[Qing Chuan] No pet little promise

As the main seat of the Changchun Palace, Xi Concubine was born bright and charming, with snow-white skin, but in her thirties she looks like a 27-[-].

She is the concubine sister of Empress Hesheli, and entered the palace in the second year after the death of Empress Yuan.Originally, the family hoped that she could continue the glory of the eldest sister and continue to be favored, but the result was disappointing.

As the substitute of Kangxi Bai Yueguang, she did not stage a counterattack and turn into a positive drama like many Jinjiang substitutes. She was only favored for a while when she first entered the palace, and then went downhill all the way, and now she is completely out of favor up.

Wei Rong selfishly speculated that maybe it was because Huan Feiyanshou in Kangxi's harem had a lot of experience and got tired of one kind of taste.

After all, Xi Concubine was selected by the family as a substitute because of her appearance, temperament, and even personality, which resembled the Empress Yuan.

Concubine Xi sat on the main seat, glanced at everyone in the hall, and said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard copying scriptures these past few days."

Li Jiagui was the first to get up and said: "Your Majesty is really lucky to give us this opportunity to do our best to the emperor. How can we be tired? If you can exchange for the emperor's illness to be reduced by half, even if the concubine stays around day and night , and also willingly. The emperor works hard for state affairs, and the empress works hard for the Changchun Palace, so it is really tiring..."

A confession of utter sincerity, but Mrs. Li Jia said it with extra sincerity, which made people very moved.

Looking at this powerful acting, Wei Rong felt that she might never have the chance to be promoted to a nobleman in this life.

I'm too hard!

Dou Changzai also complimented: "Thanks to the custard rewarded by the empress, the empress has worked so hard, and still remembers the trivial matters of my food and drink expenses."

Everyone sang praises.

Concubine Xi nodded with satisfaction: "Everyone has worked hard these days, and I ordered the small kitchen to prepare more snacks. It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a month, and it is our Changchun Palace's wish to present the copied scriptures at that time, Your Majesty." It must be moving to watch."

After saying a few more words about the errands in the palace, Xi Concubine raised the teacup, "Okay, let's leave for now."

Nanny Zhou who was standing behind Xi Concubine couldn't help getting anxious and opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything in the end.

Everyone in Wei Rong noticed it, but they just pretended not to know it, and left.

***

Mrs. Li Jia went to rest.

Wei Rong's four children agreed that it was time to "go to work" and went directly to the small Buddhist hall.

In the main hall, Nanny Zhou said in a low voice, "Your Majesty."

Xi Concubine's expression turned cold, "You don't need to talk about it, Mammy."

Nanny Zhou was helpless.

Their Changchun Palace, the emperor has not set foot there for three or four years, and as the lord of the first palace, the concubine can only see the emperor at the palace banquets during the festivals.

In fact, this situation is not limited to concubines Xi, the empresses of the various palaces, from imperial concubine Wen Xi, to concubines Hui, De, Yi, and Rong, to concubines An, Liang, Duan, Jing, Xi, and Tong.

The youngest is also 30 years old, and the grace has long been weak, so they all promoted newcomers to serve the emperor in their own palaces.

Some have been promoted several times. For example, Concubine Hui's earliest good promise is now one of the six concubines.Now I have selected a few small promises, among them Shi Shi is very happy with the emperor, and was granted permanent residence by the Jin Dynasty just last month.

There is also Wang Guiren from Defei Palace, and Liu Xu from Rongfei Palace...

With these fresh and beautiful faces, the emperor often went there, and the mistress also had face.

On the side of Changchun Palace, Xi Concubine has not introduced new people.Li Jiashi and Dou Shi were both appointed by draft picks in the palace in their early years.

Nanny Zhou tried to persuade her for a long time, but it was useless. It was not until last winter that the old lady of the Hesheli family took the opportunity of entering the palace to pay her respects, and came to persuade her in person, and finally let Concubine Xi let go.

In the spring draft this year, four beautiful girls were selected to come to Changchun Palace.

However, when the four newcomers entered the palace, none of them won the emperor's favor.So far, there has been no summoning.

"Nurse, don't be in a hurry with me. I've already done what needs to be done. This time, in order not to hurt their looks, I specially arranged a daytime rotation. I have also told you in the small kitchen. Bright clothes The rewards have gone on, so what else can I do? I can't be the master and worry about the lives of these little girls." Xi Concubine said with a cold face.

Nanny Zhou hurriedly said: "Your Majesty really offends a slave by saying that, and it's also for your Majesty's future. Your Majesty, come here, these little girls are just a lead, and your honor is yours, Your Majesty."

What if the emperor is here?Sitting on the seat, Xi Consort looked at the thick green leaves outside the window with dark eyes.When he comes, do you just watch him befriend someone else?

Nanny Zhou sighed secretly, she has served Xi Concubine for many years, how could she not know her knot,

Ever since she entered the palace, her daughter's heart has been wrapped around the emperor, but the emperor has no real affection.Even if there is one-third of the true love, it is all given to the Empress Yuan.How can it be someone else's turn?

In fact, for Xi Concubine, the emperor has already favored her enough.She was the only one in the palace who got the title of concubine for nothing.

But people are not enough!

Of course, Nanny Zhou dared not say such words directly, but softly persuaded: "Now the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is just a good time to show your face, and your mother is tired of playing the piano every year, why don't these little girls play a tune together, Or dance or something."

Nanny Zhou was born as an old servant of the Hesheli family, and she followed Xi Concubine all the way into the palace. She felt sorry for her, but she wanted to put the interests of the Hesheli family first.

What is Hershey's biggest priority right now?It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!As long as His Highness the Crown Prince's position is stable, their Hesheli family's prosperity and wealth will be worry-free.

Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still very trusted by the emperor, the brothers are not easy-going.Especially the eldest elder brother Yinti, pressing hard every step of the way.

The prince is bright on the surface, but in fact he is struggling.

In the previous court, Lord Suo'etu took care of him, and there must be someone in the harem who can speak for His Royal Highness.

The emperor did not come to the Changchun Palace for a long time, and the concubine Xi became a useless move!

As long as the emperor can be brought to the palace.As the saying goes, there is a three-point love when meeting, even if Xi concubine does not accept favor, she can still speak in front of the emperor.

That's why Changchun Palace rushed to push the four little promises up.

***

Out of the main hall.

Song Qing'er immediately went to Wei Rong's side: "Sister Wei, thanks to your plaster yesterday, my legs feel a lot better."

Wei Rong nodded: "As long as it works."

Taking advantage of no one's attention around, Song Qing'er continued to whisper: "Sister Wei, did you see that Nanny Zhou wanted to talk just now, before we leave."

"It seems to be, maybe we should urge us to copy the scriptures as soon as possible."

The corner of Song Qing'er's mouth twitched, "The copying of the scriptures is scheduled every day, and she needs to be urged. I guess, it may be about the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet."

"Sister Wei, you don't know, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, I heard that Empress Xi wanted to let us show our faces in front of the emperor."

Wei Rong was surprised, "Impossible." She knew that there was a tradition of concubines performing arts at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, but the number of seats was limited. There were several times in the Changchun Palace, and it was Xi's concubine who played the piano.In the past two years, there was no chance for Xi Concubines, let alone those young concubines who could only have banquets in the side hall according to the rules.

"I heard from Yunxi, the little girl who is often by Dou's side, that she is from the same town as Chuntao, who is by my side. I just don't know if it's true or not. It would be great if it was true."

Song Qing'er was full of anticipation for a long time, turned around and saw Wei Rong's ancient well was silent, and couldn't help being curious, "Sister Wei, don't you want to show your face in front of the emperor?"

"What's the use of showing your face?"

"Why is it useless? Didn't Wang Changzai on Defei's side perform dances at the palace banquet last year before he was favored by the emperor, and now he is unparalleled in favor? Don't you want to be favored, Sister Wei?"

Wei Rong really doesn't want to be favored, she has no interest in sleeping with Kangxi at all, let alone the hygiene problem of "public cucumber", even if she sleeps, she has no future.

There are already more than a dozen elder brothers under Kangxi's knees, and the quota of four concubines and six concubines in the palace is also full, and the opportunities for future promotion are limited.

After being favored, he has to face endless calculations, which is exhausting.Thinking about it this way, it's really not worth it.

Song Qing'er had a look of hating iron but not steel, "Sister Wei, don't think that our life seems to be not bad now, it's because we are all newcomers, maybe we will be favored in the future, those dog slaves in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not Don't dare to embarrass us too much. In this palace, there is a lot of worshiping the high and stepping on the low. I went to where Dou Chang was the other day, and I happened to meet her for dinner. Guess what I saw?"

Wei Rong's eyes showed doubts.

Song Qing'er said indignantly: "Speaking of which, she was favored in the early years and was a person with a higher status than us. The dishes for dinner are not as good as ours. Of the six dishes, only shredded chicken with Beijing sauce can be seen, and the rest are Some small fried pork, vegetarian cucumber and so on to fool people. After that, I asked Chuntao to inquire quietly, alas, Dou Changzai actually had to stay up all night doing needlework, and asked the people in the needle workshop to take it out so that he could exchange some money to supplement it."

She looked around and lowered her voice again, "We used to live in Changchun Palace. There was a king promise and a Jiang promise. They both died of illness in their early twenties. I have seen through life in this palace. , no favor, it's too hard."

At the end, Song Qing'er pursed her lips with vicissitudes that did not match her age.

Wei Rong's heart is heavy, just half a year is enough for them to see through the warmth and coldness of the people in this palace.

Even if you have golden fingers and you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, you can only provide them for your own enjoyment and not leak them out.

If you want to expand your business and steal some valuable jewels, regardless of morality, the key point is that all the property in this palace is marked, and it is very difficult to get rid of stolen ones. If you accidentally expose your golden fingers, you will be doomed.

While the two were talking, they arrived at the Small Buddha Hall.

Chen Ying and Liu Ying have arrived, and they smiled at Wei Rong as a greeting.

The four of them knelt in their positions and started their busy day.

Zhou Mama didn't come over, so the atmosphere in the Small Buddha Hall became more relaxed.

Song Qing'er said: "Sister Chen, you finished transcribing this book so quickly, the words are more neat than those on the post."

To Song Qing'er's compliment, Chen promised to just smile slightly and didn't speak.

She is also a young lady from a scholar's family in the south of the Yangtze River. She has a beautiful appearance and a dignified bearing.Moreover, she is also a talented woman, who knows everything about poetry and songs, and her strokes of hairpin and small script are extremely beautiful.

It's a pity that there is a thick bruise under the big bright eyes.Chen Xu's health was worse than that of Wei Rong's. After entering the palace, he was ill for several months and almost died.

Such an outstanding beauty, in later generations, would definitely be a goddess, with countless admirers, but now she can only be trapped in the harem as an unknown little promise, and almost died quietly.

And although Liu Ying is not as beautiful as Chen Ying, but she is slim, with lively eyebrows and eyes, she is also a first-class beauty.

Being an emperor is really sex and blessing. These fat, swallow and thin beauties of all colors can't sleep at all.

Wei Rong secretly admired it.

After a few words, Nanny Zhou arrived.

The four of them hurriedly lowered their eyebrows and drew back their collars, with a straight-faced attitude.

……

The day passed quickly, and in the afternoon, Wei Rong was rejoicing that the day would be over.

Suddenly, a little palace maid came and leaned over to Nanny Zhou and said a few words.Nanny Zhou went out immediately.

He came in again after a while, and glanced at the four of them with unpredictability: "Please don't rush to leave, the four masters, the old slave has one more thing to do."

All four of them felt hairy from her sinister gaze, Song Qing'er reluctantly asked: "Nurse Zhou, what is your order, Madam Xi?"

"It's not that the empress has orders." Nanny Zhou said coldly, "Someone reported that some of the masters prayed for blessings with dishonest intentions and blasphemed gods and Buddhas."