The next day, Quezhi Palace.
Early in the morning, Jiang Huizhi sent the emperor away with a low eyebrow. After returning to the palace, he sat down to wash up. The palace servants reported that the queen's chamberlain was here.
"Please sit down, father-in-law!" Jiang Huizhi knew that he must have bad intentions. He sneered and cleaned up hastily. When he walked outside, his face had changed into a pleasant one, and he said gently, "But what are the Queen's orders?"
"Returning to the Imperial Concubine, the Empress said that it is already February, March is the Holy Birthday Festival, and April is the period of the descent of Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu!" The chamberlain conveyed the Queen's order calmly, "Now the Empress is being I'm afraid you will have to take care of all this when the time comes... The Queen is afraid that you don't understand this, so I asked this slave to tell you in advance!"
Jiang Huizhi was startled, her expression changed, and then she smiled: "The Queen is so considerate and kind-hearted... Do you want my father-in-law to give me some advice?"
"How dare you say that you are the imperial concubine's 'advice'?" The chamberlain said calmly, "The empress said that the queen mother had already said that this year's Holy Birthday Festival would not be a grand event, at most it would be It’s a casual banquet for our own people. Therefore, this year’s Holy Birthday Festival will be held as a family banquet. Of course, it is impossible not to invite any guests, but this needs to be considered by the imperial concubine!”
He also said, "Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu is the biological daughter of the Queen Mother, and her status is much higher than that of the other eldest princesses! The descent ceremony of this Highness will naturally be held grandly! What do you think of the Queen Mother?"
Jiang Huizhi smiled: "What I said makes sense! Please tell my father-in-law to tell the Queen that I will definitely handle things beautifully according to her wishes!"
The chamberlain was not verbose. When he saw that he had brought all the words, he waved his fly whisk and said: "Old slave, please leave!"
... After the chamberlain left, the palace attendant came up and asked, "Do you really want to worry about these things and not serve in front of the Queen Mother? The Queen's move is clearly to prevent you from getting close to the Queen Mother!"
"The Queen Mother is not the point. She was personally selected by the Queen Mother, and Mrs. E Guoguo helped to speak. The Queen Mother's wishes are not something that I can win over in just a few days!" Jiang Huizhi sneered, "Her real purpose is, I’m afraid that I’ve been with His Majesty for too long and His Majesty will neglect them and their son!”
"Then why does the empress still agree to organize the Holy Birthday Festival and the descent ceremony of Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu?" The palace servant said anxiously, "It is necessary to handle these two things well. If something goes wrong, it will be in trouble! Moreover, since the queen has clearly pushed these two matters to the empress, she must have good intentions! How can she not interfere with it at that time? Why does the empress really have to worry about it
"She is being restrained. Do you think that in such a big palace, if I don't come out, who will come out?" Jiang Huizhi bit her lower lip lightly and sighed, "Is it possible that Yongfu has declined because she just ignores the Queen Mother's longevity? !”
The palace attendant rolled his eyes and said: "When the queen was punished, the queen mother wanted you to temporarily take charge of the sixth palace! Didn't she say you didn't know how to take care of the palace and declined? She said you didn't know how to do these two things. Do… "
"Do you know why the Queen chose these two things to occupy my time, so that I would not continue to go to the Taishi Palace to serve the Queen Mother and meet Her Majesty?" Jiang Huizhi said lightly, "After all, she is restrained now, and she can't It is already disrespectful to go to greet the Queen Mother. How dare you openly stop me? "
"But both the Holy Birthday Festival and the descent of Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu are all matters related to the Queen Mother. The latter is a major event that the Queen Mother will always worry about even if she falls ill on her bed... She sent me to handle these two matters. When the Queen Mother finds out, not only will she not blame her, but she will feel that she is thoughtful!"
"That's all. It's best if I don't do a good job, so that she doesn't have to say it herself. The Queen Mother will also tell her not to be grounded and come out to handle these two things! If I say that I won't do it, it means that she will immediately let her go. She lifted the ban!”
The palace man thought thoughtfully: "After all, the queen just wants to be a good person! On the surface, she reminded the empress to deal with the Queen Mother's longevity and the death of the eldest princess, but secretly she was preparing to make the queen mother and the eldest princess misunderstand. Go to the empress—it’s over so I can cancel it at her disposal?”
"She will indeed be a good person!" Jiang Huizhi said lightly, "As for whether she will be underhanded when doing these two things in this palace, it is difficult to say. After all, she cannot personally host it now, and can only send servants to control it. In case she is If you see through it, it's over! I think she is more likely to mislead her because of my lack of experience! Anyway, you know that the Queen Mother always loves her, no matter what the reason is, the Queen Mother will be willing to let her out! "
"Are you asking your empress to make her a wedding dress? What a beautiful idea she has!" the palace man said angrily.
Jiang Huizhi was very calm: "She is His Majesty's first wife, and she is the rightful owner of the Sixth Palace! If something goes wrong in the palace, she will certainly have to bear the responsibility, but she can also share the credit for what the people in the palace have done... Before you tell me, I Didn’t you expect that the Holy Shou Festival in March and the Yongfu Festival in April will be postponed? It’s just that given my status and the Queen Mother’s long-standing displeasure with me, if I mention it, I will only be suspected of having ulterior motives!”
"Then the queen lets the queen take advantage of her?" the palace man asked unwillingly.
"How can it be so easy to take advantage of me?" Jiang Huizhi sneered and said scornfully, "If I have taken care of everything, what else will she be used for?! Besides, she thought that I had taken over such a Do you have no time to go to the Taishi Palace? Shengshou Festival is like this every year. This year, the Queen Mother just doesn’t want her birthday to steal the limelight of Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu’s descent ceremony. As long as there is no big mistake, I don’t think the Queen Mother would care at all!”
"So what we really need to worry about is Princess Yongfu's descent ceremony. Regarding this..." A sneer appeared on Jiang Huizhi's face, "I remember that when the late emperor was still there, in order to let the ministers recognize your majesty's practical ability, the Queen Mother once I asked my 19th uncle to assist Your Majesty in drafting a detailed protocol for Princess Chang Le’s descent ceremony, and he also drafted it for Princess Yongfu! This is a ready-made thing!”
The palace servant hesitated and said, "But will the Nineteenth Young Master be willing to take it out? I feel that the fourth chamber is partial to the Queen after all!"
"Didn't you hear what I said?" Jiang Huizhi rolled his eyes at her, "It's Uncle Nineteen who is assisting Your Majesty - isn't His Majesty there?! It does give me a chance to talk to Your Majesty... Hey!"
... In the Taishi Palace, Empress Dowager Jiang lazily asked Miss Lin: "How is the palace now?"
"The Queen sent someone to remind Concubine Jiang about the major events to be done in March and April." Ms. Lin said softly, "It's nothing major, don't worry!"
Empress Dowager Jiang ignored these words and squinted her eyes in deep thought for a while. Just as she was about to speak, a hurried palace attendant suddenly ran outside the palace: "Mother, something happened in Western Xinjiang! The grain and grass of the Zhenxi army were burned by spies. The army was defeated!"