The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

The harem has always been a place that is not sheltered from the wind.

Up to the concubines and nobles, down to the court ladies and eunuchs, one counts the other, and they all mutter in private: The secret recipe for multiple births?Could it be that the concubine Ling followed the queen's advice--

The queen is a master of Kyushu, and she has many panaceas with different properties in her hands; it is not unexpected that there are prescriptions for inducing pregnancy. According to the style of this master, she doesn't bother to play tricks with concubines, let alone assassinate the emperor's heir He has a criminal record, but if the object is changed to the concubine Ling - everyone is waiting to eat melons.

Lord Qianlong's ears were not for display, so he had to go to see his concubine Ling, and mentioned the rumors in the palace in a joking tone: "Do you believe it or not?"

The concubine shook her head: "I don't believe it!"

"Huh?" Hongli was slightly taken aback, "Talk about the truth."

The concubine smiled lightly: "If the queen empress has the ability to make one elder brother into two elder brothers after the concubine is pregnant, the master empress will be no different from a god-man. Since she is a god-man, she still needs it." Do you use such a stupid way to deal with the concubine? If someone gave the concubine medicine before pregnancy, it would be the same as superfluous. Instead of letting the concubine give birth to twins, it would be better to let the concubine lose the chance to conceive a dragon fetus. What do you think? ?”

"It's hard for you to understand." Hongli sighed, "It's the fact that I have troubled you. After all these years, I haven't seen the Queen twist her temper."

The concubine smiled wryly and said: "Your majesty, the empress is not bad at seeing things. It is the concubine who has caused you so much trouble by giving birth to twins."

Hongli comforted Concubine Chong: "You don't have to think about it too much. In the spring of next year, you will teach Concubine Jia to send Xiao Shiwu back."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Ling's concubine's eyes lit up, "My concubine doesn't want to do anything else, as long as she is well-being, I will be content to see them a few times."

After seeing off the emperor's husband, the concubine's eyes flashed coldly: "Get ready, let's go pay the empress dowager well."

There were many happy events in October. Firstly, Princess He Qing gave birth to a daughter, followed by the full moon of the elder brother of Yuqing Palace, and the wedding of King Jiajun. .

In fact, Han Ling's understanding of her natal nephews is very limited. Naerbu's eldest grandson and Wu De's eldest son, Qingfu, is half a year younger than Yongxi, not to mention the younger siblings who have the opportunity to meet the queen's aunt It is really limited, but this is also their blessing. Yongxi is an infant prince, and his family is naturally new and precious. For example, sister Qingfu, who landed as the nephew of the imperial concubine, grew up with a golden spoon in her mouth, and naturally gave birth to the bearing of the children of an aristocratic family , the day after tomorrow there is no shortage of masters and mothers to teach, and it is barely qualified to be a forehead and a Fujin.

My niece, Xiao Gu, and the girls from Huifanara's family all have good looks, but the new clan prince, Wang Fujin, is only slightly inferior to the fourth sister-in-law of the husband's family. The mistress is very lucky."

The niece of her mother's family became a daughter-in-law, and the empress was even more gratified that she had realized one of her concerns. After the young couple kowtowed and got up, they smiled at Qi Wan: "Yongjue is honest, now I finally have someone to take over. He entrusted it to you."

Qi Wan can also let go: "Please rest assured, Er Niang, the daughter-in-law will definitely take good care of the prince."

Han Ling glanced at her son: "I can trust you, but I can't trust him."

Yong Jue giggled: "Emiang, you won't love your son after you have a wife."

"That depends on whether you are attractive or not, and you are still so outspoken in front of concubines and concubines." Han Ling scolded with a smile, "Brothers and sisters are waiting in Yuqing Palace, you go first, and talk later if you have anything to say. besides, "

The queen's direct son and the queen's niece who married the queen, even Wu Yashi, the invisible crown princess, had to put on a decent smile that could express goodwill: "It will be fine in the future, we have another person who can talk."

Zhu Fujin agreed on his face, and felt sympathy for Wu Ya in his heart: With such a brother and sister here, the fourth sister-in-law finally saw a little light, how could she fight with her husband's cousin in front of her mother-in-law? ?

Facts have proved that Nala Gege of the younger generation is much more majestic than the current Empress Zhonggong.

Just because of patriarchal patriarchy in those days, Naerbu and Lang Jia wished they could pawn off their two sons and regret taking some of the medicine, but when it got to their granddaughter, it would be in their mouths for fear of melting, and for fear of flying away in their hands. Well, when it comes to treatment, even the grandson of the eldest family has to take a step back. Of the three Wude brothers, only Qi Wan and Qi Lian are the two descendants of Gege, and Naerbu is fine. The granddaughter loves her even more, and children who grow up in an environment that does not lack love are naturally more kind-hearted than their aunts.

Han Ling was a little helpless: "You don't have to stick to me every day to serve you."

Qi Wan said seriously: "The fourth sister-in-law has to take care of the elder brother, the other sisters-in-law are not in the palace, and the daughter-in-law has nothing else to do, so she can only show her filial piety in front of Er Niang."

Han Ling had no choice but to be honest with each other: "Your fourth sister-in-law doesn't need to come to Jingren Palace every day to set rules before she is pregnant."

Qi Wan agreed: "Daughter-in-law understands."

Then, Jiufujin's nephew lit a lantern and went to Jingren Palace to sign in on time as usual.

In fact, the daily life of Jingren Palace is not enviable at all.

As one of the premature twins, Elder Fourteen's body can't be called strong. It seems to be in contrast with Elder Sister Ten, and she has to cry when she moves. Not only the wet nurses, maids and eunuchs, but also Han Ling herself I think it consumes a lot of energy; Princess Hexiao loves to laugh, and at the age of less than four years old, she feels fresh everywhere, and there are a bunch of maids and nuns running around the palace every day; The age of the old dog is getting closer, and this is his own son who is not kept in front of him, which will hurt his "young heart". A mother must be patient and patient; compare with Princess Ming and Yongxi In addition, Princess Hehui and Princess Hewan, who often bring their children into the palace to pay their respects, and the mother and son of Wuya, a resident of the Forbidden City, can't find a clean life in Jingren Palace. Come on, and Jiufujin is obviously a relatively quiet girl.Han Ling was very puzzled: "Old Jiufu Jin's mother-in-law is my uncle's cousin. Could it be that when she is at home on weekdays, she also asks the daughter-in-law of Neli to set the rules? This child is used to it, so she came to our place like that. Do it as homework?"

"How can there be such a thing." Cheng Shuang smiled, "You forgot that the third uncle was tricked by others and lost his uncle's first child. The old lady was extremely guilty, and it was too late to feel sorry for her. What about the rules?"

Han Ling asked again: "Am I like a fierce and domineering mother-in-law?"

Cheng Shuang comforted and said: "Master, you can't think too much, Jiufu Jin is still young, married into the palace and betrothed to the prince as a concubine, even though you are a real aunt, you are always afraid of making mistakes and making people laugh, after a while, get used to it." Once you live in the palace, you can let go of the safekeeping.”

"Forget it, if she wants to come, she can come. Anyway, our Long Live Lord is not too old to visit Jingren Palace." Even if he came, he basically came for his daughter.

Cheng Shuang hesitated for a moment: "Those words of Concubine Xiang, although they were far-fetched, actually caused a lot of trouble. You are not afraid of the shadow, and you can't stand up to the crowd. From my slave's point of view, Long Live Lord may not be without you." Take it to heart."

"I was too impatient." Han Ling frowned, "Slow down, wait for me to plan!"

Just because of slowing down, Jingren Palace brought himself a lot of trouble.

Soon after the Empress Dowager Qianqiu, the emperor solemnly informed the Empress: "The Holy Mother Empress Dowager is seventy years old, and she is the supreme emperor of the royal family. All affairs within the palace should be ruled by the Empress Dowager."

Han Ling felt very uncomfortable: "The emperor means that the concubine is in charge of the Six Palaces. Could it be that he is disobedient to the empress dowager?"

Hongli did not change his mind: "You are the empress and the empress dowager's daughter-in-law. Taking the opportunity of reporting back to the palace, you can often go to the Shoukang Palace to pay your respects, and avoid the empress dowager's bedroom being empty and deserted. Isn't this a way to get the best of both worlds?" ?”

After all, the Qing court did not have the tradition of the empress presiding over the affairs of the Six Palaces for a long time. From the end of the Shunzhi dynasty to the early days of the reign of the holy ancestor Kangxi, the real power of the harem was in the hands of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen, who was the empress dowager and then the empress dowager. , when her old man returns to the west, there will be no creature like a queen in the harem for a long time. The titular harem boss is Empress Xiaohuizhang, who is the empress dowager. The harem is full of promises; nowadays, the emperor wants to respect filial piety, and the empress naturally only has to support her, so Han Ling said nothing: "The emperor said so."

Cheng Shuang quickly found out the whole story.

Hongli went to Shoukang Palace to pay his respects, and the Empress Dowager said casually during the chat with her mother and son: "I heard that there is a temple in the east of Shuntian Mansion that is very effective, but because it has been in disrepair for a long time, it is quite inconvenient for the people to offer incense. If it is convenient for the emperor, can you send it away?" How about repairing it?"

"I would like to obey the emperor's mother's edict." Hongli agreed face to face, and punished the chief eunuch of the Shoukang Palace with a twist of his face, "The empress dowager has such a worry, and you waited to serve her closely, and still failed to understand it. Isn't it a dereliction of duty? Ordered the Department of Punishment and Punishment to impose a [-]-year-old stick as a precept, if you commit the crime again, I will definitely not forgive you lightly."

Building temples is a matter for foreign courts, and the empress dowager's actions are suspected of meddling in politics. As an emperor, the most important thing is never the relationship between mother and child, husband and wife, or children. In his heart, imperial power is a unique thing that no one can get involved in. thing.

Because the person involved was his own mother, Emperor Qianlong, who was kindly trying to figure it out, had some reflections: the empress dowager was in the harem, and she was supposed to be in charge of or participate in the palace affairs of the harem. Things outside, this is the taboo that the harem should not interfere in politics.

To choose one of the dragon power and the phoenix power, the sacrifice is of course the prime minister's power in the six palaces in the hands of the empress. Of course, Hongli's original intention may be limited to "compensating the empress dowager so that she can have serious business to do".

As a result, the empress lost her actual supremacy over the harem.

The author has something to say: The empress dowager actually has a policy of "striking east and attacking west".