This month, Emperor Zhengxing summoned the second prince to the small study seven times for questioning.
This is a total of seven times.
The Jianxian Pavilion became very popular as a result, and the palace maids at the Jianxian Pavilion finally felt proud and became the object of fawning among the palace people.
As a result, the second prince also got a nickname - "Seven Times in a Month".
Others thought it was nothing, but Cen Xijin almost burst into laughter when he heard the name "Seventh Generation", and he didn't know if the people in the palace knew its connotation.
However, connotation is connotation, Emperor Zhengxing's doting on his son, the second prince, is indeed rare in the palace.
In the past, Emperor Zhengxing only preferred the charming and lively Princess Xining. His attitude toward his sons was cold and indifferent, and there seemed to be only a level of friendship.
After all, Emperor Zhengxing was suspicious.
The honor and favor of the second prince thus broke the conclusion that Emperor Zhengxing was not close to the princes.
The people in Jianxian Hall were happy, but others were not necessarily happy.
Concubine Sun is definitely not happy. The more the second prince is favored, the more her fifth prince will fall out of favor.
Her son, who is neither smart nor outstanding, has less courage than the eye of a needle, dares not stand up when something happens, and keeps talking about "humility and courteousness" and "brothers, friends, and brothers," in the eyes of Concubine Sun, he is just Even the willful and unruly Princess Xining is much better than the fifth prince. In the palace, a person who does not fight or grab, no matter how talented he is, no matter how hard he works, is just a complete fool.
Therefore, it is natural that Concubine Sun does not want to see the second prince receiving special favor.
But in this palace wall where the fight was endless and bloodshed, there was another woman who was also not happy to see the second prince getting close to His Majesty and his son.
That person's surname was Chen, and she was known as Queen Mother Chen.
Cining Palace.
The Queen Mother casually smashed a tea cup, her gloomy face contained endless anger. She stood up and cursed angrily: "Chen Ai! What did you say?! Do you still remember how you promised me before! You They said that as long as we lend a helping hand to the second prince, he will be ours, but what about now? You see for yourself!"
Chen Xiurong was sitting beside her slowly and holding a white porcelain tea cup. She was sitting upright and looking intently as if she was just a theatergoer. She took a sip of tea and stroked her hair leisurely: "Everyone in the palace is flattering. Of course, the second prince is no exception. On one side is the powerful lord of the world, and on the other is a middle-aged widow who looks up to others... Oh, Queen Mother, if it were you, how would you choose?"
"You, you, you, you are so presumptuous! Chen Ai, don't forget who supported you until today! Now you are just an out-of-favor Xiu Rong, a gadget that can't even lay an egg. How can the Ai family be considered Your Majesty's mother! You are dishonest if you disrespect the Ai family! The Ai family considers you one of their own and has tolerated you for a long time. If you dare to be so presumptuous again, go to the cold palace to think about it!" The Queen Mother's face turned red with anger. She never expected that such a seemingly weak little girl would dare to be so arrogant after losing her favor.
Chen Xiurong stood up with a smile, blessed his body, and bowed with a smile: "Since the Queen Mother has spoken, I will be in the cold palace to wish the Queen Mother long blessings!" In this way, she is allowed to be arrogant!
Falling out of favor, what does it count? !
What is it without a son? !
Since they had joined forces to bury her happiness, she would have to see the Queen Mother and Her Majesty fighting each other and torturing each other to death!
The Queen Mother watched in stunned silence as Chen Xiurong waved his wide sleeves and left gracefully.
After a long time, her eyes gradually solidified.
Now that the second prince has been won over by His Majesty, Chen Ai has gone to live in the cold palace again, and there is no one available by her side.
The Queen Mother suddenly sneered, turned around and asked loudly outside the screen: "Bihen, after Queen Zhuang Xi left, Your Majesty has not held another draft for several years, right?"
Since there is no one available, she will recruit new people into the palace!
Chen Ai has complicated thoughts and is always disobedient, so this time she will cultivate the most obedient and gentle person! Huh, do you think there is really no one in their house?
"Bi Hen, send a letter to Ban Mansion for the Ai family." Since Chen Ai was no longer useful, the Queen Mother decided to pick out the last chess piece.
Therefore, in the midsummer of the twelfth year of Zhengxing, the Dali harem will welcome a new group of people.
In the warm summer wind, even Cen Xijin, who was tired of summer, smelled a lively, vigorous, fresh and charming atmosphere.
It is the smell of new people, the smell of living people.
Hanzhang Hall.
Emperor Zhengxing sat on the dragon chair boredly, looking at the beautiful beauties in the palace, but he couldn't arouse the slightest interest in his heart. Nowadays, there are so many important matters in the court that have to be decided by him. The Queen Mother actually proposed the draft at this time, and Concubine Sun was still actively responding. It really made me want to vomit.
Furthermore, he had no favorable impression of the group of show girls below who came to participate in the talent show. Huh, these are all things that the group of people are thinking of Gao Zhier. None of them are sincere to him, and they are not worthy of him treating them well.
Concubine Sun's eyes flashed, and she coaxed as gently as possible: "Your Majesty, look, there are so many girls with good backgrounds and good looks, why don't you take a look at it! Your Majesty doesn't know something, and the Queen Mother has gone through a lot of trouble for this. It’s a lot of thought!”
To put it nicely, didn't he just want to take this opportunity to place his own people next to his pillow and expand his power?
Emperor Zhengxing forced a smile and said perfunctorily: "What my concubine said is absolutely true, but the war in the southeast has reached a stalemate, and I really can't care about it anymore."
The Queen Mother said with a smile: "It's because of the short-sightedness of the Ai family. But state affairs are important, so isn't it important for Your Majesty to expand the harem and multiply heirs?"
"The Queen Mother is right." Emperor Zhengxing shrugged the tip of his nose, too lazy to argue with them. Isn't it just to let him choose a woman? It doesn't matter to him whether there is one more woman or one less woman. Just love whoever you want.
Concubine Sun also joined in the fun: "Your Majesty, look at the third beautiful lady on the left in the first row. She seems to be very dignified."
"Well, he looks a bit like Ye Zhaoyi." Anyway, he only glanced at her and then looked away. He really doubted Concubine Sun's vision.
What does Ye Zhaoyi look like?
To put it bluntly, she is dull, indifferent, with a dead face that has not changed for thousands of years, and she always acts coldly like a lady. Who do you think you are?
After Imperial Concubine Sun asked her name warmly, the elegant lady with a dull face replied calmly and generously: "My lord, Sang Xian, the daughter of the right censor of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, pays homage to Your Majesty, and pays homage to the Empress Dowager."
"The Queen Mother, I think she is very good. The concubines of our Tian family should be so upright and virtuous." Sun Guifei has been coveting the power behind the Sang family for a long time.
Controlling the young lady from the right censor's family in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is like mastering half of the opinions on the censor's desk. In order to ascend the throne for the fifth prince, Concubine Sun urgently needed such a stepping stone.
As for whether she's beautiful or not, that's not her concern.
It's not her sleeping anyway.
Concubine Sun glanced at her temporary ally, the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother paused slightly, and then immediately smiled and gave Concubine Sun a face: "The Ai family also thinks she is good, well-behaved, well-behaved, and she looks like Royal concubine."
"Since the Queen Mother and my beloved concubine both think it's good, let's keep it." Emperor Zhengxing sneered and glanced at Sun Guifei, as if he saw through her little calculation at a glance.
The Queen Mother squinted her eyes and scanned the hall, and pointed out a girl slowly: "Your Majesty, look at the beautiful girl in the middle of the fourth row. She is very pretty and has beautiful features."
Emperor Zhengxing looked over and said, "Well, he does look good."
To be honest, the girl was pretty, and she was the kind of girl he liked, in the kind of feminine, affectionate, happy and angry style, but she was a tall person, and her head looked like a big pillar when she stood among the pretty girls.
"Your Majesty, Ban Lan, the daughter of Taichang Temple Minister, has met your Majesty, Your Majesty Jin An." Ban Lan just looked up, but found that this made her taller.
Concubine Sun's body swayed violently, and she almost laughed on the spot. She barely suppressed her laughter and sprinkled a handful of salt on the wound: "Miss Ban is really outstanding!"
Seeing her lowering her head just now, Concubine Sun was complaining that this girl was almost as tall as Emperor Zhengxing. But when she raised her head, Concubine Sun felt that she had revealed the truth - these girls were actually taller than Emperor Zhengxing. How many more inches does Emperor Xing need? How long can he eat?
The Queen Mother awkwardly flicked the beads on her wrist, glanced at Concubine Sun dissatisfied, and then tried to look calm before saying: "The Ai family heard that you and your sister are twins, and they look exactly the same. Your sister Are you here too?"
A girl in the corner of the front row raised her head eagerly, her eyes full of anticipation: "The Queen Mother, my servant is here!"
Queen Mother: "..." Why does she feel like she has been tricked by her family again?
Concubine Sun finally couldn't help but laugh, and Wen Xu hurriedly took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth.
One is as tall as a pillar, and the other looks like a shriveled little mouse, a shrunken version, right?
Emperor Zhengxing was also speechless, but then he thought about it, it would be good to let these live treasures, the big one and the little one, live in the palace!
It seems that from now on, he can often see the Queen Mother's gloomy face. Well, not bad, this draft is still very rewarding.
Emperor Zhengxing had a smile on his face, and rarely took the initiative to ask: "What is your name?"
The little mouse raised his head impatiently and replied: "My name is Banrou!"
But why is she looking up?
Because Banrou is too short, she has to raise her head to do things that most people can do with their head raised.
Over the years, she has developed a problem. No matter when looking at people or walking, she has to raise her head, and her two small black nostrils are exposed, which is very ostentatious.
