The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 49
Apart from Wei Jinyang and Wei Haoyou brothers, there were two other sights fixed on Li Meiying, one was Empress Wu who was beside Emperor Cheng, and the other was from Prince Jiangning.

The way Li Sister-in-law was chatting and laughing with Concubine Jiangning caught Empress Wu's eyes, which made Empress Wu feel extremely glaring.Back then, Empress Wu wanted to point her concubine sister from her mother's family to King Jiangning as a side concubine, so as to pull King Jiangning into her Wu clan faction. Knowing that King Jiangning and Concubine Jiangning were deeply in love with each other, she rejected Empress Wu's marriage proposal .At that time, the Empress Dowager liked Empress Wu very much, so Empress Wu went to complain to the Empress Dowager and cried out her grievances. She instigated the Empress Dowager to agree to marry her on the grounds that Princess Jiangning was weak and unable to help King Jiangning grow branches and leaves.

At that time, Concubine Jiangning was pregnant with King Jiangning's child. When she heard the news of the marriage, she fainted and became pregnant. Concubine Jiangning is a proud person. It would be fine if she married King Jiangning for many years and had no children. But she and Jiang Ning Wang had only been newly married for three months, and now she is pregnant, but Empress Wu said that she was too weak to do anything for Jiang Ning Wang.

Jiang Ning Wang saw that his wife's fetal gas was moved due to grievances, and he was very anxious and hurriedly invited a qualified old doctor from the Imperial Hospital to stabilize the pregnancy. Finally, with the efforts of the imperial doctor, Princess Jiang Ning's pregnancy was stabilized, and this matter also happened. It was heard by Emperor Cheng, and because of the former relationship between Princess Jiangning and Empress Xueying, Emperor Cheng was extremely tolerant and protective of her, and immediately went to the Empress Dowager's Palace to refute the Empress Dowager's offer of marriage.

The queen mother learned that because of the gift of marriage, Princess Jiangning actually made a petty temper. Although she was not happy, she had to give in for the continuation of Prince Jiangning's heirs, but it also left Chengdi with a problem, that is, if Princess Jiangning survived For the next generation, the matter of side concubine is over. If the child is a princess, King Jiangning must accept Empress Wu's concubine as his side concubine.

Emperor Cheng was too disobedient to the Queen Mother, so he could only bite the bullet and agree, but he did not tell the truth to Jiang Ning Wang and his wife, only letting Jiang Ning Wang Concubine to raise her baby with peace of mind. A white and fat son, the birth of the son made Emperor Cheng heave a sigh of relief, and also made the Empress Dowager and Empress Wu have to give up on the matter of accepting the concubine, at least for now, they can no longer talk about it.

It was only after the eldest son turned one year old that Empress Wu once again brought up the matter of accepting the side concubine, and persuaded the queen mother to come forward and announce that Jiang Ning princess would enter the palace to force Jiang Ning princess to accept the side concubine for Jiang Ning Wang. The Jiang Ning king could not refuse the queen mother and could only bear the pain The concubine of Empress Wu was very happy when she learned that she could marry King Jiangning as her side concubine as she wished, but she hated Princess Jiangning who dominated the position of concubine in her heart. One day the two met in Gubaozhai, and Wu said all kinds of words Stimulating Concubine Jiang Ning, Concubine Jiang Ning finally endured it. Seeing that aggressive tactics are useless, Wu tried to create a scene where Concubine Jiang Ning pushed the side concubine who hadn't passed the door and fell down the stairs because of jealousy and hatred, but it was self-defeating. Princess Jiangning fell down the stairs and lost her two-month-old fetus. King Jiangning was furious because of this. The old princess Jiangning had been recuperating outside. When she learned that her daughter-in-law was murdered by a side concubine who had never been married, she had a miscarriage. Regardless of her physical discomfort, she rushed back to the Jiangning Palace overnight. , and made a fuss in the palace to ask the queen mother for an explanation. The old concubine Jiangning was originally a princess from an ancient country, and she was very affectionate with the former Jiang Ning king. In addition, she has an upright and selfless temperament. Although she is a princess from a foreign country, she is only a concubine. The respect of the clan, even the queen mother has to give it three points.Moreover, the old concubine pays the most attention to rules and decency, a wife is a wife, and it is never the turn of a concubine to act wildly on her head, and this time the marriage is very political. However, Empress Wu, as the first sister of the Wu family, did not restrain her younger sister, so naturally she had to bear all the responsibilities. In the end, Empress Wu could not send her unparalleled beautiful concubine sister to a nunnery to become a monk, and the matter was settled. And the Liangzi between Empress Wu and Princess Jiangning was thus forged.

Li Sister-in-law didn't know the reason for this, but felt that the coldness in Empress Wu's eyes was not only aimed at herself, but also Princess Jiangning. After thinking about it, she found that although Princess Jiangning was superficially respectful to Emperor Wu, she didn't. How much sincerity is in it, but she has a perfunctory attitude, which makes her suspicious.

Just as Li Sister-in-law was contemplating, a shadow suddenly loomed over her. She raised her head in shock, and just looked into the eyes of a young man who was about eighteen or nineteen years old. Ruyu, yet a little cold in it, he is like a piece of high-quality cold jade, seemingly warm but cold to the touch.His jet-black hair was tied with a purple-gold crown, he was dressed in a silver-gray cloud-patterned costume, and he was tall and tall, like a handsome young man.

The young son bowed to Princess Jiangning, and his tone was full of concern: "Concubine Mother, you are not in good health, why are you drinking cold tea again?"

Princess Minxian heard the words, and coquettishly came forward and said: "Brother, mother and concubine did not drink cold tea, if you don't believe me, take a look." As she said, she took the teacup used by Princess Jiangning just now and showed it to Prince Jiangning .

Wei Xuanjin, the son of Prince Jiangning, glanced at the teacup and breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Li Sister-in-law apologetically and said, "I have seen the princess, please forgive me, Xuanjin is worried about the safety of the mother and concubine, and the disrespect is not good enough. Hope Princess Haihan."

Li Sister stood up slowly, looked directly into Wei Xuanjin's eyes, and said with a shallow smile: "Your Majesty's filial piety is commendable, and I admire it in my heart." After finishing speaking, she looked at Princess Jiangning and said, "Princess, I have time to spare." I will go to the palace to see you, you must take good care of your health, and I want to ask you more about my mother!"

Concubine Jiangning looked at Li Sister-in-law, although she looked reluctantly, she nodded gently.

Then Li Sister-in-law looked at Princess Minxian with a look of reluctance: "Sister Min will go to the princess mansion to play with me when she is free. There are many delicious snacks and fun games in my mansion. You will definitely like it." of."

Seeing that Li Sister-in-law took the initiative to invite her to play at the Princess Mansion, Princess Minxian smiled happily and nodded heavily.

A few tables away was the seat of Princess Jingxian. Li Sister-in-law talked with Princess Jingxian for a few words before returning to her own seat. The banquet was coming to an end at midnight. At this time, fireworks were prepared outside the palace. Bamboo, when the time comes, they will all be ignited.

Standing on the square in front of Chengfu Hall, looking at the colorful and flower-shaped fireworks blooming in the night sky, Li Meizhen unconsciously recalled the time when her father and mother accompanied her to set off fireworks during the Spring Festival when she was young, her eyes were wet, and she With a cold expression, he quietly withdrew from the crowd and headed for the palace gate.

When Li Meiying returned to the Princess Mansion, the hour had passed, Yunyu and Bo Liuzi were waiting in the Siyu Pavilion, and no one dared to rest. Pour hot water into the bathtub in the side room, wait for Li Meiying to rest after taking a bath, and they will go down to rest.

On the embroidered couch, in the dark, Li Meizhen could not fall asleep with her eyes open, she just stared at the top of the embroidered curtain until dawn.

(End of this chapter)