The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

"Emiang, it's a day's work for you to finish embroidering twelve palace training pictures. That's great. If you don't finish embroidering the pictures, you'll get tired and sick first." Taking the paintings of Ruyi Pavilion and the calligraphy of Brother Yongqi as an example Originally, Han Ling personally embroidered twelve palace training screens, the first one was not finished, and the eyes were tired out, and even Princess Hehui, who was pregnant, ran to the palace to visit the queen, "Wait a minute Ah, I am confinement, I will embroider with you."

"I'm looking for something to entertain myself, so why are you in such a mess?" Han Ling pinched her cheeks, "How about my grandson? Your mother-in-law and aunt didn't make any trouble for you, did they?"

"Don't worry about it!" He Hui raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I am well-clothed and well-fed, and my mother-in-law and slaves are waiting for me. They want to make trouble for me. Who would like to go back to suffer outside the pass?"

"That's good." Han Ling put down the ginseng soup, "Meeting a first-class frivolous person is too lucky, and there are some people who can't be suppressed. It may not be a bad thing to be sent back to the place of origin."

Princess Hehui was about to talk when Zhang Lei entered the room and replied: "Master, Mrs. Lan Gui's natal family sent a batch of fireworks into the palace. They wanted to set them off during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Now I'm here to ask for an order. May I ask your permission, Mrs. Lan?"

"The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is a major event in the harem, how can I abandon it because of my own likes and dislikes?" Han Ling turned to Princess He Hui and asked, "Aren't you coming in to join in the fun?"

Princess He Hui shook her head: "There is no precedent for the elder sisters to enter the palace for festivals. I want to come out, leaving only their mother and son in the mansion. It seems a bit deserted."

Fortunately, Princess Hehui didn't come, so she avoided a disaster.

"Master, Changchun Palace urgently reports that my concubine has a miscarriage." After sleeping late yesterday, before Han Ling got up, Cheng Shuang rushed into the inner hall to report the "bad news".

"What's going on?" Han Ling frowned, "This is about to give birth, it's all right, why did it have a miscarriage?"

Before Cheng Shuang could reply, another kind of dew rushed in to report: "Master, Qixiang Palace has an urgent report, what a nobleman is popular."

Han Ling was shocked: "What happened?"

One can still be said to be a coincidence, two people miscarried at the same time, this needs to be paid attention to.

Three newspapers have been sent: "Master, the Empress Dowager summoned the masters of the palaces to Shoukang Palace to speak."

Han Ling pressed her forehead: "Show me!"

The empress dowager was quite furious: "Yesterday was fine, why did she suddenly have a miscarriage?"

Xu Dachun replied tremblingly: "I am dead, according to the diagnosis of the ministers, it seems that the empress concubine and the nobleman accidentally took the abortion medicine, which hurt the fetus in the belly—"

Han Ling asked: "Who prepared yesterday's banquet?"

Concubine Yu got up and played: "Returning to the words of the lord and empress, it is only because the concubine and the nobles are pregnant, and the concubine pays special attention to the meals of the two of them. In addition to teaching the imperial doctor to check, I also ordered Nanny Jingqi to check twice. Didn't find anything wrong with it."

The imperial physician and the nurse on duty all agreed: "I beg the empress to investigate clearly."

"How do you say that?" Han Ling was deeply troubled, "Queen Mother, this kind of thing happened before, let's find a proper person to investigate and deal with it!"

Uncle Fucha Guo was brought up again to save the scene: there is no way, his partner will take more than a month to show his filial piety.

Fu Heng is also considered capable. Relying on his dignity as a duke and uncle of the country, he investigated the miscarriage case of the second concubine (many nobles enjoy concubine-level treatment) in a few days.

"Lady Lan?" Hongli was taken aback, "Why did she kill Concubine Ling and Duogui?"

"Returning to the emperor, this servant is not sure that the Lan nobles framed the two masters." Fu Heng answered truthfully, "The servants found out that the fireworks sent by the Lan nobles were entrained. The direct cause of miscarriage with a nobleman."

Hongli asked, "How do you say that?"

Fu Heng thought about it and replied: "I wonder if the emperor still remembers the kite case back then?"

In short, there is no problem with the Mid-Autumn Festival meal, but today’s fireworks replaced the kites of the past, and the medicine of tigers and wolves replaced the pox virus.

Lan Guiren was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground: "Long Live Lord, Queen Mother, this slave has been wronged."

Han Ling calmed down: "Master Fucha, do you have any evidence for your conclusion?"

Fu Heng bowed and replied: "The slaves strictly interrogated the palace people involved. According to the testimony of all the people, there was indeed a strange smell coming from the fireworks when they went up to the sky. The slaves also seized a firework that was not set off in time. After inspection by the Imperial Hospital, Sure enough, there are drugs that are easy to abort, such as Panax notoginseng and Nuxynum, entrained in the epidermis."

Hongli asked: "As expected, why didn't the people present notice it?"

The empress dowager snorted coldly: "Is this taking advantage of the empress' loophole?"

Han Ling was speechless: she returned to Jingren Palace early due to eye disease, and she did not wait until the moment of the fireworks.

Fu Heng explained on his behalf: "Although these things are overbearing, they are only mixed with fireworks, so they can't be suspicious."

Hongli said again: "Sure enough, you have ulterior motives, why did you leave a firework for you to find out?"

"Your majesty is wise." Fu Heng replied, "According to the report from the House of Internal Affairs, that firework was mistakenly wet. The master was afraid that it would fail to ignite, defeating the master Yaxing, so he kept it."

The empress dowager immediately asked: "How did you get wet?"

Yi Guiren came out on his knees: "The servant was only curious for a while, and didn't intend to wet Sister Lan's fireworks."

Lan Guiren's eyes widened and he wanted to fight Yiguiren desperately: "It's you—it's you who want to frame me."

Hongli shouted: "Presumptuous!"

Lan Guiren cried out: "Long Live Lord, this slave has no grievances with the two elder sisters, how could he use such a clumsy trick to harm the prince in their womb?"

The Empress Dowager glanced at Han Ling: "What did the Empress say?"

Han Ling blessed her body: "It all depends on the empress dowager's order."

The empress dowager was choked heavily: "You are the lord of the six palaces, should something like this happen, shouldn't you give the emperor an explanation?"

"What the empress dowager taught me!" Han Ling saluted and pleaded guilty, "I have caused my concubine and many nobles to have miscarriages, and my concubines cannot absolve themselves of the blame. Please issue an order from the emperor to punish them!"

Concubine Jia stood up immediately: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with the empress and the concubine Xiang. The nobleman Lan made a mistake, and the concubine was guilty of negligence. Please don't blame the empress and the concubine Xiang. Only one concubine will be punished." People!"

"He did his own crimes, what have you got to do with you!" Without two children at once, Lord Qianlong's face was still quite ugly. After all, he was the empress dowager's niece. Promise, you will be confinement in Yonghe Palace, and all the courtiers will be sent to the Punishment Department for interrogation, Concubine Jia is not strict in governing the palace, and you will be fined for three months, praying for your concubine and many nobles."

Concubine Jia thanked En and returned, Lan Guiren then shouted for grievances: "Long live, Queen Mother, the slave was framed——"

Yigui was not in a good position either, Hongli said with a sullen face, "As a nobleman, making trouble out of nothing is a warning!"

All the people involved in the case, whether it is the concubine Ling who was victimized, the nobleman, or the nobleman Lan who got the stolen goods, are more or less inclined towards Shoukang Palace. With Concubine Xiang as the main seat, and Concubine Jia, Lan Guiren's supervisor, the Queen Mother's party forces in the Six Palaces were almost completely wiped out in this miscarriage case.

Concubine Gui and Concubine Shu fought a cold war: Could it be——

After a few days, Niu Hulu was promised to die in shock in the Yonghe Palace, and he was still buried in the mausoleum of the concubine with the ceremony of a nobleman.

Dudang Empress has been a vegetarian recently, but if she doesn't make a move, it's nothing. Once she makes a move, she will directly disable the opposing team that the Empress Dowager spent many years building up, which is really too clever.

The smarter ones are yet to come. In less than two months, due to the unfavorable affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he and the prince's son were deprived of the post of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they were still handed over to the newly filial Uncle Nala.

Yong Ying and Han Ling, who entered the palace to pay their respects, joked, "Auntie, it is said that your city is deep and you have the ability to shoot four birds with one stone!"

"Huh?" Han Ling asked back, "How do you say it?"

Yong Ying said: "The first arrow killed the concubine Ling and the nobleman's children; the second arrow, the concubine Jia and the empress Xiang concubine both ate melons; the third arrow killed Lan Guiren; the fourth arrow Arrows, and regained Uncle Nala's job in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"It's almost thirty, and I still don't know the seriousness." Han Ling said angrily, "Since everyone said that I got a benefit, this benefit will burn my mouth a little bit."

Yong Jue couldn't help being curious: "You don't want to refute the rumors?"

Han Ling smiled faintly: "The pure will be clear and the turbid will be turbid. As long as you, Ama, don't get suspicious, what's the use of them spreading gossip?"

Didn't Hongli have any doubts about Jingren Palace?

Maybe on the surface it is, at least until the evidence is obtained, Emperor Qianlong is still willing to trust his queen in the middle palace as always.

After the concubine Ling and the many nobles have had a full confrontation, Han Ling continued to follow the route of a virtuous queen: "Concubine Ling is still alive, what a nobleman is pitiful, the trial of the previous case is unclear, at least I have to give them some Compensation by grace is good."

Hongli asked casually, "What do you mean?"

"Reward your concubine, let me raise her status as a nobleman." Han Ling explained, "Originally, she was moved to Qixiang Palace to prepare for her promotion after giving birth. Although she didn't keep the child, after all, It's not her own fault, I'm still somewhat uneasy."

"Let's do it like this." Hongli hesitated for a moment, because he asked Han Ling, "Do you think Mrs. Lan has the guts to plot against your concubine and many nobles?" Han Ling shook her head: "The concubine will be full. It's reasonable for noble Lan to think about how noble she is, and her concubine is already in charge, so it's not only unreasonable to bring her along, but it's easy for me to get involved when the trouble gets big."

Hongli asked again: "In your opinion, which one will benefit more if such a thing happens?"

Han Ling closed her eyes slightly: "If you want to ask Gao's kite case which one benefited, I can tell you clearly."

Hongli nodded: "If you do it again and again, I can only hope that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future."

Han Ling's face was cold: "Under the sacred favor, there are endless fights. Without these things, the harem would not matter what the harem is."

Hongli stared at Hanling, "It also makes sense."

The author has something to say: officially fire!