What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 281 Time flies
This kind of thing is not unheard of before.

However, the previous emperors would use various methods to cover up the facts, such as adoption and borrowing, which were all on the bright side, and there were more things that were not on the bright side, even more ulterior I don't know how many.

Probably the only one who confessed so generously like Xie Chenyu.

Until the end of the meeting, these ministers and clan members still thought it was a dream.

When the news spread, from as small as the capital city to as large as every corner of the Dasheng Dynasty, the common people didn't know what mood they were in.

Ordinarily, the establishment of a prince is a happy event. Every dynasty and generation will hold grand ceremonies to celebrate the East Palace.

Now, the common people don't even know how to accept this matter. If they are happy, this is not the emperor's own son. If they are not happy, the East Palace is the East Palace after all, and they are still the sons of the royal family, and they were chosen by the emperor himself. of.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion.

In some places, several factions have even split.

Some said that this was just a tactic to delay the attack, and the emperor would have children of his own in the future.

Some said that the emperor probably gave up, otherwise he would not have announced such a thing to the world, and he could have adopted one from a young age and said that he was born by himself.

There is also a group of opposing voices, saying that the emperor is simply messing around.

Since Shizi Shu became the crown prince and moved into the East Palace, why didn't he give up the throne to the Ninth Prince.

This is clearly disturbing Chao Gang, how will father and son, monarch and ministers get along with each other in the future?

These voices of discussion did not gradually subside until February, when Shi Zi moved into the East Palace and studied with the best tutor his uncle had invited.

In fact, this itself is a matter of the Xie family of the royal family, which is in line with common sense.

It is not uncommon for a large family without children to inherit the family business from a brother of the same clan.

Gossip is not mentioned.

Fuxi's seven years have been uneventful, and the harem is also orderly.

Lin Ximeng spends most of her time taking care of this little emperor's nephew in the East Palace.Liu Jieyu managed palace affairs more and more easily.

And the other people who entered the palace in the same batch were also living the lives they should have in their own positions.

Just when Lin Ximeng thought that this ordinary life would last forever, something happened suddenly in the palace.

"Hu Guiren is suspected to be pregnant, menstruation stopped for two months"

The news was like a firecracker thrown into the water, suddenly exploded into sparks.

Lin Ximeng was also stunned for a while, and hurriedly asked someone to go to the Shang Palace Bureau to check the history of Tong and the records of her servants.

Gu Yu and Li Xia were very embarrassed: "There is no need to check."

"The emperor has never favored this noble lady Hu. If she is really pregnant, she will be a villain and she will sink into the pond."

Lin Ximeng's hand trembled, the teacup fell to the ground, and a voice came out of her heart: "No!"

"Call her over, I will ask her personally"

Hu Guiren was brought to him immediately, his face was sallow, his feet were sloppy, his eyes were swollen, and he had obviously cried.

Lin Ximeng dismissed everyone around her, leaving only two people in the inner room.

She directly asked what was going on.

"Go back to your mother, don't sink me into the pond, I don't want to die, please give me a way to survive, I will raise this child alone, I will not cause you any trouble"

She was incoherent and wept uncontrollably.

Lin Ximeng's face was serious, her eyes darkened: "So, you really have a child with someone else?"

"Who is that person? Tell me and I will think of a way for you"

Hu Guiren kept shaking his head: "Your Majesty, stop asking, it's all my fault, I can't keep it, don't blame him"

Lin Ximeng still asked: "If you don't tell me, how can I find a solution for you?"

"Who is he?"

Hu Guiren still didn't want to say anything, so Lin Ximeng turned cold: "You don't want to say anything, and let me let you go, do you think it's possible?"

"I don't know how to let you go?"

"If you refuse to say anything, I can only send you to the Shang Palace Bureau, and nothing else can help you."

In the end, his voice completely cooled down.

Hu Guiren hesitated for a while, probably because he felt that it would be impossible not to admit it, so he narrated everything.

"He is a cook in the dining room of the palace. We met by the well behind the dining room."

"Originally, we had no chance to contact at all. At that time, my maid said that she had menstruation and her stomach hurt, so I went to pick up the meal by myself. I happened to see him cooking a small dish in our hometown in Yunzhou, and I could smell the fragrance from a long distance away. "

"I was so homesick, I couldn't help going over to strike up a conversation, and after asking, I found out that he was indeed from Yunzhou. We chatted very well that day, and before leaving, he gave me a big bowl of pickled side dishes."

"He says……"

Hu Guiren blushed and lowered his head: "He said I was good-looking, like his wife from his hometown, and said that his wife died of illness, so he came to the capital to seek a living because he really had no money."

Lin Ximeng sneered, feeling that this man is also a master of flowers, I am afraid that he did not know how many ignorant girls were deceived by this trick.

But Hu Guiren desperately shook his head and said no: "Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand him, he is an honest man, if he says that in his mouth, he must think so in his heart."

"We have known each other since then, and every time whether it is me or my maid, he will add more food for me"

"Although the empress and the empress Liu Jieyu have never treated us badly, I am not favored, I can't speak, and I don't have much talent. The food delivered by the dining room is just enough to fill me up."

"Your Majesty, he is a good man. I did everything voluntarily. I beg you to spare him and my life. Degrade me as a commoner and drive me out of the palace. Let me live and die."

"Imperial concubine, my concubine has long heard that you have a soft heart. I don't ask for your forgiveness, but only a chance to survive. I don't look at others, but only for the sake of this little life in my stomach."

Lin Ximeng had mixed feelings in her heart.

It's okay to say sympathy, and I don't even know each other.

It's okay to say no to sympathy, she is a hard-working person, her family background is not good, she was ordinary when she first entered the palace, not to mention the cook, the cook in the dining room is busy working almost all year round.

After thinking about it, Lin Ximeng waved her hand.

"You go back first, don't say anything about this"

"I will send someone to investigate to see if what you said is true. If everything is true, I will consider it as appropriate."

"If it's all fake, Gong Zhengsi's darkroom is your final destination"

Hu Guiren was taken away.

That night, Lin Ximeng lost sleep.

She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and her whole body fell into a predicament of doubting life.

Selfishness is the nature of human beings, and she is the same, so she doesn't have children, because she doesn't want to see her children trapped in the deep palace in the future, and she doesn't want to experience that powerless situation.

But why ask others to be selfless.

Don't others deserve to have their own lives?

They imprisoned others in the deep palace like this, wasting their lives under the guise of being good for others, it sounds selfish and cruel.

In fact, this group of people has no meaning in the palace at all.

(End of this chapter)