Chapter IV
: Concubine Qian was demoted again
The emperor likes to go to Jiangnan to play, every time he brings a concubine, this time is no exception, the emperor has already decided to take Chenxi to Jiangnan, let Li Dequan around him to tell everyone, Li Dequan came to Kunning Palace when all the concubines were there, Li Dequan gave the queen a salute: "The slave came to tell the queen that the emperor was going to Jiangnan this time to take the concubine Niangniang." Concubine Zhen Niangniang was packing up and didn't come to say goodbye to Niangniang, and the slave retired first. ”
Concubine Xian thought that Concubine Qian was grounded, and she couldn't go, so the only concubine she had was herself, but she forgot that there was also Concubine Zhen! The queen is even more pitiful, in the past, the emperor went to Jiangnan with concubines or concubines, but now that they have both fallen out of favor, it is their turn, who knows that the emperor decided to let Concubine Zhen accompany him to Jiangnan for inspection.
Dye Gui Concubine said: "In the past, the emperor always took the concubine Niangniang to patrol the Jiangnan, but now the concubine is favored, and even the concubine Niangniang has been compared." Concubine Xian glared at the noble concubine and said, "It's okay not to go, the emperor used to always take the palace to the palace, and the palace is also annoying, let her go to the palace to rest." The noble concubine said: "If the emperor has been pampering the concubine, the mother will be able to rest every day in the future."
The queen said to them, "When the palace is lacking, all the sisters should go back." "The concubine retired."
The emperor and Chenxi soon set off, and the emperor said to Chenxi: "The journey may be very tiring, but I still like to go to Jiangnan, where the scenery is picturesque, I used to always take Concubine Xian to Jiangnan, and I will often take you to Jiangnan in the future." Chenxi snuggled in the emperor's arms, "The concubine went to Jiangnan with her parents when she was a child, it was very beautiful, and the concubine liked it very much." ”
After a long journey, Chenxi and the emperor arrived in front of a small courtyard in Jiangnan, which was built by the emperor in Jiangnan for his own residence. It's very safe here.
Although Concubine Qian's supposed things are still there, the most important thing is gone, and favor is extremely important to her, but what she has lost is favor. The women in the harem are no longer favored, even if the position is high, no matter how powerful the power, what's the use!? Now without waiting for the emperor to come forward to deprive Concubine Qian of the power of the assistant six palaces, the queen mother issued a decree to deprive the right of the assistant six palaces.
Falling out of favor and losing power happened to Concubine Qian, and the only word available now is "disaster is not a single line".
The emperor and Chenxi traveled in the south of the Yangtze River, and after the emperor and Chenxi got along for many days, they found that Chenxi was not only different from others in literature and art, but also had a character and thoughts, and the emperor felt more and more that Chenxi was the first empress Wu Zetian in Chinese history.
Time flies in a blink of an eye, it is time for the emperor and Chenxi to return to the palace, they will leave early tomorrow morning, and it is estimated that they will be able to arrive in the palace in the afternoon.
The Queen Mother watched Concubine Qian go crazy from here, and said helplessly: "Spread the will of the mourning family, Concubine Chen of the Chen family is chaotic in the harem, making a big fuss in Kunning Palace, disturbing the monarch's heart, and specially demoted to a nobleman and moving to Bingmo Palace."
Concubine Qian was punished, first stripped of her title as Concubine Chen, and then demoted to a noble person by the Queen Mother as a noble person for Chen Guiren. Yehenara Chen's noble name is the same as Chen Guiren's honorific title, so the queen gave her a new title "Ying".
It has always been the nobles of Li and Ying who have been friends with Chenxi, the nobles of Yue have always relied on Concubine Xian, Xu Changzai, Zhao Changzai, and Peng Meiren have always followed the queen, and only Chen Changzai has always followed Chen Guiren.
When the emperor came back, Chen Guiren was still crying on the ground in the lobby of Kunning Palace, and Chenxi hurriedly asked the queen and the queen mother to say goodbye, "The queen mother is blessed, the queen is Jin'an." The Queen Mother said to Chenxi: "Xi'er is tired all the way, hurry back to the palace to rest." The emperor should also go back, there are mourners and queens here. The emperor and Chenxi returned to Chengqian Palace, and the emperor said to Chenxi: "Do you know? When Concubine Qian first entered the palace, she was very sensible, and as soon as she entered the palace, she was named a noble concubine, and the queen and the emperor stopped her, but I still named her a noble concubine. ”
Chenxi asked, "What about later?" The emperor sighed and said: "She began to become more and more arrogant, I didn't care, I was promoted to Zhaoyi after only half a year in the palace, and after another year, she Ama made great contributions, I gave her the title of concubine, and gave her the right to associate the six palaces." Later, she bullied the queen, and the queen mother reprimanded her a few words. But now, I can't stand it anymore. ”
Chenxi handed the emperor a small snack, and the emperor ate the snack from there, Chenxi kept thinking: Maybe I was framed this time so that I could regain the emperor's favor, right? No matter what she does, she still loves the emperor. But why did she hurt me? I must pay more attention in the future, it is inevitable that there will be no second concubine. ”
After Concubine Qian fell from a high position, she was not as good as before, Concubine Qian stayed alone in Bingmo Palace and did not come out, no one was seen, and the emperor also approved that she could not go to Kunning Palace to ask the queen for peace.
Ying Guiren came to Chengqian Palace to find Chenxi to go to the Imperial Garden, when they walked to the river, they found Chen Guiren sitting alone on the big stone by the river, as if she was looking like something, and then she slowly walked to the river, stood up straight and jumped down at once, Chenxi shouted to the patrol guards, "Chen Guiren jumped into the river, you go and save people!" The guards hurriedly ran over and found that there was not a trace of ripples on the river surface and was as horizontal as a mirror, and the foreman's guards told the emperor about this, and the emperor was furious and roared, "Come on, hurry up to Bingmo Palace, you go to the royal river in the imperial garden, and send someone down the river to fish me up." To live to see people, to die to see corpses! How can a good palace concubine jump into the river inexplicably? No matter how bad she is, she is also my concubine. ”
Li Dequan immediately went to the Indifferent Palace, in fact, the Indifferent Palace is similar to the Cold Palace, the only difference is: the Cold Palace is for the waste concubines, and the Cold Palace is for the concubines who have not been abolished, and the people who live in the Indifferent Palace must be very unfavored concubines, and most people will not live there. It is also the dead end of the palace, and if anyone attacks the palace, only the Palace of Indifference is the least safe.
Mo'er said to Li Dequan: "The noble lady said in the morning that she was going out for a walk, and the slave asked her where she was going, but she didn't answer. I've been there until now and haven't come back. Just now someone said that the nobleman jumped into the river by the royal river, and the slave remembered that the nobleman and the emperor recognized each other by the royal river, and the canonization ceremony of the nobleman was also held by the royal river. ”
The guards went down to the river to search carefully, and finally found the body of Chen Guiren, whose face was pale and his hair was messy. The emperor was extremely angry and roared: "This is the end of the incident of Chen Guiren jumping into the river, and all the palace maids and eunuchs who served Chen Guiren have been beheaded. Since Chen Guiren's funeral was a suicide and an unnatural death, it could not be done in a big way according to the rules, so he was buried according to the promised funeral. ”
The Queen Mother also learned about this, but she didn't ask carefully, but just said, "How can she live for a long time?" There is a rule of survival in this palace that the winner is the king, and the loser is the coward, and it is good for her to die in such a disorderly manner. ”
The queen and Concubine Xian were very satisfied with Concubine Qian's death, the queen had one less antagonist, and Concubine Xian also had one less enemy. Maybe it's a good thing for all the women in the harem, after all, they don't have one less person to share the favor. ”