Concubine De died, but she lived forever in the hearts of everyone in the harem in a not-so-glorious way.
For two whole days, the talk inside and outside the palace was about Concubine De's hypocrisy, her viciousness, and her perversion...
Although Concubine De said she had nothing to do with Duke Cheng's government when she confessed, she was still implicated to some extent, and the good reputation that Duke Cheng had worked so hard to build was completely ruined.
Concubine De took sole responsibility for the crime. The emperor really could not hold Duke Cheng accountable for the same crime. However, his backside was not clean either. The emperor had people reveal that he had raised a brothel girl outside, and that she had given birth to him. Two sons.
After this operation, people have to suspect that Concubine De is just a stepping stone for Duke Cheng. His real purpose is to use Concubine De to pave the way for his two sons.
After the matter was exposed to the public, Duke Cheng had no choice but to bring the woman and her two sons into the palace. However, that woman was a brothel girl and was not even innocent. There was no way she could be the wife of the Duke.
So Duke Cheng Guo announced to the outside world that he wanted to marry a second wife. However, the more prominent family members heard about what Concubine De had done. Who dared to marry the girl in?
Even if the aunt in the family is not kind to the concubine, and wants to rub the concubine out of her mind, she would not dare to blatantly marry the concubine!
Aren't you waiting to be scolded in the back?
But if the Duke of Guo did not want his two sons to become bastards, he had to marry a well-matched second wife, then record the two children who were already fifteen or sixteen years old in the name of his first wife, and let the brothel girl be his concubine.
Whose girl is crazy?
It's not like she couldn't give birth, so she went to be a stepmother for two children who were about the same age as herself.
Is it right to burn yourself to help others?
However, the chaos in Chengguo's palace was a thing of the past. Originally, Jiang Xinyue's conferment ceremony was about to be held, but with so many things happening in the palace, not only the emperor was busy, but Jiang Xinyue was also very busy.
So many concubines who have been harmed by De Fei must be appeased, otherwise the previous dynasty will be turbulent and affect people's livelihood.
Concubine De has been in office for more than ten years, and there are still many people who have been persecuted by her. They must come up with a charter. They cannot let them feel that no one will care about people with low status who are wronged.
How many mistresses can there be in the palace?
Eunuchs and maids account for most of them. If they are full of resentment and don't rebel, it would be fine. Do you want them to calm down and serve?
Once a person becomes angry, it is only a matter of time before he goes crazy.
In the early years when the Shen family was still under the rule, there was either an emperor who subjugated his country, or he was killed by the eunuchs around him because he allowed his beloved concubine to torture and kill the palace people, and his head was cut off and hung at the gate of the palace?
The third prince, after personally serving his mother-in-law, begged Jiang Xinyue to send him to the Fengxian Palace to be the queen and pray for the first prince and second prince, as well as his younger brothers and sisters who had not had time to be born or died young.
He seemed to have grown up overnight, and his eyes had lost their childlike tenderness, becoming lifeless and no longer bright.
It is impossible for Jiang Xinyue to raise all the children in the palace under his name, not to mention that the third prince has said long ago that he does not want to be imprisoned in a gorgeous palace. His ideal is to travel to all the places in the world like Painter Xie. Famous for the sea, rivers and lakes, you can appreciate the scenery of Dayan.
Besides, it is the most dangerous thing if the third prince continues to stay in the palace.
Those concubines who lost their children because of virtuous concubines would not pity the sons of their enemies.
Jiang Xinyue could only ask the emperor for instructions. After the emperor agreed, she took the fourth prince and the sixth prince to send the third prince to Fengxian Hall.
Fengxian Hall is built just outside the palace gate. It is an independent palace for royal sacrifices. It has the feeling of being in the palace but far away from the disputes.
The thin body of the third prince knelt on the ground and bowed deeply to Jiang Xinyue, with tears in his eyes: "Empress Zhen, Xuan'er went to Fengxian Hall and chanted sutras and chanted Buddha's name every day. I wish you and your brothers good health and good luck in everything. All goes well, ordinary...Mother Zhen, please don't visit me, don't worry about me, the sins my mother-in-law has done cannot be redeemed even if I am locked up in there for the rest of my life, Mother Zhen...take care."
The eunuch waiting on the side wiped his tears and helped him up from the ground. Jiang Xinyue looked at his little back and couldn't say a word of comfort.
At this moment, no amount of comfort seems so pale.
Her chest was tight and she let out a breath, her vision blurry.
She has very complicated feelings towards the third prince.
The third prince was pitiful, but his pity was not caused by others, but was inflicted on him by his biological mother.
Jiang Xinyue has never taken advantage of a child, but she has taken advantage of the third prince several times, causing Concubine De to lose her kindness mask in front of the emperor.
She calmed the third prince's mind and made him speak again. She also wanted the third prince to personally expose Concubine De.
But when Concubine De died, the third prince did not mention Concubine De poisoning him. Jiang Xinyue knew that she had underestimated the child's love for his mother.
The third prince, he is so kind.
People who are too kind are not suitable to survive in the palace.
Moreover, she is not a virgin and cannot raise the son of her enemy.
Duke Cheng and Concubine De were so virtuous and capable that they could have such a kind and gentle child, yet they were not cherished.
The fourth prince didn't know what happened. He only knew that the third brother's mother-in-law suddenly died. The third brother also became a different person. He was so taciturn that he left without even saying goodbye.
He didn't dare to cry loudly, he only dared to shed tears silently.
When Eunuch Qian Sheng saw him, he quickly wiped his face with his hand: "Fourth Prince, you can't cry."
The emperor ordered that after the death of Concubine De, her body was not allowed to be buried in the concubine's cemetery. After she was deprived of her title and demoted to a commoner, her body was sent out of the palace and handed over to the Duke of Chengguo.
As for how Duke Cheng Guo will deal with her posthumous affairs, that is a matter for Duke Cheng Guo's palace and has nothing to do with the emperor.
Moreover, the emperor also issued a decree that no one was allowed to cry for Concubine De. Anyone who dared to cry after Concubine De's death would be pulled down and beheaded.
The fourth prince would not be beheaded, after all, the emperor's concubine was there, but Qian Sheng was still afraid that the news would reach the emperor's ears and cause his displeasure.
You must know that the good life of their master and servant was not easy to come by, and he did not want any uncertain factors to ruin the good life of the fourth prince.
The fourth prince sobbed and turned around to beg for a hug. When Qian Sheng picked him up, he lay in Zuzu's arms and cried silently.
Not only was that his brother, he was his best friend.
"Stop crying!"
Jiang Xinyue held the sixth prince with one hand and touched the top of his head with her free hand: "When you grow up, the third prince will be able to figure it out on his own. You can also go to him often, and you won't really see him forever. I won’t be able to meet you.”
The fourth prince sniffed and nodded vigorously.
He will work hard to grow up and meet his third brother again.
Autumn does not last long, and it has not yet rained in Yuzhou, so the Yan Dynasty ushered in the annual New Year's feast.
But this year's New Year's Eve banquet is very different from previous years.
