Harem strategy

Chapter 107 Borrowing Light
This year because of the draft, there are more things to do, so I won't go to the summer palace.

After the emperor finished his work in the previous court, he also started his trip to the harem.

This time there was no suspense, and the first person to be favored was Concubine Lin Gui, the head of Jiacheng County.

However, Concubine Lin Gui didn't get promoted after she went to bed, she just rewarded some things.

The next day, when paying respects to the queen in Kunning Palace, everyone saw a shy beauty, blushing, saluting the queen and the high-ranking concubine.

Among them, there were many concubines who felt sour in their hearts, and some who secretly looked at Concubine Shu, or hoped that Concubine Shu would give Concubine Lin a disgrace.

But Concubine Shu was the same as usual, nothing changed at all.It disappointed some people.

Li Jialuo thought it was funny, there were so many women in the palace, if they were really jealous one by one, then they would stop doing other things all day and go directly to jealousy.

It is impossible for the emperor to have only one woman, and even if there is only one woman, it should be the queen. These concubines, what kind of jealousy do they eat, they have to be sour every day.Just live your own life well. When the emperor loves you, you are happy. When the emperor doesn't love you, don't blame others.

She has a son to take care of herself, how can she regard a man as her everything?
Afterwards, the emperor favored the newly promoted concubines one after another, but none of them were promoted, but only rewarded.

This kind of approach made the old people in the palace feel a lot more balanced. After all, after serving in bed, quite a few of them were promoted.

Therefore, the more you get to the show girls at the back, the chances of promotion will not be as high as the old people before.

It's not in vain that they were born a few years earlier and entered the palace.

The emperor is not a womanizer, so he naturally understands the way of balance.

Li Jialuo's stomach is getting bigger and bigger, but he is in good health. The emperor asked two imperial physicians to come here every morning and evening to ask for pulse.

Soon it will be the second birthday of the third prince. The day before the birthday, Li Jialuo ordered the small kitchen of Changchun Palace to prepare longevity noodles tomorrow morning.

As a result, early the next morning, the empress sent someone to give a gift, and then Concubine De also gave a gift, because they knew that the emperor would definitely come today, so they were so polite that no one would be there, so as not to disturb the emperor and the third prince.

However, after that, many beauties and nobles came over in person one after another to express their congratulations on the third prince's birthday, and even Zhang Wenbin brought the third princess over.

Zhang Wenpin saw so many beauties and nobles here, and originally wanted to stay here, but after seeing the situation, he found an excuse and took the third princess to leave.

Cherry went to prepare tea unhappily, and Little Six happened to come to drink tea in the tea room, Cherry muttered: "It's my master, I've never seen such shameless masters, I'm here to die."

The little six son said: "Why are you unhappy? The emperor is coming, but the emperor is here to see our master and the third prince. Do you think the emperor will be happy to see these people not leaving?"

"Of course I won't be happy, but when the time comes, there will be someone who is charming, so what should I do?" Cherry said.

"Our majesty is not that kind of person, so don't worry, didn't you see that our master didn't say anything?" Little Six said, "Go in later, don't be sullen, and don't let people speak about our master behind his back." I don't like entertaining guests, after all, they are here to congratulate the third prince's birthday."

"I got it!" Cherry was upset at the point of backing people, babbling a few words, but in front of everyone, she was still serious.

The tea was served with cherries, and Li Jialuo smiled and said to these beauties and nobles: "My sisters, please use tea."

"Thank you for your hospitality. This tea is really delicious. I have never had such a good tea before."

"That's right, the tea served by Concubine Shu must be the best. Thank you Concubine Shu for allowing us to taste such superb tea."

Li Jialuo said: "It's not worth anything. If you like it, I will ask someone to pack one or two for you later. It's not because I'm stingy, I only give one or two. It's because I don't have a few catties here. Everyone They can all be distributed, so we have to ask for a little less for each person.”

"It is our blessing to be able to get these two. Thank you, Concubine Shu."

Li Jialuo saw that a few people only dipped their mouths towards the rim of the teacup, because she was sitting at the top, so she could see clearly, but she just smiled.

"The emperor is here!" Hearing this voice, all the women in the room stood up, if it wasn't for etiquette, they would have craned their necks to look.

Because most of these people have never even seen the face of the emperor.The main reason I came to Changchun Palace today is to know that the emperor will definitely come, so this opportunity is so rare, it would be too uneconomical not to come.

The emperor strode in, and all the concubines bowed sideways to the emperor, "All blessings, Your Majesty!"

The emperor didn't know why there were only so many people here, but he casually said, "Freedom of courtesy", he didn't care about these concubines, but walked up to Concubine Shu, and said to Concubine Shu: "Wait a minute Come on, are you hungry?"

Li Jialuo said with a smile: "The concubine is not in a hurry, Luo Er is already hungry."

The emperor smiled and said: "I think he is thinking about longevity noodles."

The emperor ignored the concubines who were looking at him, winked at Liu Yongquan, and took Li Jialuo to the inner room by himself.

Liu Yongquan said with a smile to the concubines who stayed here: "Ladies and gentlemen, please go back to the palace. Concubine Shu is currently inconvenient. If there is no need for something in the future, there is no need to come to Changchun Palace."

Liu Yongquan was the eunuch next to the emperor, and a large part of what he said represented the meaning of the emperor.

Whether they like it or not, or those who want to stay, have left, and now it is quiet.

The emperor said to Li Jialuo: "Why do you still keep these people in your Changchun Palace, don't you know that today is Luo Er's birthday?" The emperor felt that these women didn't win at all.

It's nothing more than being jealous at ordinary times, but he even went to Changchun Palace to block people.

Li Jialuo said with a smile: "They are here to give Luo Er a gift, but the concubine mainly wants to see the emperor. If the concubine drives them away, won't the concubine be called a jealous woman?"

The emperor laughed and said: "I just found out today that Aifei is a virtuous and generous person. It's not easy."

"Your majesty, what do you mean by what you said? Could it be that in the eyes of the emperor, the concubine is someone who likes to be jealous? That would be too unfair. If the concubine is jealous, these people will not be allowed to enter the palace today. Said Come to think of it, it's all the emperor's fault, who made the emperor look so handsome and mighty, looking at those people today, they can't even move their eyes when they stare at the emperor."

Seeing Concubine Shu's jealous but stubborn appearance, the emperor felt relieved.

"They stare at me, but I only like to stare at my concubine. In my eyes, concubine Ai is the most beautiful." The emperor didn't blush at all when he said nice words.

Where can a woman with a big belly look better?However, everyone likes to hear good words.

After a while, the third prince came over and saw his father and concubine mother smiling, so he asked, "Father and concubine mother, have you eaten longevity noodles?"

The emperor said: "You silly boy, longevity noodles are a good thing? I should take you to see what is a good thing in the future."

Li Jialuo thought to himself, Luo Er was only two years old, and it was the first time he knew this longevity noodle, so he felt rare, which is quite normal.

Children are happy when they can eat something delicious, or something they have never seen before.

Accompanied by his father and mother, the third prince Xiao Luo ate the first bowl of longevity noodles in his life, and it was delicious.

And those beauties and nobles who came back from the Changchun Palace saw the emperor for the first time in their lives, and they were all fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, and it was the time when they were in love.

The appearance of the emperor can definitely shock these little girls, and the other party is his husband, so a flower has blossomed in the hearts of these concubines.

Thinking, it would be great if the emperor could treat himself the same as Concubine Shu in the future.

Some also thought that concubine Shu was older than him, and he was young and beautiful, so it was not difficult to get the emperor's favor.

Ambition, sometimes does not require much external force, it will breed, not to mention these women who entered the palace.

The emperor didn't favor all the new concubines who entered the palace one by one, but only selected a dozen or so concubines, and many of them didn't have a chance to sleep with them.

It's only three years, if you don't get favored by the emperor for three years, and a new concubine enters the palace in the future, it will be almost the same as staying in the cold palace.

However, fortunately, there is Qixi Festival, and there will be banquets in the palace. When there are banquets, there will be performances, and sometimes the concubines will also perform. This is an opportunity.

Everyone is gearing up, wanting to be a blockbuster on Qixi Festival, even if they don't make a blockbuster, at least let the emperor remember themselves.

Empress Zhao doesn't mind these people coming to perform, she is in a high position, just watch it well.

As for Li Jialuo, there is no need to worry. Others asked her to perform, because she is pregnant and has a high status. She just needs to sit down and enjoy it.

The palace banquet was held in Huiying Pavilion. Apart from a stage, Huiying Pavilion also had a large flower hall, which could accommodate a hundred people without any problem.

In the evening, all the concubines in the palace arrived first. The Queen Mother had already said in advance that she would not come today. After all, she was an elder, and everyone was not having a good time.

Qixi Festival was originally a time for the emperor to play with the concubines in the palace.

"Concubine De, Concubine Shu is here!" The eunuch who sang was very loud, and all the concubines in Huiying Pavilion stood up and bowed to the two empresses.

The positions of the two of them are respectively the left and right hands of the top two positions.

The top positions belong to the emperor and queen.

Concubine De took a seat next to the one with her head lowered slightly, and Concubine Shu sat down in another seat, and a cushion was thoughtfully placed on their seats.

Of course, that cushion was no ordinary object.

Concubine De asked the person serving beside her, "Apart from the empress and the emperor, is everyone here?"

"If you go back to Empress Concubine De, everyone is here."

Naturally, the important person appeared at the finale. The emperor and the queen appeared together, and everyone saluted again.

Liu Yongquan took the place of the emperor and asked everyone to skip the ceremony. The emperor saw Concubine Shu sitting next to him and nodded in satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, the singing and dancing are ready, can we start?" Queen Zhao asked.

The emperor nodded. In fact, there is nothing new in these songs and dances every year, and the emperor has already seen it as meaningless.

But it's nice to be able to relax.

The items on the emperor's table are richer than others. The emperor saw that there were concubine Shu's favorite cherries in it, but the concubine Shu at the bottom didn't. After all, at this time, the cherries were already gone, so Liu Yongquan asked Liu Yongquan to give this plate of cherries to Shu Concubine. The concubine carried it over.

Empress Zhao naturally saw it, and felt a little sad, but then she returned to normal. How can a queen be jealous?

It's no big deal for the emperor to dote on a concubine, not to mention, Concubine Shu is still pregnant.

But after all, it's been a couple for so many years, it's normal to feel sad when the emperor treats another woman well.

After all, Concubine Shu is a concubine who understands the rules and has a sense of proportion, which is much better than the concubines who are favored by the emperor who don't know the heights of heaven and earth.

After singing and dancing for a while, Li Jialuo became a little drowsy. Being pregnant, he is more prone to drowsiness than ordinary people. Today, he came here according to the rules.

Empress Zhao said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu's body is different from others after all, why don't you let Concubine Shu go back to rest first?"

The emperor nodded and said to Liu Yongquan: "You send Concubine Shu back personally, and then come back."

Liu Yongquan was busy, so he ran to Concubine Shu and told Concubine Shu about the decision of the emperor and empress. Concubine Shu said, "Thank you, Majesty and Empress, for your understanding."

Because Li Jialuo was pregnant, he took the sedan chair when he went out, and Liu Yongquan personally helped Concubine Shu into the sedan chair.

Little Six laughed and said: "Master, you have taken away my apprentice's job, how can I let the apprentice live in the future."

Liu Yongquan scolded with a smile: "Slick tongue, the emperor asked your master to send Concubine Shu back, then I have to do everything myself, watch carefully, don't be proud just because I learned a little bit from your master and me, there are still a lot of things at the bottom of the box Good stuff, you haven’t seen it, learn more.”

The emperor watched Concubine Shu go back, so he continued to watch the song and dance performance. Empress Zhao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the younger sisters in the palace have also prepared a show, and you can watch it in a while."

The emperor said: "Oh, then I will take a look."

The emperor knew well what the purpose of the concubines' performance was, but he would not object to it, it was normal.

The queen said: "Wang Ronghua's health is also recovering, and there is her show today. The empress dowager asked the emperor to take a good look."

"Since the queen mother has said it, I want you to take a good look."

Wang Mingya and Wang Ronghua's show has already started. Wang Mingya's performance is playing the zither, and the voice is pleasant to the ear. The emperor is also very involved in listening.

It is undeniable that Wang Ronghua's conditions are very good in all aspects. Because of an illness, it is just right now, and there is still a bit of a weak temperament on his face.It is even more lovable.

Different from Wang Xianfei's publicity, Wang Mingya gave people a graceful and comfortable feeling.

Although many people are jealous of Wang Ronghua, she does play the zither very well.Everyone was thinking, this Wang Ronghua is in the limelight today, is it her turn to sleep at night?

Leaving aside the relationship with the empress dowager, Wang Mingya is also outstanding.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this slave has something important to report!" The figure of a servant suddenly interrupted the sound of playing the zither.

Everyone is looking at who is so ungrateful, didn't you see that the emperor is admiring it?But since there is something important, you have to listen to what it is, otherwise you won't be so bold.

The emperor took a look, isn't this the little servant who went there with Liu Yongquan?

The emperor hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, tell me quickly!"

Liu Yongquan did not come back, but sent a servant over, the emperor's first feeling was whether Concubine Shu was feeling unwell on the way back.

(End of this chapter)