Empress Huaishu of the Harem

Chapter 47

Speaking of this, Xue Po suddenly thought of something, snorted, "Concubine Demu can rest this year, I'm afraid it won't be quiet for others?"

I saw her look, and after thinking about it for a while, I finally understood: Since the emperor took Yu Niang from the Xie family as his concubine, although he has been favored and generous, and hated a lot of people, he is also getting more and more for Xun Fangyi who suppressed Li Ronghua and others. Show mercy.Not only took her out of the Buddhist hall, but also gave her to live in the Chang'an Palace, which is full of sunlight and warm and nourishing.

The concubines are summoned every month, either by the Xun family or the Xie family.Moreover, on the Winter Solstice Festival, the Xun family was granted the title of Jieyu, and she was allowed to assume the responsibility of taking over the throne according to the Yuejing rule.It really made the whole palace look sideways, and Xu Xiaoyi, who had made great contributions to his father and brother, and Maogui concubine, who had the longest seniority, had been compared with each other. A few days ago, even the queen mother asked about her, ordering her to co-operate with Maogui concubine for the New Year's Day festival this year.

I was there at the time, and I saw with my own eyes the unconcealable ecstasy under Xun Jieyu's submissive expression, Yue Jing's instantly pale face, and Li Ronghua's uncontrollable resentment.

The beauty in the palace is like a flower, but there is not a day when she does not compete with others.

And soon, the people in the palace realized that it was definitely not easy for Xun Jieyu to say something.As soon as he took office, he dealt with several old people who had been obsessing over the years, checking accounts everywhere, and not being fooled at all.The forces in the palace are all mixed up, so of course she caused a lot of conflict, and she made a mistake in her busy schedule and almost resolved the trouble at the Laba Festival.Just when everyone thought that her favor and right of assistant were in jeopardy, she suddenly accused Li Ronghua of instructing the court ladies to do things and disrupt the order of the harem.Listing all the big and small things these days, the personal evidence and material evidence all point to Li.Although it cannot be said that the evidence is solid, everyone knows that it is inseparable.Ever since, no matter how much Li shi hugged the little emperor and cried, the emperor still reduced her to Jing concubine and grounded her until the new year.He even said that next time, he would bring Di Ji to the Queen Mother, so as not to have such a mother spoiling the child.At the same time, he also promoted the Xie family, who had just entered Ronghua, to assist the Xun family as directors, so that no more mistakes were allowed.

These incidents caused quite a stir, and even the Sanshou Palace had a lot of influence.For example, Concubine Duanmu's heart and lung special blood swallows have not been supplied for several days in a row. I can't see it personally taking Aunt Ruyi to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to question her, but in exchange for a bunch of jokes and mediocre looks It's just Baiyan.

Such behavior really makes me angry. It has always been the case that the empress dowager and concubine are not sold in wars. Filial piety is suppressed there.What's more, Concubine Duan's body... has become weaker and weaker in the past one or two years. Even Concubine Duan, who is as calm as Demu, would sigh and wipe away her tears behind her back when she saw her weakening breathing, and sighed about the fate of sisters for a lifetime.I really can't imagine the desolation in Concubine Duanmu's heart for depriving a poor woman who has not much time to live like this.Therefore, I can't help hating the Xun family, even if the mistakes and omissions in the palace are not your fault, even if you didn't make things difficult on purpose.Is it rare that you can ignore it?How can you say that Concubine Duanmu also enlightened and helped you, even if you don't remember your kindness, you still have to remember your love?

But I couldn't do anything, I could only sit quietly in front of the stove and offer her a bowl of thick and bitter soup that couldn't cure her anyway.

Concubine Duanmu's expression softened a lot at this time, she finished the medicine bowl, and sighed: "When your sister Wen Yi was around, you also boiled medicine for me like this." I was busy trying to cater to her, but my little knowledge How can I hide it from Concubine Duanmu? In Rujuan's words: For such a person who has been immersed in the palace for half his life, if he takes a glance at anything, he will be almost inseparable.Otherwise, how can we survive today?

Sure enough, after she finished drinking the medicine, she patted my hand and said: "I am fine, concubine mother. I don't care about a little offering, so don't worry about it."

I could hardly restrain my resentment, "But that Xun family is too..."

Concubine Duan's mother smiled half-smile, "He's still young, and he can't handle the people underneath him are normal."

I said angrily: "She is cheating ghosts. Isn't this trick just to set up a trick for people to get caught, for fear that the incident is not big enough. She doesn't care about other people's life or death."

Concubine Duanmu said indifferently: "Could it be that the Empress Dowager doesn't understand things that you understand? It's a pity that eagerness for quick success will only ruin her own future."

So facing Xue Po's nagging and complaining, I was silent for a moment, and only used some dry words to explain.Sure enough, her troubles did not diminish. When she heard that I was going to serve Concubine Duan's illness, she didn't ask me to keep her. She just asked me to pay her respects on her behalf.

Chinese New Year is approaching, people in the palace come and go, even many relatives of the royal family are called into the palace to meet, I don't want to entertain too much, so I go back to the Sanshou Palace along the relatively sparsely populated cobblestone path.

The quiet path was stained with melted snow, a bit dirty and slippery.Xiaoyun followed me cautiously, instead of supporting me like Ruxiu did.

Ruxiu, since she left, I haven't dreamed about her once, but after the first few days, I always see her shadow in daily chores.This woman who accompanied me for more than ten years but died tragically once left an indelible mark in my heart.

Even though the elders persuaded me that she committed suicide, I still couldn't help but think that she made a mistake just once and lost her life.In the final analysis, it is just because of the difference in identity.

The willow branches are withered as far as the eye can see, even if the winter wind howls, they are just swaying stiffly.But when winter passes and spring comes, sooner or later there will be the beauty of weak willows supporting the wind.But Ruxiu, who was in her prime, never came back.

I was thinking blankly like this, not paying attention to my back, until someone jokingly said: "There are dead branches and leaves here, why are you in a daze?"

Unexpectedly, there was someone behind me, and I was taken aback. Xiaoyun was already startled and said: "Young Master Zhen, why are you here?"

I turned around and saw that it was really him, but I haven't seen him for a year. He has grown a lot, and he is already half a head taller than me. Although he is wearing a bamboo green straight gown today, the weathered look on his face is obviously oppressive. Can't stop, only the playful look is still the same as back then.Just like the young boy who chased us all over the house back then, pure and unruly.

For a moment, I became a little crazy when I recalled the past, and I didn't refute him as usual.Zhen Zhiping was at a loss, and said: "Why don't you speak, you are not stupid, don't say I was scared."

I was so annoyed by his words that I came back to my senses, and said angrily: "If a dog can't spit out ivory, you don't expect me to be good."

"Originally, who's girl doesn't sit around the fire with her elders during the New Year's Eve, and find a remote yard to daze in a daze. Are you mourning the ancients?" Zhen Zhiping plausibly said.

(End of this chapter)