When Baochai heard that Li Wan had come to her parents' home, she was worried that her sister-in-law had any plans, so she quickly returned to her parents' home from the Lin Mansion: "Mother, you didn't promise her anything?"
While Aunt Xue asked people to get Baochai some toiletries, she rolled her eyes and said, "Who am I? How can I let her get in so easily? Don't worry, even if she's planning on us,
At home, it also depends on whether I can accept her plan."
Baochai smiled bitterly and said, "I never thought that Sister-in-law Zhu would be such a powerful character."
Aunt Xue sneered and said: "Why isn't she? She is the legitimate daughter of the Li family. She was brought up by the orthodox grandma and can read and write. Her scheming skills are as good as anyone else's. Do you really think she is virtuous?
Really? Then you really made the wrong idea."
"When I was in the Grand View Garden, I watched coldly for a long time. Feng Yatou just underestimated her. I think Xia Jingui also underestimated her. It seems that her housekeeper is not as good as Feng Yatou, and she can't compare with Xia Jingui. That's because she is smarter than them. Not only does she not have any dowry,
If you post it, you can also line your own pockets. No one below said she was bad, they only said that she was not as aggressive as Feng Yatou, but virtuous and softer than Feng Yatou, which shows her ability."
"Furthermore, Feng Yatou's yard is in a mess every day. Everyone is there, and there is someone among the maids beside her who is instigating it. When has there been any trouble in her yard since she got married? There is no trouble around her.
Which of your maids is not obedient? If you tell them to go east, they will not dare to go west?"
Baochai lowered his head and thought about it carefully. Isn't it just like what his mother said? Baochai was surprised and said: "Sister-in-law Zhu turns out to be so powerful."
Aunt Xue snorted coldly: "You just know?"
Then he pointed at Baochai's forehead and said: "Fortunately, mother is smart. You are lucky to have met such a good man like my uncle. Otherwise, if we all fell into the hole of Rongguo Mansion, your life would be over."
That Grandma Zhu can give you enough to drink a pot."
Baochai's face turned red, and she immediately hugged her mother and said, "My mother loves me more than my aunt loves my cousin Yuanda."
"Hmph!" Aunt Xue sneered: "My sister was blinded by petty profit!"
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The affairs of Prince Nan'an were very involved. Emperor Xiaode not only took back the military power of Prince Nan'an, but also dismissed all the generals under his name.
Because Princess Nan'an came to the Queen Mother to plead for mercy, Emperor Xiaode spared Prince Nan'an from the death penalty, deprived him of his throne, demoted him to the rank of general of the auxiliary country, and asked the Prince of Nan'an to pay one million taels of silver to redeem him.
Concubine Nan'an received this favor and hurriedly went back to collect money to redeem her people. The generals who followed Nan'an County King did not have such good luck, except for those who had not committed serious crimes and worked as scribes in the rear like Jia Lan, Xiaode
The emperor allowed them to collect money to atone for their sins; the rest were dismissed from their posts, their property was confiscated, and both men and women were demoted to slaves.
Aunt Xue was entrusted by Mrs. Li and used the money left by her to buy the Sun family, helped them bury General Sun, and funded his family's return home with 500 taels of silver.
When the Prince of Beijing County saw the miserable situation in Nan'an Palace, he quickly surrendered his military power. Emperor Xiaode saw that he knew what he was interested in, so he was happy to leave them as idle princes.
In the Qinzheng Hall, there were only four people, the emperor, Dai Quan, Lin Zhao and Tong Lin.
Hearing the news about King Beijing handing over power, Lin Zhao smiled and said: "The King of Beijing is a wonderful man, he knows how to take the initiative to hand over military power."
Emperor Xiaode hummed: "He naturally knows the current affairs. When he inherited the throne in the past, he was very romantic and did not get involved in political affairs. As soon as the incident in Nan'an Palace came out this time, he knew better how to choose. If he wanted to keep his life and the throne, he would have to leave it alone.
Military power cannot be tolerated at the same time."
Lin Zhao shrugged and said, "Now that he has handed over military power, won't Your Majesty reward him with some favor?"
Emperor Xiaode said: "I left him the throne. Isn't that a reward for his kindness? The family of the general of the auxiliary country has been reduced so much in one fell swoop, and will be reduced every generation in the future. Why does he still have dissatisfaction?"
Lin Zhao nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Princess of Beijing cannot give birth, and the Prince of Beijing may never have a legitimate son in his life. What's the use of keeping this hereditary throne? It's not as good as that of the general of the Fu Kingdom.
He was demoted to a higher rank."
Emperor Xiaode smiled and said: "Then it's not my fault that Princess Beijing can't give birth to her. I wanted to be a matchmaker for them at first, but their family refused. I chose such a good match. Now that I can't give birth, who is to blame?"
The sins of your own doing are your own to bear.”
Dai Quan and Tong Lin were snickering on the sidelines.
Lin Zhao looked indifferent and held up his hands and said: "I'm not worried about this, I just think that Concubine Beijing must be filled with regret at this time. According to his calculations, I'm afraid something unspeakable will happen.
."
"Oh?" Emperor Xiaode raised his eyebrows.
Princess Beijing was born in the Niu family of Zhenguo, while Princess Beijing was born in the family of Xiuguo Gonghou. If anything happened to these two women, Emperor Xiaode believed that the Jin Yiwei and Longjing Guards would have a hundred ways to follow the example and take advantage of this situation.
The two big families were completely wiped out.
Thinking of this, he laughed: "If you are about to die and want to engage in internal strife, then don't blame me for being rude!"
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Concubine Beijing was so regretful that her intestines were turning green at this time? She was so regretful that her entire body was turning green. The reason why she chose this daughter-in-law in the first place was because of her family background, upbringing, appearance, appearance, scheming, and everything was excellent.
Wan Hao is a hundred times stronger than the average person and is qualified to be a queen, so she declined to be the matchmaker when Emperor Xiaode stayed in his residence.
Who would have imagined that she would not be able to give birth!
This is a big joke. What is a princess who can't have children, what is she going to do? Is she going to end the inheritance of the Beijing Palace? But His Majesty also decreed that no one who is not the legitimate son of the original wife can inherit the throne, otherwise she would have given birth to her husband long ago.
His son Dona took a concubine as a concubine.
Concubine Beijing frowned, holding a prescription and said: "Are you sure this prescription is effective? Can it really cure the princess's illness?"
Aunt Zhang, who was beside Concubine Beijing, smiled and said: "Concubine, don't worry, this recipe was specially bought from the south at a huge price by this servant. It is said that it has given birth to sons to several women, so I guarantee it will be fine!"
Princess, you are just waiting to have your grandson."
Concubine Beijing nodded and said: "That's all, let's try this one last time. If it still doesn't work...".
Grandma Zhang was so excited that she kept laughing with her.
When Princess Beijing saw the medicine brought by Nanny Zhang, she sneered and said, "Nanny, where did you ask for this wonderful recipe?"
Nanny Zhang bowed and said: "Princess, the recipe this time was bought from the south. It was originally used by the Wuman clan. The old slave spent a lot of energy and financial resources to beg someone to bring this recipe. Princess
, just drink it for the sake of the young prince. The concubine...but she is very impatient to wait."
Princess Beijing was a smart person. She understood the meaning of what Nanny Zhang said as soon as she heard it. She felt something in her heart and said, "In that case, please present it."
Grandma Zhang put down the medicine bowl, bowed and stepped back.
Princess Beijing looked at the medicine bowl with a very ugly face. The maid beside her advised: "Princess, just drink it. Maybe it will be effective this time?"
Princess Beijing said bitterly: "I also hope it can be effective. But Guanyue, how many bitter juices have I drank over the years, and how many times has it been effective? It's medicine that is three-point poison. The last time I went back to my parents' home, my mother asked the imperial doctor.
You came here to see me, because I drank all those soups and water that nourish my body indiscriminately in the past few years, which completely damaged my body. I will never have another child in this life."
Guan Yue was startled: "Princess, what should I do? The concubine...if the concubine knew about this, she would definitely not let you go. I remember, your majesty has decreed that if the original wife has no
Son, the step-son can still inherit the throne if the prince declares it."
Princess Beijing said indifferently: "I know. Didn't Nanny Zhang just say that? The concubine is already impatient with waiting. If there is no way to give birth to an heir, the concubine... will probably attack me."
Guanyue hurriedly knelt down: "Princess..."
Princess Beijing closed her eyes and said: "It doesn't matter, I know it in my heart anyway, and I won't really do what she wants. The concubine dislikes me for not being able to give birth to a child, but my body is broken, and a large part of it is
Because it was caused by the concubine's potion, we can't just let it go."