Chronicle of Emperor Jing

In the 11th, [-]th, and [-]th years of Tianxi, after the birth of the first prince Jing Qi in the late summer of the ninth year, several princes and princesses were born one after another.

The third son of the emperor, Jingying, was born of the imperial concubine Zhou; the fourth son of the emperor, Jing Kun, was born of Zheng Jieyu;The other three princesses were born by Concubine Zhuangxian and Concubine Zhou Guifei, An Xiurong.

Whenever the royal family celebrates the joy of making Zhang and tiles, it is natural to celebrate with the whole world and share the joy with the people.So in these three years, Emperor Jing pardoned the world eight times because of the joy of the emperor's heir.

Those who didn't know were grateful for the emperor's generosity and benevolence, thinking that it was the arrival of the wise and benevolent king; although those who knew knew the reason why Emperor Jing amnesty the world so frequently, the Wei family had already been expelled from the power center at this time, and even if the person could come back, it would be too late. It didn't help, and with the successive births of the princes, the situation in the palace began to become more delicate, and there was no time to take care of the person far away in the sky.

Back then, the queen mother begged for the emperor's heir, and the queen also begged for the emperor's heir; The rich and noble families are also very jealous, the two have the same interests, use each other, and join hands to put the emperor together.

The emperor was caught off guard, and in order to protect Wei Yan and the Wei family, he retreated again and again, agreeing to all the conditions they put forward, such as the heir the queen asked for, and the heir the queen mother asked for was one of the conditions back then , and what he did later also showed that he did not break his promise.

Soon, the queen became pregnant as she wished, but the blow also followed.Before the empress became pregnant, the emperor favored the middle palace alone and neglected the harem. However, the joy of the empress being diagnosed with pregnancy had not dissipated.

Although concubine Shu was favored by the emperor back then, after all, her natal family was in decline and she didn't have much influence in the palace, so she could let the queen control her at will. However, the concubines who are pregnant now, each of them has a deep background, and their natal family has deep roots and leaves. The queen is all courteous and courteous, but in her bones she is not easy to provoke at all.

Moreover, the queen mother is not asking for the emperor's heir, but she is not asking for the emperor's heir alone. With the incident of the emperor's eldest son many years ago and some accidents later, it is natural to have a deep prejudice against the queen in this regard. Pregnancy, the precautions in all aspects of residence and diet became extremely strict. Even if the queen looked unpleasant, if she wanted to do something, she would not be able to succeed for a while.

"The empress doesn't need to worry too much, as long as the empress gives birth to the prince, her position will be stable." Seeing that the empress is not only seriously ill, but also often worried, resulting in her poor appetite, she tried her best to relieve her.

It is really not a good thing for the unborn child if the mother thinks too much during pregnancy.

"How can I not be worried?" The empress still had a worried look on her face after hearing her words.

In this deep palace, no one dared to relax in the slightest until the winner was decided.

Over the years, for the seat below her, those women have secretly made stumbling blocks.And in the future, in addition to competing for the back position under her, there is also a battle for the reserve position, and for the dragon chair under the emperor, and all kinds of open and secret battles will only become more intense.

No matter how unwilling the queen was, before the child in her womb was born, she did calm down for a while. The reason was not that she suddenly figured it out, but because of an accident.

There are so many accidents in this world, and there are countless accidents in the palace. No one can explain the reasons behind it. The queen understands this better than anyone else, but she never thought that one day accidents would fall on her head suddenly. superior.Fortunately, the baby in her womb was fatal, and with the efforts of the imperial physician, it was not useless because the mother accidentally slipped and fell.

People say that if you survive a catastrophe, there will be blessings in the future, but for this child who has not been formed for a long time, he doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

After the Empress Dowager found out about this, in addition to giving medicine, she also sent someone to secretly pass on a word, to the effect that the Empress should calm down, so as to accumulate some virtue for the child in her womb.However, what really calmed the queen down were the three words the emperor secretly said to the servant.

Ever since the empress became pregnant, the emperor began to neglect her. Even if he came to her palace as usual, because she was pregnant, he could just sit and leave. The previous pampering seemed to have never happened.

But if you really want to say where the emperor mistreated her, you can't find any fault. Everything the emperor did was according to the rules, all of which were palace rules, and he ignored her for the sake of the child in her womb.

Of course, rules are dead and people are alive. As long as the emperor has the heart, even if he no longer visits the queen, she will never feel left out.After all, it was because the emperor didn't put his mind on her at all.

The reason for this, of course, the empress knows well, whether it is many years ago or earlier, the empress has already figured out that there will never be any love and concubine between them. It's all extravagant hope, but until now, it's just a matter of getting what we need.

As long as the emperor is willing to give in and allow her to give birth to a son-in-law, and her position is stable, she doesn't mind at all from now on with the emperor, just like the best actors in the world, focusing on performing every drama of the empress's and empress's affection .

It's just that she didn't expect that the emperor would say "what a pity" to the servants around him after hearing a report that she had an accidental fall and was finally unharmed.

When she heard that the emperor said those three words to the people around her, the empress felt a chill in her heart and couldn't help shivering.She originally thought that a tiger's poison would not eat its offspring, but no matter what, the child in her belly is also the heir of the emperor. Even if the emperor doesn't want to see her anymore, and is afraid of their Xie family's power, at least he will have some feelings for this child. Very pity.

She did not expect that the emperor not only never expected the birth of this child, but viciously hoped that the child would disappear due to an accident like this, and no one knew whether there was any trace of the emperor's hand in this accident.

"The queen mother will protect you." After receiving the news, the queen sat alone holding her belly in the middle of the night, telling the child in her belly again and again that she would protect him well.

From then on, the queen was like a female cat with its neck fur raised, cautious in everything, never daring to relax for a moment, and focused on protecting the child in her womb.

As a result, the palace was at least peaceful for a period of time.

However, as the princes were born one after another and grew up slowly, the peace was soon broken again.

When the first prince was one year old, a courtier wrote a letter, imploring the emperor to make the prince the heir apparent.

Logically speaking, the first prince is a well-deserved candidate for the crown prince.It is a rule passed down from ancient times to establish a heir but not a concubine, and not to establish a virtuous man. The royal family is an example for all people in the world, so of course this rule should be followed even more.

Such a righteous and irreproachable letter was refuted by the emperor with such a heartbreaking argument as "I am so anxious to urge me to establish a crown prince, do you think I will die early?"When he was in court, he was furious and wanted to push the courtier out of the Meridian Gate and behead him.Later, under the hard persuasion and begging of the officials below, they finally lenient and spared the life of the courtier who wrote the letter. Even so, the courtier could not escape the punishment of being punished by the staff.

This happened a few times, and other things happened.For example, the emperor only went to the queen's palace every month as a rule, but he went to the imperial concubine Zhou's palace quite a lot.For example, the emperor once praised the third prince in public during the family banquet, but he was always honest with the first prince.After such obvious biased actions, soon there were rumors that the emperor didn't like the first prince and preferred the third prince more.

Most of the courtiers are people who are careful to figure out what to say, and over the years, the emperor has given great favor to the Xie family, the descendant of Xie family. Xie's family is powerful and has many followers, but there are also many opponents.Many people in the court have long been worried about the fact that the descendants are so big. Now seeing that the emperor is obviously suppressing the first prince and promoting the third prince, they naturally follow suit.

All of a sudden, whether in the palace or in the court, the pressure the Xie family faced quickly doubled.

One day, when the queen was handling palace affairs in Zhongxuantang, someone suddenly reported that the emperor had come to Kunning Palace.

Ever since the first prince was born, the empress has been careful everywhere, taking precautions every day, and never dared to give the emperor the slightest chance to be alone with her son, for fear of something unexpected happening again.At this time, after she heard the news, she didn't care about the presence of other concubines, she stood up immediately, announced that all matters would be discussed tomorrow, and ordered someone to drive back to the palace.

The other concubines looked at each other and smiled tacitly to say goodbye after seeing the empress so gaffe, although they didn't know why, after sending her off respectfully.

Things that should not be known in the palace will never be spread indiscriminately, but the superficial love between the emperor and the empress, but the fact that the grudge is getting worse, has long since become an open secret. Watching from the sidelines, the anger that has been suppressed for several years will burst out one day.At that time, some people are afraid that there will be no bones left.

When someone falls, someone rises. This is the harem.Here, countless women step on other people's bones to rise to power, this is the law of survival in the palace.Some women understood this truth before entering the palace, while others struggled to survive and understood it. As for those women who didn't understand, they disappeared long ago.

The queen returned to her dormitory anxiously, and at a glance, she saw Ziyan, the female official in charge of taking care of Qi'er, waiting outside Qi'er's dormitory, and the other maids and nurses who were serving were all driven outside by the emperor.

At this time, the empress had long since neglected the manners and demeanor that an empress should have. After years of upbringing in a prestigious boudoir, she hurried down before the phoenix chariot stopped, shaking off the hand of the maid who came to help her outside, like a gust of wind. Rolled into the bedroom.

"His Majesty!"

When Emperor Jing heard the hurried footsteps outside, he unhurriedly withdrew the hand that had just been placed on the prince's neck, and turned his head to smile at the queen:

"I'm free today, come and see Qi'er, why did the empress finish handling the palace affairs so early today?"

The queen didn't care about answering for a while, she went straight up, checked her son up and down carefully, and found that he was just sleeping and there was no damage, her heart that had been hanging in mid-air was finally released. After coming down, I finally have the mind to deal with the emperor.

"The concubine heard that His Majesty was coming, and was afraid that the people below would not be able to serve her well, so she hurried back to serve her."

"The queen has a heart."

"This is what a concubine should do."

They have spoken this kind of scene very smoothly over the years. Let alone other people, even they themselves can't help but admire themselves sometimes. The more they tell this lie, the smoother it becomes.

The queen came back, Emperor Jing had nothing to do, so he sat for a while and left soon.

That night, the first prince began to vomit and have diarrhea.

When Emperor Jing received this news in the middle of the night, he frowned a little, as if he was a little surprised, and ordered someone to go to the imperial physician immediately.