Daughter of Hou's Mansion

From the very beginning when Prince Qin was named regent by the emperor, the Jiang family knew that the emperor was worried that the Jiang family would dominate and that the future little emperor would become a puppet of the Jiang family.Prince Qin is the elder of the three dynasties, and his status is extremely high. Even the emperor would not show the emperor's lineage in front of him on weekdays. There is no other way.

Who knew that they hadn't figured out a way to deal with Prince Qin, and the emperor over there became suspicious. Prince Qin's startled horse was recuperated in bed, and Prince Qin's old disease relapsed. All these were good things for the Jiang family.

Now the emperor can only trust the Jiang family. As more and more children of the Jiang family are drawn to the center of power by the emperor, Empress Jiang also sees the dawn of victory.According to Wang Youde's words, the emperor has few months to live. Once her son takes the throne, she will be the empress dowager behind the curtain. In the future, there will be no family in the Great Xia Dynasty that can rival the Jiang family. The Jiang family will also usher in the most prosperous moment of the family.

Although Empress Jiang didn't expect the emperor to come to Kunning Palace suddenly at this time, she still went to the gate of the palace to greet her. When she saw the emperor, she was really shocked by the emperor's appearance. The emperor is so old and looks like this. She looked older than her father.

Jiang Hou stabilized his mind and bowed his knees to salute.

Shangguan Rui's eyes flickered when he glanced at the three words "Kunning Palace" glittering at the gate of the palace.Eunuch Wang was worried, but he couldn't give the queen any hint at this time. After all, if the emperor knew that he had a very close relationship with Kunning Palace, he would die sooner.

"Get up." After a while, the emperor set his eyes on Empress Jiang.

Empress Jiang was wearing a purple-blue ruqun with a hundred butterflies wearing flowers, and a moon-white phoenix cloak embroidered with silver thread over her head. She hadn't seen her for half a year. The empress seemed to be fatter than before, and the hair on her bun The golden hairpin on the phoenix's bead was shining with a light that should not be underestimated. It seemed that it didn't matter whether he appeared in the harem or not. His first wife was also doing well.

Empress Jiang felt apprehensive at the sight of the emperor, but she took a step forward with a smile on her face and said, "What is the emperor doing outside, maybe he doesn't know the way to Kunning Palace."

A slightly stiff smile appeared on the emperor's thin face, and then he stepped in.

When the palace people served tea and snacks, the emperor held the cloisonne teacup in silence.

Empress Jiang had long heard that the emperor's temper had become moody since the end of the year, and that eunuchs and court ladies who died in Chengqian Palace were often pulled out. Even Wang Youde reminded her that it was best not to mess with the emperor if she had nothing to do, but the emperor himself Since he took the initiative, she couldn't just leave him alone.

"The emperor seems to have lost a lot of weight. Even if you are busy with state affairs, you should take care of your body." The emperor did not speak all the time, and Empress Jiang had to find something to talk to herself. At this time, she was not sure about the emperor's mood, but in In front of the emperor, she did not dare to find the answer from Wang Youde.

The emperor suddenly raised his head when he heard Empress Jiang's words, his face was thinner, his big eyes were like two holes embedded in his face, but his gaze made people feel hairy , the emperor must not be tortured by the drug to go crazy, right?Empress Jiang secretly speculated in her heart, but she still had a faint smile on her face, as if she cared about the emperor.

"Hold the prince out to me. I haven't seen him for half a year." The emperor said in a deep voice.

The emperor wanted to see the prince, but Empress Jiang couldn't stop her, so the palace servants around him directly carried the prince out. The prince is not yet one year old, and he is white and fat. His eyes are rolling around. Be flexible.

The emperor stretched out his hands towards the prince. Although he couldn't speak yet, the baby at this time could already recognize people. The emperor didn't appear often on weekdays. How could the prince recognize him? For the hands stretched out by a stranger, The prince turned a blind eye.

The palace man who was holding the prince was embarrassed, and he didn't care whether the prince was happy or not, so he took advantage of the situation and stuffed the prince into the emperor's arms.

After the emperor took over the crown prince, his eyes stared at the crown prince's face without blinking. Eunuch Wang watched clearly from the side, and his heart became more and more uneasy. The emperor stared at the crown prince like this, so he probably really doubted the crown prince.

Probably the emperor was holding the baby in the wrong way, the little baby who was entertaining himself groaned twice, then cried "wow", the empress was dripping with sweat now, the emperor came so suddenly When she arrived at Kunning Palace, she was not prepared at all. This child already recognized people. Looking at the emperor's posture of holding the child, it is no wonder that the child is comfortable.

The queen hurried forward and said: "Your Majesty, the prince is a little bit confidant now, or else he should come here as a concubine."

Seeing the prince kicking his limbs, the emperor's face was red from crying, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Recognition, I am his father, shouldn't he know me?"

One sentence choked the queen to death, and she wanted to reach out but was afraid that the emperor would feel uncomfortable. Seeing the prince crying more and more fiercely, almost out of breath, Empress Jiang couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, you let me Let him lie on your lap, just hold him up a little bit and that's it."

This time the emperor did not refute, and let the empress correct his movements. Perhaps he had been crying for a long time just now. Once the uncomfortable posture was adjusted, the prince's crying became weaker, and finally he groaned twice and stopped. After weeping, there were still teardrops on that tender face, and the round eyeballs just stared straight at the emperor.

The prince stopped crying, but the queen breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled and said: "Your majesty, look, the eyes of the little prince look so much like yours. If you often come to Kunning Palace on weekdays, the little prince will definitely recognize it. Your."

At this time, the little prince was stretching out his chubby little hand, and grabbed the dragon jade pendant worn by the emperor.

The emperor smiled and said, "I have a lot of appetite, do you know what this means? This is a symbol of the emperor's status."

Although the emperor had a smile on his face, the smile didn't reach Eunuch Wang's eyes, and what he said was really shocking.

At this time, the queen didn't know what happened at all, and said: "The little prince likes jade very much, and he snatched the piece of warm jade that was on the mother's body before."

That plump hand held the jade pendant tightly, because the jade pendant was worn on the emperor's belt, and the little prince couldn't pull it off with all his strength, so he couldn't help but screamed "ahhh".The emperor glanced at him, and untied the jade pendant: "I am willing to give it to you, so you can take it."

How could the little prince know what the emperor said, and he "giggled" when he got what he wanted.

The emperor's hands gently caressed the little prince's face, and after holding him for a while, he handed the little prince back to the queen.

The queen asked people to take the little prince down.

The emperor raised his hand and drank a cup of tea before looking up at the queen: "Queen, what happened to Liu Ronghua's death?"

Empress Jiang was taken aback by this miracle, and secretly speculated that the emperor came to Kunning Palace specially for Liu Ronghua, but Liu Ronghua had already fallen out of favor, the emperor would not make things difficult for her because of such a person.

Thinking about it, Empress Jiang hurriedly put on an apology, and knelt down in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, I haven't had time to report this incident. Before Liu Ronghua and Bai Shuyuan had a quarrel in Kunning Palace, my concubine pressed The two were punished according to the palace rules, but who knew that Liu Ronghua was a hot-tempered person, and committed suicide after returning home, this matter is something that the concubine did not consider, please forgive me by the emperor."

The emperor didn't even raise his eyelids, he just lowered his head and said, "Really?"

The slightly raised tone made people unable to hear the joy and anger. Empress Jiang seemed to be drenched in a bucket of ice water. She seemed to be a little carried away. Although the emperor hadn't entered the harem for a long time, those things belonged to him after all. Woman, if she could bear it back then, she really shouldn't have given up her breath at this critical moment.

"Your Majesty, what the concubine said is true. Liu Ronghua has indeed violated the palace rules, but the concubine has also passed away. People should not be punished and hurt Liu Ronghua's self-esteem." Low.

It's not a big deal for her a majestic empress to punish a concubine on weekdays, but it's not very good to cause people's lives. At first she thought that the emperor's full attention is now on the court, this matter If the matter can be fooled, it will be fooled. Who knows that the emperor suddenly asked, which made the queen a little unprepared.

The queen knelt for a long time before the emperor said: "Okay, get up, you are the queen and my first wife. Since this harem is handed over to you, I will trust you, but the last thing you want to do after this kind of thing." Better not happen."

The queen didn't seem to blame the emperor's words, she was a little relieved, she stood up and bowed again, saying: "My concubine remembers the emperor's instruction."

The emperor waved his hand, then got up and left.

The queen hurriedly followed up and knelt down to see him off.

After coming out of Kunning Palace, the sun had already set to the west, reflecting the whole western sky red. Eunuch Wang followed behind the emperor, staring at the shadow elongated by the setting sun, but his heart was full of He was up and down, although he followed the emperor to the Kunning Palace, and he was sure that the emperor heard the beauty's remarks about changing the civet cat for the prince when he was in the imperial garden, so what was the emperor thinking in his heart?Did he have doubts in his heart, or had he never doubted it?It is truly unpredictable.

In fact, the facial features of the little prince do not look like the emperor, but the eyes and nose of the little prince are carved out of the same mold as the queen. It is not like there are no children who are not like the biological father and the biological mother. The emperor should not even have this doubt it.

But no matter what, he still had to try his best to remind the queen.