When Xiao Anshi was 16 years old, she followed Minister An and Madam An into the palace to attend the New Year's Eve banquet. She fell in love with the then 27-year-old Crown Prince Zhong Mingwei at first sight and wanted to marry him. But An Zishang was furious. How could he allow his most beloved daughter to become someone else's concubine? Especially since his eldest daughter Da Anshi was already married to the third prince Zhong Mingzheng, born to Concubine Zhao, so there was no reason for her to be related to the Crown Prince.
But after Xiao An had been fasting for three days, An Zishang finally went to the palace to ask the emperor to grant a marriage to his troublesome youngest daughter. As a result, the East Palace married the Minister of Personnel, but the relationship between Zhong Mingwei and An Zishang did not become closer because Xiao An did not follow the rules. Not long after she got married, she annoyed Zhong Mingwei and he never entered Xiao An's room again.
Xiao An's life was not easy, and Da An's life was even more chaotic. The Third Prince was not satisfied with the An family marrying into his family. He turned around and climbed up to the East Palace, making Da An's life unbearable. The young couple quarreled all day long. The Third Prince even refused to enter Da An's room. So Da An had been married for so many years but still had no children. Da An naturally complained about her family. An Zishang was so worried about these two girls that his hair turned white.
But speaking of it, when Xiao An first married into the East Palace, she was once favored by Zhong Mingwei. She was lively, beautiful, and quite knowledgeable in poetry. How could such a woman not be liked? It was inevitable that she was favored. However, she was a noble lady who was spoiled by her parents. Relying on Zhong Mingwei's favor, she inevitably lost the rules. After An Hailin broke into the study once, Zhong Mingwei never entered her room again. An Hailin also cried for a while, but the Crown Princess Ding was in charge of the harem, so she naturally could not be allowed to do anything wrong. After Ding ordered her to be moved to a remote courtyard, she finally behaved.
After this incident, An Zishang inevitably had some grudge against Zhong Mingwei. After the Eastern Palace incident at the beginning of the year and the prince was deposed, fortunately the Emperor did not implicate all the women in the Eastern Palace's harem. An Zishang was busy sending someone to bring this disappointing little An back. But little An was still obsessed with Zhong Mingwei. An Zishang did not show any mercy this time and let little An cry in her room all day, asking to follow Zhong Mingwei to Ningguta.
Xiao An was imprisoned for more than half a year and was not allowed to leave the house until July 7 this year. She entered the palace with Madam An to participate in the sacrificial ceremony of Empress Zhenxian. While Madam An was not paying attention, she ran to the Cining Palace and begged the empress dowager to send her to Ningguta. No matter whether Zhong Mingwei was paralyzed or lame, she would serve and take care of Ningguta for the rest of her life.
The Queen Mother was always worried about Zhong Mingwei. Seeing Xiao An crying and begging like this, how could she not feel pity for her? Even though the Queen Mother had always felt that Xiao An was not stable, now she also felt that she was a good woman who valued love and friendship.
At this time, Bi Qiao suddenly heard the Queen Mother mention An Hailin, and she nodded continuously: "Yes, that little An is really a good person. After the eldest prince lost his power, all the concubines in the harem were afraid of being implicated, so they hurriedly distanced themselves from the eldest prince. Only she was sincere to the eldest prince, and her true feelings were obvious."
"It's really hard to find true love these days." The Queen Mother sighed, gazing at the pomegranate tree laden with fruits outside the window.
"Since that young An is really willing to go to Ningguta to serve the eldest prince, why don't you help her?" Bi Qiao said hurriedly, "Wouldn't you feel more at ease if the eldest prince has someone who can serve him?"
"How can it be that easy? Sending a few quilts and hundreds of taels of silver is already extremely difficult, let alone a living person?" The Queen Mother shook her head, took a sip of tea, and said slowly, "Wait a little longer."
"yes."
August 28, 2013
Ningguta.
Ah Chou's body had been cleaned two days ago, so naturally she didn't feel any pain anymore. At this moment, she was sitting on the kang, humming a little tune while doing embroidery.
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