After a long time of incense, the peach note took the service in the house to retreat, and the room was quiet and the needles could be heard, and the concubine gently opened her lips and began to tell, her voice was leisurely and gentle, as if to cast a thin veil on the whole story.
"At that time, my father was the patriarch of the Lin clan of the Longxi noble, and he had a relationship with the emperor at that time, that is, Zhu Ergongzi, and praised Zhu Erye, praising him as the dragon and phoenix among the people, and he must marry me to King Yong, but King Yong had already married a wife, so he shelved the idea for a while.
King Yong's father, that is, Emperor Gaozu, was the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he was the commander of the military affairs of the northwest, and he was eager to get the approval and help of the nobles of Longyou.
She smiled lightly when she said this, and then said: "The person who came to my house to ask for relatives at that time was the brother of Empress Wende, that is, Song Ge Lao!"
” Jinghe couldn't help but be surprised, Empress Wende's virtue and generosity have been heard by her since she was a child, but she didn't expect that the Song family would do this, in order to win the support of the Longyou nobles for the emperor, she could ask for her aunt to marry another woman, so for the sake of the emperor, she did not hesitate to sacrifice her sister's happiness, no wonder the Song Pavilion Elder Association has been prosperous for a long time, no wonder the emperor has always introduced the Song Pavilion Elder as a confidant.
"My father is very embarrassed, but I feel that I must not agree, I said to my father, this is tantamount to taking advantage of people's danger, and it will also lose the dignity of a noble lady," the concubine said: "My father is a person who attaches great importance to reputation, in my opinion, I was also convinced, he personally went to the Zhu Mansion to explain to the emperor, and expressed his appreciation for the Zhu family, but unfortunately ......"
She paused, and after a while, continued: "Anyway, a few days after my father came to the house, a guest came to my house......
Jinghe didn't know why a thought came to his mind, and then blurted out, "Could it be Empress Wende at that time?"
” There was a hint of surprise in the concubine's gaze towards Jinghe, and then she nodded and said: "It was Empress Wende who came, she saw my mother, I don't know what she said to my mother, I only know that when she came out of my mother's room, my mother was very polite, and agreed to persuade my father to marry me into the Zhu family."
I only vaguely heard that Empress Wende once said that if I was willing to marry into the Zhu family, she would be willing to give up the position of wife......"
"The real Naiqi woman is also ......"
Jinghe couldn't help sighing.
The concubine seemed to sigh faintly, as if she was regretting something, "That's it, my father and mother agreed to the marriage of the Zhu family, but they did not agree to let Empress Wende give up his wife, and the Zhu family only said to the outside world that I and Empress Wende are sisters, regardless of each other's size."
After being my father at home, I married into the Zhu family.
Empress Wende really took care of me as she promised her mother in advance, and even persuaded the emperor to care for me many times.
Until that year, Emperor Gaozu had an incident, and Empress Wende and I stayed in the Zhu family, and we were both pregnant......"
She stopped talking, and seemed to avoid some unwanted past, "Later, Gaozu got up and became the emperor, and the second master of the Zhu family also became King Yong, when Empress Wende just gave birth to her eldest son, and I was not in good health, Emperor Gaozu made the decision to accept a few aunts for King Yong, but they were all noble, one is now the virtuous concubine, and the other is the pure concubine who has died early, as for Concubine Hui, she was the dowry girl around the pure concubine at that time, before the pure concubine passed away, she was worried that her three princesses had no one to take care of, so she mentioned Concubine Hui.
Concubine Xian was born into a famous family, reasonable, and very capable, but I became more and more lazy and did not care about the affairs of the house.
Empress Wende knew my temperament, and never forced me to do what I did not want to do, but cared for me like a sister, and at the same time, she relied more and more on Concubine Xian. ” Jinghe nodded, no wonder Concubine Xian has been able to act as an agent for palace affairs for so many years, no wonder Concubine Xian can live in Yikun Palace, which has always been inhabited by noble concubines.
The concubine continued: "Later, the first emperor died, and it was passed on to the emperor, when Empress Wende was busy taking care of the palace affairs of the six palaces for the emperor, rectifying the upper and lower palaces, and formulating palace rules, so she had no time to take care of the homework of the emperor's eldest son, and neglected to discipline the emperor's eldest son.
And Concubine Xian took on this responsibility, and the people in the palace originally had all kinds of criticism, but the eldest son of the emperor was taught better and better, both civil and military, and kind-hearted, and these voices inside and outside the palace were dissipated.
The emperor was also quite grateful for the benefits of the virtuous concubine, and later the virtuous concubine was pregnant and gave birth to a prince, but the education of this prince was biased towards the art of Huang Lao, and taught the five princes many times to respect and obey the eldest son of the emperor.
Facts have proved that the behavior of the fifth prince is cowardly, and the difference between him and the eldest son of the emperor is more than a star and a half, and at this point, those opposing voices in the palace can be regarded as completely dissipated. ” Today, the three views of tranquility have been refreshed twice, one is the generosity of Empress Wende, and the other is the profound righteousness of the virtuous concubine, but the performance of the concubine is relatively normal.
She quickly sorted out all kinds of thoughts and thoughts in her mind, nodded, and asked, "Therefore, the prince and Concubine Xian have a particularly good relationship?"
” A trace of inexplicable look crossed the delicate face of the concubine, and after a moment she said leisurely: "Excuse me, I just asked about the things in this palace, I may have asked for a long time," and reminded Jinghe for a while: "I hope you don't get involved, this water is too deep......"
It's too deep, these three words echoed in Jinghe's head, it was indeed too deep, but she had to figure it out.
Maybe it was because of the curiosity caused by the puzzle, or maybe it was just a little thought in her heart, she didn't want the concubine to worry, so she just smiled and nodded, and said, "Don't worry, Niangniang, I'm just asking casually." ” The concubine didn't say anything more, and Jinghe said some interesting things about her brother with the concubine, "Bring this child to ask for peace to the mother another day." ” The concubine naturally wanted to see Brother Zheng'er's tightness in her heart, but after thinking about it carefully, she waved her hand again and again and said: "That's it, this palace is full of yin and qi, and it's not good for children, so let's wait until we reach the age of one." ” Jinghe didn't insist anymore and bowed slightly.
After Jinghe said goodbye, he was personally sent out of Yongshou Palace by Taojian, all the way to Shenwumen, and waited for Jinghe to get in the car before returning to the palace.
Walking all the way, Jinghe leaned in the carriage and thought about the relationship between the prince and the concubine, the relationship between the concubine and the prince was very good, and the tonic was also prepared by the concubine for the prince, in the strong smell of medicine, except for a few tonics, she vaguely smelled the smell of the medicine, but the princess didn't tell her to look at the slag, so she really couldn't be sure of the idea in her heart.
The carriage stopped suddenly, Jinghe was in a trance, she didn't notice this sudden change, and her body involuntarily leaned forward, but fortunately, she grabbed the window of the car and didn't fall.