Chapter 597 Qi Dissipation (two chapters in one)
Because Li Qiniang has not woken up, Yan Xuehuai was worried. Last night, she stayed in the Duke's Mansion, and Chai Yan did not go back. Yan Xuehuai slept in Haitangyuan where she lived before getting married, and Chai Yan lived in Xiaoman's yard.
Yan Xuehuai was nervous for a whole day. She didn't sleep soundly at night. She had many dreams, but she couldn't remember when she woke up.
The maid came to report the letter and said that the Duke's wife had woken up. Yan Xuehuai became energetic and hurried to Li Qiniang's yard.
Li Qiniang had left the delivery room and returned to the bedroom. She was leaning against the pillow with her quilt in her arms. Seeing Yan Xuehuai come in, Li Qiniang's frown finally spread out, and her daughter stood in front of her alive.
She held the hand that her daughter reached out and felt the temperature coming from her fingertips. Li Qiniang let out a long sigh. She had a dream, a very long and terrifying dream.
"Mom, my little brother has double eyelids. He looks so beautiful after you."
When Xiaoman heard that his mother woke up, he ran over and teased his little brother with his sister. Unfortunately, the little brother was too young and fell asleep after eating milk and ignored them at all.
Li Qiniang looked at the three children, raised her head, and met Qi's warm smile.
Li Qiniang smiled. Everything in front of her was so good.
Royal Palace.
Chai Yan hurried into the palace. Because he came too quickly, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
The prince pressed a handkerchief from the eunuch and threw it over: "Wipe the sweat, it's so big, but it's still irritable, what's the point of being?"
Chai Yan wiped his face randomly, found a comfortable chair, sat down under the prince, took the herbal tea brought by the eunuch and drank a few sips, and then recovered.
"The princess Qing's dowry nanny was recruited. Chai Shen was not the biological flesh and blood of King Qing. When King Qing's eldest son died in the capital, Princess Qing was pregnant again when they left Beijing. Worrying that she was plotting against others, Princess Qing concealed the pregnancy. Even King Qing did not tell her, but told her sister."
Princess Qing's elder sister, husband died early, and she had no children, so she returned to her parents' home. Later, her sister became a princess, and she didn't live well in her parents' home after her mother. Fortunately, her mother gave her all her private house before her death, so she moved to the capital and rented a house not far from Prince Qing's mansion. The two sisters had a good relationship and were almost inseparable. King Qing was in a vassal, and the aunt and sister also went to the fiefdom with her.
Princess Qing trusted her sister very much, especially after Prince Qing took two concubines one after another.
The eldest son died young, and King Qing believed that it was the work of the Empress Dowager, but Princess Qing believed that it was Concubine Chen among the two concubines.
Therefore, she didn't even trust her husband and only told her sister the news of her pregnancy again.
Princess Qing never expected that her sister had already become selfish. She was jealous of her sister marrying better than her. She deliberately provoked the relationship between Prince Qing and Princess Qing, and Princess Qing gradually became disconnected from Prince Qing.
Sure enough, when Prince Qing found out that Princess Qing was pregnant, she was furious and angry that Princess Qing did not tell him. Princess Qing took the opportunity to say that Princess Chen killed her eldest son. Prince Qing had already determined the cause of the child's death at that time, so she thought Princess Qing was unreasonable. In order to get angry with Princess Qing, he simply stayed in Princess Chen's house every night.
Princess Qing was so angry that the wife whom her sister invited for her told her that her baby must be a daughter. Princess Qing was almost collapsed and she was eager to use her son to stabilize her status.
The sister quietly told her that she could hold a boy from outside and change the daughter she gave birth to when giving birth.
Princess Qing felt that this was a good idea. In order to replace the child, Princess Qing prepared two months in advance under the instigation of her sister, and replaced all those who would appear in her yard during childbirth.
On the day of giving birth, Princess Qing fainted from pain. When she woke up, the child had been born. She looked at the boy in the cradle and knew that the child had been replaced. Her sister told her that there was a rich widow. Because her son was taken away by the clan, she was empty and wanted to adopt a child. She was worried that the clan would not agree, but wanted to adopt a daughter. Chenghuan was now holding the child to the widow.
Princess Qing believed it and from then on she was all about raising her son.
King Qing also likes this eldest son very much, and even forgives Princess Qing for what she did and even regrets her. She should not have neglected Princess Qing in the past few months.
Just then, Concubine Chen had a miscarriage. Concubine Chen was very sad, as if she was beaten by frost and could not recover.
One day, Concubine Chen heard the cry of the little prince. She remembered the child she had lost. She was like a devil, asking King Qing to let her see the little prince. King Qing felt that this was a trivial matter, so she took the initiative and carried the prince over to Concubine Chen without Princess Qing's consent.
After hearing this, Princess Qing rushed over like crazy and snatched the child back.
After realizing it, Queen Qing also felt that she was too hasty. That night, in order to make Princess Qing happy, he went to Princess Qing's house.
What happened in the middle? The nanny didn't know. They rushed in after hearing screams. Princess Qing cut off the descendants of Prince Qing. After Princess Qing was impulsive, she was in vain. The doctor in the mansion was originally an imperial physician. After some experience, Prince Qing finally saved his life, but the descendants were broken and could not be taken over.
This matter was hidden from both inside and outside the mansion. It was said that King Qing was not suitable for the country when he first came to his fiefdom. King Qing lay in bed for more than half a year. Fortunately, he was still very young at that time. At least on the surface, he survived it.
Because King Qing was worried that the matter would be exposed, he did not deal with Princess Qing, but he secretly investigated and found that it was Princess Qing's sister's instigation from it. A few days later, Princess Qing's sister was "caught" by bandits. After being humiliated, she abandoned the corpse in the wilderness and was eaten by wild dogs.
However, the aunt never told me to replace the child until her death. After her sister died, Princess Qing fell seriously ill. Princess Qing learned from her dream when she was seriously ill that the current prince was fake.
King Qing found Wenpo from that year. Wenpo admitted that Princess Qing gave birth to a baby boy and the aunt brought her with her baby boy. As for where the baby Princess Qing gave birth to her, Wenpo didn't know, but this was done by her aunt.
King Qing was no longer humane, but his only son was missing. He beat Princess Qing like crazy, but Princess Qing didn't believe it. She believed that her sister would not lie to her and believed that it was a conspiracy between her husband and Concubine Chen. She knew that King Qing lived carefully. If she died at this time, the Empress Dowager would definitely point the marriage to Prince Qing in the name of her mother. The princess who remarried must be the Empress Dowager. Therefore, King Qing did not dare to let her die. Even if she hated her, she could only let her live.
Princess Qing even made a secret arrangement. Once she died, she would spread the story of Prince Qing being an eunuch.
King Qing hated Princess Qing very much. He really couldn't let Princess Qing die. At this time, he found that his body had changed and his behavior became more and more like a castrated man.
He asked someone to find two people who were similar to him, and after training, he put on makeup, so that they could be their own substitutes.
He also bought a sing-and-dance girl, and the beauties sent by others were disrespectful, making the Empress Dowager and the emperor at that time think that King Qing was obsessed with women and would not do anything else. From then on, he took him lightly, and instead focused all the finger on King Yu.
There are twenty or thirty women who have no status in the Prince Qing's mansion. King Qing lets his substitute favor these women, and he dies after giving birth to a son and keeps his daughter.
In the Qing Palace, in addition to the prince Chai Shen, Chai Wei, who had married Chai Yan, was also born of a monk. However, King Qing recorded all these children in the name of Princess Qing and two concubines, and put them on the jade certificate in the open.
After King Qing used his substitute, he was worried that he would be seen through and replaced all the people in the palace from top to bottom. Even the Chief Shi "died due to illness". Later, the Chief Shi was re-appointed by the capital.
Li Qiniang's adoptive father, Mr. Li, but he left Prince Qing's Mansion at that time.
The old man left on his own initiative, not because he discovered the secret of King Qing, but because Princess Qing and the two concubines had a look at each other, and even the kitchen was affected. The old man felt tired, afraid that one day he would become a cannon fodder. Before entering Prince Qing's Mansion, he would have become a famous chef, and there would be no way out if he left Prince Qing's Mansion, so he took his wife, children and children back to his ancestral home.
The nanny who said everything was the dowry of Princess Qing, so she was able to stay in the prince's mansion.
Both concubines are old. Concubine Chen died two years ago. Another Concubine Sun ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddha's name. If Princess Qing had not allowed her to become a monk, she might have moved into the temple long ago.
Princess Qing's spirit has become worse and worse over the years. She understands and is confused. When Feiyuwei comes to search the house, her spirit completely collapses. When everyone says she is her son, she doesn't know the prince Chai Shen anymore.
Chai Shen didn't know his life experience.
After hearing what Chai Yan said, the prince asked, "What's wrong with King Qing?"
Chai Yan said: "I still breathe my last breath, he wants to see Chai Shen."
The prince shook his head helplessly: "Take Chaishen to see him."
The emperor did not take away the title of King Qing. He is still the prince. He is not imprisoned in a prison. Instead, he has always lived in a remote palace. It was a cold palace in the early years. Now the palace servants there are no longer in the world, so they are vacant.
King Qing was the emperor's only brother. After learning that he was a eunuch and had not had much time, the emperor did not think of treating him harshly. Therefore, in order to maintain his life these days, various supplements have never been interrupted. Even now, he is a high bed and soft pillow, and there are three imperial physicians beside him.
When the Qing Palace was confiscated, Chai Shen was confused. Feiyuwei only said that King Qing rebelled, and did not say a word for the others.
Chai Shen watched two identical people come out of their father's yard, and the two people were all his father.
He went to ask Princess Qing, but Princess Qing just looked at him and sneered. He was confused all the way. Until now, Prince Rui said he wanted to take him to see his father. Chai Shen hurriedly asked, "Isn't the father in the next cell? Why do you want to come to the palace?"
Chai Yan looked at him and suddenly felt that this person was a little pitiful. He was also innocent in this matter.
The body of eunuchs is different from that of ordinary people. Therefore, even if the incense is lit in the house, it still cannot cover up the smell of urine.
Chai Shen covered his nose with disgust, but looked at the old man on the brocade bed curiously.
The old man looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.
Chai Yan said, "That's Prince Qing, let's go and talk to the prince."
Chai Shen widened his eyes in surprise and looked at Chai Yan in disbelief: "You said that is the father? Impossible, how could it be?"
Although his father was nearly fifty years old, he was healthy and handsome, and looked like a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties.
The old man on the brocade bed is thin, dry and rotten like a corpse.
Hearing his voice, the old man smiled, his voice was sharp and weird, making people creepy.
Chai Shen's hair stood up all over his body, and he couldn't help but walk to the bed and stared at the old man in front of him.
"You are here, haha, okay, okay."
King Qing grinned, his teeth fell off, revealing his purple-black gums, and a rotten smell spurted out of his mouth. Chai Shen was disgusted, took a step back, did not stand firm, and sat on the ground.
"Who are you? Who are you?" Chai Shen's body trembled, like a branch about to be broken by a storm.
"I am King Qing, the seventh son of Emperor Gaozong, and the real Prince Qing." King Qing said sharply.
Chai Shen's face looked like paper. He had a lot of things to understand, but he didn't dare to ask. He was worried that the old man would say something even more terrifying.
But King Qing continued to say without waiting for him to ask: "My son Han Yusou was born, Zhilan and Yushu, rich and prosperous, but you are not him, you are just a wild breeder, haha, wild breeder, do you know why I still have this breath? I just want to tell you in person, you are a wild breeder, it's great to have you, this wild breeder, it's great, you can die for my son, and that bastard, too. You wild breeder, not one of you will die, die completely, die for my son, hahaha--"
The laughter stopped abruptly, Chai Yan frowned and walked over to check, but saw King Qing's mouth open and no longer breathed.
Chai Shen collapsed on the ground, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.
The news of King Qing's death reached the emperor. The emperor sighed and said to Chai Yan: "Let them reunite their mother and son."
Chai Yan took the order and left, and locked Chai Shen and Princess Qing in the same cell.
That night, Chai Shen strangled Princess Qing to death with his own hands.
King Qing was buried as a commoner and buried at the foot of a mountain outside the city.
Chai Shen and his wife and children, together with the substitute and the children of the female genius in the Qing Mansion, were given poisonous wine. The emperor hated Princess Qing for trampling on the royal family. After Princess Qing's death, she was whipped and abandoned in the wilderness. Princess Qing's family property was confiscated and demoted to a slave, and was submissive for three thousand miles.
Both King Qing's substitutes were secretly executed.
After this incident, the emperor fell ill.
In April, spring is bright and grass is growing and beards are flying. Li Qiniang is out of the full moon. The emperor, who has just recovered from a serious illness, gave Qi Wei's youngest son Qixiao. As soon as the name comes out, Yan Xuehuai amused and said to Li Qiniang: "Now that anger is gone, there is nothing to be angry in the future."
Chapter completed!