The Concubine of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 17: Trouble afterward
"Everyone is here," the queen looked at everyone first as usual, still smiling and smiling, gentle and tolerant.

The queen always maintains the demeanor of a queen. She is kind and aloof, but she also knows how to bend down and show compassion to all living beings with a hint of compassion.

Behind her, there is a bright yellow and gorgeous phoenix chair. It is luxurious, majestic, and enterprising. It is an auspicious bird that symbolizes peace. It is like the queen who embodies the world, and is respected by all living beings in the realm of the four seas and the eight directions. The magnificent phoenix.

Just like its owner.

The queen looked down and saw that Concubine Niu, Concubine Ma Jia, Concubine Nala, Concubine Li... Concubine Wanyan, Concubine Songji, all the concubines in the palace were basically there.

The queen smiled lightly, always gentle, and then said to everyone: "You came early, and you must have noticed that we have two more sisters in the palace. The Wanyan family and the Songji family."

Everyone was silent, and they didn't know how to reply. Those with a slight status don't dare, they don't dare to bear the accident of saying the wrong thing or standing in the wrong team; those with a bit of respectability also have to consider their answers.

Concubine Li showed her face. Concubine Niu always didn't care about these things. Concubine Li had a good family background and was favored, so she didn't need to think too much about her words and actions. But she also knew it well, so she smiled at Yanyan and said, "The servants have already seen it. Suddenly there were two more sisters in the palace, and it’s not like the sisters didn’t have eyes, they all saw it.”

The queen smiled! Said: "That's good. Wanyan and Songji are also the show girls of this batch. They were supposed to enter the palace with the new sisters a few days ago. It's just unlucky that Wanyan and Songji Shi is not feeling well and has been recovering at home for a few days."

The Empress spoke slowly and convincingly, "The concubines were notified to every family and government on the day they entered the palace, and it was difficult to change them. After discussing with the emperor, I invited them again." The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager asked Wanyan and Songji to take care of themselves at home first, and when they are well, they will be brought to the palace."

The Queen explained it carefully, and it sounded quite similar to what was going on, but in fact, it was up to the listener to think for themselves how much they believed it.

But in fact, it is an explanation rather than a suitable and reasonable excuse. There is a faint threat in the tone. If you listen carefully, you can always hear it.

So this is: No matter what the outcome of this matter is, it is decided by the emperor, empress, empress dowager, and empress dowager in the palace together, and it can only be the reason given by the empress.

The four giant mountains are pressing down together. If there is still any objection, it is against them. What are the consequences! Assess for yourself.

The queen reasoned slowly again: "Yesterday, the imperial doctor came back and reported that the Yan family and the Songji family were almost healthy. I was thinking that tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet. It is important to have a reunion. It is not good to be absent. So I rushed to bring them two in today."

"Your Majesty is kind-hearted," the pregnant concubine Nala, who had always been reticent, now opened her mouth and said quietly and carefully: "No wonder my servant looks a little bad when he looks at Sister Wanyan and Sister Songji. , It turned out to be the beginning of recovery from a serious illness."

"This servant looks like it." Since the queen handed over the ladder, the smarter ones wanted to warm up the place. Concubine Ma Jia also said with some pity in her eyes, "Sister Wanyan and Sister Songji are suffering. Okay, now all the hardships have been rewarded, not to mention the things in the palace, Feng Shui nourishes people, the imperial doctors are also skilled in medicine, and they are all masters in practicing medicine and treating diseases, and the empress is kind and kind, so the two sisters will be able to be healthy and free from all diseases. remove."

"No, I am also looking at Concubine Wanyan and Concubine Songji. Their faces are much prettier! If they are carefully raised in the palace for a few more days, they will no longer be sick at all." Concubine Hesheli also said. road.

"Sister Wanyan and Sister Songji both said that after a disaster, there will be great blessings. I see, the good fortune of these two sisters is yet to come!" Concubine Li looked at the two of them, but she still said that she was playing with them. Said in a teasing way.

There were some in the palace who were well-informed, and some who were not well-informed, such as Concubine Li. She was the daughter of the Li family. The Li family could be said to be one of the representatives of the Han army. They were highly honored and favored. Even though she was now a concubine, she was named concubine. My hands and feet are trapped, but my life is not as comfortable as others. But in terms of being well-informed, others can't match it. Her dignity is no less than that of Concubine Nala and Concubine Ma Jia.

Nowadays, there are many high positions in the harem. In the palace, it is true that children are used to judge dignity, but family background is also used to judge dignity.

Counting the two generations of Tiancong and Shunzhi, there are countless concubines who gave birth to Age Gege in the harem, but those who really get high positions are those with extremely outstanding family backgrounds.

Without mentioning it far away, let’s just say that the current biological mother of Prince Yu, the Dong E family, the current biological mother of the Queen Xiaokang Zhang, and the biological mother of Prince Gong, the Chen family, were all concubines until the death of the late emperor.

Brother Huang is looking at the next twenty years, but when it comes to the possibility of occupying a high position, everyone is still optimistic about the Zhongxiang people of the royal family.

Since the Tiancong and Shunzhi generations, the only serious high-ranking Han concubine is the late emperor Shi Ke, and concubine Li is the Han military flag. She is also a concubine, which hinders most of her efforts, so she is somewhat not favored.

Concubine Nala, Concubine Ma Jia, Concubine Li, and Concubine Hesheli spoke, and everyone followed with a burst of compliments, and then the matter passed.

The concubines want to explore too many secrets of the royal family, but they don't want to explore too many secrets of the royal family, because they themselves don't know whether the secrets discovered will be a disaster or a blessing.

"The Empress is kind-hearted and shows great favor to Concubine Wanyan and Concubine Songji. It is a blessing for Concubine Wanyan and Concubine Songji. I heard that the Empress is generously rewarded for medicinal materials and imperial doctors. How can Concubine Wanyan and Concubine Songji be so fast?" My recovery is also thanks to the Queen's blessing." Concubine Niu also came off the stage to support her.

"We are all sisters in the harem, so I should put some thought into it. After all, I am the queen. Being able to protect all people in the world is also a great merit of this palace. Taking care of the sisters in the harem is also my responsibility as the queen. ." The queen smiled, as if she didn't care.

"That's what the Queen Mother said." Concubine Niu did not refute. She was a lady of the world and was very respectful to the Queen, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother and the Emperor.

No family is immune to collapse, let alone the Niu Hulu clan. Even though she has always been respectful to the emperor, empress, empress dowager, and empress dowager since she entered the palace, she could not avoid being influenced by the traitor Obai. Her father was also deposed. The position of Grand Master and later Duke;

Although it was only for one year, in the ninth year of Kangxi, that is, last year, the order still served in the inner court with the rank of first-class public servant. But that was also because she and the Niu Hulu family were respectful to the emperor, queen, empress dowager, and empress dowager, as well as the management of the past dynasties.

Concubine Niu is a smart person, and the Niu Hulu clan are all smart people. Those who are not smart are gone.

Therefore, no matter how the family changes, she never changes towards the emperor, empress, empress dowager, and empress dowager, and she never wants to interfere in the affairs of the harem, which is why she has her current status.

The queen knew the temperament displayed by Concubine Niu and would not force others into difficulty many times. She turned around and called Concubine Wanyan and Concubine Songji to salute.

(End of this chapter)