At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, autumn passes and winter approaches, and in a blink of an eye it is the deep winter time of the year.
Today is November 15th, and the queen must take the concubines and above to the Cining Palace to pay their respects to the queen mothers of the two palaces. As a noble concubine, Qingyan naturally cannot escape.
At the beginning of Mao Shi, before dawn, Bai Lu dug Qingyan out of the warm quilt, helped her wash and dress her up, and then put a white dress with a ring inlaid on it over her palace attire.
Wearing a thick orange-red wind-suppressing cloak with fox fur, he hurriedly urged her to rush to Kunning Palace.
"Lu, it's really cold today." Qingyan sat on the sedan chair, covering her head with the hat on her cloak, and yawned while whispering to her confidant, the palace maid, who was following her.
Bai Lu, who was walking on the ground, turned around and saw that even after washing, her master still looked sleepy and dazed, and she didn't know what to say.
The master likes to stay in bed the most in winter. Their Chuxiu Palace is far away from Kunning Palace, so they were already a quarter of an hour late when they left home today. Now, in order to catch up with the time, they have speeded up so much that they are getting hot from walking.
However, the master was still so sleepy that he wanted to tilt his head in the cold wind and fall asleep.
She reached out helplessly and patted her mother-in-law's arm gently to cheer her up: "Master, please wake up quickly. We will be at Kunning Palace in a while. Don't doze off again or cause hatred.
"
This is not nonsense. Nowadays, Chu Xiu Palace has really become a target in the eyes of ladies from all palaces.
Two years ago, when the Crown Prince was still a baby, the Emperor, in order to better take care of the Crown Prince, set aside almost only half a month for the concubines to sleep with him.
Now that the little prince is more than three years old, he has become a little more sensible, and there is no need for the emperor to act like a nanny and worry about the prince's food, drink, sleep, and sleep all day long. The concubines are eagerly looking forward to the emperor's ability to read more brands.
Fortunately, this wish has come true this year.
There are currently many high-ranking concubines in the palace. These ladies in charge have managed to gain a firm foothold in the Forbidden City either by virtue of their family background or by relying on their children.
Whether the emperor likes it or not, he needs to give these ladies some external dignity and respect, so every month he will go to sit at the head of each palace with rain and dew on the ground. Because of this, the number of days he spends in bed each month is also limited.
It has almost increased to about 20 days.
This is a good thing. The emperor is like the alluring Tang Monk meat, which makes most of the women in the palace think about and look forward to it. They hope to be favored by the emperor and then successfully conceive a son and a half daughter.
, it can be regarded as having support in the palace. For this reason, the concubine will secretly spend a lot of money to bribe the young eunuch in the minister's room, just hoping that his green card can be placed in a more conspicuous position.
But this good situation was completely broken after Concubine Jing went to bed.
After a few months, the concubines gradually figured out some rules. As long as the emperor ordered Concubine Jing to go to bed, the sign would be turned over at least four days and eight days at most.
This can make the concubines vomit to death. The minimum four days and the maximum eight days may not sound like much, but it makes the fight for favor more difficult. The number of days to sleep in the bed is lost by a few days. Isn't this just
Is it equivalent to Concubine Jing affecting the interests of everyone by herself?
But even so, no one rushed to say anything wrong about the imperial concubine.
After all, the young prince and the Heshel family stood behind him, and his status was second only to the queen. The backbone of the harem in front of them were so tough, so they had no choice but to secretly express their dissatisfaction in their hearts, and at the same time,
I burn incense and worship Buddha every day, hoping day and night that my luck will be better, and that I can go to bed before Concubine Jing every month...
When a group of people from Chuxiu Palace rushed to Kunning Palace, they happened to see the pregnant Queen Niu Hulu being helped by the eldest maid beside her to sit on the phoenix chariot.
"I would like to express my regards to the Queen." Qingyan was helped by Bai Lu to get down from the sedan chair, and she hurriedly bowed slightly to Niu Hulu, who was sitting at the top.
"Sister Jing, please get up. It's almost time now. Let's hurry up and pay our respects to the empress dowagers of the two palaces." Niu Hulu said as she gathered up the red cloak she was wearing and held the small bag in her hand.
The exquisite hand warmer then smiled and lowered his head and said to the concubines standing on the ground.
The concubines also nodded obediently and were helped onto their respective carriages by the palace officials.
The phoenix chariot was steadily carried by the little eunuchs and walked alone at the front. Qingyan came in second, followed by Concubine Tong and the seventh concubine. These ten high-ranking empresses led the palace servants around them, a large group of people
Then he walked vigorously towards the west.
Approaching Cining Palace, Qingyan's mind became clearer and clearer due to the cold wind.
Just as she was thinking about what breakfast she would have today after inviting An back to Chuxiu Palace, a soft cry suddenly came from behind her: "Sister Hesheli, are you late today too?"
Hearing this familiar tone, Qingyan's brows instantly furrowed, and out of the corner of her eye she saw Concubine Tong greeting the palace guests and walking to her left side, walking side by side with her.
Nowadays, the third family of the Tong family is in a weak position. In June, I heard that the third uncle and the third aunt visited my mother and mother at home.
She thought with her toes that it must be her third uncle who wanted Ama to say something nice for him in front of Kangxi. After all, the Tong family's reputation was really bad that month.
But her mother was not stupid, so she refused without mercy. In addition, she happened to be sleeping on the day of the Qiqiao Festival, so the eldest cousin seemed to be greatly stimulated.
Every time I go to Kunning Palace to say hello, I would stand on a pole and say a few words to myself.
After these repeated struggles, the already small friendship between the two of them was consumed into a "negative number".
"Did Sister Tong Fei forget? You are several years older than me, Gong Chi. Naturally, you already understand the rules of this palace."
"Seniority in the palace has always been based on status, but not on age. My sister should just call me sister Hesheli. It's freezing cold today, and I listened with all my heart.
It’s so warm that I can’t even use this hand covering.”
Qingyan didn't even turn her head, and spoke in a cold tone, focusing on Concubine Tong's pain points.
"Hesheli Qingyan, you are really, really shameless. You will be more beautiful later." Concubine Tong was so angry that she was trembling all over. She was obviously of nobler blood and age than hers.
She is several years older, but one level lower than her in terms of status. She said this in front of so many people, and she really didn't take her eldest cousin into consideration at all!
She quickly frowned and yelled at the young eunuchs carrying the sedan chair: "Go faster, I really don't want to see her."
When the little eunuch heard this, he took a step forward, trying to overtake Concubine Jing, but the next second the sedan carriage was pulled hard by someone.
"What do you want to do?" Concubine Tong watched as Qingyan suddenly leaned over and stretched out her left arm to firmly hold the right armrest of her sedan chair. Following the movements of the little eunuchs on her side, she began to harden
Shengsheng stopped, turned his gaze to her, and asked angrily.
"Sister Concubine Tong, did you not understand what I just said?"
"Has anyone ever seen a concubine dare to pass the imperial concubine and walk in front? You also know that I have nothing but brute force. If I accidentally 'touched' your sedan chair today, it will be scattered.
Then sister, you can only go to Cining Palace on two legs, and I have no money to compensate you."
As Qingyan spoke, she increased her strength on her hands. The little eunuchs carrying the sedan chair only heard a crisp "click" sound, and then with a "pop", the solid wood right armrest was broken off by Concubine Jing.
, and threw it aside casually.
Concubine Tong looked down at the stubble on her right, her eyes widening in horror.
The seventh concubine who was following them also stopped with a look after seeing this.
Aunt Tong who was following her also hurriedly took a few steps forward and leaned towards Qingyan with a smile and said: "My dear concubine, please forgive me. Our master wants to call you 'sister' because of our blood relationship with you."
After all, the 'sister' sounds kinder than this dry ranking of high and low status, right?"
"Furthermore, look at it, the Queen in front is almost reaching Cining Gate. Time waits for no one, why don't we hurry up and follow her?"
Qingyan took advantage of the faint morning light and looked down at the smiling Nanny Tong in front of her.
Not long ago, she learned that this old man who had served his aunt, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, was quite an important person in Kangxi's eyes. When he saw her, he came out to smooth things over. She was too lazy to fall in love with someone at this time.
The idiot in his mind was so careless that he directly whispered to the people on his side to speed up the pace, and then went to catch up with the phoenix chariot in front of him that had shrunk into a small black dot.
Concubine An, who was following Concubine Tong, also watched the little farce happening in front of her from beginning to end. She couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile. She really didn't know what to say. The Tong family was in bad luck. I didn't expect Concubine Tong's.
My brain seems to be getting worse and worse...
After everyone entered the Cining Palace, they saw at a glance that the queen mothers of the two palaces were already sitting on the soft couch at the top.
"I brought my sisters here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother." Niu Hulu stood at the front and led the concubines, smiling and leaning slightly to salute the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
"Get up. It's quite cold today. You all should sit down." The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and glanced at the concubines before asking the palace officials to give them seats.
"You are all the first ladies in the palace now. The Ai family is still too weak to have children under the emperor's knees. You must serve the emperor well and spread the branches of the royal family as soon as possible." The Empress Dowager held up a warm
He took a sip of the hot milk tea and spoke softly.
Hearing the same inducing words again, Qingyan quickly reached out and picked up the hot tea on the small table to cover up the fact that she wanted to yawn in the warm hall out of boredom.
Usually at this time, the concubines would bow their heads shyly and say "yes" before getting up and bowing to leave.
But today, Concubine Tong directly followed the words of the Empress Dowager.
"Empress Dowager, you don't know something. It's not that the concubines don't want to actively strive for the opportunity to sleep with the emperor. It's really that Concubine Jing serves the emperor so well that we can't attract the emperor's interest at all.
.”
Hearing this, the concubines all looked at each other. Although this was an open matter, it would be a little embarrassing after all for the grandson's sexual intercourse to be discussed in front of his grandmother, right?
But everyone has been unhappy with Concubine Jing for a long time. Seeing someone "out there", they all stopped trying to stand up and leaned back a little comfortably on their chairs, thinking about continuing to watch the next episode.
It was a big drama, but An Bin couldn't help but turned her head and glanced at Qingyan worriedly. The heavy-weight Nanny Tong.
Not long ago, she learned that this old man who had served his aunt, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, was quite an important person in Kangxi's eyes. When he saw her, he came out to smooth things over. She was too lazy to fall in love with someone at this time.
The idiot in his mind was so careless that he directly whispered to the people on his side to speed up the pace, and then went to catch up with the phoenix chariot in front of him that had shrunk into a small black dot.
Concubine An, who was following Concubine Tong, also watched the little farce happening in front of her from beginning to end. She couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile. She really didn't know what to say. The Tong family was in bad luck. I didn't expect Concubine Tong's.
My brain seems to be getting worse and worse...
After everyone entered the Cining Palace, they saw at a glance that the queen mothers of the two palaces were already sitting on the soft couch at the top.
"I brought my sisters here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother." Niu Hulu stood at the front and led the concubines, smiling and leaning slightly to salute the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
"Get up. It's quite cold today. You all should sit down." The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and glanced at the concubines before asking the palace officials to give them seats.
"You are all the first ladies in the palace now. The Ai family is still too weak to have children under the emperor's knees. You must serve the emperor well and spread the branches of the royal family as soon as possible." The Empress Dowager held up a warm
He took a sip of the hot milk tea and spoke softly.
Hearing the same inducing words again, Qingyan quickly reached out and picked up the hot tea on the small table to cover up the fact that she wanted to yawn in the warm hall out of boredom.
Usually at this time, the concubines would bow their heads shyly and say "yes" before getting up and bowing to leave.
But today, Concubine Tong directly followed the words of the Empress Dowager.
"Empress Dowager, you don't know something. It's not that the concubines don't want to actively strive for the opportunity to sleep with the emperor. It's really that Concubine Jing serves the emperor so well that we can't attract the emperor's interest at all.
.”
Hearing this, the concubines all looked at each other. Although this was an open matter, it would be a little embarrassing after all for the grandson's sexual intercourse to be discussed in front of his grandmother, right?
But everyone has been unhappy with Concubine Jing for a long time. Seeing someone "out in front", they all stopped trying to stand up and leaned back a little comfortably on the back of their chairs, thinking of continuing to watch the next episode.
It was a big drama, but An Bin couldn't help but turned her head and glanced at Qingyan worriedly. The heavy-weight Nanny Tong.
Not long ago, she learned that this old man who had served his aunt, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, was quite an important person in Kangxi's eyes. When he saw her, he came out to smooth things over. She was too lazy to fall in love with someone at this time.
The idiot in his mind was so careless that he directly whispered to the people on his side to speed up the pace, and then went to catch up with the phoenix chariot in front of him that had shrunk into a small black dot.
Concubine An, who was following Concubine Tong, also watched the little farce happening in front of her from beginning to end. She couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile. She really didn't know what to say. The Tong family was in bad luck. I didn't expect Concubine Tong's.
My brain seems to be getting worse and worse...
After everyone entered the Cining Palace, they saw at a glance that the queen mothers of the two palaces were already sitting on the soft couch at the top.
"I brought my sisters here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother." Niu Hulu stood at the front and led the concubines, smiling and leaning slightly to salute the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
"Get up. It's quite cold today. You all should sit down." The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and glanced at the concubines before asking the palace officials to give them seats.
"You are all the first ladies in the palace now. The Ai family is still too weak to have children under the emperor's knees. You must serve the emperor well and spread the branches of the royal family as soon as possible." The Empress Dowager held up a warm
He took a sip of the hot milk tea and spoke softly.
Hearing the same inducing words again, Qingyan quickly reached out and picked up the hot tea on the small table to cover up the fact that she wanted to yawn in the warm hall out of boredom.
Usually at this time, the concubines would bow their heads shyly and say "yes" before getting up and bowing to leave.
But today, Concubine Tong directly followed the words of the Empress Dowager.
"Empress Dowager, you don't know something. It's not that the concubines don't want to actively strive for the opportunity to sleep with the emperor. It's really that Concubine Jing serves the emperor so well that we can't attract the emperor's interest at all.
.”
Hearing this, the concubines all looked at each other. Although this was an open matter, it would be a little embarrassing after all for the grandson's sexual intercourse to be discussed in front of his grandmother, right?
But everyone has been unhappy with Concubine Jing for a long time. Seeing someone "out in front", they all stopped trying to stand up and leaned back a little comfortably on the back of their chairs, thinking of continuing to watch the next episode.
It was a big drama, but An Bin couldn't help but turned her head and glanced at Qingyan worriedly. The heavy-weight Nanny Tong.
Not long ago, she learned that this old man who had served his aunt, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, was quite an important person in Kangxi's eyes. When he saw her, he came out to smooth things over. She was too lazy to fall in love with someone at this time.
The idiot in his mind was so careless that he directly whispered to the people on his side to speed up the pace, and then went to catch up with the phoenix chariot in front of him that had shrunk into a small black dot.
Concubine An, who was following Concubine Tong, also watched the little farce happening in front of her from beginning to end. She couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile. She really didn't know what to say. The Tong family was in bad luck. I didn't expect Concubine Tong's.
My brain seems to be getting worse and worse...
After everyone entered the Cining Palace, they saw at a glance that the queen mothers of the two palaces were already sitting on the soft couch at the top.
"I brought my sisters here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother." Niu Hulu stood at the front and led the concubines, smiling and leaning slightly to salute the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
"Get up. It's quite cold today. You all should sit down." The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and glanced at the concubines before asking the palace officials to give them seats.
"You are all the first ladies in the palace now. The Ai family is still too weak to have children under the emperor's knees. You must serve the emperor well and spread the branches of the royal family as soon as possible." The Empress Dowager held up a warm
He took a sip of the hot milk tea and spoke softly.
Hearing the same inducing words again, Qingyan quickly reached out and picked up the hot tea on the small table to cover up the fact that she wanted to yawn in the warm hall out of boredom.
Usually at this time, the concubines would bow their heads shyly and say "yes" before getting up and bowing to leave.
But today, Concubine Tong directly followed the words of the Empress Dowager.
"Empress Dowager, you don't know something. It's not that the concubines don't want to actively strive for the opportunity to sleep with the emperor. It's really that Concubine Jing serves the emperor so well that we can't attract the emperor's interest at all.
.”
Hearing this, the concubines all looked at each other. Although this was an open matter, it would be a little embarrassing after all for the grandson's sexual intercourse to be discussed in front of his grandmother, right?
But everyone has been unhappy with Concubine Jing for a long time. Seeing someone "out in front", they all stopped trying to stand up and leaned back a little comfortably on the back of their chairs, thinking of continuing to watch the next episode.
It was a big drama, but An Bin couldn't help but turned her head and glanced at Qingyan worriedly. The heavy-weight Nanny Tong.
Not long ago, she learned that this old man who had served his aunt, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, was quite an important person in Kangxi's eyes. When he saw her, he came out to smooth things over. She was too lazy to fall in love with someone at this time.
The idiot in his mind was so careless that he directly whispered to the people on his side to speed up the pace, and then went to catch up with the phoenix chariot in front of him that had shrunk into a small black dot.
Concubine An, who was following Concubine Tong, also watched the little farce happening in front of her from beginning to end. She couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile. She really didn't know what to say. The Tong family was in bad luck. I didn't expect Concubine Tong's.
My brain seems to be getting worse and worse...
After everyone entered the Cining Palace, they saw at a glance that the queen mothers of the two palaces were already sitting on the soft couch at the top.
"I brought my sisters here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother." Niu Hulu stood at the front and led the concubines, smiling and leaning slightly to salute the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
"Get up. It's quite cold today. You all should sit down." The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and glanced at the concubines before asking the palace officials to give them seats.
"You are all the first ladies in the palace now. The Ai family is still too weak to have children under the emperor's knees. You must serve the emperor well and spread the branches of the royal family as soon as possible." The Empress Dowager held up a warm
He took a sip of the hot milk tea and spoke softly.
Hearing the same inducing words again, Qingyan quickly reached out and picked up the hot tea on the small table to cover up the fact that she wanted to yawn in the warm hall out of boredom.
Usually at this time, the concubines would bow their heads shyly and say "yes" before getting up and bowing to leave.
But today, Concubine Tong directly followed the words of the Empress Dowager.
"Empress Dowager, you don't know something. It's not that the concubines don't want to actively strive for the opportunity to sleep with the emperor. It's really that Concubine Jing serves the emperor so well that we can't attract the emperor's interest at all.
.”
Hearing this, the concubines all looked at each other. Although this was an open matter, it would be a little embarrassing after all for the grandson's sexual intercourse to be discussed in front of his grandmother, right?
But everyone has been unhappy with Concubine Jing for a long time. Seeing someone "out in front", they all stopped trying to stand up and leaned back a little comfortably on the back of their chairs, thinking of continuing to watch the next episode.
It was a big drama, but An Bin couldn't help but turned her head and glanced at Qingyan worriedly. The heavy-weight Nanny Tong.
Not long ago, she learned that this old man who had served his aunt, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, was quite an important person in Kangxi's eyes. When he saw her, he came out to smooth things over. She was too lazy to fall in love with someone at this time.
The idiot in his mind was so careless that he directly whispered to the people on his side to speed up the pace, and then went to catch up with the phoenix chariot in front of him that had shrunk into a small black dot.
Concubine An, who was following Concubine Tong, also watched the little farce happening in front of her from beginning to end. She couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile. She really didn't know what to say. The Tong family was in bad luck. I didn't expect Concubine Tong's.
My brain seems to be getting worse and worse...
After everyone entered the Cining Palace, they saw at a glance that the queen mothers of the two palaces were already sitting on the soft couch at the top.
"I brought my sisters here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother." Niu Hulu stood at the front and led the concubines, smiling and leaning slightly to salute the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
"Get up. It's quite cold today. You all should sit down." The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and glanced at the concubines before asking the palace officials to give them seats.
"You are all the first ladies in the palace now. The Ai family is still too weak to have children under the emperor's knees. You must serve the emperor well and spread the branches of the royal family as soon as possible." The Empress Dowager held up a warm
He took a sip of the hot milk tea and spoke softly.
Hearing the same inducing words again, Qingyan quickly reached out and picked up the hot tea on the small table to cover up the fact that she wanted to yawn in the warm hall out of boredom.
Usually at this time, the concubines would bow their heads shyly and say "yes" before getting up and bowing to leave.
But today, Concubine Tong directly followed the words of the Empress Dowager.
"Empress Dowager, you don't know something. It's not that the concubines don't want to actively strive for the opportunity to sleep with the emperor. It's really that Concubine Jing serves the emperor so well that we can't attract the emperor's interest at all.
.”
Hearing this, the concubines all looked at each other. Although this was an open matter, it would be a little embarrassing after all for the grandson's sexual intercourse to be discussed in front of his grandmother, right?
But everyone has been unhappy with Concubine Jing for a long time. Seeing someone "out in front", they all stopped trying to stand up and leaned back a little comfortably on the back of their chairs, thinking of continuing to watch the next episode.
It was a big drama, but An Bin couldn't help but turned her head and glanced at Qingyan worriedly. The heavy-weight Nanny Tong.
Not long ago, she learned that this old man who had served his aunt, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, was quite an important person in Kangxi's eyes. When he saw her, he came out to smooth things over. She was too lazy to fall in love with someone at this time.
The idiot in his mind was so careless that he directly whispered to the people on his side to speed up the pace, and then went to catch up with the phoenix chariot in front of him that had shrunk into a small black dot.
Concubine An, who was following Concubine Tong, also watched the little farce happening in front of her from beginning to end. She couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile. She really didn't know what to say. The Tong family was in bad luck. I didn't expect Concubine Tong's.
My brain seems to be getting worse and worse...
After everyone entered the Cining Palace, they saw at a glance that the queen mothers of the two palaces were already sitting on the soft couch at the top.
"I brought my sisters here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother." Niu Hulu stood at the front and led the concubines, smiling and leaning slightly to salute the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
"Get up. It's quite cold today. You all should sit down." The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and glanced at the concubines before asking the palace officials to give them seats.
"You are all the first ladies in the palace now. The Ai family is still too weak to have children under the emperor's knees. You must serve the emperor well and spread the branches of the royal family as soon as possible." The Empress Dowager held up a warm
He took a sip of the hot milk tea and spoke softly.
Hearing the same inducing words again, Qingyan quickly reached out and picked up the hot tea on the small table to cover up the fact that she wanted to yawn in the warm hall out of boredom.
Usually at this time, the concubines would bow their heads shyly and say "yes" before getting up and bowing to leave.
But today, Concubine Tong directly followed the words of the Empress Dowager.
"Empress Dowager, you don't know something. It's not that the concubines don't want to actively strive for the opportunity to sleep with the emperor. It's really that Concubine Jing serves the emperor so well that we can't attract the emperor's interest at all.
.”
Hearing this, the concubines all looked at each other. Although this was an open matter, it would be a little embarrassing after all for the grandson's sexual intercourse to be discussed in front of his grandmother, right?
But everyone has been unhappy with Concubine Jing for a long time. Seeing someone "out in front", they all stopped trying to stand up and leaned back a little comfortably on the back of their chairs, thinking of continuing to watch the next episode.
It was a big drama, but An Bin couldn't help but turned her head and glanced at Qingyan worriedly.