Chapter 466: I am just a lowly concubine.
The Queen Mother also laughed when she heard this: "These guys are quite noisy."
Nanny Fang smiled and said, "I hope you will come and play with the Empress more often. It has been a long time since I have seen the Empress Dowager so cheerful."
"You." The Queen Mother also laughed.
Nanny Fang wrung out a handkerchief and came over to wash the Empress Dowager's hands. Then she asked, "Your Majesty, how are you feeling today? I haven't seen you eat so much in a while. Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to call the imperial physician to take your pulse?"
The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "No need. I feel particularly comfortable today. Wen will grill some vegetables for me later, but I don't eat much."
"The Empress Dowager truly loves Miss Wen, even giving away the gifts bestowed upon her by the Grand Empress Dowager. Actually, we still have some pairs of jade pendants in our storeroom, many of them of excellent quality. You could give some away." Nanny Fang was also a little surprised. The Empress Dowager had treasured those two peach wood swords, and she had never expected to give them to such a concubine. Nanny Fang thought it would be better to give her some gold and jade, but she wondered if Miss Wen would appreciate it.
The Queen Mother heard this and said, "Perhaps, they are a perfect match."
Nanny Fang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "There aren't many people who are on good terms with you, the Queen Mother. Miss Wen is very lucky."
The Queen Mother also laughed when she heard this, and suddenly said, "Su Wen, don't you think she looks like me when I was young?"
Nanny Fang was shocked when she heard this and immediately said, "Miss Wen is good, but she is not even a fraction as good as you, the Empress Dowager.
Your Majesty, you are of noble birth, having learned Manchu, Han, and Mongolian since childhood. Not only are you a diligent reader of poetry and literature, but you are also exceptional in horseback riding and archery. Miss Wen, a delicate and frail girl, is incomparable to the Empress Dowager."
In Nanny Fang's eyes, these were two completely different people. It was a bit strange to compare them together. How could they be similar?
"Su Wen, how did you learn such flattery?" The Queen Mother looked a little dazed. "Today, I saw her sitting upright writing. Do you know what I thought?"
"Empress Dowager..."
"She is neither humble nor overbearing, with a gentle smile. How similar is she to the year I first entered the palace?"
The Queen Mother's voice was slow and old, as calm as if she were discussing someone else's affairs. "One year, I was thirteen years old and had just entered the palace. I was calm and fearless. At that time, my back was straight, and I dared to look anyone in the eye. Even if someone slapped you, I would openly help you fight back..."
But, she died early in the past.
Since she entered the palace at the age of thirteen, she has been the least favored. Even the emperor would turn around and walk away with disgust when he saw her.
At that time, everyone laughed at her, saying that she had become queen in vain but was still a virgin, which was laughable.
She didn't care at all. She could have competed for favor. As her father said, there was nothing she couldn't achieve. She had the means and the strategy, but she hadn't used them.
That emperor was her uncle. Whenever she thought of how kind her aunt had been to her in the past, she felt sick.
So, on the wedding night, she deliberately said something to provoke the emperor, her husband and uncle, and succeeded in making him furious, and he wished he would never see her again.
Everyone else said that she would not have a good ending, but she was willing.
At that time, she also had a pair of eyes with clear black and white.
Last year, she had snuggled up beside the Grand Empress Dowager, eating sunflower seeds. She sat on the warm couch, stroking her head and sighing, "My Chiyang, born with such clear eyes and mastering such martial arts, should have roamed the vast Khorchin steppes, but instead, he's been confined to this tiny place."
The Queen Mother no longer remembered what she had said, but she felt that she must have not cared at all at that time.
The days were too long. Her once clear eyes were now filled with turbid bloodshot, and her nimble fists and feet were gone. All that was left was a sick body that couldn't even lift a cup.
The Empress Dowager had been in the position for so long that only the two words "Empress Dowager" remained to her. If she hadn't seen the warm wine today, the Empress Dowager would have even forgotten what she looked like before.
Wenjiu's eyes were so clean and similar that they seemed to reflect people's hearts. Seeing such a person, she couldn't help but want to take a few more glances.
Therefore, when Wen Jiu very presumptuously asked the Queen Mother to accompany her for a walk, the Queen Mother agreed for some unknown reason.
Thinking of the way she warmed the wine, the Queen Mother couldn't help but be lost in thought. After a long moment, she sighed, "What a pity for this girl."
"What do you mean, Queen Mother? Miss Wen is the daughter of a sixth-rank official. Now she is able to serve the Fourth Prince and is pregnant with a royal child. She has won your favor, Queen Mother. I wonder what a great blessing this is."
The Queen Mother sighed but said nothing.
If Miss Wen had a better background, such a character, and such a look, how could she be just a concubine?
Everyone thought she hated concubines the most, but in fact, wasn't she also a concubine when she got married?
She never looked down on any woman, she just hated it when women looked down on themselves.
The emperor had once thought of banishing Concubine Dong E to the cold palace because of her. But she did not hate Concubine Dong E. She only felt that her uncle was the beginning of everyone's misfortune.
After seeing her charming dance, he fell in love with Concubine Dong E.
He thought he was a love-struck man, but in the end, Concubine Dong E died from the hardship of helping him give birth to a child. His aunt's tragedy was also caused by him.
He was infatuated, he felt guilty, and he died. He left them, an orphan and a widow, to face the turmoil of the Qing Dynasty. The current emperor was only eight years old when he ascended the throne, and the Empress Dowager's hair turned white overnight. The hardships she endured over the years are too numerous to mention.
The Queen Mother sometimes thought that if she were a man, she would join hands with someone to shoulder the burden of the family.
Unfortunately, she is a woman.
She didn't want to see concubines, didn't want to see those dirty things, and didn't want to see a woman who had fallen into self-degradation.
Just as she disliked seeing Concubine De, others thought she disliked her vulgarity, but in fact she just didn't want to see Concubine De trying so hard to learn to read and write in order to please the emperor.
So what if she can't read? She has her own strengths.
Wen Jiuyang was in front of Defei, but he could not see Defei's face at all. She was more calm.
After years of ups and downs in the harem, the empress dowager is second only to him in judging people. I'm afraid no one in the harem is the best.
A person like Wen Jiu couldn't tolerate any sand in her heart. If she were a legitimate wife, her life would have been extremely smooth. But she was a concubine, not even a princess, the lowest of concubines.
So far, it's fine that the fourth brother is the one who favors her, but if the fourth brother gets a new favorite in the future, who knows what she will do...
Fortunately, this girl was more open-minded than I was. Although she kept calling herself a servant, she never acted servilely. This kind of heart was truly rare. Then he said, "If you see her in trouble in the future, report it to me."
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