Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 62

The next day, Zhao Qingze issued several imperial decrees to seal the harem.

Deng Xian went to the East Palace with the imperial decree in hand, and it was supposed to be the time to pay his respects, but, since yesterday, Chen Yuanxiang avoided everyone's greetings on the grounds of feeling unwell.

When Deng Xian carried the imperial decree to Chen Yuanxiang's bedroom, the scars on her forehead were being covered up with bangs, but the bruises were too obvious to be seen at a glance.

"Eunuch Deng!"

When she saw Deng Xianzhi, she was very polite and asked people to quickly serve tea and invite another seat.

"Thank you madam!"

Deng Xian bowed with a neither humble nor overbearing attitude, and said: "May I invite all the young masters of the East Palace to come here together, so that the servants can announce the decree."

"it is good."

Chen Yuanxiang seemed to be very talkative, so he quickly asked the people below to go to various courtyards to invite people.

The courtyards where everyone in the East Palace lived were far and near, and visitors came in twos and threes, at different speeds.After arriving at the East Palace, everyone greeted Chen Yuanxiang absent-mindedly. When they saw the scar on Chen Yuanxiang's forehead, although they were surprised, they all pretended not to see it. On the first body, to be precise, on the several imperial edicts he brought.

The emperor's imperial decree was almost not beyond their expectations but somewhat beyond their expectations.

Deng Xian started from a lowly position. All the concubines were basically from below the third-rank concubine to the fifth-rank beauties. More based on the status and background of these concubines and the relationship with the prince. The length of time.

The emperor seems to be very stingy about his position. According to common sense, these concubines have not been short-lived with the prince. Many of them can be called old people. It is not impossible to give them concubines, but the emperor has stuck them in Being under the concubine position also indicates that in the future, if they are not very lucky to win the favor and favor of the emperor, or make great achievements such as giving birth to the emperor's heirs, they will never be able to climb up to the concubine position again in this life.
There are a few who are not able to bear it in their hearts, and it is difficult to hold a smile on their faces after taking the imperial decree.

Among them, the most surprising one was Yu Baolin, Yu Baolin was actually one of these concubines, and was granted a permanent residence from the fourth rank.

Although everyone thinks that Yu Baolin committed the death by himself, maybe it was because Yu Baolin refused to serve the crown prince, but this has always been in the fourth rank, and it is not even comparable to some concubines who have been appointed as the nobles of the fourth rank. , It's really embarrassing.

"Eunuch Deng, this will, could it be..."

Yu Baolin's face was pale, as if she was about to cry, she stood up, hesitating to ask for confirmation.

"Does Yu Changzai have anything to say?"

Deng Xian had a serious face, as if he was asking Yu Changzai if he had any opinion on this imperial decree.

"No...no!" Yu Changzai forced a smile on his face, but his eyes were somewhat resentful.

The concubines started from He Baolin and went from bottom to top until Li Baolin's noble concubine.

When Li Baolin received the imperial decree, she was also somewhat disappointed in her heart. The position given by the emperor was really too stingy. She originally thought that after the emperor took office this time, her father's position would rise, and she was young and beautiful, so she first followed the emperor. At that time, there was also a bit of honor and favor, and the position of concubine was not out of the question.

Who knows, she only got the position of a noble concubine, but she looked at the other Baolins, and felt relieved, at least she was considered a high position, above her, only Emperor Liang could hold her down.

Even if the emperor chooses a newcomer after the draft, it is impossible for her to become a concubine right away. As long as these positions are vacant for a day, then she still has hope of being able to climb up.

"Ye Liangdi, please accept the order!"

Deng Xian only had three copies of the imperial decree left, and Ye Liangdi sat firmly on Mount Tai, drinking tea leisurely. She had heard a little about what happened in court yesterday, and she only felt that she should be the person with the highest status, and the empress...is not out of the question.

But who would have expected that after Li Guipin, there would be her.

She put down the teacup in a hurry, although she couldn't hide her surprise, but at least there was nothing wrong.

"Following the heavens, the emperor ordered:
I am the only Diansi Gongjiao, leading the nine emperors to inherit and retire.Xie praises Kunyi and assists in response to the four stars.It is only written in the Yi Code, which contains Xi Enlun.Ye Liangdi is Shushenhuiya, virtuous and virtuous, and was conferred the second-rank concubine Li by the Jin Dynasty.This! "

"Concubine Li..." Ye Liangdi was so arrogant that she couldn't stand up just from the second rank Concubine Li.

Yesterday, her father spread the news outside the palace, saying that the Chen family rejected the position of empress, and the emperor seemed to agree. Is she, Ye Shurong, sure to be able to sit on the empress position? What happened?

She held tightly the imperial decree she had received from Deng Xian, and looked at Mu Liangdi firmly. This Mu Liangdi has not yet received the imperial decree as a concubine, could it be that she has a higher status than her.

How could this be, this is just the daughter of a criminal minister.

At this time, Mu Liangdi was also a little uneasy, she never thought that her status would be higher than Ye Liangdi, after all, she still had such a family background.

However, what happened next was completely beyond Mu Liangdi's expectations, and also beyond the expectations of everyone present.

The next imperial decree is for Chen Yuanxiang.

She was conferred the title of concubine of first rank and morality. Although she is a concubine of second rank, she is at the end of the rank of concubine of second rank. Moreover, she is the wife of the emperor's matchmaker. It is unexpected that she will not be the queen. It is the end of the second grade concubine.

And when Chen Yuanxiang received the order, her face was very calm, and she even kowtowed sincerely to thank her.

This is already much better than she thought, the emperor did not kill her, nor cast her into limbo, but gave her a second-rank concubine, at least, she was not suppressed by Ye Liangdi.

As for Mu Liangdi, Chen Yuanxiang's eyes were somewhat complicated, but he never thought that she would be higher than her.

Since Mu Liangdi's family was convicted, Mu Liangdi was the least threatening person in their eyes, and also the most silent person.No favourites, no competition, unexpectedly she won the highest position among all the women present.

When Mu Liangdi received the imperial decree from Deng Xian, she suppressed herself from weeping with joy, her heart was in a mess, she had an illusionary feeling, and with the support of the people behind her, she managed to stand still.

The emperor actually granted her the highest position in the harem, and let her be in charge of the affairs of the harem.

She just felt as if she had been smashed by a pie falling from the sky.

"Concubine Xian, congratulations!"

The newly-promoted Concubine Li spoke to her angrily.

Mu Liangdi still had a bit of panic on her face, but Chen Yuanxiang said with a smile, "I'm afraid I should call you Sister Xianfei from now on!"

"Sister Crown Princess, sister dare not!"

Mu Liangdi didn't know what Chen Yuanxiang meant, so she waved her hands modestly.

"This is as it should be, your status is now the highest."

The smile on Chen Yuanxiang's face looked very peaceful, no matter how Mu Liangdi looked at it, she couldn't see that the other party was not against him.

"The servant is here to congratulate all the masters and ladies, the servant has to go to other places to announce the decree, so I will leave first!"

Deng Xian bowed down and made an album, and seemed to be leaving.

"Eunuch Deng, please wait a moment."

Chen Yuanxiang stopped him suddenly, and ordered Liu Gong who was standing beside him to stuff a purse into him.

"Thank you, Empress Defei!"

Deng Xian did not refuse, and accepted the purse.

"Eunuch Deng, are you going to announce the imperial edict of the imperial concubine and His Royal Highness?"

Chen Yuanxiang asked with a smile.

Deng Xian nodded, but heard Chen Yuanxiang ask with a smile: "Tomorrow, will Sister Xianfei take us to the imperial concubine's place to pay her respects?"

"This, the slaves don't know? The emperor just told the slaves to inform the mistresses to arrange the moving palace as soon as possible. In addition, because the national treasury is tight now, it is possible to save as much as possible, so the conferring ceremony will be simplified. I hope all the mistresses can forgive me." !"

"this is necessary!"

When everyone heard the words, they quickly bowed and said that they dare not let the emperor spend money for them.

Deng Xian left, and the people who were supposed to be in the hall suddenly swarmed away like a swarm of bees. They all looked at Chen Yuanxiang strangely and asked, "Sister De Concubine, who is the imperial concubine you are talking about, and the crown prince?" What's going on again?"

It's not that they really didn't know about it, but that they kept it a secret. Even the courtiers only found out about it yesterday. Now that the harem is under the single-handed control of the emperor, it's even more difficult to pass on the news.

"This future imperial concubine, everyone should know her. It is the concubine Chen who once went out from the East Palace to serve the sick, Li Baolin... no, it is Li Guifei, you should remember! She lived in your Xiangzhiyuan at that time But yesterday in the court, she was conferred the title of imperial concubine due to her meritorious services in serving the sick and giving birth. And the first prince she gave birth to will soon become the prince of the Eastern Palace!"

Chen Yuanxiang was satisfied to see everyone stunned, and couldn't help feeling relieved. Although she couldn't let it go, she didn't dare to think about it now, but she shouldn't bear this feeling alone!
I'm afraid you won't feel well if a woman who comes from a lowly court lady's background is on top of you!

"It turned out to be her, but Chen... the imperial concubine sister has worked hard and deserved it! She deserves it!"

Li Guipin forced a smile on his stiff face, and said so.

Chen Yuanxiang just turned his gaze to Concubine Xian who also had a stiff face, and asked, "Sister Xianfei, although the emperor didn't tell us to pay respects to Sister Guifei, we can't be rude, right?"

Concubine Xian blinked her eyes, and said with an almost audible sense of disappointment in her tone, "This is what it should be."

She also knew that the current position of concubine was lucky, but she still couldn't help feeling a little lost in her heart.She really thought that she was the highest position in the harem... Now, she felt a little bit aggrieved to be overwhelmed by a woman who was born as a palace maid.

Of course, she also knew that if they were really arranged according to their family background, she would probably be at the end as well. She was just the daughter of a guilty minister...

But, why is she so upset in her heart!
After Concubine Li walked out of the Crown Princess' bedroom, the expression on her face could no longer be controlled!
She asked softly to the maid next to her: "What happened in court yesterday? Is my father hiding something from me? You go and find out, and tell me everything exactly, without leaving a single word behind." Inquire back!"

Concubine Li was angry and only pulled the handkerchief in her hand. According to what her father said yesterday, her position as queen is almost secure, but now, she only got a second-rank Concubine Li. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her father was holding her back.

What happened in the court yesterday was not a secret. Concubine Li had been in the palace for many years, and she had connections left by her grandmother, Princess Changle. Everything was found out.

"He was the only one who knelt down and agreed..."

Li Fei heard the whole thing with an incredulous expression on her face.

"What an idiot!" Concubine Li took a deep breath and resisted the urge to throw something. If she behaved strangely at this time, it might be spread that she was dissatisfied with the emperor's will and that she was dissatisfied with Concubine Li. Dissatisfied with status.

She could only forcefully pull the handkerchief in her hand.

"Why can't he not hold me back, just a little bit, just a little bit, I might be the queen!" Li Fei felt that her liver was starting to hurt from anger.

"Everyone knew that they shouldn't stand up and speak out at that time, but he just knelt down, in case the emperor didn't find out that his daughter coveted the empress position."

"How can I have such a father!"

Concubine Li clutched her chest and kept walking back and forth in the room, "The emperor must think that I am restless and coveting the position of empress, so he gave me a warning from Concubine Li!"

She was not surprised that Chen Yuanxiang would be a concubine. After all, Chen Yuanxiang made such a big mistake, and Ruyi became a noble concubine. Although she was jealous, she thought that Ruyi gave birth to the emperor's first son after serving the emperor. She didn't think about it anymore, she thought that the daughter of a criminal minister like Mu Liangdi is now a virtuous concubine!If it wasn't for her father's impertinence, why would she stay in the position of Concubine Li aggrievedly? At least she should be a noble concubine, an imperial concubine, or even a queen...

"Nurse, tell me, if I had accompanied Your Majesty down the East Alley, I would have been the one to serve the sick at the East Alley. How wonderful it would be!"

Chen Yuanxiang sat in front of the dressing table, feeling unbearable regret in his heart.

"Your Majesty, don't think about it!"

Liu Gongren walked up to Chen Yuanxiang and sighed. In fact, this thing has already happened, no matter how you think about it, it's like this. Moreover, under the circumstances at that time, who would want to go!
Who would have thought that the prince at that time would be able to become the emperor under such circumstances.At that time, the prince's confinement had another epidemic, who would go!

Just like He Baolin and Mu Liangdi back then, no matter who deliberately made things bad and fell down the stairs, in the end, these two people were not willing to go.

"It shouldn't have been this Chen family in the first place. If it wasn't for Yu Baolin's stupidity, why would he send Chen family in, and why would she have such a glorious life now. Concubine Zhao... the birth mother of the crown prince, from a court lady to her current position, really It's unprecedented!"

Chen Yuanxiang smiled wryly, and looked at himself in the mirror: "And the Crown Princess didn't become the Empress, and only won the title of Concubine Yide, which is probably very few!"

"My lady..."

Liu Gongren shook his head, wanting to persuade.

But Chen Yuanxiang laughed: "Nurse, you don't need to persuade me, I'm just complaining, I'm afraid I'm not the only one who complains now!"

Ruyi took over the two imperial edicts. Aman was too young, and she, the mother, took over the imperial edict of his crown prince.

Deng Xian congratulated with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Concubine Zhao, you are now the concubine with the highest status in the harem!"

"Thank you, Eunuch Deng."

Ruyi was really pleasantly surprised. The emperor kept it a secret. She never thought that she would be named a noble concubine, and she would have a title of "Zhao". In the position of imperial concubine, she is the only one.

Shao Yao was already overjoyed, even more happy than Yi, she wept with joy on her face, and brought all the maids and eunuchs in the back hall of Chaoyang Palace to kneel down: "Meet Zhao Guifei!"

"Get up!"

Ruyi blinked her eyes, shouted, and made people reward everyone in Chaoyang Palace.

When Shao Yao stood up, she had already begun to wipe away her tears, she choked up and said, "Mother, this servant will know that following you, this servant will not regret it."

Shao Yao's words also reminded Ruyi of the time when she left the East Palace.

She walked up to Shao Yao, patted her hand, and said, "Shao Yao, I haven't said thank you to you for so long!"

"This is what slaves should do!"

Shao Yao wiped her face with the back of her hand, trying her best not to shed any more tears.

Ruyi just smiled and patted the back of her hand.

(End of this chapter)