Chapter 26 Chapter 26: The Love Story of Chenghua Years (26)

The death of fifty thousand noble concubines In the 23rd year of Chenghua, Zhu Youtang was 18 years old. He has eight younger brothers and five younger sisters, all of whom are much younger than him, and the oldest one is only ten years old now.So in his opinion, those younger brothers and sisters are far away from him, and he is lonely in a huge palace. He lived with his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Zhou, and there was nothing else to do except reading and writing, and studying some government affairs every day. In the rest of the time, he always went to pay his respects to Concubine Wan Gui.

She was a lonely old woman, she was very old, crow's feet appeared around the corners of her eyes, and gray hair began to appear on her temples.But she still looks young, her skin is still smooth, just like a woman in her thirties. Seeing that she was still more beautiful than most palace people at this age, Zhu Youtang understood why his father liked her so much. However, he remembered that she was his mother-killing enemy. Many children may not understand anything when they are six years old, and many children already understand many things when they are six years old.He happens to be the latter.

In his life before the age of six, he had only seen his mother and the abolished Empress Wu.He always missed his young and beautiful mother, and sometimes he even thought that if he knew that he would have to part with his mother after seeing his father, then he would rather not see his father. However, his mother kept telling him: "One day, your father will come to you." He knew that she hoped that he could return to his father's side, and now everything was as his mother wished, and he returned to his father's side, and he was the prince. However, since he returned to his father, Concubine Wan Gui seemed to no longer control the pregnancy of the palace maids, and soon after, he began to have younger brothers and sisters.

Then another threat emerged. The king's favor is always as unpredictable as the clouds in the sky, not only for the ministers, but also for his own flesh and blood.Some concubines began to collude with the ministers in the court, hoping to make their son the crown prince, but because of his mother's humble background, he always became an excuse for others. There have been several times when ministers have written to request another prince, but his father has never agreed. He knew that Concubine Wan Gui played a great role in this matter. Since he was seven years old, he went to Ningzhen Palace every day to pay his respects and spend the afternoon with Concubine Wan Gui.

This woman always seems to be distracted, even if he is by her side, she will often be silent and lost in thought, as if she is thinking about something, and seems to have left this world to an unknown place. There was a tiger-shaped jade ornament hanging around her waist, and he saw her sometimes lowering her head to caress this jade ornament.Whenever she touched it, there would be a strange look in her eyes, sometimes like nostalgia, sometimes like love, sometimes like hate.