Mrs. Su's serious illness can't affect the growing taste of the New Year in Huaijing.
Even Grand Master Su couldn't put too much experience on his wife. Because Mrs. Su, who had been indifferent for a long time, suddenly intervened and stuffed a few concubines in her son's room.
Grand Master Su was very surprised, he is already fifty-five, is it too late for the concubine to give birth to a son at this time
In the past, Mrs. Su was overwhelmed by her mother-in-law, because the remaining two sons and two daughters only survived the daughter, so her mother-in-law did not like her very much. Later, she defeated her mother-in-law, forcing her to give up her housekeeping rights, and she could no longer interfere with her son's affairs.
Now, Mrs. Su suddenly seized the opportunity to stand up, and it was still when her daughter-in-law was seriously ill.
Seeing her son like this, the old lady frowned in displeasure. The kind and peaceful face that had appeared due to the year-round worship to the Buddha instantly changed back to the strict and stern look of the headed mistress.
"You also know that you are fifty-five." She tapped on the crutch in her hand, "Can't you give birth to a grandson for my mother, so that my mother can be happy?"
Master Su remained silent.
Seeing this, the old lady let out a long sigh: "My son! I'm almost seventy years old, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you for a few more years. My mother only wants to hold her grandson in my arms..."
Mother said so, how can Grand Master Su refute? I had no choice but to agree.
Although he was a little sorry for his wife, but Bai Shan filial piety is the first, looking at his mother with gorgeous hair, he couldn't say a word of rejection.
You and I are already so old, I am afraid that he will not be able to have children. Even if you favor a few concubines, it shouldn't be a problem.
Seeing her son leave, the old lady snorted coldly.
"Old lady, step carefully." The big maid supported her and walked slowly into the back room.
The old lady patted her hand and said nothing.
She shouldn't have taken this opportunity to jump out and make her daughter-in-law unhappy. After all, at such an old age, she actually doesn't expect to have a grandson anymore. However, since the person on the dragon chair has spoken, the old woman must come out and do something.
That stupid daughter-in-law really dares to do anything, knowing that Rong'er is a favorite of the one above, she dares to insult Rong'er like this.
Although the old lady didn't want to see her daughters, she was her own son's flesh and blood and never thought of treating them badly. As a biological mother, Mrs. Su behaves worse than a grandmother who doesn't like her granddaughter, which is really chilling.
"Let Nanny Hua go to see Rong'er for my old bones. Rong'er has been married for so many years, and I don't know how much wronged she has suffered in her husband's house. She has never said a single thing to me." The old lady Sighing, "People like us don't have to be afraid of her husband's family, why should she suffer herself?"
From her point of view, if her grandson-in-law treats her granddaughter badly, she would rather her granddaughter stay home with her. Although her son respects rules and doesn't like her daughter's remarriage, in this family, she can still suppress her son.
As long as she finds a new good family for her granddaughter to marry, even if her family background is lower, so what? It's good to hurt people. Looking back, she has gone to immortality, and she is not afraid that her granddaughter will be bullied by her husband's family and her pedantic son.
The eldest maid hurriedly persuaded the old lady, even saying that the eldest lady's husband's family would not dare to tease the eldest lady even for the sake of their Su family's face, please rest assured.
But it's hard to say what the truth is.
Every day before the emperor's case, new news was found out and submitted. The more he looked at these things, the more unhappy he felt. If it wasn't for the upcoming Chinese New Year, he wished he could get rid of Concubine De right now.
It's better for the palace to be more peaceful before the new year, so as not to affect everyone's interest in celebrating the new year.
The emperor took a deep breath, put these letters aside properly, and decided to deal with this unsightly woman immediately after the Lantern Festival.
On the other side, when Concubine De in Yunxiang Palace heard that her grandmother had stuffed her father with a bunch of concubines that were good for her, she was almost so angry that she couldn't eat.
When my mother was critically ill, my grandmother actually did such a thing. Are you really not afraid that outsiders will poke the back of the Su family
"My maternal ancestor's house..." Concubine De pursed her lips and said.
Back then, Mrs. Su was able to suppress the old lady because of her natal family. The old lady's natal family is declining, but Mrs. Su's natal family is getting more and more prosperous, so she can suppress her mother-in-law to death.
Concubine De didn't think that her grandfather's family would allow her mother to be bullied, so she mentioned these words. It's just that you are a descendant, so it's hard to make it too obvious, after all, it's disobedience and unfilial piety.
Hongxiu looked embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Master Uncle recently offended His Majesty, and was ordered to shut up and think about it."
Although only Concubine De's uncle was mentioned, Hongxiu's expression obviously did not only mention him. Instead, she was saying that her entire ancestral family was ruined and rejected by the emperor.
Concubine De's face turned pale in an instant.
——If the grandfather's family is in decline, and the old lady forces her father to stop his wife and remarry, then what should her mother do
In the whole of Huaijing, are there few cases like this? When the Shi family, which was once in great prosperity, was convicted and declined, most of the sons-in-law of the Shi family divorced their wives, and drove the wives who had nothing to do or who only gave birth to daughters back to their natal families. The one who gave birth to a son was placed under house arrest and never saw the light of day.
At Madam Su's age, if she is divorced, she really can't live. After all, people are always harsh on women at that time, and gossip alone can kill a woman.
Different from the gloom in Yunxiang Palace, Fengyi Palace is full of joy.
Qingxi took her little followers to play in the yard every day, looking carefree, which made people very happy to see. When the imperial concubine and the empress looked at the ledger in the room, listening to these crisp laughter and playing noises, they felt exhausted.
The end of the year is approaching, and there are still New Year banquets to be held in the palace at the end of the year.
"The New Year's banquet is not interesting." Fu Qiushui said, "These banquets are the same every time, nothing new."
Concubine Shen deeply agreed: "Fortunately there is no palace banquet on the Lantern Festival."
During the Lantern Festival, lights will be hung everywhere in the palace. Especially the Imperial Garden, when the emperor brings his concubines to visit the Imperial Garden at night, it will be a great "beautiful event".
Concubine Shen didn't think it was beautiful, she leaned close to the queen and whispered to her: "Should I take you out of the palace to watch the lanterns on the Lantern Festival night?"
What do the lights in the palace look like
The queen smiled: "Don't make trouble, the queen and concubine Qiqi are absent, so that people can see the problem."
"It doesn't matter." Shen Guifei said without hesitation, "I drank with you at noon on the Lantern Festival, so I can't come out at night, and no one can say anything."
"..." It's thanks to you that you can figure it out!
The more Shen Guifei thought about it, the more she felt that this plan was good: "That's it, I will take you out to watch the lights at night!"
"What about Qingxi?" the queen asked slowly.
Concubine Shen was in a dilemma, she wanted to live a two-person world with her daughter-in-law, but without Qingxi, this little devil would definitely make a fuss.
"How about coaxing Qingxi to sleep earlier?" Shen Guifei came up with a bad idea.
Empress Empress: "...you go and coax!"
Concubine Shen immediately responded: "Okay!"
For the sake of the world of two, it's just to coax a child to sleep, don't be afraid!
After discussing the matter of the Lantern Festival, the two quietly began to deal with palace affairs. If you want to be lazy during the Chinese New Year, you should arrange all the affairs during this time in advance now. Fortunately, there are not many things in the palace at the end of the year, that is, distributing monthly regulations, new clothes to the concubines and palace people, and arranging palace banquets.
With the help of Han Qiu and Man Chen, it was handled quickly.
On the twenty-first day of the twelfth lunar month, Concubine Shen sent away the last aunt in charge who came to reconcile the accounts, and finally settled everything.
She stretched her waist, then hugged the empress with her long arms, and pulled the empress into her arms, hugged her and threw herself into the soft bed.
"Tired?" The queen poked her waist.
Concubine Shen Gui smiled and said itchy, she didn't know if it was true or not.
"You can take a good rest for a month now," the queen said.
Shen Yuqing nodded approvingly: "Lie down for a while, and then we'll go out for a stroll."
For the past ten days, I have been bored in the house dealing with palace affairs, and I don't have much time to go out for a walk. When the Chinese New Year is approaching, Huaijing, which had snowed twice, finally ushered in sunshine.
It's just that it's cold when it snows, and it's even colder when it melts. So the next few days may be even colder than before.
Before going out, Shen Guifei took an extra thick coat and put it on Fu Qiushui, while she dressed relatively coolly.
"Going out like this, I'm afraid others will say that you deliberately wrapped me into a ball to show off your beauty." Fu Qiushui squinted at her.
Concubine Shen has an attitude that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water: "Let them talk, anyway, I am beautiful."
Fu Qiushui reached out and pinched her face: "It's still so thick-skinned."
"... But daughter-in-law, you are more beautiful than me." Shen Guifei leaned close to her ear and whispered the second half of the sentence.
Sudden flirting with a girl is the most deadly.
Fu Qiushui's ears turned red, and he glared at her: "There's no such thing as a good type!"
Concubine Shen Gui curled her lower lip in disbelief: "What? Are you shy?"
Fu Qiushui glanced at her with a half-smile, didn't say anything, just quickened his pace and walked past her, not only throwing her away, but also stepped on Shen Yuqing when passing by.
"Hiss—" The daughter-in-law doesn't feel sorry for her at all, she's a thief!
Shen Guifei slowed down, and when her feet didn't hurt much, she hurriedly chased after her, coaxing her temper-tempered daughter-in-law nicely.
How could the empress be so easy to coax, the two of them walked through most of the imperial garden all the way, and I didn't see her coaxing people well. When the palace servants on the road bumped into the two empresses, they didn't dare to listen too much, they just saluted with lowered eyebrows, and went on to their own business after they passed by.
Returning to Fengyi Palace at noon, Dong Xiao came in to report the news during the meal, saying that His Majesty sealed the pen today and would not return to court until after the Lantern Festival. It was a coincidence that he collided with Concubine Shen and the others.
"Your Majesty also said that you will come to Fengyi Palace for dinner at night." Dong Xiao said.
Shen Yuqing frowned: "Let him find my concubine for dinner."
Miss Dongxiao keeps her eyes on her nose, her nose and her heart, and she doesn't plan to participate in the rivalry between the bosses.
It was Fu Qiushui who stopped Concubine Shen Gui: "Let him come over, just in time to have a reunion dinner with Qingxi."
In fact, reunion dinner can be eaten at any time. If you eat it today, you can kick the emperor aside in a few days and let him accompany your concubine.
Shen Yuqing thought about it, so she didn't refuse.
The result of not refusing was that I failed to sleep with my wife tonight!
The dog emperor made many excuses, such as wanting to have a heart-to-heart talk with his sister Bingzhu, in short, the only purpose was to drive Shen Yuqing back to his palace to sleep. Seeing that this person was her brother-in-law, Shen Yuqing endured it.
Anyway, it's only once in a while, and this trick will definitely not work next time.
Concubine Shen left Fengyi Palace arrogantly, ignoring the little eunuchs outside Fengyi Palace looking for news.
When I came to pay my respects the next day, sure enough, a woman without eyes came up and begged for a slap in the face.
"I heard that the concubine's sister had dinner with His Majesty at Fengyi Palace last night?" Liu Zhaoyi bumped into Shen Yuqing at the gate of Fengyi Palace, and walked over to him with a smile, "Sister Guifei met His Majesty yesterday, so she must have had a good night's sleep, right? "
This person has recently caught up with Concubine Xi, because at the Laba Banquet last time, she took pictures of Concubine Xi's horses, which made him very happy. So from the moment she entered the palace, Liu Zhaoyi began to think about her thighs, and finally found a backer who was willing to promote her.
Because of this, she became even bolder.
Originally, because of suffering a big loss in front of Manchen, he became more obedient, but he couldn't help but become a little more arrogant.
Some people are like this, and they are rampant when they are successful. Not only Liu Zhaoyi, but also Concubine Xi.
If it was the past, how could Concubine Xi be so careless to recruit people into her camp? A woman like Liu Zhaoyi who doesn't know what is good or bad will sooner or later commit crimes and implicate her.
Concubine Shen Gui didn't pay attention to Liu Zhaoyi who couldn't speak and she was very sarcastic, and directly walked past her to enter the door.
Liu Zhaoyi refused to give up, and wanted to follow up to say something, but she saw Concubine Shen pause in her footsteps.
"What grade are you?" she asked back.
Liu Zhaoyi was stunned for a moment: "The concubine is Zhaoyi..."
Concubine Shen Gui said lightly: "It turns out that Zhaoyi doesn't need to salute when she sees me?"
Liu Zhaoyi's heart skipped a beat: "The concubine forgot."
Then he hurriedly wanted to make a greeting, but was interrupted by Concubine Shen.
"It doesn't matter if you forget, it's good to have a long memory." Shen Guifei finished speaking slowly and went into the room.
Only Liu Zhaoyi was left standing there blankly.
What is... long memory? What does she want to do
Before she was at a loss for a long time, she saw Miss Hanqiu from Fengyi Palace approaching gracefully, and said to Liu Zhaoyi, "Miss Zhaoyi, the imperial concubine asked you to kneel here, when did you remember the rules, and when will you come back again?" stand up."
Come on, before Liu Zhaoyi could resist, he waved someone to force Liu Zhaoyi down.
With a "bang", my knees hit the ground, and it hurt when I heard it. Liu Zhaoyi screamed and almost broke free from the restraints of the two eunuchs.
Han Qiu looked at her leisurely, and said with a smile: "Ms. Zhaoyi, it's better to accept the punishment obediently, lest the empress think that you disobeyed discipline and sent you to the prison..."
Now Concubine Shen has half of the power in the palace, so it is not a problem to punish one or two low-ranking concubines. Although Zhaoyi is the fourth rank, but in the eyes of the first rank imperial concubine, it is really not enough.
Hearing this, Liu Zhaoyi's face turned pale in an instant, and she didn't dare to struggle anymore.
For a high-ranking concubine in this palace, crushing a low-ranking concubine to death is as easy as crushing an ant. Just find any excuse, and you will be punished so that your life is worse than death, and half of your life will be removed.
Only now did Liu Zhaoyi really realize this.
The place where she knelt was really not a good place. It happened to be outside the palace where the empress was greeted on weekdays, and the people coming and going were very conspicuous. She also happened to kneel at the door, blocking half of the way. When you ladies pass by, you have to avoid her. This time around, you will pay more attention.
On weekdays, some concubines could not get used to Liu Zhaoyi, so they naturally stepped forward to ridicule her. For example, He Shuyuan, who had just been promoted from the fourth grade Shuyuan, was qualified to pay her respects to the empress, seeing Liu Zhaoyi being so unlucky, she laughed from afar.
"Sister Liu, what's wrong?" She asked with concern, "Hey, why are you kneeling here in such a cold day?"
There are no carpets here, just cold stone slabs on the ground.
She pretended to sigh regretfully: "Forget it, sister Liu has done something wrong, you should kneel down, sister, I'm going to pay my respects to the empress."
Then he passed Liu Zhaoyi proudly and entered.
Liu Zhaoyi gritted her teeth angrily.
She and He Shuyuan have always been at odds, both of them are the kind who are not favored very much after entering the palace. But she herself is the daughter of the Minister of Dali Temple, and she is a Beijing official whose father's position is not low. How can the daughter of a small Zhima official in Beijing have a similar status to her
Previously, because He Shuyuan lived in the first palace with Mrs. Wan, she could meet the emperor occasionally and be favored several times, but she couldn't meet the emperor at all in the small palace next to Changzui Palace. If it hadn't been for Concubine Xi's eyes recently, and she often went to the Changzui Palace as a guest, she might not be able to show her presence in front of the emperor often.
Now, this person actually dares to show off his might in front of her.
She almost couldn't help getting up and grabbing that bitch and biting it, she had to let her know that she was afraid. But the eunuch guarding the door gave her a fierce stare, and she was frightened, not daring to move.
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and all the orders that should be distributed in the palace have been distributed." The Empress Empress took a sip of her tea, "If there is anything missing in the palaces, remember to report it earlier, so as not to be in a hurry when you need to use it later. "
The status of the concubines present here is not too low, the empress is lenient and willing to give them more things. They are not idiots who don't know good and bad, so naturally they all stood up and thanked each other at this moment.
But if I really want to bring up something that is missing, I dare not.
When the queen said this, they also listened to it. If it is really taken, firstly it will fulfill the good reputation of the queen, and secondly, if someone has malicious intentions and sues the emperor, even though the queen has promised, it is still not safe. Who knows if the emperor will think that they are big-hearted and dislike that their current status is not high enough, and their quotas are not enough
Concubine Shen, on the other hand, said seriously that she lacked a lot of things in the palace, and said that she would make a list later and show it to the empress.
Everyone: "..."
The imperial concubine who has so many roles is second only to the queen, what can you lack? Too much to make a list? ? Are you taking this opportunity to rob? ?
However, the imperial concubine and the empress had a good relationship, and the empress did not mind the imperial concubine's overstepping, so she nodded in agreement.
In fact... Concubine Shen Gui is saving money for her daughter.
She plans to list some more good things on the list and put them in her daughter's private treasury.
It is worth mentioning that naturally these good things would not be taken from the Liushang Palace, the main purpose was to rob the emperor's private treasury, and she just took the opportunity to take them out. And is His Majesty the Emperor willing to withdraw from his small treasury...
If you don't want to, you have to be willing, do you still want to fulfill your sister's reputation of "tolerance and generosity"? Your sister has agreed to make up for what is lacking!
Empress Fu pretended not to know her little Jiujiu, and then talked about the palace banquet.
In fact, it’s a cliché, but it’s just for everyone to go back and tell the cooks in their palaces to prepare the dishes for the palace banquet. After all, ladies and gentlemen want to eat food made by their own chefs, not the ones made by the imperial chefs. Don't let your own chef lose face in front of the minister except for the problem.
Everyone responded again and again without mentioning it.
"Is there anything else? If you don't have any, let's go." The queen put down the teacup.
"Your Majesty." The concubine Xi said suddenly, "My Majesty is always kind. When my concubine came in, she saw Liu Zhaoyi's sister kneeling outside. Thinking of how cold it was, she asked her to give her a grace to get her up early so that she wouldn't get frostbite." knee."
What she said is interesting, the empress "has always been lenient", so if she insists on punishing Liu Zhaoyi, it will appear narrow-minded. Of course, there is another meaning that Concubine Shen treats people harshly, and actually punishes people to kneel outside in the cold winter months, which is not as lenient as the empress.
However, who cares about her
The two bosses are on the same front.
The Empress gave her an indifferent look: "Liu Zhaoyi doesn't understand the rules, so naturally she will be punished. Is it inappropriate for Concubine Xi?"
Concubine Xi's face turned pale, and she quickly argued: "I don't dare, I just feel that the weather is cold, if I make you kneel, I will ask your mother to change her place, at least... at least choose a place with carpets. It's good if you kneel, but it's not good if you break your knees."
"Oh?" Empress Fu raised her eyebrows slightly, "Concubine Xi is really a friendly sister."
Xipin's heart skipped a beat, not knowing what she meant.
Concubine Shen spoke at the right time: "I heard that Liu Zhaoyi has been getting close to my concubine's sister recently? My sister is also, why don't you teach Liu Zhaoyi more rules, causing her to be punished for being rude in front of high-ranking concubines."
If this is acquiescence, doesn't it mean that her concubine Xi is a sweet-hearted person who talks about caring for her sisters, but lets her good sisters not understand the rules and offend her mother
Xi concubine quickly defended: "Concubine..."
"There is no need to say more." Empress Fu interrupted her, "Since Concubine Xi is not good at discipline and is worried about my good sisters, it is better for Concubine Xi to share half of the punishment for her. Let Liu Zhaoyi kneel in the side hall, burn a charcoal basin, and put a bed on the bed. It shouldn't be cold if you put a cushion on it. If you go with my concubine Xi, it will be difficult."
It was rare for Empress Fu to be so "lenient", and Concubine Xi didn't dare to argue any more, she just felt that she seemed to have touched the empress's scales somewhere.
Concubine Nilin Shen Gui smiled slightly, hiding her achievements and fame.
The author has something to say: The concubine De must be dealt with within ten chapters. After all, she is one of the two major bosses in the early stage. Allow her to jump around for a few more chapters.
The other is Concubine Mi, she will go crazy for love sooner or later, don't expect too much from her.
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