Transmigrated into a Qing Dynasty concubine and asked the system to help me raise my children

In October of the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the noble ladies Hesheli (sister of Empress Xiaochengren) and Niuhulu (sister of Empress Xiaozhaoren) entered the palace as concubines, one living in Chuxiu Palace and the other in Xianfu Palace.

At the same time, Kangxi issued an edict to promote Tong Jia to Imperial Noble Consort, and the four concubines Hui, Yi, De, and Rong to concubines.

On December 12, the 20th year of the Kangxi reign, in addition to the five above, there was also a concubine named Niuhuru from the Chuxiu Palace.

In this way, the harem had one imperial concubine, one noble concubine, four concubines and four imperial concubines.

Shen Jiang was promoted to the position of a concubine, and her expenses were raised by more than one level, and she had more maids and eunuchs serving her. However, she still used grapes and pomegranates as usual, and these two people became the leaders of the maids.

When Shen Jiang was wearing the dress of a concubine, everyone in the room knelt down to congratulate her. Shen Jiang gave them rewards. After the ceremony, she took off the dress and asked Grapes to put it away.

Grape stroked the gold embroidery on it and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful!"

Shi Liu laughed and scolded: "Don't be so shallow, when the master appoints a noble concubine or an imperial concubine in the future, the dress will definitely be more beautiful than this."

Grape smiled: "That's true."

With great hopes for the future, the two carefully put away the dresses.

The system told Shen Jiang and the others their thoughts, and said with a smile: "Hehe, they are still counting on you to be promoted to Noble Consort or Imperial Noble Consort!"

Shen Jiang said calmly: "Others may not know, but don't you know? Just like there will no longer be a living queen in the palace, the four concubines who were born as bondservants will also stop at the position of concubines."

Speaking of this, the system raised a question: "Why didn't Kangxi give Tong Jia the title of Empress? She is already a Royal Noble Consort, with the same status as the Vice Empress, so she should be made Empress!"

Shen Jiang sneered: "He thinks he is unlucky for his wife."

System: “That’s really the case!”

Tong Jia in Jingren Palace was also a little dissatisfied. She was already a royal concubine, so why didn't the emperor give her the position of queen? She also asked the emperor, but the emperor just kept silent and said nothing.

In addition, two high-ranking concubines came into the palace, one of whom was even given the title of noble concubine. Tong Jia felt even more uncomfortable in her chest.

No matter how bad things are, he has to host the New Year's Eve banquet. This year, there are two more people, the children have grown up, and there is a seventh prince, so it is particularly lively.

However, the Seventh Prince was already seventeen months old and still could not walk, which made Tong Jia, who raised him, very unhappy.

I finally adopted a child, but he is disabled. What a shame!

"Take the Seventh Prince back!" Tong Jia lowered her eyelids and gave the order lightly.

Songge winked at the wet nurse, who knelt down and walked out carrying the Seventh Prince.

Songge still asked worriedly: "What should we do if the emperor comes and asks about the Seventh Prince?"

Tong Jia said, "Seventh Prince has a disabled leg and has never been favored by the Emperor. It is better not to see him."

When Kangxi arrived, he looked around and nodded with satisfaction. But when his eyes fell on Tong Jia, he didn't see the Seventh Prince. After a slight pause, there was no expression on his face.

Concubine Yi came over and said to Shen Jiang, "The Emperor is looking for the Seventh Prince!"

Shen Jiang: "Oh, really?"

Concubine Yi rolled her eyes at her. After so many years, she still looked down on people like Concubine De. She turned to the other side and gossiped with Concubine Hui.

Shen Jiang sat there motionless like a mountain. Concubine Rong, who was sitting below her, looked over and smiled at her. Shen Jiang also smiled.

She would rather sit there and laugh with Concubine Rong than have a verbal fight with Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi.

They are all the emperor's concubines. From now on, his sons will each fight against each other. Can't they have some awareness?

Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui were chatting animatedly. Concubine Hui was raising the Eighth Prince, who was born to her own concubine Wei. The eldest prince was sent out of the palace when he was just born. She had never raised a baby herself, so she was raising the Eighth Prince now. Her maternal love was overflowing, and she treated him as her own son.

"The Eighth Prince can crawl now. I laid a thick carpet on the ground and let him crawl wherever he wants. Wei and I stood on each side. Guess who he crawled towards? Haha, he came towards me." Concubine Hui proudly recounted the interesting stories of the Eighth Prince.

Concubine Yi smiled and said, "Of course you will be close to whoever raises the child. The Imperial Concubine has adopted the Seventh Prince for such a long time, you should have developed feelings for him even if you raise a cat or a dog. Why is she still so awkward?"

Concubine Hui: "Seventh Prince has bad legs and feet, how can he be as popular as Eighth Prince? The last time Eighth Prince took a piece of dessert from the plate, he handed it to me first."

Concubine Yi: "The Imperial Concubine doesn't like the Seventh Prince. She is in poor health and can't give birth to a child. Will she set her sights on the Eighth Prince?"

Concubine Hui was stunned, then glared at her: "What nonsense are you talking about! The emperor promised me to raise the eighth prince!"

The topic between the two ended here, and they happened to arrive just in time for Kangxi to prepare for the banquet.

Although it doesn’t taste very good, it’s good enough to shut them up.

After the banquet, Shen Jiang took the children back to Yonghe Palace for their own meals as usual. This time Kangxi did not come with them. Since Tong Jia was the same empress as the vice empress, he had to go to Jingren Palace to accompany the imperial concubine.

Tong Jia didn't eat much at the banquet. She came back and ate half a bowl of bird's nest porridge and asked, "Where's the Seventh Prince?"

The nurse replied, "Seventh Prince has already gone to bed after having his meal."

Tong Jia frowned and said, "Why are you resting when you haven't even seen the emperor yet?"

Just as the nurse was about to explain, Kangxi said, "He is too young to endure it. Let him sleep."

The wet nurse left, and Tong Jia sighed softly, saying, "After all, he is the emperor's son. It's not that I dislike him, but he is the only child in Jingren Palace, so he feels a little lonely."

Kangxi looked at her and said, "So what do you think we should do?"

Tong Jia said, "It would be better to have more children to accompany the Seventh Prince. I think the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince are good enough."

Kangxi said, "They are used to being around Concubine De, and I'm afraid they will make trouble for you if they come here."

Tong Jia smiled slightly and said, "Then let's choose the Eighth Prince. Only those who are raised from childhood can be loved by each other."

Kangxi was silent for a long while, and then he said, "It's good that you don't despise his mother because of her humble birth."

Tong Jia smiled and said, "They are all the emperor's children. I told you, I don't mind them."

The two fell into an eerie silence.

Ever since Kangxi did not follow the order of the Empress Dowager and made Tong Jia the empress, but only made her an imperial concubine, an insurmountable gap seemed to appear between him and Tong Jia.

Kangxi once tactfully said that Tong Jia was weak and the title of empress was too heavy, and he was afraid that Tong Jia could not bear it. But Tong Jia did not think so. After all, her aunt was the empress dowager, so she was worthy of the title of empress!

Kangxi couldn't say openly that he suspected he was unlucky with his wife. Tong Jia's body was not meant for longevity. If he really made Tong Jia the empress and she died, wouldn't that confirm the rumor that he was unlucky with his wife?

On the one hand, Tong Jia's temperament was a little arrogant, and Kangxi wanted to suppress her temper.

It was from this time on that the two of them gradually drifted apart from being close cousins.