"It's the look of eyes..." Qin Zhen looked around and then lowered his voice and told Ji Xiaotang.∏∈,

The young prince looked at the imperial concubine differently. Moreover, Qin Zhen showed more than once that his prince brother was peeking at the imperial concubine, and even looking for opportunities to meet the imperial concubine by chance. The young prince would not say too much to the imperial concubine, but every time he spoke, there would be an unconcealed blush on his face.

The most common place for the young prince to see the imperial concubine is the lakeside of the Imperial Garden.

The Imperial Concubine is a woman who loves water like water.

Qin Zhen did not understand what his prince's eyes meant at that time, but he had already faintly noticed something strange. The eyes were deeply remembered in his heart. It was not until one day when he grew up and suddenly understood the meaning of the eyes.

After understanding this matter, Qin Zhen naturally would not leave it alone. He investigated it in private.

"Your Majesty met the Imperial Concubine for the first time, and was on the shore of the lake in the Imperial Garden." Qin Zhen said softly.

Emperor Longqing fell in love with the imperial concubine at first sight.

This incident is obviously the most secret thing in the palace. However, the young prince's emotions were not unaware of them.

Even the child Qin Zhen felt something strange, let alone those who always pay attention to the crown prince and imperial concubine and are sophisticated.

Qin Zhen believed that just then, Empress Dowager Han realized Emperor Longqing's feelings for the imperial concubine.

Empress Dowager Han’s anger is conceivable.

She and the Imperial Concubine were originally rivals of love. The Imperial Concubine not only robbed the emperor of the favor, but also posed a threat to her position as the queen. And this was not enough, the Imperial Concubine also confused her son!

"It is impossible for the Empress Dowager to let go of the Imperial Concubine," Ji Xiaotang said affirmatively.

Qin Zhen nodded with a sneer.

"Xiaotang, you don't know how I was born, right?" Qin Zhen asked Ji Xiaotang.

Since entering Beijing, Ji Xiaotang has already had some speculations about Qin Zhen’s life experience with his own observations and many rumors he heard.

But guess is just speculation, and she is willing to listen to the person involved’s own statement.

"My mother and the queen mother entered the palace at the same time." Qin Zhen stood up and walked a few steps, as if to calm his mood. After he took a few deep breaths, his mood seemed to calm down. He walked back to the table and sat opposite Ji Xiaotang.

Qin Zhen's mother and Empress Dowager Han were cousins, and Empress Dowager Han was two years older than Qin Zhen's mother. At that time, the two sisters of the Han family were quite famous in the capital, so they were both sent to the palace by the Han family.

When he first entered the palace, Qin Zhen's mother was favored by the emperor.

It is quite humble to say that Qin Zhen's mother was favored by the emperor at that time. At that time, she was given the title of Shufei. Soon after her kindness, she was successively awarded the title of Shufei.

However, Empress Dowager Han, who entered the palace at the same time as her, was still a beauty and had not received the emperor's favor at all.

Even if Empress Dowager Han’s appearance is slightly inferior, she is still a rare beauty. The reason why she is not favored is said to be because of something, the emperor dislikes her personality very much.

However, Empress Dowager Han was unwilling to die in the harem so old, so she attacked Qin Zhen's mother.

What happened to her? Perhaps no one knows now. As a result, Qin Zhen’s mother was completely neglected, but Empress Dowager Han took her place and was pregnant.

Empress Dowager Han, who was pregnant, was appointed as a virtuous concubine. When she gave birth to a prince, the current Emperor Longqing, was appointed as a queen because of her son.

Before the imperial concubine entered the palace, Qin Zhen's mother had lived in the cold palace for more than ten years.⊥,

When the imperial concubine entered the palace, she soon received the exclusive favor of Emperor Longqing. During this period, Empress Dowager Han naturally would not ignore it. Empress Dowager Han thought of many ways, including giving Emperor Longqing a new favor, hoping to share the favor of Emperor Longqing, but she has never succeeded.

Emperor Longqing only had the imperial concubine in his eyes. He did not put the beauties arranged by Empress Dowager Han in his eyes.

Emperor Longqing loved not only the beauty of the imperial concubine, but also her personality and talent.

In desperation, Empress Dowager Han thought of Qin Zhen's mother.

One day, the emperor met Qin Zhen's mother in the palace.

In the more than ten years in the cold palace, Han Shufei did not deprive him of his beauty. Han Shufei no longer had the childishness and silence of a girl, but added a mature and charming charm.

At that time, Concubine Han Shu was twenty-nine years old. If we only judged her age, it could be considered old and deteriorated among the concubines in the palace, but Concubine Han Shu was definitely not like this.

At that time, Concubine Han Shu was extremely charming.

The emperor hardly recognized her at first sight. When he recognized her, the emperor was overjoyed and almost became obsessed. That night, Concubine Han Shu was favored by the emperor again.

The purpose of Empress Dowager Han's favor with the imperial concubine was finally achieved.

Ji Xiaotang was a little confused when he heard Qin Zhen describe this matter in a tone without any emotion. What Ji Xiaotang was fooled by was not the emperor's favor or the battle without smoke in the palace, but the person Han Shufei.

"The prince's mother is not an ordinary person. The prince's words have already made me yearn for it." Ji Xiaotang was a little regretful. The noble concubine had already traveled to the fairy, and she had no chance to meet her.

"Yes, the mother is not an ordinary woman. The father said that the mother is not the woman who should have in the world... The mother is not suitable for the palace."

Being able to live in the cold palace for more than ten years not only did not give up on oneself, but instead cultivated himself into a peerless woman, which not only required wisdom and perseverance, but also a mind and nature.

Women with these should have the lead in the harem, but Han Shufei not only lived quietly in the cold palace for more than ten years, but later became favored again, but still remained low-key, which only shows one thing.

Concubine Han Shuzhi is not here.

"My mother is indifferent by nature." Sure enough, Qin Zhen said immediately.

Concubine Han Shu came out of the cold palace and soon gave birth to Qin Zhen. Although she had lost the favor of the imperial concubine, she did not take away the favor of the imperial concubine. However, this was a great help to Empress Dowager Han.

Qin Lin was eight years old and Qin Zhen was six years old. The emperor still had the idea of ​​making Qin Lin the crown prince and the imperial concubine the queen.

But that year, the imperial concubine was playing in the imperial garden one day, and she was slightly cold. She returned to her bedroom that night, lay down to rest and never got up again.

No one mentioned the matter of the imperial concubine becoming the queen as soon as she died. Although Qin Lin, who had no mother, was still favored by the emperor, the emperor also favored his youngest son, Qin Zhen.

"My mother is indifferent by nature, but it is not an accident." Qin Zhen said lightly.

The meaning conveyed by Qin Zhen’s words is worthy of deep thought.

Ji Xiaotang thought of the noble concubine in Mama Cheng's words. The noble concubine, that is, Concubine Han Shu, could have completely taken away the favor of the imperial concubine. She should have deliberately not done so.

The reason why she didn't do this should be to protect herself and Qin Zhen.

The imperial concubine died young and prematurely, but Han Shufei has always lived as a noble concubine. She watched her children grow up safely with her own eyes, and was named Prince, leaving the palace to open a house and live on her own.『≤,

"Prince, what happened that caused the noble concubine to be demoted to the cold palace for more than ten years. Did the noble concubine not mention it to the prince?" Ji Xiaotang asked Qin Zhen.

They could all guess that it must be related to Empress Dowager Han. Or, to be more precise, it should be the work of Empress Dowager Han.

Queen Mother Han used her cousin to be favored, and then drove her cousin to the cold palace, gave birth to a child, and became the queen.

"My mother never said it, and I'm not allowed to ask questions." Qin Zhen was also a little depressed about this matter.

However, there is naturally his reason for the imperial concubine to do this.

"My mother told me to always respect the Empress Dowager like the legitimate mother, and to always remember that she and the Empress Dowager are the legitimate sisters. I am not only the Empress Dowager's son, but also the Empress Dowager's nephew." Qin Zhen told Ji Xiaotang.

There is only one reason for the noble concubine, regardless of grudges. Only in this way is Qin Zhen the safest.

In the more than ten years in the cold palace, Concubine Han Shu also gained wisdom.

At this point, the imperial concubine is not as good as Han Shufei.

Or, in the position of the imperial concubine, she had no choice at all, so she had only one ending.

"The death of the imperial concubine..." Ji Xiaotang thought of another thing.

As Qin Zhen said, the imperial concubine was just a little cold, which was not fatal, and she died so quickly. What was wrong with thinking about it?

"But the imperial doctor at that time found nothing." Qin Zhen looked at Ji Xiaotang and said.

"The prince's father was suspicious at that time?" Ji Xiaotang asked immediately.

Qin Zhen nodded.

The imperial concubine died suddenly, and the emperor was heartbroken, but he did not lose his mind.

The emperor at that time suspected that someone had done something, and the person he suspected pointed at Empress Dowager Han. Unfortunately, all the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital did not find any abnormalities.

Although the death was a little strange, the death of the imperial concubine could only be treated as death from illness.

At that time, it was not just the emperor who suspected Empress Dowager Han.

"Everyone knows that the imperial concubine was killed by the empress dowager." Qin Zhen said affirmatively.

If the imperial concubine did not die at that time, Empress Dowager Han would have to give up the throne and the crown prince would have to be given to Qin Lin.

"I was still young at that time, and I only remembered vaguely that the Queen Mother later asked her mother for her. The two of them closed the door and talked, and they didn't even let me get close. I only heard that the Queen Mother was having a temper with her mother."

Concubine Han Shu left the cold palace, got favor, and gave birth to a son, but did not really overwhelm the imperial concubine. Empress Dowager Han still needed to continue fighting with the imperial concubine herself.

It was precisely because of the imperial concubine that the first rift appeared between Empress Dowager Han and Emperor Longqing's mother and son.

"This is not a heart disease of the Queen Mother." Ji Xiaotang sighed slightly, so he couldn't wait to kill the little girl who looked like the imperial concubine.

"Yes." Qin Zhen nodded, "and she should think that someone deliberately arranged to enter the palace."

The person that Empress Dowager Han suspected was Qin Lin.

Just after killing the little girl, Empress Dowager Han arranged for someone to check the little girl's background. After that, two officials from the border were dismissed and their homes were confiscated.

Empress Dowager Han suspected that the two of them were Qin Lin's gangsters.

"King Su also knows this secret?" Ji Xiaotang was surprised again.

Qin Zhen nodded.

Qin Lin was older than him, and was more often by the imperial concubine, and was not slower than him at all. Qin Zhen believed that Qin Lin must know.

Ji Xiaotang didn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty... is not a bad person." After a while, Ji Xiaotang said, and told Qin Zhen again about the promise that Emperor Longqing gave her.
To be continued...