What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 61

"My lady is right"

"The ten princes are gradually recovering, the court and harem are all safe and sound, and the empress's reputation is even better than before."

It was about personally praying for the little prince.

The queen shook her head with a smile: "I just did what I should do, and people should sing praises wherever they go."

"That's not what you said. Your mother respects the world and is a role model for women in the world. Only when you are good can we be good in the great prosperity."

The queen laughed, and patted Fang Rui on the shoulder.

"These are all false, all the women in the harem have to rely on the emperor"

Fang Rui laughed and said a few more words, the master and servant changed the subject.

Speaking of the draft, the Queen suddenly fell into deep thought.

"Ordinarily this year is the time for a general election, but the emperor is getting old, and it will be unsightly to draft a lot of drafts. Why don't you let a group of palace people go out, and then select a small group to come in, and see if there are any good ones for the emperors. Di"

The main concubine refuses to marry one or two concubines, so why not marry a side concubine?
Otherwise, one or two of them will be exhausted and refuse to start a family and carry on the family line. Outsiders will see that it is her mother who is not well organized.

"Your Majesty is thoughtful, but the emperor is there" will you agree?
The queen smiled and nodded: "The emperor favors women never relying on drafts, he will agree."

It was embarrassing and bitter to say this, but there was no way.

The queen's mother, Yitianxia, ​​will also be enraged, and such things as jealousy will never happen to her.

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The meaning of the small election is very wide, and the status of the women who participate in the election is also different.

Most of the candidates for the election of ordinary court ladies are poor women, prostituted slaves or even lowly criminals.

This kind of work usually comes in as a coolie, rough work.

Candidates for the election of decent maids are generally women from good families, who are required to be clean and handsome, and come in to serve the master and serve tea and water.

Candidates for the election of female officials are generally ladies from official families, and they can be born in the same family. They are required to be literate, have both ability and political integrity.

This kind of coming in to accompany the princesses to read, or entering the Shang Palace Bureau to be a steward, becoming a royal daughter-in-law in the future, or being married by the queen, are all things that honor the ancestors.

The queen released a batch of older maids from the palace, and then selected a new batch of new ones to enter the palace, and by the way, selected some ladies with a proper family background to be good concubines for the princes.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar immediately.

This was discussed all the time inside and outside the palace, and families with school-age daughters had already quietly prepared.

"What did your master say?"

The queen asked Li Liangdi.

Li Liangdi held the beauty and beat her hands non-stop, again and again.

"Hui Niangniang, our master is very happy in his heart, but because of the prince's concubine's face, he dare not show it."

The Queen laughed hard.

"How dare you say it"

"What about you? Are you happy?"

Li Liangdi bit her lip for a long while before shaking her head: "I'm not happy, Master hasn't been to my place for a long time, and I've been talking about three days before I enter the palace to pay my respects to your empress."

The queen understood: "The emperor is upset, he has a lot of things to do in the study and court, and he may ignore you. Take care of yourself, and he will come to see you when he is free."

If she is obviously considerate, Li Liangdi just feels cold, her whole body is cold, as if stabbing out of her bones.

"What about you? Don't tell me you're out of favor too."

The queen looked at Lin Ximeng.

Lin Ximeng immediately remembered her identity and what the queen said about 'not raising idlers'.

She hurriedly knelt down: "Our master is very happy, and he even said that he wants a beauty from the north."

Queen: "..."

"It's said that the beauties in the south are famous, so why are you so excited about the beauties in the north?"

Lin Ximeng raised her head stupidly: "Don't you know, my lady? It has been spread in the market for a long time, saying that there was a disaster in the north at the end of last year, and there are many more vagrants this spring. Many of them fled with their families. They even ate grass roots and bark along the road Finished"

The Queen's heart skipped a beat: "Is this true? Why haven't I heard any news?"

Lin Ximeng nodded: "It's absolutely true, that's what the people say, and some people have already started buying people."

"I heard that five taels of silver can buy a seven or eight-year-old boy, ten taels of silver can buy a grown man, women are even cheaper, and little girls only sell three taels. It's so miserable."

The queen's expression changed drastically.

In other words, the hungry people in the north have all fled to the capital, and the emperor has not received the news yet.

These officials in Beijing are all blind, they only want to seek wealth and stability, and no one reported such a big matter.

The poor emperor is probably still in the dark, being played around by those villains.

The queen got up and went to the window to write a letter to her father, but then she thought it was unreliable, so she tore it up and didn't write it.

"It's impossible for father not to know about this matter."

Wang Shoufu has been in the government and the opposition for decades, but he knew it but didn't reveal it, so he naturally has a way to deal with it.

She breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the chair again, and asked Lin Ximeng kindly again.

"What else do you know?"

Lin Ximeng tilted her head and thought for a long time before shaking her head: "No, His Highness only said this."

The queen stared at her quietly for a long time before calling out again.

"In the future, if you encounter such a thing, take the initiative to say it, don't wait for me to ask you"

In the eyes of the queen, Lin Ximeng was still a child.

Threats and temptations, family threats, there are many ways to make her obedient, and she is not worried about betrayal at all.

Lin Ximeng also behaved like this.

Before leaving that day, the queen rewarded her with an emerald bracelet and told her to report any news in time.

Lin Ximeng should be respectful.

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The Palace of the Sixth Prince.

Zhao Liangdi is in a bad mood recently.

Just got rid of the shadow of marrying a concubine, and is facing the test of a small election.

She couldn't bear to have a concubine, but a concubine with an equally high status would be enough for her to drink a pot.

"Hey, I will no longer have the final say on this backyard in the future"

She stroked her stomach.

"When will I be pregnant? The master hasn't come for a long time, and when he comes, he just leaves. When will it be?"

"Master, if you really can't do it, you can take the initiative..." Zhao Momo moved closer to Zhao Liangdi's ear.

"I can't do this, isn't this a prostitute in a brothel?"

Mother Zhao blushed: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's said that Mrs. Lin seduced the master like this."

"Really?"

"Exactly!"

Zhao Liangdi bit her lip and blushed after thinking about it for a while: "But I don't know how to do it."

"It doesn't matter, it's on the old slave"

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The next day, Mother Zhao, carrying a small cloth bag, sneaked into Jinlan Garden like a thief, avoiding interrogation in the backyard.

Slowly unfolding the vivid picture book in front of Zhao Liangdi.

"The servant spent a full ten taels of silver to buy it back. The master has a good look at it. If you don't understand, just... try to figure it out."

Zhao Liangdi blushed after just one glance.

"Mammy is too unscrupulous to get these things to fool people, why don't you hurry up and take them away?"

After all, she can be regarded as an official lady, the education Zhao Liangdi has been exposed to since she was a child is very conservative, which made her look down on this.

"My master"

Zhao mama was earnest.

"Those little maids who sweep the floor said that the lights in the bamboo flute courtyard are still on in the middle of the night, and the master still asks for water to take a bath. When the master comes out of the bamboo flute courtyard, his steps are all imaginary. You should follow suit."

(End of this chapter)