"The lord of Dehui County was later out of position. The purpose of the article is to re-select talented women and choose them as concubines to meet the national marriage. —— "The Biography of Empress Xiaoxian in the Book of Queens"

While everyone was talking, Xie Lu, the inner eunuch serving in Concubine Qi's palace, suddenly ran in and said something to Concubine Qi and the ladies in the palace.

That incident was enough to make everyone in the palace shocked, and it also made Concubine Qi, who had always lost a trace of solemnity in front of people, collapse to her seat, with tears in her eyes and great pain.

Concubine Qi's mother, the wife of today's Zuo Xiang Qi Wei, is the lord of Dehui County.

The county lord of Dehui is the daughter of Wang Pingcheng of the Guanxi Party County with a different surname, and she was given to marry Qi Wei on the left, and since the concubine Qi entered the East Palace as the prince's concubine, her health has been bad.

In the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, the smell of medicinal stones is constant all day long, but it is really surprising when it suddenly disappears.

What's more, it's not as simple as that.

In the courtesy system of the country, the emperor, the crown prince and the prince must choose a concubine after the establishment of the emperor, and they must be born in a noble family of two passes, and it is needless to say that they are outstanding in appearance and virtue. What's more important is that both parents must be successful in order to be elected.

It is not necessary to be a biological mother and a stepmother, but there must be one.

Qi Shengxuan, it is clear that the crown prince and concubine are about to be canonized, but now that her biological mother has died suddenly, this means that she will lose her position as the crown prince and concubine.

In addition, the date of the national marriage has been set, and there is no possibility of changing it, and the emperor will inevitably issue an order to select a talented daughter for the crown prince Li Chunguang, and select a new candidate for the crown prince and concubine before the national wedding date.

This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to Qi Shengxuan.

As Qingyi guessed, Jinshang quickly made a decree and sent it to the East Palace:

"The death of the lord of Dehui County, I feel sad and sad. However, the Confucian and Mencian legal etiquette system of the Ranguo Dynasty must not be violated. Only to order the East Palace to change its decree and re-elect the talented women of the world, so as to order the sprinkling and sweeping, and enrich the heirs. The daughter of the chosen mother, the Empress Dowager's mercy, was registered as a concubine. The national marriage is positive, and the east palace is bright. I also deeply regret the pain of the side concubine, so I gave Zhai Yi and made the second concubine to commend and comfort. ”

"The side concubine is really pitiful, this mother just died, and His Majesty made such a will. Although it is said that the etiquette system of the country is like this, it is inevitable that it will be a little unkind. ”

Qingyi listened to what Qiu Niang said, and secretly thought to herself in her heart, and she also felt that Concubine Qi was pitiful.

And now the will of the above, although it is given to Concubine Qi Bian can only be worn by the queen and the crown princess, it undoubtedly represents the emperor's appreciation for her in his heart, showing that she can be the crown princess and even the future mother of the country in the heart of the royal family.

However, the "second concubine" written in the edict undoubtedly corrected the position of Concubine Qi.

The ritual system is only second to the concubine, but it is not a concubine.

"You should be cautious, can we also discuss the matter of the side concubine? It's not good to teach people to hear. Qingyi interrupted Qiu Niang's words.

"Are you afraid that people will hear? I've heard it! A female voice held the hearts of Qingyi's master and servant tightly, and Qingyi turned around to see that it was Liangdi Li Li Liangdi.

Li Liangdi was just more than ten steps away from Qingyi's side. At that time, Qingyi was listening to the will and going back to his palace, and happened to pass by the East Palace Garden.

Xu is Li Liangdi also happened to pass by the East Palace Garden and hid elsewhere, so Qingyi didn't see it, but it made Qiu Niang's words heard by Li Liangdi in another place.

"The concubine has seen Liangdi, Liangdi's sister Wanfu Jin'an."

Li Liangdi's phoenix eyes gently stared at Qingyi, who was curtsied, with a majestic brilliance in her eyes, as if she was careless, and only said: "The garden is picturesque in autumn, and I want to come to Zhang Niangzi to enjoy this beautiful scenery." ”

Because Li Liangdi did not signal Qingyi to get up, Qingyi had to maintain a bent posture and replied to Li Liangdi: "Back to Liangdi, the concubine listened to the will, so she thought about going back to her pavilion, but after passing through the garden, she couldn't help but stop and admire for a moment, and she didn't want to, and bumped into Sister Liangdi." ”

Li Liangdi gently played with the tortoiseshell inlaid rice bead armor she was wearing, the tortoiseshell armor was extremely smooth and shiny, just like Li Liangdi's face, extremely white and tender, which could be broken by blowing, exuding a good complexion.

Li Liangdi is already extremely beautiful, but now she smiles, which adds to the sweetness on her face, just like fresh rose nectar, which is the most gentle and sweet. If it weren't for the fact that her complexion had changed in the next moment.

"Maid Zhang is really good at talking, and she rushed into me, compared with the crime of disrespecting the side concubine Niangniang and the county lord of Dehui, the guilt is indeed small. Now that the side concubine is sick and ignores the affairs in the East Palace, since I am a good woman, I have to help the side concubine Niangniang cook. is so disrespectful to the side concubine Niangniang and the county lord of Dehui, but you can't ignore it! ”

Qingyi listened, only secretly said in her heart that it was not good, and knelt down in front of Li Liangdi busily, and said, "Please Liangdi forgive me, we don't have this intention." ”

At this time, Qiu Niang reacted and said to Li Liangdi: "Liangdi forgives the sin, it is the slave maid who speaks lightly, and the side concubine Niangniang is mentioned in the words, which has nothing to do with our lady!" ”

Li Liangdi only shook her head and looked at Qingyi condescendingly, as if she was facing an extremely unimportant matter, her tone was extremely light, and she only said, "It has nothing to do with your lady?" As the personal maid of Zhang's maid, what is the difference between you and your lady? Of course, it is difficult for you to escape the responsibility, but since your lady is the little master, it is absolutely unbearable that she cannot play the responsibility of teaching the palace maids. ”

As soon as Qingyi's heart moved, he knew that he could not escape the guilt no matter what.

However, when Qingyi visited Concubine Qi before, it was clear in her eyes that the relationship between Concubine Qi and Li Liangdi was not harmonious, and she would definitely not be punished for disrespecting Concubine Qi.

The only reason for the punishment can be because of oneself. But Qingyi thought about it carefully, she didn't provoke Li Liangdi, not to mention that Li Liangdi and herself were both recommended by the Queen Mother.

Li Liangdi will not be unaware of this.

Qingyi couldn't guess the reason.

Li Liangdi's words are based on Qingyi's inability to beg for mercy no matter what.

Therefore, Qiu Niang disrespected the side concubine and the county lord of Dehui, and punished kneeling in the garden for six hours, and Qingyi, as the master, could not take care of his slave and maid, and also accompanied the punishment to kneel.

In the palace, only slaves and maids accompany the master to punish kneeling, and there is no reason for the master to accompany the slave and maid to punish kneeling.

Such a punishment will be shocked by the entire East Palace.

[Note] county lord: Ming system, is the emperor aunt called the eldest princess, the imperial sister is called the eldest princess, the princess is called the princess, all awarded the golden book, Lu 2,000 stones, and the son-in-law is called the concubine and the horse. The prince's daughter is called the county lord, the county king's daughter is the county lord, the granddaughter is the county lord, the great-granddaughter is the county king, the great-granddaughter is the township king, and the son-in-law is all Yibin. The county lord Lu has 800 stones, and the rest is decreasing. Below the county lord, the grace is killed, and there is no book.