Resourceful beauty

Chapter 291 Check and Balance
"The fourth concubine is already full, so how easy is it to vacate a seat?"

After leaving the imperial garden, Chu Yuan looked at Fang Ruxuan, a little puzzled.

Fang Ruxuan smiled cunningly, "You can draw inferences about court affairs, and you can't think of such a trivial matter as the position in the harem/palace?"

Chu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and the next moment, he pulled the corner of his mouth in pain.

Fang Ruxuan pursed her lips and smiled, stopped and pulled out a strand of Chu Yuan's hair from Brother Ming's hand, and conveniently stuffed the peach wood bracelet on her wrist into Brother Ming's hand.

The little guy was happy playing alone, Fang Ruxuan said softly: "Nowadays, the queen in the palace is alone, even with you, the mother concubine is still just a concubine Shu, but many years ago, the concubine mother was already a concubine Shu, could it be , can’t you move now?”

Chu Yuan came to his senses after a while, as if he felt that he was really a muscle just now. After a while, he smiled and asked Fang Ruxuan, "Before Concubine Fang Gui, my father always loved Concubine Jing and Xiao Qi. Don't you be afraid, what you said just now, you made a wedding dress for someone else?"

Fang Ruxuan shook her head confidently, "No matter how favored Concubine Jing is, she is no better now than before, and King Rui, even less so. Father and King have already delegated power to you to supervise the country. Concubine or other people's status, but mother and concubine do not care, then, when the time comes, people will think about it. Therefore, if the father and the king really want to make room for the concubine Fang, then, It must be the mother and concubine going up, no one else."

The two chatted idlely, and went all the way back to the East Palace.

From the second day, the topic about Concubine Fang's promotion to the imperial concubine came to an abrupt end, as if the excitement of the previous few days was just a farce.

However, on the sixth day of June, two decrees were sent out from Fengming Palace one after another.

First of all, Concubine Han Shu has both virtue and appearance. She has been with the king for many years and is now a noble concubine.Then, Concubine Fang Gui is hereby named Concubine Fang.

For a while, everyone was in an uproar.

In the history of Yao Kingdom, there is no noble concubine. After the super queen, she is the fourth concubine of the first rank. Now this noble concubine, how do you say it?
If you refer to other countries, then the imperial concubine is also a super class, which is equivalent to being a deputy queen.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs was busy preparing for the canonization ceremony of Concubine Han and Concubine Fang, but the conjectures of the various palaces were in full swing. In contrast, the promotion of Concubine Fang to Concubine Fang was not as sensational as before.

At noon on June [-]th, Queen Zhou, who was dressed in red palace attire, brought a group of concubines to Fengxian Hall. After finishing the speech of offering sacrifices to the ancestors, it happened to be an auspicious time. The palace money came out.

Concubine Han's appearance was already noble and gorgeous, but now she is wearing a water-red palace dress inlaid with gold rims, and the luxurious red gold jewelry on her head, making her look more and more independent, even the Queen of Zhou standing in front of her is faintly suppressed .

After receiving the golden book and the golden seal from Queen Zhou, Concubine Han slightly bowed her knees and saluted, and the canonization ceremony was considered over.

Seeing all the concubines and concubines in the palace knelt down and kowtowed, and Queen Zhou, who usually stood beside Concubine Han as a supporting role, was filled with bitterness.

The imperial concubine is equal to the deputy empress, and also has the right to handle the affairs of the six palaces, but Han Guifei has the prince Chu Yuan under her knees. In the future, this harem will no longer be dominated by her alone.

Concubine Fang's canonization ceremony for conferring the gold seal and gold booklet was proceeding in an orderly manner, but Queen Zhou's thoughts flew to nowhere.

Seeing Concubine Fang's happy appearance, Queen Zhou felt dark: I knew that I should have accepted King Yao that day. Now, concubine Fanggui has become Concubine Fang as she wished, and there is an extra Concubine Han Gui to compete with her. I was angry for a while, but at this moment, I lifted a rock and shot myself in the foot.

There were mixed feelings in her heart, and after she finished congratulating Concubine Fang, Queen Zhou felt exhausted.

Forced to end the ceremony, Queen Zhou waved away the crowd and returned to Fengming Palace with her back straight.

For several days in a row, the lights in Changle Palace were brightly lit, and there was an endless stream of concubines and wives who went to worship. Fengming Palace, not far away, was even more quiet.

"After the busy days in the womb are over, I will take you and my son out of the palace to play for a day. I will give you a make-up birthday at that time, okay?"

Chu Yuan hugged Fang Ruxuan's shoulder and said softly.

June [-]th was the canonization ceremony of Concubine Han Gui and Concubine Fang, and it was also Fang Ruxuan's birthday. The date coincided so that everything was kept simple for Fang Ruxuan's birthday, except for a small celebration in the Hall of Xuanyi on that day.

Although he also prepared a congratulatory gift, Chu Yuan still felt wronged by Fang Ruxuan.

Fang Ruxuan smiled indifferently and said, "It's not interesting to celebrate your birthday every year. After all, we will always be together. A harmonious family is better than anything else."

Instead, Fang Ruxuan raised her eyebrows and looked at Chu Yuan, "You are so busy, how can you spare time to accompany us out of the palace to play now? Stop lying to me."

Chu Yuan pinched Fang Ruxuan's chin frivolously, "Just wait and see."

I don't know if Chu Yuan has already heard the news, or he has seen some clues. Sure enough, on this day, Fengming Palace paid his respects, and heard Queen Zhou announce that King Yao planned to go to the palace to escape the summer heat.

When the weather is good and there is nothing important in the country, it is common for the king to take his courtiers and concubines to the Xinggong Bieyuan to escape the summer heat in midsummer, and the last time King Yao went to the Xinggong was several years ago. Last year, because of the drought in Tongzhou and several counties in the south, the entire imperial court was busy and turned on their backs.

Now, peace is everywhere, and the prince supervises the country. It is normal for King Yao to have such thoughts. Therefore, when the matter was circulated in the early court, no one in the court raised any objections.

You don't have to go to court, you can rest for a month or two, and the courtiers are naturally happy.

The concubines are even happier. They have been bored in the palace for more than ten years and decades. They can't even remember whether the sky outside the palace is still as blue as before entering the palace. Now, they can go to the palace , can be regarded as a change of mood.

Therefore, when Queen Zhou spoke, everyone in the hall looked over expectantly.

After all, not everyone can follow.

Chu Yuan wants to supervise the country, Fang Ruxuan will never leave him alone in this lonely deep palace, so Fang Ruxuan has no expectation of going to the palace to escape the summer heat, instead, after most of the people in the palace have left, She and Chu Yuan yearn for the leisurely life.

When Fang Ruxuan came back to her senses, she saw the expressions of the people in the hall mixed with happiness and worry.

Queen Zhou and Concubine Han wanted to leave one person to sit in the harem/palace. Queen Zhou didn't even ask Concubine Han what she meant, so she left her behind. Concubine Han smiled, as if nothing was necessary.

Concubine Liu Ning, Concubine Lu Ru, and Concubine Jing are all old people who are proud of King Yao, so naturally they all want to go with her. Concubine Fang is pregnant and can't bear the long journey, so she can't go, but looking up, Fang There was no look of displeasure on the concubine's face. Thinking about it, being pregnant and promoted to fourth concubine already satisfied her heart.

Among the other concubines, the Queen of Zhou chose a few, all of whom were newcomers who attended the bed a little more times on weekdays, were young and had an extraordinary appearance, and most of them were usually obedient to the Queen of Zhou.

"In the days when I am not in the palace, Concubine Han will take care of all the chores in the harem. Concubine Fang is pregnant, so I have to trouble Concubine Han to take care of her."

Queen Zhou looked at Concubine Han with a smile on her face and exhorted.

"This is what this palace should do, the queen is too worried."

Concubine Han replied without being soft or hard, and turned her head to those concubines who couldn't go to the palace and said: "After the king and the queen go to the palace, you can go to Changle Palace every three days to pay your respects."

Everyone stood up and responded lightly.

By the time the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared everything, it was already the end of June.

Fang Ruxuan felt happy when she thought that in the next two months, she would not need to get up early every day to go to Fengming Palace to pay her respects, nor would she have to deal with the human relations between various palaces and palaces and those aristocratic families outside the palace.

In the early morning of June 28, Chu Yuan and Fang Ruxuan got up just after Mao.

After sending the motorcade of King Yao and his party outside the gate of the palace, King Yao encouraged Chu Yuan in front of all the remaining courtiers, and then turned around and set foot on Luanjia.

Seeing the mighty convoy drifting away, Chu Yuan glanced back at Fang Ruxuan, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The remaining courtiers are all old and frail and unwilling to travel long distances, or they are the deputies of various ministries. In addition, Haiyan Qingping from all over the country this year, the morning court that lasted for noon in the past, now ends in just one hour. The evening discussion in the Imperial Study Room was directly cancelled.

After the morning court, Chu Yuan returned to the imperial study to approve the memorial, and then rushed back to the East Palace, exactly at noon.

The family had lunch, and the whole afternoon was free.

After some discussion, Chu Yuan took Fang Ruxuan and Brother Ming out of the palace in the afternoon of the second day of July.

Still the same as last time, I went to Prince Ping's Mansion first.

King Yong, King Xuan and King Rui all took their concubines, children and concubines to the palace. Wu Xiuyan was pregnant, so King Ping stayed with her in Shangyang City.

After entering the gate of the palace, King Ping greeted Chu Yuan, and the two brothers went to the study room affectionately. Wu Xiuyan took Fang Ruxuan to Chunxi residence with her belly full.

Wu Xiuyan's stomach is already very big, and now she has to be supported by two servant girls, one from the left and the other from the right, but when she walks through the second gate and enters the main room of Chunxi Residence, her head is already densely covered with sweat .

"There is still more than a month to give birth, right?"

Fang Ruxuan asked with a smile.

Wu Xiuyan nodded, "If you catch it well, it might be around the Mid-Autumn Festival."

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, King Yao and the others were still in the palace, Fang Ruxuan paused in her heart, pretending to be ignorant and pleasantly surprised: "That's really good. I'll be fine by then, so I'll come and accompany you to give birth."

Wu Xiuyan waved her hand with a smile, "Why is the princess so polite to me? If you really come, when those people come back, maybe what will be said. When I give birth, I will give you the good news. Or you can come again when the full moon is full. After all, my father and mother are both in the capital, so it doesn't matter."

Seeing that she was clear and didn't care at all, Fang Ruxuan felt relieved and talked for a while, and the family of three left Prince Ping's mansion after Chu Yuan finished talking about the matter.

(End of this chapter)