Chapter 136: The Most Favored Concubine

Qingcheng attaches great importance to the Miza clan, looking at her weak and cautious, just like herself back then. She sat on the edge of the kang, and outside the window, Erqi whispered: "Master, Migege is here." Qingcheng replied, "Let her enter the house." As soon as the curtain of the embroidered gold character Shoufu pattern was lifted, I saw a slender woman in a white plain pattern robe in January, combing her double-haired flag head, hairpin with a huge bright pink peony, lining her face very small, red and ruddy, and full of blood.

Miza bent his knees and said, "Pure master is blessed." "The afterglow turns around, the vermilion wall is painted, the steps are exquisite, and there are priceless things everywhere, which makes people fall into a luxurious dream. Seeing that the emperor was not there, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Qingcheng held her and said with a smile: "No need to be polite. He added, "You are pregnant, do you have a good appetite in the near future?" If you want to have any snacks, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some for you. How dare the Miza clan be picky, seeing that there were two plates of osmanthus cake and persimmon on the kang table, he said respectfully: "The slave maid thinks that the osmanthus cake is very fragrant." Qingcheng knew that she was restrained, so she didn't ask any more questions, and said to Erqi: "In the morning, there are two cans of newly made rose cheese, and a bowl will be sent in the study." Erqi answered, but retreated.

Hai An came from outside with a smile, holding a sandalwood box in his hand, followed by two girls, one with a big red forged cloth in one hand. Qingcheng asked, "Can you take the shoes worn by the second princess?" Hai An bent his knees and said with a smile: "Back to the master, I really don't open the box to see, I really don't remember, when the sixth elder brother was not born, the master made many shoes and socks worn by girls, and then it was useless, and I forgot it in the corner." As he spoke, he opened the box and turned over the palm-sized shoes and socks for Qingcheng to see.

Qingcheng thought for a moment and said, "Yes, at that time, I just thought I would give birth to a princess." Then he said to the Miza clan: "Although I don't know if you have a son or a daughter in your belly right now, these things are all good, and I haven't used them once, so if you take them back, maybe they can come in handy." The Mizza clan was grateful to Dade, and got up to say goodbye again, but was stopped by Hai'an, and said: "Mi Gege just sit, don't hurt the emperor and grandson in the belly." Qingcheng also said: "You just sit, you don't have to do anything at your daughter's house, there are a lot of things left in Jiao'er that you haven't worn, you can take them, and I will teach you to make a few things that boys wear." ”

Concubine Chun is the most favored concubine in the harem, and whoever she appreciates a silk flower can make people talk about it for many days. What's more, it was something that should have been used for the second princess, and it must be of the highest quality from the stitches and threads, and the Miza clan was flattered and said, "Xie Chun Niangniang." ”

Qingcheng really knows how to grasp the needle and thread, how to choose satin, how to take care of the newborn child, what to pay attention to when dressing, and the size of shoes and socks, as long as she knows, she will carefully explain it to the Mizza family.

Miza listened carefully, and when the emperor came, he didn't know it at all.

The emperor stood by the door and listened quietly for a while, not wanting to disturb the two, and wanting to retreat quietly. As soon as she turned around, she saw Er Qi recklessly lifting the curtain with pastries, she didn't want the emperor to stand by the door, so she was startled, and said, "Long live Lord, what are you doing standing here?" After speaking, he realized that he had lost his manners, but fortunately, the emperor didn't care, picked up a piece of bean paste cake on her plate, tasted it, and said, "It's too sweet." He threw it back on the plate. Er Qi replied: "This is prepared for Migege, if you want to eat it, the slave maid will go and get some bean paste cake with less sugar." The emperor said, "Forget it, I don't want to eat snacks." ”

Miza had stood up in shock, the emperor had his back to her, and she didn't ask for peace, nor did she ask for peace.

Qingcheng said: "Since you are here, come and sit down and let Migege kowtow to you." The Emperor then turned around, his face was not much color, and sat down beside the green orange. When the Miza clan noticed that the emperor came, the pure master did not ask for peace, and he was slightly surprised, but he couldn't take care of it, he knelt down carefully, kowtowed, and said: "The slave Miza clan asks the emperor for peace, long live the emperor, long live long live." ”

She hadn't seen the holy car for a long time, and when she did three bows and nine bows, the emperor read that she was pregnant, so he asked Hai'an to help her, and said, "Sit down, you don't have to be formal." Miza lowered his eyebrows and lowered his face, not daring to look directly at the emperor, so he sat down on the stool silently, and said nothing.

The emperor said: "You are pregnant with the eldest brother's heir, and you are my eldest grandson, and you have contributed a lot." Take good care of your body, and you will have a good life in the future. "What credit is not credit, the Miza clan does not care, in her opinion, as long as it is her child, whether it is the prince or the market vendor, she is equally happy, just as happy.

Miza's face did not change: "Emperor Xie." In fact, she didn't know what she was thanking for, but she didn't reply when she thought the emperor had spoken, and she always felt that something was wrong. The emperor looked at her with a pampered and unfazed look, and he had a good impression.

Qingcheng asked, "Are you done writing?" ”

The emperor turned his face to look at her, his expression was different, there was no smile on his face, but there was warmth in his eyebrows and eyes, and he said: "The writing is finished, and it is always unsatisfactory." Qingcheng smiled, seeing that his cuffs were a little unironed, so he stretched out his hand and pulled it, and the emperor also obediently raised his arms and let her toss, and the two tacitly understood peacefully, which surprised the Miza clan again.

In her consciousness, the relationship between the emperor and the pure concubine should be the same as the relationship between the eldest brother and herself.

However, it was completely different.

The pure concubine could see that the emperor did not salute, and the emperor did not have a trace of imperial majesty in front of the pure concubine. Neither of them deliberately showed anything in front of people, but every move, every smile in their eyes, they all went with the flow like that, which made people envious for no reason.

Qingcheng said: "Stay Yongzhang to ask for peace, don't scold him anymore, he scolded so fiercely yesterday, I saw that his eyes were red when I went out." The emperor frowned and said, "A loving mother is a lot of losers, you can't get used to him." I just said a few words to him, and he will have red eyes, if I let him deal with the affairs of the court, how can I bear it? Qingcheng glanced at him and said, "He's still young..."

The emperor said, "What is small? You can't always think that he is young and indulge him. Look at the handwriting he wrote, even Yongying can't compare. The two quarreled quietly over the issue of Yongzhang's writing, and then turned to the matter of who would teach Jiao'er to write in the future, Qingcheng meant that she had to teach it herself, after all, Jiao'er was a princess, and she didn't have to practice as hard as Yongzhang Yongying. But what does the emperor mean, although Jiao'er is a princess, as a Manchu royal family, she is not allowed to shave her eyebrows when she is a woman.

The Miza clan was confused when they heard it, wasn't the second princess only about two years old? How can it be about writing? The wooden chair was covered with thick cotton cushions, and she sat for a long time, and her waist ached, so she lay back a little and breathed a sigh of relief. She silently watched the most noble man of the Qing Dynasty quarrel in front of a woman who was more than a head shorter than him, and smiled for no reason, and said in her heart: "It's really interesting." ”

She herself has never quarreled with the eldest brother, and he is what he says.

Suddenly there was envy again.

Quarrel to quarrel, neither of them moved. Turning the conversation, it was a pleasant face again. The emperor didn't know when it came to eating again, and said, "I want to eat beef steamed buns later." ”

Qingcheng asked Erqi to step forward and ordered: "Long live the lord wants to eat beef steamed buns, you prepare more, the third elder brother also likes to eat, and let people send two bowls when the time comes." Erqi agreed, and sent someone to Qingfeng Division to choose the best yellow beef.

It was getting late, the eldest brother broke up his school, waited in the house of the Miza clan for a long time and did not see anyone come back, and he was worried that the Miza clan would say the wrong thing and make the emperor angry, so he paced back and forth for forty or fifty laps, and finally ran away to the Yikun Palace to ask for a meeting.

He didn't want to say to his face that he was here to pick up the Miza clan, so he went to Yongzhang first, he knew that Yongzhang was going to the main hall to say goodbye when he was in charge of the lamp, so he said that he hadn't said goodbye to the pure master for a long time, and he wanted to follow Yongzhang to kneel down. Yongzhang didn't know what the eldest brother was thinking, so the two brothers happily came to the main hall while talking.

The emperor has already started to eat beef steamed buns.

When the eldest brother entered the house, he saw that he had already set up a meal, and knew that he had pounced on the air, and his heart was relieved at first, and then he was a little inexplicably lost and sad. He asked the emperor and Concubine Chun to say goodbye, and Concubine Chun left him to eat a big bowl of beef steamed buns, and the eldest brother found an opportunity to retire.

When he returned to Brother's office, he first went to Fujin for a look, drank tea, and then deliberately wandered leisurely to the Miza clan's house. Miza didn't know that the eldest brother had gone to Yikun Palace to find him, and greeted the eldest brother into the house, and took out the clothes, socks, belly pockets and two high-quality materials rewarded by the pure master to show the eldest brother. The eldest brother was completely relieved at this time, knowing that she was not wronged.

Seeing that the clothes and socks were embroidered with butterflies and begonia flowers, the eldest brother knew that it was for girls, so he was slightly annoyed and said unhappily: "What do you want these for?" Miza didn't know why he was angry, and said tremblingly: "It's a pure master's reward, and the slave and maid will take it back, don't dislike it, although it is leftover from the second princess, but the material needlework is really good, better than the slave maid..."

Before he finished speaking, the eldest brother suddenly exhaled: "Do you really want to have a daughter?" ”

Miza was stunned and said, "It's the same when you have a child. "She's just a personality, if she really gives birth to her eldest son, she will be an enemy of the entire big brother's backyard. Sometimes, she really would rather have a daughter herself, at least be safe.

The eldest brother said bluntly: "If you give birth to a daughter, you will still be Gege, if you..." His voice softened, mixed with a little inexplicable feelings, and said: "If you give birth to a son, I will think of making you a side blessing." "It's not easy for the eldest brother to set up a side Fujin, he must give the emperor a fold, and then the emperor will approve it and agree before he can make a decision.

If Miza gave birth to a son, he would have been able to write excerpts with confidence.

The Miza clan only let out a faint sigh, raised a thin smile, and said, "Thank you for your kindness." ”

The eldest brother was so angry by her attitude that he didn't care about himself, he suddenly became angry, and flicked his sleeve on the kang table, sweeping the dishes and dishes to the ground. Miza's little face turned purple with horror, and he didn't care about the fragments on the ground, so he knelt down and said, "Master is angry, it's the slave who said the wrong thing, don't be angry." ”

When the palace people serving inside and outside heard the movement, they all retreated and said in unison: "The master is angry." Misza knelt in the broken porcelain, trembling and trembling, like a fawn forced to death by a hunter, his eyes full of anxiety. The eldest brother felt a pain in his heart, sighed heavily, said "Get up", and strode out. Miza raised his face and looked straight at the figure of the eldest brother who disappeared behind the curtain, only to disappear as if he had lost his soul, and the chaos was blank.

Concubine Xian entered the middle palace and was the head of the harem, and she was proud. When Queen Daxing was there, she was sick and weak all the year round, so she spared everyone from asking for peace for a long time. When Concubine Xian first ascended to the throne, she picked up the ancestral rules in the same way, not only ordered the concubines above the nobles in the harem to go to Jingren Palace on the fifteenth day of the first month of each month to ask for peace, but also specially summoned Li Yu, the director of the affairs room, and asked him to record the roster of concubines and concubines in the middle palace every day, and the green head sign selected by the emperor every day needs to be seen by her first.

Li Yu knew that the back of Jingren Palace was Shoukang Palace, and he couldn't blatantly tell the emperor about it, so he was sad for a few days before he was shocked to realize that there was nothing to be afraid of. Although the green head sign is held by the queen, the emperor is hanging in Yikun Palace, where to remember whose brand is there, whose brand is not there, and occasionally flip the card, it is nothing more than Shu Concubine, E Concubine, Jia Concubine, and others, etc., the emperor is to see the face, but also faint, not at all in his heart.

In late spring and early summer, Yikun Palace is full of crimson and emerald green, birds are crying among the branches, pink and white begonia flowers are slanting out, blowing under the eaves of the palace, the wind blows, and the petals fly into the house leisurely. The emperor dispersed, and as soon as he limped, he came to Qingyunzhai. Qingcheng had breakfast, and when spring sleepiness hit, he fell asleep on the kang with a thin blanket. She slept very lightly, and in a trance she felt that someone was coming, thinking it was Hai'an, so she squinted and rolled over, and said, "Call me at noon." ”

The emperor sat down on the edge of the kang and said, "How can you sleep like this?" ”

Qingcheng was tired, opened his eyes and looked at the emperor, sat up forcefully, and said, "Scattered?" Her clothes were loose, and because she hadn't woken up, there was a hint of laziness between her eyebrows. The emperor smiled and said, "It's gone, there is little to do today, and the weather is hot, so I let them go home to rest and cool off earlier." Qingcheng lifted the blanket and went down to the kang, she was wearing a tulle bedclothes, and she didn't wear socks, and her delicate feet were like white jade carvings, and they were slippery into the forging shoes.

The palace people took the plain robe and handkerchief into the house, and Qingcheng waited for the emperor to clean his hands and face, changed his clothes, and then said in a deep voice: "Xian..." "For many years, it has always been the Ministry of Internal Affairs that picked the good ones and sent them directly to Yikun Palace, at that time, Qingcheng didn't feel that she was special, and now she suddenly asked her to go to Jingren Palace by herself, and just for a few satins, she didn't feel very good in her heart.

The emperor didn't have anything else, but said, "If she wants you to go, you can go." ”

Qingcheng looked at him sideways for a while, and then said, "I don't want to provoke anyone." The implication is that the step-queen wants to provoke her. The emperor sat down on the kang with a golden knife, Er Qi presented tea, he blew the hot air unhurriedly, took two sips, and said: "I have dinner, I will go with you." Qingcheng pouted and said, "That's not good, what do you mean by asking you to go?" The Queen Mother knows, so she has to teach me a lesson. The emperor saw that she was neither left nor right, so he smiled and said, "Then what do you want me to do?" ”

In fact, she didn't really want him to do anything, just gossip.

has been together for more than ten years, and the emperor understands her. He put aside the teacup and beckoned her to come forward. Qingcheng wanted to sit on the edge of the kang, but the emperor patted his thigh and motioned for her to sit on top of him. Hai'an stood beside him, and when he felt embarrassed, he lowered his head and wanted to take it to his chest. Qingcheng said: "It's hot, two people sit together, and they don't sweat anymore." ”

The emperor took a folding fan from his cuff and said with a smile: "I will fan you." After saying that, I really shook two fans. Seeing that Qingcheng was still not moving, he simply pulled her into his arms, raised the fan high and shook it quickly, and said, "Is it still hot?" Qingcheng was amused by him, snatched his fan, sat in his arms, shook it for the two, and said: "I just went to Jingren Palace yesterday to ask for peace for the queen step, and now she asked me to go, it's really a toss." ”

She now knows that she is pampered and proud.

The emperor pinched her cheek and said with a smile: "I don't want to speak for the second empress, but everything has a reason. On the fifteenth day of the first month, it is the ancestral system to greet the queen, and the etiquette that should be observed is still indispensable. Qingcheng still felt hot, unconsciously pulled the brocade buckle under his neck, and said: "The ancestral system belongs to the ancestral system, but what is the reason why she specially announced that I went to see the satin today?" The emperor said: "She wants to please you, tell you to choose by yourself, choose by yourself, and give you all the good ones." ”

Qingcheng stopped his movements, looked at the emperor quietly, and said, "I look at you, and my heart and eyes are going towards the step-queen." ”

The emperor tightened her in his arms and said, "You are stupid, if my heart is towards the queen, where will I come to you every day?" Besides, I said that I would accompany you to Jingren Palace, but you refused. He kept talking in his mouth, and kept moving in his hands, rubbing her chest for a while, pinching her waist for a while, and said for no reason: "Why do I think you are thin again?" ”

The two old husbands and wives are over thirty years old, and they are still stuck together and inseparable, and even Erqi feels ashamed when they look at it.

Qingcheng said happily: "Have you lost weight?" Tell you the truth? "The emperor felt that the older he was, the more he cared about his body and skin, and the clothes he wore were more gorgeous than when he was younger. The emperor squinted and smiled, and said, "It's really thin." "Whether it's fat or thin, he doesn't mind, just coax her and make her happy, what's so difficult? Qingcheng pointed to the large mercury glass mirror in the bedroom, and said, "I think the mirror is still too small, and if it can shine on the head, it can't shine on the feet, so I want a bigger one and put it in front of the dresser." ”

The emperor paused slightly, and said with a wicked smile: "I have long wanted to make it bigger..."

He likes to press her to play in the wicker chair in front of the mirror.

Qingcheng understood the meaning of his words, and Hai'an Erqi also understood. Hai'an is just that, after all, he has seen pigs run, but he has never eaten pork. Er Qi was married, knew what it was like, dried his face, secretly pulled Hai'an's cuffs, gave a look, and the two led everyone to retreat. When the emperor saw that everyone under him had gone out, his hands were even more presumptuous, and he stretched directly into the collar, and sat upright, kneading the green orange like a ball of mud, and he couldn't even pinch the fan, and it fell on the kang with a click.

He didn't put her down, he just changed his position and let her sit face to face on his lap. His hands didn't stop, pinching up and down, and he said: "I rested in the palace of the queen last night, when you were pregnant in the past, I couldn't help but want to touch you, but I could sleep with the queen step, and I didn't have any thoughts, I still thought about you." He kissed her around the neck and muttered, "Did you pour me some ecstasy soup?" Qingcheng was panting by him, and he couldn't speak well, and said, "I don't know." ”

She really didn't know, and so far, she couldn't figure out why the emperor liked herself.

And it's been ten years.

The two of them sat down, their clothes half-faded, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, and he grabbed her waist and floated up and down. After moving half a pillar of incense, Qingcheng lost his strength, relying on the emperor's arm strength. Fortunately, the emperor practiced martial arts and archery every day, and the strength on his waist was extremely great, as long as Qingcheng was lying on his stomach, he could do everything by himself.

Not to mention the food and clothing to raise children, even if the boudoir has sex, Qingcheng has to honor him.

After a long fuss, the two of them were drenched in sweat, but there was no sign of stopping. Wu Shulai pinched the hour under the corridor, and the emperor had to go to the Empress Dowager's palace to ask for peace before dinner, but there was no one in the house to wait, and no one dared to break in. The emperor slept in the palace of nourishing his heart two or three days later, and yesterday it was fifteen and he stayed in the palace of the queen. When Qingyunzhai came today, Qingcheng got up from the kang and put on his shoes barefoot, he was already emotional.

Undressed and hiding in a blanket, the two came again.

Qingcheng collapsed, his chest was purple and red, and he was full of kiss marks. Her waist couldn't move, her legs were sore, she kicked the emperor twice in annoyance, and said, "I'm going to go to Jingren Palace later, it's okay now, I can't walk, and they don't laugh when they see it." ”

The emperor leaned sideways against her back, his hand was not honest, he moved around, bit her ear and said, "What joke? Where are they jokes, jealousy, and envy. ”

Qingcheng was so anxious that he wanted to kick the quilt, but he really didn't have the strength in his legs, and said, "What should I do?" ”

The emperor stopped and said, "Well, don't worry, I will let Hai'an wait for you to bathe and dress first." He washed and dressed himself satisfied, walked to the outer hall, called Wu Shulai, and said: "You go to Jingren Palace in person, and say that I have dinner in Yikun Palace, and I don't know when I will leave, and I don't want the satin concubine, I will reward it separately." ”

Wu Shulai was stunned and persuaded: "Long live Lord, I'm afraid this is not very good, the pure master can not go to Jingren Palace, but if the satin rewarded by the queen is not wanted, I am only afraid..." I'm afraid that she will turn over to my head after the queen? After a pause, he said: "You say one more word to the queen step, let her abide by her duty, as the middle palace, she should be the mother of the world, and let the six palaces be harmonious." Wu Shulai was angry when he saw the emperor, and hurriedly said: "The slave will go and spread it." The voice fell, and he walked quickly to Jingren Palace to speak. Since the emperor emphasized his tone, Wu Shulai couldn't help but pass it on, so he repeated it word for word.

Empress Ji originally wanted to give Concubine Chun a dismount in order to stabilize her position in the middle palace. But he didn't want to, but he was given a dismount by the emperor. Her blood was surging, and she couldn't wait to drag Wu Shulai out and beat her to dissipate her anger. But she didn't dare, she didn't dare to use the people around the emperor as a raft. His face was stunned for a moment, and finally he just smiled gently: "If you go back to the words of the Long Live Lord, you will say that the holy words are in your ears, and the concubines already know." ”