Thoughts were running around, and a smile appeared on the lotus jade face like Yuanchun Guanyin, "This is really a chance for Baochai and Baoqin. The Feng family is a single family with three rooms. They must be looking forward to having an heir as soon as possible. Baoqin
If Chai and Bao Qin can give birth to an heir, it will indeed make the Feng family happy."
"Isn't that what happened? So people in the house are saying that Miss Bao and Miss Bao Er arrived at the right time to get married, just when Mrs. Shen gave birth to a daughter. The Feng family must be very disappointed. If Miss Bao or Bao Er
If the second girl can give birth to a son, the second wife will soon overwhelm the eldest brother." Bao Qin was also very happy for the Xue family.
The four families of King Jia Shi and Xue were linked together, and they all prospered and suffered losses, but it was the Xue family that fell first. Coincidentally, the mother of the Xue family and the house owner was the biological sister of the eldest girl’s mother, and the two sisters have always had the closest relationship.
Now that the Xue family can regain its glory through the relationship with the Feng family, it is naturally a good thing.
Hearing Baoqin say that he wanted to overpower the eldest brother, Yuanchun frowned and said, "Baoqin, don't talk nonsense like this. Why is the second room overpowering the eldest room? Ziying is the only one in the Feng family, and the eldest room and the second room want to be separated.
, but in fact he is not the only one, it is just a statement made to the outside world. If such words are spread among our Jia family, Ziying will definitely be displeased."
Baoqin laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you have thought carefully about it, but I'm afraid Uncle Feng won't pay attention to these things now. He is too busy with official duties. I heard that the eldest master and the second sister-in-law are all involved in helping."
In the matter of redeeming people, the master and his wife spoke politely about the slave's return this time. The master didn't say anything, but the wife may not be happy with Second Sister-in-law Lian doing this."
Yuan Chun sighed, "The second sister-in-law also has the same difficulties as the second sister-in-law. Second brother Lian and her have divorced. How long can she stay in the Jia family? She is also a face-saving person, and she will definitely not go back to the Wang family to suffer.
Most of the time, he has to live elsewhere, but he still has most of his life left in the future. How will he live? If he doesn't make some money while he is still in the Jia family to plan for the future, how will he live in the future? If my mother is not happy, she will not be happy.
She can’t help the second sister-in-law for the rest of her life.”
"Mother, it's almost done. Let's go back to the house first." Seeing that Yuanchun seemed to be in a better mood, Baoqin took the opportunity to help Yuanchun walk into the house, "This slave's feet are so cold that they are no longer his own."
"Let's go, it's time for Cheng'en to come back." Yuanchun raised her hands and returned to the house. The heat that came in front of her made her stiff cheeks suddenly feel a little numb.
"It's time to come back. In the past, he would come back at this time when he went to Qiu Daban's place, but today is New Year's Eve. Maybe Qiu Daban wants to keep him for a while to talk?" Baoqin also stretched his neck and looked outside.
, the two little palace maids were also laughing and playing nearby, and they also raised the palace lanterns to hang under the eaves, so as to add a little more New Year atmosphere to the palace.
Cheng'en was Yuanchun's chamberlain. He was only twelve or thirteen years old. He was castrated and entered the palace five years ago. He was originally a minor chamberlain under Qiu Shi'an, the eunuch who inspected the inner court. He was assigned to Yuanchun's Fengzao Palace this year.
Although he has not been in Fengzao Palace for a long time and is still young, he is actually loyal, obedient, hard-working, and loves reading and writing. He is very popular with Yuan Chun and Bao Qin, and because Cheng En and Qiu Shi'an are both
As a native of Xingtai, Shunde Prefecture, he was considered a local, so Qiu Shi'an took great care of his little enzi, and Yuanchun asked Cheng'en to go to Qiu Shi'an often to inquire about information.
It turned out that Yuanchun was treated coldly in the palace and did not have many connections to understand the situation. It was not until Chengen came that because of this relationship, Chengen often visited Qiu Shi'an, plus the gold, silver and jade sent by the palace
The treasure was given to Qiu Shi'an, so now the situation has improved and the news is better.
As Dai Quan went to the Daming Palace where the Supreme Emperor lived, the former powerful Prime Minister Dai was no longer as powerful as before. Now there are only two eunuchs with the most power in the palace, one is Xia Bingzhong, the eunuch of the Sixth Palace, and the other is Qiu Shi'an
, the inner court inspected the eunuchs. Both of them were companions of the current emperor when he was King Zhongxiao. After King Zhongxiao became Emperor Yonglong, the two of them naturally became the two leading eunuchs in the palace.
While the two were talking, they heard the voice of the little palace maid outside the door: "Mother, Cheng'en is back."
"Let him come in." Yuanchun nodded and sat back on the kang with the support of Baoqin.
"Slave Cheng'en has met your empress." The voice was very clear, without the feminine flavor of a young chamberlain. Her skin was a bit rough and dark, but her brows were very lively.
"Well, did you go to Mr. Qiu's place to pay New Year greetings?" Yuanchun asked.
"Well, back to my wife, I went there. There were many people at Qiu Daban's place, and the servant had to wait for a long time before he got in line. The elder companion talked to the slave alone for a while, asked about the situation in his hometown, and accepted the gift he gave me.
, the slave also followed the words given by the empress. The eldest companion didn’t say much. He only chatted with the slave for a while until he left..."
Yuanchun perked up and chatted for a while. There were some unusual changes in the palace. They were all reported in gossip, but the serious words of King Zhou Wu and Zheng were meaningless.
"Cheng'en, please sit down first and speak slowly." Yuanchun calmed down, regained his composure, and asked calmly.
"..., Daban said that the emperor has not been well these past two days and cannot bear the cold. He is afraid that tomorrow's sacrifices will have to be performed by King Shou and King Li instead..., but he also said that Prince Zhongshun suggested that both Prince Lu and Prince Gong should show their filial piety.
…”
Yuanchun worked hard to digest the hidden meaning of these words.
The emperor's health is not new. This is not a new thing. This year, the emperor often fell ill while attending to official duties. In the end, he could only stay in bed. But the sacrifices on the first day of the first lunar month were different. If his body really couldn't bear it, then he had to go to bed.
Participated, and the emperor had to preside over it, but now they have to be replaced by King Shou and King Li. Wait, what about King Fu?
Seemingly sensing Yuanchun's doubts, Cheng'en quickly explained: "I heard that King Fu made inappropriate remarks when he went to pay his respects a few days ago, which angered the emperor. The emperor punished him by confining him to the mansion for three months and not being allowed to leave the house."
"What happened to offend the emperor?" Yuanchun asked immediately.
"I'm not sure. It seems that only two or three people were present. Later, the news was sealed and no news was allowed. There are various rumors outside, but no one can answer what the real situation is."
Cheng'en's words made Yuanchun a little disappointed, which meant that a gag order must have been issued, otherwise the news would have spread a lot long ago.
"What about Concubine Su?" Yuan Chun didn't believe Concubine Su, so he left it alone. Moreover, with Su's stubbornness, she would definitely stay with the Daming Palace and refuse to give up, insisting that the emperor be released from confinement.
"Concubine Su probably went to see the emperor, but there was no news after she came back. I don't know what the outcome was." Cheng'en said honestly.
Yuanchun sighed. His connections in the palace were still too thin. Except for Chengen, it was almost impossible to get news from others. He waved his hands with some enthusiasm: "That's it? Chengen, you have worked hard too. Go down and rest."
Bar."
"There is one more thing. I don't know whether I should do it or not..." Chengen hesitated for a moment.
"What's going on?" Yuanchun asked casually.
"The eldest companion asked if my sister was married to Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan..."
Cheng'en's words made Yuanchun excited. Yuanchun looked at Chengen and said word by word: "Why do you ask me this?"
"The big companion didn't say it clearly. He only said that a distant relative in the capital camp was defeated in the Yongping Mansion and was captured by the Mongols. He has been ransomed now. But I heard that the censors from the capital procuratorate have been at the imperial court.
Bullets will kill him..."
While observing the changes in Yuanchun's expression, Cheng'en said cautiously: "I feel that the eldest companion seems to want to ask the empress to help bring a message to Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan, to help calm his cheeks, and not to pursue his distant relatives too much. This kind of thing, my servant
He also knew that it was a big deal, so he didn't dare to agree. He only said that he would bring the words to the empress unchanged. Qiu Daban didn't say much. He only said that it was difficult to write two characters "Qiu" in one stroke. He was also in a dilemma in the palace.
Many people came to the door, talking about various things, and talked about Concubine Wu and Concubine Zhou..."
Yuan Chun's face suddenly turned cold. Of course she knew that this was Qiu Shian hinting at the situation between Wu Guifei and Zhou Guifei and her, these eunuchs!
After pondering for a moment, Yuan Chun said nothing more, just nodded and waved his hand to Chengen to go down and rest first.
Cheng En retreated, leaving only Bao Qin and Yuan Chun in the room. Yuan Chun sat up and got off the kang bed. Feeling that his body was a little sweaty, he walked a few steps and then turned around again: "Bao Qin,
What do you think I should do about this?"
Baoqin also understood. This was Qiu Shian's method. He didn't know what he was doing outside, but he actually reached out to the Beijing camp. It was extremely bold. These generals in the Beijing camp were all disciples of martial arts.
To say that he is a respectable person in this capital city, but to do it in this way makes me feel embarrassed and angry.
"Your Majesty, you have managed to get closer to Qiu Daban through Cheng'en. This servant feels that this seems to be a test for your Majesty from Qiu Daban. What she said is right. Both Wu Guifei and Zhou Guifei often ask Qiu Daban.
They sent all kinds of things there to please Qiu Daban. We were not as good as them here. Now that we have Cheng En, we finally got on the line. But now we bring up this matter again. This is obviously a test for the empress and the Jia family outside.
The ability,..."
Baoqin understands this matter very clearly. Interests and strength must be matched. If you have nothing worth using, you will lose the qualification to bargain with him. This is how it is in this palace.
In reality, which of the concubines Wu and Zhou didn’t have some background?
Now it's time for Qiu Shi'an to use this as a test question to test the Jia family and Yuanchun.