Chapter 189: Amnesty
The emperor and queen were inexplicably reconciled.
Except for the Queen Mother and Feng Yi, who were sincerely happy for Feng Wu, the others were either indifferent or annoyed and regretful. Xu Ying clearly falls into the latter category.
Although the queen has not yet given birth to the moon, she cannot handle the affairs of the harem for the time being, but as soon as the emperor and queen are reconciled, it will be a matter of time before Feng Wu returns to power. What's even more hateful is that Feng Wu took advantage of the emperor's mercy on her to blindly "curry favor and sell well", causing the emperor to run to Fengwu Palace every once in a while! Since the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, Xu Ying and Yingping have never seen Duan Yulin again. However, she doesn't have time to pay attention to these now, and the top priority is to prepare for Xu Qiu's marriage.
"Where's Qiu'er?" Since she was engaged to the Chu family, Xu Ying took Xu Qiu into the palace to raise her. She didn't want Xu Qiu to be full of childish spirit after marrying and lose the face of her Xu family, so she planned to teach her in person.
"It seems that I took the maid to pick plum blossoms." Mu Mei saw that they went out with small scissors, probably to Shuying Garden.
"This palace looks like that little hooves are leading Qiu'er there! Qiu'er is too honest, and her maid looks like she has a lot of ideas. "Xu Qiu's personality is what Xu Ying dislikes the most, her ears are soft and she has no opinions, and she listens to the maid in everything. In the long run, if you get into trouble, who will take care of it?
"Mother, maybe the slave shouldn't be too talkative. But the slave maid also felt that Pian Pian was not an honest person, and Miss Qiu had just reached Xuan, and her mind was still very simple...... Niangniang should still remind Miss Qiu to be more vigilant. "That Pianpian, who is not very old but dressed up demonically, if he marries with Xu Qiu, it will be a matter of time before he receives the house. Just imagine, if the son of the Chu family accepts such a "little goblin", will he still be interested in Xu Qiu, a "child" who is not amazing? After all, Chu Shuxiong is much older than Xu Qiu.
"This palace knows what you are worried about, and this palace is also worried. However, this situation is certainly unavoidable. Chu Shuxiong is also a swinger, he has not married a wife in his twenties, but the concubine has already accepted a few rooms. Therefore, it doesn't matter if Pian Pian finally accepts the house or not, the palace only hopes that Pianpian's heart can still be towards Qiu'er. When the time comes, don't eat inside and out, and unite with outsiders to bully Qiu'er. Xu Ying thought about it and still didn't worry about sending Pian Pian alone to marry, so she told Mu Mei to call Jinniang.
Jinniang is the old palace man of Chenqi Palace, she is twenty-five years old, and she should be released from the palace this autumn. But because she is old and has no family, it is difficult to have a good home after going out, so she intends to stay in the palace for life. Xu Ying felt that she was stable and reliable, and she could just give Xu Qiu as a dowry. An old girl, I believe that Chu Shuxiong will not have the desire to "get involved", so that Jinniang can better assist and take care of Xu Qiu.
Xu Ying can be regarded as heartbroken for this niece.
At the beginning of the new year, in order to express his comfort to the empress's pain of losing her child, the emperor issued an edict to amnesty the six palaces and release a group of palace maids who had reached the age of 20 out of the palace. The holy decree was lifted, and the palace was jubilant, and everyone praised the emperor for his kindness and generosity, and the queen's mother was in the harem.
After Mu Zhu was reset, he was still served by Ling Qiao. This rough benzene girl also hit the luck and caught up with this amnesty. Ling Qiao left, and Mu Zhu lacked a usable person by his side, so he took this opportunity to ask the imperial concubine to move the green Qiao of the flower room to her as a close attendant. It can be regarded as the fulfillment of the original promise to Luqiao.
There was a sense of parting in the Mandance Division. Changying and Yuyan are twenty-two years old this year, and Rouge is just twenty years old, and they are both on the list of leaving the palace. Only Hongyang, who is only 20 years old a year away, failed to catch up with this wave of benefits. The sisters who danced the blazing sun together are now going their separate ways, and everyone is very reluctant.
Hong Yang cried the saddest, she was the youngest of the sisters, and now she was so sad to stay alone in the palace!
"Okay, okay, stop crying. After a few more years, you can also get out of the palace. Rouge likes to fight with Hong Yang the most on weekdays, but at this time he wants to comfort her with the gentlest words. Rouge is relatively lucky, her childhood sweetheart's lover has been waiting for her, and she is going to marry a wife when she leaves the palace this time.
Changying and Yuyan are not so lucky, they have not waited for a lover for many years, and they do not have a real estate to live in. is the only skill of dancing, and most of the endings after going out are to sell themselves in a song and dance studio for this life.
The parting is imminent, in order to congratulate Rouge, the other three people pooled money to make a silver silk pearl wedding crown as her wedding gift. May she be the happiest bride wearing the blessings of her sisters, and from then on everyone will be separated from each other, and they will be in peace.
Bilang is also about to turn 19 years old, and she knows that she has missed out on this grace on last year's Halloween Day. Besides, she is a woman from the Kingdom of Guryeo, even if she leaves the palace, where can she go? The country is a long way away, but it is impossible for a weak woman to go back. Next year is another general election, and more young and beautiful maiko will be added to the manbu dancer, so how will she deal with herself then? Bilang looked at the waves of palace people who were released, and felt that he was at the end of his rope.
Bilang looked at the gate of the Man Dance Division in a daze, and after looking at it for a long time, a mist rose from the bottom of her eyes. She clenched the gorse hairpin in her hand that was rewarded by the emperor on the Wanshou Festival last year, she could have soared into the sky like a gorse on the hairpin, but she couldn't break through the flower barrier of the "green peony" and broke her wings in the air!
She also heard that the Emperor of the New Year wanted to seal the Six Palaces again, so Haitang will soon become a treasure forest? That's great! The corners of Bilang's mouth pulled up a wry smile, and at the same time, he slowly inserted the gorse hairpin into the bun, and strode towards Bai Youhan's yard.
Bai Youhan watched a group of maiko who had been trained by himself leave the Man Dance Division, both reluctant and relieved. She can finally get free when she is not yet old, unlike her, she is bound to be alone in the old palace. Just as she sighed with self-pity, Bilang's visit interrupted her thoughts.
"Why are you here?" Bai Youhan saw that Bilang's eyes were red, obviously crying. So he smiled and asked, "What?" Uncomfortable? Regret that you didn't catch the spring breeze of amnesty? "She's seen a lot of scenes like this, didn't Hongyang cry all day last day?
Bi Lang was silent, looking at Bai Youhan as if she had something to ask.
Seeing her look like this, Bai Youhan hurriedly held his forehead and shook his hand: "It's useless to look at me, I don't have so much power, the list of leaving the palace is drawn up by the emperor himself after the palace reports." No, I can't help you. ”
"My aunt will be wrong, Bilang doesn't want to leave the palace, but ......" Bilang swallowed and spit, and said with difficulty: "Bilang wants to go to the Internal Affairs Mansion to be a palace maid!" ”
"Ahem......" Bai Youhan, who was drinking hot tea, was almost choked, she stared at Bilang suspiciously and asked, "What did you say?" Say it again. ”
"Slave maid...... The slave maid wants to be a palace maid! Bilang gritted her teeth and repeated it with her eyes closed.
Bai Youhan slammed down the teacup and said in shock: "Are you crazy? I don't know how many times easier the work of the Man Dance Division is than that of the Ministry of Internal Affairs! Every New Year's Festival, the rewards are even more abundant. Why do you want to be a palace maid? "The palace maid will be punished if she is not careful, and I don't know how many palace maids in this harem are scolded and beaten every day because of trivial things, and even more are given death by the master! Which tendon is wrong for Bilang, and she actually wants to do that drudgery?
Bilang didn't explain the reason, just knelt at Bai Youhan's feet and pleaded: "Please aunt do it!" ”
"You!" Bai Youhan was angry and puzzled, but he was iron-hearted when he looked at Bilang. In the end, she could only reluctantly agree: "Get up." This is your own path, don't regret it in the future! ”
"Thank you, Auntie! Bilang has no regrets! After speaking, he kowtowed to Bai Youhan three times with tears in his eyes.
Bai Youhan is not familiar with the newly appointed head of the Internal Affairs Office, Bao Xing, but Cui Shanggong is an old acquaintance with him, and the relationship between the two has been good for so many years. And Bai Youhan and Cui Xin are friends who can talk, so if Cui Xin is asked to come forward, Bilang's matter will be half done.
After some checking, Bilang successfully entered the Internal Affairs Office and received a good errand. Bai Youhan can only help her get here, and whether she will be rich or rich in the future depends on her own creation.
In fact, Bilang is not stupid at all, she gave up the easy errand of the Man Dance Division, and came to the Internal Affairs Office to work tirelessly for a purpose. Everyone knows that since Ziwei left, there has been a lack of candidates in front of the emperor who will satisfy both Qingque and the emperor, and Bilang wants to fight desperately! If she does, she will have the opportunity to rise step by step; If she is defeated, she will be trapped in this internal affairs office and never turn over!
After the first month, the queen's body was almost raised, and she began to investigate the real cause of the miscarriage, while gradually regaining control of the harem.
In the final analysis, Feng Wu still didn't believe that her miscarriage was purely accidental, and she had always vaguely felt that there was some conspiracy behind it. She vowed to find out!
Having said that, since the entire harem was sealed on the eve of the Shunjing ten-year draft, the emperor has never promoted the concubines on a large scale. Feng Wu thought that since he was willing to amnesty the palace people, the emperor naturally couldn't be stingy with his concubine. Therefore, it is proposed that it is better to take this opportunity to talk about the status of the concubines to be promoted, which can be regarded as making up for this not very festive New Year.
Duan Yulin felt that this idea was feasible, so he discussed with Feng Wu and decided on the position of the little masters of each palace.
The imperial concubine and the three concubines of Gui, Shu and De could not be promoted, and the emperor in order to show fairness, crowned the sixth son of the emperor Duan Yingping as the king of Shoujun; Duan Yingyu, who had been crowned the king of the county two years ago, was promoted to the youngest prince of the Dahan Dynasty; Concubine De and Concubine Shu got some good-looking but useless treasures, Ji Yeguang thought that it was worth it to make Lingyu happy with these, and Li Jingxi locked it in the warehouse without looking at it after getting the reward.
Among the four concubines, only the virtuous concubine is vacant, and after thinking about it, Luo Zixiao, who has a son and a high position, is the most competent; As a result, there are many concubines, and Duan Yulin intends to promote the two Zhaoyi to concubines - Li Shutian and Jiang Lianhuan to Concubine Tian and Concubine Lian; Wen Feng and Jin Chan were promoted to Zhaoyi, and Deng Zhenxuan and Wang Zhiying were promoted to noble concubines.
The Yu Fu Hui and Yao sisters were named Rong Concubine, Xin Concubine and Xuan Concubine respectively; At the same time, Liu Youmeng also reached the peak of her life and was named a concubine; Even Lu Huizhen, who had just woken up, was lucky to be promoted to a concubine.
Low-grade concubines are not all promoted. Zhou Mulin jumped from a talented person to a nobleman; Hua Yangyu has never slept and has long been forgotten by the emperor; And Du Fangwei, who is also unfavored, was given the title of "Fang Noble" by the emperor in the face of the late Du Yuma; Further down, there are also a few slightly favored ones who have been promoted, such as Jinghua, Muzhu, Wei Nan and Begonia......
A huge seal of the Six Palaces disturbed a pool of spring water.