Harem strategy

Chapter 93 New way out

When entering the winter moon, after two days and one night of struggle, Dechongyuan gave birth to a princess, the fourth princess, and Dechongyuan was canonized as the second grade Zhaorong.There is no further title.

Everyone in the palace breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Yang Yurong's family background is not bad. If she really gave birth to a prince, she might be ranked as the fourth concubine. This is something that many people are not happy to see.

After returning from the palace, Li Jialuo knew that Su Zhaoyi had helped the people in his palace, so he sent someone to express his gratitude, but Su Zhaoyi's expression was very cold and not warm.

Li Jialuo just expressed his gratitude, and Su Zhaoyi obviously didn't want to get close to him, so she didn't move any more.

The Queen Mother treats Su Zhaoyi better than before, because Su Zhaoyi insists on accompanying the Queen Mother to chant scriptures every day, almost a year later, without interruption.

Even if the Queen Mother went to the summer palace, Su Zhaoyi also wrote Buddhist scriptures in the palace every day, and then handed it over to the Queen Mother when the Queen Mother came back.

The relationship between Su Zhaoyi and the Queen Mother was harmonious, and the people in the palace didn't pay much attention to it, because Su Zhaoyi was old, even if he was favored, he would not be favored much.The second is that everyone knows that Su Zhaoyi had a miscarriage before and was unable to conceive, so what if a concubine who cannot conceive and have children is favored?

Referring to the previous Concubine Wang Xian, that was the empress dowager's own niece, didn't she die of illness in the end?

Su Zhaoyi's threat is not that great, she can go as long as she wants to follow the route of the queen mother, anyway, it's the beginning of spring, and the girl from the Wang family is here, maybe what's going on.

Once Yang Zhaorong's four princesses' full moon wine is over, it will be the Chinese New Year soon.

Empress Zhao was infected with the cold, so she had to let others take care of the New Year.

Originally, Empress Zhao intended to ask Concubine Hui to help, but Concubine Hui refused on the grounds that she wanted to take care of the third prince.

It would definitely be beneficial for the women in the palace to participate in the palace affairs, but Concubine Hui herself was not willing to intervene, and Queen Zhao was not reluctant to do so.

In the end, Concubine An and Concubine Jing were asked to jointly manage the palace affairs and handle the New Year's matters.

Concubine Jing got this errand, and she felt light all over her body. As a concubine, who wouldn't want to have some power in her hands?
Otherwise, she's just messing around and waiting to die, and Concubine Jing is ambitious, thinking that if she takes care of it now, everything will be convenient in the future.

She was absolutely happy that Concubine Hui declined such a thing.

As for Concubine An, only the second princess was born, and everyone is also a concubine, so they might all listen to her when the time comes.

If there is Concubine Hui, the situation may be uncertain.

Although she doesn't want to admit it, Concubine Jing also knows that the emperor treats Concubine Hui much better than she treats herself. heart.

It's just that when I was working with Concubine An, I found that Concubine An was not as easy-talking as I imagined. After all, Concubine An also helped Queen Zhao handle palace affairs before, and many people in the palace listened to Concubine An.

Concubine Jing likes to be top-notch, and this temperament is not as pleasing as Concubine An's, so after a few attempts, Concubine Jing dare not take the big one.If the matter becomes serious, and the emperor finds out, she will not be able to please her.

However, there is a big advantage in managing palace affairs, that is, they can get the first share of everything that is distributed to Chonghua Palace.

After dealing with palace affairs for a period of time, the maids and servants in this palace are more respectful to themselves than before.No wonder everyone loves power, and it's nice to have some power in your hands.

Empress Zhao looked at the booklet in her hand, smiled and said to Chun Ying: "This is not bad."

"Niang Niang, Concubine Jing is like this, you don't want to deal with it?" Chun Ying asked.

"It's just that I was greedy for some tribute satin. I really have to worry about it. There are more things. That's it." Queen Zhao didn't care. She knew what Concubine Jing did, and the friction with Concubine An I also know.

If there is friction, Queen Zhao will be worried if the two of them are of one heart and one mind.

Thinking that the draft will start again next year, there will be more newcomers in the palace.

Because everyone knows that there will be a draft next year, so everyone has their own tastes this year. Those who have children, at least there are no regrets in the past three years, and they will have something to rely on in the future.

Those who have no children, those who are favored want to take advantage of this time to be favored again, to be favored by the emperor, and then have a child, and when they have children, they are not afraid that the emperor will not remember themselves.

And those who have no children and are not favored can only lament their bad fate in the corner, and perhaps think of a way to be favored.

In short, I have different thoughts, but I am not as happy as in previous years.

Especially considering that the Empress Dowager's niece and daughter will enter the palace next year. The concubine Wang Xian was so domineering in the palace before. If they enter the palace this time, will they still have a way out?
They all hoped that this girl from the Wang family would have an accident quickly, and it would be better if she couldn't enter the palace.

Of course, some people have greeted their natal family. If they can get someone to come over, they can also help themselves to be a favorite.

The draft this time was really like a stone thrown into the water, stirring up layers of waves.

But compared to old people like An Fei and the others, they have already experienced it, so they are basically used to it.

The ones who are not used to it are the people who were drafted last time. In the past three years in the palace, they have all competed, but some went up, some went down, and some died.

How many are still in the cold palace? Thinking about it this way, it's not bad that they haven't been tossed into the cold palace?

In the past three years, Concubine Jing and Concubine Hui have been considered the best. Not only have they been promoted to the position of concubine, they have also given birth to a prince. They are the big winners.

If there is no other way in the future, I have to rely on these two to live.

As for Li Ronghua, they hadn't really thought about it, these people were all from the draft, and they were all ladies from official families. They naturally looked down on this maid from the palace, even if she gave birth to the eldest prince.

It is absolutely impossible for them to attach themselves to such a person.

During the Chinese New Year, Yun and Ruan went to the palace to see Li Jialuo.

Wu Zhengdao didn't give him an errand, and now he knows what his superiors mean, so he doesn't try to cheat.

On the contrary, he took in a few more concubines, and now he only wants to have a son, otherwise his title of county duke would be cheap to outsiders.

The Yun family is now completely disappointed with Wu Zhengdao, and the feelings he had when he was young are completely gone now, so he can take concubines and have children as he pleases.The Yun family wanted to have a good relationship with the concubine Hui in the palace, so that she could get her support in the future.It's also good to give my daughter Wu Wanting a support.

At the end of autumn, Wu Wanting married into Lian's family. Except when she returned home during the three dynasties, she stayed at her in-law's house at all other times.

It is said that he is learning the rules of the Lian family, and he will not let him out if he can't learn well.

After hearing this, Yun couldn't help it. She married her daughter and splashed water. She hoped that her daughter could change her temper and be taught to avoid trouble in the future.Being slapped by the emperor last time scared Yun Shi to death, if it happened again, maybe his life would be lost.

Compared with life and rules, of course life is more important, so the Yun family refrained from giving her daughter a head start.

Ruan said with a smile: "Our Highness the Third Prince is getting more and more heroic, it's so beautiful."

Such a young child can already see heroism, Ruan's flattery.

But the third prince has already started to speak, although it's only one or two words.

The ones who called the most were of course the concubine mother and the emperor father. This was taught to him by everyone. After many times, he will naturally remember it.

Li Jialuo hoped that the third prince could call him mother, but children are small, and in this palace, they still follow the rules, so as not to be called mother concubine, so they can be called mother concubine. When he grows up, he will understand the matter Yes, it is also possible to let him call mother, there is no rush.

Now the third prince can still walk with the support of things, but he can't leave people, let him walk alone, without leaning on anything, he can only walk two or three steps, and then quickly rush to the arms of the adults.This is also very good.

The second prince is said to be weak, and he is still being hugged, let alone walking, and he is too lazy to even crawl.Obviously thinner than the third prince.

But it is said that the second prince is very smart, every time Concubine Jing reads to him, he can understand it as if he understands it without blinking his eyes.

It's just that no one else has seen it. I don't know how many people in Concubine Jing's Palace can really believe it.

Li Jialuo asked: "How is the grandmother at home? How is the father? How about the second uncle?"

These words must be asked, who made her Wu Wanzhen now.

Mrs. Yun hurriedly said: "Mother, she is a very good old man, but she misses my mother a little bit. She always said that it would be great if the mother could save her relatives, but we all persuaded her that the emperor and queen agreed to the visit, wouldn't that be for the mother Looking for trouble? I finally persuaded her, so I didn't talk about it. The master and the second master are both good, and now they are a little fatter. "

"How did I hear that my father has taken in several concubines now? Let father be careful, and don't let the censors stare at them. What these censors like most is to stare at the emperor's relatives, and turn around and be ginseng. It doesn't look good either."

Mrs. Yun hurriedly said: "Thank you for reminding me. It's because the ministers are not up to date. No master has a son. The master has no choice but to give birth to a son for the sake of the son. He also wants to give the mother a brother."

"By the way, did cousin Xiaobao bring a letter? He said he was going back to his hometown, so he didn't tell me about it, so he just went back. Speaking of which, I haven't seen him for three years, I really don't know How is he?"

Both Yun and Ruan were shocked, and Yun said: "It is true that someone brought a letter to Xiaobao, saying that it was his parents' tomb. Because of the heavy rain, it was a bit collapsed, and his days of keeping filial piety have passed. I want to go back to see my parents, and Xiaobao said that he can't always rely on his relatives when he grows up, so he wants to go back and guard his ancestral house to live. When he goes back, we will give He has prepared things, so it’s not a problem to go back and live on his own, even in the local area, we also sent a letter to him, he is a boy, he has grown up, and he wants to have his own backbone, so we can’t stop him.”

Regarding Qian Xiaobao's matter, they discussed and discussed again. Originally, they planned to find someone to fool them, but as Concubine Hui's status became higher and higher, they were afraid that this matter would be exposed, and that person was not that good. I found it, so I thought of this method. Now that the three-year filial piety period has passed, and Qian Xiaobao has grown up, there is no cousin Wu Wanzhen in the Wu family, and he doesn't want to continue living under the fence in the Wu family. As a man, he wanted to establish a family, so he said that Qian Xiaobao had gone back to his hometown.

At any rate, they are members of the Qian family, living in their ancestral house, this is considered normal, and they also sponsored Qian Xiaobao, so it is even more plausible.

Even if the empress asks again, they can confidently say, and the Qian family's hometown is thousands of miles away from the capital, can the empress still find it?

From now on, Qian Xiaobao will belong to the people who have left the Wu family, and has nothing to do with the Wu family. If the empress wants to ask, she will not ask the Wu family, so as not to be worried every time.

Ruan Shi also echoed.I thought to myself, it would be great if this Qian Xiaobao really returned to his hometown, but what if he finds it back by himself in the future?

He also complained about the eldest couple, why they didn't take good care of them, and let them run away. If they had explained it directly at that time, it would be a big deal that the empress was angry at the time, so they couldn't ignore the members of the Wu family from then on. As a result, the eldest couple felt guilty and afraid Being blamed by the empress, I just made up one lie after another in a panic. After the empress knows the truth, I am afraid that the degree of anger will be much greater than the first time I told the truth.

She didn't even dare to think about what it would be like when Concubine Hui knew that Qian Xiaobao had disappeared three years ago, and now she had no choice but to help lie, scolding the boss and the couple in her heart, this is dragging Their second room followed suit.

"So you don't even have a letter? When did this little cousin of this palace not give me a single word?" Li Jialuo said in a deep voice.

"Forget it, his surname is Qian, and it has nothing to do with you. He can leave if he wants, and you can't stop him."

After saying this, they must have been angry. Yun and Ruan immediately knelt in front of Li Jialuo, and Li Jialuo said, "Why are mother and second aunt kneeling in front of me? Could it be that none of you concealed the truth from me? , or feel that Ben Gong has a violent temperament, and he hates people saying things that are not pleasant to his ear? Ben Gong is angry, and he is also angry with Xiaobao. Why did he leave without even saying hello? This is really outrageous. In this case, I will send someone to Xiaobao's hometown to look for him in the future, so you don't have to worry about it in the future.

Speaking of which, Xiaobao and Bengong are cousins ​​and have nothing to do with you.Forget it, you go back first. "

Li Jialuo was very tired, and the two of them also felt trembling in their hearts.

The Ruan family dressed in the carriage, and said to the Yun family: "Sister-in-law, I didn't say you, you should have told the empress the truth about how good-natured the empress is, so why would you still blame you? Yes, it wasn't our intention, but it's like this, and we're trembling every day, is that all right?"

She was covered in a cold sweat just now!

If this kind of thing is done several times, she will be scared to death.

Yun's hands were shaking, she was too scared just now, Concubine Hui's momentum is getting stronger and stronger, if she really knows the truth, wouldn't she?
At first, I thought about holding Qian Xiaobao to make the empress fear, but now, the bargaining chip in my hand is gone, and instead, the empress told me that if I ask for anything in the future, I won't have the courage to ask for it. How can this be? That's good, she was still thinking, Wanting's life in her in-law's house was not going well in the future, and if she wanted Concubine Hui to speak, it would be much better than talking to their Wu family, and the effect would be better.

But, now because of Qian Xiaobao, it has become like this, and she can no longer control Concubine Hui.Why is it like this now?

"Your Majesty, it seems that the Yun family still has the face to mention things now." Hu Po said: "Every time I come here, I hint at this and that, it's really annoying, and now I still want my empress to go back to visit my relatives."

If they hadn't known that Xiao Bao was no longer in the Wu family, they would be very confident, and these people would be too annoying.

Li Jialuo said: "The matter of visiting relatives was not requested by Yun Shi, but mostly by Wu Zhengdao and Mrs. Wu. Yun Shi is just a messenger. What she cares about most now is her daughter."

But Li Jialuo himself wanted Wu Wanting to learn the rules well so as not to get into trouble everywhere, so how could he help Wu Wanting in the future?
Tell them about Xiaobao, so that they don't always treat Xiaobao as a bargaining chip, and ask for it if they want. Now that they are angry, they will definitely not ask to send people from the Wu family into the palace to help them secure their favor up.

(End of this chapter)