Chapter 200 Bullying the People Above
After seeing everyone off, Empress Dowager Li asked, "How is Concubine Yi?"
"To answer your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not a good idea. The imperial physician suggested that we just have to endure the winter," said Nanny Hua.
Empress Dowager Li snorted. For the elders, although they felt it was a pity when a younger generation who was not their closest relative was seriously ill, they still felt that they were unlucky.
Especially someone like the Empress Dowager, when she looked at Concubine Yi, she just felt that Concubine Yi was really unlucky.
She was blessed with such a great fortune, but she still lived like this. Who could she blame? "I don't care about her. What can I do?" Empress Dowager Li said indifferently, "The selection will be held at the beginning of the year. This time, we should choose a few healthy women for the emperor."
"Yes, people like Concubine Yi and Ning Chongyi may look good, but their bodies are really average." Nanny Hua shook her head.
Ning Chongyi also had a miscarriage.
The elders don’t like this kind of thing because it’s difficult to give birth to and looks thin.
Empress Dowager Li nodded, "Yes, it will only be a few months. I will take a good look at it then. The emperor is not a lustful person. He only selected six people the first time. There won't be too many this time. Now there are several princes, so there doesn't need to be too many."
Mainly, she didn't want to ask Li Xiang to come in and make things too difficult.
Forget about the Empress. Although she is a princess of the Kingdom of Chao, what she has done over the years has indeed satisfied the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager knows that the Emperor is also satisfied.
So the Queen is blameless.
So even if Li Xiang came in, it wasn’t for the position of queen.
But she must at least occupy a position among the four concubines of the first rank.
Not to mention the position of Queen, but now it is difficult for the Queen to have children, and the position of Crown Prince in the future...
Mrs. Li picked up the tea bowl and said, "Send a message to the Li family, asking them to teach Xiang'er well and also tell her to take good tonic."
"Yes, I will ask someone to pass the message later." Nanny Hua said with a smile.
At Duke Li's mansion, Li Xiang listened to the message and thanked the Queen Mother for her grace.
Her nurse smiled and said, "The Queen Mother thinks highly of you. When the time comes, your aunt will become a mother-in-law. You can only enjoy the happiness."
Li Xiang smiled and said, "It's not that easy. This is not an ordinary family. My aunt is not the only one in the palace."
"That being said, with the Empress Dowager Li here, you have saved yourself a lot of trouble. In any case, with the Empress Dowager Li in charge, your life will be much easier."
"That's right. When the time comes, the nanny and Jinque will come in with me. I will need more support from the nanny in the future." This was agreed upon early in the morning.
Although, generally speaking, women from large families would only bring one person with them when they entered the palace.
But she is the Empress Dowager's niece after all, so it's okay to bring one more person with you.
"Don't worry, young lady. I am an old man and I will go in to look after you." Nanny Lin said with a smile.
The Jing'an Marquis Mansion is not far from the Li Guogong Mansion.
The third room is also playing out a similar story.
The third wife, Mrs. Liang, was holding her daughter Shen Biyu and teaching her some things she didn't understand.
"After entering the palace, you must guard against arrogance and impatience, and you must build a good relationship with Empress Xiuyuan. Don't rush into anything. When you are favored, you must be even more careful. It's not easy in the palace, so you must not be complacent. You must know that no matter how high you climb, there will always be people who want to pull you down. Don't forget this at all times."
"Don't worry, mother. I know." Shen Biyu said with a smile, "I've been taught by Mammy for two years. How could I not know?"
Compared to Shen Chuliu who just entered the palace, Shen Biyu hired an old maid from the palace to teach her for two years.
She knows all the rules and people in the palace.
It can also be seen that Shen Chuliu did pave the way for Shen Biyu.
"That's good. It's good at home for a thousand days, but it will no longer be like this after entering the palace. At least the family will not be short of your money, so you can rest assured." Liang said.
"Xiu Yuan, is your family giving you money back now? I heard that they gave you another 10,000 taels this year?" Shen Biyu pouted: "You are already Empress Xiu Yuan, do you still want money from your family?"
"Don't worry about it. She didn't use our money. The second house had plenty of money in the past. Her mother's dowry is still there." Liang shook her head: "Speaking of this, the son of the Pei family refused to come to the Shen family after entering the imperial city, saying that the master and his family will return to the capital next year. We don't know what will happen."
Shen Biyu sneered: "She's gone, so what can we do? It's not our family's fault, she died while giving birth."
"That being said, all the things that our family sent to the Pei family have been returned over the years. Now that Shen Chuliu has made a name for himself, the Pei family is coming back. Tsk... no matter what, your grandparents and your uncle's family are still looking forward to your success. You are the one who has been close to them since childhood. You must also strive to do well and don't disappoint your grandparents."
"In the future, you will also have such a blessing, and your elder brother and your younger brother will have a chance to succeed."
Shen Biyu nodded, feeling very proud.
By November, Shen Chuliu stopped paying her respects. She was already eight months pregnant, her belly was so big, and she really had no energy left.
Fortunately, the people around her were helpful and took good care of her.
Someone massages my legs every day and I keep walking, which is fine.
"Master, the dumplings you requested are here." Yuanxiao came in and said.
Shen Chuliu laughed: "Yuanxiao is here with the glutinous rice balls."
Everyone laughed.
Shen Chuliu watched them open it. Inside were sweet-scented osmanthus rice wine dumplings. She suddenly wanted to eat them, so she asked the kitchen to make them for her.
Not long after, Yinhu called out "Master" from outside.
Yuanxiao called him in: "What's wrong?"
"My Lord, there is something. Lady Ying and Miao Xiaoyi had a quarrel just now, and Miao Xiaoyi was punished to kneel on the palace road."
"Did they go to pay their respects? And come back to make trouble?" Shen Chuliu laughed.
"Hasn't this beautiful lady Ying been displeased with Wen Xiaoyi recently? Why is she displeased with Miao Xiaoyi now?"
"I only heard that it was because Miao Xiaoyi contradicted Lady Ying. I don't know anything else." Yinhu said.
Shen Chuliu laughed: "Let them make a fuss, it has nothing to do with us."
Yinhu responded and went out with Yuanxiao.
"She's only been favored for a few days, and now that she has a child, she doesn't know her place anymore?" Shen Chuliu shook her head.
She understood that the emperor wanted the Li family to contain the Shen family, but this beautiful lady Ying was not someone that was easy to lift up.
"Now, Miss Ying is relying on the third princess and is really quite frivolous." Zizhu said with some disdain.
Zizhu is a very steady person. In his style of doing things, he is afraid of causing Shen Chuliu to suffer a loss, so he would not speak like this easily.
Since she said so, Miss Ying is indeed very frivolous now.
"It's good to be frivolous. If she can keep everything stable, won't we be worried?" Shen Chuliu laughed: "She only dares to bully Lu Baolin, Wen Xiaoyi, and Miao Xiaoyi."
But the emperor couldn't stand this the most.
If you have the guts, why don't you bully the people above you?
There will be newcomers in the next year's talent show, and there will be competition. How nice it would be to have a frivolous beauty like Ying?
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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