The weather is getting warmer and the peach blossoms are in full bloom.
For the past two days, the queen mother was busy discussing the candidates for the consort with the people from the Ministry of Rites, eliminating the need for routine greetings, while the emperor was busy with government affairs. Except for the occasional sitting in Jingren Palace, the emperor was hardly seen in the harem.
This is really deep palace loneliness.
Leaning on the couch, Concubine Xue turned over the words in her hand, and sneered: "It's nothing new to turn over and over again."
Qingyue peeled the nuts for Concubine Xue by the side, "Then find someone to go outside the palace to pick up some new ones."
Concubine Xue threw the book down and sighed.
Qingyue looked at Concubine Xue and said, "Niangniang, this servant has something to say. I don't know if I should say it or not."
Concubine Xue said: "Speak."
"Your majesty's time is just right, why don't you focus on your majesty? You see, concubine Li, she is copying scriptures for the queen mother and making clothes for majesty. What she wants is not grace?" Qing Yue paused for a while, then added: "And that Qin Jieyu, she was only a sixth-grade beauty when she entered the palace, and since she won the favor, even without mentioning the title of Jin, her mother's family has been promoted, and now even the eldest prince is brought by her. Raise, isn't the maiden in a hurry?"
Concubine Xue snorted softly: "Qin Jieyu can be favored, but because of that face, what do you think she can do?"
As soon as the voice fell, the little eunuch said from outside: "Niangniang, Madam Xue is here."
"What are you doing at this time?" Concubine Xue muttered to herself, standing up straight, "Qingyue, hurry up and let her in."
Mrs. Xue entered the room and sat down and said, "That's what the empress really told me."
Seeing Madam Xue's serious face, Concubine Xue blinked and said, "What's the matter? What are you talking about?"
Mrs. Xue said, "I told the lord what the niece said, and the lord went to check the pawnshop. Guess what?"
Concubine Xue's eyes flashed slightly, and she said in cooperation, "What's the matter?"
Madam Xue looked around and said, "Niangniang, this is no trivial matter."
Concubine Xue raised her hand to screen and retreated from the palace servant, and said, "Can you tell me this time?"
Mrs. Xue took out a list from her sleeve and said, "If it wasn't for the official to act in person, the shopkeeper of the pawnshop would never tell the truth, Niangniang, let's take a look."
Concubine Xue took the list, unfolded it, and covered her mouth.
"This..." Concubine Xue shook the list and whispered: "Is this true? The person who spent 800 taels to buy an actor is actually Qin Jieyu?"
Mrs. Xue nodded and said, "This is the trial of the official, and there is absolutely no right or wrong."
"This matter is too strange, let me stroke it." Concubine Xue stroked her forehead and murmured: "Is it possible, is it possible that there is a problem with the Qin family? The whole family is meticulous?"
Concubine Xue got up and said, "No, this matter must be reported to Your Majesty immediately."
Mrs. Xue said, "My lady, calm down first."
"How can I calm down?" Concubine Xue said coldly: "At the moment, only Qin Jieyu is favored in the entire harem, and even the eldest prince is raised under her knees. If she is a meticulous artist, then this harem will have a show."
Mrs. Xue took Concubine Xue's arm and said, "My lady, are you so ready to tell your majesty?"
Concubine Xue said: "The last time you enjoyed the flower viewing banquet, you looked at Qin Jieyu's face, right? She is the same as the one born before and after, and she bought an actor to return to the house before the election. Isn't that suspicious?"
"No matter how suspicious it is, the maiden has to wait." Madam Xue said: "Since she is favored, we cannot act rashly. The official has already sent someone to Jiangnan to arrest the actor. When someone is arrested, let His Majesty personally examine whether she is not. better?"
Concubine Xue nodded and said, "Where's the Qin family? Can my brother send someone to watch?"
"Speaking of which, the Qin family has not stopped for the past two days." Madam Xue said, "Qin Taishi has been too complacent recently. He actually took a singer as his concubine, and then something happened to the concubine of the Qin family."
Concubine Xue said, "What happened?"
Mrs. Xue said: "The second girl of the Qin family doesn't know how to befriend Liu Lang of the Chu family, but the Chu family is negotiating with the girl from the British public mansion. How could Mrs. Chu let the first son of the Chu family marry a concubine? Something went wrong."
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At the same time, Qin Wei also received a letter from the Qin family.
Xiao Yun watched Qin Yan's face change suddenly, and worried: "What's wrong with the concubine?"
Qin Wei closed the letter, put away her dignified eyes, rubbed Xiao Yun's head, and said, "Mother concubine is fine.
Qin Xun handed Xiao Yun to Mother Yuan and said, "Mother will take the eldest prince down first, my second sister has come into the palace."
Mother Yuan said softly, "But what happened?"
Qin Yu sighed and said, "I don't know yet."
At three quarters of noon, Qin Rong entered the palace.
As soon as she entered Jingren Palace, Qin Rong's tears fell, she knelt on the ground and said, "Niangniang, now only you can save Rong'er."
Qin Xie has always had a bad impression of this concubine sister, but the family has always been a prosperous one, a loss and a loss. As long as her surname is Qin, Qin Xue can't ignore her.
Qin Jie said, "Get up first and make it clear, what's going on?"
Qin Rong said while sobbing.
Qin Yan listened for a long time before she could hear the ins and outs.
Qin Rong wanted to marry high, so she made a lot of noble women in Beijing through her identity as Qin Jieyu's sister. Poetry meetings, flower viewing banquets, pot-throwing competitions, and polo matches, there is nothing she does not participate in.
At a poetry meeting, she met Chu Jiangya, the sixth son of the Chu family. After Chu Liulang was a famous family member, he had an extraordinary energy in life. He was also the tanhualang appointed by the emperor this year. Qin Rong quickly fell in love with him.
One brows were full of spring, and the other raised eyebrows. Chu Jiangya took advantage of the wine to force Qin Rong's body in the restaurant. Qin Rong was only fifteen years old, and her courage was broken, Chu Jiangya just comforted her with ease, "Rong'er, I can't help it, I can't help it when I see you."
It's easier for men and women to love this kind of thing. Even though Qin Rong had high thoughts in her heart, it was not a man's turn to suffer for this kind of thing.
Qin Rong has been waiting for Chu Jiangya to come to Qin's family to propose marriage, waiting for the news that the Chu family and the Luo family are getting married.
Qin Rong couldn't sit still, so she wrote a letter to Chu Jiangya, a letter that made the whole Chu family know about it.
Chu Jiangya means that a wife can't, a concubine can.
This is also what Mrs. Chu meant. It's still in Qin Jie's face.
Qin Rong's eyes were full of helplessness, but Qin Xue felt a chill.
If these children of noble families want to have a spring breeze, they can go to Qinlou Chu Pavilion to have fun. If they dislike the smell of fat and powder in the brothel, they can charge a few more rooms. Chu Jiangya took Qin Rong's body, obviously deliberately. for.
If Qin Rong really became a concubine for the Chu family, then the Qin family's face would be unnecessary.
After listening to this, Qin Jie's first sentence was, "Have you had Bizi soup?"
Qin Rong clenched her fists and said, "No, no."
Why not, is self-evident.
Qin Rong looked at Qin Jie's faintly angry expression, and cried out, "Auntie is gone, my father has taken a concubine again, there is no marriage in my eyes, my brother has never liked me, and Ronger can't do anything... Sister, please help me..."
Qin Jie looked at her and said coldly, "How do you want me to help you?"
Qin Rong said: "Eldest sister is favored, as long as you can talk to His Majesty, I can naturally be the wife."
Qin Wei took a deep breath in anger and said, "Do you know who Chu Jiangya is? That is the direct line of the Chu family, the Queen Mother's line! You are absolutely ridiculous!"
"Isn't the eldest sister absurd?" Qin Rong's eyes were flushed, and she said, "Isn't it true that the eldest sister did not marry Zhu Gongzi before she entered the palace? My sister is now favored, and the eldest prince is raised in Jingren Palace, why can't you help me? !"
"Are you threatening me?" Qin Wei said, "Qin Rong, if you feel threatened me, you can be the eldest lady of the Chu family. I will take you to see your majesty now."
Qin Rong knelt down with a thud, and said, "Rong'er's unwillingness to speak for a while is Rong'er's fault."
Qin Yu was silent.
Qin Rong covered her face with her hands, and said sadly, "But I gave him everything, how can I get married like this?"
Qin Yan said: "Qin Rong, Liu Lang of the Chu family is not sincere to you. If you enter the Chu family, you will regret it whether you are a wife or a concubine."
Qin Rong said: "Big sister, you don't know him well. Liu Lang is not that kind of person. He said that he is the only one in his heart, and he will never touch anyone else in the future..."
Qin Ei pursed her lips and didn't say a word, but felt that these words were very familiar.
Qin Rong's cries were getting louder and louder, so that Qin Xue didn't hear the footsteps outside the door at all.
Although Qin Xue knew whether he should save others by himself, he still said: "These promises are the most untrustworthy. If he can forgive you once, he can forgive you a second time."
Outside the gate, the man's expression froze.