The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 11 The Choice

The eunuch in charge turned to face the rest of the show girls, cleared his throat: "Tong Guowei's daughter, Tong Rongyue, is fifteen years old."

Rong Yue knelt down in response, and met the emperor and the empress dowager.

On the high platform, the Empress Dowager looked down and saw Rong Yue with her head down, the velvet flowers on her hair caught her attention.

"The beautiful girls next to me all wear gold and silver hairpins, but you are plain."

"Returning to the Empress Dowager, the courtiers don't like luxury, but feel more at ease. Those precious jewelry are exchanged for silver, which can be exchanged for the food of many poor people. The courtiers are happy."

The empress dowager nodded in satisfaction, looked at the emperor from the corner of her eye, and asked in a low voice: "How does the emperor look?"

The emperor saw that Rong Yue was quite stable, and she was his biological mother's niece, so he inevitably felt a little fond of him, nodded back to the empress dowager's words, and asked Rong Yue about the recent situation of her mother's family.

Rong Yue responded tactfully, which made the emperor more happy, but in her private heart, she was still thinking about other things.

From the corner of her eye, she saw that the floor in front of Guarjia was stained with a pool of blood, and her complexion was pale and frightening. She did not dare to slack off in patting with the jade in her hands, and the sound was still crisp.

Rong Yue bit her lip, suddenly rushed to the high platform and kowtowed, and said in a serious voice: "Your Majesty, I have something to do with you, I hope the Emperor will let you know."

The emperor responded to Rong Yue's words, Rong Yue thanked her, and she opened her mouth to express her feelings to the Guerjia family, bluntly saying that although she had made a mistake, the crime was not limited to this, and she hoped that the emperor would forgive her lightly.

As soon as she uttered these words, Wan Yu's complexion behind her immediately became solemn, seeing the emperor and the empress dowager on the high platform had not spoken for a long time, and Rong Yue squeezed a sweat in her heart.

In the imperial garden, everyone was silent for a long time, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward.

The Guerjia family also took advantage of Rong Yue's intercession to stop beating, and even kowtowed to the emperor to beg for forgiveness.

It was her stop that caused the Empress Dowager to speak first to break the silence: "Girl, your compassion is in the wrong place."

The Empress Dowager's words were obviously displeased, Rong Yue could only kowtow and bury her head lower, not daring to answer.

"Su Ma just heard it clearly outside the garden. Compared with the example of Concubine Dong E, the Guerjia family spoke disrespectful words to your aunt. And your aunt is the emperor's biological mother. Her swearing insults the kindness and the queen mother, the emperor It is kindness to spare her life."

The Empress Dowager was already dissatisfied with the fact that the imperial concubine Dong E had seduced the late emperor, and she even blamed Concubine Dong E for the death of the late emperor, so few people in the palace dared to mention the name of Concubine Dong E.

Just now seeing that the emperor punished the Guerjia family, she could not bear it, but now that the niece of the Empress Dowager Cihe pleaded with the guilty woman, she was outraged.

Seeing that she had offended the Empress Dowager, Rong Yue hurriedly kowtowed and confessed. Seeing that she had been implicated, Rong Yue stepped forward and knelt down and said, "The Empress Dowager calm down, my sister's benevolence was misplaced, it was really unintentional."

"Forget it." The emperor stopped his polite words, tilted his head and smiled apologetically at the empress dowager: "Don't be angry, grandma, this benevolence is always a hundred times stronger than Guerjia's poisonous heart, the sun is so strong, Rong Yue has a thin body, so it's not good to kneel all the time, how about letting her stand aside and wait?"

The empress dowager saw what the emperor was thinking, presumably she had an eye for Rong Yue, so she could smooth things over for her, so she didn't blame her too much, just silently acquiesced.

Seeing this, the eunuch in charge brushed his whip and said solemnly: "Tong Rongyue, leave a sign and give me a sachet."

After these words came out, Rong Yue breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and at the same time blamed herself for not being able to hold her breath, for not listening to Wan Lai's persuasion and almost causing a catastrophe.

She knelt down to thank Shengen, and after receiving the sachet, she was led by the serving eunuch under the shade of a tree. When passing by Wanyu who was still kneeling on the ground, she glanced at her, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled, which can be regarded as an expression of her respect for her. Wan Lai stepped forward to express her gratitude for herself.

The Guerjia family was reprimanded by the eunuch in charge, so they had no choice but to pick up the jade again, and continued to slap their already inhuman face.

Wan Lai looked sideways, seeing her in pain, she was happy in her heart, with a smile between her lips and teeth.

But at this time on the high platform, the emperor asked, "Which beautiful girl did you just speak?"

The eunuch in charge looked through the roster and said: "The daughter of the first-class minister of the auxiliary government, Ye Bilong, Niu Hulu Wanlai, is thirteen years old."

Wan Lai was already kneeling on the ground, so she kowtowed again in response, and said in a serious voice: "My daughter, Niu Hulu Wan Lai, to the emperor and the empress dowager, please be well. Long live the former emperor, and the empress dowager will live in peace. "

The emperor ordered Wan Lai to step forward, resting her chin on her face for a long while.

In terms of appearance, it is somewhat similar to Yide, but there is more tenderness in the eyebrows, without Yide's stubbornness.

The emperor casually asked Wanya some daily matters, Wanya was not afraid of the holy power, when she answered, she raised her head and stared straight at the curtain above the high platform, meeting the emperor's eyes.

The beautiful girl next to her replied, most likely she didn't even dare to lift her head, let alone stretch her neck like her, for fear that she might not see it clearly.

"What are you looking at with a stiff neck?" The emperor said seriously.

Wanyou smiled and replied: "I heard from Ama that the emperor was born handsome, and I wanted to see Long Yan in the palace today, but the curtain is really in the way, and the emperor can't see us clearly through it." These show girls."

Seeing Wanya's beauty, the emperor laughed a few times happily, and ordered the personal eunuch Liang Jiugong to remove the curtain, but Liang Jiugong was reprimanded by the empress dowager just as he was about to leave.

Seeing that the emperor's grandmother was angry, the emperor had no choice but to accept his heart and let it go: "In the future, there will be time to see me. Concubine Yi is lonely in the palace, and she often mentions to me that she misses her family. You stay and be with her." Come with me."

After speaking, the eunuch in charge read out according to the order: "Niu Hulu is gentle, leave a sign, and give a sachet."

After saying that, the serving eunuch gave Wan Lai a sachet, and Wan Lai knelt down to thank Shengen, but the Guerjia family who was at the side suddenly let out a scream, which made everyone focus on her.

Seeing that the jade in her hand was not broken, but a tooth had already been knocked out, her mouth was full of blood and she passed out.

The Empress Dowager bluntly said that she was unlucky, and ordered the accompanying imperial physician to stop the bleeding for her, and then carried Guerjia's family back to Zhuobutai's mansion together with Yu Zhuo.

Wan Lai watched the Empress Dowager acting ruthlessly, and thought to herself that she was indeed a strange woman who had gone through three dynasties, and her actions were indeed ruthless and decisive.

At the end of this wave of drafts, Wanyu and Rongyue were selected at the same time, and they followed the serving eunuch out of the Imperial Garden.

The show girl who was originally selected had to go back to her own mansion first, and wait for the empress to choose a place to enter the palace on an auspicious day.

But the emperor chose only a few beautiful girls to stay in this draft, and the harem was empty, most of the east and west palaces were empty, so those rules were waived, and the selected ones were sent to Jiangxue in the southeast corner of the imperial garden. They live temporarily in Xuannei, and they will move out after their respective palaces are settled.

Along the way, Rong Yue still had lingering fears about the heavy punishment of the Guerjia family. She wanted to talk to Wanyu several times, but she couldn't get to the point.

Seeing her hesitating, Wanyu said softly, "My sister wants to ask me, did I know the identity of Nanny Su early in the morning?"

Seeing that Rong Yue nodded without saying a word, she continued: "Today's draft, the whole palace is full of energy, but the palace lady can freely enter and exit the imperial garden, I feel that she is not waiting."

"Hou Guerjia is so delicate that she ordered me to dust her. As soon as I got close to her body, I could smell the 'Thousand Secret Fragrance' on her body. The 'Thousand Secret Fragrance' was originally a tribute from Mongolia. The Empress Dowager This is the spice that is commonly used in daily life. From this, I deduce that the maid can leave this fragrance on her body after only touching the Guerjia family for a moment. Like. Lagu Su Ma is the only one who can serve the Empress Dowager every day, and who can come and go in and out of the imperial garden at will during the draft."

Rong Yue's face showed shock, and she sighed in her heart that Wan Yu was two years younger than herself, but she was so meticulous in her thoughts, she could guess one or two things just by looking at the details, she was admirable.

"So my younger sister followed her plan and persuaded Mrs. Guerjia to punish Mother Su. Even if she was just an ordinary court lady who was beaten for no reason, gossip in the palace would still spread in the future."

"She is domineering and reckless, but we don't need to lose our minds." Wan Yu smiled, and said lightly in her mouth: "In fact, even if there is no such thing as today, she and Oboi are direct relatives, and the emperor would not keep her name. "

Speaking of this, Wan Yu remembered that the elder sister entered the palace in the past because of the secret loss of Ao Bai's recognition of her as his goddaughter, and she was not favored for a long time.Originally, she was worried that she would also be implicated today, but the few words the emperor said to her just now gave her a reassuring pill.

(End of this chapter)