in the sound of swallows

Chapter 106 Step by Step

The abacus was well calculated, but the emperor was not too happy. He frowned and looked at Shen Guiyan and said, "Mother, must you be brought into the harem?"

"What? You don't even want your own child?" Empress Dowager Wen looked at him in surprise: "Didn't you like Shen very much?"

"People's feelings will always change." Gu Chaobei lowered his eyes and said: "Everyone in the world scolds me for being ungrateful because of her, and I don't want to see her."

Empress Dowager Wen agreed to allow Shen Guiyan to enter the harem, but it was Gu Chaobei who disagreed.The Empress Dowager Nian also took the opportunity to add fuel to the sidelines and said: "Who can't conceive? It's just a matter of time. There's no need to rush Nashen into the palace. It's not like there is no example in our palace where the first emperor allowed the maid to conceive. The court lady In the end, isn't there no title?"

This was about Gu Chaobei, the emperor's face was obviously displeased, and the Empress Dowager Nian didn't seem to notice.

Wen Xiuli watched it amusedly, the harem was in chaos, she didn't need to do anything, Gu Chaobei no longer had the energy to take care of the front.Then bring Shen Guiyan into the harem, still pregnant, wouldn't it be more lively?
Gu Chaobei objected because he felt sorry for his wife, a childish evasion behavior.Empress Dowager Nian objected because Nian was narrow-minded and didn't like Gu Chaobei, the son of a court lady.Empress Dowager Wen felt that it was necessary to do something that both of them opposed.

So she said with a smile: "The Ai family really likes Gui Yan, since they all have dragon sons, and they are the first child of the emperor, so naturally they can't be taken lightly. It's better to give him the status of a nobleman, let Shen's comfort first." Let's go."

Shen Guiyan got up immediately, kowtowed to thank: "Thank you, Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager Nian frowned and said, "Sister, you should think twice. There is another concubine Shen here, also from the Shen family. Wouldn't it be a bit of a collision if there was another nobleman Shen? I don't know. I thought Concubine Shen did something wrong and was demoted to a nobleman." Woolen cloth."

When she reminded her, the emperor said: "Since Empress Dowager Wen has made such a decision, then I will issue a decree to make Mrs. Shen Guiyan a noble person. The matter that the Empress Dowager Nian said is easy to resolve. Call her Yan nobleman, not Shen nobleman, or just call her nobleman Shen." All right?"

"Emperor, if you are called Yangui, the word 'Yan' is your title." Empress Dowager Wen reminded softly.

"Then what's the matter?" Gu Chaobei looked ignorant and ignorant: "Can't you give me a title?"

"Of course I can." Empress Dowager Wen sighed and didn't bother to care about it.A noble person with a title is a head above the average noble person.But Gu Chaobei didn't know, and he couldn't be blamed, it was probably just for convenience.

Shen Guiyan stood by the side without saying a word. Empress Dowager Wen came over and said, "I will let Concubine Shen arrange your palace and maids later. You can be considered developed with your stomach. What should you do in the palace in the future, mourning The family will send a special nanny to teach you."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Shen Guiyan lowered her eyebrows and looked down, without any sharpness.

Gu Chaobei flung his sleeves and left, he really didn't give Shen Guiyan a second look.Shen Hanlu next to her was so angry that she looked at Shen Guiyan and muttered to herself.

Is it possible that this person is really Xiaoqiang?No matter how hard you beat her, she won't die, and she's still pregnant!Now it's all right, although the emperor doesn't like her anymore, but she jumped back to the harem again, how can she play?
"Got to go?"

After returning to the North Palace, Shen Guiyan packed up her things and bid farewell to the Empress Dowager Nian.

"Thank you for your kindness, Empress Dowager, Yan'er will definitely remember it in her heart." Shen Guiyan bowed deeply.

The Empress Dowager Nian snorted, she didn't look at her directly, she just looked at the flower pot on one side and said: "This is just the first step, don't thank me in a hurry, you will only suffer more in the future, no one has done it yet." I can protect you. Are you ready?"

Shen Guiyan looked up at the Empress Dowager Nian, and nodded solemnly: "Yan'er will not disappoint the Empress Dowager."

Staring at her, the Empress Dowager Nian looked at her and said, "What high hopes does the Ai family have for you? You are just a housecleaner who came to the North Palace for a few days. Don't take yourself so seriously!"

The old lady was still as venomous as ever, but Shen Guiyan laughed and kowtowed to her three times seriously: "When Yan'er settles down, I will come to visit the Queen Mother again."

The Empress Dowager Nian chuckled, looked at her with squinted eyes and said, "The Ai family is afraid that you may have no chance recently, so you should take good care of yourself."

Shen Guiyan's heart skipped a beat, seeing the calm expression of the Empress Dowager Nian, she didn't understand what it meant.

However, after going to Zhuangde Palace with Aunt Jiawen sent by Empress Dowager Wen, Shen Guiyan found that Empress Nian was right.

Qing Huan and Mrs. Jiang were waiting for her in the Zhuangde Palace. Seeing her go in, they immediately surrounded her, looked at her inside and out several times, and said affectionately: "Young madam... ah no, Mrs. Yan, you Finally, the clouds will open and the moon will shine!"

The people who didn't look at her when she was demoted to be a court lady are now full of enthusiasm and talking good things around her.Shen Guiyan sneered in her heart, but she accompanied them with emotion on her face: "There are so many newcomers in the palace, we probably won't be able to win the emperor's favor for a few days, we still need to support each other."

"Yes, yes." Qing Huan smiled like a flower: "Although the nobleman is not as good as the Concubine Shen above, but you are pregnant, this piece of meat is more reliable than the queen's throne."

After chatting endlessly, and finally sending people away, the rewards from the two empress dowagers and the emperor came again.Fortunately, Yuwen Changqing quickly brought in the precious fan and returned it to her, otherwise she would really not be able to handle so many things with her stomach full.

I've been busy for a few days, and I don't have time to go to Beigong to say hello, and I have to keep embroidering things.

Aunt Jiawen said that Empress Dowager Wen's birthday was coming up, and all the palaces should be concerned about it, so Shen Guiyan thought about giving him a hand-embroidered screen, so as not to cause trouble and be too expensive for other things.

Gu Chaobei still didn't come to see her, but went to Jiang's palace frequently.She was in the main hall, and Mrs. Jiang was in the side hall of Zhuangde Palace. Every time she stood at the gate of the palace, Shen Guiyan could still see the shadow of the dragon robe.

Baoshan helped her embroider things angrily, and said: "Your servant knows that the imperial decree at the time was clearly a bunch of nonsense. What kind of young lady can't bear children, so she can't be brought into the harem. It's obvious that Empress Dowager Wen has trouble with you. Now it's all right, you're pregnant. , which is equivalent to slapping the face of the imperial decree, but you still haven't returned the position of queen to you, and only let you be a nobleman."

Isn't that the same as my aunt's treatment?
Seeing her so angry, Shen Guiyan calmed down instead.Gu Chaobei has her own things to do, she can wait for him.As for status or not, she doesn't care.

Now that the previous court has not stabilized at all, Gu Chaobei went to the court several times without saying a word.Empress Dowager Wen has changed from listening to politics behind the curtain in the past to now directly dictating state affairs directly behind the screen.

She can't let him come to the harem distracted, she must protect herself, and then stabilize the harem for him.

Baoshan was so angry that she wanted to cry. During the few days she went to the General's Mansion, Yuwen Changqing took her by her side, and from time to time he liked to ask her what Miss likes and what interesting things happened in the past.

Even if she is a fool, she should feel that General Yuwen treats the lady differently.But he kept his etiquette and didn't show much.That is, she can perceive it.

If I had known that marrying the Fourth Young Master would be such a difficult road, Miss might as well have waited and met General Yuwen first.

"General Yuwen?" Gu Chaobei called out to the person in front of him, and then Yuwen Changqing turned his eyes away from the imperial garden, looked at the wine cup and dishes in front of him, and said, "Why did the emperor think of asking me to drink?"

"If I don't look for you, who else can I look for?" Gu Chaobei chuckled: "I have been enthroned for several days, and if I want to speak at the court tomorrow, I need the cooperation of the general."

Yuwen Changqing looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he couldn't help but relax a little: "It's easy to say, what benefits does the emperor give to the minister?"

Gu Chaobei glared at him: "Money beauty, it's up to you."

"Tsk tsk, I really opened my mouth, and the emperor will definitely not give it. It's still free." Yuwen Changqing yawned, and said lazily: "The weather is getting colder and colder, and it should be spring. I heard that the emperor accepted it." A maid of honor as a nobleman?"

After talking so much nonsense, all I want to ask is the last sentence.

Gu Chaobei snorted: "Don't you know? It would be boring to ask like this."

With great difficulty, he retreated to let Shen Guiyan enter the harem, but he still couldn't touch it.How long has it been? Since they ascended the throne, the young couple has never been able to say a word properly.

Injustice, although Yan'er must know what he is thinking, but with such a cold personality, if after a long time he really doesn't like him, who is he going to cry with?
"I just find it strange that the emperor clearly knows that the harem is dangerous, so why did he put her in?" Yuwen Changqing said casually, "It's better to send her out of the palace."

Send out of the palace?Gu Chaobei patted the table and said coldly, "What about Zhen?"

Now he can only sneak over the wall to see it in the middle of the night. If he is sent out of the palace, it is difficult for him to leave the palace in the middle of the night. Can he come back?
Yuwen Changqing looked at Gu Chaobei's expression, and decided to change the topic: "The Empress Dowager Wen is very interested in the military power of the Southern Camp recently. If you speak out tomorrow, you can find a way to swallow the military power of the Southern Camp."

Gu Chaobei snorted coldly and said, "I think so too, but besides you and General Lian, who else can be used in the court? General Lian has a grudge against me because of the death of the former crown prince and refuses to cooperate. "

"Your majesty forgot, Princess Duanwen from Huainan should be back." Yuwen Changqing chuckled lightly, "She is a good general. I still remember the battle a few years ago."

Gu Chaobei's face turned pale.

Who is Princess Duanwen?The only unmarried first-line princess in the Ming Dynasty, her mother and concubine died young, and she was brought up by the noble concubine Nian.He doesn't like red makeup and loves weapons. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child. When he was 14 years old, he was able to draw with Yuwen Changqing.

What's more terrible is that a long time ago when this princess was out of the palace, she met Gu Chaobei by chance. At that time, he was not a prince, and Princess Duanwen fell in love with him at first sight.

Falling in love at first sight, wanting to marry, was sent to Huainan by the emperor to calm down, and a few years passed after calming down.

(End of this chapter)