A Thousand Hills

Chapter 102

Since the New Year, when Mrs. Xie entered the palace, she changed from the previous situation of being disliked by the Queen Mother Hu. The Queen Mother Hu is so pleasant. Therefore, every time Mrs. Xie enters the palace, the Queen Mother Hu has to tell Mrs. Xie few words.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Princess Yi'an gave birth to a son a year ago.Princess Yi'an was raised by the Empress Dowager Hu since she was a child, and Xie Bai, the son-in-law, was also chosen by the Empress Dowager Hu.After getting married, the relationship between the young couple is also good, but Princess Yi'an has not been pregnant for several years after getting married, and Empress Dowager Hu has never bothered to give birth to a child.Back then, no concubines in the first palace could be born, and she was the only one who won the lottery once, and then she has the prominent position now.Empress Dowager Hu has been anxious for Princess Yi'an for several years, and now that Princess Yi'an has finally given birth safely, how can Empress Dowager Hu not be happy.

She loves the house as much as she loves it, so Empress Dowager Hu has been quite pleased with Mrs. Xie recently.

Especially Xie Bo often sent messages home, and Mrs. Xie also knew about her little grandson, and often talked about it with Queen Mother Hu when she came to the palace.Mrs. Xie is quite good at diplomacy. It was only because of Xie Moru's incident that Empress Dowager Hu was unhappy with her.Now that the two have a common language, the relationship has become more and more harmonious.

However, Concubine Xie felt that she and her mother had less common language.

When Mrs. Xie entered the palace, she still told her daughter what her husband had said.Concubine Xie kept making excuses, "I want to make up my mind about the third prince's affairs, but I'm afraid His Majesty will think otherwise."

Mrs. Xie said, "I also told your father the same way at home. Your father said, if I don't tell you, I'm afraid you will regret it later, and blame us for not mentioning it to you."

Concubine Xie wanted to laugh, is Xie Moru such a great person?Will she still regret it?Even if the son doesn't marry his niece from his natal family, wouldn't his natal family stop helping her?Xie Guifei said, "I also know that child is capable."

"That's right. I'm not boasting. I haven't seen any ladies like Mo Ru in the imperial capital who are more capable than Mo Ru." After many years of husband and wife, Mrs. Xie was naturally more convinced of her husband's judgment. She said to her daughter seriously, "That child Mo Ru is a Blessed." It is not Mrs. Xie's selfishness to strongly recommend Xie Moru to her daughter.Even if Mrs. Xie is really selfish, it is also for a win-win situation.

Concubine Xie echoed her mother's words, but she did not agree with her parents' opinion.No matter how good Xie Moru is, His Majesty will not be pleasing to Xie Moru just because of Mrs. Wei Guo.If you marry your son a daughter-in-law whom His Majesty hates, what future will your son have in the future?

Seeing that her daughter had made up her mind, Mrs. Xie stopped talking and started talking about family matters.The mother and daughter were talking, when the palace servant came to report, "Concubine Su's maid came to report, saying that Concubine Su's health is not very good, and would like to invite the imperial doctor to Shuren Palace to have a look."

Concubine Xie hurriedly asked, "When did it happen?"

The servants of Shuren Palace reported, "Your Majesty felt sore in the morning, she just wanted to take a rest, but now she has a fever, the servants dare not delay, so come here to report to the imperial concubine and empress." Yes, Zhao Xie and the two noble concubines are in charge of the palace. This matter must be reported to the two noble concubines, and the imperial doctor can only be invited after receiving the sign.

Concubine Xie got up, Mrs. Xie hurriedly said, "Madam, I'll go back first."

Concubine Xie ordered the servants to send Mrs. Xie out of the palace, and asked someone to take the sign and hand it to the confidant, and ordered the confidant to go to the imperial hospital to announce the imperial doctor who often treated Concubine Su, and then sent someone to tell Concubine Zhao, and brought it to her. With the servants of the palace, he went to Shuren Palace to visit Concubine Su.

Concubine Su has always been weak, she will be sick from time to time, she is the birth mother of the fifth prince, she has been favored by His Majesty recently, the two noble concubines Zhao Xie did not dare to be negligent, they personally saw the imperial physician to examine Concubine Su, and said yes In the spring, the weather was not stable, and there was some wind and cold, so I prescribed a prescription and went down to decoct medicine.Zhao and Xie comforted Concubine Su for a while, and after watching her take the medicine, they went back to the palace.

The fifth prince is the most filial. Hearing that his mother was ill, he didn't have class in the afternoon, so he stayed with his mother in Shuren Palace.

Emperor Mu Yuan also went to Shuren Palace in the evening, the fifth prince was sitting by the bed, whispering to his mother.Seeing his father arrived, he quickly got up to greet him. Concubine Su leaned on the pillow with a pale face, and made a gesture of blessing herself between the beds. Emperor Mu Yuan waved his hand and said to the fifth prince, "Sit down." Then he asked Concubine Su if it would be better Yes, Concubine Su said, "The concubine is fine, maybe it's because of the change of seasons, it's getting cold after a while, and it's a bit cold."

Emperor Mu Yuan looked at the prescription prescribed by the imperial physician, and gave some medicinal materials to make Concubine Su have a good life, and asked the fifth prince to go to school tomorrow. .”

Emperor Mu Yuan said softly, "You are not an imperial physician, besides, your mother and concubine are also served by palace servants, so even if you come here, you can't help. Your mother will be relieved if you are good at studying."

The fifth prince was born with a stern face, but his temperament did not match his appearance. He said, "Serving a palace servant is the same as serving a son. Father, emperor, has lived for decades in his life. He can study at any time. Mother and concubine Not good, seeing me is like seeing good medicine."

Concubine Su couldn't help smiling, and said to Emperor Mu Yuan, "Then let Yanchun come and accompany me for two days, there is no rush for studying or something."

The fifth prince said, "Yes, father, I will work harder in the future, and it will be the same to make up the homework for these two days."

Emperor Mu Yuan was not considered a strict father. Seeing their mother and son like this, he smiled and said, "Okay."

The fifth prince said that he studied very hard. However, when Emperor Mu Yuan inspected the princes' homework, the fifth prince's grades were always consistent with his ranking among his brothers, fifth.You know, the sixth prince hasn't been enlightened yet.Therefore, Fifth Prince's No. 5 sounds nice, but it basically means number one from the bottom.

The fifth prince was nothing. He felt that since the brothers wanted to be ranked, there had to be the first and the fifth. He was a prince, and he was not a scholar who wanted to get fame.His mother and concubine also said that the most important thing to be a human being is reason.And reason cannot be learned from books.

After Concubine Su was safe, the fifth prince resumed his routine as a student. However, as he got older, he also had some social activities. It's a congratulatory gift.Of course, he will also participate in the Full Moon Wine.The full moon wine at the second prince's mansion had just ended, and the eldest son was also born in the eldest son's mansion, and the fifth prince had to ask his mother to back up the congratulatory gifts from the eldest son's mansion.Here I have just eaten the full moon wine from the eldest son of the eldest son of the emperor's mansion, and it was also a wedding gift from his third brother.

Duke Chu's daughter bestowed marriage on the emperor's third son, Mu Yanqing.

When congratulating the third prince, the fifth prince did not forget to say to the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, your spring is coming soon."

The fourth prince gave him a punch. He didn't have the imperial concubine's mother to plan for him, but fortunately, he had his own father.Moreover, this father is good to his sons.Because the next thing is the marriage gift from the fourth prince, the eldest daughter of Marquis of Nan'an, Hu Shi, will be the concubine of the fourth prince.For the fourth prince, it was almost a surprise.

This time it was the fourth prince's turn to tease the fifth prince, "Fifth, your spring is coming soon." The fourth prince felt that the fifth prince was indeed a very lucky person.A few years ago, the fifth prince's biological mother, Concubine Su, was not favored very much, but she was also one of the four concubines, Concubine Shu, and no one in the palace treated her poorly.Now, seeing that their brothers' marriage is getting closer, Concubine Su is not young, but she suddenly caught His Majesty's attention.Having a mother who can speak in front of the emperor father is extremely beneficial to the fifth prince's marriage.

The birth mother of the fourth prince passed away early, without such a blessing, but she was also happy for the fifth prince.

Concubine Xie Gui of Linzhi Palace, her son's marriage has been settled, and most of the things in her heart are put aside.

The third prince accepted the congratulations from the brothers, and he also took another matter to heart, and said to his mother, "Madame Wei's three-year filial piety is over, Princess Xie will definitely do something, the mother and concubine can give a sacrifice, and the son can take it with me. "Last time, the fifth prince went to offer sacrifices to Mrs. Wei on behalf of his father. Although he knew that Concubine Su and Mrs. Wei had a long history of friendship, the third prince didn't look very good.After all, Xie's family is his natal family.

Concubine Xie Guifei said, "I've been prepared by someone." What happened last time almost touched her waist, fortunately Concubine Zhao's luck was not very good, that day when Princess He Rou entered the palace, Concubine Zhao didn't know that the Empress Dowager would reward her As for the ceremony, he failed to follow Concubine Xie to give the ceremony to Empress Dowager Hu.With Concubine Zhao as the foil, Concubine Xie's face was preserved.But Concubine Su's return to favor also came from that incident, Concubine Xie Guifei is not a fool, she will not fall into the same pit.

The third prince said, "I'll go ask Fifth Brother again to see if Lady Su has something to bring, we brothers will go together."

The royal family has a tacit understanding with the royal family. This time the Fang family's three-year filial piety period is over, and the rituals are still very lively.

Xie Moru chose Tianqi Temple to perform rituals for his mother. Although Tianqi Temple is a royal temple, it will not reject folk incense. When Jiang Xingyun first came to the imperial capital, he sent his father's heroic spirit to Tianqi Temple. Pray to the temple.

Xie Moru sent someone to inform Tianqi Temple in advance that Wanmei Palace is in the suburbs, not far from Tianqi Temple, so it is not too early for Xie Moru to leave.Relatively speaking, the third and fifth princes who lived in the imperial city had to leave early. Emperor Mu Yuan did not expect that the third prince would come to ask him for this job, but it was not difficult to guess. After thinking about it, Emperor Mu Yuan agreed.He also summoned two guards to go with them.

During the Fang Clan's Seventh Seventh Sacrificial Ceremony, only one of the five princes went.Now for the third anniversary ceremony, two princes were dispatched.It is really rare to see such a mournful lady in Hedidu's capital.

The royal family stepped forward, and the powerful followed suit.

Xie Moru was dressed in plain clothes and knelt in front of Fang's spirit to burn paper, and many people came to pay their respects.However, since there are princes coming, they are naturally the first.

As soon as the two princes lit incense, Xie Moru pulled out a roll of sheepskin or some unknown white animal skin from his sleeve, and with a flick of his wrist, he casually threw it into the brazier.The Fifth Prince was still wondering what Princess Xie was burning, and there seemed to be pictures on it.So, taking the opportunity of offering incense, the fifth prince rolled his eyes and glanced around, but before he could see clearly, the accident happened suddenly.A stream of light pierced through the air, and a sharp arrow was nailed to the animal skin roll, and with a bang, the animal skin roll was directly nailed into the gold bricks on the ground.This is the main hall of the chief priest, quite spacious, but Fang's status is different, so there are too many people who come to pay respects.The place where Xie Moru burned the paper was a square inch of land, but in this square inch of land, blood flowed like a river in an instant.Many people didn't even see what was going on, and didn't even have time to scream for help or call out to the attendants who stayed outside. The road from the door to the spirit card was already the Asura Field.Xie Moru was protected by Jiang Xingyun and avoided far away. The third prince's bodyguard was hit by a sword, and the fifth prince cleverly hid behind the bodyguard, so his bodyguard was safe and sound.

When the screams sounded in the hall, the animal skin scroll nailed to the ground had disappeared.Xie Moru seemed to turn a blind eye to this, she stepped over and gently lifted Fang's spirit tablet that had been knocked down.

Many servants rushed in from outside, looking for their master, the fifth prince patted his chest, thankfully, "It's so dangerous, so dangerous." The third prince gave him a white look, just thinking so in his heart, so he didn't need to say it out loud.The third prince loudly maintained order. After all, only decent people could enter the hall, and the attendants of each family were also well-trained. Under the leadership of the third prince, each family came out in a single file under the protection of the guards.

The fifth prince didn't forget Xie Moru, he straightened his sleeves, straightened his face, paced over, and said softly, "Miss Xie, let's go out first."

Xie Moru glanced at the fifth prince, and then the fifth prince was smashed all over his head by the scattered Zhu Wa. When he raised his head, a sword light pierced Xie Moru from top to bottom.When dying, people's instinct is to scream, but often they can't scream, because it's too late, the fifth prince pushed Xie Moru with his hands, Xie Moru staggered and fell backwards, and the guards beside the fifth prince greeted him with swords.The fifth prince thought he had saved half of Xie Moru's life, but out of the corner of his eye, when Xie Moru was unsteady and was supported by a maid, the maid's sleeve flashed, and a short dagger stabbed at Xie Moru's waist .The fifth prince yelled, "Be careful!" The dagger was extremely fast, and it was about to sink into Xie Moru's waist, but it was Jiang Xingyun who was even faster. Jiang Xingyun slashed down with a sword, and the maid let out a scream, and one palm was cut off by Jiang Xingyun's wrist Next, blood spurted out from the tent, staining Xie Moru's white clothes red.

The fifth prince was fortunate to think that their brother, or the elder brother, was so courageous that he actually moved the idea of ​​accepting Jiang Xingyun as his side concubine.

(End of this chapter)