Concubine's true colors

Chapter 760 Xiangping enters the palace
It can be said that the fact that Xiao Jinxuan was not born to her own flesh and blood was a big shadow in Zhou Yi's heart.

That day when Xiao Jinxuan went to Shisong Town to visit him, and in the end, for his safety, he had to stay in the town and left alone.

Zhou Yi secretly thought in his heart that the reason why this mother concubine treats him like this is because they are not biological mother and child.

Now the most painful place in my heart was stabbed by Ji Lingfeng again. Xiao Jinxuan didn't care about his adopted son's words at all, and stabbed her hard.

Little Zhou Yi, who was already overly frightened by witnessing the slaughter of the whole town, became more emotional, and even cried hysterically.

"You are talking nonsense that Concubine Mother will not want me. She loves me the most. Shut up, you liar. Concubine Mother will definitely come to save me."

Let the child Zhou Yi cry in his arms, Ji Lingfeng didn't say a word, just hugged him tightly in his arms, and watched quietly.

After all, he was a child. Zhou Yi lost his strength after making a fuss for a while, but Ji Lingfeng said with a soft smile:

"Prince Zhou Yi, do you know why Xiao Jinxuan doesn't recognize you, because you are not of royal blood at all, this is a capital offense, how dare your mother and concubine recognize each other. But it will be different if you become the emperor, when you want to recognize No one in the world dares to disagree with who is the mother. What's more, once you become the emperor, your mother and concubine will be the empress dowager, the most honorable woman in the world. Little prince, don't you want to reunite with your mother and concubine and be a loving mother? child, then you have to become the emperor first and get rid of the identity of the fake prince."

Zhou Yi has sharp eyes and ears, and his memory is excellent, but after all, he is only five or six years old, and now Ji Lingfeng is coaxing him with every word.

It even hooked up the reliance on Xiao Jinxuan in his heart, as well as the hopeless love between mother and child.

The child's thoughts are always very simple. When he thinks that Xiao Jinxuan can be made the empress dowager without having to worry about being a fake prince in the future, Zhou Yi's feeling of fear gradually disappears, and he even feels a sense of anticipation.

The mentality has changed, Zhou Yi is looking at Ji Lingfeng, and he doesn't think Ji Lingfeng is so scary anymore.

After thinking about it, he tilted his head, and asked cautiously, still childish:

"The concubine mother doesn't want me, is it really because she is afraid that I will hurt her? If I become the emperor, the concubine mother can become the queen mother, will she like me? If so, Ji Lingfeng, I will listen to you, as long as I can be with you Mother and concubine are together, you can tell me to do anything."

Looking at little Zhou Yi's longing expression, Ji Lingfeng patted his head, his eyes full of satisfaction and planning.

After half a month, Xiangping, who will be raised for a long time, although his body is still weak, can still walk on the ground, came to Empress Dowager Chen's Yanqing Palace early in the morning to pay his respects.

Looking at the emaciated look of her beloved daughter who has lost a lot of weight, she is eating breakfast, and recently, due to insomnia and dreaminess, she is drinking black-bone chicken and dangshen soup.

Inevitably, he quickly waved his hand and asked Xiangping to come and sit down without courtesy.

"Xiang'er, this woman's confinement is the most important thing. If you don't make it right, you will fall into the root of the disease. You have been bedridden for a month, so why did you come to the palace to pay your respects to the queen mother? They are all from your own family, why are you so particular about it?" These are empty gifts. The black-bone chicken soup boiled today is very fragrant, and even a big bowl of soup can't be finished by the mother, so let me serve some for you, just as you need to replenish your body now."

Hearing this, Xiangping immediately thanked with a charming smile, and while taking the black-bone chicken soup, she even gave instructions to the maids who were waiting around:
"Okay, you all step back, I'll take care of the queen mother's meal here."

Xiangping has always been the most favored by Empress Dowager Chen, and the other party's temperament became more and more ruthless, whoever dared to disobey her wishes, immediately responded and all retreated outside the bedroom.

Seeing Xiangping's posture, Empress Dowager Chen knew that the other party had something to say to her alone.

If it had been according to Empress Dowager Chen's temperament, she would have asked Xiangping what the matter was.

But this time, for some reason, what Xiao Jinxuan said to her came to her mind, the reason why Queen Mother Chen suffered from insomnia every night for the past half month.

It was also because of the long talk at the Prince Regent that day, which had a profound impact on her, because the more she thought about it, the more she felt like the Empress Dowager Chen who was a pawn.

On the contrary, she was not in a hurry to ask Xiangping why he came here, but drank the chicken soup without saying a word and waited quietly.

As for Xiangping, seeing the bottom of the bowl of chicken soup in her hand, the Empress Dowager Chen, who always asks her when she sees her and keeps talking, has no intention of opening her mouth at all.

Xiangping, who originally wanted to ask the other party to ask, took over the conversation, although she felt that the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward, but thinking of the importance of what she was doing today, she had no choice but to take the initiative to say:
"Mother, the key to my daughter's visit this time is that I am afraid that the emperor's brother is not in the palace. You are always bored by being alone, so you feel that you are in good health and come into the palace. It's just that my daughter feels that the emperor has been staying outside the palace for a long time now. Yes, and under the influence of Seventh Brother, it seems that this character is becoming more and more difficult to control. Now the other party not only approves the memorials by himself, but also doesn't ask the queen mother. Even many ministers in the court go directly to the Regent's Palace to discuss the government. If so If it goes on for a long time, your queen mother's status will be shaken."

If Chen Hou heard this, his first reaction would be to immediately anger Zhou Xianyu, and would complain about Zhou Xianchen's unfilial piety.

But that day at the Prince Regent's Mansion, I personally saw Zhou Xianchen argue with her with the dignity of an emperor.

Empress Chen's thinking changed a lot, and she felt that even if she was in control of the imperial power for a while, Zhou Xianchen would have to be in charge sooner or later.

Instead of causing the mother and child to be divorced, Empress Dowager Chen also wondered if she should take the initiative to take a step back and bring the youngest son back to the palace, so that the other party can completely govern himself, and she also returned to the harem to listen to the government behind the curtain.

Therefore, the anger in Empress Dowager Chen's heart was not aroused by the meeting in Xiangping, but she thought of Xiao Jinxuan having a long talk with her.

For the Empress Dowager Chen who was inexplicably wary of her daughter, she really wanted to know what Xiangping wanted to say next, so she pretended to be angry and said:
"Xiang'er's words are right. I also feel that your emperor's younger brother is getting more and more unruly. Maybe we have to find a way to bring him back to the palace and allow him to live in Xianyu. Don't take it seriously. After all, that cousin of yours, Chen Shuhang, is now convicted by Dali Temple, and will be executed in a few days. I personally intervene in this matter. That kid Xianchen is oppressing him as an emperor, he is really mad at him I'm sorry."

Little did they know that the anger of the Empress Dowager Chen was all pretended on purpose.

Xiangping, who was quite satisfied with the mother's reaction, immediately nodded and said:

"What the queen mother said is true, the emperor is a piece of meat that fell from your body, but now he only listens to the seventh brother in everything, and doesn't pay attention to you at all. According to my daughter, Xianchen is really ungrateful. So the mother should Teach this disobedient and unfilial brother a lesson, you should let him know that the queen mother can send him up, and push him down even more. After all, Da Zhou's dragon chair is not willing to sit, and there are still many If your royal family members are struggling to become the son, if your mother finds an obedient and young supporter to become the emperor, then this country and society will be firmly in your hands."

In the past, Empress Dowager Chen only felt that Xiangping, a daughter, thought of her in every word and deed, and was even very considerate.

But ever since Xiao Jinxuan told her the story of brother and sister killing each other, the Empress Dowager Chen put aside her identity as a mother and daughter to listen to Xiangping's words.

In Xiangping's words, he felt that Zhou Xianchen was not easy to control, and wanted to choose a new emperor to replace him, but Empress Dowager Chen couldn't understand it.

But Zhou Xianchen was Xiangping's younger brother, looking at this daughter, he didn't care about family affection at all, and said such cold-blooded words without any hesitation at all.

Suddenly, Empress Dowager Chen felt that Xiao Jinxuan's words might not be completely untrustworthy. Judging from Xiangping's attitude towards Zhou Xianchen, the other party might really kill Zhou Xianrui.

Thinking that her eldest son died at the hands of her other biological child, Empress Dowager Chen's face gradually turned pale.

But the more frightened she was, the more Empress Dowager Chen wanted to see how cold-blooded Xiangping could be.

So taking a deep breath, Empress Dowager Chen squeezed out a smile and continued to ask:
"Xiangping's words are also reasonable, but since Xianchen ascended the throne, he has not been extravagant and lustful, nor has he made any serious mistakes in government affairs. If you want to ask him to abdicate, how can he find a reason for this? In addition, the candidate to succeed Xianchen as the new emperor, This is not something that can be settled in a day or two, maybe even these things, Xiang'er has thought about it for the queen."

What Empress Dowager Chen said was really in line with Xiangping's wishes. She thought it would be difficult to say what she said next, but she immediately said happily:
"You are Xiang'er's mother, and it is my duty as a daughter to help you solve your old man's worries. In fact, if you want Xianchen to abdicate, it doesn't necessarily mean that the other party has lost his virtue. You can't be without a king for a day. When the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are in a hurry, it is inevitable that the new emperor will ascend the throne. As for the candidate for the emperor, the daughter has indeed chosen. I don't know if the mother remembers that before the fifth brother passed away, he Although he has no heirs, he adopted a son from his old subordinate, named Zhou Yi, and declared that he was his own child. Back then, Zhou Yi lived in the palace as a prince, and now his daughter has been found. In his eyes, he is the blood of the emperor's brother, and there is nothing wrong with becoming the emperor. Moreover, this child is only five or six years old. He has become a baby emperor, and his mother is the empress dowager. In order to assist the young emperor, who can say that he has been listening to politics for more than ten or twenty years? What happened."

When Xiangping saw her talking, Empress Chen didn't object and just listened quietly.

She thought that the other party was Xiangping, who was satisfied with her proposal, and was complacent, thinking that the matter of choosing a new emperor today would definitely be done safely.

But he didn't want her to greet her, but it wasn't Empress Chen's praise, but the biological mother who slapped her face angrily.

It took a long time for Xiangping, who had seen blood at the corner of his mouth, to react. Enduring dizziness and astonishment, she looked at Queen Mother Chen, and she realized that the other party's face was already full of anger, staring at him with hatred. looking at her.

(End of this chapter)