Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2539 Nine Volumes 21 The Emperor Don't Pout
On September [-]th, the emperor and his party returned to the Summer Resort, but the emperor didn't go back to his bedroom to rest, so he went to the empress dowager's palace "Songhezhai" to pay his respects.

Yuqin still laughed, "The whole world already knows that the emperor is a filial son, so it's not too late to wash his face and change his clothes before going to pay his respects. Why are you in such a hurry."

This time Mulan came back, especially after her 40 years of age, Wanxi realized more.

"Sister thinks, the empress dowager is almost 75 this year, and the emperor is also 56. The relationship between mother and child has changed at this age. The emperor's filial piety to the empress dowager should be more serious. .”

Wanxi's open-mindedness made Yuqin sigh, "That's right. No matter how unreasonable a mother is, she is also a real mother, isn't she? In a person's life, he can only have one real mother. There is no way to change a..."

Wanxi was amused by Yuqin's words, hugged Yuqin's arm, put her forehead on Yuqin's shoulder, "Sister is right!"

Yuqin shook her head helplessly, "What's more, the old lady is so old. The mother and son, the emperor and the empress dowager, don't have many days to get along with each other. Well, I'm afraid it won't be long."

"It's no wonder that although the emperor also contradicted the old lady, the filial piety that should be done is not lacking at all. Speaking of which, the person the emperor really loves and hates with is not Na Lashi, but us This old lady..."

Wanxi smiled and smiled.

The emperor couldn't understand Nala's family, so naturally there were ways to punish Nala's family step by step to death; but he couldn't do it to the empress dowager.

So over the years, seeing the emperor was so angry by the empress dowager that he almost jumped his feet several times, but the emperor himself endured it afterwards. As for Wanxi, she naturally never picks things up in front of the emperor.

No matter how unfair the empress dowager was to her, she could not accuse his own mother in front of the emperor.Otherwise, the most difficult thing can only be the emperor.

As the son of heaven, the emperor is busy with government affairs every day, and his heart has been divided into hundreds and thousands of petals.If you still want to say in front of him that his mother is this or that, and that the natural blood relationship between mother and child is something that the emperor himself cannot change... that will only make the emperor feel helpless and powerless.

I can't share my worries for the emperor, but only add to the worries of the emperor; I can't help the emperor, I just want to reach out and ask the emperor to want this or that... Such a woman, even if she looks like a fairy, it is impossible to go far in this harem .
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Songhe Zhai, the residence of the Empress Dowager.

From the separation on August [-]th to the return on September [-]th, the mother and son have not seen each other for a month.The mother and son first talked about their divorce, and the empress dowager carefully checked whether the emperor had tanned these days, but he was thinner;

This is where mother and child love deeply, but after all, no matter how close a mother and child are in this world, there is still a place where their tongues touch their teeth.

As soon as the empress dowager changed the subject, she put away her smiling face and looked away, not the emperor anymore.

"On the eighth day of September, you specially asked the guards to come to greet me on that day. Emperor, what are you thinking? I am your mother-in-law, so I don't understand."

"It's just that the empress just passed away, and it's not been two months yet! You're in a hurry to get back into the middle palace right now, isn't it a little too hasty?"

If the queen dies, there should be at least 27 months of national mourning.

The emperor had been prepared for a long time, so he smiled lightly, "Enieti is right, but my son made an order in July, Nala's funeral can only follow the imperial concubine's example. Therefore, there is no 27-month national funeral. Said, therefore, there is no need to wait so long to go to Lili Zhonggong."

The empress dowager closed her eyes sadly, "Although that is the case, she has not given up her name after all. Even if you don't want to wait 27 months, you can't succeed in less than a hundred days!"

The emperor's smile faded away, and he slowly raised his eyebrows, "So what Enie means is that your son is not allowed to inherit the middle palace?"

The empress dowager opened her eyes suddenly, "Where did I say that you are not allowed to stand in the middle palace again? Emperor, I am your mother-in-law. No one in this world hopes that you have more wives and concubines and a house full of children and grandchildren than me! I It's just... I always feel that if you are so eager to succeed to the middle palace so early, this is called the front palace and the rear palace, the internal ministers and the foreign vassal, what will they think of you!"

The emperor stared at the empress dowager quietly, "Then, mother-in-law, when is it appropriate to inherit the middle palace? Don't you have to wait 27 months? What about the son's previous will? Then Li Yuming complained about Nala's funeral, and his son has already dealt with it—if the son himself has to wait 27 months to go, doesn't it mean that the son himself destroyed the previous order, and if he disposes of it, then Li Yuming's disposal is wrong?"

The conversation between the two mothers and sons became more and more rigid.The empress dowager didn't want to do this either. The mother and son hadn't seen each other for two months, and they would quarrel again when they met.

The empress dowager took a deep breath and suppressed her temper, "Emperor, I am your own mother, do you think I will tell you to lose the face of your emperor? I didn't say no, I didn’t say I have to make you wait 27 months!”

"Then let's all take a step back and make a compromise. Why don't you have to wait a year?"

"This year is the 31st year of Qianlong, so in three months, it will be the 32nd year of Qianlong. It's been a year, what does the Queen Mother say?"

After all, the Empress Dowager couldn't bear it any longer, and couldn't help but slap the table, "Emperor! What are you in a hurry for?! I'm already talking with you like this, but you still have to make an inch of it, don't you?"

The emperor raised his eyes slightly, "My son dared to ask Er Nie: What does Er Nie want to wait for? The layout of the harem has been set, so what's the difference between one year earlier and one year later?"

The empress dowager closed her eyes tiredly, and shook her hands, "Emperor, you just came back from the paddock today, and you must be tired from riding the horse all the way. Forget it, I don't want to quarrel with you as a mother. Go back and rest first. This matter will be discussed after we return to Beijing.

The emperor still performed the ritual of a filial son, and knelt down on both legs.But looking at it from the back, it can't be seen that the emperor still walked away emotionally.

The empress dowager held out her hand between her eyebrows, and said sadly, "Anshou, what do you think I should do? He was in a hurry to stand up, and he said that the layout of the harem had been decided—isn't it? Even the position of imperial concubine is actually vacant! If you want to succeed the empress, you have to proceed step by step. This is a clear plan, so that there is only one candidate in the harem!"

An Shou also sighed, "That's why the old master stopped and dragged, just wanting to change the layout of the harem. Maybe after a few more years, those with lower ranks can be promoted little by little. When there is someone in the position of noble concubine, then it will be easier to talk about it in the future."

The empress dowager nodded, and old tears dripped from the corners of her eyes, "Look, who else can count on even being above the concubine? Concubine Shu is naturally the old emperor's calendar. The ten elder brothers of this life died young, and I am also I have lost the emperor's heart a long time ago; let alone Concubine Yu in the back."

"The following Concubine Ying and Concubine Yu, although they are Mongolian princesses, have enough family background, it's a pity that they don't have anything to come out of!"

"Not only the concubine, but also the concubine... well, now there are only Concubine Wan and Concubine Rong, who have never given birth to an imperial heir! Concubine Wan is over 50, and Concubine Rong is returning to the Ministry. , this cannot be counted on..."

Look at how determined her emperor's son said just now, "the layout of the harem has been fixed", isn't it already monolithic!
Her emperor's son deliberately nailed the structure of the harem to death, so that including her as a mother, no one can find a second candidate besides the imperial concubine!

An Shou naturally understood the old master's thoughts, so he said softly, "Fortunately, for the sake of being a nobleman, there are two princesses from Niu Hulu's family."

When the empress dowager heard this, she felt even more sad, "That's what you said, but the two of them are the nobles! If you want to help them from the position of nobles to the position of concubine and noble concubine, it will take a lot of money." How much thought and how much time has been spent?! But Anshou, I have reached this age, how many years do you think I can support them?"

An Shou's nose felt a little sore when he heard that.

These two noblemen, that Lan nobleman is the most disappointing.I have been in the palace for nine years, and I have not been favored, conceived, or entrusted for the entire nine years. I have wasted nine years alive!
An Shou said euphemistically, "Didn't you just enter the palace, the servants looked at it, and the emperor liked it too. What's more, Chang Guiren is just right in age, and now the harem is above the concubine, and they are all old. Chang Guiren is naturally There are plenty of opportunities to go.”

An Shou thought for a while, and then added, "In addition, master, don't forget that Yongchang is going in our palace. Although Yongchang is said to be a Han surnamed Baoyi, the old master also said that her temperament is more Manchurian. The appearance is different from that of Han and women."

After listening to An Shou's words, the Empress Dowager gradually calmed down.

"There are candidates. What I am worried about now is that there are no holidays. Now that we are not young, and the emperor is eager to become a queen, why don't I rush to tell these young children to hurry up?" Go to the top position? After all, in the days to come, it’s not me fighting with the emperor, but let’s fight against Tianshou together!”
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On the third day of October, the emperor returned to Beijing with the empress dowager, the harem, the princes and grandchildren, and returned to the Old Summer Palace.

As soon as Wanxi returned to the garden, Concubine Ying brought Xiao Shiqi in her arms.

The little elder brother who was born in May, it has been almost five months now, his eyes are no longer the same as before, and his neck is also firmer... Anyway, at the first glance, Wanxi knew this The child became more and more lively.

Xiao Shiqi was still a little bit unfamiliar, being hugged by Wanxi, he found a familiar smell, and then he relaxed.But he was bold, and even started to admit his newness, but he didn't cry, but his black eyes were rounded, he kicked his legs a little bit, and straightened his back.

After the child softened in her arms, Wanxi knew that the child had recognized her, so she relaxed and kept thanking Concubine Ying.

Concubine Ying also smiled and said, "It's because I take good care of it, it's clearly those people who used to supply ginseng. In the past three months, Elder Seventeen was holding back his urine and hungry, and there was a lot of crying beside him. It’s not at all, it’s a joy to see the sky, but there are so few people!”

Wanxi held Concubine Ying's hand, "With you watching him, I'm relieved."

The emperor also came over after finishing his work, and stared at Xiao Shiqi together with Wanxi.

Xiao Shiqi is not good at this moment, but he is staring at the emperor with a pair of big eyes, and his body is still a little stiff, and he doesn't know what he is doing.

But the emperor laughed and scolded, "You bastard, what's the matter with you? I want to slap your Ama again, don't you?"

Wanxi couldn't stop laughing, so she hurriedly checked Xiao Shiqi's pee.Be careful to wrap it tightly, and then wink at the emperor, "You can rest assured this time."

Xiao Shiqi also seemed to realize that his trick was no longer working, but he was not reconciled and continued to fight hard.

But in the end, no bad water was suffocated, nor was it simply pulled out, only a bubbly bubble was suffocated in the mouth.

The emperor laughed happily, "Oh, I can spit bubbles! You want to become a goldfish?!"

Concubine Ying was also smiling beside her, "The little goldfish jumps over the dragon gate, it is a living dragon~~"

Seeing the emperor finally laughing so loudly, Wanxi finally felt relieved.

Concubine Ying took Xiao Shiqi away, leaving only the emperor and Wanxi in the hall, and Wanxi looked at the emperor carefully.

These days, Wanxi has long noticed that the emperor is a little unhappy.

This gloom started even from the day I returned to the summer resort.Originally the emperor excitedly went to greet the empress dowager first, but when he came back, his face sank, and he didn't need to guess to know that the emperor must be at odds with the empress dowager again.

It's just because of this, it's not convenient for Wanxi to ask in detail.I was thinking about it in private, but I didn't think about it myself, I just thought that the empress dowager was arguing with the emperor about Nala's funeral - Nala's death happened on September 28, that is, two months after his death , so he was buried in Feng'an as "speedy".

The reason why it can be done so quickly is because Nala was neither buried in the underground palace of the imperial mausoleum as a queen, nor did she build a separate garden bed for the imperial concubine according to the funeral ceremony of the imperial concubine, like the imperial concubine Chunhui. There was not even a single stone coupon, but was directly buried in the underground palace of the imperial concubine Chunhui.

Moreover, in the underground palace, the original owner, the noble concubine Chunhui, is naturally respected, but the fir coffins of Nala's concubine and the ranks of nobles are placed in the corner, which cannot be compared with the golden nanmu coffin of the imperial concubine Chunhui at all. Compare.

At this time, the emperor, the harem, the princes and grandsons, and all the important clan ministers were not in Beijing, and they were still on their way back to Beijing from the Summer Resort.

It is conceivable that when the Nala family was buried, no one else saluted except for these low-level officials who managed the imperial tomb.

The empress dowager must feel uncomfortable with such a shabby ceremony that can be called hasty.What's more, the Nala family has already been enshrined, but they haven't even been given a posthumous title.In the future, the descendants will not know how to address the former queen, let alone the ceremonies behind the promotion to the Taimiao.

Wanxi couldn't directly mention these things, let alone the quarrel between the empress dowager and the emperor's mother and son, so Wanxi just asked, "Master's face has been tense these days, presumably he was in the summer resort to hook up criminals, Doesn't that make you feel bad?"

"Or, it's because you thought about going back to Beijing to try martial arts yourself, so you're so solemn?"

The emperor didn't say anything, he just stretched out his hand to hold Wanxi's hand, and used his nails to touch the tips of Wanxi's nails.

With such an expression on the emperor's face, Wanxi understood that it was neither of the above two.

Wanxi then changed the subject, "Anyway, we're all back in Beijing, and we'll stay in Rehe if we're unhappy, let the new wind blow away and take us away."

"It's all my worrying about it. In fact, I have already recovered. Just now, I was so happy to Xiao Shiqi, so there is nothing to be unhappy about! Besides, after I return to Beijing, I will go back to the palace in a few days. It’s the code of the Qing Dynasty to listen to the government~~”

"Yumen listens to the government. When the emperor is showing his heart to the sky, the emperor pouted like this. Doesn't the sky know it?"

The emperor was originally a little depressed, but Wanxi couldn't help laughing out loud when he described it like this, and patted the back of Wanxi's hand with a little effort, "What are you talking about? How can you pout your mouth?" Go to Qianqingmen to listen to politics?!"

Wanxi hurriedly got into the emperor's embrace with a smile on her face, but she pinched the corners of the emperor's mouth from left to right with her hands, and rubbed the corners of his mouth to both sides with his smile.

"It's just like this, it's so beautiful."

The emperor pressed Wanxi's hand, sighed, and embraced her deeply.

It's a pity that this side of Jiu'er can't be seen by E Nie; E Nie is not a man, so he can't appreciate Jiu'er's kindness at this time... How much he wanted to make Er Niang understand Jiu'er's goodness, how much he wanted to be able to persuade her Er Niang, let Er Niang agree to him, and finally help his Jiu'er to the position of the middle palace!

She is his wife.Even though the imperial concubine is also a wife, she still wants to be inferior to the queen after all. He wants to give her the best in the world, and he doesn't want her to settle for second best. He doesn't want her to endure such grievances...

Wanxi lay on the emperor's heart, quietly listening to the emperor's heartbeat.

The emperor looked calm on the surface, but his heart was beating violently.It can be seen from this that the emperor's heart is surging.

Wanxi stretched out her hand to gently caress the emperor's heart, as if she wanted to calm his violent heartbeat.

"Master... It's already October, and next month will be the Empress Dowager's birthday. My master has always been the first filial son in the world. At this time, I will follow the Empress Dowager no matter what."

"I remember when I was a child. In fact, my grandmother had a bad temper. She often picked on my mother-in-law's faults. My mother-in-law endured it, but I couldn't stand it. She often told my mother-in-law to go for my mother-in-law. If you want to fight an injustice, at least you can argue with your grandmother, how can you not say anything."

"But my mother-in-law said that there is a saying in the folks, which is called 'a daughter-in-law who has survived for many years becomes a mother-in-law. So, once you become a mother-in-law, this will be imperceptible, and you will put on the airs of a mother-in-law, trying to get back the suffering you suffered back then on your daughter-in-law, right?"

"When I was young, I thought it was unreasonable. Whoever bullies others should ask someone to settle the score. Why should it be passed on to the next generation? But when I grew up, I gradually understood what my mother said. This is "Filial piety"? It has been passed down from generation to generation. Right and wrong have become a family memory with the passage of time. Gradually, they only remember to follow the old people, not to care about them. Those who are right and wrong; after all, when the juniors grow up, there will be a day when you can breathe a sigh of relief, right?"

The emperor shook his head, but also smiled, "But look at me, you can't! Even if you become a mother-in-law in the future, you won't vent your anger on your daughter-in-law."

Wanxi smiled, "That's not sure! Master said this too early. After all, Xiao Shiwu only has her sixth birthday, let alone Xiao Shiqi. When the two of them get married, it will be too late." I will go there in a year. Maybe ten years later, I will become a vicious mother-in-law!"

The emperor couldn't help being happy when he thought about the future, "Master, I can't wait to see what you will look like when you become a vicious mother-in-law in the future!"

"What's the problem?"

Wanxi immediately got out of the emperor's arms, tied up her trousers with two handkerchiefs, then grabbed a long-handled Ruyiquan cigarette bag and pot, put her legs on the kang, and put the cigarette bag and pot Putting it in the corner of his mouth, rolling his eyelids, loudly clicking on the pot...

"That's it!"

Ever since she was a child, Wanxi has seen a lot of old ladies like this.Everyone's descriptive demeanor is almost like this.

The emperor looked at the kang and laughed, "I can see the appearance of the queen's mother! It's just that the queen's mother is not so comfortable, she can't just sit cross-legged on the kang, but this look of smoking and rolling her eyelids, It's very similar!"

Wanxi smiled and spread her trouser legs again, and came back to sit next to the emperor, "My lord... I have a [-]th birthday this year, and I really think it's pretty good. I don't have any doubts at [-], and I suddenly feel relieved; let alone this year. , all my wishes have been fulfilled.”

The emperor looked down at Wanxi, and his heart trembled slightly.

He understood that she was euphemistically expressing to him that she didn't want him to have any more conflicts with the Empress because of her.

"But... Grandpa is still not satisfied." His voice was a little hoarse, "I think these are not enough."

Wanxi rubbed her head against the emperor's arms, like a full-fledged kitten, "That's enough, that's enough... My master said that this palace is the one with the most rules and the most rules in this world. Strict place. If I rely on my own family background, my status in the palace should be limited to the concubine at this time."

"But the master has given me so much and exceeded everything. Not only have I already been satisfied, but I even feel a little panicked... The master has raised my status so high and relieved the burden on my shoulders." With so many, I am really afraid that the ancestors of the Qing royal family will blame me, and I am even more worried that I will not be able to carry these burdens."

The higher the status, the more the front and back palace stared at her.It's not that she's afraid of these gazes and doubts, she just doesn't want the emperor to have conflicts with those who are in the harem because of her.

Especially the empress dowager, at this age, if one day she really gets angry... then it will be her father who will be sad in the end.

(End of this chapter)