It's Hard to Be the Concubine of the Red Chamber

Chapter 36

"To say something out of line, in fact, although the Holy Majesty seems to be in a bit of trouble now, it is only a matter of the past few years. First, find someone to raise the child well. If the child grows up in the future, his adoptive mother or It's Jiang Cairen who is making trouble, there are so many childless princes in the left and right families, and it's a little bit easier to get out of the adoptive family, so it won't make it difficult for this child to grow up." It seemed that he could see Tu Ming's hesitation, Yuan Chun casually answered another sentence.

After Tu Mingxuan ascended the throne, there were a lot of constraints, which made it impossible for him to act as boldly and resolutely as the Supreme Emperor, so he had to be cautious in every step.It's just that he is no longer the original unfavored prince. Although there are still no good solutions to many things with the former court and the Supreme Emperor, he will not be embarrassed by someone like Jiang Cairen anyway.

Although because Tu Mingjun doesn't have many children now, he can't adopt this child immediately, but after a few years he has more princes under his knees, no matter how he dealt with it, it doesn't matter.

As for the current hesitation, it is nothing more than a fan of the authorities.

Yuan Chun didn't care about the child. After all, even as a prince, it is impossible to torment her father's concubine in the harem. She only targeted Jiang Cairen alone.

As long as Tu Mingxun didn't want Jiang Cairen to raise the child himself, Yuan Chun would feel at ease.

After all, no matter who it is, it is impossible for Jiang Cairen to have such a deep hatred for Yuan Chun.

Left and right Yuanchun's natal family is not visible, even if the child grows up and wants to target his family in the future, he will have no way to start.

----split line----

Because of Jiang Cairen's big somersault, the harem was quiet for a few days.

After all, even Jiang Cairen, who was pregnant with the emperor's heir, was grounded, and no one dared to cause any major incidents.

——They don't have Jiang Cairen's amulet, so how dare they make trouble.

And even so, the harem had only been peaceful for more than a month, and it became lively again.

The excitement this time wasn't because anyone was forgetting to eat but not to play, it was just because the draft had officially started.

With so many bright little girls entering the palace, it seems that the old people in the harem are not very fresh anymore.

Although it was Yuan Chun who was the first to enter the harem after Tu Mingjun became the throne, Yuan Chun was even older than these people. The sisters in Li felt too strong a sense of crisis.

But this time it was different, except for the concubine Shu who was already calm and didn't want to compete for favor at all, even if she was dignified and generous like a queen, she couldn't help feeling a little sour in her heart.

But I think of the benefits of Yuanchun even more.

Just looking at these young and beautiful little girls is not for the sake of favor, you will feel the fact that your age is gone more clearly, and you can't help but feel sour.

It was originally agreed at the beginning that in this draft, besides the queen controlling the overall situation, Yuan Chun also has the right to assist.It's just that Yuan Chun was officially grounded because of Jiang Cairen's troubles before, but it's hard to take care of things anymore.

Fortunately, the preparatory work has been roughly completed, and the queen does not need to worry too much.Yuan Chun thought for a while, based on his reassurance of the Queen's behavior, he didn't intervene any more, but asked Baoqin to go to the Queen Mother's place, reminding him not to forget the Supreme Emperor's place.

After all, the Supreme Emperor is still alive now. Although he has resigned, it cannot be regarded as his non-existence.

"The old sage is not young anymore, and he has many heirs. It doesn't mean that the newcomer will continue to spread his heirs. He just needs to choose some young and beautiful girls according to the old sage's preferences. We are still young and are As a junior, I don't really understand the preferences of the old sage, and I shouldn't take the lead for the old sage, so as not to provoke the dissatisfaction of the elders. If I think about it, I can only trouble the empress dowager." Yuan Chun just said kindly. , I don't really want to take responsibility, this is all a kind reminder.

In this draft in the dream, Tu Mingjun and the queen randomly selected a few young, gentle and generous girls, but it aroused the sense of crisis of the empress dowager Zhen, so she found various reasons to blow pillows at the empress dowager, In the end, Tu Mingjun was reprimanded by the Supreme Emperor. What was said inside and outside the words was that the emperor and the empress meddled in the elders' backyard as their sons and daughters, and they were almost charged with disrespect.

So this time Yuanchun thought about it, but he asked the Queen Mother.

Although the eyes of the emperor and the empress are not bad, as long as there are people who want to target them, they can always pick out all kinds of problems.But if the Empress Dowager intervened in this matter, it would be different from Tu Ming's will.

According to the rules of the ancestors, the drafting has always been the responsibility of the empress. If the two empresses of the Taishanghuang had not gone early, it would not have been the Taishanghuang's turn to intervene. Now that there is a queen in the harem, even Tu Mingxuan is not good at the draft. What can I say.As for the Supreme Emperor, although the two empresses are gone, the Empress Dowager now sits in the position of the Supreme Emperor's official wife because of a son who succeeds to the throne. , with the current status of the empress dowager, she is very qualified to participate in the draft.

This time, if Grand Concubine Zhen had any dissatisfaction, it would be that she disrespected the dignity of the royal family as a concubine, and the fault was all on her.

Yuan Chun just asked Baoqin and the people around the empress dowager to talk about it, and then stopped intervening.

Even if something goes wrong in the current draft, she doesn't have to take any responsibility, so she doesn't need to bother to intervene.

It would be best if the Empress Dowager listened to the advice, even if there was any mistake, Yuan Chun would not be responsible at all.

With this in mind, Yuan Chun spent a leisurely life in Fengzao Palace when the harem was soaked in vinegar.

----split line----

Because it is the first draft of the new emperor's succession, and the emperor's harem is still very empty, and the few concubines are all old faces, so compared with the previous time when the Supreme Emperor was in power, this draft It seemed extremely lively.

Although Yuanchun's natal uncle's family has many beautiful girls, but fortunately they are still young. This year, there are not any girls of the right age who can participate in the general election, which makes her ears clean up a lot.

Oh, probably except Baochai from Aunt Xue’s family—she is old enough, but unfortunately, her background is not enough to participate in the general election, and even the chance of the minor election was secretly wiped out by Mrs. Wang who loves her daughter , Yuan Chun was completely undisturbed from the beginning to the end.

This relieved Yuan Chun a lot. After all, although she didn't care about favors, she didn't want a girl from her natal family to enter the palace to be favored.

Yuan Chun did not show up during the draft.

In fact, the empress sent someone to ask Yuan Chun if he wanted to attend. Although Yuan Chun was under confinement, everyone knew that Yuan Chun's confinement was just talk. There was no regulation on the length of confinement and no prohibition on other people's visits.

If Yuanchun is interested in the draft, it is not impossible to end the ban and go out.

It's just that Yuan Chun was really not interested, so he simply pushed the matter away with Tu Mingjun's order to restrain his feet, and still lived his life in Fengzao Palace honestly, very peacefully.

After all, even if the draft is over, it will take at least half a month for newcomers to enter the palace. Yuan Chun just wants to spend this half month in a low-key way, and doesn't want to make the empress fearful at the last moment.

Although Yuan Chun did not come forward, this did not prevent Yuan Chun from inquiring about news, especially some news that was not secret.

After all, she is the only concubine in the harem. Although she is still grounded, she can always find someone who is willing to inform her.

The draft was hosted by the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. Concubine Shu made excuses to avoid it, but Concubine An actively ran away to accompany the guests—as for the other people in the harem, in terms of status, they were He is not qualified to participate in this matter, so there is no need to say more.

Although all girls from official families can participate in the draft, there is always a priority-girls with good backgrounds will naturally be put at the top, and the lower the ones, the less you need to care.

On the first day, Zhou, the eldest daughter of the right servant of the household department, Wu, the second daughter of the Minister of Rites, Yuan, the eldest granddaughter of a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and the eldest daughter of the guerrilla general Gao, were left with plaques.

On the second day, Zhang Shi, the daughter of the governor of Guangzhou, and Wen Shi, the only daughter of the Yunnan chief envoy's family, were left with plaques.

On the third day, all that was left were those girls who were well-groomed but came from not very prominent families. Delightful girls left signs to fill the harem.

It's all about the other people, but the seven or eight that Yuan Chun specially wrote down are all girls from the so-called noble family of Shixun.

Yuan Chun frowned, and after getting the specific news about the draft, he quickly found an imperial physician who was familiar with the Rongguo Mansion and told her about his illness without waiting for Tu Mingxuan to come to see her, and even asked someone to green her The top card was put away.

Just looking at the results of this draft, she could predict that Tu Mingjun's mood would not be very good in the past few days.

Although Yuan Chun's political sensitivity is not very high, but compared with these people in the harem today, Yuan Chun can be called sharp.

It was probably because Tu Mingxuan's ascension to the throne was too accidental. Although he had attracted some people after he ascended the throne, not all of them gave him face.

The Beijing officials are fine, they have to appear in front of him every day, and they are quite obedient to discipline, but those officials who are sent out from the sky and the emperor are far away always have their own little thoughts.

You know, although there is such a thing as a draft, it is not a mandatory move. If you don't want to participate in the election, you can tell the palace to avoid the qualification for the draft.

When the Supreme Emperor was in power before, unless it was to select the prince and concubine, girls from first- and second-rank families would not participate in the draft.

But Tu Mingxuan is different from the Supreme Emperor. He is still young and powerful, and has few children, and the harem is even more empty. He is very suitable for the struggle of famous ladies-but there are still not many famous ladies who actually participate in the election.

The Right Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites have carefully selected the right-aged prostitutes, and they have done their best.After all, the academician of the Hanlin Academy is very old, and even if he has a daughter, he married more than 20 years earlier. Now there is only such a daughter in his family. Although it is only a grandchild, there is nothing to be picky about.But among the military officers in the capital, only one concubine daughter from the family of a second-rank guerrilla general ran for the election, and all the other girls were engaged or asked for favors before the general election.

Not to mention the localities, only girls from places like Guangzhou and Yunnan participated in the election, and in the south of the Yangtze River, only girls from families below the sixth or seventh rank entered Beijing.

It's like a posture of not being optimistic about Tu Mingjun, which can really be regarded as a slap in the face, and he can't help but feel angry in his heart.

Most of these people are descendants of meritorious families, and Yuan Chun, as a raccoon, should avoid the limelight.

Fortunately, the people in the palace don't seem to be very sensitive in this regard. Tu Mingxuan didn't expect that Yuan Chun would be able to "predict the holy will" only by asking about the draft list. Probably because Jiang Cairen's affairs were severely detained, he felt a little unwell.