Family Has a Concubine

"Yes." Chun Shan breathed a sigh of relief, "The third grandma is still tempted. She didn't agree immediately, but she didn't want her daughter to look cheap and be looked down upon in the future." When I got to the emperor, I didn't have to agree to her begging to come to the door at that time! It would be funny to see her pleading so hard." Chu Miaoshu said.

Chun Shan's face froze, so couldn't they really have a good relationship? Why do you always have to die?

But she knew that Chu Miaoshu's mother and daughter's hatred for Ye Tangcai and his wife had already been engraved in her bones, and it was useless to persuade her.

Several people got into the carriage and returned to the Prince's Mansion in a short while.

Ever since Chu Feiyang married Princess Gelan, the crown prince has treated her indifferently, only refusing to come to her room to eat and stay overnight on the grounds of being pregnant.

Chu Miaoshu returned to Miaoyanxuan, and asked Chunshan to wait for the prince at the Chuihua Gate.

It wasn't until late in the evening that the prince came back from the outside, and Chun Shan immediately went up to greet him: "Your Highness, the side concubine has prepared your favorite yam porridge with shredded duck."

Disgust flashed across the cold and handsome face of the prince. He was already annoyed enough by the affairs of the court. In addition, because Ge Lan poisoned and murdered his own husband, Emperor Zhengxuan was afraid and guarded against poison. The success fell short, and there was no way to start.

The Qin family did stupid things and offended Ye Tangcai. Ye Tangcai hated the Qin family, so naturally she would also hate Chu Miaoshu, and maybe Chu Yunpan also hated him.

What a mess! Could it be that God is implying that he should not do it?

That's right, it was regicide after all! It's patricide! It is a matter of heaven and earth!

The crown prince seemed to have been poured a plate of cold water, and the arrogance of the king-killing heart was extinguished a lot.

"Your Highness?" Chun Shan looked at the prince.

Prince Jun's face darkened, and he said coldly: "No need. She is pregnant, and her taste doesn't suit me now."

"Your Highness, don't worry." Chun Shan said: "Today, Madam went to Zhenxihou's Mansion for a small sit down, the third grandma taught us several dishes, and said that Madam Baobao and His Highness can both eat well."

The prince heard that Chu Miaoshu actually went to Zhenxihou's mansion, and Ye Tangcai also handed over Chu Miaoshu's dishes, did the two of them break their faces?

The prince felt better, and with a sound of footsteps, he walked towards Miaoyanxuan.

Haruyama heaved a sigh of relief.

After a while, the prince came to Miaoyanxuan, Luzhi and other maidservants hurriedly surrounded him and came in: "Your Highness is coming."

After entering the room, Chu Miaoshu greeted him: "Your Highness, you are back! Hurry up, my wife has prepared a lot of dishes for Your Highness today."

Not wanting the prince, he looked back at Chun Shan and the others coldly: "You go out first!"

Chun Shan and Lu Zhi were startled, Lu Zhi parted her lips, wanting to say something, but Chun Shan pulled her back, and said, "Yes."

Chun Shan and the others were all able to retreat, and turned around to close the door.

"Your Highness..." Chu Miaoshu was startled.

The room was not lit yet, and the room was dark. The prince stood there, staring at her coldly: "Didn't you tear yourself apart with your third brother and sister-in-law?"

There are some things that he needs to ask her clearly.

Chu Miaoshu's face froze, and she said anxiously: "There is no such thing. The matter of Princess Ge Lan... We are also victims. Who would want a vicious daughter-in-law who murdered her husband? The matter of Brother Hai is my mother's fault. Little sister-in-law... Little sister-in-law is indeed very angry, but today I explained to her clearly that it was all a misunderstanding. The bones and roots are broken between the flesh and blood relatives, how could there be no friction! Plus Princess Glenn This poisonous woman was a hindrance and provoked it secretly, and everyone had such a scene. The little sister-in-law said, it’s good for everyone to talk about it. Later, she also taught me which dishes are suitable for pregnant women, and also gave me her birthday banquet. Post, we will still play together then."

As he spoke, tears fell.

The prince looked at the kang table in front of him, and sure enough, he saw a gilt post depicting crabapple flowers, and then his expression eased: "Shu'er, I am not blaming you. I just hope that you will not make a fuss over a trivial matter." Noisy."

"En." Chu Miaoshu nodded, and immediately took his hand: "Your Highness, hurry up and eat, otherwise the food will be cold."

The two went to the dining room.

The crown prince breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Tangcai knew the general situation and knew what was most important. At least he and Chu Yunpan didn't fall out because of this.

Southwest Yingcheng and Jingweiying are all his! if……

But the prince remembered that things were not going well recently, as if he was warning him not to do that, he couldn't help hesitating.

...

Early the next morning, Chun Shan went to Chu's house in person to restore the relationship between Chu Miaoshu and Ye Tangcai, and the prince also had dinner at Chu Miaoshu's place.

Qin shi heaved a sigh of relief.

Chunshan thought for a while, then said: "Madam, please don't be rash when you encounter anything in the future. No matter what opportunities you get in the future, or whoever provokes you, you must firmly think about it, and there will be no pie in the sky." Yes. The future of the side concubine depends on the third master!"

Qin's face sank, now even a servant girl dares to scold her! But thinking that he was right in front of Chu Miaoshu, he didn't dare to refute.

"Madam." At this time, Luye hurried in.

"What's the matter?" Qin's mood was in a bad mood, and Lu Ye was still reckless, so she couldn't help but put on a straight face.

"Nurse Kang, who is in front of the Empress Dowager, is here to visit." Luye said.

"What?" Both Qin Shi and Chun Shan were startled, and Qin Shi asked anxiously, "Who are you talking about? The Empress Dowager?"

The queen mother is already eighty years old, and her health is not good, so she has been living in seclusion in the Shou'an Palace, and she doesn't like to show her face. Now she unexpectedly finds a nanny here for no reason, what's the matter?

"Yes, it's the empress dowager who is the nanny in the palace." Luye said while panting.

Qin Shi and Chun Shan looked at each other in blank dismay, and had no choice but to say anxiously: "Please come in soon."

"Yes." Luye agreed and turned around to go out.

Qin and Chun Shan hurriedly stood up, and after a while, the bead curtain was knocked open, and a nearly seventy-year-old nanny wearing gray-blue palace satin came in, and said with a smile, "I have seen you." lady."

"Oh, Madam Kang, you don't need to be too polite." Mrs. Qin quickly helped her up with a smile, "Madam Kang, please take a seat."

Hearing that Mrs. Qin was going to drag Nanny Kang to sit on the couch, Nanny Kang didn't sit down, but stood up and said, "Today, this old slave is sending a message to the Empress Dowager."

"So that's it. I don't know what instructions the Empress Dowager has?" Mrs. Qin already knew that it was the Empress Dowager, otherwise a mother Kang in the palace would come to her for something.

"The madam also knows that the empress is old. Although she likes to be quiet, she is still bored. The ancient old people in the palace are gone, and I really want to talk to some ancient people. Suddenly I thought, I haven't seen the old lady for a long time. , so I want to invite the old lady into the palace to talk." Mother Kang said with a smile.

Qin was taken aback, thinking that he was looking for the old man: "I see, I'll call the old lady now."

"Madam, let's go into the palace together. You haven't seen Madam for a long time." Kang Nai said.

"I just wanted to say that I also have the glory of my old lady, can I enter the palace together. I don't want to, the empress misses me too! It's an honor." Qin said with a smile.

Ten years ago, before the Chu family fell, she often walked in the palace. At that time, the queen mother's body was much stronger than now, so she used to often see the queen mother.

"The old slave goes out and waits first, Madam, get ready." Mother Kang said with a smile.

"good."

Mother Kang nodded, then turned around and walked out.

Qin Shi hurriedly sent her out, until Mother Kang disappeared at the gate of the courtyard, Qin Shi frowned and said: "It's so good, why do you think of us?"

Chun Shan said: "Maybe it's because of Princess Ge Lan's matter, after all, this is the only thing that matters in this period of time."

The Qin family was startled, only to see Nanny Ding walking in: "Chunshan is right, if you want me to tell you, this is what Princess Ge Lan did wrong! Princess Ge Lan is the princess of the royal family, and belongs to the emperor." My granddaughter. She murdered her own husband and poisoned our Chu family’s heirs. The emperor may feel sorry for us. But he couldn’t save face, so he asked the empress dowager to summon us. On the surface it was chatter, but in fact he wanted to give something.”

Chun Shan nodded, and the smile on Qin's face was a little more real. If so, her face could finally be saved.

"Ma'am, I'm going back first." Chun Shan said, turned and left.

After Qin Shi went to the bedroom to freshen up, she went out.

When I came to the Chuihua Gate, I saw Mother Kang and Mother Zhang standing there, but Mrs. Mei was nowhere to be seen.

Qin frowned slightly: "Where is the old lady?"

Madam Zhang said: "Madam, don't you know that the old lady's illness has worsened due to the matter of the princess these days, and she can't even stand up?"

Qin's face froze, and Mother Kang was also embarrassed. After all, Princess Ge Lan is the daughter of the clan, and as her mother's family, she also felt extremely ashamed.

Mother Kang chuckled: "The empress dowager is also worried about the old matriarch. I just saw the old matriarch's appearance, and the condition is really serious! I'd better ask Zhang mama to come to the empress to answer, so that the empress can rest assured. It's getting late , Ma'am, Miss Zhang, please get in the car."

"good."

Qin's family and Mrs. Zhang boarded the car one after another.

Zhulun Huagai's big carriage left the Chuihua Gate and went straight to the palace.

After half an hour, he finally entered the palace, then boarded the soft sedan chair, and arrived at Shou'an Palace in a short while.

The two were introduced into the hall, and saw an old lady in her eighties, with gray hair and round face, sitting on the couch, her hair was full of emerald jewels, she looked extremely luxurious.

"See the Empress Dowager." The Qin family hurriedly saluted.

The Queen Mother looked up at the two of them, "Why don't you see Mrs. Mei?"

"Go back to your mother." Mother Kang said, "The old matriarch is sick in bed and really can't go out, so I had to let the old slave in front of her come into the palace to answer."

"Oh." The Empress Dowager nodded, with a worried and regretful look on her face, "Then madame and the mother should sit down."

"Thank you, ma'am." Qin and Zhang Nanny took their seats.

The queen mother looked at Madam Zhang and said, "Is the old matriarch's health okay recently?"

Nanny Zhang's facial muscles twitched. She said she was sick in bed just now, and asked if she was okay. She only smiled: "Mother, the old lady's health has never been very good. The weather has suddenly become cold recently. Sudden heat, so it is more serious."

The empress dowager above said: "Aijia's health has gradually deteriorated over the years."

The Empress Dowager sighed slightly as she spoke, and then asked about Madam Zhang and Mrs. Mei's condition in detail, and then talked about the past for some reason.

"This season, the flowers are blooming well, but my body can't smell these flowers. The only exception is the plum blossom." The Queen Mother said with a face of regret.

Qin quickly smiled and said: "Speaking of plum blossoms, our family's plum blossom village is quite famous. The Empress Dowager looks pretty good, otherwise, you can come to our plum blossom village for a walk."

Nanny Zhang responded, she had never seen such a shameless person, that Plum Blossom Village belonged to the third master, she opened her mouth to say it was her own, borrowed flowers to worship Buddha, and invited the Queen Mother to visit Plum Blossom Village.

"Oh, is it?" The Queen Mother smiled lightly, "The Ai family will wait for the day when the old cold legs will stop, and then go out to enjoy the plum blossoms."

"Yes." Mother Kang echoed, "Your Majesty hasn't been to the palace for nearly twenty years. If you really have time, it's good to take a walk outside."

"Ah." The Queen Mother sighed slightly, "The plum blossoms in our palace used to be no less inferior to the wild plum blossoms outside, but unfortunately there are no more people who know how to do it. It's been more than twenty years!" She looked nostalgic and sighed. .

"Yes!" Nanny Kang nodded.

"A knowledgeable person? I don't know who the empress is talking about?" Qin said.

The queen mother smiled and said: "You should also recognize it. Counting it, you should have married into the Chu family and the capital at that time. The Ai family is talking about the former queen Xiao."

Qin was shocked, Empress Xiao, of course she knew.

But if the Empress Dowager doesn't mention it today, she will almost forget this person, and she will also almost forget that the current Empress Zheng is the successor, and there is another empress in front of her.

It was not long after she got married at that time, and then the Xiao family colluded with the enemy. At that time, the atmosphere of the Chu family was also very dignified. After all, they were both from a family of generals, so they felt somewhat sad.

Then a queen was changed.

But due to various reasons, Empress Xiao is considered a taboo in the capital, and everyone can say as little as possible about her.

Unexpectedly, the empress dowager suddenly mentioned her today. You know, Liang Wangcai poisoned the prince and escaped from the capital.

"Ms. Xiao knows how to grow plum blossoms." The queen mother smiled, "She is a person who wields knives and guns, and the only elegant thing is to arrange plum blossoms. During the years she was in the palace, the plum blossoms in the palace attracted the crowd. The literati are reluctant to leave, saying that they can write eternal masterpieces by staying there."

He started laughing as he spoke, Qin Shi and Zhang Nanny hurriedly laughed along with him.

"It's a pity..." The Empress Dowager shook her head, her face full of nostalgia, she suddenly looked at Madam Zhang: "By the way, Empress Xiao had the best relationship with Mrs. Mei before."

"That's not true." Nanny Zhang nodded, "Although the old lady is much older than the former empress, both of them love to wield knives and guns, and both are women who have led soldiers to go to war, so they have more common topics."

The Empress Dowager said: "The Ai family only remembers that Empress Xiao especially loves to reward Old Madam Mei."

Madam Zhang was startled, and asked doubtfully, "Is there?"

"Ah?" The Queen Mother touched her head, "It's been a long time, and the Ai family doesn't remember very clearly."

Nanny Zhang joked with a smile: "The empress dowager must have misremembered. The empress is the most annoying about these trivial things. Even if there are, they should be rewarded for festivals and the like. They are all arranged by the nanny in the palace." .However, this old slave remembers one time... I remember something very profound, and I don't know if it was a reward."

The Queen Mother lifted her eyelids, and looked at Zhang Nanny intently: "What is it?"

"It must be a certain winter..." Mother Zhang thought for a while, "What kind of palace banquet was that day... By the way, it was the full moon banquet of His Highness Prince Ping. Our old lady came to the banquet, but the first queen Sick. The old lady stopped by to see her, and she pointed to her dressing table and said, there are some pieces of jewelry there, she doesn't like it, so let my old lady pick it up."

"My old lady didn't dare at that time, who would dare to take the queen's jewelry! But the first queen insisted. My old lady couldn't rub it, so she walked over and took the two hairpins and two bracelets on the table. The first queen I said, I will use these things after I go back, and don’t offer them or hide them. If you like them, you can wear them yourself. If you don’t think they are suitable for you, you can give them away. My old lady seems to have something on her mind when she looks at her, thinking about the two of them. Well, just follow her words and take the things home."

The empress dowager's old eyes flickered slightly, but Qin's face turned dark. The family kept these good things.

"After the old lady took the things home, it didn't take long before that incident happened..." After speaking, Madam Zhang stopped making a sound. Everyone knows what that incident was. The Xiao family was framed for collaborating with the enemy. , Empress Xiao was abolished. "So, I didn't dare to give those things away, so I kept them at home. They haven't been touched until so many years have passed. Until last autumn, the old lady suddenly remembered those things, so she looked them up. Grandma came over, and the old lady gave Third Grandma a bracelet."

Qin's complexion was even uglier. Last autumn, it was the time when Chu Yunpan went out to fight, and his life and death were unknown. Don't say how difficult the family was at that time.

But that old man had already remembered those things, so he didn't tell her.

Mrs. Qin heheed twice: "I remember last year that Sister Shu was preparing the dowry, but the family was in a difficult situation, and it was really impossible to buy good things. The old lady has so many valuables in her hands, so she didn't add some to Sister Shu. "

Nanny Zhang sneered: "The old slave still remembers that time when the old lady slapped the eldest girl! Why don't you give it?"

Qin's face turned pale in an instant. That's right, at that time they made Ye Tangcai ask for an imperial decree for Chu Miao's marriage in front of the emperor. A slap in the face.

The Queen Mother's mouth twitched, it was obvious that she hated Chu Miaoshu, so don't give it!

"Ma'am, it's getting late." Mother Kang said.

"Oh, is that so?" The Queen Mother looked at the engraving not far away, "It's already noon, let's get someone to cook. Mrs. Chu will have dinner with Ai's family today."

"Yes." Qin agreed quickly.

Mother Kang helped the queen mother up, and the group left the Xici room and walked to the dining room.

At this time, a figure turned out from the Phoenix on the side, and it was Emperor Zhengxuan. His face was pale, and he was being supported by Cai Jie. He was obviously weak, but he forced himself to get out of bed.

"Cai Jie, what do you think?" Emperor Zhengxuan said with gloomy eyes.