My concubine is so good at curling

Chapter 206
Seeing that Concubine Shu is so favored by her, she is called to accompany her every day, and even meddles in the government affairs...

The Chu family was worried at first, and then found out that important events such as the Chongyang Sacrifice were still presided over by the queen, and then they were a little relieved. Mrs. Chu handed the sign into the palace, and wanted to talk to her daughter face to face, so that the family could feel at ease when they returned.

Mrs. Chu wore dark blue clothes, led by Fu Jin all the way to Jianzhang Palace, and frowned imperceptibly when she crossed the threshold.

She asked: "Fujin, how is your mother's health?"

"Returning to Madam, it turns out that the queen has a cold in the new season, and she has been safe a few days ago. It's just that the emperor cares about the empress, and asked Song Yuanzheng to come to check the pulse of the empress every day."

Mrs. Chu hummed lightly: "That's good."

After entering the room, she saw the empress giving some instructions to the court lady, and when she saw her mother coming, she turned her head, joy bursting out from her eyes, the movement was so big that the chayang five phoenix hanging bead hairpin on her bun followed lightly. With a light shake: "Mother, you don't need to be too polite."

Then, the palace servants standing beside him immediately retreated, leaving only the mother, daughter and Fu Jin in the room.

"Mother looks thinner."

"My body has always been strong, but I am just worried about you."

"Sure enough, my mother-in-law didn't believe it. Seeing me today, don't you feel at ease?"

Facing her own mother, the queen stopped calling herself Ben Gong and smiled easily.

She dressed up extravagantly today, and took out all the most expensive furniture and ornaments in the warehouse, and arranged the Jianzhang Palace in the sense of Zhaoyang Palace - the empress is the mother of the country, and she is respected by the emperor, and there is never a shortage of treasures Yes, I just don't like to put it on, I don't like to dazzle my eyes.

Mrs. Chu smiled, and turned to talk about the marriage of the juniors in the family.

After talking about homework for a while, she said quietly: "Your Majesty has always been careful, otherwise, how could you stop the medicine and incense in advance, and arrange all these decorations and furniture that don't suit your liking, so as to put me at ease as a mother?"

After saying that, Mrs. Chu shed tears.

Knowing daughter Mo Ruomu, the queen has not been interested in things outside her body since she was a child, and she doesn't like women's incense, she just wants to be refreshed.It's just that Jianzhang Palace boiled the medicine all the year round and poured out the medicine residue, just like soaking in a medicine jar. If the medicine was stopped suddenly for a few days, the medicine fragrance could not dissipate naturally, so it could only be covered with a strong fragrance.

Because she wanted to see her relatives, the queen deliberately dressed up today and slept well in advance, but the body that had been hollowed out by the disease medicine could not withstand scrutiny no matter how carefully decorated it was. Wearing the Chinese clothes on her body, her body was lonely.So, the queen wasn't surprised, but just smiled discouragedly: "It's not filial to make mother worry about me," she paused: "But the emperor really didn't treat me badly, there are some rumors outside the palace, the business of making face is still This palace is in charge... Concubine Shu is not promoted to noble concubine, that's why, he doesn't want me to make it difficult. Otherwise, it should have been sealed long ago."

Concubine Rong was favored in the past, but she only held the power of assistant to the Six Palaces. The emperor would not tell her about the affairs of the court, and the privileges she asked for were also within the framework of the concubine's favor.However, Jiang Xian jumped out of this framework. If she was promoted to Noble Concubine again, others would discuss when she would be made Noble Concubine... which also meant that she was no longer a queen.

But now, Concubine Shu is just Concubine Shu, and what others think about is when she will be promoted to Noble Concubine.

"The silkworm kissing ceremony and major sacrifices are still done by me, and the power of the palace is also in my hands, so people's hearts are not easy to fluctuate."

After the queen finished speaking these words loudly, she coughed uncontrollably.

The palace maids who originally exited the door heard the violent coughing, and immediately filed in, waited on the queen to cough up phlegm and rinse her mouth, and then gave her pills for her to take. She kept frowning. After the skin stretched, his brows and eyes looked like deep ravines.

Seeing that Mrs. Chu was very distressed.

Her Yunyun was a big-hearted child since she was a child, she ate every bowl to the bottom, her eyes, nose and small face were round, and everyone who saw her praised her for being blessed, and it was also because of this that she was recognized by the Queen Mother. In the middle, she became a princess, and later moved into the middle palace...

After the queen recovered, the maid quietly left again.

"If I had known earlier, we might as well not be the princess."

Old Mrs. Chu slumped her shoulders, tears streaming from her sour eyes, and said these outrageous words.The queen laughed when she heard the words: "No matter how many people ask for it, I can't ask for it. Let's not talk about these unhappy things. I will ask Fu Jin to bring Taihua over. Mother, please take a look at her."

Taihua, who was playing in the side hall, was brought over, and the little girl who looked like a ball of powder looked over curiously, her facial features were exactly the same as the queen's when she was young, and Mrs. Chu liked it very much.After chatting for a while, Taihua was taken down, and the queen said: "Although she is a princess... but the imperial doctor said that my body might not be able to conceive a second one, and I am useless."

"Who can say for sure about the children? Your Highness is very nice and looks very similar to your empress. How can I not like her? Your empress should stop saying such things,"

Mrs. Chu paused, and said slowly: "Master must be the same, he loves you the most."

After hearing this, the empress smiled faintly, and said to her some happy things: "Taihua and the two elder brothers get along very well, Xie Zhao takes special care of Taihua, and she is also very much loved by the emperor."

The long eyelashes are intertwined, covering the eyes indistinctly.

"After I entered the palace, there were many happy things and many unhappy things. Most of the time, I was neither happy nor sad. I was afraid that I would disappoint my family and disappoint my parents," the queen said calmly. : "Now I have become someone else's mother, and I have no other extravagant expectations. I just hope that my daughter will grow up safely. Is the same for my mother?"

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Chu nodded vigorously.
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After sending Mrs. Chu out of the palace, the queen took off her make-up, untied her hair, and lay down to rest.After seeing her mother, she let go of many worries and rarely took a long nap.

After waking up, the queen told Fu Jin: "Go and invite the emperor to Jianzhang Palace for dinner."

Now there is still some time before dinner, but the emperor will arrive in two quarters of an hour. It is obvious that Fujin got up and drove to Jianzhang Palace as soon as he arrived at Qiankun Palace.

"I see that the queen's complexion is much better,"

After the emperor took a closer look, he found that there were traces of crying in her eyes. He frowned and turned to ask Fu Jin, "Who did the queen meet today?"

Fu Jin didn't dare to hide anything, and immediately answered truthfully.

In the eyes of the emperor, it is a trivial matter for a married woman to enter and leave the harem. He will neither ask nor tell him.He recalled in his mind, what happened to the Chu family... nothing at all: "If you offend the empress, you don't have to see him in the future. If the empress doesn't want to say it, just say that I don't allow it."

After hearing this, Fujin couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

No matter how much concubine Shu is favored, the emperor always attaches great importance to the empress, and the first thing he wants to do is to support the empress - but he is not good at comforting others. The emperor is the purest straight-line thinking. It is best not to have anything to do, and don't hide when there is something to do. Speak out and solve it quickly.

The ancients valued filial piety, no matter how hard parents made things difficult for their children, and the children turned their backs and said they couldn't see their parents, even if they were queens, they would inevitably be criticized.At the same time, when a woman marries and obeys her husband, the power of the monarch is higher than that of the father. If the emperor's husband refuses to see her, she will be "forced" not to see her family, and will not be kidnapped by morality, and he will be the villain.

Anyway, the last one who had a close relationship with his mother, her mother's family has already been taken over.

After two more rounds, you can start to liquidate your relatives.

"The emperor misunderstood. The concubine just rarely saw his mother, and she wept for a while." The queen couldn't help laughing.

"Oh," the emperor sat down boldly and drank two sips of tea first: "What is it that hurts you so much? Empress, you are homesick, you can't visit your relatives anymore, it's okay to call him into the palace to talk and talk more to relieve boredom. Can my wife please?" Come in, it's not up to you to say a word."

The status and power pursued by concubines in the sixth palace have endless benefits.

One of them is that you don’t need to look at other people’s faces when you talk to your family or meet. The queen laughed when she heard the words: "The imperial doctor used to advise my concubine to rest in peace. I thought, instead of making everyone worry about the good and bad health of the concubine at this time, it is better to entrust all the palace affairs to a trustworthy person, take good care of the illness, and maybe the body will be restored."

When the emperor heard the words, surprise appeared on his face, and he quickly understood.

The two are young couples, partners before ascending to the throne, and they know each other's temperament too well. The queen is not a temperament to grab power at all. Outsiders felt that she was unstable in the back position, which affected the family.

The emperor understood her sense of responsibility to her natal family, and never blamed her for this matter, or thought she was too powerful.

If the Queen was really allowed to choose, she would have long wanted to retreat behind the scenes.

How can a person live happily and recklessly, and it is already very good not to suffer from food and clothing.

Empress: "The concubine wanted to ask the emperor for a favor and hand over the palace affairs to Concubine Shu."

When the emperor heard it, he felt something was wrong.

It's not that Jiang Xian can't manage the harem well, it's just that the empress is clearly going to retreat completely this time and let her go. If all the palace power is handed over to a concubine, what is the difference from completely emptying the harem?There will definitely be criticism, and it is not a good thing for the Queen and Jiang Xian.

But the queen has been in power for many years, it seems unlikely that she would make such a crude suggestion, so the emperor kept silent and continued to listen.

"The concubine also prefers Concubine Zhang Xian and Ma Ronghua as candidates to share the palace affairs, but the concubine thinks that there must be someone who takes the lead when working together. Although Concubine Shu has prestige, she is at the same level as Concubine Xian. Sang Dali, Concubine Jin Shu is a noble concubine, and I ask the emperor for a favor to let the noble concubine act on her behalf."

After the queen finished speaking slowly, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't mention Concubine Rong to leave a gap for the emperor, so as not to provoke him to rebel.

"In these years, many things have happened in the previous court, but they have nothing to do with Concubine Rong Gui. I never took my anger out on her,"

Even if they have fallen out and cannot go to her palace, the emperor never cut her off in terms of food and clothing. His heart was about to move: "I think the House of Internal Affairs can still be managed by Concubine Rong, so as not to be looked down upon by those who started her. However, Concubine Shu is still in charge of palace affairs."

Hearing what she had expected, the queen laughed again: "That's why the concubine thinks that concubine Shu can perform the silkworm kissing ceremony on behalf of the royal concubine."

Although there is no promotion, only promotion, it is not justified.

But from another point of view, enjoying a certain standard of transcendent treatment means that this person is superior to other people at the same level.Especially for such important ceremonies as the silkworm kissing ceremony, after Jiang Xian performed the silkworm kissing ceremony with the guard of honor of the imperial concubine, she really achieved the power of the harem and took over the power of the palace.

After saying these words, the queen was even more tired.

This kind of tiredness is not physical, but mental. After making a major decision, it seems that all the strength in the body has been taken away. There is both relief and loss.

After finishing speaking, the emperor was silent for a while before confirming with her:

"Queen, have you thought about it?"

The queen retreated behind the scenes to rest, and Jiang Xian performed the silkworm ceremony with the honor guard of the imperial concubine. From the outside world, these were all signals that the queen was going to die.Hearing the emperor's question, the queen strengthened her thoughts:
"The concubine begs the emperor to fulfill her."
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When Xie Che brought these two pieces of news to Bihua Palace, he also brought the old practice of concubines performing silkworm ceremonies on behalf of the concubines in the past for her reference, so as not to make her eyes darken: "I will promote you as a noble concubine first, But the silkworm kissing ceremony will not be announced to the public for the time being... the later the better."

After Jiang Xian finished listening, she asked first: "Has the queen's physical condition changed?"

If it is not for the queen to finish, the emperor will generally not confer the title of imperial concubine.

At this moment, Jiang Xian realized that she cared more about her friend's health than her promotion.She savored this emotional change, and was stunned for a while. At this time, the emperor had already finished speaking: "... I didn't ask her why she figured it out, but promised her that she didn't have to worry about other things. It’s fine to keep it calm, and the request to build a small Buddhist hall in Jianzhang Palace is also approved. If you feel uncomfortable in the future, feel free to mention it to me. If you don’t want to tell me, I will go to you. Speaking of which, I feel that the Queen is closer to you these years."

Xie Che lowered his head, caught her thinking eyes just in time, and asked with a smile, "What are you thinking about? But you're so happy that you get carried away?"

After all, she was the one who had been looking forward to the promotion for so long.

In fact, Jiang Xian never mentioned to the emperor about her desire to be promoted as long as she knew about her concerns about being promoted again.

It's just that Xie Che has been listening to her talking about it before, knowing that she regards promotion as her destiny, so she said this.

"I'm thinking..." Jiang Xian paused, "Does the emperor want to listen to the truth?"

"nature."

"Compared with being promoted, I want the queen to be safe."

When she was first favored, Jiang Xian told the emperor that some of her status was just a false name, and she only asked for the favor of the emperor, and the tea and tea language was full of moisture and no sincerity.But these words came from her heart - she didn't think about it deliberately, she just did it naturally.

This objective fact subverted her self-perception.

However, it didn't feel bad.

So she said: "No matter what, I thank the emperor for his kindness first - the emperor wants to keep this matter a secret because it is to protect me, and I will definitely not gossip around."

She understands the ways of the world, and the emperor's action caught the etiquette department by surprise.

As a noble concubine, she presided over the silkworm ceremony on behalf of the queen, and carried out the ceremonial guard of the imperial concubine. If there are any details that need to be reduced, how many points should be reduced, whether it is incompatible with the ceremony... It is enough for them to work overtime to criticize, so they simply do not give reaction time and cut the mess quickly.

Jiang Xian also understands the spirit of the Ministry of Etiquette to pick out the details and find trouble.

Otherwise, how can the role and status of this department be highlighted?
But the Ministry of Rites actually has a lot to do. As long as the emperor presses the line to announce it, they have no skills to do so, so they can only admit it.

(End of this chapter)