Chapter 589 Two birds with one stone, Huang's jealous

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace did not hold a palace banquet for the first time, which made the nerves of the great honors to stretch a little more. Since Kong's abolition of the throne, the slightly calm situation made people feel that it was only a short interval of wind and rain. Behind the calm waves was brewing another more violent storm.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, most of the concubines did not have the intention of competing for beauty in the past. Although they were all dressed up, they all seemed rigid and silent. They only secretly watched the obvious confrontation between the arrogant concubines and the unwilling Liang Zhaoyi, sneered or indifferently.

The prince, who was at the top of the princes, occupied the eye-catching seat, showing more and more his pretended to be calm and uneasiness. Perhaps there were too many meaningful and secret eyes, which put pressure on the prince. Several osmanthus flowers fell into his stomach and became depressed. Gradually, he couldn't help drinking. When he was half drunk, he choked.

"The prince is drunk, why don't you help him go down to rest?" At the banquet, the emperor did not show any displeasure. This also made him speak lightly. When he saw the prince leave the banquet by the eunuch, the emperor raised a cup to honor the empress dowager and received several toasts from the princes, which made the atmosphere on the table light.

Prince Qing, who used to be good at dancing with long sleeves, was still the same, and frequently raised the cup, driving the taciturn King of Fu to become active. The two brothers seemed particularly affectionate, which increasingly set off the fit of the fifth prince sitting upright on the other seat on the left. This scene fell into the eyes of the German concubine, with a shallow sneer and secretly thought of blessing. Wang felt that the time was coming, and he couldn't hold back his joy and behaved. Whether she wanted to say the word forbearance, her son could carry it all the way.

When Concubine De was moved, she looked at her daughter-in-law.

At the women's table, the two imperial concubines with six men talked enthusiastically. It was the fifth princess and Princess Fu.

After a while, the Empress Dowager told the emperor not to be greedy, so she left the table with her wife and went to another place to enjoy the moon and tea.

This made Aunt Ru go to Ci'an Palace and invite Wei Zhao to come, pull and sit beside him, listening to Wei Zhao's witty words, which made the atmosphere more and more lively, and the Empress Dowager smiled happily.

Naturally, Wei Zhao's "special" status also made the concubines speculate and make a lot of calculations.

And in this seat, without the Empress Dowager and the concubines, the emperor soon seemed to be displeabling and simply let the princes enjoy themselves and leave the table by themselves.

It didn't take long for Euke Zhan to return and whisper a few words in the ear of the fifth prince. Although he did not publicize it, the fifth prince still attracted the attention of many people when he left the table.

The wine cup in King Qing's hand was still facing King Fu, but the corners of his eyes gradually rose, and his eyes flashed with the back of the fifth prince falling into the lights and moonlight.

King Fu drank this wine and looked up at the galaxy exposed among the flowers and leaves. He smiled at the corners of his lips, as if he were unaware of King Qing's sudden distraction.

The sixth prince's eyes were angry and he stared straight at the fifth prince's where he was going.

The seventh prince snorted disdainfully, and suddenly raised his arms, pretended to be half drunk, and poured wine all over the sixth prince's body. The two princes quarreled with each other.

The eighth prince frowned imperceptably and quietly stayed away from the "battlefield" of six and seven. After looking at the banquet of King Qing and King Fu, he still stopped and turned to the banquet of several brothers.

King Qing's mother's younger brother, the tenth prince, raised his eyebrows like a bow: "Fifth brother, has been edicted by his father alone?"

The ninth prince is concerned about another thing: "Today, without my cousin, the eighth brother is a little unhappy no matter how he looks at it."

The cousin in the mouth of the ninth prince refers to Yu Yu. All the princes know that Lao Ba and the prince of Chu are on good friends.

The ten prince snorted secretly and said to himself that if Lao Ba was not sticking to Yu Yu like cowhide candy, how could he win the importance of his father? He was really scheming!

Before the eighth prince sat down, he was disturbed by his two younger brothers, that is, he smiled back and simply went to talk to the simple 11th prince who had not yet set up a mansion.

The fifth prince was indeed edicted by the emperor alone.

About two quarters later, he left the imperial study. His pace was not slow, but his eyebrows were flying and he couldn't hide his joy.

The father actually talked about government affairs with him just now, but he remembered the words of his mother's concubine and did not show his early attention, but restrained his sharpness. His words were smooth and steady, and the fifth prince was comfortable with his decent response to himself.

In the quiet imperial study, on the throne behind the imperial case, the emperor frowned tightly and held a cinnabar-tainted gold pen in his hand, but it had not been approved for a long time. Instead, he waved his arm and dropped the gold bricks and drew a bloody trace.

"The city is too deep and too heavy to endure. It is exactly the same as the German concubine, and the true meaning is not obvious at all." The emperor muttered to himself, and the corners of his lips gradually squeezed coldly: "Only Concubine's order, but she doesn't show only virtue, and her talent performance is just right... Concubine De is indeed better at teaching children than the queen."

This is obviously not a word of praise, and the emperor's face is gloomy.

Sitting silently for a moment, the emperor got up, came out of the study with his hands behind his back, stood under the eaves, and watched a full moon in front of him.

Compared with the German concubine, although the noble concubine Chen's ambition is obvious, she is slightly defeated. In addition, King Qing is not under Chen's control. Even if Qin Huaiyu, he is afraid that he will not have much trust from Lao Si. Lao Si is suspicious. Even if Qin and Chen may be used to stabilize the throne to eliminate dissidents, Qin and Chen's two families will be powerful in the early stage, but one goal will be achieved. He will suppress the two families and not let the foreign relatives have exclusive power, but the shortcomings of Lao Si are also too suspicious and vicious. If he succeeds to the throne, maybe the rest of the princes will not be able to save their lives except the tenth princes.

But Lao Wu... The emperor sneered. If the throne is passed on to him, it is no different from giving the power of the country to the Defei. Even if the Defei can be killed and martyred, he can't avoid the dictatorship of the Yang family in the future.

It is better to trust the Duke of Wei than to trust the Yang family.

The second brother is affectionate and righteous, but he is too generous.

The emperor is still at a loss and indecisive.

But obviously, the succession qualification of the fifth prince has been written off.

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The day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, after a nap, I met a round of stewiddy daughter-in-law with internal affairs and was preparing to go to Rongxi Hall to talk to the old princess. Unexpectedly, Lamei reported it and told Mother Jiang of the Duke of Wei to suddenly contact Sanshun.

Yi Jing hardly remembered who Mother Jiang was for a while. Later, she was reminded by Xia Ke and suddenly realized.

It was the eight-niang wet nurse who was threatened by Mother Song with her children's safety and had no choice but to kill Yinhai. Later, she turned to Yijing and still served Aunt Zhang.

Yi Jing remembers that after the Song family was expelled, Mother Jiang reported that Huang had made a move to subdue her. However, in recent years, Huang's power has been guarded, and the conditions did not allow her to act rashly, so she also refused to do it. On the surface, it seems very regular. There was nothing to do, so Mother Jiang had been lurking, so that Yijing left her behind.

"How is Mother Jiang's children at the moment?" Yujing asked Xia Ke first.

Xia Ke smiled and said, "It's still in Zhuangzi, Jizhou. Her daughter has been married. Two years ago, the maidservant also reported to the world's concubine. The man is a tenant in Zhuangzi and is protected by the royal palace. Although he is not rich and noble, he can also be self-sufficient. Mother Jiang is very gratified. Her son follows Zhuangtou to run errands, which is also a little decent underneath."

Ming nodded slightly: "Over the years, Mother Jiang has not taken the initiative to contact her. This time, she suddenly came to Sanshun. There must have been some important changes."

Lamei stepped forward and said, "No, the imperial concubine is really expected to be like a god."

It turned out that it was Mother Lan, Huang's nursing mother, who finally couldn't help it and began to revenge on Aunt Zhang, who was an eye thorn in her eye.

is aimed at Aunt Xue.

A few years ago, Aunt Zhang was sent to Zhuangzi to "think" because of her dispute with the second wife Li. There was only one Mother Jiang around her, who served her, which was not better than being raised in the government. The two masters and servants were cold. Although some of the servants in Zhuangzi looked at the ultimatum and sneered at Aunt Zhang, there were also some He also adhered to respect and inferiority, and did not look down on Aunt Zhang's difficulties. Among them was a daughter-in-law surnamed Li, who was quite straightforward and kind and treated Aunt Zhang's master and servants very well.

Aunt Zhang was pardoned and returned home because of Erlang's marriage. Instead, she still remembered Li's love and took a lot of effort to transfer Li to the Duke of Wei. Recently, Ba Niang assisted the family. Aunt Zhang naturally rose. Perhaps for another purpose, she actually had the ability to put Li under the rule of the Changfang Huang family. At present Serve Aunt Xue.

Mother Lan secretly figured out the details of the Li family and knew that she had a good relationship with Mother Jiang. She actually forced Mother Jiang to buy Li and exchange the Huang family's shelter soup for Aunt Xue.

"This is really a plan to stone two birds with one stone." Yijing smiled coldly and looked at Xia Ke: "Do you understand Mother Lan's calculation?"

Aunt Xue has been taking shelter soup, which was originally instructed by the Duke of Wei. Of course, this matter will be handled by Huang.

Xia Ke thought for a while and said bluntly, "If Aunt Xue is pregnant, she will inevitably be held accountable. If she continues, Li can't escape the blame. As long as she insists that it is Aunt Xue's instructions, Aunt Xue will not only be pregnant, but she will also be punished, but Aunt Xue will naturally shout injustice. If the Duke of the country investigates again. , it is not difficult to find out where Li came from, and Aunt Zhang will also be implicated. The Duke's government has always been lenient. In order not to kill Li's life, it will only sell her family at most. Mother Lan can make great profits and promise to arrange a place for the Li family, so the Li family will have no worries.

That's what I think.

Lamei quickly solved the mystery: "Mother Jiang said that M mother asked her to insect Li, even if she was sold, it would not be a big deal. As long as Li insisted that she was bought by Aunt Xue and Aunt Zhang, except for these two people, M Mother Lan would persuade the Duke's wife to properly arrange the Li family."

"The maidservant thought that this must be Mother Lan's own decision, and the Duke's wife should not act rashly. In addition, whether Aunt Zhang or Aunt Xue is not a threat to her, she doesn't have to do anything more." Xia Ke analyzed: "However, once it is done, of course, the Duke's wife will not ignore it. Even if she wants to clean up the mess for Mother Lan, she has to settle the Li family, because once the matter is leaked, the Duke of the Duke is bound not to believe that his wife has nothing to do with this, so Mama Lan is fearless."

Yangjing smiled and said, "You are right. Madam should not insend Mother Lan, but if she knows nothing about this matter, it may be inseparable from Mrs. Lan's hint of conniving behind Mother Lan's own opinion, but Mother Lan herself is not aware of it."

Huang's neglect has nothing to do with the two aunts. The two aunts are indeed not a threat, but this does not mean that Huang's can be calm about the existence of the two aunts. If in the past, she was as respected as a fish in water in the Duke of Wei, she may not care about the aunt who was born as a maidservant, but will be virtuous and tolerant. The "demeaning" is maintained to the end, but Huang is no longer like before. She can intervene in any of the big and small matters of the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Wei treats her as if there is no main room. Huang is in such a situation. She will be jealous of Aunt Zhang, who is unruly and domineering with a son and a daughter, and is also quite pitied by the Duke of Wei. Aunt Xue is like a thorn in her eyes.

Therefore, she secretly indulged in the confrontation between Mother Lan and Aunt Zhang, and was very likely to secretly guide her, so that Mother Lan could detect the friendship between Li and Aunt Zhang.

Yi Jing resolutely does not believe that Aunt Zhang can have such a ability to put her cronies beside Huang as a means of ears and eyes, which must be the result of Huang's acquiescence.

If something goes wrong, only one mother Lan will be sacrificed. She is Huang's wet nurse. At most, she will be sent out for glory and will never be severely blamed.

Naturally, the Duke of Wei will not deal with the Huang family because of his concubine.

At most, it's just a few more taboos. For Huang, it's not a big deal, because even if she adheres to the virtue at this time, the eldest princess and the Duke of Wei will not be less careful.

"Try Mother Jiang that there is no need to contact us about these matters in the future." Ying muttered slightly and said to Xia Ke, "I don't have time. You go there and send some tonics and medicinal materials to greet my sister-in-law for me. Naturally, you should also greet my grandmother for me... How to deal with this matter and what to do in the future? Let M Mother Jiang obey her grandmother's wishes."

This is to "hand over" Mother Jiang to the eldest princess. Of course, Xia Ke understood what the princess meant and smiled and bent her knees.