Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 285
Concubine Tong was devastated, and Zhang Guiren and others were the most satisfied.

Today Concubine De took Zhang Guiren and Wei Changzai to Yikun Palace to talk, the four of them gathered in the warm pavilion, the first thing was naturally to talk about Concubine Tong Gui.

Mrs. Zhang is quite satisfied. "These days, I open my eyes and copy the scriptures every day. I copy the scriptures in my dreams. Fortunately, the emperor is wise, and Taiwan has been successfully recovered. Concubine Tong has no reason to ask us to copy the scriptures."

Concubine Tong Gui did not dare to ask Chen Wenxin to copy the scriptures, everyone in the palace knew that Chen Wenxin did not believe in gods and Buddhas.

She dared to go to the late Yigui's Yongshou Palace to catch ghosts in the middle of the night, so it was true.

Chen Wenxin smiled and said: "She didn't ask me to copy the scriptures. I don't believe in gods and Buddhas, so I just have one job less than you."

In fact, since the emperor returned to the palace, Concubine Tong's errand of copying scriptures stopped.

"Concubine Tong Gui has become obedient now, and knows that she can't reveal her secrets in front of the emperor."

Wei Chang had something to say in his words, not only about copying the scriptures, but also about the fifth princess and the two princesses.

Everyone understood the meaning when they heard it, not only they knew it, the whole palace knew that Princess Gege's harsh treatment was caused by Concubine Tong Guifei.

Debi looked at Chen Wenxin, "I think everyone in the palace knows about this trouble, and it's also your handwriting?"

Chen Wenxin nodded with a smile, "The emperor refuses to do her, why don't you allow me to tell the truth? Let me tell you the truth now."

Chen Wenxin was the closest to the emperor, and she was the first to know about any news.

When she said this, everyone hurriedly asked, "What are you talking about?"

"The emperor is here looking at going back to Shengjing to worship the ancestors, and he doesn't know when he will leave while talking. Now that the emperor is in the palace, don't suppress Tong Guifei's arrogance. Do you still want to copy the scriptures after the emperor leaves? "

Shengjing is the Shenyang of later generations, the hometown of the Manchus.

Because Taiwan was recovered, the emperor wanted to take Zuobiao to Shengjing to worship the ancestors, so that the ancestors could see the grand occasion of the Qing Dynasty's dominance of the country.

After hearing this, Debi and Wei Changzai said it was okay, but Zhang Guiren was frightened out of his wits.

"The emperor returned to the palace with great difficulty, and is leaving again? The weather is getting colder and colder. Concubine Tong's small Buddhist hall is really not for people. Because I live in Chengqian Palace, I want to go to her small Buddhist hall to copy scriptures. It's a thousand times harder than you."

When she said you, she meant Debi and Wei Changzai.

Zhang Guiren is the closest to Chen Wenxin, and lives under Concubine Tong's nose, who can she punish if Concubine Tong doesn't?
"You're right, the weather is going to be cold right now. If the emperor leaves and Concubine Tong wakes up like this, it will be difficult."

She had an idea in her mind, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a solution. Although it can't be done once and for all, it won't make you suffer too much from her bullying."

Zhang Guiren was delighted to hear this, but the other two were somewhat puzzled.

No way, she will talk to the emperor again, and give Zhang Guiren a promotion, right?

Chen Wenxin was vaguely aware of their thoughts, and said, "You know, when the emperor was stationed in Jinling earlier, the Jiangnan imperial merchants headed by his father, who was always there, donated a lot of silver to the treasury."

"I've heard that Ding Chang's background is not high. If she didn't come from an imperial merchant family, the emperor would not have tolerated her presumptuousness for so long."

The imperial merchants are low-ranking officials. Since ancient times, there has been a strict hierarchy of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants. After all, merchants are humble.

It's just that it can't stand the wealth of other people's families. After all, it should not be underestimated.

Wei Changzai was the first to sense her words, "Your Majesty, what do you mean, is the emperor intending to praise Dingchang?"

"That's right, the emperor has already revealed that when the end of the new year is approaching, he will be promoted to Dingchang as a nobleman. Although I am full of dissatisfaction, I can't stand the emperor's intentions."

At this time, she mentioned that Dingchang was asking for a Jinfeng, in order to clean herself up.

Said that she was not willing to be conferred in Jin Dynasty, but the emperor still insisted on conferring, which meant that she couldn't decide who the emperor conferred.

In this way, Wei Chang will not have to look forward to Shu while waiting, hoping that she will speak in front of the emperor and give them the Jin seal.

After all, Wei Changzai and Mrs. Zhang were responsible for the matter of Wei Changzai and Zhang Guiren before, but the virtuous concubine has a high rank, and she should be able to know that it is not easy for a high-ranking concubine to be promoted.

If she wants to be a concubine, it is definitely not something that Chen Wenxin can decide with a single word.

She plucks herself clean and always avoids some rift.

Everyone listened to this and asked what they had said before, "Your Majesty said, how can we make Mrs. Zhang not call Concubine Tong bully too much?"

Speaking of this, Chen Wenxin asked De Pin: "It depends on what my sister wants. Now the fourth elder brother has also moved to elder brother's place, and the supporting hall of my sister's palace is also empty. If Zhang Guiren is asked to move there, how do you do it?" ?”

Zhang Guiren said happily: "Is there a way for me to move to the Yonghe Palace?"

"Whether you want to move or not, at least I asked Debi first, what are you busy with?"

Chen Wenxin laughed at her, Zhang Guiren felt embarrassed and only looked at Concubine De.

De Concubine said: "Of course I am not unhappy, but moving the palace is not a trivial matter. If there is no other name, it will hurt Concubine Tong's face, I am afraid she will not let him go."

"I have a way to not hurt her face. It will not embarrass the emperor, but also make her willing to let her go."

After she finished speaking, she smiled, looking confident.

A few days later, the emperor summoned Concubine Tong to speak at Qianqing Palace.

"The Empress Dowager is old and her health is getting worse. I heard that you asked your concubines to copy the scriptures and pray for the Empress Dowager. This is a good thing. It's just that the Empress Dowager is not getting better after all."

Tong Guifei asked those concubines to copy the scriptures, in the final analysis, it meant to punish them and alert them.

It's just in the name of praying for the Empress Dowager and the war in the south.

Unexpectedly, she was also flattered by the emperor's praise.

"The great empress dowager is blessed in the sky, and nothing will happen."

The emperor sighed: "That being said, I'm just suspicious. The empress dowager's illness is not recovering. Is there something sneaking up on her?"

These words left Concubine Tong speechless for a while, but unexpectedly the emperor immediately said: "And you, when I left Beijing to go south, I saw that your fever was much worse than when I first entered the palace. It’s so good, it hasn’t been posted for many years, why is it suddenly posted?”

Concubine Tong Guifei was also puzzled by what the emperor said, and she is a Buddhist believer, so she was naturally a little suspicious after hearing this.

Could it be that something sneaky happened?

"Your Majesty, the body of a concubine is not worth anything. The body of the Empress Dowager is not careless. Why don't you ask the Lord Qin Tianjian to have a look?"

The emperor clapped his hands and said: "That's exactly the reason. Li Dequan, go and call the envoy of Qin Tianjian."

Li Dequan agreed and went out. The emperor just sat and drank tea with Tong Guifei and talked about her fever in summer when she first entered the palace.

Concubine Tong Guifei hadn't chatted with the emperor so intimately for a long time, she couldn't help but feel emotional.

She was very happy again, as if she was back in her [-] years, that kind of throbbing joy.

The emperor treats her much closer than before, she can feel it.

Presumably, the emperor is getting older and has lost his youth and innocence, so he knows her benefits?

Knowing that those young concubines are just a temporary thing, it's better to be an old person like her after all.

As she thought to herself, she couldn't help showing a shy look on her face.

The emperor looked at her with a smile on his face, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

After a while, Li Dequan led someone in, and it was Nan Huairen.

"I asked you to lead the envoy of Qin Tianjian, what did you call him for?"

Nan Huairen was the deputy envoy of Qin Tianjian, and his Western astrology was highly praised by the emperor.

But he is a foreign devil after all, how does the Qing people know how to check for good and bad?

The emperor waved his hand, "Nan Huairen, I didn't call you, but Li Dequan got you here in a daze."

Nan Huairen didn't back down, but just saluted the emperor, then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Li is not foolish, it's just that the emissary has not yet arrived outside the palace. When Eunuch Li arrived at the Qin Tianjian, when the servant asked about it, it was just right I know. That’s why Mao recommended himself and followed him.”

The emperor glanced at Li Dequan, Li Dequan said: "Go back to the emperor, I have sent someone to invite the envoy, but it is not so soon."

The emperor has always admired Nan Huairen, hearing him say this, he treats a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"Since you say you know it, let's see it."

Nan Huairen cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

"Although the slave is a Westerner, after all these years in the Qing Dynasty, hasn't he learned a little bit of Qing astronomy? What's more, the stars in the West and the stars in the Qing Dynasty are all the same stars. If you know everything, the slave also learns a lot. not bad."

When Nan Huairen said these words in a serious manner, the emperor laughed, and Concubine Tong also laughed.

"Whoever listens to your sarcasm, you just say it seriously. Is there any disadvantage to the bodies of the Empress Dowager and Concubine Tong?"

Nan Huairen said: "Yes. The time has changed and the stars have changed. The slaves have doubts about this matter in summer, but the emperor dare not speak nonsense unless he is summoned."

What he said was right to Concubine Tong Gui's heart, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's body is unwell at that time, and the concubines are also particularly unwell in summer."

The emperor nodded, and said to Nan Huairen, "Go ahead."

"The empress dowager and the imperial concubine, as the most noble women in the harem, it is common for them to be prone to evil stars. In my opinion, it is because the zodiac is unfavorable. Dare I ask the affiliation of the imperial concubine and the empress dowager?"

Concubine Tong Guida said: "The Empress Dowager is a monkey, and this palace is a horse."

"The tiger rushes to the monkey, and the rat rushes to the horse. It's okay in normal times, but the astrology in recent months is unfavorable for the zodiac in the harem. Therefore, the servant suggested that the empress dowager should avoid people who belong to the tiger around him first, and the imperial concubine and empress do the same. After this period of time, it will be fine."

Concubine Tong Gui could not help but frown upon hearing this.

"Beside me, Zhang Guiren is a rat."

"Since that's the case, I'll give Mrs. Zhang a place to live, and I don't need to go to your side anymore. The Yonghe Palace of the imperial concubine in the palace is still free, so let her go there."

The emperor then ordered Li Dequan, "Go to the empress dowager and have a look. All the palace people who belong to the tiger are also told to stay away. If the empress dowager really loves her dearly, let them wait for a while before serving."

(End of this chapter)