After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 83 The gossip of the wise concubine

Haitang thought she heard wrongly: "Brother, what did you just say?"

Hai Jiao snorted, smiled secretly and slapped her on the forehead: "You heard it right, Concubine Xian... Indeed, many people said that she was a married woman and had given birth to children. But her husband Her sons are dead, and she has been serving the Queen Mother for many years. Emperor Deguang took a fancy to her and insisted on accepting her as his concubine. The Queen Mother did not object, so what can outsiders say? All the maids in the palace are the emperor's, so Na It is not the emperor who has the final say who does not accept it..."

Regarding the identity of Concubine Xian, Jin Yiwei still has relatively precise information.After Concubine Sun found out, she often talked about her status as a married woman in front of others, so the matter was not considered a secret.Mr. Sun Ge was still publicly using this reason to oppose the appointment of the eighth prince as heir apparent, but the emperor ignored him.

The virtuous concubine did not deceive the emperor. From the beginning, the emperor knew that he was interested in a married woman with children, but he still insisted on getting the virtuous concubine.The Queen Mother didn't say anything, so what reason did the foreign ministers have to find fault with her?

What's more, the Concubine Xian even gave birth to the eighth prince, so the emperor had a successor, so he had to protect her even more.

The virtuous concubine has been in the palace for many years. She has been serving the emperor since she was established as a concubine. After she became pregnant, the queen mother sent her confidants to take care of her. During the birth, the queen mother was also present to watch the birth of the prince.There is no doubt about the Eighth Prince's bloodline.

He is the emperor's only surviving and legitimate heir in these years. He was born healthy and intelligent.Apart from being too young and not sure whether he will grow up, he has no shortcomings. There is no reason for anyone to object to him becoming the crown prince.

The elders of Sunge's group advocated allowing Prince Ji's son to return to the clan, but they just had selfish motives.The royal family members and the court officials looked at the single seedling under the emperor's knees, and it was hard to talk about the fact that the concubine Xian had been married.If they tarnish the reputation of the future prince's biological mother and cause problems in the inheritance of the throne, they will be guilty.

Of course, after Emperor Deguang died and the new emperor succeeded to the throne, in order to control the power of the government and prevent the new queen mother from a humble background from listening to politics behind the curtain and interfering in court affairs, the officials still used some means to use the past of her second marriage. Forced her to retreat to the harem.Empress Dowager Xu retreated calmly. Anyway, with Tao Yue in the cabinet and Mr. Sun Ge failed to return to power, she had nothing to fear.On the contrary, the new king lives in the palace and needs more careful care from his mother.

The Queen Mother Xu knows how to be polite, and all officials must also know how to be polite, so even fewer people talk about it.

Hai Jiao smiled and said: "At that time, except for Concubine Sun Gui who talked about this matter all day long, not many people actually dared to chew on Empress Dowager Xu. Prince Ji did not dare to make a mistake, because his biological mother Lu Zhaorong was also in the palace. He is here to take care of his old age. If he angers Queen Mother Xu, his mother will be in danger."

Although Prince Ji's filial piety towards his biological father and heir father was watered down, he still cared about his biological mother.For the sake of his biological mother's safety, he did not dare to publicly make irresponsible remarks about Queen Mother Xu's second marriage. At most, he could only whisper to his confidants in private.

When Hai Jiao was responsible for monitoring one of his confidants, he heard his mutterings.Prince Ji didn't even dare to complain loudly about his political opponents, for fear that others would hear him and report him to the palace. He was so cowardly that he was ridiculously timid.Hai Jiao knew at that time that he would never achieve anything big.

Listening to her brother's description of this wise concubine, Haitang felt a little curious in her heart: "Is this wise concubine very beautiful? Otherwise, how could the emperor insist on accepting her as his concubine despite her having been married before?"

"I have never heard of this." Hai Jiao thought for a while, "I have never met Concubine Xian, but Grandpa Xin is very familiar with her. He only said that she was a gentle and kind woman, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, but did not say that she was a stunning beauty. People outside the palace often find it strange that she is obviously not as beautiful as Sun Guifei, so how can she be the only one to be favored? Most people think that it is because Sun Guifei is old, while Xianfei is young, docile, and has successful childbirth. .”

When the Sixth Prince died, Concubine Sun was already in her 40s, and now she was almost fifty. Of course, she couldn't compare with Concubine Xian, who was still young.Even though Concubine Xian was married for the second time and had children, she is not yet thirty years old.Emperor Deguang has been in poor health in recent years, and he pays more attention to self-cultivation on weekdays, so he is lucky enough to have a harem.There has been no talent show in the palace for more than ten years. Except for the Xian Concubine, there has never been a new member. Isn't she the youngest?Compared with the concubines who have reached middle age and the bad-tempered Concubine Sun, the concubine is gentle and considerate, smart and sensible, and has given birth to a single Miaomiao. How can the emperor not favor her?

Hai Jiao had no dissatisfaction with the future Queen Mother Xu.If she hadn't given birth to the eighth prince and inherited the royal family, I'm afraid Mr. Sun Ge would have succeeded in getting Prince Ji's eldest son to return to the family line and succeed him to the throne.In Haijiao's previous life, his family was destroyed because of the Sun family. How could he not hate his family?Naturally, the enemies of the Sun family are more pleasing to the eye.

Haitang very much agreed with her brother's opinion.Although she knew that reform was the most important thing in the court and that Mr. Sun Ge would not fall easily, from the Hai family's point of view, of course she also hoped that the Sun family would suffer.Moreover, although Mr. Sun Ge was a reformist, his character and character were really not comparable to those of the reformers she had read about in history books.As long as the reform is successful, it would be better for a treacherous minister like him who disregards the interests of the country and the people to step down as soon as possible.

Haitang is now more interested in Concubine Xian: "Since Concubine Xian is a widow, how could she enter the palace and become the Queen Mother's maid?"

Haijiao doesn’t know much about this situation.He only heard that Concubine Xian was the daughter of a scholar, married to a scholar, and something happened at home just a few months after the child was born.She entered the palace on the recommendation of the Marquis of Cheng'en, and she seemed to be very good at making medicinal meals and taking care of people's health.In those years, Cining Palace was closed to visitors, and no one knew when she entered the palace or how she gained the Queen Mother's trust.Anyway, by the time the female members of the clan saw her beside the Queen Mother, she had already been enshrined as a concubine because of her meritorious service in serving the emperor.

However, Haijiao heard a rumor that Concubine Xian had a grudge against the Sun family. The death of her ex-husband's eldest son was closely related to the Sun family. Therefore, she hated Concubine Sun and Ge Lao Sun deeply, and she did not hide it from the emperor. Pass.After she became the Queen Mother, she even mentioned her dead eldest son to the new monarch at a palace banquet, and she couldn't help but shed tears while talking.

Hai Jiao sighed: "Perhaps the Queen Mother missed her eldest son who died young too much. She even promoted her ex-husband's brothers and nephews, made them officials, and gave them great wealth. However, the family suddenly became violent. The mud could not hold up the wall, and they could not clearly see how much they weighed. They were coaxed away by the Sun family with a few words, which in turn caused trouble for Empress Dowager Xu. When Empress Dowager Xu became cold-hearted towards them, she no longer cared about them. , they were knocked back to their original shape, and it was too late to regret!"

The excessive praise of her ex-husband's family is probably the most criticized aspect of Empress Dowager Xu.However, there were no bad consequences, and the new king didn't care about it. It just gave the powerful people in the capital a few years of talking points.Looking back on it now, Hai Jiao only regarded it as a joke and threw it away casually.

Let’s not mention the gossip for now.Soon, the Zhou family had everything in place, and news came from the capital that the Queen Mother had spoken to the emperor and reiterated the matter of pursuing the title of Concubine Tao Hui.The mother and son held each other's hands and cried, and all the old grudges were cleared.The emperor also sent a message to the peace delegation that had set out halfway, asking them to deliver several rewards to the Zhou family to show their grace to the Queen Mother's relatives.

Everything went well. All we had to do was wait for the peace delegation to arrive at Gaotai Suo, and Suzhou could arrange for someone to quietly send Xie Wenzai and them there.In order not to arouse suspicion, Liu Keren was ordered to go to the Gaotai Station first to "guide" the local soldiers and civilians in planting corn.Afterwards, Hai Xiya will go to "take over" the matter and bring along the "staff" along the way.

Hai Xiya, Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian are all packing their luggage and preparing for the trip to the high platform.

In the early morning of the next morning when the news of the mission's arrival came, everyone in the Hai family was preparing to set off when there was a sudden knock on the front door.

　One more later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)