[Qing] Empress Xiao Chengren Reborn

In November, there was another good news in the harem that the concubine Nala was pregnant. As a result, three concubines in the harem were pregnant.

In a blink of an eye, it was the first month of the 12th year of Kangxi. At the family banquet of the Qianqing Palace, Xiao Zhuang looked at the dozen or so concubines sitting on top of the cover, and only sighed in his heart. The emperor is now 20 years old, and it is the time when he is in the prime of life. It's not like when he first ascended the throne, there were only a few people around him. Looking at it like this now, there are more than a dozen people neatly, but most of them are concubines and have no titles. It's always shameful to look like this of.

Xiaozhuang glanced at where the empress was again. In recent years, the empress has acted calmly and prudently, but she already has two sons and a daughter, and now she is pregnant again. I don't know what will be born. Xiaozhuang secretly hopes that the empress can As a princess, in this way, there will be less talk about the queen mother and child in the previous dynasty, which is beneficial to everyone.

In the past few years, although she stayed in the harem and did not care about political affairs, and looked at it coldly, she could not find fault with the empress, but the empress family was too sharp, and she was always dissatisfied with it. She always felt that Xuan Ye was too He favored the empress's family, while the other concubines were so subdued by the empress that they had no future.

Such a situation will always remind her of the Emperor Taizong's favoring concubines. Although the current situation is not exactly the same as before, if the emperor can't share the rain and dew, the resentment in the harem will be the same. For the harmonious and healthy development of the concubines in the harem , she felt she had to come out and say something fair.

Xiaozhuang took a sip of sake, glanced at the crowd unintentionally, and then smiled at Xuan Ye: "The emperor has been on the throne for eight years now, and the concubine Lan next to him was conferred in the year when the emperor ascended the throne, looking at the one beside the emperor. There are more and more people, shouldn't it be time to seal the harem?"

Xiao Zhuang didn't wait for Xuan Ye's answer, turned to look at Zhu Jin and smiled, "Today is a good day, why don't we ask the emperor to issue an order to seal the harem once, what does the empress think?"

Xiao Zhuang's words attracted the attention of everyone present. This is a matter related to the fate of all concubines. Naturally, it has received unprecedented attention, especially Dong's and Zhang's concubines who have been serving Xuan Ye since he ascended the throne. .

Zhu Jin smiled slightly: "What the empress dowager said is true, and the concubine also thinks so. Although the concubine has been busy taking care of the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother in recent years, she has mentioned this matter to the emperor in her free time. The emperor always Don't worry, the concubines naturally have to obey the emperor's will, so I've wronged all the sisters. Today is indeed a good day, if the harem is sealed off, the new year will be more festive, what does the emperor think?"

After saying that, he smiled at Xuan Ye again, "If the emperor can seal the harem, it will also be for the sake of the little princess in the womb of the courtiers and concubines, and it will also add joy to the Nala family and the Dong family!"

She knew what Xiao Zhuang meant, and Xiao Zhuang probably thought that she had been suppressing Xuan Ye all these years to prevent Xuan Ye from being canonized by the people in the harem, so she said such words to her, and as long as she agreed, Then Xuanye will agree.

Zhu Jin sighed, and had to say that Xiao Zhuang was really wrong. In the past two years, she had asked Xuan Ye about this question more than once, asking him when he planned to seal the harem. It was the 16th year of Kangxi, but the situation in this life is different. Based on the queen's responsibilities, she should really ask. Unfortunately, every time she asked Xuan Ye, Xuan Ye said that she was not in a hurry. Later, she knew that Xuan Ye had other problems. Arrangement, no more questions.

Now that Xiao Zhuang mentioned this matter, she didn't want to get involved at all, so she just threw the ball to Xuan Ye and let him solve this matter by himself.

Xuan Ye ignored the attention of all the empresses and concubines in the palace, only glanced at Zhujin, then looked at Xiaozhuang, and said in a low voice: "I asked Qin Tian to calculate that it is not suitable to seal the harem for the past two years. Just wait another two years!"

A few days ago, Mingzhu and others put forward their suggestions on the matter of sealing the harem. They believed that there are many people in the harem now, and the emperor should give the concubine a corresponding position. These memorials were all kept by Xuan Ye. Yes, he did not express his opinion on this, but it was only a few days, the Empress Dowager asked this question in front of everyone, Xuan Ye had to wonder in his heart, whether it was Mingzhu who asked the Empress Dowager to come out, or the Empress Dowager The queen mother knew the news of the previous dynasty, and decided to help Mingzhu?

Xuanye's words blocked all Xiaozhuang's words. If there is no auspicious day for the canonization, it will be useless for Xiaozhuang to be dissatisfied. The relationship was tense again, and it was hard for her to restore the previously indifferent relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, and she really didn't want to have any more troubles.

Considering this, Xiao Zhuang didn't say anything more at the table, but just smiled casually: "Since Qin Tian supervised it, then this matter will follow the emperor's wishes, and wait for another two years!"

Xiaozhuang glanced at the pearl brocade indiscriminately, thinking in his heart, what tricks did the empress use to make the emperor not let go and seal the harem even now?

Xiao Zhuang's reaction relieved Aunt Su Ma on the side. Although she has been persuading her all these years, the Empress Dowager is still dissatisfied with the empress and is very dissatisfied with the emperor's doting on the empress, so she is really afraid In a fit of anger, the Empress Dowager would forcibly go against the emperor's will and issue a decree to seal the harem, but luckily the Empress Dowager still had reason and did not do so.

But also because of this, the hopes that the concubines had ignited because of the words of the Empress Dowager were annihilated because of Xuan Ye's words.

After the banquet, everyone dispersed and went back to the palace. Before leaving, Xiao Zhuang smiled at Xuan Ye: "I still have something to say to the emperor, so the emperor will go with me to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to sit for a while and have a drink." A bowl of hangover soup?"

Xuan Ye never drank alcohol, and he was happy tonight, so he drank some sake, and now he was faintly drunk, after hearing Xiao Zhuang's words, he smiled and said: "Yes, grandson will send the Empress Dowager back to the palace."

After the banquet, the emperor and empress were supposed to go back to Kunning Palace together, but Xiao Zhuang intercepted Xuan Ye halfway in full view, and wanted to talk to him in the Palace of Compassion, and anyone with a discerning eye would know what was going on at a glance, so it was very adult Eighty percent of the people turned their eyes to the queen, but they saw the queen's calm and calm face, and there was no violent reaction at all.

When there was no one around, and after entering Kunning Palace, Nanny Long couldn't help but said: "The empress dowager must be trying to persuade the emperor to change his mind and let the emperor seal the harem. Seeing what the empress dowager means, it seems I think the reason why the emperor didn't confer canonization is because of the master. Now that the emperor is gone, I don't know what the empress dowager will say about the master!"

"She can say whatever she likes, and this matter has nothing to do with me. You don't know how many times I have persuaded the emperor? Besides, the emperor has his own plans, so why should I sabotage his plans?"

Xiao Zhuang interferes with Xuan Ye's behavior everywhere, Zhu Jin is very disdainful, but she has to ask in advance, "The empress dowager wants to seal the harem, no matter what the reason is, the emperor probably won't Agreed. But this proposal will definitely shake the minds of everyone in the harem. I am pregnant now, so I can't take care of this, so you can only worry about it. At this time, there can be no changes in the harem!"

Nanny Long and the others knew that the matter was very important, so they nodded solemnly and said: "Master, just care about raising the baby with peace of mind. We will take care of these things for the master."

Nanny Long's guess was right, Xiao Zhuang brought Xuan Ye to the Palace of Compassion, and he really wanted to persuade him to seal up the harem again. There were so many people at the banquet just now, and some things are inconvenient to say, but now in the Palace of Compassion, only Her grandparents and grandchildren can speak a few words.

Xiao Zhuang didn't believe the nonsense that Qin Tianjian had calculated that the harem could not be sealed. She waited for Xuan Ye to drink the hangover soup, and said bluntly: "Why hasn't the emperor refused to seal the harem so far? Is it just How many grades should be established, can't you think of it in the past few years?"

Xuan Ye knew that this was what the Empress Dowager wanted to tell him, because there was no surprise on his face, he just said calmly: "Why does the emperor's grandmother insist that I seal the harem?"

Xuan Ye didn't finish drinking the hangover soup, only drank half of it, put down the soup bowl, and said calmly: "Even if I seal the harem, it is impossible to suppress the power of the queen as the emperor's grandmother wishes. Dafeng The harem must be the concubine who has the ability to give birth or the concubine who has served me for a long time. In this regard, if it is really canonized, it is also the concubine of the queen family who has the advantage. Be good friends, even if it is canonized, the structure of the harem will not change much."

"Secondly, if you use the merit of childbearing to confer concubines, Elder Brother and Gege are still young, I don't think now is the best time to seal the harem, I want to wait until there are more children in the palace." Dafeng, and there will be major events in the previous dynasty, and I have no time to take care of them, and there are three people including the queen in the harem who are going to give birth, so there are so many complicated things, the canonization can only be postponed."

There are many reasons for Xuanye's refusal to seal the harem, but the biggest reason is because of Zhujin and her children. Is there going to be the events of the Niu Hulu family and Tong Jia family back then?

Therefore, he would rather wait a little longer, until the overall situation is settled, and when those concubines are not enough to shake the foundation of the queen even if they are conferred high positions, he will seal the harem.

Xiao Zhuang wanted to say more, but when he heard Xuan Ye's words that something important happened in the previous dynasty, his heart was moved, and he hurriedly asked: "The emperor really wants to withdraw the domain? I advise the emperor not to withdraw the domain, so Wu Sangui will be 70 this year. How many years can he live? When he dies, San Francisco will have no leaders. At that time, the emperor will naturally deal with them one by one, so why bother to fight so hard? The emperor knows , today’s world has only stopped fighting for less than 30 years, and even the vitality has not yet recovered, if you are still arbitrarily using swords, it will be so hard for ordinary people!”

Withdrawal of the feudal clan is a major event, Xiao Zhuang does not agree with the withdrawal of the feudal clan, Xuan Ye is still young, he can completely kill Wu Sangui, without mobilizing troops to fight.