Harem strategy

Chapter 79

The emperor said that boys are different from girls, it is normal to like to go out, sometimes when they come to Changchun Palace, they will go out for a walk with the third prince in their arms.Although it is said to hold grandchildren but not children, the emperor does not have this rule here.

Ever since something happened in the royal paddock last time, the emperor secretly deployed manpower in the Changchun Palace, and the people left for the third prince before going to the paddock did not withdraw.

Of course, the First Prince and Second Prince also sent extra manpower.They are all his flesh and blood, and he can't be partial.

It was another New Year's Eve, and the Queen Mother also came out, and said to everyone with a smile: "Now there are three little people in the palace, you must continue to work hard, the Ai family is looking forward to a full house of children and grandchildren."

Everyone laughed at what they said, and some concubines who were of the same generation as the Queen Mother also followed suit.

Li Jialuo was surrounded by many people.

The third prince just came out to show his face, and was carried back. On this day, there were so many people, the emperor sent all the princes back to his residence.

There were more song and dance performances than last year, but last year, Li Jialuo only watched it for a while before being sent back to rest because she was pregnant.

Empress Zhao saw that everyone was very interested, so she smiled and said: "Last year, Concubine Hui was pregnant, so she didn't sit here for a while. How about giving our concubine Hui a birthday?"

It turns out that today is Wu Wanzhen's birthday, which happens to be the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month.

The queen mother laughed and said: "It's rare that the queen is so interested, and the Ai family also joins in. Concubine Hui has made great achievements in giving birth. Based on this, it is worthwhile to give her a birthday. You, who will give birth to grandchildren for the Ai family in the future?" , are all heroes, and Aijia will express it."

The Queen Mother had said everything, and others followed suit. Li Jialuo stood up and said with a smile: "It is a blessing for my concubine to be born on this day. Thank you for the kindness of the empress dowager and empress."

At this time, if you refuse, you will be ignorant of flattery.

Immediately, the Queen Mother asked someone to bring a pair of hair masks over, and said: "This was given to the Ai family by the late emperor when they were young. Now that the Ai family is old, they can no longer wear such a colored head mask. It is suitable for you young people to use."

Everyone hurriedly said: "The queen mother is so old, she walks with us, she is said to be the same age as us."

I was very happy to coax the Queen Mother, because the Queen Mother started, and everyone prepared birthday gifts for Concubine Hui. When they finally left, the Queen Mother said: "Ai's family will also pay respects to the Buddha on the night of New Year's Eve. Since today is a good day for Concubine Hui, I will follow Ai's family to worship the Buddha, and let the Lord Buddha bless you in the future."

In the eyes of most concubines, being able to go to worship Buddha with the queen mother is a good thing that can't be fought over.Concubine Hui is so lucky!How wonderful it would be if one day I could do the same.

Li Jialuo hurriedly said respectfully: "My concubine thanks the empress for her kindness."

The emperor is going to be with the queen tonight, there are no other concubines.

Li Jialuo followed the Queen Mother back to the Palace of Compassion.

The queen mother asked Li Jialuo to sit down, and the palace nurse served snacks and tea. The queen mother had already sat down and said: "The things at the banquet are usually not full. The Ai family also came here at that time, and they have never been full." However, Aijia usually eats some snacks in advance, so as not to be overwhelmed by the smell."

Concubine Hui also said after hearing this: "What your mother said is that when the concubine is at her mother's house, the concubine's mother takes the concubine out, and she also asks the concubine and sisters to eat more at home first, so as not to eat at other people's house when the time comes. If there are too many, I will be laughed at."

"Hehe, everyone is pretty much the same, but I think it's no wonder it's meaningless." The Queen Mother asked, "Where did Concubine Hui live since she was a child?"

Li Jialuo replied: "In the words of the Queen Mother, the concubine has been raised in her hometown because of her poor health. She recovered from her illness a few years ago and was taken back by her father and mother."

The Queen Mother nodded, and said: "So that's the case. Madam Gong, take Concubine Hui to worship the Buddha, and Ai's family is going too."

The place where the two people worship the Buddha is not in the same place, because the Empress Dowager likes to worship the Buddha, so there is a large Buddhist hall on the side of the Compassion Palace, and there are several small Buddhist halls in it. If there are too many people, they can all be alone. Small Buddha Hall.

Li Jialuo was brought in, and Nanny Gong explained the situation to Li Jialuo in a soft voice. Li Jialuo thanked Nanny Gong and began to bow down to the Lord Buddha.

The smoke was lingering, and Li Jialuo felt a little dizzy at some point.Finally, he lay down in front of the Buddhist hall and seemed to have fallen asleep.

The queen mother closed her eyes, and the palace maid quietly came to the queen mother and shook her head at the queen mother.

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "It's fine if you don't. That person also said that it's not completely guaranteed, but Concubine Hui is lucky."

Gong Naimo said: "Your Majesty, this servant thinks it's good, at least it doesn't make people think too much."

The Queen Mother paused for a while, then nodded, "You are right. That's all, let the Aijia let nature take its course."

Li Jialuo was woken up by Nanny Gong who was drowsy. Li Jialuo was a little sleepy. When he saw Nanny Gong, he was so frightened that he immediately woke up, and said nervously to Nanny Gong: "Mother, I don't know why. I just want to sleep. Don't worry, I promise to finish reading the rest of the scriptures."

Gong Nai smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The Empress Dowager worships the Buddha all the year round. The fragrance of the Buddha is a little heavier. For those who don't smell it often, after a long time, there is something like this. The Empress Dowager will not be offended."

Li Jialuo blushed even more when he heard this, and hurriedly recited Buddhist scriptures, until the people on the side of the queen mother arranged for her to go back.

After Li Jialuo went back, he put hot water on the red thread and washed himself all over.The Buddhist fragrance of the Compassion Ning Palace is really too strong, making people feel like vomiting.

"Master, on the side of the Queen Mother, why do you want the master to follow the Buddha's name?" Hu Po asked.

"The empress dowager is very interested in my childhood life, so she asked more questions. Besides, it is good for me to be more Buddhist." Li Jialuo said.

Amber asked nervously: "Master, did she see something? She suspects that Master is not a girl from the Wu family?"

Li Jialuo said: "Yes, I have some doubts, but now there should be no doubts."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, after congratulating Empress Zhao, everyone went to the Empress Dowager’s Palace of Compassion and Ning. When the Empress Dowager saw Concubine Hui, she smiled and said, “Young people are the Buddhas who have been kneeling for half a night yesterday. If you are still in good spirits, you will not be able to mourn your family."

Li Jialuo said with a smile: "The empress dowager, don't look at the concubine like this now, it's all a make-up talk, the concubine still feels that compared with the empress dowager, the concubine just knelt down once, and the concubine's back hurts a bit, and the concubine also I find it strange, Chenqie is kneeling, if it hurts, the knee hurts, why does the back still hurt. The maid in Chenqie's palace told Chenqie that it was Chenqie who was sleeping at night, and accidentally rolled under the bed. I fell down, that's why my back hurts, and the concubine felt at that time, how could he wrong the empress dowager, it's all the concubine's fault."

The queen mother laughed even more when she heard this, "You child, you dare to blame the Ai family. The Ai family has not said anything for your face. If this is the case, Madam Gong, don't save face for Concubine Hui. Tell me, what happened yesterday?"

The palace nurse hurriedly said: "Empress Dowager, didn't we say it to save face for Concubine Hui? Why do you say it now? Isn't that going back on your word? In order for Concubine Hui to have a good New Year's Eve, the servants will not say anything. One day, when the year has passed, the servants will tell Concubine Hui privately."

The others didn't agree after hearing this, and said with a smile that Madam Gong was eccentric and whetted people's appetites, so they didn't tell everyone.

However, no matter what other people say, Gong Nai just doesn't say it out. The Queen Mother smiled and said, "It's just that when Ai's family went in to see Concubine Hui, she was startled and touched something behind her, that's why her back hurts." , you guys, where did you think of going?"

When the Queen Mother told the answer to the riddle, everyone felt that it was meaningless. There were some people who wanted to see or listen to Concubine Hui's jokes.

Who knew that it was so plain, it was not as interesting as Concubine Hui's self-destructive rolling off the bed.

But now who dares to go around and say that Concubine Hui didn't sleep honestly, and that she was able to roll down, that's all because of her own joy in her heart.

As for what the queen mother said, it was obviously a lie, but who can say what?

Even on Li Jialuo's side, if she didn't explain, Li Jialuo wouldn't say anything.

New Year's Eve in the palace is still as boring as before. The emperor and empress are still busy, the courtiers are also busy, and the royal family is also busy.

Women in the palace are even more boring without children.

Thanks to Li Jialuo's third prince, he can still play with him. The little guy is already half a year old, and he has started to grow teeth, his saliva has increased, and he can crawl on the carpet quickly.

The little guy is very energetic, but he has a very bad habit. He can sleep well during the day, but he wakes up at night. The nannies coax him and feel tired. He doesn't fall asleep at night.It was very noisy.

Li Jialuo felt that his habit was very bad, and wanted to suppress it for him, but who knew that the emperor would not allow it. It is good to say that children are energetic. If the nurses can't stand it, it means that the nurses have neglected their duties. Just change another batch. It's no good, just add a few more people, the prince in their palace, where is there any shortage of people to serve?
Anyway, no matter what, he couldn't wrong his son.

So the third prince lived a period of upside-down black and white, and finally returned to normal at some point, even Li Jialuo couldn't remember.

It can be seen that children really change every day.

During the Chinese New Year, people from the Wu family also came to the palace to pay a visit to Li Jialuo, and this time it was Mrs. Wu who also came.

It was the first time Mrs. Wu entered the palace, and she was very excited. She was dissatisfied with Wu Wanzhen, her granddaughter. She is the wife of the Duke of the county, and there is no need for a special canonization by imperial decree, and the Ministry of Rites will arrange it.

Although Mrs. Wu was disappointed, she also knew that her arms couldn't twist her thighs, and she didn't even see her granddaughter. How could there be any other explanation?

This time I finally came to the palace, and I am going to talk more with my granddaughter.

Seeing that Changchun Palace is such a big palace, only her granddaughter lives alone, and there are so many servants and court ladies, Mrs. Wu's vanity was unprecedentedly satisfied.

Then I saw the eldest granddaughter Wu Wanzhen, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, I couldn't recognize her, how should I put it, the aura on her body was completely different from the cautious and submissive look she had when she came to the Wu family.

Mrs. Wu and the others performed the national ceremony, after all, she is the concubine Hui.Then when Concubine Hui wanted to give them a family gift, the Second Wife of Wu, Ruan Shi, and Mrs. Wu, Yun Shi, both stopped them. Just kidding, it would be unpleasant to let the empress do the family ceremony in the palace. At some point, the emperor will coming.

Mrs. Wu was unhappy, and her vanity was not satisfied, but she had to bow her head under the eaves.

The Yun family has already experienced the power of the palace. Her family's Wanting has been detained at home until now, and the emperor has also supported Concubine Hui, so she dare not push her further.

Seeing Mrs. Wu looking like she wanted to stretch herself, Yun thought to herself, she didn't say anything first, and let this mother-in-law bang nails too.

After Mrs. Wu sat down, she couldn't wait to say: "Wanzhen, you have suffered in the palace!"

Having said this, Feng An immediately stepped forward and said: "Bold, anyone can call your empress by name?"

Mrs. Wu was taken aback. Mrs. Yun didn't expect this mother-in-law to be so stupid that she was about to break a taboo at the beginning, and she didn't care about her jokes, so she hurriedly said to Wu Wanzhen: "Mother, the old lady entered the palace for the first time, there are some rules I understand, please forgive me, Madam."

Ruan also quickly said: "Yes, ma'am, don't be angry, my mother-in-law came from the countryside, and she doesn't understand some rules."

This remark made old lady Wu very angry. Now that the second daughter-in-law came to say that she came from the country, isn't she the daughter of a rich man in the country?It's just that he finally knew that this was the palace, so he hurriedly shut his mouth.

Concubine Hui smiled and said: "It's okay, grandma can't help it because she is close to me, just change it in the future."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu hurriedly said: "That's right, Wanzhen and I, oh, my empress and I are relatives, so our relationship is naturally unusual. We are related by blood, how can my empress take offense?"

He co-authored that both the Yun family and the Ruan family are not related to Concubine Hui by blood, and she is the only one who has one. Although this is true, why does it sound so uncomfortable and awkward?

Concubine Hui had already served tea and snacks, Yun Shi became more cautious, but Ruan Shi was a little more relaxed, Old Madam Wu ate the snacks and felt

It tasted very good.

Concubine Hui smiled and said: "If grandma thinks it's good, I'll send some to the family in the future. These are specially made by the imperial kitchen."

Concubines in the palace also have the habit of rewarding their natal family with snacks, or they share good things, offering things, and have a good relationship with their natal family, and from time to time they will send their servants out of the palace to send them.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu nodded quickly, and said, "Concubine Hui is a good lady, she hasn't forgotten me as a grandmother." Without her grandmother, where would there be a lady like her?Similarly, without her, the empress would not be able to give birth to the third prince, so everything is due to her.

It is also right for the empress to respect and respect her.

Yun Shi really doesn't want to listen to her mother-in-law, it's good enough, Ruan Shi feels embarrassed, she really shouldn't be brought into the palace today, what's the point of this.

Concubine Hui said: "Mother, Second Aunt, last time you said you wanted to find someone for the Second and Third Younger Sisters, how is it now?"

There is always something to do in the palace, these two are concerned about their daughter's affairs.The age of the two of them has also reached there, and it is time to find someone else.

Wu Wanzhen was not a few years older than them, and she had already given birth to a child.

Ruan also knew from her daughter Wu Wanrou that Wu Wanting violated a taboo last time. The emperor happened to see her, so she was repaired miserably. She knew all about Concubine Hui's abilities. Seeing Concubine Hui ask this question, she hurriedly said: " Niangniang, we have found some people, and we are just waiting for Niangniang to settle down."

Concubine Hui hurriedly said: "Marriage is an important matter, it is the order of the parents. As parents, you must hope that your children will live well. If it is almost the same, I will see if I can ask the empress for a favor and give you an order."

It's the Yizhi. There was no mention of the imperial edict, both Yun and Ruan were a little disappointed, but it's good to get the Yizhi.

Mrs. Wu wanted to interject, but when the two daughters-in-law gave you a sentence, she couldn't continue the conversation. Yun said: "My lady Wanting, what do you think of Master Yushilian's family?"

Even adults?Li Jialuo even heard the emperor talk about this, he is a tough guy, and the emperor is sometimes very angry with him.

This person is upright and not tactful at all. It would be great to be a censor, but it also offends others.

"How's his family going?" Li Jialuo asked.

Ruan hurriedly said: "Madam, I know this well, their family is not rich, but it's nothing if the sister-in-law has a rich dowry to marry Wanting. The most important thing is that the Lian family has stipulated that the age Fang can only take concubines when she has no children in her forties, and this rule, my sister-in-law probably wants to find a family for Wanting who doesn't take concubines."

Such a family has a good reputation, but the rules must be very strict.I really don't know what this sister-in-law is thinking.

(End of this chapter)