Daughter of Hou's Mansion

The Imperial City Kunning Palace.

As the most honorable woman in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, Jiang Yuansu has always played the role of queen very well.

The emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, and many positions in the harem are empty. In addition, the emperor's heirs are not prosperous, and now there is only one princess who was born in the old mansion. Look at this harem.

After all, except for Concubine Hui of the Qin family who was nearly seven months pregnant, none of the other concubines had a pulse.The imperial physician at the imperial hospital even wondered if there was something wrong with Shangguan Rui's body, or else he was in his prime, and he spent more than half a month in the harem on weekdays, how could it be so difficult for the women in the harem to get pregnant? .Of course, the imperial physicians only dare to rot these words in their stomachs. Who would think that their life is too long to run to question whether there is a problem with a king.

But what the imperial physicians don't know is that it's not just the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty who are anxious, he himself is the one who is most anxious. It makes people vomit to death.

For this reason, Shangguan Rui also quietly asked the holy hands outside the palace to check his pulse, and the news he got was that there was nothing wrong with his body.

After Qin Qin heard the good news, Shangguan Rui's heart was relieved a little, and he hoped that the child in his belly would be a handle, at least let the people below understand that he is not a person who can't bear a son.On the other hand, Shangguan Rui also sprinkled rain and dew in the harem, hoping that more people would be able to conceive dragon species.

It is precisely because no prince has been born in the harem so far, so the people below are still thinking about sending their own daughters to the palace. If a prince is favored once, he will be the first prince of the Great Xia Dynasty , That is really a person who attains enlightenment and ascends to heaven.

Now there are still two vacant four concubines in the harem. Apart from Qin Qin, who was promoted to Concubine Hui because she was pregnant with a dragon seed, the other high-ranking one is Concubine Shu Xiatang. Xia Shao's cousin, when the Empress Yuan was seriously ill, the Xia family was afraid that the emperor would forget about the Xia family once the Empress Yuan died, so they sent another prostitute daughter to the Empress Yuan and named her as sister's servant .

Although Jiang Yuan didn't know what the talented and resourceful Empress Yuan thought, but in the end the emperor still accepted Xia Tang, and after canonizing her as queen, he directly made Xia Tang Concubine Shu.

In the morning, the empress was dressed in a bright yellow formal attire, sitting on the main seat and waiting for the concubines below to pay her respects.This is the duty of a queen, she must not be jealous, and must maintain the balance of the harem in a dignified and generous manner.

It was almost time, and the concubines who came to pay their respects came in one by one to salute, and then sat down according to their positions.

After everyone got off, they heard the eunuch at the door shouting in a shrill voice: "Concubine Hui is here."

The queen raised her eyebrows slightly, she didn't expect that Concubine Hui, who hadn't come to pay her respects for several months, would suddenly appear in her Kunning Palace. She was surprised when she saw Concubine Hui Qinqin wearing a pink and dark butterfly love flower palace. Pretending to be supported by two court ladies, she walked in slowly.

The nearly seven-month-old belly is already obvious, but this Qin Qin is obviously blessed, except for the protruding belly, there is no trace of flesh on other parts of her body, and her face is still as beautiful as a flower.

"The concubine has seen the empress." Qin Qin slightly bent down.

The queen said repeatedly: "You haven't helped your master up yet, you are pregnant with a child."

After Qin Qin sat down, the queen asked kindly: "Why is Concubine Hui here today? Hasn't she already spared your greeting? Now you are pregnant with a dragon seed in your stomach, and you will give birth to a queen for the emperor." Prince, that is the most important thing."

Shangguan Rui has not many heirs, and now he attaches great importance to the child in Qin Qin's womb. He has to go to her palace to see her every day, and those rewards like flowing water are also continuously moved to Yanxi Palace. Everyone is not jealous, but what's the use of jealousy, people's stomachs are fighting, this is the dragon fetus that the emperor has been looking forward to with great difficulty, even those who have ideas in their hearts dare not take any practical actions.Even the queen spared Qin Qin's greeting, lest the emperor would blame her for making a mistake during the greeting.

The queen's words successfully attracted those eyes with resentment.

Qin Qin didn't take it seriously at all. When she gave birth to the prince, those gazes would be even more unkind. If she couldn't bear this, how could she be more expensive than a mother, and crushed Jiang Yuan fiercely.

"The empress is sympathetic to the concubines, and the concubines know it, but it is precisely because of this that the concubines can't be proud of being favored." Qin Qin said with a smile on Mimi.

The queen's hand holding the handkerchief couldn't help but a sneer appeared in her heart. Does Qin Qin still do less of this kind of thing that she is so proud of?Relying on the piece of meat in her stomach, she would pull all the good and fragrant ones into her palace. I don’t know if this piece of meat in my stomach is a handle, so she became so arrogant, and she will suffer in the future when.

The women in this palace are like this, they smile on the surface and are kinder than anyone else, every word in their mouths is like a soft knife, and they will definitely not be soft if they can make a loop in the dark, anyway, death counts as one. 13acv.

"The former empress dowager said that the emperor has been on the throne for a full year, and now many palaces in the harem are vacant. She is thinking of holding a talent show in the spring of next year to fill the harem and reproduce for the Shangguan family." The queen suppressed Feeling uncomfortable in his heart, he glanced at the few sitting below with a smile on his face.

Qin Qin couldn't help but froze, and said with a sneer, "The empress is really virtuous." Originally, there were so many women, but the emperor was the only man. It was obvious that there were too many monks and too little porridge, but now he was told that more women would come in to grab this porridge. , who would be really happy.

The queen didn't take Qin Qin's attitude seriously at all, took a sip of tea, and continued: "However, the emperor said that the talent show is a waste of people and money, so it is really not appropriate to hold it in a big way."

The heart of the woman at the bottom was up and down following the queen's words, Qin Qin couldn't help frowning, what did the queen want to say, could it be because of their changing expressions.

"After all, the empress dowager was thinking about the emperor's heirs, so she ordered several ministers to send in the portraits of the women of childbearing age at home, and wanted to pick out five of them. These portraits have already been sent, and the emperor left them after seeing them. Let me choose according to my discretion. After entering the palace, I will be sisters, and while everyone is here, you can also refer to them." The queen said and asked the palace people around her to bring up a lot of scrolls.

There are future enemies here, and everyone's hearts can't help but drop.

Ten volumes of pictures of beauties, delicate, cute, glamorous, and delicate. It can be said that there are various types. Those who are successful have already remembered the outstanding appearance in their hearts. When they go back, they will prepare for it. After all, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.

When Concubine Shu Xiatang opened a scroll, she couldn't help being stunned when she saw the characters in the painting, and then the scroll fell to the ground with a "slap", attracting everyone's attention.

Behind Xia Tang, the palace servant who was close to her hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the scroll.

The queen asked with concern: "Sister Concubine Shu, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Xia Tang quickly shook his head, quickly reopened the scroll and asked, "Ma'am, which family is Miss Wei Xiner from?" The concubines of the concubines, several old people who followed Shangguan Rui when he was the prince changed their expressions one after another. That posture is more like Concubine Shu, a younger sister who is related by blood.

Although Qin Qin felt very uncomfortable that the emperor was going to flood the harem again, she didn't pay too much attention to those portraits. Anyway, she felt that she was pregnant with a dragon seed. Once she gave birth to a son, no matter whether it was No matter how delicate a woman enters the palace, she will crawl under her feet.

However, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed because of the scroll in Concubine Shu's hand. At this moment, even Qin Qin was interested, and she could not help but glance at the painting. She only entered the palace after Shangguan Rui ascended the throne. Her family is small, and she has never been in contact with noble figures such as princes, and of course she has never met Shangguan Rui's original wife, Empress Xia Shao.

The queen seemed not to notice the strangeness in the whole room, she glanced at the portrait in Xia Tang's hand and said: "This girl has already been decided, the emperor himself opened the mouth."

This time, even the people who didn't know the Empress Yuan cheered up. What is this? He got the emperor's attention before entering the palace. Could it be that he will be more favored than Qin Qin in the future?

Concubine Shu's face turned pale. At first, the family chose to send her to the palace because she was somewhat similar to Empress Yuan. She wanted to gain favor based on Empress Yuan's relationship with Shangguan Rui. Over the years, she tried her best to She imitated the Empress Yuan, no matter in terms of temperament or living habits, she abandoned her original self.And Shangguan Rui would sometimes go to her palace to talk about Xia Shao with her, and what he said was full of deep nostalgia.

She thought that no one in the harem knew more about the Emperor's feelings for the Empress Yuan than she did, and that was the real relationship between husband and wife.

Ningxia is the only city.She is only one of the four concubines in the harem because she has two points of similarity with the Empress Yuan, and because she can accompany Shangguan Rui to recall the Empress Yuan.

Then this woman who is seven or eight points similar to her sister, and even more similar in charm and demeanor, enters the palace. Will there still be a place for her in the harem?After all, only one substitute is enough, and that Wei Xiner is obviously more like her.

Qin Qin rolled her eyes and asked, "Her surname is Wei, so what does that have to do with Wei's family in the Marquis of Weiyuan?" A woman who can be sent to the palace must have a certain family status. There are not many families with the surname Wei, so Qin Qin immediately thought of the Weiyuanhou Mansion. You must know that her aunt was married to the old Weiyuanhou Mansion. Later, she entered the palace and was pregnant with the dragon species and passed on the news. , Let Qin's family take the way of aunt to form a bond with Weiyuanhou's mansion.

The smile on the queen's face remained unchanged, "It could only be regarded as a side branch of the Marquis of Weiyuan, but two days ago, the old lady of Marquis of Weiyuan took the initiative to recognize this girl under the knees of Wei Yanqing and his wife, and became the righteous of Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion. female."

Qin Qin's face darkened in an instant. She knew from her mother that this aunt was stubborn. Maybe she still remembered that her family married her to the old Wei Yuanhou as his successor, and she was not very close to the Qin family. The marriage was finally pushed by her, but she absolutely shouldn't have brought someone in to fight with her.

Why did the emperor ask the queen to keep Wei Xiner? Either the emperor had seen Wei Xiner before, or there was something unique about Wei Xiner.No matter what the reasons were, it was true that Wei Xin'er fell into the eyes of the emperor. Although she was not afraid of those newcomers to the palace, she couldn't help but feel jealous of Wei Xin'er deep in her heart.

Xia Tang sighed faintly, and finally said lightly: "I was really shocked when I saw this girl. At first glance, I thought it was a portrait of my sister, but when I look closely at this girl She's younger than her sister, but she's very similar in bearing and charm."

Xia Tang's words made the room suddenly feel lonely. No one in the palace knew the emperor's feelings for the Empress Yuan, even the younger sister Concubine Shu was so emotional. It can be seen that this is really very similar, plus And the emperor's extra grace.Everyone's thoughts floated.

At this time, Qin Qin also understood why everyone had such a weird expression when they saw Wei Xiner's portrait just now. What does Weiyuan Houfu mean?This aunt is also surnamed Qin, so she can be dismantled in this way. If such a character enters the palace, everyone will step aside in the future.

When Wei Xiner appeared, everyone lost their minds. Seeing that everyone's expressions were calm, the queen asked everyone to disperse.

I heard that when Concubine Shu Xia Tang returned to her palace, she was locked up in her room for a whole day, and on the second day, she posted a post saying that she missed her natal family and wanted her mother and her sister-in-law to come into the palace. look at her.

Concubine Hui Qinqin dropped a set of tea sets after returning to the palace, and punished two court ladies who offended her. The next day, she also sent in a post saying that she wanted to call the Qin family into the palace.

The empress agreed to everything, and even Mrs. Lu Guogong handed over the sign to enter the palace the next day. In those few days, the concubines with higher status used all kinds of reasons to meet their family members.

The second day when Mrs. Lu Guogong entered the palace happened to be the second day when Jiang Aojie troubled the Wei family at the North City Gate but was ridiculed by the prince of Qin.

Mrs. Lu Guogong is not yet fifty years old, but her figure is well maintained. She is somewhat similar to Empress Jiang, and they are both dignified and square-looking beauties.It can be said that Duke Lu's mansion can be as prosperous as it is today, thanks to Duke Lu's shrewd wife, and Empress Jiang is the most outstanding daughter she has single-handedly taught.

After learning that the third son was in trouble with Wei's family at the North City Gate, Mrs. Jiang severely reprimanded her and ordered Jiang Aojie to apologize to Wei Che the next day, while she herself chose to submit a post to the palace to meet the empress.

Mrs. Lu Guogong is the mother-in-law of the empress, and there is already Hongyu, the empress' confidant, waiting at the gate of Kunning Palace.

As soon as she saw Mrs. Lu Guogong, Hongyu went up to greet her and saluted: "Madam, you are here, and your empress is already waiting in the inner hall."

The red jade came from the Jiang family, and Mrs. Lu Guogong also trusted her. While following her, she asked quietly: "Is your mother not feeling well these few days?" Rumors spread all over the place, although the news in this palace is lagging behind, they must have heard about such a big event, otherwise the impulsive villain of his family would not be so blatantly provoking Weiyuanhou's mansion, this is not clearly telling Everyone, is the Jiang family or Queen Jiang in the palace dissatisfied with Wei Xiner?

Let's not say that Wei Xiner is the emperor himself. As a queen, no matter how many women the emperor has, she can't show the slightest bit of jealousy. In her heart, the Queen Yuan is a thorn in her daughter's heart. She felt unhappy because of this, and she did something to make herself regret later.

Upon hearing this, Hongyu replied in a low voice: "Madam, don't worry, the empress is very clear in her heart, no matter how much that person looks like, she is just a substitute."

Mrs. Lu Guogong nodded and said, "It's the best if you think so."

Just as he was speaking, he arrived at the inner hall of Kunning Palace, Mrs. Lu Guogong stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

Jiang Yuan was wearing a green, homely and half-worn jacket, and when she saw her mother kneeling down and saluting, she couldn't help but scolded, "What are you doing, mother, and there are no outsiders here, so doing such a big salute is not to break the law." Have you spoiled your daughter?"

Mrs. Lu Guogong's face turned serious and said: "Your Majesty, this etiquette cannot be dismissed, not to mention that you are a queen, one person is under one person and above ten thousand people, and you are saying something like Zhesha."

Jiang Yuan knew that her mother was cautious, so she said nothing more, let Hongyu show her the tea, and asked the waiters around to retreat, so that the two of them could whisper.

"Ma'am, your third brother almost got into a big disaster yesterday." Mrs. Lu Guogong asked tentatively, she was worried that her son's behavior was instigated by her daughter.

"Mother, what did third brother do?" Jiang Yuan asked in surprise.

Mrs. Lu Guogong saw that she didn't seem to be pretending, and she felt a little relieved. Her son was confused, and they could make up for it outside. They were afraid that Jiang Yuan would become self-willed in the palace and offend the emperor.

Mrs. Lu Guogong told the queen everything that happened at the North City Gate without hiding anything, "Fortunately, your third brother didn't succeed in the end, otherwise his impulsiveness would damage your reputation."

Jiang Yuan nodded and said: "Third brother is confused, he shouldn't do this, mother, you don't have to test me, I was taught by you yourself, can't you even see the importance of this idea?" Although there is such a thorn in my heart, which woman in this palace does not live under her shadow, and now there are people in this palace who care more about that person than me, so you don’t have to worry about me, I understand it in my heart."

Jiang Yuan whispered in Mrs. Lu Guogong's ear while listening to Mrs. Lu Guogong's nodding.

"If you can think like this, that's great. You're right. You're already in this position. You only need to watch them fight in a ball. It's the smartest thing to be a fisherman at that time." practice."

A smile appeared on Jiang Yuan's face, and when she thought of Jiang Aojie, she said again: "Mother, don't blame the third brother, he also loves me, you just need to persuade him, but don't let daddy use the whip!" , otherwise I will be in pain."

Mrs. Lu Guogong knew that the two brothers and sisters had always been connected with each other. When one was sick when they were young, the other would often feel the same. It was because of this that since Jiang Yuan was canonized as queen, Jiang Aojie was only punished to kneel in the ancestral hall when he was stubborn and made mistakes. , Never had a whip on him.

"Okay, don't I feel sorry for him as a mother?" Mrs. Lu Guogong took out a prescription from her purse and handed it to Jiang Yuan, "Your father asked someone to get this prescription." Fang Zi, the most important thing for you right now is to give birth to a son as soon as possible. 80.00% of the ones in Yanxi Palace are not conceived by the prince, so during this period of time, you should try to favor her as much as possible, and let her wait until the fruit is ripe. , Some people deal with her."

After Concubine Hui became pregnant, she was spoiled and proud, and Jiang Yuan was not the only one who offended her.

When Jiang Yuan heard that the child in Qin Qin's womb might not be the prince, she couldn't help but feel happy. She still had a chance. Once she gave birth to the eldest son, the position of prince would also belong to their Lu family. of things.

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Ever since Qingluan met that scumbag Lin Zixuan on the road that day, she lost interest in going out for a walk, and spent most of the day in the yard.

Soaking in hot springs every day, practicing handwriting, reading books, and occasionally tossing and eating, I feel extremely comfortable.

On this day, when Zhuangzi's river pond harvested fish, Qingluan ran to see it with great interest, and at the end he didn't forget to pick two fresh fatty fish and bring them to the kitchen for the cook to cook one fish and three times.Walking to the door of the kitchen, I heard a woman with a loud voice say: "This year's close is approaching, and there are more beggars. Today, three groups of people have knocked on the door to beg for food."

"No way, are those beggars stupid? There is only one manor in a few miles here. If they come here to beg for food, they will starve to death." Another woman said with a sneer.

Qingluan's heart couldn't help but suddenly, and then he heard the loud voice of the mother-in-law say: "You are wrong, those manors are either wealthy households in Shangjing, or come to us to beg for food, we will also give They have enough to eat, so they are naturally willing to walk more."

When Qingluan heard this and walked in, when the women in the kitchen saw Qingluan hurriedly put down their work, they smiled and said, "Young lady is here."

Qingluan nodded, and asked Xia Zhi to hand over the fish to the woman in charge of the kitchen, and then told her request, the woman readily agreed, and Xia Zhi handed her a small piece of broken silver, Xi Dina The mother-in-law thanked her again and again.

Qingluan asked casually: "The beggars you mentioned just now, are there so many at this time of the year?"

These women have been in the hot spring villa for many years, so they are naturally very familiar with the situation here. After thinking about it, they all shook their heads and said: "Although there were in previous years, it seems that there are not so many. Could it be that there is another one?" disaster everywhere."

Qingluan's gaze sank slightly, but he didn't care about the fish any more. He went back to the yard and told Bairi: "Bairi, go and see if those beggars wandering around this Zhuangzi are Lianjiazi? Be careful." Don't startle them."

Hearing the words, Bai Zhou couldn't help but shudder in his heart, nodded and went out.

Seeing Qingluan like this, Xia Zhi was a little scared, and asked in a low voice: "Girl, do you suspect that those beggars are coming after us?"

Qingluan didn't speak, but sat back on the chair. Whether these beggars were pretending or not, she would know when she came back in the daytime. What she was thinking about now was who these people were after. If their target was Xiner For my sister, then the most likely ones are those in the palace, will it be Empress Jiang?After all, the last time Jiang Aojie deliberately made things difficult for the Marquis of Weiyuan under the watchful eyes of the public, this time it is hard to guarantee that they want to do something to Wei Xiner, and eliminate this unstable factor before she enters the palace.If those people came here for her, then who would they be?Was it the second uncle's plan to kill the dead or something else, Qingluan suddenly remembered what Wei Che said last time that the death of his parents might be man-made, did those people come back?

Thousands of thoughts flashed through Qingluan's mind, and it was so chaotic that he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Half an hour later, Bai Tian came back with a gloomy expression on his face.

Seeing her expression, Qingluan couldn't help but "thump" in his heart.You must know that Bai Tian has been with her for so long, and he has never shown such a heavy expression on his face.

"Girl, the situation outside is very bad. As you can imagine, those beggars are definitely not ordinary beggars. Those more than 200 people are now ambushing around the hot spring villa, almost surrounding the entire Zhuangzi. The subordinates guessed that they They are waiting for the dark to act." Bai Tian told all the things she found out.

So the three waves of beggars just now didn't come to beg for food at all, but to investigate the situation. I'm afraid they will find out the situation in Zizhuangzi this time. In this Zhuangzi, there are only a few Weiyuan left by Wei Che last time. There are less than ten guards in the Hou Mansion, and the rest are ordinary domestic servants. How could these people resist the 200-odd people.

Qingluan cast her eyes on Bai Tian and asked, "If you were to lead someone who doesn't know kung fu to break through, how sure are you?"

Bai Zhou said: "Girl, I have three layers of confidence to send you out, don't worry, even if I die, I will keep you safe."

Qingluan's heart was shocked, and she looked at Baitian. Although she never let Baitian leave her side, deep down in her heart, she didn't trust Baitian. If a person is sincere, she must be able to feel it, but Even so, she was willing to sacrifice for her, at this moment Qingluan's heart was really moved.

Qing Luan looked straight into Bai Bai's eyes, knowing that the three layers of confidence she mentioned would definitely cost her own life, which was absolutely impossible.What's more, there are so many people in this village, including Wei Xin'er.

She was really careless, she should have kept more guards in the first place, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen into such a difficult situation.

Qingluan stood up abruptly, walking back and forth in the room anxiously, what else could she do, she didn't want to die here, and she had to protect sister Xin'er.

Xia Zhi didn't dare to speak up at this time. At first when the girl suspected those beggars, she thought it was the girl making a fuss. Now it's not the girl making a fuss, but her knowledge is too shallow.

Seeing Qingluan's anxious and helpless look during the day, his expression was tinged with hesitation.

Qingluan turned around and just saw the expression on her face and couldn't help asking: "Bai Zhou, do you have anything to say?"

After pondering for a while during the day, he said: "Girl, actually, my subordinates have a way to contact the owner, but now my subordinates don't know where the owner is, so he can rush to rescue him." Of course, there is another reason. If she said this, the girl would have a grudge against her owner. After all, she was already a girl but still kept the contact information of her previous owner, which was the worst thing for a secret guard.

But Bai Tian was obviously thinking too much, Qingluan didn't know the rules of the secret guard at all, Bai Tian was Fu Hongye's person, since she was willing to put her by her side, it was to show her trust in Fu Hongye.

"In that case, you should contact him as soon as possible." Qingluan ordered, and then Xia Zhi said: "Go and gather all the guards of the Marquis of Weiyuan, I have something to say to them. All of them, including the maids and wives we brought over from the mansion, were also gathered together."

Although Fu Hongye can be contacted during the daytime, as she said, even she doesn't know where Fu Hongye is now, and how can she rescue him in time if Fu Hongye is not in Beijing.

According to the theory that if a few people in the Zhuangzi confront the outsiders head-on, it will undoubtedly be an egg hitting a rock and asking for a dead end. What they are doing now is to use their familiarity with this Zhuangzi and their early insight into their actions. Li planted a formation of doubts, scattered traps, and then defeated them one by one, as long as it could be delayed, preferably until Fu Hongye arrived.

There were only seven guards left in the Biezhuang by the Marquis of Weiyuan, and one of them was the team leader named Ai Qi. Qingluan asked Bai Tian to tell Ai Qi about the situation outside in detail, and Ai Qi's face changed. , but quickly calmed down.

Seeing this, Qingluan felt a little bit more settled. Those left behind by her brother must be the elites of the Marquis of Weiyuan. As for how to set up organs, she was not familiar with it, so she could only leave it to them.

Qingluan and Xia Zhi went to Wei Xiner's courtyard, and she asked everyone to gather there. How to make these people who have never seen a sword not panic, and how to calm their emotions is an extremely important task. difficult task.

Qingluan first called Wei Xin'er and the two aunts in the palace into the room, and ventilated with them first.

The three of them turned pale when they heard this. After all, this is a matter of life and death, and anyone would be nervous.

Qingluan stepped forward to salute the two aunts, and said with great apology: "Aunts, this time it is our Wei family who have brought you down."

After all, the two aunts were people who had been in the palace. Although their faces were pale, they were calm. They waved their hands and said: "What does this have to do with you, anyway, we should have this disaster."

ps: This update was originally going to be uploaded tomorrow, but the electricity at home ran out, and when I woke up, the electricity was on again, and I turned on the computer to upload it.