Harem strategy

Chapter 113 Fame
"Your Majesty, the Eldest Prince just didn't see the Emperor for a long time, so he fainted from excitement." Li Ronghua saw that the Emperor was about to leave, and hurriedly explained.

Just now the imperial physician has checked, and there is no major problem with the First Prince's body.

It's just that you are weak, and the imperial doctor suggested that you should go out and walk around more, and don't stay in the house all the time.

The emperor knew that the eldest prince was fine, so he left.

Li Ronghua hugged the eldest prince, wanting to cry a lot.The eldest prince is all her hope in the future, and absolutely nothing will happen.

Li Jialuo finished confinement, and when the fourth prince was full moon, the Yun family also came to the palace, and brought a set of Ruyi Longevity Golden Lock to the fourth prince.

Yun's looked at the fourth prince, thinking about her daughter Wanting, who has been married for so long, why hasn't there been any movement?

Seeing that the imperial concubine has given birth to two, it's no wonder that she is not in a hurry.

Li Jialuo asked Yun, "I don't know how father is doing now?" She didn't have the patience to inquire about Master Wu every day, as long as he didn't make any troubles.

Yun said in a respectful voice: "Master is bored now, so my concubine reads a passage to him every day." In fact, Master Wu can't speak, and lies on the bed every day with a bad temper, but he doesn't even have the strength to beat the bed, let alone Said he could still scold people.

Yun's unproductive housemates were all sent away, so as not to be lonely in the house and do something embarrassing.

Li Jialuo nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Yun Shi hurriedly said: "It's not hard, this is what a concubine should do."

"Did there be a letter from my second uncle and my second aunt?" Li Jialuo continued to ask, this Yun's was just asking and saying something, and it was not at all pleasant.

"Second brother, they haven't sent a letter yet." Yun's hesitated.

"What's the matter, did something happen between the second uncle and the others? A letter was written, and it should have been received. Although it was said that the family was separated, they were still relatives after all. They couldn't be separated, so we stopped seeing each other. Right." Li Jialuo said.

"Their place is thousands of miles away from the capital, so it's probably inconvenient. Madam, don't worry. If the letter comes back from there, the concubine will definitely come over and tell her. Madam, don't worry about this matter. It's probably because the weather is cold. The courier is not easy to leave, and it should be delivered in the spring of next year."

As far as Yun said, she wished that the second room would never send a letter, so that everyone would be happy.

It's just that the empress asked, and she couldn't help but say it.

Although her husband has become like that now, no one in their family dares to bully her, because the imperial concubine and the two princes in the palace are their biggest backers.

Thinking that her mother's family will return to Beijing soon, Yun couldn't help feeling excited.

I haven't seen my parents for five or six years, and I don't know how they are doing.

Once the fourth prince's full moon wine is over, it will enter the twelfth lunar month in a few days.

Not to mention that the various palaces outside are busy preparing New Year's goods, or preparing New Year's gifts for in-laws, or taking stock of family properties, even inside the palace, they have begun to reward each family with money or tributes according to their titles.

This is common sense.However, people from the Ministry of Rituals have to prepare for this. If the emperor only does these things, he really doesn’t need to deal with government affairs. However, for some sensitive people, whether this year’s rewards are the same as last year’s rewards, it is up to the officials of the Ministry of Rites to ask the emperor for instructions.

As for the harem, Empress Zhao will prepare things for the royal family members, and reward them one by one according to the concubine, princess, princess, county lord, etc.

This year, Li Jialuo, one of the four concubines, will also reward these clansmen.

Both she and Concubine De became the fourth concubine in the same year, so they had no experience at all, so they discussed what to give.

There are still some old concubines in the palace, and these people can't miss things, including those who prayed for the late emperor outside, and these can't be forgotten.

Li Jialuo and Concubine De went to Empress Zhao's Compassionate Peace Palace together, and asked her to give her advice, so as not to reward too much or too little, which is not good.

Empress Zhao said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, you can cut the things in half according to the palace. It's kind of a wish. There are also six bureaus in the palace, you can ask them to help."

These female officials in the palace are not just decorations, they usually help the queen deal with these trivial matters, and of course supervise the various places in the palace.

During the Chinese New Year, it is even more busy, including the internal prison office, which is also busy. The internal prison does not have the right to interfere with the government in Dachu, because Dachu has learned the lessons of the eunuchs from the previous dynasty. The inner eunuch mainly works for the harem and the emperor.That is, things in life.

Both Li Jialuo and Concubine De expressed their gratitude to Empress Zhao, and Empress Zhao said with a smile: "Your respective natal families can reward you more, or if there are girls or boys in your natal families who are going to be engaged, you can reward things separately."

This is also decent for the mother's family.

Concubine De has a lot of natal families, and several nephews and nieces and daughters have reached the age of marriage, so she is very happy to hear what Queen Zhao said.

Thinking about going back, find some good things and reward them. Most of the things in this palace are registered. Even if they go out, they will record a sum. Now, with Queen Zhao’s words, reward some valuable things. There is no problem.

But Li Jialuo didn't have so many worries. Her natal family had a small population, Master Wu was still paralyzed on the bed, a married Wu Wanting, and a concubine Wu Wanqing, and the remaining two concubines born to her aunts, she had never seen , It's just a reward for some golden beans, golden peanuts and the like, so I dismissed it.

Li Jialuo has no shortage of things to reward others, things from the private treasury of her Changchun Palace. Over the past few years, the emperor and queen have rewarded them one after another. the first one.

Not to mention jewelry and so on, there are too many places to wear every month.

After the Yun family received the reward from the noble concubine and empress in the palace, the members of the Yun family arrived, a group of people, about ten or two cars away.

Seeing his mother, Yun's eyes also filled with tears.

Mrs. Yun's sister-in-law Mrs. Yun and others spent a long time persuading them. The mother and daughter are better off. After talking about the past, Yun has already arranged a guest room for her family to live in.

After the welcome banquet, the girls had something to say, the relationship between Mrs. Yun and her sister-in-law was always weak, so they didn't follow along, but left instead, and only Mrs. Yun and Mrs. Yun were left.

Old Mrs. Yun looked at her daughter and couldn't help but want to cry.

"The son-in-law has become like this, and you don't have a son, what will you do in the future?"

My own daughter only gave birth to one daughter, and now they are all married. Now there are only three concubine daughters in this family. Is it true that the family will be extinct in the future?
Yun said: "I don't know how much better life is now than before, but my daughter feels very good." Yun said.

In this capital, no one is uncomfortable with the Wu family anymore, even if she goes out to a banquet, no one dares to despise her.

The old lady Yun sighed: "Don't just focus on the present, what about the future? The son-in-law is already like this, if he takes the first step, you orphans, widows, and your second younger brother's family are still greedy, and they really want to kill your family. Everything is gone, what do you do?"

There are no children in the family. Isn't this property just to be taken back?
Yun said with a smile: "The property of the Wu family? Hmph, besides my own dowry, how many good things does the Wu family have? There really will be a day when I can hold my dowry list and be able to talk. I will give it all Wanting won't make it cheaper for others. Besides, in a few years, these three concubines will also get married, so why not give them a dowry? Isn't this an expense? How dare his second wife do this? , I have my own way."

"Didn't you say that you are looking for the imperial concubine in the palace? She can make decisions for you? It's good if she doesn't make trouble. Well, speaking of it, I shouldn't have listened to you back then. The wings are hardened, and we live in the hands of others tremblingly, fearful every day, and I feel bad for you in my mother's heart."

If it wasn't for his daughter's big ideas at the beginning, she wouldn't have made the current situation. Who knows that Wu Zhengdao actually gave up his original partner for the sake of glory and wealth, and who knows, this original partner's daughter, now has Such a great blessing.

She was a caller in the palace, she was afraid that her daughter would be punished by the imperial concubine, so she wanted to avenge her mother.

Yun said: "What happened in the past, I just did it, and I don't regret it. After all, what's the use of regretting? Even if she wants my life in the future, I will give it to her, as long as she can keep my Wanting." I'm fine, I have nothing to ask for."

"Nonsense! That's how it is! It's life-threatening! You can't think like this. In name, you are her mother. She can't really dare to disobey it. It's not good for her reputation." Old Mrs. Yun said .

"Actually, from what I've seen in the past few years, the imperial concubine is still a good person. If she really wants to punish me, I can still live until now? So instead of living in fear, I might as well let nature take its course and do more conscientious things." Just treat it as paying off my previous mistakes.”

When she was young, she was frivolous and desperate for a man, regardless of whether he had a wife and children. She just felt that in this world, she was the only one worthy of him.

After 20 years, I realized that I was so wrong. Why was I so stupid at the time?

If she could do it all over again, would she still fall in love with Master Wu at first sight, and would she be able to make the Qian family abdicate automatically by virtue of her status?
Mrs. Yun returned to the guest room, and Master Yun said, "What? Didn't you say a few more words to the child's aunt?"

Mrs. Yun Da said: "Our mother wants to talk privately with her, what am I doing there?"

Master Yun knew that the relationship between his wife and sister-in-law was just average, so he didn't say much.

As for Mrs. Yun, she can say that she is dissatisfied with her sister-in-law. When she first saw a man, she felt like she lost her soul. He originally had a daughter, so you should be virtuous and take the child over. It's just a girl, so what's the threat?
But this sister-in-law didn't care about it for more than ten years. When she heard that the palace was going to be drafted, she hurriedly brought him back. She didn't feel any affection at all. They might even think of you as a mother-killing enemy. The sister-in-law was still lucky, thinking that she came from the countryside, as long as she treated her a little better, she would be grateful, and when she was favored in the palace, she would be very lucky.

Now, the imperial concubine is favored, but the Wu family is now like this, is it retribution?

My sister-in-law doesn't even have a son, even if she is a concubine, otherwise, wouldn't this family property be cheaper for others?
There is also a noble concubine in the palace, who can make her feel uncomfortable all the time, why is she still so proud.

And that niece, Wanting, was also so pampered, how did she become a mother?

In Mrs. Yun's eyes, there was nothing good about this sister-in-law.

This time, if the old lady hadn't come to the capital to visit her sister-in-law, she wouldn't have come here.

It was also the old lady who heard that her brother-in-law had a stroke and was worried about her girl, so she asked them to come to Beijing quickly.

Over there, the old lady Yun hugged her daughter and cried for a while, thinking why her daughter's life was so miserable.

Mrs. Yun still persuaded her daughter to adopt a child as soon as possible, and she wanted to find a younger one, and the relationship would naturally be good after being cultivated since childhood.

"A son-in-law like this will definitely not be able to give birth. If you don't make plans early, you will regret it in the future. Now that I am with your brother and sister-in-law, I can also make decisions for you. After the spring, you can discuss the matter of adoption. The son-in-law should You can understand everything, you talk to him carefully, I believe he also understands this truth."

"The noble concubine in the palace, she must also hope to have a brother in the family, otherwise this natal family has become like this, won't it be looked down upon by others?" Mrs. Yun felt that all the concubines in the palace hoped that the natal family would get better and better.

It's just that Yun feels that the concubine does not necessarily want to have a strong natal family, but then sighs, they are like this, even if they are decades, they will not become strong.

If you really want to adopt, you will be even more separated from the imperial concubine. You have no feelings, and you don't have enough confidence to speak. The younger the child, the younger the child, how many years will it take if he wants to be successful in the future?

The third prince is about to be three years old, and they can't wait for the third prince to become popular, and they can help others, otherwise they will be laughed at to death.

"Mother, let me think about this matter carefully, how about it? There are too few people in the Wu family, and there is a mother-in-law above me. She must not agree with me adopting other families. If I want to adopt, I will adopt the child of the second wife." , Those people in the second room can't get rid of them if they get involved. If they really want to adopt, I won't be the master of the house. What's more, the two children in the second room are so old, so they are naturally close to their biological parents. Moreover, the two children in the second room are of similar character to their parents, and they will really cause trouble. You think, can the empress in the palace forgive me? When the time comes, they will be adopted, and they will be members of our first room. If the imperial concubine or empress causes any trouble, I'm afraid I won't even be able to protect him, I don't want to use myself to make up for such a person, it's too uneconomical."

Yun's life and death do not want to adopt the child of the second wife, she does not want to make trouble for herself.

And when the Yun family came this time, they also wanted to enter the palace to see the imperial concubine, and let the girls in the family also meet the imperial concubine. In this way, it would be easier to talk about kissing, and it would be better if the imperial concubine could give them some reward.

After hearing this, Yun shook her head, "Even her own concubine sisters, she is not willing to comment, mother, let me forget it, this matter will not work." She still has to rely on the imperial concubine, how can she make her own decisions like this Just promise to come down?
The old lady Yun said: "Anyway, our Yun family also has many in-laws. As long as the imperial concubine thinks about it, she will know whether it is good or bad. It's just seeing our girl, and it's not a big deal. Those are also your nieces. Son, when they get married, you will be more dependent, right?"

The three concubines of the Wu family were all born to lowly maidservants, so how can they be compared with the girls of the Yun family?

These girls from the Yun family are all descended from the direct lineage, and they are from a scholarly family, so how can they be the same as the petty concubine?
What can Yun say?Said that the imperial concubine didn't see her whenever she wanted?Even she, she was only able to meet once she was summoned. She dared not show her mother's profile in front of the imperial concubine.

"I can only mention it to my empress. It's not up to me to decide whether to see or not." Yun finally said.

On the first day of the new year, as the wife of the county princess, she can go to the palace to congratulate the queen. After congratulating the queen, as a family member of her natal family, she can go to the Changchun Palace to meet the imperial concubine.After hearing this, the old lady Yun said: "Forget it, that's the only way to go, no matter how bad it is, please ask the imperial concubine to hire them a nanny in the palace to teach them the rules." He said that the girl in his family was taught by the nanny in the palace recommended by the imperial concubine, so the reputation of the girl in the Yun family would go even further.

(End of this chapter)