Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 22 Punishment
The sound of the announcement started from outside the main gate of Shufangzhai, followed by the entrance of the palace, and eunuchs took over each door and continued to announce loudly, the sound was like a wave.

Wave after wave.

Why didn't the emperor inform her like this when he went to her place?
Always showing up quietly to startle her.

She always thought it was the emperor's bad taste, but after listening to the communication sounds one after another today, she knew it was not the case.

Wouldn't the emperor only pass on it to her?
She suddenly felt that in the future, it was necessary for the two people on the small table and chair to do nothing.

One stood at the gate of her west side hall, and the other stood at the screen wall to the west of the main hall of Yonghe Palace.As long as you see the emperor coming, let the two of them report one after another like this wave.

Although there are only two waves in this wave.

Chen Wenxin put down the small silver rake for the watermelon, wiped the corners of his mouth, and prepared to pick it up.

When the emperor walked in, everyone had already squatted down on the edge of their seats one by one, saying in unison:
"Greetings to the emperor."

"Exemption."

The emperor sat down towards the upper seat, and then everyone got up and sat in their own seats.

Chen Wenxin's gaze was lowered, but from the corner of her eye, she saw that the emperor seemed to be looking at her, and while everyone was not paying attention, she winked mischievously at the emperor.

Seeing her mischievousness, the emperor couldn't help but smile.

He was worried that Chen Wenxin would be punished for breaking the rules when seeing so many concubines for the first time, or that he might be tricked by others for speaking.

I was also afraid that she was used to being free and undisciplined, and it would be boring to be confined here for a day, so I came here to take a look.

It seemed that she was having a good time.

Everyone returned to their seats, except Ding Shi who was kneeling originally.

It's just that when the emperor came in, he turned to the direction of the door, and now he turned back.

"What's going on here?" The emperor pointed to Ding Shi and asked Concubine Tong Gui.

Before Concubine Tong could answer, Ding was the first to complain.Her voice was delicate and filled with infinite sadness:
"Your Majesty, the concubine really didn't intend to offend the concubine, the concubine is ignorant!"

Those who didn't know thought Tong Guifei was going to kill her.

Chen Wenxin took a sip of tea by himself, thinking that Ding's acting skills were really exaggerated.

Seeing Ding's pear blossoms with rain on her face, Tong Guifei gritted her teeth bitterly.

While cursing Xiaohu Meizi secretly, she organized her words to tell the emperor the whole story.

"So that's the case." The emperor only said this lightly after hearing this.

Concubine Tong Gui's face darkened.

If the emperor does not punish her, then she will have no authority in the palace in the future.

"Today is a good day for the noble concubine. I will always offend Tong Guifei, and the next one will be the one above. I will be banned for three months, and my money will be deducted for two months."

Concubine Tong was a little disappointed that the emperor did not lower her status.But this kind of punishment is not too light, and the expression on her face softened a little.

"You are really ignorant. What day is this? Concubine Hui and Concubine De are not as brightly dressed as you!" The emperor scolded Ding Shi on the ground, frowning very seriously.

Being reprimanded like this, Ding cried even more violently, and kowtowed to the emperor repeatedly: "This concubine will not dare next time, this concubine is ignorant."

She raised her head again, her face was pale, the oily skin on her forehead had been broken, and a trace of blood came out.

I really feel sorry for you.

Chen Wenxin looked up at the emperor's expression, but there was no pity on his face.

"Forget it, little Li, send Dingchang back to the palace first."

The emperor seemed a little impatient and impatient, and waved his hand.

Little Lizi caught up like a gust of wind, and had been looking at the emperor's Ding Shi with reluctant eyes, and was quickly picked out.

Seeing the masters, big and small, in the palace, none of them waited to see Ding Shi.Xiao Lizi naturally wants to go as fast as he can, so as not to let Dingshi get in the way here.

Unexpectedly, the emperor looked at Concubine Tong again, narrowed his eyes slightly, and changed the subject: "Concubine Tong's clothes are very colorful today."

"Return to the emperor, this is the dress made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is cherry red."

Concubine Tong Guifei was a little guilty. The color of this dress was said to be cherry red, but in fact it was not much different from Zhenghong.

It would be better if the emperor didn't ask, but if she asked, she would lose confidence.

In order to please her, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs dyed the cloth more like Zhenghong.She knew it a long time ago and didn't stop it.

Zhenghong is a color that only the first wife can wear. Concubine Tong is in charge of the Phoenix seal, but she is still just a concubine without the queen's will.

One is no different from Chang Zai's promise, concubine.

"Ha ha."

The emperor smiled faintly, took off the pomegranate flower from Concubine Tong's temple, and compared it to her skirt.

"Look, this bright red pomegranate flower is not as red as the imperial concubine's cherry-colored dress."

There is no queen in the palace, Concubine Tong Gui is the highest ranking concubine and is in charge of Fengyin.Everyone seems to be used to Concubine Tong's mentality of treating herself like a queen.

At this moment, after listening to the meaning of the emperor's words, I finally understood.
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No matter how noble Concubine Tong is, she is not a queen.If she wasn't the queen, she wouldn't be able to wear this confusing dress. The so-called cherry red was actually a color that was almost the same as Zhenghong.

Chen Wenxin had long felt that the emperor's attitude towards Concubine Tong was ambiguous, and seeing him make trouble today, she was truly sure that her thoughts were correct.

"Li Dequan!"

The emperor's voice was filled with anger, he slapped the table and said loudly:

"Go to the House of Internal Affairs and beat to death all the servants who made this dress for the noble concubine. I'll see if they dare to slack off in the future!"

Under that one shot, the pomegranate flower made of yarn was deformed and turned into a twisted flat block.

This anger seems to be directed at the servant who made the clothes, but in fact anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is directed at Concubine Tong Gui.

From concubine Tong to the next, everyone knelt down and blessed themselves, and the emperor appeased his anger.

Wearing that dress, Concubine Tong felt that her whole body was pierced by needles, which made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

She had no choice but to take off this dress at this moment, tear it into pieces vigorously, and throw it far away where the emperor could no longer see it.

She felt resentment and hatred in her heart when her self-regarding dignity was trampled on like this.

She resented the emperor for embarrassing her in front of everyone, and also hated her mother's shallow knowledge for not being Hesheli's wife one step earlier.

Her origin is not lower than that of the former queen Hesheli.It's just that the first emperor loved Empress Xiaoxian Dong Eshi, and had no pity for the current emperor's biological mother, Empress Xiaokangzhang Empress Tong Jiashi, who is Tong Guifei's aunt.

Kangxi, who was still the third elder brother at that time, was not liked by the emperor, so Tong Jia's family had no intention of marrying their daughter to the third elder brother to make them more intimate.

Kiss again, what's the use of the third elder brother if he can't become the emperor?

Who knew that Emperor Shunzhi had gone, and the Empress Dowager personally designated the third elder brother Xuan Ye as the emperor, and Tong Jia's family knew that they had made a mistake.

They were not close to the third elder brother before, but because the emperor was not close to the third elder brother's mother and daughter, they were very distant.

When the news of the third elder brother's succession came out, it was too late for them to try to curry favor.

In the fourth year of Kangxi, the 12-year-old emperor married the 13-year-old Hesheli, and Hesheli became the queen.

And this Tong Jia, who came from the same surname as Kangxi's biological mother, was only made a noble concubine.

More than ten years have passed, and she has always been a noble concubine, that's all.

Concubine Tong had tears in her eyes, and she kept holding back not to let them fall.

If she shed tears in front of these lowly concubines, how would she be able to control the harem in the future?

So she endured it, and endured it even if she couldn't help it.

"Great concubine, get up, it's not the concubine's intention that the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are so sloppy."

The emperor supported Concubine Tong with one hand, let her sit in the position below his head, and let the other concubines also return to their seats.

"Today is the imperial concubine's birthday, and I didn't bring a birthday gift, so I will write a birthday letter for the imperial concubine in hand."

Whenever there are decent concubines in the palace who celebrate their birthdays, the emperor will send a handwritten birthday letter as a congratulatory gift.This word is not uncommon, but after experiencing the turmoil just now, now that the emperor proposed the handwritten word "Shou", Concubine Tong immediately became happy.

It seems that the emperor still cares about her face, the incident just now may not be aimed at her, but just angry with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Guifei Tong saluted.

Soon, the long case came up.

The emperor was waving a pen on the red snow wave paper, and every time he wrote a stroke, the concubines would use all kinds of beautiful words to praise the emperor's calligraphy.

"Your Majesty's horizontal strokes are really full of anger." It is rare for Yigui to say such a literary word.

But this writing, shouldn't it be said to be well written?How do you draw well?
No one cares about whether there is something wrong with what Yigui said, they don't know any calligraphy of the Han people at all.

"This glance is in the right position." Concubine Rong also pretended to be understanding and made fun of it.

However, the emperor felt that his glance was a bit crooked, and the words would look a little blunt after writing.

"The emperor's handwriting is getting better and better."

Even though Concubine Hui said this, she knew in her heart that the emperor's birthday character was not as good as the one written by the emperor on her birthday last year.

This does not mean that the emperor's handwriting has not improved, but that the emperor has just been angry, and his writing has not been well developed.

Maybe it was because he was upset that he didn't write it well, maybe he didn't want to write it well, who knows.

Concubine Hui smiled to herself.

"When it's your birthday in Dongyue, I'll write a better one for you."

The emperor finished writing, cleaned his hands, and smiled at Concubine Hui.

With this smile, the atmosphere broke from the tense state again, and everyone also heaved a sigh of relief.

Yigui smiled and said, "The emperor is so eccentric, I heard that he wrote a word of diligence for sister Chen a few days ago, and hung it in her room."

All eyes fell on Chen Wenxin again.

She agreed with Wei and Zhang Changzai, standing on the periphery of the crowd.Wei promised that his appearance was not bad, but he was humble and cowardly, and seemed petty.

Zhang Changzai's looks are average, but his stature is a bit low, making him look a little clumsy.

Chen Wenxin's glamorous appearance, generous posture and out-of-this-world temperament are even more set off.

The way everyone looked at her gradually became strange.

To sum it up, that is envy, jealousy and hatred.

Concubine Tong Guifei was almost ashamed just now, but Mr. Yigui singled her out again at this time, didn't he deliberately let her provoke Concubine Tong's hatred?
(End of this chapter)