Guoluo Luo's in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter No.17 Big news

After entering December, life in the palace returned to normal.Wanzhao got off the sedan chair with the hot hand stove in her arms, stomped on her numb feet, wrapped her pink brocade cloak tightly around her body, and walked into the Compassionate Palace with Mu Jin's support——today's Taihuang When the queen mother calls for concubines, Wanzhao naturally has to attend.

Compared with the colorful and colorful Kangxi harem in the next few years, most of the women in the Kangxi harem now are old people who have served him for many years.Concubine Rong has a son and a daughter, so she feels a little bit of honor and disgrace; Concubine Hui also has a son and everything is fine, and any things that have nothing to do with the elder brother will not affect her for the time being; son, and apart from Xi Concubine, the other three are not considered favored now, but live in peace in the palace.Wanzhao recognized everyone's faces, sat down after saluting, and took the seat of nobleman Nala.

Before the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager came out, Wan Zhao chatted with Zhao Jia who was sitting beside her.Zhao Jia is the biological mother of the fifth daughter of the emperor. Although the emperor's daughter has moved to the princess house, there are still many things to talk about when chatting with Wan Zhao.Compared with the two chatting happily, the life of the noble man is a bit difficult.The child was taken to Concubine Tong Gui, but she was not in good health, and the emperor seldom set foot in her place recently.If this is the case in the days to come, what should she do?

"The Empress Dowager summoned you today, who are you showing your frowning face?" Noble Nala cast a sidelong glance at Noble De, and said impatiently.Now that she is rich and expensive, she is given her regular treatment according to her position as a concubine, and she is full of arrogance now.In addition, she also gave birth to an elder brother before, who is almost four years old this year, so she naturally has the confidence to show her face to the noble people.

Wan Zhao raised her eyebrows, she must have acted a little more powerful now, concubine Hesheli and the seven concubines who are treated as concubines above you, not to mention the two noble concubines.She glanced at the virtuous man, saw her face turned pale in an instant, and her body was on the verge of falling, she felt pitiful.

Fortunately, such an embarrassing situation did not last long, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager came out.After everyone saluted and greeted in unison, the virtuous man had already adjusted the expression on his face, which was faster than changing his facial makeup.Wanzhao suddenly rejoiced that she didn't go to comfort Wu Ya just now, this city is not something she can handle.

The Empress Dowager expressed her condolences to the two pregnant women, and asked about the situation of the princes and daughters in the palace. When everyone sat down in a stately manner, a big thunder was thrown: Jin Guifei Tong is the imperial concubine, canonized The day will be decided by Kangxi after consultation between Qin Tianjian and the Ministry of Rites.Everyone was frightened by the news, and they managed to maintain a decent posture. Some even secretly glanced at Mrs. Niu Hulu.

This Niu Hulu family is the younger sister of Empress Xiaozhao. Although she is also a noble concubine, she has never been favored by Concubine Tong, nor has the power to assist the Six Palaces.Now that Concubine Tong Guifei has been promoted to Imperial Concubine, her complexion is not much better, but she has concealed her jealousy well.

Wanzhao didn't think much of it, she and Concubine Tong didn't have many contacts and their positions were very different, so naturally she didn't feel much envy or hatred.She sincerely congratulated Mrs. Zhao Jia who was sitting next to her—in addition to conferring Concubine Tong Guifei as imperial concubine, there were a few Chang Zai who were granted Jin titles, and Mrs. Zhao Jia finally got her name corrected, no longer a concubine. Concubine, now she is a legitimate nobleman.

In fact, apart from the fact that Jin was named the imperial concubine, the other promotions did not have to be said by the empress dowager herself.But the Empress Dowager felt that the people in the palace still had lingering fears about the smallpox, so it was better to simply say it and ask people to divert their attention.After all, these inauspicious things that I hear all day long really affect my mood.

So everyone took this news that was definitely not a surprise—except Tong Guifei of course—and went back to their homes in a daze.

"Erniang's little baby, it's almost freezing to death outside." Wan Zhao plunged into the warm room, put down the hand stove, hugged Xiao Liu, walked around in circles, and then sat down with a smile.The serving nuns looked at Wanzhao's two-inch-high flowerpot shoes, and they were all trembling with fear, worrying that the little master sprained his feet and adults and children would fall together.Simply because Wanzhao's feet are not bad, that's why such a situation didn't happen.

"Just now the Empress Dowager said that Concubine Tong will be named Imperial Concubine next year. Let's make plans in the palace to find some good things and put them away as congratulatory gifts." Wan Zhao said without changing expression, "There is Zhaojia Elder sister, the emperor has also allowed her to be honored, so remember to pack up a congratulatory gift. For those who have been promoted, you just have to pack up a gift list for me to look over."

"Yes." Wang Momo was the first to react, and quickly responded, "The news came so suddenly, the servants are all overwhelmed."

"Don't say you were scared, even the people who went to pay their respects today were shocked." Wan Zhao said with a chuckle, "But Concubine Tong has been with the emperor for so many years, and she is the emperor's cousin. No. After all, there must be someone in charge in this palace, and there should be a royal concubine if there is no queen." Wanzhao vaguely remembered that Concubine Tong was still named queen, so she didn't know when it happened. .

"Concubine Tong's master has been in charge of the Sixth Palace for many years, so she deserves it. It's just that if you announce it in public, I'm afraid some people in the palace will be unhappy." Wang Momo pointed.

"Isn't that true? When I left, I saw that person from Chuxiu Palace blushing with anger." Chuxiu Palace is where Concubine Niu Hulu lived, and Wan Zhao took a rattle and shook it in front of Xiao Liu, " In fact, she is very good at sitting on the imperial concubine position at such a young age, most of the women in this palace have to salute when they see her, why is she so angry?"

"Some people like to argue with this tone." Wang Momo said, "Concubine Niu Hulu is still young, so she is naturally more competitive. In the past, she was a noble concubine and she was equal to Concubine Tong, but now she is still being compared to others. , I must feel uncomfortable."

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me after all." Wan Zhao nodded Xiao Liu's nose, "Let's just live our own lives. Isn't that right, Xiao Liu?"

"The little master is already a mother-in-law, and she is still so childish." Seeing Wanzhao, Wang Momo was about to make Xiao Liu cry, and said, "Princess, I am afraid that she is hungry, so let someone carry her to feed her first." Otherwise, if you are starved to death, it will be you, the little master, who will feel distressed in your body."

Wanzhao simply let the wet nurse take over, took the hot goat milk handed over by Lian Xin, took a sip, and said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and everything that needs to be prepared must be prepared. Xiaoliu's new clothes are best used Made of high-quality fabrics, each of you should cut a new suit, so that you can have a happy Chinese New Year.”

"Thank you, my lord."

When Wanzhao sees the prince again, it will be time for the family dinner on New Year's Eve.After recovering from the illness, the little prince looked a little thinner, and his round face had acne scars from smallpox. He was wearing a bright yellow prince's costume, and a few auspicious jade pendants were hung on his belt. It was given by the Empress Dowager.

Wanzhao sat between Noble Nala and Noble De, just separating the two people—Noble Nala always looked down on Noble Virtue, and would sneer and sneer at every opportunity, Concubine Tong did not want to see you at a family banquet Seeing someone with teary eyes, so I simply arranged it like this.

Wan Zhao looked at Noble Nala's watermelon belly, and then at the somewhat thin Wan Miao among the princes, Noble Nala's first son, and said with a smile, "Sister Nala is really lucky."

Noble Nala smiled triumphantly, touched her belly and said: "It's natural." Who in this palace is as blessed as her, even Concubine Rong gave birth to so many children, and the last one left is not only A prince and a queen?The nanny next to her told her that jjj is also a prince in her stomach, and when the two elder brothers come, she should be promoted no matter what.

Wanzhao twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, Nalashi really accepted her polite words verbatim, how could she pick up the topic and talk about it!She can't say anything flattering.Immediately, he turned his head and started talking to the noble man on the other side - although the noble man looked like a deep city mansion, it was better than the arrogant and arrogant nobleman Nala.

Seeing that Wanzhao didn't continue to flatter her, and instead went to chat with Wu Ya, who was born as a slave, Nala was also very annoyed.It's a pity that Wanzhao is also a nobleman like her, and there is a concubine's sister in the palace as a backer, and her family background is higher than her, so she can only twist the handkerchief angrily, as if the handkerchief belonged to Wanzhao and Wu Ya's family Stand-in like that.

"Sister's complexion looks much better." Wan Zhao looked at Wu Yashi carefully, saw that she seemed to come out of the haze, and said with a smile.Kangxi seems to have been to the Yonghe Palace a lot this month, no wonder Wu Ya's face is full of spring.

Wu Yashi chuckled, the look on his face was indeed much more tender than before.The emperor didn't neglect her because she couldn't bear children, on the contrary, he often stayed in her palace, which proved that the emperor still had affection for her.As long as she can always win the favor of the emperor, as the biological mother of the emperor's son, she may become the lord of the first palace in the future.She nodded: "I have recuperated my body during this time, so my face looks good."

"That's good." Wanzhao said with a smile, "This winter is warmer than last one, and it's quite suitable for recuperation. We are in the palace every day, and Maodong is the best. These days, my mother often makes ginseng and red dates for me. Black-bone chicken soup, say this is good for a woman's body, sister also ask someone to make it for you."

"Nurse also often cooks for me, thank you sister for suggesting." Wu Ya said with a smile.Thank you Mrs. Shu for sitting here so that she won't have to deal with Mrs. Nala. She is fed up with Mr. Nala's noble, cold and aggressive attitude. We are all nobles, so why can she suppress others like this?Isn't Shugui from a higher family background, but she is more approachable than her.In this way, Wu Yashi is more willing to get close to Wanzhao.

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