The news of a general election immediately put all the concubines at risk.
Especially before the flower banquet ended, the empress said lightly: "I heard that this year, Miss Su, the youngest daughter of the grand master's family, will also run for election. She is a smart girl."
The meaning is already obvious, Miss Su, the grand master's daughter, will definitely enter the palace. And relying on her natal family behind her, she is afraid that she will be granted a high position as soon as she enters the palace, so there may be one more person in the concubine position.
So as soon as the flower banquet was over, the concubines hurried back to the palace, planning to make a good plan for how to deal with the next general election.
Shen Guifei was stopped by the queen.
"Since the imperial concubine's younger sister is in good health, why don't you go with me to pay respects to the empress mother." The queen's tone was soft and gentle, without any trace of fireworks.
Concubine Shen is more respectful than obedient, she handed the lord to Man Xing who was beside her, and they went to the queen's phoenix together.
The queen is a very talkative person, at least for Shen Guifei. She seemed to have understood the relationship between Shen Yuqing and the emperor a long time ago, and she never had any hostility towards Shen Yuqing - not even the superficial hostility towards other concubines.
Shen Yuqing knew that the queen was also her own.
But she is different from Shen Yuqing, Shen Yuqing is just a pure partner to the emperor, but the empress is closer to the emperor, just like relatives.
There are four teams of female secret guards hidden in Fengyi Palace, the number is not less than the emperor's Zichen Palace, I don't know what the background of this empress is.
However, I heard that the Empress Dowager is the niece of the Empress Dowager, and she is the only child left by the Empress Dowager's elder brother who died young. Before moving into the middle palace, she stayed in the boudoir until she was twenty-one, almost becoming a laughing stock. Who would have thought that later she would go directly to the palace and become a queen, and would be deeply respected by the emperor.
Hmm... Does the emperor respect his cousin like his own sister
Shen Yuqing straightened her clothes with downcast eyes, and listened quietly to the Queen's words.
"The queen mother has not had a good appetite recently, so I asked Xue Xiurong to accompany her for a few days. Xue Xiurong took good care of her, but the queen mother's appetite is still not good."
Although she is the woman with the highest status in the harem, the queen mother is actually young, only thirty-five, well maintained, and there are no wrinkles on her face. She is a very wise woman, even if her son spoiled this domineering Concubine Shen too much, she never intervened.
Unlike the queen who treats everyone equally, the queen mother is very good at guessing the emperor's meaning. Whoever the emperor favored, she would show a little kindness to them, and treat the rest with indifference. The posture is just right, not only there is no suspicion between mother and child, even the concubine can't talk about it behind her back.
She is the empress dowager, so a glance from you is already a gift. This is the emperor's biological mother, the real queen of the first emperor, and behind her is a century-old scholarly family from the south of the Yangtze River, so even Concubine Shu would not dare to offend her.
"The Empress Dowager has always been in good health, why does she have a poor appetite?" Concubine Shen Gui was very kind, and followed the Queen's words and asked.
The queen smiled: "Perhaps I miss the snacks you made."
Shen Yuqing is a disciple of Mingjiao in the Western Regions, and she knows how to cook a lot of snacks with the characteristics of the Western Regions. I had nothing to do before and made some for the queen and the queen mother to taste. The taste is really good.
Anyway, they were all her own people, so Shen Yuqing was free to do so, not afraid of revealing her identity at all.
"Since this is the case, tomorrow my concubine should bring some snacks to pay her respects to the Queen Mother." Shen Yuqing suggested kindly.
The queen and queen mother handed over olive branches, and she had to take them.
After being ill for a month, the emperor seldom set foot in Jianjia Palace, and rumors had long spread in the harem that she had fallen out of favor. If she doesn't want to face the emperor every day, Shen Yuqing can only prove that she has not fallen out of favor in other ways, for example, she is still loved by the queen mother.
The queen mother, a wise and skilled harem expert, would like an arrogant and domineering concubine? Of course not, most mothers-in-law don't like their son's little wife. Therefore, there is only one possibility for her to be kind to the little wife. The son loves the little wife very much, and the mother-in-law is selling her son's face.
The empress was as careful as dust, she could tell from nowhere that Shen Yuqing didn't like dealing with the emperor, so she found a different step for her.
The atmosphere inside the car suddenly improved a lot, Shen Yuqing couldn't help sighing, the emperor was surrounded by godly teammates, no wonder he was able to rescue the dying Yan Dynasty in just three years. You must know that when he succeeded to the throne three years ago, all kinds of ghosts and monsters in the court were vying for power and profit, the treasury was empty, important ministers betrayed their elders, and princes had ulterior motives, all of which were difficult to deal with.
The Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace is not far from the Royal Garden, and it will arrive soon.
After getting out of the car, Madam Fu who was beside the queen mother immediately came up to greet her.
"Greetings to Empress Empress and Imperial Concubine Empress."
The queen immediately supported her: "You are too polite, ma'am."
This is an old slave brought by the Empress Dowager from her natal family. She has served her for many years and has very high qualifications in the palace. She brought up the emperor single-handedly. Of course, Shen Yuqing wouldn't push her too hard, and greeted her with a smile.
If others give face, she will of course give others face: "Nurse is looking good today, is the Queen Mother still in good health?"
"Everything is fine with the Empress Dowager, but she misses the Imperial Concubine a little bit."
Miss a ghost.
"The queen mother doesn't miss me! I'm afraid it's the adults who miss me?" Shen Yuqing's smile remained unchanged, and she continued to play with sensible people for the spies around.
After the group entered Shoukang Palace, the sneaky eunuchs outside dispersed.
In the West Nuan Pavilion of Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager is basking in the sun and listening to a book. The articulate little palace lady was holding a script book and reading, her voice was up and down, which would not make people feel boring.
Seeing someone coming in, the little maid immediately bowed her knees and stopped her voice.
The Queen Mother opened her eyes, nodded at the two of them, and shifted her gaze to Man Xing behind Shen Yuqing.
"This girl is getting fatter and plumper." She joked, and waved at Man Xing, "Hurry up and bring me here, let Ai's family hug you."
In the imperial palace, the one who is most popular with the high-ranking people is Mr. Mao. The emperor, queen mother, empress, and imperial concubine are all its loyal cat slaves. Although, the other concubines wished to kill this good baby who was helping the concubine to be favored.
The empress dowager hugged the lord and didn't let go, and she would play with the lord for a while after saying a few words to the queen, she wanted to snatch it back and raise it herself. However, my lord is a principled lord, so he quickly pushed away the Queen Mother's hand, walked arrogantly to the side of the soft couch and meowed at Shen Yuqing, asking the cat slave to come up to serve him.
Concubine Shen immediately brought the lord back and waited on him carefully.
Without adults distracting her attention, the queen mother finally talked about the general election with the queen and noble concubine at ease.
"The emperor's harem is empty. In this general election, Aijia means to choose two more." She thought for a while, "The low-ranking ones choose more, and the high-ranking ones don't need it. One Su Qiaoxin is enough."
When mentioning Miss Su's family, the queen mother's tone was indifferent, obviously she didn't like this person very much.
Shen Yuqing still has a little understanding of the situation in the previous dynasty. After all, she and the emperor are teammates, so she can't deceive the emperor. Without knowing the situation of the previous court, she couldn't handle it well.
This Su Qiaoxin was not an important person in the first place, she was at most like Concubine Shu when she came in, and she couldn't make a name for herself. But the problem is that she also has an older sister, Su Qiaoyun.
Su Qiaoyun is three years older than Su Qiaoxin, this year she is the same age as Shen Guifei and the emperor, twenty. There are many portraits of Su Qiaoyun in the emperor's bedroom, and this person is obviously the emperor's true love. It's a pity that true love got married early, but she had nothing to do for many years, and her life in her husband's house was not very good.
My younger sister, Su Qiaoxin, is seventeen this year. Three years ago, she happened to be fourteen, and she was not old enough for the general election. The general election will be fifteen to eighteen, so she waited for three years until this general election.
Generally, official ladies get married when they are fifteen, and if they miss the general election, they simply find a good husband outside the palace, which is not much worse than entering the palace to snatch a man. But Su Qiaoxin refused, she insisted on entering the palace, obviously she had a deep affection for the emperor.
Her father, the grand master, was the emperor's teacher, and her sister and the emperor were childhood sweethearts, but it was a pity that they had no relationship by fate. She felt that it would not be a problem for her to win the emperor with her sister's relationship, so she rejected all the marriage contracts that her family had found for her in the past three years.
This behavior is quite offensive no matter for the concubines in the harem or for the Su family.
But in the end, it has nothing to do with the queen mother, at most it can prove that her son is very attractive, why doesn't she like Su Qiaoxin
On the way back, Concubine Shen thought about it and decided to ask the queen.
I don't want to see the emperor recently, otherwise it would be more convenient to ask the emperor.
The empress personally poured her a cup of tea: "Miss Su is not deeply affectionate."
She wanted to be a queen, no, it should be said queen mother.
Enter the palace, give birth to the eldest son of the emperor, pull the queen off the horse, help her son to the throne, and become the queen mother herself. This is Su Qiaoxin's real goal, and it is also the goal of many ambitious concubines.
However, many concubines didn't control their hearts after entering the palace, and accidentally fell in love with the thin and cool emperor.
But Su Qiaoxin is a persevering person, not as easy to deal with as those women who are crazy about love.
Shen Yuqing had a premonition that for a long time to come, she might focus on taking care of Miss Su. The emperor will definitely not let her go, and it is useless to use her sister's tiger fur coat as a talisman. The emperor is not a foolish king.
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