The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 67

That night, the emperor insisted on staying in Yanxi Palace regardless of Wanyu's evasion.

Liang Jiugong, who was guarding the night outside the house, sent a message three times a night to persuade him to drive back to Qianqing Palace, but the emperor reprimanded him for being noisy and annoying, and asked him to kneel outside to serve the night.

Mrs. An, who lives in the east side hall, happened to bump into the emperor coming out of the main hall in the courtyard in the morning. He was so angry that he almost fainted.

But seeing that there were still guards guarding outside the main hall, and she hadn't heard the emperor's order to relieve Wan Yu's confinement, she couldn't get angry immediately, so she had to hold back her grievances until she went to Kunning Palace to pay her respects.

"Empress, do you know where the emperor stayed last night?"

The empress sat upright, and her voice was even and steady: "The emperor loves you, and you have not left the gate of the Yanxi Palace. The emperor can only stay in the concubine's bedchamber, and the other servants have to be carried away. My sister is really blessed." people."

Mrs. An's complexion suddenly changed as if she was being humiliated when she heard this, and she said angrily: "Yesterday, the bitch was so charming that he confuses the emperor. Today, my concubine saw that the emperor came out of the main hall where she lived, and the buttons of the common clothes were still open twice." I don't know what obscenity that bitch did!"

Honorable Rong gave a 'puchi' smile, which was especially clear in the quiet hall: "The emperor would rather stay with a convict woman than sleep with you, nobleman An would be ashamed to speak in public, I think this man has thick skin , it’s really harder than the bricks on the turret.”

Mrs. An was about to separate from her in embarrassment and indignation, but the queen's face turned gray and she said displeasedly: "The emperor's actions are indeed inconsistent with the clan system. I will make the decision for you and speak to the emperor face to face." She thought for a moment, then said : "Wan promised that now that her status is under yours, the main hall of the Yanxi Palace is logically unacceptable. The 'Green Cloud Pavilion' outside the East Sixth Palace is idle, so let her move there immediately."

As soon as the queen said this, she acted resolutely and ordered Kang Fushou to take people to move the palace for Wanyan.

Rong Yue seemed to be resentful, stopped Kang Fushou and said: "Empress Empress, the emperor ordered her feet to be restrained and agreed, and the concubines are not allowed to contact her without the emperor's will. Now moving the palace is such an exciting event, it will definitely attract attention." He Gong censures, I hope the empress thinks twice, it is better to go back to the emperor to find out what he means."

Nala at the side agreed to follow Rong Yue's words, followed in a weak voice like a bug's voice: "What the concubine Xian said is not unreasonable, this."

The queen stared at Nala and agreed, and she immediately stopped talking.After a while, he glanced at Rong Yue again, and said seriously: "This palace is the empress, and is in charge of the affairs of the sixth palace. The concubine below the imperial family system cannot live in the main palace. I politely promise to be the last concubine. It is the ancestor's rule to move the palace. If the emperor has other intentions, he will come to tell this palace clearly, but it is better for Concubine Xian to ignore her own business."

Concubine Yi was favored again, and she couldn't see the hypocritical face of the queen, so she couldn't help but contemptuously said: "The rules of the ancestors were set by the emperor, and the emperor is also the emperor, so how do you know that his wishes are not the rules? And there is another rule made by the emperor. Can't be lucky enough to confine concubines?"

The queen didn't take it seriously, and raised her hand to face the bright yellow phoenix hairpin on her forehead. She ignored Concubine Yi, and ordered Kang Fushou to say: "'Lvyun Pavilion' used to be a verandah for palace people, and the daily necessities in it are It has everything you need, even though it is simple, it is still spacious, you just bring someone to bring Wan promised, so you don’t have to bother moving the things in her palace.”

Kang Fushou slapped Qian'er, and responded to the Queen's words with a sly smile on his face, but when he was stepping out of the threshold, he accidentally bumped into Liang Jiugong.Liang Jiugong had knelt in the courtyard of the Yanxi Palace all night and had a stomach full of evil fire. Now that Kang Fushou had such a building on his knees, the pain was so painful that he couldn't straighten up. It took him a while before he said angrily: " Confused slave, what are you going to do in such a hurry?"

Kang Fushou hurriedly bowed to apologize to Liang Jiugong, and told him the errands ordered by the empress.After finishing speaking, Liang Jiugong waved his hand and wrote lightly, "Don't worry about it", and went straight into the main hall.

After paying his respects to the concubines in the palace, he put his hands together and bowed to the queen, before saying: "Empress, the emperor has something to discuss with you, please go to Qianqing Palace immediately."

The queen frowned slightly, and said: "It just so happens that I also have something to see the emperor." With Qingyue's support, she got up with a flick of her sleeves, and walked away amidst the reverent farewell sounds of all the concubines.

On the short road from Kunning Palace to Qianqing Palace, the Empress kept a gloomy face and remained silent. Seeing her annoyed, Qingyue persuaded her quietly: "Your Majesty, you don't have to get angry because of Niu Hulu, the Emperor himself."

"Concubine Yi regained her Sacred Heart with extraordinary skill and ingenuity, and the Emperor stayed in the Wanying Palace for no reason. I must not watch that dead ashes rekindle as soon as the spring breeze touched it." Her tone was stiff, and her steps Even more hasty, every step was windy, leaving Qingyue behind.

Although it was still early, the Qianqing Palace was a little dark.When the queen arrived, she saw that the emperor was standing in front of the long case with dragon patterns, writing something on the rice paper with his hand in a straight posture holding a 'golden jade wolf brush'.

Standing on the left and right side is a court lady standing in front of the lamp. The bright candlelight and the unique rustling sound of the writing brush falling on the paper brought an atmosphere like thick gelatin to the hall.

The emperor noticed that the empress had entered, so he didn't look up at her, but ordered her to serve Yanmo before coming to the case.

Under the light and shadow of the flickering candlelight, the empress's upright and beautiful complexion looks more and more solemn. She has been the only one who has changed the most after many years of ups and downs in the palace.She was originally a well-known girl with no knowledge of world affairs, but now she is used to being the mother of a country, and she spends all her time trying to balance the six palaces and stabilize the previous dynasty. She is more mature than she should be at this age.

She looked closely at the emperor's book, it was a neat Mongolian word 'filial piety', and immediately understood what the emperor meant.

At the beginning of June, the empress dowager mother left the palace to pray for the late emperor, and now the day when her phoenix will return to Beijing is approaching.

Although the present empress dowager is not the emperor's biological mother, she has a very good relationship with the emperor. When the emperor's biological mother Ci and the empress dowager passed away, some officials in the court proposed that the two palaces should be respected together, but the emperor rejected it. Rengong provided for her to live in Beijing, so he still respected his aunt Borzigit in his heart.

There was a tender smile on the queen's face, she nodded and said: "The emperor is filial, and he cares about the empress dowager and the empress dowager personally. Now the palace of kindness has been repaired properly, and everything is done according to the empress dowager's wishes. I want to come to the empress dowager. You must be happy when you return to the palace."

The emperor smiled slightly, said "oh" softly, and then said: "The ancients said that 'the filial piety of a husband is the scriptures of heaven and the righteousness of the earth'. comfort."

The queen touched the inkstone gently on the inkstone, and replied shyly: "The concubine is just following her husband, the emperor's mother and the grandmother treat the concubine very well, and the concubine must abide by filial piety and serve diligently. Dare to be lazy."

(End of this chapter)