[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

Bird Pai was forced to leave, and Concubine Yu got up regretfully.

Summoned by the Queen Mother, Qiu Xue hurriedly brought the glass mirror to Jiang Heng, and ordered Qiu Lu to hold it to Concubine Yu.

The two of them licked their hair in a bun in front of the mirror, then got up and straightened their clothes, and then went out together to the Queen Mother.Before leaving, Concubine Yu did not forget to say to Mammy: "Don't just accept it, Mammy counts the chips and calculates the winner - I guess I will win, and when I come back, I will ask your mother for the money."

Jiang Heng sighed: After all, it was still a hand. She lost these few rounds, and some cards went down in a daze. After throwing them on the table, I realized that I could make a straight in my hand.

Mrs. Guo didn't need to see the Queen Mother, but just followed the two to Concubine Yu's Xinghuachun Pavilion and left.

Jiang Heng and Concubine Yu were the fastest to reach the Empress Dowager.

The Empress's Tongle Yuan and the lake and mountains where Concubine Xi lived were in sight, and both were farther away from Yuetan Yunju, where the Empress Dowager lived.

When the two arrived, they saw the queen mother was coaxing Minmin to play - Jiang Heng was able to take a break from his busy schedule today to play cards, which was also the reason why the queen mother picked up Minmin yesterday.

After the emperor left the Old Summer Palace yesterday, the Empress Dowager ordered Aunt Wu Ya to come over.She first presented the concubine Feng's reward on behalf of the Empress Dowager, and then congratulated her with a smile on her face: "This old servant pays his respects to Concubine Xin, and then congratulates her."

After Mei Zixi brought the big red envelope, Aunt Wu Ya said that the Empress Dowager wanted to pick up the princess today.

"The empress dowager guessed that there must be a lot of people coming and going to congratulate the Suxin hall in the past two days, and the house of internal affairs and the respect room will also send new palace officials and officials over, I'm afraid it will be noisy and unclean. Thinking about it Pick up the princess and play for a while longer, so as to avoid people coming in and out, it is not cheap, and I will send the princess back to the empress at night."

After Aunt Wu Ya finished speaking, she saw Concubine Xin pondering for a while and hesitated: "The Empress Dowager lives in the Moon Temple Yunju, where the terrain is high. At night, the wet nurse carries the princess to the Suxin Hall, and there are several stone steps. I'm afraid the road is not easy to walk, and there are a lot of mosquitoes after nightfall."

Every house in Yuanmingyuan smokes herbs to repel mosquitoes every day. Although the lanterns in the palace also have herbs that smoke mosquitoes, it’s good for people to smoke for a while. If they walk on the road at night, even if there are herbal lanterns , It is still inevitable to be bitten two or three times.

Mosquitoes also like children's sweet blood and tender flesh, so Jiang Heng doesn't want to let the nurse back with her daughter at night.

Aunt Wu Ya originally thought that Concubine Xin didn't want the Queen Mother to stay with the princess all day, and was just about to gather energy to deal with the persuasion, when she heard Concubine Xin say, "Nurse Labour, ask the Queen Mother if you can let Minmin stay on the cloud in the moon altar?" What about staying overnight? This child doesn’t choose a seat or a bed.”

"And now she is always kicking her hands and feet around at night, so that she doesn't even sleep in the car, so there is no need to mobilize people to move the bedding of the car, just find an ordinary hard bed for her." The imperial physician in the palace is Don't let your child sleep on a soft bed with too many cushions "like trapped in the clouds", it is said that it is not good for bone development.

Jiang Heng smiled at Sister Wu Ya again: "It's just that there is a wet nurse to take care of her, and the Empress Dowager must be tired. If the Empress Dowager thinks it's noisy, I'll go and bring Min Min back at night."

Joy fell from the sky, and Aunt Wu Ya was almost overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "This old slave guarantees it. The empress dowager must be willing!"

She really didn't expect Concubine Xin to let the princess spend the night with the Queen Mother.

In fact, for Jiang Heng, his daughter was going to sleep with her grandmother for the night, so there was nothing to worry about.This is Min Min, when she is a few years older, Jiang Heng still wants her to play and live with girls of the same age, just like a child's summer camp, let the children leave the care of the elders and learn to be with their peers Get along with each other, learn to socialize with others and face various situations independently.

For this reason, she has long been optimistic about the little princesses of the thirteenth Fujin, the fourteenth Fujin and other families - anyway, there is no shortage of children in the royal family.

This is the first time Minmin spent the night with the Queen Mother.

The queen mother has been watching people tidy up the side room for the sit-up, lift the kang table away, and make a big bed for children to sleep in.

During the day, a soft screen was built around the edge of the kang, and Minmin was allowed to crawl and play on it.

Seeing that the queen mother is so busy, Aunt Wu Ya feels that the queen mother is still young.

No, the Empress Dowager woke up today, watched the princess play for a while after breakfast, and summoned people in high spirits: "Call the empress and the third concubine to come over, and tell them about the Ai family's affairs."

When the Queen Mother just uttered these instructions, Aunt Wu Ya was still hesitating: Third Concubine?Originally the three concubines were mentioned in the palace, but they were Concubine Qi, Concubine Xi and Concubine Yu.

Now this...

There was no need for her to ask, the queen mother patted Minmin lightly and said: "It just so happens that Concubine Xin is here so I can take Minmin back. I haven't seen you all night, and I miss my child so much."

Aunt Wu Ya went out to ask someone to pass on the message, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart: now the three concubines in the palace are second only to the queen, but they have changed.

In fact, when it comes to thinking about children, Jiang Heng is fine.

She naturally loves Minmin very much, but she is not a person who treats children as everything in essence.

Jiang Heng got up this morning and practiced his handwriting for a while after a long time. While he was clear-headed, he checked the list of gifts he received and sorted them into various loose-leaf albums by category before welcoming Concubine Xi's visit.

After that, he focused on playing the bird card. At first, he wanted to show off his previous life's bird card skills, but later he only thought about how to win or lose less.

Concubine Yu's wins and losses are determined in detail, and the number of flower cards in her hand will be doubled to determine whether she wins or loses.Although the number of rounds played was small, Jiang Heng lost a lot of chips.

All in all, it was a good morning.

It wasn't until Jiang Heng came to the Empress Dowager's palace and saw his daughter that he felt that he missed her for a day and a night.

Minmin obviously missed her a little too, so she rarely clapped excitedly at her: "Er Niang!"

She can only spit out simple words now.

Jiang Heng also discovered that Minmin is different from her and the emperor: this child is very easy to trouble.

For example, she already knows how to call Ama and Erniang, but her daily calls are "A" and "Er", and she has greeted her with short words.

Unless you coax her with something you want, you can only hear a whole word.

She called the Queen Mother Huang Mamu, but now she only calls her "Ma" vaguely.As far as the queen mother talks to everyone, how precocious and clear the fourth princess is, how smart she is to take care of herself, and restrain herself from talking too much so as not to choke - it can be seen how flexible the queen mother's standards are when facing her grandchildren.

The queen mother smiled and dismissed Jiang Heng and Concubine Yu's gift: "You guys arrived quickly."

Minmin is also familiar with Concubine Yu, but she still doesn't know how to call her Lady Yu, and they are collectively referred to as "er".

Concubine Yu went there in the morning, and said to the Empress Dowager: "I haven't seen the princess for a few days now, and I feel that I have grown up a little bit, this kid really looks like the wind - but the longer he grows, the more he looks like Long Live God! "Half of it was coaxing the queen mother, and half of it was telling the truth, and I deeply felt that the folk saying 'daughter father Xiao' was correct.

The Queen Mother coaxed her even more from ear to ear.

The empress dowager gave birth to six children successively, and she had a rich experience in raising children. With concubine Yu beside her, the empress dowager continued talking about Minmin.

The Empress and Concubine Xi met each other on the road, and as soon as they entered the door, they heard laughter inside.

The queen smiled, and said to Gongmei who was holding her hand next to her: "Since I have the fourth princess, the empress dowager doesn't feel bored anymore."

Please check in after entering the door.The queen heard that the princess stayed overnight at the queen mother's place last night, so she was both caring and passed a message to the queen mother: "Yesterday, the fourth princess lived in Yuetan Yunju, and the empress thinks everything is all right? Can I ask my concubine to arrange it later?" What did the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Construction Office come to give?"

The queen mother smiled and said: "It's all good, the Ai family has raised these children, and I have never seen one who is more worry-free than Minmin—never seen one who is more worry-free than the emperor!"

She dared to make fun of the emperor, but others could only laugh.

And Minmin said "Ah" to the Queen and Concubine Xi respectively.

The queen's face softened: "Yes, the fourth princess is a good boy."

The queen mother just got up: "Let's go, let's go to the west room to talk about business, and ask the wet nurse to watch Minmin." '

The queen knew that the fourth princess had stayed with the queen mother for one night, but Concubine Xi only heard about it now, so she was shocked.

Only then did I pay attention to look, and found that the queen mother actually changed the east side room into a place for the child to live.The Empress Dowager's love for this granddaughter is obvious to all.

And Concubine Xi also paid attention to Concubine Xin who had just been crowned concubine by Xiaoyu Yanran.

Is she so willing, so relieved?

Aren't you afraid that the queen mother will take the princess away step by step?

First stay for one night, then stay for a few days, and finally it may develop into a princess who lives in the Queen Mother's Palace, and is even allowed to see her as her biological mother occasionally.

Isn't she afraid that this child will be born in vain?

Shouldn't this be the nightmare of all the women in the palace?

Jiang Heng is really not afraid.Firstly, she knew that the Queen Mother herself was suffering, so she would not take away other people's children to raise them; secondly, she has an emperor.

When the empress dowager took Minmin to see it for the first time, the emperor came here to tell her about it to reassure her.

So what is she worried about?

Both the emperor and the queen mother knew too well the torment of the separation of mother and child.

Concubine Xi was thinking about this, when she heard the Empress Dowager ask Concubine Xin: "Before the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs made a new crescent vanilla purse with densely woven gold thread. Not much has been made in total, and only concubines and above are found in the harem, where can you send it in these two days?"

Jiang Heng got up: "The concubine has received it."

The Queen Mother nodded: Of course what she wants to ask is not a purse, but a casual question, which can reveal the details of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When Concubine Xi heard the Queen Mother's question, she thought casually: You shouldn't ask Concubine Xin these words, you should ask Concubine Qi if she has received it, which place in this palace dare not lack Concubine Xin's things now?The emperor often goes to Suxintang to see Concubine Xin, so he wants to ask.

And the moment he thought of the purse, it was like a thunderbolt struck Concubine Xi's ear.

Concubine Xi also instantly understood why she and Concubine Yu had a strong protective mentality, but Concubine Xin did not, because she had the emperor!

Back then, they endured humiliation against Nian Fujin because they knew that if others came to snatch the child, they were the only ones they could rely on.

Depending on the emperor at the time - it is estimated that when Fang Fujin spoke, the two children happened to be in an auspicious even number, and they both had to be carried to Fujin to be raised.

Thank goodness, the Nian family back then looked down on other people's sons, especially the elder brother who was born by two concubines, how could he compare to his own son.

Concubine Xi couldn't help but feel a twinge in her heart: That's why they are afraid, so Concubine Xin is not afraid, she can act filial as much as she can, and often send her daughter to the Queen Mother to gain a good name.

Thinking of this, Concubine Xi couldn't help thinking about it.

Is Concubine Xin paving the way for her unborn son?

It has become a common practice to send a daughter to the queen mother for the night or even a short stay. If there is a son in the future, it will be a matter of course-the son of Concubine Xin will become the only prince whom the queen mother will watch grow up.

When Hongshi and the other three elder brothers were young, they all grew up in the palace. It would be nice to see grandma during the festivals!

How do you compare this relationship?

Concubine Xi felt that her fingertips were getting cold.

The queen mother first asked the queen: "This is the first time to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Yuanmingyuan. The queen's regulations have been drawn up? Especially where do the women and men go in and out, where to sit and rest, where to enjoy the moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and where to go?" Are all the big things like Chu Jingxiang arranged? These can’t be wrong.”

This is why the Empress Dowager called people over today.

There is a fixed process for celebrating festivals in the Forbidden City, and the most important thing is a fixed route.

For decades, the entrance and exit of women inside and outside have been the same door and route.

But the Old Summer Palace is different. The wives themselves are not familiar with it, which means that more and more careful palace people have to be arranged to guide them.There are many court ladies and eunuchs walking around, but they must be numerous and not chaotic, orderly, and ordering women to enter the garden is not as chaotic as going to a big fair.

If it was the first time to go back to Yuanmingyuan for the Mid-Autumn Festival, it would be messed up and the royal family would lose face, not to mention the empress dowager and the empress, the empress dowager was mainly afraid of delaying the emperor's future decision.

She could tell that her son obviously preferred living in the Old Summer Palace.

Then she has to watch people and set up the shelves of the Old Summer Palace, at least the harem will not allow people to find faults - if the Mid-Autumn Festival is not even well spent here, how can the emperor come to live in the future.

The queen answered the things the queen mother mentioned one by one.

She has been busy with this matter recently!

After Jiang Heng heard that the empress had arranged the way in an orderly manner, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this leader in the harem is really not easy to do.It is estimated that when she was practicing calligraphy and drawing pictures to see her daughter, the empress was all making arrangements to arrange people in the palace.

Organizing a team building is a tiring job, let alone arranging such a huge Mid-Autumn Festival event.

"Now there is another concubine in the palace to help, and someone can take care of it for you if there is a scene." To entertain the elders of the clan, even the non-concubine can't take it out.

Those old princes and concubines need face most because of their seniority, and if they want a noble person to accompany them often, they will lose face in the palace if they dare.

The queen nodded: "Not only the scene, the concubines also have some delicate work that they are too busy to share with them." She smiled at Jiang Heng alone: ​​"When you reach the concubine position, you can't be lazy. This palace has been looking forward to your help."

What the queen said was absolutely true. When there were only Concubines Qi and Concubine Xi in the concubine position, she was almost exhausted: Concubine Qi wanted to do her a disservice from time to time, and did not forget to step on Concubine Xi. The concubine showed her merits; while the concubine Xi was careful in everything and never made up her own mind, she was only willing to do what the empress ordered - she did not make any mistakes, but she was also wise and wise to protect herself and refused to take responsibility at all.

For this reason, when Jiang Heng's status was far from enough, the queen took a fancy to her: just looking at the fact that she dared to send Chen Debao, the deputy head of the respect room, to the Punishment Division, it can be seen that she has determination and ideas, and she is not afraid of troubles. Yourou.

Get a decent person to give her a helping hand.

The queen explained to the queen mother in detail: "Although the palace people are arranged everywhere, there must always be a master to watch over, otherwise one place may slip out if it cannot be taken care of."

To prepare for special circumstances, palace people everywhere can find directly responsible leaders.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Empress Dowager was busy meeting the wives to pay her respects, so it was impossible to make decisions about all kinds of accidents one by one.

"Someone needs to be watching at the dinner party, and at the Ciyun Pudu place where people worship the incense and the moon, and there is also a banquet in the Zhengda Guangming Hall with the emperor in front, and someone needs to listen to the orders from the front, so that the emperor does not want to wait for a while. Employ people." Compared to the harem, of course the emperor's face in front of the courtiers is the most important.

If there is any accident at the banquet ahead, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the harem must first send people and things to make up for it.

Jiang Heng listened carefully and learned new knowledge, knowing that his career has entered a new stage.

It is certainly not the first time that the Queen Mother brought the Queen and others to discuss important matters in the harem, but it was her first time.

This is her first harem high-level meeting.

Before, she was an executor, and she could just do what the empress dowager arranged. From this time on, she was eligible to attend the decision-making and dispatching meeting.

After listening to the queen's "emergency plan", the queen mother expressed her praise to the queen: "The queen has worked hard. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can have a good rest for two days, and don't get sick from being tired."

The queen half smiled and half sighed: "Even though the empress empress is sympathetic, I'm afraid she can't rest."

"I usually go to the Mulan paddock after the Mid-Autumn Festival. I don't know if I will go this year. If I don't go to the paddock this year, it will be easier to go back to the palace. If I still go to the paddock, I have to prepare in advance for the gold award festival in the palace. .”

After the Golden Festival, preparations for the New Year will soon be made, and there are two major events before this year: the canonization ceremony of Concubine Xin and the first birthday ceremony of the fourth princess, both of which cannot be ignored.

From the Queen's face and tone, Jiang Heng suddenly felt a familiar sense of community.

It's almost like colleagues complain that the project work can never be done.

It turns out that the world is united.

It is really rare to be rich and idle.

When Jiang Heng and the others resigned, the wet nurse carried Minmin out.

And Minmin was holding a small hollowed-out silver ball with spices in her hand.

The wet nurse squatted down: "Go back to the empress dowager, the princess is not willing to let go..." Aunt Wu Ya laughed beside the nurse and said, "This servant is in charge to deliver the granddaughter for the mother."

The queen mother naturally didn't take a silver ball seriously: "Now is the time when the child is willing to grab things. Next time, prepare more for her to grab."

Seeing his daughter holding the ball like a little bear holding honey, Jiang Heng thought it was very interesting, so he hugged Minmin himself.Concubine Yu also came to seduce her with the jade pendant on her body, to see if Minmin would let go of the silver ball and grab the jade pendant.

Seeing this situation, the queen mother remembered something again, and said to Jiang Heng: "Minmin's first birthday is still handled by Ai's family, but there is one thing - you have a lot of new gadgets, and you have a lot of ideas. You can do it by grabbing Zhou's things. Er Niang prepares to go by herself, but Ai's family wants to see what Minmin catches when the time comes."

After coming out of Yuetan Yunju, the queen waved her hands, not planning to get on the chariot, but wanting to walk all the way back in this cool autumn day, and relax her spirits.

Seeing Concubine Yu still walking with Concubine Xin naturally after going out.

When people get acquainted with each other, there is a natural atmosphere when talking.Maybe people in this atmosphere can't feel it, but outsiders can feel a kind of silent intimacy.

The queen clearly noticed that although the three concubines were walking together at this time, there seemed to be an invisible veil between Concubine Xi and the two.

After walking up the steps of the Yunju in the Moon Altar, the Empress and Concubine Xi were about to head west. Jiang Heng and Concubine Yu continued to go straight, so they parted ways.

The distance from Yuetan Yunju to Tongleyuan is not close, and the empress just took advantage of the time to talk to Gongmei about the situation in the palace.

"Long Live Lord is really different from the late Emperor."

How many flowers bloomed in the first emperor's palace, how unique is the current palace - it doesn't matter if this one is changed or not, but there is always one.

"But from the perspective of the ancestors of the Aixijueluo family, the kind of late emperor who didn't specialize in favor and leveled the harem's bowl of water is a minority."

The emperor of the Aixinjueluo clan was so dedicated to emotion that even the Buddha was afraid.

Lord Shunzhi can testify.

The empress chose a road to walk, and the palace servants who followed fell far behind, only she and Gong Mei were in the front, the master and the servant whispered.

"After the matter of the drug this time, I see that the emperor's dissatisfaction with the third elder brother is beyond words." Moreover, Hongshi's handling of this matter was really muddled. The queen tried to bring herself into the emperor for a while, and felt that unless The other princes had accidents or were too miserable, otherwise the emperor would not have made the third elder brother the crown prince—whether he was deceived by the Westerners, but the problem is that he cannot be the king of a country if he is so easy to deceive.

Otherwise, I have to worry about whether he will be deceived by others?

"Hongli Hongzhou's words, regardless of his age or temperament, it is obvious that Hongli is better."

Hearing what the queen said, Gong Mei added: "Concubine Xi is still full of military flags."

"If Concubine Xin has a prince in the future, then the crown prince will probably be between the two sons."

The queen's voice paused for a moment, and after a while, she said: "I am the aunt, so I can't be partial to the princes. However, there is only one princess in the palace, Minmin, and many others can't say anything to her."

As the empress' most valued confidant, Gong Mei quickly said: "Is your empress more optimistic about Concubine Xin?"

The queen shook her head: "If Minmin is the prince, a prince who looks like the emperor, I don't have to hesitate."

"Besides, Concubine Xi's temperament, although she has never made a mistake, she has always been respectful and respectful, and she will say caring and kind words when she should... But when I look at her, I always feel like looking at a porcelain figure, smooth and cold , it seems that she does things just because she should do them, never because she wants to do them."

Concubine Xi's behavior is like a famous dish "three non-stick".

This is watertight, but it is also destined that no one else in the palace will drip with her.Empress Ju knew that Concubine Yu originally wanted to give Concubine Xi an olive branch, and everyone signed up for a group to keep warm, but later she backed down, and now Concubine Yu is closer to Yonghe Palace.

Jiang Heng didn't know that the queen was evaluating the concubines behind her back, and even wanted to place a little bargaining chip secretly.

She just asked Concubine Yu for some experience in palace affairs while walking.

After all, Concubine Yu got started two years earlier than her.

When Concubine Yu arrived at her Xinghuachun Pavilion, she didn't enter the door. Instead, she stopped and said to Jiang Heng: "Let's call Xiao Guo, how about playing a few more laps today? This is an errand, from tomorrow Some inner eunuchs started to run into your palace—you have to make up your mind about how many trivial matters, and you have to see people seven or eight times a day, so there is no such thing as a waste of time.”

On Concubine Yu's face, Jiang Heng saw the melancholy of going to work overtime, as well as the feeling of carnival at the weekend before overtime.

How should I put it, since she was promoted to the concubine position, the world has become more like the workplace she is familiar with.