made a plan to take Fu Pei away. Fupei, who was in her infancy, avenged her father, but the moment Fupei was picked up, her heart softened, and she secretly carried him out of the palace. Since then, she has lost track of her. Afterwards, Huang Ama ordered someone to investigate. After finding out about the court lady, her father died, but her family members were still alive. Huang Ama ordered people to arrest the court lady's family and forced her to hand over Fu Pei. Fu Pei was sent away by her. She only said that Fu Pei had the longevity lock that Huang Ama gave Fu Pei on the day of Fu Pei's birth, and there was a tooth mark on his right arm. She also said that she confessed to the person who took Fu Pei away. That person, if there are descendants in the future, the longevity lock and the tooth marks on the right arm will also be passed on, but she will not say who to hug when she dies. Find her son and ask Huang Ama to keep the promise. She absolves her family members of the crime as soon as she appears, and then kills herself by biting her tongue. But there is a huge crowd. Where can I find a baby? Few people recognize Fupei, even if they do, this child will be different every day when he grows up, Huang Ama asked me to keep looking. Today I saw Xia Yingying, I thought she looked like a person, and finally I thought of looking like an imperial concubine. "Qianlong said everything, Huang Ama, I'm sorry, after so long, I still haven't found Fupei.

"You mean, this Xia Yingying might be Fupei's daughter, Gege from Aixinjueluo's family." The Queen Mother couldn't believe it. If it was true, the child was too pitiful. At the same time, she was thinking about how to deal with her. It was impossible for her to tell the outside world that Elder Fu Pei was actually not dead, but was secretly carried out of the palace.

"Brother Huang, is this true? Then Xia Yingying is really Fupei's daughter." After hearing this, Hong Zhou also found it inconceivable.

"I don't know yet, so I want to ask Empress Empress for help. The maid once said that Fupei's descendants will bite a tooth mark on their right arm when they are born. After all, Xia Yingying is a woman. I have many inconveniences. Please, Queen Mother." Just after seeing each other, it didn't take long for him to have an affair with Xia Yingying. Fortunately, there was a reason, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to get on Jingxian's boat tonight. Think about what the emperor would do. Really aggrieved.

"Emperor, don't worry, the Ai family will ask someone to bring Xia Yingying tomorrow. If it is found out that this is indeed royal blood, the Ai family will make the decision."

"If this is the case, then I can go to see Huang Ama with peace of mind in the future." Qianlong thought that the matter of finding Fupei or his descendants would be passed down from generation to generation like Huang Ama told him, but unexpectedly, It is really arranged in the dark.

"Emperor Mother, my son wants to see you too." Hong Zhou also stepped forward.

"This is all about women. Why are you a big man joining in the fun? Don't worry, when Ai's family is confirmed, someone will invite the emperor to come with you and let you see. You will come tomorrow, the queen." Queen Mother We need to investigate Xia Yingying based on the two clues that Qianlong said, and Qianlong said that Xia Yingying looks a lot like Nianshi. Three points of comity, not to mention myself, if I hadn't had Hongli, if I hadn't been born in the Manjun Banner, I might not know how difficult this life is, but now that he is gone, the old grievances and grievances will disappear.

Second day

Nanny Gui personally went to pick Xia Yingying up to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother asked her to bring Xia Yingying a flag outfit for Xia Yingying to change into. Judging from the Queen Mother's attitude, she still had to be respectful to Xia Yingying.

Xia Yingying knew that the queen mother was invited, and she wanted to change into the flag dress brought by Nanny Gui. He felt that she had known him at a glance, and he was somewhat inexplicably afraid of her.

Xia Yingying was wearing a hibiscus-colored, dark-flowered, cloud-brocade palace dress that was awarded by the Queen Mother. Nanny Gui combed her hair fluently, with some emerald pearl flowers on it, and a sapphire-dotted emerald bead hairpin on the right. Rewarded.Although Xia Yingying wondered why the Queen Mother would summon her suddenly and asked herself to dress up like this, she still obediently obeyed.

Xia Yingying staggered when she stood up wearing flower pot sole shoes, she had to rely on the edge of the table to hold herself steady. "Thank you, Mammy." This mammy's craftsmanship is really good.

"Miss Xia, you don't need to thank her, the empress dowager ordered this." When she was putting on Xia Yingying's makeup, Nanny Gui realized that she looked too much like her.Since the emperor saw the queen mother, the queen mother's attitude towards Xia Yingying has changed. What must the emperor tell the queen mother?

"Mommy, I'm a little unsteady." After all, it was the first time wearing flowerpot low shoes, and Xia Yingying was still not used to it.

"Let me help the girl, girl, let's go, or the empress dowager should wait."

On the Empress Dowager's boat, Nanny Gui brought Xia Yingying. The moment Xia Yingying helped Nanny Gui to enter, the Empress Dowager seemed to have returned to the time when she was in the late emperor's hidden residence and saw Nian for the first time.

"Ministers see the Empress Dowager." Nanny Gui reminded Xia Yingying to pay attention on the way here, saying that the Empress Dowager pays the most attention to etiquette, and Xia Yingying was also grateful for this dignified but kind nanny.

The Empress Dowager was still in the memory, but she was reminded by Lingxin's indistinct touch, and she came to her senses, "Let's get back to normal."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Xia Yingying looked at the Empress Dowager nervously, and at the same time saw Lingxin sitting beside the Empress Dowager, and guessed in her heart that this should be Qianlong's concubine.

"Come to Ai's house." The Empress Dowager looked at Xia Yingying carefully, she would not believe that she had nothing to do with Nian Shi, seeing her salute to herself was like seeing Nian Shi salute to herself, she felt a little bit Happily, speaking of Nian Shi, from the day she entered the Qian mansion to the day Nian Shi left, it was she who wanted Nian Shi to kneel down and salute.

"Yes, Queen Mother." Without Nanny Gui's support, Xia Yingying walked a little crookedly.

"Tell Ai's family, who else is in your family."

"Go back to the Queen Mother, there is no one in Minnv's family." Strange, why did the Emperor ask this question yesterday, and the Queen Mother asked again today, is it possible that the people in her family are very important to the Queen Mother.

"Then why are you living in such a place?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, when Minnv was ten years old, a flood washed away Minnv's home, and also took away Minnv's parents. Minnv was begging on the street helplessly, and was favored by traffickers. Buying a brothel may be due to the luck of a girl who met Mama Sang when she was 15 years old, and Mama Sang did not force me to sell myself, so I am still innocent."

"Really?" The Queen Mother was relieved to hear that Xia Yingying was still an innocent daughter, but she still asked people to test her, "Gui Nanny, take her down." Then she asked Gui Nanny to whisper sentence.

Xia Yingying was invited into the inner room. Xia Yingying didn't know what she was going to do. When Nanny Gui asked her to take off her clothes for inspection, she realized that the queen mother didn't believe her words, but whether she was innocent had nothing to do with the queen mother. relation.Although he was unwilling, he did not dare to disobey the queen mother's wishes, and felt insulted in his heart.

Nanny Gui came out first, and then Xia Yingying got dressed and came out with tears still streaming down her face.

"Why did the Queen Mother insult Yingying like this?" Xia Yingying knelt in front of the Queen Mother. Although she was in a brothel, she still had her pride.

"How is it?" When Nanny Gui took Xia Yingying to the inner room for inspection, the Queen Mother dismissed the maid, leaving only Feng Chime.

"Returning to the queen mother, what Miss Xia said is correct, she is indeed a virgin, and the queen mother, there is indeed a tooth mark on Miss Xia's right arm." Nanny Gui didn't understand why the queen mother wrinkled so much for Miss Xia. pleats.

"It's absolutely true. Son, I have wronged you." Nanny Gui is the Queen Mother's confidant, and the Queen Mother can say these things in front of Nanny Gui without any scruples.

"Queen Mother, Yingying doesn't understand." Xia Yingying was a little puzzled by this sudden change.

"Queen Mother, there is one more." Lingxin reminded the Queen Mother not to forget that there is another piece of evidence to prove. Lingxin didn't want to remind her at first, but this matter is of great importance. Being blamed by the Queen Mother for not reminding her.

"Yes, Ai's family is confused. Yingying, did your parents give you anything?" Now it's time to address Yingying.

"Yes, father gave me the longevity lock." Xia Yingying took out the longevity lock that her father gave her on her fifth birthday from around her neck, and she knew it was valuable at a glance. Selling it to live a better life is nothing, even when I was begging along the street, I never thought about selling it.

"Take it up and show it to Ai's family." The queen mother took the longevity lock passed up by Nanny Gui, and looked at it carefully. It is true that it came from the palace. I remember that the first emperor created this longevity lock for every elder brother. It was made of gold, and even the style was designed by himself. Hongli and Hongzhou had them all. When the Queen Mother turned it over and saw the word Pei at the bottom, she was even more convinced that she was Fupei's daughter. "Did your father tell you about the origin of this longevity lock?"

"Father said it was given by his father. He was adopted by his adoptive parents since he was a child. His adoptive mother told him that she picked him up by the river. He was wearing the longevity lock at that time. However, when his adoptive mother was dying Tell dad that he was actually brought up by a woman and given to her to raise him. This longevity lock was given to him by his biological father, saying that it was a token between father and son, and he would rely on it to find his family back home. Because dad's The adoptive parents didn't have children, so they always treated Dad as their own, and they were afraid that he would go to find his biological parents, so they lied to him that he was thrown into the river."

"Quick, go and invite the emperor here."

When Qianlong saw that the people around the queen mother came to invite him, he knew that the matter had come to an end, so he asked Hong Zhou to be invited.Go to the Empress Dowager's boat first.

Seeing Qianlong coming, the queen mother pulled him and said, "Emperor, you have finally fulfilled the entrustment of the first emperor. She is Yingying, Fupei's daughter."

"Really?" Qianlong also knew that no one would impersonate this matter. He only told the Empress Dowager Hong Zhou about this matter yesterday, but he didn't tell anyone before, not even who he asked the dark guard to find someone for.

"Really." The queen mother showed him the longevity lock.

Qianlong took out his longevity lock from his neck and put it next to Xia Yingying's, which was exactly the same, except that the characters on the bottom were different, he was Li, and Xia Yingying was Pei.

At this time, Hong Zhou came, and after Hong Zhou greeted the Queen Mother, Qianlong, and Lingxin respectively, he saw the two longevity locks in Qianlong's hands, and subconsciously touched the ones on his neck, knowing that Xia Yingying It's really my niece.

Afterwards, Qianlong told Xia Yingying about the matter, and Xia Yingying was shocked as she listened. She never thought that she was Royal Gege, but now she doesn't know if she is worthy or not.