Chapter 222 Dark Cloud Pearl & New Moon (Part 4)
Mengguqing cried and laughed in Yongshou Palace that night, thinking about when she was still on the Korchin grassland, her father Wu Keshan was Prince Zhuoliketu, her aunt Bumbutai was the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, and she was the most honorable princess on the grassland and the future mother of the Qing Dynasty! How old was she at that time? Five or six years old? She was spoiled by everyone since she was a child, and everyone told her that she would become the most honorable woman in the world in the future, so she was proud because she had the capital!
But reality slapped her hard. Her husband hated her and hated her. He had been extremely repulsive to her since before the wedding. Haha, in fact, Fulin is a coward! Mengguqing lay on the bed and sneered, thinking, the reason why Fulin hated her was not because she was the wife appointed by the regent Dorgon for him? Fulin had no way to deal with the regent, so he could only do some small actions after his death, and vented his resentment on her. But why? Her marriage was also arranged since she was a child, so how innocent was she?
She loved Fulin because she knew from childhood that he was her husband and everything in her future. She also hated Fulin because he refused to leave her even the most basic dignity. Others only thought that she murdered the prince because of jealousy. Who knew that she actually wanted to poison Fulin? ! Leave the palace? She would never see Fulin again, never see Fulin's women and children again, never have to stay in this cold palace and go crazy, never have to be immersed in the pain of the past and become haggard every day...
After a long time, Mengguqing stared at the bed curtains and smiled lightly with relief. This was the only smile from her heart in the past few years, but tears kept flowing from the corners of her eyes, and the more they flowed.
Early the next morning, Mengguqing deliberately dressed herself up to look pale and haggard, and went to the Cining Palace alone to pay her respects. As they walked along, many palace maids and eunuchs saw her. Some concubines stopped and dared not approach her when they saw her from afar. They were gloating over the miserable state of the once arrogant queen, but at the same time they also felt a sense of grief. As noble as the queen was deposed, what about them?
When Xiaozhuang saw Mengguqing, she immediately showed a worried look and summoned the imperial physician Sun Zhibai. After the irrelevant people left one after another, she took Mengguqing's hand and said with a smile: "Good child, your father will arrive in the capital in three days. This trip is extremely secret and no one else knows. After you meet your father, change your name and find a place you like to live."
Mengguqing was very excited, and the look in her eyes was much more sincere, "Thank you, aunt, you should also take good care of yourself. I hope I can have the opportunity to see you again in the future."
"Okay!" Xiaozhuang smiled and responded She said, turned around and asked Su Moer to take out an ordinary box. She opened the box and pointed it to Meng Guqing, "Meng Guqing, here are the jewelry that your aunt gave you. Your identity documents and banknotes are placed in the secret compartment below. Keep them carefully when you go out. Don't let yourself down."
Meng Guqing looked at the things in the box. They were all unmarked, valuable but inconspicuous jewelry. She could wear them or pawn them outside. With a new identity and a thick stack of banknotes, she could eat and drink and enjoy her life without doing anything!
"Aunt!" Mengguqing cried on Xiaozhuang's legs, "Before, Mengguqing was ignorant, didn't understand Aunt's kindness, and failed Korchin's expectations. Mengguqing was wrong!" Xiaozhuang put the box away and patted her on the back, "Silly child, you are not wrong. In this palace, no one is free. Everyone has many frustrations and pains. Mengguqing, don't blame Aunt." "No, I don't blame you." "That's good, go, let Suma send you back. From today, Aunt will order the confinement of Yongshou Palace and send you away in three days. Go, don't look back." Su Moer helped Mengguqing up and walked out of the Cining Palace step by step. At the moment she stepped out of the Cining Palace, Mengguqing felt that all the resentment she had towards Xiaozhuang in her heart had disappeared, and only gratitude remained. No matter what she had experienced before, since she had been reborn, she would make herself free and unrestrained! She, Mengguqing, was originally an eagle soaring in the sky, never a bird in a golden cage! In just two hours, the news that the deposed Empress Jingfei was seriously ill spread throughout the palace. When Shunzhi learned about it, he was reviewing the memorials. His hands paused, his brows furrowed tightly, and he asked impatiently, "What does that woman want to do? Wu Liangfu, what's going on?"
Wu Liangfu hurriedly lowered his head and replied: "To reply to the emperor, I heard that Empress Jingfei went to the Cining Palace early this morning, looking very haggard. After a while, the Empress Dowager summoned Doctor Sun. After another half an hour, Nanny Su personally sent Empress Jingfei back to Yongshou Palace, and conveyed the Empress Dowager's imperial decree to confine Yongshou Palace and not allow entry and exit."
"Empress Dowager?" Shunzhi thought about it, snorted coldly, "Forget it, no matter what conspiracy they have, as long as I ignore it!" Mother and cousin are both women of Khorchin, and they have always stood together. He knew it a long time ago. Shunzhi thought that even his current queen was with them! He pushed the memorials away irritably, and his good mood was gone.
At this time, a beaming little eunuch poked his head out of the door. After Wu Liangfu went out to inquire, he ran back with a smile on his face and reported, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. The Empress has just found out that she is one month pregnant!"
Shunzhi was stunned. The queen was pregnant? Yes, he had stayed in Chuxiu Palace many times during this period, and it was not uncommon for her to be pregnant. But, a prince with Khorchin blood? The Queen Mother and Khorchin would be really happy now!
He didn't know whether he was happy or unhappy. Naren had been very considerate of him during this period, and he was willing to give her some favor. Although he loved Wuyunzhu in his heart, he had been an emperor since he was six years old, and he had been educated by the emperor. He had never lacked women, and he had never thought of keeping his virginity for a woman. Moreover, he was busy with government affairs on weekdays, and it was rare for him to have free time. It would make him feel very relaxed to have someone to play chess and paint with him.
He liked Naren a little more recently, and he shouldn't dislike her child, but once a prince with Khorchin blood was born in the palace, the Queen Mother would definitely support the little prince! What should he do then? Does he still have the right to appoint a crown prince or choose the next emperor? If he had a conflict with the Empress Dowager again, would the Empress Dowager protect the little prince as she did him? No! This child cannot be kept!
Shunzhi was frightened by his sudden thought and fell on the soft couch next to him. Wu Liangfu ran over in panic and helped him up. Shunzhi closed his eyes and shook his head fiercely. Why did he think so? Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs! When did he become so cruel? However, another voice in his mind was arguing that leaving this child would cause endless troubles. Which emperor is not a cruel person? In order to stabilize the throne, there are some things he must do as an emperor!
Naren's shy and adoring eyes and Xiaozhuang's calm eyes appeared alternately in front of Shunzhi. He grabbed his clothes and panted quickly, caught in a battle between heaven and man.
Wu Liangfu didn't know why the emperor would react like this, but he keenly felt that the emperor was displeased with the queen's pregnancy. Could it be because of the virtuous concubine? But the emperor and the queen have been getting along very well these days! As he was thinking, he suddenly heard Shunzhi whisper, "This child can't stay!"
He raised his head in disbelief and saw Shunzhi's slightly distorted face, staring at him with red eyes and reading word by word: "Wu Liangfu, this child can't stay!"
Wu Liangfu was instantly frightened and broke into a cold sweat, but as the emperor's personal eunuch, everything he had depended on the emperor. He had to find a way to achieve whatever the emperor wanted to do, even if it was to get rid of the emperor's offspring!
Shunzhi's words were immediately reported to Xiaozhuang by the puppet who was monitoring him. Xiaozhuang's fingers exerted force, and the Buddhist string in her hand broke instantly, and beads of all sizes scattered all over the floor. She narrowed her eyes and sneered in her heart. Now she remembered that she was the emperor? Why didn't she care about her identity when she robbed her brother's wife? What he said was that he was forced to be the emperor, but he was not very nervous about government affairs, and he didn't even let her, his mother, touch him? Humph, since you dare to reach out, I will chop off your hand!
The news of the queen's pregnancy overwhelmed the news of Concubine Jing's serious illness. No one paid attention to Concubine Jing in the cold palace anymore, which made it easier for Xiaozhuang to arrange. She ordered people to find two corpses, make them look seriously ill and haggard, and replace Mengguqing and Huazhuzi. Then she secretly sent them to the suburbs of Beijing and handed them over to Wu Keshan. She herself staged a drama of losing her beloved nephew in Yongshou Palace, and strongly demanded that the funeral be held with the ceremony of the queen.
Shunzhi himself wanted to harm Naren's child. He was in a panic and had no energy to argue whether Mengguqing was worthy of being the queen. In the past, the original owner quarreled with him to tell him the truth. Which quarrel did not result in the original owner's wishes? The current Xiaozhuang ignored Shunzhi's thoughts at all. After issuing the order, people from the Ministry of Rites immediately began to handle the funeral of "Mengguqing", and the process was very smooth.
The real Mengguqing and Wu Keshan lived in a villa outside Beijing for a few days. After talking about the father-daughter relationship, Mengguqing refused the proposal to return to Mongolia. She said goodbye to Wu Keshan and went to Jiangnan with Huazhuzi. She had heard a lot about Jiangnan in the palace, and now that she was finally free, she wanted to go and see if it was as beautiful as they said.
Wu Keshan knew that she was still not at ease, so he did not stop her. It was good to relax. If she saw more things, she might gradually forget the unhappy things.
With so many things happening in the palace, Wu Yunzhu was getting more and more anxious hiding in Chenggan Palace. She secretly calculated the days of pregnancy, and was not sure whether the child was Shunzhi's. She wanted to use the excuse of being weak and premature to get rid of the child after the child ascended to the throne to eliminate future troubles. However, the four maids sent by Xiaozhuang watched over her every day. If she felt a little unwell, they would immediately nurse her back to health. Now she couldn't even put powder on her face to pretend to be sick when she met Shunzhi!
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