The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 42 Prince (3)

On the second day, the news of the establishment of the crown prince spread to all the palaces, and all the concubines were so shocked that they didn't know how to react for a while, compared to Qixiang Palace, which was calmer.When the imperial eunuch came to announce the decree, Concubine Zhao was playing with the cats in Qixiang Palace.

After hearing the news that Yinreng was crowned prince, Concubine Zhao's expression was taken aback, her hand stroking the cat slowed down a bit, but her voice was still gentle: "I understand, you can go back."

"Hey." The eunuch who delivered the decree bowed and saluted, rolled up the imperial decree in his hand, and slowly exited Qixiang Palace.

After the eunuch passed the decree and left, Concubine Zhao handed the white cat in her hand to Bai Chun, the maid next to her. After thinking for a moment, she stood up with some doubts: "This is so good, why did you suddenly appoint a prince? There are only two princes, and the emperor is still young and vigorous, so it is too early for this prince to be established."

"Perhaps it has something to do with what happened in the Qianqing Palace a few days ago. The slaves heard from the palace people that the guards of the Qianqing Palace secretly assassinated a maid who served the second elder brother's meals every day. "Bai Chun handed the cat to another maidservant behind, and motioned for her to take the cat out and put it away.

Concubine Zhao went to the table, turned around when she heard this, and frowned slightly: "The maid serving the second brother's meal? Isn't that the eldest maid of the Yanxi Palace? Yougui's birthday banquet is here. Gong has seen her before."

"She is right, but why this Jiaorong was assassinated, I don't know." Bai Chun followed Concubine Zhao respectfully, her voice was very soft.

Concubine Zhao lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then looked at Bai Chun again, and asked incredulously, "Is she dead now?"

Bai Chun shook his head, and said softly: "I don't know. If the empress wants to know, I will go to Yanxi Palace to inquire about it later."

Hearing this, Concubine Zhao nodded lightly, said "Yes", walked to the table and picked up a brush, and then said: "Actually, it's good that the second elder brother was named the prince, the second elder brother is a descendant, and now Since there is no adoptive mother, even if he becomes the crown prince, it is just a battle between the previous court and there is no threat to the harem. I will go to speak with the emperor in a few days and see if I can be the second elder brother's adoptive mother temporarily. "

"Your Majesty is wise." Bai Chun nodded respectfully.

When the same words spread to Zhongcui Palace, the situation is quite different.Ma Guiren has been confined in the palace these days, and Li Guiren often comes to visit her. Ma Guiren has a bad temper during pregnancy, and she is quite unwilling after the birthday banquet. Li Guiren has to listen to Ma Guiren every few days She scolded him, but she had no choice but to hum and respond.

Ma Guiren is about to give birth now, since the people from the Imperial Hospital told her that the baby is a boy, Ma Guiren regained her strength and regained her fighting spirit.But the words of the eunuch passing the decree undoubtedly poured a basin of cold water on her.

"Second Elder Brother? How could it be Second Elder Brother?" Ma Guiren stared at the eunuch delivering the decree in disbelief. If she hadn't been pregnant, she would have stood up instantly and pointed at the eunuch's head to curse.

Although the second elder brother is the first son and has always had a good reputation, everyone in the rumors said that the second elder brother is a weird person with a weird and dark temper, and some supernatural things often appear around him, and some people even claim that the second elder brother has a dark side in his life , That's why Hesheli and her other son who died of dystocia died.

"My lord, this slave is only delivering the decree according to the emperor's oral order, and the rest of the slaves don't know anything about it." The eunuch who passed the decree bowed his head and replied.

"Okay, you go down." Li Guiren smoothed things over, and stroked the dismounted nobleman's arm after the eunuch passed the decree, "Sister, don't get angry, be careful of the dragon fetus in your belly."

Ma Guiren was already annoyed, but when Li Guiren mentioned her at this moment, he was directly ignited: "The emperor has now established a crown prince, so what is the dragon fetus in my stomach? What if he was born with extraordinary talents? Don't you have to be overwhelmed by the second elder brother everywhere!"

"Sister, don't get excited, pay attention to your body..." Li Guiren's voice was soft, trying to calm the impatient Ma Guiren.

"Damn it! Damn it!" Ma Guiren bit his lips fiercely, picked up the teacup on the table and threw it out, holding his stomach with one hand and clenching it tightly with the other: "Hmph, so what about the prince? If you dare to block my son from now on Official career, I will not let him go."

"Sister is right. The second elder brother is still just a child, and what will happen in the future is uncertain. When the third elder brother in your stomach is born, he will naturally be a hundred times better than the second elder brother." Li Guiren comforted softly He said, although the tone was light, the words in his mouth were full of flattery.

Ma Guiren was very satisfied with what she said, and raised his head arrogantly. Feeling the child in his stomach kicked her, he couldn't help but leaned down and said "ah", then touched his belly and curled his lips and said, "baby, you Can't wait to come out already? Don't worry, Er Niang will clear the way for you, as long as you grow up in peace, that's enough."

Compared with the other masters in the harem, Yougui, who has a big elder brother under his knee, has obviously become the focus.When Yougui received the news of Prince Li, he couldn't be calm for a long time.There have been too many things happening in Yanxi Palace recently, her eyes are already a little black, and now hearing this imperial decree like a catastrophe, Yougui almost fainted in Yanxi Palace.

After a long time, Yougui slowly sat down on the wooden chair, feeling a little weak for a moment, she patted Bai Lan who was supporting her, frowning and urged: "Go, call Jiaorong."

At that time, Jiao Rong was still washing clothes in the backyard, seeing Bai Lan coming to call her, she didn't know what happened.When they arrived at the main hall, Jiaorong saw Yougui's sad face, and asked with concern: "My lord, what's the matter? You're so sad?"

Yougui raised his eyes to look at Jiaorong, seeing her beautiful and innocent face, he was furious: "Second elder brother was named the prince this morning, did you know about it?"

Jiao Rong works by the second elder brother's side every day, and these days she is very close to the emperor, and what happened in Qianqing Palace two days ago has a great relationship with her, now that the second elder brother is crowned prince, she has no reason to be unclear.And Yougui's popularity is just there, Jiaorong knew about it long ago, but he didn't tell her at all.

"Second elder brother...was crowned prince?" Jiaorong repeated what Yougui had said, with a dazed and unbelievable expression on her face. She lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then shook her head slightly: "I don't know this I'm afraid I won't be able to talk to the empress."

"I don't know?" Yougui's voice was a little bit sharper, she patted the table next to her, and for the first time confronted Jiaorong and reprimanded: "You are by the second elder brother's side every day, what's going on with him, Don't you know?"

(End of this chapter)