Chapter 216: Half-truths
The concubines of this harem have never been able to talk about sincerity, and friendship is just a cloak wrapped in interests, which sounds good, but in fact it is just a mutual use. Just like Yunxi and Concubine Rong at the beginning, there may not be no friendship between the two, but no amount of friendship can compare to more and more interests.
Concubine Tong is indeed impulsive enough, but she is also good under impulse, at least the identity of the emperor's mother's cousin alone does not know how many people are overwhelming, if she is not stupid enough, maybe history will not change, then she is not one of the two concubines who are not rightly named, but should be the imperial concubine who dominates the harem. It's a pity, Concubine Tong not only doesn't know it, but also likes to put on a self-righteous appearance to suppress others, just like that, she still wants to let others give her life, in the words of that civilized era, dear, the brain is a good thing!
"What the concubine said is that whether this is smart or not is indeed not something that can be divided by a word or two in this palace, but by stupid people themselves, so don't think that you are smart in the world, and then treat others as fools. Yunxi raised her eyebrows and smiled lightly, obviously not taking Concubine Tong's words to heart.
In this palace, no one has the obligation to get used to anyone, if there is a request for someone, bow her head and say the past, and she has never asked for Concubine Tong, so there is no need to get used to her.
"You-" Concubine Tong looked at Concubine Zhao who was toasting and didn't eat the penalty wine, if it wasn't for Mama Tu pulling her in time, she might have jumped up and tore her up directly.
Thinking of her own plan, Concubine Tong gritted her teeth and suppressed her unwillingness and anger, although she kept an eye on Concubine Zhao, she was still quite jealous of her in her heart, after all, what she was able to achieve was often something that others could not do, and even if she didn't want to admit it again, she also knew that the emperor's treatment of Concubine Zhao was different from other concubines in the harem, otherwise how could Concubine Zhao's declining family background be promoted to concubine in a short period of time by so many people. The Empress Dowager's illness has not improved, maybe it will disappear one day, and then the family will operate again, and her ascension to the throne is just around the corner.
Even if the Hesheri family and the Niu Colu family are secretly waiting to compete with her Tong family, Concubine Tong has always believed in her heart that Kangxi will definitely choose her mother's family, not the Hesheri family and the Niu Colu family, because it is not a good thing for one family to have two queens, and their Tong family is still separated by a house, they are aunts and nephews, and they are two dynasties.
"Okay, don't talk about this nonsense, this palace asked you to come here today to serve the Empress Dowager. "Concubine Tong intends to show her ability, she can't interfere in other things yet, but the Empress Dowager is seriously ill, even if they wait for them from time to time, at least they have to make a look.
She knew that when the status of the third concubine was stabilized, the emperor would definitely divide power, and at that time, whether it was the old rival Niu Colu or the new third concubine, it was inevitable that she would have to get a piece of the pie, she couldn't stop it, but she could delay, and even thought of holding the main power in her own hands, so she actively behaved.
Yunxi looked at the whispers around her, her eyebrows raised slightly, she obviously didn't expect that Concubine Tong would put her mind on going to Cining Palace, although it is not a strange thing for concubines to serve illness, but they have intentions, is the empress dowager willing to accept it?
Seeing that everyone was aroused by Concubine Tong's words, Yunxi was not in a hurry to express any opinions, and sat quietly and listened to them express their opinions. No matter what kind of thoughts the concubines who were aroused were aroused, many of them spoke enthusiastically, as if they could come up with some way to get recognition, Yunxi did not agree but did not object. After all, everyone has their own choices, and she can't force others, and naturally she won't wronged herself.
Sure enough, this matter didn't say a reason until the best, Concubine Tong strongly expressed that other people have the intention to profit from it but don't want to be implicated, after all, the queen mother's bad temper is known all over the palace, but this fire has not reached her head, so she doesn't care much, but now the interests don't know if there is a rush up, I'm afraid that few people are willing.
Although Concubine Tong was not satisfied with such a result, she was not in a hurry to let people make up her mind, after all, there was a Niu Colu clan staring at it over there, if she gave this matter alone, then she was afraid that she would have to wait not only to find fault with her. So Concubine Tong could only press the matter for the time being, and only told them to go back and think about it, and Yunxi and the others went to Concubine Niu Colu's Yongshou Palace after leaving Jingren Palace, fortunately, Concubine Niu Colu was not as impatient as Concubine Tong, and just signaled them to disperse with just two perfunctory sentences, and Yun Xi breathed a sigh of relief for this.
She has only been out of confinement for a long time, and although her mental state is good, she can't withstand such a toss, and now she understands Kangxi's arrangement a little. Whether it is the court or the harem, what is needed most is indeed only the word balance, Concubine Tong is balanced against the concubine Cobalt, and the three of them were promoted to concubines, although it was a little accidental, but it was also to contain the two concubines.
Yunxi is still satisfied with this result, if Kangxi really sealed an imperial concubine, then now Yunxi really has to feel embarrassed! She just tried to make the Empress Dowager sick, and in the blink of an eye, she was dragged to serve the sick, facing a person who always wanted her and her child's life, how could she have no mustard, to put it bluntly, she would endure just because she was not capable of dealing with the other party, but once she had the ability, without the assurance of others, she herself could not guarantee that she would not attack in the face of the enemy in front of her, so she just watched from afar, until the other party died was the best choice for her,
Back in Yonghe Palace, Yunxi fell silent, on the surface, her life was completely occupied by Kangxi's father and son, but in private she contacted her brother and asked him to help develop her power.
Yunxi knows that her ability is not obvious, and all this she has obtained so far actually has a premise, that is, the favor that Kangxi gave her and the decline of her family. Sometimes the higher he stands, the better it is, for Kangxi, what he needs may not be the most beautiful woman, but a woman who can reassure him, and now Yunxi's beauty also makes him feel at ease, so she has a smoother journey than others.
Does this count as a slap in the face of all the women in the palace!
The women in the harem all think that they can win everything after they are born and powerful, but they don't know that the more powerful these are, the more jealous Kangxi becomes, and they will never even get his approval and sincerity.
Yunxi knew that his family was not obvious, and he did not have any resistance to this situation, but secretly rejoiced that there were more people in this palace who wanted to be favored by Kangxi, but there were few people who could really enter his heart, and there might not even be one. Yunxi appeared with such an image at this time, and being able to make Kangxi heart move was a ready-made advantage in itself, how could she take the initiative to give up.
What's more, the people of the Suo Yuluo clan are not important to her, except for Alhatu and Anahuzhan, Yunxi doesn't care about anyone at all, so it's naturally impossible for her, Concubine Zhao, to spend effort to pull out those who have hurt her, and she doesn't allow Kangxi to make a move, in order not to change all this, so as to occupy Kangxi's heart and get his favor, but what she didn't expect was that she would be tempted by him and fall in love with him closely, so Yunxi wanted to be, no, at least now she doesn't want to change the status quo.
Therefore, Yunxi will not get involved in any plans in the palace, good or bad, she will not participate, of course, if she really can't escape, she will not sit still and let others arrange it.
In Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager leaned on the head of the bed, looking at Ulan Tuya who came to ask for peace, her eyes were full of love, maybe she regarded the person in front of her as the sustenance of her hometown, or regarded her as a realization of her obsession, anyway, the Empress Dowager at this moment is like a most loving elder.
"Okay, good, the mourning family looks very good, Su Ma, look at it, our Horqin is a beauty!" When the Empress Dowager said this, the pride on her face did not look like praising others, but praising herself.
Seeing this, Aunt Su Mala nodded with a smile on her face and said, "What Gege said is that Gege was the most dazzling pearl of Horqin at the beginning. ”
When the Empress Dowager heard Su Malagu's words, a smile rose on the corner of her mouth, with a trace of remembrance on her face, as if she had returned to the carefree days when she was young.
Ulan Tuya is bitter in her heart, she will stay in the palace, naturally she is ambitious, but after entering the palace for so long, the emperor has not summoned the newcomer, but she has not summoned her, but she can't announce this kind of thing. Now that she finally met the Queen Mother, she wanted to take this opportunity to explore the Queen Mother's tone, but before she could speak, she was warned by the Queen Mother's mother.
She knew that Aunt Su Mala was different from ordinary grandmothers, not to mention the Queen Mother, even the emperor looked at her differently, even if she was unhappy, she didn't dare to say anything more, after all, she was just a little nobleman now, and she hadn't even been pampered, how could she compare to the grandmother who had been waiting in the Queen Mother all her life.
Su Malagu looked coldly at Ulan Tuyan's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and shook her head secretly, she thought that the girl she chose this time would be a smart person, but now it seems that she still lacks a little aura, if she wants to stand alone, I am afraid it will take a lot of thought.
"Su Ma, what has the emperor been doing these days?" The Empress Dowager, who came back to her senses, quickly hid the nostalgia for the past in her mind, and asked about Kangxi's recent situation.
"Back to Gege, although the emperor has been busy with state affairs recently, there is no difference between summoning the concubine and the usual, and there are already two summoning the newlyweds. Although the Empress Dowager didn't ask explicitly, Su Malagu knew what she wanted to ask, but even so, she didn't dare to give her a real answer, but this half-truth was the most acceptable.