Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2506 Eight Volumes 31 Imperial Concubine

On the first day of May, the emperor went to Changchun Garden to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.

"Today my son will also return to the palace. Before returning to the palace, I'm here to pay my respects to the Empress."

The empress dowager nodded, "I see. It's the summer solstice sacrifice, and I'm going back to the palace to fast."

The emperor lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, "Not only that. Er Niang forgot, this year is also the year for the Eight Banners women to be selected."

The Empress Dowager also sighed, "Oh, isn't it!"

The emperor stared at his fingertips.

In the hands of the emperor, the world is in his hands.

The only thing that cannot be manipulated without authorization is the biological mother.

To treat mothers, you can't use the power of the emperor, but only the affection of the son of man.

The emperor lifted his robe, and suddenly knelt down on his knees: "Emiang, my son wants to make the noble concubine the imperial concubine, and ask Emiang for permission."
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The empress dowager was startled.

But not too surprised.

The old lady closed her eyes, "It's coming, it's still here. I knew that you would bring this matter up with me after all."

"It's just the emperor. In the past, you made her a concubine and noble concubine, and I left it up to you; but this imperial concubine, you can't be promoted just as you say! The imperial concubine is your second wife, and she is no longer a concubine! How can she be your imperial concubine, a woman with the surname Han who was born under the leadership of the internal management!" Can be buried with the emperor; concubine is not possible.)
"It's Huixian, Chunhui, and Shujia. Although they are not the ladies of the Manmeng family, but when you made them imperial concubines, they were already sick, so I'm happy!—— In my harem of the Qing Dynasty, there has never been a concubine with the Han surname except Chongxi!"

The emperor was not surprised by the empress dowager's reaction.

In the past, when Jiu'er was made a concubine or noble concubine, when his mother objected so much, he was really angry.

But today, he himself is a 55-year-old man. Although he is still unhappy, he is no longer angry.

Anyway, what the Queen's Mother said all these years is the same thing.

The emperor bowed his head and listened filially, with a calm expression, and he was not in a hurry to argue.

After the empress dowager had finished speaking, the emperor nodded lightly, "What the empress dowager said is that it's just that the son has a reason why he must be enfeoffed as an imperial concubine."

The empress dowager took a deep breath, "Is there any reason why you must enter the seal? You should tell my old lady!"

The emperor said unhurriedly, "It is the year when the women of the Eight Banners are selected. My son is already 55 years old. It doesn't matter if he doesn't choose someone for the harem this year. But this year, both Yongxun and Yongxue have reached the age of marriage; and Miande It’s time for a sequel, too.”

"The marriage of two princes and one emperor's grandson is a major event and cannot be delayed. Otherwise, the next election will be three years later. For the sake of our royal heirs, this selection cannot be delayed."

The Empress Dowager couldn't help raising her eyebrows.

That's right, even if she is the empress dowager, she can't stop her for this reason.

The emperor said again, "The empress is insane at this time, how can she preside over the selection of the women of the Eight Banners? If she must be allowed to go, wouldn't the empress be worried that the ones she selected for the prince and grandson are all her mad eyes Does it look good?"

The empress dowager was also speechless.

Only then did the emperor raise his eyes, and looked at the empress dowager respectfully, "Besides, the empress dowager is old now, and my son really can't bear to ask the empress dowager to preside over this matter again. As for the son himself, after all, he chooses his daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law." , is there any reason for the son to go to see it in person? After all, it is more convenient to leave it to the mother of the prince and the mother of the grandson of the emperor."

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, breathed in her throat, and said slowly after a while, "...Even if it's not convenient for me and the empress to go, it's just that the imperial concubine is acting on my behalf, so why bother to be promoted?" For the imperial concubine?"

The emperor was still calm, "It is the imperial concubine, who is still a concubine, but the aunt of the princes, and cannot be called the mother of the prince. The selection of the Eight Banners women is a big deal, especially for the marriage of the princes and grandchildren. How can only concubines be married?" Room presiding? Then where is the dignity of our royal family? And the women who have been selected, how do you feel at ease?"

"In the eyes of the former ministers, wouldn't the mother's family of these women also worry, because we don't value their respective families?"

The emperor raised his head quietly, "At this time, it is appropriate for the imperial concubine to be the imperial concubine and preside over the selection as the mother of the prince."

The emperor put such a big problem in front of the empress dowager, and the 73-year-old old man was helpless.

After all, this time is not just to choose the harem for the emperor, but to choose Fujin for the two princes and one grandson!
The emperor had already had a plan in his heart, and he raised his eyes quietly, "There is no other way to do this matter except to make the noble concubine the imperial concubine. My son also asked the emperor's mother for permission. The son is not doing this for himself, nor for his sake Noble concubine, but for the sake of my royal descendants for ten thousand years!"

"My son has made up his mind, please ask the emperor's mother for permission!"

The Empress Dowager let out a long sigh, but there was nothing else she could do.

It can only be said that the queen is too disappointing!It's hard to make trouble when it's time, but it's just at this juncture!If you tell this Southern Tourist to catch up with the Eight Banners women to choose, then there is no need to move around! .
The emperor returned to the palace from Changchun Garden, and went to Yuqing Palace before entering the fasting palace.

The location of Yuqing Palace is between Zhai Palace and Fengxian Palace.

The Zhai Palace was the place where the emperor worshiped the heaven and the earth, and the Fengxian Hall was the family temple where the royal family worshiped the ancestors. The Yuqing Palace was specially selected between the two, and the meaning of inheritance is very clear.

The emperor came to Yuqing Palace in person to check the arrangements for Xiaoshiwu's upcoming move-in.

After the emperor checked, he looked back at Mao Tuan'er, "How about you?"

Mao Tuan'er hurriedly knelt down and played, "I dare you... Your Majesty, Brother Fifteen is not yet on his fifth birthday. If he comes to live in Yuqing Palace so early, he will be far away from the inner court after all. If Brother Fifteen misses his concubine and master , Concubine Qing is the master, how much should it be distressing?"

Mao Tuan'er's words were euphemistic, so why didn't the emperor understand.

The emperor snorted softly, "That's right, you don't feel bad when you are me?"

The status of Yuqing Palace is really special, Xiao Shiwu is still very young, if once moved in... it will inevitably make others feel uneasy.

Yuqing Palace is far away from the inner court and the Hall of Mental Cultivation, no matter how much the emperor cares about Wanxi and Yuqin, there will be times when he won't be able to take care of them.

"It's just that, Mao Tuan'er, it's inconvenient for me to say something to others, but you are my eunuch Haha Zhuzi, who has served me by my side since I was a child. The relationship between me and you is comparable to that of others."

The emperor sighed softly, "I am familiar with "Zizhi Tongjian". The gains and losses of the emperors throughout the ages of China are deeply in my mind. I can't be more clear about the lifespan of those emperors. There are about four hundred emperors. Half of them are under 40 years old, and the other half are under 60 years old."

The emperor looked up to the sky, and gently closed his eyes, "I am already 55 years old. Even according to the life span of the emperor, I have arranged the time in advance. If it is later, I am afraid that it will not be too late to replace Xiao Shi sooner." Wu stabilized. If he really just waited for Zhenbin Tian to announce the secret decree, and Xiao Shiwu would still be young at that time...his brother and nephew were all older than him, then the people around him would really be in danger! "

Mao Tuan'er was also agitated, and his heart hurt like twisting.

That's right, the emperor has reached this age, so it's time to plan for the future.

It's just that I don't want to think about such sad things anymore, but this thing has reached an age where I can't escape.

"If you want your fifteenth elder brother to live safely in Yuqing Palace, apart from my own arrangements," the emperor narrowed his eyes, "the most important thing is that you have fifteenth elder brother who can make people feel at ease. people."

Mao Tuan'er hurriedly said, "The manager, Gui Yuan, is someone whom the master favors personally, and the nuns are also the ones who have served the fifteenth elder brother since childhood..."

The emperor shook his head, "Although those people are appropriate, they are not enough to make people feel at ease. After all, their relationship with your fifteenth elder brother is just an ordinary relationship between master and servant."

The emperor raised his eyes lightly, "Mao Tuan'er, I won't allow you to ask to guard the tomb for your sixteenth brother! I tell you to follow your fifteenth brother...Your heart is for the sixteenth brother." Feeling guilty, I will make it up to your fifteenth elder brother!"

Mao Tuan'er was startled for a moment, then his body trembled, and he was already lying on the ground, his shoulders trembling slightly.

"The slave is afraid, the slave will never let the emperor and the master go..."

The emperor himself leaned over and put his palm on Mao Tuan'er's shoulder, "The departure of your sixteenth elder brother was not the negligence of any of you, but none of you would have imagined that there would be such a vicious person in our harem of the Qing Dynasty." Go to the woman! If there is a mistake, I have established such a queen, and the fault is naturally higher than you!"

"At this moment, if you go to guard the tomb for your sixteenth elder brother, how much can you make up for your master? With her heart for you, if she knows that you are going to guard the tomb again, how can she feel at ease?" go?"

"Instead of begging to go, it's better to stay. Pull up your 120 points, help me and your master, and protect your fifteen elder brother like an iron bucket!"

Mao Tuan'er wept and kowtowed heavily, "Slave, I swear that I will not disgrace my life! If Elder Brother Fifteen makes any mistakes, I will chop myself up into pieces myself, so I won't enter reincarnation..."

The emperor sighed wistfully and nodded, "Okay."
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After three days of fasting, on the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, the emperor held a grand ceremony for offering sacrifices to the land.

Return to Yuanmingyuan that night.

On the Dragon Boat Festival the next day, the emperor sent the empress dowager to "Wanfang Anhe". As in previous years, he accompanied the empress dowager to have dinner here and watch a play on the water stage.

The one who accompanied the emperor and stood beside the empress dowager's throne was Wanxi.

The emperor didn't tell the truth about his promotion, but he had a tacit understanding with the empress dowager, so he looked up at Wanxi from time to time, with a smile on his lips.

Wanxi didn't know what happened to the emperor, but she felt a little uneasy in front of the empress dowager, the head of the inner court, the prince and grandson, and the clan prince Fujin.

After all, she still couldn't let go of the sadness of Xiaoliu's departure.

If you want her to laugh, she really can't laugh for the time being.

Wanxi then lowered her head deeply, trying to avoid the emperor's eyes.

If you can't see it, you don't have to force a smile to greet you, right?
But the emperor asked, "Grand Concubine, what have you embroidered for me this year?"

It is customary for the heads of the inner court to present sachets and flint pouches to the emperor during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Wanxi blushed, and hurriedly said in a low voice, "... I can see that the emperor has received two large plates of sachets. The emperor, please don't make things difficult for me. The needlework of my wife is not bad for the emperor." Know."

The emperor nodded, "There is never a shortage of exquisite craftsmanship in the palace, but the ones that return to the basics are the rarest. The concubine's female reds always have the magic of 'elephants are invisible'."

Fortunately, the emperor still has the ability to find such a high-sounding reason... Wanxi is so choked.

Wanxi understood that the emperor was afraid that she would be sad this year, so he deliberately wanted to make her happy.

Wanxi didn't want to disappoint the emperor, so she curled her lips as hard as she could, "Look at what the emperor said, this concubine is even more ashamed."

The emperor simply walked around the dining table, stood in front of Wanxi, and stretched out his hand to her, "Bring it."

Wanxi had no choice but to take out a small sachet from her cuff.

She knew that the embroiderer could not do it, so she only worked on the shape of the purse: because of the white jade gourd pendant back then, Wanxi made today's sachet into a gourd shape.There is no special embroidered pattern on it, just embroidering one petal with multicolored thread to form a five-petal flower in response to the solar terms, in response to the meaning of the fifth day of May.

The emperor saw it but snatched it away, nodded with a smile, "That's all!"

After finishing speaking, the emperor bowed his head and hung the sachet on his waist.

This is also a declaration that the sachet on the emperor's waist has been selected this year, and the other concubines no longer have to guess who this year's position belongs to.

The emperor looked back at the empress dowager, and chanted with a smile, "Look, mother-in-law, the concubine is so kind. Today is not only the fifth day of May, but also her son's 55 years old. She used the simplest five-petal flower to But it is most in line with my son's heart."

The empress dowager could only shake her head helplessly, holding back a sigh in her heart.

Is your son 55 years old?How do you look at this attitude and behavior, it looks like a 15-year-old!
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Today, seeing that Wanxi is not only the head of the harem on behalf of the queen, but also like the emperor, Concubine Yu always feels a little bit uncomfortable.

Since it is the Dragon Boat Festival, she will never forget to bring up Yongqi's rescue of her father from the fire again.

When a group of princes came to salute the empress dowager and the emperor, concubine Yu hurriedly seized the opportunity and said, "Yongqi, you are a real kid, and you have a leg problem again, so even saluting is a bit wobbly..."

The prince saluted in line, because of Nala's situation, the twelfth elder brother Yongzhen dared not take the lead as the direct prince today.

Without the protection of their mothers, the children shrink back and hide in the back, just arranging them in the order of their teeth.

The fourth elder brother, Yongxie, is the successor prince again, so it is inconvenient for him to be the leader, so Yongqi is called the leader again.

Concubine Yu's words made Yong Qi more conspicuous.

Concubine Yu finished speaking by herself, then stood up and saluted the Empress Dowager, "My concubine pleaded guilty to the Empress Dowager on Yongqi's behalf... It's not that the child didn't salute well, but that the child was carried out of the fire back then, and his leg was injured. It’s gone. Even after two years of raising it, it’s still not healed.”

The empress dowager also sighed, "Oh, you are so pitiful. This injury is due to filial piety. Where can I blame it, I should reward it!"

After the empress dowager finished speaking, she asked Yong Qi to reward the plate of colorful rice dumplings in front of her eyes.

Concubine Yu glanced at Wanxi, and said proudly, "It's a good intention to say it, today is the fifth day of May, and the emperor is 55 years old. Yongqi happened to be the fifth elder brother... really An auspicious number."

"It's also a coincidence. Yongqi's daughter-in-law has not moved in for several years, and this year there is also a joy! The first son has continued, and when the empress dowager celebrates her birthday this year, she will have a great-grandson to hug, so that's it too Yongqi's filial piety."

The Empress Dowager was also very happy to have such a happy event, so she smiled and said, "Okay, okay. Give Yongqi's daughter-in-law another basket of zongzi and ask her to take good care of it!"

Wanxi listened by the side, smiling slightly.

Standing behind Wanxi's chair, Yurui couldn't help shaking her head, "...I have nothing to say to their mother and son at the moment. My heart is only for Yingyuan."

Wanxi gently shook Yurui's hand, "Don't be sad. Yingyuan has Yingyuan's own blessing. She has a son now, and when her son divides the mansion in the future, she will naturally go out of the palace to take care of her. I'm much more at ease in the palace."
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Seeing Concubine Yu talking lively, the emperor was originally sitting at the side, only listening with a smile, but didn't speak.

After waiting for Concubine Yu, the excitement was enough, and the emperor raised his eyes quietly, "After that incident happened back then, I have personally directed the imperial physician to treat Yongqi. It has been two years since the treatment was cured. I've raised it, but it doesn't look like it's getting better?"

The emperor ordered Gao Yuncong, "Tell the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask, how did those imperial doctors show the fifth elder brother, what prescriptions were prescribed, and what medicines were used. Why haven't there been any movements in two years?"

Gao Yun hurriedly got down on the ground and said, "Hey!"

Hearing the emperor's words, Yong Qi, who was full of joy before, couldn't help but change slightly.
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It was so easy to get down from the eyes of the empress dowager and the emperor, Yong Qi hurriedly turned to a secluded place, and ordered San De, the eunuch under him: "You go to see the imperial physician Zhang Rufan, Song Guorui, etc., and ask them to report to the Minister of Internal Affairs later. Answer, be more careful! You must not let the emperor know where the root cause of my illness is!"

He must not let Huang Ama know that his leg disease was caused by the cold caused by being greedy for joy; he must make Huang Ama always think that his leg disease was acquired to save Huang Ama.

The three virtues saluted, "Don't worry, brother! If you have to say something, the slave will definitely explain it to the imperial physicians. I believe that the imperial physicians also have winks. I hope they all know what is going on and they must know how to speak! "

Yong Qi nodded, "You might as well tell them about the Queen's situation at this time, and let them know that the eldest son, the twelve, is no longer able to sing..."

Sande nodded with a smile, "Since ancient times, the crown prince has either established a heir or a head. Now that the prince is useless, he is the elder brother!"

Yong Qi hooked her lips, "It's the emperor's questioning, to make them understand what to say, and that's their own good luck in the future."

The emperor asks people to ask questions, but the imperial physicians dare not hide anything, otherwise it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor... Only by making them understand the future situation, can these imperial physicians listen to him, and make them have the courage to commit such a crime. Go back to the crime of deceiving the king.
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Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, on the ninth day of May, the emperor issued a decree: "According to the decree of the empress dowager, the noble concubine should be respectful, gentle, gentle, respectful, and courteous. She should be promoted to the title of imperial concubine for internal governance. Fan. Qin hereby. All due ceremonies will be held in the respective yamen as usual."

For a moment, everyone was astonished when they went to the harem!

The queen is still alive, but the emperor actually promoted her to be a royal concubine? !

This has not happened for many years!
Ever since Lord Shunzhi was openly on the side of the Central Palace, Dong E was appointed as the imperial concubine. After that, all the imperial concubines were crowned for joy when they were seriously ill. Only then did the canonization of the imperial concubine take place.

Doesn't the establishment of the imperial concubine imply that the empress has lost her virtue, and the middle palace is very likely to be abolished!
No matter how the ministers guessed, they were only worried about the abolition of the central palace, while the concubines and princes and grandchildren in the palace were more worried about the position of the crown prince.

The establishment of the reserve in the Qing Dynasty has always been that the son is more expensive than the mother.According to the rank of concubines in the harem at this time, Wanxi is already the imperial concubine, not only the rank is higher, but also the second wife!

The prince born of the imperial concubine can also be called the first prince. (Grand Qianlong also called Xiao Shiwu "my son")
This rule is just like Lord Shunzhi once called the fourth son of the emperor Dong E's family, even though he already had the third son of the emperor Kangxi, he still called the fourth son of the emperor "my first son", because he At that time, the Dong E family was the imperial concubine, so the prince born out of the Dong E family could also be called the emperor's eldest son.

In this way, it is a blow to Yong Qi!Never thought that just because of the incident of the Nala family, one of the first princes fell down fortunately; but because of the title of imperial concubine, another direct prince appeared!
In addition, someone in the palace has sent him a message saying that Yuqing Palace is being repaired, and that Brother Shiwu is going to move in...

The first prince, Yuqing Palace, ha, this is not a coincidence, it is a repeat of the East Palace of the Crown Prince of Kangxi Dynasty!

Although the canonization ceremony of the imperial concubine has not yet been performed, the emperor's decree has been issued, and all the princes have to go inside to perform the ceremony.Yongqi gritted her teeth and held on to the end of the ceremony. When she had to leave "Tiandi Family Spring", her legs felt like lead pendants, and they were stabbed like two sharp knives, the pain was so painful that she could barely hold on.

Yongxuan came up from behind, helped Fu Yongqi, and said with a smile, "I have bad legs. I have more experience in this matter than Fifth Brother. Fifth Brother listened to my younger brother's experience: legs It hurts, don't walk too fast, let alone stand in front of everyone in a hurry."

"Just bear with it, so what if you fall behind others, so what if you don't show your face? Fifth brother has to learn how to live behind others, and learn to take it easy, so that his legs will be good."

Yong Qi's eyes turned cold, "Old Ba, thank you for what you said! I saw you kowtow to the imperial concubine in front of me, and I kowtowed more actively than anyone else. I don't want to be left behind!"

Yongxuan bared her teeth and smiled, "You don't need your legs to kowtow, don't you? If the fifth brother is not used to it, he can be more active than me, the younger brother will never compete with the fifth brother."

Yong Qi gritted her teeth, too annoyed to speak.

Yongxuan smiled and nodded, "Now, among our buddies, the fourth brother, sixth brother, me, the eleventh brother, and the fifteenth child, all of us have four biological mothers who are imperial concubines; the twelve's biological mother is the empress... Tsk tsk, among all the brothers, only the fifth brother was wronged, and he was still only a concubine."

(End of this chapter)