Seeing that Concubine Shu was pampered, she was summoned to accompany her every day, and even interfered in court politics......

The Chu family was worried at first, and then found that important events such as the Chongyang sacrifice were still presided over by the queen, so they relaxed a little, and the old lady Chu handed a sign into the palace, wanting to talk to her daughter face to face, and go back to settle the family's heart.

Old Madam Chu was dressed in a navy blue dress, led by Fu Jin all the way to Jianzhang Palace, and frowned imperceptibly when she crossed the threshold.

She asked, "Fujin, how is Niangniang's body?" ”

"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the original season of the mother had a cold, and she was already in peace a few days ago, but the emperor was concerned about the mother and instructed the Song Yuan to come every day to diagnose the safety pulse of the mother."

Old Madam Chu hummed shallowly: "That's fine." ”

After entering the house, I saw that the queen was telling the palace maid something, and when she saw her mother coming, she turned her head, and joy came out of her eyes. ”

Then, the palace people standing on the side immediately retreated, leaving only the mother and daughter and Fujin in the room.

"My mother looks like she's lost weight."

"My body has always been strong, but I'm just worried about you."

"Sure enough, my family secretary really didn't believe it, and when I saw me today, I was relieved, right?"

In front of her mother, the queen no longer claimed to be in the palace, and smiled easily.

She dressed up extraordinarily luxuriously today, and took out all the most expensive furniture ornaments in the warehouse, and put Jianzhang Palace in a bit of Zhaoyang Palace.

Old Madam Chu smiled and turned to talk about the marriage of the juniors in the family.

After talking for a while, she said quietly: "Niangniang has always been careful, otherwise how could she stop the medicine and incense in advance, and arrange all these ornaments and furniture that do not meet your preferences, so as to calm my heart as a mother?" ”

After saying that, Mrs. Chu burst into tears.

Knowing the daughter Mo Ruomu, the queen has not been interested in external objects since she was a child, and she does not love women's incense, so she wants to be refreshing. It's just that Jianzhang Palace boils medicine and pours medicine residue all year round, like soaking in a medicine jar, and suddenly stops medicine for a few days, and the medicinal fragrance is difficult to dissipate naturally, so it can only be covered with a strong fragrance.

Because she wanted to see her relatives, the queen deliberately dressed up today and slept well in advance, but the body that was hollowed out by the medicine could not withstand scrutiny no matter how carefully she was decorated. So, the queen was not surprised, but smiled discouragedly: "It is very unfilial to let my mother worry about me," she paused: "But the emperor really didn't treat me badly, there are some rumors outside the palace, and the main thing to do is still the palace...... Concubine Shu was not promoted to concubine, which is also the reason, he doesn't want me to be difficult. Otherwise, it should have been sealed a long time ago. ”

No matter how favored Concubine Rong was in the past, she only held the power of the six palaces as an assistant, and the emperor would not tell her about the affairs of the court, and the privileges she asked for were also within the framework of the favored concubine. But Jiang Xian jumped out of this framework, if she was promoted to concubine again, others would discuss when she would be crowned imperial concubine...... It also means that she, the queen, is no longer in charge.

And now, Concubine Shu is just Concubine Shu, and what others think about is when to become a concubine.

"The silkworm ceremony and major sacrifices are still done by me, and the palace power is also in my hands, so people's hearts are not easy to fluctuate."

After the queen said this loudly, she coughed uncontrollably.

The palace maid who had originally exited the door heard a violent cough, and immediately rushed in, waiting for the queen to cough up phlegm and gargle, and then sent pills for her to take.

Seeing that the old lady Chu was distressed.

Her Yunyun, since she was a child, is a broad-minded child, she eats a bowl to the bottom, her eyes, nose and small face are round, and everyone who sees her praises her for being blessed, and it is also because of this that she was favored by the Queen Mother, became a princess, and later lived in the middle palace......

After the queen recovered, the palace maid quietly withdrew.

"I knew we might as well not be this princess."

Old Madam Chu slumped her shoulders, tears flowed from her sour eyes, and said this rebellious sentence. When the queen heard this, she smiled: "No matter how many people ask for it, don't talk about these unhappy things, I asked Fujin to bring Taihua over, mother, look at her." ”

Taihua, who was originally playing in the side hall, was brought over, and a little girl like a ball of pink looked at her curiously, her facial features were exactly the same as when the queen was young, and she saw that Mrs. Chu liked it very much. After chatting for a while, Taihua was taken down, and the queen said, "Although she is a princess...... But the doctor said that my body was afraid that I would not be able to conceive the second one, and that I was useless. ”

"Who can say for sure what is going on with children? Your Royal Highness is very good, she looks very similar to Niangniang, how else can I dislike her? Don't say anything like that again,"

Old Madam Chu paused for a moment and said slowly: "The old man must be the same, his favorite is you." ”

After hearing this, the queen smiled faintly on her lips, picked up some happy things from her and said: "Taihua and the two brothers get along very well, Xie Zhao takes special care of Taihua, and she is also very loved by the emperor." ”

The long eyelashes are intertwined, covering the light of the eyes.

"After I entered the palace, there were a lot of happy things, and there were many unhappy people, most of the time, I was neither happy nor sad, I was afraid of disappointing my family, and I was afraid of disappointing my father and mother," the queen's expression was calm: "Now I am also someone else's mother, I have no other luxury, I just hope that my daughter will grow up safely, and my mother can be the same?" ”

Old Madam Chu had tears in her eyes and nodded vigorously.

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After sending Mrs. Chu out of the palace, the queen took off her makeup, spread her hair bun again, and lay down to rest. After seeing her mother, she let go of many worries and rarely took a long nap.

After waking up, the queen instructed Fujin: "Go and invite the emperor to come up to Jianzhang Palace for dinner." ”

Now there is still a period of time before dinner, but the emperor arrived in two quarters of an hour, obviously Fujin has just arrived at Qiankun Palace, and people have directly driven to Jianzhang Palace.

"I look much better at the Queen,"

After the emperor took a closer look, he found that her eyes had faint traces of crying, frowned, turned his head and asked Fujin: "Who has the queen seen today?" ”

Fu Jin didn't dare to hide anything, and immediately answered truthfully.

Ordering a woman to enter and leave the harem is a trivial matter in the eyes of the emperor, and he will neither ask about it, nor will anyone tell him otherwise. He recalled in his mind, what happened to the Chu family...... There is no ah: "If you make the queen unhappy, you don't have to see it in the future, if the queen is inconvenient to say, just say that I don't allow it." ”

Hearing this, Fu Jin couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

No matter how much the concubine is favored, the emperor always attaches importance to the mother, and the first time he thinks about supporting the mother - it is not very likely to comfort people, the emperor is the purest linear thinking, it is better not to have anything to do, don't hide it if you have something, and quickly say it to solve it.

The ancients valued filial piety, and the father and mother embarrassed the children, and the children shook their faces and said that they could not see their fathers and mothers, even if they were the queens, they would inevitably be criticized. At the same time, when a woman marries and obeys her husband, the monarch's power is higher than the father's power, and the emperor's husband is not allowed to see her, so she is "forced to helplessly" not see her family, and will not be kidnapped by morality, and he will be the villain.

On the horizontal vertical, there is a person who has been in close contact with his mother, and his mother's house has been served in a pot.

Two more times, and you can start liquidating your relatives.

"The emperor misunderstood, the concubine just rarely saw her mother, and she cried sadly for a while." The queen couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh," the emperor sat down and took two sips of tea first: "What is so sad?" The queen is homesick, and it is impossible to save relatives, and it is still possible to summon more people into the palace to talk and relieve boredom. Whether the wife can come in or not, that's not a matter of your words. ”

The status and power pursued by the concubines of the six palaces are not endless.

One of them is to talk to the family or meet without looking at the faces of others, the queen laughed when she heard this: "The imperial doctor advised the concubines to recuperate quietly, and the concubines always thought about the things in the palace and couldn't hide, now think about it, instead of worrying about the concubine's good and bad body at this time, it is better to hand over the palace affairs to a credible person, take care of the illness, and maybe raise the body back." ”

When the emperor heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he quickly understood.

The two are a young couple, partners before ascending the throne, they know each other's temperament too well, the queen is not a power-grabbing character at all, after giving birth to Princess Taihua, she has been sick, but the reason why she has to bow down to her in big seasons is that she is afraid that outsiders will think that her position is unstable and affects the family.

The emperor understands her sense of responsibility to her mother's family, and he has never blamed her for this, or thinks she is powerful.

If she really let the queen choose, she would have wanted to retreat into the background.

How can anyone live happily and wantonly, and not suffer from food and clothing, it is already very good.

Queen: "The concubine wants to ask the emperor for a favor and hand over the palace affairs to the concubine." ”

When the emperor heard this, he only felt that it was inappropriate.

It's not that Jiang Xian can't manage the harem well, it's just that the queen is clearly going to retreat in an all-round way this time, and leave it alone, if all the palace power is handed over to a concubine, what is the difference between completely vacating the back position? It will definitely be criticized, and it is not a good thing for the queen and Jiang Xian.

But the queen has been in power for many years, and it is not like she would make such a crude suggestion, so the emperor was silent and continued to listen.

"The candidates for sharing the palace affairs, the concubines also belong to Concubine Zhang Xian and Ma Ronghua, but the concubines think that there must be a leader to work together. Although Concubine Shu has prestige, she is said to be at the same level as Concubine Xian, so it is better to take advantage of the gift of Nongsang and Concubine Jin to be a concubine, ask the emperor for a favor, and let the concubine act on her behalf. ”

After the queen finished slowly, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

She didn't mention Concubine Rong, she left a gap for the emperor, so as not to provoke him to rebel.

"Over the years, many things have happened in the previous dynasty, but they have nothing to do with Concubine Rong, and I have never been angry with her,"

Even if she can't go to her palace anymore, the emperor has never deducted her in terms of food and clothing, and he also prevents the palace maids and eunuchs from being red and white, and killing a group of eunuchs who despise Zhaoyang Palace and even fill their private pockets, stopping those people's hearts from moving: "I think that the Internal Affairs Office can still be under the control of the concubine, so as not to despise her." But the affairs of the palace are still in charge of the concubine. ”

Hearing what she expected, the queen smiled again: "So the concubine thinks that the concubine can perform the silkworm ceremony on behalf of the imperial concubine's honor guard." ”

Although there is no promotion to give, only the promotion of treatment is not justified.

But from another point of view, enjoying the transcendent treatment of a certain specification, it means that this person is superhuman in the same grade. Especially for major ceremonies such as the silkworm ceremony, after Jiang Xian performed the silkworm ceremony on behalf of the imperial concubine, she truly achieved the power of the harem and took charge of the palace on her behalf.

After saying this, the queen was even more tired.

This tiredness is not physical, but mental, after making a major decision, it seems that all the strength has been drained, there is both relief and melancholy.

After speaking, the emperor was silent for a while before confirming to her:

"Queen, have you thought about it?"

The queen retreated behind the scenes to recuperate, and Jiang Xian used the imperial concubine's honor guard to perform the silkworm ceremony, which seemed to the outside world to be a signal that the queen was not in trouble. Hearing the emperor ask, the queen became more determined in her thoughts:

"The concubine begs the emperor to fulfill it."

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When Xie Che brought these two news to Bihua Palace, he also brought the old practice of the concubines of the past dynasties to perform the silkworm ceremony for her reference, so as not to have a black eye: "I will promote you to a noble concubine first, but the matter of the silkworm ceremony will not be publicized to the public for the time being...... The later the better. ”

After Jiang Xian listened, the first thing she asked was: "Has the queen's physical condition changed?" ”

If it weren't for the queen's end, the emperor would generally not be crowned the emperor's concubine.

At this moment, Jiang Xian found that she cared more about her friend's health than her promotion. She savored this change in mood, and was stunned for a while, and at this time the emperor had already finished saying a long time: "...... I didn't ask her why she figured it out, I only promised her that she didn't have to worry about anything else, just keep her mind and nurture it, and her request to build a small Buddha hall in Jianzhang Palace was also approved, and if she had an uncomfortable place in the future, even if she mentioned it to me, if she didn't want to tell me, she would go to you. Speaking of which, over the years, I have felt that the queen has become closer to you. ”

Xie Che lowered his head, just in time to catch her thoughtful eyes, and asked with a smile, "What are you thinking?" But carried away with joy? ”

After all, it's the promotion she's been looking forward to for so long.

In fact, as early as after knowing the concerns of being promoted again, Jiang Xian did not mention to the emperor that she wanted to be promoted.

It's just that Xie Che has been listening to her before, and knows that she regards promotion as her life, so he said this.

"Thinking about ......" Jiang Xian paused: "Does the emperor want to listen to the truth?" ”

"Nature."

"I want the queen to be safe more than to be promoted."

When she first accepted the favor, Jiang Xian told the emperor that some positions were all vain, and she only asked for the mercy of the king, but the tea words and tea words were full of water and had no sincerity. But this sentence actually came from her heart - she didn't think about it deliberately, so she did it naturally.

This objective fact subverted her self-perception.

It's just that it doesn't feel bad.

So she said: "No matter what, I have thanked the emperor for his grace first-the emperor wants to keep this matter a secret, and it is also to protect me, and I will definitely not talk nonsense everywhere." ”

She understands the sophistication of the world, and the emperor's hand is to catch the Ministry of Rites off guard.

As a concubine, the queen presided over the silkworm ceremony, and performed the honor guard of the imperial concubine, what details should be reduced, how many points should be reduced, and whether it was inconsistent with the ceremony...... It's enough for them to work overtime to pick and choose, so they simply don't give time to react, and cut through the mess quickly.

Jiang Xian also understands the spirit of the Ministry of Rites picking out details and finding trouble.

If we don't, how can we highlight the role and status of this department?

But the Ministry of Rites actually has a lot to do, as long as the emperor presses the line to announce this, they have no skills, and they can only admit it.