Concubine Sheng Chong

Chapter 53 How Can You Compare With The Queen Mother
Seeing Concubine Li coming, the palace servants of Yingxia Palace knelt on the ground, secretly thinking that they were lucky, if the princess went to Linqiu Palace to mess around again, probably Concubine Li would not let them go.

When Princess Huaishu saw Concubine Li, she froze and bowed her knees to salute.

"Mother..."

"Come in with me!"

Speaking of this, Concubine Li said to the palace people in one place: "Get up, if the princess does not listen to the advice in the future, it will be reported by Linqiu Palace."

A group of palace people hurriedly kowtowed to thank them.

After entering the inner room, Princess Huai Shu sat angrily on a jade stool covered with a wolf fur mattress.

"Mother, I don't want to marry that bastard!"

Concubine Li said sharply: "Nonsense! When did your marriage allow you to speak?!"

"Mother concubine!"

"You're already old enough! Are you still so ignorant? Could it be that the concubine mother and elder brother will harm you?"

Princess Huai Shu turned her head angrily, "You only know about your great affairs! But I just want to marry someone who is worthy of me!"

Concubine Li touched her shoulders, this young and beautiful face still had a bit of her own appearance.

It's just when did I spoil her into such a ignorant look!
"You're a princess! You're not a random woman from the people! Even the daughter of an ordinary family can't control your own marriage. How can you be so beautiful and choose a son-in-law by yourself?!"

Princess Huai Shu wiped her tears and cried: "Only Father really loves me! You only know that big brother, for him, you will push me into the pit of fire?!"

Concubine Li was stunned for a moment, and her face darkened in an instant.

How did I teach my daughter to look like this!

Seeing that she was silent, Princess Huaishu cried even more fiercely.

"Concubine Mother, send me to the imperial tomb! I would rather guard the tomb for my father!"

Concubine Li's face became even more gloomy, she raised her hand and slapped her.

"Are you really lawless?! Without my will in the future, you can't come out of this Yingxia Palace!"

Concubine Li shook her sleeves and walked away with a gloomy face.

Princess Huaishu covered her cheeks in a daze.

From birth to now, when has he ever been beaten?

Now the concubine mother is so cruel for her elder brother?

She thought of the kindness her father had treated her during his lifetime, so she rushed to the bed and burst into tears.

All the palace people hesitated at the door of the inner room, no one dared to provoke Princess Huaishu at this time.

In the imperial garden, Emperor Yongning looked at Princess Huaiqing in front of him.

"Sister Huang is saying that Concubine Li intends to give Huai Shu to Xu Junyan?"

Princess Huaiqing flicked the fallen leaves on her shoulders, her delicate face was a little angrily, "The Yingxia Palace is very noisy, thanks to Huaishu's noisy temperament, otherwise Concubine Li would have kept it a secret, we wouldn't Was it kept in the dark?"

Emperor Yongning lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Concubine Li probably saw that she valued Xu Junyan and planned to win him over?
To think of marrying Huai Shu is a waste of money.

Xu Junyan is indeed a man of good looks and character, more than enough to be a son-in-law, but Xu Junyan is not what they can think of.

"Don't worry, Huangjie, I will not stand by and watch this matter."

Princess Huaiqing nodded, "I just can't see them like that."

Emperor Yongning smiled lightly and said, "Sister Huang is going to get married early next year, so the Xiao family in Lanling are very anxious."

Thinking of the various things from Jiangnan that Xiao Ziyan sent every year for food, Huai Qing blushed and said angrily, "I'll go and pay my respects to the empress."

After speaking, his expression became gloomy again. The queen mother has not been out of the Buddhist hall for many years, but this harem is firmly controlled by a concubine.

Emperor Yongning nodded, "I will finish approving the papers in a while, and I will also go to the Jingxin Hall to pay my respects."

In the meditation hall, the quiet scent of sandalwood wafted up. The Queen Mother, dressed in a moon-white fine-grained shirt, was kneeling on the futon and praying to a Jade Buddha.

A nun entered the inner room after reporting, "Empress Dowager, there is a high probability that this matter is true, and the Yingxia Palace is full of trouble."

The Buddhist beads in the Queen Mother's hand paused, and she opened her eyes, her face, which was clean and beautiful without any makeup, was suddenly stained with gloom.

"Bullshit!"

The Queen Mother has always been gentle and peaceful for many years, but this nanny was startled and quickly knelt down.

"The Queen Mother forgives her sins!"

Only then did the Queen Mother realize her gaffe, "Get up, it has nothing to do with you."

The nanny was very puzzled, "Is the Queen Mother angry with Concubine Li?"

The Queen Mother sighed, "Go and invite the Holy Majesty."

Mammy was dumbfounded. For so many years, this is the first time that the Queen Mother has offered to see the Holy Majesty, right?
She quickly nodded in response, got up and was about to go out.

"Huaiqing pays my respects to my mother."

Nanny turned around and saw that it was Princess Huaiqing, she saluted quickly, and then went out.

The Queen Mother has recovered her expression, and continues to turn the beads in her hand.

"Have you prepared Huaiqing's dowry?"

Princess Huaiqing nodded, "You don't have to worry, Empress."

She was calm on the face, but she sighed in her heart, no matter how ignorant Huai Shu was, she was supported by Concubine Li.

But since the emperor's father passed away, the queen mother has entered the meditation hall, ignoring the affairs of the harem, and it will be even more difficult for them to come from the same line.

It is said that the queen mother is the daughter of the royal family, but who knows that it is nothing more than a green lantern accompanying the ancient Buddha, and so what if Chengyou is the emperor, isn't it difficult to gain a foothold now?
The Lanling Xiao family has a prominent position in the south of the Yangtze River, and this marriage also hopes to stabilize the situation in the south of the Yangtze River for Chengyou.

Looking at the Queen Mother who was meditating on the Buddha, Huaiqing sighed, saluted and left.

After so many years, she has learned to face it by herself. Thinking about it this way, she should thank her mother for not pampering herself like Huai Shu.

But when I saw Huai Shu, I was always a little worried, probably because of some jealousy.

When Emperor Yongning came, the three sticks of incense on the incense table were about to burn out.

After saluting, he stepped forward to relight the three incense sticks, and inserted them into the gilt incense burner on the incense table.

"The queen mother called her son to come, but what orders do you have?"

Emperor Yongning obviously had joy in his voice.

The Queen Mother glanced at the incense burning again in the censer, and sighed inwardly.

"Did you hear that Concubine Li is going to marry Huai Shu?"

Emperor Yongning was stunned for a moment.

The queen mother never asked about the affairs of the harem, how could she care about Huai Shu's marriage now?

"My son just heard about this."

The Queen Mother raised her head and glanced at Emperor Yongning, "This is absolutely impossible!"

Emperor Yongning frowned, "What does the empress mean?"

How could the queen mother, who had always lived reclusively, suddenly take care of such things?

The Queen Mother thought carefully for a moment, and then replied lightly: "Concubine Li has always been ambitious, if the Holy Majesty follows her will, the Ai family thinks it is inappropriate."

Seeing that the Queen Mother was going to sit down, Emperor Yongning quickly helped her up, and sat on the twig beside her.

"I understand that the third young master of the Xu family is also my right-hand man, and I will definitely not let her succeed in this matter."

The Queen Mother took a deep look at him, and asked lightly: "Is the government affairs still in order now?"

Emperor Yongning nodded, "The queen mother doesn't have to worry about her children."

The purple and gold embossed incense burner on the tall table beside him exhaled a calming fragrance, but Emperor Yongning couldn't calm down at this moment.

But I couldn't figure it out, how could this incident alarm the calm-hearted Queen Mother.

After saying a few words, the Empress Dowager personally sent Emperor Yongning out of the Jingxin Hall, staring at his back in shock for a while.

Chengyou, you should be this tall...

Emperor Yongning turned his head and saw the side face of the Queen Mother when she turned around. Although she was about to be a beauty, she still had a beautiful appearance.

For a moment, he had an illusion.

He actually felt that this profile was somewhat similar to Xu Junyan's!

After turning pale with shock, he shook his head heavily. He was confused after all. How could Xu Junyan, a concubine of An Guogong's mansion, be compared with the Queen Mother of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

Xu Ming hurried into the study in the bamboo forest side courtyard of Duke Anguo's mansion.

"Master, there may be changes in Jiangnan!"

Xu Junyan put down the brush in his hand, frowned and said, "What's going on?"

Xu Ming lowered his voice, "The Prince Xuan's Mansion has been making frequent moves recently, and the Renxing Bank has transferred a lot of money. Treasurer Wen means that the Prince Xuan's Mansion may be secretly recruiting soldiers!"

Xu Junyan looked at a pair of words with wet ink on the table.

Jiangnan has nothing, just give a sprig of spring.

"Oh? King Xuan can't sit still?" It seemed that Jiang Nan might not be safe.

Jiangnan has always been unstable. There is Prince Xuan's Mansion and the Xiao Clan in Lanling, neither of which is a simple role.

Xu Junyan pressed the words with a paperweight, and asked, "Is there any connection between King Xuan and Luoyang?"

Xu Ming replied: "Prince Xuan's mansion sent Prince Duan a concubine Ji."

It's really nothing to send a few concubines to Gaomen Xungui.

Xu Junyan pondered for a moment and said, "Is there any movement from Wang Zhao?"

Xu Ming thought for a while, "I heard that the eldest son of the Minister of the Ministry of War is engaged to a legitimate daughter of the Wang family, and Najib is already married. I heard that the marriage date is set in three months."

three months?Wang Zhao was really impatient.

"Has the news of King Xuan reached Wang Zhao?"

Xu Ming shook his head, "This is all the news that Lao Wen got from Jiangnan, and the letter from Feige is the fastest."

Xu Junyan smiled lightly and said, "Think of a way to let Wang Zhao know."

Xu Ming was puzzled and said: "We got the news first, how did you take advantage of him?"

Xu Junyan smiled and shook his head, "We still have to rely on Grand Master Wang to give us a way."

Although Xu Ming didn't understand very well, he still nodded and went out.

Anyway, the master never missed what he said.

"Miss, this is from the front yard."

Xueyan held a brocade box and handed it to Jiang Jinyan who was sitting on the couch and teasing Xiao Jincheng.

"Oh? Where did you send it? What is it?"

Xueyan smiled and said: "Master Xu San from the Duke's Mansion of Anguo sent someone to deliver it, I think it seems to be tea."

Xu Junyan?
What did he bring tea for?
Jiang Jinyan put his arm around Jin Cheng and opened the brocade box with the other.

Lanxi Maofeng?

When I invited him to drink tea at Yunfeng Tea House, I ordered this Lanxi Maofeng, but the Lanxi Maofeng in this box seems to be more superior.

Is he paying back?Reciprocity?

She shook her head with a smile, and said to Xue Yan: "What the third young master Xu, now I'm going to call General Xu."

Xueyan closed the brocade box, and said with a smile: "I see that General Xu is so good-looking, and he is an indomitable general, so he will not be granted the title of Marquis or Prime Minister in the future? How does he look like a concubine!"

"Nonsense, are outsiders allowed to talk nonsense? Put this tea away."

Xueyan curled her lips, teased the caretaker by the couch for a while, and then went out with the brocade box.

Jiang Jinyan couldn't figure it out, what kind of person is this Xu Junyan?
They have known each other for two lifetimes but they seem to have never seen him clearly.

She laughed at herself. In her previous life, she was so focused on Zhou Chengrui that she had no other thoughts about Xu Junyan.

Little Jin Cheng in his arms saw that she was not moving, and started babbling again.

Jiang Jinyan quickly hugged him and shook him a few times, and said with a smile, "You... this life is going to be a good one, as long as the rest of your life is safe."

Xiao Jincheng just grinned, not knowing whether he was smiling or agreeing, dancing happily.

Be careful when he heard that he was moving a lot, then hid further away with a meow.

At this time, Wang Zhaozheng was in the study with a gloomy face, and Wang Qingduan, who was standing opposite, also frowned and said nothing.

"It's really unreasonable! If Jiangnan is in trouble, why should he send Fang Zhengyuan there?"

Wang Zhao was all about suppressing the Fang family, so there was no room for the Fang family to make another contribution. The Fang family's army had the same morale, and it didn't disintegrate after so long.

Let him send troops again, I am afraid he will not be able to suppress it.

"Father, King Xuan is just recruiting soldiers, how could it be so serious?"

Wang Zhao glanced at his own son-in-law. After all, this is not the material, that's all, let's talk about it after sitting on the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.

"King Xuan was not stable when Emperor Xian was alive. If I hadn't acted decisively to help Emperor Yongning take the throne, hmph, I'm afraid that King Xuan would be able to force the palace!"

King Xuan is the elder brother of Emperor Yong'an. After being confiscated to Jiangnan, he occupied the precious land of Jiangnan, and now he is using Renxing Bank to amass wealth from wealthy businessmen in the territory.

"Is father too surprised?"

It's just recruiting soldiers, just like raising dead soldiers is a serious crime, but there are many people who raised dead soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even their royal family has hundreds of dead soldiers.

"What do you know? Go and invite me Meng Tian from Xuanwu camp."

(End of this chapter)