She didn't want to interfere in this matter, nor would she interfere. As for what Fu Jin thought, the empress dowager didn't care at all.
This greeting was really tiring, forcing her to get up early. Now she needs to catch up on her sleep.
When Ulanara saw her mother go in, she felt very resentful in her heart, but she didn't say anything in the end.
"Empress, the Empress Dowager has gone in to rest. You should go back first." Nanny Yu walked over and said.
Ulanara stood up and said, "Then I will go back first. Madam, please go in and take care of my mother."
After leaving, on the way back, Ulanara's face was completely unbearable.
But she couldn't vent her anger outside, so she could only return to Jinghe Palace with a gloomy face.
As soon as she returned to the palace, she sent everyone else away, leaving only Nanny Chang and Nanny Li.
"What's wrong, Madam?"
After coming out of the Cining Palace, the Empress's face looked unhappy all the way. Could it be that the Empress Dowager said something bad?
"Mammy, tell me, if I tell the emperor about the selection, will he agree?"
If her mother doesn't intervene, and she, the queen, doesn't intervene either, then someone in the court will definitely criticize her in the future.
After all, when a new emperor ascends the throne, a selection of women must be held. There are only so many women in the emperor's harem, less than half of the number of women in the retired emperor's harem. The ministers in the court must have proposed a selection to the emperor on this matter. After all, the harem and the court are closely related.
Those ministers must also want to send their daughters into the palace. If one of them is favored, it will be of great help to their family.
Nanny Chang and Nanny Li looked at each other, and then Nanny Li said:
"My Lady, why don't we just postpone this matter."
"Your Majesty is not unfamiliar with the Emperor. I feel it would be inappropriate for you to bring this up. If you do, I'm afraid the Emperor will be angry with you again. These things have happened before."
"Let's put this matter aside for a while. When the time comes, there's no need for your Majesty to worry. Someone else will naturally be anxious."
Nanny Chang also said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the Emperor has been on the throne for less than half a month. There is no need to rush this matter. When the ministers in the court can no longer bear it, they will naturally propose it to the Emperor."
The former dynasty and the harem are inseparable, this is an eternal truth.
For the sake of their own future, those ministers would also let the emperor select concubines, and the situation was quite different from before.
In the past, the emperor was a prince, so he didn't want too many women and naturally no one would say anything.
But things are different now. The emperor's affairs are the affairs of the court. Even if the emperor does not want to hold a selection, it is impossible.
After hearing what they said, Ulanara's originally depressed mood instantly dissipated a lot.
There was also a faint smile on her face, "What Mammy said does make sense."
"Yes, I'm not the only one worried about this. Some people are more worried than me."
"Then let's not talk about this matter for now. Let's talk about it later."
Ulanara sneered and said, "Then I'd like to see what the imperial concubine would think when she knows about this."
Her influence alone was small, but if many people in the previous dynasty were added together, she didn't believe that the emperor would disagree.
Besides, the retired emperor is still alive, and it is impossible for him to agree to the emperor not holding a beauty contest.
"Your Majesty is right to think so. There are some things that we don't need to do ourselves. Many people are watching us. Just because we don't say anything doesn't mean others won't say anything."
"Mammy, you are absolutely right."
By borrowing other people's help, you can not only fulfill yourself but also fulfill others.
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After returning from the Cining Palace, Concubine Li walked towards the Imperial Garden.
After staying in the farm outside for so many years, now that she has finally come out, she naturally wants to walk around more.
But as luck would have it, she met Concubine Mao in the imperial garden.
When Concubine Mao saw her, she smiled and walked slowly towards her.
"Sister Li, what a coincidence."
"Greetings to Sister Maopin." Li bowed slightly to her reluctantly, and before she could say anything else, she stood up.
"Sister Li has lived in the manor for so many years, and it's not good that she has almost forgotten the rules. Sister Li needs to practice these rules more. After all, she is an honored person, so she must not make a fool of herself in front of others. That would be bad."
Concubine Li's face turned red and white at what she said.
She scoffed lightly, "Oh, don't bother with that."
Concubine Li looked down on her from the bottom of her heart. Even if her position was higher than hers, so what? No matter how bad she was, she still had a daughter, and her daughter was in the capital.
But she is different. She has no children and will be alone and helpless in the future.
"I just wanted to remind my sister. Since you think I'm being superfluous, then I won't say anything."
"But I still have to remind my sister, this is not the same as before. The Imperial Noble Concubine has been the only favorite for so many years. I think Sister Li must know this."
"If you don't change your temper, you will be the one who suffers in the future." After saying this, she looked at the sun in a very good mood.
"Oh, we have been strolling around for a while. I'm going to go back now. You can enjoy your stroll around." After saying that, Maopin took people back.
Li looked at her departing figure with a sinister look in his eyes and said in a low voice, "Bitch."
Nanny Fang cautiously reminded, "Sir, do we still want to go shopping?"
"No more shopping, let's go back."
She was in no mood to continue shopping.
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"Master, it's freezing outside, and it looks like it's going to snow in two days. Even if we plant these things, they won't survive."
When Wang An heard his master say that he wanted to use the area in the right corner of the yard to grow vegetables, he expressed his concerns.
Wen Mianmian glanced at him helplessly and said, "Who told you to plant now? I told you to clear that place when you have time. You can plant next spring."
"So that's how it is. I misunderstood." Wang An scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Then I'll have someone do it later."
"Yes, but we need to leave a few aisles in the middle of the vegetable garden. After the soil is prepared, we can pave stone paths on it. This way it will be convenient to pick vegetables and plant them, and we won't get our shoes dirty."
After all, if you step on the mud, your shoes will get dirty in no time, but these problems can be easily solved by building a few small cobblestone paths in the middle.
Wang An thought about it for a moment and thought it was feasible. He nodded and said, "Yes, I'll take note of it and do as you say."
Wen Mianmian went in after giving her instructions.
As soon as I entered, Xiaobai came over.
"Mianmian, you're back." Xiaobai was extremely excited today.
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