Empress Huaishu of the Harem

Chapter 50
The departure of Concubine Duanmu inevitably cast a sad atmosphere on the entire harem, and everyone changed.Not only us sons, daughters and nephews, but even the concubines who have just entered the palace, seeing such a noble and desolate senior, who is not a bit sad?
Therefore, whether it was due to etiquette or fame or the emotion in his heart, the women of the emperor's brother kept their filial piety in this early spring.For a while, the palace was full of plain shirts and vegetarian food, and even Concubine Jing, who was the most noisy on weekdays, was rarely quiet.On the other hand, because of her illness, Sister Wen Yi delayed her arrival until the second seventh day of Concubine Duanmu's.As soon as I came here, I cried in the mourning hall, and the women in the palace wore masks when they saw everyone. Even if they cried, they were mostly pear blossoms with rain, or tears like tears. It is really rare to see her hysterical. Chi, but couldn't bear to see this and went up to help her. She looked haggard and decadent, but she was older than our elder sister Shuhe.

After all, Concubine Duanmu was not the main wife, and the royal family had strict etiquette. After 27 days of her death, the Ministry of Rites arranged for her to be buried in the late emperor's mausoleum.We, the female relatives, can only follow the coffin to Zhenshun Gate, and do our best.The rest of the journey will be sent by members of the royal family Jin Wang Yupei Qi Wang Yuli.

The Luo family didn't have many relatives in Beijing, and sister Wen Yi came here for a funeral, so she was not suitable to participate in the human relations with the nobles in the capital either psychologically or physically, so she hurried back to Yuzhang County after staying for a few days.

I felt strange in my heart, once when I was chatting with my mother and concubine, I mentioned it by the way, and said: "Sister Wen Yi is a serious princess after all, and she is also the adopted daughter of Duanmu Concubine. She finally went back to the palace. But it was too hasty, and the queen mother never summoned her, which is really weird."

The mother and concubine paused along the hand of the Buddhist beads, and immediately said: "The things in the palace are at least reasonable, and you usually understand, why are you confused now." After a pause, she said: "There is , how do you know the heart of being a mother, your sister Wen Yi only has one son, and the baby is tight, I'm afraid life will be a little uneasy."

I smiled amusedly, and sighed again: "The sisters of our generation don't seem to have a lot of offspring."

But very soon, the news that Sister Obscure Moon finally gave birth to her eldest son came along the post station of Dazhou along the powerful south wind.

Although she was a married woman thousands of miles away, such a happy event still caused quite a stir in the aristocratic circle of the capital.After all, the former emperor's original consort, Empress Chunyuan, and the present mother, the Empress Dowager Zhaohui, have no biological daughters. As the eldest daughter of the Empress Dowager, Sister Ouyue is the most noble concubine of the previous emperor in terms of bloodline and love.For the sake of diplomatic relations, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to let the jewel in her palm marry far away, and when Da Zhou was not at a disadvantage, this was really flattering enough.Because of this, even though Sister Ouyue had been married for many years and had only two daughters, Hehe Xinhan Muhando never let concubine Ji give birth to a child to challenge the dignity of the Zhou royal family.However, the succession of the imperial family's heirs, regardless of Huayi, is the top priority. If there is no legitimate son, Sister Ozuyue will always face the embarrassment of Princess Qi. After all, no matter how strong her natal family is, she cannot support everything.Fortunately, fortunately, the arrival of this little prince gave her mother the greatest support.As a mother clan, there are people coming and going in the palace, and anyone who speaks of it must chant a Buddha.

Concubine Demu was even more happy to pay for it herself, and sent people to donate a large amount of incense money to the Guanyin Temple in Mount Putuo.It coincided with a severe drought in Pingjin, farmers failed in spring plowing, and a large number of refugees appeared. Ji Weisheng, who was in charge of farming, was so worried that he almost hanged himself. Concubine Demu was wishing that everyone in the world could get a share of her daughter's good deeds. Take out 1000 taels of private house assistance.

The Empress Dowager pushed Concubine Demu back with a smile, and explained: "Although my sister's salary is 500 taels a year, the future will be long. Such a big deal, although it is a good deed, my sister will never see it."

Concubine Demu was open-minded, and said: "Concubines have no blessings, and they only think about the moon in their lives. As long as she is good, everything is good. An old woman has her own support in the palace. What do you do with so much money? Die In the end, it’s better to help those who are not able to eat than to help those who are not able to eat.”

I secretly worried, Concubine Demu is confused, no matter how happy she is for her adoptive daughter, she can't surpass Sister Ouyue's mother, let alone this mother is the queen mother?

So I hurriedly said: "Mother and concubine is indeed eccentric. She always says she loves me, but when she hears about Sister Long Yue, she doesn't care about anything. It makes people sad." Stamped my feet, I have been used to playing tricks since I was a child.Everyone looked at it and laughed.Only Concubine Demu held me in her arms, nodded her head and said with a smile: "You girl, but you are narrow-minded, how can your Concubine Demu forget you, don't worry, the money for makeup is ready for you .It depends on when the emperor will marry you off."

When it comes to this topic, even a little girl would blush, but I have been tempered and beaten by countless elders, and my skin is not comparable to Xue Po's shyness under the protection of thousands of beauties.What's more, in the past half a year, because of my marriage with the same intention, and the death of Concubine Duanmu, my wedding ceremony has been delayed again and again. Now I am seventeen years old and still have the girl's double rings.Perhaps only when Xue Po is approaching old age, the Queen Mother will dismiss me in a hurry.Although the imperial sisters came and landed late, who wouldn't feel a little sour if they were not taken seriously?So I smiled awkwardly, neither being coquettish nor blushing.

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face faded a little, and she supported the plain silver flying tassels on her temples, and said slowly: "The emperor is the most friendly brother, how could he wrong this girl? It's just that even if it's a folk, you can't help it." Pay attention to an orderly elder and younger sister, don't forget that there are two restless older sisters pressing Huai Shu above her. Don't forget that King Jin is also our son, carefully Yan Yi knows that you are biased"

Concubine Demu knew elegance when she heard the sound, she hurriedly said with a smile: "But who is sister Yanyi in love with?"

The Queen Mother just smiled, and refused to speak clearly, "Sister Duan's hundred days must pass, otherwise Yan Yi is the most particular, and she will definitely not follow her."

That's fine, but because of Concubine Demu's insistence, the Empress Dowager still handed over the silver to Sinong Temple for disaster relief.Such actions in the first emperor's harem were highly praised by the emperor's brother.

After all, Concubine Maogui was born in a wealthy family, and she saw opportunities quickly. Relying on her high status, she also persuaded everyone to donate money for disaster relief during the spring banquet for concubines.

But collecting donations is not an easy job. Besides, Concubine Maogui has fallen out of favor in recent years. Does she have too much scheming? Even though she said something and got a lot of scolding behind her back, she only raised a thousand taels of property. In the face of the catastrophe Simply not enough to watch.

　Smart people pay attention to an attitude
　　
　
(End of this chapter)