Holding the Piano in the Red Chamber

Baoqin's policy is generally based on peaceful coexistence, and try not to take the initiative to attack unless there are special circumstances. The main target is Yuan Chun alone, and even Dong Qingmei is just a pond fish that even pigs get together and get hurt.

According to Baoqin's idea, even if she has no children and has always been a concubine because of her birth, as long as she can survive the emperor, she will at least be a concubine.She is still very sure of this, women live longer than men, plus she pays great attention to exercise and health care, the imperial doctor has a safe pulse once every five days, as long as there is no disease that requires surgery, she still has a good chance of growing A hundred years old.

Whether she stays in the palace in the future, or adopts a lower-ranking nobleman or a son or daughter who is often present by chance in the future, she will not worry about it.The concubine's food and clothing are all covered, and she has money every month. She still has two copies, one belongs to the concubine, and the annual silver is 200 taels, and the other is the inner secretary, which is 20 taels per month.

Did you find out that the monthly salary of a court lady is more than that of a concubine, but the possibility of a concubine's promotion is high, and she will be rewarded when she serves the emperor happy. The price/performance ratio is still higher than that of a palace lady, after all, a palace lady can only get the reward of being the head of the palace.

So she only needs to wait for the Jia family to fall, and she can live freely in the palace. She is not a few years younger than the emperor. At that time, she was "old and decrepit", and there would not be too many new concubines. Follow her.

Theoretically so, or Baoqin thinks so.But there were only three of them in the concubine's position in the palace at that time, except for the high-ranking empress, Baoqin's "peaceful coexistence and only for Yuanchun" meant that she disliked all concubines of the same level as her except the empress. , even Yuan Chun boldly speculated that she would not be pleasing to the eyes of concubines who were taller than her, so Yuan Chun vaguely mentioned a few words when he visited Concubine Wu for the first time.

"He concubine, relying on the favor of the queen mother and your majesty, you don't look down on others. Except for being respectful to the queen, the others... Humph!"

Qingmei nodded, "She came from a bad background, she was a maid in sister Jia's family, and then..."

Following that pause, Concubine Wu made up a story about the grievances and grievances between the maid and the young lady, thinking that she understood almost everything.

There are only a few people in the palace, the empress has a son, and she is paying respects to her for the time being, the remaining two, one concubine and one Liu Guiren, don't come to see her after she enters the palace, it's really disgusting.

One relied on the favor of the empress dowager, and the other relied on the favor of the emperor.That's right, Yuan Chun also spread the gossip that Zhenli is "true love". Regardless of the gossip hero being the emperor, the love story of the huge difference in identities between the man and the woman has been a topic that children love to talk about from ancient times to the present.

It's pretty exciting.

Well, the reason why she hugged Qin was that she didn't know there was such a rule. What Qingmei said was right, she was born as a maid, so no one would tell her about these hidden unspoken rules in the palace.As for Mrs. Liu Gui, she is due to give birth in two months, not to mention that she is still in the warning-like confinement period. Even if the Queen Mother allows her to go out, she will not dare to go out with a seven or eight-month-old belly. What a mistake, it is completely self-defeating.

Concubine He, the only concubine with a title in the palace, Concubine Wu's eyes wandered, and she only knew the depth of it after a few trials.

There is also Liu Zhiyao who is always present in Baoqin Palace, she knows a thing or two, she knows that she should go to see Concubine Wu, but there is another one that is above meeting high-ranking concubines, she is just a constant presence, she goes out, Especially when going out for the first time, she had to follow the head of the palace. Seeing that the harp hadn't moved, Liu Zhiyao was happy to arrange her nest in Qixiang Palace.

Just kidding, she can be selected in the palace even if she fights with others, and she lives in the Qixiang Palace with the best location. If you say that sister Baoqin is not favored, who will believe it.

So in the past few days, she stayed in Qixiang Palace. She originally thought that she would chat with Sister Baoqin and improve her relationship. However, Baoqin is not seen every day. There are three out of five days. She stays in the Empress Dowager's palace from morning to night, she can't see anyone; there is another day to attend bed, she can't go that day, sister Baoqin is kind, but if she accidentally snatches the emperor over, she will die It's miserable; isn't there another day?Liu Zhiyao felt that she was quite winking, so she went to invite Ann and came back. She was tired for four days and needed to be rested.

On the sixth day after the couple entered the palace, it was time to meet the queen and get to know each other by the way.

Liu Zhiyao got up early, but Baoqin got up quite late. I heard that Liu Changzai in the palace had already woken up and walked around the door several times. She couldn't help but smiled and said: "Go and tell her, I'll be fine right away. Tell her not to worry, the queen won't be free until the first prince has finished eating."

Baoqin is in a good mood today, because it was Hui Ting who came over last night to spread the word. Although Shulan said that their marriage is not a big deal, she didn't mention that she would let Hui Ting go out when the eldest prince is one year old. , what does this mean?

So Baoqin forced Hui Ting to sit down, and started asking about the eldest prince's health, and when Hui Ting let go of her guard, she suddenly said: "Oh, my brother also liked to eat this when he was young." Or "My brother always ate this That's how much strength it takes."

...You didn't remember anything when your brother was young, okay...

The above retort was thought of by Hui Ting blushing when she went back at night, but unfortunately she couldn't say it.

After receiving positive feedback from Shulan, Baoqin was a little happy.

So when Baoqin brought Liu Changzai to Kunning Palace, everyone except the queen arrived.Baoqin raised an eyebrow at Hui Ting, Hui Ting blushed again.

...Suddenly there is a subtle feeling of molesting my sister-in-law instead of my brother...

The timing was just right, when Baoqin was wondering whether it would be too blunt to call Concubine Wu, or whether it would be a bit ironic to call Sister Wu, Shulan appeared and relieved the embarrassment at the right time.

Let's see what other people call it first.

Shulan sat down, and the rest of the people bowed their heads and called the empress auspicious, and that was the end.After sitting down, Shulan didn't say a word of nonsense, and said directly: "Recognize them all, there are five new younger sisters in the palace."

The five stood up in unison.

After the introductions were finished, Shulan said: "You guys chat first, and I will go to see the Queen Mother in a quarter of an hour." After saying this, she stood up and walked around, and walked in through the small door behind the seat.

The main hall of Kunning Palace was quiet. Everyone looked at each other. After a moment of silence, Concubine Wu came out first. Although this was her first time standing in front of the stage, besides the Queen, she had the highest status in the palace. , It doesn't matter whether you are outstanding or not, you are already taller than others.

Concubine Wu smiled and said: "I met a few younger sisters today, and I feel very kind."

This can tell the difference between the serious ancient people and Baoqin who became a monk halfway. Baoqin would think that it is not natural to call her sister, but according to other people's rules, it has to be called that.

"Your Majesty, you are welcome. We also feel very kind when we see Your Majesty." Concubine Zhou was the first to talk to Concubine Wu. She lived close to Concubine Wu, and she was a newcomer to the palace. She recognized her as early as the draft. After entering the palace for five days, the relationship became closer.

There must be an alliance, right? Concubine Wu smiled.

But Concubine Zhou's words were really polite, she reacted relatively quickly, so she was the first to answer successfully, even if she wanted to form an alliance, at least she had to wait until she was in bed to officially become a member of the palace.And we have to wait for two or three months to observe and find out the situation in the palace before we can act.

"I heard that concubine He is very much loved by the empress dowager." Concubine Wu said with a smile.

Baoqin looked up at Yuanchun, she could only poke it, but just when she was about to deal with it coldly, Concubine Wu spoke again.

"I think so too. My concubine is used to serving people, and sister Yuanchun must have a deep understanding." Concubine Wu smiled so much that her eyes lit up, and it seemed that she had no good intentions.

Baoqin put down the teacup softly, wiped the corners of her mouth slowly and freely, and said, "Did your sister Yuanchun tell her concubine Wu that her concubine is also a second-rank secretary? It's still in the Empress Dowager's Palace."

This is a big killer, regardless of whether the job is worthless or not, the second rank is a position that cannot be ignored.

Concubine Wu smiled a little stiffly, resisting the urge to turn her head to look at Yuan Chun.

Yuan Chun suddenly felt a little guilty, she didn't say more than this, it was her little plan, first use half-truths and half-false news to scare Concubine Wu, and when she has a conflict with Baoqin, even if it's just a word or two Deal with it, you come and go with me, sooner or later we will meet.

Picking up a high-ranking concubine is still secondary, the main thing is to form an alliance that fights against each other and holds the piano.

So the news that Yuan Chun didn't say, besides the second grade internal secretary, is that she can be in charge of the six bureaus of maids, at least three to five times a month, two to four times more than her, and two to four times more than Dong Qingmei.

Baoqin sighed faintly, and said: "The small election is coming soon..."

This was for Yuan Chun. Seeing Yuan Chun's expression was not very good, Baoqin knew that she had received his own malice.

There are two aunts in Yuanchun Palace who are 23 years old. Because they have been in the palace for a long time, they are well-informed and have many relationships. Yuanchun thinks highly of them.It is true that the palace maids leave the palace at the age of 25, but sometimes the grace of the master can stay for two more years, or it is the grace of the master and can be released two years earlier, but what the queen mother said is not a person in her palace anyway, the queen mother For no reason, she has a reputation of being considerate to court ladies and treating people generously, so why not do it.

"It's about the same age as 23." Baoqin got a list of thousands of maids in the palace as early as last year's election, especially those who were twenty years old and worked in Yuanchun. .

No one spoke anymore, they were all drinking tea, but the tea they drank was different, some people were drinking the joy of victory, some people were embarrassed, and some people were watching a play.

Shulan came out and saw a quiet person in the hall holding a cup of tea and sipping it. She raised her eyebrows. When did the tea in Kunning Palace become so popular? Obviously, except for the cup of holding the zither, the rest of the tea was caught. It's from Mozi, or try brewed tea next time?