The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 143 No choice

Outside the window is the warm sunny day with grass growing and warblers flying, and inside the palace is a loving couple.

Such quiet years, the tail that is greedy for time always passes away a little slower.

Later, Liang Jiugong went in and urged him twice, only saying that Zhenghou, an important minister of the former court, wanted to discuss matters with the emperor in Qianqing Palace.

The emperor just got up and got up reluctantly, but before taking a few steps, he turned around and sat down on the warm seat.

"I have something to discuss with you."

The emperor's eyes were fixed, the joke faded away, and he said in a deep voice: "These days the empress dowager and the empress dowager are busy arranging for this summer's draft, but last year Concubine Hui and Chengrui both passed away, and the previous court affairs just subsided. I really don't want to be distracted from dealing with newcomers at this juncture."

"Your Majesty means that you don't want to draft another girl for promotion this year?"

The emperor nodded and remained silent for a moment, Wanyan said again: "But this matter has to be discussed with the empress dowagers and empresses of the two palaces. A few days ago, the concubines went to the Yikun Palace to greet the eldest sister, and learned that most of the beautiful women who chose have already passed away. It's decided, even the edict of being selected is about to be prepared and passed on to the residences of all the adults."

"I've also seen the list of beautiful girls, and it's because of the people listed on it that I don't want to choose any more." The emperor tapped the colorful cloud table brocade on the table with his knuckles and said angrily: "I see what they are thinking. The most obvious thing is that the show girls sent here are either relatives of the Empress Dowager, or relatives of the empress mother's family, does this mean that they will line up in the harem?"

Wanyu hesitated slightly: "The emperor is overthinking. Now the emperor's harem is thin. Even if you want to choose, you have to choose some caring and sensible ones, right? If you don't have the queen mother and empress to choose this for you, so many beautiful women, Don't you want to be blinded by picks?"

"You are used to smoothing things over for others, let me ask you, do you want me to recruit new people in your heart?"

Wanyu bowed her head in silence, shook her head shyly and said 'uh', the emperor immediately laughed and said, "I know, how can a woman be willing to share the same husband with others?" His gaze fell on Wanyu's shy face like water and tenderness On the bed, after a while, he stroked the hair scattered on her forehead, and said softly: "I can't give you the only love like an ordinary commoner, but when you are by my side for a day, I will take the love from the bottom of my heart. The most tender corner will leave you with the most points."

After that day, the emperor did Xiao Yu's sixth palace and canceled this year's concubine election, but this move seemed to be unrestrained, but in fact it contained a turbulent undercurrent.

Due to the rules of the ancestors, women from the Eight Banners who have reached the age of thirteen but less than sixteen are required to enter the palace for draft. Many of them, like Niu Hulu's family, rely on their daughters to enter the palace to lay the foundation for themselves in the previous dynasty of.

But the emperor's suspension of the election means that it will be three years later to choose a concubine, but I don't know how many beautiful women have survived the age of sixteen, learning court etiquette and the way of being a wife in vain.

In fact, this matter was in the harem, and Empress Dowager Yu Renxian did not have much influence.

Both she and the empress dowager were born in Mongolia, and originally wanted to keep the post in their own hands.However, due to political reasons, the power of the Hesheli family was of great benefit to the previous dynasty, so Borzigit Ru Naren could only miss the post.

Now that the government is stable, it is nonsense to want the emperor to abolish the empress, but it is always inappropriate to have no place for Mongolian concubines if there are Manchu and Han concubines in the harem.

In this draft, after discussing with the Empress Dowager, she decided to keep more Mongolian women, but even if the Emperor does not choose this year, it will only set back the time by three years, and the impact will not be great.

But for the queen, this matter must be a headache.

She was already weak in the harem, but now Concubine Yi has the power to assist the six palaces, and together with Wan Lai to win people's hearts, most of the harem will be named Niu Hulu along with her. How does she feel about this situation? Can you not worry?

Once this person is blinded by interests, it is very easy to lose sight of the path under his feet.

In the roster of beautiful girls she handed over, eight out of ten were princes and nobles who had inextricable connections with the Hesheli family.

In fact, what she originally did was not so conspicuous, but Concubine Yi deliberately added a lot to it in order to make the emperor suspicious.

Now that there is no more talent show in the palace, her wishful thinking has come to nothing, and knowing that the emperor came out of the Changchun Palace to draw up the decree, she believes that it was Wanyu who persuaded the emperor to do so, and she feels even more frustrated with her.

On this day, the queen went back to the palace early after her elder brother visited Chenghu. Qingyue newly folded some early-blooming winter jasmine flowers and put them on the table as an offering, and sprinkled a finger of clear water on them, making them look even more crystal clear. .

The queen took a cup of 'Qiyun melon slices' to drink, swayed half of her body and leaned on the seat and sighed: "Chenghu has started to babble now, I am very happy to see it."

"That's not true." Qingyue agreed, and brought a pine branch cushion for the queen to put on her back: "It's the middle of February today, and it will be the emperor's Longevity Day in a few days. Well, the empress might as well beg the emperor to bring Chenghu back to his own palace to raise him, let's rest assured, right?"

The queen snorted coldly, and took off the armor on her finger with a dignified manner: "Look at what you said, how can I be afraid that others will plot against me and the emperor's son?"

Qingyue lowered her brows and eyes, Nono should be, but at this moment Yunshan lifted the curtain and entered, bowing to the queen.

The queen caressed the emerald flying gold and green phoenix hairpin on the hairpin, and the fringe beads on it collided with pearls and jade, making a crisp sound, which echoed in the spacious hall.She didn't look at Yunshan, but said to Qingyue from her own eyes: "It's strange to say that the emperor always has to go to the concubine Xian and the nobleman recently, and he neglects the concubine Wan."

"My servant heard that it was the concubine Wan who persuaded the emperor to visit those frustrated concubines more often."

"She is used to being a human being." The queen was obviously angry, and then she glanced at Yunshan slowly, and said with deep meaning: "The emperor often enters the Changchun Palace, and you hang around in front of him every day, but have you ever changed the emperor's sideways glance?" ? It’s nothing compared to Concubine Wan who can coax the emperor to go to someone else with a few words, it’s useless after all.”

Yunshan choked for a moment, but it was not easy to contradict the queen, so she could only respond in a deep voice: "What the empress taught me is that concubines are useless."

The queen rolled her eyes at her in extreme annoyance, annoyed her and got up.

Being taken care of by the Empress, Yun Shan has always been diligent in serving her, so Fang stood up, and went to the Empress's side to rub her shoulders and legs: "Don't worry, Concubine Wan, she won't be able to be proud for long."

The queen squinted at Yunshan: "If you want to do something well, you need to do it quickly, but don't learn from Concubine Hui's mistakes, you will always leave sore feet and kill yourself."

Outside the hall, Kang Fushou entered in a panic. When he saw the queen, he knelt down and bowed his head, faltering in his mouth: "Empress, honorable lady. She is happy!"

The queen was furious, she got up from the desk, and even pushed the Yunshan who was serving beside her to the ground: "I thought she would have no hope after going to Chengrui! Now if I have a son again, don't I want to go back to the old beggars?" Does it look disgusting?"

(End of this chapter)