It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager

Chapter 76 Canonization

Queen Mother Yao finally raised some spirits. She let go of the bird cage, and the court ladies on both sides immediately stepped forward to wipe the nails of Queen Mother Yao. Without looking back, the Queen Mother raised her eyes and asked: “Didn’t he say that he doesn’t want to marry a wife? Which lady has such charm that can make King Jing change his mind?”

Mother Feng’s expression changed slightly, slightly meaningful. She leaned closer and whispered: “When you return to the Queen Mother, you recognize this person as Master Tang.”

The Queen Mother Yao raised her eyebrows, obviously surprised: “Master Tang?”

“It’s the woman you picked out from the show girls last year and sent it to the fief of King Jing.”

“The Ai family remembers her.” The Queen Mother raised her hand, and Mother Feng immediately stepped forward, holding her hand, and carefully serving the Queen Mother and sitting down. After sitting down, the Queen Mother looked at her nails and said: “There are so many women in the national show, and she is the most outstanding. She is obviously wearing the same clothes, but standing in the crowd, it is dazzling. Became her foil. In the many years since the Ai’s family entered the palace, I have seen many beautiful people coming and going, but counting and counting, I can convince the Ai’s family, but only two people. One is her, the other, It is the concubine Guo Gui.”

Concubine Guo… Madam Feng became nervous when she heard the name: “Manny, it’s already a thing of the past, what do you mention her for?”

“Yes, it’s been a long time.” The Queen Mother was dissatisfied with her nails no matter how she looked at her nails. She put her fingers on the armrests and said flatly, “Guo Guifei has been dead for twelve years. It’s been five years. The only group of people that year was the Aijia and him.”

Madam Feng knelt down to beat the Queen Mother Yao, not daring to take the conversation. Concubine Gonglie and King Jing are the obstacles that the empress dowager can’t pass. It’s no wonder that the Queen Mother Yao is inconsistent. When she was a queen, she couldn’t compete with the Guo family. After finally becoming the queen mother, she obviously won, but Zhao Chengting died young, leaving the queen mother with white hair and black hair. But Zhao Chengjun, who everyone thought was bound to die back then, lived longer and grew into a tiger that couldn’t move.

How could Queen Mother Yao swallow this breath. Fortunately, in recent years, Zhao Chengjun has been in the wind and rain, and has not left any offspring. If Zhao Chengjun gave birth to a few concubines, the queen mother Yao could be stunned to death.

But having said that, the Queen Mother Yao has been able to tolerate Zhao Chengjun for so many years, to a large extent, because Zhao Chengjun has no heirs, not even a regular wife. As for the adopted son who was not in the eyes of the Queen Mother at all, he was not from the Zhao family, and he could not change his skin even if he changed his surname.

The Queen Mother Yao did not want Zhao Chengjun to have inheritance. If he had no wife and children, it would be a good thing to stay in the northwest to guard the world for Qianer, but if he had a son, it would be different.

Queen Mother Yao asked: “I remember that His Royal Highness the Four Princes was not a good talker back then. His vision was especially high. He almost couldn’t get him because of his high vision. He was almost out of sight of him. Why did he think of setting up Master Tang as a concubine?”

Madam Feng gently beat the Queen Mother Yao on her leg, and said carefully: “Although Tang Shishi is not a high-born, but she is really good-looking. Maybe, King Jing is also sad for the Beauty Pass.”

The Queen Mother laughed when he heard this: “He? If that’s the case, Master Tang has done his merits upside down. It’s a pity that the good son of the Ai family is not a person who can be confused by beauty.”

Regarding King Jing, Mother Feng did not dare to express her opinions lightly. She changed her angle and carefully tested the queen mother’s mind: “The slave and maidservant have a sentence, I don’t know if it is improper to say it.”

The Queen Mother Yao looked tired and said casually: “Let’s talk.”

“The spies from Prince Jing’s Mansion reported that King Jing suddenly appointed Master Tang as his concubine, all because Master Tang was pregnant.”

“Pregnant?” Empress Dowager Yao was slightly surprised, and then she understood, “No wonder, this makes sense. The Aijia said that he had the thoughts of Chunhuaqiuyue, and also picked the person who sent it to the Aijia. It turned out that it was because of the child. .”

The Queen Mother thought that she had understood the inside story of the Prince Jing’s mansion, and she was able to win the battle in an instant. The Queen Mother Yao leaned on the armrest in deep thought. Mother Feng did not dare to bother, and quietly beat her leg for the Queen Mother.

After a while, Queen Mother Yao slowly asked, “Tang Shishi, can you trust this person?”

Grandma Feng dare not say anything about King Jing, but Master Tang is not a problem. Grandma Feng is very sure and calmly said: “She should be fine. She is neither clever nor smart. She is useless except a face. Where is she? What about the courage to betray the empress? To say something disrespectful, even if she has the courage, she doesn’t have that brain. The slave and maid guessed that Master Tang hooked King Jing by virtue of her beauty. After all, men, the body can always resist beauty. Who is it? Knowing that Master Tang was lucky and became pregnant in one fell swoop, King Jing could only make Master Tang his concubine for the sake of his heirs.”

The Empress Dowager Yao also generally agreed with Mother Feng’s words. It was only an accident that the Empress Dowager Yao, Zhao Chengjun was actually willing to let Master Tang be the first concubine. Even if he was born nice for his son, he would not give up his position as a regular wife.

But the Empress Dowager Yao changed his mind. Zhao Chengjun hadn’t had a son for many years, and he was afraid that he was anxious for the eldest son, so that the Empress Yao would fully understand. Although the Empress Dowager Yao made some minor tricks to prevent Zhao Chengjun from marrying his wife for a long time, and passed him a reputation for being a wife, this is not a long-term solution after all. Zhao Chengjun, a powerful feudal prince who was in his prime, wouldn’t justify not marrying a wife. If his fiancée died a few more, the face of the Queen Mother Yao would not look good.

It’s better to let him marry Master Tang, his family background is unhelpful, and he is stupid and vain, easy to manipulate. The only thing that needs to be guarded is whether Master Tang will give birth to two hearts if he really gives birth to his son.

Queen Mother Yao said leisurely: “It’s been a year since you saw her. She hadn’t seen Zhao Chengjun before, so she was naturally focused on you. Now that one year has passed, her heart is still not there, I’m afraid it’s hard to tell.”

Grandma Feng frowned, still didn’t think Master Tang would betray. If it were Zhou Shunhua and Ren Yujun, Mother Feng might ask a question mark, but Master Tang?

how can that be possible.

Sister Feng said: “The empress has a lot of heart. The spies said that for the past year, Master Tang has worked hard in the palace, constantly separating the relationship between King Jing and his son, and repeatedly maintaining the beauty of her peers. It is a pity that her brain is not very good, and she rarely succeeds. , There were many times of failure. This time her pregnancy was an accident. At first, the palace thought that Master Tang had a foreigner and almost beat her. After the incident was uncovered, King Jing immediately circled Master Tang. He looked too strict. The spies had no access to Master Tang at all. But the spies privately checked that Master Tang didn’t want the child, and even secretly bought the abortion pill. It was discovered later that he had no choice but to admit his fate.”

Queen Mother Yao felt a lot more at ease when she heard Master Tang administer the medicine herself. If it is a high-minded person, and after knowing that he is pregnant with King Jing’s heir, he will definitely do everything possible to borrow from his son. How can he quietly catch the anti-fetal medicine? It can be seen that Master Tang really does not want to marry King Jing, this chess piece can be trusted.

The Queen Mother Yao was overjoyed, with a rare smile on her face: “She is loyal and kind, does not forget her heart, but she is useful. The Aijia has been worried about King Jing’s affairs for many years, for fear that it will delay King Jing’s life, and she will not be able to see him in the future. Sejong, I didn’t expect that his marriage is here. I don’t care about family history, but only on talents when I marry a concubine. Master Tang’s innocent background and good-natured temperament would be great to be a princess. Marriage, this is a happy event and deserves a reward.”

When Grandma Feng heard this, she knew it was done. She also breathed a sigh of relief and congratulated the Queen Mother Yao: “Congratulations, Niang Niang, I have solved a serious problem.”

Isn’t it right, the Queen Mother Yao didn’t want Zhao Chengjun to marry, and she couldn’t let him not marry. It’s a great joy to find someone who is not threatening and who is biased towards Miyagi as the princess. Queen Mother Yao laughed and said nothing. After thinking about it for a while, she said, “This marriage is a matchmaker made by the Ai’s family, and it must be done well. If you let the Ai’s family know that someone is stealing, raping, perfunctory, or because Master Tang was born in a merchant. Just be contemptuous, and the Aijia will not forgive him.”

Madam Feng responded: “The servant girl understands. The servant girl will then explain to the priest and let them put the seal on the paper.”

“Yeah.” Queen Mother Yao thought for a while and felt that giving a marriage was not enough to show the benevolence of her aunt, and said, “Master Tang’s family is in Linqing, so it is not convenient to marry her. Although she is not a member of the palace, she is sorrowful after all. Ae’s family is considered half of her natal family if they are sent out by the family. Open the box of Ae’s family, and Ae’s family will add some dowry to her.”

Grandma Feng was shocked when she heard that she could add makeup to the empress dowager, and Master Tang’s good fortune was really not small. It can be seen that one’s luck cannot be said too early.

Madam Feng respectfully promised her promise, and at the same time she secretly calculated in her heart that she would have to beat the eunuchs of the internal affairs supervisor to make them more vigilant, so that she could prepare for Princess Jing’s clothes. The wedding dresses and utensils of the imperial concubine were all rewards from the court, which best reflected the official attitude. These ritual objects are the faces of the imperial concubine, and Master Tang’s face is the face of the empress dowager.

These things don’t need the Queen Mother to bother, she just needs to show her attitude, and the rest will be handled by her own people. After the Queen Mother Yao gave her instructions, she immediately left the matter of Tang Shishi behind and asked: “Where is the emperor, what is he doing?”

Speaking of this, Grandma Feng was in a dilemma and said carefully: “Long live master is training a mighty army in Xi Nei. Long live master is prepared for danger in times of peace and pays attention to martial arts. It can be seen that he is a powerful king who pioneered the world.”

When the Queen Mother heard a sneer, she said coldly: “The Ai’s family doesn’t ask him to open up the frontiers of the country, to protect the ancestors’ inheritance, and not to be taken advantage of. The Ai’s family is grateful. Is he still reluctant to consummate the house with Peier? ”

Madam Feng was embarrassed and said, “Long live the Lord is still young. Young people like to fight and kill, but I didn’t know how to do it. When he tasted women’s good, he would understand.”

When Grandma Feng said so, she was not optimistic in her heart. The surname of Pei Er in the mouth of the Queen Mother is Yao. She is the daughter of Princess Nanyang and the granddaughter of the Queen Mother. In order to promote her family, the Queen Mother Yao married the eldest daughter Nanyang Princess to her nephew Yao Zhang. Later Xiaozong died of illness, and Zhao Zizhen, who was only eight years old, took the throne, and the Queen Mother Yao became the Empress Dowager. It stands to reason that the Queen Mother Yao is at the pinnacle of power, and no one in the world can disobey her, but the Queen Mother Yao is still worried. She takes the daughter of Nanyang Princess Yao Peier into the palace and promises Zhao Zi to continue to consolidate the power of the Yao family. .

In the first place, it wasn’t a big deal to make a cousin, and no one of the family members came here like this. But the embarrassment is that Yao Peier is six years older than Zhao Zizhen.

How can an eight-year-old boy marry a fourteen-year-old cousin, how can he develop a relationship between men and women? After entering the palace, Yao Peier guarded his widowhood, and is still a virgin today. At first, everyone thought it was nothing. Zhao Zizhen was still young, and he would understand when he got older. But now that five years have passed, Yao Peier is eighteen, and Zhao Zizhen has already communicated with him, but he still has no physical relationship with the queen.

The Queen Mother Yao, Princess Nanyang, including the Yao family, were in a hurry. However, this kind of thing can’t be helped, the emperor is such a big living person, they can’t tie the emperor to Yao Peier’s bed, right? The queen became the first embarrassing incident in the Forbidden City. People in the palace knew that the queen had been in the palace for five years, but no one dared to say it. They all carefully avoided it.

The Queen Mother Yao was anxious and angry. Zhao Chengting died early, leaving only one son, Zhao Zizhen, behind him. He was not a prostitute, but a humble palace girl. The Empress Dowager Yao didn’t like Zhao Zizhen’s birth, but she couldn’t hold back her son, who was the only seedling. The Queen Mother Yao could only help Zhao Zi to the throne and immediately gave Zhao Zizhen’s birth mother to death.

In the harem, there will never be two empress dowagers. She is the only elder.

The Queen Mother Yao pinned all her hopes on Zhao Zizhen, but Zhao Zizhen fought **** and walked the horse, delved into Kit Kat, and trained the guards, just not doing business. Seeing that Zhao Chengjun is about to have a heir, Zhao Zizhen has not yet consummated with Yao Peier.

The Queen Mother Yao was so angry that she slapped the handrail with a solemn face, and said: “He is a young man, but no matter how sensible he is, the throne will be calculated and taken away. Call him back from Xi Nei, and someone will dare to hook the emperor in the future. Have fun, all die!”

Sister Feng should be hurriedly. The Queen Mother Yao was angry for a while, then calmed down, and said, “Call the Queen too. They are young couples, with tender skins, and they have to match up with the elders of the Aijia family. The emperor’s Uncle Jing is going to marry a wife, which is a good thing. Calling both of them, Ai Jia talked to them.”

“Yes.”

Jing Wangfu.

Since Zhao Chengjun came back and found out that this was his heir, Tang’s treatment suddenly rose like a rocket. Every day there are endless numbers of people who come to attend to Master Tang, but Liu Ji is strict, except for a few specific faces, the rest are not allowed to enter.

Zhao Chengjun never returned to Suzhou, but stayed in the palace and controlled the frontier military from a distance. Zhao Chengjun seems to be very busy these few days, but no matter how busy he is, he will find time to come over in the evening to accompany Master Tang with meals.

Shishi Tang’s ambitious dream of the queen mother was just a few days away before she was beaten up by reality. Her pregnancy reaction was very serious, especially in the past few days, she almost vomited what she ate.

Zhao Chengjun came to accompany Master Tang for dinner today, and the kitchen knew that the prince was also in Jianjiayuan, and the dinner was especially rich. Zhao Chengjun sandwiched a piece of tofu for Master Tang and said, “You have a bad appetite these days. Eat more foods that are easy to digest, and bring your body back as soon as possible. Others will gain weight during pregnancy, but you are better, and you are thinner than before pregnancy.”

Master Tang looked at the table full of vegetables and really had no appetite. She poked the tofu with chopsticks, and said in a strange manner: “The prince said that because I dislike me? It’s really hard to be a woman. It’s hard to suffer and get pregnant. After pregnancy, you can’t get fat or lose weight. Nor does it work.”

Zhao Chengjun couldn’t help sighing: “I’ve never said this before. Don’t be scornful.”

“You think I’m on the horns!” Master Tang was suddenly excited, she spoke too quickly, and another nausea came inadvertently. Master Tang quickly retched aside, Zhao Chengjun put down his chopsticks, walked to her side, and slowly patted her on the back.

Master Tang had almost nothing to eat today, and all vomited out was sour water. Zhao Chengjun felt the thin back under his palm, and his eyes were worried.

Master Tang hadn’t eaten much, and now he’s all vomiting. The cuckoo skillfully held the spittoon and served Master Tang to wipe his mouth and gargle. Master Tang spit out the water, his whole body became sore, and he leaned weakly on the Luohan bed.

Zhao Chengjun sat next to her, stretched out his hand and shook Master Tang’s hand. Seeing her cold fingertips, his heart became more worried. Zhao Chengjun asked: “You didn’t eat anything today, how much you eat. What do you want to eat, I will let the kitchen do it.”

Master Tang thought for a while, Shan Yan shook his head. Zhao Chengjun said: “You can’t do this. If you continue like this, don’t talk about children, you won’t be able to hold it on yourself. Be good, eat more.”

Master Tang was reluctant, and didn’t want to embarrass himself at all. Zhao Chengjun let people come over with a meal, took the spoon in his hand, and fed Master Tang bit by bit. Master Tang often took two bites to take a while, and Zhao Chengjun sat next to him and waited patiently. Master Tang only ate a small bowl, waved his hands again and again, and refused to eat anymore.

With such a small amount of appetite, the people who served on both sides were sweating from exhaustion. Zhao Chengjun put down the bowl, took a plum and put it in her mouth, and said, “You have eaten too little. In the future, let the kitchen cook a few more meals, small meals, and slowly make up for it.”

Liu Ji responded and thought faintly, Master Tang doesn’t eat much every meal, so eat a few more meals. The prince’s idea is good, that is, the person who is serving will suffer.

Master Tang has five or six meals a day, so don’t do anything in the kitchen. The whole palace has to follow Master Tang to toss. It’s really not a person to look like, the prince couldn’t tell when he didn’t marry a wife. He never expected that after he had a wife and children, he would be such a spoiled person.