The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

Now in Beijing, Lin Jue is seriously injured and bedridden, Li Yibai, king of Yonghe County, thanked guests behind closed doors, and the crown prince is also a low-key man. Prince.

Li Yibai just smiled when he heard that the Yellow River broke its embankment, and more than a thousand households in the lower reaches were displaced. At this time, it is time to close the door and meditate, or to share the worries of the emperor.After all, the sixth child is still a little too ostentatious, and Chen Hou's faction is also limited.

When the spring blossoms in March, the Supreme Emperor, who had been resting in the palace, suddenly returned to Beijing. Even Li Yibai was still thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors, but he had no choice but to welcome him.

The Taishanghuang's sedan chair drove all the way from the outside of the city to the inner palace, and was greeted by the emperor himself, and the Taishanghuang didn't get off the sedan chair to meet each other, so there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the palace.Emperor Hongzheng was quite self-restraining, he followed him all the way back to the palace in a sedan chair, not showing the slightest bit of annoyance.

After returning to the palace, after meeting the grandchildren, brothers and daughters, the Supreme Emperor left Prince Zhongshun alone to speak, while Emperor Hongzheng accompanied Empress Dowager Chen to Queen Chen's Kunning Palace to speak.

Empress Dowager Chen smiled and took Empress Chen's hand and said: "The Ai family has not been in the palace for a long time, thanks to your management of this harem, it is really hard for you."

Empress Chen and Empress Dowager Chen are aunts and nephews who are direct relatives. When they met Empress Dowager Chen, they said with a smile: "What did the Empress Dowager say? How dare the concubines work hard to manage the harem for the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty. On the contrary, the Empress Dowager has everything in the palace. Well, it's just that it's getting colder after all, why don't you move back and let your majesty and concubines do their best to be filial."

Empress Dowager Chen smiled, "I know you are filial. This man is old, so he wants to be quiet. He spends morning and evening in the palace, but he is also noisy. It is better to be at ease in the palace. You really have this kind of filial piety, why don't you let Yunzhu accompany you?" My old man, she has always been able to talk and is used to making people happy. I am just afraid that you will be reluctant to be parents and empresses."

Empress Chen hurriedly said: "Where would she be reluctant? If Yunzhu can really serve the Empress Dowager on behalf of His Majesty and concubines, that would be her blessing. It's just... now that Yunzhu is also married to someone else, I just don't know if she can still accompany her. How long is the Queen Mother?"

The smile on the back of Mrs. Chen faded, she let go of her hand, and lightly stroked the golden hairpin on her temples, "That's right, Yunzhu has grown up now, who is the betrothed to now? Alas Although my eyesight is not good now, I still have a bit of eyesight, which can also help to grow my eyesight. This girl's marriage is a major event in her life, how can she make a promise easily, she still needs to pick and choose."

Empress Chen smiled slightly, and said: "Yunzhu has also reached her age. His Majesty named her Princess Jiang Yun the year before last, and betrothed to the eldest son of Fan Zitong's family, the new Beijing military governor."

"Oh?" Empress Dowager Chen said, "The emperor has seen that child?"

Emperor Hongzheng smiled and said: "I have never seen it before, but Fan Zitong is a rare talent, but he is a bit pedantic, I wonder if his son will follow him?"

Empress Chen hurriedly said: "According to his mother's opinion, this child has always had a gentle temper, which is just suitable for our Yunzhu."

Empress Dowager Chen frowned and said: "Appearance and temperament are second to none, but this status is too low. That Fan Zitong is just a military governor of the Beijing camp, he doesn't even have a title, let alone his son. According to Ai's family..."

"Aunt..." Empress Chen hurriedly interrupted the Empress Dowager Chen, seeing the displeasure behind her, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Aunt, Yun'er and his wife have been waiting outside for a long time, why don't you call the children in first ?”

Empress Dowager Chen exchanged glances with Emperor Hongzheng, then nodded, "Let the crown prince lead this group of young people in, the Ai family has not seen them for a long time, so I really panic."

Hearing the servant's report, Prince Li Yiyang led a group of brothers and sisters into the inner room to greet the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager Chen made everyone stand up with a smile. She squinted her eyes and looked at Li Yiyang who was standing in the front, "This is the prince, come and ask grandma to have a look. The Ai family remembers that when he left Beijing, the prince had just got married. Are the children running all over the place now?"

The crown prince showed no sign of change on his face, walked up to the Empress Dowager Chen, knelt down, and said with a smile, "Grandmother remembers well, the grandson has been married for ten years now, but the child is only one and a half years old, and he still can't run around the ground." .”

Empress Dowager Chen said with a smile: "That's fine, that's fine, let the concubine bring the great-grandson of the Ai family here tomorrow, and the Ai family will have a good life and relatives."

Li Yiyang responded with a smile, and said again: "Speaking of which, Xiao Shier is more powerful. Now the big house of the family's sons, daughters, sons and daughters, our brothers combined, can't compare to him alone."

Empress Dowager Chen is getting older now, and she has been away from Beijing for a long time, so she really doesn't remember how many grandchildren she has.Hearing the prince mention it, he asked the group of people standing below, "Which one is Xiao Twelve, come and show grandma."

Li Yibai walked out from the crowd, and knelt down with the Crown Prince under the Empress Dowager Chen, "Grandson Li Yibai, I have seen the imperial grandmother."

Empress Dowager Chen said with a smile: "Alright, let your concubine bring the children over tomorrow."

Li Yibai also responded with a smile.

Empress Chen secretly pinched the handkerchief, and also wanted to interject to call the sixth prince over.It's just that the Empress Dowager was already upset because of the matter of Yunzhu, this time is really not a good time.Obviously he wanted his sixth prince to show his face in front of the Queen Mother Chen, but he didn't want to take advantage of the prince and Li Yibai. It was really a miscalculation.

Emperor Hongzheng glanced at Empress Chen, who was full of unwillingness. After all, the situation was not a bit worse than that of Empress Yuan who was born in an aristocratic family.Thinking that when the Empress Yuan was alive, she still loved the twelve princes born by the court ladies, unlike the current Empress Chen, who is very mean to the other princes except her own son and daughter.Now for the sake of the throne, he even used his own daughter's marriage, which is really not enough.

Although the Empress Dowager Chen took good care of her, she was old after all, and even though she didn't have to walk by herself, she was very tired just by car.After seeing a few grandchildren and talking to the emperor for a while, he went to rest, and the prince also led a few brothers to leave first.

Emperor Hongzheng sent Empress Chen away and talked with his mother himself.

"Mother, is this journey peaceful?"

Empress Dowager Chen didn't like Empress Yuan very much at first, probably because her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were enemies since they came, and that's why Empress Chen came to power later.Empress Chen is the niece of the Empress Dowager Chen, and it is in the interests of the Empress Dowager Chen that she be a queen.It's just that they are still sons in the end, especially after Empress Chen became a queen, she also wanted to hold the power of the harem in her own hands, and Empress Dowager Chen didn't want to delegate power, and the conflict between the two deepened for a while.But later, the Supreme Emperor avoided living outside Beijing, and the Empress Dowager Chen accompanied him, which made the conflict between the aunt and nephew gradually fade away.Now as soon as Empress Dowager Chen returns to Beijing, she wants to intervene in the princess's marriage. How can Empress Chen agree?

Empress Dowager Chen patted Emperor Hongzheng's hand, "Under the emperor's rule, there is a peaceful and prosperous world, how could it be so peaceful?"

Emperor Hongzheng is in his 40s, but he is like a child who has been praised. "It is because the queen mother loves the emperor that he feels that everything is good under the emperor's rule."

Seeing that her son was still so close to her, Empress Dowager Chen was in a very good mood, and the little unhappiness caused by Empress Chen disappeared, and she turned to talk to the emperor about family matters.

Emperor Hongzheng knew Empress Dowager Chen's temper long ago, so he chatted patiently for a few words before he seemed to casually say: "The summer resort has a pleasant climate and is the most suitable place to live, but it is not as complete as Beijing and China. I have long thought about taking over my mother I came back with my father, but my father has always refused, but I don’t want to come back suddenly now, which makes me surprised and happy. The mother also did not inform me in advance, so I can send someone to pick you up. Although now The administration of officials is still considered peaceful, but when there was a disaster in the south, it is inevitable that some young people who looked at the wealth and wealth would be moved. Now that I think about it, I am also afraid of it."

Empress Dowager Chen said with a smile: "It's not that there are no guards, how can some thieves succeed? You child, you are always so thoughtful, your benefits, the empress mother knows all about it."

After thinking for a while, he chuckled again, "This child is still playing tricks with the empress. You just want to know why your father suddenly returned to the palace, and you haven't told the truth to the empress. It can be seen that your thoughts are getting heavier now. .”

Emperor Hongzheng smiled, and generously admitted, "The son is not afraid of this question, but it seems that he doesn't want to ask the queen mother to come back. I also want the mother to think about it. Since I am the emperor, I always have no leisure time. I want to visit the mother every time. All things get in the way, it is really a son's unfilial piety."

The Empress Dowager Chen didn't take it seriously, "You are the emperor, and you control the life and death of the people in the world. How can you do what you want? My emperor's son is going to be a wise emperor through the ages, and the empress mother has nothing to worry about. All I need is food and clothing. It's all very good. Even when you're bored, the maids will make fun of you, so you don't have to worry about it."

He also talked about the thoughts of the Supreme Emperor, "Your father, don't you know? I also heard about the flood of the Yellow River before. You must have checked that matter, and you don't know who did it. You should be clear. This is not a trivial matter. It is impossible for you not to deal with it ruthlessly. Isn't he thinking about his precious son, so he just came back. This is to hold you back and prevent you from disposing of his precious son. "

If you want to talk about the darling of the Supreme Emperor, it must be Prince Zhongshun.The mother and concubine of Prince Zhongshun is the emperor's most beloved Concubine Xu Taigui. Back then when Concubine Xu Taigui was favored, the central palace was almost overwhelmed. Even Emperor Hongzheng's throne almost changed hands .

Speaking of which, there has been a long-standing conflict between the direct line of the Zhonggong and the line of Concubine Xu Taigui.On the other side of Concubine Xu, there was Prince Yizhong before, so there is no need to mention that, because he committed a crime, he is gone long ago, this is a forbidden matter of the royal family, even the current Emperor Hongzheng does not dare to come here It was mentioned in front of the Supreme Emperor.

Emperor Hongzheng has not touched Prince Zhongshun all these years, it is really not his kindness.Now that the Supreme Emperor is still there, he, the emperor, will inevitably be restrained when doing things, so he can only bear it and not say anything.When the Supreme Emperor left the capital earlier, he had less restraint, but he didn't dare to really move Zhongshun, which always made him secretly hate.Protecting the crown prince in such a way now means that he can see his original shadow in the crown prince and empathize with him.

Emperor Hongzheng sighed, "I didn't intend to touch Zhongshun, but what he did this time was a bit too much. Although the current evidence does not point to him clearly, but now that the witnesses have been escorted to Beijing, even if he has thousands of For such a reason, I can’t ignore my border, it’s really hard for me.”

Empress Dowager Chen sneered, "It's not embarrassing. The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. What's more, he colluded with foreigners and tried to invade our border. Even if Emperor Gaozu is here, he can't be spared lightly. You don't have to worry about your father, he Now that I'm getting older, I'm getting more and more confused. Zhongshun, you don't have to be stingy with the title of an idle prince, feed him with good food and drink, and find an opportunity..." Empress Dowager Chen made a throat-slitting movement, her eyes full of sternness .

"It's just at Father's place..."

"You don't have to worry over there. If you are left, you don't want to deal with Zhongshun immediately. After all, if such things spread, it will damage the reputation of the royal family. Find another reason and put Zhongshun under house arrest. By the way, how many years can you live? You decide."

Emperor Hongzheng stopped talking.Empress Dowager Chen also has the ability to kill and make decisions. If Emperor Hongzheng is called to do it, it's nothing more than that, but I still have to ask Empress Dowager Chen, otherwise, with Empress Dowager Chen's temperament, other troubles may easily arise.

The Empress Dowager Chen was very satisfied with her son's attitude, and her kindness returned to her face, "You have been busy for a day, and you are tired of thinking about it. I don't need you to accompany me here. I heard that you took a girl from the Jia family. The Jia family has some connections, you can ask her to come to me later, and I'll take a look at her."

Emperor Hongzheng agreed without hesitation, it was just a concubine left and right, the queen mother liked it, even if he wanted to go there, he would not be reluctant.The value of a virtuous concubine is almost used up by Emperor Hongzheng. The existence of this woman is just a decoration.Who really cares about a small ornament?