Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Xichun's marriage is certain, Daiyu is completely relieved, she ordered someone to inquire quietly, and the Zhang family is really like what Sister Feng said, although they are not among the upper class in the capital, they are honest and honest, their elder brother is born with both talent and appearance, and a gentle temperament.

Daiyu personally took stock of the dowry prepared for Xichun, packed them one by one and sealed them in the ear room, and sent them to her before she left the pavilion.

On this day, the Rongguo Mansion was bustling because of Xichun Xiaoding, and Wei Ruolan's house was deserted because of the husband and wife's filial piety, but the two didn't really care about it, they didn't like the disturbance outside, and they kept their books at home.

However, in recent years, compared with Uncle Wei's family, there is an endless stream of people giving gifts to Wei's house, not to mention Wei Ruolan's colleagues and subordinates, Jiang Hua and other senior brothers alone are just a few. Thirteen filial piety, several of them are young and promising, except for Jiang Hua, although the rest of them are not wealthy, but they are very hardworking for three festivals and two birthdays every year.

Daiyu thought that her husband and wife would not need many things, and new ones should be delivered after the filial piety, so she discussed with Wei Ruolan. Send it to the Yangsheng Hall built by Emperor Changtai and the camp in the suburbs of Beijing to prepare for the New Year.

At the same time, Daiyu took advantage of the new year to give the pair of big pearls to the queen, together with the pair of necklaces with wisdom patterns.

The Empress Dowager loves the things with the Hui pattern very much, and most of the Hui patterns that come in are from the Empress Dowager's place. Daiyu still has one in her hand that was indemnified by Uncle Wei's family, so she gave the queen the pair of necklaces that Jia Mu gave her.

The queen really liked it very much when she saw it. She smiled and said to Emperor Changtai who was playing with the big pearl: "I just said that this child is pitiful, because others are jealous, and said that I don't love the princesses, but only her. But, alone Her filial piety to me, who do I love if I don't love her? I was worrying about the Empress Dowager's birthday gift, and it happened that she sent it."

Emperor Changtai sat cross-legged on the kang, frowned slightly, and said: "No matter how good the birthday gift you give, it won't make a good name in front of the empress dowager. Why give this? Keep this and see you off."

The queen smiled slightly, shook her head and said, "Girl Lin sent it here, there must be news outside."

Before she entered the door, the empress dowager, who was still a concubine, didn't like her. Even her son who had been posthumously crowned prince was not as decent as the current princes in front of his grandmother, probably because the empress dowager chose her natal family. A niece is a daughter-in-law, but the late emperor valued her very much, the empress dowager did not dare to pick on her, now that the late emperor has passed away, the empress dowager is the No. she is gone.

The queen has been pampered since she was a child, and she has no affection for the empress dowager in her heart, but as a queen, she cannot do things willfully. Even if Emperor Changtai said this in front of her, she still intends to present the Huiwen Yingluo as a birthday gift To the Empress Dowager.In the past two years, the empress dowager had the intention to promote Concubine Shu, and she was glaring at her, often finding fault with her in three festivals and two longevity.

She is in the deep palace, and has little contact with her natal family. Although there are confidantes under her family, it is very rare for the empress dowager to feel that she is impeccable. The birthday gift prevaricates the past.

Emperor Changtai sneered, put the pearls back into the brocade box, and said, "They really put a lot of effort into these things."

The queen didn't answer, she brought the tea brought by the court lady to Emperor Changtai herself, took out the hand stove in his arms, opened it and threw out the ashes, and put in the charcoal fire and a few pieces of Shensu again.

Emperor Changtai drank tea, put the hand stove on his lap, put his hands on it, suddenly remembered something, dismissed the maids and eunuchs who accompanied him, and told the queen: "The court is not stable, I have grasped that Prince Yizhong wants to seek rebellion. I have already got the evidence, I think it will be done in the next two days, and you will be ill from now on, don't let those people come to disturb you."

The Queen's heart moved, and she immediately understood, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I don't argue about these things, everyone deserves what they deserve, and it has nothing to do with me. A few days ago, the Baolinghou Mansion and the Zhongjinghou Mansion were broken down. It's a matter, yesterday Mrs. Zhong Jinghou's natal sister-in-law handed over a sign to see me, but I didn't see it, but the Empress Dowager summoned her, and I don't know what she said."

Emperor Changtai frowned, and said: "I've heard about it, and I don't seem to know when I look at each of them. The most hateful thing is that the Empress Dowager wants to let her natal nephew take over some of the historian's power."

Although the Shijia brothers fell, and many generals were implicated under them, they couldn't uproot everything after all.

The queen also guessed this point, but she didn't say it, otherwise the historian made a mess and caused such a big disturbance, the empress dowager was the most useless master, what would she do if she saw Mrs. Zhong Jinghou's natal sister-in-law?Not yet profitable.

Emperor Changtai didn't know what he thought of, he loosened his brows, and said: "Don't pay attention to them. I will take care of the leading historians first, and then settle the rest one by one after the new year. I have prepared for so many years, and I can't let them go Let these silverfish run rampant." He was determined to purge the officials, first punish the guilty, and then take care of the remaining corpses for vegetarians.

The empress answered yes, bowed her head and took a sip of tea, and suddenly heard Emperor Changtai ask: "How is Concubine Xiande?"

The queen said: "I used your majesty's staff and told them to keep an eye on them. Although Concubine Xiande is very stupid, but she is pregnant with royal blood, so it is good to be born smoothly. After all, Concubine Xiande has competed in the palace these years. Others can be said to be quite honest and responsible, and if they are not proud, they will be arrogant." I am afraid that it will be impossible to guard against, and few concubines with children can tolerate a virtuous concubine.

Emperor Changtai said indifferently: "It's not an honest duty. I don't know how many news have been brought in and out of the palace these years. Back then, they were able to enter the palace through Prince Yizhong's door. It was when Prince Yizhong did something bad. Let’s make it clear. Concubine Xiande is now only slightly stronger than Concubine Wu Gui, Concubine Qi Shu, and Zhou Guiren who have sons. If she has sons, she may be the same as these people. From the etiquette and actions she rewarded her natal family, etc. You can see some clues by what you do. If so, Concubine Xiande often competes with other people. What's more, the Ningrong Second House relied on a family to have a concubine who did a lot of evil, and it was her cause and effect."

Emperor Changtai has found out the old case of Prince Yizhong, and the four families of King Jia Shi and Xue are inextricably linked to it. It is because they are quick to see the wind that they are not left behind when Prince Yizhong's bad things happen.When Prince Yizhong was in glory, the three families of King Jia and Xue all worked for Prince Yizhong. Xue's family, who received money and food from the household department, enshrined many things of Prince Yizhong. The coffin boards belonged to their family, which can be seen.

Doing the math, Xue Pan's father died when Prince Yizhong did something bad, and he was less than 40 years old. and life.

The queen didn't know what Emperor Changtai was thinking, so after hearing what he said, she said: "I don't care about anything else, I just do my duty, and the chaos in the palace may not be able to keep Concubine Xiande safe." Prince, concubine Qi Shu was raised to serve in front of her every day, even though it was definitely not what the empress dowager wanted for concubine Xiande to give birth safely, but if something happened to concubine Xiande, the empress dowager would definitely be the first to settle accounts with herself and blame herself for not managing the harem well.

The empress thought that the first emperor had passed away, and no one would suppress Emperor Changtai anymore. Who knew that without the first emperor, the empress dowager became rampant in the harem.If it weren't for the rule that the harem is not allowed to participate in politics in this dynasty, the empress dowager would probably want to influence the court.

The Empress Dowager is also the daughter of an official family, and she is only middle-class in the capital. It is all thanks to the son of Emperor Changtai that she is honored as the Empress Dowager. Not as good.

Emperor Changtai listened to the Queen's words, nodded and said: "I understand. There is no leakage around you and me. Anyone who has a disagreement will be dealt with, but not elsewhere. I have a lot of people and I am not here. My heart is in the court and not in the harem. And there is not a simple person in the palace, so everyone must have their own hands, even if there are people guarding against it, it may not be safe."

The queen smiled and said: "Your Majesty should know. What will happen to Concubine Xiande depends entirely on her own fortune. Counting the days, she will be born in two or three months, just get over it."

People come and go in the harem every year, and when there are many people, accidents are easy to happen.

Early the next morning, the queen obeyed Emperor Changtai's instructions and did not go to pay her respects to the empress dowager, but ordered someone to report her illness to the empress dowager.The Empress Dowager wished that the Empress would not get sick so that Concubine Qi Shu could manage the palace banquets and other matters, and asked the Empress to rest.

The queen was lying on the kang and reading a book. When she heard that the incident happened in the east window of Prince Yizhong's mansion, and the matter of the historians had not yet been settled, Prince Yizhong was first taken away by Zongzheng's mansion, and the rest of the family members were all imprisoned. The mansion also copied the seals of the seals. It was not possible to move his furniture in one day, and it took two or three days to finish the calculation. This is a later story.

This matter was presided over by Prince Zhongshun himself, and any officials who wanted to enrich themselves by ransacking their homes did not dare to act rashly, and could only use the opportunity of selling their servants to get some money.

The little eunuch who inquired about the news had just reached this point when Emperor Changtai came over and sat down opposite the queen.

The queen stood up, seeing Emperor Changtai's tired face, she said distressedly: "Your Majesty must not be too tired, the court has been in turmoil these days, and everything must be decided by His Majesty, and His Majesty should take care of himself."

Before he could say a word, he heard a report that Concubine Xiande was about to give birth.

The Empress and Emperor Changtai looked at each other, for a long while they didn't know what to say, they only talked about Concubine Xiande a few days ago, and they have been ordering people to watch them lately, what happened?The Queen hurriedly asked what was going on.

The little eunuch who reported the letter was outside, and came in at the call: "The concubine Xiande is plump, and she is not free to move. The imperial hospital told the concubine Xiande that she should move around more, which is conducive to childbirth. Therefore, the concubine Xiande will be there every day. I wandered around the Fengzao Palace and the Imperial Garden, and I was enjoying the plum blossoms in the Imperial Garden today, it might as well be slippery under my feet, and it was activated at that time."

Although it was not a world of ice and snow at this time, it was dripping water that turned into ice. Emperor Changtai and the empress looked at each other, and they knew in their hearts that someone must take advantage of the weather to do it. When they asked the little eunuch how he was slippery, he heard that the wetland was frozen.

Emperor Changtai said: "If you don't honestly have a baby in Fengzao Palace, what are you going to do in the imperial garden?"

The queen thought that it was not because she was conceived so easily in her late thirties in the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, so she became more excited, so that people would know her dignity to show off in the imperial garden, but it was hard to say, so she waved her hand and told the little eunuch to go down again. He ordered someone to drive him, and he wanted to go to Fengzao Palace to sit in charge.

Emperor Changtai said: "You are sick, what did you do in the past? Who is in charge of the affairs of the palace?" After hearing that Concubine Xiande, who was in charge of affairs with Concubine Wu, was happy, the affairs in her hands were called to the Empress Dowager. The decree was handed over to Concubine Qi Shu, and Emperor Changtai ordered someone to tell Concubine Wu Gui and Concubine Qi Shu to go to Fengzao Palace.

Dai Quan understood in his heart, and hurriedly went to deliver the oral instruction in person.

Emperor Changtai leaned on the pillow and thought for a while, called Li Ming'er over, and asked, "What's the matter with Concubine Xiande? Didn't she tell people to keep an eye on her? Why did something happen?"

Li Ming'er said respectfully: "Going back to Your Majesty, it's not all because of this. When the Xiande Concubine was admiring the plum blossoms in the Imperial Garden, she heard some palace maids in the past talking about the affairs of the court and the case of Prince Yizhong. She said she didn't know. How many people have to be implicated, the Wei family and the Shi family have already been implicated, etc., I am afraid that the Jia family will not escape this disaster. The empress Xiande was suffering from unbearable abdominal pain at that time, so she was unsteady on her feet and slipped, but she never fell to the ground , there are court ladies and eunuchs supporting her, but she was frightened and gave birth prematurely."

Emperor Changtai and the empress looked at each other, and they immediately understood. At the same time, they became more and more aware that the Jia family had an ulterior relationship with Prince Yizhong's mansion, and Concubine Xiande should know about these things, so when she heard that something happened to Prince Yizhong's mansion, she immediately very worried.

The queen thought about it, but she felt that it might not be so. Perhaps it was Concubine Xiande who was worried so much when she heard that the Jia family would be implicated.

Emperor Changtai waved his hand to tell Li Minger to retreat, the queen thought while asking, "So, the Jia family can't escape?"

Emperor Changtai did not deny it, and said indifferently: "Just because of what the Jia family did, I can't spare them. It will happen sooner or later. It seems that Concubine Xiande understands the affairs of her natal family quite well, otherwise it would not be the case."

The queen had expected the matter of Jia's family for a long time, and she didn't care about it. Thinking of Daiyu, she couldn't help sighing: "If something happens to Jia's family, I'm afraid it will fall on Miss Lin. Poor girl Lin didn't enjoy much in their house since she was a child." Fu, but we have to take care of them when something bad happens to their family, and we have to take care of everything, we can’t watch them suffer, it’s ungrateful not to do so.”

Emperor Changtai thought it was reasonable, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not necessary for Miss Lin to control them for the rest of their lives. I have checked that Jia She's room has been honest all these years, and there is no serious crime. It seems that he is the first to pay back the money." For the sake of him, I will forgive his sin."

The queen said: "Hearing what His Majesty said, I feel relieved. I'm not for them, I don't want the world to bother Miss Lin."

Emperor Changtai was about to speak, when he heard a report that the little eunuch of Fengzao Palace who had reported the letter earlier had come, and begged Emperor Changtai to go to Fengzao Palace, saying that the concubine Xiande wanted to see Emperor Changtai, and she originally wanted to come to see Emperor Changtai Yes, who knew it would start.

The queen was still not doing anything, Emperor Changtai sneered, and said: "Where does Concubine Xiande have the face to think that I will go to Fengzao Palace to meet her?" Not to mention Concubine Xiande, it was Emperor Changtai who gave birth to the empress that year. She also didn't enter the delivery room for a month, and now she's enthroned as emperor, which concubine would dare to clamor to see him during childbirth?

The queen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty calm down, I think Concubine Xiande has something to ask for." Concubine Xiande is really confused, thinking that since she is pregnant, she should do whatever she wants?Who in the world is not taboo to go in and out of the delivery room?What's more, the Son of Heaven.

Emperor Changtai said indifferently: "It's nothing more than begging me to spare her family. If all the concubines are like this, wouldn't I be the emperor in vain?"

The queen sighed softly, and ordered the maid who came in to inform the people to go out and tell the people, and said: "Jia's family is doing well now, let your mother give birth safely, don't worry about these things."

The face of the little eunuch outside the door was already flushed by the cold wind, hearing what was said inside, he retreated obediently.

Concubine Xiande was frightened and gave birth prematurely, and she was worried about her parents and brothers, who were not born for half a day. She heard that Emperor Changtai would not come, and felt even more painful. Even the words of the queen were not enough to relieve her, so she died in the middle of the night. , He did not forget to struggle to write a handwritten letter when the bleeding continued, handed it to the Queen's Palace, and sent it to Emperor Changtai.

Outside, they did not dare to wake up Emperor Changtai and the queen, and did not serve until Emperor Changtai got up. Sure enough, as Emperor Changtai expected, Concubine Xiande begged Emperor Changtai to spare her natal parents and brothers in the letter. Blood and tears were mottled, and she looked at it by candlelight. , it is shocking.

After Emperor Changtai read it, he tore it up and threw it into the brazier, where it quickly turned into ashes.

At the same time, Mrs. Wang dressed neatly, hurried into Jiamu's room, and said with tears: "I dreamed of my mother at night. After I woke up, I was in a panic. It was already five drums, and I ordered people to go out." Go find out."

Mother Jia was old and felt young. She woke up more than half an hour earlier and never blamed Mrs. Wang for her unseemly behavior. After hearing this, she became worried, pondered for a moment, and said, "What are you talking about? How could you entrust a dream to you while raising a baby in the palace? It must be a day-to-day dream and a night-time dream. Besides, the dream is not accurate, let’s hear what the person who went to inquire about it comes back.”

Mrs. Wang said in a flustered voice: "I dreamed that my mother was too real. My mother told me that she had already stepped into the underworld and told us to step back and get out early. I didn't know what it meant."

Upon hearing the word "Huang Quan", Jia's mother suddenly raised her head and stared at Mrs. Wang in a daze.

Yuanyang hurriedly knelt on the edge of the kang to support Jia Mu, leaned gently on the pillow, put on a big cloak with big hairy black squirrel on the crimson purple silk surface, and comforted her in a soft voice: "Dreams are always reversed. The empress was born with a great blessing, so she must be safe."

As if she didn't hear it, Jia Mu asked Mrs. Wang, "Don't think that I'm old and you're hiding it from me. What's going on outside?"

Mrs. Wang hesitated for a while, and then said in a low voice: "The Prince Yizhong's mansion has been ransacked yesterday." After all, she didn't tell Mother Jia about the family's ransacking earlier.

When Jia Mu heard this, her complexion changed drastically, and she said sternly: "Why are you hiding such a big matter from me? Look at me as I am old and can't manage things, can you? Let me be a deaf person at home. Prince Yizhong ransacked the house, and other things What? Is there anything else you are hiding from me? It’s strange that people speak cautiously these days, and I always feel uneasy.”

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "No, other than that, I have nothing else to hide from the old lady."

At this time, someone had already knocked on the cloud board. Mother Jia heard the sound and listened for a while, then turned her head and asked Yuanyang, "Mandarin duck, how many times did you hear it? Why do I feel that something is wrong?"

Yuanyang's complexion has changed, and she tremblingly said: "Go back to the old lady, it's four times."

The cloud board knocks four times, which is a mournful sound.

The person Mrs. Wang sent to inquire about the news has not yet returned, but the eunuch from the palace came to report the funeral. It was none other than Xia Shouzhong. Zheng has also come over, Fang Fang said to everyone in grief: "The concubine Xiande passed away due to dystocia at night!"