Returning the Pearl and the Reborn Emperor

Hearing that the emperor went to pay his respects to the empress dowager these two days while she was resting, and did not even see her face, Qing Ting couldn't help but chuckled secretly, guessing that the emperor was calculating how long the empress dowager would be able to endure before committing a crime so that she could go to a quiet place Qingxiu's mistake, but now the empress dowager only pushes concubine Cheng to the emperor, but doesn't say clearly, if the emperor uses this reason to get the empress dowager to Qingxiu, it's a little too light, if the empress dowager interfers in the emperor's private life Do more things, make it more obvious, and the emperor will be very happy.Although regarding Seya's matter, Qing Ting was frightened by the emperor and almost thought that her nephew was going to Tibet to get married. , She made a deep reflection and repentance.

The empress dowager was still the same, talking and laughing with the empress and concubines every day. Although she complained a little in her heart that the emperor was alienated, she didn't show it on her face.She told Qing Ting that the weather has been getting colder recently, the days are short, and she gets sleepy easily, so she looks forward to them coming to talk to her every day.

Qing Ting said with a smile: "Who wouldn't want to be able to make fun in front of Queen Mother, because she is afraid of being stupid, unlike Qing'er who can make Queen Mother happy. If Queen Mother feels bored, why don't you draw two cards and send them away immediately?" It’s better than just sitting and talking.”

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "The Ai family had exactly the idea, I was afraid that you would find it annoying, so I didn't say anything."

"Look at what the Empress Dowager said, everyone in this palace wants to show their faces in front of you, joking and joking. This is a blessing that can only be cultivated in a few lifetimes." Qing Ting knew that the Empress Dowager just wanted everyone to be happy. Respect her, speak nice things about her, and prove her low status is unmatched.

Qing'er laughed at the side and said: "I said, Huang Mama still doesn't believe it. Is there any empress in the palace who doesn't respect Huang Grandma like a god? Huang Mama, since you are in a good mood now, why don't you invite me again?" Empress, come, Qing'er will help you read the cards."

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager asked people to invite Concubine Shu and Concubine Cheng.After about a cup of tea, Concubine Shu and Concubine Cheng came over after dressing up, and when the Empress Dowager said that she wanted to play cards to pass the time, they all praised her again and again.

Concubine Shu said: "It's still Lafayette who is thoughtful. Just sitting and talking is not fun playing cards. Now that the days are getting shorter, I oversleep if I don't pay attention when I take a nap. Playing a few rounds of cards just relieves my sleepiness. "

Chengbi didn't even claim to be. "The empress dowager also said two days ago that she was afraid that after eating, she would be tired and easy to accumulate food. This game of cards just happened to pass."

Based on this, it was decided that Nanny Gui had fetched the cards that the Empress Dowager often used, and the palace ladies had already prepared the card table.The empress dowager's eyes were dazzled, and she wanted Qing'er to watch the cards. Qing'er saw that the empress dowager lacked some tricks, so she hinted to the empress.

After a few laps, the golden melon seeds of Qing Ting and Concubine Shu became less and less, and Concubine Cheng was not much better. The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "You all have ghosts, don't think that Ai's family doesn't know, and Qing'er you too." Follow them to fool Aijia."

Qing'er smiled and said: "How dare Qing'er, she is the emperor mama, you are lucky

The head, the lottery head is not yours, who else can it be. "

Qing Ting and Concubine Shu also echoed and said: "That's exactly what Lafayette's blessing is the greatest."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's interesting to win and lose, isn't it, Empress? What do you think, Concubine Cheng?"

Concubine Cheng looked at the queen, pondered her words, and said, "Those who can win are blessed, and slaves have less blessings, so I dare not think about it."

The empress dowager asked Qing'er to shuffle the cards, and said with a smile: "You are just too careful, you just play cards and talk casually, what do you do with so many scruples, could it be that because of one sentence, Ai's family can still eat you? "

Qing Ting didn't think about whether there was something in these words for the time being, and Qing'er didn't say a word, and said with a smile: "Huang Mama, you see there are a lot of golden melon seeds in front of the Queen's mother, if Huang Mama wins the queen later Empress, don't forget to appreciate the sunshine."

The empress dowager said to Qing Ting with a smile: "Look, thanks to you and the emperor still thinking about her identity, she doesn't turn to you at all."

Qing Ting said with a smile: "Qing'er can make the Queen Mother happy, that is to the Emperor and the daughter-in-law, the Queen Mother won the lottery, and she is very happy, what does it matter if she eats an extra bowl of rice and asks the daughter-in-law to respect more pumpkin seeds?"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Your mouth can also say things that make Aijia happy. Qing'er, Aijia is a little tired and doesn't want to play any more. Let them clean it up. You can ask the little kitchen stew. Is the soup ready? Ai’s family suddenly wants to eat something soaked in salt. Think about what to do in the small kitchen. When you get older, you’ll be old waste.” When Qing’er agreed to go out, she lightly Frowning lightly, he said, "The emperor is really busy recently, and he doesn't even have time to talk to Ai's family. Empress, the emperor hasn't turned his cards around much recently, right?"

Qing Ting hurriedly said: "The emperor is busy with state affairs, and there are many opportunities to manage every day. My daughter-in-law and all sisters can only understand the emperor's hard work."

The Empress Dowager said casually: "That's the only way to go. To be honest, compared with the Ai family, you are very young, but there are really young concubines like Cheng, and there are not many concubines in the harem."

How could Qing Ting and Concubine Shu not understand, they were all silent.

The empress dowager said again: "Everyone came here at that time. There is nothing to be jealous of. It is only reasonable to make the emperor feel at ease. The emperor does not get close to the harem every day. Can you all feel better? The Ai family doesn't want to care about anything, but now Son, let the Ai family feel at ease. The empress is the head of the harem, and Concubine Shu is the head of the four concubines. Concubine Cheng, you have only been in the palace for a few years, and you have been promoted to concubine even if you have no children. The emperor treats you three very differently. Since In this way, you should do your best for the emperor's happiness. It's not the time for the draft, but in the palace, is it possible that the emperor is not satisfied? Some words, the Ai family doesn't want to call you all, in front of you speak."

What the Empress Dowager meant was for them to "communicate" with other concubines, and everyone pushed the top maids in their own palaces to the emperor.However, there is something in this

I have to think about it, Chengfei seems to dislike the empress dowager, maybe she understands that the empress dowager pushed her in front of the emperor, and the emperor is not satisfied, so he dare not obey the empress dowager very much, not necessarily dare to neglect, but never It was hot as fire, so the empress dowager was not happy.

Qingting thought about the stakes in her heart. The emperor definitely needs new concubines, but can the emperor rest assured that they are old candidates for the harem?Maybe it's just a nail inserted in, he is suspicious, who knows what he will think, and even if he is a confidant who becomes a woman of the same man, it's hard to say that he won't have other ideas in his heart, not everyone can become a woman. Wang Xifeng has the same relationship as Pinger.

The empress dowager threw a hot potato to them.Qing Ting sighed secretly, and found a time to hold a tea party in Kunning Palace, conveying the Empress Dowager's speech about the concubines in the harem who would actively sell women to the emperor, and asked them to understand the spirit of it by themselves.

When the concubines in the harem are happy or sad, the emperor sits in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and plays with the puppies. The queen also knows the essence of raising dogs. Well, after growing up to be mighty and fierce, the emperor likes it very much. When he has time to go for a walk in the imperial garden, he will always take the two puppies for a walk. Walking the dog is very interesting. Watching the puppies happily Running around will make people feel better.

The emperor found that if he met the harem concubines in the imperial garden these two days, they would always want to pay attention to the maids beside them, the emperor laughed secretly, why bother.Give them something to worry about, so as not to bother him.

The emperor said that in order to do good deeds and pray for the world, he was going to release a group of court ladies out of the palace. He asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to draw up a list of court ladies who had been in the palace for more than four years and those who were over 20 years old, and handed it over to him and the queen to choose from among them. A group of maids who left the palace early.

Qing Ting added an additional name to the above, the granddaughter of the emperor's nanny, Qing Ting said: "Your Majesty, you said a few years ago that you would let her out of the palace earlier, so it will be easier to talk about marriage." This was originally Qianlong's business. , probably left behind, Qing Ting simply be a good person, I guess the emperor may not have the patience to look through Qianlong's memory to see if there is such a thing.

The emperor thought about it, it seemed that Qianlong said such a thing, and he didn't care, and it didn't matter if one more maid was released. Since she was the granddaughter of Qianlong's wet nurse, he would give some more silver taels as a dowry.

Looking at the other people who met the conditions for leaving the palace, Qing Ting looked at the list and couldn't laugh or cry. The emperor was purely following the empress dowager, but he didn't take the empress dowager seriously and just made a casual move.

Qing Ting kept the maids who were obviously needed, and sent the rest out of the palace, and then showed the list to the emperor.The emperor put some of Qing Ting's people on the list for going out of the palace. Qing Ting said: "Your Majesty, these people are useful to the sisters of all palaces. If you let them out, I'm afraid the person who takes over will take over for a while. If you can't make people happy for a while, the sisters in the harem will not be wronged."

The emperor said: "

As a queen, didn't you let out the two big maids by your side, how could you do it but they couldn't? "

Qing Ting said with a smile: "Ning Pei and Zhu Xin have been with me for several years, I can't bear to delay their youth, in fact, it should have been like this a few years ago, it's still a bit late now."

The emperor said: "The maids of other palaces should do the same. How come you, as a queen, can think about the maids around you, but they can't. Go out of the palace when you should. This is my idea. Anyone who has an opinion, just tell me." Mention, you don't have to make trouble."

Who dared to object to the emperor's idea?

The empress dowager was also stunned, and many people she could use were released, but this was a good deed, she couldn't say no, but she just mentioned to the emperor that some of her people used it smoothly, and now it's someone else , I'm afraid I won't get used to it for a while.

The emperor didn't take it seriously, and said: "Let them teach those novices well before they leave the palace. There is nothing they can't learn. Those old people who are used to it didn't come here in the first place."

The empress dowager is dissatisfied, does she want to keep a few people, the emperor will not allow it? "Emperor, whoever the Ai family wants to order, can't they make their own decisions?"

The emperor said: "Young lady's words are too serious. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will naturally prepare for whoever your mother wants to order, but these people have already been released from the palace, and there is no reason to call them back to the palace. Letting the palace maids out of the palace is originally a virtuous policy, but it turns back on what it says it will, which makes people in the world think about me and the court, even for you, Queen Mother, it is not a good thing."

The empress dowager said angrily: "Okay, what the emperor said is right, the Ai family has to think about the emperor and the court."

The emperor bowed his body and said: "It is a blessing in the world that the queen mother can think like this. Queen mother, I have no time to spare now, and I will come to see the queen mother tomorrow." The emperor asked a Western painter to paint a portrait for himself. There is nothing unusual about state affairs, and the emperor is still in a good mood.

The emperor likes to ask the painter to draw some special paintings for himself, not to paint himself as the emperor. This kind of portrait cannot be handed down outside the palace, but can only be hidden in the palace. It is estimated that no emperor in this world has thought that when one day, the dynasty If they are destroyed, these paintings will no longer be secrets, and no one can guarantee that future generations will draw any conclusions about these paintings.The emperor's portrait was invisible to others, but Qing Ting could still see it. Qing Ting looked at the portrait, suppressed her smile, and only praised the painting for its beauty.

What she wants to say is that the dog in this painting is the highlight.Maybe someone in later generations will study that the emperor likes to wear Hanfu and Daoist portraits—the emperor also likes dogs. He once wore Daoist clothes and hugged his pet dog to let the court western painter paint for him. According to records, the dog in the painting belongs to the emperor. The pet dog was given by his second empress—and from this, it can be inferred whether the empress's emotions are harmonious.

What Qing Ting wants to say most is, BOSS,

You are the ancestor of Cosplay.In fact, you are quite happy, why did you become an iceberg?

Now in the palace, the emperor is in a good mood, the empress is in a good mood, the concubines are not in a good mood, and the empress dowager is in a bad mood.

In the Palace of Compassion, Qing'er slowly persuaded the Empress Dowager, talking about how filial the emperor is on weekdays, the emperor is the most filial son in the world.Qing'er said: "When it comes to letting the maids out of the palace, Huang Ama did not do anything wrong. From the queen to the concubine, as well as the elder brother Gege in the palace, all the maids around him were released under the same conditions. Excuse Qinger for saying something presumptuous, Huang Ama is a little impatient, if I discuss with you in advance, you have prepared in your heart, Huang Ma told you to eat fast and chant Buddha on weekdays, the most kind-hearted people in the palace will never let you They are out of the palace. Mama Huang, I heard that Ama Huang has been preoccupied with state affairs these days and has worked very hard. When Ama Huang worked hard, Mama Huang is not the one who loves you the most. If this is the case, why bother to worry about a trivial matter? Not in a good mood."

The Empress Dowager sighed: "It is said that the Ai family is blessed, and has a filial son who is the emperor, but everything is going well in the Ai family."

Qing'er said: "In this world, the one who pays the most is the mother. This is what Huang Ama said when teaching Ago Gege on weekdays. Let Ago Gege always remember it in his heart and abide by filial piety. Huang Ama also set an example. There are countless acts of filial piety, is it possible that Huang Mama's negligence will wipe out Huang Ama's filial piety in the past? Anyway, in the end, the maid will still go out of the palace. If this is the case, why should Huang Ama take it to heart. "

The empress dowager knew why the emperor was "negligent" and she didn't discuss the matter with herself. She couldn't be angry with the emperor. This was doing good, and she couldn't show anger.Because it involved the emperor's harem, she couldn't tell Qing'er about it, she could only sulk herself.

The Empress Dowager had no choice but to act as if nothing had happened, and told Nanny Gui: "Send someone to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to ask if the Emperor has time to go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to accompany Ai's family for dinner. Let the small kitchen make some healthy meals." Bow your head, you have a son who is an emperor, and you must not let the emperor's son create a gap between you and me, and I will rely on this son for the rest of my life.

The emperor heard that the empress dowager wanted to have dinner with him. Although he didn't want to be a cheap son, he still had to go because of his reputation as a filial son. The emperor ordered Yingtai to be repaired. It's also his kindness to be better.

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In the palace, there were still two maids who were promoted to permanent presence in the end, but in terms of daily life, besides being alone, the emperor was more often with the empress.

Qingting thought, maybe the emperor wanted a son who would make him more satisfied, and it was the dream of many emperors in the Qing Dynasty for a son to ascend the throne.It's just that at Qing Ting's current age, the possibility of being pregnant again is getting smaller and smaller.

It is hard to say whether an elderly mother can keep it and give birth safely.