In the past two years, the courtiers also had a lot of opinions about Emperor Jing's harem.
Emperor Jing had too few concubines in the harem, adding up to only five people, and one was the queen who never died.
Not to mention the queen who never died and occupied her position, the ministers were also quite interested in being able to send a few of their daughters into the harem.
Helpless, Emperor Jing thought that the late emperor's filial piety was an excuse, and he talked about it for three years before mentioning it.
After three years, no one dared to mention it again, because Emperor Jing's attitude was too obvious. For so many years, there has been only such a noble concubine.
Of course, there was also a mention of not being afraid of death, but it was ignored by Emperor Jing.
On this occasion, Concubine Yuan Gui has another.
This time, no one dared to come out and add to the blockage. It was because the anger was bad for the imperial concubine and hindered the emperor's heir. No one could afford it.
In the spring of March, Xiaohua took Yiyi and Yuer for a walk in the imperial garden.
The scenery of the Royal Garden is beautiful, the flowers are blooming, the grass is growing and the warbler is flying.
The sun is warm and the wind is gentle, and it is very comfortable to blow on the face.
Yiyi ran around in the flowers in a pink dress, fluttering butterflies with a small net. Yu'er ran behind her sister, but unfortunately her legs were too short to catch up, so she ran over and grabbed Xiaohua's sleeve to complain.
"Mother, look at my sister, she didn't wait for me."
Xiaohua pinched her son's chubby face and said, "When you grow up to your elder sister's age, elder sister won't be able to catch up with you."
Now Xiaohua is the only one who can pinch the chubby face of this bad-tempered and sensible second prince. When others touch it, they will be very anxious.
"Okay, okay, my sister caught a butterfly and played with it for you."
Yiyi ran over carrying the small net and handed the butterfly in the net to Yu'er. Yu'er glanced at it, not interested in this kind of thing, and turned her head away angrily.
"Oh, you're a boy, why are you so stingy? Then you can stop being angry when you talk about your sister."
"You give me the little net to play with." Yu'er finally stated her purpose.
Yiyi laughed and ran away while making faces, "The little fox's tail is showing, come after me if you want..."
Yu'er was so angry that she rushed over.
Here, Xiaohua laughed so much that her waist was almost unable to straighten, and the palace servants surrounded her and said, "Madame, stop laughing, be careful of your body".
"Okay, okay, don't laugh anymore, Ben Gong doesn't laugh anymore." Saying so, Xiaohua calmed down for a while before recovering.
"Niangniang—" Chuncao suddenly said.
Xiaohua followed her gaze, where Concubine Qiao was taking the palace servants for a walk...
"Niangniang, look, how nice the sun is today, it's warm, and you won't feel sunburned. If you go out more, you can relax your mood."
Concubine Qiao did not speak.
"The flowers in this imperial garden are all blooming. Niangniang, which one do you like, the servant will cut it and take it back and put it in a bottle and put it on your dresser, and you will feel good when you look at it."
The Xiaogong person in the ear was chattering, this is a lively person, he is small, and he talks a lot. Concubine Qiao had many people to serve, but she was drawn to serve.
Without him, I just feel lively, and I won't feel that my world is dead.
Concubine Qiao touched the spring flower under her hand and whispered, "It's a pity to cut such a beautiful flower."
"But you'll be thankful if you don't cut it."
"Thank you if you don't cut it..." Concubine Qiao murmured silently.
"Niangniang—" The little palace servant beside him pulled Qiao Concubine's sleeve, "The noble concubine and the eldest princess and the second prince are there. Shall we go and greet you?"
Concubine Qiao was stunned for a moment, raised her eyes to look over there, and then lowered her eyebrows.
"No need, the imperial concubine may not be willing to see us. Let's go, it's getting late, we'd better go back."
Xiao Gongren wanted to say something, but Concubine Qiao had already turned around and walked back.
Xiaohua hadn't seen Concubine Qiao for a long time. Every year except for New Year's Day, it was rare to meet each other every year. It's been a long time since I saw Qiao Concubine, and only then did I realize that she was so haggard, and that there was an inexorable loneliness between her brows.
My heart suddenly became heavy.
…
Yiyi ran forward, unexpectedly bumping into someone.
"Yiyi-"
Hearing the voice of the prince's elder brother, Yiyi raised her head with a smile.
"Brother, you've also come to the Imperial Garden, why didn't you study today..."
Luo Yan frowned and looked at her from the side, and the person Yiyi bumped into was Yang Nuo.
"Brother Nuo, you are here too."
Yang Nuo didn't speak, and straightened the eldest princess.
Luo Ye, who was more than seven years old, was wearing the uniform of the prince. When he opened up a little, he looked more and more like Emperor Jing. The two stood together, one was an enlarged version, the other was a reduced version, and even the way he usually looked at people was the same.
Of course, in front of his mother, concubine, younger siblings, and a few close people, Luo Ye still had a lot of differences from usual, at least a lot more.
"I heard that the mother-in-law was here with you and the second brother, so I looked for it. You are so old, and you are running around like crazy all day long."
"Isn't this playing with the second brother..."
As she was talking, Yu'er hugged Yiyi's waist from behind and laughed, "Sister, sister, give me the net."
"Here it is, you naughty bastard."
Holding the net she finally got, Yu'er blushed with excitement and called out eldest brother and brother Nuonuo, and she ran away without a trace.
"Alright, princess."
Yiyi frowned and looked at Yang Nuo, "I've told you several times, you don't need to call me the eldest princess, just call me Yiyi."
"Princess Yiyi."
Yiyi stomped her feet, pulled Luo Ye aside, and said in a loud voice, "Brother Prince, you taught him, look at his old-fashioned appearance, if he is so big, he will die, and he will leave in the future. Going out will damage your prince's majesty."
Luo Yan laughed, "Is it so serious? Brother Yang Nuo is good. After all, there are differences between men and women. How can I call you by a nickname? How will you marry when you grow up."
"People are still so young, who are you marrying?" Yiyi blushed, "You two old-fashioned people, ignore you." After speaking, she ran away to Xiaohua, who seemed to be complaining.
Luo Yan gave Yang Nuo a wry smile and said, "When my mother gave birth to us, she gave me all the nutrition."
"Uh, it's good for the eldest princess to be like this, after all, she's still young."
Luo Yan smiled and said nothing, and took Yang Nuo to Xiao Hua's side.
***
"Hey, do you think there is something wrong with my thinking? How can others do to me, but I can't bear to see it."
Lin Qingwan rationalized her thoughts, gave Xiaohua a complicated look, and said, "It's normal for you to have such thoughts."
"Is it normal? I thought about it all night last night and thought it was abnormal, so I called you here today to talk to you. I didn't dare to mention this in front of the palace people, and His Majesty didn't say it there."
"How do you say it? You just feel that you are happy now, and the unhappiness of others makes you feel that you stole other people's things to make others so unhappy, so you have a sense of guilt."
Xiaohua thought about it for a while and nodded, "It's really a bit."
"Before you changed, you naturally wouldn't have such thoughts, but now that His Majesty is wholeheartedly towards you, you don't have to worry or take precautions, so you can't help but feel more compassionate, this is the emotion that normal people have. location, and probably the same.”
Hearing this, Xiaohua laughed at herself, "Actually, they have always been successful and defeated, and they have hurt me a lot. It is because of this that I feel that my compassion is superfluous. Put yourself in another position, maybe I am now on the grave The grass on it is kneeless."
Lin Qingwan just listened and didn't speak.
"Hello, nothing to worry about..."
Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "Actually, you are also very good. I think you are very powerful. For so many years, Your Majesty is the only one like you. Your happiness is enough to make women all over the world jealous."
"Aren't you so happy that everyone is jealous."
"How can it be the same! Let's put it this way, the value of a man's wives and concubines is directly proportional to his power, status and wealth. My family's background is low and he has no money. Naturally, it can only be me." Speaking of this, Lin Qingwan haha laughed.
Xiaohua took a sip and sneered at her, "Fuck you, pretend to be poor every day, and no one asks you to borrow money. When I don't know that your family's money is in your control, your man has no money."
Lin Qingwan smiled, picked up the tea and took a sip.
Slowly letting out a breath, she faced Xiaohua before saying again: "Actually, you don't need to worry about it, and you don't need to think too much. Another way of thinking, you can be a wicked person for yourself in the future, and let go of what is intrusive and not inconvenient. where the problem is solved naturally.”
"You wouldn't mean to say..."
Lin Qingwan shook her index finger, "Of course it's not what you think. Why should a woman embarrass a woman? Of course, if a person is bullied in front of him, he must not let it go. But since there is no threat, he can naturally forgive him and forgive him."
Xiaohua thought about it for a while, and then said complicatedly: "But I always feel that a woman's happiness doesn't come from whether it is brocade clothes and jade food..."
Lin Qingwan's eyes lit up, and she lowered her eyebrows and poked the tea foam with a smile: "You can have such an idea, it is very rare to see it in this kind of place."
Xiaohua only thought that this place was the palace, and Qingwan said that she was kind.
As everyone knows, the two of them think a thousand miles apart.
She thought for a while, her brows furrowed tightly, and she murmured, "No, I think the world is not allowed..."
Lin Qingwan didn't speak, Xiaohua thought for a while, looked at her, but hesitated.
"You have to think about this yourself. If you really can't figure it out, you can discuss it with your majesty... Hey, it's getting late, so I'll go back first."
Xiaohua nodded, but didn't get up to see her off. Lin Qingwan's entry into the palace in recent years was as convenient as entering her own home, so she was familiar with it.
After getting on the chariot, Lin Qingwan showed a smile.
In fact, Niangniang's state of mind today, including her thoughts, can still be understood by Lin Qingwan when she thinks about it, but she should not say much after all.
If this happened in her past life and modern times, she would definitely have to complain that a bitch is hypocritical, and the junior third and superior still have the face to sympathize with others.
But this is not modern, the rule here is the system of three wives and four concubines, the law here allows men to have many women, and the women here never have the idea of being a mistress.
What's more, Xiaohua is her friend, and she has to stand in her position and think.
Everyone has the right to be happy. As long as they don't hurt the world and don't do things they feel ashamed of, the rest is nothing. People are selfish. If you have it, others will not. This is a dead knot that cannot be solved.
It is too difficult for a woman in this era to want to be happy.
When she is happy, she naturally thinks that her best friend is also happy.
So, Xiaohua, you must be happy, and don't let foreign objects interfere with your happiness.
The author has something to say: ~(￣▽￣~)~ Xiaohua is not a Mary Sue, everyone will have pity, especially women can have this kind of emotion, especially this person is so low that you don’t think it will be a threat at all~
～(￣▽￣～)~ As for Wanwan, everyone will have a different position according to their position, and the direction of looking at the problem will also be different. It's not that her views are wrong, it's just that her position is different.