Chapter 45: Yun Yao's Ambition
Yun Yao, as a proof of her uncle's service to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor in a practical sense, is still somewhat privileged. The Empress Dowager would not have taken Yun Yao under the knife, and of course she would not have a good impression or anything. It should be said that there is no one in the entire harem that the Empress Dowager likes, and the Empress Dowager will only take a fancy to the show girl from Horqin to enter Kangxi's harem, but unfortunately Kangxi did not give her this opportunity.
However, the Empress Dowager will not look coldly at the harem concubines because of this. The Empress Dowager was very fond of the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu on the surface, and handed over the palace power of the harem to the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu as early as possible, and the two of them, as the only two people with the highest status in the Kangxi harem, were in charge of the Kangxi harem. However, the Empress Dowager values Concubine Niu Hulu the most, and treats her better than the queen on weekdays. It's just that he never slapped Queen Hesheri in the face on the big face, and acted according to etiquette in the harem.
Therefore, if she enters the palace, Yun Yao is not worried that the Empress Dowager will trouble her because of her name, Yun Yao feels that the Empress Dowager is a natural political creature, especially if she still has use value, it is impossible, but you can't commit his taboo, otherwise, the superiors will knock you into the abyss when you have no use value.
Of course, Yun Yao would not feel that it was very humiliating to be taken advantage of. There is a good saying that adults only look at the pros and cons when they do things, and children distinguish between right and wrong. Yun Yao has lived for many years, and as an adult, she knows what she wants. She came to the palace because she wanted to protect her family, and she didn't really enter the palace after all. The eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother, this kind of thing is endless in the adult world.
Because Yun Yao was completely disgusted by Jasper, Jasper was using them as a raft again. Therefore, she has been calling her by her Chinese name in front of people, which makes Jasper extremely angry.
In these matters, Yun Yao felt that she should be a little more arbitrary and learn from Concubine Niu Hulu who entered the palace.
Concubine Niu Hulu, as the loser after the election that year, can live quite chic in the palace. Because the Empress Dowager didn't want the queen family to be dominant, she took advantage of the situation to raise Concubine Niu Hulu, and Concubine Niu Hulu probably knew, but she also took advantage of the situation, and used the light of the Empress Dowager to embarrass the queen in the palace from time to time, and then no one dared to mess with her in the palace. The Empress Dowager also connived at her actions.
And Yun Yao is definitely not as powerful as Concubine Niu Hulu, after all, at this time, she not only has the support of the Empress Dowager, but also the support of the Niu Hulu family is enough for Concubine Niu Hulu to show off her power in the palace.
And there is only one Tuhai behind her, Tuhai is from Weimo, Ma Jia's original surname is Fei Mo's, just looking at this surname, you know that before Tuhai, the Ma Jia clan really has never produced a particularly promising character, Yun Yao really doesn't understand that with his uncle's backer, why didn't the people of the Ma Jia clan think about getting close to Tuhai! They still blindly ask for benefits after the development of Tuhai, but their attitude is really condescending, and I really don't know where they got the confidence. Yun Yao really didn't expect that the kind of superb family that often appeared in novels when reading books in modern times really existed in reality.
Of course, this also means that Tuhai does not have many helpers, and it is a natural alliance between clans with the same surname in the Qing Dynasty. Tuhai did not mention it after that.
But there are fifteen brothers in the Niu Hulu family, all of whom are famous for their military achievements, even if they are bad, with so many brothers, others dare not underestimate him. What's more, Curb Pilon is not bad, and Curb Pilon is not a gentleman's son, although he was able to become an auxiliary minister later, although he has the legacy of his father, it doesn't mean that he is incapable!
The current Tu Hai is considered a civil official, not he who has accumulated military exploits after the three feudatories. Therefore, Tu Hai had no chance of winning against Niu Hulu Kupilon at this time. Of course, he is still very confident in front of Suo Etu. The Qing Dynasty was proud of being good at war, and titles could only be obtained by military merit. Therefore, Tuhai is at the level of low curb in the eyes of others.
Moreover, Tu Hai is the only pillar in his family, which is a bit bleak compared to the Niu Hulu family. It can't overshadow Suppilon in itself, and it is still facing a big family. Therefore, Yun Yao still has self-knowledge.
But fortunately, Yun Yao is also a member of the Niu Hulu family, although it is only a side branch, Yun Yao is also confident that they will not harm her. As I said earlier, the ancients had a very strong family concept in the feudal era, and no matter what, Yun Yao was surnamed Niu Hulu. She also represents the Niu Hulu family.
Especially now that Concubine Niu Hulu has not given birth for a long time, Yun Yao's entry into the palace is also something they are happy to see. Yun Yao could guess that perhaps they had already sent an order to Concubine Niu Hulu to make friends with her and form an alliance.
Yun Yao thought of this, but felt that her future was bright, but Yun Yao was more worried about her position after entering the palace. In fact, to be honest, Yun Yao knew that she could at least have the position of a noble person after entering the palace, but Yun Yao wanted more.
Because she knew that if the score was too low after entering the palace, she would probably be slaughtered by others in the future, especially when she was in the spotlight now. There is a saying that if you climb higher, you will fall harder. Yun Yao was concerned because of her uncle's identity before entering the palace, so she was destined to be high-profile, and Yun Yao certainly wouldn't resent her uncle for making her a target.
But if she can't climb higher, others will only look at her unpleasantly and then suppress her. The palace has always been high and low, but now she is a target, and she can only dispel everyone's malice towards her in a higher position.
And Yun Yao wants to be a person like Concubine Niu Hulu, because she is not willing to look at other people's eyes in the harem, but she does not have enough family background to dominate in the harem. So Yun Yao's goal is to become the first person under the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu after entering the palace, and Yun Yao knows that this idea is crazy, because she will face more opponents.
None of the concubines who left their names in the history books of Kangxi are easy to mess with, especially the four concubines of Huiyi Derong, who have the title of the Four King Kongs, these four people stood tall in the Kangxi Dynasty, and they lived a very long life, and they died after Kangxi's death. But if he didn't work towards this goal, Yun Yao's future would only be greatly reduced.
But fortunately, they are not in the climate now, although Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong have entered the palace, they are still living under the majesty of the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu, and they have not gained a firm foothold. They were able to occupy the concubine position later because one gave birth to Kangxi's eldest son in the actual sense of the word, and a concubine who gave birth to Kangxi's most children, even if most of them died.
And Concubine De and Concubine Yi have not yet entered the palace, and under her mental calculation, Yun Yao feels that she still has a lot of chances of winning. Yun Yao thought of this, and only felt that her ambition was gradually growing.