The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

Generally speaking, the mother-in-law has two main ways to deal with her daughter-in-law: one is to suppress the daughter-in-law's housekeeping power; the other is to put her son in the house.

The Empress Dowager Chongqing has only one biological son, Hongli. Like it or not, there is only Hanling, a real daughter-in-law. She is in the royal family, and she is not like an ordinary family. Jia Mu in "Dream of Red Mansions"), if you change to the queen, how many people stare at it, no matter what the reason is, if you are deprived of the power to control the palace, it will first shake the foundation of the country, and second, it will also hinder the reputation of the emperor, killing a thousand enemies , Self-destructive things of course can not be done, based on this, the Empress Dowager Chongqing will work hard on the second.

Prior to this, the Empress Dowager Chongqing had tried the method of "adding oil and splitting the core", and Concubine Xin lost her stamina if she didn't turn her back on the water; It must make the empress dowager feel free of any grievances; the concubine Jia is not bad, she is older than the empress; there is also a concubine Wei, who is of a suitable age (according to Lord Qianlong's own preferences, thirty is definitely the golden age to be favored), You can't expect a concubine who hasn't made a splash in the palace for sixteen or seventeen years to suddenly become a salted fish and dominate the harem (big mistake!); Lan Gui is young, and her background is at a disadvantage.Of course, regardless of their age, these "little" daughter-in-laws may not be able to outshine Empress Nala, who gave birth seven times and was well maintained. Who made her the most beautiful woman in Manchuria? (In fact, the current Empress Dowager of Chongqing and Concubine Xi were also one of the key approvers)

Sleepy came to send a pillow, the Queen Mother of Chongqing was holding back her energy and wanted to add embarrassment to Queen Nala, Zai Sang (equivalent to a tribal steward and prime minister) who belonged to the imperial court sent a "gold medal" The assistant comes in.

This gold medal assistant is the daughter of Zaisan Boerzijit Gendun. She is now 28 years old (misunderstood, not 23, but [-]), and she did not get engaged until she was [-] years old. The object of her marriage has not yet been determined, and she was bullied by the Wuliang Haibu and displaced. Now she surrenders to the court and simply dedicates her daughter to the benefactor who took him in.

This is a typical appeasement and affection. Even the empress dowager could not object to Borzigit's marital status. When she met the real person, her eyes lit up: it was her!

Even though she is of a different race, she is considered an older lady if she gets engaged at the age of 23. The reason for wasting time is not because Borzigit's conditions are too poor to get married. The idea of ​​"a rare commodity to live in" has been dragged on and on to become the eldest girl, otherwise she would not have the confidence and necessity to dedicate a second-married girl to the emperor.

The concubines who accompanied the seat "thumped" in their hearts: strong enemy!

The former No. [-] beauty in Manchuria took a closer look at the current No. [-] beauty in Mongolia, and she was somewhat discouraged: she has more than one round when she grows up, and she is still the mother of seven children. Her sons are all married, and she is young and easy to grow old. Youth is gone, and now I can only be a virtuous queen.

The queen lost her spirits, and the empress dowager immediately cheered up: "What's your name? What do you eat on weekdays? Did you bring clothes in?"

After Borzigit answered one by one, Han Ling finally turned her attention and asked Yang Shuangquan, the chief eunuch of the respect room who sent her over, "Do you have any orders from Lord Long Live?"

Eunuch Yang leaned back and said: "Long live God has made Gege a nobleman, and the daily affairs will be arranged by the master and empress as appropriate."

The Empress Dowager Chongqing had a slight problem: "It's about the dignity of Mongolia. Isn't it too little for a mere nobleman?"

Han Ling looked at the new nobleman: "Mr. Borzigit."

The nobleman Borzigit blessed his body as a gift: "The slave is here."

Han Ling said with a serious face: "I am honored by the Queen Mother's decree to give you the title of 'Duo' and the title 'Duoguiren', which means 'Much Blessing, Many Lu, Many Sons, Longevity', which can be used in Chengqian The Queen of the Palace will stay here and live with Concubine Shu, and your share will be proportional to that of a concubine, I hope you will live up to the emperor's favor, and it will be a joyous event to give birth to a prince and princess full of blood for the emperor as soon as possible."

"My servant thanked the Empress for her kindness." Many nobles bowed and bowed, "The empress dowager is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old! The empress dowager is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

The Empress Dowager Chongqing also had nothing to say, and all the concubines could not help but slander: How noble?Are you sure it's not too much?

Han Ling still had to comfort herself: the princes of Man and Mongolia were really popular before the Kangxi Dynasty, but now—the sons covered with Man's army flags are three points more expensive than the princes of Mongolia's army's flags.

In the following months, Chengqian Palace started a continuous pattern of flopping cards.

Han Ling is still calm, except for the statutory overnight stay on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, Hongli will go to Jingren Palace to see his daughter when he is free. In terms of frequency, it is no worse than the number of times he goes to Shoukang Palace to pay his respects. .

Well, Queen Nala is starting to take advantage of her daughter.

Lord Qianlong's Ten Gege has squeezed out eight older brothers and seven older sisters since the full moon, and has become the most favored jewel in the palm of the emperor's father.

"I don't know what she's happy with all day long. She really doesn't have any worries at all." Seeing her daughter fall down, smile, get up and continue to fall, and continue laughing, Han Ling couldn't help laughing Get up, "Aren't you the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha?"

Cheng Shuang said with a smile: "We Gege are the concubine daughters of the middle palace, we are protected by older brothers and sisters, and we are the youngest daughter of Lord Long Live. Isn't the golden branch and jade leaves born in Fuwo born with joy?"

"I'm still protecting it. When Wu'er was born, my elder brothers loved him like a baby. Look at the back—" Han Ling didn't mention it, "Come on, let's see that Xiao Qi is about to grow up. Day by day, let’s talk about the later things later, it’s useless to worry about it.”

"What did Er Niang say about me?" Cheng Shuang was about to answer the conversation, and Princess Ming walked in with a smile, "Look, I'm so happy with my tenth sister."

"She's never unhappy." Han Ling put her thoughts aside, "Where did you come from?"

Princess Heming replied: "Fang and Sixth Sister studied stitches, and mentioned your double-sided embroidery of 'White Cat Playing Butterfly', please lend me a look, and I will send it back to you in two days. "

"If you like it, take it." Han Ling smiled, "I originally made it when I was pregnant with Yongjing, and I will probably use it for you two to add makeup in the future. There is only one piece. This thing consumes a lot of effort. You take it, be careful not to damage it."

"Er Niang is so kind!" Princess Heming leaned in front of Han Ling and acted coquettishly, "What were you upset about just now? Tell me and I will give you some advice."

Han Ling stroked her daughter's hair: "The twelfth palace is overcrowded, and there are more heads than nobles. If this continues, the existing main hall will not be enough."

"Huh?" Princess Heming began to count the heads, "The imperial concubine, Wan'eniang, three concubines, and four concubines—there are only nine heads?"

"You didn't add your mother-in-law." Han Ling squeezed her forehead, "There are nobles like Niuhulu and Borzigit who are rushing to the throne with all their strength, your ama is in her prime , always leave two seats for future generations, that’s fourteen people.”

Princess Heming frowned: "Emiang, why do people in the palace say that Ama is a devoted king?"

Han Ling sighed: "You, Ama—"

"Emiang, I thought of it." Princess Heming had an idea, "You can move to Kunning Palace, which was originally the bedroom of the empress of the main palace. Come out, isn't it an idea to kill two birds with one stone?"

Han Ling shook her head: "Ever since Empress Xiaozhaoren passed away, there hasn't been a single empress living in the Kunning Palace in the Qing Dynasty, and nothing else. Empress Xiaojing also lived in Changchun Palace, so I can easily overwhelm her." Go after Yuan?"

Princess Heming suggested: "Emiang, the patriarch Kangxi's family law, Ama can have two noble concubines, four imperial concubines, and six concubines, and if he has all the [-] palace masters, Ama wants extra favors. You don't reward titles here." , a set of rules can be provided according to her status, when you gave her a title, when did you recognize her as the lord of the first palace."

"That's also an idea." Han Ling nodded her forehead, "Xiao Leizi!"

Zhang Lei bowed and promised: "My lord!"

Han Ling said: "Order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to clean up the Qixiang Palace, and the Yikun Palace will also be used as a retrogressive place for beautiful women to live and order wives to worship."

In the evening when Hongli came to see his youngest daughter, Han Ling told him the idea of ​​the second daughter: "In the old age of the holy patriarch Kangxi, there were one imperial concubine, seven imperial concubines, and three concubines in the harem. ;You are in the prime of life, in the current harem, there are already ten concubines (principal seats) who live in the east and west six palaces. If you continue to push favors, I, the queen, can only be a villain. It is really impossible, or expand the harem, or It’s about changing the family law, you have to come up with a charter.”

"Huh?" Hongli coughed dryly, "Xiaoqi's idea is not bad. If you expand the harem and change the family law, how will you teach the people in the world how to view me?"

The corners of Han Ling's lips slanted slightly: "There is another difficulty here. If you become an imperial concubine again, it will be difficult for me to give you the title here. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to meet the concubine who was in charge earlier?"

"I've made a note of it." Hongli said happily, "Since the quota for the fourth concubine is already full, naturally we can't make an exception and register another concubine in the future."

Han Ling nodded: "Fourth brother, the current lord of the Sixth House, or the old person in the hidden mansion, or the concubine who has made births, is not a concubine who rewards her with grace for no reason. Xianggong, you should carefully reward this last honorable person. Although it is good to be a nobleman, nobleman Lan comes from the Niuhulu family's Manchu army flag Gege. If there is any bias, I will not be able to explain it in front of the empress dowager .”

Hongli didn't take it seriously: "This depends on their own good fortune."

Cheng Shuang sneaked in and replied, "Master, the Shou Wu Wu Chicken Soup is already made."

Han Ling ordered: "Put a bowl for Long Live Lord."

Hongli frowned slightly: "In the dry autumn weather, I don't really want to eat this."

"Don't learn from Yongjing, pick your mouth for him, the noble concubine will be very worried." Han Ling teased her husband, "Medicine supplements are not as good as food supplements, now take care of your health, save your foundation, and you will only know today's benefits when you are old. "

Hongli laughed and said, "You're getting more and more nagging."

The author has something to say: the current harem is overcrowded, so——