Chapter 1: The Unfavored Queen
In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, His Majesty was supposed to come to me, to my queen's palace, but ended up going to Concubine De's bedchamber. Although this is not in accordance with the etiquette law, His Majesty said that Concubine De is pregnant, hehe, what else can I do, I can't tie her up. I have to say Your Majesty~ Go and accompany Sister Defei.
I have nothing to do except drink and watch fireworks by myself, and I have nothing to do in this big Chonghua Palace. In the past, when His Majesty didn't come, I could practice calligraphy, read books, and be bored all day long.
When I was a child, I liked to dance and play the piano, and then the holy decree came down, and my father said that the crown princess should be dignified, not singing and dancing in front of everyone, alas, for the sake of the faΓ§ade of my Fu family, I had to be dignified and self-controlled.
In order to be a qualified princess and a qualified queen, I want to be virtuous and forgiving. But I'm tired to death every day, Concubine De likes His Majesty because of her detached temperament, with a trace of innocence in her domineering, but the old lady is too, up to plucking the head and auxiliary beard, down to touching fish and birds, the palace can be plenum. I've been pretending to be so hard all these years that I've almost forgotten my true nature.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, this is the first New Year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, but the first emperor has just entered the imperial mausoleum, and His Majesty means that it is not appropriate to make a big deal. In the palace, I try to do it as simple and festive as possible, and the palace all say that the queen is virtuous and intelligent, and this year's silver is a lot more than in previous years. The whole palace is full of smiling faces, and I haven't seen him praise me, give me a smile, cut, I still don't care about it.
Well, that's what I'm supposed to do as a queen. Then why did Concubine De even reward the palace maid with a hairpin for a long time? It's really more popular than people.
I will go to the Queen Mother's palace to say goodbye, chat with the Queen Mother, and wait for Your Majesty to go down to the morning court.
"Yue'er, Your Majesty goes to your palace several times a month." I gave the Queen Mother a hand to peel walnuts, and secretly screamed in my heart that it was not good, and before I could think of how to answer, the Queen Mother asked again: "Although this is the first year of His Majesty's ascension to the throne, the sister-in-law is not in a hurry, but the year before last, you married into the East Palace, and it has been almost two years, why hasn't your stomach moved at all?" Isn't it Your Majesty that he ......?"
The harem survival cheats are all the fault of the old lady. I put down the walnuts and got up and blessed, "It's the concubine who is useless, now Concubine De's sister is five months pregnant, Wang Meiren was just diagnosed with pregnancy last month, she is not afraid that she can't raise her own because she is not enough, and there are many concubines who are not pregnant." The concubine thought that if Wang Meiren was willing, it would be good for the child to stay with the concubine. β
I was trying to hold on to my face as I said these words, but the corners of my mouth were about to reach my neck. Yes, when I was in the East Palace, he only touched me on the night of the wedding, and although I didn't have any personnel, I also knew that things between men and women were probably not like that.
His Majesty was cold and cold-hearted, and he was perfunctory throughout the whole process, without half a point of warmth. I have tried my best to be good, and I can only grit my teeth and endure the tears of pain. When he was done, as usual, he fell asleep, leaving me to look at the curtain all night. That night I kept thinking about why I was forced to the prince by my cousin in the first place, it was so annoying.
After that, I came to my palace in the East Palace, but there were only a handful of them. I have been on the throne for four months, and only festivals come to my palace. Where am I going to get pregnant? Born with yourself?
The Queen Mother sighed lightly, "Yue'er, my cousin knows that you are uncomfortable, and Your Majesty doesn't know now, but he will understand what a good child you are in the future." "I wish he knew! I wailed in my heart, and I could only say, "The concubine does not seek His Majesty's Sacred Heart, but only wishes His Majesty's heirs to prosper and the country to be long." β
After saying this, I felt that the Queen Mother seemed to look at me deeply, paused as if sighing, and did not speak again. Later, I asked for some palace matters, but the Queen Mother didn't say anything about it, but only praised it at the end and handled it properly.
As he spoke, His Majesty came. After entering the door, he didn't look at me, sat down and began to talk to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother instructed a few words, saying that she was tired, and Your Majesty and I also retired together.
I just got out of the queen mother's bedroom, if I went back to the Qinzheng Palace, it would be on my way with me, I couldn't tell where he was going, so I reported to him, "The concubine thought that it was the first day of the new year, and the two sisters were pregnant, so they were exempted from the palaces this morning. β
Unexpectedly, His Majesty glanced at me, and his voice was extremely cold: "Hua'er has been pregnant for more than five months, why did you exempt her from asking for peace?" My heart was pounding, I secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly saluted and confessed, "It was the concubine's fault that she was not thoughtful and failed to take care of her sister's body, causing her sister to be tired, and the concubine informed the Polar Moon Palace that she would be exempted from future greetings, and hoped that Your Majesty would atone for her sins." β
I lowered my head and tried to find a crack in the ground to get into. I couldn't get up for a moment if he didn't say anything. I even wondered if I had the mind to spare Sun Miaohua earlier, and I just begged him to quickly expose this matter.
After a long time, he said, "You can't understand the hard work of a pregnant person, Hua'er is about to give birth to my first royal child, I got the edict of enthronement when I was first diagnosed with pregnancy, and it was the first New Year when I gave birth, I felt that her birth was a good omen from heaven." β
He looked down at me, I didn't taste the meaning of his words, I thought he was going to let me get up, His Majesty Xie was all on his lips, seeing that he didn't mean this, as if he wanted to explain my matter, I had to swallow it again. I only heard him say, "Since it is an auspicious omen from heaven, I feel that it is really a bit low to allow her to be a concubine." β
Yes????? It's crazy!!
If it weren't for the clear skies right now, I would have wondered if I had been struck by lightning. If it weren't for the good upbringing of my parents, if it weren't for the fact that I was still a "famous capital" before, I think I would have scolded people now.
The daughter of a guard relied on her grace and pregnancy, it was unheard of to seal the concubine at the beginning, and the harem was shocked, and now she still thinks that the concubine is not high enough? You've given her my queen!
Thinking of this, I was about to blurt out a word of disobedience, and I was defeated again by his cruel gaze, "Then wait for Concubine De to give birth to the eldest prince, and the emperor will decree the crown of the concubine." β
"The queen mother's side ............ "Heh, it turns out that I told me for a long time that it was for this, Dog Emperor!" Da Dusk Jun! I bowed my head and pursed my lips, and replied, "The concubine will go and say." β
"In this way, I will be at ease, you get up." Zhiyu hurriedly helped me up, I thought that my legs might not be able to walk, and when I was thinking about how to get out of my way with him, he flicked his sleeves and said that he would go back to approve the fold, and he left without looking back, so I had to squat down again to send off His Majesty. It just so happens that I'm embarrassed to walk with him.
Zhiyu helped me up again, but the expression on my face changed, aggrieved, I saw her posture as if she was about to scold, and hurriedly stopped her: "Go back to the palace and talk about it." β
When I returned to the palace, I asked someone to burn the stove more vigorously, squatted for a long time to listen to him, it was cold to death, Zhishuang went to the internal affairs office to light the charcoal distributed by the palaces, and asked Zhiyu to get me a small stove, I put it in my left hand, and now I have nothing to do to look at the chess game.
Looking down at her, as if she had something to say, she just asked people to step back, and her conversation box opened: "Niangniang! Why don't you persuade Your Majesty, the slave just heard it so true, concubine! And the eldest son of the emperor! Concubine De dares to be disrespectful to you now, and she gave birth to a child and paid it back? ! β
I put down the chess game and hurriedly restrained her, "What are you talking nonsense, how can she disrespect me?" You entered the East Palace with me, I think I'm getting more and more used to you, dare to make up anything? It is not strange that the emperor favors Concubine De, even if she is allowed to be the imperial concubine, I am here after all, what do you have to be angry about, if Your Majesty wants to abolish me one day, you are not too late to be angry. After saying that, I didn't want to pay attention to her, and continued to pick up the chess game and read it.
I didn't expect this Nizi to be in a hurry, "How can Niangniang say such unlucky words!" Niangniang is one of the best nobles in Beijing, the musician and dancer invited are the best in Beijing, and even the best teacher and aunt are invited to learn etiquette. β
As soon as I heard her talk about these things about Chen sesame and rotten grain, I wanted to cover my ears, and I couldn't help but put down the book again, wanting to teach her a lesson, but she immediately continued: "The slave is worried about the mother, Your Majesty is not coming to us, Concubine De is pregnant and can't sleep and accompany her every day, the slave and the maid listen to those eunuchs and palace maids who chew the root of the tongue and arrange your eunuchs and palace maids eager to go up and tear them, but you don't allow it, Niangniang, even if you don't do it for yourself, you have to fight with the master for the sake of the young masters!" β
Hearing her say this, I am one head and two big, my brother was an official in the former dynasty and let him be promoted by his own ability, what can I do to find opportunities in me?
In order to let this girl stop bothering me, I simply cleaned up with her, thought about it and said: "I didn't let you be angry with those palace maids before, because you are the big palace maid in charge of my palace, you should be dignified and dignified, and you should be angry with those people, and you don't have to make people laugh." If your father and mother had told you these words, you wouldn't have had to say them again.
You grew up with me, and you don't know what kind of character I have? I didn't want to fight, it was my cousin who had to ask the emperor for a decree and wanted me to be the crown princess, His Majesty had always loved Miaohua, but I stepped in and grabbed someone's position, where did she disrespect me? You dare to say such things, be careful that I send you to the outer courtyard to clean! After a few heavy words, the girl shut up.
Zhishuang came back and reported to me that Concubine Li had a cold, saying that the charcoal was not enough and that she wanted a lot. I thought about it, I had a cold, I was going to see it, and I was idle and bored anyway. He called someone to prepare a sedan chair and got up and went to the Cui Xi Palace.
Along the way, I thought to myself, in fact, although Concubine De didn't have much respect for me, she didn't disrespect me either, at most, she didn't salute me because she was pregnant. After today's incident, I decided to see her and walk around, don't be unhappy one day, and your majesty will come to discipline me again.
I found out that I'm actually a very good talker, and if I'm threatened a little, I can agree to any conditions, can't I have to be like this if I want to live in the harem, my bottom line is very low.
As for Concubine De, I'll give her a good board. If she is happy, Your Majesty will be happy, and Your Majesty will be happy, and I will be relaxed. It doesn't feel very difficult to think about it like this, tomorrow I will talk to the Queen Mother about the promotion, and as soon as Your Majesty is happy, I will be less bothered. Thinking so, when I entered the Emerald Washing Palace, I had a smile on my face.