Chapter 262: Visiting the Middle Palace and the Joy of Adding a Child to the Harem
At this moment, the concubines of the Sixth Palace had resentment in their hearts, but the emperor was inside, and no one dared to express their opinions. They could only stand in the open and wait to see how long the little queen would keep them dry.
Everyone stared at the door and waited for another two-quarters of an hour before they finally heard a creak and the door of the Nuan Pavilion finally opened.
But he couldn't see what was going on inside. He could only see an entrance screen of Su Xiuluanfeng Heming, completely blocking his sight.
Then I saw a woman with a very delicate face walking out from behind the screen. Although her clothes were not very gorgeous, she was wearing a bright red gown - this was obviously the little queen of the Wen family!
She walked gracefully, with the support of the palace maid, and walked out with a very dignified manner. She walked to the throne with graceful steps and sat down upright.
When the concubines saw this, no one dared to lose their etiquette. After all, the emperor was still listening inside!
So everyone gathered their clothes and knelt down, saying in unison: "See the Queen!"
When Wen Xiaotu saw everyone saluting, he quickly raised his hands as if to support him and said warmly: "Everyone, please get back on your feet!"
By the way, why are there so few people here today?!
Wen Xiaotu looked at the people who had stood up in surprise. Needless to say, they were all acquaintances - the virtue concubine Lin Xiuying, the virtuous concubine Xin Ruozhi, the honorary concubine Lu Hengzhi, Jieyu Yu Yanfei, the beauty Jiang Yingfu - and then, they died.
Yes.
There are three fewer people than when she was a concubine!!
Of course it is not surprising that there are no Lome people.
After all, this crazy woman was the real culprit who killed her back then.
Yes, it was Luo Mei who designed to release Fang Wanyi from the cold palace and gave her puffer fish blood.
After Fang died, the Luomei people naturally could not survive. However, the emperor characterized her death as a "death of illness", so the Luomei people naturally "died" of illness subsequently. After all, the Luomei people were weak and sick, so it was not uncommon for them to die of illness.
In fact, Wen Xiaotu had doubted Concubine De at first, but then she thought about it, how could Concubine De have such courage and scheming?
The only people who can do that kind of thing are madmen.
But! Where have the talents Lin Fangrui and Baolin Cui Lanxin gone?
Wen Xiaotu asked doubtfully: "Why don't you see Lin Cai and Cui Baolin?" - These two people have the lowest status. It is impossible for them to despise the Queen of the Middle Palace, right? Could it be that it is cold and sick? But they are not all sick, right?
?
As soon as the words came out, Xin Ruozhi frowned, unable to hide her displeasure.
Concubine De raised her eyebrows directly: "The Queen can issue an edict and order the two of them to come immediately!"
Concubine De's words seemed a bit gloating, and Wen Xiaotu felt something was wrong, "But are they sick?"
Concubine De smiled and said: "Of course everything is fine."
Wen Xiaotu: Then why didn’t you come?
Wen Xiaotu looked at the smile on Concubine De's face, and then at Xin Ruozhi's frown, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know much about the harem, but it's not convenient for Lin Cairen and Cui Baolin to come?"
Xin Ruozhi looked surprised: "The Queen doesn't know?"
Wen Xiaotu was even more confused. She looked at Xin Ruozhi and asked, "What do you know?"
Xin Ruozhi was also sizing up the little queen. She was not very arrogant, but she looked confused and ignorant at the moment. However, Xin Ruozhi did not forget the power she had shown when she was left in the cold wind outside the palace!
Xin Ruozhi said lightly: "Back to the Empress, Lin Cairen and Cui Baolin are both pregnant with Liujia, and they are already a month old. The roads are slippery in this cold winter, so it is inconvenient to go out. Please forgive me, the Empress."
Wen Xiaotu was dumbfounded.
In an instant, she seemed to understand why Grandma Qiu Sang and others were so tight-lipped about the harem when they were in Dan Ruoyuan! At first, she thought it was because of the Luo Mei people, but later, the emperor told her that the real culprit behind the scenes was around her.
But no one in the palace told her about the situation in the harem!
"That's it." Wen Xiaotu murmured.
She immediately smiled and said, "This is a happy event."
There was no longer any smile on his face.
The emperor Ming Zhao in the inner room closed his eyes. He also knew that Atu would know about this sooner or later, but he still couldn't help but want to hide it.
However, paper cannot keep fire after all.
Xin Ruozhi looked at the new queen's strange expression suspiciously, why did she look a little disappointed?
Wen Xiaotu quickly cheered up and asked: "Since the death of Queen Xian Sheng, is there any joy in the palace?" - Maybe it's not just Lin Cai and Cui Baolin.
Meiren Jiang, who was standing behind the second concubine, stood up cautiously, knelt down and said, "Concubine, the beautiful Jiang family has three princesses under her knees."
In other words, the three concubines in the past now have children of their own.
"Congratulations." Wen Xiaotu said calmly.
In three years, the emperor had three more children.
Beauty Jiang forced out a flattering smile and said, "Although the third princess is not as valuable as the second princess, she is still well-behaved. I will definitely bring her to you someday to pay my respects."
Wen Xiaotu did not respond, but simply asked: "How old is the third princess?"
Jiang Meiren said hurriedly: "Back to the queen, your wife has just turned one year old."
Wen Xiaotu nodded, his tone a little erratic: "It's one year old... It's good to have a daughter under your knees."
Miss Jiang couldn't help but feel emotional, even if there was a princess.
Concubine Lin saw this and couldn't help thinking, is this little queen trying to win over Jiang?!
Xin Ruozhi also couldn't understand. This queen... although she was only fifteen years old, her tone of voice was a bit old-fashioned. She was really a weirdo.
Xin Ruozhi took a step forward, knelt down and said: "My dear concubine Xin, since the death of Queen Xian Sheng, I have been taking care of the palace affairs for the past three years. Now that the empress has taken charge of Fengyi, I should not be in charge of it."
Palace power. I don’t know when the queen will be free, but I can take over the palace affairs at any time."
Wen Xiaotu cheered up and said, "Let's wait until next spring." - She was not in the mood now.
Xin Ruozhi: Spring next year?!!
Didn’t the little empress establish her authority as soon as she took office? How come she was not in a hurry to take back the crucial palace power?!
Wen Xiaotu said: "Excuse me, Concubine Xian, for a while longer. I am...after all, I am young. Even if I oversee the affairs of the palace in the future, Concubine Xian will have to live happily and co-manage it."
Xin Ruozhi was even more puzzled. Was this to retain her right to be an associate? Although doing so would indeed allow for a smooth transition of palace affairs, how could the little queen trust her so much?! Or did the little queen have other plans?
Xin Ruozhi really couldn't figure it out.
The Concubine De on the side was sour. She couldn't help but said: "The Empress, my concubine, Concubine De Lin, has served the Emperor the longest in the harem and is also the head of the concubines. If the Empress needs assistance, it is my duty to do so."
Wen Xiaotu was too lazy to pay attention to Concubine De, but she didn't expect Concubine De to be as confused as ever! It's obligatory? Just you?
Concubine De puffed up her chest and continued: "Since Empress Hu was deposed, I have been in charge of the Sixth Palace for many years. In terms of my familiarity with the general affairs of the Sixth Palace, I think I am not inferior to the virtuous concubine."
Wen Xiaotu raised his eyebrows: "How come the palace affairs fell to the virtuous concubine in the past few years?" I don't care to mention the unsavory things you did!
Concubine De choked and her face turned red, "Concubine, concubine..." The emperor was still in the inner room. Concubine De certainly didn't have the guts to make nonsense, but she couldn't tell the embarrassing truth either.
"Okay!" Wen Xiaotu didn't bother to argue with Concubine De, she raised her hand and said, "You can all leave today. By the way, you don't have to come every day to say hello from now on, just come once every five days."
After hearing this, all the concubines were a little surprised, and at the same time they were secretly happy. After all, who likes to stand up and follow the rules every day?
Concubine De coughed slightly and said, "May I ask the Queen, is it just this winter day, or will it be every five days in the future?"
Wen Xiaotu said calmly: "Of course it will be like this in the future!"
The concubines all showed expressions of indescribable joy, and they quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you, Queen, for your grace."