Concubine Bo watched the queen admonishing Qin from a distance. After watching for a while, she turned around and left. Under the guidance of an old palace maid, she went to Changning Palace behind the ancestral temple.
This palace was specially used to support concubines who were relegated to the cold palace.
Entering the Changning Palace, the bleak atmosphere here made Princess Bo, who was also a concubine, a little unhappy. After a moment of hesitation, she walked into the Changning Palace.
Along the winding path, stepping on dead branches and fallen leaves, we arrived at the deepest part of Changning Palace. A tall woman sat on a worn-out chair to bask in the sun.
"Bo Hongyi, why did you think of coming to see me? I just overheard the rally call. Could it be that there has been a change in Tokyo? Is Zhao Zhen dead?"
Concubine Bo did not get angry and said with a smile: "Qingwu, no matter what, I am your elder, why are you still so unreasonable to me?"
The tall woman smiled and said: "You were the one I respected the most before. I didn't expect that you would drug me when I was most helpless and deprive me of my last glory. Tell me, how can I respect you? How should I behave?"
Are you an elder?"
Concubine Bo sighed and said: "After you slapped His Majesty in the face, not only did you commit the crime of disrespect, but the woman's virtue cannot be justified. Your Majesty wants to depose the queen, what can I do? Help you get out of the palace.
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The woman still sat on the chair without moving, and after a while she said: "Zhao Zhen deposed me because I haven't had a son in nine years. I don't blame him. I don't blame you for drugging me. I just want to ask you."
Why do you want to take away even the last bit of my flesh and blood?
Zhao Zhen used his own flesh and blood to threaten the mother of his child and sit in this remote palace for fourteen years. Why is it that the mother and daughter cannot see each other for fourteen years? "
After saying this, the woman became excited. She stood up with fists clenched and walked towards Concubine Bo. Concubine Bo was startled and stepped back. The woman only took three steps before she stopped abruptly. An iron chain was tied to her.
Her ankles prevented her from moving forward.
Concubine Bo looked at the straight iron chain and sighed: "When will you change your temper? You come from a well-known family. One of your father and brother is Pinglu Jiedushi and the other is Chongyi deputy envoy. And you
Deeply favored by Empress Dowager Liu, as long as you get rid of that jealous temper, when will it be Cao's turn to be the queen? Your majesty's neck was dripping with blood from your scratching, and this matter was seen by all the officials, Lu Yijian would have made such a motion, if not
Your Majesty was kind enough to conceal the fact that you slapped him. It would not be an exaggeration to kill you all.
You entered Changning Palace and found out that you were pregnant. The imperial doctor checked and found that you were almost three months pregnant. As a woman and a mother, are you confused?
After Qin is born, can the royal family expect you to teach her a good daughter? If she doesn't take her away, will she be left to you to re-educate a person full of hostility in your heart?
You cursed Your Majesty, saying that Qin was not his daughter, and that she was born through adultery with an outsider, which led to the birth of Your Majesty and Qin. So far, Qin has not had the opportunity to call Your Majesty father. It was I who begged Your Majesty to give Qin your noble daughter.
Identity, otherwise how could this child have the opportunity to have such a happy marriage? Let me tell you, today is the day when Wan'er leaves the cabinet, and I came here to tell you."
When the woman heard the news, she was like a thunderbolt. She stood there in a daze, her face was extremely pale, and she had no trace of heroism. She asked with trembling lips: "Did you marry Qin?"
After asking this question, she knelt down in front of Concubine Bo and cried loudly: "Please, Concubine Bo, please intercede for Your Majesty. Don't send my little bowl to the marriage. All sins are mine."
, I shouldn’t be jealous, I shouldn’t always take His Majesty’s jokes as an oath, I shouldn’t offend Your Majesty, please, please don’t take my little bowl for marriage.
I will definitely tell my father and brother to return to Beijing to worship honestly..."
Seeing that she was crying pitifully, Taifei Bo approached the woman and wanted to help her up. Unexpectedly, the woman stood up suddenly, grabbed Taifei Bo's throat and said sternly: "Tell Zhao Zhen to put her down immediately."
Give me my daughter back, or I will break your neck!"
Concubine Bo turned her head with difficulty and looked at the ferocious-looking woman and said, "You have been a fool all your life. Who told you that Wan'er was sent to be married? You will never repent until you die!"
The woman said angrily: "I have been a general of the Guo family for many generations, do you think I can't hear the sound of the military bugle just now? Who would blow the military bugle to the palace when a general of the Song Dynasty gets married? Only the Liao Kingdom, or Li Yuanhao of Xixia
I have the qualifications and courage.”
Concubine Bo suddenly laughed, let the woman hold her neck and breathed a sigh of relief: "You have been imprisoned for too long. The current situation in the world is like this. I, the Song Dynasty, already have a man who dominates the world.
Capital, the Liao Kingdom had just signed a new treaty with the Song Dynasty at Pingxingding, and there were no longer any coins, tributes, or anything like that.
Li Yuanhao, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, died a long time ago. Now his bones can be used as drumsticks. The hundreds of thousands of troops who had no hidden strength were defeated by our army of the Song Dynasty. The remaining soldiers who returned to Xixia were less than 100,000, and now they can only shrink.
Living in the two prefectures of Yinxia and surviving, who among them dares to come to my palace of the Song Dynasty to blow the military bugle?"
The woman laughed sarcastically: "Based on Zhao Zhen's timid temperament? When we got married, the swords I hung in the house frightened him. How could he turn into a powerful figure after not seeing him for a few years? Isn't that right?
Maybe, Bo Hongyi, if you want to escape, send my little bowl to Yingtian, otherwise I will be able to do anything in my lifeless life."
When Taifei Bo saw the eunuch's shrill cry for help coming from outside the courtyard, she stamped her feet and shouted: "Go into the house and say, if you don't think it's embarrassing, I think it's embarrassing.
The woman followed Concubine Bo into the house, then let her go and said, "We must make a decision today, otherwise it will be a life-or-death situation."
When Taifei Bo saw that old Chen Lin had entered the courtyard, she opened her mouth and shouted: "What are you doing here? You don't have to look at the Yun family anymore?"
Seeing that the matter was not as serious as she thought, Chen Lin drove everyone out of the yard, smiled and said to the woman, "Congratulations to Concubine Jing. The whole Yun family celebrates the marriage of Princess Qin. Now that we are no longer worried about you, we can be at peace in the future."
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The woman calmed down and frowned and asked: "Who is my husband's family? Maybe he is worthy of my little bowl? As long as it is not a marriage, Zhao Zhen still has some conscience."
Concubine Bo sighed and said, "It's been six days since your man was unconscious. They say a couple's kindness lasts a day, so don't you miss him at all?"
The woman smiled and said: "He finally died. I have been waiting for this day for a long time."
Concubine Bo's face darkened, she took out two portraits from her sleeves and threw them to the woman and said, "This is the last time I come to see you. There is nothing in your heart except resentment.
One of these two portraits is your daughter and the other is your son-in-law. Your daughter has been well-educated by me and has no shortage of virtues. Your son-in-law is the eight-year-old younger brother of our famous general Yun Zheng.
At that time, he was known as a child prodigy. He collaborated with two other people to complete the Yellow River water area map, which was the supreme magic weapon for our government to manage the Yellow River. In recent years, the management of the Yellow River has relied on this tool.
Qin Guo likes Yun Yue very much, and Yun Yue also has a deep love for Qin Guo. I am very good at judging people and will not be wrong about them. Yun Yue's family tradition is also good."
The woman looked greedily at the two portraits spread out on the bed. She looked at Qin Guo carefully first, then at Yun Yue, and said to herself: "He looks good, but his body is thinner. I'm afraid."
He is not a person who lives a long life. It would be better if he married his elder brother. Since he is a famous general, his body and bones must be extremely strong."
Concubine Bo ignored the woman's nonsense and said with tears in her eyes: "The royal family and your Guo family are in a mess. If your Guo family doesn't know how to advance or retreat, once the imperial court prepares a large army to clear them out, your Guo family will be in disaster."
There’s no way to escape.”
The woman continued to look at the portrait and said without raising her head: "It's not like the imperial court has never sent a large army. What was the result? They came back defeated..."
"That's because Your Majesty is still fond of old friendship and wants to save my face and kill me. If the general sent was Di Qing or Yun Zheng, your Guo family would have disappeared long ago.
Three thousand soldiers roamed the south of the Yangtze River. If they were in the north, they would have been wiped out countless times. In recent years, Di Qing defeated Dali and Yunzheng defeated Jiaozhi. They all passed by your Guo family. When the army returned in triumph, I
I worry about His Majesty's orders every day, but fortunately, the most terrible thing has not happened yet.
I have promised a good family to the State of Qin, and I, Bo Hongyi, will never owe you anything to the Guo family. Your Majesty does not know whether he is alive or dead. Once the courtiers think that the Guo family is too domineering, no one can save them. The only way is to let your father and brother
If you go to Beijing to plead guilty, you may be able to escape.
The ban on your letters has been lifted from today on. You can write to ask your father and brother what the situation is like today. I believe that they must be living in panic all day long. If you want to be more open-minded, don’t be a
One person drags down the whole family.”
The expression on the woman's face was uncertain. She glanced at her daughter's portrait again, found paper and pen, and began to write a letter. But the moment she picked up the pen, tears burst out of her eyes like a flood. She was so entangled that she didn't know where to start...
The woman is the famous Empress Guo, Zhao Zhen's first wife. According to records: At the beginning of Tiansheng, the great-granddaughter of Zhang Mei, the general of the Xiaoqi Guards, was in the same palace with the Guo family. Zhao Zhen, who had not yet taken charge of the government, fell in love with the Zhang family, but
Empress Dowager Liu (Liu E), who was in charge of the dynasty, appointed Guo as empress. On November 21, the second year of Tiansheng, Guo was established as empress at the age of thirteen.
Because he was still young and did not know the dangers of the palace, he relied on the support of Empress Dowager Liu and had a jealous personality. He closely monitored Zhao Zhen's whereabouts and prevented him from getting close to other palace maids and concubines. Zhao Zhen was very angry but did not dare to express it openly. When Empress Dowager Liu died,
After that, Zhao Zhen stopped paying attention to Queen Guo, which made her unbearably lonely and jealous.
At that time, in the harem, the palace ladies Shang and Yang were beautiful and charming, and they were very popular with Zhao Zhen. Empress Guo went to the residence of Shang and Yang many times and cursed them.
One day, Zhao Zhen visited Shang. Shang complained to Zhao Zhen about Empress Guo. Queen Guo arrived and the two got into an argument. Empress Guo was so angry that she slapped Shang with her hands. When Zhao Zhen saw this, he hurriedly came to the court.
He stepped forward to save Shang. Queen Guo could not hold back her momentum and hit Zhao Zhen on the neck. Zhao Zhen suddenly became furious and wanted to depose Queen Guo.
There was a rift between Prime Minister Lu Yijian and Empress Guo. When he heard that Empress Guo mistakenly attacked Song Renzong, he asked the admonisher Fan Xi to take the opportunity to say: "It has been nine years since I established the throne and I still have no children, so my righteousness should be abolished."
Under Lu Yijian's lobbying, Zhao Zhen made up his mind to abolish the queen. In order to achieve the purpose of deposing Queen Guo, Lu Yijian actually ordered the Taiwan admonishment department not to accept the admonishment officer's memorial. In the second year of Ming Dynasty, Zhao Zhen issued an edict, saying: "
Since the queen had no children and wished to enter a Taoist temple, she was given the title of pure concubine. She was given the name Qingwu by Yujing Chongmiao Immortal Master and lived separately in Changning Palace to raise her."
At that time, ten people including Zhongcheng Kong Daofu, the admonishing official and censor Fan Zhongyan, and Duan Shaolian went to the pavilion and said: "There are no faults in the future and cannot be abolished." Kong Daofu and others were all deposed.
The furious Guo Chong, the military governor of Pinglu Army, and his son Yungong did not pay any congratulations for fifteen years.
Yun Er didn't know what a big trouble he was happily carrying into his house. (To be continued)