Harem strategy

Chapter 84
A soft concubine went down, and on the fourth day of March, it was the second prince's first birthday.

Empress Zhao arranged for the second prince to catch Zhou, and Concubine Jing appeared in everyone's sight holding the second prince.

Although the second prince is one year old, he doesn't look as old as the third prince, his complexion is sallow, and he looks deficient.

The queen mother also came over, looked at the second prince, hugged him for a while, and said: "I'm sorry, I have suffered since I was a child."

When Concubine Jing heard this, tears were about to fall, and she said: "With the blessing of the Empress Dowager covering Qing'er, he will definitely be healthy and healthy."

This year, she also asked her family members to go to the folks to find a miracle doctor. Only when the second prince's body is cured can she talk about the future.

But none of them said that the second prince could be cured with confidence. They all said that the second prince was born in less than a month, so the root was injured, and he could only take care of it slowly.

Now the emperor doesn't stay with her overnight except to see the second prince, and if he wants to have another one, he has no chance.It's no wonder that when they didn't enter the palace before, everyone said that when a woman is in the palace, she should seize the opportunity in the previous year, otherwise, after a year, she will be like a big wave washing sand, like what should be liked, and what should be left out in the cold.

Seeing that these two years have passed, there will be drafts again, fresh girls enter the palace, and the emperor's eyes are on those little girls again, how can they have a bright future?
With no chance of getting pregnant again, Concubine Jing could only focus on the second prince, hoping to restore his body since childhood.

She is not like the eldest prince's biological mother, but she was born as a court lady, she has no connections outside, and she still can't keep her son.

She searched for everything she could find. Because of her father's sudden death, her mother's family's situation worsened day by day, so she valued the daughter in the palace even more. Naturally, she also hoped that the grandson, the second prince, could be raised well and be able to earn a living in the future. earn one.

He is more enthusiastic than ordinary people about finding a miracle doctor.

When Mrs. Zuo entered the palace, she also sighed with Concubine Jing, "If the emperor can make a decree, it would be great to find a miracle doctor from the people, it will be better than us people."

Concubine Jing thought, yes, isn't that the case, if the emperor can make an order, wouldn't the genius doctor be found soon?Then being able to find a genius doctor for the second prince shows how much he values ​​the second prince.

Taking advantage of the emperor's visit to the second prince, Concubine Jing expressed her sadness at the second prince's weakness, and then talked about finding a miracle doctor.

The emperor heard this, and said: "Why, the medical skills of the imperial physicians in my imperial hospital are no longer good?"

Concubine Jing hurriedly said: "Your majesty, I don't mean that. The imperial physicians in the imperial hospital are naturally skilled in medicine. It's just that the private doctors have some partiality. Maybe they can cure Qing'er's illness. Your majesty, do you think?"

The emperor glanced at her indifferently, and said: "Concubine Jing, the real imperial decree is not for anyone alone. Do you know how much manpower and material resources will be wasted as long as this imperial decree is passed down? Besides, you let me set it up." Where are the people from the Imperial Hospital going? Qing’er is just weak, I’ve never heard of it, and she can be cured if she finds a genius doctor. It looks like it!"

After the emperor said these words, he didn't go to Concubine Jing's place.

Concubine Jing thought about the matter of the eldest prince, and thought, how can the second prince of this palace compare to the eldest prince of a court girl?
It's just that she didn't dare to ask the emperor to order to find a miracle doctor. Madam Zuo found out about this and said, "My silly girl, did you really tell the emperor? It's better to tell the queen and queen mother than to tell the emperor." .”

Concubine Jing said: "Mother, I also have my own considerations. If the emperor really orders to find a miracle doctor, then the second prince will be valued by the emperor in the eyes of the world. Besides, the second prince is also the emperor's flesh and blood."

"Silly girl, if the emperor really made an order, then the censor would also object. The emperor is the emperor of the world. It is impossible to make an order just because of this matter. He can let people look for it in private. Impossible to make a big splash."

"If the emperor made that decree, wouldn't the second prince be stared at by all the women in the palace? You, don't listen to the wind and rain in the future. The second prince will take care of it slowly. Some children, when they were young The body is weak, but it will be fine when it grows up."

Mrs. Zuo persuaded her, and Concubine Jing also figured it out, so she didn't say this again.However, she is still looking forward to the second prince's grasping week.

Grasping week usually puts some things with particularly good meanings for children to catch.Everyone can give something away.

Concubine Jing had taught the second prince what to catch in private before catching Zhou. The queen called out, and the second prince looked at the table full of things, and suddenly cried, but the cry was like a kitten. Concubine Jing I just feel that everyone is watching her jokes.

The queen mother said: "Our second prince is shy. Come, Aijia has a look, what's the matter? So wronged? Where are all the nannies?" Two of the four nannies came today, and they came out immediately, and then begged The queen mother forgives the sin, and the queen mother said: "Don't talk about this first, just coax the grandson of the Ai family. The Ai family will reward you."

One of the nurses stepped forward and found that the second prince had urinated by himself. He cried because he was uncomfortable, and quickly changed the clothes for the second prince. You're not shy at all when you're straightforward." It's about him peeing in front of so many people.

Then the queen mother also put a jade pendant on the table where Zhou was caught, and asked the second prince to catch it.

Concubine Jing was ecstatic in her heart, she knew this jade pendant, the queen dowager often hung it on the corner of her clothes, and now the queen dowager brought it over, as long as her son caught it, then, that would be great.

In the palace, being favored by the Empress Dowager was a guarantee.

For some reason, luck seemed to fall on Concubine Jing and her second prince once, and the second prince caught the jade pendant that the Queen Mother put on it as she wished.

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "This child is really good. Concubine Jing, you are a good person. In the future, you will bring Qing'er to Ai's family when you have time. Ai's family is old and likes to spend more time with their grandchildren."

"Yes, Empress Dowager, the concubine must be like this!" Concubine Jing was extremely excited.This time is really good, her luck has come.

Among the three princes, the queen mother only asked her second prince to go over. What does that mean?It shows that the queen mother likes her second prince the most.

Concubine Jing seemed to feel that another ray of dawn had entered her heart.

If the emperor doesn't like it, isn't there a queen mother?The emperor is a filial son, the emperor will definitely listen to what the queen mother said.

No matter how good the First Prince and Third Prince are, didn't the Queen Mother not say a word?

After the catch week, Concubine Jing often took the second prince to the Palace of Compassion.After hunting, Su Zhaoyi, who often went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to chant scriptures with the Queen Mother, retreated far away.

Su Zhaoyi didn't know since when, she greeted the Queen Mother every day and copied the scriptures, and the Queen Mother gradually allowed her to be at the Palace of Compassion.

Su Zhaoyi returned to Chunhua Palace. Today she only stayed in Compassion Palace for a short while, and Concubine Jing took the second prince there.

She didn't want to be with Concubine Jing, so she came back early.

"Your Majesty, what the hell is Concubine Jing doing? She even got into an argument with Her Majesty." Seeing Concubine Jing's proactiveness, Du Juan pushed her master aside.

"It's okay, everyone wants to climb the high branch of the Queen Mother, and she is just one of them." Su Zhaoyi said with a smile.

"Didn't your empress say that there are still people who don't want to climb? For example, empress empress is not as good as concubine Hui." Du Juan asked puzzled.

"Empress Empress, as long as the members of the Wang family don't give up, it is impossible for Empress Empress to have a harmonious relationship with Empress Dowager." Now it's just a matter of saving face.

"As for Concubine Hui, I didn't see that the Empress Dowager wanted to be kind to Concubine Hui." The so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, but Su Zhaoyi watched coldly, and found that the Queen Mother didn't like Concubine Hui. Sometimes, she seemed to care a lot. Concubine Hui, but on the surface,
Let's just say that this time the second prince caught Zhou, the queen mother could bring the third prince with her, that was just a sentence, but she didn't.

Instead, let the other concubines secretly know that her queen mother doesn't want to see her concubine Hui.

Let these thoughtful women in the palace come up with many thoughts, as long as one person has a bit more vicious thoughts, then they will face Concubine Hui or the third prince.

Of course, there is also De Chongyuan and the child in her belly, and the Queen Mother doesn't like it either.

Su Zhaoyi remembered Qin Sesur's last words to herself in Yueyue Palace, queen mother, queen mother, what do you mean?
Is it true that only children born to girls from your royal family are the emperor's children?

Su Zhaoyi thought of her unfavorable child, the murderer was Concubine Wang Xian, but did the Queen Mother do anything?
Wang Family, Queen Mother, "Du Juan, bring me the Diamond Sutra. Today's homework is not finished yet."

If you don't pay homage to the Buddha well, how can you get along with the Queen Mother?After all, the empress dowager is a worshiper of the Buddha.

Li Jialuo didn't feel anything about the empress dowager's promotion of Concubine Jing and the second prince.No matter what she did, it was impossible for the queen mother to like her, because there was a concubine Wang Xian in the middle.

Of course, there must be other reasons, but no one pursued it. The third prince's two front teeth have grown, and he can eat some fruit paste.An apple a day was not enough for him at all.

People are getting fatter and fatter, Li Jialuo said with a smile: "You are so fat, how can you bear it in summer?"

The nanny laughed and said, "It's good for a child to grow fat at this time. Madam, don't worry, when the little prince grows up, he won't be like this."

In the blink of an eye, it has entered April, and the flowers in the imperial garden are rushing to bloom. Since Li Jialuo took the third prince to see the flowers once, he wants to go out to see them every day.

The emperor said: "What's so difficult about this, let's go together now."

It's good for a child to be energetic, he doesn't want his third prince to be bored in the room every day, it's not good to be that much.

So the emperor took Concubine Hui and the third prince, and the whole room went to the imperial garden in a mighty manner.

At this time, some peonies in Nanyuan had already bloomed, so the emperor took the mother and son to see the peonies.The emperor felt that his third prince should like peonies, after all, peonies are the king of flowers.

Because it was a stroll, no one was asked to clear the road. The palace servants on the road, when they saw this mighty man, naturally retreated to the side, and those concubines who were winking would not go to join in the fun. Everyone knows that if The emperor doesn't like it. If you go forward, the emperor will definitely be unhappy.

It's just that I'm envious of Concubine Hui. Looking at the family, it's different to have a prince. I don't know how the empress will feel when she sees it. These three people go out to play like a family.

And some people went to report to De Chongyuan. After all, De Chongyuan is favored now, and some of them also rely on De Chongyuan. Telling De Chongyuan about this matter is considered a meritorious service .

Of course, there were also some thoughts in the middle, to see if De Chongyuan would faint in anger after knowing this.

Or come here directly to compete with Concubine Hui for the emperor. Then, there will be things to talk about in the harem again.

The peonies in Nanyuan bloom very well because of careful cultivation.As soon as the third prince saw these words, he wanted to take them into his hands.

Concubine Hui forbade, the emperor said: "The flowers are blooming for people to see, you go and pick the flowers for the third prince."

"Your Majesty, there are still many days left for those flowers to bloom, and others can enjoy them. If you give them to Luo Er, holding them in his hands is also a waste of things."

The emperor didn't take it seriously when he heard it, and said: "How is it important for Luo Er to be happy about others? Concubine Hui, don't be so strict with Luo Er in small matters. When he grows up, he won't be as comfortable as he is now."

The nine-month-old third prince didn't know what his father and mother concubine were talking about, but a servant handed the peony flower to the third prince, and he immediately danced and held the purple peony. , and then there were too many flowers in his hand, and he couldn't hold them anymore, so he directly distributed a few flowers to his father, mother and concubine.

Concubine Hui couldn't help but laugh, looking at the emperor holding flowers in his hand, she couldn't help laughing.

A big man holding flowers in his hands is quite funny.

"Is my concubine really laughing at me? Come here, I see that this flower has a good place." The emperor personally chose a pink peony flower and put it in Li Jialuo's hair.

Then he looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's an honor for this flower to be on Aifei's head."

Far away, De Chongyuan got the news and came to Nanyuan in the Imperial Garden, just in time to see the emperor arranging flowers for Concubine Hui, and the scene made De Chongyuan feel sour, how could the emperor show such gentle eyes? Shouldn't this be for yourself?

The emperor must be acting on the occasion, the grand lady Xiang Wu looked at De Chongyuan with a strange expression, and looked forward, wanting to stop her master.

"Ma'am, let's go back first."

Such a reckless past is really outrageous.

De Chongyuan turned a deaf ear until she got to the front, when the palace servants of Changchun Palace saw De Chongyuan and hurriedly saluted her.

Naturally, the emperor and concubine Hui heard it too.

"Your Majesty, go and have a look." Li Jialuo said, everyone was in front of him.

"Let her in, I want to see what's going on with her today." The emperor said.

De Chongyuan was allowed to come here, and she was naturally happy to see the emperor. The emperor let her in, which showed that he had his own in his heart.

It's just that Concubine Hui, it would be great if she wasn't in front of her eyes.The third prince was hugged by Liu Yongquan, and when he saw a stranger approaching suddenly, he stared at the stranger curiously.

De Chongyuan avoided the eyes of the third prince, and she was full of happiness, "The concubine pays homage to the emperor, concubine Hui."

"Get up, didn't you say that you are pregnant and you are recuperating in the house, why come out?" the emperor said.

Seeing that the emperor cared about her, Dechongyuan was very happy. With this joy, tears were shed again, and she said: "Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that it is good for both the concubine and the child to let the concubine come out and walk around."

Concubine Hui said: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, and the third prince has been out for a while, so the concubine took the third prince back."

Dechongyuan looked at the emperor expectantly, this concubine Hui still winked and knew to leave quickly, but she would not be grateful to her.

The emperor said: "What's the rush? Dechongyuan, you go back, don't come out and walk around casually in the future, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, even if you don't plan for yourself, you have to plan for my child."

Seeing that she was pregnant, the emperor felt that he was tolerant enough, but he didn't like being clingy like brown sugar.It seems that this Dechongyuan really has to let people from the Yang family enter the palace.

The emperor actually let him go back?Dechongyuan couldn't believe it, she was still in front of Concubine Hui. "Why don't you wait for your master to go back quickly? I will take care of your master in the future, don't walk around casually outside!" The emperor said to the people around De Chongyuan.

(End of this chapter)