The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

On the second day, as soon as Jiang Shiying came back from greeting the imperial concubine, Xinghong, the Supervisor of Rites, personally brought people to Jingyang Palace.

The Chief of Ceremonies, who was always in charge of the eunuchs, smiled in front of her and said in a flattering tone, "I pay my respects to the noble concubine."

Jiang Shiying sat at the top and said, "Yu Chengyi, help Eunuch Xinghong up quickly and give him a seat."

Yu Chengyi quickly stepped forward to help Xinghong up, and then led him to sit down on the chair.

Xinghong waved his hands hurriedly and said: "Don't dare, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, just give me a footstool."

Seeing his persistence, Jiang Shiying asked Xiao Xuanzi to bring a footstool, and then he was willing to sit down.

Jiang Shiying asked: "Why are you here in person today?"

Xinghong replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is a major matter of selecting people for Jingyang Palace. I don't worry about the monkeys under my hands. I have to do it myself. This is my filial piety."

Hearing this, Jiang Shiying chuckled.

When she first entered the palace, Xinghong thought she was still waiting and watching, and left the matter of selecting people for Jingyang Palace to Si Zheng. Now, the Qi Qi of Si Zheng has passed.

Xinghong felt uneasy when he heard her smile. Who would have thought that there could be such a mistress in the palace? Regardless of whether she was the queen's concubine or the second princess, they all failed in front of her.

However, the Superintendent of Ceremonies acted carelessly before and chose a small pine nut to enter Jingyang Palace, causing the master to be poisoned. Xinghong was afraid that she would hold a grudge against him and cause a stumbling block for His Majesty.

Then, Jiang Shiying said: "Don't worry, I have seen your filial piety, but where are those people?"

Hearing this, Xinghong replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, they are all waiting in the courtyard outside the main hall now."

Jiang Shiying ordered: "Call in."

After a while, three palace maids and six eunuchs followed Xiao Linzi who led the way into the main hall.

The three of them stood in a row, a total of three rows. After standing firm, they all lowered their heads and saluted, saying: "I have just paid my respects to the noble concubine."

Jiang Shiying shouted, and then said to Xinghong: "Please, Eunuch Xinghong, please tell me the origin of their names."

Xinghong said "Promise" and stood up to introduce these palace servants in detail to her one by one, their names, where they used to serve, what special abilities they had, etc.

From what he said, they were indeed selected with all their heart.

Jiang Shiying said: "Everyone, raise your heads, let me take a look."

The palace people raised their heads as instructed, but they were all very polite and did not dare to look up. They only dared to stare at the floor tiles in front of them.

Judging from their appearance, they are all dignified and clean, but none of them have outstanding appearance.

Jiang Shiying pointed at the little round-eyed maid standing on the left side of the first row and said, "It's just you. I also have a girl named Hongying here, Hongying Hongshan. The two of you sound like a perfect match. .”

Hongshan took a step forward, bowed and said, "My slave Hongshan, please pay homage to your empress."

"Get up."

The other two little palace maids who were unsuccessful only regretted that they did not have the word "red" in their names.

Afterwards, Jiang Shiying ordered three more young eunuchs, calling them Xiao Luzi, Xiao Pingzi and Xiao Chengzi respectively.

At this point, the palace staff for her position as a noble concubine were all arranged.

Yu Chengyi personally escorted Xinghong out of the main hall, quietly stuffed a purse into his sleeve, and said, "Eunuch Xinghong has a lot to do today."

Xinghong felt calm after receiving the purse in his hand.

He said: "I would also like to ask my brother to thank the Empress for the reward for me. The Supervisor of Ceremonies is willing to do my best for the Empress."

Yu Chengyi smiled and said: "Don't worry, father-in-law, my mother-in-law knows what I mean."

When he came back and told Xinghong's words in front of Jiang Shiying, Jiang Shiying sneered and said, "You can just listen to what he said casually."

Yu Chengyi said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the Chief of Ceremonies and the Supervisor of Ceremonies are the ones who talk about people when they see them and talk about ghosts when they see them."

Now I just see their empress in bloom, so I come to please her. If one day the empress is in trouble, they will be the first to step on her.

But on Xinghong's side, he said goodbye to Yu Chengyi and walked through the courtyard of Jingyang Palace. When he was about to leave, he heard the voice of a little palace maid.

"My slave has met Manager Xinghong."

Xinghong turned around and saw Zhang Guiren sitting under the corridor of the West Wing Hall.

The one who spoke was the little palace maid behind Zhang Guiren.

Xinghong nodded towards the little palace maid and gave Zhang Guiren a perfunctory salute.

"This servant pays homage to Mr. Zhang."

Then, without waiting for Zhang Guiren to speak, he led the people and left Jingyang Palace.

Seeing his attitude, the little maid was indignant: "Bah! Just now he nodded and bowed in front of Yu Chengyi, but now in front of the little master-"

Before she could finish her words, Zhang Guiren slapped her in the face and slapped away the rest of her complaints.

Looking at Zhang Guiren's face again, he saw a gloomy expression. His originally delicate appearance now looked a bit terrifying.

This scene was seen by the bright-eyed Hongying, and she reported it to Jiang Shiying that night.

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The weather is getting cooler day by day, and it will be early October in the blink of an eye. In a few days, it will be the beginning of winter.

That night, Jingyang Palace bedroom.

Jiang Shiying held a bowl of red dates and longan soup in her hands and was savoring it in small sips.

This was what Zhao Yuanshi had told her to do to help her get rid of the cold and restore her energy and blood. In the words of Zhao Yuanshi, dietary supplements are always much better than medicinal supplements.

Hongying was talking to her.

Although she is young, she is very clever, and she is very good at snooping for information or spying secretly.

Jiang Shiying recently asked her to keep an eye on Zhang Guiren's activities.

Just listen to Hong Ying's report: "Zhang Guiren always ran to the imperial concubine's Xianfu Palace a few days ago, but he was turned away eight or nine times out of ten."

Jiang Shiying was not surprised by this. In the past few days, every time he paid greetings to the imperial concubine, Zhang Guiren was very flattering in his words, but the imperial concubine often responded very coldly.

Hongying continued: "These days, she seems to be very close to Zhenmei. I have seen her several times. Zhang Guiren visited Yikun Palace, and even traveled hand in hand with Zhenmei in the Imperial Garden."

Jiang Shiying frowned: "Zhen Meiren? Why did she get together with Zhang Guiren?"

When greeting her, she had seen Zhang Guiren say nice things in front of Zhen Meiren. She just thought that her hard work was in vain, but to her surprise, it was not Zhang Guiren who shaved his head and picked up his hair.

Qiu Yu guessed: "Zhenmei has an heir, but now he cannot accept his favor. Does Zhang Guiren want to please Zhenmei, and then let Zhenmei introduce her to His Majesty?"

Jiang Shiying said: "It's not difficult to guess Zhang Guiren's thoughts. I'm surprised that Zhen Meiren didn't reject her?"

Qiu Yu said again: "Xu Shizhen, the beauty is young and thin-skinned. Are you embarrassed to refuse?"

Jiang Shiying shook her head, feeling that this was not the case.

At this time, A Yuan walked in.

"Mother, there is news from over there."

Jiang Shiying put down the bowl, took the note and opened it. She smiled after reading it: "My eldest sister seems to have finally realized what is wrong with this pregnancy. She wants to get rid of it before it's too late. Coming out of Yonghe Palace."

A Yuan asked: "Do we want to stop it?"

Jiang Shiying raised her slender eyebrows: "Why are you stopping her? How can we watch the fun if she can't get out?"

As she spoke, she placed the note on the candlelight and watched it fade into ashes little by little.

Her voice was almost too low to ask: "I don't know how she is going to kill her child with her own hands."