Chapter 363 Protecting the
Shortcomings Her sister had been bought by the Imperial Concubine’s small profits.
“My Queen, are we really not going to care?”
On the way back, Shuangjiang expressed her worries: “What if the Second Princess thinks that you killed Concubine De, then she…”
Otherwise, how can we say that being a stepmother is difficult?
Jiang Xinyue walked slowly: “It’s not that we don’t care, but this matter is not ours. She is the Emperor’s princess, and the Emperor should take care of it himself.”
If she doesn’t manage well, she will be complained. If she wants to manage well, she will have to spend a lot of energy. The Second Princess is not a child whose values have not been formed. If she is raised crooked, she is raised crooked. It’s difficult to change.
It’s not her own child. Why should she spend so much effort on it? It’s tiring.
She is not a saint mother, and she doesn’t need everyone to like her.
If the Emperor wants to manage, he must hear the Second Princess scolding Jiang Xinyue.
Frost's eyes, as bright as grapes, turned around a few times, and she turned around and instructed the little palace maid behind her: "Go to the queen's warehouse and find some good fabrics, velvet fabrics, and pick the best ones to send to Yanqing Palace for the second princess."
The palace maid didn't understand why velvet fabrics were required, but Jiang Xinyue had already raised her lips and smiled: "It's too cold today. The second princess is in the prime of her life. She should make more beautiful clothes. The selection of concubines will be held in a few days. By then, the new concubines will all be dressed up. Don't say that I didn't make beautiful clothes for her." When
the emperor heard this, he knew that Jiang Xinyue was very considerate of the second princess and was not mean to her because of Concubine De.
Moreover, the emperor had previously sent Wang Dequan to Fengxian Hall to deliver cold-weather clothing to the third prince, but the third prince said that Empress Zhen had already delivered it to him.
Wang Dequan also saw that the cotton-padded clothes were made according to the third prince's size, the bed was covered with thick quilts weighing seven or eight kilograms, and the kang was also heated.
The servants in Fengxian Hall said that the imperial concubine had warned them not to neglect the third prince, otherwise if she knew about it, no matter how strong the backing was, they would be in trouble.
"The Royal Concubine is kind-hearted."
Wang Dequan smiled and poured tea for the emperor: "I can cure this poison, thanks to the Royal Concubine who asked Minister Jiang to prepare an extra pair for me. I have never seen anyone more kind-hearted than the Royal Concubine."
The emperor smiled and shook his head: "You! You still don't understand her well enough. How can she be kind? She protects her shortcomings, extremely so. If you are three points good to her, she will definitely repay you seven points. She doesn't want anyone under her wings to be wronged or bullied."
But if it is her enemy, or someone who betrays her, she is not a soft-hearted god, but the cruel and ruthless Prince Yan.
"So it has to be you, Your Majesty! No one knows the temperament of the Imperial Concubine better than you."
Emperor Xuanwu thought of Jiang Xinyue, the Sixth Prince, and the fact that Jiang Xinyue was still carrying his little princess. His heart started to feel hot, so hot that it melted and felt warm. That empty heart finally had a home.
Wang Dequan laughed and suddenly remembered something: "Your Majesty, in two days, the selected beauties will enter the palace. Do you have any rules? If so, I can talk to the Imperial Concubine about it."
Who should be kept and who should not be kept, so as not to cause trouble.
In previous years, the selection of beauties was done by the Empress Dowager and the Empress together with the concubines in the harem. The Emperor had never participated in it. He would only give a few lists, which were the names of the beauties who had to stay.
"No need."
Emperor Xuanwu put down his pen: "This time, I will go with Yue'er."
Otherwise, the jealousy would probably be overturned again.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether or not to select beauties in the future. In the past three years, he has eliminated dissidents and investigated the two great families of Song and Pei. There are more than a dozen families, large and small, that depended on these two families, and they have all declined.
The current court is either the aristocratic families he personally supported, such as the Jiang family, the Jiang family, and the Jing family, or the poor students who entered the court as officials through the imperial examination.
He arranged his own people for important positions.
It doesn't matter whether to select beauties or not.
But the selection of concubines every three years has been a rule that has been followed by all dynasties since ancient times. It cannot be abolished just because he wants to.
If he sets a precedent, his son, his grandson, his great-grandson... future kings who have a love mind and abolish the selection of concubines for the sake of their beloved women will bring him up as an excuse.
They will all say that he is following the example of his ancestors. Who
is that ancestor?
It is this great victim.
Therefore, although it is not very meaningful, the emperor still cannot abolish the selection system.
This precedent cannot be set.
Tang Shiliang came in from outside, tore up the small note given by Shuangjiang and threw it into the incense burner at the entrance. He did not speak immediately, but waited until the emperor finished dealing with the memorials and prepared to go to bed. When he changed the dragon robe for him, he said: "I heard that the second princess went to the eldest princess to cry again today, saying that the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were disrespectful to her. I thought that the emperor had not visited the second princess for some time. The people of Qintianjian said that the weather would be good tomorrow, so why not go to the second princess to take a look?"
After all, she is his daughter, how can he not feel sorry for her?
Even if he didn't feel sorry for her, the princess was the princess, the master of the palace, and there was no reason for her to be bullied by servants.
"Then, after the court session tomorrow, let's go to Yanqing Palace to have a look."
Tang Shiliang got the specific time and felt relieved. While going to pour water for the emperor to soak his feet, he called his trusted eunuch and said, "Go to Hexi Palace to find Shuangjiang and tell her..."
The next day, the heavy snow was about to stop, and the whole palace was shrouded in silver.
Qin Tianjian said that this year's winter was longer than in previous years, and that was why there was heavy snow in March.
In the Yanqing Palace, Concubine Ru combed her hair in the style of a concubine from Dayan and looked at herself in front of a bronze mirror: "Dayan is indeed the Celestial Empire. Look at this exquisite step dance. No matter how hard we try to imitate, we can never learn the essence."
"Bang!"
There was a sound of something heavy falling from the attic behind. Concubine Ru raised her ears to listen, but she couldn't hear what was being said behind her. She could only hear the Second Princess crying again.
Concubine Ru's personal maid Hui Yuan rolled her eyes unhappily: "Princess, I heard that many people died in this palace where we live before! I heard from the palace maids that more than a dozen dead bodies were dug out from the closed lotus garden in the backyard. They were all killed by the Second Princess's biological mother."
"Don't listen to their nonsense."
Concubine Ru curled her lips indifferently: "I know that the women in the Great Yan Dynasty are very scheming. They want to stir up trouble between me and the emperor, but I'm not that stupid!"
Hui Yuan sighed: "But His Majesty the Emperor won't come to our place!"
"The Emperor is here--"
Speaking of the Emperor, isn't the Emperor here?