Chapter 50 Substitute
“Good girl, don’t worry, listen to me and tell you in detail.” Ge Shi started from the beginning, “As you know, King Zhao and Princess Zhao have two sons in total. The eldest son was adopted by the queen and sent to the palace the year before last, and now only the younger son is here."
Everyone knows this. The emperor has no children, so he chooses the smart and handsome children in the royal family. People are brought up in the palace.
Although it is not stated clearly, everyone knows what the purpose is.
Among them, Princess Zhao is the queen's biological sister. It is reasonable for the queen to take her son into the palace and adopt her.
"The prince and the princess naturally love their youngest son more, but this little prince is born with some weakness and is often prone to illness.
The prince's family naturally tried their best, asking doctors and divination, and they all failed.
Over the years, more than one person has said that this child has a connection with Buddhism and needs to find a way to resolve it, so he bought a substitute and sent it to the temple, thinking that it would be fine. ”
The so-called "having a predestined relationship with Buddha" is a vague way of saying it. In fact, it means that a person has the Buddha's destiny in his life, or he is weak and sick, or he is suffering from disasters. In short, he will not grow up easily. The only way to solve this problem is to become a monk.
But how many people in the world are willing to become a monk? Especially children from wealthy families.
Hence the term "substitute", that is, finding someone to become a monk for oneself. Generally, families spend money to buy children from poor families and send them to temples to become monks or Taoist priests. This is not uncommon.
For example, the eldest master of the Gong family has a substitute who is about the same age as him and is already the abbot of the temple.
“But the palace has bought many substitutes over the years, and the young prince is still sick and weak.
Some time ago, he got seriously ill again. It is really dangerous to say that the prince and princess have been killed. I was all frightened.”
“I heard in a daze a few days ago that old diseases are easy to occur in spring, so be careful.”
"There happened to be an expert from Zhongnan Mountain, so the prince invited him into the palace to inquire about the illness of the young prince.
The expert said that it was good to find a substitute to become a monk, but the prince's young prince was too much. Jin Gui is not an ordinary substitute.
It must be a child born on the same day in the same year, and it cannot be from a poor family, otherwise the prince and princess will not be able to suppress it. It's embarrassing, who of some status would give up their children for no reason?
And even if they want to give up, they may not be able to do it. "Song said this. In fact, I already understand most of it.
"I remember that the young prince of the prince's family was born on the Double Ninth Festival and belongs to the monkey," Mrs. Song said. "My sister-in-law means to let the palace chief..."
"Yes, sister, listen to what I just said. Yes, isn't this just fate?
Looking at it, he is the only one left.
The prince and princess will definitely try their best to get rid of this child. Save your master.
We were the ones asking for help. How can we be so kind?
But if this child is sent to be a substitute, it will be different. That is, we are kind to the prince's family, so how can we not do our best?
Furthermore, the Queen has adopted the prince’s eldest son, how can she just watch the younger one grow up? Even His Majesty can't stand it. "Ge's analysis was very clear.
At this time, the maid who had been sent to the east courtyard came back and reported: "Little madam, the eldest madam said that the old lady took medicine and fell asleep, so it is inconvenient to see her. guest. Thank you for your kindness. I asked my wife to stay with my uncle and have dinner at our house before leaving. She won't have time to relax for a while and will talk to my uncle another day. "
" Got it, go down. " Mrs. Song responded lightly.
Mrs. Ge smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if I see you or not, as long as the old lady knows what I feel like. "Does my brother know about this?" "Ms. Song asked urgently, her whole mind is on this now.
"Why don't you know? He told me that! It's just inconvenient for him to come, so he rushed me here.
The prince said that if he can find the right person, , need heavy reward." Ge said, "Good girl, you are a smart person, you must know what is important and what is important, and you also know what to do." The matter needs to be considered carefully. After all, he is Wen Mingqian’s son. Even if I am willing, she will definitely not be willing.” I won’t say anything anymore, my little girl is probably awake too, and I have to go back.”
Her little daughter was only two months old, which was the time when she couldn't leave her mother.
"Thank you, sister-in-law, for telling me such an important matter," Mrs. Song said, "I will keep you here for the sake of it."
"We are all members of our own family, why should we say such polite words? ? Let me tell you again, take care of your body. If anything happens to you while you are still pregnant, it will be your body that will suffer the consequences," Ge said.
"I know my sister-in-law, and now I have finally seen the light. It is much better than being in the dark before." To be honest, Mrs. Song was really relieved.
"That's good, that's good, I didn't come here in vain." Ge Shi said and walked out, "You better make plans, the sooner the better, so as not to have long nights and dreams."
Mrs. Song personally went out with her sister-in-law, and when she came back, she sent away all the extra people, leaving only Mrs. Yang with her.
"My dear madam, the method mentioned by my uncle is the only one that is useful now." Mrs. Yang encouraged, "Besides, this will only do us good, not harm."
"You said That's right, we originally wanted to clear out Wen Mingqian and his son," Ms. Song nodded, "The main reason why her surname Wen can stay in this house is because she has a son.
No matter. Both the master and the old lady must be tolerant of her on this point."
"Yes, if the fourth young master is given away, she will have no one to rely on. Although it is hateful, the fourth young master is the one we are most afraid of," Mrs. Yang said with a smile.
What the Song family and Wen Mingqian competed for was not only the palace's favor, but also the royal family's status and family fortune.
With Gong Changan as his legitimate son, his son can only be a bastard.
Even with Gong Xu’s love, he could not inherit even half of the family business.
But what if Gong Changan is gone?
It was like taking a swipe at Wen Mingqian, and no longer had to worry about her causing any trouble.
"In the final analysis, this is God's will," Mrs. Song smiled extremely happily. This was the most comfortable smile she had ever had since returning from Wen Mingqian's mother and son. "The master is in trouble, and the old lady is so anxious that she fell ill.
At this time, as long as Gong Changan is the substitute for the prince of Zhao Palace, the disaster will be solved. Isn’t this God’s will?”
“That’s what I said, but the old slave was thinking. Then Wen Mingqian may not be willing to give in, right? She also knows that this son is her life-saver, what will she do if she leaves him for the rest of his life?" Mrs. Yang couldn't help but hesitate when she thought of Wen Mingqian's actions in the past.
“There’s no way she won’t submit!” Mrs. Song snorted coldly, “Unless she wants to be a sinner of the Gong family again!”
(End of Chapter)