The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 70
Concubine Hui looked at the back of Wanyu leaving resolutely, and couldn't help clenching Juanzi's hand tightly, rubbing Juanzi into many uneven wrinkles.

Seeing Concubine Hui narrowing her eyes into a narrow slit and staring gloomyly at the front, Lingjiao couldn't help but feel a little worried and said: "Madam, Wan promised to be so rude and deliberately have a relationship with you, did she notice something?"

"Maybe." Concubine Hui looked worried, and suddenly raised her eyes and glared at the water chestnut, lowered her voice and said angrily: "Stupid thing, if you didn't leave the wishful knot carelessly, how could this matter get involved with us? The wishful knot is sewn If your Babur flower is seen by her, I will be doomed by you!"

Lingjiao bowed his head to admit his mistake, then analyzed to Huipin slowly: "Babur flowers are not common in the Central Plains, and they are attached to the inner seam, if you want to agree politely, you probably don't know."

"Now that she looks like this, she probably already has an idea in her heart, so it will be even more difficult to bring down Concubine Yi." Concubine Hui suddenly felt a headache, and she pointed to her temple and sighed: "The empress is afraid of Niu Hulu." , holding my handle in her hand and coercing me to do these nasty things for her. She just ordered, but didn't care how difficult it is to bring down the two of them! The status of the Niu Hulu family in the previous dynasty cannot be underestimated. Just look at Wanyu's crimes and she can be forgiven by the emperor."

Lingjiao cowardly murmured: "The young master didn't have to be in a hurry to attack the concubine Xian, so he wouldn't cause such bad luck."

Concubine Hui was furious, flicked her sleeves, and slapped her heavily on the face: "How dare you bring this up? If you hadn't found such a stupid and lowly servant girl like Liu Yue, she would have kowtowed to death in front of the imperial court that day. , how can the Tong family have a chance to stand up!?"

Lingjiao covered her hot and red cheeks, and replied with tears in her voice: "The maidservant has threatened the lives of her family members according to the mother's order, and ordered her to push this matter to the concubine Xian. But Concubine Yi stopped her from committing suicide, and moved How did the Punishment Division expect the empress to act so viciously, slave girl?"

"How can I use all these excuses if I'm useless? If you don't do things properly in the future, I will see that your parents in the Horqin Department don't have to live in this world, so I will go with you!"

Concubine Hui's expression was fierce, Ling Jiao didn't dare to say anything, only when her anger calmed down a little, did she hear her sad voice: "I just wanted to frame Tong Rongyue with the poisoning of elder brother so that her harem could see the crime and postpone the court, but now Because I am under the control of the queen, I really can't beat the fox and make a show! Her Ama joined my Ama in the previous court, and the emperor reprimanded my mother's family. Because of this, Erniang was seriously ill and couldn't afford it. The concubine of the palace once again respects me equally, how can I swallow this bad breath?"

Lingjiao stopped crying and looked for an opportunity to express her sincerity to Concubine Hui: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely plan carefully this time, and take a long-term plan to get rid of her for you."

Concubine Hui smiled contemptuously, stroked the dangling Dongzhu earrings and said in disdain: "She has a good relationship with the Niu Hulu sisters and is the emperor's new favorite. How can you make long-term plans?" She looked condensed and looked at the imperial garden direction, and asked again: "Did that bitch go to the Imperial Garden?"

Lingjiao Nuonuo replied yes, only to see Concubine Hui sighing dully, with a smile on her face again, waving Juanzi and saying: "You go back to the palace, I promise to leave Concubine Xian alone, I can go to the palace." Take it easy and stay with her."

The tenth day of the twelfth lunar month was the day when the Empress Dowager prayed for blessings and returned to the palace. At noon on this day, Feng Jia had passed the Inner Jinshui Bridge and was waiting outside the Taihe Gate.

The empress dowager, the emperor and the empress stood side by side on the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The emperor and the empress wore court clothes to show their respect for the empress dowager.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony was originally used for grand ceremonies, such as the enthronement of the new emperor, the wedding of the empress, the establishment of the empress, the order of the generals to go to war, and the three major festivals in the palace.

It was the first time since the founding of the Qing Dynasty that the current empress dowager prayed for blessings and returned to the palace to greet the empress of the former dynasty.

Although this move was against the rules, it showed the emperor's filial piety, and none of the former court officials objected.

It was time for Qin Tianjian to announce the auspiciousness, and bells and drums rang outside the gate of Taihe.

The official of the Ministry of Rituals held a whip and beat it on the jade and white bricks in the palace. The sound was clear and melodious, and it echoed in the Forbidden City for a long time.

The gate of Taihe was opened, and the empress dowager surrounded by the phoenix sedan chair painted with the pattern of "Phoenix Dance for Nine Heavens" entered. Lingfeng moved towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony as if he had descended into the world.

The phoenix sedan chair fell under the steps in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the eunuchs and maids opened the curtains of the sedan chair lightly, and placed a small Xiangyun chair on the ground for the Empress Dowager to settle down.The Empress Dowager got off the sedan chair slowly, only to see that she was dressed in a lavender brocade robe with unique green lotus flowers, and her hairpin was pasted with emerald silver hairpins, she looked extremely clean.

She has a quiet and beautiful face, although she is a queen mother, but she has just turned [-] in the past few years.

She raised her eyes to the three people in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and nodded with a slight smile, then entered the east side of the steps and walked slowly to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The empress bowed to the empress dowager on her knees, and said respectfully, "My son (subject) welcomes the empress mother back to the palace."

The empress dowager behaved dignifiedly, leaned over to help the two of them up, and said with a kind smile: "Emperor, the empress has a heart, I have to know that it takes so much effort to return to the palace, please trouble you to make such a battle, I shouldn't have ordered people Go back to the palace to pass on the news, just come back quietly by yourself."

"The emperor is filial, how can he be wronged and neglect you?" The Empress Dowager also had a happy face and said to the Empress Dowager: "This time I prayed for the late emperor, and I have been away for half a year. The Ai family always misses you."

The Empress Dowager gave a slight blessing to the Empress Dowager, stepped forward and held her arm and said: "Seeing that the Empress Dowager is in good spirits, I feel relieved."

"Grandmother, empress, don't stand in this cold air." The queen said with a gentle smile, "The emperor ordered someone to renovate the Palace of Mercy and Benevolence. My son and I will take the empress to have a look, and see if it's all right." Empress Dowager's mind?"

"What are you doing? Ai's family used to live quite well, but now that they are bothering, they feel uneasy." Although the Empress Dowager tried to evade, there was a smile on her face that couldn't be hidden, and she couldn't let the Empress lead the way. Holding the Empress Dowager by the arm, he walked towards the Palace of Mercy and Benevolence.

The emperor looked at each other and smiled, and followed behind them without saying a word.

It didn't take a cup of tea to walk in front of a majestic palace. The three characters of "Palace of Mercy" written on the main entrance plaque looked particularly dazzling under the bright sun.

At the threshold of the entrance, you can see that the plum blossoms planted in the courtyard are all fragrant and blooming, reflecting the unmelted white snow and full of vitality.

The Charity Palace is not like the side halls where the concubines live in the East and West Six Palaces, but it is just a single hall and independent like the Cining Palace where the Empress Dowager lives.

Compared with the Shoukang Palace where she lived with the concubines before, it is much more spacious.

The Empress Dowager stepped into the main hall with light steps. The carvings, displays, and beaded curtains and brocade curtains in the hall are all luxurious and elegant.

She held the emperor's arm happily, and praised continuously: "The emperor is so troublesome, and Er Niang is so happy." After she finished speaking, she changed the subject again: "But this Palace of Mercy and Benevolence is more magnificent than the Emperor Taihuang's." The Empress Dowager's Compassionate Palace is also the same. It's always inappropriate for Er Niang to live alone."

The empress dowager raised her eyebrows, and smiled slowly: "You are the emperor's aunt, the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty, what's wrong with the emperor's filial piety? The Ai family looks very good."

Everyone sat in the main hall, and the three generations of grandparents laughed and chatted happily in the Palace of Mercy.

It has been a long time, and there has not been such joyous laughter in the Forbidden City.

(End of this chapter)