The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

Lu Zhaolin stood up and said: "Yao Xingde, take the confession, let's go to Xiangying Residence."

In Xiangying Juli, Jiang Shiying was holding a cup of bird's nest to eat when she heard the sound of communication.

She looked up and saw Lu Zhaolin entering the door and striding towards her.

He was about to sit down on the edge of the bed when he heard Jiang Shiying say: "Your Majesty, don't sit next to Aying."

Lu Zhaolin raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Why is this?"

Jiang Shiying wrinkled her nose: "Ah Ying was sweating all over yesterday, and now her whole body stinks. But Grandma Wan, Ah Yuan and the others don't let Ah Ying wash her hair or take a bath."

Lu Zhaolin smiled, deliberately came to her head and smelled it, and said, "What's the smell? I can smell the fragrance."

Jiang Shiying gave him an angry look: "Your Majesty will coax me."

After finishing speaking, he still couldn't help but laugh: "Has your Majesty seen the child?"

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said, "I've seen him before. Our Xiaoba has a good appearance and looks very much like you."

Jiang Shiying asked: "Really?"

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said, "You will know later if you take a look for yourself."

Just when I said this, I saw the door being pushed open, and Nanny Wan came in with a baby in her arms.

Jiang Shiying was originally lying on the bed, but when she saw this, she was about to get up.

Lu Zhaolin quickly helped her: "Slow down."

When Aunt Wan handed the baby to Jiang Shiying, she saw a gentle smile on her face. After staring at the child for a long time, she gave Lu Zhaolin an angry look and said, "Your Majesty, you are lying to me again, Xiaoba." How does he look like me? On the contrary, his nose looks exactly like His Majesty at a glance."

What he said was a bit jealous.

Lu Zhaolin smiled and glanced at the mother and son, and then said: "Look at his pouty little face, doesn't he look like you?"

After saying this, Jiang Shiying gave him another angry look.

After a while, the eighth prince felt sleepy again, and Nanny Wan hugged him down.

Jiang Shiying leaned on Lu Zhaolin's shoulder and asked him: "Your Majesty, I heard that Mrs. Du Wen committed suicide yesterday, and Your Majesty ordered Wu Desi to arrest her family members. Is there anyone at Wu Desi? What was found?"

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said, "Yao Xingde, give the confession to your master, Concubine Chen."

Yao Xingde said "Promise", took out the confession from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Shiying.

The corners of Jiang Shiying's lips curved slightly, and Yao Xingde's attitude today was even more respectful than before.

She took the confession and read it while listening to Lu Zhaolin say to her: "Du Wenpo's husband was hooked into gambling a few days ago and owed a large debt. After that, I don't know where he came from. With a large sum of gold, he paid off his gambling debt easily.

However, the debt was repaid, but his addiction remained. When Wudesi's people found him, he was still in the gambling house in the west of the city. His clothes were almost thrown out, but his whole face was excited and his eyes were scarlet.

I was reexamined several times and tortured several times, but I still couldn't figure out the origin of the gold. "

Jiang Shiying frowned: "Who hooked him into gambling?"

Lu Zhaolin said: "It's a helper named Bai San'er."

Bang Xian'er is a person who accompanies the young masters in Kyoto to have fun and have fun.

You say they have any great abilities, but they don't.

But unfortunately, all of them are very good at observing words and emotions, and they are all very eloquent.

For such a person, if he wants to seduce Mrs. Du Wen's husband into gambling, it is simply a matter of control.

Jiang Shiying asked: "Which family does that Bai San'er usually follow? But you caught someone else?"

Lu Zhaolin shook his head at first: "According to the investigation, he disappeared a month ago. I have issued a sea arrest document and ordered the local government offices to arrest him."

Having said that, he had no confidence in whether he could get this person.

Then, I heard him say: "As for the people he followed before, they are very interesting."

"Oh?" Jiang Shiying raised her eyebrows, waiting for his next words.

Lu Zhaolin said: "He used to follow the second son of the Wang family."

"Which royal family belongs to the Empress Dowager?" Jiang Shiying asked.

Lu Zhaolin nodded and added: "Ever since all the direct men of the Wang family entered Longquan Temple in the suburbs of Beijing, he has not found a new patron. Later, he may have been too strapped, so he began to make a living by writing letters of faith to people."

Jiang Shiying said: "Unless the Wang family has lost their minds and gone crazy. Otherwise, Ah Ying feels that they are not the ones behind this."

Lu Zhaolin nodded: "I think so too."

The person behind it specially chose Bai San'er.

After the Wang family was completely destroyed, it seemed that he was no longer involved with the high-ranking families in Beijing. Only then could he be put into the game and serve as a key chess piece.

Then, I am afraid that it has been destroyed by the person playing chess. Even if I searched all over Jin Dynasty, I could not find any trace of him.

Jiang Shiying lowered her eyes, thinking about who was more likely to take action in this matter.

Lu Zhaolin looked at her like this and thought she was worried about this, so he thought of saying something else to cheer her up.

He said: "Does Ying know that I made you the Concubine Chen?"

Hearing this, Jiang Shiying raised her head, her smile as bright and moving as the morning sun in April and May: "I already know, thank you, Your Majesty."

Lu Zhaolin said: "I have ordered people from the Shangfu Bureau to make new court and auspicious clothes for you. After you are out of confinement and return to the palace, we will conduct the Jinfeng ceremony."

Jiang Shiying nodded: "I'll listen to your Majesty."

Lu Zhaolin looked at her well-behaved look and felt more and more that his decision was right.

In fact, during the morning court today, there was already a huge quarrel in the court over the matter of the fourth concubine becoming the fifth concubine.

Not many high-ranking officials and important ministers ended up, but there were several officials who said that according to the rules set by the ancestors, there are only four concubines in the first grade: noble, virtuous, virtuous, and virtuous. He had to add a concubine Chen to the list. This move has some consequences. Violate the ancestral system.

At that time, he was thinking, if it weren't for the ancestral rule of not interrupting the officials, I would have dragged you all out and ordered you to be beaten up.

He sat up high and said with a cold face: "In your opinion, the merit of saving my life is not worthy of a first-class concubine? Is my life so worthless?"

The officials hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty clearly knows that I have no such intention."

One of the officials said: "Among the first-grade concubines, there are still vacant positions for the virtuous concubine and the virtuous concubine. Your Majesty can grant them to the pure concubine."

Lu Zhaolin sneered: "What do you mean by this, is that the merit of giving birth to a prince is not worthy of being promoted to the throne?"

The official said, "I don't dare."

But Lu Zhaolin's face suddenly softened slightly: "It seems that I have misunderstood you. You want me to give up the position of Concubine Chen and directly promote Concubine Chun as the imperial concubine."

The Yan Guan was confused. When did he say this?

Lu Zhaolin, however, was already beaming with joy: "I think Aiqing's words are very reasonable. Whether it is the contribution of saving the emperor or the contribution of giving birth to the prince, it is a great achievement. I only promoted the pure concubine from the second-grade concubine to the first-grade concubine. The position of concubine is really a bit stingy. It is only the position of imperial concubine that is worthy of her merits."

After the words fell, Han Yunqi, the silent minister of Zhongshu who had been silent all along, came out: "Your Majesty, I think that it is reasonable and reasonable to add the position of Concubine Chen. Only the word 'Chen' is enough to commend the pure concubine's achievements." .”

He is the second uncle of the imperial concubine. He had been silent before, just hoping to dispel His Majesty's unreliable thoughts. He didn't want Concubine Chun to become Concubine Chen, to be equal to or even slightly superior to his niece.

But now seeing what His Majesty means, it is either Concubine Chen or Imperial Concubine, let them choose one. In comparison, Concubine Chen is just Concubine Chen.