Qixiang Palace.

When the deacon and eunuch came in to report that Dorobelle and the second son of the emperor Xuanye were asking to see her, the queen Ulunzhurig [1] was complaining to her aunt and the deposed queen Meng Guqing that Concubine Kang's mother and son were deliberately bad and wanted her to make a fool of herself in front of the queen mother and the emperor, because she looked down on her as an unfavored queen. But Meng Guqing didn't say a word, just listened quietly and let his niece vent.

"What is he here for? Don't you think I'm not working hard enough and making a fool of myself? Missing! Tell him to go back! The queen turned around impatiently and shouted at the little eunuch.

"Slow!" Concubine Jing Meng Guqing stopped the little deacon eunuch who was about to come out in time.

"Auntie, do you still want to see him?" The queen saw that Concubine Jing did not follow her heart, and asked with some complaints.

"Queen, since he dared to come to see you, it means that their mother and son let you go out that day, or deny it today, they are all prepared." Concubine Jing was halfway through her words, but she stopped and patted the back of the queen's hand first to show relief.

"Is Baylor the only one coming?" Concubine Jing then turned to the little eunuch.

"If you want to return to the master, only Lord Belle asks to see him." The little eunuch replied carefully, this master is not easy to mess with, that is the famous "former queen" in the three palaces and six courtyards, and her temper is big!

"Got it." Surprisingly, the abolition is very calm and calm today.

"Queen, he came alone to explain these three times, and he is now going to give us an explanation. After all, Concubine Kang of Jingren Palace. It's just a pawn for her son. I see, let's meet and hear what he has to say. Concubine Jing gently persuaded her niece, and a rare smile appeared on her face.

"But aunt, his little 'granulated karma' [Mongolian word for "bastard"] is really hateful, and he actually played us around! Why can't you let me breathe? Aren't you angry? The queen was still unwilling and looked aggrieved.

"Hehe, 'If you run a dead horse in the mountains, you can hurt yourself with anger'. Ulunzhuzhige, don't be angry! You're still young. There are some people and some things that you still don't understand! 'There is no tree in the forest that does not bend. There is no perfect man in heaven and earth'[2]. If he didn't give us such a play, maybe we wouldn't take him seriously! Concubine Jing Meng Guqing used two Mongolian proverbs in a row, trying to dissolve the anger in the queen's heart.

Seeing that the queen nodded as if she didn't understand, Concubine Jing continued:

"He's telling us. Now in this Forbidden City. Don't look at him, he's less than three years old. But he has also become a character, and there are some things that he can indeed turn his hands into clouds and rain with his hands. Actually. The more he does this, the more he proves that he wants to befriend the women of our Borzigit clan. Especially the two of us women! Concubine Jing smiled and stretched her jade fingers, and gestured at herself and the queen, but she showed her calmness.

"Befriend us? How can there be such a handover? And why do you want to befriend us? The queen looked surprised.

"Why can't you be so friendly? Haha, Ulunzhurig, you are still a Mongolian daughter from the steppe, don't you know that we Mongolians admire heroes the most? If he hadn't resorted to a little trick, wouldn't we still look down on him and treat him like an ordinary child? If he shoots down the eagle flying high on the grassland with an arrow, we will naturally take out the most haode mare's milk wine and sing him the most melodious long tune! Concubine Jing's gaze sparkled into the distance, as if she had seen an endless grassland.

"Oh, I see...... He just wants us to know how good he is! The queen seemed to have an understanding, looked at her aunt as if she was inquiring, and when she saw her nodding in approval, she then asked:

"Then why did he befriend us? He is now favored on both sides of Cining Palace and Weiyu Palace! The queen gradually understood the truth that she must put a lot of effort and think more about Hongyi.

"Yes, the queen is right. He now has the favor of the queen mother and the emperor, and he seems to be a smash hit, like a flower blooming on the grassland in spring. However, whether it is the queen mother or the affectionate emperor, they are all like the spring breeze on the grassland, and sometimes they can be gently brushed, but they can't say when the wind and sand will rise! What's more important is that the Queen Mother and the Emperor are not a wind at all, but often the east wind rushes against the west wind, and the west wind presses the east wind! You say, don't you? "Concubine Jing is kind and seductive.

"Hehe, what my aunt said is reasonable, I have also experienced it in the past two years." Hearing the metaphor of the image of her aunt, the young queen smiled knowingly.

"Then think about it, how can this beautiful chick survive the raging wind?" Concubine Jing glanced at the little eunuch on the side, and then asked the queen.

"You! If you let others know what you heard today, do you understand your fate? The queen noticed Concubine Jing's eyes, and suddenly pointed sharply at the deacon and eunuch standing aside.

"The slave knows, the slave never dare!" Frightened, the little eunuch knelt on the ground and trembled.

Concubine Jing nodded at the Empress with satisfaction. This glance just now can also be regarded as random training and temporary tasks for the queen, just see if you can understand the profound meaning of a look. The queen is not stupid, she naturally knows Concubine Jing's thoughts: Can the people in this Qixiang Palace keep secrets, and still want me, the main "queen", to judge, order, and exert power.

"Auntie, that little flower wants to protect itself, is it possible to rely on the ...... beyond the high wall" The queen eagerly changed back to the topic.

"Beyond the walls? Oh, the queen is talking about Tong Jia? Hehe, you're holding her up too high! Concubine Jing angrily pouted in the direction of Jingren Palace.

"Why not? That one is Gushan Ezhen, the third-class essence of Qi Nihafan [third-class son]! The queen continued to point beyond the walls.

"Gushan Ezhen?" The Han Army's blue flag is solidifying the mountain, and it's just true! The queen remembered that in this Qing Dynasty, only the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners are the elite, and my Mongolian Eight Banners are the most! He is a slave of the Han army, a small third-class jingqi nihafan, and now he can't be on the stage. However, I think in the future, they can rely on this little Belle to soar in turn. Concubine Jing said, her gaze deepened. It seems to look further.

"Oh, that'...... What does that little flower depend on to survive? The queen is no longer entangled in the Tong family outside the wall, but more concerned about the "little flowers" inside the wall.

"It depends on the fertile soil that is deeply rooted in its feet!" Concubine Jing was a little disappointed because the queen did not ask herself why the Tong family would rely on Xiao Xuanye in the future, but she still said kindly and firmly.

"Fertile soil?"

"Yes, fertile soil! In this back~ palace, you are the queen, and only you can become the fertile soil where he Xuanye can take deep roots! Otherwise, even if he is favored today, he will be afraid of the wind in the future! Concubine Jing's eyes were blazing. But unfathomable. It's as if you've seen the future.

"Help him? This little guy just threatened us...... "The queen was a little anxious.

"Queen! Don't mess with yourself! You only heard a wolf howl, and you haven't seen the fierce wolves, why do you have to rush for your life? After all, he didn't say anything. Didn't do anything......" Concubine Jing finally showed a little bit of majesty. scared the queen on the other side into obedience.

"But I'm ...... What kind of fertile ground am I? How to support him this little flower? The queen was a little puzzled. I can't even get the emperor's eyes, maybe one day I will become the second abolished queen, how to be the "fertile soil" of others?

"Huh. I think the little guy outside the door will have a way. Otherwise, how could he find you and me? Concubine Jing smiled with satisfaction, as if affirming her judgment.

"Does he have a way?"

"Well, let him come and think of a way for you to sit firmly on the throne of the queen. Then let's find a way for him to be a fertile ground for him to thrive! "Concubine Jing should have changed the subject of the second half of the sentence, replacing 'you' with 'we'.

"But what can I do!" The young queen still couldn't hold her breath, and she didn't hear the change in Concubine Jing's words.

"Don't forget, Queen, you still have me! My beautiful niece! Concubine Jing nodded vigorously, shook the queen's hand vigorously, and then said:

"Well, let's see what kind of gift he gives us!"

"Gifts?" The queen now had nothing but to "repeat" her aunt's words.

"Let him in, Queen, and let's see if he's a low-flying eagle or a hen that occasionally flies up to the yurt."

After Concubine Jing finished speaking, she didn't wait for the queen to speak, so she waved her hand at the little eunuch who had been kneeling on the ground. The deacons and eunuchs, who had long heard and witnessed all kinds of flying and domineering after the abolition, withdrew as if they had been amnestied.

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"Huang Eniang! Concubine Jing! [3] "Hongyi, who finally ascended the main hall of Qixiang Palace, didn't raise his head or look at it, so he shouted out the honorific titles of the two "Hanging Quota Niang" in one breath, and after beating Qian'er, he half-knelt there and didn't move.

"Xuan Ye, no matter how you look at it, you know that the palace is here with the queen?" Concubine Jing was a little stunned by this little guy's style, as if she was confident, she didn't even say "please peace", she just said hello twice, and it was over with a thousand words? ! Looks like you've got the two of us?!

"Back to Concubine Jing's mother, the son is here to give gifts to the emperor and you, if the Qixiang Palace of the emperor is missing you today, the son really doesn't dare to come rashly! The retainer is afraid of annoying the emperor's mother......"

Gifts? Is it really a gift? The queen couldn't help but glance at Concubine Jing, and then glared fiercely at the deacon little eunuch.

[1] The empress's name "Ulunzhurig" was invented by the author Hongyi, meaning "colorful clouds", and is not mentioned in the official history. Everyone, don't think that this is recorded in the official history. As a novel, I want to be careful not to confuse canonical history with deductive speculation, lest readers who are not familiar with the original appearance of this period of history have misunderstandings for a long time. This matter is thanks to [Childhood Sweetheart Little X] classmates who often study it and remind me! Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to solemnly declare that although this novel adheres to the principle of taking the original historical context as the baseline for the development of the plot, the fabrication, speculation, and deduction cannot be avoided or abandoned, otherwise it will become a retelling of history! Therefore, from today onwards, all the events and characters that do appear in the official history will be explained in the form of annotations. Where it is obvious that it is apocryphal, it will be mentioned directly in the text. This may bring a little unpleasantness to reading, but I am afraid that I will miss the future of many history-loving children's shoes! Sorry.

[2] Both of these are Mongolian proverbs.

[3] After examining the "Qing Shilu" and the Qing Dynasty emperor's "Living Note", Hongyi believes that the Qing Dynasty prince called his father's concubine, colloquially "concubine mother" [it is estimated that the Manchu "mother" here will not use the word "e-niang", but find another word instead]. In the written language, after the emperor's great trip, he would call his concubine "Huang Kao a certain concubine". In addition, except for his biological mother and mother-in-law, the prince will never call other concubines "Eniang". To explain one more point, in fact, the word "son-in-law" that we commonly use now is generally called "son-in-law" in the mouth of the prince in the early Qing Dynasty, but it has been damaged and lazy by many Qing court dramas, so Hongyi also followed the trend and wrote "son-in-law", saving you from looking awkward. Corrections are welcome. (To be continued......)