Back at Qingli Hall, Qin Jiaoxi and Bo Jiming understood why Bo Qing did not dare to come out of the imperial study.
In fact, he has been staying in the Imperial Study Room for five days. Counting today, it is the sixth day.
In addition to assisting the old emperor in governing every morning, after sending the old emperor back to the palace, he would fight in the imperial study room.
All this happened because the other princess, Han Wei, was slapped by Shang Yin during a dispute with Shang Yin a few days ago.
Later, Han Wei went to Concubine Shen's banquet with a swollen face.
When she saw her adopted daughter being beaten before the birthday banquet she held, Concubine Shen felt that Shang Yin didn't take her seriously and was deliberately trying to make her look bad, so she found an excuse to kill Shang Yin. Confined to Qingli Hall.
On the second day after Shang Yin was banned, she announced that she could not leave Qingli Hall for one day, and Boqing was not allowed to see Han Wei for one day.
Although this palace is large, there are not many places where you can completely avoid a concubine.
Bo Qing also thought about it for a long time and almost wanted to hide in the old emperor's palace.
Later, when I thought about it carefully, I realized that the study room would be the most suitable place to hide.
No one is allowed to enter the Imperial Study Room without being summoned by the Emperor. After the Crown Prince assisted the Emperor, he spent his daily life in the Imperial Study Room helping the Emperor with government affairs, so if he stayed in there, no one would be able to see him.
At first, Han Wei didn't believe in evil and tenderly brought various stews to her to ask for an audience. However, after being rejected time and time again, even Concubine Shen couldn't see anyone in person.
Immediately Concubine Shen became even angrier, saying that if Boqing didn't come out, Shang Yin wouldn't lift the ban.
However, Shang Yin was not afraid. He still went his own way in Qingli Palace and still refused to let Boqing come back.
Feeling that Bo Jiming's mother and concubine were not at a disadvantage for the time being, Qin Jiaoxi smiled and said, "But Xi'er doesn't understand. Han Wei has been married to Han Wei for almost a year, so why are you starting to make trouble now?"
Shang Yin's face darkened: "Of course it's because I was not in the palace when she married the prince!"
If she was here, how could that person marry her?
Qin Jiaoxi was stunned: "Where is the mother-in-law if she was not in the palace before?"
Shang Yin sighed: "Ten years ago, when our family of three returned from the capital city of Zhao, we thought Danlie Kingdom should be regarded as a paradise. Knowing that his father also wanted to settle down here, who would have expected that less than three months after entering the palace, As soon as he was clear, he was sent to the Duke of Yan."
"Boqing was worried that I couldn't defeat the women in the palace, and he was also afraid that his mother and concubine were plotting secretly, so he found a substitute and brought me into the palace, leaving me in the village outside the city."
Qin Jiaoxi: "..."
It turns out that substitutes have been around since the previous generation. No wonder brother Ji Ming is now so proficient in using them.
Shang Yin said helplessly: "In the beginning, Boqing was just an idle prince, and he could take me everywhere for fun every day. Only when he returned to the palace, he secretly replaced me with the substitute."
"But then someone actually poisoned my double in the palace. Although the double was one of Boqing's secret guards, after being poisoned by the chronic poison, it took half a year to discover that there was a problem. By then it was already too late."
"After the imperial doctor made the diagnosis, he announced to the public that the prince and concubine could not have any more children in the future. This prevented any more tricks in the future."
"But after that, the substitute gradually became haggard and seriously ill. Boqing saw that he could no longer take me out to play, and he felt sorry for the substitute who was being plotted against. Finally, he decided to let me return to the palace and replace him with a substitute to recuperate."
"After I returned to the palace, I pretended to be ill and hid in the cold palace to avoid being noticed and plotted by others again. Boqing promised that he would let me live a stable life, and then participated in the battle for the right to inherit the throne."
"But he is good at everything, but he is easy to be soft-hearted. He couldn't help but let go of several princes who were cruel to him. In the end, after waiting for several years, those princes almost killed each other. He I finally became the prince, but was forced to marry him by the queen."
"Boqing's final condition for agreeing to the marriage was that I would become the crown princess together with the Han concubine, otherwise he would not have any concubines, and forced the queen to agree and let me come out of the cold palace."
"Unexpectedly, not long after I came out, the Queen Mother went to Changshou Mountain due to illness. She asked me to accompany her by name. She said that my body and bones would be restored after going to Changshou Mountain and returning. It would not be too late to wait for me to return and establish a concubine. "
"As a result, you don't need to guess. Not long after I left with the Queen Mother, the Queen married Han Wei into the Qingli Palace according to the terms she had negotiated with Concubine Shen."
Qin Jiaoxi said angrily: "No wonder the Marquis of Ding'an came to Yanchu to help us. It turns out that this is what he owed us!"
Shang Yin touched her head: "That's not necessarily true. He helped you probably for your father's sake. As far as I know, he has no feelings for this daughter!"
Qin Jiaoxi came back to her senses: "So, concubine, haven't you just come back from Changshou Mountain not long ago?"
Shang Yin shook her head: "Not really. In fact, I came back half a year ago, but Han Wei was also unlucky. On the second day after she got married, Concubine Shen suddenly fell seriously ill, so she had to go back. Taking care of her adoptive mother, when Concubine Shen got better, Bo Qing personally went to Lincheng because of the plague after the flood in central China..."
"Anyway, when I came back half a year ago, Bo Qing had been assisting the emperor for some time. He was so busy that he basically didn't go back to Qingli Palace."
"It wasn't until I came back that he found time to go out with me to relax and walk around every once in a while. Han Wei is also capable. She endured it for half a year, and it was only recently that she started to have trouble."
"Of course, if she doesn't cause trouble, if the news that the marriage has not been consummated after one year of marriage gets out, she may not be able to see anyone anymore."
Having said this, Shang Yin turned to look at Qin Jiaoxi proudly: "They thought that if they sent me away, Boqing would marry her honestly. Who would have thought that Boqing has always been a soft-spoken person? It's hard. When he was willing, he would stay with me when he married me in Shanghou Mansion. When he was unwilling, someone drugged him. He would rather freeze in an ice cave than consummate the marriage with someone. .”
Then he sighed again: "But because he was so stupid, it's hard to recover from his frozen body. I'm afraid I won't be able to give birth to another child for him..."
Qin Jiaoxi & Bo Jiming: "..."
I never expected this melon to be so big.
After Shang Yin briefly explained the situation on his side, he touched Qin Jiaoxi's head: "Originally, my mother-in-law did not want to tell you so many embarrassing things, but since you are going to stay in this palace for a while, you must have something Beware, Concubine Shen is not a vegetarian."
"Now I'm worried that Concubine Shen, my foster daughter, is not responsible. She may set her sights on Ji Ming, and then I'm afraid she will target you, Xi'er."