Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 211

On the Longevity Day, everyone gathered in Qianqing Palace, even the empress dowager who was in poor health attended.

The empress dowager is old, and there are always big and small illnesses, and she is sick for more than half a year.

She insisted on attending the Emperor's Longevity Banquet because it was a Manchu tradition for elders to attend the Longevity Banquet, to show the Emperor's filial piety and the harmonious atmosphere of the Heavenly Mother's kindness and filial piety.

Second, because the dispatch of troops to Horqin had just started, the empress dowager said she was ill and did not attend the emperor's longevity banquet at this time, which would only make interested people think that the empress dowager was dissatisfied with the emperor.

After all, Horqin is the mother's family of the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager sat high on the head, and rarely put on bright rouge to cover up her pale complexion.

Everyone in the audience saw it, seeing that the Empress Dowager had to attend the Longevity Banquet even though she was sick for the sake of the emperor's reputation of benevolence and filial piety.

This compassionate heart is touching.

As usual, the emperor wanted to greet and care for the princes and ministers at the Longevity Banquet. Taking advantage of this moment, Chen Wenxin looked down the seat and saw a young woman sitting beside Prince Yu Fuquan.

She remembered that at this time last year, Prince Yu's concubine was seriously ill.

Seeing Prince Yu's ugly face at that time, Chen Wenxin still admired him in his heart for being a wife-loving man.

Did he resume the string so soon?

She couldn't help whispering to Debi, "Who is that next to Prince Yu?"

Concubine De glanced quietly at the lower head, "That's Prince Yu's eldest daughter, Gege Yusheng."

Chen Wenxin was speechless for a while.

The emperor said that she had a hole in her head, and she was right. Well, she actually regarded his daughter as a continuation.

Debi replied again, "If you want to see the bottom, you might as well look at us."

She immediately understood what Depin meant, and went to observe Concubine Tong.

Concubine Tong saw her eyes turn and thought that Chen Wenxin was speaking ill of her to Concubine De, so she glared angrily.

Chen Wenxin didn't pay attention to her, anyway, she already hated herself in her heart, even if she explained to her that she wasn't talking bad about her, she wouldn't treat herself any better.

She averted her eyes on her own, which made Concubine Tong's eyes burst into flames.

She cast her eyes on Mrs. Yigui, and saw that Mrs. Yigui had taken off her concubine's finery and put on the ordinary nobleman's attire, she looked much cleaner.

There's nothing wrong with these two.

She finally cast her eyes on Ding Changzai, and then silently rolled her eyes in her heart.

She knew that there were always so many moths that were always there.

I saw that she was wearing a plum red skirt sprinkled with gold everywhere, and a golden tulle hollow outer dress.

Although the outer garment is thin and transparent, it is actually golden yellow...

Those above the rank of imperial concubine are eligible to wear the golden color.

Can you feel that after Concubine Tong was demoted, it was Ding Chang's turn to be the noble concubine?

In the past, Concubine Tong was the only one who was higher than the noble concubine in this palace. Concubine Tong often wore golden yellow to show her dignity.

Now Concubine Tong will wear this color once she is demoted.

Isn't this slapping Concubine Tong in the face?
Chen Wenxin seemed to suddenly understand why the emperor indulged Ding Changzai's various behaviors so much.

Sometimes she went too far, and the emperor would reprimand her, but she never had a big fit.

In fact, Dingchang's death-defying temperament was deliberately cultivated by the emperor to disgust Concubine Tong, right?
Thinking of this, Chen Wenxin couldn't help smiling.

Sure enough, Concubine Rong from the opposite side said calmly, "Dingchang's clothes are so dazzlingly beautiful today."

She used the word dazzling, which means that she usually wears golden yellow.

Ding Chang smiled and replied: "Concubine Rong really has discernment. The concubine's clothes were brought from the south of the Yangtze River, and I put them on in time for the emperor's longevity."

She added 300 taels of silver here, "Your Majesty, don't you think it's golden yellow? It's actually just thin yellow with silver threads inlaid inside."

Everyone looked at Ding Chang's clothes, only to feel that they were very dazzling and bright yellow.

Upon closer inspection, it seems that it is indeed an ordinary egg yellow, which is inlaid with silver threads.

Yigui laughed and said: "Of course it is not golden yellow. Besides the emperor and the empress dowager, who else in the palace is qualified to wear this color? If you dare, you will commit a serious crime of beheading!"

She emphasized the word decapitation, and she often trembled in her shoulders when she heard it.

These words pointed to Concubine Tong's demotion, her face turned red when she heard it, and she tried her best to hold back.

So what if she was demoted?Isn't Yigui also demoted?
No matter how low she was, she was still a concubine, with the Tong Jia family as the backing.

Just relying on her little hoof from Guo Luoluo's family, how dare she come to demand her strength?
Concubine Tong Guifei thought to herself and did not refute it.

The Empress Dowager and all the princes and ministers are here today, she must maintain her image.

Didn't the courtiers know that this was mocking Concubine Tong's demotion?

For a moment, everyone was a little embarrassed, and felt that the fight between the concubines was really terrible.

Chen Wenxin got up, bowed to the emperor and empress dowager above him, and opened his mouth with a smile on his face.

"Report to the emperor, the empress dowager. Today is the emperor's longevity festival, and the concubines are clumsy. They think that everything is bestowed by the emperor, and there is nothing to give to the emperor."

"Therefore, the concubine, concubine Hui and other sisters decided to write a picture of a hundred years of life in hand. Give it to the emperor as a congratulatory gift, to show their heart."

After being interrupted by her, the atmosphere suddenly became active again.

The empress dowager had some color on her face, and she joked: "You said you can believe it when you write a picture of a hundred years of mourning, but you say Concubine Hui and the others?"

Not to mention Concubine Hui, most of the concubines in the palace are illiterate, how can they write a picture of a hundred years?
The Empress Dowager was not belittling Concubine Hui, but teasing her, so Concubine Hui blushed all of a sudden.

She stood up and said to the Empress Dowager, "I know that I am in a terrible situation, and I have practiced with all my sisters for a long time for the emperor's longevity. I beg the Empress Dowager to give me a favor and see our achievements. "

Concubine De Rong and Concubine Zhang Changzai also stood up, leaned forward, and smiled shyly.

The emperor smiled and said, "Okay, five of you, how do you plan to write it?"

The princes and ministers below also started discussing, wondering how these many concubines wrote the picture of a hundred birthdays together, how should they write it?

Chen Wenxin smiled, "Your Majesty, please don't dislike us sisters for being clumsy."

This was an idea Chen Wenxin came up with early in the morning, and informed Concubine Hui and the others.

After listening to her opinion carefully, everyone said it was feasible.

Funny and elegant, the emperor will definitely like it.

It's just that Concubine Hui and the others are illiterate in Chinese and ink, so it is quite difficult for them to write Chinese characters.

Chen Wenxin has been able to write well under the emperor's hand in hand.

She taught the four of them personally, nothing else but how to write the character Shou.

In the picture of one hundred longevity, there are hundreds of variations of the word longevity.

She tried to let them learn the easy ones, and she was responsible for writing the difficult ones.

Pull out the general from the box, after all, she has the best handwriting among the five.

Fortunately, Concubine Hui and the others still have elder brothers, and it would save a lot of effort to ask elder brothers to teach their mother and concubine how to write in their spare time.

Zhang Changzai simply stayed in Yikun Palace, unless the emperor came, she would not leave at any other time.

In this way, everyone practiced for a long time before they could barely read it.

I saw Xiao Lizi came up with a few eunuchs, set up a few tables in the hall, and spread out a large red-backed gold-edged snow-wave paper.

Then Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong stepped forward first, and each wrote the characters "Shou" in different shapes on several places on the paper.

About one person wrote seven or eight characters, and then Chen Wenxin, Depin and Zhang Changzai stood side by side, and also wrote several birthday characters in different shapes on the paper.

The positions of these characters are high and low, which seems to be out of order.

Some ministers with good deeds couldn't help laughing, saying that it was probably a scale without a mound, and they didn't know the weight.

Concubine Tong looked at the five people with a sneer, thinking in her heart that she would wait for them to make a fool of themselves.

On Chen Wenxin's side, after everyone had taken turns, the four of them gathered around several tables to write birthday characters.

Only Chen Wenxin was alone, she smiled lightly, turned around, and stood opposite Concubine Hui and the others.

She even wrote the word "Shou" upside down!

The emperor was so surprised that he got up to look at it, and the ministers in the seat were even more curious.

I saw that although she was facing the paper upside down, she still wrote in orthographic characters, and what was rare was that her handwriting was still neat and beautiful.

It's just that the speed is slower than the four of them.

As more and more longevity characters were written, those characters that were arranged in a disorderly manner actually formed a big character.

Everyone put down their pens almost at the same time, because they had rehearsed countless times before, and the number of words was arranged according to everyone's speed and position.

Xiao Lizi rushed forward, and a young eunuch next to him raised one side of the paper and stood in front of the emperor.

——That is a big longevity character composed of a hundred longevity characters of different shapes!

The emperor couldn't stop praising, "Good, good! Show it to all your lovers!"

When the paper turned to the side of the courtiers, everyone was shocked.

Except for Chen Wenxin, none of these concubines knew how to read or write.

But this picture of one hundred longevity is really well written.

It's not because of the kung fu with the brush. If we talk about kung fu, these concubines are naturally not as good as those famous calligraphers.

What is rare is that the fit is just right, the handwriting is neat, and the letter spacing is also balanced.

In particular, Chen Wenxin's birthday characters written upside down are almost invisible.

The courtiers should praise her, and Nalan Mingzhu even said: "Women can train such a fine product in just one month, it can be seen that they have good intentions. Seeing the harem like this, I am very happy for the emperor."

The Empress Dowager nodded approvingly, "Exactly, it's rare that the five of you sisters have such a heart for being the emperor, and can take care of each other and cooperate with each other. The emperor's grandmother is really relieved to see it."

The empress dowager expressed great intimacy to them who claimed to be the emperor's grandmother.

Everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked the Empress Dowager.

Chen Wenxin was especially happy, she knew that the Empress Dowager understood her good intentions.

From Yuchang's reunion, to Concubine Tong and Yigui being demoted.Although the emperor's goal of suppressing Horqin has been achieved, it also makes people feel that the emperor's harem is restless.

She used this method of writing a hundred longevity pictures together, not only to make Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong appreciate her support, but also let the courtiers see the harmony and intimacy of the people in the harem.

Of course, Concubine Tong and Concubine Yi were not included in these close friendships.

Even Wei promised, not included.

(End of this chapter)