[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

Chonghua Palace.

The wives who were invited to drink the four princesses' full moon wine first went to the east side hall "Bao Zhongdian" to drink tea.

Jue Ercha's eyes and brows were smiling, and he greeted people with a very legitimate sense of joy.

In the past, Jue Ercha entered the palace by himself to visit his daughter.But this time it's full moon wine, not only Jue Ercha, but mother-in-law Qi Jia also came to the palace.The old lady is of a high seniority, and she is the grandmother of one of the protagonists of today's full moon banquet, the concubine Xin. Many wives who enter the door will first say hello and congratulate.

The same clan or relatives sat nearby and talked.

When you come to drink the full moon wine, all you talk about is parenting.

Thirteenth and 14th, the two Fujins were too familiar with each other in the palace, so they arrived late, and when they entered the door, they came over to say hello when they saw Juercha's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. How is the old lady doing recently? Is the old stomach ache at night getting better?"

Visible acquaintance.

The Thirteenth Fujin just exchanged greetings with Mrs. Jueercha, avoiding the hustle and bustle of people and said in a soft voice: "I heard from our family father that Chaoshang is discussing Lord Guanbao's title."

Of course the Jueercha clan cared about it: the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were on the spot, and of course they were loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but who doesn't look forward to being promoted to a position for meritorious service?Moreover, titles are different from official titles, which can be passed on to descendants.

Guanbao has been away from Beijing for two years, and he has made great contributions to water control, so his title will naturally go up.

According to Guan Bao's own calculations, if he can be promoted to a first class, he should be like a third-class earl.However, it was a coincidence that his daughter gave birth to a princess when he returned to Beijing, and he came back obviously dark and thin. The emperor must have been more emotionally moved, so he boldly speculated that he might become a second-class earl.

However, Thirteenth Fujin said softly: "Listen to what our lord said, the emperor has appointed a first-class uncle."

Jue Ercha was so surprised that he didn't show any surprise: Isn't this a bit high?

Just as she was about to ask the Thirteen Fujin for more details, someone from the palace came to announce that the banquet was about to start, and the empresses had already arrived in the palace, so all the wives were invited to enter the main hall and wait for the banquet to begin later.

From the East Side Hall to the main hall of the Chonghua Palace, the inner and outer wives just changed places and waited in a more orderly manner.

A host with a noble status like the queen mother will definitely get stuck.

The rest of the concubines in the palace arrived first - now Concubine Qi is ordered to 'look after' the weak concubines in Yuanmingyuan, only Concubine Xi and Concubine Yu are in the palace.

After entering the main hall, they were not so free. They each sat down according to the guidance of the maids. Jue Ercha and the Thirteenth Fujin were separated, unable to communicate, and felt a little regretful.

Soon, however, her regrets turned into vigilance.

Only one life woman suddenly said: "Concubine Xi and Concubine Yu have arrived first, but Empress Xin has not arrived yet? It can be seen that this is the princess's full moon banquet, so naturally Empress Xin is more valuable."

In fact, Concubine Xin came later, which was everyone's default: After all, Concubine Xin didn't come by herself, but also brought her daughter who had just reached the first month, so naturally she had to arrive a little later, so that the princess would not stay in the crowd of strangers all the time , or by wind or fright.

And it is also an unspoken rule in the palace that the protagonist of the banquet arrives late.

But when someone broke this unspoken rule in public, and said it in such a strange tone like "Oh, you are indeed noble, others are not as good as Xin Concubine", the atmosphere suddenly became strange.

Mrs. Jue Ercha was annoyed when she recognized the speaker: Mrs. Wu who spoke, her husband was the former governor of the river. Because of some bad debts on the river, the emperor took away the position of governor of the river, so he had to keep the original title of the family. Putting on airs, the power is not as good as before. Therefore, in the past two years, when Wu Shi met Jueercha Shi in various social occasions outside the palace, he had to choke.

Who would have thought that this time, she would directly enter the palace to choke people, and even directly provoke trouble at the full moon banquet.

Mrs. Jueercha has a vendetta against Mrs. Wu in her heart: before Guanbao was in the post of Zhihe, Mrs. Jueercha was concerned about her husband's reputation, so it was not good to go straight to the wife of the former governor of Zhihe.Now Ziguan Baoke has successfully completed the task and returned to Beijing, Jue Ercha decided to meet Wu next time, and must teach her a profound lesson.

After remembering the vengeance in the blink of an eye, Jue Ercha first turned her attention back to the present, thinking about how to help her daughter smooth out the situation.She had a lot of words in her heart to tell her daughter apart, but because she was the biological mother, it was difficult to speak out.

Fortunately, the Guerjia family has many relatives, and the two heavyweights of the [-]th and [-]th Fujins are also there, and they can all come forward to solve the situation.

However, all the people who want to save the scene are not as quick as Concubine Yu who has become the target of being trampled.

Concubine Yu is not a stepping stone!She turned directly to Mrs. Wu, obviously didn't know who this was, and said directly: "This lady's words are funny. This is the princess's full moon banquet. The concubine's mother and daughter are not valuable, so are you? Why? Did you feel wronged by this time early?"

Mrs. Wu was so annoyed that she wanted to speak out, but she heard Concubine Xi who was next to her speak slowly, "Princess is young, and the letter concubine is following the order of the Empress Dowager to arrive late, and the princess is the most important thing in everything. Mrs. Wu thinks so." A married woman who doesn't know anything about the palace."

Compared with Concubine Yu's sharpness, Concubine Xi's act of directly lifting the Empress Dowager made Madam Wu go silent.

Seeing that Mrs. Wu stopped talking and provoking trouble, Mrs. Jueercha only let go of half of her heart.

My daughter arrived really late, what's going on?Looking at the time, I'm afraid the empress will arrive soon, and she must not arrive later than the empress, otherwise someone will say that concubine Xin is proud of being favored after giving birth to the princess.

Just when Juercha was worried, he heard the sound of communication.

"The emperor is here! The concubine is here! The fourth princess is here!"

Outside the gate of Chonghua Palace, Jiang Heng was actually taken aback when he heard Su Peisheng's energetic transmission: In Yonghe Palace, everyone directly called the princess, and the empress dowager and herself were called Minmin directly. When I suddenly heard the sequence of teeth, it was very fresh.

She looked at her daughter with a sense of novelty, but the wife inside was extremely shocked: How did the emperor come to Chonghua Palace?Shouldn't the emperor go to the Shousui Palace in Qiantou?

For a while, the wives didn't know where to meet the driver and salute. Originally, the wives didn't see the rehearsal of the holy driver!

Fortunately, Su Peisheng was already making arrangements: "Mrs. Fujin, just salute inside the hall." All the talents stood up in an orderly manner and greeted outside the door.

Both internal and external wives were there, the emperor would not enter the palace, so he sent Jiang Heng to the courtyard.

Before leaving, seeing her daughter's delicate sleeping face, she couldn't help touching the little tiger's head on Minmin's hat.Probably because of this touch, the child was alarmed, Minmin opened his eyes.

In fact, the child who is only one month old does not have good eyesight, and basically does not recognize people, let alone reach out for hugs.

In Jiang Heng's view, Minmin just woke up suddenly, rolled his eyes, and twisted his tightly wrapped body.But the emperor next to him said helplessly: "Do you have to give Ama a hug? Okay." The emperor handed out the stove, reached out to take the daughter, and then continued to shake his head helplessly at Jiang Heng: "The child is delicate, and there is nothing I can do about it." It's hard to see her crying on this Manchu day."

Jiang Heng: ...

She clearly saw that her daughter didn't feel much about this embrace, and soon closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

But the emperor saw that Minmin closed his eyes again, instead he said with satisfaction: "Sure enough, I coaxed her well as soon as I hugged her, and I didn't cry."

Jiang Heng said silently in his heart: Your Majesty, as long as you are happy.

The emperor handed the daughter over to the wet nurse, and said to the daughter who had already fallen asleep and couldn't hear or understand: "Good boy, Ama will see you at night." Then he told Jiang Heng: "Although it is Minmin's full moon wedding banquet, But I have no choice but to drink less, because my body is critical."

Let’s say that even though the wives are saluting in the hall, they can still see the situation in the courtyard with their eyes: the emperor and concubine Xin said a few words in the courtyard, and even hugged their daughter before driving to the front of the Shousui Hall , can't help but be speechless.

Jue Ercha's whole heart was relieved: She said that her daughter should not be the kind of person who would put on airs and be late after giving birth to a royal heir.This time I was a little late, there was indeed a reason - the emperor is the reason!

After reassuring, I used my eyes to scan Mrs. Wu: Didn't the concubine come late just now?Does this mean that the emperor is late?If you have the guts, you can choose again when the Empress Dowager Empress arrives.

Madam Wu didn't have the guts, Madam Wu was so frightened that her face turned pale.

After the wives got up, she sat back to her own seat and did not speak again. At the same time, she prayed silently in her heart that no one would pass on her few words to the concubine Xin, and the concubine Xin would not tell the emperor.After praying for a few words, I feel that there is little hope: others do not pass on the word, which means that Mrs. Jue Ercha has an old grievance with herself.

So Mrs. Wu resented herself like a fire in her heart: what are you doing with your tongue!Originally, he wanted to use the dissatisfaction of the two concubines to suppress Jue Ercha, but in the end he shot himself in the foot. Now he can't stop worrying here. What he said just now spread to the imperial court, and it hurt the family's husband and sons. future.

The wives were all dressed in stone blue dark clothes, the more Wu thought about it, the more he regretted it, his whole face regretted that it matched the clothes.

Afterwards, how the queen mother entered the door, how everyone stood up and saluted, how the queen mother announced the opening of the banquet, and how lively the whole full moon banquet was, Wu didn't notice it in a trance, just like a puppet, following the crowd or saluting or toasting, drinking down Wine is like drinking hot oil.

Wu was in a trance and didn't pay attention to the progress of the whole full moon banquet, but the rest of the wives inside and outside all noticed.

The specifications of this full moon banquet are not just those of concubines and daughters.

After the full moon banquet, according to the old rules, the female relatives of the natal family can sit in the Yonghe Palace.

"Didn't the empress ask for such a full moon banquet from the queen mother and the emperor?"

Because of Lord Kangxi's many sons and daughters, there are many opportunities for women to enter the palace to participate in the full moon banquet, so they have studied the specifications of the full moon banquet very clearly.

Especially the old lady, considering her age, she really entered the palace to attend the full moon banquet since Grandpa Kangxi.

Lord Kangxi now has a lot of princes and princesses, but in fact they only account for half of his births. There are also many children who died young, but those who have passed the full moon also have to serve wine.

Therefore, the old lady accompanied Aixinjueluo's family for forty or fifty times to the full moon banquet.

That's really experienced, and you can tell what the specification of the full moon banquet is at a glance.

Needless to say, the empress's first-born prince is the most noble class, the children born to the concubine and even the noble concubine are the first class, the concubine is the first class, and the concubine who cannot be the master is the first class, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Each regulation.

But the full moon banquet of the fourth princess just now is obviously not for the position of concubine, but for the rank of concubine. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell just by looking at the number of gold utensils sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It's like the beads on the imperial crown of Mrs. Gaoming, and you can't go wrong with the number of pieces.

Therefore, Mrs. Qi Jia and Mrs. Jueercha came in, and after seeing that all the palace people had retreated except Qiuxue Qiushuang, the first thing they said was to ask in unison: "The princess's full moon banquet is such a specification, is it not that the empress specially asked the emperor?" Ask for it."

Don't be the first time you have a child, you are too distressed to ask for grace.

Jiang Heng was helpless: "Grandmother, Er Niang, this full moon banquet was organized by the Queen Mother alone. I just finished my confinement yesterday. I don't know anything about it except when I will go there with Minmin in my arms."

Jue Ercha also remembered that the queen mother said such a sentence.

Those who can sit at the same table with the queen mother are all senior Fujins in the clan.Jue Ercha remembered that the Empress Dowager said to the old Prince Gong who was sitting next to her, "Fujin, look, how is Ai's family doing? There hasn't been a princess's full moon banquet in the palace for several years, and this time it happens to be New Year's Eve again. The family deliberately added some, and it would be good for everyone to be more lively."

Mrs. Qi Jia is a little deaf, so she didn't hear what the Queen Mother said.Although Jueercha heard it, she was not at ease, she had to listen to Jiang Heng's words, it was not her kindness for the princess, but the empress dowager who wanted to do such a big thing, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Qi Jia also breathed a sigh of relief, but what her daughter-in-law said next made her worry again.

The time was limited, and Jue Ercha asked directly: "The thirteenth Fujin gave me a word just now, saying that the emperor intends to add you to the first-class earl. This matter... has nothing to do with the empress, right? In fact, the empress Take care of yourself in the palace, and now just take care of the princess, you really don't have to think about dragging the family."

Jiang Heng couldn't laugh or cry: "Don't grandma and Er Niang know my temperament? I wouldn't even ask the emperor about Ama's title, let alone use the child to find the emperor's important officials and titles."

Jue Ercha said with a smile: "Isn't it reassuring to ask?"

Then he said solemnly: "It's just this great honor, if the empress gives birth to a prince, it will be hot."

Jiang Heng comforted: "Because Minmin is a princess, the empress dowager loves her more. If the prince is a prince, she won't go overboard like this. Don't worry, Er Niang."

If it is the prince, the emperor will definitely consider him as a candidate.

On the contrary, he would not show his preference for the younger son with great fanfare, so as not to cause turmoil in the government and the public, and make the courtiers have crooked thoughts, repeating the mistakes of the late emperor.

Jiang Heng believed in the current emperor.

In the position of the crown prince, he must be very cautious.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Concubine Yu came to Yonghe Palace to visit.

"You did a good job this confinement, and avoided so many troubles! This year, Haoxuan didn't help me... It's broken." Concubine Yu spoke bluntly and was not too defensive, and almost blurted out that she was too busy for her. Fortunately, I remembered that it was the first month, and I turned back in time.

Jiang Heng nodded: "This is the first year of serious affairs after the emperor's ascension to the throne. I think it will be more hectic than the previous two years."

Although persuading the funeral to officially end after 27 months, the three years after the death of the first emperor were not always full of excitement.That is, the Chinese New Year in this year officially marked the "Three Years of Filial Piety".From then on, the Kangxi Dynasty is history.The new year's festival also resumed the noise and excitement of the previous court festivals.

When it's lively, people will inevitably be tired, and Concubine Yu feels that her dark circles are coming out.

Complaining about the busyness of the Chinese New Year, Concubine Yu looked at Jiang Heng carefully: the previous princess had a full moon banquet, and concubine Xin was praised by everyone for her good looks, which shows that she is recovering very well.

It's just that during the big banquet that day, Concubine Xin wore exquisite makeup. The ladies in the palace are all highly accomplished in makeup, even if they stayed up all night, they could still paint a very rosy complexion.

Concubine Xin's good looks that day were not accurate.

But Concubine Yu looked at it, concubine Xin was just dressed in a homely way today, her hair was pulled up casually, there was almost no trace of makeup on her face, it was real.

Concubine Yu saw that she really looked good, her face was flushed, her skin was so fine that even the pores could not be seen, like beautiful jade.

Concubine Yu went from complaining about the New Year to taking care of herself: "Hey, look at your face. You said that I take care of this leather every day, but it prefers to make troubles! You don't know, This autumn and winter, when the little north wind blows, my face is extremely dry, no matter how fine the powder is applied, particles will form on my face, and I dare not talk to people; spring and summer are not so dry, but once If there is pollen, it will be red, swollen and itchy, not as good as winter!"

"You should have lost a lot of facial fat when you were pregnant, but why does your skin look better than before? What are you using now, why don't you give me some?"

At this time, a driver in a small car passed by, and she couldn't help shaking her head secretly.

Concubine Yu's temperament is different from that of the Fourteenth Fortune. The Fourteenth Fortune speaks bluntly and skillfully, but is able to catch the point.But Concubine Yu would often miss her way. Obviously it was Concubine Xin who came back to visit the mother and daughter for the first time after her confinement, but she first talked about the Chinese New Year for a while, which made her dizzy from exhaustion, and then she went astray to take care of herself.

It's not like when Concubine Xi came over yesterday, there was one sentence in one sentence, it seemed to be chatting, but every sentence should be said in a dignified and aboveboard manner.

Congratulations first, and then concern for the health of Concubine Xin and the princess. I also mentioned that the fourth elder brother liked it very much when he heard that he had a younger sister. Very good, we all want a daughter to be considerate. And it will bloom first and then bear fruit, you are young, and it is only natural to have a prince in the future."

There was nothing wrong with her tone of voice, it seemed that she hoped that Concubine Xin would have another prince from the bottom of her heart, as if Concubine Xin had a prince and would not pose a threat to her fourth elder brother.

People like Nanny Yu, who have been hardened in the palace, can't help but feel that Concubine Xi is a special figure.

In comparison, Concubine Yu doesn't follow the serious scene.

However, Nanny Yu saw that her concubine Xin was also very involved in chatting with Concubine Yu, she was much more comfortable than being with Concubine Xi, so she repeatedly asked Qiu Shuang to get two kinds of face cream.

Then give advice to Concubine Yu seriously: "Listening to Sister Yu Concubine's words, it should be that the skin barrier has been damaged, and it is time to recuperate and not toss all the time—well, this is what is said in Western books. It is the human skin, which is related to the body. Same thing, don’t overdo it. My sister has been using all kinds of precious facial fats on her face all year round, maybe her skin is as weak as a human being’s. It’s better to stop the tedious maintenance process and just use some daily The most basic clear oil or pearl cream, let the skin slow down and say nothing."

This is Jiang Heng's skin care experience in his previous life.According to what Concubine Yu said, she should have standard dry sensitive skin, so using too many things on her face might be a burden instead.

Concubine Yu was hearing this theory for the first time, she thought about it and said: "It seems to be such a truth, I will try it when I don't need to see outsiders after the first lunar month!"

Jiang Heng took his daughter as an example: "My sister's face should be very sensitive now, just like this little baby - I never dare to use more things for Minmin, even if I am afraid that her face will get chapped this winter, I only use it A little bit of cream."

Concubine Yu sighed: "Yes, I came to see our fourth princess, I forgot about it when I was talking about gossip. I sent someone to take a look. The princess is mainly awake. Shall I take a look?"

Qiu Xue and Huang Yang, the eldest maid brought by Concubine Yu, couldn't help laughing at the side, Huang Yang boldly explained for the master: "The empress likes to talk to the empress concubine Xin, and she can't finish talking every time they meet, even Forget about serious things."

Concubine Yu also smiled: "That's right. I came to see the princess. You don't know that Hong Zhou has no sisters since he was born. In the mansion next to him during the birthday festival, most of them are brothers and sisters. This meeting Zizi suddenly heard that he had his own younger sister. He jumped up and down excitedly during the meal, and insisted on pestering me to see her. But at that time, you were still in confinement, how could you let this monkey run here? , let me ask you first, Hong Zhou will come back for dinner next time, how about I bring him over to see the little princess?"

Jiang Heng nodded: "Of course, I miss Hong Zhou too." The last time we met, it was when Hong Zhou came to eat fried chicken.

Afterwards, the princes followed him to the grassland, and when he came back, Jiang Heng hardly went out.

Qiu Xue went to the apse to see, and came back to report that the princess was still asleep.

Concubine Yu sat more firmly: "Then let's chat for a while." Then she came back with a cart wheel: "Oh, it's too tiring for Chinese New Year, and the family members are okay. They are familiar with each other, so I ordered my wives to wear the same clothes." It is really hard for me to recognize people every day, and I have to be careful not to make mistakes when I speak." There is a sense of relief that I have finally arrived at Jiang Heng's place and have a pleasant conversation with acquaintances.

"By the way, do you know that those from the Old Summer Palace will enter the palace after the year's promise?"

This was still last year's Chinese New Year, when the palace's "judgments" were promoted. In addition to the obvious promotions such as Concubine Yu and Jiang Heng, there were also a few non-staff people who joined the ranks. The few concubines who could only stay in Prince Yong's mansion to look after the garden were sealed and agreed.

After the third anniversary of the late emperor, he will officially enter the palace.

Of course Jiang Heng knew that although she was trapped in the Yonghe Palace to conceive and give birth, her ears were always stuck.Even because people can't go out, they are more concerned about external affairs.

"I heard that there are six promises coming in this time?"

Concubine Yu's face was filled with joy: "It's interesting, Nian Shi put them in Prince Yong's Mansion back then, no one was allowed to enter the palace and no status was given, but now it's reversed. Don't care about the status, anyway, they can get it As it should be, I came back to the Forbidden City, but Nian himself went to the Old Summer Palace instead."

Speaking of this, Concubine Yu was still puzzled: "Concubine Nian is fine, but Concubine Qi, I don't know what angered the emperor so much, she was also ordered to go to Yuanmingyuan to 'take care' of Concubine Nian—isn't this why they went to confine their feet together?"

Jiang Heng held the teacup and did not speak.

Concubine Yu and the others didn't know, but she knew the reason. Since Chang Qing had placed his bet on Yonghe Palace, then of course the important information about "Concubine Qi is not good for Yonghe Palace" must be delivered to the Palace of Concubine Xin. I also want to show my credit: I was the one who arrested the little eunuch who passed the message and solved a case that was not good for the empress.

Therefore, Jiang Heng knew why Concubine Qi was imprisoned in Yuanmingyuan.

Concubine Qi wanted to get the concubine Nian out and cause trouble for herself, and she clearly wanted to hurt others.

Jiang Heng has also kept this incident in his little notebook.

In essence, she is by no means a person who can burn two catties of relics, but a person who holds grudges. That's why she appreciates and likes Yinqiao so much.

"How can you repay kindness with kindness?" If you treat everyone who hurts you, show tolerance and friendliness.Wouldn't the person who was nice to her be taken advantage of?

Jiang Heng always remembered the matter of Concubine Qi.

After having Minmin, I will never forget it.

"This summer, she said she would go to Yuanmingyuan to escape the summer heat." Concubine Yu said that she was thirsty, took a sip of milk tea, and thought of a new topic: "You are going directly to the palace. I don't know, the emperor likes Yuanmingyuan very much. So in When I was in the palace, when I could live in the garden in summer, I would definitely move there."

"Now that the First Emperor has been here for three years, the empress has also mentioned that the emperor has ordered people to renovate and clean the Old Summer Palace in advance. I think I can go there this summer to escape the heat - it is much cooler there than in the palace!"

"Old Summer Palace?" Jiang Heng showed an expectant look.