Chapter 64: Misfortune Strikes
The emperor was determined to promote her to a concubine, and no one else could find a reason to stop her.
The one in Qingshuilou was recently snubbed by the emperor, and when he heard that the emperor wanted to promote her to a concubine, although he was angry in his heart, he was suffering from nothing he could do.
In addition to smashing it in his own room, he can't seem to find a better way to vent.
In order not to conflict with the marriage of the princess and the county king, the emperor deliberately chose the second day of the county king's return to Mongolia to hold the canonization ceremony. Although there was no canonization ceremony, the emperor specially invited the harem concubines to spread the news that Jin Chengxi was a concubine.
There were many new faces added to the seat, which made Orange Creek a little confused, she whispered to Yuhe beside her, and Yuhe bowed her head and whispered to her one by one. She counted, plus the Chang Zai and Gu who had a one-sided relationship, and there were five more new faces.
Yuhe deliberately put her ear close to her ear and whispered, "Those three were all grounded for life, the princess got married, the mother was a nobleman, and the emperor was happy, so he let them come out to be happy, this is an unprecedented precedent, it can be seen that the emperor's affection for Niangniang is extraordinary." β
Orange Creek nodded clearly and motioned to her not to say more, there are many people talking, for fear of being heard, it will be another turmoil.
"Today's banquet for all the concubines is to announce two happy events, one is that the princess and the Mongolian prince are reconciled, and the other is that I am ready to promote Concubine Tong as a concubine, whether you have merit or success, it will make you happy." The emperor stood up and raised his glass.
Everyone also raised their glasses together, "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!" Congratulations to the concubine, congratulations to the concubine! As soon as the words fell, they all drank the wine in their glasses.
Everyone sat down, and Emperor Yi, who was sitting next to the emperor, said to the emperor with a pleasant face, "Your Majesty, since Sister Tong is a concubine, she should also be given a title, right?" β
The emperor was overjoyed, "It's still the imperial concubine who thinks about it thoroughly, and now that double happiness is coming, I will give the concubine a Xi word!" The word Xi means bright and hot, and it sounds festive, can you like it? β
When Orange Creek heard this, she was stunned, it turned out that Concubine Zhen was not the future queen, she was the future queen Xiao Shengxian. This title fell on her, Niu Hulu's Zhen Guifei had already died, the world really changed color because of her arrival, and she had to redouble her efforts to change the history of posthumously becoming the queen after her death.
"Concubine, concubine?" When the emperor saw that Orange Creek was distracted, he shouted twice in a row.
"The concubine likes it, thank you for the emperor's gift." Orange Creek, who was relieved, hurriedly got up and saluted and thanked him.
If you want to truly protect the people you want to protect, you must have the highest rights, and what Orange Creek is now distressed about is that even if she has the ability to win the throne, she does not have a legitimate successor who can convince the public! She is in desperate need of a child right now.
She has long fallen in love with this life where she can make her own decisions, the eldest lady who used to open her mouth for food and stretch out her hand for her clothes, even her fiancΓ© Yao Zhe was set for her by her parents since she was a child, before she met Herbert, she never thought that this life was born for Yao Zhe, but after knowing Herb, she found that she and Yao Zhe were just two little brother and sister love, and there was no feeling of heartbeat at all. In the eyes of her parents, she was a good girl and never disobeyed; In the eyes of her boyfriend, she is a docile girlfriend who respects him in everything.
At first, I still had the idea of going back, but now I don't have the slightest idea, maybe the main reason is because my beloved is here!
"Concubine Xi, this is a gift specially prepared for you by this palace, I hope you can like it." The imperial concubine ordered Jiang Ning, who was beside her, to send a brocade box to Orange Creek.
Orange Creek opened it and saw that it was a jade agate bracelet, "Concubine Xie Huang's gift from the concubine." β
The imperial concubine smiled slightly, "It's good if the concubine's sister likes it, your majesty, don't blame the concubines for taking the lead!" The concubine is really happy for the concubine's sister. β
"The imperial concubine is too worried, the imperial concubine is careful and thoughtful, this ceremony should have been prepared by me, but I was negligent, and I am very relieved to hand over the harem to you!"
"It is the responsibility of the concubines to share the worries of the emperor." The imperial concubine is not good-looking, and she has today's status by giving birth to five princesses in a row, so she is more cautious and careful than anyone else in what she says and does, and she doesn't like to compete with others.
"Let's all move our chopsticks!" The emperor moved his chopsticks to speak.
"Your Majesty, please first!" Everyone returned in unison, picked up the delicacies in front of them with chopsticks, and ate them with relish.
This so-called gourmet cuisine is just a little better in terms of ingredients, but it doesn't taste very good, and Orange Creek doesn't like the food here very much. In her own palace, she can still do what she wants, but she can't help it at this banquet.
She picked up a piece of fish, oh my! A fishy smell is really hard to swallow, and I am taking out the brood and trying to spit it out and take it out! But the emperor suddenly called her name, and she was startled and swallowed the fish with thorns.
"Concubine Xi! You eat more, you've lost a lot of weight lately. "The emperor is very caring, and he has not let go of any details.
"Your Majesty...... Ahem...... It hurts......" Orange Creek was about to speak, and her throat tingled, thinking that she had been stuck in her throat by a fish bone.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Niangniang ...... "Yuhe thought she was choking, and hurriedly patted her on the back."
"The fish bones are stuck, ahem......"
"Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor!" Seeing her like this, the emperor hurriedly left his seat to care, "Yingying, are you okay?" Look at you so uncomfortable......"
"Super uncomfortable ......"
"Come, try a saliva?"
And they all left their seats, and stood up to watch, their necks stretched out longer than that of a giraffe, as if they were looking at some rare treasure.
Concubine Yu and Orange Creek were already good on weekdays, but she was very worried when she saw this, so she hurriedly left her seat and came to Orange Creek, "Sister Tong, don't cough hard, be careful of coughing up your throat." β
Wen Xiuxiu muttered in her heart, what a disappointment, a good family banquet was ruined by her, isn't it just a fish bone? Is it necessary to make such a fuss? It's really pampered.
"Let's go! I'll take you back to the Heart Nourishing Temple to rest. The emperor helped Orange Creek out of the door, "Imperial concubine, you accompany everyone to eat for me, and order the imperial dining room to ban eating fish in the harem." β
"Yes, concubine decree!" The imperial concubine saluted and received the order.
Orange Creek heard that the emperor actually forbade the entire palace to eat fish for her, she looked at his nervous eyes with her spare eyes, this mysterious man, hot and cold, which one is the real you.
Wen Xiuxiu slapped the chopsticks on the table, "What to eat?" The emperor is not here, what else is there to eat, the imperial concubine Niangniang, the concubine is unwell, so she retired first. Wen Xiuxiu is still that virtuous, and after speaking, she turned around and left, without saving face for the imperial concubine.
It was only Concubine Xiang who was there, and the imperial concubine ignored her sin of disrespect. Today, in front of all the harem concubines, she also ignored her like this, and without her consent, she threw away without courtesy. As the saying goes, rabbits bite when they're in a hurry!
"Stop!" The imperial concubine scolded angrily.
When Wen Xiuxiu heard this, she laughed sarcastically, "Imperial Concubine Niangniang, what else do you have to order!" Could it be that you can still make decisions for the emperor, and also be a concubine and concubine? β
She stood up obediently and listened to two sentences, but she was so disrespectful that the imperial concubine was furious, "Presumptuous." β
"What? Imperial concubine, what else can you do with me, who do you think you are? Is it the Queen? Don't daydream, if you can't give birth to a son, I'm afraid you won't be able to climb the throne of the queen. Wen Xiuxiu had a disdainful expression on her face.
"Someone came, Concubine Qian committed a crime, made careless words, cursed the emperor's heir, flogged twenty canes, thought about it behind closed doors, and concentrated on studying the "Women's Training" until she knew her mistake." This time the imperial concubine is serious, she thought, since the emperor gave her this right, she can't let the harem become a mess, she has no brother under her knees, even if she crosses the distance, the left and right will only endanger the title of imperial concubine.
Several eunuchs stepped forward and held her to the ground.
"Let go of this palace, you are so bold, who gave you the courage, you have the ability to try this palace? Be careful that the emperor wants your life, you dog slaves, ah...... Oops......" Wen Xiuxiu screamed there, making trouble, and kept struggling, until the board hit her body, she didn't stop scolding, and screamed in pain.
When everyone heard her cry, they couldn't bear to look at her.
Seeing the master's painful appearance, Yun Mei knelt aside and pleaded, "Imperial Concubine Niangniang, not long after the master entered the palace, the rules in the palace are not too clear, please be gracious!" Spare my master! Please be gracious......" Yunmei kept kowtowing.
"A slave and maid are more sensible than their masters, don't you feel ashamed of Concubine Qian! If you don't put the palace in your eyes, you don't even put the imperial concubine in your eyes, do you think that with the emperor's favor for you, you can do whatever you want in the harem, and there is no distinction between respect and inferiority? The imperial concubine taught a lesson! Otherwise, others will think that the rights given to you by the emperor are all decorations! Seeing her being punished, Concubine Xiang of course felt happy in her heart, and she didn't fall into the well, and ridiculed her.
"You guys, yes! You all bully this palace, this palace will remember you firmly, and one day, it will make you pay back more, hey...... "Wen Xiuxiu would admit defeat so easily, and scolded non-stop throughout the whole process.
"Back to the imperial concubine, the twenty rods have been completed." The eunuch in charge of the execution put down the board in his hand and returned.
"Go on! If you have the ability, you will beat the palace to death in the palace? β
"It seems that Concubine Qian still didn't realize her mistake, and took it back to Qingshui Building to think about it until she confessed her mistake to the palace in person." It was the first time that the imperial concubine had encountered such a sharp-toothed person, and she still refused to admit her mistake, but her temperament became more and more intense.
"Let's see, it's all waiting......" Before leaving, Wen Xiuxiu was still chattering, I really don't know where she got her confidence to be so arrogant.
"Hey! My head hurts, the palace is tired, let's eat and go back to the palace! The main palace went back to Cining Palace first. The imperial concubine dragged her head with her hands, looking tired.
"Congratulations to the Imperial Concubine!" And they all stood up and saluted.
In this way, everyone else who was in the mood to eat left one after another with the support of the palace maid.
Xiaobi asked Concubine Xiang in a low voice, "Niangniang, you say that about Concubine Qian, aren't you afraid that she will point the finger at you again in the future?" β
Concubine Xiang smiled sarcastically, "I'm afraid, haven't you seen her make too many enemies?" Now that the imperial concubines have come forward, they have offended Concubine Tong and Concubine Yu over there, and they can't afford to make any big waves, last time it was the carelessness of the palace, so that she had a chance, and there will be no such a good opportunity for her in the future. β