Chapter 18: The Situation in the Palace
I found out that there is not a single red ticket until now, it makes me sad too much, dragging my sick body to update, no one comforts me?
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Su Ruhui was quite speechless, she also thought that when Princess Le'an was alive, she relied on the favor of the Queen Mother and bullied Gan Ran!
Unexpectedly, this second highness was really hit by her, that is, she was not right with Princess Le'an.
She said in a good voice: "Why can't you get used to seeing the princess?" β
"Hmph, I heard an aunt say that Le'an was carried to Renshou Palace as soon as she was born, do you know that until she died, how many times did she go to Mingguang Palace?" A clear hatred rose between Gan Ran's eyebrows, and he asked rhetorically.
Seeing Su Ruhui's surprised face, he gave his own answer: "Not once!" β
"This ...... Maybe princess she doesn't know ......"
"What does she not know, she was raised by the Queen Mother, not by other concubines, besides, in this palace, how many things can be hidden? Le'an knew who her biological mother was when she was four years old, but for so many years, Concubine Gu Xian missed her daughter in Mingguang Palace, she was good, for the favor of the imperial grandmother, even Concubine Gu Xian often went to ask for An, and often avoided it! Gan Ran said disdainfully, "You probably don't know that on the morning of Le'an's accident, Concubine Gu Xian originally asked the Queen Mother for permission to take her to Mingguang Palace for a day, but Le'an said that she refused to go at all, and quarreled with the imperial grandmother, so she took Mama and the palace maid to the imperial garden to relax, who knew that it didn't take long for the news to fall from the rockery." If she is willing to go to Mingguang Palace, maybe she will be fine! β
Su Ruhui's eyes widened!
This is Concubine Gu Xian's lovely and generous daughter, the most successful princess raised by the royal family so far?
How can you listen to Gan Ran say, strange like a conscienceless?
Gan Ran's eyes suddenly dimmed: "I don't dare to go, but as long as Le An doesn't go to Mingguang Palace often, she won't lose the favor of the Queen Mother, but she is afraid that the Queen Mother will be disgusted with herself, so she won't go once." Do you say she hates it or not? β
"Ahem...... You said she didn't like you......" Anyway, I asked, and at this moment, Su Ruhui didn't bother to think about what royal secrets, so she simply asked to understand and reminded.
"Oh, Le'an doesn't like anyone except the prince's brother and fifth brother, including Gantang, don't look at Gantang's former Le'an Emperor's sister Le'an's long, Le'an's imperial sister is short, after Le'an's death, I saw him hiding behind the rockery and laughing for a long time." Gan Ran pouted and said, "Just now I heard you talking to the little girl who came in outside, it seems that you have suffered a loss in the hands of Gan Tang, and Gan Tang has always suffered in the hands of Le An before!" β
The two chirped for a while, Gan Ran was probably rarely able to find a companion to play with him in the palace, although Gan Tang was about the same age as him, but Su Ruhui knew that Shen Shufei would never let her son accompany him to send his entourage to wander around the lotus pond, so she was extremely talkative, and roughly talked about the relationship between the princes in the palace, and by the way, Su Ruhui also learned about the general pattern of the harem today.
Changtai ascended the throne at the age of three, got married at the age of fourteen, and was elected three years after marriage until now, and the main seats in the palace are almost full, so it is extremely lively.
Emperor Changtai and Empress Zhou have always had a good relationship, but they also love Huo Guifei very much. It is said that when the courtiers asked for Changtai's wedding so that he could be pro-government, the queen mother asked all the powerful women of the imperial capital to report to them and choose them together with Emperor Changtai. When Emperor Changtai looked at the portrait, he originally took a fancy to the later concubine Huo, but the Queen Mother read a poem by the queen in the middle, and was greatly admired and praised in front of Changtai.
In line with the principle of establishing a virtuous person, Changtai finally chose the son of Zhou as the queen, and the Huo family became the concubine second only to the queen. And those who were also born as eunuchs and were canonized at about the same time as the establishment were Concubine Shen Shu, Concubine Gu Xian, and Mrs. Baoluo.
Later, in several drafts and ceremonies, the harem successively registered Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Jing and Concubine Hui, and among the nine concubines, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, and Chongrong also had a number.
There are two Jieyu, one concubine, five beauties, three talents, and Bao Li has increased since the beginning, there are eleven people, and there is no fixed number under them, all of them are scattered in the palaces, and Gan Ran can't remember clearly.
Among the many palace concubines, the most favored concubines are undoubtedly the noble concubine Huo, and even Queen Zhou has to avoid her edge. It's just that although the Huo family has been favored for many years, except for giving birth to a princess who died in infancy earlier, nothing has come out, and Queen Zhou's eldest son has reached the age of ten, and the youngest son is almost two years old, and the eldest son was named the prince early. Although the favor is inferior to the Huo family, it still steadies Huo Guifei.
In addition to these two, the position of Concubine De is temporarily vacant among the four concubines of Guishu Dexian, and although Concubine Xian has a high position, she has always been sick, Changtai still respects her, but there are very few attendants.
What surprised Su Ruhui was that she bluntly said that Concubine Shen Shu was not very favored. She remembered that when the queen led the concubines of the third rank or above to greet the queen mother, although the woman standing behind Huo Guifei was pale by Huo Guifei beside her, her eyebrows were also elegant and beautiful, worthy of her position.
It's just that it's far less than Huo Guifei, so I feel pitiful.
"Isn't Concubine Shen Shu favored? How can there be ......" Su Ruhui was quick for a while, and only came to her senses halfway through the question, and hurriedly stopped, Gan Ran didn't think much about it, and said casually: "If she hadn't given birth to Gantang, Concubine Shu wouldn't have been her turn to do it, I heard the people in the palace of the concubine talk about it, when Shen Shufei was still Zhaorong among the nine concubines, she competed for favor with the Zhaoyi Lin family at that time - oh, the Lin family is the current Mrs. Baoluo!" At that time, both of them were pregnant, but Shen Shufei gave birth to Gantang, but the Lin family had a miscarriage halfway, and the father preferred the Lin family a little more, and finally the Shen family took the throne of Concubine Shu, one is to see that she gave birth to Gantang, and the other is because the queen mother likes her more. β
Su Ruhui frowned, Gan Ran seemed to know her thoughts, and took the initiative to explain: "Do you see that Gan Tang looks arrogant and domineering, and often runs to Renshou Palace, so you think his mother must be very favored?" Actually, no, Gan Tang ran a lot to Renshou Palace, because he knew that his mother and concubine were not valued by his father, even if it was him, with the prince's brother born to his mother, it would not be his turn to be in front, so he could only desperately please the imperial grandmother, the imperial grandmother liked him, and he and his mother could live a better life in the palace. β
After a pause, Gan Ran said again: "As for being arrogant, with his and Concubine Shu's status in his father's heart, it would be strange if he was not powerful and not being bullied by those minions." It seems that Gan Ran has no ill feelings towards his half-brother, and even has a lot of pity.
Su Ruhui heard him speak to him, and secretly thought in her heart: If you were not adopted by Huo Guifei, as a royal wife of your biological mother, I am afraid that you would not be as good as Gan Tang, of course, the royal wife is not even qualified to raise the prince.
Gan Ran didn't know Su Ruhui's thoughts, and it was rare for someone to listen to him quietly, so he happily told Su Ruhui all the secrets he heard in Xifu Palace-
The three concubines of Zhuang, Jing and Hui are the daughters of the eunuchs appointed by the queen mother to enrich the harem, and the queen personally gave the position of Zhengwupin Baolin as soon as she came in, and the three concubines are young and beautiful, and they are very much liked by Changtai.
And the current four of the nine concubines are all drafted into the palace, Su Ruhui has seen them in the Queen Mother, and they are all young and gorgeous women.
Fang Jieyu, the two Jieyu, is Shen Shufei's half-sister, although she has no children under her knees, she sleeps more times than Shen Shufei. As for the only concubine, she was born as a show girl from the south of the Yangtze River, and she looked cowardly, the Queen Mother didn't like her, but Emperor Changtai had to go to the Suyue Pavilion where she lived several times a month.
Those people further down, because they were not qualified to go to Renshou Palace to ask for peace, Su Ruhui could only listen to Gan Ran say what he imagined.
From the third grade downwards, what can be talked about by the grandmother, aunt and palace maid of Xifu Palace is a beautiful woman, a talented person, as well as Ruan Baolin and Murong Niangzi.
As for the others, the palace maids of Xifu Palace have not talked about it, and Gan Ran does not know.
Su Ruhui said strangely: "Those people are talking about these things in front of His Highness?" β
Although Gan Ran doesn't seem to be taken seriously, the slaves and maids in this palace shouldn't be so bold, right?
Talking about the emperor's favor in vain, that is not allowed by the palace rules.
Gan Ran smiled wryly: "Of course not, I overheard!" β
Seeing Su Ruyi's dumbfounded appearance, Gan Ran's smile suddenly closed, and he said lightly: "I'll tell you, don't go out and talk nonsense - I just want to see if I can hear the news of my biological mother, and it won't do me much harm if I say it, after all, my mother doesn't have a child yet, but it ...... you Hey! β
Su Ruhui muttered in her heart that this highness didn't seem to have all his brains broken, and shook his head and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, am I like that foolish person?" β
How do you know that Gan Ran sneered and said, "Who said it doesn't look like it?" You brought me back just now without even asking, in case my personal supervisor and grandmother followed me and found me in your inner room...... It's too late for you to cry! β
Su Ruhui was speechless, she didn't expect that she would be despised by this seemingly brainless prince!
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