Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 20 Talk
In comparison, Wei promised to be much more sensible, nodding to her and saying:
"Chen Chang is in Wan'an. The concubine should have gone to see Chang Zai earlier, but her status is low and she dare not disturb her rashly."

It is one thing to feel lowly, but the main reason is probably because she has been with the emperor every day recently.

Wei promised that he didn't look too young, but seemed to be about the same age as Depin.

Chen Wenxin said politely: "Wei promised to be polite, you and I are the same people."

If the promised status is low, how can she be noble?

Wei promised to see her speak kindly, seemed relieved, and didn't say anything more.

It is unreasonable for Ding to call Chen Wenxin's younger sister on his own initiative.The two have the same rank, although Chen Wenxin is younger than her, but her family is upright, and her mother's family is favored by the emperor, so she is naturally more noble than Ding's.

So Ding quickly changed his words and said: "Chen Changzai don't mind, I think Changzai is kind and loves her tightly in his heart, so you might as well make a mistake."

Chen Wenxin thought to himself, this is not the only reason why you have wronged the rules, this is just a trivial matter.

His face was still calm, he only hummed lightly, looked at his nose, nose and heart, and stopped talking.

Seeing Chen Wenxin ignoring him, Dingshi almost gritted his silver teeth.

Her mother's family was not humble either, and was an imperial merchant who was in charge of the imperial court purchasing fabrics in the south of the Yangtze River.There is enough oil and water in it, but the word Shang starts with it, which is not good.

Her boudoir name is Ding Jinzhu, and she is the jewel in the palm of the whole family since childhood, the sweetheart.

Grandmother often told her at home, Zhuzhu'er looks so handsome, the emperor must like it.

After entering the palace, did she realize which woman in the palace is not beautiful?Don't say that those high-ranking concubines Tong Guifei and Concubine Hui have a graceful bearing that people from a small family like myself will never be able to match.

Even a person like Yigui who is not much higher than her is still three points more beautiful than her.

Since she was a child, she was highly praised by her family, and she really thought that she was unparalleled in beauty.Seeing that the road was blocked, I had to change a method.
-
She heard that the emperor liked Jiangnan women, who were gentle and delicate, so she pretended to be weak and pitiful.

The emperor was indeed attracted by her, but only once.

Once there will be a second time, she is going further and further along this road unremittingly...

Who knew that Chen Changzai came again now.

Although born beautiful, but the expression is too cold.It looks like an ice lump, but also like a beauty bottle.

How could it be as sweet and tender as her?
How could the emperor like such a person!Ding Shi gritted his teeth and said inwardly.

"The imperial concubine is here—"

The eunuch's sharp voice dragged on and suddenly sounded in the hall, shocking Chen Wenxin a lot.

A woman with big wings combed and wearing a golden phoenix bead and phoenix crown turned out from the apse.She was wearing a cherry red palace gown with pipa sleeves that was almost red, with a golden group pattern embroidered on it, which was extremely luxurious.

Didn't it mean that the imperial concubine loves to chant scriptures and worship Buddha?
Such a luxurious attire does not look like a woman who worships Buddha.

Concubine Tong sat down on the imperial concubine's golden seat above her, and the white east bead that the golden phoenix spit out on her forehead swayed slightly.

Chen Wenxin saluted together with everyone, seeing Concubine Tong Gui from the corner of his eye, and looked at her with some stern eyes.

She was a little startled, but when she looked carefully, she realized that Concubine Tong was looking at Ding Shi behind her.
-
Ding's little master of death.

Chengqian Palace has long released the news that Concubine Tong Guifei will wear cherry red on her birthday.Concubine Hui wore concubine colors, but Concubine De only dared to wear purple.

She, a little-known Chang Zai, dared to wear a rose red that was so close to cherry red!

"Sisters, please stand up."

Everyone sat down, and Wutong, the female official of Chengqian Palace, sent everyone's congratulatory gifts up. Concubine Tong only glanced at it, and seeing that it was all needlework done by everyone herself, she said as a matter of routine:
"You sisters are really caring."

Tong Guifei's voice is very dignified and serious, and her face is also serious.

"A new sister is here, have you seen it?"

New sister, the newest one here is Chen Wenxin.

She left her seat and bowed to Concubine Tong Gui: "My concubine, Mrs. Chen, I have seen your concubine."

Concubine Tong sized her up for a while.

Then she said to Concubine Hui: "Sister Hui, look at this child, how well-born it is."

He praised her well, but his tone was not affectionate, nor did he make her get up.

Concubine Hui is not as high as Concubine Tong Gui, but she is an old man in the palace, and she has made great achievements in giving birth to her elder brother.Concubine Tong respected her for being gentle and fair, and treated her very politely.

Concubine Hui responded, "Yes, it's just that she's younger, we need to take care of her."

Faintly sensing Concubine Hui's implication, Concubine Tong gave a coy smile, and said to Chen Wenxin who was still saluting: "I just talk, but forget about you. Get up quickly."

"Thank you madam."

She retreated to her seat as if nothing had happened, continued to watch their noses and noses, and listened to their chats.

Concubine Tong first asked about the health of Concubine Rong's third elder brother, and then asked whether everyone had heat stroke in the midsummer.

Speaking of this, someone thought of Chen Wenxin again.

"I heard that Chen Changzai is delicate and expensive, and uses more icebergs every day than the imperial concubine."

Everyone looked at Chen Wenxin in unison.

She can use icebergs at any time, which is the emperor's special order.Although everyone had heard about it a long time ago, now they heard what Concubine Rong said, so they knew it was true.

Chen Wenxin looked at Concubine Rong, who spent all his time waiting to see her panicked, so naturally she couldn't make people happy.

She smiled lightly and said: "Speaking of being delicate and expensive, how can a concubine be as expensive as all the empresses? It's just the love of beauty that caused it to make the empress Rong look at it as a joke."

"What does this iceberg have to do with Amy?"

When it comes to beauty, Yigui is definitely the first one, she asked curiously.

"Every morning and evening, after cleansing the face with hot water, apply some ice water from melting icebergs to the face to keep the skin delicate."

This is actually a principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction, which almost all modern girls know.Wash your face with hot water and then stimulate with ice water to shrink pores.

Chen Wenxin's skin is already delicate enough, she doesn't use this method often.But these women here must be very interested.

Everyone has the desire to love beauty, let alone a harem woman?
Sure enough, everyone's attention suddenly shifted from Chen Wenxin's favor to this skin care method.

Even Debi couldn't help asking: "Is this true?"

Chen Wenxin put her face up to show De Concubine, and said: "Concubine did not apply powder today, Madam, let's see if it is meticulous?"

"It's really detailed..."

Debi couldn't help telling the truth, and after she finished speaking, her face was embarrassed for a while.

Chen Shi was very proud of her saying that.

"Actually, when my concubine was still in Chuxiu Palace, her cheeks were still a bit rough. After applying ice water to her face, the roughness has gradually become finer."

When they heard that Chen Wenxin also had a rough face, everyone felt balanced.

He is even more convinced of Chen Wenxin's delicate method.

As a result, in the next month, the supply of icebergs in the palace will be more and more in short supply...

Then the topic shifted to the Seventh Princess, who had just been born by De Concubine and was not yet one year old.

Coincidentally, the emperor had a total of seven princesses, but only two remained.In addition to the seventh princess of De concubine, the other is the fifth princess left by the concubine Zhang who died young, and is now raised in the Changchun Palace of Concubine Hui.

The eldest daughter of the emperor, the second princess, the third princess, the fourth princess, and the sixth princess all died shortly after being born.Chen Wen thought to himself, luckily it is the princess, not the prince.

If it was the prince, she would suspect that there were some concubines in the palace who killed people for favor.

A mother is more expensive than a son, and the prince can really affect the status of the women in the harem.It is said that De concubine was conferred the title of concubine after giving birth to her fourth elder brother. In fact, the status of Wu Ya's mother's family is not high.

Perhaps, this is the reason why Concubine Rong seems to look down on Concubine De?

But the princess is different.The princesses of the Qing Dynasty were more used as political tools, sent to Mongolia for marriage, and given to dignitaries as rewards.

A princess has a princess mansion, and a consort has a mansion.Husband and wife live apart for a long time, unless they are really harmonious and loving, life is very sad.

Since the princes are all well and did not die young, I am afraid that the problem has to be attributed to the low level of medical treatment.

It could also be a matter of parenting.

For example, she had seen in the classic "A Dream of Red Mansions" that many of the masters in Jia's mansion fell ill, and the doctors would suggest a treatment method called "clean hunger".

As the name suggests, it means not giving food for several days in a row, and it will be fine if you are hungry.

This seems to be a very popular treatment method in the Qing Dynasty.

Will there be a little princess killed by these inexplicable treatments?
Girls are not as physically strong as boys, and it is reasonable that they cannot withstand some extreme parenting and treatment methods.

The more Chen Wenxin thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. If she got sick in the future, if any imperial doctor wanted to starve her for two days, she would rather die than do so.

When she came back to her senses, everyone's topic had turned to the Empress Dowager.

The emperor's biological mother died young, and there is no queen mother in the palace.The original queen Hesheli died early, and the emperor has never had a successor.

Therefore, apart from the Empress Dowager, Concubine Tong Guifei is the most respected in the palace.

The empress dowager is old and doesn't like the noise in the harem.She lives alone in the Compassionate Ning Palace, and usually does not see the concubines in the palace.

Chen Wenxin really wanted to meet, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang who was famous in history.That is a legendary woman...

(End of this chapter)