Chapter 700: Succession

"Concubine De and the four princes have the pain of killing their children, and no matter how deep the mother-son relationship is, it will break down."

Aunt Xi said slowly, "What's more, that sister-in-law is extremely important to the four princes, and the four princes themselves don't have many sons. ”

Gu Shan nodded.

I heard that the fourth prince was seriously ill because of the loss of his son at that time, and after that, he recuperated well, and after all, he was not as healthy as before the serious illness.

Gu Shan had tears in her eyes, how painful and uncomfortable was the fourth prince at that time?

was hurt so hard by his biological mother.

Aunt Xi continued: "Now that the eighth prince has the advantage, they are both brothers of the same mother, and the identity of the fourth prince is too embarrassing, and it is not to fight, not to fight...... Is he willing to kneel in front of his own brother and regard his own brother as a prince? ”

"What does Aunt Xi mean?"

"Adoptive."

"What?"

Gu Shan covered her mouth, her eyes wide open, like a frightened rabbit.

"Surprised? This is not without precedent in the royal family. ”

"But Empress Lu has passed away."

"I didn't say that if I succeeded to the name of Queen Lu, even if the four princes were interested, the emperor and the prince of the town would not agree, and the succession was just for Concubine De Niangniang not to hurt the four princes again...... This is especially important! ”

"If Your Majesty sees the ambitions of the four princes, then the emperor's impression of the four princes will drop to the bottom, and the emperor will not agree."

Gu Shan said solemnly: "I remember." ”

"The imperial concubine has no children under her knees, she is the best choice, don't underestimate the imperial concubine, when Queen Lu was alive, the imperial concubine was the one who could fight with Queen Lu. Empress Lu finally gave birth to ...... It is said that it was also because of the sulking of the imperial concubine. ”

"If it is recorded in the face of the imperial concubine, wouldn't it offend the prince of Zhenguo?"

"Sister Shan, everything is not comprehensive, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, since you occupy the convenience of the son of the deputy queen, don't think about Zhenguogong."

Aunt Xi flicked her fingers, "What's more, Zhen Guogong is a restrained and intelligent person, he will not let some personal grudges affect the Lu family, if he seeks revenge from the imperial concubine, with the emperor's debt to Queen Lu, who can stop him?" ”

"After Empress Lu passed away, His Majesty was very sad and guilty, remembering Empress Lu, so he snubbed the imperial concubine."

"How do you know so much? Even these messages are clear? ”

Gu Shan asked in surprise, not everyone in the palace can know about Mixin, listening to Aunt Xi's meaning, she also knows very well the reasons for Queen Lu's death, as well as the dispute between Queen Lu and the imperial concubine.

"Because...... It was my fate to enter the palace, but I happened to meet the fourth master, and I couldn't give up the fourth master, so I disobeyed the order and fled from the organization. ”

Aunt Xi chuckled: "I don't regret it, at least I'm not a puppet in their hands, I can be by the side of the fourth master, I'm already very satisfied, Madame is strict with me, and I haven't been jealous, because this is my home." ”

"I've joined you!"

Gu Shan: "......"

The warm sun slanted in, making Aunt Xi's facial features even softer and more beautiful.

But Gu Shan still had a hard time understanding Aunt Xi.

And the grandmother who was guarding at the door wrote down Aunt Xi's words and reported it according to the rules.

They didn't dare to be careless, and let Aunt Xi toss an incident again.

Aunt Xi's news was naturally sent to Lu Zheng, and Lu Zheng said with a smile: "They spent a lot of effort to cultivate a generation of favorite concubines, but she met the fourth uncle, and everything was in vain. ”

"Master, will the four princes succeed?"

"It depends on what the fourth prince thinks, if he plans to succeed, he can dilute the rumors in the market. It's just that he wants to be the son of the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine ......"

Lu Zheng stopped, at the beginning of entering the palace, no matter how smart he was, he was a five-year-old child, and the imperial concubine had taken care of him for a period of time at that time.

Even if he was able to gain a firm foothold in the palace quickly, the imperial concubine had secretly helped.

The Queen Mother has always looked down on Lu Zheng's identity as an illegitimate child, and sometimes finds reasons to punish Lu Zheng severely.

I remember that he knelt for an hour under the hot sun, when he was only six years old.

No slave dared to send a letter to Emperor Longqing.

The corners of Lu Zheng's mouth were chapped, if he hadn't held it in one breath, he would have fainted.

In the end, the imperial concubine quietly sent someone to invite Emperor Longqing to come over.

He fainted in the arms of Emperor Longqing.

Of course, he did it on purpose, that is, from that day on, Emperor Longqing took him with him, and every time he went to see the Queen Mother again, Emperor Longqing always accompanied him.

It is said that afterwards, Emperor Longqing lost his temper with the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother turned a blind eye to him.

But the queen mother was angry with the imperial concubine, and she always made things difficult for the imperial concubine during those days.

Emperor Longqing is an amorous emperor, since the death of Empress Lu, he has also faded a little towards the imperial concubine, and pampered the younger palace concubine.

He did not call the shots for the imperial concubine.

"The host ......"

The servant's voice interrupted Lu Zheng's memories, Lu Zheng burned the letter, and said softly: "Send someone to reveal this news to the imperial concubine in advance." ”

"Yes."

Lu Zheng was also very confused about the previous grievances between the imperial concubine and Queen Lu, and it was said that the imperial concubine should hate her and the Lu family.

The Duke of Zhenguo has never been too targeted at the imperial concubine.

There seems to be a tacit understanding on both sides, and no one pays attention to anyone on the face, but when it is critical, they can always help each other.

Among the women in Emperor Longqing's harem, the woman Lu Zheng couldn't understand the most was the imperial concubine.

She seems to be content with falling out of favor, never competing for favor again, and never thinking of seeking the phoenix position.

The imperial concubine even lived in her own palace as if she were isolated from the world, and lived her life behind closed doors.

It's not that she is related to Rong Guogong, she once helped Gu Yao who entered the palace for the first time, many people forget that she once favored the sixth palace when Queen Lu was alive!

Empress Lu's death seems to have taken away all the ambitions of the imperial concubine.

Lu Zheng shook his head, women are complicated, or Yaoyao is good, love and hate are clear, and there are not so many twists and turns.

Thinking of Gu Yao, Lu Zheng's heart was sweet, and he felt much more relaxed when he was troubled by mundane things.

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The imperial concubine held small scissors in her hand and pruned the flower branches that the palace maid had just picked, and inserted them one by one in a beautiful vase.

The palace maid said on the side: "The master's flower arrangement skills are unmatched in the entire harem." ”

"Practice makes perfect."

The imperial concubine smiled softly, "The truly gifted person is not this palace. ”

A little eunuch ran over and whispered a few words in her ear.

"He's got a heart." The imperial concubine smiled lightly: "This palace originally just wanted to live a quiet life, but someone pulled this palace into the whirlpool, do you really think that this palace is a good person?" ”

For the honor of the future, go to the harem whirlpool again?

She's crazy to do that.

"You bring the account book, this palace loves Miss Gu very much."

The imperial concubine looked through the treasure account book accumulated over the years, selected a few treasures with good meanings, as well as jewelry, and "found out these things and rewarded them to the beloved daughter of Yongle Hou." ”