Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 287

The emperor was famous for his decisive actions, and within a few days, the matter of returning to Shengjing to worship the ancestors was made clear.

This time, the emperor will not only bring those confidant ministers, but also bring many old ministers from Manchuria.

Those old officials were naturally happy to receive the decree, and the emperor also took the opportunity to show his kindness.

Besides, it is an ancestor worship after all, so it would be wrong to bring a lot of Han officials there.

The emperor asked Chen Wenyi to lead the guards, sent Tong Guowei to the northwest, and brought back Nalan Mingzhu and Nalan Rongruo father and son.

Chen Xihai was left in the court to preside, and the prince studied.

Only ordinary political affairs are dealt with, and all major affairs are quickly sent to the emperor for handling.

Chen Xihai is now very popular in the court. This kind of popularity is not brought about by the authority or the formation of cliques.

He was originally an upright and upright person, and he knew the golden mean, so he would not use his integrity to stab others.

This is something that people like Xiang Qingyuan should learn from him.

Naturally, because of his extraordinary status, there are countless people chasing after him.

The emperor left him in the capital to preside over the government, and he thought there would be no opposition in the court.

The diehards of the Manchurian veterans were all taken away by the emperor. Wouldn't the remaining Han officials be happy to be headed by Chen Xihai?

The prince did not do anything else, even if he was Chen Wenxin's father, he would listen to him.

What he was suspicious of was, why did the emperor bring his elder brother back to Shengjing to worship his ancestors?

As a prince himself, he stayed in Beijing to study political affairs, and he already had the faint intention of supervising the country.

This is as it should be, the responsibility of the crown prince.

But how could the elder brother accompany the emperor on tour every time?

If it was a coincidence that time in Jinling, it would be suspenseful if it happened again now.

Not only the crown prince is worried, but even Concubine Tong Gui is also worried.

Because the emperor didn't even bring her with him for such a big event as worshiping the ancestors.

According to common sense, if there is a queen in the palace, the emperor should take the queen with him.

There is no queen in the palace now, shouldn't you take yourself there?

She is the concubine with the highest rank in the harem!
The emperor usually takes Chen Wenxin with him wherever he goes, but now that he is worshiping the ancestors, he takes Chen Wenxin with him everywhere in the palace, what does it look like?
As if she were a candidate for queen!

The emperor has clearly treated her much better recently, why has it changed now?

When she was having a headache because of the news, the emperor sent someone.

Grandma invited someone in, and Concubine Tong saw that it was Li Dequan.

The emperor's ability to send Li Dequan out in person shows that he attaches great importance to it.

Li Dequan came up to salute and say hello, Concubine Tong hurriedly asked someone to move an embroidered pier for him to sit on.

After being polite, he still sat next to half of his body, and asked about Concubine Tong's body.

Concubine Tong sighed, "This summer feels hotter than usual, and now it's colder than usual before the weather cools down."

Li Dequan heard the words and looked around, only to see that this autumn season, Concubine Tong Guifei was living deep in the inner room, and she had already put on the quilted clothes with wind feathers.

"Your Majesty has to take care of yourself. By the way, the emperor sent a servant to pass on a message to your Majesty. He said that he was going to take your Majesty to Shengjing to worship the ancestors. If you don't go back to Guan Road, your Majesty knows, right?"

After hearing this, Concubine Tong was puzzled and said: "I know about it. But, does it have anything to do with whether the emperor will take me back to Shengjing?"

Li Dequan sighed: "Because he wanted to bypass Horqin, the emperor sent someone to investigate the situation in advance. Guess what? The Horqin Grassland is now infested with rats. It is said that a prairie rat is as big as two or three house mice."

Concubine Tong is now talking about rats, and a Zhang Gui who is a rat in the zodiac can be against her, let alone a rat in the prairie.

It turned out that the emperor didn't take her back to Shengjing because he was afraid of harming her.

Li Dequan said again: "The emperor said, even if you hurry to call the Horqin Grassland to exterminate the rats now, it's too late. Besides, it's going to be cold, the imperial concubine's body is precious, how can she suffer from the cold?"

Concubine Tong felt calm because she thought that she was more afraid of the cold this year than before.

"This body of this palace is indeed too much to endure. I naturally know the painstaking efforts of the emperor, so why bother eunuch to explain it again."

She said this, but in fact, if Li Dequan didn't explain this to her, she would be really puzzled.

Now that she heard these words, she felt much happier.

"It's not Bai Zui explaining this to the empress. The emperor's feelings for the empress, if you are a slave, don't tell me. How about asking the emperor to talk about it? What's more, the emperor has ordered the servants to come and see how the noble concubine's jade body is doing. "

Concubine Tong smiled and said: "It's not a big deal after all, my father-in-law said it for me, thank you for your concern."

"The emperor wants to take Concubine Qin out this time, and Concubine Qin is also in poor health. The emperor said that Concubine Qin will suffer again after leaving, so he entrusted Concubine Qin with the two important matters of worshiping ancestors and traveling. manage."

Li Dequan had something in his words, and the sentence that Concubine Qin is also in poor health seems to be implying something.

What he meant was that Concubine Qin was not in good health, but the emperor didn't care about it at all.

Not only took her to the cold north, but also let her handle these affairs.

As for Concubine Tong Guifei's poor health, the emperor took pity on her and refused to tire her out.

Even if Concubine Tong knew how the emperor favored Chen Wenxin, she would inevitably be confused for a while after hearing this.

He felt that the emperor really cherished himself, not Chen Wenxin.

Satisfied, she said the scene again, "The emperor cares, so we must act according to the emperor's wishes."

Anyway, Chen Wenxin also has the power to assist the harem, so it is only natural that these matters should be entrusted to her.

She chatted with Li Dequan for a while, and finally asked him to convey her thanks to the emperor, and then sent the palace servants to send him out.

Li Dequan came out of Chengqian Palace, as if he had relieved a heavy burden, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He has only been entrusted by those concubines to please the emperor, and he has also been entrusted by the emperor to please the concubines, that is just a concubine.

It is the first time he has been entrusted to deceive Concubine Tong Gui.

She didn't expect Concubine Tong, who is usually shrewd, to be fooled like this, without any doubt.

No matter how smart a woman is, she really can't escape the word idiot.

This ignorance is not the ignorance of stupidity, but the ignorance of infatuation.

The emperor has been cold to her for so many years, but now he shows a few words of concern to her, and she really thinks that the emperor will change his mind and treat her well.

In fact, the emperor just wanted to use Tong Guowei, and he didn't want to affect the enthusiasm of the courtiers because of her.

Li Dequan sighed, then left Chengqian Palace and headed towards Yikun Palace.

He had to tell Chen Wenxin what the emperor wanted, and let the servants of Yikun Palace pack their bags, and Chen Wenxin also had to make arrangements for this tour.

A young eunuch had already been dispatched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the emperor went on tour every year, sometimes more than once a year.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is familiar with handling these matters, and Chen Wenxin is just going through the motions to supervise.

The emperor entrusted this matter to her mainly to show her prestige.

From the preparation of the ceremony for the entry of Princess Heshuo Wenyi and others into the palace, the emperor let her handle all the important matters in the palace.

Only in this way can the people who work in the palace be cleared up, and they can also understand the rules and regulations of the palace.

Li Dequan saw the present from when Chen Wenxin still agreed, no matter how confused he was, he could understand it.

This concubine Qin is a master who can last forever, and it is definitely not the emperor's whim.

When Li Dequan arrived at Yikun Palace, he happened to see Chen Wenxin learning to speak with Fifth Prince.

The fifth elder brother can now clearly call out Er Niang and Huang Ama, and he has also learned some scattered words, especially about eating.

Seeing Li Dequan coming forward to pay his respects, Chen Wenxin asked the nanny to carry the fifth elder brother down, and ordered him not to eat too many persimmons.

The fifth elder brother grumbled "persimmon persimmon" while reluctantly being carried down by the nanny.

"Eunuch Li, what did the emperor send you here for?"

Li Dequan bowed and said: "The emperor ordered the servants to tell the empress about the ancestor worship. This is the list of accompanying personnel. I also ask the empress to work hard to make preparations for the two matters of travel and ancestor worship."

The emperor has shown enough affection towards Concubine Tong recently, how could he let her handle such a big event?
She asked: "Does the imperial concubine know about this? What did she say?"

"The imperial concubine is hot in summer and cold in autumn, and she is not feeling well. The servant just came from the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine knew about it, so she said that I will leave it to the empress to handle it."

Chen Wenxin nodded, "It's not too difficult."

She took the list and looked like, see the emperor, Tong Guowei sent him to a useful place, and brought Nalan Mingzhu and his son with him.

And let Chen Wenyi be in charge of leading the bodyguards to protect Shengjia like the first southern tour.

"Strange, now that my father leads the imperial guards, why doesn't the emperor take him with him, and instead hand him over to my second brother?"

Li Dequan said more and more respectfully: "Your majesty is thinking highly of Mr. Chen, and ordered him to preside over the political affairs in Beijing and teach the prince."

No, now that Suo'etu has fallen, Tong Guowei went to the northwest, and Nalan Mingzhu followed to worship the ancestors.

If there is anyone in the court who can preside over the government, that is Chen Xihai.

She nodded and continued reading.

Among the concubines, the emperor still only brought her with him.

Among the elder brothers, the emperor still only brought the elder brother with him.

Even if the emperor doesn't want to take Concubine Tong with him for ancestor worship, he should take Concubine Hui or Concubine Rong with him.

What's the point of taking only a Han concubine with me?

She was a little puzzled, thinking that the emperor naturally had her plans, so it would be better not to ask a few questions in front of Li Dequan.

Asking too many questions made her seem careless and not serious.

Now that the date of going there has been set, she should hurry up and pack it up here.

"Please trouble father-in-law to go back to the emperor, I know."

Li Dequan saluted and retreated, before leaving, Chen Wenxin sent the small table to elder brother's place to deliver snacks.

In name, it was to give snacks, but mainly to pass on her words.

The crown prince is afraid that he is nervous, and the elder brother may not be happy, and the remaining third and fourth elder brothers are inevitably suspicious.

These children are really worrying now.

Chen Wenxin had to ask everyone to comfort them, so as not to teach their brothers to be divorced.

(End of this chapter)