Chapter 13: The Four Concubines

Emperor Changping laughed: "Speaking of which, isn't the country of our Great Zhou Xiao family as stable as a mountain?" ”

Xiao Rui smiled and nodded.

Emperor Changping became more and more happy.

In the harem, Queen Fang was teasing Anfu, and at this time, suddenly a eunuch who was waiting in front of the emperor came to pass on the will, and Emperor Changping gave the lord of Anfu a lot of things.

Queen Fang asked someone to hug Anfu and thanked Long En, so she took Anfu and Mama Liao who was waiting.

Empress Fang said: "The emperor's granddaughter and grandson also have a lot, but from the palace's point of view, the emperor still likes Anfu the most." Look, yesterday, when I saw Anfu for the first time, I was rewarded with a bunch of rare treasures in the past, and today, there are rewards. Behold what this reward is. ”

"Well, even if it's silk, this clip of pearls is not bad, and it can be strung into beads for Fu'er to carry. Well, the heads of those jewels are all red gold and gemstones. The gems are all good gems, they are big and in good condition, but they are so heavy, how can Fu'er wear them? It's just to put it for a few years, and when Fu'er is older, these jewelry should be outdated again, not new patterns. Hey, I can only keep it, and I will keep it for rewarding people in the future. Fortunately, although the emperor rewarded these with the dipping words of the Internal Affairs Office, there are no illegal dragons and phoenixes, and there is no problem in rewarding people. ”

"Mama Liao, you have put all these away, these are Xiao Anfu's. These are all accumulated, and when Anfu gets married in the future, this is the dowry that her grandfather has accumulated for her since she was a child. ”

Mama Liao hurriedly said: "Queen Qi's mother." Since the birth of the county lord, the emperor and the queen have been constantly sending water-like rewards to Liang Province. Those rewards, the national teacher asked people to make books, gold and silver jewelry, toys, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, books and the like were all placed separately in the small treasury of the county lord. Other food, medicinal herbs, silk and satin, etc., can be used, and if they are not needed for a while, the national teacher will ask someone to convert it into silver and put it in the county lord's treasury, and the things will be used by the national teacher. ”

"In addition to the rewards of the emperor and the queen's mother, the four princes, the five princes, as well as the princesses of the capital, the eldest princesses, the princes, the county princes, the clan relatives, the Yin family, the An family, the Qin family and other in-law families, as well as the Shen family, the Ma family, and the seven families of Ba Province The gifts are also according to this example, either put them in the private treasury for the county lord to register and make a book, or they will be converted into silver and taken out. The national teacher said that good things can't be left in vain, that's a waste of things, and it's sinful. It's best to make the most of it. ”

"There are also a lot of other things sent by ordinary people, but most of the national teachers have not received them, and there are really things that cannot be pushed, so the national teachers will let them sell or give them away, exchange them for silver, and send them to the Keats House to bless the county lord."

"We came back from Liang Province, and we pulled a big boat just for the county lord's things."

"Now that we have just returned to the capital, last night, the emperor and the queen gave so many rewards, it seems that the treasury prepared by the palace for the county lord in advance is not enough, and we have to trouble the housekeeper to prepare a new treasury."

Queen Fang, who said this, laughed: "Oh, our little Anfu is already a little rich man." I can't put a lot of treasures in the warehouse. That's good, Anfu will have ten miles of red makeup in the future, and a lot of dowry. Anfu will live happily and happily in the future. ”

For the first granddaughter, Queen Fang was so hurt in her heart. Of course, she also has patriarchal thoughts, and in her heart, she still hopes that her sons will give her grandchildren. However, the eldest son Xiao Rui was too late to get married, so there was no way, who let his wife be the national teacher, of course he had to wait. It's easy to wait until Xiao Rui gets married, these two have not had children for several years, and Queen Fang is going to die in a hurry. If Xiao Rui had married a woman from an ordinary family, Queen Fang would have taken out her mother-in-law's money and asked her daughter-in-law to see a doctor. Or directly send a few concubines to his son to go over and spread out.

However, her daughter-in-law is a national teacher, even if she is the queen, she does not dare to offend the national teacher. There was no way, Queen Fang could only put her anxiety in her heart. In private, she didn't know how many times she said her son Xiao Rui, but she didn't react, and her son was not in a hurry at all. Empress Fang was about to despair, she really thought that the national teacher Qin Mingyue would not be able to have children.

For this, she specially asked about the worship of the palace, and then she learned that among the national teachers of the past dynasties, there were few female national teachers, and there was no female national teacher who gave birth to children. Most female national teachers are unhappy in marriage, or simply never marry. Therefore, there is no precedent in history for female students to have children. This made Queen Fang's heart cold.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, Qin Mingyue actually became pregnant and gave birth to such a cute little granddaughter of Yuxue. It was a real bonus. Queen Fang really loves this hard-won little granddaughter very much, more than her two sons, and she can't wait to give her all the good things. for fear that she would be wronged a little.

Queen Fang said to Mama Liao: "Mama, you are the nurse of the national teacher, you have worked hard and worked hard, and you are loyal to the national teacher, and now that the national teacher has handed over Anfu to you, you have to serve you well." ”

Mama Liao hurriedly kowtowed.

Queen Fang asked the big palace maids around her to give rewards to the grandmothers and maids who served Anfu. The palace was full of thanks.

Queen Fang was teasing An Fu, and the palace maid came to tell her, saying that the concubines of the harem had come to ask for peace. Empress Fang's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she said, "Let them in." ”

Although Queen Fang said this, she still held the lively and lovely Xiao Anfu in her hands, and did not sit upright, looking very casual.

After a while, a group of young and delicate concubines led by two flower-like palace concubines rushed in, and greeted the queen in a coquettish voice.

Empress Fang nodded, and naturally a big palace maid shouted flat. Then, the palace maids brought stools and invited the palace concubines to sit down.

Sitting and beating the head is the fourth concubine, Qu Shufei, this is the adoptive mother of the fifth prince. is already in her thirties, half-aged, basically have no grace, but because she raised the five princes, the emperor and the queen gave her face.

The other column is headed by Concubine Wanrong. This is the emperor's favorite concubine for many years, for so many years, she had a miscarriage, and later, she became pregnant again and gave birth to a princess. I never got pregnant again. However, she is radiant, beautiful, and graceful, and deserves to be the first person below the queen of the harem, so she naturally has a sense of arrogance.

Sitting below Concubine Qu Shu is Concubine Fei Liang, she has been a daughter-in-law for many years, although she has not given birth, but she has been in the harem for a long time, and her mother's family is powerful, so she is a concubine who has been boiled into a concubine, she has a kind temperament, is smart and smooth, and she is a well-known good person in the harem.

Sitting below Concubine Wanrong is Concubine Su Wan, she is older than Concubine Qu Shu, and she has long been out of style, but it was only because of Concubine Wanrong that she asked for a concubine position from the emperor. The Su family has long ceased to exist, and Concubine Su Wan has no maiden family to rely on, so she can only take refuge in Concubine Wanrong, and she is Concubine Wanrong's number one strategist.