The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 44

"The Empress Dowager invites you to the Ciren Palace." Liang Jiugong frowned slightly.He had expected this moment yesterday, the queen mother had just talked to the emperor, the emperor turned around and made Yinfeng the crown prince, the queen mother was afraid that she would go crazy.

Hearing this, the emperor glanced at Liang Jiugong, raised his eyebrows and said, "Did you work by my side on the first day?"

"Huh?" Liang Jiugong looked at the emperor without knowing why, thinking that he had misheard.

In the next second, the emperor withdrew his gaze, and said indifferently: "Do you still need me to teach you about this kind of thing? Just find a reason to prevaricate it. Isn't it very good for you to help me get rid of those concubines on weekdays? As far as you are concerned, let the Queen Mother rest for a few days before talking about it."

In this regard, Liang Jiugong smiled and said softly: "Your Majesty, you are joking, how dare the slaves perfunctory the masters, the slaves are just paying for the masters."

The emperor couldn't bear to listen any longer, he waved his hand at him, and said in a lower voice, "One more word of nonsense, and you can serve the queen mother by her side from now on."

"Your Majesty! This servant dare not!" Liang Jiugong became impatient, bowed his lower body to the emperor, and walked out quickly: "This servant will go and appease the Empress Dowager."

The Ciren Palace was still brightly lit at midnight, and the Empress Dowager and her elders hadn't stopped for a whole day. Now, in order to wait for the emperor to come, she forced her tired body to sit under the lamp for a long time.But what the queen mother waited for was not the emperor, but Liang Jiugong who came with a whole set of rhetoric.

After the servant reported, the Empress Dowager became angry instantly, and frowned fiercely: "Let that eunuch go back! The Ai family wants to see the emperor, don't let him play tricks on the Ai family!"

"The empress dowager calms down, this servant will send Eunuch Liang away." The maid next to her knelt slightly and hurried out of the bedroom before the empress dowager got angry.

Another older maid walked up to the Empress Dowager, leaned down to comfort her and said, "Don't be angry, Empress Dowager, if the Emperor comes to the Palace of Mercy at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you and the Emperor. Now the crown prince's matter is a foregone conclusion, we should first It’s about planning for the future.”

The Empress Dowager shook her head, sighed deeply, and said disappointedly: "Now Ai's family doesn't even have anyone to talk to in front of the Emperor. That Yougui has a dull personality, and he hasn't been favored by the Emperor recently. How much hope can the Ai family have in the days to come?"

The maid's name is Xinglu, she is an old aunt in the palace, her eyelashes lightly moved, and she said in a soft voice: "If that's the case, the Empress Dowager should find someone available in the harem as soon as possible, preferably someone who is favored. I can also say a few good words for you when the emperor is around."

The queen mother took a look at Xing Lu, her expression still heavy, "You know the character of the emperor, he always hides his emotions and anger, and won't show half of anything that catches his eye. I want to find someone who can talk to him by his side." Yes, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Xing Lu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up, and he took a step closer to the Queen Mother: "By the way, Queen Mother, do you still have any memory of that little maid in Yanxi Palace? At the birthday banquet, the emperor was everywhere. Take care, the emperor has taken good care of her during the Qing Palace these few days. Now that little girl is still a young maidservant, and she has won the emperor's appreciation. It is the time when she is very ambitious. If you give her some sweetness , isn't this a good pawn?"

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager slightly raised her eyes, picked up the round fan on the table, and fanned it lightly, "You mean, let Aijia support a court lady who is close to the emperor?"

The corners of Xinglu's eyebrows slowly unfolded, and the corners of his lower lips were lightly hooked, and he said eloquently: "Although this court lady is not more expensive than a concubine, she is really capable of getting close to the emperor's body and entering his eyes. She If you intend to serve you, it is understandable that you reward her as a concubine in the harem."

The queen mother frowned and remained silent for a while, then lightly touched the fan on the tip of her nose twice, and thoughtfully said: "I remember that little palace maid was very eloquent, despite her annoying traits, she is really smart." , it’s really suitable for some use.”

Xinglu pursed her lips and smiled, and said warmly: "In that case, the servant..."

The empress dowager's anger because of the emperor subsided a bit, and she said in an arrogant voice: "Call her here, you can go to Yanxi Palace to find her yourself, you don't need to tell Mrs. Yougui."

"Yes." Xing Lu curtseyed respectfully and left slowly.

Jiaorong has experienced too many blows today, and she is already very tired. Yizhu brought her hot water, and Jiaorong was going to rest early after drinking it.The arrival of Kexinglu once again broke her rest, and the words "The Queen Mother welcomes you" directly made Jiaorong's face darker than the bottom of the pot.

As a maidservant, she spent these days in front of the emperor, empress dowager, and concubines. The level of effort she had was really not comparable to that of ordinary court ladies.

When she arrived at the Palace of Mercy and Benevolence, Jiao Rong's eyelids were about to close. She suppressed the dizziness in her head, lowered her head and saluted the Queen Mother, and said in a soft voice, "My maidservant pays her respects to the Queen Mother."

The queen mother looked Jiaorong up and down, and saw that she was no longer wearing the relatively gorgeous clothes of the grand maid, but the ordinary clothes of the lowest maid in the palace, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows in surprise: "Aijia When I see you every day, I still look leisurely and contented, why is it that you have ended up like this now?"

Jiaorong locked her lips and did not respond.The Queen Mother stared at her for a few seconds, then said, "Raise your head."

After being repeatedly tortured by the emperor and Yougui for the past few days, Jiaorong has worn away part of her arrogance, and obediently raised her head, like a puppet at the mercy of others.She has been immersed in the morning's affairs today, so that the slap marks on Jiaorong's face have not been dealt with, and now that half of her face is still brightly marked with red marks on her fair skin.

"It's a pretty face. It won't look good if you get beaten and stamped." The Queen Mother commented in a deep voice, then glanced at Xing Lu, and said softly: "Bring Aijia's peppermint ointment."

Xing Lu answered "Yes", turned around and walked towards the inner side of the bedroom.The Empress Dowager stared into Jiaorong's dull eyes, and said tentatively, "I heard from Aijia that you and the Emperor are usually very close?"

Jiaorong has been tired of explaining this to various people these days, and the end result is that none of these people believed what she said.Jiao Rong frowned, she really lost her patience, and said in a hoarse voice: "This servant has asked the emperor to get rid of the affairs of the Qing Palace, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to see the emperor in the future."

The queen mother didn't pay much attention to this. She looked at Jiaorong for a while, and asked, "You are a smart man. The emperor sees how the emperor treats you. If you want, Aijia can give you a Promised position."

(End of this chapter)