Chapter 255: Become a concubine? Queen's Enthronement Ceremony
After hearing the Queen Mother's words, Ji Qingwu stopped crying immediately.
With tears in his eyes, he said, "Have you noticed something wrong, Empress Dowager? Since I entered the palace, the Emperor has been tired of me after just two days of excitement."
The empress dowager pondered her words carefully. She had ordered Ji Qingwu to show up in front of the emperor every day, but this had actually backfired.
"You mean to say that I am too impatient?"
Ji Qingwu said: "We can't rush this matter. We need to take it step by step."
The Queen Mother asked, "Tell me, how do you plan to do this?"
Ji Qingwu glanced at Shixi and Fanghua standing in the hall, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
The Queen Mother said, "These two have served me for many years. There is no need to avoid them."
Ji Qingwu pursed her lips and said, "Queen Dowager, it's not that I don't trust the two aunts, it's just that I'm a little embarrassed to say it..."
The Queen Mother did not embarrass her and said, "Okay, you two go down first."
Ji Qingwu didn't want Fanghua to hear what he said next, and then let Emperor Wu Su hear it.
The two men bowed and retreated outside the hall, and the door closed.
The Queen Mother said, "It's all right now. There's no one here. You can speak now."
Apart from the slightly red circles around Ji Qingwu's eyes, there was no sign of having cried.
She said, "Since Your Majesty is tired of talking, I will no longer go to the Imperial Court."
Not going?
The Queen Mother disagreed with her idea and said it was nonsense.
Then, with deep wrinkles on his brows, he said, "How can that be possible? After a long time, the emperor will really forget about you. This will be like stealing a chicken but losing the rice. You will have no place to cry."
Ji Qingwu didn't really want to stay away from Emperor Wu Su. Since she had entered the palace, she would not give up so easily.
During the few days she entered the palace, she realized...
Since the Queen Mother wanted to get something from her, she might as well use the Queen Mother to do what she wanted.
Ji Qingwu called out, "Aunt."
It was the first time that the Queen Mother heard her niece call her aunt, and she felt a lot more comfortable hearing her gentle and soft way of addressing her.
If Ji Qingwu wants to please someone, he rarely fails.
She picked up the round fan on the table, gently waved her white porcelain wrist, and fanned the empress dowager behind her.
But most of the responsibility fell on her.
Ji Qingwu said: "It was only today that I realized how unreliable men are. They just want to send me away when they say they are tired of me."
The tone was filled with sorrow, just like that of a loathed and resentful woman in the boudoir.
Ji Qingwu sighed and continued, "I was ignorant before, but now I realize that my aunt treats me well and thinks long-term for me."
The Queen Mother was touched and her expression relaxed a lot.
"Qingwu, I am also an experienced person. For what you said, I will also send you to the position of concubine. Don't be discouraged. After you get through this period, you will have a good life in the future."
Ji Qingwu said: "I stay in the palace not for myself, but for the Queen Mother and the Ji family."
The Queen Mother nodded: "It's great that you think so. You just said you want to take it step by step. How do you want to do it?"
Ji Qingwu said: "The emperor said he doesn't want to see me, so I won't go to see him, but as my aunt said, after a long time, men are greedy for novelty, and it is hard to guarantee that they will forget me. Then I will stay in the palace and do something that the emperor can't forget."
The Queen Mother looked at her in surprise and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Ji Qingwu's eyes flickered as he asked, "Aunt, do you know any way to win favor in the palace?"
The Queen Mother did not expect that Ji Qingwu, who usually backed off when faced with difficulties, could have the audacity to seek favor.
"Didn't you just say that you would not go before the emperor? Then how are you going to fight for his favor?"
There are many ways to win favor. To put it simply, you just need to please the lady, compose a song and play the piano to show off your talent, or you can prepare a song and dance to show off your beautiful and graceful figure.
To put it in a broader sense, it is those methods of palace fighting, but Ji Qingwu is not a concubine yet, so she cannot use them for the time being.
Ji Qingwu walked around to the front of the Queen Mother and said angrily, "Tonight, the news that I was rejected by the Emperor in Zhaoyang Palace must have spread in the palace. People in the palace looked down on me, which means they looked down on the Ji family and my aunt."
The Queen Mother agreed with this and said with satisfaction: "You, my child, have finally realized this truth. We are a family that prospers together and shares the same fate."
Ji Qingwu said with bright eyes: "So I want to fight for this favor in front of the whole palace, and I need my aunt's help."
The Queen Mother nodded with joy: "As long as you have this intention, I will definitely help you."
Ji Qingwu turned the round fan in his hand lightly.
She curled her lips and continued, "But I won't show it to the emperor."
The Queen Mother understood what she meant.
"You are quite clever."
The empress dowager acted quickly. The next day, she ordered people to prepare everything Ji Qingwu needed, and also hired a special instructor outside the palace to teach her.
Ji Qingwu is not good at music, but he is very knowledgeable in other aspects.
She was busy practicing during the day and would take some time after dinner to meet Yuan Heng.
The place where the two met was in Jiying Hall. There were no banquets held in the palace, so this place was usually empty.
They found a corner and sat together, arms clasped together, discussing what they had done during the day.
Ji Qingwu would also secretly wrap the delicious pastries made by the small kitchen in the Cining Palace in silk cloth and bring them to Yuan Heng.
Yuan Heng couldn't bear to eat it, so he always took it back and kept it in a treasure box.
The relationship between the two grew stronger day by day, and Ji Qingwu's training also progressed rapidly.
With praise from her instructor, she successfully completed her apprenticeship.
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The Qinzheng Hall has been as quiet as a pool of stagnant water these days.
The emperor remained silent and Li Yuzong did not dare to speak either.
Today, Emperor Wu Su went out of the palace in disguise, without even bringing Duan Mingfeng with him. He came back at dinner time, with obvious fatigue on his face.
He sat in front of a large desk, with a pile of memorials half a person high on his right.
Li Yuzong stood at the bottom of the steps and said, "Your Majesty, the servants from the imperial kitchen have brought the dinner. I will serve you some first."
Emperor Wu Su waved his hand and said, "Let them withdraw."
Li Yuzong said: "Your Majesty, you have used less these days. People are not made of iron. How can you not eat? This must be recorded in the daily record. If you do not..."
Except for the Empress Dowager and the Queen, no one has the right to see the Emperor's daily records.
But even with the title of empress dowager, she could not persuade the emperor at all.
But Li Yuzong, the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department, knew very well what Emperor Wu Su had done recently.
The emperor ordered him to prepare the ceremonial robes and supplies for the ceremony of enthroning the empress, and it would take at least half a year to prepare these things.
Li Yuzong said: "If the future Queen knew about this, she would definitely blame me for not doing my best."
Emperor Wu Su frowned and scolded: "You are the only one who talks too much."
But Li Yuzong led the young eunuchs to place the meal on the round table in the side hall, and he did not stop them.
The Qinzheng Hall was quiet, and the sounds from outside could be heard coming in.
It's the sound of drums, and if you listen carefully you can also hear the sound of stringed instruments.
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