Empress Xiao Zhaoren in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 22

Rong Huang heard the words of "big rebellion", not only did not feel any panic, but smiled and said: "Does foster father know what kind of plants are planted in the small courtyard where my daughter lives?"

Ao Bai shook his head, he is a big man, even though he is Rong Huang's foster father in name, how could he enter his daughter's boudoir at will.

"It's the phoenix tree." Rong Huang's eyes were firm, and the words were clear: "The phoenix tree is the king of the trees. According to legend, it is a spiritual tree that can know the time and orders. It is recorded in "Wearing and Seeing Records": "A hundred birds on the phoenix tree dare not live there. Stop avoiding Phoenix'. Yifu, Ronghuang doesn't like plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, he only likes phoenix trees."

As soon as these words came out, Obai immediately understood what Rong Huang meant.If she didn't, she wouldn't enter the palace. If she entered the palace, the goal would be the empress of the main palace!Sure enough, she is indeed the daughter whom he Oboi fancy, her mind is different from ordinary people!
Having said that, Oboi, who has grasped the situation like this, naturally won't target Sukesaha everywhere.That is to say, from the beginning of this incident, Oboi became more and more able to listen to Rong Huang's words, and everyone praised this adopted daughter not only as "the most beautiful woman in the capital", but also well-read poetry and books, quick-witted, and only felt that he Back then, the discerning eye picked a treasure.

At this point, the previous dynasty was stable, and Oboi's life should be safe for the time being.At the same time, Rong Huang's reputation was getting bigger and bigger, completely overshadowing the previous "Siquan girl".At first, Rong Huang thought it was fun to have a nickname, but then he felt something was wrong.It stands to reason that although Oboi often praised her to others, it was only in a small area after all, how could her name spread so widely?There must be someone playing tricks.

It seemed normal that Rong Huang's fame spread so quickly, but there was actually an invisible black hand hidden behind the scenes, who wanted to use this to hit her.

Almost as soon as he thought of this possibility, Rong Huang vaguely guessed one person in his mind: Ma Jia's An Min.

She hadn't officially entered the palace at that time, and there were only two people who might be her enemies, namely Hesheli and Ma Jiashi.Hesheli suffered a severe injury and couldn't take care of himself, he didn't have the guts or the energy to provoke Rong Huang.Then the only person who can have this kind of thought and this kind of means is the beloved concubine Ma Jiashi.Although she doesn't want Rong Huang's life for the time being, it doesn't mean she doesn't want to trample Rong Huang under her feet.

Her purpose of doing this seems to be confusing, but it is actually very easy to understand.It is said that "it is hard to live up to the fame", first spread Rong Huang's reputation, let the men in the capital, including the emperor, look forward to Rong Huang, and then use tricks to make Rong Huang look ugly, such as deliberately making a fool of himself. The particularly difficult couplet, comparing Rong Huang's weaknesses with his own strengths, would make everyone greatly disappointed in Rong Huang.

The greater the previous expectations, the greater the subsequent disappointment.With this premise, it will be more convenient for Ma Jiashi to suppress Ronghuang.

Another point is that Kangxi is suspicious by nature, if Rong Huang was missed by so many men before entering the palace, he would definitely feel a little uncomfortable while being proud, and would have a special possessive desire for Rong Huang.If Rong Huang had an affair with a man in the future, then Kangxi would definitely think too much and blame Rong Huang.

And with Rong Huang's character, it is indeed easy to fall into such a trap.She is from modern times, she is not good at poetry and poetry, and she doesn't pay much attention to the relationship between men and women.Therefore, in order to overthrow Ma Jia's wishful thinking, Rong Huang studied poetry and books hard during the three years, learning everything a lady of the Qing Dynasty should know, and paid special attention to maintaining good relationships with young men such as Namufu and Nalan Rongruo. distance, so as not to be criticized in the future.

In short, Rong Huang has made all preparations in the past three years, including keeping Obai, improving his talents, sharpening his character, cultivating secret guards, and so on.It was because of these three years of painstaking preparation that when she got on the mule cart to enter the palace again, she would be full of confidence instead of uneasy.Compared with the reborn Concubine Rong, she was already far behind in the second year of Kangxi.But it's not too late to make up for it, the current Rong Huang is not as good as Concubine Rong only in the space she carries, so she has a lot of confidence in her heart when she enters the palace at this time.

On the day when the imperial decree came down, Rong Huang was playing with his three-year-old sister Rong Xin at home.When she finished receiving the imperial decree and the whole family knelt down on the ground, Xiao Rongxin suddenly raised her head and said to her in a childlike voice, "Sister, Xiner also wants to enter the palace!"

Rong Huang said "Excuse me", knelt down and helped his younger sister up personally, and said with a smile: "Okay, when you get older, my sister will call you into the palace to play." In fact, she knew what Rong Xin said about entering the palace was like Rong Huang became the imperial concubine in this way, accepting the kneeling of thousands of people.But what Xiao Rongxin didn't know was that while accepting the worship of thousands of people, she, Concubine Zhao, also had to bow down to more people in the palace.So what if I become an imperial concubine, don't I have to kneel to others all day long?Better to be at home.

Unlike younger sister Rong Xin's admiration, everyone's reactions to Rong Huang's concubine were different.Because she is the highest-ranked concubine in this year's show girls, and also the highest-ranked concubine in Kangxi's harem other than the queen, the news quickly spread to the major families.Namufu was stunned after hearing the letter, and locked himself in the room without eating or drinking.Oboi is left with such a precious son, although he often beats and scolds, but in his heart he hurts like an eyeball, how could he bear his son's frustrated appearance.Regardless of Namufu's mood, he kicked open the door and threw a bunch of red envelopes on the table.

Namufu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Obai in a daze: "Ama..."

Namufu is usually alive and kicking, not in good shape.Sitting there with a pale face right now, Oboi's heart ached so badly: "These are all the posts from the big families who want to marry us, you can see which family's daughter is good, Ama will listen to you!"

Namufu shook his head and said absently, "I don't want it. I don't want anyone except Little Phoenix."

Hearing this, Aobai was furious, and slammed the table hard, and the fragile tea set was shattered in an instant. "Do you look like you are decent? Don't forget that you are my son! Little Phoenix is ​​good, but she is already the emperor's woman. You, don't worry about it!"

Namufu's eyes turned red, he stood up and was about to leave.Aobai was not willing to agree, and grabbed him as soon as he stretched out his hand: "Marriage is always the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Is it possible that you can not marry for the rest of your life?"

Namufu had a certain figure, and said very coldly: "Ama, you promised me to ask the empress dowager, why did you go back on it?"

Hearing these words, Aobai felt his heart turn a thousand times, it was not a good feeling at all.The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh. He didn't want to make his son feel bad, and he didn't want his adopted daughter to be wronged.He gritted his teeth and lowered his voice: "Ama is sorry for you, but son, if little Phoenix wants to become a real Phoenix, she must enter the palace!"

During the Battle of Yangzhou that year, the enemy attacked Obai's home.He didn't know that something happened at home until the heads of his wife and children were hung at the gate of the city.He bloodbathed Yangzhou City and found Namufu in the pile of rotting corpses.When he followed the path pointed by his son to find his younger son, he only found a lump of bloody flesh.

He only had one son, Namufu, and if it wasn't a last resort, he certainly didn't want to make his son sad.But if his son and Ye Bilong's daughter get married, it will only make the emperor and the empress dowager more jealous of their two families, thinking that Oboi and Ye Bilong are forming a party for personal gain... According to Rong Huang's analysis, the royal family I absolutely don't want to see such a scene.So for the sake of the family, Obai had no choice.

Aobai had no choice, so Queen Hesheli had no choice.When the Hesheli family sent her younger sister Xihe into the palace, it was clear that they wanted to give up her pawn and support Xihe to be the new queen.If she doesn't intervene in the draft again, I'm afraid the queen will be replaced soon!
The Hesheli family presided over the draft, and the first thing they did was to make their younger sister a nobleman, and gave her a residence in the Changchun Palace, so that the queen could educate her personally.

The Hesheli family were naturally dissatisfied when they heard this result. They sent Xiao Xihe to the palace not just to make her a noble person!Even if you can't be a concubine, you must at least be a concubine.But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with what the queen did.Now the well-known Yigui people and Huigui people in the harem have served the emperor for several years, and Concubine Rong was promoted to concubine only after giving birth to the eldest son of the emperor.The queen managed to take care of some things again, and there was no way to favor her sister too much.

The second decision made by the queen made the Hesheli family even more speechless.Originally, the Empress Dowager liked Ronghuang and instructed Hesheli to make her a noble concubine.Unexpectedly, Hesheli refused to comply, and wept and chatted with the empress dowager for a long time. When she came out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the empress dowager's canonization decree also came down—making Ronghuang the concubine Zhao.

The status of Niu Hulu's family was higher than that of Tong's family, so Tong Jinglin was naturally a head shorter than Rong Huang and was named Yi's concubine.In fact, the queen didn't intend to give Tong's title at all, she just wanted to name Tong's concubine.Later, it was Concubine Wangui who came out to speak for Tong, saying that it was enough for the emperor's cousin to be a concubine. If she didn't propose a more noble title, wouldn't it be chilling?The empress dowager personally bestowed the word "Yi" on Tong.

On the surface, it seems that Tong Jinglin is the niece of Concubine Wangui, and Concubine Gui will speak for her.In fact, the noble concubine stood up this time, but it was the reason behind Liu Qing's instigation.

(End of this chapter)