The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 210 Dilemma ([-])

In the spring night of the Forbidden City, there is a touch of deep blue black, and the sky is full of bright stars, embellishing the silent night of the palace.

When the night was fading, the Empress Dowager entered the soup and sat on the warm seat, holding a greeting book handed over by Luofu Ama Kabula in her hand, the smile in the corner of her eyes became more and more obvious, like the stars in the sky.

Aunt Su Ma added some tea for the Empress Dowager, and said with a smile from the side: "The Empress Dowager has read Kabula's invitation to the Empress Dowager several times, and I dare to ask, what exactly did he write that can make the Empress Dowager Empress Dowager, are you so happy beyond words?"

The empress dowager put the zhezi down, and said leisurely: "What else can he do for it? It's just for his unworthy daughter. The zhezi is obviously to greet the Ai family, but in fact it is begging the Ai family to treat Luo I often take care of him more often. Aijia thought, he is also over half a hundred years old, why is his mind so stupid like a pig." She sighed slightly, shook her head and said: "Sony left those sons, so he simply Ertu was of some help in the previous court, but others don't know where they are thinking about it every day."

Aunt Su Ma smiled indifferently and continued: "The empress dowager can just leave him alone, the left and right are the emperors who are too fresh and can't look down on her domineering appearance, can't hold back their temper, no matter how good the family background is, it is useless. No better than Wanbi."

The Empress Dowager took a look at her, and Lagu Su Ma immediately stopped talking.She held up the teacup and slowly took a sip, then pursed the corners of her lips: "Is it our Mongolian Su Taiqi?"

Aunt Su Ma nodded respectfully and said: "In the end, it was always intentional that he personally made this Sutai eggplant and gave it to the Empress Dowager. I also know that you don't like sweets by nature, so I blended the milk fragrance and added it according to your taste. Lots of brick tea."

The corner of the Empress Dowager's lips raised a gentle arc: "She will please the Ai family. If she can use this thought on the emperor, the Ai family will be even more happy. Now that the girl from the Hesheli family has weakened, it is time It's time to push Qimuge a few steps forward." She looked at the bright candlelight and asked softly, "It's taken me so long to invite her, why hasn't she come?"

"Concubine Yi is currently taking pictures of the Six Palaces. Everything is complicated, so it may be a delay."

The Empress Dowager snorted lightly and said calmly: "If you have the strength, you can abdicate earlier and give way to the virtuous. In the past, Shuyu didn't work much harder than her when she was here? But even so, she has never been late to accept the call of Aijia. Now she."

The empress dowager spoke in a normal manner, and there was a thin eunuch's voice from outside the palace: "Concubine Yi is here~"

Concubine Yi walked in hurriedly, seeing the Empress Dowager, she quickly knelt down to pay her respects and said, "My concubine greets the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager summons my concubine to come late, and asks the Empress Dowager to punish her."

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows and sneered: "Now that you have taken the limelight for taking pictures of the Six Palaces, how can the Ai family dare to punish you?"

After hearing what the Empress Dowager said, Concubine Yi bowed down more and more deeply, without a word of rebuttal.

After a while, the Empress Dowager took a look at her and ordered her to flatten her body: "The Ai family wants to ask you, can you sit comfortably in this 'deputy empress' seat?"

Concubine Yi showed embarrassment, and shook her head in embarrassment: "The concubine is only temporarily acting as the empress, and has never been greedy for the empress position, let alone the word 'deputy empress'."

"You used to be unintentionally greedy because you didn't think about it. Now that the Zhonggong passed away and your position is vacant, why do you think that the Ai family looks like a mirror." The Empress Dowager sighed wryly: "The Ai family is also from the concubine's family. You have earned your status. This old road has gone dark, and most of the people on the road have the same temperament. Ai Jia knows that you have always been very high-minded, and you are unwilling to be a concubine. That is why you are alienated from the emperor. Now you have this reason How can you not be tempted by the opportunity of being the first wife of the palace?"

Seeing that Concubine Yi was eager to explain, she raised her hand to interrupt her and said to herself: "Your mother's family was in decline that day. If there hadn't been a lot of support from the Ai family, how could the Niuhulu family be as decent as they are today? Ai family I do all this just to let you know that you are the emperor's concubine, the granddaughter-in-law of the Ai family, and the Ai family protects you as the elder protects the younger generation, but you should also understand the elder's mind, right?"

"The Niu Hulu family is grateful for the blessing of the Empress Dowager. For ten years in the palace, the concubines have always treated the Empress Dowager with filial piety. There are few mistakes. The empress dowager please point out that the ministers and concubines have listened to the instruction and earnestly changed it."

The empress dowager's smile gradually dimmed: "Are you honoring the Ai family?"

With this stern question, her complexion turned frosty and she snorted coldly, then raised her eyebrows to Lagu Su Ma.

Aunt Su Ma took out a booklet of the respect room under the Buddhist scriptures from the case and presented it to Concubine Yi. Concubine Yi frowned, biting her vermilion lips lightly and daring not to take it.

The Empress Dowager flicked her armor and murmured slightly: "Aijia turned over the records of the respect room, and since he often entered the palace, he has never served the emperor's side. After some persuasion, I confessed that you privately reported that she was often sick and not suitable for bedtime, so that the respect room hung up her green card."

The Empress Dowager paused for a while, then squinted her eyes slightly and stared at Concubine Yi with a star like a sharp sword: "You know that she is often the person who is arranged by the Ai family to enter the palace, and doing this in private is considered your fault." Filial piety in your mouth? In the past, when Empress Renxiao was here, even if she was afraid of Concubine Hui, she would not embarrass her because of Aijia's face. What about you?"

The sneer on her lips turned into a touch of disdain, and she said something leisurely: "If you have not ascended the throne of emperor, you must first set up a murder knife."

Concubine Yi suddenly knelt down, slightly raised her head and raised the corners of her slender eyes, and said softly: "What the empress dowager reprimanded is that the concubine has no way to refute it."

"The Ai family didn't intend to listen to your arguments. I called you here today to tell you something. Manchu and Mongolian marriages are an old custom in the Qing Dynasty. If you deliberately target the Mongolian concubines, you will target the Ai family and Ren Xian Queen Mother. Do you understand?"

Concubine Yi said yes, and after listening to the empress dowager's admonition, she resigned.

After people walked away, Aunt Su Ma helped the Empress Dowager to the dressing table and began to take off her clothes to wash her.

Most of the empress dowager's hair has faded to gray, and she was hidden under the black hair by Lagu Su Ma's skillful hands so that it would not be too conspicuous.

Now that the bun is loose, and the silver and black hair is pouring down, the Empress Dowager looked at herself in the mirror, shook her head with a wry smile, and sighed: "Is the Ai family so old now? Remember the Ten Years of Destiny, When the Ai family first married Emperor Taizong, he always boasted that the Ai family's black hair was black and smooth, just like the Milky Way falling into the nine heavens. Now this Milky Way has really become a 'Galaxy'."

Aunt Su Ma smiled consolingly and said: "The Empress Dowager is a blessed person. The slaves and servants see that the older they get, the more they look like Bodhisattvas."

(End of this chapter)