Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

Concubine Yi, who usually likes to pick things up the most, stopped talking at this time. As the owner of this place, Concubine Yi was a little annoyed when Concubine Yi asked people to call Concubine De over. After the palace is the noble concubine, there is no need to show good looks to Concubine De and Yi Concubine, but she is timid and timid by nature, so she can't stop it, so she just sits silent.

Concubine Rong was scared to death and hadn't recovered yet, only Concubine Hui was left to enjoy the play.She held the cup and looked left and right, her eyes rolled around and she didn't speak.

The scene fell silent in an instant, the masters did not speak, and the slaves could not interrupt.Er Gege looked at the people present, smiled and beckoned the servants to bring the dishes quickly.

"Didn't you see that everyone is here? What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and serve water, and please wash your hands first." After speaking, she smiled sweetly at all the ladies, "It's hot, and most of the preparations are cold dishes. There are still a few jars of good wine, the wine from the foreigners’ side, they say it’s best served chilled, ladies and gentlemen, come to the table quickly, let the servants bring it up for everyone to have a taste.”

Concubine Yi thinks, Concubine De is obviously a bad comer, she is not afraid of ghosts knocking on her door if she doesn't do something wrong, even if this bitch dares to find fault with her, it still depends on whether she is willing to be that soft persimmon.

Thinking of this, she was the first to stand up, "Since Gege said it, let us sisters sit up together."

Several people gave way one after another, the noble concubine had the highest status, and let her sit on it, but Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong were older, and the two of them took the good seats again.

Er Gege was next to Concubine Rong, Concubine De and Concubine Yi had to sit together.

Concubine Rong is an older concubine in the palace, even if she offered tea to apologize today, she would not be able to lose face.As a daughter, Er Gege naturally wanted to share her mother's worries. She poured wine for the others with the flagon and said a few polite words before turning to the topic. Brother, I'm sorry here, I specially invited a few empresses to come here to sit and talk, and I also prepared something for you younger brothers."

Everyone continued to chat, chatting and laughing a few words, this matter was turned over and not mentioned.

Halfway through the meal, Concubine De suddenly asked, "Sister Rong Concubine, what kind of nightmare did you have yesterday? Now it's broad daylight and the sun is shining. People say that nightmares will never come true under the sun. Why not talk about it and let the sisters interpret their dreams."

Everyone has been fighting together for a long time, not only the Yifei Empress can see that Defei's ulterior motives are not drinking, she must have something to do here, other things can be seen more or less.

Concubine Hui is thinking that she and Concubine De have no relationship at ordinary times, although there is some resentment, but it is not too strong. There are many enmities with Concubine De in this room, which cannot be counted against her, so she is happy to watch the play .

The noble concubine was thinking: Concubine De has been stuck in the Yonghe Palace from last winter to this spring, no different from self-confinement, why is she starting to jump now?

Concubine Yi knew that Concubine De didn't have many people available, so she wanted to see how much trouble she wanted to create?

Concubine Rong's hand under the table trembled, and Er GeGe held Concubine Rong's hand under the table with a smile on her face.Talking to Concubine De with a smile on her face, "I also asked my mother-in-law at the time, but she almost forgot about it after she woke up."

She then changed the subject, "I wonder if you have visited the Empress Dowager's place to see the little sister in the past few days? I told you that she is chubby, white and tender, and everyone likes it when they see it."

Er Gege deliberately misleading the topic, the few people present here have mixed feelings, except for Concubine De and Concubine Rong, these few have no daughters, and for a while they feel that they are still girls posting this.

Er Gege held Concubine Rong's hand and saw De Concubine De's expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile. He felt that he couldn't stay here for a long time. Seeing that the food was served and everyone drank the wine, he wanted to take Concubine Rong with him at this time. go quickly.

It happened that Shi Ah started to cry, so she took the initiative to leave, "It turns out that the little brother woke up, the imperial concubine, please go and have a look, my mother's things are also packed, before it is dark, we Ladies and gentlemen, go back and clean up, otherwise there will be no place to stay tonight."

Then Concubine Rong stood up, even if Concubine Yi wanted to see Concubine De sing, the stage had been demolished, and the play couldn't go on anymore, she was also thinking about her son so she also stood up.

The concubine Rong brought by Ergege didn't dare to stay for a long time, just after leaving the villa, she couldn't help calling all the servants around her mother over.

"There are more than a dozen of you in total. No matter what you do in the future, you will have seven or eight pairs of eyes on my mother-in-law. If my mother-in-law is startled again, this little one will take your skin off."

Concubine Rong's big maid hurriedly received the order, and then defended these people, "In the past, everyone served by the empress's side. It's not because the place here is small and the weather is hot. The empress saw that the servants were impatient, so she went to other places. wait..."

Er Gege waved his hand, "Every time you slaves are justified, I don't care what you say, if there is such a thing, it will definitely take your skin off."

The mother and daughter got into the sedan chair at the same time, and Concubine Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Emiang finally doesn't have to be crowded with that crazy woman, it's thanks to our Ge Ge, what would Emiang do without you?"

Er Gege just smiled and didn't take it seriously at all, she was thinking that her mother-in-law was probably being tricked by Concubine De.Concubine De must have tricks behind her, and it would be a good thing for Er Niang to leave that place.

And Er Gege thinks that De Concubine has seen her prosperity all the way since she entered the palace, and when she thinks about it after every promotion, the ways are quite evil.

This time, she didn't know what she was going to do.

After a few days, the emperor had nothing to do at hand, so he went to the harem to pay his respects to the empress dowager.

The grandparents and grandchildren were sitting and talking under the tree, and the old lady asked, "The imperial concubine's condition has not recovered yet?"

"It's a little better than the previous one, and it's not as aggressive as the previous one."

The old lady held the rosary in her hand and thought for a while, "This time, I can't just take her with me when I go beyond the Great Wall."

The emperor smiled after hearing this, "Let's put it here, and often the nobles will also bring a few."

The old lady didn't know whether to be angry or laugh when she heard this, she couldn't help but shook her head, stretched out her finger and tapped his forehead. "You know that's not what my old lady said. You've grown up so much, it's up to someone else to take care of you. I'm just afraid that no one will rush to meet the Mongolian women."

"Then who are you looking for?"

The old lady was also a little worried, "Except for the imperial concubine who can handle it, all the concubines in this palace have problems. Let alone the noble concubine, she is far behind her sister. Logically speaking, this The matter of going back has something to do with Er Gege. Concubine Rong should go with her. She came to me a few days ago, and I saw that it was useless. Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi have their own faults, but seeing things come to an end If you come forward, you can only raise the taller one among the short ones, which of the two do you think is suitable?"

The emperor thought for a while, "Let's talk about it at that time. This matter is still a month or two away. And they are not allowed to carry the burden. If there is nothing wrong with the cousin, then the cousin will do it."

Speaking of this, he just took a sip of tea when he saw a eunuch running over beaming.

"Congratulations to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and there is auspiciousness in the garden."

"Auspicious?" Both grandparents and grandchildren didn't believe it, and the old lady frowned, "What kind of auspiciousness?"

"In the room of Empress Concubine De in the Huichun Villa, there is a table. Today, a servant wiped the table and found a picture of a Bodhisattva riding a cloud. Everyone who has seen it said that the Bodhisattva has manifested."

The emperor didn't believe it at all, "If the order is passed on, people will keep their mouths shut. This kind of thing should not be spread."

He was a little angry inside, and put the cup on the coffee table next to him, "This trick is a bit shameful."

Moreover, the emperor didn't have a good impression of Concubine De, and he felt that Concubine De was the one who fiddled with this matter.Thinking about how to get people to beat and beat Concubine De.

The Empress Dowager didn't believe it either, but middle-aged and elderly women were skeptical about these superstitions, so she thought it's better to ask her maid Lagu Su Ma to take a look.

When Lagu Su Ma went there, the imperial concubine had already brought people here.Aunt Su Ma, as a palace maid, greeted the two empresses, and then walked cautiously to the front of the table.

This table is a round table placed in the middle of the room, and it was originally painted black.For some reason, a piece of the patent leather fell off, and the wooden pattern inside really looked like a figure drawn by someone with a brush.

It is obviously a portrait of a Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva is standing on the clouds, his clothes are like the wind, as if he is riding the clouds.It can be seen that the eyebrows are kind, and the proportion of the body and the head is just right.

Aunt Su Ma didn't believe it at first, but after seeing it, she now has to believe it.

She jumped very fast, pressed her chest twice with her hand, then turned her head to look at the imperial concubine and the concubine De who was sitting on the side with lowered brows, the imperial concubine's eyes lit up, she let go of her thoughts and wondered what she was thinking.Concubine De couldn't see her expression clearly because she lowered her head. This well-informed old Mongolian maid felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the room.

"The two masters sit here first, and the slaves will go back and tell the Empress Dowager what they have seen and heard."

She came back in a hurry, the emperor and empress dowager were still drinking tea under the tree at this time.

Aunt Su Ma ran over quickly, knelt down and hugged the Empress Dowager's calf, "Ge Ge, this servant has seen that the celestial being is manifested, and that is the appearance of a Bodhisattva."

The empress dowager turned her head to look at her grandson again, and the emperor also looked at her grandmother, both of them had serious expressions.

The Empress Dowager is a strange person. She believes in all religions. Until now, she still holds a string of beads in her hand.But she doesn't believe in any religion.

At this time she thought of Tian Mi, Tian Mi was the same as the old lady on this point.The empress dowager thought: Don't look at the imperial concubine who worships Avalokitesvara with three sticks of incense a day, in fact, the order of the imperial concubine's worship to the Buddha is wrong.

When the Empress Dowager took her to pay homage to the Buddha, she was still thinking in her actions: What kind of Bodhisattva are you worshiping if you neglect the Buddha so much!

Now the people in this palace are the same as myself, it is not easy for someone to be clear-headed, if I see it with my own eyes, no matter whether I admit it or not, it will not end well.

"La Aunt Su Ma, make another trip and let the imperial concubine go to Ningchunju to see if it is auspicious."