Chapter 154 King Qin: Don't Worry, Consort Mu!
In fact, if Empress Dowager Yuan really just asked the King of Chu to stay in the palace for a few days, and take him back to the empress after the eighth prince got well, the empress might agree to calm Empress Dowager Yuan's doubts.
The problem is that while the queen doesn't trust Chunjia, she can't trust the queen mother too much.
Originally, the birth mother of the king of Chu was humble, and the reason why he was able to surpass the other princes to become the king was nothing more than the existence of the quasi-prince by adopting the queen as the first son.
But this kind of special treatment disappeared when his fever burned his brain.
Although Chunjia still feels pity for him when she sees him now, but it is also pity with regret, and it is getting weaker day by day. It can't compare with the love she has for Qin Wang Zhaoqing, let alone compete with Queen Mother Yuan?
If the Empress really kept the King of Chu, and the Empress Dowager Yuan fiddled with her, maybe this child would follow in the footsteps of the Fourth Prince and die young.
The queen stepped on the king of Chu to promote the third prince before, although she had already planned to give up the child, at least she was in the cold, but after all, she has been raised so big since she was a child, and she is the kind of person who treats the children under her knees as if she is her own. Wang's chances of staying are slim, and he still has to follow the Queen Mother Yuan's wishes?
"Mother, it really wasn't the King of Chu's doing this time." Gu Zhen held back his anger, and cautiously persuaded the Queen Mother Yuan, "Since what happened last time, the daughter-in-law has repeatedly beat around, how dare they let the King of Chu go to the Eighth Prince? The second time is that the lowly servant girl didn't serve the eighth prince well. The daughter-in-law has already disposed of him, and the new one is the daughter-in-law's dowry, which can't be more careful."
Empress Dowager Yuan said with a cold face: "The Ai family knew that the King of Chu came to you early, and he was unlucky. You must feel very distressed. But if you are an ordinary concubine, it's okay to be partial. You are the Queen of the Palace !The heir of the emperor in this palace, everyone will call you 'mother queen', how can you favor one over the other, chilling the hearts of the children? The king of Chu is pitiful, but is his pity caused by his brothers and sisters? They are all royal heirs, why should the other grandchildren of the mourning family have to bear the bullying and injury of the King of Chu?! Earlier, Xiao Shi was almost alive. A few days ago, Zhaoqing’s child was also said to be You said you were crying in public, but after coaxing the concubine for several days, you are still depressed? Two days ago, he tried to harm Xiaoba, and you said it yourself!"
"Now Xiaoba has an accident, you say it has nothing to do with the King of Chu?"
"Then Aijia asked you, why did Xiao Ba have an accident early and late in front of you, but why did he have an accident at this time?!"
Gu Zhen said: "Mother, this... it is common for this family of children to get sick. Firstly, the eighth prince's situation is not serious; secondly, how can there be a certain number for this kind of thing? If you can choose, which one in this world is the right one?" Damn, wouldn't you rather stay in bed all year long in exchange for your child's healthy and smooth life?"
"You have always been kind." Queen Mother Yuan glanced at her and sneered slightly, "At this time, you are still talking to King Chu... The Ai family can't bear to blame you. But you don't know why, the Ai family came to tell you You: Because Concubine Jing and the others didn't come with me during the summer vacation this year."
Gu Zhen was slightly startled when he heard the words, but the queen mother continued to say, "It is said that the king of Chu went wrong after he recovered from his illness, and he never regained his wisdom. I am sorry to see that he is not as clumsy as the rumors say. , isn’t it the same? Ai’s family looked at him because he got a reminder from this incident, so he decided to attack Xiao Ba at this moment, so that if Xiao Ba is too sick to return to the palace, he can only stay. General in the palace? At that time, without this brother in front of you, he will take more of your time!"
"..." Gu Zhen was completely speechless, she calmed down and said, "Mother, the king of Chu is only so old, how could he think of all these things?"
"He is also five years old, and he is almost ready to go to school. Why do you still treat him as a child who doesn't understand anything?" Queen Mother Yuan turned cold and said, "If it is really a child who doesn't understand anything, then You tell Aijia, how did he know to bully Xiao Shi, to mention Zhaoqing's legs, and to hurt Xiao Ba?"
Gu Zhen said: "This is just a fight for favor among the children. It's because the daughter-in-law didn't discipline the King of Chu well... But what the queen mother said, how can the King of Chu have such a scheming? If he can have it, the daughter-in-law still needs so much at her knees." A son?"
Thinking that King Zhaoqing of Qin had already entered school, but he could only count on the third prince to win back the face of the middle palace, Gu Zhen secretly harbored resentment.
If King Chu hadn't been abolished, why would she be so impatient?
Uncle Zhaowu didn't need to play tricks on the battle situation to anger Chunjia!
In the final analysis, the entire Gu family, including the queen, had to bite the bullet and go slanted because the king of Chu couldn't do it!
The concubine prince who is no longer old enough to enter school at about the same time as the eldest son of the emperor has to face the growing health of the concubine prince, and learn Chunjia's teaching and love in advance, and the affirmation and support of the courtiers... Maybe he will go to the throne of Shizong's legitimate son follow suit.
Obviously according to the ancestral etiquette, he was the prince who should inherit the throne the most, but because he was born too late, he fell into a bleak end.
Let me ask, if the eldest son of Empress Sejong Yuan grew up mediocrely, even if her qualifications were mediocre, as long as she didn't engage in anger and grievances, what would happen to Shenzong?
The queen hid her heartache, and continued in a slow voice, "Don't be angry, mother-in-law. My daughter-in-law heard that early in the morning, children get sick all the time, and when they grow up, they will be healthier."
He also said, "Besides, the queen mother also said that the last time the king of Chu ignorantly frightened the eighth prince was not a few days ago. How can the third prince rest assured? For the past two days, he has been following the eighth prince with a good eye. There will be no chance to get close to this younger brother."
Empress Dowager Yuan snorted, "Even if the King of Chu did not do it this time, the King of Chu has made many actions that are unfavorable to his brothers. You and the young heir before you, besides the eight princes, there are ten princes, twelve princes, and so on." Prince. Even if you don’t care about the eighth prince, don’t you care about the safety of the tenth prince and the twelve princes? Now that the king of Chu is only five years old, he can already do so many things. When he grows older, he will be in front of you Facing the disadvantages of several young brothers, can you stop them? Can you stop them in time? It’s not that the Ai family deliberately made things difficult for you, but as a queen, you should consider the heirs of the emperors, not just feel sorry for the king of Chu.”
"You must know that the other emperor's heirs are also your children."
"According to Ai's family, it is better to keep the King of Chu in the palace. Firstly, it will prevent the other heirs from trembling and worrying about what will happen to the King when they go out; Don’t dare anymore.”
The queen mother changed her gentle expression, "Just let him stay alone in the palace for a few months, and it's not that no one will be left to serve. When we come back next year, he must have a long memory and know how to behave. In this way, we can rest assured that the friendship between the children is also deeper?"
If she didn't know that she was the kind of person who would kill King Chu, the queen would almost agree.
"Mother, how about this." She was silent for a while, and took a step back, "When I go back to the palace, my daughter-in-law will detain him in a small courtyard and is not allowed to go out at will. , the child is so young, even if there are servants to accompany her, how can the daughter-in-law feel relieved? Moreover, something happened to Yushan. Although it was a deliberate murder by servants, the daughter-in-law has dealt with many people since then. This time for the sake of The eighth prince, you have a lot of trouble! What if after we leave, someone who is not noticed by the daughter-in-law makes things difficult or even murders the king of Chu, what should we do? Even if the king of Chu is bad, he is still His Majesty's heir after all."
"The Empress Mother thought so hard for His Majesty's children back then, so she probably wouldn't just disregard King Chu's life just because of his current state?"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law argued back and forth for most of the day without any results. In the end, the queen mother lost her energy and let it go.
But the Queen kept an eye out, worried that Queen Mother Yuan would be unfavorable to the King of Chu in private, so she specifically told the people around her to watch the King of Chu so that no accident would happen to him.
It was so safe, but on the way back to the palace, the child was caught off guard: the horse pulling his cart was frightened for no reason, suddenly rushed out of the road, and fell into the roadside cliff!
The queen almost fainted when she received the news!
Part of it is worried about the King of Chu, and part of it is angry.
She promised to enclose the King of Chu after she returned to the palace, so why should that old maidservant of the Yuan family be killed? !
No matter how bad the King of Chu was, he was at least the legitimate son recognized on the jade plate.
In terms of nobility, why should the Eighth Prince compare with him!
Gu Zhen immediately had the urge to hug the eighth prince and throw him down the cliff! ! !
She was persuaded by voices from left and right, and even Ping Xianyi rushed over to appease her again and again, and then she held back her anger with trembling hands, and sent someone to rescue her with trembling voices.
At this time, everyone had no hope for King Chu's life, but they didn't think that he was not dead.
It's just that there is no such luck as unscathed.
Both of his legs were broken when he was stuck in the carriage. According to the description of the guards who went to rescue him, Bai Shengsheng's bones were exposed, and he fainted from the pain.
The queen was angry and distressed, and couldn't help crying.
Anyway, he is also a son-in-law, or a former prince-to-be, and it is impossible for others to ignore what happened.
Yun Fenghuang made a special trip to visit, and even comforted the queen with a few words.
She had no grievances with the King of Chu in the past, and before she had time to eradicate this son-in-law, something happened to the King of Chu, so she still had some sympathy. But ever since King Chu spoke about Zhao Qing in public, Yun Fenghuang disliked the prince very much.
Now I say "Fortunately, my life is safe, don't be sad", but I feel quite happy in my heart: I told you that my daughter's legs are disabled, and now your own legs are not good either!
Turns out she wasn't alone in thinking so.
The next day after this incident, the team continued on the road, and rumors spread, saying that the reason why King Chu fell off the cliff was purely because the noble concubine was upset that he had spoken out in front of Princess Zhaoqing before, and deliberately ordered the people below to give him lesson!
Otherwise, how could it happen that there was nothing wrong with falling down from such a high place with a carriage and a person, only a pair of legs were broken?
This clearly shows that the imperial concubine is venting her anger for her daughter!
...and many believed it.
Even the King of Qin ran to Yun Fenghuang, and said with a vow: "Mother, don't worry, I'm still young, when I grow up, I can break my fifth brother's leg without the help of my mother! "
Yun Fenghuang: "...???!!!"
She went directly to cry with the emperor, "I didn't do anything, but even King Qin suspected that I had murdered King Chu!"
Chunjia has actually figured out the ins and outs of this matter, but just as the queen thought, if someone else murdered his own flesh and blood, he would definitely not let it go.
But this one is the Queen Mother Yuan...
Especially since the king of Chu is also a disused prince, Chunjia inevitably doesn't want to fall out with the queen mother because of the child's legs.
His plan was to euphemistically mention this matter to Empress Dowager Yuan, to express that he knew the truth, and to ask the Empress Dowager to restrain herself and stop attacking her children, otherwise he would only annoy the Eighth Prince.
But now the imperial concubine came to cry, the situation is different.
Because of the grievances between the imperial concubine and the Empress Dowager Yuan, it was hard for Chunjia not to wonder if the Empress Dowager Yuan wanted to kill two birds with one stone, not only eliminating the possibility of the King of Chu murdering his brother in the future, but also planting the imperial concubine?