The next day, His Majesty the Emperor found Miss Dongxiao.
The biggest "intelligence chief" in the palace, there is no news that she doesn't know. You must be looking for her, this is what Miss Jinli said.
So the emperor went.
Miss Dong Xiao pondered for a while, and said, "Maybe it's because a few short-sighted ladies insisted on visiting Imperial Concubine Yan yesterday."
Yesterday, Imperial Concubine Yan finally went out for a walk, wandered around the imperial garden, visited Shoukang Palace, and met Princess Qixue.
This was not a big deal at first, but some concubines couldn't stand it. She hadn't seen the emperor for half a month after entering the palace, so she was in a hurry.
Thinking that Concubine Yan is a noble concubine after all, and she does not participate in the competition among concubines, but she is very embarrassed in front of the empress dowager. These concubines wanted to visit Noble Concubine Yan, and let the concubine speak for them in front of the Empress Dowager after establishing a good relationship.
Maybe the queen mother will give them a hand when she is happy.
This is also a rush to the doctor, but it is not impossible. It's a pity that Imperial Concubine Yan did not enter the palace to provide for the elderly as rumored.
It is extremely generous for her to tolerate her man going to sleep with a concubine, and she still wants her to help her win favor? Go dreaming!
If Concubine Yan is unhappy, His Majesty, the culprit, will be in trouble.
Fu Yanjun's face turned dark after hearing this.
Do those women in the harem not understand human speech? The Empress Dowager Yizhi clearly stated that no one is allowed to disturb Concubine Yan. These women dare to commit crimes against the wind. Do you really think he will not blame them
But it's not easy for him to take action on this matter, and he can't let the empress dowager blame him next time, otherwise it will seem like a big deal. After much deliberation, I still had no choice but to ask Concubine Shen Gui for help.
"Let me help you with the work?" Concubine Shen gave her son a hand to eat, "Yes, what benefits are you going to give me?"
This is extra work, and of course it costs money.
His Majesty the Emperor held his breath: "The rewards I usually give you are not enough?"
Concubine Shen Gui rolled her eyes, halfway through the roll she thought that this was in front of her son, she couldn't be so unrecognizable, so she restrained herself. She frowned: "I'm not discussing with you."
No price, no work, if you have the ability, you can find someone else!
His Majesty the Emperor counted on his fingers, but he really couldn't find anyone else.
Concubine Shen is the best at hating people.
Who else could he turn to? Empress? Forget it, don't drag the queen into this matter, and her shot is no different from the queen mother's shot. Concubine Wei is even worse, she has always been a gentle image, and she is not good at making trouble for others. Concubine Yun's cooperation with the emperor is only related to King Huan, and it is impossible for her to intervene in other things.
After thinking about it, His Majesty the Emperor has no other choice but to promise a bunch of good things, and ask the imperial concubine to take over this private work.
The imperial concubine smiled openly, and promised to complete the task to Jin-zhu.
Then she gave her son to the nanny, and took her to the Shoukang Palace in a mighty way, to pay her respects to the empress dowager.
The queen mother was very happy to see Master Mao and her eldest grandson, so she allowed her to return to the palace after leaving the noble concubine for dinner. The next morning, Concubine Shen Gui went out early and went to Fengyi Palace.
This time Concubine Shen Gui came earlier than anyone else, and shocked a group of old people in the palace.
It was the first time for them to see Concubine Shen coming first, and they couldn't help wondering if the concubine had taken some wrong medicine today.
"Sister Concubine?" Concubine Fu greeted Concubine Shen nonchalantly, with a sweet smile, "Sister Concubine came really early today."
She looked behind Shen Yuqing suspiciously, the palace servants who usually followed her were not there, only Concubine Shen was in the room alone.
Concubine Shen Gui didn't intend to greet her, and drank tea calmly, without giving her a look. Concubine Fu's smile froze, and even if the routine failed, she was ignored nakedly.
So Concubine Fu stopped making fun of herself, found a seat and sat down, then closed her mouth and waited quietly for others to come.
This scene was repeated several times, first with Concubine Xi, then with Yu Zhaoyi and Concubine Xian. However, no one was able to pry the slightest word out of Shen Guifei's mouth, and it was for nothing that she was ridiculed by the other concubines who came in front.
Concubine Xi glanced mockingly at Concubine Xian, and felt a little happy, temporarily forgetting that she had suffered from Shen Yuqing's hand before.
Concubine Xian is used to putting on airs, but the women in this palace are not so easy to be won over by her. In the past few days of entering the palace, Concubine Xian has encountered several obstacles that are neither soft nor hard.
However, Concubine Xian is very good at nourishing Qi, even if she is tossed about by everyone, she still looks the same as before. If those little girls who don't have any city mansions outside the palace are filmed, I'm afraid they will be tricked into thinking that she is a good person by now.
It's a pity that to achieve this effect in the palace, it will take a long time to exert a subtle influence on it. These women are wary, paranoid, and difficult to deal with.
Shen Yuqing raised her eyes and glanced, everyone was almost there, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
Concubine Wei was the last one to come in. She looked around and sat down and asked suddenly: "I saw many low-ranking concubines outside. These people are not qualified to pay respects to the empress. Somehow they came to Fengyi Palace. How is this going?"
No one knew about the low-ranking concubines, and only the last two concubines Wei and Yun who came in saw it. However, Concubine Yun is a cold beauty with no dust in her eyes. She usually doesn't speak, and whenever she speaks, she will jump out a few words. Of course, she will not take the initiative to mention it. Therefore, only Concubine Wei mentioned it.
After she finished speaking, there was a flash of surprise in everyone's eyes, obviously they didn't know the situation. They subconsciously looked at the first Empress Empress, but saw that Empress Empress also frowned slightly: "What's going on?"
Obviously, the queen empress doesn't know the ins and outs. She came earlier than Concubine Xian, so naturally she didn't know the situation outside.
At this moment, Concubine Shen Gui chuckled lightly: "I asked them to come here."
Everyone looked over suspiciously, Concubine Shen Gui was very strange today, first she arrived early, and now she recruited low-ranking concubines. What is she trying to do
Concubine Shen did not wait for others to ask, and said with a sneer: "This matter is not big, it is not small, after all, it involves the Queen Mother Yizhi, queen sister, don't blame my sister, I will cut it first and then play it."
Listening to the "sister" and "sister", the empress suddenly thought of Shen Yuqing's usual ambiguous tone of shouting and playing, and her thoughts almost drifted to a place of disharmony. She hastily coughed dryly, restrained her thoughts, and nodded slightly: "Since it has something to do with the Empress Dowager Yizhi, Concubine Ming can do whatever she wants."
"Thank you, empress." Concubine Shen stood up and saluted, then turned her head to look at the door of the palace, and said coldly, "Why don't you 'invite' in this group of ignorant ladies?!"
As soon as the sound came out, how could outsiders dare to delay. A group of low-ranking concubines with insufficient status were driven in, and all the concubines from the entire palace gathered in the side hall of Fengyi Palace for a while.
Fortunately, the side hall is big enough, otherwise it would not be able to stand up.
These low-ranking concubines tremblingly looked at Concubine Shen Gui who had sat down again, and saw that the other party had sharp eyebrows, a bright red dress, and an imposing aura, and immediately panicked even more.
However, they didn't know how they had offended this ancestor, so they could only stand there quietly with their heads down, and let the ladies explore and look at him.
"These younger sisters usually stay peacefully in the palace, and their positions are not high, how did they offend the concubine sister?" Xi Concubine asked.
Concubine Shen looked over with a half-smile, and saw clearly the little thoughts in Concubine Xi's heart. Want to use her as a pawn to win over those low-ranking concubines? Ah.
"Didn't I say that? This matter is related to the Empress Dowager's Yizhi." Shen Yuqing said lightly, "My concubine Xi is accusing the Empress Dowager of having a problem?"
Concubine Xi's expression changed slightly, and she didn't dare to speak anymore.
Shen Yuqing was talking about the queen mother's name, she was still not sure what these people had done, she couldn't speak up directly, so as not to make herself unable to step down.
Without disturbing the situation, the queen empress urged Concubine Shen Gui to speak directly.
The daughter-in-law's order is the imperial decree, Shen Yuqing didn't keep her secrets anymore, she stared at everyone directly, her tone was as cold as frost: "Zhao Cairen, Zhou Guiren, Wu Xiurong..."
Concubine Shen directly called out the names of five or six people, some of them deliberately met by chance while Su Qiaorong was visiting the imperial garden, and some of them came to visit after Su Qiaorong returned to the palace. After being called by Shen Yuqing's name, they all stood up tremblingly, feeling extremely flustered.
Did they do anything to offend Concubine Shen Gui? Yes, probably not...
"I went to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager yesterday, and learned something interesting, I wonder if you have heard about it?" Shen Guifei asked coldly, pursing her lips.
These people shook their heads in panic, looking panicked.
Wu Xiurong is the highest among them, so he looks bolder. She pretended to be brave and asked: "I don't know what the imperial concubine is talking about?"
Concubine Shen Gui didn't answer, and turned to talk about other things: "At the beginning of March, the imperial edict issued by the Empress Dowager, please come and recite it for me to hear."
Wu Xiurong was dumbfounded, who can recite this!
She hesitated for a long time and couldn't memorize it, so Concubine Shen immediately smiled: "Very good, Bi Ling, come and review the Empress Dowager's edict for this empress Xiurong."
Miss Bi Ling stood up with a straight face, opened her mouth and recited it verbatim, she even re-read the nine words "Don't disturb Concubine Yan for nothing".
After Wu Xiurong heard it, his eyes went dark.
Everyone also regained their strength and figured out what Concubine Shen meant.
How dare these few people go against the Queen Mother's order to disturb Noble Concubine Yan.
Although the empress dowager doesn't care about things, she can't help His Majesty the Emperor respect her very much. As long as she intervenes, it is like an imperial decree. People in the palace, unless they are fools, no one would dare to confront the Queen Mother.
It's a pity that these young girls who are new to the palace don't understand this rule.
Since this was the matter, Xibi naturally didn't dare to stand up for them. He closed his mouth tightly, wishing he hadn't spoken just now, lest His Majesty the Emperor find out about it later, and be punished.
Concubine Shen sternly scolded these concubines who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and then quickly detained them back to the palace to copy the palace rules a hundred times, and they were not allowed to come out if they couldn't finish.
Palace rules say whether they are thin or thick, but it will take several months to copy them a hundred times. By the time they finished copying, they had already missed the best time to be favored. How could the emperor remember these little concubines in the palace who were punished as soon as they entered the palace
However, the Empress Dowager strongly agreed with Concubine Shen's decision, and issued an extra decree, declaring again that no concubines would be allowed to disturb Concubine Yan's tranquility. Whoever dares to commit the crime again next time will directly report to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty the Emperor, and be thrown into limbo.
This is considered a very heavy punishment, unless it is a very favored concubine, no one would dare to violate the ban. They don't want to gamble with their future whether His Majesty the Emperor will break this rule for them.
After Shen Guifei sent these people away, she let go of the concubines who were not causing trouble.
This time, it was just killing the chicken to scare the monkey. After the chicken was killed, the monkey could naturally be put back. Of course she can save so much trouble, but it is inevitable that other concubines are lucky, so it is best to completely smash their bold ideas, so as not to make trouble.
After cleaning up these things, the imperial concubine was the first to leave.
Everyone followed behind and dispersed in twos and threes, Concubine Xi was still walking with Liu Zhaoyi.
Concubine Xi broke her leg during the autumn hunt a year ago, and Liu Zhaoyi often visited her while she was recuperating, but Concubine Xi did not suspect it. Therefore, Concubine Xi still doesn't know that the truth about her short legs is related to Liu Zhaoyi, and she still treats Liu Zhaoyi as a vassal that she can manipulate at will.
"Why did Concubine Ming take the initiative to stand up and speak for Concubine Yan this time? This is not like her temperament. I heard that she often visited Concubine Yan. Could it be that she really has a good relationship with Concubine Yan? They don't seem to have met before... . .. " Liu Zhaoyi said while walking.
Concubine Xi sneered and said, "You really think she's so kind? It's just to please the Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager is now clearly protecting Concubine Yan, this woman Shen Yuqing went to the Empress Dowager's place yesterday, probably because she heard what the Empress Dowager said about the good things those concubines did. So I got angry today, not only sold the imperial concubine Yan, but also flattered the queen mother, and indirectly flattered the emperor, killing three birds with one stone.
Although she has now given birth to the eldest son of the emperor, she has seized the opportunity, but in order for her son to become the crown prince or even the emperor, she naturally cannot relax now. Those who should please should continue to please, lest the bamboo basket fetch water in vain.
Liu Zhaoyi quietly looked at Concubine Xi's expression, and added another provocative sentence: "Concubine Shen goes to Shengxiao Palace by herself, and when others go, she will make use of it."
"You think she doesn't know?" Concubine Xi glanced at the stupid Liu Zhaoyi, and said impatiently, "How could she run close to Concubine Yan for no reason? Naturally, it was the Empress Dowager who signaled it. I'm afraid the Queen Mother was worried that Concubine Yan would live alone. It would be boring in the palace, so Shen Guifei was asked to get close to her and talk to her."
After all, the Queen Mother's favorite is Concubine Shen Gui.
Don't worry about why the Queen Mother is holding Shen Yuqing for some reason, anyway, Shen Yuqing is favored by the Queen Mother no longer a day or two.
It is not that no one in the harem has thought about the fact that the Empress Dowager would not favor her own niece, Empress Fu, but a woman with a foreign surname.
Some people think that the Empress Dowager deliberately asked Shen Yuqing to come out as a target, but the empress position under Empress Fu's ass cannot be completely blocked by a favored concubine. More people tend to believe that Empress Fu is a hen that does not lay eggs, so the Empress Dowager wants to support Shen Yuqing and win over the Shen family.
Supporting a low-ranking concubine with no background can of course go to the mother to keep the son and report the prince to the queen to raise, but such a prince is of low background, just a fake son-in-law, and will be an enemy of the prosperous Shen family. Rather than doing this, it is better to simply cooperate with Concubine Shen Gui. The prince born in this way will be noble even if he is not a legitimate son. When the time comes for the Fu family to support this prince, he will still have the merits of being a dragon without offending the Shen family.
Although it can't compare with the glory of the prince's real mother's family, the Fu family has already produced a queen mother and a queen, and there is no need to continue to occupy the position of the emperor's mother's family. Many people understand the truth of prosperity and decline.
It is also because of this that it can explain why Shen Guifei had a good relationship with the empress before.
"But didn't the Empress Dowager send another daughter of the Fu family into the palace?" Liu Zhaoyi asked.
"Did you forget? Concubine Fu was brought to the palace by the Queen Mother in mid-March, and Shen Yuqing was pregnant in mid-April, or she was three months pregnant." Concubine Xi's eyes were slightly cold, "Mid-March At the time, Shen Yuqing was pregnant for two months. How do you know that she didn't find out about the pregnancy in advance and told the Queen Mother. So the Queen Mother hired a niece from her natal family to help her win over Her Majesty, so that Her Majesty would not be seduced by others when she was pregnant. go."
"But after Concubine Fu entered the palace, Concubine Shen and the Empress Dowager had a stalemate for a while."
It was rare for Concubine Xi to be patient, and she explained to her: "This means that either they are acting, or the Empress Dowager brought Concubine Fu into the palace without discussing with her in advance. In short, the Empress Dowager has given up now Concubine Fu, support Shen Yuqing again, it is obvious that their cooperative relationship has been repaired."
Shen Yuqing gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, and that concubine Fu who hadn't stood up naturally had no use value. The empress dowager said she would lose it, and in her heart, it was more important to be the empress's niece.
Between the Queen and Concubine Fu, any fool would know how to choose.
Seeing that Concubine Xi was lost in thought, Liu Zhaoyi stopped talking.
She originally wanted to stir up Concubine Xi's dissatisfaction and let Concubine Xi deal with Concubine Shen. Concubine Shen Gui is very skilled, and concubine Xi will definitely steal the chicken and lose money by then.
It's a pity that she is not good at provoking things like this, so Concubine Xi was not fooled. It seems that she still has to use some tricks in the dark to make Concubine Xi fall into a few more tumbles. It's better to fall into the pit, and never try to climb out in this life.
Liu Zhaoyi was in a hurry to go back and think about countermeasures, so she said goodbye to Xipin and left in a hurry.
Concubine Xi glanced at her back strangely, feeling that Liu Zhaoyi was not as reckless as before.
But this is also a good thing, lest Liu Zhaoyi keep getting into trouble for her.
Concubine Xi stopped thinking about it, and turned back to her main hall.
Their conversation was sent to Concubine Shen's desk verbatim, and the concubine almost spit tea.
"These two people are really..." It's enough to make up your mind.
Although it has always been known that the women in the palace are good at thinking wildly, they can connect things that are impossible to deal with. It is not easy to come up with a bunch of rhetoric that she almost believes.
Concubine Shen threw it aside after reading it, and continued to pick out thick wool, planning to weave a ball of wool for the adults.
The adult has recently started to moult, and the hair shedding is serious, and he rubs around Shen Yuqing every day. The formerly aloof and cold fur ball is now by the cat slave's side, waiting for the cat slave to comb it.
Combing will be very comfortable when the hair is shedding, and Concubine Shen is very idle all day long. She refused the palace affairs on the pretext that she wanted to take care of the child, but the child was actually thrown to Concubine Wei and Mammy, and she sat beside her to play with her.
So Concubine Shen began to hug the adult all day long, combing his hair with a small comb.
But even so, there are still cat hairs everywhere in Jianjia Palace.
Silky white hair sticks to every corner, making it a hassle to tidy up. Miss Bi Liu always followed behind the cat owner with a wet cloth towel, staring at her like a tiger. Wherever there is hair, just wipe it, and the whole day is full of vigor and vitality.
Concubine Shen Gui sighed, grabbed a hair from her body, suddenly became playful, and blew lightly on it, and the hair flew out.
then...
"Your Majesty!" Bi Liu ran over with a towel in hand, "The maidservant just cleaned it up!"
Shen Guifei felt guilty for a moment: "It's just a hair..."
Bi Liu didn't listen, and turned to tidy up.
Concubine Shen Gui followed weakly, helping her find the hair that had gone somewhere.
When Bi Liu managed to clean up the hair, she looked back and saw that the other cat hairs on Concubine Shen's body had fallen all the way with her walking.
"..."
The imperial concubine immediately took the towel, wiped off the hair on her body, and then quickly changed into a new set of clothes. The replaced one was thrown to Bi Xi, who asked her to send it to the Laundry Bureau for cleaning.
Bi Liu's face looked much better now.
However, in order to prevent similar things from happening again, Concubine Shen could only put on a blouse before hugging the cat, and took off the blouse for people to wash after hugging the cat. In order not to change clothes several times a day, and toss poorly.
My lord didn't notice the troubles in the minds of the stupid cat slaves at all, it still happily ran around the palace, spreading its fur all over the ground.
Later, the little devil Qingxi came—
"My lord, let's go over there to play!"
"Meow!"
"My lord, the cook in Fengyi Palace has researched a new dried fish!"
"Mi woo!"
"My lord, I'm so hairy, just like you!"
"..."
With Qingxi's encouragement, the lord's hair immediately spread wider. But when Miss Qingxi went back every night, she turned into a half-haired person. Those who didn't know thought she had gone to the cats to have a roll.
Correspondingly, such a "hairy" girl Qingxi was naturally not allowed to enter Jianjia Palace by her mother and concubine. So she had no choice but to go back to Fengyi Palace with all her hair to harm Miss Hanqiu.
As for why he was driven to the Zichen Palace later, I have to ask Miss Dongxiao.
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