Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

Concubine Rong didn't dare to talk back to the old lady, she couldn't even show any dissatisfaction.And it was obvious that the Empress Dowager was a little impatient.

Normally, Concubine Rong would be wise enough to stop mentioning this matter, but she thought of Concubine De's crazy appearance last night, and felt that if she didn't mention it again, she would be forced to be a neighbor with this crazy woman, maybe today Concubine De can beat herself to death at night.

Huang Changzai still has a lesson from the past, if he follows in this footsteps again... he is different from that little Changzai, he still has a son and daughter to take care of.Seeing that her daughter is about to get married, her son is about to marry a wife and have children, and she is about to have a grandson.The daughter-in-law who has been with her for many years has finally become a mother-in-law, so that the clouds will bloom and the moon will shine. If she really dies at this juncture, she will not rest in peace even if she dies.

Thinking of this, she quickly covered her face with a handkerchief and wiped her face, pretending to be very sad, and knelt down and hugged the old lady's leg.

"The old ancestor can't do anything about it...", weeping and crying.

The good mood in the morning was completely ruined, but the old lady was definitely able to distinguish the priorities of the matter, she waved her hand back, and the maids and eunuchs who followed hurriedly retreated.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Concubine Rong listened to the voice from her head without emotion, as if the words were mixed with ice, she was so excited by the words that she trembled twice. "Old ancestor, Concubine De is crazy!"

"Why are you crazy?" Do you think there is something important?Hearing what Concubine Rong said, the old lady breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it's not a big deal.Then she became angry again, Concubine Rong is also an old man in this palace, why is she still so stupid?

At this time, the old lady looked down at Concubine Rong, and couldn't help shaking her head after thinking about Concubine Rong's demeanor over the years.This is a muddleheaded thing, you and your concubines can solve the harem affairs by yourself, if you can't solve it, go to the imperial concubine.What are you doing with your old lady?Now that I'm old, do I still have to judge right and wrong in my grandson's harem every day?

Concubine Rong didn't know that the old lady began to dislike her, so she slowly told her about yesterday's experience.

After hearing this, the old lady stood there and thought for a while, thinking that Concubine Rong might be hysterical. "Did Concubine De go crazy... don't the maids and eunuchs who serve her know? They didn't come to report how you met?"

"Old Ancestor, how dare they report this kind of thing? If they did, these people would have to be sent to serve this crazy woman De Fei. They all said that people go to high places and water flows to low places. It's hard for them With today, how can I go back and suffer..."

Thinking of Concubine De's appearance, Concubine Rong couldn't help pouring out her bitterness, and said all her inferences, hoping that the old lady could make decisions for herself, but the Empress Dowager lowered her head and looked at the top of her hair. , and couldn't help sighing again, feeling that one generation is not as good as the previous generation, "The women in the harem are really not as good as the next generation, the women in the emperor's harem are all well-behaved, even if they have thoughts, they hide it very strictly. When we were in Shengjing, the men were fighting outside, and we had to serve the old, take care of the young, and appease the officials. In the previous generation, Princess Abahai..."

Abahai was a tragedy. At that time, she won the opportunity for the concubines to go from the palace to the hall. Fujin, who was born in various tribes of Manchuria and Mongolia, participated in the power struggle. I admire it somewhat.

Although the Empress Dowager hated the women in the harem for participating in the power struggle, and she also let her put up the iron sign in the harem that said "no political involvement in the harem", but she was even more annoyed by her incompetence and jumping around.That's not cleverness, that's cleverness, and it's so annoying.

But Concubine Rong didn't hear it, she thought that the Empress Dowager disliked Concubine De's behavior and lost the face of concubines in the harem.

"Old ancestor, she comes from a humble background, she is a slave who can't stand on the stage, how can she compare with the previous generations of ancestors?"

Unable to explain to such a foolish person, the old lady directly turned around and summoned a court lady, asking her to call Concubine De over.

Concubine De came very quickly, she applied light makeup on her face, because she didn't go out often, nor was she exposed to the sun, her skin looked fair and flawless.

She was wearing plain clothes, and she knelt down generously to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager glanced sideways at Concubine De, seeing her kneeling there respectfully, with her head lowered and her eyebrows lowered, with a docile look.

If it was said that Concubine De had more thoughts, the old lady would believe it, but if it was said that she was crazy, she really didn't see it right now.Thinking of this, she turned her head to look at Concubine Rong, held a cup of tea in her hand, and blew on the tea water gently, "Concubine De, Concubine Rong said you didn't sleep well yesterday, is there something wrong?"

Concubine De knelt on the ground very docilely and kowtowed first before replying, "My ancestors were worried, and Concubine Rong was also worried. This concubine has been going to bed late at night because of migraines. I couldn't sleep in the first half of the night. I slept soundly in the second half of the night."

The Empress Dowager nodded, and called people over in the morning under the sun, the old lady couldn't bear it, so she was rewarded with some medicinal materials, and Concubine De was asked to retreat.Concubine De didn't raise her head from the beginning to the end, her appearance was submissive and her attitude was humble.

After Concubine De left, the old lady asked Concubine Rong to wake up again, "You saw it just now, do you think she is crazy?"

From the outside, Concubine De didn't show any signs of going crazy, but what Concubine Rong heard yesterday was not false. Concubine Rong was thinking at this time, was Concubine De who bitch put herself on the line yesterday, or did she really fall for her? Hit the madness.

Facing the old lady's question, he hesitated and couldn't answer at this time.

Seeing is believing, the old lady felt that she was not in the mood to continue making trouble with them, so she turned back and waved Concubine Rong to step down.

The more Concubine Rong thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, she slowly supported the maid's hand as she walked along the road while thinking, but Concubine De, who returned to the room first, snorted.

After the maid went out with the wash water, she held a cup of tea in her hand and said coldly to the scenery outside the window, "Bitch...all are sluts."

As soon as this sentence was finished, a boy's voice was heard outside, yelling and shouting from outside.

The voice rang all the way from the outside to the yard, "Er Niang Er Niang... let my son drink water, my son's thirsty throat is smoking."

The place where the sound was loud was in the area where she lived first last year. Concubine De quickly threw away the teacup in her hand, stood up and looked out of the window, and saw a little boy in a maroon robe running in. The yard I lived in last year.

"Xiao Liu, Erniang's Xiao Liu..."

Concubine De's two hands were firmly grasping the pane, her eyes were staring there coldly.After a while, the child in maroon clothes led a little boy in a grass-green robe and ran to the yard to play.

Suddenly there were more palace maids and eunuchs in the courtyard, everyone surrounded them, shouting loudly.

Yugua came in with a plate of snacks and saw that Concubine De had half of her body leaning out of the window. She had just come from the yard and knew what was going on in the yard, so she couldn't help but persuade her not to look.The bustle is someone else's bustle, and it has nothing to do with this lady, so what's the point of watching?

"Your Majesty, that is the fifth elder brother playing with the eighth elder brother. Come back and have a drink of tea."

Concubine De stared and saw the fifth elder brother carrying the eighth elder brother out, yes, Xiao Liu is gone.

Bitches, bitches... are all bitches! ! !

The fifth elder brother was holding the white and tender eighth elder brother and ran all the way. Many servants behind told him to run slowly and not to fall over the younger elder brother. He couldn't stop excitedly, "Big brother, third brother, fourth brother, seventh brother , look who is coming."

The elder brother was still standing still, and the third elder brother just looked back, and the fourth elder brother and seventh elder brother who were playing in the pavilion had already run over.

This eighth elder brother who I don't see often looks white and tender, with small fleshy cheeks and arms like lotus root joints.Now that he is more than one year old, and it is time to learn to speak, the brothers squatted down to tease him.

"Call me brother, if you know how to cry, I will take you to play, if you don't know how to call, I will throw you down to feed the fish."

This guy laughed at everyone like a little fool, drooling while smiling.

The elder brother took a look and found it boring, so he turned his head and left.The third elder brother also felt that he was getting older, and said that he wanted to go back and continue studying.

The fourth elder brother thought about it, wanted to play with his younger brother and also wanted to study, and was entangled there.Only the seventh elder brother and the fifth elder brother became playful and took turns hugging him.

In this way, the brothers had arguing in the pavilion all afternoon, and the fourth elder brother said in front of Tian Mi at dinner, "The fifth brother said that I am shoulder-to-shoulder brothers, and the seventh brother said that he and the eighth brother are shoulder-to-shoulder brothers." It’s a pity that Lao Ba is too young to play with the brothers. Maybe in the future I will have a good relationship with Lao Wu and Lao Qi, and Lao Ba will have a good relationship with Lao Jiu and Lao Shi.”

Tian Mi couldn't help turning her head to look at him after listening, thinking that your analysis is quite good.In the future, the eighth, the ninth, and the tenth will be tied together, and there is nothing you can do to drive you into a rage.

But she didn't know how to say it, so Tian Mi could only stretch out her hand and rubbed his forehead. Everything was silent, and the feeling of it could only be experienced by the fourth elder brother himself.

The fourth elder brother is at a carefree age, so naturally he can't appreciate the bitter taste of the future.So after finishing the meal with Tian Mi, she happily went back to her yard.Tian Mi also asked people to pack up their things and close the doors and windows, planning to go to bed early today.

The eighth elder brother played with his brothers for a long time today. He was so excited that he didn't want to sleep at night.Her biological mother, nobleman Wei, was watching from the side.According to the rules in the palace, a concubine of her background and status can't raise a child, even if she can see her every day, she can't hug her and coax her.

Brother Ba's adoptive mother, Concubine Hui, was eating watermelon. Seeing that Brother Ba wanted to eat watermelon with his mouth open, she asked the wet nurse to take a small silver spoon to get some watermelon flesh for him to lick.

The eighth elder brother swallowed it in one gulp, and wanted to eat with his mouth open. Concubine Hui happily asked someone to feed him a little more, and said to nobleman Wei: "See, our elder brother has a good appetite, not like the one next door. He is picky eater and does not eat milk, let's see how he looks now, yellow and thin."

The little baby next door, Brother Jiu, makes trouble every day and often spits up milk. Concubine Yi hasn't come out to make trouble for a long time because of taking care of her son.

Concubine Hui spoke like this, she liked to bully one family over another, and Mrs. Wei was also used to it, so she laughed a few times beside her.

Seeing her dull look, Concubine Hui couldn't help but get angry in her heart, Bai has a pretty face, if you are as eloquent as Concubine Yi, you won't fall out of favor now.

Thinking of this, Concubine Hui is not as impatient as she was a few years ago. After all, she is considered old, and her son is about to marry a daughter-in-law. If the young nobleman in charge of Zhongcui Palace in the palace is jealous of others at this time, It is indispensable to let people say that they are not self-respecting.Raising this little thing in my arms can be regarded as doing good deeds.

Thinking of this, I suddenly became enlightened, and asked the nurse to put the eighth elder brother into Wei Guiren's arms, "Rub his stomach quickly, eat two small pieces of melon, don't accumulate food at night."

It was said to be two small pieces of melon, but in fact it was the size of two fingertips. Mr. Wei was so grateful that he almost cried. He flattered Concubine Hui every day, didn't he just want to stay with his son for a while?

He couldn't help but hold the chubby Eighth Brother in his arms, rubbing it gently on his little belly, Eighth Brother was lying in her arms, mother and child looked at each other, Eighth Brother rarely showed gums smiling, as if knowing that this is her biological mother, and wholeheartedly relying on the person who hugged her.The power of blood between mother and child is so strong, Mrs. Wei feels that everything is worth it.

It took half the night to appreciate the tenderness between mother and child. Seeing that the night was getting late, the wet nurse was going to hold the eighth elder brother back to sleep, so she couldn't help stretching out her hand, "Master Wei, give elder brother to the slave, it's late at night, at this time Brother should go to bed too."

Nobleman Wei gently handed out the son in his arms, patted the clothes on his body, and respectfully waited for Concubine Hui to wash and rest. As soon as Concubine Hui stretched out her hand and put it on her arm and stood up, she heard a sudden call from the north. With a scream, Concubine Hui was so frightened that she stood up suddenly and nearly fell down.

At this time, the three little elder brothers in this villa started to cry at the same time. The tenth elder brother who lived in the imperial concubine's room in the middle, the ninth elder brother who lived in the south Yifei's room, and the eighth elder brother who lived in Huifei's room. Brother, the voices of these three little brothers are getting louder than the other.

The wet nurse holding the eighth elder brother hurried over, "The howl just now was too loud, it scared our elder brother."

In fact, the child was woken up by the scream when he just closed his eyes and was in a light sleep. He trembled all over and opened his mouth to howl and cry. The nurse could only hug and coax the little brother. Some hugged him up and down, some patted him lightly, and some hummed a little tune...

Concubine Hui stomped her feet angrily, "Let the servants take care of the little elder brother here, let's go out and see who stays up in the middle of the night and howls."

As soon as Concubine Hui went out, she bumped into Concubine Yi, and Concubine Yi's face was distorted in anger, "It was hard to put Brother Jiu's little ancestor to sleep, and I don't know who is so conscientious screaming and howling."

Concubine Hui shared the same hatred, "Our eighth elder brother is the same, and he is still crying in fright."

"Our ninth elder brother is also the same. The mother who took care of her said that tomorrow I have to carry her to the temple and ask the eminent monk to call her Hun'er."

Mrs. Wei was very angry. She still remembered what the old maids said before, that the child's eyes are clean, and his horoscope is not good enough. It is difficult to raise him before he grows up. What if he is scared and loses his soul this time? ?

While talking, the aggressive Concubine Yi and the angry Concubine Hui had already come to the yard, and the timid Concubine also came out, and the Concubine got the news here.

"It's the sound coming from the room on the side of Concubine Rong and Concubine De. Let's go over and find out what's going on there."

After the three concubines broke in, they found that the atmosphere here was very strange.Concubine De was standing at the door of Concubine Rong very concerned, seeing the three people coming in with the maids and eunuchs, she hurried up to meet them.

"Several sisters are here. I don't know what happened just now, but Sister Rong suddenly yelled..."

For the three concubines, the culprit has been found, Concubine De will not enter the house, the three of them can go in together, seeing Concubine Rong nestled on the bed was quite frightened.

"Yo, Concubine Rong is dreaming." Concubine Yi said angrily, "I didn't expect my sister to have such a loud voice, so loud that we who live nearby can hear it."

Concubine Rong was quite frightened, she still seemed a little frightened now, her maid was hugging her, if Concubine Rong would at least say a few soft words at this time in the past, she couldn't even say a word at this moment Out.

The three concubines felt bored after watching it, and came aggressively. Seeing the troublemaker like this, if they want to pursue it, it would seem a bit unreasonable.

So the three of them looked at Concubine Rong's appearance and inevitably told Concubine Rong's maid to take care of him and her, and then they went back to their respective rooms.

Tian Mi knew the news the next day after breakfast.

How could Concubine Yi give up?She specially ran over to invite Tian Mi to go to the temple in the garden to call the soul of Brother Jiu with her.

It was the first time Tian Mi came across this kind of feudal superstition after coming here, she didn't agree or disagree, but looked down at Brother Jiu who was still in her infancy.Brother Jiu had already fallen asleep at this time, but he seemed very disturbed. He subconsciously shivered or struggled while sleeping.

Could it be that such a young child is already dreaming?Seeing that she was restless in sleep, Tian Mi covered him with the little swaddle.

"Didn't it mean that Lao Ba and Lao Shi were also scared yesterday? Where are the two elder brothers?"

"This morning, just after dawn, our imperial concubine went with her precious son in her arms. Concubine Hui was not in a hurry, she couldn't hold back nobleman Wei at the time, and before we packed up, she carried eighth elder brother and left in a gust of wind. Wouldn't this leave our old nine to be suspected by others, and follow his mother-in-law to go out last."

If you are in a hurry, you should hurry up at this time, Tian Mi doesn't understand why she came to find her slowly.

"I must let Ben Gong go with you. If you want to file a complaint, Ben Gong already knows. I will call Concubine Rong to come over later. I have to talk to her properly. Then let her give it to you. It's not a big deal for the three to pay a gift, just turn a blind eye and close one eye to get by."

"The two of them have already passed by with their children in their arms. Even if there are eminent monks, I'm afraid they will have to hold on to them first, so our ninth is at the end." After finishing speaking, Concubine Yi told Tian Mi quietly, "Mr. The concubine saw that Concubine Rong was really scared yesterday, and I don't know why, but her daughter came over early this morning. The mother and daughter closed the door and talked in the room. If you want to call her over to teach a few words You can only call her after her daughter has left, after all, Gege is old and thin-skinned, so she can't scold her mother in front of her."

Concubine Rong's Gege was actually the eldest daughter of the emperor. Although the emperor also raised his younger brother's daughter in the palace, this Gege was a real golden branch and jade leaf.

Recently, both the empress dowager and the emperor have looked at this princess highly, because she has reached the marriageable age.According to the last emperor's will of "Northern non-stop marriage", and in order to further control the tribes on the Mongolian grassland, this princess is absolutely going to marry into Mongolia. This autumn, she will choose a suitable husband-in-law outside the Great Wall, maybe We are going to get married next year.Now being looked down upon by all the bosses in Changchun Garden, the Empress of the Harem would not bother to provoke her.

For Tian Mi, dealing with Ge Ge is really extra trouble.

"Okay, hurry up and hug your son, let's go there together, if you go late and the sun is too hot, your son will be too hot."

Concubine Yi thought it was true, and the two arrived at the gate of the temple in two small sedan chairs.

The tenth brother's side is over, and the eighth brother's side is in progress.

Tian Mi didn't want to watch any superstitious activities, so she couldn't help but go to see Elder Brother Ten.Tian Mi didn't see this little fat man when he was born, and Tian Mi didn't see him when the full moon passed, because it was too hot to carry the baby out and run back and forth.This time was the first meeting in various senses, and seeing his chubby appearance, Tian Mi couldn't help but want to hug him.

"This is our tenth elder brother. He looks really good. Can I give you a hug?" After Tian Mi finished speaking, she thought that the imperial concubine would not reject her, so she quickly put the ring on her finger. She took it off and was full of expectation to hug the fragrant and soft baby, but the imperial concubine subconsciously hugged the son tightly in her arms.

"Mother, this little thing is very annoying, so I won't work for you."

Tian Mi thought to herself, could it be that she has been rejected?

Concubine Niu Gulu thought that the two families had already torn their faces apart, and it was definitely not at ease to hold her son at this time.It's enough to give her face if she doesn't take the initiative to find trouble. If she wants to do something to her son, then everyone will be killed!

Tian Mi didn't know what was going on in her heart, thinking that maybe she was really rejected, so she smiled awkwardly.

At this time, Concubine Hui came out with Mrs. Wei, mother and son, and the eighth elder brother had already fallen asleep.Concubine Hui smiled when she saw Tian Mi sitting here, "It's still lucky for us elder brothers to be able to work for the imperial concubine and empress to come here in person, empress, please wait, when the eighth elder brother wakes up, let him give it to you." Thank you."

Tian Mi waved her hand, "I'm also their elder. I heard that they came over in shock, so I took a special look."

As soon as Tian Mi finished speaking, Concubine Hui's eyes immediately filled with mist, "Your Majesty, you have to let us decide on this matter."