The next day happened to be the 15th day of the lunar month, which was the day to greet the Queen of the Central Palace.

Everyone in Changxin Palace got busy early in the morning, helping the empress wash, dress and put on makeup.

She couldn't use too much of her breakfast, and she only dipped the water into her mouth. After Wen Yin had a simple meal, she was served again to wash herself up and put on her lip makeup.

Grandma Yu ordered the entourage and strictly told them the rules as usual.

The warm sedan chair carried by twelve people had been waiting outside the hall early. Wen Yin put on her cloak and held on to Grandma Yu's arm, walked out of the hall unhurriedly and got into the warm sedan chair.

Wen Yin arrived neither too early nor too late. When she entered the Queen's Kunning Palace, there were already many concubines waiting in the palace. From a distance, she saw the gorgeous sedan chair symbolizing the status of the imperial concubine approaching, and the concubines in the palace were silent for a long time.

After taking a breath, they all quickly stood up and bowed down when she entered the palace.

"A gift to the noble concubine."

"No need to be polite, just get up."

Wen Yin held the stove and walked slowly through the different expressions of everyone in the palace, with a soft voice and a gentle temperament. The palace servants behind her humbly put away their umbrellas and silk cloths to protect them from the wind and snow, and quietly retreated.

Waiting on the porch.

Wen Yin came to the first place on the left side of the main seat and sat down, as her nanny helped to take off her cloak.

At this time, the queen was still in the inner hall, and the person in charge of entertaining the concubines in the outer hall was the queen's close confidant Aunt Chen. When she saw her sitting down, she served hot tea as soon as possible.

"My dear concubine, you have worked hard here in the cold weather. Please drink some hot soup to warm yourself up."

Aunt Yu took it and thanked her politely.

Aunt Chen still seemed to have not seen the tea cup that was placed on the table after being taken by Aunt Yu. After serving the tea, she stepped away respectfully.

The atmosphere in the palace became much quieter. The concubines were either sitting and waiting, or uncomfortably arranging their clothes and jewelry, or quietly squinting in their eyes. No one was talking and joking easily anymore. It was as if Wen Yin's arrival had turned off a certain button.

A switch silenced the whole hall.

Wen Yin was sitting upright, gentle and calm, with a calm and graceful demeanor. Aunt Yu was standing next to her, with a mean and fierce look on her face, and she looked not to be trifled with.

Most of the concubines who have been in the palace for a long time have figured out some aspects of Concubine Wen Gui's temperament, and know that she may seem gentle and amiable, but in fact she is distant, cold, and not easy to mess with. This kind of hardness is different from the superficial and fierce one around her.

Aunt Yu, Concubine Wen is not easy to mess with, it’s in her bones. In the palace

The concubines who had experienced Yuanping for the first time in the thirteenth year of Yuanping all vividly remember how in the autumn of that year, the seemingly gentle and frail Concubine Wen Guifei powerfully cleared her name, rescued Aunt Yu who was about to be killed, and poisoned her to death.

Her concubine then forced the queen to go to the palace to sign a petition for incompetence.

Therefore, most of them keep a respectful distance from such individuals.

After all, the new concubines who entered the palace were very curious, probably because they didn't know much about Concubine Wen in the palace, so they were a little less timid. Therefore, there were a few talented people who secretly glanced at the lady who quietly looked up.

They looked around and looked at each other. Most of their impressions of this noble concubine came from listening.

Tu said that the most famous name was that of Demon Concubine. Although few people dared to blatantly say these two words due to the intimidation of Jinyiwei, the incident in the ninth year of Yuanping was too big.

, even though they were young and waiting in the boudoir, they had heard more or less about it.

Although its reputation is not good, it still seems to them to be somewhat legendary, so how can they not be curious?

Grandma Yu quickly noticed the restless glances from the few talented people in the seat next to her. She instantly raised her eyebrows and glanced at the owner of those glances with a warning look.

Several talented people, including Lan Cairen, lowered their heads in shock, their hearts pounding, their pretty faces turned pale, and they were sweating faintly. The one they heard about the most after entering the palace was not Concubine Wen Gui.

, but the name Changxin Palace

The famous Aunt Yu is a notoriously naughty slave in the harem. I heard people say that anyone who dares to provoke her family’s concubines will be slapped in the face. She never tolerates people’s faults, even if they are concubines.

It's not wrong to shine a fan.

None of them had a masochistic constitution, so they would not stand on a pole to be beaten, so they bowed their heads like quails and did not dare to make any mistakes. Even Lan Cairen, who has been in the limelight recently, did not dare to feel aggrieved, let alone take any advantage.

She lost her usual coquettish and domineering energy.

After about another stick of incense, Queen Fang Shanshan arrived.

The concubines stood up to say hello, and the queen responded with a smile. She was supported by the maids on the left and right, and walked leisurely up the steps covered with woven carpets, and stepped onto the platform that was more than half a foot above the ground.

The queen sat down on the slump in front of the red-framed landscape screen, overlooking the concubines from a high position. The pearl crown symbolizing the queen's status, the six temples on both sides of it trembled slightly.

"Sisters, please take a seat."

The concubines took their seats as instructed, and the new concubine endured the subtleties in her heart and tried not to look at Concubine Wen's expression.

They heard that the Empress had specially built this platform so that she could overlook Concubine Wen from a high position. Of course, it also meant to silently remind Concubine Wen of the distance between the concubine and the Queen.

Aunt Yu helped her mother-in-law sit down, and at the same time lowered her eyelids to hide the sarcasm in her eyes.

This scene was watched by Aunt Chen who was waiting at the foot of the stairs. She immediately felt her face burning. Little did she know that whispers were being circulated in the harem in private, teasing the queen for building a stage. After One Kingdom

Making trouble with these monsters really brings a loss of face. Even servants like them feel shameless.

At that time, when the Empress wanted to build steps and erect a high platform in the main hall of Kunning Palace, she tactfully advised that it was not necessary to rely on external objects to show her dignity. However, the Empress insisted on seeing Concubine Wen, and acted as if she was possessed. And as a slave, it was difficult for her to explain clearly.

The swaying building height

Using the platform to target Concubine Wen not only failed to suppress her, but also made her appear intolerant. In the end, she failed to persuade her and the queen still built a high platform, which also turned Kunning Palace into a joke, and the concubines were disgraced.

Say, no one has a clue.

Although the Holy One did not say anything about this, his attitude towards the Queen was obviously cold. In the past, the Holy One would occasionally mention the Queen, but later he was too lazy to say anything. Although the Holy One said on the first and fifteenth day of every month, according to the ancestors

I came here for regular meetings, but it was just a matter of routine, and I left after sitting down for a while.

Aunt Chen felt momentarily confused and frustrated. It was not that she had not advised the queen not to compete with those concubines. Even a noble concubine was not as big as the queen. As long as the queen's position was secure, no one would be able to sway an incompetent concubine.

The position of the wrong queen. Even if the future heir does not come from the middle palace, she must be respectfully called mother queen, and she will be a serious queen mother in the future.

But after hearing these words, the queen refused to take it seriously. She did not want to settle down in her position in the middle palace. She only wanted to be favored by the saint. Aunt Chen didn't know how to persuade such a queen, who had mediocre appearance, mediocre talents and mediocre temperament.

If it hadn't been for the fact that the Holy Emperor was not in charge of the government at that time and could only marry this commoner queen according to the ancestral precepts at the request of his assistant ministers, then I'm afraid the queen would not be able to survive.

The Holy One. To be honest, it is true that the Holy One despises the Queen. Why can’t the Queen face it calmly? Now that the Holy One is arbitrary, he can still come to Kunning Palace on the first and fifteenth day of every month according to the ancestral precepts, even if it is

Even though he was not favored, he was given respect, which invisibly helped the Queen to secure her position in the middle palace. What else could the Queen be greedy for?

While Aunt Chen was thinking about it, the queen on the high platform was lecturing the concubines.

"Government affairs are complicated, and the Holy One takes care of everything and is exhausted from state affairs. Therefore, I hope that all sisters will serve with heart when serving the Holy One, so that the Holy One can be happy more and less worried."

All the concubines and concubines responded.

The queen's eyes swept over the delicate and fresh Lan Cairen below, her two very fine eyebrows were pressed down, "But there are still rules. The harem pays attention to everyone's exposure to rain and dew. If anyone wants to monopolize it,

Your Majesty,

That is to break the rules and to ignore the reputation of the Holy One and cause the Holy One to be unjust. I am the one who talks ugly words in the first place. If anyone dares to break the family law of the ancestors and damage the reputation of the Holy One, I will definitely punish him severely.

No tolerance!”

Although he was not named, how could the concubines not know who these words meant?

Concubine Zhuang pretended to wipe her lips with a handkerchief, but in fact she took the opportunity to glance in the side direction, specifically looking at Lan Tsairen's blushing face, which looked aggrieved and angry.

She felt relieved in an instant. However, she still felt a little regretful. She had hoped that the other party would be able to resist the temptation to contradict the queen in public, but she never expected that the flying chicken would be able to endure it now. It was really boring.

Concubine Zhuang was not the only one who took pleasure in others' misfortunes, there were many people who couldn't stand Lan Cairen.

You must know that the Holy Emperor enters the harem only a handful of times each month. According to the ancestral rules, the queen sleeps with the queen on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, and the concubine is the concubine on the second day of the lunar month. Excluding these three times, there are very few concubines left to share. This little talented person is Lan.

But she was able to get three opportunities to sleep with her, which almost meant that other concubines had no chance to sleep with her this month.

She is already an eyesore to many people, but she is usually very public and doesn't know how to restrain herself, which makes people even more uncomfortable. Now that she has been humiliated, I don't know how many people are willing to see her jokes.

The behavior of everyone in the hall seemed to have nothing to do with Wen Yin. She never raised her eyes to pay attention. From the beginning to the end, she lowered her eyes calmly and gently rubbed the hand stove with her fingertips.

The queen glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw the gentle and calm face in the lower left corner, feeling unspeakably agitated. She straightened her back unconsciously, but lost interest in attacking the young talent again, and turned solemn.

With his face he declared to the concubines a decree issued by the Holy One.

"This morning the Holy Spirit came to Kunning Palace to talk to me about something and asked me to declare it to the harem."

The queen's eyes slowly and dignifiedly glanced at the people sitting down, and her tone was somewhat relaxed: "The draft consumes resources, the frontline war is tight, and it is inconvenient for the palace to waste people and money, so starting from next year, the general election every three years will be cancelled."

All the concubines were surprised and then overjoyed.

"What about the annual election? It's also cancelled?" Concubine Zhuang asked uncontrollably.

The queen said: "I will cancel it all."

All the concubines, regardless of their status, were all beaming with joy at the Queen's words.

Women's time is fleeting, and women in the palace are not afraid of new people replacing old ones. Now that the Holy Emperor has decided to cancel the draft, it is undoubtedly great news for them. Even if the draft may be held again one day, it is still given to them now.

Some breathing room.

The atmosphere in the palace became lively, even if some people were whispering and joking, the Queen would not stop them. When someone asked questions, she would also answer them pleasantly. The relationship between the concubines and the concubines was unprecedentedly harmonious.
Chapter completed!