Prosperous Glory

Chapter 45

A Yuan was really disgusted by Mrs. Li Guogong.

She has seen the white lotus before, and there are plenty in the harem, whichever one you want, whichever one you want, but it's the first time she has seen the saint put on such a posture in front of him.Shaking his little fat, A Yuan plunged headlong into the arms of the saint, and felt that his uncle's body was also shaking. Obviously, he was also disgusted, and he felt sympathetic in his heart. A look at such a poor uncle, but the sage suddenly laughed over his head. Afterwards, Fang said flatly, "I never thought that I and my mother, queen, and queen would stay up all night just to watch you idiots!"

"Saint!" Li Guogong asked the saint to give him a fool's name, and his face turned pale at this moment.

"The eldest brother's qualifications are mediocre, and he is still a son-in-law. He just doesn't have a title. In the future, when he has a son, the saint will give him a title for the sake of the princess. Why bother to earn the title with the second brother?" A Yuan poked his head out, and saw the terrified face of Mrs. Li Guogong's graceful face, as if she had seen a ghost, and knew that it was just a rhetoric she had with Li Guogong when she wanted to win the title. Thinking about the scene at that time, and thinking about it, if this woman is so pitiful like pear blossoms and rain, it is really possible for Duke Li to tell her to talk, so he whispered, "Bad!" Boy, she's going to call it "slut" now.

The sage looked at the little fat boy in his arms with big round eyes and bulging mouth, just as cute as a little hamster, so he hugged A Yuan and whispered, "A Yuan doesn't like it, Uncle Huang Send A Yuan to sleep on the back?" Calling A Yuan here, the sage naturally has his own intentions.As a favored princess in the palace, A Yuan has only seen the kindness of others, which was fine when he was at his knees, and he could always protect her, but what about after marriage?There are always many people with good faces and evil hearts. Where he can't see, this child suffers like the fourth princess, but what should I do?

Tell her to see it early, so that she can understand the world better in the future.

It's just that the sage couldn't bear to see Ah Yuan's anger at this time.

Li Guogong did not expect that the words between the husband and wife would be heard by the saint. At this time, he was inexplicably terrified and had a premonition of impending disaster. Zhong Yi lit up, and said tremblingly, "What the sage said is that today is just a family matter, why make the princess look scared?" Then he pushed his wife who was stunned to the side, seeing that she no longer knew what expression to show He just scolded, "Don't you plead guilty to the saint?!" Does he really like this wife, or does he not want her to be disliked by the saint?

"Okay." Seeing A Yuan shaking her head vigorously, the saint stroked the top of her hair, and then propped his chin and said lightly, "A good stepmother who loves children, I have seen it!"

"What is the emperor talking about with these two scoundrels!" The Empress Dowager only told Li Guogong and his wife to be so shameless that they trembled with anger, and said sharply, "Seize the title, seize the title!"

"Queen mother, calm down." The saint has always been a gentle person. At this time, he only bent down to look at Li Guogong who was lying on the ground powerlessly in the voice of the queen mother, and said in a low voice, "When you rebelled against the king, I will do it. Quite a few families have let Duke Li's mansion go alone, do you know why?"

"Your Majesty is so benevolent, I can't bear it..." Thinking that he really didn't value this saint cousin before, Duke Li forced a smile.

"It's not to save a few deaths." The corner of the saint's mouth showed a sarcasm smile, squinting his eyes and looking at Li Guogong who was trembling in front of him, and said with a warm smile, "It's because of my aunt, I can't bear my aunt for something like you." Sad, I just let you go. Otherwise, I haven’t paid attention to the mansion of Liguo. Look, you are still dreaming!" Hearing the little A Yuan in his arms laughing, the saint only felt that this What a bad girl, but she crawled outside excitedly, and pushed A Yuan, who wanted to see the distorted face of Duke Qing, to the outside, then took a sip of tea, and smiled at the little fat boy's eyes eager to continue .

"Auntie!" Duke Li saw that the saint's expression was unkind, so he turned his head and rushed towards the Queen Mother, wanting to fight for a chance, but was pressed to the ground by the inner eunuch, and the Queen Mother closed her eyes, just ignoring her, calling He was desperate.

A Yuan graciously blew the tea cup in the saint's hand to cool down, very flattering.

Seeing this fat boy busy, the sage just found it interesting, paused, and looked at Li Guogong, but he seemed to be holding a knife.

"The Mansion of Liguo has been passed down for hundreds of years, and the credit of our ancestors for their hard work and horses has long been gone. It is now so beautiful, it is all thanks to my aunt. Do you think that I will not be able to manage the mansion for you? Aunt," he sighed softly. Said loudly, "Back then when I asked to marry Xianyang, I had selfish intentions. I knew it. It's just that I believed in my aunt's character and was able to treat my concubine well, so I married the princess. I didn't expect to become the target of your schemes. ? Jumping up and down, can you put me in your eyes?"

"No." Mrs. Li Guogong said with only tears in her eyes, with a weak and sad face, "Brother, I really care about nurturing. The minister's wife has selfish intentions in this matter, but the saint is above, and the minister's wife does not care about it." Dare to tell the truth, who doesn't care about such a great title? The eldest brother's heir would have the title, so why should the second brother watch all this and come out of the mansion to separate the family in the end?! It's not fair! " After finishing speaking, he just fell down beside Duke Li and wept mournfully.

"Since I have become a stepwife, I have to prepare for my son not to be as old as the former wife's first son." The queen watched coldly, and saw that this woman was still beautiful even though she shed tears. All kinds of distinctions made people slightly surprised, but After the sage chatted up, he didn't want to spend too much time talking with a woman. He just met A Yuantou and read the prescription left by the imperial physician together. After discussing in a low voice, he said in the eyes of Mrs. Li Guogong who raised her head in shock, "This rich and honorable man is the one who wants to be rich and honored." , it wasn’t yours in the first place, and it’s just ridiculous to try so hard to plot a glory that doesn’t belong to you, and it’s still plausible now!”

Although the queen came from a low family background, the sages have always respected and cared for her all these years. There are very few people in the harem who dare to compete with her.

"I just made Mrs. Tai fall ill with anger," the queen didn't know why Mrs. Tai was ill, but this did not prevent her from conveniently putting the shit bowl on the heads of Duke Li and his wife, and said with a smile, "This It is already unfilial! It is unfaithful to rush against the imperial court again! Unfaithful and unfilial people, how can they be in charge of the government of Liguo? The courtiers implore Your Majesty, for the sake of the imperial family and nobles in Beijing, stop criticizing and decree to seize Jue, Jingzhong was also awakened."

"Seizing the title makes my aunt feel uneasy." The sage paused, seeing that there were no rare medicinal ingredients on the prescription. Obviously, although Mrs. Li's illness was menacing and frightening, it was not harmful, so he put it down. In his heart, he only spoke lightly to the Liguo who was shaking his head desperately, "For the sake of my aunt, I will give Liguo's mansion a face, you," he said with his eyes narrowed, "please give the order to the noble, the former I won’t pursue the matter any further.” After finishing speaking, he got up and hugged A Yuan and walked to the Empress Dowager whose face was slightly relaxed, and said respectfully, “Auntie is fine, if Empress Mother is worried, I will only send people to the Duke’s Mansion tomorrow. Go and see my aunt."

"I listen to the emperor." The saint's filial piety is much stronger than the "gifted" Li Guogong in front of him.The Empress Dowager's face became much gentler, she only patted the saint's hand, seeing A Yuan biting her fat finger without speaking, but her eyes were red from staying up all night, she couldn't help feeling distressed, she just sighed, "You are all good , Ai’s family can be regarded as blessed with descendants.” Seeing the sage smiled, he didn’t say much, so he touched A Yuan’s little face and said, “Where is A Yuan?”

"Minger, Minger, A Yuan went to visit Mrs. Tai, and was worried." A Yuan pointed to his heart and whispered.

Although Duke Li wins the title, everyone is happy, but it is a sad thing for Mrs. Tai to have such a son and the fourth son-in-law to have such a father.

She would rather be ordinary than live a "wonderful" life in the eyes of others.

Seeing A Yuan's little head drooping feebly, the queen mother felt sorry for her elder sister and her granddaughter, and seeing that Li Guogong became even more angry, she said coldly, "From now on, you will go to another courtyard, and there is no intention of mourning your family." , Duke Li’s mansion, you are not allowed to go back!” Naturally, you have to do things to the end, and you have to do everything you want. How can it be?At that time, the Duke of Li's mansion was in chaos again.Thinking of this, the queen mother felt disgusted, and said coldly, "Take your beloved daughter-in-law and don't come back!"

"No!" Mrs. Li Guogong saw that it had come to such a point that ten years of painstaking efforts were all lost with just one imperial decree. She rushed over with red eyes, and screamed when she was stopped by the inner prisoner, " Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager! Eldest brother is the child in your heart, and second elder brother is shedding the same blood as you!" Seeing the empress dowager was startled, she just wailed loudly, "Princess, be a prince, elder brother You have everything, you and the old lady have worked hard to plan for the eldest brother, but you can’t ignore the second brother! That child is really smart and cute, look at him, look at him!"

At the end of the crying, she just wanted to go crazy. Such love for her son made the queen feel unbearable.

"If madam really loves her child so much, why did she have to be a stepmother back then and make her son inferior?" A Yuan couldn't help but ask.

If it wasn't for planning for the duke's title, Mrs. Li Guogong could have been the original spouse for someone. Maybe she wasn't as prosperous and rich as Li Guogong's mansion, but she wouldn't make her son inferior to her original wife's son.

The cries of Mrs. Li Guogong's wife stopped abruptly amidst the child's words.

Staring blankly at Princess Rongshou with clear eyes in the arms of the saint, Mrs. Li felt that she had been seen through.

Why do you want to be a stepmother?
It's not because of her superior sister-in-law!Obviously she is more considerate, obviously she is more popular with Li Guogong who was not married at the time, obviously she is more beautiful and outstanding!But just because the sister-in-law is a concubine, she is a concubine, and she was born to take away a good marriage, stepping on her heart and marrying into the mansion of the Duke of Li, which she had always dreamed of!

Why?

Mrs. Li Guogong is kind and loving. My sister-in-law is pregnant when she enters the door. She hates it so much that she curses day and night.She said that the son who took care of her sister-in-law married into the Liguo Duke's mansion as the successor to the man she liked. She has been satisfied for more than ten years, and her children are around her knees. stab!
The noble title in the mansion should have belonged to her son, but this child took it.Back then his mother took her man away, and now he came to take away her son's future, how could she bear it? !
But the old lady was so eccentric that she actually asked such a mediocre child to favor the third princess, and suppressed her on the spot.Princess Tianxing hadn't conceived for several years, and now she saw that everything was going well, but she was completely broken tonight.

"A Yuan is sleepy." Seeing Mrs. Li Guogong's wife slumped on the ground, she didn't know what to think, she didn't even cry, she just felt bored, so she pouted and said in a low voice, "Tomorrow, tomorrow. "Mrs. Tai is fine, and a group of people are still staying up all night for these two?No kidding!Not to mention the empress dowager, the sage goes to court every day, isn't he very tired?

"Drag on." The queen mother only stretched out her hand to hug A Yuan, and told the maid who was worried that she couldn't carry her to go away, and then said to the saint, "You don't need to worry about your aunt's affairs in the future." Worried, there are all mourners. Ahead," she said with unconcealed disgust, "ahead, the emperor just wants to tell him to hurry up!" After finishing speaking, she said in a warm voice with A Yuan, "Sleep with the emperor's grandmother tonight." , while leading the palace servants straight away, only asking the sage to clean up the mess with a face of helplessness, that's all.

A Yuan only slept with the Queen Mother, thinking of the Queen Mother in his heart, he was uneasy after all, so he couldn't sleep, woke up at dawn, only waited for the Queen Mother to get up, then quickly put on his small clothes and followed the Queen Mother's side.

The queen mother saw that the little fat boy had chosen simple moon white clothes, so she nodded her head, and then heard that the queen and concubine De led the five princesses to pay her respects outside, and sighed with A Yuan, "The queen didn't do anything last night. Sleep, come early this morning, it's really hard."

"The emperor's mother can't see that the emperor's grandmother is safe today, how can she feel at ease?" A Yuan said while holding the queen mother's arm.

"It's true and false, you can only see clearly at this time." The reason why the queen mother is satisfied with the queen is because the queen's heart is indeed sincere, not obedient to the "queen mother" on the surface. At this time, she said with a smile on her face, "Concubine De, is also good." Although she is no more than a queen in her heart, it still has some weight.

Concubine De has always acted cautiously and courteously, putting the empress first, and she does not compete for favor. A Yuan always felt that Concubine De had never put her mind on saints, but was just a qualified decoration.At this time, I heard what the queen mother said, and my heart was moved. I only held the queen mother's hand and said, "Since my childhood, my wife has loved the fifth emperor sister and A Yuan the most. Today, the emperor's grandmother gave me a favor and asked us sisters to go together." Look at the guy who made the fourth princess cry yesterday, what happened to him.However, A Yuan sighed in his heart.

She had originally proposed with the fifth princess, thinking that the fourth son-in-law would come up with a bitter plan first, but she firmly resisted Li Guogong's mouth, telling him not to put the crime of disobedience on the fourth son-in-law.Afterwards, she will challenge her stepmother to seek a title.But he didn't expect that these tricks of the Hou Zhai would be broken so easily in front of the absolute imperial power.This made A Yuan have a deeper understanding of imperial power in his heart.

She also has something in her heart.

As a princess, the backer behind her is a very reliable saint who loves her children very much, so why do you have to cry and cry when things happen, and call a servant to scare you?Once there is something unfair, just go to the backer to complain about your grievances, and if you don't deal with it, you can find a way by yourself, and your life will be much happier and easier.

Just as he was wandering in the sky, A Yuan had asked the Queen Mother to lead him out of the bedroom, and saw the Queen and Concubine De sitting on the seat talking in a low voice, the Queen and Concubine De and the Queen Mother greeted each other, and A Yuan greeted the two elders, and everyone sat down , A Yuan shrank next to the fifth princess, and heard her whisper, "I heard that last night, our palace was very lively." The fifth princess said while seeing A Yuan yawning a little, with black eye circles, and said distressedly , "I didn't sleep well yesterday, you got up so early, do you still want to go to court with the emperor?" Then she asked the maid to take a veil and put it on A Yuan's eyes.

"Don't talk about it, except Mrs. Tai is worrying people, I really know it." A Yuan only raised his head and asked the fifth princess to cover his eyes, and then said with a smile, "Sister Huang came here so early, I think she also knows something? "

"The queen mother came out of the imperial grandmother's palace last night, so she invited the concubine mother over." The fifth princess said with bright eyes, "I want to see the fourth sister, but how can I tell the imperial grandmother?"

"I'm done begging." A Yuan said with a smirk, "Compared to giving charcoal in a timely manner, Ben Gong, Ben Gong prefers to add insult to injury!"

"I think so too!" The fifth princess had the same smirk on her face as A Yuan, and when they glanced at each other, they felt that the other party was really their confidant.

The fourth princess has been wronged for so many times, if you don't see the final fate of these bad guys, and step on them, why don't you feel at ease?

A pair of sons and sisters were talking head to head in the shadows, and the queen said softly, "The concubine has prepared the best medicinal materials, and is waiting to go to the mansion of Duke Li. I don't know what else the queen mother wants to bring to Mrs. Tai?" Seeing the small appearance of the two maids, both of whom were suffocating, she shook her head in her heart, frowned slightly, and said, "Mr. Li is currently in great chaos, and when A Yuan and Fushou pass by, they might collide, why don't we ask Xiaosi to follow? "The little four in her mouth is Feng Ming who always felt that the first meeting was not perfect, and now he is concentrating on being an otaku at home and wondering how to make his sweetheart look at him differently.

"Xiao Si, he is a good candidate." Feng Ming treats the sisters sincerely, he went as a prince, he can control the place and support the fourth princess, fifth princess and A Yuan, the queen mother feels very satisfied, Appreciated, "You are still considerate."

"This, Concubine De reminded me." The Queen didn't take credit for it, she just pushed out Concubine De who was silent at the side, and when she saw the Empress Dowager nodding her head, she said in a low voice, "There is still something I want to tell the Empress." Seeing the Empress Dowager nodding, she Then he said, "It's been five years since the last draft. Now, shouldn't it be drafted again, with the intention of enriching the harem?" Seeing that the Queen Mother frowned, she could only resist her reluctance and said, "The concubine in the palace Concubine, they are all old people, this..." It is inevitable that it is not new, and the sage doesn't like it.

"What did the emperor say?" The queen mother only asked A Yuan and the fifth princess to have breakfast, and asked herself while drinking tea.

"The sage said that there are many concubines in the palace, and there is no rush to show off the girls." The queen felt a little more open when she thought that the sage didn't want to take any more concubines, and she just whispered, "It's just this rule..."

"Enriching the harem is to prolong the offspring." The queen mother saw that the queen's face was generous and generous, but as a woman, who would like to welcome new people to share her husband's favor?After all, I felt pity for the queen in my heart, and said softly, "Nowadays, there are many princes and daughters in the palace. This is all thanks to you. The nobleman is still pregnant with one. There are indeed many concubines in the harem now, and the emperor's thoughts should not be used on In the harem, this is outrageous." Seeing the empress standing up to plead guilty, she smiled and said, "Where is this your fault? You are just abiding by the palace rules. It's just that this beautiful girl..."

The queen mother's eyes fell on A Yuan and the fifth princess who were listening with pricked ears. She smiled, and then said, "In the past few years, take it easy, or choose a few good families for the prince, and give more to the prince." It is also good for the Ai family to have a few good grandchildren."

Both A Yuan and the fifth princess let out a small sigh of relief.

Every time a newcomer enters the palace, the two little sisters would complain about the empress and concubine De. Now that there is no newcomer, there are fewer incidents in the harem, who would be unhappy?

The queen is really grateful to the queen mother now.

How many princes and daughters are there in the palace?But who thinks too little?The empress dowager's current behavior is already a very clear defense of the queen's position. The empress was so grateful that she wanted to reciprocate, and said to the empress respectfully, "The concubine of Xiaoer's family has been gone for three years. Now There is no serious master in the mansion, but the concubine is short-sighted after all, it is the honor of the second son to ask the mother to be the master." The empress has two sons, the eldest son is the prince, and the second son is now King Zheng, but fate is not very good, the concubine Three years ago, the illness was gone, and now she doesn't even have a son, which made the queen very worried.

Now that the queen mother is kind to her, she thinks that she can marry the queen mother's natal family, Duke Anguo's mansion, which also means giving the Duke Anguo mansion a guarantee.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager understood what she heard, and she was in a really good mood. However, thinking that this is not the time to think about these things, the Empress Dowager only nodded and did not necessarily agree. The fifth princess led the rewards from the palace all the way to Duke Li's mansion.As soon as he entered the door, A Yuan saw many servants wandering around in the mansion. The door of the fourth princess's mansion opposite the door was wide open, and the maid who was close to the fourth princess came in and out with a look of panic, but only for A Yuan and the fifth princess. After kowtowing, he went all the way to the backyard in panic.

A Yuan was startled, and seeing the imperial doctor rushing in, he said in surprise, "Could it be Mrs. Tai..." He was angry again, and he was not feeling well?

"Return to the princess." The maid of the fourth princess left one behind to lead the way, and now she only said in a low voice, "The Duke has been poisoned, and he is now in critical condition."

(End of this chapter)