Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 134 Jade Promise's Origin
The emperor went to visit the empress dowager last night, and it is the emperor's filial piety to visit the elders after returning from a long journey.

Chen Wenxin didn't want to disturb their grandfather and grandson's conversation, so he waited until the next day to meet again.

She had just arrived in the compound of the Compassion Ning Palace when she heard Yu Ying's crisp voice.

Not knowing what she said, the Empress Dowager laughed happily.

"Listen, what are you talking about?"

Every syllable came through her ears clearly, but she couldn't understand anything.

Su Nai, the head of the Compassionate Ning Palace, said with a smile: "This is Mongolian, so it's no wonder that the concubine Qin can't understand it. There are not many Mongolian concubines in the palace nowadays."

This Madam Su is said to be the dowry girl of the Empress Dowager. Her original surname was a Mongolian surname, but for the sake of being easy to call, she took a Chinese surname from her name.

This old nanny is a slave in name, but in fact she is half a queen mother in the palace, and even the emperor respects her very much.

Chen Wenxin smiled and said: "That's how it is. It's a coincidence that my palace is here. The Empress Dowager and Yu promised to be talking happily. I can't understand Mongolian. Didn't it spoil the Empress Dowager's interest?"

Su Momo said modestly: "The empress dowager often praises the empress, she is a filial child. Just now the palace people came in to spread the news, the empress dowager likes it very much."

She smiled shyly, "The empress dowager is admirable, how can I afford it."

Mother Su led her into the inner room. The Empress Dowager was drinking butter tea on the couch, and Yu promised to sit on the embroidered pier and talk to her.

Seeing Chen Wenxin coming in, Yu promised to get up first, and stood aside with her hands folded.

She stepped forward to salute the Empress Dowager, "My concubine invites the Empress Dowager Shengan."

The Empress Dowager asked her to stand up, looked at her carefully, and said, "I've lost a lot of weight. Good boy, sit here."

She stretched out her hand to pull Chen Wenxin's hand, Chen Wenxin handed it to her, and sat down on the side of the couch.

"Concubine, please concubine Jin An."

Yu promised to salute her only then, she took a quick glance and found that the costume and makeup that Yu promised was more Mongolian style than when she first entered the palace.

At first, the emperor said that he felt that the jade promise was weird, so she sent a small table to investigate the jade promise, but did not get any news.

Yu promised not to make friends with or alienate other concubines in the palace except for coming to the Palace of Compassion and Ning all day long.

Just keep it neutral.

She can impress the Empress Dowager with Mongolian characteristics, which is exactly one advantage that Yu promised to stand out over everyone else.

She smiled and said, "Excuse me."

The Empress Dowager patted her hand, "Good boy, I heard that you saved the emperor's life on the southern tour. Good boy, the imperial grandmother doesn't know how to thank you. Is your illness better?"

The emperor did not announce that Chen Wenxin was taken away by the Nanming rebels, but said that Chen Wenyi and Chen Wenxin desperately pulled the emperor out of the water.

This will not only maintain her reputation and avoid rumors, but also find the most reasonable reason for rewarding the Chen family.

Yu promised to be a little surprised, and looked up at the empress dowager's expression.

She has been running to the Palace of Compassion and Ning for several months, and every day she will accompany the Queen Mother to talk about the customs of Mongolia's hometown and interesting stories about the Horqin Grassland.

I have never seen the Empress Dowager being so affectionate to her.

The empress dowager talked and laughed with her, but she never called herself the emperor's grandmother to her.

Grandmother, isn't this a title that only emperors and empresses can call?
The greatest blessing she got from the Empress Dowager was when Yipin declared that she was disrespectful and wanted to punish her in public.

She asked her maid to report to the Palace of Compassion, and the Empress Dowager told Concubine Tong to go to Yongshou Palace to stop Concubine Yi.

The reason is that the concubine Yi does not have the right to assist the harem, punish low-ranking concubines, and cannot abuse lynching.

If there is any guilt, it should be reported to Concubine Tong or Concubine Hui for disposal.

She did not disrespect Yipin, and Yipin did not dare to offend the Empress Dowager, so the matter will be settled.

The Empress Dowager didn't care about the affairs of the harem, she came forward to find Concubine Tong for herself, and she thought she had really impressed the Empress Dowager.

Looking at the Empress Dowager's attitude towards Concubine Qin now, it is obviously better than herself...

She comforted herself that the empress dowager must have cared too much for the emperor, so she treated her so well when she heard that concubine Qin had saved the emperor's life.

It was also the first time Chen Wenxin heard that the emperor explained her "rescue her meritorious service" in this way.

No wonder, those princes, ministers and concubines didn't react when they saw her sitting on the emperor's dragon seat yesterday.

It's no surprise that a person who has made great achievements in saving his family has to suffer a serious illness in order to save his family.

She said modestly: "The concubine's illness is no longer a problem. It is the concubine's responsibility to save the driver, and I dare not take credit for it."

The empress dowager sighed and said: "The emperor has been plagued by disasters since he was a child. He had acne when he was a child, and his family was so scared that he couldn't sleep all night. Fortunately, you are here. You are the emperor's lucky star."

Yu promised and smiled apologetically: "That's right, fortunately this time it's the concubine Qin who is going to the south with the emperor."

The Empress Dowager said again: "By the way, your brother, has the emperor rewarded you? Seeing that giant Haidongqing Aijia, the bravest warrior on the grassland may not be able to catch it."

"The Empress Dowager, the concubine's elder brother is just lucky. That Hai Dongqing is injured, otherwise how could he come to the ground."

When Chen Wenxin said it so honestly, the Empress Dowager laughed, "You, why are you so honest? Isn't it good to let others know your brother's bravery?"

She was surprised and said: "It is natural to boast in front of outsiders, but this is in front of the Empress Dowager, of course there is something to say."

The empress dowager covered her mouth with joy, "Silly boy, call me the emperor's grandmother."

She hinted like this, Chen Wenxin didn't know how to climb the pole, so the Empress Dowager had no choice but to say it clearly.

Chen Wenxin glanced at Yuyue, and saw her looking down at her toes with a smile on her face.

"Thank you, Grandmother."

She said again: "It's all my disappointment. Just now I heard the emperor's grandmother and Yu agree to speak Mongolian outside, and they were so happy. I don't know how to speak, so I won't bother the emperor's grandmother."

The Empress Dowager said: "There are few Mongolian concubines in the palace, so it is difficult for the Ai family to find someone to talk to about their native language. Lingyu is also a relative, and she can accompany the Ai family to talk about Horqin, so it is good to pass the time. "

Yu promised to lower her eyes shyly, "It's a concubine's joy to be able to fall in love with the Empress Dowager."

Chen Wenxin took the opportunity to hold her hand, and said affectionately: "It is said that you are a member of the imperial grandmother's family, and I don't know how many people are in your family. What do you do?"

Asking this in front of the Empress Dowager, I am not afraid that Yu will not tell the truth.

She smiled and said: "Thanks to your mother's care, my parents and elders are all here, and there are three older brothers and one older sister. The two older brothers are married and serve as errands in the Horqin Cavalry Battalion, and my older sister is still in her boudoir."

"Oh..." Chen Wenxin said: "This is also strange, my sister is still in her boudoir, why did you only send my sister to the palace?"

Yu promised with a slightly uncomfortable face, and said: "Because of my sister, she has already betrothed to someone, but she hasn't married yet."

This fleeting moment has already made Chen Wenxin smell the secret.

"Yu promised to give birth to such a different person, your mother must be beautiful."

Chen Wenxin smiled and said to the Empress Dowager, "Just look at the imperial grandmother, the Borzigit clan specializes in beauties."

At the age of the Empress Dowager, how could she not like being praised for her beauty, let alone being praised by a beauty like Chen Wenxin.

"In terms of appearance, our Horqin women are not so beautiful."

The Empress Dowager said, "What you are like is the beauty of Han women, exquisite and slender. Our Horqin women are tall and healthy."

"Lingyu's appearance is inherited from her mother, which is the beauty of girls from Xinjiang, but she looks a bit like a half-foreign devil."

When the Empress Dowager mentioned half a foreign devil, even Su Momo laughed when she was listening.

Yu promised to twist her body coquettishly, "The Empress Dowager..."

Chen Wenxin smiled and said again: "So that's the case. I don't know how Yu promised her mother to marry from Xinjiang to Horqin?"

Yu promised that she didn't want others to know this, she asked this question in a caring tone in front of the empress dowager, and Yu promised that she had no choice but to answer.

"Concubine... concubine's mother fled to Horqin from the war in Ili."

Yu promised to lower her eyes, "It's not a marriage, but a slave girl who was collected by my father in the account."

Mongolia pays more attention to the difference between concubine and concubines than Manchu and Han. The children of female slaves and the children of the wife's wife are treated very differently.

This made her even more suspicious.

Horqin specially sent a woman to maintain the marriage between Manchuria and Mongolia. He didn't send the daughter of the tribal leader's family, and he couldn't send a concubine from the Biezhi family, right?
Most importantly, the Mongolian blood Yu promised did not exist.

How can such a woman be worthy of the responsibility of marriage?

The ones sent by the Qing Dynasty to Mongolia for marriage were all princesses.Even if she wasn't the emperor's daughter, she was at least the daughter of princes.

It can be said that it is disrespectful for Horqin to send such a woman into the palace and be granted the title of promise.

This point, Yu promises that she also knows it.

But she can't lie, once she lies in front of Chen Wenxin, she will be found out later--
Wouldn't that be more suspicious?

The Empress Dowager also heard the strangeness, thinking that Horqin probably wanted to see Yu's beauty, so she sent her here regardless of her family background.

If it can crown the harem, that's fine.

The appearance that Ke Yu promised was just slightly better than Yipin and Dingchang Zainwai.

You have to compare yourself with Chen Wenxin, and set your own opinion.

It's a mess.

The Empress Dowager smoothed things over and said: "Good boy, since she shares the same surname as Ai's family, don't think that she is of low birth."

Chen Wenxin answered the Empress Dowager seriously, "What did the emperor's grandmother say? Your surname is the most noble among the women in the world. If you are low, there will be no place for the concubines to let you go."

The Empress Dowager pursed her lips and smiled.

Think back when Taizu was in power, she was still Zhuang Concubine of Yongfu Palace.

The queen of the middle palace is her own aunt, and even the chief concubines of the other big palaces are all Mongolian women.

At that time, the Qing Dynasty had just entered the Central Plains, and it was time to borrow the power of Mongolia.At that time, the Mongolian concubines in the palace were so honorable.

It suppressed all the concubines who were full of people.

The first queen of the first emperor was also a Mongolian woman, her niece Rong Hui.

When it comes to the current emperor, the Manchus have already secured the status of the Han people, so there is no need for the next emperor to come to make close friends with Mongolia.

(End of this chapter)