Seeing the weak but sincere smile on his eldest brother's face, Zhao Tingxuan felt regretful in his heart. If he had gone today, then what happened later would not have happened. The eldest sister would not scold him, and the younger sister would not be angry, but that At that time, his mother and concubine were crying so sadly. How could he bear to abandon her and leave?
The mother-in-law is already very pitiful. The father is gone and the second aunt does something like that again. The mother-in-law is the most saddened.
Thinking of this, Zhao Tingxuan regretted that he had just questioned his mother and concubine in Suining Palace. His tone was too harsh and he shouldn't have been like this.
After all, he was the one he watched grow up, and the ever-changing expressions on Zhao Tingxuan's face were not hidden from Zhao Yunnuan's eyes.
She didn't need to ask, she could guess what Zhao Tingxuan was thinking at this time.
He must be thinking about going to Suining Palace to be his filial son.
Next, Zhao Tingxuan asked about Zhao Tinghan's health, and Zhao Tinghan also asked about his studies. Zhao Tingxuan also comforted Zhao Shiqing in a timely manner and promised to accompany her to see the lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he forgot that because of the death of King Liang, whether it was the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Spring Festival, Zhao Tingxuan This year there will be no flower party in Liangdi.
He even forgot about the news coming back from the capital, the news that Zhao Tinghan couldn't eat this year's mooncakes.
You must know that although Zhao Tinghan is back, except for Zhao Yunnuan, Zhao Shiqing, Imperial Physician Hu, and close associates around Zhao Tinghan, everyone else in the mansion thinks that Zhao Tinghan only has more than a month to live.
The look in Zhao Yunnuan's eyes faded little by little, replaced by disappointment.
She did not go to see Zhao Tingxuan, but said to Zhao Shiqing: "I have already met my eldest brother. You are tired after coming back from Baihe Mountain. Go back and rest, and let your eldest brother rest as well."
Zhao Shiqing said oh, put down the food in his hand, stood up, Zhao Tinghan said with a smile: "You two take all these snacks away, I can't eat them now, they are all yours."
Zhao Shiqing cheered exaggeratedly and held up the box like a treasure: "Brother, don't regret it. You can't blame me and my sister when you wake up at night without snacks."
Knowing that she said this deliberately to liven up the atmosphere, Zhao Tinghan couldn't help but feel distressed. How could the mother-in-law have the heart to hit such a cute little girl with a brass incense burner.
Zhao Yunnuan put her arm around Zhao Shiqing's shoulders: "Let's go, little greedy cat."
Zhao Tingxuan also said goodbye together, and the three of them walked out of Changchun Palace. Zhao Tingxuan said to Zhao Shiqing: "Qingqing, during the days when you returned to Baihe Mountain, Liang Duxin opened a pastry shop. I will ask someone to tell that shop I’ll bring you some of their best snacks.”
"Okay, thank you, second brother." Zhao Shiqing was not polite. She knew that Zhao Tingxuan was coaxing her because of what happened at Suining Palace today. She had already been wronged, so shouldn't she be coaxed?
As early as ten years ago, after Zhao Shiqing was officially adopted as an adopted daughter by Prince Liang, she moved out of the small courtyard in the corner of the garden and lived with Zhao Yunnuan in Duanxiu Palace, which was also the residence of successive princesses.
Duanxiu Palace was not big originally, but one generation of Princess Liang actually gave birth to three beautiful daughters in one child. This was a rare thing not only in Liang, but also in the whole Dayong. These three princesses He has been pampered since childhood.
Because of this, the three princesses all have a somewhat arrogant temperament. The clothes they wear and the things they use must all be exactly the same. The jewelry in Prince Liang's palace must also have three identical sets, otherwise people will die.
When the three princesses grew up, they moved out of their mother's palace. Although Duanxiu Palace could not accommodate the three masters, they had to live there if they could not. Otherwise, Duanxiu Palace would be burned down and no one would be able to live there.
In desperation, their father had to expand the Duanxiu Palace. The other palaces and courtyards were built according to the layout of the imperial palace in the capital. Only this Duanxiu Palace stood with three embroidered buildings that were identical from the inside to the outside.
Duanxiu Palace also became the largest palace courtyard in the entire Liang Prince's Mansion.
After Zhao Shiqing moved in, she and Zhao Yunnuan each lived in an embroidery building. Zhao Shiqing mostly lived in Baihe Mountain and only came back during the holidays. After Zhao Yunnuan took charge of the Guards, he converted another vacant embroidery building into In her outer study, she is Here she received guests and received military generals. In order to avoid affecting the female relatives in the back house, she asked someone to read the Feng Shui and then opened a door closest to Duanxiu Palace. Outside this door is a long corridor that leads to The main entrance and back entrance of Prince Liang's Mansion.
When Zhao Shiqing came back today, she walked through this door, and those who entered Duanxiu Palace through this door with her were Yuan Xiaotang and Mr. Han.
The stubborn poison in Zhao Tinghan's body has not yet been removed, and Mr. Han will continue to give him acupuncture. Now the Jin Yiwei and the people in the palace are still in Prince Liang's Mansion. If he wants to hide it from the eyes and ears of these people, the only safest way for Mr. Han is to live in Duanxiu Palace. .
As for whether the news would damage the princess's reputation, neither Zhao Yunnuan nor Zhao Shiqing cared.
The reason why Yuan Xiaotang was brought into the house together was because Zhao Shiqing didn't know how to settle her.
She didn't have to worry about Shen Guanyue and Brother Nilu. She let them find an inn to stay in first. When she was done, she would take them back to Baihe Mountain.
Yuan Xiaotang also wanted to stay in the inn, but Zhao Shiqing didn't agree. She had an intuition that if her eldest brother knew that she let Yuan Xiaotang stay in the inn, he would feel distressed.
Sure enough, when she was in Changchun Palace today, she quietly told Zhao Tinghan about this matter, and she could clearly see the joy in her eldest brother's eyes.
Even if you can't see him, just thinking about that person living under the same roof as you makes your heart feel sweet.
Of course, these words were not said by Zhao Tinghan, but what Zhao Shiqing saw in the storybook. She felt that it was appropriate to place them on her eldest brother.
Returning to Duanxiu Palace, Zhao Shiqing told Zhao Yunnuan what happened in the capital these days, as well as what happened to Yuan Xiaotang. Zhao Yunnuan felt distressed and shocked. She guessed that her eldest brother's return must be related to her younger sister. But I didn't expect that my little sister would do so much.
She thought of Mrs. Nie's attitude towards her little sister, and felt even more distressed. She hugged Zhao Shiqing into her arms, wanting to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say. After all, the person who hurt her little sister was her own mother.
Zhao Shiqing noticed the change in her sister's mood, and she said with a smile: "Sister, Sister Yuan lives next door to me. Do you want to go over and meet her?"
"Of course I want to go. Come, come with me." Zhao Yunnuan stood up.
After leaving Changchun Palace, Zhao Tingxuan sent someone to notify the newly opened shop and asked them to make some of their specialty snacks and snacks and send them to the palace for the second lady to try.
Zhao Tingxuan thought for a while and felt that these were not enough. The little girl was still a child. She had been wronged this time, so she still needed to be coaxed more.
He also asked someone to send the set of birds in his study to Duanxiu Palace. My younger sister had liked this set of birds before, so I should be happy to give this to her.
As a family, there is no need to have an overnight feud, just coax each other and it will be fine.
After coaxing the little sister, Zhao Tingxuan thought of Zhao Yunnuan again. He couldn't help shrinking his shoulders. The little sister is a child. Children are easy to coax, but the eldest sister is not.
He thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out how to please his eldest sister.
I can't think of it, so I simply don't think about it. Let's go to Suining Palace to see the mother-in-law. The mother-in-law is very sad today.
Zhao Tingxuan never dreamed that at this moment, he thought Mr. Nie was crying sadly, looking at the thin pages of letter paper in his hand, a long-lost smile appeared on his lips.
Until now, she still can't believe that Qiao Zhenzhu actually wrote to her!
Qiao Zhenzhu, the daughter of a low-ranking official who once had a hard time even seeing her, has now transformed into an imperial concubine who is loved by thousands of people!
Mr. Nie could no longer remember what Qiao Zhenzhu looked like, she only remembered that she was a rustic and unremarkable little girl.
At that time, she also laughed at Qiao Zhenzhu's name. Only a family like the Qiao family who had never seen the world would name their daughter Zhenzhu.
Does she deserve to be called Pearl? They're just fish eyes.
Thinking of these past events, Mr. Nie felt sour and uncomfortable.
Later, Qiao Zhenzhu entered the second prince's house and became a concubine. When she heard the news, she sneered, thinking that the Qiao family was really stupid, sending their legitimate daughter to be a concubine.
However, Qiao Zhenzhu also had some tricks. Less than half a year after she entered the second prince's house, it was reported that she was pregnant. Just after she gave birth to her son, the principal concubine died of illness. Because the death of the principal concubine was related to a concubine, that concubine was The side concubine was deposed, and the second prince was deeply in love with the main concubine and refused to renew their relationship, but promoted Qiao Zhenzhu from concubine to side concubine.
It was also Qiao Zhenzhu's good fortune. Within a few years, the prince passed away, and the second prince was made the prince. He ascended the throne as emperor the next year. Qiao Zhenzhu only served as Liangdi for less than a year before she was named a noble concubine.
Before the successor was registered, Qiao Zhenzhu's status in the palace was equal to that of deputy concubine. Even after the successor entered the palace, Emperor Yongjia, in order not to make Qiao Zhenzhu sad, also named Qiao Zhenzhu the imperial concubine.
The title of imperial concubine has not been available in all dynasties.
Since the founding of the Yong Dynasty, there have only been two imperial concubines.
One is that at the beginning of Taizu's dynasty, in order to balance the interests of all parties, he added an imperial concubine to the four concubines.
The other one is Qiao Zhenzhu. The Qiao family is neither the founding father of the country nor a wealthy family. Qiao Zhenzhu was named the imperial concubine entirely because of Emperor Yongjia's love for her.
But now, Emperor Yongjia's sweetheart wrote to her.
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In the letter, Concubine Qiao first comforted Mr. Nie, and then recalled the past events of her youth, with the intention of wooing her between the lines.
Nie thought for a moment and then understood what Concubine Qiao meant.
Although King Liang is dead, no matter who the next King of Liang is, he will be her son.
The current prince is the son of Emperor Yongjia, but it is said that the third prince born to Concubine Qiao is far more outstanding than the prince. Concubine Qiao wants her son to ascend to the position of prince, and she hopes to get the support of the eight kings.
And in Liang Di, her Nie's status is equal to that of the Queen Mother!
Mr. Nie breathed a long sigh of relief and suddenly felt elated.
Neither Zhao Yunnuan nor Zhao Tinghan would have ever dreamed that she would have the connections of Concubine Qiao.
Concubine Qiao wanted to use her, so of course she also wanted to use Concubine Qiao.
With Concubine Qiao giving the emperor a thumbs up, could Zhao Tinghan still hold the position of heir apparent?
But Nie then thought about it and felt that this network of contacts should not be used casually, otherwise the desired effect would not be achieved.
For example, in the case of the crown prince, even the imperial doctor said that Zhao Tinghan would not survive the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, which was only more than a month away.
Although the emperor ordered Zhao Tinghan to get married within a year, even if Zhao Tinghan got married tomorrow, with his current physical condition, he might not even be able to have a wedding ceremony, let alone leave offspring in just one month.
A month later, Zhao Tinghan died without leaving any descendants, so the heir apparent, no, the position of King of Liang could only fall to Zhao Tingxuan.
Therefore, there is no need for Concubine Qiao to blow the whistle, the throne also belongs to Zhao Tingxuan.
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Nie sighed. What she was more worried about now was not that Zhao Tinghan survived when the time came, but that Zhao Yunnuan and Zhao Shiqing were two careless girls.
She was worried that they would create evil spirits and cause trouble in the palace. More likely, they would teach Zhao Tingxuan a bad lesson and drive a wedge between mother and son.
This was what she was most worried about, and this was something that Concubine Qiao, who was far away in the capital, couldn't help with.
Thinking of this, Nie became more confident. She must tie Zhao Tingxuan to her side and not give the two girls a chance to drive a wedge between them.
So, from that day on, Mr. Nie suffered from serious and minor illnesses. Zhao Tingxuan was very busy because Mr. Nie wanted to die and refused to take medicine. Only the decoction that he personally boiled and brought to Nie's face was able to cure Nie. Willing to take it.
Zhao Tingxuan stayed in Suining Palace almost all day, and could only leave the matter of entertaining Deputy Envoy Yin and Zhao Sheng to Zhao Yunnuan and Zuo Changshi.
As a fellow clan member, Zhao Tinghan's time was running out, so Zhao Sheng wanted to make good friends with Zhao Tingxuan. However, he stayed in Prince Liang's Mansion for three days and only met Zhao Tingxuan once. On that side, Zhao Tingxuan also came and went in a hurry, which made Zhao Sheng Very puzzling , when he was still on the road, he had already determined that Zhao Tingxuan wanted to replace his eldest brother and inherit the throne, otherwise he would not be disrespectful to his brother. So shouldn't Zhao Tingxuan win over his relative who has a certain say in the clan?
The clans in the capital may appear to be prosperous on the surface, but in fact they have long been powerful on the outside and powerful on the inside. Some of them have even relied on selling off the property left by their ancestors to support their appearance.
Although Zhao Sheng is not here, he still can't get a lot of money.
Therefore, Zhao Sheng was ready to make a small profit this time when he came to Liangdi.
Who will give him money?
Of course, it couldn't be Zhao Yunnuan, the princess who had not yet left the cabinet, nor could it be Princess Liang who was newly widowed. It was even less possible that Zhao Tinghan was dying, so the only person who could give him money was Zhao Tingxuan.
Zhao Tingxuan wanted to succeed his brother and inherit the throne, and he could not do without the support of the clan government.
But now Zhao Tingxuan is nowhere to be seen, who can he ask for money from?
Zhao Sheng scolded Zhao Tingxuan in his heart. How could he pretend to be noble? When a female cousin still wants to build a memorial arch, bah!
Deputy Ambassador Yin was also scolding her in his heart.
This time, Deputy Envoy Yin came to Liang with a secret mission. He wanted to understand the military situation in Liang.
But in his conversation with Zuo Changshi, he learned that after the death of King Liang, the Guards were in disarray. Now the person in charge of the Guards is actually the girl Zhao Yunnuan!
Just kidding, it’s the greatest absurdity in the world!
He tested Zhao Yunnuan, but the princess couldn't even tell how many people there were in the personal guards. One time he said five thousand, and another time he said three thousand. After careful questioning, he found out that the princess thought it was too expensive to raise an army. , in order to save money, she sent two thousand of them to farm in Zhuangzi, farmed!
It is said that the princess originally wanted everyone to farm, because Zhuangzi could not accommodate so many people and needed to build another house. The princess was reluctant to spend the money to build the house, so she only sent two thousand people there.
As expected, he has long hair but short knowledge. Deputy Envoy Yin felt that the emperor sent him here to over-qualify and send someone here casually, which is more than enough to deal with these orphans and widowed mothers.
The whole lineage of King Liang is exhausted! (End of chapter)