Chapter Forty-Six: Knocking
Su Ruhui heard Xiuwan say that soon after the wedding, a young Xiaoyi took the lead in getting pregnant, because she was the first heir of the Changtai Dynasty, the Queen Mother was extremely happy, and almost every day she sent her aunt to visit, and the reward was also sent down like flowing water, and Emperor Changtai may promise to wait for the birth of the heir, regardless of gender, to promote that Xiaoyi.
Unexpectedly, this incident aroused the jealousy of Liu Baolin, who lived in the same palace with Na Xiaoyi, and crushed the safflower into powder and put it in the pastry, pretending to care about it and sending it to Na Xiaoyi. That Xiaoyi came from a humble background, and not long after entering the palace, it was still innocent, so she ate it unsuspectingly, and it didn't take long for the blood to flow from her lower body, and she lost the four-month-old fetus.
This incident made the queen mother and Changtai who were looking forward to adding Ding in the palace a big blow, and after a strict investigation, it was found that Liu Baolin did it, and the queen mother was angry and ordered Li Guang to go and give him death!
Since then, several concubines have become pregnant, although some have been born, but most of them have died, especially the princess, only one of them is more than ten years old. It wasn't until Queen Zhou gave birth to the crown prince that the harem knew that the storage position was hopeless, so she gradually rested.
And since Queen Zhou conceived Ganpei, it was the first time in two years that the palace spread good news, especially Xin Cairen's fetus was found before Laba, so that the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel that this emperor and grandson came very festive, and naturally had a little more heart, you must know that when Xu Cairen was seven months pregnant, she went to Renshou Palace to ask for peace, and the Queen Mother only let her two aunts help her.
When the seat was given today, the resentment of the young Zhao Shuren clearly fell into the eyes of the Queen Mother, how could she not make the Queen Mother vigilant?
There was silence in the hall, only Zhao Shuren's steps made a shuddering sound, and it was Zhao Shuren who noticed the suppressed anger in the queen mother's heart, and trembled with fear.
The Queen Mother's attack came suddenly, and many people in the palace didn't understand what the reason was. After a moment of silence, Queen Zhou took on the responsibility of playing the round, and said with a smile: "Queen Mother, is it okay to leave this matter to your daughter-in-law?" ”
As he spoke, he motioned to Concubine Zhuang to speak, the queen has always been kind to the harem, Concubine Zhuang received the hint, and hurriedly walked a few steps and said: "The concubine has no way to discipline the palace, and please ask the queen mother to read it for the sake of the festival, and take a break from the wrath of thunder, after the concubine goes back, I must ask the Liushang Bureau to send a few more grandmothers to discipline Zhao Shuren!" ”
"Who's that one over there?" The Queen Mother ignored Empress Zhou and Concubine Zhuang, but raised her chin and gestured to a group of low-level concubines standing at the entrance of the hall.
Under the gaze of everyone, a girl wearing a blue hollow embroidered hibiscus flower trembled, knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "Concubine Qibao Palace Kongcui Juzheng Qipin Lady Wen Liangjue, congratulations to the Queen Mother for all blessings and peace!" ”
With the example of Zhao Shuren, Wen Niangzi was terrified, and when she knelt down, she quickly thought about her whole body and the etiquette since entering the hall, although she didn't find anything wrong, but she was still terrified, and the hall saw her leaning on the ground, and she didn't even dare to raise her head.
The Queen Mother softened her tone and said, "Wen Liangjue? This name is apt, it is indeed tame and kind, when did you enter the palace? ”
"If you go back to the Queen Mother, the concubine was drafted into the palace in the twenty-fourth year of Changtai." Mrs. Wen was very nervous, her voice was as light as a mosquito, the Queen Mother frowned, as if she was dissatisfied with her little family, and turned to Queen Zhou and said, "What about the Zhao family?" ”
"After returning to her mother, Zhao Shuren also entered the palace in the twenty-fourth year of Changtai, and she is the same batch of show girls as Wen Niangzi." Queen Zhou's plea just now was unsuccessful, and she also guessed that the queen mother must have a good intention in the festival, so she didn't dare to laugh anymore, and replied respectfully sideways.
The Queen Mother nodded and said: "Although the Wen family is a little angry, he is an honest man, who is the lord of Qibao Palace?" ”
Su Ruhui watched coldly, and immediately remembered that when the Queen Mother gave Xin Cairen a seat, although Wen Liangjue also stared at Xin Cairen, she was full of envy, and there was no jealousy and resentment, and she couldn't help but be secretly frightened, this hall was crowded with flower-like concubines at the moment, the Queen Mother seemed to be careless, but she put everyone's reaction in her eyes, what a shrewd means?
No wonder, he was able to support the Dayong Dynasty for his three-year-old son!
"It's a concubine!" Fang Jieyu, who was dressed in crepe and pinched gold threads and carved with plum blossoms, hurriedly stepped forward, listening to her tone, she was also a little apprehensive, and her eyes unconsciously drifted to Shen Shufei.
Concubine Shen pursed her lips and handed over a slightly calm look.
"The people in your palace teach very well, and they know what to think and what not to think." The Queen Mother ignored the small actions of the Shen sisters, and said lightly, and then ordered Fang Jieyu to retreat, but this time she said to the queen, "Queen, since the Wen family entered the palace with the Zhao family, why is it a lady, but the Zhao family is already a lady?" Could it be that the rules in this palace are to promote the treacherous and cunning villain, but to squeeze the honest and obedient ones behind? ”
Now that the blind man can hear what the queen mother meant, Queen Zhou immediately said: "What the queen mother said is that the daughter-in-law was negligent." After a little consideration, she said, "Wen Niangzi is humble and respectful, soft and gentle, and has been praised by the Queen Mother, and she will be promoted to Cai ...... from now on" Speaking of this, Queen Zhou found that the Queen Mother's eyes fluctuated, and immediately changed her words, "Jin Xiaoyi!" ”
Wen Liangjue's appearance is just delicate, and he has not been very favored since he entered the palace, and he has always been silent, but he was pointed out by the Queen Mother after Zhao Shuren, and he was actually promoted to two levels, and he was directly promoted to Xiaoyi of the sixth grade from the seventh grade lady, and he was stunned for a moment, and even forgot about thanks.
It was Fang Jieyu who came out to thank her when she saw the situation and pulled her down.
At this time, everyone knew what was going on, and sure enough, after Empress Zhou smiled and encouraged Wen Liangjue for a few words, she lowered her face and ordered left and right: "Lady Zhao is arrogant and shallow, arrogant and wanton, jealous and flattering, and has a lot of transgressions!" Don't occupy the position of a lady, and be demoted to a seven-rank royal wife and move out of Hongning Palace! When Queen Zhou said this, she looked at the Queen Mother as if she asked, "Queen Mother, the Zhao family is still not in the rules in the final analysis, Concubine Zhuang is young, although she is good, but it is inevitable that there will be negligence in disciplining the people in the palace, why not arrange her to Zhaohua Palace temporarily, Mrs. Baoluo is an old man in the palace, and her position is also high, so let her help Concubine Zhuang train for a period of time?" ”
"Governing the six palaces is the queen's business, what does the mourning family do?" The Queen Mother stared for a moment and smiled gently.
Queen Zhou was relieved, pursed her lips and said: "What the queen mother said is not right, the daughter-in-law is reckless, and there are many things that cannot be handled. If it weren't for the queen mother's care, where would the daughter-in-law be so relaxed now? ”
"Gan Lin is a hard-working and enterprising person, you are his mother, how can you be so lazy and count on the mourning family for everything?" The Queen Mother scolded with a smile, "The mourning family will only help you this time!" The next time this kind of thing happens, the mourning family will depend on the queen! ”
"Queen Mother, please rest assured!" Queen Zhou heard a trace of displeasure in the queen mother's smile, and hurriedly said solemnly, "The daughter-in-law will not let the queen mother down!" ”
Here Queen Zhou is appeasing the Queen Mother, but she heard a "bang" from Her Royal Highness, and everyone followed the prestige, but it was Zhao Shuren, no, now it is Zhao Yu's wife, holding a pair of jade steps and fainting directly, one of them slammed into the palace bricks, only heard a slight crisp sound, and cracked into two.
Although Zhao's appearance is not as good as that of the concubine, she has been in the palace for more than a year, and she is also quite loved by Changtai, otherwise she would not be two levels higher than Wen Liangjue, she originally lived in Hongning Palace, and the main concubine Zhuang has a bit of the arrogance of a family woman, and it is not good for the low-level concubines in her palace, but it is not bad.
But now the Zhaohua Palace, where the queen asked her to move, is very different, everyone in the palace knows that they would rather live alone in a remote pavilion like Rui Concubine than live in Mrs. Baoluo's palace.
Mrs. Lin is not from a family, but the daughter of a military general when Beirong invaded the border, the military general has two sons and two daughters, of which the husband of the second son and the eldest daughter were martyred in the fight against Beirong, Wu will also die of illness soon after the pacification of northern Xinjiang, Mrs. martyrdom, the end is full of loyalty, so the queen mother in Changtai wedding, under the decree to hire Lin as a concubine, at that time in the palace in addition to Queen Zhou and Huo Guifei, the highest position is only Jieyu Gu, that is, the current Gu Xianfei.
Even Concubine Shen Shufei was just a beauty at that time.
Lin's character, in a word, is spicy and promising, she was born extremely beautiful, with Su Ruhua's Changtai harem, it is only slightly inferior to Huo's, Changtai Emperor is very fond of her, but Lin is jealous, when he first entered the palace, if Changtai spoiled those concubines who were not as high as her, the next day Lin would almost take someone to the door to find an excuse to beat the other party!
is so spicy and ferocious, even the main rooms of ordinary people sigh with joy, Emperor Changtai and the Queen Mother pity her father and brother for their loyalty to the country, and they only reprimand a few words after knowing it. Shen's mother, Mrs. Xinpingjun, heard the news and entered the palace and cried in front of the queen mother, which made the queen mother really angry and demoted the Lin family from a concubine to a beauty.
In order to appease the Shen family, she was promoted from a beauty to Jieyu.
But not long after, the Lin family regained favor and became the last of the nine concubines, overpowering the Shen family, and even surpassing the Gu family.
However, the nature of the Lin family is difficult to change, and even the queen and the concubine are not in their eyes, and they provoked the son of Zhou and Huo Zhaozi several times, and finally angered the queen mother and Changtai, in order not to let people say that the heavenly family is thin, and treated the daughter of the hero badly, Changtai simply found an excuse and promoted the Shen family and the Gu family together, and they were all listed as one of the nine concubines.
After several battles, Changtai regained favor with Lin, and set her up as the head of the nine concubines Zhaoyi, and later the palace entered the newcomer, Queen Zhou wanted to promote the old man, Lin and Shen fought to the death for the position of the concubine, and finally Shen Shufei won by giving birth to the prince, but Changtai liked Lin a little more, so she was promoted to his wife to comfort, and changed her title to Baoluo, which means favor.
Mrs. Baoluo's pungent jealousy has long been famous, although with the increase in the number of newcomers elected every three years in the palace, coupled with the fact that she was beaten by the Queen Mother several times and snubbed by Changtai, she gradually knew that she was restrained, not as arrogant as before, but she was also as arrogant as before, but for Zhaohua Palace, everyone in the palace knew how trembling the low-level concubines who lived in Zhaohua Palace were, and they didn't want to see Changtai after that, even if Changtai was lucky by chance, most of them would make Mrs. Baoluo disturb the situation.
That Zhao Shuren is not from a high background, she is a beauty when she first enters the palace, and she has won Changtai's love by virtue of her beauty and freshness, and she has been promoted step by step from the seventh-grade beauty to the fifth-grade lady, who knows that just a few days after becoming a lady, she was so degraded to the seventh-grade royal wife by the queen mother in one breath!
Moreover, Queen Zhou knew that the Queen Mother wanted to kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, not only demoted the position of the Zhao family, but also sent her to Zhaohua Palace, which was tantamount to borrowing the hand of Mrs. Baoluo to completely seal her future! Zhao is anxious, angry, angry and afraid, where can he hold on?
Seeing that the Zhao family was diligently out of the ranks, but in the end they ended up with such a fate, and fainted in front of everyone in the early morning of the Laba Festival, and all the concubines were related and did not dare to raise their voices.
The Queen Mother's eyes swept away, and immediately a chamberlain came up and dragged the Zhao family down silently, and I don't know if it was sent directly to Zhaohua Palace, Mrs. Baoluo heard that Queen Zhou was going to arrange the Zhao family in her palace, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she didn't say anything, but a trace of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, obviously thinking about how to concoct this unruly royal wife after going back.
Dealing with the Zhao family's beating of the concubines, the Queen Mother eased her face and said with a smile: "It's been a lot of work, why haven't the princes come over yet?" It won't be that he is in a hurry to come back and drink laba porridge, and he can't write anything to teach the Taishi to be detained for a day, right? ”
Queen Zhou knew that the previous matter had already been revealed, and now it was time to seriously consider the festival, so she pursed her lips and smiled: "This is also their anxiety, but they are tired of the master!" An Dong, the Queen Mother gave Laba porridge for a while, you send one to the study, and let the Taishi warm up! ”
Huo Shi hurriedly thanked his father.
Calming down the atmosphere like this, Concubine Shen Shu glanced at Queen Zhou, Queen Zhou understood, turned sideways and said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, the wives should wait in front of the palace." ”