The Concubine of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 52 Greetings from Current Affairs
The concubines were all waiting outside Kunning Palace. The Queen and Concubine Niu Hulu were not there, so they went to Ciren Palace and Cining Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. It happened that the Queen and Concubine Niu Hulu were going to Cining Palace. , the day when Ciren Palace greets the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.

Qinrou and others already have experience. The day when the Queen and Concubine Niu Hulu go to Cining Palace and Ciren Palace to pay their respects will come later.

However, the time when the concubine paid her respects remained unchanged. The Queen and Concubine Niu Hulu went to pay their respects, which is an act of filial piety! How could they be late to pay their respects to the Queen? That is contempt for the empress, the empress dowager, and the empress dowager.

What should we do on days like winter? Qinrou's mind was a little distracted, thinking.

It's good to be able to enter the main hall, at least there is a fire; but waiting outside the hall, you can only freeze. Wouldn’t that mean living in pain? But you can only live with it.

As a concubine, you always have to be inferior to others, especially the concubine in the palace, who is just an object that can be rewarded to your subordinates. In the early Qing Dynasty, even concubines who gave birth to princes could be rewarded to their subordinates if the king of Khan wished.

In recent years, due to the admiration of Han Dynasty by emperors of all dynasties, although the status of concubines is still humble, in terms of timing, it has been the result of promotion in three dynasties.

It is no wonder that emperors of all dynasties after ascending to the throne of God or after ascending to the throne all respected Confucianism in governing the country. Look how well Confucian classics and Confucian scholars praise emperors! "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever", "Under the whole world, is it the king's land; on the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers", "The king wants his ministers to die, but the ministers have to die" "If you live and die for the benefit of the country, how can it be a blessing or a disaster?" Avoid it'.

Every word is used to brainwash ministers and ignorant people, using viral words to promote personality worship.

The emperor was placed in the gods, and the royal family was raised to the sky; the common people were lowered and put into the dust, and they were just puppets and tools that could still breathe.

In a different place, she would also like such a group of idiots.

Qinrou's thoughts diverge quickly! Soon.

A palace maid from Kunning Palace came out of the main hall with a delicate face and regular features. This is basically the case for the people who serve around the harem master, let alone the people who serve around the queen.

This eldest maid is Siyu, Qinrou knows her! There are four maids beside the queen, Wanyan, Kuxia, Siyu, and Bingyan.

Wanyan and Kuxia were the maids trained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and selected to serve the empress; Siyu and Bingyan were the dowries when the empress was enthroned as a concubine.

Siyu walked out of the door and bowed lightly to the concubines waiting outside the palace. The corners of her lips raised an easily identifiable arc. It was the standard angle specially trained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the palace maids, and it was the most suitable angle for smiling. angle.

Siyu told everyone, "The Empress and Concubine Niu Hulu will go to Cining Palace and Ciren Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. Please wait a moment, all the concubines."

"Yes." Everyone responded. The two noble queens and Concubine Niu Hulu in the harem went to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. The rest of them were not qualified to go together.

No one is more noble than anyone else!
"Concubine Ye He, please sit down and wait." Siyu ordered in a respectful voice. A young palace maid brought the Xiudunzi and served it to the only pregnant Concubine Ye He who was standing.

"Thank you, Miss Siyu." Concubine Ye He, as the only pregnant woman still waiting for her, thanked her softly. Ignoring everyone's overt or covert gazes! Since Concubine Ma Jia is seven months pregnant, there is no need to come to pay her respects.

The rules in the palace have always been like this. It can't be said to be a rule, it can only be said to be an unspoken rule. The queen is virtuous, and after the concubine is pregnant, to show that she takes it seriously, in addition to the original rules in the palace, the queen also takes care of her.

For example: after being diagnosed with pregnancy, you will not go to greet the pregnant concubine until she is three months old and the fetus is officially stable; or after you are seven months pregnant, you will be officially exempted from greeting the pregnant concubine. Concubine Ma Jia is now pregnant, about eight months old. As early as January, there was no need to come to say hello.

Concubine Ye He was from a humble background and had an intelligent nature. She had always known that the King of Hell was easy to meet but the devil was difficult to deal with. The maids who serve the queen cannot be offended.

Master and servant are one, the master humiliates the servant, and vice versa, the servant humiliates the master. The queen's face cannot be damaged.

And beating a dog depends on the owner. The maid next to the queen is much more important than the dog's legs. Even she herself, even though she was pregnant, did not dare to compete with the eldest maid next to the queen.

All the concubines have accepted the palace's preferential treatment for pregnant concubines. It doesn't matter if they don't accept it. It doesn't matter if they are envious, jealous or hateful. The fact will not change.

Unless the piece of meat in the belly of the pregnant concubine can be removed! If the emperor's heir is gone, it will naturally be investigated. If it is done cleanly and leaves no traces, everything will be fine; if not, you will naturally have to pay a price for it.

Among the concubines in the palace, there are only a handful of people who can achieve this!

However, very few people in the palace now enjoy preferential treatment for pregnancy. At least compared with the number of concubines of Emperor Kangxi today, the base number is very small.

Among the concubines, only Concubine Ma Jia and Concubine Ye He stand out. After Siyu announced the Queen's decree, she entered the palace again.

"I'm afraid Sister Ma Jia is about to give birth to her baby!" Qinrou heard a concubine whispering behind her. I don’t know what the idea was, but I actually talked about this!
"Yes, it's been eight months. The imperial doctor has already given the expected date of delivery, which is around December 30th." Another concubine also whispered.

Their voices were very low. After all, they were chatting. Even if the Queen was not there, or because they were in Kunning Palace, they were cautious.

Qinrou is bored, so this kind of conversation can be considered private! I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't go back to my hut to talk about it, but mentioned it here in a not-so-secret way.

"Looking at Sister Ma Jia's current appearance, she is almost the same as when she was pregnant with her eldest brother." Another female voice also whispered back. Especially when mentioning the eldest brother, his voice was quietly lowered.

"Really?" I don't know what the mood of this voice was. It seemed to be a little surprised, and there were all kinds of feelings in my heart.

"Yes, that's what I think. You entered the palace later. Maybe you don't know that Concubine Ma Jia behaved like this when she was mean to the eldest brother. At the latest, there will be another fourth brother in our palace by the beginning of January at the latest. Brother." The concubine affirmed.

There are already three elder brothers in the palace. After the death of the eldest elder brother and the third elder brother, the ranking was postponed. The one in Ruoma Jia's belly is still the younger elder brother, and the ranking is fourth and fourth elder brother!
"Sister Ma Jia is so lucky." The envy in the female voice was beyond words. She could get pregnant easily. Once she got pregnant, she would always be pregnant with her elder brother, which made the concubines extremely jealous.

Qinrou listened to the gossip! Although she knew that Concubine Ma Jia would definitely give birth to an elder brother, people were always gossiping, and hearing it from others had a different taste.

It was inevitable that I spent some time listening.

(End of this chapter)