Quickly wear the born bad seed

Chapter 293 Concubine Seven in the Cold Palace

The next morning, after Zhao Yan left, the chief eunuch came with a bunch of rewards, mostly some pearl hairpins and jewelry, but the most eye-catching among them were two bulging purses. After weighing them carefully, they were found to be small silver fish.

"This..." This little silverfish is exquisitely crafted, and most importantly, it has no mark on it, making it very suitable for rewarding others.

"This is the reward given to you by the emperor. You are the only one in the whole palace who gets this. It is a full one hundred taels of silver." The eunuch said with a smile.

One hundred taels of silver...

Linlang felt a little strange when she saw the other party giving her money, but she didn't say anything and asked the palace maid to put the things away. She also handed a purse to the eunuch in charge.

"Thank you for listening to my good words, and I hope you will accept them." In addition to handing over a purse, Linlang also gave him some dried apricots that she had made earlier. "This is made by me, and I hope you will take it back to taste."

The old face of the father-in-law was smiling like a chrysanthemum. Two plates of dried apricots were sent yesterday, but the emperor ate them all up. This shows how delicious dried apricots are. I didn't expect that he would have such a good fortune today and could eat the same thing as the emperor.

Linlang won the emperor's favor again with the help of dried apricots, but this favor was ultimately like a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror, and the emperor soon forgot about her.

Linlang was not in a hurry, because the harem was now in a white-hot stage. The noblewoman who was pregnant before gave birth, but unfortunately she was unlucky. She gave birth to a weak little prince at great risk of death. Not only did she suffer heavy bleeding, but even the health of the little prince was not optimistic.

The imperial physician looked at the little prince with a pale face, finally sighed, and told the truth. The little prince was in poor health, and even if he was carefully taken care of, he would probably not live past the age of five.

The Queen and the Imperial Concubine originally wanted to adopt the little prince, but upon hearing this, the two women's faces changed. A healthy little prince could bring them love, but a weak little prince might not be able to bring them much benefit.

The imperial concubine immediately found an excuse and left, even feeling unlucky. The queen forced a smile and had someone send a lot of supplements, and finally left with a gloomy face.

After the noble lady woke up, she looked at her weak son and burst into tears. Her son shouldn't have been so weak. It was a pity that she had suffered a lot of conspiracy during the pregnancy, which led to her heavy bleeding.

Everyone in the palace thought that the little prince would not live past the full month, but unexpectedly, the little prince was very lucky. Not only did he survive the full month, he even had a chance to continue living.

The queen was moved and went to visit the little prince specially, but she immediately gave up the idea of ​​adopting him because the little prince looked skinny and skinny, just like a newborn monkey. He had no life at all and even had a dead look on his face.

Zhao Yan was originally looking forward to this son, but when his son was born, he just took a look at him and left. He no longer had much expectation for this son. It was good enough that he was alive anyway, so he did not put too much energy into it and just asked the people below to take good care of him.

“It seems that the Emperor completely hates the eldest prince and his biological mother, otherwise he would not have ignored them for such a long time.

What I want is a prince who can win the emperor's favor for me, not a hapless person who will go to see the king of hell. "The imperial concubine snorted coldly, "You are so unlucky."

The nanny also felt very sorry. He was a prince, and he was gone just like that. It would have been great if he was a healthy little prince.

At the same time, the relationship between the Queen and the Imperial Concubine became increasingly incompatible. They quarreled over all kinds of stupid things, and the Queen Mother even came out to mediate.

"Empress, you are the mother of a country, you should be tolerant. She is just a little concubine. The best she can be in this life is a concubine dowager. As long as you keep your position stable, you will be the queen. Maybe in the future you will be..." The queen mother did not say the last sentence, but the meaning was very clear. The queen pinched her handkerchief and sobbed softly, "Aunt, you don't know how hard it has been for me recently. The emperor has not come to my palace even on the first and fifteenth day of the month. He was seduced away by that damn bitch."

The Queen Mother thought these were trivial matters. "Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, and he has three thousand beauties in his harem, so it is natural for him to favor only one person.

When the late emperor was still alive, he doted on Concubine Yue and held her in the palm of his hand. But in the end, I was still the winner.

If you have the leisure and will, you might as well quickly pick a few more people to share more of the imperial concubine's favor. Offspring are the most important thing in the harem."

The queen could only wipe away her tears and continue to move forward. The imperial concubine was arrogant because she was relying on the emperor's favor and her family background.

The queen selected a few more pretty and charming concubines, and at the same time asked the father of the previous dynasty to focus more on the imperial concubine's family and get more people to report on her.

The Queen and the Imperial Concubine were constantly fighting in the harem, their families were also constantly fighting in the previous dynasty, and many little girls became cannon fodder because of them.

Linlang is not a fool. She can see that if no one deliberately condoned the situation, the two sides would not have fallen into this situation. The art of being an emperor is actually the art of maintaining a balance.

Linlang didn't dare to compete for favor. After all, it was good for her to be a little beauty. After the previous reorganization, the internal service department no longer dared to blame the unfavored concubines, so her treatment was quite good.

She could just ask someone to cook whatever she wanted to eat. Besides, her palace was big and she had her own small kitchen, so her life was much better than that of other queens.

On New Year's Eve, the imperial concubine's father launched a palace rebellion, but unfortunately was suppressed by the emperor. The imperial concubine's father and brother were all sentenced to death, and all the 15-year-old males in the family were exiled to southern Fujian.

At the same time, the queen's father and brother also participated in the palace coup, but the queen's father and brother supported another prince, but they did participate in the rebellion.

The emperor still had some affection for the imperial concubine, so he did not punish her. However, he did not have so much affection for the empress dowager and the queen. Due to her status, the emperor could only order the empress dowager to go to Mount Wutai to burn incense and worship Buddha. At the same time, he stripped the queen of her title as the mother of a country, tattooed a Taoist title on her, and asked her to follow the empress dowager to burn incense and pray for blessings. It was estimated that she would never be able to come back in this lifetime, but at least she saved her life.

There is no queen in the palace. Although she is a concubine, since her father and brother are involved in such things, she will probably be just a concubine for the rest of her life.

But unexpectedly, the imperial concubine was also a fiery person. After learning that her father and brother had passed away, she swallowed gold and died that night.

The emperor was depressed for a long time, but he still had the imperial concubine buried with great honor. He did not make things difficult for the imperial concubine's other family members, and he was also very lenient towards the female relatives and allowed them to leave with their dowries.

After watching such a big drama, Linlang felt that the royal family was so cold and indifferent. Zhao Yan might favor the imperial concubine, but he loved herself more.

The palace was suddenly without two big powers, but there was no chaos. Zhao Yan asked an old and respected empress dowager to temporarily take charge of the six palaces.

There are only six high-ranking concubines in the harem now, including Concubine Wang who gave birth to the eldest prince. No, now she should be called Concubine Wang.

Most of the others are talented and beauties, so Linglong can be regarded as the second person in the harem. Although she is just a little beauty, it is her own fault that she has a title.