The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 63

On this day, the concubines gathered in the Kunning Palace to pay their respects. The empress smiled like spring water, and said to everyone: "It seems that the new year is about to come, and this year is also the first time that the new sisters in the palace are in the palace. For the New Year's Eve, this palace has already ordered people to prepare, thinking that on New Year's Eve, the palace will be full of excitement with the emperor."

"Isn't it?" Rong Gui took a sip of the freshly brewed tea and said with a smile: "Last year's New Year's Eve was a snowy night, and it was accompanied by a strong wind that wanted to urge people away. It was very disappointing. People often say that auspicious snow heralds a good year. The minister and concubine saw that these words were biased. I don't know what kind of evil has hurt this year. There is a severe drought in the north and a seasonal epidemic in the south. The palace is full of bad luck one after another. I just hope that this year will pass. Let everything go well." Then he turned his head and glanced at An Guiren, and raised his voice: "An Guiren, what do you think?"

An Guiren ignored Rong Guiren's words, instead she gave her a disgusted look and turned her head away.

Rong Guiren covered his mouth with a smile, and continued: "If you want to say that the top is unlucky, don't you have to count you? Hey, poor little brother, who only lived in your belly for six months. Even this The bustling world didn’t even have time to take a look.”

Angui's face showed anger, and he naturally had nothing good to say: "Ronggui, let's take good care of elder brother, so you don't have to be poisoned to death again, let's see how crazy you are."

"You..." Mr. Rong still wanted to distinguish, but the queen scolded him angrily: "Okay, the emperor's heir is the one you can swear and talk about as you please? If the emperor listens to this, it's not like he's about to move." Outraged? You are all old people in the palace, don’t you have any sense of restraint?”

Ronggui and Angui confessed their mistake to the queen in unison. During the period, Ronggui glanced at Nala and agreed. Seeing her gorgeous appearance in red and green today, she smiled again: "Oh, Nala promised that now this is What's the matter? You dressed yourself like a parrot? The emperor has only summoned you twice, and you are so overjoyed that you wish you could hang the word "Happy" on your chest?" She paused for a moment, her tone became more and more ambiguous : "It's really unforgettable."

Everyone felt embarrassed when they heard her words, and Nala promised to blushed even more and lowered her head in embarrassment.

Concubine Yi slowly peeled a thin-skinned yellow orange, her eyes only focused on the orange flesh, and she said indifferently: "Master Rong, I look at you like a parrot, making noise day and night, aren't you tired?" Since you can’t forget it, why not record Nala’s promise of today’s outfit on your mother’s family tree, so that you can be safe.”

Concubine Yi's funny remark made others laugh, and Mrs. Rong was about to tell her, but the nun who lived outside the door rushed in with a panicked expression.

Seeing that it was Nanny Zhang who took care of Chengrui on weekdays, Rong Guiren's heart tightened, and he frowned and asked: "Why is Nanny Zhang coming to the Queen's Palace at this time?"

Madam Zhang is also considerate of her etiquette. Although she looked anxious, she did not forget to greet the queen first, and then she replied: "Empress empress, young master Rong, elder brother has a high fever in the morning. The remaining poisonous gas came out again, and the servant rushed over after hearing the news, please go and have a look as soon as possible."

"Didn't you say that everything is safe? How could it be a good time to get poisoned again?" Rong Gui got up anxiously, and said to the queen with a shallow blessing: "Empress, my concubine is going to visit Chengrui, so I will take my leave first."

The anger in the hall suddenly became tense, and the queen also raised her hand and told her not to worry, and hurried to elder brother's place with the nanny.

Rong Gui walked past Rong Yue when he was going out, turned his head and gave her a stern look, and said in a deep voice: "Chengrui is fine, if there is something wrong with him, I will definitely not let it go with you, a poisonous woman!"

Rong Yue just smiled and ignored her.It wasn't until Mr. Rong stepped out of the gate of Yikun Palace that Mr. An slowly sarcastically said: "I don't know who is unlucky."

The queen didn't take it seriously at all, and didn't say much about Mrs. An's slip of the tongue. After a moment of pause, she said: "We're all gone today. If you want to have time, you often go to Elder Brother's place to see Elder Brother. This is the only one in the palace. Brother, it is the most precious treasure in the emperor's heart, and all the sisters are one with the emperor, so you should take care of it more."

All the concubines got up and saluted the queen, and then dispersed.

Before leaving the palace, the queen glanced at Concubine Hui, raised her eyebrows and winked at her, and sat alone in the Kunning Palace for half a stick of incense, only to see Qingyue bring Concubine Hui in again.

The queen raised her eyebrows slightly, and ordered Qingyue to retreat to the left and right, leaving Concubine Hui to be alone with her. After all the people in Kunning Palace had dispersed, she slowly said: "Wanna promise is only grounded now, the emperor may not completely believe what you said. The bureau, and the palace people came to report, the imperial guards secretly checked the wishful knot that fell into the water at the same time as the animal that day, thinking that the emperor would not send someone to investigate thoroughly, but secretly wanted to protect the Niu Hulu family. You too, do things Why are you so careless?"

Concubine Hui saw that the Empress looked displeased, so she didn't dare to deal with the fact that Babur's petals were sewn inside the Ruyi Knot, so she forced herself to apologize and said with a smile: "Empress, don't worry, there are many Mongolian women in the palace. A Ruyi Knot, Can't find any clues."

"You tell me to rest assured?" The queen snorted, and said with a sneer, "you should rest assured, right? This palace only asks you to suppress Niu Hulu's limelight, but I didn't let you harm Mrs. An's pregnancy!"

Concubine Hui's smile gradually subsided, and she nodded again and again: "Yes, the concubine made her own decision, but it was also for the empress's sake. You have not yet given birth to a son, how dare the other concubines go ahead of you and give birth to a brother? Is it not enough for Ma Jiashi to be an example?"

The queen said displeased: "Don't put your mind on this palace. This palace is the middle palace. In the future, the crown prince will be the best choice to give birth to a son. Even if it is not, whoever ascends the throne, this palace is the empress dowager. What is Gong moving those innocent childish minds?" She looked sideways at Hui Bin, and said deliberately: "Aren't you afraid that after passing away, you will go down to the Underworld and be thrown into the Abi Hell by the Lord of the Underworld?"

Concubine Hui nodded and said: "What the empress taught me is that the concubine knows it's wrong."

The queen straightened the fur ball made of rabbit down at her neckline, pondered for a moment, and then said: "In the future, what my palace tells you to do, you should do no more or less. If you want to make any more claims, if something happens in the future, I can't protect you. Don't think that you can do whatever you want with the support of your ancestors, if she knows that you caused Chengrui to be poisoned, she will be the first to get rid of you!"

Concubine Hui was so frightened that she couldn't move her eyeballs, she forced a stiff smile: "The empress treats my concubines with the grace of regeneration, and my concubines dare not disobey the empress."

The queen let out a 'hmm', and her expression softened a little: "Now that Wan has agreed to be imprisoned, you can handle this matter neatly. In this way, only concubine Yi is the only one Niuhulu can rely on. If she makes friends, it should be easier to get her."

Concubine Hui only said yes, and dared not say a word.

Only to hear the empress said angrily again: "Only when Niu Hulu's reliance in the harem collapses, it will be more convenient for the emperor to act in the previous court. This palace will never allow the two of them to have the slightest chance to conceive an emperor's descendant. The treacherous ministers take advantage of the emperor to make the princes take advantage of it!"

(End of this chapter)