She looked at the bright lanterns swaying outside the Chengqian Palace: "Concubine Shu, she has little love in her mind. The Ai family has known for a long time that she will not be able to become a leader, so they support you to rise to power and deliberately beat and scold you. The emperor feels sorry for you. But you are as useless as Concubine Shu. You have been a childhood sweetheart for nothing, but you can't win the emperor's heart."
Concubine Rong's face was expressionless and she said nothing, but her hand holding the Queen Mother tightened slightly.
The Queen Mother felt the change in her mood, glanced at her, and said: "Don't be dissatisfied. When your fake pregnancy Cheng Chong was almost discovered, it was the Ai family who hid it from Concubine Shu, making her think you were really pregnant." She was pregnant, so she attacked you and took the opportunity to blame Concubine Xian. The Ai family thought that you would gain the emperor's pity and replace Concubine Li in the harem, but you were replaced by Concubine Xian. How could you not let the Ai family not? gas?"
Originally, they wanted to get rid of Concubine Xian before the emperor was interested in her, but they didn't expect that the emperor cared about Concubine Xian more than they thought, so their plan came to nothing.
In order to do the miscarriage scene, the Queen Mother used many of her connections, but she got that result.
Concubine Rong shed tears: "Aunt, it's all my fault. I couldn't let my brother and mother come back from Ninggu Pagoda. It's because I failed my aunt's expectations."
The Queen Mother sighed again: "Don't cry and cry. It's not good for others to see it. If you can help Pei Wu get favored this time, you will have made up for it."
Concubine Rong was unconvinced, and letting Pei Wu use her leverage to gain the emperor's trust was equivalent to being an abandoned child. The Queen Mother said it easily, but she was sitting on the high platform, and the sacrifices were made by others.
But things had reached this point, and she couldn't say she didn't want to.
As long as her brother and mother can come back, she can do anything she wants.
In Chengqian Palace——
Pei Wu holds a black jade chess piece and is fighting fiercely with Bai Zi.
She put on a man's cloak to cover her young body: "Since neither the emperor nor the minister wants to become the pawns of others, why doesn't the emperor cooperate with the minister?"
Emperor Xuanwu made a move, and the entire chessboard situation suddenly changed, making Pei Wu think about it for a long time without making a move.
The emperor's huge figure leaned back, revealing a ruthless look: "I heard that the prince of Ruyang Palace rejected the marriage offered to him by the Pei family and was planning to go to Sheng'an Temple to become a monk. Miss Pei also heard about it. Don’t you want this news to stay in the palace?”
Pei Wu was determined to give birth to a son: "No, even if the prince did not break off the engagement, my daughter would not want to enter the palace."
"But now that you are sitting across from me, you originally asked me to pity you."
Pei Wu's snow-white face turned pale again, and the chess pieces were defeated: "My grandfather thought that the emperor was just out of temper, so he demoted cousin Li, and sent his daughter to the palace in every possible way, just to make her help my cousin to stay favored. , but now that my cousin is dead, my grandfather’s request for his daughter may be to replace Cousin Li and become the emperor’s favorite concubine. But..."
She raised her head and looked at Emperor Xuanwu: "When I met Concubine Zhenxian, I knew that I would never have a chance. Everyone would doubt the emperor's sincerity towards Concubine Xian, but I thought that the emperor was seventy-nine in his heart. The share belongs to the world, to the court, and to the common people. If you give three points to the wise concubine, that is all you can give. Therefore, I feel that the emperor has given all he can to the wise concubine. Give sincerely.”
Wouldn't she leave and stay here as a witness to the emperor and the wise concubine's love?
She wants to leave, not because of anyone, but because she doesn't like being locked up in this square palace, let alone dealing with a man she doesn't love.
Emperor Xuanwu raised his eyes and looked at her for a long time, and finally gave her a son without letting her lose too badly: "Tell me, how can we cooperate?"
Pei Wu took back her hand: "The Queen Mother has never had a mother-son affection for the Emperor in so many years, but the Emperor is hindered by filial piety, afraid of impeachment by the ministers, and fear of the people's words, so he tolerates everything. The Emperor has also wanted to get rid of him for a long time. Is she the Queen Mother?"
"presumptuous!"
The white jade chess piece in the emperor's hand was thrown on the chessboard: "You presume to speculate on my thoughts, I can chop off your head right now."
"The cotton wool on Nanny Cheng's clothes was put in by Concubine Rong, but the person who gave the order was the Queen Mother. Does the emperor still want to let such a thing happen to the sixth prince? Concubine Xian, Lan Xinhuizhi, I'm afraid it has been found out that it is Concubine Rong. It was her fault, but the emperor kept it secret. My daughter suggested that the emperor should confess as soon as possible, otherwise the emperor would break her heart several times, and no matter how much emotion he had, it would be worn away."
It was the first time that the emperor loved a concubine so much, and he didn't want the concubine to start showing false love to him in the future.
It happened that Tang Shiliang came in at this time. Seeing Pei Wu sitting with the emperor playing chess, he hesitated to speak.
Emperor Xuanwu knew that he wanted to talk about Xian Fei, so he directly signaled to him: "Tell me."
Tang Shiliang took another look at Pei Wu before saying: "The Concubine Xian summoned the female officials from the wardrobe room today. Xie Zhangyi was assassinated. The Xuanjing Division received the body sent from Hexi Palace. The Xuanjing Division Please come and ask your Majesty what to do."
Emperor Xuanwu laughed and looked at Pei Wu: "You are right, Yue'er is a very smart woman, and being able to find Xie Zhangyi means that she already knows that Concubine Rong is one of the real culprits behind the scenes. Then what do you say? , can she get to the bottom of the Zhu family?"
Pei Wu was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened: "Your Majesty, you..."
"Shh!"
Emperor Xuanwu's eyes were focused, and he was filled with murderous intent: "If you want to cooperate with me, using the Queen Mother as a bargaining chip is not enough. I have to use...your life."
There was not a single star in the dark sky, it was shrouded in dark clouds and there was no moonlight. The thick black is like ink that cannot be melted, making people feel depressed when looking at it.
Xiaotuanzi didn't know why, he kept crying.
Jiang Xinyue held him in her arms distressedly: "Oh, oh, oh, what's wrong with my dear little little girl? Is there something wrong?"
Aunt Xiang was also watching: "Have you been having indigestion since you have been drinking goat's milk recently?"
The emperor had already gone to find a nanny for Jiang Xinyue again, but not so quickly.
Even if he is found, he still has to look up three generations of the nanny's ancestors to make sure that he has no evil intentions towards the prince before he can be brought into the palace.
Moreover, with the experience of Nurse Cheng, the emperor also had requirements for the character of the nurse. He tried to choose someone who was calmer, had strong adaptability, and had better understand some pharmacology.
In this way, Jiang Xinyue could only give her child the goat milk processed in the imperial kitchen.
Children cannot speak, so adults can only rely on guessing.
After listening to what Aunt Xiang said, Jiang Xinyue asked Magpie to do exhaust exercises for Xiaotuanzi.
After doing two sets of movements, Xiaotuanzi began to fart: "Mother, the exhaust exercise you taught this slave really works. Look, the Sixth Prince is no longer crying!"
Grandma Li also laughed: "Children always have trouble in February, just get through the first three months and it will be fine."
In ancient times, there was no such thing as flatulence and colic, which was collectively referred to as February Nao.
Jiang Xinyue was noncommittal about this.
