Harem for a living

Chapter 91

"Your Majesty, my Daqing Dynasty has always ruled the world with filial piety. Today, the empress dowager is seriously ill, so she should be taken back to the palace for recuperation. Only in this way can the emperor look pure filial piety." Feng Mingzhao glanced down, and the man who spoke He had a serious look on his face, as if he was speaking some mantra of a sage.It's thanks to his thick skin that such words can be said.

"Your Majesty, I don't think so. After all, the Empress Dowager Ci Ning went to the Taimiao to pray for blessings. If she came back halfway, I'm afraid that the ancestors' heroic spirits will be unhappy." Another minister came out to speak, but Feng Mingzhao didn't answer. Standing at the head of one side was the Seventh Prince Feng Mingjing, seeing the eyes of his royal brother, the corner of his mouth curled up, showing a smile: "Brother Sanhuang, what you said is not right, we Daqing rule the world with filial piety, but, Your Majesty You have to be filial to the late emperor first, the Empress Dowager Ci Ning went to accompany the late emperor, how could you let your brother disregard the late emperor's loneliness and just take the Empress Dowager Ci Ning back to enjoy the glory and wealth?"

The third prince Feng Mingshao's face darkened, he glanced at Feng Mingjing, and shouted sharply: "The Empress Dowager Ci Ning is seriously ill, who said that taking her back is to enjoy the glory and wealth? Since the seventh brother feels that the first emperor is lonely, how about Send the Empress Dowager Ci'an there first? The Empress Dowager Ci'an is very healthy now, free from illness and pain."

"That's not right." Feng Mingjing leisurely stretched out a finger and shook it: "First of all, although the Empress Dowager Ci'an is healthy and painless, who doesn't know that the Empress Dowager was plotted by villains a month ago, Injured, the Empress Dowager Ci'an stayed in the palace to help the emperor take care of the harem. Could it be that Brother Sanhuang is hoping that the emperor's harem will be in chaos?"

Before the Third Prince could continue, Feng Mingjing stretched out his second finger: "Secondly, you said that Empress Dowager Ci Ning is seriously ill, and those who are seriously ill should rest in peace. Just ask, if it makes the patient feel unsafe, then the patient's condition will definitely get worse, and if it drags on, it will become a serious illness or become a serious illness. The Taimiao is a quiet and elegant place with a beautiful environment, which is very suitable for Empress Dowager Cining to recuperate. "

"Brother Three Emperors, I am thinking about Empress Dowager Ci Ning's body. Do you think what this king said is right?" Feng Mingjing looked at Feng Mingshao with a smile on his face, and Feng Mingshao turned to look at the Eighth Prince Feng Mingzhi: "Eighth brother, are you just watching Empress Dowager Ci Ning being thrown into the imperial temple to spend the cold winter months?"

Feng Mingzhi blinked in confusion: "Throw it away? Didn't Empress Dowager Ci Ning go to pray for blessings?"

Feng Mingjing burst out laughing, Feng Mingshao's face flushed red from the laughter, his eyes staring at Feng Mingjing like knives, Feng Mingjing curled his lips, turned around and saluted Feng Mingzhao: "Brother Emperor, The younger brother thought that Empress Dowager Ci Ning was seriously ill, and since it was almost the Chinese New Year, the harem would definitely be in chaos. Even if Empress Dowager Ci Ning came back, it would not be conducive to her recuperation, and the matter of praying for blessings could not be abandoned halfway. So Empress Dowager Ci Ning had better not bring her back."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Another minister stood up below, and the Emperor glanced at that person. It was Zhu Xingye, the Queen's brother.The emperor moved his shoulders a little. The dragon chair was unreliable, and he was really tired after sitting for a long time.She raised her hand as a signal: "Speak up if you have something to say."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhu Xingye bowed to the Emperor, and then said slowly: "I feel that since Empress Dowager Ci Ning is seriously ill, it would be inappropriate to stay in the Imperial Temple to pray for blessings. After all, Ci Ning The empress dowager is seriously ill, if it brings bad luck into the Taimiao, it will be a big problem affecting the royal heirs."

King Gong's face darkened for a moment, and he was about to stand up to speak, Zhu Xingye continued: "However, what the Ninth Prince said is also reasonable, and it is inappropriate for Empress Dowager Ci Ning to return to the palace right now. Let's not talk about the harem's meeting My son is in a hurry, it will delay Empress Dowager Ci Ning's recuperation, only talk about the emperor's daughter's body, in case Empress Dowager Ci Ning gets angry with the emperor because of her illness..."

Empress Dowager Ci Ning is nothing compared to the emperor, even ten Empress Dowager Ci Ning are no match for one emperor.If the emperor really fell ill because of Ci Ning, then the Empress Dowager Ci Ning would be the sinner of the entire Daqing Dynasty.

"Old man! You mean, Empress Dowager Ci Ning should be thrown out of the palace. Whether she lives or dies depends on God's will?" Duke Gong couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted at Duke Ding, who squinted at him. He gave him a foolish look, turned his head and continued to say to the emperor: "My minister has a plan to get the best of both worlds, and each side takes a step back."

"What good way does Aiqing have, just tell me." The emperor said to Duke Ding with a smile, even though he was right next to King Gong.Duke Dingguo bowed his fists to the emperor, and then said: "Outside the capital, there is a hot spring palace. I have consulted the imperial doctor. For those who are seriously ill, taking a lot of hot springs can relieve their pain, especially in this season. If we send Empress Dowager Ci Ning to the palace."

Before, the emperor was worried that Empress Dowager Ci Ning would contact the army, so he didn't dare to let Ci Ning go out of the capital to guard the imperial mausoleum, but now there is no need to worry, outside the capital, no matter how outside, it is under the management of the capital.Moreover, all the people in the palace have long been replaced by the emperor's own staff.

As long as Ci Ning goes in, let alone contacting the army, even contacting the guards guarding the palace will be a big problem.

The corner of the emperor's mouth twitched, and the people below didn't dare to look at the expression of the emperor above. They didn't know that Feng Mingzhao was very satisfied with this method at the moment.He was also not very happy about Ci Ning's return, now that Ci Ning's nephew had died, Ci Ning was so angry that she had nowhere to vent her anger, but there was still a pregnant concubine in the harem.

"Zhu Xingye, what do you mean!" King Gong jumped up quickly, pointing at Zhu Xingye: "You villain is instigating the emperor to be unfilial! It's almost the Chinese New Year, and Empress Dowager Ci Ning should return to the palace to reunite with her children and grandchildren. What's the matter with being alone in the palace!"

"Who said she was lonely?" Zhu Xingye glanced at him, and continued: "Could it be that because she went to the palace, the emperor has fewer people to serve her? Besides, if Empress Dowager Ci Ning went to the palace to cultivate, then You will definitely send someone to attend to the sick, what you said is too cruel."

Prince Gong was not happy that Ci Ning could not return to the palace, and the third prince was also fanning the flames. Anyway, he grabbed the word filial piety, and had to let the emperor bring Ci Ning back.The Seventh Prince was holding on to the reason that he could not come back halfway through praying for blessings, and Zhu Xingye was holding on to the reason that the palace was good for recuperation, and jumped on what the Third Prince and King Gong said.

The Eighth Prince led the others to pretend to be stupid. Anyway, this is a matter between the Empress and Empress Dowager Ci Ning, so let's not meddle in it if we are fine.But if you don't want to meddle, there are still quite a few people involved. After all, the queen still has an eldest son, and the emperor's attitude is also biased towards the queen. Everyone is not a fool.

So it didn't take long for King Gong and the third prince to suffer a crushing defeat.

The emperor returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a good mood, took a look at the booklet for a while, and passed the message to Liu Cheng to come in: "Send me, go to Yongshou Palace."

The queen was leaning on the cushion and talking to the eldest princess. During the time when the queen was lying in bed, the eldest princess grew up rapidly, and was being taught by the empress to manage the Yongshou Palace at the moment.The little face with a little baby fat was still serious: "Mother, this month's monthly schedule has been distributed according to the number of people. A few big ladies got an extra piece of cloth, and Nanny An got an extra golden step. Can you see it?"

"Yes, the mother's concubine's baby is doing very well." The queen smiled and touched the head of the eldest princess, and then heard the sound of communication. The coming emperor held it down: "Zitong, you don't need to be too polite, we husband and wife, why should we see each other?"

He stretched out his arms to hug the eldest princess again, asked a few words about her class, and asked the nanny to come over and lead the eldest princess back.The emperor sat down beside the bed, pulled the empress's hand to feel the pulse: "Zitong's body is still a little weak, why don't you rest for a while?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding. That concubine is shameless, and she has been lying on the bed for a few more days." The queen's face was still a little pale, and she leaned on the cushion with a smile. Although she was weak, she had a kind of softness. The emperor reached out and touched the queen. cheek: "You are already tired from taking care of the harem for me on weekdays. You should take this opportunity to rest more."

"I'm here this time, and I have one more thing to discuss with Zitong." After a few gossips, the emperor changed the subject to his own purpose: "Tomorrow, I'm going to send Empress Dowager Ci Ning to the palace to recuperate, but I just want to let her be kind to her." Empress Dowager Ning celebrating the New Year in the palace alone seems a little too deserted, so I want to pick a few people to go there, as a care for you and me, who Zitong thinks is more suitable?"

The queen frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, said: "Concubine Hui definitely can't go, she is still pregnant with a child, if she gets sick, it will be bad. Since this is going to serve the emperor and me Yes, this status is too low."

The emperor nodded: "What Zitong said is that I also came to Zitong to discuss this after thinking about it. How about letting Concubine Yang go?"

The queen was already in a dilemma, if she said Yang Guifei, the emperor might suspect that she could not tolerate Yang Guifei.But Concubine De, she has to stay to manage palace affairs and so on, once she leaves, she will leave behind a mess.Now that the emperor said it himself, the empress didn't dare to look too happy.

Pursing her lips, the queen smiled and said, "Sister Guifei is naturally appropriate, but she looks a little thinner by herself, why don't you let Concubine Liu and Concubine Hu go too?"

Before the emperor could speak, the queen made an annoyed look: "I'm afraid Concubine Liu will not be able to go. I am not up to date, so I let go of the palace affairs. Concubine De is too busy alone, and Concubine Hui is pregnant again." If Concubine Liu goes to help Concubine De, I am afraid that Concubine De will not be able to do it alone. There is also Concubine Hu, who is weak and has a third prince to take care of. ~ I can't live."

At this moment, the emperor also felt that there seemed to be a little less people in his harem, and when there was something to do, he couldn't find anyone to come out.

"Then what can Zitong do?" The emperor frowned and asked, and the queen smiled slightly: "Your majesty, I think about it, Concubine Hui's body has been five months now, and the imperial doctor also said that she is in good shape." Okay, why don't we let Concubine Hui take care of it for now? She doesn't need to stare at her every day, just point out the direction of the big things. There are rules for everything, she can't be the master, and there are still mothers and concubines around. .”

"In my opinion, although the queen's body is still a little weak, it is still possible to order some things. Why don't you catch the general ones for now, and Concubine Hui and Concubine Liu will help you." The emperor thought for a while and said: "Princess You're not too young, you bring her with you, at least you can get used to things like being a housekeeper first."

The queen was a little bit embarrassed, but the emperor made a final decision: "That's it, after all, you are the mother of a country, and it will be New Year's Eve in twenty days, and you have to come forward for everything. After all, Concubine Hui and the others are just a Concubine, there are some things that are impossible for them to come forward."

"Well, I'll take care of the overall situation first, and I will definitely not cause the emperor a headache for the harem." The queen hesitated for a while, and replied with a smile.The Empress Dowager Ci'an was a little ready to move again, she couldn't keep the palace power until next year and take it back.

There are many things to do during the Chinese New Year, which means that there are many times when you can do things.Ci'an has lived in this palace for so many years, so it is impossible that he has no means at all.If she keeps the palace power until next year and then takes it back, maybe the people in the harem are secretly listening to someone.

(End of this chapter)