Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 84 Accident
He was still annoyed, and slapped him several more times.

Princess Qi was beaten so hard that the corners of her mouth were broken, blood flowed out immediately, and she was crying, but she refused to admit her mistake.

She made up her mind that the lord thinks that the family ugliness should not be publicized. Even if she did all this, King Qi would have to cover it up for her in order to maintain his status.

Today, all of this can only be an "accident."

What Princess Qi hated the most was that something happened to her son, and thinking that her son might die, her heart felt like a knife was twisted.

No matter how vicious she is, she still cares about her son. After all, she is a mother. Seeing her son like this, she cried extremely sadly.

King Qi looked at her in disgust, and now he was even more lazy to pay attention to her, and asked someone to take her away directly.

The imperial physician came again and gave the son medicine, but luckily the child could still eat it.

After watching it for a while, King Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly prayed for God's blessing.

He attaches great importance to his eldest son, even though he has a stupid and ignorant mother, it is impossible for him to divorce his wife, his son is his heir, and he is very intelligent, even the emperor loves this grandson very much.

Now, because of the quarrel between wives and concubines in Prince Qi's mansion, he was murdered like this, and King Qi was very annoyed.

After one order, he asked someone to pull out and kill all the unfavorable servants who served around Shizi, so that he calmed down a little.

What made him even more depressed was the child in the womb of the side concubine Li, who didn't know if he would have a miscarriage. Thinking that he might lose two children at once today, King Qi's face, no matter how stable the situation is on weekdays, turned pale.

Tiger poison does not eat its sons, he must still have a loving father's heart, he personally took care of the son, the maids were trembling, and finally the imperial doctor re-prescribed a prescription at the fourth watch, it was useful, the son took it, and finally the high fever disappeared , woke up once.

King Qi couldn't help being overjoyed, seeing his son opened his eyes, he called his father nonchalantly, and hugged his son excitedly: "My dear son, you are finally awake, as long as you are fine."

The son was just a child, he knew something, he glanced at his father, he was very sleepy, he fell asleep after saying a few words.

Doctor Su took the pulse and said, "I see that your son is fine, congratulations, my lord."

King Qi is in a much better mood, as long as his son is fine.

He ordered someone to take good care of his son, turned around and looked at the clock, it was early morning.

Although he was very tired, but thinking of the news he heard yesterday, his father would probably announce that the fourth and fifth sons would be crowned princes in the early court today, so how could he not go to the court for such a big event.

King Qi was about to take a bath and change clothes when a young eunuch rushed to report: "My lord, my lord, side concubine Li has had a miscarriage."

King Qi was stunned, his expression suffocated, "How is the side concubine?"

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "The side concubine is unconscious. Although she was treated for treatment, she had a miscarriage...aborted a conceived male baby. Now the side concubine has passed out."

The veins on King Qi's forehead twitched violently, "A bunch of useless things!"

The more he hated Princess Qi's stupidity, his heart seemed to be on fire, and the rage all over his body made everyone around him too scared to speak out.

King Qi angrily punished several servants and imperial physicians. Thinking of the importance of the morning court discussion today, he suppressed his anger and drove to the court.

Fortunately, he remembered that he should be able to get some help this morning, otherwise he really didn't want to go.

When he arrived at the court room, King Qi was seeing Xiao Mingrui coming in. When he saw him, he stepped up and asked with concern: "Brother, I heard that something happened to nephew Hao, how is it now? I was surprised when I heard the news yesterday." .”

King Qi was on fire in his heart, now he was annoyed seeing Xiao Mingrui's face, and said coldly: "I just accidentally fell into the water, and now I'm awake."

Xiao Mingrui smiled and said: "That's great. My little nephew is always smart. I'm worried about it. My father has always loved my little nephew. I'm sure I'm happy to hear this news. Big brother seems very tired, why are you here today?" towards?"

King Qi secretly hated and took pleasure in other people's misfortunes. Who knows if there is anything wrong with him.

It's just that he didn't find anything at all. After all, it was indeed a rivalry between wives and concubines on the surface, and he knew his wife's character well, so it was very possible to do such a thing.

Xiao Mingrui didn't care about his cold face, he rested alone in the court room, waiting for the morning court.

After a while, more and more officials came, and some who heard the news all looked at King Qi in whispers, their eyes flickering.

King Qi only felt that everyone seemed to be talking about his family affairs, and was very annoyed in his heart, but he just suppressed his anger and talked to the officials he made friends with.

Not every official has the right to go to court, and only those of a certain level can be listed in the Golden Luan Hall.

The palace is so big, and the civil and military divisions of the court are separated on both sides. Many officials standing at the end can't see what the emperor looks like. In addition, there are many old and dim-sighted people. If the emperor didn't wear a dragon robe and a yellow umbrella, he would stand They may not even recognize them in front of them.

Because today is to discuss the matter of conferring titles, the emperor has already discussed it with the cabinet scholars, but today is the final decision.

Therefore, when the early dynasty came, there was also Zongzheng of the clan mansion, and the clan kings were very lively.

Bells and drums rang outside, and all the officials went to court according to their titles.

Today is not a grand court meeting. The emperor does not have tigers and leopards driving the way, precious elephants driving cars, and guards from the habayashi crowd, but there are also guards of honor for the emperor, quiet whips clear the way, yellow umbrellas are covered, guards of honor are in full swing, golden melon warriors on both sides, big Han generals in the hall, Eunuch palace people, hundreds of officials stand upright, majestic weather.

When the emperor boarded the golden throne, today he was wearing a dragon robe with gold-woven five-clawed golden dragon embroidered on the chest, back and arms, and wearing a crown of double dragons grabbing pearls and wings. Ai Qing is flat."

As soon as the emperor asked people to get up, several courtiers came out to discuss how to deal with the memorials submitted to the emperor. The emperor discussed with the courtiers, but it didn't take long in fact.

All the ministers actually wanted to know about the emperor's canonization, but a few cabinet scholars refused to reveal anything, which made people very anxious.

At this moment, there was no one who was not open-eyed and continued to ask questions, so the minister of the Ministry of Rites stood up and asked the emperor about the conferment of the two kings.

At this time, the fourth prince Xiao Mingyan and the fifth prince Xiao Mingchen all came to the hall wearing the prince's court clothes, seeing people discussing this matter, they paid attention to it.

Although the power of the vassal kings has been greatly reduced after the elimination of the vassals, they can only guard the capital, but they can still have a lot of influence on the fiefdoms, and they can get part of their taxation and people's livelihood rights.

In the past, the king had never been sealed around the aristocratic family, just to prevent the prince from making friends with these aristocratic families.

Although there are too many marriages to enumerate, the power in the hometown of the local aristocrats is comparable to that of the local emperor, and the background is profound. If they are willing to help, it is possible to overthrow and cause chaos.

Emperor Jianwu listened to the words of the Minister of Rites calmly, his eyes swept over the officials like an eagle.

He glanced at the eldest son, the second son, the third son, the fourth son who couldn't hide his joy, and the fifth son who stared at the fourth son.

King Qi looked very calm. Hearing about his family's affairs, he seemed to have not had a good rest.

The second son's expression was indifferent, not surprised by favor or shame.

Emperor Jianwu narrowed his black eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"I have already read the several places proposed by the Ministry of Rites." Emperor Jianwu paused for a moment, and sure enough, seeing the sideways looks of the officials, he sneered in his heart. I'm so bored, I have to take a good look at the faces of these people today.

Also let them know who is their king, he is not dead yet, and they are fighting non-stop.

The way of an emperor cares about balance. He doesn't want any son to dominate, and he doesn't want to be a heir at the moment, but the courtiers don't agree. Because of this issue, he doesn't know how many times he has quarreled with the emperor.

What is the crown prince? The crown prince of a country, the future king, is the legal heir. As long as the crown prince is established, then the emperor is dead.

Just ask which emperor would like to have such a person in front of him, even if he is his own son.

Xiao Mingrui also lowered his eyes. Although he had some calculations in his heart, he was not so sure at the moment.

It's just that no matter what, he thought that with his father in front of him, he would definitely not let his fourth brother be named King Jin.

Emperor Jianwu said indifferently: "I have considered several places on the list, and chose two places. The fifth prince Xiao Mingchen was named the King of Qin, and the fourth prince Xiao Mingyan was named...the King of Wei."

King Wei?

All the courtiers were a little surprised, but felt that it was beyond reason and expected.

Also, how could the emperor let his son make friends with ministers?

Doesn't this bring hidden worries to the court?
King Qi's eyes jumped, and his heart fluctuated.

Before, he sent people to communicate with each other, and also got some news from the cabinet. His father was obviously discussing two places with King Qin and King Jin. Why did he suddenly change his mind today?
King Qi only felt that things were unexpected, he was a little surprised and surprised, and he was even a little angry that his plan had failed.

What's going on with this matter? Could it be that the father thinks that the queen is pregnant, so he has plans to have a son?

Or did the father never intend to make the fourth son Jinwang from the beginning?
King Qi only felt that everything was not going well, especially when he saw Xiao Mingrui's indifferent appearance like an old monk in meditation, he was very angry.

Looking at him like this, he seems to have a well-thought-out plan, and he knew about it a long time ago.

King Qi thought for a while. These ministers were all good people. Seeing the emperor speak, he obviously didn't intend to make the fourth prince King Jin. It seemed that this matter was a waste of time.

The fourth prince's expression changed, he wanted to stand up and say something, but was stopped by King Qi.

"Let's award rewards according to my wishes. Let's open the mansion and build the yamen. The House of Internal Affairs is in charge of the site selection and construction of the palaces of King Wei and King Qin. The Clan Mansion is responsible for matters related to the palace. I will allocate money from the internal treasury to the two of you to open the mansion. .”

"I thank my father for the reward. Long live my father." The fifth prince bowed down to Xie En with a smile.

The fourth prince was a little reluctant, Emperor Jianwu snorted coldly, and the surrounding air became cold: "Is King Wei dissatisfied?"

What he said is serious, if you, a prince, dare to be dissatisfied with the emperor, don't you have no king and no father?
King Qi's complexion changed, and he quickly pulled the fourth prince to kneel down: "Father, the fourth brother is just happy for a while, and I can't help it. My son, please forgive me."

When the fourth prince saw that his father was angry, although he was a bit stubborn, he didn't dare to restrain his anger with his father, so he immediately lowered his head.

Who knows that Emperor Jianwu smiled coldly: "I think he is very dissatisfied. Is it because I didn't reward him as a good prince, and he is not happy?"

The fourth prince was also taken aback, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "My son dare not, my son has no such intentions, please look into it clearly."

King Qi clenched his fist and saw the emperor suddenly go mad, why?
The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were also a little surprised. They didn't know why the emperor suddenly became angry. Was it a warning?

Emperor Jianwu snorted coldly: "There is no king or father. I think you are very brave. You go back and think about your mistakes behind closed doors. Don't jump up and down all day long."

King Qi trembled, he was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, and punishing his fourth brother, wasn't he warning him?
Could it be that making friends with courtiers these days, and thinking that they would contribute to the matter of encircling the fourth younger brother to be king of Jin, is it a trick of the emperor?

Otherwise, why did the father get so angry and start to make rumors, but now he has no intention of being named King Jin at all.

King Qi is not stupid, it's just that he was blinded by the interests before, so he didn't think of it for a while.

Now when I think of this, I suddenly break into a cold sweat.

Thinking of the fact that there are quite a few people in the court who have invited his fourth brother to be King Jin these days, so much so that in the end he thought that his father really had this intention, but he did not expect it to be so.

When King Qi saw his father's eyes, he felt that they were like lightning, which made people afraid to touch them, and suddenly a chill ran through his heart.

He is not the match of the father, this old fox got him in with one trick.

All the ministers dare not persuade, seeing that the emperor is furious, who would take the risk of going up to be stupid at this time?
The fourth prince Nuonuo dared not speak.

Xiao Mingrui stepped forward and said: "Father is happy and angry, the fourth younger brother has always been reckless, so if the father punishes him, if he gets angry, he will let the sons blame themselves for it."

Seeing this, the king of Chu stepped forward and said, "Yes, father, my son dares to ask father to appease his anger."

Seeing that he had paved the steps, Emperor Jianwu softened his expression, calmed down, waved his hands and said, "Okay, get up, I'm not interested in fussing with this kid."

He thought that his second son was very peaceful recently, and he was still devoted to serving the court, and he didn't participate in the recent robbery of the king's title, so he couldn't help being very satisfied.

As soon as Emperor Jianwu was happy, he rewarded King Luo and King Chu.

King Qi's face was not very good-looking, but he always put on a smiling face, and it was difficult for people to see his thoughts clearly at this moment.

The fourth prince stood aside, like an eggplant beaten by Shuang, being scolded by his father in public, it was embarrassing.

The fifth prince held back his laughter, gloating at his misfortune.

Sometimes he looked at the fourth brother with a smile, causing the fourth prince to turn his head and stare at him.

The two brothers were used to quarreling since they were young, and this time they still quarreled. If it wasn't for the concern that they were in the Golden Luan Hall, they might start fighting right away.

It's unlucky to be up this morning.

King Qi thought about it, and went down to court, but was called to the imperial study by his father.

Emperor Jianwu was reviewing the memorial. When he saw him, he didn't raise his eyes and asked, "What's going on in your mansion?"

King Qi's heart tightened, of course he knew that he couldn't hide this from others, but now his father knew about it.

He must be aware of the situation, if he hides it, I'm afraid...

"The concubine and the side concubine in the son's mansion were enjoying the scenery, and the concubine accidentally fell into the water. As a result, Brother Hao was at the railing and fell into the water."

He's talking about what's on the surface.

Emperor Jianwu frowned and said, "How is Brother Hao?"

"Last night, he had a high fever. By the morning of the court, he had already woken up from the fever."

Emperor Jianwu showed a smile, he still valued his eldest grandson very much, but when he mentioned this matter, he also said coldly: "How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house? The government, how to rule the world?"

The king of Qi said quickly: "I am guilty of my crime, but I am really ashamed of my negligence in discipline."

Emperor Jianwu snorted: "Back off."

King Qi couldn't figure out what the emperor meant, so he withdrew.

Emperor Jianwu waited for him to go, picked up a secret folder and looked at it, his eyes flickering.

"This son of mine...has a big heart."

He thought deeply, the smile on the corner of his mouth was very treacherous, a little cold and bitter.

Murong Wei took some time today and went to Jianning Bo Mansion.

She had never been to Jianningbo's mansion before, since her second sister married into Jianningbo's mansion, she was busy preparing for her marriage, and now that Murong Yue was pregnant, she went to visit with gifts and supplements.

When they arrived at the Jianning Bo Mansion, the family members who had already heard the news had come to welcome her, Murong Wei smiled wryly, if it wasn't for that, she would be willing to come here anyway, but she knew that she must have a lot of courtesy when she came to his house, so she felt uncomfortable.

Mrs. Jianningbo is in her forties, with a handsome appearance and a sense of grace. She wears a lavender double-breasted gauze trousers and a horse-faced skirt with a silver lanthanum border. Her eyebrows and eyes, it seems that her brother-in-law Qin Yongning must have followed her father, not like her mother.

Murong Yue also came to greet her, her complexion was still good, she greeted her with a smile: "The plums you gave me are delicious, I like them after eating."

"Second Sister, if she likes to eat, I'll ask someone to give you some."

In the main hall, Murong Wei also saw Qin Yao, and was very happy to see her: "But it's been a long time since I saw the princess. I wanted to visit the mansion, but I was afraid of being abrupt."

"That's great, I'm so bored staying in the palace every day, if my sister is free, come and play with me." Murong Wei said with a smile.

There were also quite a few people in Jianningbo's mansion, Murong Wei met them one by one, and the wife of the eldest son, Mrs. Sun, also warmly greeted her to come and play when she was free. Everyone exchanged greetings for a while, and Mrs. Jianningbo let her go to Murong Yue's place to rest.

Probably she also knew that their sisters had something to say.

Murong Wei helped Murong Yue into the room, Murong Yue said with a smile: "Don't look like this, I'm not weak."

Murong Wei shook her head and said: "You are pregnant now, so you have to pay attention to yourself, you can't be as indifferent as before. Especially in the first three months, you have to pay attention."

Murong Yue sat down on a rattan chair, "Sanmei, you really sound like someone who has experienced this."

"No, I have taken care of my mother before."

Murong Wei had seen the maid who served her tea. The maids of the Murong Mansion used to know Murong Wei, and they came up to greet her affectionately.

Xiangtao who came with Murong Wei smiled and took them to reminisce about the old days.

"Looking at you like this, you look pretty good, have you ever felt happy?"

Murong Yue shook her head: "Maybe the month is still young, and I don't feel much now. I'm not upset, but I can't get my spirits up recently."

"It's just in time for summer, and I'm pregnant again, so it will be like this."

She pretended to be joking and grabbed her elder sister's hand and said: "Come on, let my younger sister take your pulse and see the second sister's pulse."

Murong Yue couldn't help laughing, and scolded with a smile: "Where did you come from?"

Murong Wei said solemnly: "That's right, my sister has read a few medical books and wants to learn how to read the pulse. Maybe she will become a famous doctor in the future. Hey, second sister, don't move."

Murong Yue looked at her curiously and let her make trouble, she didn't believe that Murong Wei was good at medicine.

This can be learned by reading two medical books?
joke.

Murong Wei looked at the pulse for a while, and felt that Murong Yue's body was indeed good, and the pulse was also very good, nothing unusual, so she nodded.

"Well, the second sister's pulse is strong, and she will definitely give birth to a fat boy!"

"Okay, I'll borrow your good words." Murong Yue couldn't laugh or cry: "You are already married, why are you still so naughty? I really don't know how King Luo can stand you."

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows, "My sister is a virtuous and virtuous girl, how can the prince not accept it?"

Murong Yue stretched out her hand to scratch her: "Haha... you, you are so naughty..."

The two sisters laughed for a while, and Murong Yue said seriously: "It seems that Third Sister is having a very happy life now?"

Murong Wei smiled slightly: "How can I be happy every day? There are always things to worry about. But this person is not like this all his life. In fact, as long as there is heaven in his heart, even if he is in hell, he also feels that he is in heaven. Many things are like drinking water. Knowing whether you are warm or cold."

Seeing her appearance, Murong Yue aroused her thoughts, and nodded, "It's better for you to take it easy. I heard that there are some concubines in the palace, and they are afraid that you will be bullied. Now it seems that I am worried for nothing. Our third sister How can you be bullied? It’s good if you don’t bully others.”

"Isn't the second brother-in-law also very good?"

Just as Murong Yue was about to speak, a maid came in from outside, holding a tray with gold and red lacquer begonia flowers in her hand, and a sweet white porcelain fish bone bowl on it.

That maid looks pretty, she comes here gracefully, the clothes she wears are better than ordinary maids, she also wears a scarlet gold headgear on her head, she looks like a lady from a small family.

"Fourth young lady, it's time to use tonic."

Murong Yue smiled slightly, and said, "Lan Xiang, put down the medicine bowl."

The maid blinked her eyes: "Miss Si, it's best to drink this medicine while it's hot. The old lady has been very nervous about your body."

"I know, I have something to discuss with the princess, you go down."

Murong Yue's expression was already a little cold.

The servant girl glanced at Murong Wei, who was dressed in a graceful and luxurious manner, and lowered her head and said, "Your servant obeys."

Murong Wei's eyes flickered, she glanced at the bowl of tonic, and when the maid stepped back, she picked up the bowl of medicine.

This is just an ordinary tocolytic.

It's just that this servant girl has such an appearance and dares to speak like this in front of the mistress, but it's not quite right.

"Second sister, is this maid sent by Mrs. Jianningbo?"

Murong Yue smiled wryly and said, "Yeah...it's hard to describe in words. After the news of my pregnancy came out, my mother-in-law sent a nurse to take care of me and a maid to take care of me within a few days after I came back. On the surface, it was to take care of my daily life. I want my husband to take over the house. Because I am not physically able to serve my husband..."

Murong Wei fell silent.

This kind of thing abounds in rich families. If the mistress is inconvenient or pregnant, she usually lifts the maids around her to serve as bed servants.

Psychologically, she really can't accept it, but all the women here are like this. She can't change other people's minds, and she can only guarantee the situation of her own family.

"Shouldn't you choose from the girl next to you? Why did Mrs. Jianning send someone here? Second sister, what are you going to do? What does brother-in-law say?"

"This servant girl is old, so I'm afraid she's taken a fancy to her husband a long time ago. She's asking for a chance. My mother-in-law intends to fulfill her. What's more, my mother-in-law sent a girl over, can I not follow? Fortunately, my husband...he didn't agree. .”

Speaking of this, Murong Yue's fair face was also stained with a blush, and there was some tenderness on her face.

Murong Wei heaved a sigh of relief.

"Brother-in-law seems to really like my sister. It's just that this is not enough. If you let brother-in-law refuse, your mother-in-law may think that you are instigating behind her back, and she must think you are jealous, so she refuses to accept her. I Looking at this girl's attitude, it is obvious that she is also dissatisfied with you, and I think you are jealous, which is why she has been reluctant to accept the house."

Murong Yue nodded, "Why don't I know? It's just that I also have a very headache now."

All women in the world are the same. They all want to monopolize their husbands, but they don't want a woman to monopolize their sons.

"Brother-in-law treats you like this, sister must also cherish it. Is it difficult to say, easy to say. That maid wants to climb the dragon and the phoenix, climb the high branch, but this high branch may not be the brother-in-law? Dadu, brother-in-law, don't act like you want to protect you, you must act like you love your mother the most, and you don't forget your mother after marrying a daughter-in-law. In this way, one will sing the red face and the other will sing the bad face, you see whether your mother-in-law will defend you... "

She whispered something in Murong Yue's ear, and Murong Yue's eyes lit up, and she laughed out loud: "Third sister, Gao, second sister really admires you, those women in the palace, who are your opponents?" ah?"

(End of this chapter)