Seeing He Heng walking beside her, Qu Qing Ju was about to stand up to salute him, but he gently pressed her shoulders: "No need, I just happened to come out of the Queen Mother's Palace, so I'll come and have a look."
Hearing the words, Qu Qing Ju said, "I originally wanted my mother and queen to come to appreciate the chrysanthemum, but who knew that the two of them said that the affairs in the palace were complicated, so they would not come to the chrysanthemum viewing banquet." Speaking of this, a trace of guilt appeared on her face. As if it was because of his two empress dowagers that he was so busy.
"You are pregnant now, so you don't have to do such brain-consuming things," He Heng smiled and sat down beside her, "The two mothers will also understand you." He was still very relieved about the two queens.
He also asked the imperial doctor before, saying that during pregnancy, women should not be too tired or angry, otherwise it will hurt both the body and the fetus, which is a big bad thing.
Hearing what He Heng said, Qu Qing Ju smiled, "This is just stealing for half a day."
Although he was sitting in front of a bunch of female relatives, He Heng was not at all uncomfortable. He didn't even have the female relatives sitting below him. He naturally talked to Qu Qingju about trivial matters, as if everyone else was like a bonsai. .
Taking advantage of a gap, Qu Qing Ju glanced down, and all the female family members seemed to be very comfortable chatting with the people around them. They didn't feel cold because of the emperor's arrival, trying their best not to let the emperor think that they were unwelcome.
Qu Qing Ju felt that she could not be so pitiful of the female relatives present, so she said to everyone: "I planned to leave you all after eating, but because this palace is pregnant, the imperial doctor reminded many times not to sit for a long time in the first three months of pregnancy. Therefore, I will not keep you today, I will ignore you, and I hope you can understand."
The female relatives who had had children got up one after another, thanking the Queen for her invitation, and saying that more attention was really needed in the first three months of pregnancy, and that the Queen and the fetus in her womb were blessed with great blessings, and they would be auspicious and smooth everywhere.
Qu Qing Ju smiled and told them to step back. Before these people left, she also took a look at Qin Chaoyun, a pretty little girl who was very good at expressing herself. It's a pity that the clothes are so plain, but the shoes reveal her nature.
If a person wants to act, they must act realistically. Apart from the common bun and plain clothes, how can they forget to disguise their shoes
The embroidered shoes of the daughter of the boudoir are often replaced, especially those inlaid with agate pearls. Because it is not easy to clean, the pearl agate is easy to disperse or the color is not good after washing, so it is usually worn once and will not be worn a second time. This also leads to the fact that ordinary people will not wear these kinds of shoes easily if they are not from a well-rounded family.
This is where Qin Chaoyun's failure lies. If he really likes simple things, why would he wear such shoes
Therefore, although she had some methods and courage, she was still a little more tender, and it was not enough to look at in front of He Heng.
Princess Jin An originally planned to talk privately with Qu Qing Ju after the banquet, but seeing the emperor protecting her like this, she felt that she didn't need to say those words, so she left with a smile on her face with the other female relatives.
After the female relatives all retired, the two returned to Tianqi Palace for dinner together. After each dish was tried by the eunuch, they started to use it.
These dishes are well matched with meat and vegetables, and they are all good for pregnant women and fetuses. Although Qu Qing Ju thought that these dishes were a bit bland, he still ate a lot.
After eating, He Heng went to the front hall, Qu Qingju lay on the soft couch, and said with a calm expression, "Have you all remembered those people who brought their daughters into the palace today?"
"Madam, don't worry," Mu Jin covered her with a thin quilt, "There are only a few families who brought their daughters into the palace, and the slaves remember them."
Qu Qing Ju nodded, she was still very relieved about Mujin's work, "The Qin family is still a scholarly family. I don't know much about it, but according to what she knew about the scholarly family in her previous life, isn't it all elegant and polite, modest but not hypocritical? Why did they look like this when they arrived at the Qin family? Isn't their Qin family's reputation for ruining the scholarly family a little immoral
"Empress Empress, you don't know anything," Jin Zhan, who has always been well-informed about all kinds of information, said at this time, "I heard that Duke Jingguo of the previous generation was a very talented person, who knows that Heaven is jealous of Yingcai, so she will go when she is less than 30 years old. Now, he has no children, so he had to pass the title to his concubine's son, who is now Duke Jingguo. Now Duke Jingguo is soft-hearted, and he always listens to the words of his wife. I didn't think so before, but now The Qin family is getting more and more impetuous, and if things go on like this, I'm afraid that the reputation of the scholarly family will not be able to keep up."
"So, the Qin family is not orthodox anymore?" Yin Liu recalled the arrogant appearance of Princess Rui in the past, and said, "Since it is not orthodox, what attitude does Princess Rui pose?"
"Yeah, in this way, Princess Rui's lineage can be regarded as a concubine." Mu Jin was quite emotional, "No wonder Princess Rui has such a temper."
Although she was skeptical of this kind of bloodline theory, Qu Qing Ju wanted to understand another thing. No wonder the Qin family was short-sighted. It turned out that the real person in charge was the woman in the house. You must know that at this time, whether men or women, stay at home all day without understanding the outside situation and issue orders, and it is often easy to make wrong decisions.
The inner house can easily limit a person's vision and judgment.
This Xiang He Heng returned to the front and back of the hall, and suddenly turned out the list of women selected by the province in the palace, "King Rui is acting confused now, and because Princess Rui is not persuading me, I can't bear the people serving my brother's side to be so unsympathetic. Reward a few selected girls to serve at Prince Rui's mansion, so that I can thank Prince Rui for their virtues." After speaking, he had circled four names out of the twenty-eight girls, and asked Qian Changxin to lead them to Prince Rui's mansion. .
These four selected women seem to have no connection, but in fact their parents are all in Beijing. Although they are not famous families, they have some connections in the capital, and they have done some things that He Heng can't look down on. The women from these four families were sent to Prince Rui's mansion, and he felt very happy.
He Heng closed the list and put it aside. Now he has no intention of Na Fei at all. In the past, he thought it was the icing on the cake with all kinds of beauties around him, but now he feels that if there are more women, if it is not pleasing to his heart, it will only take up space.
"Come here, pass the order, and reward each of the women selected by the Tuanfang Palace with a pair of gold bracelets as dowry. After three days, let them go home and get married, and there is no need to stay in the palace."
When the emperor made such a will, he clearly told others that he had no intention of accepting these chosen women as concubines, so he let these chosen women go home and marry on their own.
The selected girl was sent home to marry by herself, and the queen was pregnant again, so who would serve the emperor? People in the palace began to feel alive, as if they had forgotten the lessons of the past.
Qin Bailu listened to the people below reporting Qu Yuesu's current state of embarrassment, and felt very relieved. He rewarded a handful of copper coins to the girl who learned the tongue, and picked up the teacup and said to the picturesque person beside him, "I just want to see, Without the favor of the prince, how long can she survive."
Seeing Wang Fei's smiling face, she said helplessly: "Princess, the servants heard that today is in the court, and the lord was..."
"What does his business have to do with me?" Qu Yuesu sneered, "Now I can't even control the house, let alone the outside."
Seeing the Wang Fei's expression, you can understand it like a picture. I am afraid that the Wang Fei still doesn't know that the prince has been demoted and banned from the court. How serious is this kind of thing, if the princess looks like this for the prince to see, won't it make another scene
"This king's business has nothing to do with you," He Yuan strode in from outside the door, and without looking at Qin Bailu and the picturesque, who had changed his face, he sat down on the head and said lightly, "Now Your Qin family's idea has already hit the emperor, how can you still look at this king?"
Qin Bailu's face suddenly sank. Although He Yuan's words were ugly, they were not made out of nothing. Since he said such words, it means that the Qin family really wanted to arrange for someone to enter the palace.
He Yuan smiled softly, "Do you really think that the woman of your Qin family is Jiutian Xuannv, who is loved by everyone? You Qin family don't feel ashamed, and this king blushes for you." His fingers lightly tapped the armrest of the chair "In addition, since you have already said that this king's business has nothing to do with you, it is better to pack up and go back to your mother's house. This king will definitely ask the emperor to reconcile."
Qin Bailu was startled. She looked at He Yuan and seemed to want to find a hint of a joke on his face, but there was no joke on his face.
"Your Highness... The concubine is the concubine given to you by the late Emperor Qin. You can't treat me like this," Qin Bailu said dryly, "You can't make peace with your concubine."
"Even if the late emperor is here, if this king wants to leave you, then it's over, not to mention now that the late emperor is no longer there," He Yuan gave her a cold look, "Go out, this king doesn't want to see you."
Qin Bailu's eyes were slightly red, and Fu Liao Fu Shen was about to leave when he saw He Fu Er hurriedly walked in, and then said something that made her unbearable.
How could the emperor reward a few concubines, and why would she not serve the prince wholeheartedly? Qin Bailu felt as if he had been slapped heavily on the cheek, and it was burning hot.
He Yuan didn't care about her, just instructed He Fu'er to bring people over for him to see.
Qin Bailu looked at the back of He Fu'er who was half-walking and half-running, as if someone had thrown a basin of ice water down, and it was cold from the head to the soles of the feet.
☆、99 · Wither
The four selected daughters who were rewarded by the emperor were taken over by the prince, and after they became concubines, everyone in the palace knew that the prince was demoted. If it is not the prince, the cost of the palace and the number of people to serve will be reduced, and the scope of the palace will also be reduced, so some people in the palace will definitely be expelled.
When the people were worried about their future, they heard another news, that the prince was banned from the court, and he would be fined for five years.
The servants, who were originally reluctant to leave the palace, have nothing left now, just waiting for the news to come out, so that they can find the next master. As for the eunuchs and maids from the palace province, they also want to return to the palace province to wait for redistribution. To serve a master who is destined to have no way out, it is better to find a favorable lower house than to live and die now.
Qin Bailu didn't expect such a thing to happen. After listening to what the picturesque said, he choked for a long time before saying dryly: "Didn't he want to break me up? Now that he's like this, what can he take to break me up?! "
Picturesque sighed helplessly, not to mention the arrogant temperament of the lord, even if the average person heard the words of the princess, they would be angry. When the princess first entered the palace, she did not care to clean up the side room in the palace. The prince said something, and the two quarreled on the spot, causing the servants in the palace to watch a joke.
Now that it has reached this point, the prince and the princess have nothing to say, the prince has lost power, and the princess does not want to comfort the prince or the people in the backyard, but gloat over the misfortune. If things go on like this, what feelings are there
Seeing the picturesque appearance, Qin Bailu said coldly, "Since the lord doesn't want me to care about the affairs of the palace, I don't need to work hard and thank you for what happened in the palace. Said I was sick."
"Yes, wangfei." After serving the wangfei for nearly ten years, she knew the temperament of the wangfei like a picture, and she would not want to talk too much by herself. She was blessed and stood on the side quietly.
But Qin Bailu couldn't calm down soon, because news came from the Qin family that her cousin was reprimanded by the emperor in front of all the wives. Because she said she didn't go to Qu Qingju's chrysanthemum banquet before, she didn't expect such a thing to happen.
After hearing the whole story, Qin Bailu was deeply annoyed, no wonder the prince would say that about her Qin family's daughter, it was because of this incident. It's no wonder that her mother's family has also handed her a greeting card recently. It turned out to be trying to climb up the emperor's branch. What use is there as a princess who has lost power
Thinking about these things, Qin Bailu felt a little cold in her heart. Her family and her husband were like this, so what else could she hope for in this life. Thinking of Qu Qing Ju who was already pregnant, she lowered her head and stroked her empty stomach, not understanding why Qu Qing Ju had caught up with all the good things in the world. Good mother-in-law, good husband, good status, and even have a child soon.
Who said that God has eyes, otherwise why would some people live well and others not
"As picturesque, pass my order, Qu is seriously ill, so as not to infect others, and it is not easy to live in the west side courtyard. Today, I will move to Xiping Zhai in the west corner to recuperate." She didn't believe it, all the women in the Qu family have So lucky.
Ru Hua listened to the gloomy order of the princess, and trembled slightly, "Slave, I will give the order."
After leaving the main courtyard, she looked at the spacious courtyard and felt a coldness rush into her heart from her back.
Qu Yuesu, who has been sick in bed, watched the servants in the house rudely take out his belongings, and then threw them into a pile in the center of the house. He hated Qin Bailu's viciousness, and hated himself for taking these evil servants now. Nothing can be done.
When the things in the house were finished, one of the maids stepped forward and lifted the quilt on her body, and said coldly: "Concubine Qu, you better get up, the princess has ordered you to move in before noon. Xipingzhai, this slave will be offended." After speaking, he easily dragged Qu Yuesu, who was only wearing a middle coat, from the bed.
Qu Yuesu was seriously ill, how could she stand her tossing like this, coughing as soon as she got cold, she covered her mouth and looked at this mammy angrily, wanting to eat her flesh and break her bones.
"The side concubine, don't look at the servant girl like this, the servant girl is helpless." The maid waved her hand and said to the little maids behind, "What are you still doing, not waiting for the side lady to change?"
When Yaoxi returned to the side yard with a bowl of steaming medicine, she happened to see Qu Yuesu being dragged out of the house by two maids. She was wearing an ugly robe and her hair was messed up behind her. She got up extremely embarrassed, "What are you doing to the concubine side?!" She put the medicine bowl on the ground, and then stepped forward to push away the nanny who was dragging the concubine side.
"Miss Yaoxi, this is an order from the princess, you better not interfere," the leading mama sneered, "If you make trouble, I can only think that you are resentful towards the princess and deliberately violated the princess' order."
Yaoxi was stunned for a moment, she was anxious and angry, stepped forward to support Qu Yuesu, and said coldly, "What do you mean by this, mama, is it also the concubine's meaning to let the side concubine be so disheveled?"
Mammy twitched the corners of her mouth and immediately said, "Miss Yaoxi should say a few words less. I'm too old to listen to this." After speaking, she waved her hand and motioned to the people below to drag Qu Yuesu away. . Yaoxi couldn't, so she had to follow.
The name of Xipingzhai is better than the house. Yaoxi knelt beside the bed with red eyes, looked at the master whose face was abnormally ruddy, and kowtowed: "Master, the servants go to invite the prince, the prince will definitely save you."
"There's no need to go, the lord won't come," she said with a smile as she looked at Yaoxi who was crying, "Why are you crying? People have to leave sooner or later." Like a tossing, where can you survive.
"Master, don't say that, you will definitely get better," Yaoxi stepped forward and held Qu Yuesu's hand, "This servant will make medicine for you, and you will be fine after drinking the medicine."
Qu Yuesu shook her head, and suddenly seemed to see beautiful lanterns by the riverside during the Shangyuan Festival, the crowded and lively crowd, and the hand held by Qu Qingju and the emperor, she murmured: "That was originally What belongs to me is mine... Qu... Qing Ju, why... "
The voice gradually decreased, and finally disappeared into the silence of the room. Yaoxi looked at the motionless person on the bed, and finally burst out crying.
"Princess, concubine Qu Fang from Xiping Zhai has gone." Ru Hua walked into the house and saw the princess sitting by the window reading a book, so she stepped forward and whispered, "Yao Xi, who is serving the concubine, hopes to see the prince."
Qin Bailu flipped a page of the book in his hand and said without raising his head, "Let her go to He Fu'er, I can't control this."
Ru Hua saw that the princess didn't seem to want to say more, so she had no choice but to withdraw. Looking at Yaoxi wearing plain clothes outside the main courtyard, her eyes were red and swollen, her face was embarrassed, and she didn't know how to speak for a while.
"The princess said that she has no housekeeper recently. If you want to see the prince, you should go to Director He and report it." Picturesque still looked around, and quickly stuffed a purse with silver taels into Yaoxi's hands, her expression as usual back to the main courtyard.
Yaoxi stood up slowly, looked at the purse in his hand, and walked towards the main courtyard with a blank expression. No matter what, the master has served the prince for a period of time, can't even the dead be buried properly
He Yuan held the beauty in his arms, and let her serve him drinking. When he was happy, he let another beauty play the piano to add to the fun. He was so drunk that he couldn't even see it clearly.
"My lord, Concubine Qu is gone." He Fu'er said beside him, "Yaoxi, who is waiting beside Concubine Side, asks to see you."
"Who is Concubine Qu Side?" He Yuan stole an incense on the face of the beauty in his arms, and frowned when he saw the beauty laughing, "It's gone, it's gone, tell me what to do with this king?"
"My lord, Concubine Qu is the Queen's half-sister," He Fu'er added while pouring tea, seeing that the lord was already drunk, "A lot of people outside are watching." look better.
"The queen's sister," He Yuan pushed away the beauty in his arms, rubbed his forehead to make himself awake, and took a sip of the tea handed over by He Fu'er, "In that case, let the people below not be neglectful and buried according to the rules. Right."
It's a bit embarrassing to not be negligent and to obey the rules. Although He Fu'er thought so, she didn't show it at all. After thinking about who would do it, she said, "It's her blessing that the lord can pity her. , the little man will let people do it."
He Yuan sneered: "If she is not the queen's sister, why should this king bother."
He Fu'er immediately changed her mind and said, "It is also her blessing to have the Queen's concubine as the elder sister of Concubine Qu."
"Okay," He Yuan yawned, "As you put it, isn't the queen unlucky to have a sister like her?"
He Fuer laughed dryly, knowing that the prince was drunk, how dare he say more.
"Let's step back," He Yuan once again took the beauty beside him into his arms, "Don't disturb this king's interest."
There are many women in Duanwangfu, so what is it to die in a side room, but this side room is the queen's sister, so people have to report to the palace, so in the end, this news is reported to the province of the palace, and then reported to the province of the palace by the people in the palace. queen. After all, it is reasonable that this matter should be reported directly to the queen, but according to the rules, Qu Yuesu is just a side room, and such unlucky little things should not be passed on to the queen. method in .
Qu Qing Ju originally heard the young prisoner in the palace province begging to see her, but it was a little strange. Now that she doesn't care about the affairs of the harem, what did the young prisoner in the palace province come to her for
But after reading the funeral letter submitted by the junior supervisor of the central province, she felt a little complicated for a while, and she didn't know what to say while holding the letter. In her impression, Qu Yuesu is a talented and beautiful woman, who could have married a good family, but she chose a wrong path with full of ambition, and finally ruined her life's happiness.
If she did not go to Prince Rui's mansion to be a concubine, but married a son of another noble family, how would she have lost her life.
Weakness killed his own life, just like the original Qu Qingju. Greed can also destroy a woman, just like Qu Yuesu today. The former is pathetic, the latter pathetic.
"Queen Empress," the young supervisor of the central province saw that the queen's face was not good, and his heart became turbulent for a while, and he didn't know what the queen was thinking.
"Retreat," Qu Qing Ju put down the letter in his hand and waved his hand, "Huang Yang, take someone to Prince Rui's Mansion, put incense sticks for Concubine Qu and add some paper money and candles for this palace."
It is sad to be a concubine, but how happy can a woman be as a wife
In this era of polygamy, women are destined to be victims of history.