Harem strategy

Chapter 111 Grief
Li Jialuo gave birth to the second child very smoothly. After all, it was not the first child. It took only two hours for the child to come out.

"Concubine Shu gave birth to a prince again?" After the Queen Mother heard the news, she felt that she was still kind.

The palace nurse looked at the Queen Mother's face, and said, "Yes, mother and child are safe, and the emperor has personally gone to visit."

After hearing this, the Queen Mother didn't think she was an exception, "The emperor is also a man, so he is naturally concerned about his own flesh and blood, so it's okay to go and have a look. You tell Mingya not to act rashly, the most important thing right now is to give birth to a prince as soon as possible. "

Now the emperor is not very old, so what if it is except Concubine Shu?He still had children with him.If you don't have a bargaining chip in your hand, you will only take advantage of others, and you should divide the priorities.Of course, the Queen Mother doesn't mind others making trouble for those women.

Gong Nai smiled and said: "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, Empress Jieyu understands very well, she won't do anything."

It's just that the Queen Mother thought that it would be fine if Concubine Shu died of dystocia. In this way, even if there was an emergency, the third prince could be caught and the Wu family became what it is now. How could it be possible not to rely on the Wang family? At that time, the Wang family was still prosperous.

But the Queen Mother thought again, it would be better to have a child born to a girl from the Wang family, and it would depend on whether Mingya had the good fortune.

Because Concubine Shu is already Concubine Shu, unless she is an imperial concubine, there is no one who can be promoted in this position.

It's just that there is an empress in the palace, and what the empress did was not wrong. If she really wants to get a royal concubine, unless it is when the crown prince is established, in order to avoid pushing Concubine Shu to the forefront again, the emperor did not promote Concubine Shu this time.

One of the four concubines is also pretty good.Although the Concubine Gui and the Concubine Xian are ranked first, their grades are the same, it's just a convention that thinks that the Concubine Gui is higher than the Concubine Shu, but in fact they are all the same.

However, when Empress Zhao knew about it, she advised the emperor, "Your Majesty, although Concubine Shu is the same as Concubine Gui, Concubine Shu has made great achievements in giving birth to children. If she doesn't reward her, she will be treated too badly, otherwise the people behind will be named fourth concubine. , the only choice is the noble concubine and the virtuous concubine. The concubine thinks that since he doesn't want to be promoted to the rank of Concubine Shu, why not change from Concubine Shu to Concubine Gui?"

They are all from the first rank, but the imperial concubine is faintly the head of the four concubines.After all, Concubine Shu gave birth to two princes, so it is understandable for her to be a noble concubine.

If anyone has objections, they can stand up and speak out, but they can't give a reason.

After all, Concubine Shu is still one of the four concubines.

It's not easy to let others in the future still rush ahead of Concubine Shu?

In this palace, the one who gave birth to two children, that is, Concubine Shu alone, and two princes, who have made contributions to the heirs, even the courtiers can't say anything wrong.

The emperor heard this, and said to Queen Zhao: "Forget it, I didn't think it through. Fortunately, the queen reminded me. Thank you for your hard work."

Queen Zhao said: "The concubines are incompetent themselves. They did not give birth to a prince for the emperor. Naturally, they hope that the concubines will give birth to more children for the emperor. The concubine thinks that Concubine Shu is blessed with many children. The emperor should have more for the sake of his children. Get close to Concubine Shu."

What Empress Zhao meant was that if Concubine Shu can give birth like this, the emperor should take care of it, and don't always take care of those decorations that look good but can't give birth.

Of course, the queen's words can't be so straightforward, but how can the emperor not understand the meaning?

The emperor wanted to laugh a little, but the queen himself was always open to it.

However, it was also because of this that he was relieved to leave everything in the palace to her.

Concubine Shu has been canonized as a noble concubine. The women in the palace are not very surprised. They are just envious of Concubine Wu's good luck. She can conceive and give birth, and all the children will be princes. So what if she is ignored by the emperor?

Look, she turned over all of a sudden, and now she is the first concubine of the four concubines.

The emperor also went to the Changchun Palace again. Everyone is jealous, but there is nothing they can do. If you are capable, you have to give birth to a prince yourself, how many more, preferably three, to compare with the concubine.

So, now thinking of ways to deal with the imperial concubine, it is better to think of ways to win the favor of the emperor.

After all, today's imperial concubine, unless there is a big event, her status is as stable as a rock.

Of course, if the imperial concubine does it herself, if someone else pushes her, she may be pulled down. The key is that this imperial concubine is not a domineering person, so there is no way to start.

Only by striving for the emperor's favor and making the emperor like himself, can the emperor be partial, even if the imperial concubine has a few children, it is useless.

Baochan looked at her master, afraid that he would be unhappy.I thought that every time the Queen Mother came over, she would never leave those few words, so that the master could conceive a child as soon as possible.

It seems that in the eyes of the empress dowager, her master is the one who gave birth.

"Come on, let's go and see Lin Xiuyi." Wang Jieyu smiled and put down her needlework.

Wang Jieyu's female celebrity is very good. Since she was a child, her family has hired a good master. Wang Jieyu can even do double-sided embroidery. Her needlework is praised by the empress dowager.

Wang Jieyu also made some purses for the emperor. After all, the emperor's clothes are all made by a special person in the palace, and Wang Jieyu doesn't need to do it, which is not in compliance with the rules.

Baochan said: "Madam, Lin Xiuyi is pregnant, if there is something bad or bad, and the time comes to implicate the master, what should I do?"

Didn't the master say before that you should avoid going to these pregnant concubines' palaces?

Wang Jieyu said with a smile: "It's just to take a look. It's fair and aboveboard. If something happens, we can't blame us. Speaking of which, Lin Xiuyi is the first pregnant woman among us newcomers, so I will go too. It’s good to be happy.”

Baochan felt that her master was being pushed hard by the queen mother, so she even said the words of joy.

Lin Xiuyi lives in Yonghe Palace, which is where Concubine Wang Xian lived before, and Concubine Wang Xian is Wang Mingya's cousin.

But Wang Mingya and Wang Jieyu didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

When Lin Xiuyi heard that Wang Jieyu was coming, she gave her a slap in the face. Her aunt in the palace, Concubine Lin, once said to herself that it is best to avoid contact with the Wang family.

So after entering the palace, she rarely spent time with Wang Jieyu.But now that people have reached the gate, they cannot be driven out.

Lin Xiuyi invited Wang Jieyu to come in. Seeing that Lin Xiuyi was making needlework for children, Wang Jieyu smiled and said, "Xiuyi's needlework is very good. Compared with it, I feel ashamed."

Lin Xiuyi said: "What did Wang Jieyu say? When I was in my boudoir, I often heard people say that Jieyu, your needlework is very good, and the things you embroider are as if they were alive. If you think you can't do it, then we I can’t get the craftsmanship out of it.”

Wang Jieyu heard this, and said with a smile: "That's just someone else's exaggeration. I think Xiuyi's needlework skills are really good. This must be Suzhou embroidery. I wanted to learn it at the beginning, but I couldn't learn it no matter what. Now I still think I am stupid."

Everyone loves to hear good things, and Lin Xiuyi is no exception. She didn't want to talk to Wang Jieyu at first, but it was like opening a chatterbox. She talked for half an hour without feeling tired.

Lin Xiuyi is also a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and her temper is not dull. It's just that after entering the palace, because she was granted a relatively high position from the beginning, everyone respected her at a distance, and the emperor also favored her, which made her even more so. It's impossible to flatter people, but it's impossible to really talk about homework.

It was even more impossible to get pregnant later.

Now that there is someone she can talk to with whom she can talk to, Lin Xiuyi feels that she is much happier.

"Xiuyi and I hit it off right away, but Xiuyi also knew that I was originally a girl from the Wang family, and everyone knew that I had the Queen Mother behind me. Since the draft, everyone has kept me at a respectful distance. If they want to talk to others, they only look at me No one has ever been close to me, and they all think that I get something for nothing. They must be thinking in their hearts that I don’t have to work hard, and I get better than what they get. It’s just that they don’t know whether we are willing to enter the palace? In order to enter Since I was a child, I have been controlled from head to toe, and I can't relax for a moment. How can I know the pain? They think it's too easy for me, but do they know how much pressure we put on us?"

Unknowingly, Wang Jieyu referred to me as us, and Lin Xiuyi also felt the same way. As a family that is gradually leaving the capital and getting farther and farther away from the royal family, in order to preserve the glory of her family, she She was also strictly required since she was a child. When others acted like a baby, she had to learn the rules, and when others learned the rules, she had to learn more things.

During the draft, in order to keep a low profile, she couldn't put her identity as the county head on the bright side. She only had the identity of a judge's daughter on her body, and she didn't dare to say anything when she was bullied.

Because she knew that once her identity as the county lord was exposed, she would be calculated in various ways.It was also fortunate that her family had no sons in Beijing for more than ten years, and the Lin family did not have a girl to enter the palace for draft, so there were almost no people who knew her.

When she is selected, and Concubine Lin inadvertently reveals her identity, then she will be drafted into the palace entirely on her own ability, not on any backing.

Lin Xiuyi feels a little guilty towards Wang Jieyu, and feels that she has shielded herself from other people's jealousy and jealousy. You must know that if her identity is exposed, she will definitely be hated by others. Now she is keeping a low profile, so All those jealousies went towards Wang Mingya.

Therefore, with this feeling of guilt and the fact that the two of them talked together today, Lin Xiuyi felt that it was really not easy for her to find such a talker in the palace.

But Ping'er, the palace maid next to her, felt that this Wang Jieyu was not simple. Could it be that she wanted to harm Xiuyi by thinking of the law?

After all, both of them were favored, but Wang Jieyu didn't move at all. How could such a person be on good terms with his master?It's simply impossible, must there be some conspiracy?
Lin Xiuyi said: "My eyes are watching. Besides, I am not stupid. If she really has schemes, I can also see it. She has schemes. What benefits can she get? In this palace, there are many children. What’s more, I’m not alone.”

Ping'er thought to herself, even if the people in this palace are not good, there are many things that make others uncomfortable. Otherwise, why are there so many concubines with miscarriages?
Could it be that they were thinking about causing the concubine to have a miscarriage, which would be of no benefit to him, so he stopped doing it?

Absolutely impossible.

Fighting is used everywhere, if only everyone could think so clearly.Being able to get rid of a pregnant person's belly is a guarantee for getting rid of this person. If everyone thinks that way, there are so many children in this palace, it is useless to get rid of one, there is no such thing Bad thing.

Sometimes, being favored is a crime. If you are favored, others will not get it, or if you lose the emperor's favor, you will block the way of others. It is right for them to get rid of you.

Otherwise, how can I say that this palace is dangerous?

But Ping'er had been talking earnestly for a long time, but Lin Xiuyi didn't listen at all.

She said: "I'm not easy to mess with. If you really plan to come to me, I will make her unable to eat. Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. I will never listen to the wind and the rain. She really wants to do something wrong." I have an idea in mind, but if she comes to chat with me, I can't refuse, can I?"

Of course, Lin Xiuyi did not relax her vigilance, but in this palace, it is not easy to find someone to talk to.

What's more, Wang Jieyu came here blatantly, no matter how stupid she is, she will not do anything wrong, because if something happens to her, she will be the first to be suspected, and the Wang family is not so stupid.

Honestly, it's better than those sneaky people who plot against themselves behind their backs.

Ping'er couldn't justify Lin Xiuyi, thinking about when she would find Concubine Lin and talk to her, and let Concubine Lin persuade her master so that she wouldn't be tricked by others. People from the Wang family really have such good intentions, just to be with her What did your master say?

Even Baochan didn't understand her master, why did she come to Yonghe Palace, and talked with Lin Xiuyi for a while, she thought about it, but stopped talking.

But this master said what he said, so she didn't say anything.

Wang Jieyu said to Baochan: "I'm a little sleepy, go in and rest for a while, please tell people not to come in and disturb me!"

Baochan knew that her master had the habit of taking a nap, and seeing Wang Jieyu's tired face, she didn't even want to wash up, so she nodded.

Wang Jieyu fell onto the bed by herself and tore the mosquito net off the hook.

In this confined space, Wang Jieyu tore fiercely at the brocade quilt, but she was a woman with only so much strength, she couldn't tear it open no matter how hard she tried.

It wasn't until she exhausted all her strength that Wang Jieyu fell down, with tears streaming down her face.

She wept silently, because she knew that in front of others, she was a decent Wang Jieyu, a Wang Jieyu with the Queen Mother as her backing, a Wang Jieyu who would give her a step, her fate was really it is good!

However, she must not let people know that she is infertile, otherwise, just like her cousin, she will disappear without a sound.

An infertile daughter of the royal family is of no use to the queen mother.

Wang Mingya thought that she was many times smarter than Wang Xianya, and smarter than her second aunt, but she couldn't guess how crazy a woman who lost her only daughter was. He took the sterilization medicine, so that he would never have any children of his own in the future.

All her ambitions were almost extinguished by this news. The daughter of the Wang family who cannot give birth to the blood of the Wang family is just a pawn, and she may end up worse than her cousin in the future.

But she still wanted to enter the palace, if she didn't enter the palace, wouldn't her actions all these years be in vain?

Who said that a concubine without a child cannot have the last laugh?In fact, many queen mothers do not have their own biological children, why can't she?

Although she wished to destroy her second aunt, she knew that everything was useless, and she could only act as if she didn't know anything, otherwise she would be completely useless if she was suspected, and would be given by others. Instead, his end will definitely be miserable.

Even Baochan, her close maid, didn't know. When she felt that her body was not right, she thought of what the second aunt said before she died, so she went to an inconspicuous medical clinic in private, wearing a veil. The body, the result is indeed such a result.

She didn't move the small clinic, because the louder the movement, the easier it would be to arouse others' suspicion.

But the family that followed me to the small clinic that day were also about to be released. They were not busy people, and they didn't ask questions at all.

In short, she handles these tails so cleanly that she doesn't even know about her own mother, let alone the queen mother in the palace.

(End of this chapter)