It took more than two months to resolve the matter of the Su family. During this time, the harem was very peaceful.
After all, it is the Soviet Party with many disciples, and it is impossible to get rid of them all at once. In two months, most of the high-ranking officials have been cleaned up, and the rest of the young people have to take their time.
Concubine Shen Gui said that she had been ill for more than two months, and lived in Fengyi Palace with her daughter-in-law every day. In March, His Majesty the Emperor couldn't bear it anymore, and warned her that if she didn't recover from her illness, Qi Xue would demolish Jianjia Palace.
Shen Yuqing thought for a while, at least Jianjia Palace was her territory, and she couldn't let others torment her. So the boss reluctantly announced his "recovery" and started bouncing around in the harem again.
Concubine Shen's first appearance after her recovery was when everyone paid her respects to the Empress Dowager.
"The concubine is late." She smiled apologetically, as if she really felt ashamed.
The corners of the concubines who had waited for a long time at the gate of Shoukang Palace twitched, disapproving in their hearts, but they couldn't just say "stop pretending", they could only pretend that they didn't see it. After bowing to the imperial concubine, I went to chat in a daze and chat.
Originally Concubine Shen Gui should go to greet the Empress Dowager early in the morning, and then come to see the Empress Dowager together with everyone. But who let people just "recover"? So she naturally skipped the morning trip and slept in.
The other concubines, who hadn't had enough sleep, felt a little resentful, and glanced at her sadly.
Madam Fu from Shoukang Palace came over slowly at this moment.
She first said a few words to Concubine Shen and the empress friendly: "How are the two empresses these days? The imperial concubine has not seen the empress dowager for a long time, the empress dowager is thinking too hard!"
Concubine Shen and Concubine Shen naturally followed her words and expressed their concern and longing for the Empress Dowager.
Nanny Fu nodded in satisfaction, and then said to the other neglected people: "My ladies, please come in."
For a time, the anger in everyone's hearts was unprecedentedly high.
They waited for a long time, but Nanny Fu insisted that the queen mother hadn't woken up yet, so she wouldn't let them in, but just waited. Now when Shen Yuqing came, the Queen Mother had already cleaned up, no matter how I looked at it, I felt that it was tricky.
Could it be that the Empress Dowager deliberately left them alone to make a face for Concubine Shen Gui
The sharp knife swished towards Concubine Shen, but the concubine ignored it because of her rough skin and thick flesh.
Of course, the Queen Mother did this to make a face for her, but the main purpose was not just to make her, who had been ill for more than two months, stand above the crowd as soon as she came back, so as not to let them feel negligent. It's just to help her gain hatred.
Concubine Shen Gui, who has been a meat shield for almost two years, has already accepted it well, and steadily took over the hatred value that the queen mother deliberately brought to her, and smiled at the group of women who were not as good-looking as her, Then he walked into the palace with the queen. Behind him, a group of envious and jealous concubines were left behind.
Being good-looking naturally attracts women's hatred, Shen Guifei's miraculous face seems to be a sign of a new level recently.
"The imperial concubine has just recovered from her illness, but she is still so beautiful." Concubine Xi said to the people around her with a toothache smile.
If you don't look at her expression, you might think that she is sincerely praising Concubine Shen. Liu Zhaoyi looked at her face, bowed her head silently, feeling a sour smell.
On the contrary, Wei Zhaoyi smiled lightly, nodded in agreement without any thought, and sincerely admired Concubine Shen's appearance.
Seeing this, Concubine Xi frowned slightly, not very happy.
This Wei Zhaoyi has always been such a nice person, no one can offend her, it's really fake. What's even more exaggerated is that I have wooed her several times, but the other party pretended not to understand, and remained alone, only getting closer to Xue Shuyuan every day.
What's so good about Xue Shuyuan? A distant cousin of the empress dowager, even the empress dowager only saw her once in a while, and didn't even take a step to help her become a favorite. In the eyes of everyone, Xue Shuyuan is just a pitiful little one, who has no status as a relative of the Queen Mother, but is not welcomed by the Queen Mother.
Concubine Xi couldn't figure it out, she just felt that Wei Zhaoyi was too stupid, and she still wanted to try to win over the Queen Mother by currying favor with Xue Shuyuan, just dreaming.
She coldly withdrew her gaze, stopped contacting this dumb, stupid woman, and followed Concubine Mi into the room. It's fine if she can't win over, her brain is not necessarily better than Liu Zhaoyi, it is enough to have Liu Zhaoyi who has no brains under her as a backing, too many stupid people will cause her trouble.
Seeing her leaving, Wei Zhaoyi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister Wei?" Xue Shuyuan tugged at her, "We should go in."
"Hmm." Wei Zhaoyi quickly came back to her senses, showing a smile.
After entering the hall, because there were few people, everyone sat down. The queen mother's rules are not too strict, she just doesn't like to deal with low-ranking concubines.
Now after everyone saluted her, she just chatted with Concubine Shen on her own, and even the Empress only occasionally said a few words to her, making it clear that she valued Concubine Shen more.
Everyone looked at their noses and noses and their hearts, and their hearts were full of joy. They didn't believe it anymore. Could Empress Fu not be angry when the Queen Mother praised Shen Yuqing so blatantly
However, the empress is very good at refining qi, and everyone was stunned to see a trace of displeasure on her face.
"You were sick before, but have you really recovered recently?" The Queen Mother asked with concern, "If you haven't recovered, don't hold on."
Concubine Shen Gui smiled obediently: "Of course it's all over, how dare the empress worry?"
The Queen Mother patted her hand with satisfaction: "That's good."
Empress Fu, who was sitting on the other side of the queen mother, changed her expression slightly, and quickly adjusted her mood again, as if it was just someone else's dazzled just now. But even so, the person who should have captured this scene still saw it.
They felt a little more at ease.
If Empress Fu didn't even care about Shen Yuqing calling the Queen Mother "Mother Queen" out of bounds, then this person was too deep-minded. Such a queen, they are under great pressure to deal with, and it will even prompt them to join forces.
But now, since Empress Fu is not at all unmoved, they can rest assured. Then, laugh and watch the dog bite the dog.
Empress Fu is dissatisfied with Concubine Shen Gui, how far is it from the two of them fighting each other
Shen Yuqing was "unaware" of this.
She smiled and chatted with the Queen Mother about various topics, about Qingxi, about Shen Liyi, and about Qixue and His Majesty the Emperor. In short, everything was impossible for others to intervene. In the end, when the Empress Dowager got tired and made people retreat, except for the Empress Dowager who said some words in a timely manner to increase the sense of presence, no one else seemed to exist.
Everyone: I feel like I just came here to play for a while.
Shen Guifei walked away refreshed, she didn't even show courtesy to the queen, she took a step ahead.
Concubine Mi has always been indifferent to these rules and regulations, she only glanced at Shen Yuqing's back and had no idea. Concubine Xi, on the other hand, narrowed her eyes slightly, took a step forward and chatted with the empress with a smile.
Finally, he casually mentioned: "Sister Guifei is really beautiful, even after being ill for so long, she did not lose her complexion in the slightest. Before when she was ill, His Majesty often rewarded things in the past, which made concubines feel envious. , I waited outside the palace for a long time, and the queen mother let me wait when my sister came. If the concubine can get half of the favor of the concubine and sister, I can wake up laughing from my dream!"
Empress Fu smiled and said lightly: "You are good at serving Your Majesty, His Majesty will naturally spoil you, and the Queen Mother will be satisfied."
After finishing speaking, he stopped talking to Xipin and left with others.
Concubine Xi showed a satisfied smile, not afraid of the empress' empress' indifference just now.
She didn't think that the queen was angry with her, she deliberately provoked a few words, plus Shen Guifei's attitude of disrespecting the queen before and the fact that the queen dote on Shen Guifei more, it is impossible for Empress Fu to have no grudges. It was just that she was angry with herself just now, and it didn't matter if she stabbed a word or two.
"Your Majesty?" The maid beside Xibi looked at her suspiciously, "If the Empress still troubles you afterwards..."
Xipin smiled complacently: "No, she's useless against me."
She will only deal with Concubine Shen.
As Concubine Xi expected, Empress Fu seemed to have fallen out with Concubine Shen within two days, and the relationship between the two became lukewarm, not as close as before.
"Fu Yanjun has so many things to do." Shen Yuqing sat on the roof with the little white cat in her arms, and beside her was the empress who was holding her daughter.
Empress Fu looked at her helplessly: "The two of us are too close, which in itself is not good for the situation in the harem."
According to the script designed by His Majesty the Emperor, Concubine Shen Gui should be an unruly concubine who respects the queen on the surface but disdains her secretly. It is the right thing to do things every day and domineering everywhere—rather than flirting with the empress every day!
But the imperial concubine didn't really want to follow his script.
However, the daughter-in-law passed the script and unilaterally decided to follow it. Shen Guifei had no choice but to cooperate obediently.
Shen Guifei, who was in a bad mood, licked two cats, and was bitten by an adult, and her mood improved a lot.
"Forget it, let's just play with those women." Shen Yuqing lifted the adult up, aligned her nose with it, then turned her head quickly to prevent it from biting her nose, "Anyway, look at those women who are self-righteous It’s also quite interesting to provoke.”
The empress smoothed her long hair for her sleeping daughter: "Who is he going to deal with next? The Yu family?"
"No." Shen Yuqing shook her head, "The Yu family has kept a low profile recently, let them go for now."
Because the ally Su Dang disbanded, Yu Dang sensed a dangerous signal, and recently began to behave with his tail between his legs. When the Manchu court impeached the officials of the Soviet Party, many members of the Yu Party were also implicated and suffered some losses. Several officials of the Yu Party were also liquidated, and this incident sounded the alarm for Yu Youxiang.
He immediately began to restrain the officials on his side, telling them to be more peaceful, so as not to touch the emperor's mold at this time. In this way, Yu Dang has no more losses.
Now the court is calm, except for the Soviet Party being swept away from time to time, officials from the emperor's family are promoted one by one to occupy the vacated positions.
At this time, in order to prevent the Yu Party from jumping over the wall in a hurry, it is impossible to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. In the same way, the Soviet Party cannot be completely suppressed. Therefore, the cleanup of the Soviet Party will probably gradually stop in the future, and the Soviet Party will still leave three or two high-level officials to survive.
The Empress nodded in agreement: "Concubine Mei was punished one after another before, which should be enough to make an example of others, but there is really no need to rush to liquidate the Yu Party."
After all, wars are still going on in the west, so there can be no more disturbances in the capital at this moment.
But: "I heard that the war in the west is about to be settled?"
"It should be soon." Concubine Shen looked far away, looking to the west, but only saw the Yangtze River in the distance and a large area west of the city, "Xi Rong wants to defend against my army and the Western Regions alliance in the north, if it is not difficult to move in winter, I'm afraid I've already lost."
The biggest advantage of Xirong is that the climate there is not suitable for ordinary people, and many soldiers are seriously unaccustomed to the water and soil in winter. Coupled with the cold weather and food shortage, no one would fight desperately, and the war gradually eased.
In the beginning of spring, everyone fought fiercely again. But it's already March now, and even counting the days, the war won't last long. Xirong didn't have enough food, and it was not easy to last for so long. I'm afraid they also snatched a lot of food from the unaccustomed Western Region coalition forces.
"I also heard that this time the coalition forces of the Western Regions didn't get much favors." Concubine Shen quietly gossips to his daughter-in-law, "Half of the fighting is internal strife."
Loulan is the largest country in the Western Regions recently, and there is a princess who is very favored in the Dayan Palace, but when it comes to interests, all these names are not so easy to use. The robbery of Xirong led to the outbreak of their direct conflicts. Some countries were robbed more and some were robbed less, but those who were robbed of less food were unwilling to help those who were robbed more. Loulan’s mediation work was not done well. , which led to the almost collapse of the coalition forces later.
In the end, the collapse did not collapse, but Xi Rong took advantage of the opportunity to lose the morale of the army and won a few beautiful victories. The coalition had no choice but to forcefully put aside the conflict and join forces to deal with Xirong, but if the conflict is not resolved, it will easily become more serious. At this moment, the coalition forces are basically gone, and sooner or later they will disperse.
Loulan also received some complaints. When they formed the coalition army, they did not fulfill the big cake they drew for all countries. I thought I could snatch a lot of things from Xirong, but I snatched some and was snatched back by Xirong. After working hard for a long time, the income was not satisfactory.
Coupled with the fact that the mediation of the conflict was unsuccessful, now Loulan is not a human being inside and out.
"Don't care about them." Empress Fu's eyes narrowed, "If Lou Lan keeps silent, Concubine Mi's life in the palace will not be so easy."
Yes, the emperor favored Concubine Mi, in the final analysis, it was just to appease Lou Lan. If Loulan had no use value, then she might not fall out of favor and be suppressed, but she definitely wouldn't be as favored as she is now.
The imperial power has always been like this.
However, Concubine Mi herself is not a kind person, when Shen Yuqing said twice that she was out of illness, she was the one who ran amok in the palace. This time it was better, after all, just now a Concubine De fell from her horse, she restrained herself a bit, when she first entered the palace, she was very domineering.
From her daring to push people into the water directly and undisguisedly, it can be seen how arrogant this woman is.
Empress Fu suddenly thought of something: "Jun Yan asked you to take care of Concubine Mi?"
Otherwise, why suddenly brought up the war.
Shen Guifei smiled.
That's right, Concubine Mi is going to be in trouble. In His Majesty's little book, she has recorded a lot of accounts.
"By the way, Mrs. Shu is about to lift the ban." Fu Qiushui reminded, "She was banned at the end of September last year, and it has been March now. At the end of the month, she will be able to come out to make troubles."
The imperial concubine raised her eyebrows: "I remember I said before, let her copy the palace rules or something, and she is not allowed to come out if she can't finish copying?"
Empress Fu shook her head: "That's it, the emperor will definitely find an excuse to release her, and won't really ban her."
Before banning Mrs. Shu, in fact, there was another consideration to deal with Concubine De.
Mrs. Shu is a typical idler who likes to make trouble behind her back. In just one year, she has tossed and tossed several times. There is no reason why she would not try to intervene in the matter of Concubine De.
In order to reduce the variables, the emperor simply let her toss around for a while, and then locked her up vigorously. Now that Concubine De has finished tidying up, she can come out and jump around.
After all, if Concubine Mi wants to dismount, she still needs a little more effort from Mrs. Shu.
The degree of hatred between these two people is basically the highest so far. Back then when Mrs. Shu wanted to win over Concubine Mi, Concubine Mi didn't give her any face, and the two of them have formed a relationship ever since.
"I think Mrs. Shu might not dare to do anything casually just after she was released."
Empress Fu showed a subtle smile: "That's not necessarily the case."
Some people are naturally courageous. What's more, Mrs. Shu, who is proud of her ability to deceive people
The reason she stumbled before was because concubine Xi got in on her, and the maid beside her was too stupid. Now that she has learned her lesson, she may not become obedient. She will only try to wipe her butt clean and try not to be discovered next time.
Some people are used to doing bad things, and one or two blows can't stop her.
"And Mr. Yan will give her courage." Empress Fu said.
Shen Yuqing thought for a while, and felt that it made sense. She put her arms around the empress and kissed her: "My daughter-in-law is still smart."
"..." Empress Fu pushed her away, "Don't wake up Qingxi."
Miss Qingxi has been spoiled by the two empresses, and she has a bad temper. Now she wakes up very angry, and she will throw a temper tantrum when she wakes up. Although Concubine Shen liked to see her daughter's angry appearance very much, but in order to avoid a decline in her daughter's status, she still held back.
Thinking about that unlucky Emperor, his status in Qingxi's heart is not as high as Baiyutang, one of the snacks that he eats every day, it's really sad.
Thinking of Tang, Concubine Shen quietly reached out and pinched her daughter's chin, making her open her mouth, and watched carefully for a while. Slightly frowning: "If she continues to eat like this, she will have rotten teeth."
Empress Fu was shocked: "So serious?"
Concubine Shen couldn't tell if she was going to have tooth decay or not, she just thought of the little loli girls in the crossing Qianmen sect who ate a lot of sugar every day, and then covered their faces and cried with toothache. Comparing Qingxi, she always felt that Qingxi ate too much candy.
But she couldn't let the empress see that she was talking nonsense, so she said with a serious face: "If this continues, it will definitely grow. I usually control some of her snacks and change them to more salty ones, anyway. She also likes to eat."
Her Royal Highness is picky eaters when eating, but not picky eaters when eating snacks. I like to eat all snacks, but I prefer to eat sweet ones in comparison.
"Qingxi knows what's going on." The empress was worried, thought for a while, and said, "Just tell her that Lord Yan ordered it!"
Concubine Shen: "..." That's fine, your brother picked it up from the cliff, right
Empress Fu took it for granted, "Anyway, his status in Qingxi's heart is already very low, so he shouldn't care about being lower."
So the pampered and pampered little fairy Qingxi woke up and got a bad news—from now on, the number of her snacks will be reduced by one-third, and most of the sweets in the remaining snacks will be replaced with salty snacks.
It was a disaster.
"Wow - I don't like father anymore!" Qingxi cried as she buried herself in her mother's arms.
Her mother and concubine coaxed her without guilt at all: "My dear Qingxi, don't cry when you're done, your crying makes my concubine's heart ache."
The pure Qingxi didn't know that her own mother and concubine were the culprits. When His Majesty took time to accompany her to eat, her attitude was icy cold. He saluted indifferently according to the rules, and ate his own silently. After eating, saluted and went back to rest, I didn't want to say any unnecessary nonsense to my naughty father.
His Majesty the Emperor who was confused: "How did I offend Qingxi?"
The empress, who was watched by him, picked up the tea and took a sip slowly: "The little girl's mind is always delicate and changeable. How can I know why she is unhappy? It's not necessarily because she is angry with you, she It's been like this all afternoon."
"Really?" the emperor asked suspiciously.
The empress nodded firmly: "Yes."
The maids of Fengyi Palace looked down at the ground silently, pretending not to know that the empress was lying.
The emperor was relieved, and drank another round of tea with his sister, and then went to the guest room to correct the unfinished memorials.
Early the next morning, he returned to Zichen Palace. He didn't have to go to court today, so he could relax and leave the palace in disguise. Let's see if I can find a chance to meet Su Qiaorong. I heard that Qiaorong is going out of the city today to see Zhuangzi in her dowry.
And Qingxi, who slept late, woke up to find that her father not only ran away, but also didn't leave her a word. Feeling aggrieved, he ran around the Zichen Palace, but couldn't find his father.
"You're lying! You said that Emperor Father has returned to Zichen Palace!" Qingxi looked accusingly at Xia Sui, the chief eunuch of Fengyi Palace.
Xia Sui wiped the sweat from his forehead, not knowing how to deal with this little ancestor, he looked at Miss Jinli for help.
Miss Jinli silently lit a piece of wax for His Majesty the Emperor, and then looked at His Royal Highness apologetically: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has left the palace."
Qingxi was stunned, and after a while to realize, she burst into tears.
Father didn't take her with him when he went out of the palace to play!
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