The Self-cultivation of the Noble Concubine Who Eats Melon

  Chapter 122 123: There are always people who are not interested

  She also left wisely, but Concubine Lu didn't know how to leave her behind!

  Song Yunzhao couldn't guess why Concubine Lu was looking for her for the time being, so he looked at her and said with a smile, "I don't know what's the matter with your mother?"

  Concubine Lu looked at Song Yunzhao, "All the money you collected has been bought into rough cloth, but there is still some leftover."

  Song Yunzhao was taken aback for a moment, and there was still money left, so he couldn't buy cloth.

  Thinking of this, her heart skipped a beat. She had already guessed that there would be merchants hoarding goods to sell them at a high price when encountering such a thing.

  Concubine Lu looked at Song Yunzhao, "There is no way to do this. Some cloth and satin villages refuse to sell the cloth if they have it. The imperial court can't **** it."

  Song Yunzhao nodded slightly, of course he couldn't do this, and the right minister would not offend the people behind these shops for the sake of the people affected by the disaster.

   "Except for cloth, I can't buy much cotton and other things. My father has ordered the recruitment of embroidered women, but there is no official document from the court, so they cannot be forced to recruit."

   "Then what's the use of the empress and the concubine talking about these things, the prime minister has nothing to do, and I can only look at the ocean and sigh." Song Yunzhao really has no way, she is just a little girl, it is good to take care of herself, she is really powerless for such a big matter.

   "I'm telling you this, firstly, to explain where your money is going, don't think I'm greedy for it. Second, I have no idea to tell you these things, let's see if you can figure out a way."

  Song Yunzhao shook his head, "Your Majesty thinks too highly of my concubines, and my concubines can only do their best, and I really can't help you with anything else."

  The concubine intervenes in the government, is it because she is worried that she will live too long?

  Prime Right can use her now, so she naturally hopes that she can come up with a good idea and help him make contributions. But neither Prime Minister Right nor Concubine Lu is someone who can be a long-term ally. After the incident, maybe the father and daughter will use this to bite themselves back.

   It is a terrible thing for a concubine to participate in politics.

   Don't say that Song Yunzhao has no good solution, even if she has, she will never tell the right minister, she will only tell the emperor.

  Concubine Lu looked at Song Yunzhao's expression as if she really didn't seem to be lying to herself. She had no choice but to say: "If there is no other way, then we can only do this. The rest is up to fate."

  Song Yunzhao's heart sank slightly, and he stood up silently to leave.

  Concubine Lu didn't stop her this time, but looked at her back and said, "Song Yunzhao, this time I owe you a favor."

  Song Yunzhao knew what Concubine Lu was referring to, and it would be a good deal to exchange a favor for her credit for getting the Right Prime Minister to stand up again this time.

  However, Song Yunzhao didn't care about these gains and losses. Her original intention was to use the right minister's hand to help the victims, and it was just incidental to let the right minister owe her favors.

  After Song Yunzhao left, Concubine Lu said to Nanny Wen: "What do you think?"

  Nurse Wen shook her head slightly, "I can't see what Song Jieyu is thinking, but seeing that Jieyu doesn't seem to attach much importance to the favors that your mother said, she probably won't do anything to repay her kindness."

  Concubine Lu snorted, "She's a smart one."

  Even her father said that it is best not to offend Song Yunzhao, unless she can be beaten to death with a single stick, otherwise he should not take it lightly.

  Concubine Lu's face is even worse when she thinks of this. If a person like Song Yunzhao is talented, good-looking, and gracious, if he gives birth to the next prince, there will be no room for others in this harem.

   It's just horrible.

   She has been in the palace for five years, and others have seen her being a concubine very beautifully, but everyone knows that her favor is just paper, and it can't stand the wind at all.

  The only thing that can make her feel a little comfort is that Song Yunzhao has been pampered for so long, and his stomach is still not moving.

  Concubine Lu even thought that her favor was fake. Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Wan were not able to conceive even if they were favored. Now Song Yunzhao is still silent, and there is no news from so many stomachs. Maybe it is the emperor's problem.

   What if the emperor cannot give birth?

  Then it can only be adopted from the royal branch.

  Thinking about it this way, Concubine Lu felt a little ready to move, wondering if she should be optimistic about the candidate in advance and make a plan first.

  Song Yunzhao didn't know what Concubine Lu was thinking, even if he knew, he would probably be speechless about her thoughts.

  The emperor is young, so even if he is really unable to have children, he will have to wait ten or twenty years before choosing a crown prince from the offspring of the royal family.

   Dare to think about this matter now, Concubine Lu is really not afraid of death.

  Song Yunzhao returned to Wangyou Palace, but she didn't expect the emperor to be there. The sudden surprise made her trot into the palace.

  Feng Yi turned his head when he heard footsteps, and saw Song Yunzhao rushing into the palace, before he could speak, he heard her say: "Why is the emperor here now? If I had known that the emperor would come, I would not have gone to Cuiwei Palace."

  Feng Yi stretched out his hand to help Song Yunzhao take off the cloak, Xiangxue quickly reached out to take it.

  Feng Yi shook Song Yunzhao's hand and asked, "Did you bring a hand stove?"

   "After staying in Cuiwei Palace for a while, the charcoal fire of the hand furnace went out." Song Yunzhao put his hand in the emperor's palm.

  Feng Yi wrapped her palms to warm them, "When will you and Concubine Lu be able to sit and drink tea together?"

  Listening to the emperor's banter, Song Yunzhao almost rolled his eyes, "I want to know too."

  Feng Yi smiled, "Don't you know?"

  Song Yunzhao raised his eyes and looked at the emperor, "I'm not a fortune teller, how can I know?"

  Feng Yi pulled someone to sit down, and said to her: "Did Concubine Lu ask you about cloth and cotton?"

   "Hey, it turns out that the fortune teller is the emperor."

  Feng Yi:...

   After resenting the emperor, Song Yunzhao accepted it as soon as he saw it, and immediately said: "Concubine Lu did ask me about this matter, but I can't help it. I am a little girl, and I can still control whether other people's shops sell cloth or not?"

  Feng Yi heard Song Yunzhao's words, and knew that Concubine Lu hadn't made it clear to her. It seemed that Xiang Lu wanted to use Concubine Lu's hand to get some tricks out of Yunzhao.

   "The store does not sell cloth, it's not that it doesn't sell, but the price given by Lu Xiang is too low."

  Song Yunzhao was taken aback, is there such a thing?

  Concubine Lu didn't say anything.

   "Lu Xiang wanted to claim credit, but he couldn't raise more disaster money, so he wanted to lower the price." Feng Yi looked at Yun Zhao and said meaningfully.

  Song Yunzhao:…

   There is a sentence that I don’t know whether to say it or not!

   Lu Xiang did this, what is the difference from a robber?

  Shops also have capital to do business. People today are not as enlightened as later generations. It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to donate money. Human life is more valuable than things.

  It cannot be counted like this here. It can be said that human life is the least valuable here. Although it is cruel, it is also true.

  Seeing that Yun Zhao was not in a good mood, Feng Yi knew that she might feel a little sad because of this incident. After the snow disaster, she could immediately take out her own money to help the disaster. Her heart is very soft and kind.

   "If Prime Minister Lu does this, isn't he afraid of being impeached by the Prime Minister of the Left?" Song Yunzhao asked, not to mention that there is a Qin Taifu who is vying for credit.

   "Follow the power in a hurry, and the left side will not take action for this kind of thing for the time being."

  Even if it is liquidation, we have to wait until after the incident, but at that time, the right minister has made great contributions to disaster relief, and the left minister will at most make up for his merits and demerits even if he is impeached.

  Song Yunzhao thought to himself that it was a good thing she didn't mess with the imperial court, otherwise she really didn't know how she died, and she couldn't count all her thoughts.

   "Then what should we do next?" Song Yunzhao looked at the emperor and asked.

  Feng Yi knew that Song Yunzhao was concerned about this matter, so he said to her: "Your father has brought the victims to clear out the collapsed houses and is ready to rest."

  Song Yunzhao was taken aback, huh? Are father and daughter really connected?

   "The weather is so cold right now that the common people can't sit on the ground. If people don't do something, they will freeze to death. Instead of waiting for them to freeze to death, it's better to clean up the snow and repair the house, so that they won't be afraid of the cold if they move around."

   "Where did the victims live that night?"

   "I built a shed, although it can only be used for a while, at least I can live in it."

  She was only thinking about the work-for-relief that later generations saw, and now her father has already started doing it?

  Song Yunzhao felt that he really underestimated the survival wisdom of the ancients. When people are cornered, they really can come up with any solution.

   If this is the case, I won’t be afraid. As long as I have food and shelter, I can survive this winter.

  Maybe the days will be hard and difficult, but there is hope.

  She is an ordinary person, she doesn't have the wisdom of a world-class scholar, and she doesn't have the ability to turn her hands into clouds and rain.

   Don't be too greedy.

  Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao smiling like a flower, and his mood also became happy.

  He never thought that one day, there would be someone beside him who would make him have the urge to talk to her about these things.

   But tell Yun Zhao now, she not only listens, she will have her own ideas, and sometimes give herself good advice, as he said, she will give back, and this is what makes him happiest.

  She understands him.

  Feng Yi stayed for lunch, and Song Yunzhao remembered the New Year's banquet, and talked about it with the emperor.

   "Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Lu both said that the annual banquet in the palace is to invite married women into the palace to celebrate the new year. Your majesty, will you do this this year?"

  Feng Yi nodded, "It is necessary to follow the rules in the palace."

   After speaking, she raised her head and looked at Yun Zhao, and saw that her brows were tightly frowned, her eyes were a little bit tangled, and she couldn't help laughing: "What are you thinking?"

   "Your Majesty, if I invite my aunt to the annual banquet, will someone point at my nose and call me unfilial?" Song Yunzhao asked sincerely.

  How could Feng Yi not see through Yun Zhao's careful thinking, she didn't have a good relationship with her biological mother, and she didn't want her to be favored by her, but she also didn't want to be accused of unfilial piety, so she deliberately tested it in front of her, didn't she just want him to show her off? Bearing this title for her?

  Feng Yi looked at Yun Zhao seriously, "Of course there will be."

  Song Yunzhao looked at the emperor silently, but she really knew how to put on an act. However, who could not act, she immediately said: "Your Majesty, my aunt will solve my problems and protect me everywhere. What is wrong with asking my aunt to attend such an occasion? My mother gave birth to me, but she didn't care for me at all and hated me. She even asked me to be a stepping stone for her other daughter. Wouldn't my aunt feel cold if I invited my mother into the palace?" , Live up to my aunt's love for me?"

   "If your aunt really cares about you, why would she care about these little things? She should be able to understand you."

  Song Yunzhao smiled, "Others being considerate doesn't mean I should take it for granted. I can't get over this hurdle in my heart. If the emperor thinks it's inappropriate to let my aunt into the palace, then don't come."

  Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao in surprise, did not expect her to say this, and said: "If you do this, what will your reputation be like if Mrs. Song talks about it outside in the future?"

  Song Yunzhao raised his head and glanced at the emperor. It was a bit surprising that he would think about her reputation at this time.

   It was rare for her to feel a little bit guilty. She coughed lightly and said, "It's impossible to say that I don't care about reputation at all, but if fame kidnaps me to do something I don't want to do, I'm not willing to do it. How can I repay my virtue with virtue? I'm not a saint. Others have bullied me, and I don't want to bend myself for the sake of fame.

  Feng Yi stared deeply at Yun Zhao, and he was not surprised at all when he heard her say this.

  If a scholar listens to such unethical words, he will definitely point her nose and scold her for three days and three nights.

  However, Feng Yi didn't say anything, but he agreed in his heart that some of Yun Zhao's words were very suitable for him.

  He was also a child who was not liked by his parents since he was a child. He knew how much grievance and sadness a child who was not sheltered would encounter.

  If he repays grievances with kindness, then the queen mother should enjoy the blessings in the palace instead of staying in the palace.

   Is it because the queen mother doesn't want to go back to the palace?

   No, he didn't want the Queen Mother to come back and interfere with his life.

  With the empress dowager's temperament, if she lives in the palace, the harem will definitely be tossed around by her. Before he has the power, if the dowager makes trouble for himself, how can he sit firmly on the throne?

  So, he had a six-year agreement with the Queen Mother, she thought that the late emperor lived in the palace in the name of keeping his filial piety, and he took her back to the palace after six years.

  Thinking of this, Feng Yi realized that the six-year agreement will come soon next year, and he must keep his promise to bring the Queen Mother back to the palace.

  But now in the harem, there is no concubine who can restrain the queen mother, which is a big problem.

  If no one can control the queen mother, the harem may be in chaos.

  Thinking of this, Feng Yi's eyes fell on Yun Zhao.

  Song Yunzhao was stared into by the emperor's jet-black eyes, and suddenly panicked, always having a bad premonition.

  Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the emperor say, "Don't worry, I will personally write the list of palace banquets."

Um?

  The surprise came too fast, a bit like a tornado, and she didn't recover for a while.

  However, the emperor agreed so quickly, wouldn't he be using her to fill some hole?

  No matter what, she is still very happy to solve this big problem. It is a big thing for her to do this kind of thing.

  But if the emperor makes a decree, it will be different. Although the Song family has separated, but as the wife of the Song family, it is reasonable for the eldest lady to let her enter the palace.

  Such an incident made Song Yunzhao happy for several days, and it was the end of November in a blink of an eye. Before entering the twelfth lunar month, the snowstorm had come to an end. It was inevitable that the old, weak, women and children would not be able to survive, but overall the death toll was much lower than expected.

  Whether it’s Prime Minister Right, Grand Tutor Qin, or Song Nanzhen, who is helping the disaster again this time, all of them were greatly appreciated by the emperor in the court.

  The stingy emperor, this time he only praised him with words, without any practical praise.

  Song Yunzhao was not surprised. Her father was staring at Taifu Qin and Prime Minister Right. No matter which of these two were, the emperor absolutely did not want to add officials to them. There was no room for promotion in their official positions.

  The emperor had deep conflicts with his courtiers, and under such circumstances, he would never be willing to add honorary officers to them.

   In this way, her father will be implicated, and there will be no reward this time.

  Others saw that Song Yunzhao suffered a loss, but Song Yunzhao himself didn't think so. If her father was promoted too quickly, it would be a hidden danger, so it's better to be steady like this.

  In this matter, the only one who gets the honor is the Right Prime Minister. He was disheartened because of the fraud case before, but this time he is proud of himself.

   Just as unlucky as Song Nanzhen was Qin Taifu. Qin Taifu really worked hard this time, but the emperor just gave a few words of praise in the court hall lightly, which was far from what he wanted at the beginning.

  Especially after his son Qin Yuanjing was dismissed because of accepting bribes, Qin Taifu is so active in giving porridge and disaster relief this time, hoping to find another official position for his son, but it seems that the emperor's attitude is probably not going to work.

  Qin Taifu held back his anger and worked hard for more than a month. He actually made a wedding dress for the right minister.

  Qin Xiyue didn't relax when she got the news in the palace. She spent so much effort to accomplish this, but the result was not satisfactory.

  She really couldn't figure out how it was so difficult to do something by herself.

  But after thinking about it, Song Yunzhao's father was not promoted this time, and disaster relief is different from giving porridge, which is a more difficult job.

  Qin Xiyue originally thought that Song Yunzhao might be dissatisfied with this matter. As long as Song Yunzhao can quarrel with the emperor, she can also make things better here.

  Qin Xiyue was so depressed that Song Yunzhao didn't know that Song Yexi and Song Jinxuan were going to get married a few years ago. There was no such rush at first, but the Yang family wanted to send their son south to study in the next year, so they wanted Song Jinxuan to go with them, so they discussed with the Song family whether the wedding date could be ahead of the year.

  Song Jinxuan had Song Yexi before her, so the Song family had to talk to the matchmaker, and the matchmaker went to the Yue family to ask questions. Of course, the Yue family was satisfied with the marriage with the Song family, and of course there would be no embarrassment, so the Yue family took the initiative to come to ask for a date, so the marriages of the second daughter of the Song family were all set before the year.

  The eldest lady had mentioned it to Yun Zhao when she entered the palace before, and now that the marriage is settled, Song Yexi is going to get married, and the married girl Song Guiyi followed her husband to the place just after taking office.

  Song Lirong is not very far away, and she will definitely come back after a two- or three-day drive. Song Hongjiao can also come back at the closest distance. Adding Song Qinghan, the Song family is also lively.

  The eldest lady was in a very good mood. Seeing Song Lirong and Song Hongjiao come back, she called people to her and asked about their marriage. Knowing that their life in her husband's house was going well, she nodded in satisfaction.

   Let them go back to talk with their aunts, and hold a family banquet in the evening, let these married girls sit together and have a good time.

   On the other side, after Song Hanran was released, the leader of the family was Song Hanchang, who brought Song Hanyue and Song Haoming to join in the fun. Song Hanming and Song Haochang were both concubines, and they had similar temperaments. However, it was not long after Song Hanyue entered the table that Song Qinghan called him away, and it was not the siblings who said anything.

   Song Yanchang looked at Song Yanming with a calm expression, nothing unusual, and admired him in his heart.

   Now Sanfang looks harmonious from the outside, but in fact it has long been clear inside.

  Song Xunchang would definitely not get involved in the affairs of the third room. His aunt treated him with great kindness, and his sister and sister who were compatriots from his first mother were also married well. His aunt had lived a stable life in the mansion for so many years, except when he was young in the early years, his aunt had angered his wife and was punished, but there has been no such thing in these years.

   What's more, Song Yuchang's biological mother was born in a kabuki, and she was a aunt for others, and she was also the lowest among the aunts. He has been studying in the school these years, and he has heard of many people's secrets. No concubine born as a kabuki is as lucky as his aunt to meet a mistress like his aunt.

  Thinking of this, Song Yuchang thought of his aunt's advice, looked at Song Yuming and said softly, "After Sister Xuan gets married, what are your plans?"

  Hearing this, Song Haoming's heart moved, he looked up at Song Haochang and said, "Second cousin, what do you mean by that?"

  Song Yanchang smiled slightly, "I heard that the Yang family selected famous teachers for their cousin-in-law, have you ever thought about going out to study?"

  Song Yanming's heart tightened, and he slowly relaxed when he met Song Yanchang's smile, slightly tilted his head and said softly: "Second cousin, do you mean the eldest aunt?"

  Song Yanchang nodded slightly, "I'm just letting you know that you may not benefit much by staying in Beijing to study. The teacher who taught us plans to leave the library, so you have to prepare earlier."

  Mr. Daxue suffered a serious illness in the winter. After all, he was old and wanted to return home.

  Song Yuming's heart skipped a beat. Ever since his aunt got married, his aunt has treated him more and more harshly, especially when he and his eldest brother paid tribute to his aunt, he would always be deliberately made things difficult by his aunt and then take the opportunity to punish him. As a result, he was late for class and was reprimanded by his husband many times.

  In front of his husband, he couldn't blame his aunt, so he could only swallow his grievances.

   It would be best if I could go to Beijing to study, but my aunt would not agree.

   "Thank you second cousin, I'll take note." Song Yanming said gratefully.

  Song Yanchang smiled slightly, he can't do much, as a junior and a concubine, he naturally dare not comment on the matter of the third room, but Bo Ming has a good aunt, after Aunt Che knows the news, she will definitely think of a way for her son.

  Besides, Yang Shu is Bo Ming's brother-in-law, so Aunt Che can naturally think of a way.

  Song Yanyue walked to the door, and saw Song Yanming and Song Haochang talking close to each other. The smile on his face made him look a little dazzling, and thinking of what the elder sister said, he couldn't help but feel a little upset, and he didn't want to go in at this moment.

   Today, the 6,000-word update is complete, my dears.

  (end of this chapter)