I steamed buns for the general

Chapter 106

Zhijin was also taken aback when she knew that Xue Lang and Xue Chen were of royal blood, and after hearing what Xue Lang said about her life experience, she couldn't help but sigh about her own life experience.

But after asking Qiao Shi a few times, Qiao Shi was unwilling to say anything, even with a bad face, so she didn't ask. It was not until she gave birth to a son and became a mother that she truly realized how difficult it has been for Qiao Shi these years.

When the child was full moon, Qin Jin made a big deal of it. Emperor Taikang took King Duan to Andinghou's mansion in person, thanked Andinghou and Mrs. Hou in person, and gave many gifts.

But Zhijin felt embarrassed, she had treated Emperor Taikang as a bodyguard for so long in her boudoir, if she met the narrow-minded emperor, the whole family would have died long ago.

Emperor Taikang turned around and left, but the courtiers understood that this was the emperor's expression of importance to Andinghou.

Concubine Yu also came this day. I heard that Prince Yu's son is still 23 this year and still refuses to get married.

Princess Yu is the elder of the emperor, and everyone doesn't understand why Princess Yu came.Princess Yu led people into the inner courtyard, and saw a circle of women looking after the children in the room, and looked at Zhijin mockingly at the corner of her mouth.

"Mrs. Hou is very lucky." Princess Yu pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at the people in the room, and whispered, "Can I have a few words with Mrs. Hou?"

I have had a lot of contact with Princess Yu in the past two years, and every time I meet her at a banquet in the palace or at the banquet of the noble family, there is a touch of sarcasm, which makes Zhijin feel baffled.

Now that Princess Yu is here, Zhijin is not sure what she means.

Qin Du's wife, Yao Shi, happened to hear it, and she exchanged a glance with Zhijin, and led all the ladies in the house to the wing without a trace. Princess Yu dismissed the maids, sat down on a chair, looked at Zhijin and asked: " Does Mrs. Hou know her background?"

Zhijin was surprised, her identity was Xie Yuanzhou's daughter on the surface, it was impossible for outsiders to know her identity.

Seeing her surprise, Princess Yu became more and more sure of her guess, so she said to herself, "I do know who Madam Hou's real father is."

Princess Yu has aged a lot in the past few years, and her face is not as gentle as those years, but has a bit of harshness on the contrary.Zhijin looked at her quietly, "Did the princess come here today to talk about this with my wife?"

Concubine Yu sneered, and said bitterly: "It's pity that I have been married to the prince for more than 20 years. I didn't know that the prince has another love in his heart. Madam Hou probably doesn't know who the prince loves?"

She stood up and approached Zhijin, said with a slight smile: "The love of my lord is Qiao Yurui, you have to be a mother. Maybe you have to call me aunt."

"What did you say?" Zhijin was shocked.

She is Yu Wang's daughter?
She imagined her identity ten thousand times, but never thought that she was the daughter of King Yu.

Seeing her surprised look, Princess Yu smiled with satisfaction, her voice was harsh, she seemed to be very satisfied with Zhijin's reaction, she straightened her skirt, and then said: "Poor Mr. Xie was put on a cuckold, and you still have to keep him. It's really not easy to be a bastard. Oh, I heard that Mr. Xie's son Xie Zhisong also died, leaving only Xie Zhihang, hehe, who knows whose son this Xie Zhihang is."

Zhijin only felt that her whole body was cold, and her whole body was placed in the ice cellar, but Princess Yu's words poured into Zhijin's ears like thunder.She has always been puzzled about her life experience, but when it was revealed, it turned out to be so unbearable, no wonder Mrs. Qiao was unwilling to say it.I am afraid that her own birth is a disgrace to her.

Women in this era are bound by fame, probably because of their ancestral family that has kept their mother cold for so many years.

But remembering what Mrs. Xie said before she died, she immediately raised her head and said to Princess Yu: "I don't know whether what the princess said is true or not, but I can tell you clearly that Xie Zhihang is the son of Xie Yuanzhou without a doubt." She said Seeing the relaxed look on her face, she sneered, "I just don't know what the princess is doing today to tell me this matter? To be a magnanimous mistress and welcome my concubine daughter into the mansion? Or are you afraid? Zhihang is the prince's son, will he go back and compete with your son for the family property?"

"You." Princess Yu gritted her teeth, and when she remembered how her son was bewitched by her, she suddenly burst into anger, "Hmph, do you think I am willing to say these things to a lowly person like you? Hmph, I came today to warn you , it’s best not to provoke Ruyu in the future, he is your elder brother after all, don’t you feel ashamed to seduce him?”

It turned out to be because of Yan Ruyu.

Zhijin frowned.She originally thought Yan Ruyu, Prince Yu's heir, was a gentle and refined person, but she had been inquiring about her affairs like crazy in the past two years, and sometimes even blocked him on his way home. Qin Jin knew about this, if it wasn't because of King Yu , I'm afraid Qin Jin had already disabled Yan Ruyu.

Just as she was about to say something, a tall figure suddenly came in at the door, came in boldly, looked at Princess Yu coldly and said: "Princess Yu comes to my Hou Mansion to teach Madam a lesson when she has time, why not go back and teach my son, what kind of virtue my son has, I think The princess herself knows better."

Princess Yu screamed angrily: "My Ruyu is such a good child, if she hadn't met this bitch, how could she be so extreme and disobedient?"

Qin Jin sneered: "Your son is extreme and disobedient, then you can teach your son a lesson. It's not my wife's turn to teach the princess."

"Hmph, Lord Hou is righteous, don't be fooled by some shameless sluts, it's better to be cuckolded, there are as many daughters as there are mothers, a room full of sluts." Princess Yu smiled like a street shrew Every time he uttered a word, Qin Jin's expression turned cold.

Zhijin got a headache from Princess Yu, frowned and said: "I respect you as a princess, let me tell you again, I am not familiar with Prince Yu's son, and I don't care how he is a bitch, but I will also speak out here , if he provokes me again, I will have the general break his leg."

"Hmph." Princess Yu walked away with a flick of her sleeves.

Yue Ban and others outside the room heard about it, and after Princess Yu left angrily, a few maids came in to serve her.

Yue Hui had married Zhou Dao last year and became the daughter-in-law in charge of Zhijin's house, and Chu Yu and Chu He were also engaged to their senior brothers, and they were going to get married next spring. Ri took the little girl to wait on Zhijin's side.

"Ma'am, don't be angry, it's not good to feed the child when you are angry." Yue Ban has always been soft-tempered, and handed a cup of almond dew to Zhi Jin's hand.

Zhijin drank it slowly, digested what Princess Yu said, and then looked up at her: "Why doesn't Yueban want to get married?"

The topic changed too quickly, Yue Ban couldn't react, she was startled, but blushed, lowered her eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "I don't want to get married."

Zhijin sighed, how could she not know what Yueban was thinking.She saw the friendship between Xue Lang and Yue Ban as early as when she was in Xie's house. If Xue Lang was just a bodyguard, it would be easy to say, and naturally she could decide on her own to betroth Yue Ban to him, but Xue Lang is the prince and now the emperor. It's not that simple to marry a little girl.

Moreover, the emperor has always had many concubines in the Sangong and Six Courts, and Yue Ban has been by her side for a long time, so he is probably influenced by himself and is unwilling to work with others.

Yue Ban took the bowl and went down, and Qin Jin had already gone to the front yard to entertain guests.Yao shi carried the child in and said with a smile, "Our fifth elder brother really looks like my sister-in-law."

Zhijin hugged her son into her arms, looking at the somewhat tender son, she felt that nothing else was important.

A few days after the full moon banquet, Mrs. Qiao came with Zhihang. Zhihang was very excited to be an uncle, and played with the children in the wing room.

Qiao Shi sent Yue Ban and the others away again, then suppressed her smile and said, "King Yu has looked for me."

Zhijin looked up, but she didn't expect Mrs. Qiao to say this to her.Although she was surprised when she heard what Princess Yu said, she didn't want to persecute Mrs. Qiao afterwards, but now Mrs. Qiao took the initiative to tell her.

She held Zhijin's hand and wept quietly, "It's been almost 20 years, and you're a mother now, so it's okay to tell you. I'm sorry for you."

Qiao wiped away her tears and said slowly: "I was only 15 years old when I met King Yu. At that time, when I met him and the first emperor, I thought they were just ordinary noble children, but who knew they were the heirs of the Tian family. At that time, the two brothers I like my color and I pursued it. At that time, when I was young, I liked the smooth-tongued King Yu more. The late emperor saw the friendship between me and King Yu, so he quietly withdrew. I and King Yu made mistakes during that time. But when I told When he was pregnant with me, he told him that he was King Yu, he was already married, and if I married him, I could only be a side concubine."

She paused and continued: "I am Duke Qi's prostitute, how can I be a concubine, I resent him for letting me down and deceiving me, and I happened to meet Xie Yuanzhou during a trip. After Xie Yuanzhou returned, he went to Duke Qi's mansion to propose marriage. I went to Xie Yuanzhou, but I had to marry Xie Yuanzhou because of my anger, so my father was very angry at that time and threatened to sever the father-daughter relationship with me. After only a few months after I got married with Xie Yuanzhou, I couldn’t hide it. Xie Yuanzhou was furious and carried him into Zhao Auntie. When you were born, she took you away forcibly, and I didn’t see you again until you were 14 years old.”

Zhijin looked at Qiao Shi blankly, and suddenly felt that Qiao Shi was also very pitiful. Because of the mistakes she made when she was young, she married someone who was not a good person, and she has been lonely for nearly 20 years.

"Mother, it's all over." Zhijin leaned her body into Qiao's arms, obviously feeling that Qiao's body stiffened, but then softened.

It was the first time that the two had talked so much, silent comfort was better than verbal communication.It wasn't until they heard their son's cry that the two of them wiped away their tears and went outside.

After the new year, Emperor Taikang secretly entered the Marquis of Anding's mansion, discussed with Yue Ban for a long while, then said something with Zhijin, and then left. A few days later, the eunuch next to Emperor Taikang came to deliver an order to welcome Yue Ban into the palace. Go, seal the imperial concubine directly.

Zhijin is quite satisfied with where her maidservants live. She takes care of the children every day, and occasionally deals with some of the best relatives of the Qin family, or goes back to Qiao's to talk with the mother and daughter. It's so lively.

In April, Prince Yu's son Yan Ruyu got married, and he never came to find Zhijin's unhappiness again.

In May, Emperor Taikang took the throne firmly, diligently governed and cared for the people, and with the assistance of several veteran officials, he gradually moved closer to a generation of Mingjun.

In July, Qin Jin wrote a letter requesting to lead troops to station in Nanman. Emperor Taikang approved his request after talking with Qin Jin.

In August, Qin Jin took his wife and children out of Beijing and went to Nanman.

(End of this chapter)