Shu Jin was speechless as he looked at his own party members, Mao Bi and Li Guiren, who were gathering again.
Mao Bi looked very happy. She covered her lips and giggled for a long time before saying: "Oh, I was in Zhongcui Palace just now. I almost couldn't help laughing! Look at the Queen's look. She is obviously very sour and still wants to be pretentious.
You are so virtuous! Our Concubine Dun looks delicate and frail, but her belly is really impressive, she got it so quickly!" - And she is so loved by the emperor!
Li Guiren also covered her lips and smiled sweetly, "I have just become pregnant. If I really give birth to a brother, the queen will be very angry."
The queen was unhappy, but Mao Bi and Li Guiren were happy.
Shu Jin also laughed and said: "Speaking of this Concubine Dun, the Queen personally begged the Emperor to take her into the palace early." - This is like shooting oneself in the foot.
Chengqian Palace suddenly burst into laughter and joy.
At this moment, Zhang Shoufa, the leader of the eunuchs, came in and called Qian'er: "Your Majesty, Princess Huaike wants to see you."
Shu Jin was startled, Qi Guiren, her daughter? At this juncture...
Maobin hurriedly whispered: "The third elder brother has repeatedly pleaded to no avail, and even received ten slaps from the emperor. Now his butt is not getting better. But the eldest princess has written several times, begging the emperor to allow her to visit Qi.
My lord, the emperor agreed the day before yesterday, and this time... I am afraid that he is coming from Changchun Palace."
"Why did she come to me if she didn't go to pay her respects to the queen?" Although Shu Jin muttered, he also understood that with the noble tongue, he would definitely say a lot of bad things about her. And mother and daughter are connected and cherish each other.
The princess may have believed a lot.
"That's all, please invite her in." She is a princess after all, and she cannot hang out in the sun.
After a while, Zhang Shoufa politely introduced the princess into the East Flower Hall of the main hall.
"Greetings to my concubines and concubines!" Even though she came with anger, the eldest princess still never lost her etiquette.
Whether it is Shu Jin or Mao Bi, their status is different from what it used to be. They can sit on top and receive Princess Huaike's gift. However, Li Guiren has already gotten up early and stands aside to avoid being received.
Shu Jin nodded and said "no courtesy", and then suddenly realized that Princess Huaike... why did she seem to have gained a lot of weight?
She couldn't help but turn her doubtful eyes to Maobin, because she knew that Maobin had been paying attention to her enemy.
Mao Bi smiled and said: "The princess is four months pregnant, right?"
Princess Huaike's face showed no joy and she simply said: "Thank you for your concern, concubine."
She’s pregnant! And she’s already four months old!
That is to say, the fetal image has been stabilized, so it is no wonder that Yongzheng allowed her to enter the palace to visit Qi Guiren.
"Congratulations." Shu Jin came back to his senses and said hurriedly.
Princess Huaike looked accusingly at the empress Yu Fei, who was no longer what she used to be. "I heard that the empress has a very harmonious relationship with the emperor recently. I wonder if it is true or not?"
Shu Jin smiled: "Don't you know, princess, about the past?" - Don't you know about the old grudge between me and the queen?
Princess Huaike choked, "But, my mother-in-law said -"
Mao Bi was a little displeased and couldn't help but interject: "Qi Guiren is stupid, is the princess like her?!"
Princess Huaike bit her lip and said nothing. It was not that she had doubted her mother's words, but...
When Li Guiren saw this, he couldn't help but said: "If Imperial Concubine Yu hadn't interceded that day, I'm afraid that Qi Guiren would have had his title taken away. Qi Guiren didn't care about Imperial Concubine Yu, so why did he talk to the princess about Imperial Concubine secretly?"
Bad words?!”
Huai Ke was stunned for a moment, a little doubtful.
Shu Jin sighed, that's all. She didn't have a deep friendship with the princess, and with Qi Guiren being such a stupid girl, it was good that Princess Huaike didn't directly attack her.
Shu Jin said seriously: "I have a clear conscience about this matter. Whether the princess believes it or not, what's the point of hindering me?"
In terms of seniority, she is the concubine, and in terms of status, she is already the concubine of the first palace. In fact, she does not need to pay attention to Princess Huaike's views.
Huai Ke lowered his head: "I... things happened too suddenly. My mother-in-law... suddenly ended up in such a situation. It is inevitable that she will feel resentful." She also begged many times before she got the opportunity to visit the palace.
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Shu Jin rubbed his eyebrows and said, "This matter has been investigated long ago. The witnesses and physical evidence are conclusive. Qi Guiren is not unjustly found in such a situation."
Huai Ke bit his lip, still feeling aggrieved for his biological mother, "Eniang fell into a scheme."
Shu Jin laughed: "Whether she fell into a scheme or was misled, she did this with her own hands, and it cannot be faked. The emperor did this for the sake of the princess and the third elder brother.
, otherwise...for such a crime, even if you are not punished with death, you will have to be relegated to the cold palace."
Concubine Yu's words made Huai Ke choke and panic, but he couldn't find any words to refute.
Shu Jin sighed: "Princess, I'd better advise Mr. Qi to accept it as soon as you see fit. She feels aggrieved. I'm afraid the queen is even more aggrieved than she is."
Princess Huaike listened to the first half of the sentence, but in the second half, Huaike felt a bit resentful, "I have been used to seeing her bullying my mother-in-law since I was a child. She is already a queen.
What else are you not satisfied with?" - This time he clearly wanted to put Eniang to death!
Shu Jin couldn't help but laugh again. People's hearts are biased after all.
"Then why is your noble Qi dissatisfied? She originally had two sons and a daughter, and was the first of the four concubines - if she was satisfied, how could she do such a thing?" - Once she did it, she had to bear the consequences.
Huai Ke was choked by these words, and after a long time he said: "I have been grudged for many years, and to this point, E Niang can no longer stop." Once there is a legitimate son in the middle palace, they will be the slaves of others and the flesh and blood of others.
Huai Ke is now just glad that the queen is not pregnant, otherwise there would really be no way to survive.
Mao Bi suddenly spoke again: "Princess, what you said makes sense. If the Queen had been more virtuous and tolerant, I would think that the noble Qi wouldn't be like this."
Shu Jin was stunned. Although Mao Bi's words made some sense, they were clearly provocations.
Huai Ke raised his eyes to look at the Maobin Song family, who was not close to his mother-in-law, and couldn't help but blush: "But the matter has come to this, I just hope that my mother-in-law and Hongshi can live well, and that's enough."
Live well? This requirement is not simple at all.
What does it mean to live "well", that is, even if you can't be a prince, you can still be a prince or a prince.
Mao Bi smiled slightly: "Then it depends on whether the Queen can tolerate it."
Hearing this, Huai Ke couldn't help but feel indignant: "My mother-in-law and Hong Shi have already fallen to this point. Isn't it enough?"
Shu Jin couldn't help but glared at Maobin: "Just stop saying a few words!"
Mao Bi felt a little guilty and quickly lowered her head.
Shu Jin then comforted Huaike and said, "You can rest assured. No matter what, Hongshi's brother is still the emperor's biological son. The emperor still cares about his children. As for your mother, the emperor grounded her, which is both punishment and punishment."
Protection. Now the people responsible for guarding the Changchun Palace are all from the Imperial Palace."
After hearing this, Huai Ke calmed down a little.
Shu Jin added: "What the princess has to do now is to be filial to the emperor and raise the baby well."
Huai Ke held his waist and curtsied: "Thank you, concubine, for your advice."