When the three emperors saw the imperial concubine, they quickly saluted... Mainly the third prince took the lead, followed by the tenth prince, but King Chu stared blankly at the embroidery on the imperial concubine's skirt, indifferent.
His brothers quickly stretched out their hands to give him a hand, and King Chu bowed crookedly.
"You're welcome, Your Highnesses." Yun Feng Huangxu gave him a hand, stretched out his hand to touch the third prince's head, and said with a smile, "Bing'er seems to have grown taller again."
The third prince subconsciously wanted to step back when she reached out, but the movement only occurred for a moment, and he stopped abruptly. He only lowered his head and said shyly: "Thank you, noble mother."
Yun Fenghuang lowered his fingers, held his chin and forced him to raise his head, and said with a smile: "You are getting more and more handsome now. I wonder what kind of beautiful princess you will marry in the future?"
"Your concubine." The third prince was really shy this time, his face turned red and he hesitated to speak.
"I won't tease you anymore." Seeing the palace attendants in Chongchang Palace looking over, Yun Fenghuang smiled and let go of him, and said gently, "Your mother just finished talking to me, and now you are tired. You can talk to me later." Go and say hello."
The third prince was a little embarrassed and disappointed when he heard this, but he still nodded and agreed: "Yes, thank you for telling me."
Watching him lead his two younger brothers away, Yun Fenghuang squinted his eyes and thought for a moment before turning around and getting on the chariot.
Back at the Huanhua Palace, Honge came up to advise her not to have easy contact with the third prince in the future: "Although His Highness's smallpox has been cured, it has only been a few days, who knows if there is still illness in the body? What if the disease spreads to the empress?" , but how good is it?"
Yun Fenghuang said nonchalantly: "You see, not all of his current attendants have had sex. Isn't it okay to accompany him in and out? Besides, you think I have nothing to do before you touch him? "
Hong'e asked in confusion: "What did the empress find?"
"The emperor's heirs have been taught by riding and archery masters since childhood, but in the past six months due to smallpox, most of them have neglected their studies." Yun Fenghuang put an index finger to his lips and said thoughtfully, "Originally, now The eldest King Qin is only six years old. He is a child. How can a riding and archery master dare to do something serious? Therefore, he just practices some martial arts and exercises his body. The flesh on his body is still loose. After half a year of rest, , I have been supervising and supervising the children diligently, but haven’t they been beaten back to their original form? The third prince and the tenth prince were the first to have trouble among the emperor’s heirs. Later, because of the queen’s distress, they have not even picked up calligraphy anymore. As a result I have just noticed that the muscles on the body of Duke Xiang Bing are much stronger than that of King Qin... It seems that the remnants of the Ji family in the palace are hidden deeper than we imagined!"
After all, the queen sincerely loved the third prince. The third prince survived from smallpox. The queen always felt that his vitality was greatly damaged. She was afraid that if he worked harder on his studies, his foundation would be damaged, which would be bad for the future, so she was strict. He was not allowed to go to school, and the children were allowed to play as they pleased these days.
However, he had made up his mind to wait until the new year started and communication between the former dynasty and the harem was restored before letting the third prince go to school.
Unlike Yun Fenghuang, when King Qin was lying on the couch suffering, she did not forget to send someone to read the book that King Qin wanted to memorize...
"Your Majesty, do you want to find out the person behind the third prince?" Chen Jing heard the news and rushed over to ask for instructions, "Would you like to report to His Majesty again?"
Yun Fenghuang glanced at him: "Don't do anything, just let us know what's going on! Does His Majesty really don't know about this matter in the palace, or does he know it but pretends not to know, and is playing a long game to catch the big fish? You and I How can you be so clear? Especially since I haven’t seen Your Majesty for how many days!”
His voice lowered, "Besides, if the Ji family has plans for the third prince...will it be a bad thing for us?"
Chunjia made it clear that he would strictly guard against the imperial concubine coveting the position of the East Palace. Wouldn't it be nice if the Middle Palace could cause chaos on its own
She shook her head and said, "Don't mention it anymore. The queen wanted to give something to the newcomers who served your majesty in the previous dynasty. Originally, I didn't want to do this. But now that the middle palace is taking the lead, I also have to do something. He said, just ask someone to pack some things and send them over according to the example of Cai Nu. Now it is not easy for His Majesty to come to the harem. They are all people who serve the emperor day and night, so there is no need to thank them. "
Since the empress and noble concubine took the lead, the concubine De and Xian and others below would naturally not lag behind.
Originally, the concubines, who were from poor families and not of high status, were a little embarrassed when they heard this and were worried that they would not be able to make ends meet. However, when they heard that the queen and concubines were rewarded according to the rules of picking girls, they felt relieved and joined in the fun together.
So the newlyweds, who were initially happy to hear that the harem leaders were rewarded, were a little disappointed when they saw the news.
Si Zhan was not very smart and actually said it directly: "The things you ladies have given us are different from what we usually use?"
None of these newcomers are of noble birth, and they don't even have a clear status yet.
But because the harem had been sealed off for the past six months, there were only ten of them in front of the emperor, and many things were used by them beyond their control with the emperor's acquiescence.
Nowadays, the harem strictly follows the treatment of the lowest-level concubines, which is certainly not comparable to their daily expenses.
"Does this need to be said? We are still wearing the title of palace ladies now." Wen Mingcui and Si Zhan are exactly the opposite. They are the most courageous. They dare to speak out in front of Chunjia, let alone among them. At this moment, they are playing with their wrists. After putting on the beads, he sneered slightly and said, "If you ladies are willing to give me the opportunity to pick a girl, you are already looking up to us!"
Wen Shijiang, who had always been at odds with her, said lightly after hearing this: "With our status, it is already a blessing to be here today. If we think about it more, we will be a little dissatisfied."
Wen Mingcui turned her head suddenly. Because of her quick movement, the pendant beside her ear shook violently. Her cold voice was heard in the sound of broken gold: "Sister Shi Jiang is content. I don't know who stayed up all night, naked." I'm practicing "Lingbo" hard in the room, and my sister doesn't dare to stop her from making progress, but I hope she can tell me before she does this, so that no one will think it's haunted at night!"
Although they are now well fed, clothed, and treated well, Taichu Palace is only the residence of the emperor after all. After arranging several companions in the early years, plus the accommodation of a bunch of palace maids, there is not much space available to accommodate them temporarily. , so the ten newcomers all share a room with two people.
Because Wen Shijiang and Wen Mingcui were both donated by the governor of Hengzhou, they were grouped together from the beginning.
Because the relationship was not harmonious, I still thought about kicking him out after accepting the favor, but he turned around and started making trouble in front of the emperor, making Chunjia angry, but how could he dare to mention it
When Wen Mingcui said this, everyone looked at Wen Shijiang, especially the Xu sisters, who looked strange.
This is because they were favored in the first place because they danced to the song "Ling Bo" and Chun Jia was greatly praised. Now Wen Shijiang is quietly practicing this dance. What's the point
"..." Wen Shijiang's face turned green and red for a moment, and then she suddenly sneered, "Just looking at these things, we know that even if we are lucky enough to serve His Majesty, what does it mean in front of the leaders of the harem? Now we are giving It’s just a case of picking up girls, it’s hard to say whether I will have any ideas in the future!”
She raised her chin towards Wen Mingcui and said with a half-smile, "For example, His Majesty said your name was too tacky before, but you climbed up the pole quickly and wanted His Majesty to give you a name... At that time, His Majesty was willing to agree. Yes, but do you know why the matter was settled in the end? I heard from the palace officials two days ago that when the current imperial concubine first entered the palace, she was also told that her given name was inappropriate, and she planned to change her name on the spot. It’s just that the imperial concubine declined. Your Majesty must have remembered this and was afraid of upsetting the imperial concubine!”
He ridiculed, "Some people look down upon His Majesty's good-natured nature and think they are so great. In fact, in His Majesty's eyes, it is just to relieve boredom when the concubine is not available to accompany you. Wait until the harem can come in and out in the coming year. Well, what does it count as?"
Wen Mingcui looked gloomy and said in a cold voice: "How noble the imperial concubine is, who among us dares to compare with her? I have no such intention. What? Do you actually have such thoughts? But I don't know if the imperial concubine knows you. Such ambition?"
"Just say a few words." Seeing that they were about to start fighting again, Xu Xuxin frowned slightly and stopped, "With our background, we must start as concubines. Originally, I had never met the concubines before serving His Majesty. , it’s against the rules. If we make a fuss now and it reaches the Queen, the Concubine and other empresses, we will get a bad impression and preconceptions that we are not good, what good will it do?"
Seeing that Wen Shijiang and Wen Mingcui were still a little unconvinced, she said calmly, "What? Do you think that before the empresses in the harem can serve the Holy Emperor, you can persuade His Majesty to confer you concubines? We sisters do not have such thoughts Yes. If you think you have this ability, then please don’t interact with us in the future, otherwise we will be disturbed by the leaders!"
Because Chunjia usually prefers Xu Xuxin more, even Wen Shijiang and Wen Mingcui did not dare to openly quarrel with her. They endured their anger and nodded: "Sister Xu, don't worry, what we have sense of is only for our own people." Let’s say a few words.”
That being said, it won't be like this after they are separated.
Wen Mingcui was especially angry: "She Xu Xuxin is not a concubine, but she only got a bit of His Majesty's indulgence by inviting favors and flattery, so she thinks she is the leader among us?!"
They are said to be palace maids, but after all they are the ones who serve the emperor, so they are also divided into palace maids to serve them.
At this moment, the palace attendants spoke softly and comforted her.
Who would have thought that Wen Mingcui spoke carelessly and blurted out: "The imperial concubine also comes from a poor family. How was she when she entered the palace? How dare you, this humble servant, do this to me!!!"
"..." The serving palace man was silent for a moment, and then he persuaded her kindly, "The girl has a bright future. As the saying goes, summer insects cannot talk about ice, but why do you care about those people?"
Wen Mingcui also regretted after she lost her words. She pursed her lips and said in a low voice: "Oh, actually I also know, how can I have the qualifications to achieve the level of Concubine Xiao Xiangmin? But I am not convinced by Xu Xuxin."
Even so, these words were reported to Yun Fenghuang.
Chen Jing and other attendants were very angry. Originally, they had a sense of crisis when Chunjia welcomed the newcomer, but now the newcomer dared to talk about the concubine's background. How could they bear it
The people of the Qing Dynasty sneered and said: "Although the Xie family is not as good as the Yin family and the Luo family, they are still a wealthy family in the local area. Our empress has been using slaves and maids since she was born! How can we be treated like an object? What can be compared with what you can give as a gift? Your Majesty was hired into the palace as a gift back then!"
"Why bother with such a child?" Yun Fenghuang didn't have any hostility towards Wen Mingcui. The main level was too low, so she didn't bother to think about it. She just said lightly, "Don't do unnecessary things. The Taichu Palace is not ours." They can reach out at will; the second one is that it is rare for a newcomer to have such an impulsive personality. If it is solved now, wouldn't there be no reason to beat them later? Wouldn't it be possible to directly attack them at that time to make Your Majesty feel that this palace cannot tolerate people? ?”
The attendants thought about it for a moment, understood, and agreed with a smile: "Don't worry, Madam, the servants will take good care of this Wen family, and make sure that she gets her title in a peaceful way."