The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

As mentioned earlier, the number one shortcoming of Prince Guo Hongluo is "stinginess".As the grandson of Concubine Qin, it is reasonable for her to speak out when she feels distressed while watching her grandmother's belongings being distributed to others.

"This kid, he wasn't like this when he was a child. He's become Amma now, and he's becoming less and less dignified. You don't have to be angry about it. He just said what he said casually." Han Ling deliberately diverted Topic, "This year's Zhengdan, shall we stay in the garden?"

Of course not!Hongli replied: "The concubine will stay in the cemetery for now, and move back to the forbidden area after the first seven days. Let's talk about the rest after the New Year's Day."

Concubine Qian lived in Shuimu Minse, and she was close to Concubine Qin. There was a movement in Yuetan Yunju, so naturally it couldn't be hidden from the eyes and ears of the birth mother. Hearing the servant's description like this once, the son immediately turned upside down in anger. : "Call him to me!"

The maid had no choice but to remind him: "Master, it's time for the curfew!

"Get ready, I'm going to pay my respects to my mother, the Empress Dowager." Concubine Qian pressed her chest, "The garden will open tomorrow morning, and I will send someone to pass him to the palace immediately!"

Getting up early the next day, the servants of the Old Summer Palace began to make preparations for moving back to the Forbidden City. Seeing that it was almost noon, Han Ling was playing games with his son, and Cheng Shuang came in and replied, "Master, the New Year gift from Prince Guo's Mansion has arrived."

"Huh?" Han Ling raised her eyebrows, "It's too early this year."

Not only was it delivered early, but in terms of value, it was much richer than in previous years. Of course, the credit of Concubine Qian is indispensable for this.

Concubine Qian directly sent her nanny to reprimand her daughter-in-law: "The emperor and the queen treat you well, that is the meaning of being a brother and sister-in-law who loves younger brothers. It is common sense for brothers and sisters to respect each other. Hongluo doesn't understand human relations. You are a Fujin Don’t you understand? I’ll send someone to watch, this year, if the rituals at Prince Guo’s Mansion are as bad as they used to be, you don’t have to go to the palace to pay your respects.”

This is a pair of daughter-in-laws, and it is even easier to take care of their sons. Concubine Qian directly took Hongluo to Wuling Chunse and scolded in front of Empress Dowager Chongyuan: "You are not ashamed, and you still have the face to compare with a child! The concubine is sick, The queen and the elder brother asked endlessly, how much filial piety did you do as a grandson? How much did you get from the concubine? Fortunately, you have the face to care about what is more and what is less, and the book has been read in the stomach of a dog! Wait for me to close in the future Take a look, you can see if there is any advantage for you!"

Prince Guo blushed in embarrassment: "Emiang, my son is just a joke."

"Bastard, the concubine's first seven years have not passed, who are you joking with?" Concubine Qian grabbed the tureen in front of her, and then remembered that this was in the territory of her immediate boss, holding back a mouthful of heartache and continuing to curse, "I am with you." The emperor said, when I die, you can just set up the stage and sing, and I promise not to blame you for it!"

Hongluo can only kowtow: "My son is not filial, please calm down my mother."

"Okay, under the new year, there is no taboo about death or death!" The Empress Dowager Chongyuan finally smoothed things over, "An uncle can be jealous of his nephew, but the emperor will not blame his brother for it. For the younger generations, it is inappropriate for the concubine to say such words before her death."

Hongluo only responded: "The emperor's mother taught me the lesson!"

"My lord, please forgive my sins, but this servant will speak out when he is so angry!" Concubine Qian glanced at her son, and said to the Empress Dowager Chongyuan, "My lord, just because of the queen's generosity, every time Hongluo makes trouble , always excuses him in front of the emperor, the emperor himself loves his younger brother, and sees the situation of the empress dowagers of the two palaces, he turns a blind eye to him and doesn't care about him. Not only is he unfilial to the concubine, but he is also suspected of being ungrateful to the emperor and queen, and if he does not give birth to the Prince Guo's mansion for him, the concubines wish to beat him immediately."

The Empress Dowager Chongyuan sighed: "Hongluo, you are the youngest son of the first emperor. In terms of age, you are more than enough to be the grandson of Prince Duanrong. The emperor is also more than [-] years older than you. The first emperor left earlier. With us These two have old bones, no matter how big a mistake you make, the emperor can only be tolerant, and if you continue to do this in the future, who is willing to give you a hand in the middle?"

Hongli is indeed helpless, now that his mother is in the court, Hongluo is going to the house to Jiewa, it is not easy to deal with him ruthlessly.

There was a thunder at the beginning of the new year. On the 19th day of the first lunar month in the [-]th year of Qianlong, the emperor's grandfather, Gao Shousheng, passed away peacefully in his sleep.

Ling Zhu was already ninety years old, and when he died, his sons and daughters were around his knees and the house was full of descendants, which was definitely considered a happy funeral. Even so, one fact that cannot be changed is: the father of the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager died!Now is the first month, is it appropriate for you to cry or laugh?Except for the empress mother and the empress dowager, no one in the six palaces didn't feel a headache: this old man doesn't pick a day when he goes on the road!

The Empress Dowager Chongqing was certainly sad, but her father had passed away after all, and her son was very concerned about his grandpa's funeral. Even the Empress Dowager Chongyuan rewarded her with a sacrificial ceremony and came here to express condolences to her. Come back, it is not very difficult to get out of the haze of losing a father.

Then, the Empress Dowager Chongqing began to worry about the future of her natal family: when her father passed away, her descendants had to observe filial piety, and all four brothers of her natal family had grandchildren who had reached the flowering period. .

It is the meaning of Hongli that Yongxi's concubine Fujin cannot be in the four Cheng'en Gong's mansions, and the Queen Mother of Chongqing will not give her a phoenix throne for her own family. , she herself was born in Qiandi, and Empress Xiaozhao of her own family also came from the position of side concubine; there is also the fifth elder brother Yongqi, who is only two years younger than Yongxi, and there are two Gulun princesses to choose Forehead——

The criteria for measuring a family are the four conditions of hereditary title, having the lord inside, the concubine outside, and the son being the lord. Niu Hulu's family has the Duke of Cheng'en (in the future, at least the first-class Marquis of Cheng'en will be hereditary to replace her). The empress dowager is more important than the ordinary seat. For the empress dowager, the seats of the concubine and the forehead are easier to obtain than the first two, even if you can't be greedy to get more. It's not too much to fight for one of the four seats of the five foreheads, right?This is good, the children's great-grandfather is gone, and if they try to fight for it, they will lose the opportunity.

The Empress Dowager Chongqing had something on her mind, and the first thing she noticed was Concubine Jia, who had a good relationship with Shoukang Palace recently.

While Hongli turned over the signboard of the Yonghe Palace, Concubine Jia took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, Grandpa Niu Hulu has passed away, and the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager are depressed. The concubine looks really distressed. Do you have any ways to relieve her old man?" ?”

Hongli sighed: "Guo Luomafa passed away, and Eniang was mourning and hurting God. I have told the queen to always teach Ago Gege to go to Shoukang Palace to ask for peace and talk. It is good to share a share of Eniang's spirit."

Concubine Jia pretended to be hesitant: "Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Hongli nodded: "But it doesn't matter."

Concubine Jia eloquently narrated: "Your Majesty, the old man has passed away, and Duke Cheng'en's mansion has retired. Naturally, the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager are worried about the future of her nephew. Although you are the son of the Empress Dowager, you can't make things difficult for yourself by saying such things. The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, even if it is a concubine, if you are not worried about the empress dowager's jade body, you can't offend the taboo and say such things to you."

Hongli frowned slightly: "Even so, keeping filial piety is a rule, and I can't just extend favor just because the empress dowager's natal family violated the etiquette. It won't justify waiting two years."

"Your Majesty, how could the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager seek official positions for her natal family during the filial piety period of the old man?" Concubine Jia laughed and said, "Now the prince of the clan and the fifth elder brother have grown up, and the fourth and fifth princesses have also arrived. To choose the age of the forehead, the emperor might as well discuss it with the lord and empress. If you can get married, the Holy Mother and the Empress Dowager will be delighted. For the sake of filial piety, I don't care about it."

"This—" Hongli was really moved, "Let me think about it."

Han Ling's heart thumped for a moment: "Didn't you say that Yongxi's concubine Fujin can't live in the four Cheng'en Gongfu? You can't teach the niece and grandniece of the Empress Dowager to be the grandson's concubine? And Yongqi, he He was raised in front of his mother, the Empress Dowager—"

"I'm thinking about it." Hongli explained his plan, "Yongrong is also twelve years old. In the next year's general election, Duke Cheng'en's mansion will issue a filial piety. Isn't it a grievance to choose him a Fujin from the Niu Hulu clan?"

Han Ling is more concerned about her daughter: "Speaking of which, the two girls are still two years older. Do you want them to caress Meng or stay in Beijing and marry a noble son?"

Hongli laughed and said: "Jungar is now a grasshopper after autumn, and my daughter is Fumeng, and most of them will stay in the capital, let alone Princess Gulun raised by the empress dowager? You don't have to worry about the difference between Manchuria and Mongolian." If you have a good child, you can just keep it for your daughter."

Han Ling was quite helpless: "It's useless for me to worry about it. I can control my daughter-in-law, but how can I choose my son-in-law? Isn't it just a matter of your words?"

Hongli simply put forward the idea in his mind: "How about giving Heqing to your natal family, and Wuyatou to Fu Heng's son?"

Han Ling didn't take it seriously: "Can the Huifanara family compare with the Fucha family? You are not afraid of being wronged and Qing."

"Your own children, always have to be at ease." Hongli said with a smile, "I want to keep them for two more years, and the Empress Dowager is also reluctant, so let's talk about it then!"

The gold content of the six blessings is not high, and it is enough to soothe the injured heart of the Queen Mother. Concubine Su has thus narrowed her relationship with Shoukang Palace, and she is also satisfied with the family background of her future daughter-in-law (mainly there are elder brothers and third elder brothers as the control group ), the caring concubine Jia added another point to the Holy Mother Empress Dowager.

Pressing her forehead, Han Ling asked her confidant: "Xiang Chang is still in Yinghua Hall?"

Cheng Shuang replied: "Yes!"

"Teach her to move to live in the back hall of Jingyang Palace!" Han Ling sighed: Mother, Empress Dowager is enough to save face, if this drags on, even Ningshou Palace will have suspicions against her.

The author has something to say: So, it is not easy to be a queen——I wrote this article, why do I like King Zhou in "Fengshen Yanyi" more and more?At least, he can do anything for true love!