Harem strategy

Chapter 82 Concubine Rou
Yang Yurong cried even more, and the words her mother taught her were still in her mind.

How disappointed she was at that time, she hated many people, including Concubine Wang Xian, including the queen, and finally hated them beyond count. She knew that if this went on like this, she would only be forgotten in a corner.

Fortunately, the family knew about her situation in the palace, and her elder brother was up to the challenge, and won the emperor's attention in the autumn hunt.

Afterwards, the emperor really pampered himself again, and now she is pregnant, and she is more favored than Concubine Hui.No matter what happened to Concubine Hui, her natal family did not live up to expectations. I heard that even now there is no arrangement for an errand, and she is idle at home. It can be seen that the emperor does not want to reuse the Wu family, which is Concubine Hui's natal family.

As for her natal family, they are all capable, and based on this alone, she is much stronger than Concubine Hui.

He only hoped that he could win a man in one fell swoop this time, when that time came, even Queen Zhao would have to give himself a point.

Her family background is no worse than that of the queen. If she can give birth to a prince, she might not know what she will be like in the future.

Even the empress dowager, didn't she also come to visit herself in person?

Alas, it's a pity that the emperor still has so many women who can't accompany him every day, but the current emperor treats him so well.

After she gave birth to a prince in the future, she would definitely treat herself better.

On Queen Zhao's side, the emperor asked her to investigate the incense incident, and Meiren Zhao was already a little foolishly frightened.

She was also selected in this draft, but she was not favored at all. For more than two years, the emperor didn't even know who she was.

This time De Chongyuan is pregnant, because everyone has to follow her to congratulate her, even though she has nothing good on her body, she still has to go with her, otherwise let De Chongyuan know that she is not going to visit, and she will trip her up in the future it is good?
Meiren Zhao didn't have any rewards, the first reward was also the first time she served in bed, and then the emperor rewarded her as usual, and it's almost used up by now.

Women in the palace are not favored in the palace, and their status is low, so they are easily bullied.

When she is eating now, she asks people to go to the imperial kitchen to get it, but they wait until later, the food is cold, and there is almost no money for tipping.

Although there will be a monthly payment every month, but those are not enough.

Since it is said that there are many women in the palace, there are those who celebrate their birthdays every month, those who are not favored, and those who do not give gifts when their birthdays are over, it is also reasonable to say that, but those who have high status and are favored Woolen cloth?You can't if you don't send it.

Sometimes it's really hard, so I can only borrow it from others, and then pay it back when the monthly payment comes next month. In this way, although there is a monthly payment, Zhao Meiren owes a lot of foreign debts.

Therefore, if someone can help her, she will definitely not refuse.

"Ms. Zhao said that this incense was given to her by Concubine Rou's palace, and she used it after she took it." Chun Ying told Queen Zhao the result of the question.

And the imperial physician has already checked, and there is indeed something abnormal about the incense on Zhao Meiren's clothes. This abnormality refers to the medicine that can make people slippery.

Empress Zhao had a headache. Every time someone in the palace got pregnant, someone started to play tricks.

Although she herself felt that the matter had nothing to do with her, but who made her the queen, she had to take care of these things.

The emperor asked her to investigate because of his trust in her.

If the emperor won't allow her to investigate, then she, the queen, will soon be done.

Fortunately, things in the palace are not like things in the inner house. If the mistress can't handle it well, she is negligent. The women in the palace have their own connections, and she is not something that a queen can completely manage. It's not to say that she, the queen, is incompetent and manages the harem in a mess.

Ever since the palace was established, there have been constant battles in the palace. It was not said that because the queen was incompetent and did not manage the people in the palace well, the queen would be abolished.

Meiren Zhao didn't have anything on her body, even the incense was given by the House of Internal Affairs to the concubines in the palace, which was the worst. She got the good things handed over by Concubine Rou, so she naturally wanted to use them before she could go out. So as not to be looked down upon by others.

Queen Zhao said: "Why do you have something to do with Concubine Rou again?"

Concubine Rou is an old man in the East Palace. Although she has never given birth to a child, she is docile and has old qualifications, so she was later promoted to Concubine Rou.

Chunying said: "Mei Ren Zhao is from Concubine Rou's Jinghe Palace."

Zhao Meiren lives in Jinghe Palace, and the master of the first palace is Concubine Rou.

To say that Concubine Rou can offer incense to Beauty Zhao, this is also true, Beauty Zhao is not favored at all, and it is normal for a lord of the palace to give gifts to the beauties in her own palace.

But Empress Zhao didn't think that this matter was done by Concubine Rou, because there were too many people handling this incense, first of all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Then the people in Concubine Rou's Palace, and the people around Meiren Zhao.

Queen Zhao said: "Concubine Rou, please come over here." It's better to make this matter clear.Empress Zhao also didn't want to take this opportunity to wrong people casually, it was really unnecessary.Because these two people can't threaten their post.

Concubine Rou is a gentle beauty. When she saw Queen Zhao, she saluted. Concubine Rou already knew what was going on, so she didn't panic, after all, she had stayed in this palace for such a long time.

"Reporting to Empress Empress, on Zhao Meiren's side, the concubine gave her a box of incense." Concubine Rou also simply admitted it, which made her appear frank, "The concubine is also using it herself, and I haven't used it up yet. , my concubine asks the empress to send someone to fetch it, and let the imperial physician also check if there is any problem."

Queen Zhao said: "That's fine, come here, go to Concubine Rou and Meiren Zhao, find out the incense they both use, and let the imperial doctor see if there is something wrong with them."

On the other side, Meiren Zhao was still kneeling, and Empress Zhao said: "Meiren Zhao, get up." The matter has not come out yet, and nothing can be determined.

The imperial doctor checked the identical incense, and then told the queen that there were problems in the two boxes of incense, both of which were mixed with safflower, musk, etc., and long-term use could lead to infertility.

Meiren Zhao was stunned, Concubine Rou lost her soul and said to Empress Zhao: "Your Majesty, this concubine has been using this kind of incense for many years, is it because of this that this concubine has never had children? Who is so vicious, Thinking of such a way, let the concubine lose the right to be a mother?"

Empress Zhao hurriedly comforted and said: "Concubine Rou, don't panic, let the imperial doctor take a good pulse for you, the matter is not yet conclusive."

Concubine Rou said with a miserable smile: "The concubine was diagnosed as being difficult to conceive before, and now it's time to get a pulse diagnosis, isn't that the result? The concubine only thought that it was the concubine's own body that didn't live up to expectations, so it turned out that someone else was thinking about the concubine. "

This matter became a big deal, and the emperor also knew about it, so he sent people to search the Jinghe Palace, but found no such medicines in other things.

I also checked the incense in other palaces, but everything was normal.

"Your Majesty, this matter, my concubine thinks, does not seem to be handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs buys these things in batches. If there is a problem with this batch, then everyone should have it. Now But there are only two boxes of Concubine Rou and Meiren Zhao, so the concubine thinks it was someone from the palace who did it."

Empress Zhao analyzed it, and the emperor asked: "The people in the palace did it? Then who is it?"

"The emperor will give the concubine a few more days, and the concubine will promise to give the emperor an explanation."

The emperor said: "The left is just these people, the queen doesn't need to give me an explanation, I just need the result." He was too busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty, and he returned to the harem with so many things to do.

At first, I was worried that all the women in the palace were affected, but now it is found out that there are only Concubine Rou and Meiren Zhao, so there is nothing wrong with it.

It's just that the servants and maids in the palace should take a good beating.

As for what Concubine Rou said, she couldn't conceive because someone else had murdered her before, and after such a long time, no one can be sure just with this incense.

And I didn't find out at the beginning, and now it's been so long, I can't believe it.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the maid in Concubine Rou's Palace, pinxiang, begs to see her!" Chunying came over to report.

The queen looked at the emperor, and the emperor said: "You, the queen, are in charge of the matter of the harem. I will still say that and wait for the result."

The emperor didn't care about these matters, and left directly. The queen said to Chunying: "Bring Pinxiang here."

Pinxiang is a very beautiful court lady, when she saw the queen, she immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, the servants are here to confess their sins."

Empress Zhao said lightly: "Plead guilty? What are you guilty of?"

Pin Xiang didn't panic at all, and said: "The incense in Concubine Rou's palace is the slave who put something in it, and the box of incense that Meiren Zhao was brought to Meiren Zhao by the slave."

"Do you know what the result means when you say these words?" Queen Zhao said, "I don't want to hear lies."

"Empress, is there a need to rush to admit this kind of thing? Since the servant girl did it, she didn't think of letting others take the blame.

If Zhao Meiren liked to show off this time and almost ruined the child in Dechongyuan's belly, the servants would not have to confess to the empress.Now that it has been found out, all the palace members of Jinghe Palace will be implicated, and the slaves and servants will be responsible for their duties, so why implicate others? "

Queen Zhao said: "You are responsible, but what you mean is, if you don't find out about this, you still want to continue?"

Pin Xiang nodded and said: "Yes, the servant will continue."

"Bold! Who instructed you? Seriously!"

Pinxiang smiled lightly, "Your Majesty, the slaves are just slaves, they don't have that much thought, and the slaves are not ordered by anyone. This kind of thing, in the eyes of others, is a bit difficult, but the slaves are concubines It’s very easy to do such a thing as a personal maid, and it’s not that difficult to get some medicine like this in addition to the slaves who have been in the palace for a few years. So, why let others instigate it?”

Queen Zhao said: "So, you and Concubine Rou have enmity."

"The empress is sagely, the servant has a grudge against concubine Rou!" Pin Xiang admitted thoroughly.When she came today, she didn't intend to go back alive. People are not afraid of death, so what else is there to be afraid of?And before she died, she had no idea how happy she was to expose Concubine Rou's hypocritical face.

It's just a pity that the emperor is not here. I just heard that the emperor is still with the queen, but he has already left.

"What kind of enmity is worthy of you? You have to know that drugging a concubine will implicate your own family. I remember that you are the son of Concubine Rou's natal family, and your family members are all in Concubine Rou's natal family."

The reason why the grand ladies are all brought by concubines from their natal families is because not only have they known each other since childhood, but also their families are all in the hands of the concubines' natal families, which makes it easier to control.

Empress Zhao was surprised, what did Concubine Rou do to make this Pinxiang attack her master.

Pinxiang said: "The servant's family is all gone now, not a single one! But Concubine Rou told the servant that they are doing well now, if they died of illness, the servant has nothing to say Yes, it was precisely because Concubine Rou's elder brother fell in love with Concubine Rou's sister-in-law, and he couldn't rob her by force, so he killed the elder brother of Concubine Rou. , the slave girl's parents were seriously ill because they couldn't bear the death of their only son, daughter-in-law and grandson. Han Tian, ​​he just froze to death! Should the slaves hate Concubine Rou?"

After hearing this, Queen Zhao said: "These things have nothing to do with Concubine Rou, your family also has children."

"Your servant knows that your mother will say this. That's right. The servant is born in the family. The family of the servant should live and die by the master. They can't resist at all. Even if the servant knows the tragic experience of his family, he can only bury it in his heart. Then continue to serve the master loyally. But although the slave is a servant, she is also a human being, and the slave also has feelings, and she was raised by her mother, not from a crack in the rock. Besides, Concubine Rou is the culprit for these things , she just wanted her slave to serve her without any worries for the rest of her life, so when she knew that the slave wanted the slave's family to leave the country, she deliberately gave her brother a message, saying that the slave's sister-in-law was a beauty, and then she had the following Things. Shouldn’t the slaves hate Concubine Rou?”

Just to keep a loyal servant girl, she killed her family members, and she didn't tell the truth, only telling people that she died of the plague.Couldn't slaves resist this kind of master?
"This servant is not as cruel as her. Since she can't kill her, then let her never give birth to a child. She killed the child of the servant's sister-in-law, and the servant made her never have a child! How gentle and gentle the concubine Rou is usually Gentle, but when she gets angry, she beats and scolds us in Jinghe Palace, not to mention others, they are slaves, she pinches her arms, and there will never be a normal time.

"Pin Xiang showed her arm, it was bruised and purple, there was really no good meat.

Chun Ying felt a little hurt when she saw it, she really didn't expect that this Concubine Rou had such a person behind her.

She is also a slave, if a master treats her like this, she will definitely resist!Not to mention, this kind of enmity against the whole family.

"As for Zhao Meiren, she is also in the same way. She beats and scolds her servants. The servants can't see it, so I gave her an incense. Otherwise, she will become prosperous in the future, and she may harm many people even more. Slaves Having said that, I don't have anything in my mind anymore, I am only looking forward to the next life, and I will never be a slave again, even if I am short of clothes and food, I will not be a slave of such trouble!" Pinxiang said, the corners of his mouth dripped When the blood came out, Empress Zhao felt terrible when she saw it, and hurriedly shouted: "Go and call the imperial doctor!"

It's just that it was too late. Pinxiang had already taken poison before she came here. She told these things in order to let Concubine Rou not live in peace after her death, and let everyone know how hypocritical this Concubine Rou is usually.She will definitely have a hard time in the future.

But Empress Zhao still didn't ask questions. For example, how did Pinxiang know that her family was killed by Concubine Rou? How could it be so easy to get this insider just because she is a court lady?Someone definitely gave her a hand.

But now with Pin Xiang's death, everything is gone.

After tasting the fragrance, she said everything, but Concubine Rou, who was listening in the inner room, turned pale.

In fact, after Pinxiang came over, Empress Zhao called Concubine Rou and Meiren Zhao over to listen to everyone, and even the emperor left a little six.

After hearing this, Xiao Liuzi naturally didn't have a good impression of Concubine Rou. He was also a slave, so he naturally had sympathy for Pinxiang who was also a slave.

"Empress, this slave is lying. She wants to frame the concubine, and there is no concubine at all."

This damn Pinxiang, I didn't expect it to be her, who made me like this, wasting my trust in her before!
Now that even the empress knows, how will she live in the palace in the future?
If the emperor knows, no, the emperor can't know, she has become a victim, but the emperor wants to know, can she stop it?
Of course she couldn't stop it, Concubine Rou felt like she was stripped naked and watched by people in public, she wished she could bury her head in it immediately.

(End of this chapter)