Chapter 62: Love for Daughters

As the only blood-related grandson of Emperor Shenzong, Marquis Shou Ning was relegated from Prince Regent to Marquis and experienced repeated conflicts in the court. Although he has no power so far, he has attracted much attention in the court and the opposition.

He had conflicts with his biological father and stepmother several times over marriage, and now he is finally engaged. Even in this time of natural and man-made disasters, he has attracted the attention of many people.

So everyone soon knew the identity of his fiancée: Yin Qu's second daughter, sister of Concubine Wen Huixian who just passed away, Yin Nuluo.

"...This Yin family is just messing around." Empress Gu in the palace was still thinking about Yun Fenghuang's suggestion, and she couldn't make up her mind to tell Chunjia about Yin Nvluo's invitation to the palace to take care of the seventh prince. Telling this matter personally, and asking her to pack up a rich gift and send it to the Shouning Hou's mansion, it is simply...

In this case, she definitely didn't say anything, and she still wanted to knock the palace servants who were present that day to shut up.

It's just that afterward, I couldn't help complaining to Yun Fenghuang in private, "As a daughter, she said she wanted to enter the palace to serve His Majesty, but as a father, she turned around and finalized the marriage of the two juniors with the Empress Dowager! Fortunately, the palace was cleared at that time. Those who know what happened are all trustworthy people, and they will not spread rumors casually. Otherwise, wouldn’t it make the world laugh at the brothers of the Tian family fighting for a daughter?”

Yun Fenghuang was also surprised: "I'm afraid that this marriage was not necessarily just proposed by Yin Qu and the Empress Dowager, but probably after His Majesty's promise... But it was really a bit of a hurry, Shou Ninghou just left, and he is not in the imperial capital yet. .”

Yes, this engagement was arranged by the Empress Dowager on behalf of Shou Ninghou and Yin Qu on behalf of Yin Nvluo.

The two parties involved, Shou Ninghou, was rushing to the disaster area overnight, while Yin Nvluo was serving her sister at home.

Um……

Counting the time, maybe Shou Ninghou didn't know that he has a fiancée...

"Perhaps as you said, Yin Qu is very opposed to Yin Nuluo's actions, fearing that there will be some bad rumors, so he hastily engaged her?" The queen guessed, and said, "Forget it, it's not anyway. Whatever the big deal, that's all."

The concubine didn't take this matter very seriously, so she continued to think about Princess Minghui's dowry.

Originally, Chunjia was going to give her a marriage decree two days ago, but it was Wei He first and then the flood. If such unlucky news was mixed with the marriage news of the former emperor's daughter, it would be a bit of a bad idea.

Just dragged it down.

But Chunjia has made up her mind to marry her younger sister, so there should be no delay in dowry.

"Tomorrow, the fiancée of Marquis Shouning will come to the palace. Then you and the queen will take care of her, after all, she is the prospective sister-in-law." That night Chunjia went to the Huanhua Palace and played with King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing for a while. Talking about the business with Yun Fenghuang, "She lives in the Qingci Palace, and the reason to the outside world is that the Empress Dowager loves the grandson-in-law very much, and she specially brings her by her side to teach her for a few days... But she will probably be there often. Go to dye Xiang Palace."

Yun Fenghuang was quite surprised: "Co-author Yin Qu betrothed this daughter to Shou Ning Hou so that she could enter the palace and take care of the Seventh Prince? It's just that she is engaged to Shou Ning Hou, so she can't stay here forever. Is the Empress Dowager there?"

Chunjia said: "After all, she is an outsider, and there are so many dignitaries in the palace, and I don't intend to let her take care of it... To be honest, I'm afraid I can't take care of such a young girl, and I want to take care of the emperor's heir? Especially Lao Qi looks weak. Only Concubine Wen Huixian is going, let her be close to her for a while. Yin Qu cried in front of me two days ago with snot and tears, and I couldn't bear it."

"Then, has Your Majesty ever thought about who will raise the Seventh Prince?" Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the situation and asked.

Chunjia pondered for a while, and said: "Let's let Concubine De take care of it. After all, the only ones who are eligible to take care of the seventh concubine are the empress and the fourth concubine. Empress, you have more than one heir under your knees, so I'm afraid you won't be able to take care of them. Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian are both pregnant and can't take care of themselves."

At first glance, there was nothing wrong with this choice, but Concubine De couldn't tolerate even the King of Chu, so it was hard to say whether she would put all her heart into raising the Seventh Prince.

With the Seventh Prince's dying appearance, the chances of dying in such a way are very high.

But anyway, it's not his own child, Yun Fenghuang didn't care, and praised Chunjia for her thoughtfulness: "Concubine De has always been gentle, and there is only one of the three emperors under her knees, and this move of your majesty has allowed her to join her." Good' word."

The next day, Yin Nuluo entered the palace under the pretense of listening to the empress dowager's teachings. She first went to Qingci Palace to greet her, and not long after, she went to Ranxiang Palace to guard the seventh prince.

The Yin family considered that as a girl who hadn't left the court, she would not be able to take care of the little prince at all, so they specially hired two old aunts with many descendants to follow her. Half a day later, news came out from the Chunbo Hall that Yin Nuluo's master and servant were not polite at all, and she turned around all the officials ordered by Ranxiang Palace without seeing anyone.

"That's Concubine Wen Huixian's direct sister, Marquis Shouning's fiancée, and His Majesty's brother-in-law-to-be." When these words were reported to Gu Zhen, Gu Zhen said indifferently, "She can't do it without ordering some people to take care of the seventh prince? Anyone who comes to Bengong and mutters about these things will call out to Bengong!"

Having said that, the queen was actually not very happy.

This is not only because Yin Nuluo's previous impulsiveness caused her a lot of trouble, but also because Yin Nuluo's actions are suspected of not trusting her ability to preside over the Six Palaces.

After all, according to the rules of the imperial palace, the queen is responsible for the death of the emperor's heir before appointing a adoptive mother.

Gu Zhen felt that although he did not go to the Xiang Palace in person every day for the past two days, he sent his servants to supervise him every day, and he even said that the Chunbo Palace did not take good care of Concubine Wen Huixian, which caused Yin Yu to die at a young age, and he deserved death .

If even the Seventh Prince can't be kept, what are they still doing alive?

Under such a threat, one can imagine how much Chun Bo's Highness loves the Seventh Prince!

Yin Nuluo still has to point fingers...

It's strange that Gu Zhen can wait to see her.

Helpless, she is her sister-in-law-to-be, with the face of the Empress Dowager and Gong Xiangxiao, and Chunjia's orders, Gu Zhen can only bear with it.

But Yin Nuluo's transgression was more than that. A few days later, Chunjia went to Huanhua Hall and said to Yun Fenghuang, "Yin Qu came to ask me for something today."

Yun Fenghuang asked curiously: "What's the matter?"

Is it worth you talking to me specifically?

"He said he wanted you to take care of the old seven, what do you think?" When Chun Jia said this, she looked carefully at Yun Fenghuang's expression.

Yun Fenghuang was startled, then frowned and asked, "The Seventh Prince has been...well, what's wrong?"

"Where are you going?" Chunjia was a little dumbfounded when he heard the words, and the doubts in his eyes quickly faded away, and said, "Lao Qi is still the same, but Yin Qu doesn't want Concubine De to be his adoptive mother. You come to raise him. I have been persuading him for a long time today, but he can't afford to kneel, and I have no choice but to come over and discuss with you. "

"Your Majesty, I already have King Qin and Zhaoqing under my knees, but how can I care about the Seventh Prince?" Yun Fenghuang thought about it quickly. The Seventh Prince is a hot potato. When she analyzed this with the Queen before, she already knew mentioned.

but!

This hot potato is not without merit.

He has a grandfather who is an important official who loves his house and Wu, and a aunt who is about to become the emperor's sister-in-law, not counting the rest of the Yin family, the weight of these two is enough to gamble.

Anyway, even if the child died, Yun Fenghuang would at most offend the Yin family.

The problem is that the relationship between her and the Yin family is not very good... If you calculate it like this, it means that there is no cost.

Caring about the established, she resolutely refused, "Yin Qu is also confused, so many people in the palace who are qualified to support the Seventh Prince, why did they choose to be concubines? Don't they remember that concubine beat Wen Huixian in the past?"

"What did you say?" Chun Jia scolded lightly, "Where does Yin Qu have these thoughts now? He just thinks that you have great blessings and wants Lao Qi to share your blessings. Moreover, he also knows that Lao Qi If your body is weaker, say that no matter what happens to this child in front of you, he will have no complaints or regrets."

"The concubine doesn't believe him." Yun Fenghuang pouted, "If you want to say that the blessings are deep, even if you don't mention the empress dowager, there are two empress dowagers in the harem, and the queen empress is in front, how can you get a concubine? body?"

Chunjia just laughed at her: "Why are you so timid now? When Wen Hui just entered the palace, you didn't see you being shy when you threatened her?"

"At that time, I didn't know that Wen Hui had such a good father." Yun Fenghuang slapped him coquettishly, "Besides, what is this concubine doing to embarrass Wen Hui? Isn't it because of you? Speaking of which, His Majesty is the one." The chief culprit who caused the discord in our harem!"

"Then I'm here today to harm you, are you afraid?" Chunjia asked unhurriedly after hearing the words, stretched out her hand and loosened the skirt of her clothes a little.

His squinting gaze was full of playfulness and banter, a very different temptation from usual, Yun Fenghuang immediately forgot about the matter of the Seventh Prince.

...However, Yin Qu refused to give up, and went to Chunjia to pester Chunjia again the next day, kneeling and crying in Taichu Palace. Although his status in front of the emperor could not be compared with that of the Duke of Yi, Ouyang Yanran, he was still the same. The courtier who relied heavily on him, and the fact that his daughter had just passed away in order to extend the heirs to the emperor, had no choice but to send someone to summon Yun Fenghuang to the former court, and asked Yin Qu to personally say to the imperial concubine: "If the imperial concubine is in person, If you refuse, Ai Qing doesn't need to mention it anymore."

Then he said to Yun Fenghuang, "You decide this matter yourself, do what you can, don't think too much."

The implication was obvious, Yin Qu felt disappointed, but he still struggled hard: "Please take care of the son left behind by the little girl."

"Why?" Yun Fenghuang, who was dressed in a golden hairpin, stood on top of the altar, looked down at him, and did not hide his doubts at all, "Not to mention that this palace has nothing to do with Concubine Wen Huixian, or your lord. They are close, but adults, father and daughter, there are many concubines who are closer in the palace; it is said that the palace has both children and children, so even if you want to take care of the seventh prince, you may not be able to do it?"

Because the emperor was present and he didn't intend to leave, Yin Qu couldn't make it clear, so he just said vaguely: "Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings. The Seventh Prince lost his mother after he was born, and he is weak. I beg you to take pity on me!"

He also said, "The minister's wife died early, and only the two daughters. Now that the eldest daughter has passed away, only the seventh prince has a little flesh and blood. I also ask the empress to read it for the sake of sending the white-haired man to the black-haired man..."

Before he finished speaking, he was already sobbing.

Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, then sighed: "Your Majesty is His Majesty's right-hand man... In that case, I agree!"

Yin Qu was afraid that Chunjia would stop him, so he hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

The imperial concubine quickly finalized the matter, and after looking at the imperial case, Chunjia's eyes were dark, unable to see any joy or anger, she just said indifferently: "Since you all agree to this matter, the seventh child will be brought up by the imperial concubine."

Looking at Yin Qu again, "It's just that the imperial concubine has a pair of nieces besides King Qin and Zhaoqing. After the seventh child is gone, the imperial concubine will take care of five children. You said it yourself, regardless of the consequences..."

Yin Qu immediately added: "I have no complaints or regrets! I thank Your Majesty and Madam for your kindness!"

Chunjia nodded and asked him to leave. Only the imperial concubine and his servants remained in the palace, but he was speechless for a while. After a moment of silence, Chunjia said slowly: "Since you also promised to take care of the elderly, then take care of them well." .”

He was a little disappointed.

Yun Fenghuang saw it, but didn't take it seriously.

The emperor didn't want her to raise the seventh prince, or in other words, the emperor didn't want the Yin family to add momentum to her.

Yun Fenghuang knew very well in her heart that this was also the reason why she swore she did not want the Seventh Prince when the emperor brought it up before.

If she had shown that she was willing to accept it at that time, Chunjia probably wouldn't have let her meet Yin Qu at all, and would have refused directly to Yin Qu.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I won't embarrass you." Yun Fenghuang pretended not to notice it at all, as if I agreed to accept such a hot potato for your sake, and resigned up.

She returned to the harem, went directly to the Chongchang Palace, and explained the matter to Gu Zhen.

Gu Zhen still remembered what she had said before, felt sympathetic, and comforted him: "Don't think too much about it, Concubine Wen Huixian has such a little flesh and blood, under the nine springs, how can she not take care of her? Many children were watched when they were young. Sick, he will be lively when he grows up, and he can't tell at all. Besides, he begged you to adopt him, and you didn't ask for it on his own initiative. Even if the Seventh Prince stumbles in the future, then I can't rely on you either."

"Your Majesty said so." Yun Fenghuang didn't say much to her, but only sighed slightly, "After all, he is a courtier who is proud of His Majesty, and a concubine of the age of his parents, begging bitterly in front of His Majesty. , I can’t do anything about it as a concubine. You can’t let people talk about your Majesty chilling the heart of the old minister because of the concubine. You can only bite the bullet and agree... But I hope the Seventh Prince will have his own destiny.”

So I told the queen to go to Ranxiang Palace to pick up the Seventh Prince to Huanhua Hall, but he didn't keep the child with King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing, but ordered to clean up a room beside the bedroom where he lived, and call After leaving Qingdu, she went to be a court lady in front of the Seventh Prince, and raised her very dearly.

This action spread, the queen only said that the noble concubine was afraid of taking responsibility, so she didn't dare to neglect in the slightest.

Mrs. Qing Shu said privately: "Can the noble concubine not take care of the seventh prince? As long as the prince is doing well, she will hold Yin Qu and Yin's daughter Luo's father and daughter, and don't worry about the father and daughter being disobedient. "

The reason why Yin Qu asked Yun Fenghuang to be his grandson's adoptive mother was also out of this consideration.

It's not that he doesn't know that Yun Fenghuang's thoughts are deep, and if his grandson falls into her hands, let alone what will happen in the future, as a natal family, he will definitely be manipulated.

But as a person who loves his first wife deeply and loves his two daughters like treasures, after several struggles, in the end, his love for daughters is even better.

Yun Fenghuang is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp, but on the other hand, this imperial concubine's methods are really good.

Just looking at the King of Chu in front of the Empress didn't understand why her brain was burned out. She, who has been in the limelight since the first day she entered the palace, not only quickly climbed to the position of imperial concubine, but also the four children under her knees have been safe so far. , It can be seen that either the real blessings are profound, or the methods are not at the same level as other concubines in the palace, or both the blessings are deep and the methods.

As long as his father and daughter are obedient, Yun Fenghuang will definitely ensure the safety of the Seventh Prince for his own benefit.

Moreover, Chunjia has quite a few heirs now, and due to his busy government affairs, the ones he sees the most, embraces the most, and is also the one he cares about and loves the most, is undoubtedly the pair of heirs in front of the imperial concubine.

But it's not that the emperor valued the eldest son and daughter, it's simply that the noble concubine is favored, and the descendants of Enze's knees are all.

The seventh prince was raised in front of the imperial concubine, saw the emperor many times, and the bond between father and son was naturally deep, and the care and attention he would receive in the future would naturally increase... For the safety and future of this grandson, just coerce him.

It's better than going with the eldest daughter only, and the grandson dies at the heel.

Mrs. Qing Shu sighed, and said: "Yin Qu really loves his daughter."

Who wouldn't envy such a dear father?

It's a pity that Yin Xuan is not blessed.

She could see clearly but she didn't dare and didn't intend to go out and talk nonsense, but although Gu Zhen didn't see Yun Fenghuang's real intentions, her family was not stupid, so they found excuses to come to the gate of the palace to ask to see her the next day.