Chapter 56: Knowing the General
Belch...... Li Zhong was speechless for a while.
He wanted to tell the emperor that the harem had always been like this.
Which concubine is favored has become a thorn in the eyes of everyone in the harem.
In the past, when the emperor was still a prince, it was like this when he was in the palace, and even more so after the emperor ascended the throne.
Especially when Jiang Guiren was still the queen, the harem was even more uncomfortable every day.
It's just that at that time, the emperor was busy competing for the crown.
After ascending the throne, he was busy dealing with the mess, so he didn't dare to bother the emperor with this kind of thing.
If it weren't for the fact that Jiang Guiren's meal was poisoned a while ago, the emperor blamed him for not saying it earlier.
This time he learned to be smart, considering that the emperor was interested in Jiang Guiren, so he told the emperor about today's matter.
To be a minion is to adapt to the changes of the master!
Li Zhong smiled and echoed, "What the emperor said is that the harem should be in harmony, how can you bully the weak." ”
In front of the bookcase, Ying Zhan's eyes turned slightly, "You go and tell the two concubines to tell the two of them to rectify the atmosphere of the harem!" ”
"Yes, yes, the minion will go and pass the word." Li Zhong turned around and went out.
It's not the first time that the harem has bullied the weak, and the emperor is busy governing the world and has no time to take care of it.
Otherwise, why does the harem need the queen and the concubine to be in charge of the middle palace?
Of course, it doesn't mean that the emperor doesn't know anything.
Under normal circumstances, the emperor will turn a blind eye when he knows about it.
Unless there is a big trouble in the harem or someone dies, the emperor will take the time to preside over the overall situation.
Now, this is the first time that the emperor has put pressure on the two concubines.
Tut-tut, it seems that this Jiang nobleman has grown up after jumping off the building.
The emperor is busy with official affairs, and it is impossible to deal with this matter personally for the sake of women.
But as long as the emperor opens his mouth, the two concubines will not be at ease.
Concubine Nali and Shi Guiren are designated to suffer.
On the same day, Concubine Shu Guifei handed over the matter to Concubine Wen on the grounds that she was pregnant, and she had already been exempted from the harem and did not know about the trivial matters of the harem.
Under the pressure of the emperor, Concubine Wen alone disqualified Concubine Li from attending the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and also grounded her for a month and thought about it behind closed doors.
As for Shi Guiren, not everyone can participate in the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and they need to be concubines or above to be eligible to participate.
Therefore, Shi Guiren, who bullied the face-slamming Shi with Concubine Li, was directly grounded for two months.
The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet was held in the palace, and the emperor and Concubine Wen had to take a carriage to the palace.
After the banquet is over, take the carriage back to Longquan Villa.
As a nobleman, he is not allowed to participate.
She is just in Longquan Villa, keeping the New Year with Aunt Qin, Xiaolian, and Xiaolizi.
Qian Yan gave a lot of silver to the three of them, which can be regarded as a year-end bonus for this year.
At night, he leaned against the window and read a book.
She was thinking that at this time in previous years, she was alone in the sofa watching the Spring Festival Gala.
On big days like Chinese New Year's Eve, emperors mostly stay with their wives or high-ranking concubines.
Nowadays, there is no queen in the middle palace, and Concubine Wen and Concubine Shu are the greatest.
Among the two concubines, Concubine Shu is pregnant again.
Therefore, the emperor stayed overnight in the residence of Concubine Wen.
The next morning, it was the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Tanyan had to get up early and go to the two concubines to pay New Year's greetings.
For the Chinese New Year, she picked out a rouge-colored dress and put on more colorful makeup on her face.
When I arrived at Concubine Wen, I saw many minions standing outside the courtyard, even Li Zhong and his party.
After entering the house, Tilt Yan was the first to arrive.
Immediately afterwards, Concubine Rou, Concubine Hui, Concubine Yuan, and Concubine Jing arrived one after another.
In the end, even Concubine Shu came to the scene with a pregnant belly.
In the past, the concubines ran at both ends of Concubine Wen and Concubine Shu.
But today, the emperor is with Concubine Wen, and it is impossible for the emperor to run at both ends.
Only where the emperor stayed last night, the other came to say goodbye.
Concubine Li and Shi Guiren were grounded, except for the two of them, everyone was there.
A room full of women who are either dressed in red or red or pink look particularly festive.
The harem concubines are particular about dressing, and those noble colors such as red and purple can only be worn by high-ranking concubines, and others can only wear lighter colors.
Not only are they dressed festively, but the concubines also picked out some festive words when they met, and no one was uncomfortable on this day.
Especially for the pregnant concubine Shugui, everyone wished her a safe birth to the prince.
Hearing this, Concubine Shu was happy, waved her little hand, flicked her handkerchief, and rewarded everyone.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, a servant entered the inner room, and Xu went to report it.
After a while, a bright yellow figure appeared at the door of the inner room.
Everyone looked towards the door, and saw the emperor coming out of the inner room.
Concubine Wen Guifei wore a purple gown and stood behind the emperor.
All the concubines got up and saluted one after another, "Your Majesty, the noble concubine Niangniang Jin'an." ”
"Those who celebrate the New Year are exempt from courtesy." As she spoke, Ying Zhan walked up to Concubine Shu who was holding her stomach and helped her up.
In ancient times, men would pay homage to the main room.
Now that there is no queen in the middle palace, it is Concubine Wen and Concubine Shu who are most respected by the concubines and the emperor.
The concubines watched this scene, and the smile on the corner of their lips gradually disappeared.
Only Concubine Wen always had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.
She still had to put on an atmospheric demeanor, without showing a trace of jealousy and childishness.
Because in this dynasty where men are inferior to women, and there are three wives and four concubines, women can't be jealous, even if they are angry with men, it's not right.
But if you do this, you are not virtuous, and you are not merciful.
However, fortunately, after the emperor helped Concubine Shu meaningfully, he raised his feet and walked up.
Ying Zhan walked to the top and sat down, her arms hanging down from her knees, her hands thick and powerful, and her huge cold light wrench fingers embedded in the tips of her thumbs.
The whole body exudes the aura of a king, and people can't help but surrender.
The mysterious and deep ink pupils are looking down at the concubines below.
Just glanced at it so lightly, and the concubines under it had their eyes shining and their hearts were full of joy.
In the end, Ying Zhan set her eyes on Qian Yan.
She was wronged yesterday, but she didn't show aggrieved when he looked over.
On the contrary, he knew the general situation, knowing that today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and he was still talking and laughing with the concubines on the side.
It's like I wasn't bullied yesterday.
Ying Zhan retracted her eyes, and her eyes flashed with an unpredictable black shadow.
Next, Qian Yan and the concubines paid New Year's greetings to the emperor.
The emperor treated everyone equally, rewarded each concubine with a purse, and the two concubines also rewarded him.
Since the emperor still had to go to the Zhaoyang Hall to accept the worship of the princes and ministers, he didn't stay long before going to the Zhaoyang Palace.
Qian Yan and the concubines also returned to their residences.
It's cold in winter, and it's quite comfortable to hide in the house all day long, reading books and roasting fires.
She read all the books about geography and customs.
Recently, she gave the money to the Shanggong Bureau, so that she could find a number of ancient medical books, which she used to pass the time in her spare time.
Although she was a doctor of medicine in the 28th century, she also had to follow the local customs and learn about the medicine here.
And the ancients had a lot of medical knowledge, which she had never touched.
Just when he was reading carefully, Xiao Lizi entered the house, "Nobleman, Father-in-law Li is here." ”
Gonggong Li generally doesn't come, and most of the people who come are called by the emperor and nobles.