Chapter 158: The Concubine

Wei thought about it seriously and said categorically: "I want a mother!" ”

Xiaomei on the side was so angry that she pulled up Miao, stomped her foot, turned around and walked away, but she was too lazy to care about the mother's affairs anymore.

Zhu Mei hugged Wei with a smile, and said with great interest: "Let's go, take another apple, this apple is crisp and sweet, but it tastes good." ”

Wei Di's dark eyes turned, tilted his little head and thought about it, listening to the meaning of his mother's words, it seemed that he still wanted to swallow it alone? He opened his mouth wide and cried: "Fifth aunt~"

Zhu Zheng walked towards Zhuyuan with Wei Xian, and the rich family stopped her halfway: "Miss Biao, this is Mr. Big's urgent letter." ”

Zhu Yi was stunned, in the past few years, she has been in constant communication with Yang Mu every day, but she has not received urgent mail, she put down the guard, took the letterhead handed over by the rich family, and after reading it, her face was cloudy, and then she smiled chicly: "It's hard for him to endure it for so many years." After that, he ordered the rich family to summon Mrs. Qi and the young ladies and went straight to the flower hall.

Mrs. and Miss had just arrived at the flower hall and were about to ask what was going on with Zhu, when the salute roared outside, the gongs and drums rang out, and a long, slightly sharp shout reached the ears of everyone in the family: "-House-have-happy-"

A group of female dependents looked at each other, and the rich family brought a group of maids and daughters-in-law to report: "Congratulations to Mrs. Madame, Miss Eight has just been named a concubine and entered Luanfeng Palace." ”

A group of female dependents did not see any joy, this silently rose directly from the female official to the concubine, it was really abrupt, Zhu stood behind everyone, coughed lightly, Mrs. Xu quickly recovered from the stunned, and indifferently ordered: "Open the door, set up the incense case, and prepare to receive the order." ”

The door of the house was wide open, a team of family members dressed in red wedding robes rushed out, lined up on the left and right of the gate, the palace messenger team had come to the door, the first was the palace eunuch Feng Gonggong, he whisked the dust in one hand, held the holy decree in the other hand, held his head high, followed by two teams of palace maids, holding all kinds of utensils, next to the two teams of royal forest soldiers riding high-headed horses to guard the left and right, onlookers were blocked on both sides of the street.

The ladies and wives of the family all put on solemn robes to show their solemnity, and Mrs. Xu took the lead and greeted them, and only the seventh sister Xiaozhu, who had not yet left the cabinet, was among them.

When they arrived at the flower hall, a group of female relatives bowed down, and Gonggong Feng cleared his throat and preached: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said that there is a female official of Chaoyang Palace, Xiaoju, a dignified and virtuous lady, who can be the mother of the country, and is specially named a noble concubine, and enters Luanfeng Palace." His mother's upbringing is meritorious, and he is named the second virtuous lady, and the other mother-in-law, Xu, is the first virtuous lady, and he admires this. ”

After Feng Shun finished reading, he put his hands together, held both ends of the scroll of the holy decree, and personally handed it to Mrs. Xu, seeing that her face was calm, and the fifth lady next to her was also ordinary, secretly claiming that she could raise a noble concubine Niangniang, and the lady of this mansion was really extraordinary.

Mrs. Xu's face was as usual, but her heart set off turbulent waves, she can be the mother of the country? ! What does this mean, could it be that Xiaoju not only wants to be crowned a concubine, but also ascend to the world in one step? Today's queen is recognized as virtuous, doesn't this volume of holy decrees push Xiaoju and her family to the cusp?!

Mrs. Xu stabilized her mind, worshiped the incense case, put the holy decree into the ancestral hall with her own hands, turned around and took the gift list handed by Feng Shun, but it was the reward of the palace, Zhu Shang glanced at it, Rao is she is used to seeing strange things in the north and south, and she can't help but speak, and whispered in Mrs. Xu's ear: "This year's New Year's tribute from all over the country, this list almost includes the eighth, Xiaoju is really the emperor's grace." ”

Mrs. Xu couldn't help but be moved when she heard this, and finally showed a little joy on her face, and ordered her subordinates to serve tea and cloth dishes, and left Feng Shun to eat, Feng Shun shirked again and again: "The noble concubine Niangniang entered Luanfeng Palace today, and there are still many things to be busy in the palace." ”

said that he went straight to the layman, but he couldn't stay.

Feng Shun returned to the palace and saw that the palace was full of joy, red silk was seen everywhere, and all kinds of palace lamps were hung, Luanfeng Palace was brightly lit, and the palace people shuttled back and forth in an endless stream.

Since the emperor's last draft, it was the first time to recruit a new concubine, and it was a female official who directly mentioned the position of the concubine, and all the palace maids were overjoyed, as if the next person to jump into the dragon gate was herself.

The concubines gathered in Mingfeng Palace, sitting in a circle with gloomy faces, and Xu Qining, the queen of Daning, sat upright, her face was calm, her face was still indifferent, and she was smiling as before.

Xu Qining looked around for a week, saw that all the concubines were speechless, and said calmly: "If there is nothing wrong, please go back." ”

The hot-tempered Concubine De stood up, threw out the book with her hand, and said angrily: "Niangniang, this is the emperor's roster of happiness in the past four years, Niangniang is good, on the fifteenth day of every month, the emperor will come to accompany you, what about us, but I haven't been close to the emperor for four years, as the head of the palace, don't you just ask?" ”

Xu Qining didn't look at the underground account book, swept over the concubines present one by one, and lightly opened her mouth: "Didn't Concubine De Niangniang personally send tonic soup to the emperor every three or five days?" Concubine Niangniang's health is not good, and the emperor often visits, has Wang Meiren been rewarded less over the years? Liu Cairen is also often sent by the emperor to talk about poetry and painting......"

The concubines were speechless by her, but it was difficult to explain, and they couldn't get close to the emperor, so what was the use of not being able to keep a son and a half daughter?

After the palace concubines withdrew from Mingfeng Palace, Xu Qining's face finally showed a trace of fatigue, she stroked her head, her eyebrows were tightly locked, she took the pill handed by the palace maid, ate it in one bite, and asked casually, "What time is it?" ”

The palace maid had an ordinary appearance and an ordinary face, and said respectfully: "The noble concubine is going to salute Your Majesty." ”

Xu Qining smiled bitterly when she heard this, when she was young, she also knelt down with him and bowed to heaven and earth, and she also longed for her husband and wife to respect each other for a lifetime.

Thinking of the news from the ears and eyes of her younger brother who installed the palace, Xiaoju is only a female official, and the emperor's reward during the day has surpassed that of the queen mother, and she eats and uses the same food with the emperor, and everything is comparable to the queen mother, which shows the importance of her status in his heart.

It's ridiculous that he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he just took a hairpin phoenix he gave him personally, and the next day he saw that Concubine De was wearing exactly the same one, Xu Qining touched his face, but he didn't even have tears, and the humble and insignificant wish was gone to ashes early.

She slowly plucked a bead hairpin from her head and handed it to the palace maid beside her, who sincerely excused herself and said, "Niangniang, it's too precious." ”

Xu Qining smiled brightly: "Xi'er, you have worked very hard to take care of the palace on weekdays, you can accept this hairpin, after a few days, the palace is afraid that it will not be able to take out such things." ”

Xi'er's eyes flickered, and her throat choked: "Niangniang! ”

Xu Qining waved his hand, Xi'er lowered his head and retreated with a group of palace people, and the lights of Mingfeng Palace went out suddenly, and it was cold and deserted.

Xiao Ju was dressed in a red wedding robe with phoenix Chaoyang gold silk embroidered edges, and impatiently threw the phoenix crown on her head aside, but the housekeeper beside her only didn't see it, Zhao Zhi, who entered the door, saw this, coughed, saw Xiao Ju's cold eyes swept over, and hurriedly turned his head to Feng Shun and reprimanded: "Who made the phoenix crown, it's so heavy, what should I do if I tired the concubine?" ”

Feng Shun made amends again and again in a low voice, and said in his heart, isn't it the ancestor that you said that you would use three percent more materials than the queen's phoenix crown?

Zhao Zhi was very satisfied when he saw Feng Shun's appearance, the cooperation between Feng Gonggong and I was getting more and more perfect, and after doing enough play, he stepped forward, poured two glasses of wine himself, sat down next to Xiaoju and coaxed: "Mother, have you drunk a glass of wine?" ”

Xiaoju took the wine glass and leaned up to the neck, Zhao Zhida was embarrassed to hold another glass of wine, swept around the room, and saw Feng Shun and the others obediently turning their heads to the side, turning a blind eye, their hearts were relieved, and they dried the wine casually.

Xiaoju glanced at Zhao Zhi and asked calmly, "When did I get pregnant?" ”

Zhao Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then said curtly: "Didn't I just write a sentence about the concubine who can be the mother of the country?" Who told those courtiers to refuse to live or die, I was in a hurry......"

Xiaoju turned her head to look at him directly, and said sharply: "In a hurry, you don't care about the reputation of the slave?" ”

Zhao Zhi was speechless by her question, scratched his ears and cheeks for a long time, and finally said in a whisper: "Why, in a few months, won't it be there?" ”

The corners of Xiaoju's mouth were raised, she grabbed the acacia mandarin duck pillow on the bed and threw it into Zhao Zhi's arms, and said firmly: "The emperor holds the pillow and goes to sleep, and the slave also wants to see how the emperor will give birth to a child in a few months." ”

Zhao Zhi hugged the pillow, carefully sat down beside Xiaoju, pushed her with his shoulder, and replied shyly: "Naturally, the concubine gave birth to me." ”

After saying that, a pair of hands quietly wrapped around Xiaoju's waist, buried his head in her neck, sniffed her body fragrance, and said obsessively: "Juju, go to bed peacefully." ”

Xiaoju's calm voice sounded out inopportunely: "What if you can't give birth?" ”

Zhao Zhi paused slightly, and then said without hesitation: "All those who know are all silent." ”

Feng Shun shuddered, feeling that there was a hurricane blowing on his body, and there was already a sound of teeth chattering around him, he said in his heart, the emperor is dry firewood, and the concubine Niangniang is the fire lead, it's terrible, it's terrible.

Xiao Ju sneered, stretched out her jade hand, shook it in front of Zhao Zhi, and counted them one by one: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Empress, the Imperial Doctors of the Imperial Hospital, the palace maids and eunuchs of Chaoyang Palace, your important ministers are left and right......

Zhao Zhi touched his head and asked in surprise, "Are there so many?" ”

After that, he said sarcastically: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will really become a loner by then." ”

Zhao Zhi tilted his head, supported his chin with his hand, and laughed: "Don't I still have you?" ”

Xiaoju was silent, Zhao Zhi looked at her beautiful side face, and his heart suddenly panicked, obviously he had already got her, why would there be an illusion that she would leave at any time? .