Yingyun stayed in Yingtai for a few days, visited the surrounding scenery, and then returned to the Forbidden City with the emperor. On the day I returned to the palace, the snow kept falling in the middle of winter, so I could only hide in the warm dormitory.

A few days before the New Year's Pass, Ying Yun went to Cining Palace to discuss with the Empress Dowager about the Qianqing Palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The Queen Mother still felt a little cold with the hand stove in her arms, and sighed: "In the past two years, I have become more and more old, and my hands and feet are very cold. ”

Yingyun looked at her with staring eyes, and said with a dry smile: "Lafayette, you don't want to hang up, right?" ”

The Queen Mother raised her hand and knocked her on the head, and said, "Can you say something auspicious about the New Year?" ”

Ying Yun pouted and smiled, and said, "Isn't this a joke with you, Lafayette, you have to live a long life, so that you can cover your concubines, right?" ”

The Queen Mother shook her head helplessly, and said, "I don't know where you grew up at this age?" After so many years, it's still the same, can you grow a little? ”

Yingyun pouted unwillingly, and said, "What's wrong with the concubine?" You see, isn't the palace well managed by the concubines? Peaceful, Lafayette, you will enjoy your old age in peace. ”

The Queen Mother said leisurely: "It's okay not to mention the harem, look at those concubines, what kind of people have been suppressed by you one by one, since the pure concubine and below, even the atmosphere does not dare to penetrate one." ”

"That's the concubine's control!" 187

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "After Emperor Shujia left, the six palaces in the east and west have lost several main positions one after another, and they are always not the same. In my opinion, one or two lords can be set this year, and the harem can be more complete. ”

Ying Yun said suspiciously: "If you want to be promoted to the main position, you must choose from the nobles." Among the few nobles at the moment, the Yu nobles, the Lan nobles, and the Lin nobles are the most outstanding, who are you looking down on, Lafayette? ”

The Queen Mother said: "Lin Guiren's background is a little lower, and he is already very important to take charge of the Chengqian Palace, and it is not appropriate to be promoted again." It's Yu Guiren and Lan Guiren, one is like-minded with you, and the other is a relative of your mother's family, and at the end of the year, they were promoted together, what do you think? ”

Ying Yun thought for a while and said, "Jin Feng Yu noble, the concubine has no opinion." As for Lan Guiren, the concubine always felt that she was thinking too much, so it was better to take precautions, and let's talk about it in two years. ”

The Queen Mother leaned on her and said, "You are the master of the harem, so listen to you." However, the position of the concubine has been the sole concubine in the past two years, and it is inevitable that she will be arrogant. If you promote another concubine, the two will be balanced, and there will be less turmoil in the palace. ”

The pure concubine relied on her status under one person to crush the concubines, and no one dared to speak up. A son and a daughter have promised an excellent marriage, and the momentum is indeed too fierce, and it is also a good choice to give her a strong rival.

Ying Yun thought about it and said: "In the concubine position, Concubine Shu doesn't have to think about it at all, Concubine Yu's courage is not enough, so Concubine Ling is left, and she can compete with Concubine Chun." ”

The Queen Mother said: "That's exactly what I mean, with two concubines in the palace, the balance will not tilt." In addition, Batma also learned the rules for a year, and if the emperor wants to return to Xinjiang, he will take advantage of the New Year to canonize it together. ”

Yingyun has no objection to this, anyway, there are many people in the harem, so it's not bad for these few.

After the two discussed, they returned to the emperor and handed over the list of Jin Feng. The palace has not been promoted for several years, and everyone is looking forward to this year's Qianqing Palace Banquet.