Chapter 311 The Prelude to the Palace Fighting Drama
Jia Yun looked at Qin Keqing and had something to say. Considering that there were so many people at the moment, she decided to give up and plan to talk to Qin Keqing after lunch.
"I'm hungry, let's prepare food." Jia Yun took her eyes away from Qin Keqing and said to Xue Baochai.
Xue Baochai hurriedly ordered the maids to serve food... To be precise, they are all palace maids now.
The meals are still cooked by the palace's cooks and cooks, and they have been repeatedly tested for poisons.
"My beloved, sit down and eat with me." Jia Yun spoke, and Xue Baochai sat next to him. As for the others, they naturally stood.
There was such a scene in the Yongshou Palace: Jia Yun and Xue Baochai were sitting and eating together, with a group of concubines and maidens serving around them. Some were holding Buddha dust, some were holding wash basins, and some were carrying handkerchiefs...
Such a scene is commonplace not to mention in the harem, even in the palaces of princes and princes.
During the meal, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai hardly spoke. It was a silent meal.
This situation is normal. In fact, the wealthy officials in the world of Red Mansions are usually quiet when eating unless there is an occasion where they can make a fuss. This is usually the case when Jia Mu of Rongguo Mansion eats.
Of course, it would be okay if Jia Yun, the emperor, took the lead in joking while eating.
But Jia Yun did not do this today. Firstly, the two late emperors had just died and Zi Palace was parked in Baohe Hall. Secondly, Jia Yun was the emperor now after all, so she needed to pay more attention to etiquette and not spoil her concubines.
Ladies in the palace, otherwise the harem will be in chaos.
In silence, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai finished their lunch. Ying'er gave Xue Baochai tea to rinse her mouth with on a small tea tray, while Qin Keqing gave Jia Yun some tea to rinse her mouth with on a small tea tray.
After rinsing his mouth and washing his hands, he was served some tea.
After taking a sip of tea, Jia Yun said to everyone: "Princess, Qin Nu Shi will stay here. Everyone else should leave and eat."
Everyone understood and left one after another. Soon, only Jia Yun, Xue Baochai and Qin Keqing were left in the palace.
Jia Yun first said to Xue Baochai: "Because the emperor's grandfather and father have just passed away, and during the mourning period, it is inconvenient for me to appoint the princess as queen. I will do this after the mourning period."
Xue Baochai stood up to salute, but was stopped by Jia Yun. Xue Baochai stood and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
She didn't say any false modesty. She really wanted to be the queen and didn't want to be hypocritical about this kind of thing. She also knew that such hypocrisy would not please Jia Yun.
Jia Yun looked at Qin Keqing who was standing aside: "Mr. Qin's daughter Shi is still serving the princess. When the mourning period is over, I will make you a noble concubine."
Qin Keqing was overjoyed. He followed Xue Baochai's example and did not say any false modesty. He saluted and said, "Thank you for your support, Your Majesty."
The emperor can have a queen, an imperial concubine, and two concubines. Jia Yun once promised to treat Qin Keqing well. According to his plan, he originally wanted to accept Qin Keqing as a concubine as a prince, but now that he has become the emperor, he will
It is planned to make Qin Keqing a noble concubine after the mourning period.
This is a noble concubine who is more noble than the princess!
At this moment, Qin Keqing truly felt that her efforts and waiting for Jia Yun were worth it. Although she could not become Jia Yun's wife, she could obtain such a noble status as a noble concubine.
However, both Xue Baochai and Qin Keqing also knew that if they wanted to become queen and concubine respectively, they would have to wait a long time, twenty-seven months to be exact!
In the Qing Dynasty, the mourning period for the emperor lasted for twenty-seven months, which meant that within these twenty-seven months, the emperor Jia Yun could not appoint a queen or have concubines...
Officials and nobles are not allowed to have banquets and music for one year, and they are not allowed to marry for one year. Common people are not allowed to have entertainment activities for three months, and they are not allowed to get married for three months.
In the original work, the second sister Jia Lian Nayou committed several crimes, one of which was national filial piety, because at that time an important concubine in the palace died and she was in the period of national filial piety.
Jia Yun had no intention of waiting so long as twenty-seven months.
Twenty-seven months, which is two years and three months. Excluding the time before youth and after old age, how many two years and three months can a person have left in his life?
This etiquette was established by the emperors before the Qing Dynasty.
Now that Jia Yun is the emperor, he can naturally change the etiquette. Jia Yun plans to change his mourning period from twenty-seven months to one year. Of course, he must find a good time to change.
Jia Yun planned to achieve great achievements within a year, such as quelling the rebellion of the Qing Dynasty.
At that time, Jia Yun secretly arranged for the princes and ministers to report that he was still very young and the harem was empty. In order to propagate the royal bloodline, he decided to change the filial piety period to one year...
With a great achievement and this very reasonable reason, Jia Yun will be able to change the period of filial piety to one year.
But it's not convenient to talk about it now, even to Xue Baochai, Qin Keqing, and Jia Yun.
In addition, although Xue Baochai cannot be canonized as a queen yet, she is already a queen in essence. She is just waiting for Jia Yun's mourning period to go through the ceremony to formalize the status of the queen.
This is like, Jia Yun has not yet held the enthronement ceremony, but now he is the emperor, and the enthronement ceremony will formalize his status as emperor.
Today, Jia Yun spoke in front of Xue Baochai, saying that she would canonize Qin Keqing as a noble concubine. With Xue Baochai's intelligence and virtuousness, the treatment Xue Baochai would give Qin Keqing before she was canonized would not be bad.
I think back then, the marriage between Jia Yun and Xue Baochai had gone through a lot of twists and turns, and the marriage between Jia Yun and Qin Keqing had also gone through a lot of twists and turns. The delay was not caused by Jia Yun deliberately, but by objective reasons.
At this time, Xue Baochai said: "Your Majesty, is it time for Miss Li Feixue to be admitted to the palace?"
As expected of Xue Baochai, she took the initiative to mention Li Feixue to Jia Yun.
Xue Baochai knew about Jia Yun and Li Feixue. Jia Yun also arranged for Li Feixue to go to the palace to meet Xue Baochai more than half a year ago. For more than half a year, Li Feixue has been living in the Li Mansion in Cheshangma Alley, waiting for Jia Yun.
Jia Yun said: "Let's talk about this later."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Previously, in order to make Li Feixue his concubine, Li Danbai, the general salt merchant in Yangzhou, was willing to pay 20,000 taels of gold.
Now that he is the emperor, will Li Danbai not spend more money to obtain a more noble status for his daughter? Li Feixue's status is more noble, the Li family is more noble, and Li Danbai can use this to gain greater status.
benefits...
"I will stay with my beloved concubine tonight. You are pregnant with Liujia and cannot serve me well. Please call Qingwen."
Jia Yun finally said these words to Xue Baochai, which made Xue Baochai and Qin Keqing blush.
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Jia Yun walked out of Yongshou Gate, then walked west along an east-west passage, passed Qixiang Palace, and came to the Shouan Palace courtyard on Neiting West Road.
Jia Yun walked into Shou'an Gate, intending to go to the Shou'an Palace in the main hall to first invite Qingwan, the concubine of Emperor An, and then to invite An Bu Wuniang, but she found that Bu Wuniang was staying in the main hall, having lunch with Qingwan.
"I have met my concubine!" Jia Yun first greeted Qingwan respectfully, and then greeted Bu Wuniang respectfully: "I have met the concubine."
Bu Wuniang said hurriedly: "Now that you are the emperor, you can't do this to me. I can't bear it anymore."
Jia Yun said: "No matter what my status is, Mrs. Tai is my adoptive mother. She has given me great nurturing grace. I can't forget this nurturing grace."
After speaking, Jia Yun looked at the dining table.
Qingwan said: "I am having lunch with Mr. Bu. Has the Emperor eaten? If not, then come and eat with us."
Qingwan knew that Bu Wuniang held a lot of weight in Jia Yun's heart, so she specifically pointed out that she was having lunch with Bu.
This was no lie. There were two sets of dishes and chopsticks on the dining table, which showed that she had indeed had lunch with Mr. Bu just now, and she did this not only for Jia Yun but also for herself. After she thought about it, she treated Mr. Bu kindly.
As Jia Yun's adoptive mother, Jia Yun will pay more attention to and respect her as her biological mother.
Otherwise, given Qingwan's current status as the imperial concubine, how would Bu, a second-class wife, be qualified to have lunch with her at the same table?
Jia Yun said calmly: "The concubine is so kind to the concubine, and the concubine is very happy. Logically speaking, the concubine has invited me, and the concubine should accompany the concubine and the concubine to eat together, but the concubine has already eaten just now."
, I would like to come to my mother’s place for dinner today, and I will take the princess with me. I wonder if my mother is willing?”
Qingwan said: "How could I not want to? In that case, Mr. Bu and I will be waiting for you to come over."
Jia Yun said: "I want to see the Madam's residence."
Qingwan said: "Mr. Bu and I will take you there."
After speaking, Jia Yun, led by Qingwan and Bu Wuniang, arrived at Bu Wuniang's current residence.
In the back garden behind the main hall, Shou'an Palace, there is a rockery made of stacked stones. On the east side of the rockery, there is a three-bay small hall named Fuyizhai. On the west side of the rockery, there is also a three-bay small hall named Xuanshou.
Hall.
Although Fu Yizhai and Xuan Shoutang are only small halls with three bays, the environment is very good, quiet and pleasant.
Originally, Jia Yun asked Qingwan to let Bu Wuniang live in the side hall of Shou'an Palace. Qingwan said that the matter was entirely up to Jia Yun, so Jia Yun was not polite and assigned Fu Yizhai and Xuan Shoutang to Bu Wu.
mother.
Nowadays, Bu Wuniang lives in Fuyizhai, and Xuanshou Hall provides accommodation for the four maids who serve Bu Wuniang. In addition to the second sister You, the third sister You, Liu Wuer, and Qingwan, there is also a palace maid.
At that moment, Jia Yun visited Fuyizhai. It was quiet and pleasant, the rooms were exquisite, the furnishings were gorgeous, and there were many high-end and valuable items on display. Most of them were brought by Bu Wuniang from the palace, and some were by Qing Wanshang.
After the visit, Jia Yun felt happy again and had more respect for Qing Wan.
Without much delay, Jia Yun resigned and returned to Qianqing Palace to continue her busy work.
Qingwan, Bu and others sent Jia Yun out of the palace.
Among them, Second Sister You and Third Sister You watched Jia Yun leave with eagerness!
God knows how much these sisters want to serve the emperor Jia Yun now. Even if they cannot become concubines during the mourning period, it would be great to serve Jia Yun as a palace maid like Xiang Ling!
Last year, under the instigation of Third Sister You, Second Sister You took the initiative to hook up with Jia Yun, but it failed. Third Sister You planned to do it by herself next time, but it was never possible because Jia Yun suddenly left for the Qing Dynasty. , and now Jia Yun, who has returned, has become the emperor.
These two sisters had previously had ambitions to become Jia Yuns concubines or even concubines.
Now that Jia Yun has become the emperor, their ambitions have become greater. However, they can still only serve Bu Wuniang, and they are even more anxious.
So that afternoon, when Second Sister You and Third Sister You were serving Bu Wuniang in Fuyizhai, Third Sister You suddenly knelt down in front of Bu Wuniang and said, "Madam, I have a favor to ask."
Bu Wuniang said: "If you have anything to do, let's talk about it."
Third Sister You did not get up: "To be honest with you, Madam, when my second sister entered the palace, she expected to serve the prince. Now more than a year has passed, and she has seen that the prince has become the emperor. The second sister's This wish failed to come true, so I dared to look down on my face and begged the Grand Madam to reward the second sister to the Emperor. In the future, I will serve the Grand Madam even more well."
Third Sister You is really kind to Second Sister You. She clearly wants to serve Jia Yun, but now she is begging to let Second Sister You go.
Bu Wuniang paused and said: "Nowadays, things are no longer the same as in the past. I need to report this matter to the Imperial Concubine first. If the Imperial Concubine agrees, I will raise this matter with the Emperor when the Emperor comes for dinner this evening. .”
Bu Wuniang, who has been a noble lady for many years, is indeed no longer what she used to be.
She knew that she had just moved into the palace and lived with Qingwan. The courtyard of Shou'an Palace was owned by Qingwan. In this case, she wanted to send a maid to Jia Yun. If she did not tell Qingwan in advance, Without Qingwan's consent, even if Qingwan is not dissatisfied, her behavior is inappropriate.
Third Sister You quickly thanked me, and Second Sister You also thanked me.
In fact, Bu Wuniang was used to this kind of thing. At the beginning, Qingwen and Xiangling were first placed by Jia Yun as maids by her side, and then they were taken away by Jia Yun.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Bu Wuniang also knows that when Jia Yun placed Second Sister You and Third Sister You by her side as maids, it was only temporary and she would probably take them back in the future.
That afternoon, Bu Wuniang reported the matter to Qingwan, explaining that Jia Yun should have only temporarily placed Second Sister You and Third Sister You by her side, planning to go there later.
Hearing this, Qingwan said: "I was just thinking about the fact that the emperor lacks reliable maids. There is only one Xiangling in the Yangxin Palace who came with the palace. I originally planned to send two people there. Since you mentioned this matter, Then tell the emperor to give the second sister's son and the third sister's son to the emperor to see if the emperor is willing to take them. If he wants them all, I will send two more maids here to replace them for you."
Bu Wuniang was grateful after hearing this.
When Bu Wuniang told Second Sister You and Third Sister You about this, Second Sister You and Third Sister You became even more happy and grateful.
In the evening of that day, Jia Yunru brought Xue Baochai to Shou'an Palace as scheduled, and accompanied Qingwan and Bu Wuniang to have dinner together.
After dinner, Bu Wuniang found an opportunity to say to Jia Yun: "Your Majesty, today I asked the Imperial Concubine to give you the second and third sisters. The Imperial Concubine feels that you lack reliable people around you."
The palace maid served and agreed, and said that if the emperor wants the second sister and the third sister, he will send two more maids to replace me. I wonder if the emperor is willing to take the second sister and the third sister with him? "
When Jia Yun heard this, she looked at the bright and charming Second Sister You and Third Sister You. Both sisters lowered their heads in shame. Jia Yun nodded: "Since my mother and concubine have such kindness, I will accept it."
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Second Sister You and Third Sister You were immediately excited and beaming with joy.
Jia Yun looked at Second Sister You and Third Sister You again, thinking playfully in her heart: "Second Sister You, what Third Sister You did, can this be considered as opening up the palace fight surrounding me, the emperor?"
The prologue of the play?"
How could Jia Yun not guess that it was probably Second Sister You and Third Sister You who were causing trouble in this matter? Otherwise, Bu Wuniang had just moved into the palace today and had just lived with Qingwan. How could she rush to kill Second Sister You and Third Sister You?
Third sister gave it to him?
If it is really Second Sister You and Third Sister You who are causing trouble, then this scene will have the flavor of a palace fight.
At the moment, Xue Baochai, who is following Jia Yun, also has the same idea...