The person on the bed slept soundly, and subconsciously held his stomach when he turned over. He was a little angry at first, but when he saw her sleeping face, she looked like a child, so he could only sigh helplessly and lie down. Close your eyes.
When it came time for the Queen Mother to draw lots, it was related to everyone in the harem, so the emperor chose the front hall of the Zichen Hall, and asked everyone to stand in the spacious square outside, waiting for the final result.
Hua Chun was going to stand at first, but when she got there, Eunuch Qin pointed her to the inside of the hall without any hassle: "The Emperor has decreed that people above the rank of concubine can go in and sit."
That's a good thing, Hua Chun immediately jumped in to greet the Emperor and Empress Dowager.
There are many women in this palace, but there are really few high-ranking people, and the dozens of chairs in the hall are not filled.
Seeing her coming in, the Queen Mother was in a daze for a moment, and after thinking about it seriously, she remembered: "It's Concubine Hua."
"My concubine hasn't gone to pay her respects for a long time, and I ask the queen mother to forgive me." Hua Chun said in a low voice, "Since the incident of malaria in the palace, my concubine has been in poor health. .”
"Good boy." The Queen Mother nodded: "You go and sit down."
"Yes." After honestly carrying out the ceremony, Hua Chun shrank to the side of Concubine Xu, and when he looked up, he could see Hua Xunyue opposite.
Hua Xunyue's complexion is not very good-looking. She was originally the person who held the power in the harem, but someone turned over the old account and became a concubine. I think she is the same as her. She should be called "Hua Concubine". I don't know how she feels .
Fortune and misfortune depend on each other in this palace, and the ups and downs are like stock trading, so you have to be cautious about promotion and demotion, Feng Shui takes turns.
"In the harem, no one has made great achievements in the past six months, so the promotion at the end of the year can only depend on your luck." When the queen mother spoke, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.
A eunuch came up with a huge wooden tube filled with jade sticks, and the words "Choose a servant" were engraved on the outside of the barrel.
It seems that stratified sampling was adopted, Hua Chun stretched his neck to look, and saw the Queen Mother randomly took out one, glanced at it and said: "Master Duan Xuan, promoted to talent."
There was a happy thank you from outside, and then the queen mother drew another seventeen, a total of eighteen selected servants, who were promoted to talents.
After that, talented people were promoted to concubine, and ten were selected.
"This can be regarded as a great reward." The emperor said indifferently: "As for the concubine and the concubine, the concubine will be drawn among the concubines, and the concubine will be drawn together between the concubine and the concubine."
Xu Guifei was still happy at first, because there were not many noble concubines in the first place, and the chance of being drawn was very high, but the emperor actually joined the concubine.
On the other side, many noble concubines also wanted to raise objections, but before they spoke, the queen mother said: "That's fine."
The queen mother confirmed her voice, and the others naturally couldn't say anything more, so the eunuch first brought up the wooden tube for the concubine, and looked to draw a noble concubine first.
To be honest, Hua Chun is still looking forward to it. Although he has always been very unlucky, he has never won a lottery by reposting Weibo, and he has never won a dime in lottery tickets, but what if he gets lucky? Being promoted to a noble concubine can also give you more monthly money.
But the result still disappointed her. The Queen Mother drew Concubine Xu and was promoted to Concubine Xu.
"Congratulations, sister." There was congratulations all around, but Xu Guifei was mixed. It is good to be promoted to concubine, but it also means that she has no chance to be elected as a concubine.
Eunuch Qin combined the remaining concubine's jade lottery with your concubine's, and presented it to the Empress Dowager with both hands.
The most exciting moment came. The people sitting in the hall all stretched their necks, wishing they could have a see-through eye so that they could directly see whose lottery it was.
The Empress Dowager raised her jade hand, randomly pulled out one, looked down, slightly surprised:
"The concubine of the Palace of Mental Cultivation."
Why? Hua Chun was dumbfounded, and subconsciously replied: "The concubine is here."
The people around all turned their heads to look at her in a "swipe", with envious, jealous, and resentful eyes, all kinds of eyes. The emperor also looked over, his eyes were calm, without any disturbance.
After being stunned for a while, Hua Chun finally realized, is this the situation where she was drawn to be a concubine? In other words, do you have a shoulder to travel in the future
Standing up quickly to salute, Hua Chun kowtowed to the Queen Mother, "Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness."
"Excuse me." The Empress Dowager looked at her kindly: "You have been out of favor for a long time, this is probably God's favor for you, and you should serve the emperor well in the future."
"The concubine obeys the order." Lowering her head, Hua Chun was also happy in her heart. God, who hadn't shown up for ten thousand years, finally took care of her once.
"Mother's Empress." The emperor said, "There are many vacancies for concubines, so it would be better for Concubine Xu Gui to be promoted to Concubine Shu."
Xu Guipin was annoyed, when he heard this sentence suddenly, his eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at the queen mother happily.
"Your harem is naturally up to you. Ai's draw is all about luck. If you want to be promoted, then give her a promotion."
"Thank you, Queen Mother." The emperor nodded, looked at Xu Guipin and said, "From today on, you will be Concubine Shu."
"Thank you, Lord Long En!" Xu Guipin knelt down, ecstatic. I thought the position of concubine was hopeless, but who knew that the emperor took the initiative to confer on her, which is much more honorable than drawing a lottery!
The people in the main hall were also stunned. They had agreed to draw lots to seal the throne, but unexpectedly, it was an exception. The emperor recently favored Xu Guifei by no means at all, and it was clear that this ceremony of enthroning was prepared for her alone. If the queen mother draws her, it will be a matter of course. If you don't win, just like now, you will be forcibly sealed.
In an instant, most people figured out this truth, and all the attention that was originally on Hua Chun was transferred to Xu Guipin in an instant.
Hua Chun raised her eyebrows, she didn't really care about other people's behavior, anyway, this reward is good for her, so that's enough. As for Xu Guipin's Concubine Shu... After reading Huo Xianrou's letter, she could also guess what the emperor was thinking, so she could only sympathize with her.
The enthronement ceremony was over, naturally some families were happy and some were sad, Hua Chun felt sleepy, so after receiving the reward, she went back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to rest. Fortunately, although she was awarded the Concubine De, she had no real power and no extra rewards from the emperor, so all the concubines congratulated her politely, and no one followed her back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to speak.
"This is really good luck." Qing Ling said in surprise: "There are so many lottery draws, but you are chosen."
"That's right." Hua Chun said, "It's like being hit by a pie! You won't be afraid to spend the winter as a concubine. There are only three concubines in the palace, and we can't treat anyone badly."
Qing Ling laughed, that's all she could do.
There is peace and harmony here, Huachun slept peacefully, but the Yong'an Palace over there exploded.
"The position of concubine Shu belongs to you." Meng Gui concubine looked at Hua Xunyue and said: "The emperor demoted you in a fit of anger. As long as you know that you have been wronged, you can get back that position anyway. It's good now, being taken She took it."
"Anyone with eyes can see what's going on!" Xu Guipin said, "I heard that the emperor wanted to make Wu Cairen a concubine, she was the one who suppressed it, and persuaded the emperor to change her name." Your concubine, you will be rewarded by drawing lots later. The idea is all her."
"It's really stabbing someone in the back." Hua Xunyue shook her head again and again, looking at Concubine Wu Gui who was silent beside her: "You treat her like your own sister, who knew she would do such a thing behind the scenes. "
Concubine Wu Gui was silent, her face was a bit ugly, her eyes were full of anger, she got up and walked out after sitting for a while, without saying hello to everyone.
"It looks like I'm really angry." Xu Guipin shook his head.
"Who is not angry?" Hua Xunyue snorted coldly, and everyone nodded in agreement.
The harem, which had always been scattered, was united unprecedentedly because of Xu Guipin's appointment as Concubine Shu.
Hua Chun was sleeping comfortably, Rui'er hurried in from outside, squatted beside her bed and said: "Master, Xu Guibi and the others are asking to see you outside."
"I don't see you." In a daze, Hua Chun turned over and said sleepily, "Just say I'm not feeling well and I need to take care of myself."
Rui'er was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed: "There are a lot of people outside..."
Qing Niao came in with water, and picked her up without saying a word: "Our master is now a Concubine De, in terms of status, he is considered the highest, what are you afraid of?"
Rui'er flattened her mouth: "But there are so many of them..."
"What's wrong with the crowd? Keep blocking it." Qing Ling pulled her and walked out: "Sister will teach you."
He staggered two steps and followed Qing Niao out, Rui Er was standing behind him, and saw Qing Niao push open the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, with a smile on his face, clasped his hands on his waist: "Ms. Refreshingly, I am resting, so please forgive me for the inconvenient meeting with the masters. In addition, our empress has said that we will not interfere with the matters of the harem, and there is no need to come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to report anything."
Everyone was stunned, and Xu Guipin hated iron and steel and said: "Why is your mother still like this? She was silent before, and she had nothing to say when she was bullied. Now she finally turned over and planned to sit and watch." ignore?"
"The servants don't understand what the empress is thinking, but they will only do things according to the orders of the empress." Qingyou smiled: "Masters, please don't disturb the empress to rest."
This group of people are all in an alliance, and they plan to find Hua Chun to be the leader. After all, even if Concubine De has no real power, she is still the first concubine in the harem, and she is more than enough to be a shield. Same, want to stay out of it.
This is not possible, everyone left the Hall of Mental Cultivation one after another, in groups of three and four, and began to think about countermeasures with serious expressions.
When Hua Chun woke up, she saw Qing Niao holding a list and talking to Rui Er outside.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
Qing Ling paused, then turned to look at her: "Master is awake? The new expense list of the Hall of Mental Cultivation has come down, and the servant is looking at it."
"Is there any problem?" Yawning, Hua Chun put on his clothes and got up, and walked to them.
"Whether this is a big question or a small one." Qing Niao said, "It's just that there are few things. According to the regulations of Defei, there should be twenty taels of rouge money for a month, but it says fifteen taels of money. Two, there are not as many fruits, vegetables and meats in the small kitchen as there should be."
Hua Chun raised his eyebrows: "Who cares about the cost?"
"Of course it's the current Concubine Shu."
"Then you send this to her and ask if she wrote it."
If it wasn't written by her, who else could have written it? Rui'er was full of doubts, but she still took out the list as instructed.
Half an hour later, she came back, and said with a strange expression: "Master, Concubine Shu said that she did not give the list, and someone was behind it, and now the missing things have been added to you."
"Well, that's good." Hua Chun nodded, and began to do chest-expanding exercises in the room to activate his muscles and bones.
"Don't you care who's doing it?" Ruier asked.
Hua Chun shook his head: "I don't care."
Rui'er: "..." There should be at least curiosity, even she feels angry, why is my master so calm
"If you want to stay out of it completely, you have to learn to ignore it." Hua Chun said: "As long as you don't suffer any big losses, then calm down."
Qing Niao nodded, and patted Rui'er on the shoulder: "You are still too young, learn more from master."
"Yes." Replying in shame, Rui'er bowed her head and stood aside.
At night, the emperor unexpectedly came in through the window, looked at her and asked, "Why haven't you slept today?"
"I slept for too long in the afternoon, so I can't sleep now." Hua Chun sat on the soft couch, looked at him and asked, "Did the emperor do something on the jade stick?"
After a slight pause, Yu Wenjie lowered his eyes and sat down beside her: "Why do you say that?"