I rely on food to guide the whole harem

On the second day, the new emperor went to Wen Ruoning's bedroom after finishing his government affairs.

Wen Ruoning kept thinking about Tang Yinjiang's words yesterday, walked behind the new emperor calmly, caressed his face with jade hands, and finally pressed lightly on his shoulders.

"Your Majesty, those concubines are actually not very important. Even if they are killed, they will have no effect, but if they are kept, they will still have a good reputation for being kind."

The new emperor got a little weird when he heard her words, and tentatively said: "But this is not in accordance with the rules after all, I'm afraid it's not good."

Wen Ruoning heard the puzzlement in the new emperor's tone, and immediately said: "Then forget it, it's just a few concubines, if you kill them, you will kill them."

The new emperor closed his eyes and rested his mind, his mind was full of thoughts. This woman was quite miraculous before, so it would be no harm to listen to her first, "Just as you said, move them to the cold palace and then deal with them."

The next day, the new emperor ordered all the concubines to move to the cold palace. Some of the concubines who escaped the catastrophe wept with joy, and some of them disliked him very much.

In the past, the concubines who were rich and precious were escorted to the cold palace by the guards and left. No one cares about them anymore.

After the escorting guards left, some concubines showed their airs, frowning and looking at the whole cold palace, and some obviously showed disgust.

"Did you smell a musty smell?"

A concubine covered her nose and mouth with a handkerchief, "Yes, it stinks."

The maids of honor who were supposed to be buried together were also accompanied by their master, and they were escorted to the cold palace together. Zhi Yan, who was next to Concubine Shu, took the lead in picking a room facing the sun and beckoning his master over.

As a result, as soon as the door was opened, there were dilapidated tables, chairs and beds, the whole room was dark and cramped, and the sunlight could only form a sharp contrast.

Zhiyan made a bitter face, "How can people live in such a small place?"

Concubine Shu also commented, "It's broken and old."

Concubine Shu's other big court lady, Zhimo, was also beside her, helping her master to support Concubine Yue, who would comfort Concubine Yue and also came up to look at her, and said gently and respectfully: "Your Majesty, first take Concubine Yue to the courtyard. After taking a short nap in the house, Zhiyan and I will be able to live after cleaning and cleaning."

"Hey, you're all here, and you still think of yourself as your mother?" Concubine Ning couldn't help but choke. She gave birth to two princes, but she was not released from the palace, and she was thrown into the cold palace with these useless concubines. It is a great shame.

"Your Majesty! I'm your Majesty!" A mad woman in the cold palace was alarmed by Concubine Ning's sharp voice, and rushed out to hug Concubine Ning and screamed.

"Ah——" Concubine Ning screamed in fright, and tried her best to push people away. The madman's strength was beyond her ability to shake, and she scolded the two palace maids who followed her: "You two are dead!" Why not come up and help me pull her away?"

Gu Yu and Xiaoman looked at each other, and came up to help Concubine Ning out of the siege, but she was slapped by Concubine Ning just as she pulled them away.

"Not positive at all, don't know how to do things."

Tang Yinjiang couldn't stand it anymore, and stopped him loudly, "Okay, now everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope. There are neither concubines nor maids in this cold palace. No one is more noble than the other. It is better to go to Choose a room and tidy it up, or you won’t know where to sleep at night.”

"What are you? Dare to talk to me like that? I gave birth to three princes and four princes. When the three princes come back from disaster relief, even if I don't... you can take me out of the palace to take care of me. At that time, I will at least be a concubine. !"

Concubine Ning has a bit of a brain, knowing that there are many people here, and she didn't say that she might be the queen mother after the return of the third prince to suppress the rebellion, but everyone can understand what she omitted, how many positions are there? The lower concubines didn't understand those devious ways, so they came up to flatter Concubine Ning.

Of course Liu Ruyu defended, "It's Jiang Jiang's credit that you are here now, if it weren't for her, we would all be buried, and no one has the right to murder her."

Concubine Ning sneered, "You really dare to put gold on your face. A court lady can influence the emperor's thoughts? Maybe your majesty took it back for the sake of my palace's birth of a second son. You are just taking advantage of my palace's glory. "

Su Xiaowan also did her part: "It seems that some people prefer to be buried. Isn't it good to live? When the third prince returns, the overall situation is settled. What kind of waves can he make? I'm afraid he won't be killed by the new emperor as soon as he enters the capital. Your fourth prince is in the capital, why didn't he come to save you?"

"You dare to curse my son!" Concubine Ning's eyes were about to burst, and she was about to rush up to fight Su Xiaowan.

Concubine Qi, who had not been in the team all this time, was put on the ground by two eunuchs with a paper-colored face. Concubine Ji, who had always been close to her, hurried up to help her sit down, and found blood on the ground, and Concubine Qi's swollen belly was now But mediocre.

"Sister, your child..."

"Sister," Qi Concubine hugged Ji Concubine in a weak voice, tears rolling down his face, "Your Majesty ordered someone to abort the child in my womb."

Concubine Ji hugged her back in distress, while the other concubines were silent when they heard the words.

Su Xiaowan sighed, and didn't want to quarrel with Concubine Ning, so she only said, "I won't let anyone who hasn't been born be spared, what do you think will happen to your sons."

Concubine Ning's face turned pale when she heard this, and she fell to the ground.

At the same time, Bai Lan who was beside Wen Ruoning also appeared in front of the cold palace, and said coldly: "Your request, our mother has already fulfilled it for you, you can come with me now."

Tang Yinjiang gave Liu Ruyu a reassuring look, and walked towards Bailan. Su Xiaowan was about to stop her, but Liu Ruyu stretched out her hand to hold her back, so she gave up for now.

Everyone has lived in the cold palace for a few days, saying that the habits are fake, most of the concubines were also official ladies before entering the palace, when did they suffer this kind of hardship.

But the fate is true, someone emptied the only body jewelry left on his body and used it to bribe someone to pass the news out of the palace, but he waited and waited and waited for a document to sever the relationship.There were also people who tried to escape in the first place, threw themselves black and blue, and were thrown back by the guards.

With no hope of leaving the palace, there are people who commit suicide every day.

The situation of the big palace ladies is much better than that of the masters. Now there is no explicit order for them to be in the cold palace together, and the status of the palace maids has not changed. Some people can be transferred to other places with some money, but they are young palace ladies starting from scratch. , it is not easy to be promoted with the background of serving the former imperial concubine.

But it's better than staying in the cold palace and not even being able to eat a full meal. At least there is something to look forward to when you go out, especially the two beside Concubine Ning. She doesn't cherish accompanying them to the cold palace. It was the two of them who left.

Some are kind-hearted and take the initiative to let their maids find other jobs, and there are also those who are low-ranking and do not have a big court lady.

In short, after a reshuffle, there are still more than a dozen concubines left in the cold palace, and only two concubines Shu and the master Cuihe who is beside Liu Ruyu are left as maids, and Tang Yinjiang cooks for Wen Ruoning every day to beautify her face .

Wen Ruoning drank the bitterest bile and the most fishy offal in the world, every time she used these things it made her want to vomit, and she forcibly suppressed them for the sake of her appearance.

"Why is it such an unpalatable thing? Are you playing tricks on me?"

"Slaves don't dare, empress, good medicine tastes bitter, and the effect is only good if it tastes bad."

"But I heard that the dishes you cook are delicious in color and fragrance, and your cooking skills are the best in the Imperial Dining Room. Is this how you cook?"

If it didn't really work after drinking it, her skin would be much smoother and her figure would be plump, she would have already cut into pieces the servant who dared to feed her such a disgusting thing.

"Your Majesty, servants can also eat delicacies, but those have no special effects. The special effect requires all kinds of medicines to complement each other. Since the taste of medicines cannot be good, why not make some delicious delicacy for Your Majesty?"

Wen Ruoning impatiently waved her hand and asked her to cook, Tang Yinjiang really cooked some good dishes and sent them to her, and the rest of the ingredients were quietly taken to the cold palace.

Everyone in the cold palace was having lunch. It was a large pot of rice that Liu Ruyu and the maids around Concubine Shu went out to buy from other palace people. Su Xiaowan felt aggrieved after eating: "These dishes are so rough, how can you eat them? This rice is so hard that it cannot be eaten. Entrance."

"Don't complain, we don't have much money left, and we may not even be able to eat this in the future." Sharing weal and woe, the relationship between Liu Ruyu and Su Xiaowan has long since ceased to be tense, "I want to turn over the soil in the nearby forest Turn over and see if you can grow some vegetables."

"Huh? Do you want to farm again?" Su Xiaowan felt that the sky was falling, and she was so helpless.

"How could I be willing to let our noble Concubine Xiang go to farm the land?" Tang Yinjiang came before the sound, and everyone in the cold palace had joy on their faces.

I saw Tang Yinjiang brought a bunch of ingredients, enough for them to eat for a few days.

"Now we don't have to farm, do we?"

"Jiang Jiang doesn't bring things every time, the land still needs to be planted." Liu Ruyu hit her coldly, "You also know that Jiang Jiang's current situation is like walking on thin ice, we'd better not add burden to her."

Liu Ruyu had already told all about the deal Tang Yinjiang made with Wen Ruoning to save them these days, Su Xiaowan pouted, but did not resolutely object.

"It's okay, I still have a bit of face in the imperial dining room, I'm hungry, I'll make you some delicious food." Tang Yinjiang mentioned the ingredients and was about to start a fire to cook. Liu Ruyu remembered that she didn't like fire and oily smoke, so she just Let her rest and do it herself.

Concubine Qi recovered a little, but was still very weak. With the support of Concubine Ji, she apologized to Tang Yinjiang.

"At the beginning, you were happy. Your Majesty was eager to know how I was conceived. The imperial physicians asked me one by one what I eat and use, and my daily preferences. I have to drink the milk tea I made every day, and I'm really sorry for causing you so much trouble."

Tang Yinjiang smiled, "Even if you don't say that they can find milk tea according to your recipe, I don't blame you."

Concubine Shu patiently helped Concubine Yue, who was ignorant like a baby, wash up, and led her over, and also solemnly thanked Tang Yinjiang.

After chatting with a few ex-mothers, Liu Ruyu finished the meal, and everyone worked together to move the table to the yard. This was no proper manners, so they decided to eat in the yard.The court ladies also help each other like sisters with the concubines, fetching water and cleaning the table.

At this moment, everyone is equal regardless of status, family background, and people who had many conflicts in the past also shook hands and made peace.

It's called Leng Gong, but it's not deserted at all, and it's full of joy and laughter.

"What's so lively about eating, can I have a share too?"

Will there be outsiders coming?Everyone looked at the person in surprise.

The queen was dressed in ordinary clothes, and came with Eunuch Sun and two big maids of honor.