The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

Chapter 91

Water Drop Copper Dragon Day Leak Length (2)

"May the Empress Dowager be blessed and safe!"

Zhu Chengbi stood up gracefully, stretched out his hand to support the kapok, and said with a gentle smile, "Get up quickly, why bother to be polite."

Kapok got up slowly, and the exquisite cloud sleeves embroidered with red and vermilion kapok brushed her lower abdomen intentionally or unintentionally: "The Empress Dowager is the most honorable hostess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so etiquette is naturally indispensable. Don't dare to be rude."

Zhu Chengbi was startled, and immediately held Kapok's hands in pleasant surprise: "Really?"

Kapok blushed slightly: "It's been more than two months."

Zhu Chengbi pretended to be angry and said: "Why didn't you tell the Ai family earlier, Qi Zhen is really you, and you just waited until the Ai family announced that you would come."

Zhu Qizhen said with a gentle smile: "The nephew was worried that he would disturb the empress dowager's handling of political affairs, and he wanted to wait until the fetal image was stable before reporting to the empress dowager." Zhu Qizhen and Kapok looked at each other and smiled, "Who knows that when I went out early this morning, I saw a magpie singing softly on a plum branch. I thought it was a good omen."

Zhu Chengbi chuckled, and put the white jade bracelet with hemp pattern on his wrist into Kapok's hand: "I'm just asking for something nice from Ai's family. This bracelet was donated by Li Cunmao, the prefect of Hengzhou. The fine workmanship is really rare. When you give birth to Lin'er, the Ai family will congratulate you."

Zhu Xi laughed at the side and said: "The Empress Dowager often wears this bracelet recently, but I like it from the bottom of my heart, so Madam can know how important you are in the Empress Dowager's heart."

Kapok smiled calmly, and the sapphire-colored silver kapok hairpin on her temples shone with a clear and light luster like running water in the sunlight that sifted into the hall, just like her gentle and soft face, which made people feel close: "The empress dowager is like this!" I love my minister's wife, and my minister's wife has nothing to repay, and I wish to follow the queen mother around for the rest of my life."

Zhu Chengbi was quite moved, patted Kapok's hand, and said to Zhuyu: "The Weaving Bureau has newly entered a batch of high-quality materials. You take Kapok to choose a few pieces yourself, and Aijia and Qizhen will talk again. Wait until noon." When it’s meal time, ask Min Qiongluo to prepare a few dishes that Kapok loves.”

Kapok slightly bent his knees and said, "Thank you, Empress Dowager."

When the kapok came out of the hall, Zhu Chengbi slowly sat down, raised his hand to look like the ivory openwork dragon and phoenix fighting for pearls protruding from the temples of the clouds: "Happy brows, perhaps it is the most appropriate to describe you at this moment. "

Zhu Qizhen smiled calmly: "Some happy events can't be put on the face at all, and what's put on the face may not be true. Only buried deep in my heart, even I don't realize whether it's sadness or joy. Fang is the real good fortune."

Zhu Chengbi took a snow-topped Hancui from the bamboo breath, and said lightly: "Qizhen, your words seem to be more and more Zen."

"Siren has passed away, and my nephew puts his heart on Zen Buddhism. Not only can he make his mind as calm as a mirror, but he can also see through many things in the world."

Zhu Chengbi picked up a bit of tea powder in the teacup with his onion-like nails, as if he picked up a piece of clear and flowing clouds in the sky, very elegant and leisurely: "Buddhas have a saying: If you want to obtain a pure land, you should purify your mind and purify your mind as you like." , that is, the Buddha’s land is pure. But Qi Zhen, you still have desires and demands. I’m afraid you can’t say that your state of mind is as quiet as a mirror.”

"What my nephew sees through is not the so-called great enlightenment. No matter how much enlightenment you have, there will always be people and things you can't let go of. If you see everything clearly, you will no longer be a man in the world of mortals."

Zhu Chengbi was silent for a long time, there seemed to be some hesitation in his mouth, and he said in a moment: "The Ai family has thought about it, the regent really has too much power, and he can't be indulged any more."

"What is the empress dowager going to do?"

"Cut off his left arm, cut off his right arm, and everyone will betray their relatives."

Zhu Qizhen smiled knowingly: "Then, who is the first person the empress will deal with?"

Zhu Xi offered two rabbit-shoulder Zihao brushes dipped in thick ink, and said calmly, "The Empress Dowager means to write that person's surname in the palm of your hand at the same time as Master Zhu."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, swiped the ink, waited until the palms showed each other, and saw that Zhu Chengbi's palm also had the word "Jiang", and couldn't help but smile.

"Heroes see the same thing." Zhu Chengbi took a piece of soft handkerchief from Zhu Xi, and slowly wiped away the words on his palm, "It's just that the Ai family has a hidden worry. If the regent wants to do his best to keep the Jiang family, But what should I do?"

"If the Empress Dowager believes in her nephew, the nephew is sure that she can make the Rugui concubine make the regent give up on Jiang, and she will never help her."

Zhu Chengbi stroked the amber snuff bottle in his hand one by one: "That is the best. But, Qizhen, if you want to win the trust of the regent, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

Zhu Qizhen held a meaningful smile: "The regent has always been suspicious of his nephew, but it was because of the relationship between the nephew and the queen mother. If the nephew and the queen mother have a complete relationship, then the regent will still think about it." Concerned?"

Zhu Chengbi pondered for a while, and his slender and white fingers slowly grasped a blue transparent enamel handle mirror with golden happy characters on the case. The smooth copper mirror surface is like a wall, and it is a cold face that he can't see a trace of waves. Even the purple sunflower powder that was carefully applied on the face seemed to hide a layer of murderous intent: "Yes, Kapok is pregnant, which is the best opportunity."

On February 24th of the third year of Qianyuan, the second wife of Zhu Qizhen, the right servant of the Ministry of War, was exceptionally named the fifth-rank Chang'an Junjun because of her pregnancy. However, Zhu Qizhen made an inappropriate proposal in the memorial. She is the main wife of the first wife, and entered the mansion earlier than the second wife. Even though the queen mother loves the second wife, she should not be appointed as a mere concubine to live above the main room.Zhu Chengbi was furious, and repeatedly reprimanded Zhu Qizhen for disregarding the pregnancy of Chang'an Junjun, and he was really a ungrateful person.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Qizhen insisted on insisting, and even went to the memorial to express his interests, thinking that wives and concubines are different.Zhu Chengbi was furious. Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, he wanted to abolish Zhu Qizhen's position as assistant minister. Fortunately, Xuanling stopped him in time and tried hard to persuade Zhu Chengbi, so Zhu Chengbi made the decree to make the Qiu family the sixth-rank Shun'an County Lord.

It's a pity that Zhu Qizhen didn't appreciate it, and even stayed behind closed doors and stopped going to court. In the end, the regent personally came forward to persuade Zhu Chengbi, and finally changed the Qiu family to be the fifth-rank Jia'an Junjun.

This turmoil has caused two different views in the capital. One said that Zhu Qizhen loved his wife, even if he favored his concubine and became pregnant, he did not reverse the dignity of wives and concubines because of this. He was an upright and reasonable person; He sneered at Zhu Qizhen, thinking that his gains outweighed his losses. Although he was praised, he greatly annoyed the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng, who was the concubine of the former emperor and had always loved the Lord of Chang'an, which greatly disadvantaged her career.

However, after this incident, Yizhen appreciated Zhu Qizhen a little more, and when discussing political affairs with Jiang Chengyu in private, Yizhen praised: "It is really courageous and resourceful to be able to fight against the Queen Mother to the end. "

Jiang Chengyu didn't take it seriously: "He is just an opportunist. He knows that the emperor will definitely help him persuade the empress dowager. What's more, the bigger and more violent this matter is, the more it seems that the empress dowager is narrow-minded and too favoritious. Lord Chang'an, naturally, Zhu Qizhen will have the upper hand in terms of public opinion. It's just..." Jiang Chengyu was puzzled, but he couldn't tell why. He just said, "The former regent wanted to use the truth about Xiao Zhuyun's death Except for Zhu Qizhen, Sun Chuanzong was killed halfway. Those words are so convincing that it seems that Xiao Zhuyun's death has nothing to do with Zhu Qizhen. Now, although Zhu Qizhen has a painful relationship with Sun Chuanzong, it may not be true. Regent's."

Yizhen smiled slightly: "It's okay, I feel that Zhu Qizhen's current temperament is somewhat similar to this king. It has been a long time since the matter of Sun Chuanzong, and the people who watched him did not find anything unusual. You do not have to worry about."

In this way, Zhu Qizhen gradually went to the Prince Regent's Mansion more diligently. In Zhu's Mansion in the south of the city, Kapok's favor gradually lost to Qiu Yicheng. Under the anger, he went to the palace to complain to Zhu Chengbi from time to time, which made Zhu Chengbi even more alienated from Zhu Qizhen.

On the first day of March in the third year of Qianyuan, Fu Wanting, the concubine of Fuqu, died suddenly of illness and was posthumously given the title of Concubine Huaijing.After Concubine Huaijing's first seven days, it was inconvenient for Fu Wanhan to stay in the palace. It happened that Princess Changning entered the palace on that day. When she met Fu Wanhan in Yining Palace, the conversation was quite speculative.Considering that Fu Wanhan's parents had died young and had no other relatives, Zhu Chengbi named Fu Wanhan the fifth-rank Xiucheng Junjun and entered the Prince Regent's Palace to serve Princess Changning.

Although Fu Wanhan is called a servant, she is a married woman after all. In the regent's palace, her treatment is second only to Concubine Yuan, King Zhongshan and Princess Changning. For her who wants to mourn for Concubine Huaijing for three years, it is a good choice. a good place to go.

"Practice righteousness and promote goodness, call Huai, respect yourself and say nothing." Zhu Yixiu supported Jianqiu's hand, and walked slowly to the front of Tongming Hall, "Princess Huaijing was only a nobleman of the first emperor's rank six before her death, and after the death of the first emperor It's just a concubine, and it's really rare to be buried with the ceremony of a concubine now."

Jian Qiu said in a low voice: "I heard that before the death of Empress Dowager Huaijing, she forced herself to get up and bowed three times and paid nine respects to Empress Dowager who visited her, to express her gratitude for the kindness that Empress Dowager has treated her over the years."

Zhu Yixiu's eyes turned slightly, and he sighed softly: "In the first emperor's reign, how many women survived, and how many were lost? We must not let the late emperor's concubine's mausoleum be so shabby that he loses the dignity of the Tian family. What's more, Concubine Huaijing has always been respectful to the Empress Dowager, and she deserves to be honored after her death."

"My concubine Xian and noble concubine are blessed and safe forever!"

Zhu Yixiu raised his eyes slightly, knowing that it was Master Daoji from Tongming Palace, and nodded slightly: "Master, I am here today to pray for Concubine Huaijing. Is there anyone else in the palace?"

Master Daoji slowly twisted the Buddhist beads in his hand and said, "Your concubine is in the hall."

"Like a concubine? Is she also praying for Concubine Huaijing?"

"Your concubine is praying for His Royal Highness."

Zhu Yixiu was slightly taken aback, and learned from Master Daoji that since Yu Ze recovered from his illness, Concubine Ru would go to the Tongming Hall to pray every day, and she recited the scriptures she copied for Yu Ze one by one, praying for him Ze is in good health, free from disease and disaster, and often has to recite for more than an hour before getting up and returning to the palace.

When Master Daoji returned to the palace, Jianqiu said softly: "For example, what kind of medicine is sold in your concubine's gourd, the slaves are becoming more and more unable to understand."

Zhu Yixiu said indifferently: "How many days has it been since Ze'er recovered?"

"His Majesty's fever subsided on the night of February 22, and he did not truly recover until the 24th. Now it is March [-]."

"It's been thirteen days, and she comes to Tongming Hall to pray for Ze'er every day..." Zhu Yixiu slowly stroked the clear jade bracelet on his wrist, and his eyes inadvertently passed over the neat glazed yellow tiles of Tongming Hall, " Go back to the palace."

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