After entering the palace this morning, I was thrown here and sat there for most of the day. Not to mention a glass of water, there was no one to talk to him. In addition, I remembered yesterday when I saw the concubines who gave gifts to their husbands. Princess Ji, who was already extremely miserable at this time, felt even more sad when she heard Huang Qiong's cold words without even a greeting. I lament that this world is really hot and cold.
Even if they are brothers in this palace, if they are not supported by their mother and concubine, they will not be taken seriously by the old man. Both the palace and the court look down upon her, and even if she wants to bring trouble to her own princess, she will also be looked down upon. Even those eunuchs who looked down on others followed suit and violated themselves. I am a prince and a royal concubine, so those damn eunuchs would have done with me in the Dengchun Pavilion area.
After that, no one could be found. Even if I want a drink of water, I can't find anyone to serve me. And this prince, even if it was the first time we met. But no matter how bad she was, she was still his biological sister-in-law. She was so ignored when she came to the palace to find him. The implication behind the words was that it was not like seeing a relative of one's own, but rather an unrelated person who came to fight with the autumn wind.
Princess Ji was somewhat annoyed by Huang Qiong's attitude. Although he spoke directly without concealing it, he was angry in his heart, and his words were a little bit like a gun and a stick: "Please invite your highness, the prince, but you must not call me this. This fourth sister-in-law, I am really a concubine." I can't afford it. You are the prince of the dynasty, and even Prince Ji is a minister in front of you, let alone a concubine?"
"I came into the palace today just to ask His Highness, how did Prince Ji offend His Highness and be treated like this? My husband and I have always been cautious since they returned to the capital under the imperial edict. On weekdays, even the gate of the palace is closed. They never take a step forward easily. Except for the occasional visits from my parents and brothers, I never have any contact with officials. Not to mention the military attaches, even the civil servants have no contact with me."
"Even though he is not good at power, he also stays far away from government affairs, and he has never made trouble in front of the old man. I don't know why His Highness the Crown Prince did this? Ordinarily, His Highness rewarded Prince Ji's side concubine because His Highness the Crown Prince shows his love. As the saying goes, you have a gift. , as ministers, we as husband and wife cannot and should not refuse. And as a prince who is responsible for spreading the branches and leaves of the Tian family, it is normal to take concubines.
"As a prince, Prince Ji is not as good as the three thousand beauties in His Highness' harem, but he still deserves more concubines. As a wife, I shouldn't feel jealous. Your Highness, your reward is really too heavy. But there are One thing, please ask His Highness the Crown Prince to clear up my doubts. Those palace maids and concubines don’t know where your Highness was found. I know that Prince Ji has no status in the court."
"It's not as good as King Song, who has the support of Concubine De, who has the power to control the affairs of the Sixth Palace in the palace. It's even worse than when His Highness just left the palace, he was busy helping His Highness a lot and getting along well with His Highness. King Yong. As a mother-in-law, she has already passed away, and there is no one in the palace to help support her, not even the cold-footed prince who said the last sentence. If you can get a concubine from the prince, you shouldn't be picky."
"We don't ask for it either. Those who are rewarded are all beautiful and beautiful, but at least they can be seen. But those who are rewarded by His Highness are either too old or so ugly that they are not even human. Your Highness, don't you think that you Is this an act of abuse? Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not consider Prince Ji to be your brother, he is still your minister. Even if he does not regard him as a minister, he is still a human being."
"Even if the king has given gifts and the ministers have to refuse, which emperor in the world rewards his ministers with beautiful wives and beautiful concubines. Such rewards are so many that even a woman can't stand them? You are openly scolding the king. His face. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince wants to punish King Ji and kill chickens and scare monkeys to show to other kings, he will not do this to King Ji. If this matter spreads, how can King Ji still gain a foothold in the capital?"
"How do other people view him and His Highness the Crown Prince? How can he gain a foothold in the capital? Rather than staying in the capital to irritate the Crown Prince, it is better to let us go back to Dezhou. If we are still not satisfied, then the Crown Prince will choose a place. If that doesn't work, please give me some advice. His Highness gave us husband and wife three feet of white silk. A scholar cannot be killed and cannot be humiliated. He is a prince, even if he is not favored, he is still a prince. A prince must have the dignity of a prince."
Having said this, Princess Ji looked at the expressionless Huang Qiong in front of her, and said in an equally cold tone: "Concubine, I would also like to remind His Highness the Crown Prince. Over the years, Prince Ji has always been cautious in the palace and court. The court has a reputation. By doing this, isn't it because His Highness the Crown Prince is not afraid that the civil and military officials in the court will say that His Highness the Crown Prince is so narrow-minded that he cannot even tolerate a brother who does not fight or rob?"
Listening to Princess Ji's words, Huang Qiong did not answer her immediately. Instead, he stood up, walked to the open window, looked at the palaces in the distance, and could not see the palace at a glance. After a long time, he said: "Fourth sister-in-law, this is the wrong thing to blame. The things I gave to my fourth brother yesterday All the people in the palace have been in the palace during this period of time for Fourth Brother. I just fulfilled Fourth Brother's wishes yesterday."
"In order to prevent Fourth Brother from running into the palace all day long to see these palace people, he will cause some bad rumors. As for whether these palace people are ugly or beautiful, old or young, that's up to Fourth Brother personally. I don't want to interfere too much. I'm really doing my best for my fourth brother, and I'm just trying to help him. So when my fourth sister-in-law comes to investigate today, she really wronged me."
Princess Ji originally opened her mouth to refute Huang Qiong's answer. She wanted to say who had such strong tastes and would like a woman like that. Just thinking of the strange looks from the palace officials who had rewarded her yesterday when they saw her husband, Princess Ji couldn't help being shocked and swallowed the next words. But what she couldn't understand was whether her husband, whom she had been with for many years, really had such strong tastes.
But Princess Ji also knew that now was not the time for her to pursue the truth of this matter. The problem now is that he must take it back. Otherwise, it won't take until tomorrow, and Prince Ji's Mansion will become a joke all over the capital. The husband does not dare to come forward and fight for himself. He must fight for this matter. Even if it is for the dignity of Prince Ji's palace, as the princess, she must fight to the end.
Thinking of this, Princess Ji said coldly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the king, and now the power in the palace is firmly in his hands. I heard that with a word yesterday, Empress Dowager De was relieved of the power to control the affairs of the Sixth Palace. Now find something As an excuse to throw some dirty water on my brother, who in this palace dares to say anything, who dares to say anything? If His Highness the Crown Prince wants to use Prince Ji to kill chickens and monkeys, he can just say it openly. "
"Which one of Prince Ji and his concubines dares to say one more word? In order to protect themselves, they can even cooperate with His Highness the Crown Prince. But Prince Ji's Mansion can never accept being so insulted by His Highness. Your Highness, is it possible that a concubine is blind? Or is it? As civil and military officials in this world, the people of Jingzhao are all blind. Even if Prince Ji has no future and no relief, he is still a prince, the prince of the Qi Dynasty."
"Even if he is not as talented as His Highness the Crown Prince, at least he is still normal when it comes to treating women. Even if he is short of women, he will never be able to attack a woman like that. Let alone in a heavily guarded palace. In the palace, he won't be so cold-hearted. Your Highness, I still know my husband's temper. If Your Highness says that he is cowardly and incompetent, I will believe it."
"If you say that he is sleeping with such a woman in the palace and causing trouble in the palace, I will kill him and not believe it. Let's not talk about whether he, who has no shortage of women around him, can fall in love with such a person. Even if he can, he He’s not that bold. The Crown Prince’s accusation can be said to be an excuse to inflict a crime. If the Crown Prince wants to trouble Prince Ji, he can just say it, so why bother making such poor excuses?”
This Princess Ji can be said to be very sharp-tongued. After speaking, Huang Qiong, who refuted, felt speechless. I want to say that my fourth brother had an affair with those women. The palace attendants who were sent to Prince Ji's Mansion were brought to him for a look before they were taken away. To be honest, Huang Qiong didn't believe it after seeing the true appearance of the maids who were taken away from Su Zhaorong Palace.
He even wondered for a time whether Concubine Shen was deliberately deceiving him in order to claim credit. But after Huang Qiong interrogated a female officer alone, she realized that her fourth brother really had such strong tastes. But at the beginning, he still used many methods, and some even used medicine to succeed. Finally, with the help of the palace ladies who were confused by him, he forcibly took possession of Su Zhaorong.
Even though he also knew that the relationship between that guy and those palace people was just for taking advantage. But for Huang Qiong himself, even if he wanted to take advantage of the looks of those palace people, he would not use such means. He really couldn't bear to say anything about them. No matter how unbelievable it is, it is the real fact. Looking at Princess Ji's disbelieving look, Huang Qiong, who was also disbelieving at first, could only sigh softly.
After hesitating for a moment, Huang Qiong said to Princess Ji: "Sister-in-law Fourth, to be honest. After seeing the appearance of those palace people, I couldn't believe it at first. But I personally interrogated those palace people, and the matter turned out to be true. Really. It's just that the fourth brother is just using those women. He just wants to install spies in the palace to help him do some shady things.
"And his target is not the palace people, but the palace people's master Su Zhaorong. If the fourth sister-in-law really wants to know all the truth, she can ask Su Zhaorong himself. Su Zhaorong is now trapped in the palace, If the fourth sister-in-law wants to go to the army to investigate the crime, I will send someone to send the fourth sister-in-law there. If it were not for the old man, how could I only give him such a light punishment? "
"Who gave him the courage to spread rumors, force his concubine to occupy his concubine, bring trouble to the palace, and dare to slander my mother so boldly? If the rumors he spread were just to humiliate me, I can do it for the sake of brotherly love. Yes, we don’t need to pursue him. Even if we can’t completely turn a blind eye to the dirty things he has done, we can still punish him with small punishments and big warnings.”
"But he has insulted my parents. If I only care about brotherhood and ignore this, then I am really a son of man in vain. For the rebellious things he has done, even if I imprison him, it is frivolous. Yes. If it weren't for the sake of my father and Queen Daxing, I would never have spared him lightly. Not to mention other crimes, just forcing my concubine to possess me is just a glass of poisonous wine."
"Now, I just reward him with the maids who were taken over by him as a warning to him. In doing so, I have already treated him lightly. If there is another time, it will not be so simple. Even so. The King of Heaven came to me to plead for mercy, and I will definitely not let him go lightly. Of course, the fourth sister-in-law can also call out Chong Tianqu and accuse me of trying to frame Prince Ji out of thin air."
"But Fourth Sister-in-law, don't tell lies in front of discerning people. Fourth Sister-in-law, do you think I would frame a fourth brother who has almost no power in the court for the sake of my father's reputation and his innocence?" That's not a good thing to say. Although the fourth brother is now the eldest brother, he is not qualified yet. Not to mention him, he is the King of Song. How can I ever take him seriously?"
