Chapter 383 Anniversary
The queen had no power and was in a bad mood. She thought about it, but now that she had nothing to do, she felt empty and uneasy. She used to think that the queen's position was honorable and would not be abolished. After the terrible thing happened, her mentality was not as good as before. She looked at Jinzhi and asked, "How many useful people are there in the palaces?"
She was the queen. When she had not been divided into two groups and Concubine Yu was still in power, she also held on to the harem tightly. Of course, she let many people into the harem. Now she regretted not letting anyone go in front of Shen Qing at the beginning. Shen Qing was a good wife at the beginning, and no one took her seriously at first, only because Shen Qing pretended to be too good, timid, and respectful. She was a good wife, and there were not many people serving her, and it was not easy to force people in. Later, she was promoted to a noble lady, and the emperor intended to protect her, but she had no way to force people in. Later, the emperor protected her even more closely.
Xuanyuan Ling protected her too early, and the queen became wary of Shen Qing too late. At the beginning, she always felt that it would be difficult for her to have children, and it didn't matter if she had no children, so Zhaohua Palace was a place where the queen couldn't even stretch her hands. However, she still had people she could use in other palaces, more or less, just like the move to overthrow Qin Shi, which had been planned for many years.
Jinzhi told the Queen about the many obstacles in each palace. She was thinking the same thing as the Queen. It was really a mistake that there was no way to fill Zhaohua Palace. Jinzhi felt very guilty. She should have thought what the Queen was thinking. She was born as the Queen, but she had to watch the Queen go to this point.
At this time, the Queen said, "You should ask someone to watch over them. Anyone in the harem who has had a grudge against Consort Xian should be kept a closer eye on."
Jinzhi immediately understood what the Queen meant. Now, apart from keeping an eye on someone who might be useful, there was really nothing she could do.
The news of Chen Qing assisting in the management of the six palaces has made the harem lively again. Now it is not just about currying favor with the favored one, but now that one has power, one has to curry favor even more. If someone curries favor, there will be someone who will be thinking about them. In the past few days, someone mentioned Cheng Yun's first birthday.
It just so happened that Chen Qing was assisting in the management of the six palaces, and Cheng Yun was going to be one year old. Her position as a virtuous concubine was already high, and now she was assisting in the management of the six palaces, so she had to organize the one-year-old birthday party. The one-year-old birthday was different from other birthdays and was always held in a more grand manner. Now the subordinates were trying to curry favor with Chen Qing, hoping that this one-year-old birthday party could be as grand as possible. Anyway, as long as it did not violate the regulations, it would attract the attention of the whole palace.
Shen Qing was thinking about the Seventh Prince. The two children were only a short time apart. How old was she? What would the Seventh Prince do in the future? She was in charge of the affairs of the harem. The subordinates wanted to curry favor with her, but she couldn't accept everything. If she couldn't control the subordinates well, the more people she had, the easier it was to make mistakes. She couldn't stand the fact that the subordinates had many thoughts, so she had to set rules.
But now Shen Qing doesn't have to do this kind of thing herself. Chunhua, Fangyun and Wang Lu are very capable. Generally speaking, many people are watching Shen Qing's takeover of the harem, but she took over unexpectedly smoothly.
Zhao Hai actually had someone watching over there, and it was Xuanyuan Ling who ordered this. Zhao Hai thought that the Emperor was worried that Concubine Xian would be overwhelmed, but it turned out that Concubine Xian took over not only quickly, but also without anyone having to worry about anything.
Once Chen Qing's situation stabilizes, Zhao Hai will report back to Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling curled the corners of his mouth when he heard Zhao Hai's report. He had known for a long time that Shen Qing was smart, but she rarely showed it in front of him. She was a person who didn't like to show off. She knew what she could do and what she had, but in front of him, unless the situation came to the point, you had no idea how much she knew.
The same is true for the matter of assisting in the management of the six palaces. She did it right away as soon as she said she would. Even though he gave it to her, it seemed as if she had been prepared for it.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't think she coveted anything. He had been with her for so long that he could not fail to notice it. Chen Qing didn't care much about rewards, and she cared far less about status and honor than other women. Because of this, sometimes he didn't even know what to give her. Now that things have come to this, he would occasionally think that it would be better for her to covet these things and become normal. But it was just a thought. How could she become normal if she was already unusual?
Or rather, Xuanyuan Ling has now discovered that he feels that Chen Qing is unusual, and everyone else is ordinary no matter what, only she is unusual.
"You don't have to watch it anymore."
Zhao Hai agreed, and that was the end of it.
And then in the blink of an eye, Xiaoliu is about to turn one year old.
Xiaoliu was a year old, so of course he was not busy. Nonsense, what was a child busy for? It was Shen Qing who was busy. As a biological mother, Shen Qing had a lot of things to do that day. In addition, she had to take care of the affairs of the harem and the affairs of the Seventh Prince. She had less free time than before. When encountering something like this that was related to her, she really prepared in advance and calculated the time.
On the day of the birthday banquet, Shen Qing got up early in the morning and dressed up. It was a rare occasion that she and Xuanyuan Ling went to the morning court at the same time.
Shen Qing yawned, and seeing that Xuanyuan Ling was dressed, she gave Xuanyuan Ling a pitiful look while she was still fiddling with her hair.
Xuanyuan Ling was stunned and laughed, he knew she was doing it on purpose, she was just acting coquettishly. She didn't get up early very often nowadays, and today was her sixth birthday, she got up early and acted coquettishly, she was really lovable.
"I'll come earlier, don't get tired."
Chen Qing nodded and looked well behaved. After Xuanyuan Ling left, Chen Qing began to make arrangements in an orderly manner. This matter was not difficult for Chen Qing, except that she still had to spend the time. Now, the concubines from all palaces came to pay their respects and congratulate her. In fact, it was similar to when she was promoted, except that since she was a child, there was an additional ceremony of grasping the week-old.
Xuanyuan Ling did come early, taking charge early in the morning. Everyone else continued to do what they were supposed to do. Some things were just going through the motions. He was really happy, but he still had to watch the children's one-year-old celebration. The protagonist today was Xiaoliu, and everyone was staring at him.
The purpose of the ceremony is to bring good luck, and usually some things with good intentions are placed there. The palace is very strict and will never place anything that cannot be grabbed, so no matter what is grabbed, it is good.
The wet nurse put Xiao Liu down, and then everyone stared at him to see what he was grabbing. Xiao Liu looked at the dazzling array of things in front of him and picked up one at random. There were servants beside him saying auspicious words. No matter what the Sixth Prince grabbed, he had to say auspicious words.
In fact, the matter ended here. Who would have thought that the nanny would come to pick someone up? Xiaoliu took advantage of the nanny's hug to stand still.
The others all thought that the Sixth Prince was going to walk. Xuanyuan Ling did not expect that the Sixth Prince would just stand there and look like he was going to walk. As a prince, he was usually not allowed to bump into anything, so he was held more often. Later, when the child could crawl, Shen Qing always tempted him to crawl. Xuanyuan Ling saw that he crawled a lot, and did not expect that he was going to walk now.
For a moment, I felt a little weird as a father for the first time, feeling excited to see my own child actually starting to walk.
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