Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 229 Birthday Ceremony

In this debate in the court, although no one dared to say that they would give up Taiwan, there was still a dispute over whether to let the Manchu Eight Banners fight or let the Han Eight Banners fight.

The emperor summoned the ministers to discuss in the Qianqing Palace every day, not only the question of which army to send, but also the question of which commander to send.

The more you discuss with the emperor, the more anxious you become. Every day this drags on, countless rations will be lost.

The emperor was busy with the war and rarely came to the harem.

Chen Wenxin focused on the fifth elder brother and the two princesses.

When the fifth elder brother first came to Yikun Palace, he brought three nurses and nurses from Yongshou Palace.

As soon as these people came, Chen Wenxin returned the two nuns except the nanny back to Yongshou Palace.

After waiting for a while, after choosing another reliable nanny, he simply returned the fifth elder brother's original nanny.

She couldn't let Yikun Palace leave anyone who might become Yigui's eyeliner.

Now that the emperor has given her the fifth elder brother, she will do her best to take care of him.

Elder brother turned one year old on the fifth day of April, although the emperor was busy with the war and had no time, Chen Wenxin still held a small Zhou Zhou ceremony for him.

It was said to be a small gift, but in fact almost all the concubines in the palace came.

Chen Wenxin is now a concubine, she will hold a birthday ceremony for fifth elder brother, how can others not show face.

Naturally Concubine Tong would not come, she would not be in the invitation list, Concubine Hui reasoned that she was not feeling well.

Except for them, all the concubines arrived.

On this day, the Yikun Palace was also decorated with lanterns and festoons, adding some festive atmosphere to Fifth Elder Brother's first birthday.

Normally, the concubines with lower ranks would arrive first, and those with higher ranks later, so Mrs. Zhang came first early in the morning.

"Concubine, please concubine Jin'an, concubine Qin."

Zhang Guiren gave a big gift as soon as he came in, which surprised Chen Wen.

Without waiting for orders, Bai Lu hurriedly stepped forward to help Mrs. Zhang.

"What do you say, nobleman? It's better to be like our master, and today is a great gift?"

Mrs. Zhang is not polite in front of her for a while, this is because of their close friendship.

She smiled and said: "Today's salute is unmissable. The empress has just been promoted to the position of concubine, so I will do it once today, and I will be happy again in the future."

Chen Wenxin also laughed when she heard this, and quickly asked her to take a seat.

"Drink tea first, and after a while everyone is here, I will invite the little birthday boy out."

Zhang Gui hurriedly asked: "I heard that you also invited Yigui, is this true or not?"

She nodded and said: "Yes. After all, Mrs. Yigui is the fifth elder brother's biological mother. Now that fifth elder brother is in my palace, she can't see her. Why don't you take this opportunity to ask her, my mother-in-law, to meet her?"

Zhang Guiren took a look at Bai Lu, and saw Bai Lu's expression was helpless.

It was written in her eyes, I can't persuade our master that she insists on doing this, what can I do.

"Oh, you're so good-natured. Concubine Hui is said to be good-natured. I think you're even better than her."

Zhang Guiren had a look of resentment, "The emperor gave you the fifth elder brother because he wanted him to be your son. It's good for you, I can't wait to give this son back to Yigui. Why is she treating you with kindness?"

After Zhang Guiren said this, Chen Wenxin felt a little ashamed.

"It's hard for Mrs. Yigui to cause any trouble now, and asking her to meet Fifth Elder Brother is also fulfilling my virtuous name, isn't it?"

Seeing that Zhang Guiren and Bai Lu disagreed, she had no choice but to say: "I've already been invited today, she must come. At worst, I promise you, I won't let her look at fifth elder brother again, okay?"

When she said that, it was just the two of them.

After a while, Concubine De also arrived, and when she came in, she first gave a big gift to Chen Wenxin.

She hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, "Sister Debi, there is no need to be polite, and there are no outsiders here."

Zhang Guiren is in the same group as them, so naturally he is not considered an outsider.

Debi is the most cautious and courteous person, she said: "Even so, etiquette cannot be abandoned."

Before he could sit down and have a cup of tea, Concubine Rong followed, and Wei Changzai, who was also in Jingyang Palace, naturally followed Concubine Rong.

She also paid respects to Chen Wenxin according to the etiquette of honor and inferiority.

Seeing that Concubine Rong didn't show any displeasure on her face, Chen Wenxin was relieved.

She occupies the position of concubine at a young age, and what she is most afraid of is the jealousy of these senior concubines in the palace.

But she didn't want to befriend these people, but wanted to befriend them.

Of course, except Concubine Tong.

Mrs. Yigui was the last one, arriving long overdue.

As soon as she came in, she bowed to everyone present, "Concubines, please give me peace."

When everyone saw her, they couldn't help but feel a little bit worse. Chen Wenxin was already good enough to invite her, but she dared to put on airs and come after Concubine De and Concubine Rong?

Mrs. Yigui saluted, only Mrs. Zhang stood up and saluted her for a while.

Now that the two of them are on equal footing, Mrs. Yi had no choice but to return the courtesy with a little resentment on her face.

In the past, what was the nobleman in the chapter, but now he is on an equal footing with himself?

Who doesn't know that she curry favor with a good master, Concubine Qin, whose qualifications are not as good as hers, but her treatment is much better than hers.

If the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs hadn't looked at Concubine Qin's face, who would take care of this ugly woman?

Yigui was not angry in his heart, and his face did not move at all.

Only today she didn't dare to make trouble, she hadn't seen Brother Fifth for a long time, and she didn't want to be kicked out.

Chen Wenxin, who was at the top, said, "I don't know how the health of Concubine Hui is?"

Concubine Rong has always followed Concubine Hui, she knew it best, so she explained: "That's right, sister Hui Concubine said three days ago that she was not feeling well. It seems that she lost her clothes in early spring and caught a cold."

Three days ago?Wasn't that the day when the emperor rejected the memorial to the crown prince?

Chen Wenxin looked at Concubine Rong's expression, she spoke very naturally, there was no sign of lying.

It seems that Concubine Hui did use this reason to tell Concubine Rong.

Thinking about it, Concubine Rong also has a third elder brother. No matter how good Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong are, they would never say anything about their intention to make the elder brother the crown prince.

She smiled faintly, "Then I will send someone to visit Concubine Hui's sister's palace later, and send some nourishing medicinal materials along the way."

Concubine Rong said with a smile: "In this case, I will first write the empress for Sister Huifei."

All the concubines used tea here, waiting for the auspicious time to catch the fifth elder brother.

The nurse inside came out and reported, "Master, it's time to welcome the little birthday star."

As soon as the words came out, everyone rushed to the inner room happily, and saw that the floor was covered with a thick layer of wool felt, and all kinds of items were placed on it.

Zhang Gui said: "I heard that when the folks give children a week, they put everything on the table, even boat oars and cooking spoons."

Everyone couldn't help laughing and said: "It is impossible for the children in our palace to do these lowly labors, so the concubine Qin puts all good things here."

The things Chen Wenxin put on were the Four Treasures of the Study, makeup, hairpins, helmets and battle armor.

There are also gold and silver jewellery, abacus rulers and book seals.

They all look beautiful and have different meanings.

The nanny came up holding the fifth elder brother who was dressed in a happy silver-red suit. The fifth elder brother giggled and stretched out his hands when he saw Chen Wenxin.

"Oh mother, oh mother hug."

"Oh, fifth elder brother will be called Er Niang?"

Although Fifth Prince was slurring his speech and pronouncing his forehead like ah, everyone still heard him yelling at Chen Wenxin to hug her.

Yigui's original emotion when he saw the fifth elder brother immediately turned into grief and indignation.

——Her biological son is calling other people Er Niang!
The fifth elder brother stretched out his hands to embrace Chen Wenxin, which shows that he has a very good relationship.

Chen Wenxin saw the cute look of the fifth prince still drooling, and was about to hug him when he saw Yigui's expression.

Forget it, it's better not to provoke her in front of this dear mother.

"I'll hug you later, good boy. Yinqi grabs things first."

The grandma put the fifth elder brother on the wool felt. Seeing so many new gadgets, the fifth elder brother was immediately attracted.

All the concubines gathered around the wool felt, wondering what the fifth elder brother would grab.

He staggered a few steps, then sat down on the wool felt.

He's only one year old, and he's barely able to stand up.That's why Chen Wenxin ordered someone to spread a thick blanket on the ground, so that even if he fell on the ground, he wouldn't be hurt.

Sure enough, the fifth elder brother still giggled and crawled towards those grabbing objects.

I saw that he first crawled to a copy of the "Five Cao Suanjing", grabbed the book and thumped a few times.

When everyone thought he was going to grab it, they saw that he grabbed one of the pages and held it up high, and then the whole book fell down, only the fifth elder brother was holding a corner of the page.

"Oh, take that book away."

This is a math book that Chen Wenxin often reads, and Bai Lu is afraid that the fifth elder brother will tear it to pieces.He opened his mouth to stop it.

The nanny hurriedly stepped forward to take the book away, and the fifth elder brother was not annoyed, and continued to grab other things.

He climbed to a helmet inlaid with red gemstones again, and kept touching the helmet with both hands.

The grandma hooked the top of the helmet with her hands, only to see that the fifth elder brother hugged her very tightly, and refused to let the grandma take the helmet away.

"Fifth Brother is working hard, it looks like this is the helmet."

The nanny smiled back to Chen Wenxin, Chen Wenxin said happily: "It seems that our fifth elder brother will become a powerful general in the future, guarding the country for Huang Ama, isn't it?"

She hugged the fifth prince who was on the ground, and the fifth prince was still holding the helmet in his arms, laughing so hard that his saliva flowed out.

Everyone also praised in response, "Our Qing Dynasty was built on horseback, and the fifth elder brother caught it really well."

In fact, no matter what he caught, everyone would find good intentions to praise him.

What's more, Yikun Palace didn't put any bad intentions at all, the worst thing was the hairpin ring.

That can also be interpreted as that the fifth elder brother will definitely occupy a high position in the future, enjoy wealth forever, and have many wives and concubines.

Yigui said humanely: "Your Majesty, can I let my concubine hug Fifth Elder Brother?"

(End of this chapter)