Gao Lingbo was about to leave the palace after leaving the Queen Mother's Palace, but this did not prevent him from walking with the imperial concubine again.
The chamberlains kept a certain distance and allowed them to talk.
After listening to the concubine's words, Gao Tongshi just smiled.
"Yao'er always needs to be favored." He said with some ease and casualness.
Nowadays, there are only two princes in the palace, the eldest prince and the second prince. I originally thought that the virtuous concubine would also give birth to a prince, but it turned out to be a daughter. Of course, for the emperor who was having a hard time having heirs, the daughter was also very happy.
The imperial concubine seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and walked slowly without saying anything.
"How is the Queen's health?" Gao Tongshi asked, "I heard that even though the Second Prince is young, he always attends to the sick, carries a small stool to feed the Queen medicine, and even tells stories and reads to the Queen in a decent manner."
The smile on the imperial concubine's face fell.
"The news spreads fast enough. I don't think the Queen's health will improve for a while." She said, "I have to create enough publicity for the Second Prince."
"You should also teach the eldest prince, don't just focus on studying. He studies at a young age in a rigid manner. Do you need him to take the top exam? For our royal children, intelligence is not the most important thing." Gao Tongshi said.
"You were the ones who asked me to study in the first place, and now you say I need to be smart." The imperial concubine said displeased.
Gao Tongshi clicked his tongue.
"Why are you so anxious? You're still young." He said, looking towards the direction where the second prince and Prince Jin'an were leaving, frowning slightly, "But that boy is not young anymore..."
"Anyway, he will leave the palace next year and go to the fiefdom. From now on, he will be an idle prince, so don't pay attention to him," the imperial concubine said.
"I would rather believe him than believe him, because I'm afraid the Queen Mother and the Emperor won't let him go." Gao Tongshi said, "Besides, I always feel that this kid is not as simple as he seems. He seems to know a lot of people."
"He has been in the capital for so many years, so it's strange that he doesn't know anyone." The imperial concubine said, having already reached the intersection. "Ignore others. What matters now is the eldest prince."
Gao Tongshi nodded and bowed to salute.
"I excuse myself," he said.
When the imperial concubine returned to the palace, she heard the sound of the eldest prince reading loudly. In the past, she felt happy when she heard the sound of reading, but today for some reason, she just felt upset.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Hearing that she was back, the eldest prince came over happily holding the book.
"I memorized this book in two days, please listen to it."
He said and handed the book to the imperial concubine with a proud look on his face.
The imperial concubine raised her hand and knocked down the book.
"Endorsement, endorsement, endorsement, what else can you do besides endorsement?" she shouted with raised eyebrows.
The maid in the interior of the room retreated in panic, while the eldest prince stood blankly, a little at a loss.
"Look at how stupid you are! You're not as good as Sixth Brother!" The imperial concubine looked at his stupid look and became even more annoyed. She reached out and poked his forehead and shouted, "You can't please your father like him.
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The eldest prince burst into tears and grinned, ready to cry.
"Why are you crying!" the imperial concubine shouted.
The eldest prince was so frightened that he tried hard not to cry, his fat face turned red from holding back.
"Why don't you go to your father?" the imperial concubine asked.
"Father, father didn't let me go..." the eldest prince sobbed.
"Then how can Sixth Brother go?" The imperial concubine said bitterly, "You are so stupid! Sooner or later, your father will only like Sixth Brother and not like you anymore, so just follow Jin'an and go to the fiefdom, and you will never be together again for the rest of your life.
I want to go to Beijing again!”
The eldest prince couldn't bear it any longer and burst into tears.
"Don't cry, just stand still." The imperial concubine shouted angrily.
The eldest prince dared not listen and stood aside sobbing with his head down.
Outside the imperial concubine's palace, the maids and maids bowed their heads and stood in silence.
At this time, the Cheng family ancestral hall in Jiangzhou was also silent. The servant stood aside and looked at the woman kneeling in front of him as he unfolded the family tree and read the family tree one by one. He looked very surprised.
Of course he knew who the woman in front of him was. She was a fool from the Cheng family. She was born stupid and was fostered and fostered. He had seen what a fool looked like, but it would never be like this.
In the past few days, he had also heard that people outside the family were talking about the idiot of the Cheng family who was not an idiot at all. He didn't believe these words at first. As Mr. Cheng's personal servant, he naturally knew this idiot of the Cheng family better.
's past.
But when I saw it with my own eyes, I found that I had to believe it.
The master had just specifically asked him to read to this woman, but looking at this woman, it was obvious that she was literate.
If a fool can read, then he is not a fool.
"Is that all?"
The fool sitting on the ground suddenly asked.
The servant came to his senses and hurriedly answered yes.
"It's all here," he said.
When he finished saying this, he saw that the calm face of the woman in front of him felt a little sad for a moment. The servant felt a sudden sadness in his heart. He even felt that he really shouldn't have said this just now.
Cheng Jiaoniang sighed softly.
"As expected, not one, not one, not one." She slowly shook her head and murmured.
Although she had already guessed this result when Cheng Silang wrote the genealogy, she still wanted to see it in person. Cheng Silang remembered that they were all directly close elders and peers. The huge Cheng family, with its lush branches and leaves, might be able to
You see the name you want to see, so when you feel lucky, you just don't want to admit the fact.
"Madam..." Banqin took a few steps over and called with a bit of worry.
The girl's originally soft and beautiful voice actually sounded desolate at this moment.
"What are you looking for, madam?" the servant couldn't help but ask.
Cheng Jiaoniang didn't say anything, put down the genealogy in her hand and stood up.
"I've finished reading, you can put it away," she said.
The servants hurriedly responded and watched Cheng Jiaoniang turn around and walk out. There were ancient trees outside the ancestral hall, and it was colder than other places in winter. Watching the thin back of this woman walking among them, it added to the desolation of being a single figure.
"Madam." Banqin was silent all the way. When he saw Cheng Jiaoniang heading out along the road, not in the direction of Mr. Cheng, she quickly reminded, "Where are we going?"
"Go find that person." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Find that person, only that person, only this one that she is familiar with, remembers, and truly exists.
Banqin responded and walked quickly with her, and the two of them quickly left.
Mr. Cheng and his wife are still waiting in the hall.
"I don't know what she is doing with that, or what new tricks she wants to play." Mrs. Cheng said with a snort.
Mr. Cheng had been stroking the tea bowl in deep thought, and when he heard these words, he put down the tea bowl.
"Do you think people who can do tricks are still fools?" he asked.
Mrs. Cheng was stunned for a moment.
Yes, a fool can play any tricks, but he just listens and watches.
"It seems that we may have made a mistake all these years." Mr. Cheng said, "This child is not very stupid."
"It's not like we didn't know what she was like when she was a child! She still can't walk when she's five or six years old! Could it be that she made a mistake?" Mrs. Cheng snorted.
Yes, you can't be wrong if you are stupid. Others don't know it, but they, their close relatives, saw it with their own eyes.
"Could it be that he gradually got better later?" Mr. Cheng said.
"How is that possible?" Mrs. Cheng said. Before she finished speaking, she saw Mr. Cheng and his wife coming outside. She raised her chin and asked, "Ask Mr. Second, how was that idiot when they were in Bingzhou?"
"You were in Bingzhou back then?"
Mr. Cheng Er sat down and listened to Mr. Cheng's question, frowned and thought for a while.
"That's it, what else can I do?"
"Have you ever been to Taoism?" Mr. Cheng asked.
Of course I didn't go... Needless to say.
There is nothing uncomfortable about this, it is something that is normal.
"Do you still need to go and see her? If it were better, she would have come home long ago." Mr. Cheng Er said with a snort.
Mr. Cheng twisted his beard in silence and thought deeply.
So what's going on? You don't look like a fool no matter how you look at it. Is it really better? Can someone who is born stupid be better?
"I think it's good." Mrs. Cheng Er suddenly said, "She is old, and the Zhou family took her over and taught her a good lesson..."
Everyone in the room looked at her.
Mrs. Cheng sneered.
"So?" she asked.
Mrs. Cheng Er raised her head and looked at her without any sign of weakness.
"So my dear girl is better now and is no longer a fool. We must be careful about her marriage," she said.
It’s finally time to tear off those pretentious pretense and reveal the true face.
Mrs. Cheng sneered in her heart and sat upright.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became stagnant and depressing, just like before a storm was coming. Even the maids and maids kneeling on the porch outside the door felt that they could hardly breathe. (To be continued)
