Empress Xiao Zhaoren in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 37

Several people laughed when they heard the words.The Empress Dowager also smiled, her eyes swept over the faces of everyone present, and finally settled on Concubine Rong's face.

Rong Huang's heart sank.

I saw Xiao Zhuang staring at Concubine Rong, speaking every word very slowly: "Concubine Rong, you have been in the palace for three years. The queen has been ill all the time, Aijia heard that you helped her a lot, yes Is it?"

There is nothing wrong with this statement on the surface, but it is unfathomable when you think about it carefully.Xiao Zhuang's mind is too hard to guess.Is she sincerely praising Concubine Rong, or is she secretly accusing Concubine Rong of exceeding her authority?Or do you hate concubine Rong and the queen?
Rong Huang couldn't figure it out, so she secretly rejoiced in her heart, fortunately, the person who answered this question was not her.

Concubine Rong really looked a little embarrassed, she froze for a while before saying: "As a concubine, it is my duty to do my best for the royal family."

This question was cleverly answered, she replaced the word "Queen" with "Royal", the difference of one word, but the meaning is completely different.

The empress dowager's expression was indeed much gentler, and she praised: "Concubine Rong did a good job. The Ai family sees that although you have a lively temper, you are also prudent in your actions, so I wanted to hand over the harem to you in advance—" —”

"Ah?" Concubine Rong stood up, lowered her body in a panic and said, "How can my concubine, how can she dare to take on such a big task? The Empress Dowager is still..."

Before Concubine Rong finished speaking, Xuan Ye couldn't help interjecting, and hurriedly called out: "Mama Mama? You..."

"Emperor!" The Empress Dowager interrupted him sharply, "The affairs of the harem should be taken care of by women."

Kangxi was slightly startled, pursed his lips and stopped talking, but unconsciously tightened the hand holding Ronghuang.

Rong Huang squeezed his hand comfortingly, and smiled at Xuan Ye.

The matter is not over yet, Xiaozhuang obviously still has something to say.Now that the emperor is so impatient, he doesn't know if he is really worried about Rong Huang not being able to take power, or because he discussed it with Xiao Zhuang in advance, and purposely played a show here for them.

hold your breath.Still those three words, hold your breath.In a place like the harem, you have to be careful with every step you take.Because sometimes what seems to be a bright and bright future ahead may be just a mirage, a dream that is deliberately decorated and beautiful.If you take a wrong step, or if you walk too hastily, you will fall into the abyss, and you will never recover...

That's why Rong Huang had to calm down.Su Xun once said in "The Book of Quan": "The way to be a general is to first cure the heart. Taishan collapses in front and the color does not change, and the elk rises to the left without blinking, and then you can control the interests and treat the enemy."

Mount Tai collapses in the front but its color does not change, and the elk rises in the left without blinking.If Rong Huang was only 15 years old this year, she would never be able to do this with her mind.But coupled with the age she lived in modern times, her mental age has already exceeded her actual age, so she can be indifferent when encountering problems.

However, it is only on the surface.Rong Huang knew that her rank was not high enough, if she could achieve it and her heart would be at peace, then she would be able to become a top master in Gongdou.

The strange thing is why Concubine Rong can't even do the most basic thing after living for so many years...

Before she had time to think about it, she heard the Empress Dowager continue: "Listen to what Aijia said first. Although Concubine Rong said she entered the palace earlier, she will only be 16 years old this year. She is pure and soft-tempered, so there is no guarantee that she will not be caught. Those slaves are bullying..."

Concubine Rong opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't say a word.She deliberately put on this naive look to reassure Xiao Zhuang, but unexpectedly it became an excuse for Xiao Zhuang not to give her power.For a while, I was really dumb and ate Coptis chinensis, and there was unspeakable suffering.

"Besides, Eldest Elder Brother has just turned one year old, and his body is weak. I'm afraid Concubine Rong doesn't have the energy to manage the harem." The Empress Dowager sighed, with a sincere look for Concubine Rong: "So Concubine Rong will take good care of you first. Follow big brother."

How could Concubine Rong be reconciled to seeing the fat that was about to be obtained fly away like this?She bit her lip and said with a forced smile: "Brother Elder Brother has become much more energetic recently, and this concubine is still thinking about when to bring him over to show you."

The Qing Palace stipulated that only concubines and concubines above the rank of harem lords were eligible to raise the prince.But no concubine can raise her own children herself.After giving birth to the full moon, the prince will leave his biological mother and be raised by others. It is not a specific festival, and he rarely sees each other in normal times.

This is because the Manchus advocate bravery, and they believe that separating children from their mothers can prevent them from being spoiled, so as to maintain a stoic national character, and at the same time prevent foreign relatives from dominating.Because the prince is brought up by others, the relationship between the biological mother and the child will not be deep, and the favor of nurturing is greater than the grace of childbirth, so as to avoid the phenomenon of dictatorship of foreign relatives once the prince inherits the throne and reuses the biological mother's family.

However, the eldest elder brother born to Concubine Rong was raised by Concubine Rong herself.The eldest elder brother Chengrui is weak, and Concubine Rong was worried that he would not be able to support him if he was sent to Ganxi No. [-] Institute. At the beginning, he was crying and pretending to be pitiful, but Kangxi finally asked the Empress Dowager to raise the child by herself.Xiaozhuang also felt sorry for his great-grandson, so he reluctantly agreed after hesitating for a while.

When mentioning the great-grandson, Xiao Zhuang nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Concubine Rong has a heart, you must know that what Ai's family wants most now is to have a grandson." When she said this, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Rong Huang smiled lovingly and said: "Concubine Zhao should also hurry up and give birth to a fat boy for the emperor."

Rong Huang suddenly lay down on the gun, and couldn't help blushing.The Empress Dowager took all the emotions of her little children into her eyes, her eyes turned slightly, and her expression was thoughtful: "So, the Ai family suddenly thought of a way to achieve both. Why don't the Ai family hug the elder brother?" Come to the Compassionate Ning Palace, so Concubine Rong will have the time to take care of palace affairs." She squinted her eyes, and asked indifferently: "What do you think Concubine Rong is?"

Concubine Rong trembled when she heard the words, and immediately understood what she meant, she just felt that a basin of cold water had poured her thoroughly from head to toe.

The Empress Dowager is trying to rob her son!
Giving the child to the empress dowager to be raised is apparently a great thing with infinite grace.Wasn't the current emperor brought up by the empress dowager himself?
just, just—

Because the emperor was taken care of by the empress dowager, their grandparents and grandchildren have a deep relationship, and Kangxi can be said to be obedient to Xiaozhuang.But the emperor's biological mother, Concubine Tong, was miserable. Although she became the empress dowager in the new dynasty, she did not have a deep relationship with her biological son. She only sat on the throne of the Holy Mother Empress Dowager for two years before dying of depression.Ma Jia's ambitions are great, and she is never willing to be a woman like Concubine Tong!

Her goal is not only to put her child on the throne, but also to be the only empress dowager in the new dynasty!In other words, she had to ascend to the position of queen first, so as not to let any other woman share the honor of queen mother with her.

So, should we give up the child in exchange for the power to temporarily manage the palace affairs?
Concubine Rong hadn't thought of a way that would be most beneficial to her, someone had already answered for her.

I saw Xuan Ye smiled subtly: "You can't have both, no matter how capable Concubine Rong is, she will be too busy for a while. The emperor's mother has not been in good health recently, and it is too much work to take care of the little elder brother. "He changed the subject, looked at Rong Huang suddenly, and said with a smile: "Concubine Zhao has nothing to do all day, why don't you send Cheng Rui to Yikun Palace."

The eyes of the two intertwined, and they both smiled at each other.Xuan Ye smiled because he was proud, thinking he had come up with a good idea.Rong Huang's smile was the "hehe" kind of smile, she raised her middle finger to Xuan Ye silently in her heart: Damn, are you trying to bring hatred to me?
You must know that women in the harem who are jealous are just petty troubles, but once the children are involved, the troubles will be big.Concubine Rong may tolerate the power being taken away for a while, because the power can be snatched back intact.But what about children?When the child grows up and grabs it back, that child is no longer her child!Especially for a woman like Concubine Rong who had four sons who died in her previous life, she must be very concerned about her children in this life!
Rong Huang was right, children are the bottom line that Concubine Rong can't allow anyone to challenge.Almost as soon as the emperor said that, Concubine Rong gritted her teeth with hatred, and began to wonder if Concubine Zhao was blowing the pillow wind in the emperor's ear, or how could she want to snatch her child.

Concubine Rong clearly remembered that Concubine Zhao had no children in her previous life. The emperor had spoiled her for a while, and indeed had a child in her arms for Concubine Zhao to raise. Rui.Eldest Brother was born weak, so sending him to Yikun Palace wouldn't be a wolf's mouth?It's no wonder Concubine Zhao is able to support herself!Even if Concubine Zhao raised Chengrui, the child is still so young that he can't even call Er Niang.Once he grows up in the future and "recognizes a thief as his mother", then Concubine Rong will not be worth the loss.

If Concubine Rong was still hesitating just now whether to give up her child to the Empress Dowager in exchange for the power to take charge of palace affairs, then when Kangxi proposed to raise Elder Brother under Rong Huang's knees, she made up her mind completely. It must not be so "short-sighted".

So she raised her head and stared at Xuan Ye, with a smile that she thought was the prettiest on her lips: "Thank you, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, for being so considerate of my concubine. It's just how can the concubine He De be able to manage such a big A harem? The duty of a concubine is to give birth to children for the emperor, now that Chengrui is not in good health, the concubine can just do her duty of taking care of the little elder brother."

(End of this chapter)