Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 219
Huo Mingzhu supported Yu Tong and walked slowly towards Qinghe Garden. Along the way, he also learned a lot about the family.

For example, Huo Zhengde has been with Yu Tong for half of the time in the past few months. Lin Ruyi has quarreled several times, and has gradually lost her influence with Mrs. Huo. However, they also sent someone to visit Mrs. Huo. According to Mrs. Huo's words, although the Pingyang Houfu does not interfere with the matter of taking concubines, such a thing can only be done once.

In other words, Huo Zhengde will not be able to take concubines in the future.

After hearing this, Huo Mingzhu said to Yu Tong with an apologetic face: "Mingzhu's grandmother loves her mother very much, Erniang, don't take it to heart."

"It's okay, I can't blame her for this matter." Yu Tong lowered her head slightly, thinking about it, she also knew that her status was humble, and she couldn't compete with people like the Pingyang Houfu. No matter whether she had thoughts or not, she had to endure it now.

Huo Mingzhu didn't want to interfere too much with the affairs of the General's Mansion, the water was already mixed up, and the fights among the people inside were already very exciting, she just had to watch the show.

However, this kind of verbal persuasion is always needed: "Second mother, Mingzhu felt that her father only had two daughters, and her family was thin. Knowing that your fate is so rich, she thought it would be great for you to become Mingzhu's second mother. Now you If you wish to become pregnant, this is the will of the Bodhisattva, what you have to do in the future is to protect the baby in your womb."

The reason why Huo Mingzhu said it so bluntly was to make Yu Tong feel at ease. Since the Marquis of Pingyang had allowed her to enter, they would definitely not do anything. What Yu Tong had to do was to make Huo Zhengde If the child is born safely, as long as the child is born, no matter male or female, they can keep Yu Tong's position in the general's mansion. Besides, Yu Tong is still young and beautiful. According to Huo Zhengde's frequent visits to her, the child will probably continue to be in the future. pregnant.

Only in this way, Lin Ruyi can't deal with her empty-handed, and she can find a way to earn a place in the palace with peace of mind.Huo Mingzhu was constantly measuring in her mind.

Taoist Baimei helped Huo Mingzhu. He refused to agree to Baili Zonglu's request, and directly entered the palace as a national teacher, and only provided Baili Zonglu with pills.This elixir needs to be practiced, but it cannot be done in a short period of time. Therefore, during this period, the variables are quite large.

"Even if the girl doesn't say it, Yu Tong knows how to do it. Now that the girl says so, Yu Tong will be at ease." Yu Tong was just as Huo Mingzhu thought, still worried about what the Huo Pingyang Marquis Mansion would do to her of.

Huo Mingzhu nodded and smiled, "I don't know if it's a boy or a girl."

"The old lady went to the doctor and said it was a boy." Yu Tong looked at Huo Mingzhu and said, her eyes were twinkling. Looking at her now, she was like a pure mother, purely looking forward to the baby in her belly. appearance.

Huo Mingzhu nodded again and again: "If it's really a boy, this time the General's Mansion will have someone to follow."

"Hush, don't make a loud noise, if Huaiyu hears it, there will be trouble again." Yu Tong stretched out his hand to cover Huo Mingzhu's mouth.

"Could it be that she often makes trouble?"

"Isn't that right, the eldest lady, the second lady will come to make trouble every now and then, and my aunt won't let us tell the old lady about it, hey, my aunt has a baby in her stomach, and she has been making trouble all day, should she take a rest?" " Yu Tong's maid, named Zhu'er, is obviously a protector.

Huo Mingzhu sighed: "Er Niang, I have wronged you."

"She knew she was going to say something, and if she didn't like it, I just didn't listen." Yu Tong smiled at Huo Mingzhu, and then said: "If you think about it, the crown prince's choice of concubine is right in front of you, and Huaiyu is the one." You often come to make trouble for me when you don't have time, I heard that the Empress Dowager intends to belong to Huaiyu."

Having said that, Yu Tong's voice lowered a lot, guessing the holy will, it can be said to be treasonous, and it is normal to lower your voice.

Huo Mingzhu raised her eyebrows: "Oh? The queen mother actually wants Huaiyu to be the princess, what does Huaiyu mean?" Huo Mingzhu only asked symbolically, she knew that Huo Huaiyu would definitely not agree, she loved it It is the law of the Nine Kings Baili.

Yu Tong shook his head: "The decree has not yet come down, but I don't know what to do. However, the matter of the prince's selection of concubines is true. I just don't know that the ladies in Shangjing are getting engaged and married one after another. It's really true." Strange."

"Is there such a thing?" Huo Mingzhu was surprised.

"I've been in this mansion all day long, and I only heard the maids' bad words. I don't know the truth. Neither did the old lady, nor did the master," Yu Tong said.

Huo Mingzhu thought to herself, this matter is probably true, and it would not be strange to think about it. The silly prince is so stupid. If it wasn't for the late queen, he would have been abolished long ago, not to mention that Huo Mingzhu knew the prince's fate. If you don't know, look at the situation, if the emperor is gone, it is still unknown whether the prince can become the emperor. Taking a step back, if the prince really inherits the throne, with his temperament, he may be controlled by others.With such a prince, who else is willing to marry?
"If the father hasn't come to the mansion to say it, then it's a matter of uncertainty. It doesn't matter if you don't say it. The prince's choice of concubine or not is not as important as the child in our erniang's belly. Also, this Qinghe The garden was completed and I haven't visited it properly, if I don't have to accompany Master for lunch today, I really want to stay here." Huo Mingzhu supported Yu Tong, and he had already walked to Qinghe Garden the door.

"If you can't come for lunch, why don't you have dinner?" Yu Tong laughed.

"Mingzhu is afraid that it will be inconvenient for her father to be here." Huo Mingzhu smiled.

"It's not inconvenient, it's convenient." Yu Tong blushed as he spoke.

Huo Mingzhu stayed in Yu Tong's Qinghe Garden for a while, then left.She knew so many things from Yu Tong's mouth, even though Yu Tong said that she was not sure yet, she was going to make sure.

Sending Fang Tieyi out to inquire about the news, he saw Lin Ruyi walking towards him. Huo Huaiyu didn't follow, and Huo Mingzhu didn't intend to dodge, and there was no need to dodge.

So with a smile on her face, she said to Lin Ruyi: "Mother, you are in such a hurry, maybe you have something important to do, Mingzhu has already returned to the house, if there is anything that is needed, just ask mother. "

Lin Ruyi glanced at Huo Mingzhu, her disgusted eyes were unrestrained: "Since you have already gone to the Taoist temple, then don't come back, what are you doing?"

Huo Mingzhu smiled instead of anger: "Mother, look at what you said, Mingzhu went to the Taoist temple to learn the art of alchemy. This golden elixir for strengthening the body is for the old lady. For the sake of filial piety, this practice has become Then I came back, how could I not come back, mother really loves to joke."

Lin Ruyi glared at Huo Mingzhu, snorted coldly, and then thought of what she was worrying about right now, and suddenly, she had an idea and thought about it.

She was worrying about the news that Huo Zhengde brought back. The queen mother wanted Huaiyu to be the crown prince, and she wanted to go to the East Palace to accompany the prince. That would be the candidate for the crown prince. The emperor only mentioned this to Huo Zhengde from the side. For a moment, he didn't make a direct decree, and the emperor just said that he wanted the Huo family's daughter, but didn't directly name Huo Huaiyu. This time, if he sent Huo Mingzhu there by himself, it would be inappropriate.Not to mention that Huo Mingzhu has already reached the age of Ji, even if she is the eldest sister, she is the first!

Thinking of Huo Huaiyu's appearance that he would rather die than surrender, it was inevitable to send Huo Mingzhu out, but at this time, he had to think long-term, so that no one could see the clue.

The important matter that Huo Mingzhu mentioned earlier was not known whether she already knew about the selection of the crown prince's concubine. For the sake of caution, Lin Ruyi decided to remain calm: "When you come back, you come back, but you don't come to greet your parents. What do you do? Why, is it dissatisfaction with my mother?"

"Mother really likes to joke, how dare she be dissatisfied with you, but the old lady asked Mingzhu to accompany her pregnant Erniang back to her Qinghe Garden, thus delaying time, no, I really want to go to Cai Yixuan." Huo Mingzhu said slowly She spoke slowly, as if explaining very carefully, people who didn't know thought that Huo Mingzhu was showing respect to Lin Ruyi.

Lin Ruyi listened, but it was very harsh. Huo Mingzhu picked out her sore spot and poked her. If she hadn't torn her face, it would be fine to say, just bear it, but at this moment, she couldn't bear it no matter what, and wanted to give it to her. Huo Mingzhu taught her a lesson, but at this moment she is outside, and her relationship with Huo Mingzhu is usually filial to her mother and son, so for a while, she really didn't know how to get angry.

But after another thought, after a few days, pushing Huo Mingzhu to be the prince's accompanying student would be a small punishment for her.

At that moment, Huo Mingzhu just snorted and left.

That night, Fang Tieyi brought the accurate news to the meeting.

Just as Yu Tong said, when the famous families in Shangjing heard the news about the selection of the concubine, they all expressed that they were already engaged, even if they were not engaged, they all took out some unknown tokens of engagement. , then changed the words, and let each family choose a daughter who has never been engaged to enter the palace, and accompany the prince to study, and this accompanying student is the candidate for the crown princess!

After hearing Fang Tieyi's words, Huo Mingzhu fell into deep thought.

In the previous life, the prince's death had a lot to do with the accompanying reading, because in the previous life, she only knew to keep her eyes on Baili Zonglu and couldn't see everything around her, so she only knew The prince's murder was related to the accompanying student, but he didn't know anything about how he was killed.

As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's lair, you won't get a tiger's cub. If you want to prevent Baili Zonglu from usurping the throne, the prince must have nothing to do. Therefore, if she can enter the palace to do this accompanying reading, it would be the best thing.

Thinking of this, Huo Mingzhu had a plan in mind.

And at this moment, in Huo Huaiyu's Zhuoyu Pavilion, Huo Huaiyu is pleading to Lin Ruyi: "Mother, I don't want to marry that prince, he is stupid, but you don't know, that day in that temple, he Seeing me and my sister, I blushed and almost tripped to the ground. I don’t want to marry such a fool. I like the Ninth Prince, mother, please help me, sister, sister is not Do you like the prince, just let her marry her, so that she won't come to snatch the Ninth Prince."

When Lin Ruyi heard this, she hurriedly stopped Huo Huaiyu: "My son, keep your voice down, are you afraid that others won't hear you? I'm also thinking about this matter. I also know that you don't like the prince. I'm not thinking about it. ."

"Really, mother, you are too kind to me." After hearing this, Huo Huaiyu was a little relieved.

When she heard the news, she was terrified. She really thought she was going to marry that silly prince!If mother is willing to help her, she can avoid becoming a princess.

"It's just that I don't know if Yu'er will listen to her mother." Lin Ruyi said with a serious face.

"Listen, as long as mother says, I'll listen, as long as I'm not allowed to marry that stupid prince." Huo Huaiyu said hastily.

"Then from now on, you can lie in bed and don't get up, can you do that?" Lin Ruyi said.

"Ah, I understand. If I'm sick and linger on the bed, then I won't be able to be the crown princess." Huo Huaiyu suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)