yellow door

Chapter 16

Seeing that everyone around had gone down, Concubine Xiao Gui then said to Wen Mu seriously: "Do you know why Mother Concubine asked you to come here at this moment?"

"Is it about Brother Four?" Wen Mu tilted his head to look at Concubine Xiao Gui, although his tone was curious, but his eyes were dark, without any fluctuation.

The imperial concubine sighed, just grabbed his hand, and said: "That's it, you can understand with only one point. Among the emperor's princes, you are probably the most qualified, but the mother concubine wanted to protect you at the beginning. , just made you stubborn, but fortunately, you are also uplifting yourself, and you didn't really indulge in it. In private, you are only more motivated than your brothers, but it's a pity that now..."

"What are you talking about?" Wen Mu interrupted Concubine Xiao Gui, "Even if you bothered my father a lot in the past, now in front of my father, Mu'er is no worse than other brothers. My mother is worried about this kind of thing." , but I thought too much."

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao Gui not only frowned, but also became more thoughtful. She sighed, and then said to Wen Mu: "You also know that the mother and concubine are no more favored than the northern children, and the honor is not as good as the queen. Now the queen has been released. I'm afraid it's not as good as the one on the north side. When the court was talking about establishing a crown prince, only the middle palace was the most opposed, but now that she has adopted the fourth child, the old man of the Mei family is probably the same. It's too late to establish a reserve, and the people under him have signed up for a few days in a row. Your grandma originally only said to wait and see what happens, but I'm afraid it will happen too fast and we will be caught off guard."

Wen Mu heard Concubine Xiao's worry, instead he took her hand and said with a smile, "Since Grandma Huang has opened her golden mouth, what is there to worry about, Madam? There is a folk saying, 'If there is an old man in a family, if there is an old man, Bao', with Grandma Huang in charge, we can't be changed no matter how much we change. You just need to relax. Besides, you often say that you don't want your child to have great achievements in the future, but you only want to be able to seal it up safely. Is being a prince enough?"

Concubine Xiao Gui raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this, then she twitched her hand, then poked Wen Mutou with her finger, and said with feigned anger: "Now you are using words against your mother and concubine, telling outsiders You also remember what you listened to! If you only ask you to be a prince and general, what is the purpose of mother and concubine's hard work all these years? What was the purpose of you reading by candlelight at night and dancing to the sound of chickens?"

Yue Mo felt that her tone was a bit harsh, she withdrew her fingers, grabbed Wen Mu's hand again, and said: "When you were in the Prince's Mansion before, your father's future was unknown, so let's stay low and not cause trouble. To protect yourself is not to cause trouble for your father. The mother and concubine also know that you have been wronged over the years, but now in this palace, if you really only want to be a prince, I am afraid that even if you have this heart, others will I can't stand you."

Wen Mu listened, but his face was even more playful: "Since you have been lying low for so many years, what's the point of being wronged for a few more days? Now that the four directions are not peaceful and the frontiers are not settled, judging by the meaning of the father, I am afraid that I am not in the mood right now." The crown prince. Otherwise, according to the temperament of the father, I am afraid that there will be some movement in the court? Now, the court is so noisy, the father is probably the one who treats this as a joke. The empress should know the best Father's, but now the empress has disturbed her mind, she forgot about father's temper, and instead asked Mu'er to remind her."

Concubine Xiao Gui listened, and after thinking about it, she really felt that what happened in recent days was exactly what her son said.Otherwise, if he followed the emperor's past temperament and killed decisively, whether the East Palace should be established or not, such a matter must have been decided already, but now he is letting a group of ministers under him to fight in the court, which is indeed true. It seems to be somewhat observing.

Thinking of this, Concubine Xiao Gui couldn't help being startled, but then secretly rejoiced—fortunately, after hearing what the queen mother said that day, she only asked her brother not to mention the matter of establishing a reserve in the court hall, even in the past few days Only made a neutral attitude upwards.

On the issue of establishing a crown prince, although the emperor did not say anything, but all the affairs inside and outside the palace are now in his eyes.

After figuring this out, Concubine Xiao Gui felt relieved, but her tone of voice was not very joyful: "Mother Concubine is indeed in a hurry, but there is nothing I can do about it. I'm afraid that on the other side of the north, I am more worried than I am." There are more nine-tailed foxes. In the prince's mansion, she climbed step by step from the personal maid to the concubine's position. Even those in the east and south suffered a lot from her. You are your father's emperor's knee Only you few princes and daughters are only for liking..."

Thinking that Wen Mu is a young man who hasn't changed anything after all, Concubine Xiao Gui suddenly took it back when she was on the verge of speaking, and said: "I used to be in the mansion, and those who were born or not, I'm afraid she will get rid of them secretly." More, but she is the most favored by your father, and I haven't caught her fox tail several times. I only regarded her as the enemy. In order to guard against her, I didn't even dare to show your intelligence Who would have thought that the east side, which has always been silent, suddenly made such a big commotion this time, I'm afraid we all underestimate the east side."

A sneer appeared on the corner of Concubine Xiao's mouth, and she said again: "On weekdays, she only sees that the east side behaves well and is impartial, but it turns out that she is buying people's hearts. It is no wonder that Wang Concubine and Xiao Shupin are all towards her."

Because the Queen's Kun'an Palace is on the east side of the gates of the North, West and South Palaces, Concubine Xiao called the Central Palace the east side.

Concubine Xiao Gui had a reason for her words.Today's Concubine Li Xian in the Beigong was originally the little maid who served Wen Sheng in the palace when he was young, so the length of love is naturally different from others, and she has a pretty face, so she knows Wen Sheng's preferences very well. She is scheming, good at pleasing people, and has two sons. Therefore, even though her status is low, when she was in the prince's mansion, she climbed to the position of concubine step by step by herself.

Because Li's family background is no better than Wen Sheng's other wives and concubines, she is most afraid of others having a child. Even the concubine Fang at that time, who is now the concubine Fang De, let her secretly kill her son.Therefore, in the harem, although it is said that the empress is the most noble, but the most dreaded one is Concubine Li Xian.

As for Concubine Xiao, based on her family background, she is not bad even if she is the main wife of other princes and nobles, but the Xiao family just took a fancy to the fourth prince Wen Sheng at that time, although Wen Sheng's biological mother was also Concubine Xiao De at that time. It was her biological aunt, but in terms of Wen Sheng's marriage, she couldn't beat the then king and queen of the palace.In the end, the first emperor ordered that the daughter of Mei Chengjiu, a fifth-rank Hanlin scholar, be the fourth prince's official concubine, and at the same time, she was designated as Wen Sheng's side concubine.

Although she entered the mansion on the same day, and her family background is still above the Mei family, but her status is established, she can only stay humble in front of Princess Mei.Fortunately, although she had little contact with Wen Sheng because of the rules in the palace, she still had a relationship with cousins. Therefore, she was the one who conceived an heir before Princess Mei, and gave birth to the princess—— That is, the eldest princess Wen Jue who is now married.

Since she became pregnant, for the sake of solid petting, she let Xiao Ziyun, who was outstanding in front of her, into Wen Sheng's room.However, since she gave birth to Wen Jue, there has been no news about her, and it turned out that it was Mr. Ziyun who became the third prince Wen Lian.Later, Ziyun was directly promoted from concubine to Liangdi because of her meritorious service in giving birth to a child. From then on, she had a rift with Ziyun.

After Ziyun gave birth to the Seventh Prince, Wen Chi, Concubine Xiao treated Ziyun even less than before. On the contrary, the main concubine, Mei, not only kept Ziyun close, but also took the initiative to raise Wen Sheng's concerns after seeing her give birth to Wen Chi. He promoted her to be a good concubine.

When Wen Sheng ascended the throne and was canonized as a harem, it was Empress Mei who helped Xiao Liangji, who already had two sons, to speak. The concubine is more precious, and if she takes one step forward, she will be the concubine.

Therefore, even though Xiao Shupin came from the Xiao family, her relationship with Concubine Xiao was not as close as that of Empress Mei. good words.

Because of these things in the past, Concubine Xiao Gui's words were not only aimed at the Empress and Concubine Li Xian, but also aimed at Xiao Shupin's betrayal of the master.

Wen Mu knew Concubine Xiao's heart knot, but as a son, he really couldn't say anything about this kind of harem competition, so he just sat next to him, with the same expression of common hatred and heavy heart.In this way, Concubine Xiao was pleased, and felt that her son's young and mature expression was very interesting and caring.

So, she couldn't help turning worry into joy, and said with a smile: "Although your father won't make up his mind now, we should be more careful here, who knows if others will think of harm? Even the manpower in your palace needs to be increased."

Wen Mu heard this, but his face changed slightly, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

He was about to speak when Concubine Xiao said again: "Mother Concubine has made up her mind a long time ago, so don't use those excuses that you are not used to eunuchs. Although Concubine Mother did not go to your palace, she did I also know that the number of eunuchs you served is pitifully small now, so besides that Chang Xiu, the other eunuchs are all dead?"

In the end, Concubine Xiao Gui had a serious face, even calling herself "I".

"Although I don't care about you now, I can't leave everything to your temper. Do you think I don't know those things in your palace? That Changxiu, who serves you, is fine, but a few days ago, Not only did it make you angry, but on your birthday, you even lied to your grandma because of him. If the people in front of your grandma didn't see that Chang Xiu fell asleep on your outer couch, I wouldn't even know you You spoiled this servant so much. Why didn’t you move out of the house when you said he was sick? Is there any reason for a sick servant to sleep in the master’s room? Is it because he doesn’t understand the rules, or are you deliberately treating the emperor? Grandma lied?"

Seeing that Mu was silenced by her own words, Concubine Xiao Gui eased her tone again, and said: "Mother Concubine knows that you are a caring person, even though you are used to being a slave, you can usually dote on me a little bit, but if you It would be too much to ask the matter of a slave to be brought on the head of the master. Next time there is such a thing, that Chang Xiu will be dismissed sooner or later."

After listening to the previous words, Wen Mu originally wanted to distinguish, but when he realized that Concubine Xiao's subsequent words were not only angry, but also had suspicions against Chang Xiu, he knew that if he said something else at this time, it would easily arouse her anger even more.

So, after the imperial concubine finished speaking, he just acted obediently and said "yes" repeatedly.It's just that although he didn't show it on the face, he was secretly resentful in his heart, and he didn't know who went to the palace in front of the Queen Mother that day, and even found out that he had pretended to be sick for Chang Xiu.

Seeing Mu's appearance, Concubine Xiao Gui thought that her only son's intelligence seemed to be more acute than before, and she couldn't bear to be too harsh, so she turned the conversation to the matter of adding manpower to Zhaoyang Palace.

Hearing Concubine Xiao Gui said that she wanted some palace servants from the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Wen Mu thought for a while, and then said: "Actually, there is no need to add more people, each palace has its own number of people, the lady saw that there are few people in front of me, but It's because I dismissed all the people in front of me. If the empress is worried, just choose a few people from the eunuchs under the Zhaoyang Palace, and they are just doing errands and odd jobs. If it is really serious It seems that our side does not understand the rules and is a bit ostentatious. Besides, in the current situation, can the newcomer, the empress, feel at ease?"

Wen Mu's words made some sense. Concubine Xiao Gui nodded slightly after hearing this, but after thinking about it, she said again: "A few days ago, didn't you send a little eunuch in your palace? Since there is a shortage of people, make up for it." The manpower is also necessary. As for choosing a few close waiters from below, since you don't want to ask for more outsiders, just do as you say."

It wasn't a big deal at all, after the mother and son finished talking, they wentssip for a while, after Wen Mu ate a few pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, he took Liu Sui'er and left Feixia Hall.