It is better to be an emperor than to fight in the palace

You think her life is easy. Although she has good clothes and good food, she is not favored by the Holy One. Let alone favored by the Holy One, the Holy One has never looked at her, let alone being domineering by a little Chang Zai from time to time. .

But if you say she has a hard time, as a high-ranking concubine, she is second only to Concubine Qi in the harem, and is the master of the first palace. She is served by dozens of maids and eunuchs, and only one of them is left every day. Enjoyed it.

So do you think her life was good or bad?

It is difficult for the Queen Mother to draw a conclusion. From her own perspective, if the harem in the former emperor's period could be like this, she would certainly feel good about it. The harem back then was also dominated by Concubine Hua, but it was still a bloody storm. Every concubine I can't even sleep well. Every day I am either afraid of offending others or afraid of being framed by others.

It's not like the current harem, where one person only favors him, but the whole harem is quiet and peaceful. Except for the occasional clown who comes out and jumps around and is beaten to death by the emperor and Jiang Changzai, the remaining concubines take their monthly money and spend their time with each other every day. Live your life leisurely, and eat melon from time to time. Don't be too comfortable, okay?

Although the Queen Mother did not say it explicitly, the bachelor's wife still knew that Cai Mingyi's life was not easy. She knew her granddaughter very well that if she was not satisfied with what she liked or wanted, she would really make herself sick.

Not to mention that a living person in the current Holy Emperor, whom she loved wholeheartedly, frequently hurt her for other women. Just thinking about it made Madame the Bachelor feel pitiful.

This emperor is really true. It's not like he won't let you favor Jiang Changzai, but when you favor Jiang Changzai, can't you just get wet with it?

Aren't you afraid of drought and floods?

Jiang Chang is eating meat. Does my granddaughter have to struggle so much just to drink soup?

The more she thought about it, the more dissatisfied the bachelor's wife became with the emperor Yuan Qifeng. If she had known this, even if Cai Mingyi had spoken out, she would never have let her enter the palace to suffer this anger.

"Empress Dowager, this child Mingyi has a bad temper and can't speak. I'll ask you to take more care of her in the palace." The bachelor's wife lowered her face and begged this former sister whose background was not even as good as her own.

The Queen Mother patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, I don't have any children. Mingyi is just like my own granddaughter. The harem is easy to deal with. Mingyi has a high status and I am here. No one can make it difficult for her, but in front of the hall." , Your Majesty’s thoughts, you still need to persuade Academician Cai to speak out.”

The bachelor's wife nodded, "Don't worry, I will tell the master and I will definitely seek justice for Mingyi."

The two retraced their memories of their youth, and then the Queen Mother returned to the palace, leaving Cai Mingyi sulking alone in her mother's belly.

Cai Mingyi's low pressure made everyone in the Grand Scholar's House dare not breathe loudly. Grand Scholar Cai no longer dared to listen to the opera excerpts that she loved to listen to most, and she couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied with the emperor.

When the court went to court the next day, Academician Cai was the first to hand over the brochure and included a copy by Jiang Simian.

"Joining Jiang Changzai? When did Jiang Changzai belong to the court, or did I forget when I brought you, Grand Scholar Jiang, into the harem?"

Jiang Simian's words made everyone burst into laughter.

Academician Cai's face turned red, but he still frowned and said: "Your Majesty, I am participating in the performance of Jiang Changzai entirely for the sake of the country. Jiang Changzai is just a permanent position, but he instigated the Holy Emperor to drive Concubine Ming out of the palace. , scolding her to go back to her parents' home to reflect on her mistakes. This is a serious crime, and may even be suspected of confusing His Majesty. It will make His Majesty unable to have equal access to the harem, and hinder our Yuan Dynasty from having more heirs."

Jiang Simian couldn't help laughing. This old man wants to use all his tricks on himself. Just tell me to deal with it. Jiang Changzai vented his anger on your granddaughter, went to bed with her by the way, and had ten or eight more children in the end. So that he can be directly established as the prince.

I am still here for the sake of the country and the country, not just for your brainless granddaughter. Jiang Simian coughed and asked, "Do other people think so too?"

No one dared to answer, but their eyes told Jiang Simian that this was what they thought.

After all, most of the important ministers have family members in the harem. Wouldn't it be better if they could win the favor of the Holy Emperor?

If they knew that their families didn't want to compete for favor and sat together every day to share the wealth of each family, I wonder if their jaws would drop.

Facing the dissatisfied look in the eyes of Grand Scholar Cai, Jiang Simian said: "Grand Master, I order Concubine Ming to go back and reflect. It's not because of Jiang Chang's presence. The reason lies entirely with Concubine Ming herself."

Academician Cai didn't react for a moment. Didn't it have to be Jiang Chang who turned a deaf ear to the emperor and asked the emperor to drive Mingyi out of the palace? What did it have to do with herself.

Yes, although Mingyi made a bit of a fuss in front of the Qianqing Palace, the most she could do was to deduct her monthly payment and blame her for a few words. If not, she would be grounded for a few days. In the entire history of the Yuan family, there had not been a concubine because of her She was kicked out of the palace and rushed back to her parents' home because of the noise at the gate of Qianqing Palace, let alone someone with such a high status as Concubine Ming.

Jiang Simian continued: "I drove Concubine Ming back not because of what Jiang Chang said, but because Concubine Ming's emotional intelligence is really too low."

Emotional intelligence?

What the hell?

Academician Cai has questions all over his head.

He turned to look at the other adults and found that everyone was also confused.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, what exactly does the emotional intelligence you just mentioned mean?" Academician Cai really doesn't want to admit that he has been an academician all his life. He is getting old. He doesn't know what the two-character word means. mean.

"Emotional intelligence, simply put, can be divided into two aspects. One is self-discipline and the ability to control emotions; the other is the ability to be kind to others. People with higher emotional intelligence will naturally be more likeable, on the contrary, people with low emotional intelligence will... you can understand "Bachelor".

Academician Cai quickly answered, "Mingyi is not only self-disciplined but also willing to help others. Isn't it fully consistent with high emotional intelligence?"

"I haven't finished yet. A person with high emotional intelligence takes into account the bottom line of others, takes care of other people's emotions, and always praises others to the heart. He is assertive but does not express opinions easily. He never negates others easily. He is always calm, confident and open-minded. He is transparent, does not care too much about other people's private affairs, is upright and never minces words, rarely bothers others with his own affairs, knows how to be measured, cares but does not interfere with others," Jiang Simian said.

After finishing speaking, he looked at the Grand Scholar and said, "How many of these criteria does Grand Scholar Cai think Concubine Ming can meet?"

Academician Cai hesitated for a long time. He knew his granddaughter too well and it was difficult for him to lie in front of so many people.

"But this doesn't mean that Concubine Ming's emotional intelligence is low. She may just not be that high," said Bachelor Cai.

Jiang Simian shook his head, "Do you know what it means to have low emotional intelligence?"