Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Palace Maid Thirty-One Day
In Kunning Palace, as soon as the Emperor, Empress and their companions left, the Empress Dowager stared at Concubine Xian with a gloomy look on her face.
"Aunt." Concubine Xian got up from the ground and tried to pull the empress dowager's sleeve.
The Queen Mother waved her sleeves and said, "Don't call me aunt. I don't have a niece as stupid as you!"
"It's fine that you didn't discuss this with me beforehand, and you didn't figure it out. Even if you killed the queen and her unborn baby, do you think you can take that position?"
Concubine Xian retorted, "I never expected to kill the queen. I just didn't want her to get pregnant before anyone else. It's okay for Concubine De to give birth to this prince, but he can't come out of the queen's belly. Aunt, you always say that the emperor values the eldest son. If the queen gives birth smoothly, then he will be the crown prince. When that day comes, how can I fight for him?"
"The Emperor's cousin? The Emperor doesn't like me as his cousin at all. He would rather pity Concubine Yu and suffer Gao's cold face than spend more time in my Changchun Palace. Aunt, I am not a favorite concubine!"
The Queen Mother's eyes became even colder, and she looked at Concubine Xian as if she were a piece of wood: "You are really useless. If your sister hadn't passed away, I wouldn't have supported a fool like you."
She uttered the most hurtful words in a flat tone.
The virtuous concubine was distraught for a moment, and after a while, she said miserably: "It's her bad luck, what does it have to do with me?"
Does she have to live in the shadow of the eldest daughter of the Yan family as long as she lives?
When she entered the palace, didn't the Queen Mother praise her highly? If she didn't like her, why did she let her enter the palace?
Snap——
The crisp sound of slaps rang out in the hall. What the empress dowager could not stand the most was someone provoking her. As the empress dowager had been pampered for a long time, her temper had become less and less severe.
The virtuous concubine was caught off guard and unable to dodge, her face was hit to the side, and half of her hair was scattered.
She bit her teeth, her eyes were red, she covered her face with her hands, and softened her voice: "Aunt, Yinghua knows she was wrong."
The Queen Mother also realized that she had gone too far. She took the step handed over by Concubine Xian and said slowly, "You are my niece, how can I not love you? It's just that your methods are too clumsy. How can you use the same method twice in a short period of time, so that the Emperor caught you. I once told you that the Emperor is most considerate of his feelings. You have been with him for a long time, and he will always treat you differently. Moreover, the Queen is pregnant this time, and Concubine De can still hold back, but you can't hold back like this. I broke everything for you, and I gave you everything I could give to Yan's daughter. When will you be more sensible?"
The virtuous concubine listened silently, then suddenly said, "Aunt, I have only tried to harm the queen once, and I have never succeeded. The queen was poisoned a few days ago, and it was not my fault."
The Queen Mother fell silent upon hearing this. She had just returned to the palace and had not yet figured out the power behind the concubines in the palace. For a moment, she was a little confused.
"Do you have any plan in mind?"
Concubine Xian said tiredly, "Besides me, the only Concubine De in the harem who has the ability to perform flower-transplanting and tree-grafting operations is Concubine De. This time, I failed."
Upon seeing this, the Queen Mother waved her hand and asked the palace maid to take Concubine Xian downstairs to get the medicated oil to apply on her face.
Until the nanny sent by the emperor to keep an eye on her arrives, Concubine Xian is still free for the time being.
In March, spring is here and the grass and trees are growing.
After the concubines had lived in Chuxiu Palace for a month, the palace selection officially began.
The Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the Empress sat on the throne at the top, waiting for the beauties to come in in rows of five. After asking them some questions, they would decide whether to keep their names on the sign or to give them up.
The Queen knew all the beauties well and also had some understanding of the Emperor's preferences.
Sure enough, the emperor only took a quick look at Lu Yunmei, the most beautiful lady, and decided to keep her name.
The emperor asked some questions about the beautiful Chu Qiuniang and Chu Xiunu, and they also stayed. In addition, the emperor asked some questions about etiquette and music about Chen Jiao and Chen Xiunu, who was like an orchid, and they stayed.
As for Wang Lingyi, whom the Queen feared the most, before she even opened her mouth, the Queen Mother praised Wang Xiunu highly, saying that she had the demeanor of a noble lady, and finally she kept her.
The Queen knew it very well, and the Queen Mother felt that with Wang Lingyi, who almost became the Queen, around, it would be convenient for her to make things difficult for her.
Obviously, the matter of Concubine Xian made the Queen Mother unhappy. Since she could not vent her anger on her son, Concubine Xian became a thorn in her side as the Queen.
Seeing this, Xiao Shangyue could only smile gently and act magnanimous, saying that her mother was right.
【I can bear it.】
At this time, Shen Qing was admiring the beauties. Looking at each of them, who were so tender and tender that water could be squeezed out of them, they were young girls, and she was almost aroused.
Spring is the perfect time for early love.
But the sad thing is, where are the men in the harem?
Oh, no, yes, yes. Imperial physicians are, but the youngest person who can become an imperial physician is over 40 years old.
Being a palace maid is like this, you need to wait until you are 25 before you can be released from the palace. But by then, the range of choices available to you will be extremely limited, and there is a high probability that they will be some ugly guys.
As for settling the lifelong event in the palace, there are three choices: one is with a palace maid, one is with a eunuch, and one is with the emperor.
The first one is not considered because Shen Qing is an extremely straight woman. The second one is difficult. It is very rare to find a eunuch who is decent and not vulgar and worthy of her position as the queen's maid. The third one is even more difficult than hell.
The emperor is good-looking, but not only is his position deducted, his fertility is also questionable. The previous emperor died early, so who knows if there is any problem with the Ji family's genes.
And if Shen Qing really wanted to be a concubine, with a golden finger that could hear one's thoughts, the place she would have chosen would have been the imperial court.
She didn't do that, which means she was more interested in stability.
What's more, Shen Qing didn't think he was smart enough to defend against the attacks in the palace. The emperor only protected the queen after she was attacked twice. When it came to Shen Qing's turn, he would probably have died the first time.
The most important thing is that Shen Qing is only fourteen years old now, fifteen in lunar age, which is the right time for him to have no big ideas and just live a day-to-day life.
Having said that, when Shen Qing heard the Queen's thoughts, he shifted his attention to the Queen.
At this moment, the concubines below have been replaced by a new group, and the one standing in the middle is Li Wanyi, the cousin of Concubine De.
When the queen saw the person, a look of worry gathered between her brows.
On the eve of the palace selection, Concubine De found the Queen and asked her to let Li Wanyi give up her position and return home. Because of her humble and sincere attitude and her promises, the Queen agreed to her request.
The Queen did not say whether she agreed or not, because she was still struggling with what it meant to help the enemy. Concubine De had never shown any mercy to her at all.
Now she wants to fulfill Concubine De's wish because of her deep sisterly love?
[De Fei is really interesting. Others are eager to enter the palace, but she wants to push her cousin out of the palace.]
Of course the Queen knew that Concubine De did not want Li Wanyi to get involved in the palace struggles, but given her relationship with Concubine De, she couldn't say anything good about her.
However, when the Queen was still hesitating whether to follow Concubine De's wishes, the Queen Mother suddenly spoke up: "Li, why does this surname sound so familiar? Could it be related to Concubine De?"
Li Wanyi stepped out and said in a pleasant voice, "To answer the Empress Dowager, I am the cousin of the Empress Defei."
The Queen Mother smiled and looked at the Emperor: "It's lonely in the deep palace, without anyone to talk to. Why don't you leave Li Wanyi to accompany her?"
Ji Chen didn't care about these little things: "It's up to mother's wishes."
The Queen Mother withdrew her gaze with satisfaction, and Li Wanyi had already begun to express her gratitude.
How dare Concubine De plot against the Yan family? Does she think she doesn't exist?
The more Concubine De wanted something, the more she would go against Concubine De's wishes.
The Queen didn't need to worry about whether to keep Li Wanyi, after all, the Queen Mother had already made the decision for her. Even if Concubine De had any complaints, she should have directed them at the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian.
Afterwards, the Queen decided to keep Zheng Zhuying.
Shen Qing reported Zheng Zhuying's goodwill that day to the Queen. Since the Queen had no one under her command, she wanted to use Zheng Xiunü first. If she didn't find her suitable in the future, she could abandon her and look for another one.
In the palace, either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind. What's more, there are more than two winds in the palace.
The emperor only selected the best concubines, and was rather indifferent to those of average or above average appearance.
So most of the remaining ones, such as the beautiful He Xiu Nu, the well-read Jiang Xiu Nu, the cute and lovely Zhang Xiu Nu, etc., were kept by the Queen.
In the end, a total of fourteen candidates were elected, and the general election was officially over.
After the palace selection, the empress needs to propose a status for the newlyweds and then hand the roster over to the emperor for him to make adjustments.
Because the queen was pregnant, she was inevitably a little mentally unwell, so she asked Qingyu and Shen Qing to discuss the matter, and then she would review it.
In short, tasks are assigned layer by layer.
For this matter, Qingyu called the aunt who taught these girls to ask about their performance. Then, she decided the positions of these fourteen girls based on their family background and the degree of preference of the Emperor, Empress and Empress Dowager during the palace selection.
The list was handed to the Queen, who added a few notes and then had someone re-copy it and handed it to the Emperor for review.
In the Qianqing Palace, Shen Qing handed the list to the emperor.
Ji Chen looked through it and said, "Three nobles, are they too many?"
Shen Qing rolled his eyes silently in his heart. See, he is so stingy with his position!
The three noble ladies on the list are Lu Yunmei, Wang Lingyi, and Chu Qiuniang. All three are stunningly beautiful. Lu Yunmei was favored by the emperor during the palace selection, Wang Lingyi has the best family background, and Chu Qiuniang's father and brother are very capable. As for the others, they are inferior to them.
Ji Chen did not expect Shen Qing to answer, so he picked up a pen and started making changes on the list. In the end, Lu Yunmei was changed to beauty, but was given the word "Yan" as the title, so she was called Beauty Yan.
Wang Lingyi did not move and was still given the title of Xuan Guiren by the Queen.
The more the Queen Mother wanted to disgust her, the more she would value Wang's daughter.
Chu Qiuniang has no title and is still known as Concubine Chu.
Ji Chen asked in surprise: "Why is Lu Yunmei's residence in Jingyang Palace? I remember that Jingyang Palace has a master's seat."
At this time, Shen Qing had to answer and clear up the emperor's confusion: "Reporting to the emperor, there is indeed a master in Jingyang Palace, which is Concubine Hui, but Concubine Hui and Lu Xiunu are related by marriage. Concubine Hui wants to take care of Lu Xiunu in the palace, so she asked the queen to allow Lu Xiunu to live in Jingyang Palace."
Now there is only a side hall left in Jingyang Palace with no one living there. Although Concubine Hui did this under the banner of care, it actually harmed Lu Xiunü.
Can palaces with a main seat and those without a main seat be the same?
Ji Chen was puzzled: "How could the Queen agree to this?" Didn't Concubine Hui just offend the Queen?
Shen Qing smiled and said nothing.
Although the Queen hated Concubine Hui, she was more looking forward to the chaos in Jingyang Palace.
Ji Chen realized it later and hesitated as he started writing. In the end, he did not move the palace for Concubine Yan.
After the noble lady was decided, the next one was the beauty. Chen Jiao was named Beauty Chen, Li Wanyi was named Beauty Li, and the position of beauty plus Beauty Yan made there three people in total.
Ji Chen had an impression of Chen Jiao and knew that Li Wanyi was Defei's cousin, so he was not surprised to see that Li Wanyi's palace was in Defei's Yongshou Palace.
The remaining ones are four talented people and five Baolin.
Baolin's candidates were mediocre, Zheng Zhuying was named a talented person. In addition, He, Jiang and Zhang, each with their own characteristics, were also named talented people, but they did not have titles.
Ji Chen closed the list and asked someone to arrange for the new concubine to enter the palace.
In this way, the pattern of the new concubine, two noble ladies, three beauties, four talented ladies and five treasures was determined.
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