Let's talk about the emperor's concubines. After being drafted into the palace, there were very few who were directly promoted to nobles. For example, Empress Xiaoyi and Concubine Wen Xi were directly in the concubine position. Of course, it is another matter. Other than that, almost all of them only agreed to stay.
The position has not even been moved for more than ten years.
Nowadays, the middle palace is vacant, and the positions of imperial concubine and imperial concubine are vacant. It can be seen that although the emperor ignores the affairs of the harem, he single-handedly controls the status of the concubines. The difference between these positions is what he uses to control
One of the means of the harem and even the imperial court.
Nowadays, when a newcomer enters the palace, young and noble people will inevitably attract attention. However, at the age of fourteen, even though she has a pretty face, Concubine Yi's words are not wrong at all. She is clearly a child who has not yet grown up.
He Guiren and Princess Wen Xian were born in the same year. The princess was still a little girl who acted like a spoiled child under the knees of her grandmother and mother. Looking at He Guiren of the same age, it is really impossible to regard her as a serious concubine. How many years did she have in her early years?
They were also young, but they themselves were still young at that time. Things are different now, and their perspective on people has long been different.
In the past, Empress Xiaozhao once lamented that each generation of new people was getting better and better. Now that she thinks about it, it was because she was too young and didn't know how to deal with it. But now Lan Qi and Concubine Rong are all in their forties. They have experienced too many things and have accumulated a lot of money.
There are countless people with sophistication, and dealing with these newbies who are as smart and clever as flowers is just a matter of chance. It is really not easy for them to play tricks under the noses of several empresses.
The place where the newlyweds lived this time was arranged by Concubine Rong and Lan Qi. The emperor specifically asked her to live with Concubine Tong. Lan Qi guessed that maybe the emperor wanted to use Concubine Tong's situation to promote Concubine Tong.
This time, she originally planned to enclose the harem, but in the end it did not happen. She vaguely heard that some things in the court affected the emperor's decision. If it was related to the government, Lan Qi should not interfere too much. Since Xuan Ye said not to enclose it,
Then wait a little longer.
When the newlyweds meet, the Queen Mother's words have remained the same for decades. After the concubines accepted the obeisance, they only said some decent and polite words. If it were in her own palace, perhaps Concubine Yi would show off to the newcomers, and here she would be in the way of the Queen Mother.
They all have a dignified and dignified appearance.
Soon everyone dispersed, and the newlyweds stood outside the door, waiting for the ladies to go first. Lan Qi came out a little late because she stayed behind to talk to the Queen Mother, so she sent Huan Chun early to ask them to go back first. But when she left here to return to Yonghe Palace, she
Seeing Chu Xiugong's sedan waiting halfway along the road, she stood with the nobleman charmingly. When she saw her, she spoke to the people in the sedan. Concubine Tong got down from the sedan and came over to her and said, "Come and sit in your sister's room."
Can you please sit down?"
"Are you stupid? Why didn't you go over and wait for me first? You waited here to scare me, and you thought something happened." Lan Qi agreed jokingly, and walked to Yonghe Palace with Concubine Tong, turning around inadvertently
Glancing at the noble lady, the little girl's eyes were rolling, and she didn't even realize that Concubine De was looking at her. She looked around the palace, as if she was new and curious about everything.
She couldn't help but smile in her heart. When she entered the palace as a palace maid and followed the chief eunuch to the inner palace, she was also curious about everything. In the blink of an eye, today, she was living a prosperous life, but there were too many people in the palace.
She always had these clear and bright eyes, but it didn't take long before they began to gradually become dead. Duan Bi said that now Chen Changzai was lifeless, which was almost the same situation. When he entered the door with the noble man, he was more glorious than everyone else. Will it be smooth in the future?
, no one can predict it.
After entering the gate of Yonghe Palace, he and the nobles kowtowed to Concubine Tong and Concubine De. They said a few words of advice, but because they were too old to talk to each other, Concubine Tong had something to say to Lan Qi, so she
He sent the nobleman to talk to Princess Wen Chen. When Xiao Chen'er came to take her away, a concubine and a princess stood together, looking like two sisters. Lan Qi and Concubine Tong both smiled helplessly and waited until there was no one in the room.
As an outsider, Concubine Tong said: "It was the same when I first entered the palace. Is the way my sisters feel when they look at me the same as the way I feel when I look at her now?"
Lan Qi smiled and said: "It's different. I think the emperor will definitely see it differently when he sees you."
Concubine Tong nodded and said straight to the point: "This is the second time I have brought a person to live in the palace. I am afraid that there will be another person like Concubine Ping. The emperor made her a noble person and gave her a title as soon as she entered the house.
There will be no less favor in the future. Although the emperor has not really neglected me in these years, there is a light relationship between us. I don’t expect him to come, and he won’t think about me all the time. But in the future, this
If Heguiren is as favored as Chen Changzai, a secret nobleman in the past, my Chuxiu Palace will be bustling."
"That's inevitable. Maybe the emperor is afraid that you, sister, will be too boring." Lan Qi listened quietly.
"I thought it was your idea, sister. I wanted to tell you not to put the newlyweds at my place. I'm not afraid of loneliness, but I'm afraid it's not quiet enough. But I didn't expect it was the emperor's idea." Concubine Tong sighed, "What on earth is the emperor doing?"
I mean, I don’t expect him to be more partial to me, just don’t bully me.”
Lan Qi laughed hurriedly: "Why are you being bullied? The emperor will be angry if he knows it. I think this may not last long with the nobleman. The nobleman will be a concubine, and he will not live with you by then. But the emperor probably wants to
You have some sisterly feelings, so you can take care of each other in the future. What you do here depends entirely on you. If you really feel that the emperor is bullying you, I am still partial to you. If you can't get along with her, my sister will immediately think of something to do.
Move her out."
Concubine Tong smiled softly and said coquettishly: "Can't we just move away now?"
Lan Qi smiled and said: "You go and act coquettishly to me, tell me it won't work, or you two will have a fight when you go back now, and if you break your head, I can help you."
Of course, these are all jokes. Concubine Tong also knew that Lan Qi could not help her cash in immediately. She was just saying ugly words in front of her so that she could have someone to rely on. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, she met her father and said that she had been waiting for the title of imperial concubine for a long time.
Before she came down, her father asked her to do some useful things in the palace, but she couldn't carry it on her shoulders or lift it, and her brain wasn't smart enough. She couldn't do anything big or small. Her survival in the palace today depends entirely on the emperor.
of rewards.
She could clearly see how Concubine Wen Xi flew into the flames and died, so she thought about it. She had an attitude towards Amma and turned around to live her life in the palace as long as she felt comfortable. But this
Only a few months later, something suddenly happened. A title with the word "harmony" in it was such a good title, but I didn't know if this person could get along with me.
After Lan Qi and Concubine Tong finished talking, they went out together. They wanted to ask the palace maid to invite the noble man, but they didn't expect to see her when they went out. She was lifting up her skirt carelessly, revealing her underwear, stepping on the bottom of the flower pot and following Xiao Chen.
The child kicked the shuttlecock in pairs, her petite body was lively and agile, and the blush on her face that only appeared when she was having fun made her pretty face more and more beautiful. However, this pretty face was too immature. She heard Concubine Tong say from the side: "Why?
They all look like children."
At this time, someone went to remind the ladies that they were coming. He and the nobles were startled, and quickly arranged their robes to welcome them. Xiao Chener, on the other hand, did not have so many rules. He held a shuttlecock with peacock feathers in his hand and flew towards her like a butterfly.
Beside me, Jiao Didi said: "He Guiren is really good. Mom, He Guiren is better at shuttlecock than you. How about letting He Guiren play with me in the future?"
"I want to serve the emperor, how can I play with you?" Lan Qi scolded her daughter for being ignorant, but politely said to Guarjia, "Our little princess has no other skills. She can only play shuttlecock in the palace.
She can't find an opponent who can make her happy. If you and Concubine Tong are free, come and sit in Yonghe Palace and help me accompany the princess."
He Guiren's face is flushed, his voice is clear and bright, his appearance is delicate, and his speech and temperament are not arrogant. Although he cannot hide his timidity in the face of high positions, his naturally cheerful temperament is also openly displayed in front of others.
, Lan Qi had not looked at her carefully in Ningshou Palace, but now she felt that this young nobleman should at least not be an annoying person.
Concubine Tong took He Guiren and left. The two of them walked to the door. He Guiren was asking the queen to be careful when stepping on the steps. The princess's soft voice came from behind. She turned around and saw Princess Wen Chen running over, smiling and holding the peacock feather shuttlecock in her hand.
He gave it to Mr. He and said generously: "This shuttlecock is given to you. Please remember to come to Yonghe Palace to play with me."
Without commenting, the nobleman held the shuttlecock and looked at Concubine Tong, and then at the princess. The figure of Concubine De was long gone. Concubine Tong said at the side: "It's just a shuttlecock. Just accept it."
When we have nothing to do, let’s come and play with Xiao Chen’er.”
"Yes." He Guiren was overjoyed and thanked the princess happily, and then followed Concubine Tong all the way back. The sun was shining all over her body, and all the timidity of entering the palace disappeared. Returning to the east wing of Chuxiu Palace, she carefully gave the princess to her.
She had collected her shuttlecocks, and soon Concubine Tong asked her to come over for tea, and she went there in a relaxed manner.
Because of the princess's goodwill, the young nobleman who entered the palace dissipated his fear of the palace. However, Concubine Tong took her for such a trip, which made other people in the palace suspicious. Not everyone knew that it was the emperor who let He
The nobleman lives with Concubine Tong. Concubine Tong, who is obviously the most noble in the future but whose existence is often forgotten in the palace, suddenly has such conspicuous things, it is inevitable for people to feel strange.
The women analyzed it privately in groups of two and three, and they all felt that Yonghe Palace must be the one behind it. She was inconvenient to place the newcomer beside her, and she also wanted to control the emperor's new favorite. Among the other four concubines, only Concubine Tong could be manipulated by her.
, rather than saying that it was placed with the nobles in the Chuxiu Palace, it was better to say that it was placed under her own nose.
But everyone thought it was complicated, and there was nothing wrong with Lan Qi here. The emperor came to Yonghe Palace as usual on the night when the new couple entered the palace, and asked about what happened during the day. He heard that his daughter had a good time with the new couple, and even blamed Lan Qi: "
Did you mean to make them look like daughters and make it difficult for me to do anything?"