The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

"Wei nobleman has meritorious service in childbearing, so should her status be mentioned?" At the Jiugege full moon banquet, the Empress Dowager Chongqing personally asked about Wei nobleman's treatment, "Or give Jiugege to other lords to be raised, Do you have any ideas with the emperor?"

"Yes." Han Ling supported her stomach and stood up and replied, "The concubine was just about to ask Yizhi. Earlier, in order to encourage the harem to have children, the concubine had agreed with the emperor that anyone who can bear children will be promoted immediately and rewarded for their meritorious service. , although the position of the fourth concubine is full, there are still four vacancies for the sixth concubine, if the empress dowager approves, the ministers and concubines will naturally praise Wei nobleman."

The Empress Dowager Chongqing nodded with satisfaction: "Let's do it this way."

Han Ling turned her head and told Cheng Shuang: "Tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs that we are busy with the important affairs of the fourth and fifth princesses, and we must immediately prepare for the appointment of the nobleman Wei."

On April [-]th, Gu Lun and Princess Qing got married, and Huifa Nara Yili was granted the title of Gu Lun's forehead by Tweeting His Grace.

On the eighth day of May, Gu Lun and Princess Hui came out of the cabinet, and Doral Hailancha was granted the title of Gu Lun's forehead by virtue of the Lord's favor.

There were two episodes between Princess Heqing and Princess Hehui before and after their marriage.

First of all, Yili took the initiative to ask for an order, hoping that his father-in-law and uncle and uncle would be exempted from the procedure of rewarding trial marriages before the big marriage.

In front of the fifth son-in-law, the emperor severely praised the fourth son-in-law, nephew and nephew, and Hai Lancha sincerely echoed the brother-in-law's issue under the eyes of the younger brother-in-law: the fifth son-in-law is real I was wronged, he had seen the wedding ceremony, and wondered what a trial marriage was. Only then did he realize that it turned out to be a "inspector" sent by the harem, who accidentally lost his father-in-law to curry favor with his brother-in-law. Opportunity, apart from looking at the after effects, there is no place to reason if you want to reason!

The princes were obviously dissatisfied with the performance of the five sisters (sisters) husbands. When they got married to Princess Hui, Yongxi carried the younger sister on the sedan chair, looked left and right, bent down and pulled out a brick from the carriage. The inner strength snapped into two paragraphs: "Hai Lancha, I have handed over my sister to you."

"My servant thanked the prince for his trust." Hai Lancha wiped off his sweat: "My uncle is a real person, so with this skill alone, I may not be able to bear it."

In any case, the smooth marriage of the two princesses solved a concern of the empress.

On May 23, Han Ling gave birth to a daughter in Jingren Palace, who was the tenth daughter of the emperor.

As I said before, for Empress Nala, the 22nd year of Qianlong was quite an obvious watershed. Throughout the first half of the year, she married a daughter-in-law, celebrated her birthday, married girls and children, and happy events followed one after another. From July onwards, the situation changed suddenly. Straight down, the unlucky things that have not been encountered for many years are overwhelming.

Han Ling was having a headache for her youngest daughter's adoptive mother, Cheng Shuang entered the room with a pale face and replied, "Master, the Cheng'en government has come to report, our father-in-law can't do it."

"What's going on!" Han Ling stood up with a "huh", "Didn't it mean that I just got a cold occasionally?"

Where is the occasional wind and cold, Naerbu has been bedridden since last winter, and gradually worsened after the beginning of spring. The reason why he couldn't swallow his breath was probably because there were too many happy events in the harem. The daughter-in-law's duty to add to the burden is now healed. The eldest grandson married Fujin, the eldest granddaughter successfully left the court, the granddaughter-in-law entered the door, and the daughter gave birth to a big fat girl. Now it's time to die. A perfect confession.

When Feng Jia arrived, Na Erbu couldn't even speak, Han Ling rushed to the bed with tears all over her face: "Ama!"

Seeing his daughter, Narbu rolled his eyes and raised his hand vigorously.

Han Ling cried: "Ama, I will take care of everything at home, and I will never get angry with you again."

Narbu refused to close his eyes, and a very turbid hissing sound came from his throat.

Lang Jiashi wiped his tears and said: "You, Ama, are worried about the empress, I want you to protect her, don't let her be calculated by others, and you are not allowed to make trouble for her, whoever dares to ask the empress for this is the one from the Nala family Unworthy descendants cannot be buried in our family's tomb until they die."

Wude was not in the capital, and Sige and Nali paid his last respects, and then Naerbu closed his eyes and went west, leaving only the sound of crying in the main room.

At this time, the benefits of marrying a daughter-in-law will be revealed.

The queen lost her father, and she didn't want to pay attention to everything. It's hard to guarantee that the villain will take advantage of the loopholes. Wu Yashi relieved her mother-in-law to eat with peace of mind, while taking care of her uncle and sister-in-law, and she couldn't lose face in front of the empress dowagers. When the mother-in-law came out of the haze, she lost a lot of weight in January.

Han Ling is still sympathetic, and her attitude towards her daughter-in-law has eased a lot (in fact, Wu Ya's family was only the target of anger, and it was the emperor's father and son who caused Empress Nala's dissatisfaction). After trying their best to persuade them to make peace, Jingren Palace and Yuqing Palace finally started to get along with normal mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Once Naerbu died, his descendants had to observe filial piety, and the Huifanara clan retired in all directions. The impact on Jingren Palace is self-evident.

Other positions are fine. With the prince of the clan, the scattered forces will gather back sooner or later. The only place in the House of Internal Affairs cannot be left in the hands of others. Sige recommended two clan relatives to take over his and Neli's seats: Jane Prince Yiqi concurrently served as the chief minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the position of Nali was passed on to Yongying, the eldest son of Prince He.

Prince Jian Yiqi is a die-hard patriarchal party, and Prince Yongying almost didn't call Jingren Palace his own mother. With the two of them in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Forbidden City is still firmly controlled by Nala. Queen's hand.

The heart-wrenching matter is yet to come, and now that Princess Hui and Princess Hui have left the cabinet to get married, Han Ling must abide by the foreword and promote Wei Guiren's status.

After the emperor's birthday, Han Ling proclaimed her grace in Jingren Palace: "It is the emperor's order that nobles from Jin and Wei Dynasties will be concubines of Wei. From now on, please move to live in Changchun Palace!"

Concubine Wei got up to thank Han Ling, because she begged Han Ling: "My lord, the Changchun Palace was originally the residence of Empress Xiaojing. As the old servant of the former empress, I dare not touch the palace of Empress Xiaojing. Now I have the pity of the Lord Long Live, and I would rather be with Jiu Gege." Move to the back hall of Changchun Palace to live, please allow the master and empress!"

"You are the lord of the first palace, how can there be any reason to hide in the back hall?" Han Ling frowned slightly, "It's not that this palace is trampling on your loyalty. It is inconvenient to arrange for concubines to live for a long time, or to leave it as a place for the wife to retreat. If it is really uncomfortable, it would be okay to move to Jingyang Palace."

"Concubines don't dare." There is only one tenant in Jingyang Palace, that is, the concubine Xiang, who is the lowest in the harem, is always there. Even so, the main hall of Jingyang Palace is not easy to live in. It only depends on the love of the empress dowager, Ulanara It will be a matter of time before the family is restored. If the main hall of Jingyang Palace is robbed as a bedroom, the restored Concubine Xiang is not a concern. Offending the Empress Dowager is not worth it. A compromise was made, "The concubine is willing to move to the main hall of Changchun Palace."

Han Ling nodded: "Forget it, since you are pointed to be the head of the Changchun Palace, the main hall and the side halls are at your own discretion, and this palace can't argue with you for such a trivial matter."

Concubine Wei's top priority is to keep her daughter in front of her. As for whether she has a title or not, and whether she can live in the main hall, those are all secondary matters. The imperial concubine does not have a title, and her shift is still higher than that of the fourth concubine; the queen is not in the middle palace, so it is justified The empress of the imperial palace, making a comparison like this, there is really nothing to be overwhelmed with.

Han Ling's situation is completely opposite to that of Concubine Wei: Hongli directly rejected the proposal to find another adoptive mother for the youngest daughter.

Don't look at the older ones, the ones born by Shi Gege are fatter and rounder than their brothers, and the little girl looks happy, unless she learns from Zhou Gong, whenever her father comes to see her, she will always look at her with a smile on her face, Hongli Putting the little daughter on the apex of his heart, even Yong Jue backed away. Hearing that the mother should follow the precedent to send her daughter up for adoption, the father immediately expressed his objection: "Yong Xing is six years old, he should move Living in Zhinan No. [-] House, Gege is so young, how can you have the heart to send her to others to raise her?"

Han Ling choked for a moment: "Yong Xi is still young!"

Hongli asked rhetorically: "Yongjing is older than Yongzhen? Is it possible for Xiao Shi to call Yongzhen his younger brother? When Yongzhen studied, you opened an inkstone room and let him choose inkstones at will. When my mother's partiality is on your side, once You can't pick one out of a hundred."

Han Ling can only compromise: if she continues to argue, she should become a stepmother.

According to the sequence, there are ten daughters and thirteen sons in Hongli. Among them, the first prince Yonghuang, the second prince Yong Lian, and the seventh prince Yong Cong all passed away. Prince Rong, the eight princes who are still under the emperor's name are Yongxi, Yongqi, Yongrong, Yongxuan, Yongjue, Yongxuan, Yongxuan, and Yongjing; Gege died in Qian's mansion, and now there are still eight princesses living there. The birth of Shi Gege means that Hongli has gathered eight pairs of "good" characters under his knees. It is a matter of celebration without careful analysis.

The most serious situation that Empress Nala faced was not her natal family's retirement and filial piety, nor was it that her most distressed son had to leave her and move to live in the second house in the south. What she had to worry about was the physical condition of her mother, the empress dowager.

Empress Dowager Chongyuan has passed her 78th birthday. Before her, there were only two empress dowagers who were over 75 years old. One was the famous Empress Xiaozhuang Wen. This old ancestor lived to be [-] years old. The other was The ancestors succeeded Empress Xiaohuizhang, who lived two years longer than her mother-in-law (Empress Xiaohuizhang is still the queen and empress dowager who have been in the throne for the longest time in history), and the current Empress Dowager Chongyuan broke the record set by her mother-in-law , became the longest-lived empress (empress dowager) in the Qing Dynasty.

Now that the record-breaking age has passed, it can also prove from the negative side that the top of the Daqing Pagoda has really reached the age of waning, especially in the past two years, the health of the Empress Dowager Chongyuan has been deteriorating. The spiritual power of the bed, the emperor and empress, Prince He, Prince Guo, Yongzhang and the princes and concubines Fujin take turns to serve the sick, and the Taoist temples and temples in Beijing are constantly burning incense, all of which express their love for the mother, the empress dowager, the royal family to varying degrees. The filial piety of elders.

The author has something to say: Let’s talk about Yongxi’s character design: this prince who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth has long regarded himself as the future emperor. First of all, he must have the consciousness of the future emperor. Jiuding, therefore, he will not support his parents breaking the promise of his younger sister's marriage; secondly, he regards the throne as his own property, and absolutely does not want to follow in the footsteps of Yang Yong or Li Chengqian, so he is happy to see Yongzheng's heir. become.After Yong Xing was born, she occupied a large part of the heroine's attention. In addition to the fact that her relatives had to take action out of the risk of internal strife, the heroine herself also had to worry about shaking the status of Jingren Palace because of her attitude. It is also a good way out for Yongzheng to ascend the throne and give birth to the heir Duanrong Prince. This can be regarded as the painstaking effort of "parents should consider the long-term for their children".