The entire tenth year of Yongzheng's reign seemed to be unsatisfactory. Concubine Dun and Concubine Ning "rested" on their own. However, without these two competing for favor, Yongzheng was even less interested in caring for the harem.
Yongzheng, who had lost two sons in a row, was probably exhausted physically and mentally. There were so many tedious things that needed to be taken care of in his previous life. In order to cheer up, he naturally had to take more pills.
Fortunately, this winter, there was finally good news in the palace - don't get me wrong, it was not a concubine who was happy, but the third prince's concubine, Tian Shi.
Moreover, Tian's pregnancy went very smoothly, and she gave birth to a son in the early autumn of the following year.
After all, he is the emperor's eldest grandson.
This name is Shu Jin, which is a bit weird. Hong Shi, the co-author, has a son...
The safe birth of this child indeed added a bit of joy to the palace. Yongzheng's mood also improved, and he personally named the child Yongshen.
Although it is not a precious word, it is still rare.
Naturally, the happiest person to have a golden grandchild is Li Guiren.
Li Guiren, who rarely walked around due to his position, came to Shujin's Danning Hall dressed brightly and luxuriously that day. His old face, no longer youthful, was also beaming with joy.
"Your Majesty, Yongshen is one month old now." Li Guiren smiled so much that the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened.
The birth of a healthy child in the palace is somewhat of a happy event. Shu Jin also smiled and said: "Congratulations."
Li Guiren's smile became brighter and brighter, "I haven't seen this kid, Yong Shen, who is white and fat, with arms like lotus root knots! Not to mention how happy he is!"
Shu Jin could understand Li Guiren's mood of holding her fat grandson, but she still had a lot of palace affairs to deal with, "Does Li Guiren have anything else to do today?"
If it's just to show off your baby, then forget it.
There was a hint of embarrassment in Li Guiren's smile, "It's not a big deal..."
Oh, so as expected, something happened.
Shu Jin said calmly: "Then just tell me."
Li Guiren said with a smile: "Although I am old, I have given birth to three sons and one daughter after all. The Dong E family has never given birth to any children, so it is more appropriate for the child Yongshen to be raised under my knees. You
What do you think?"
Yongshen's biological mother, Tian, was just a concubine, so when the child was one month old, it was handed over to the Dong E family of Sanfujin to be raised, which was in line with the rules. Dong E family was dignified by nature and had no biological children, so naturally she would not treat the child badly.
Shu Jin raised his eyebrows, Li Guiren wanted to compete with his daughter-in-law for a grandson.
"Even if Mrs. Dong E has never given birth, she doesn't need to take care of Yongshen personally. There are so many wet nurses and nannies." Shu Jin said lightly.
Li Guiren looked a little unhappy, "My dear, I just want to raise my grandson, can't you be accommodating?"
Shu Jin was speechless for a while, have you forgotten your identity? A noble man is not even qualified to raise his own son, but he still wants to raise his own grandson?!
Shu Jin glanced at Li Guiren angrily, "Do you want Yongshen to live with you in the side hall?!"
Li Guiren's face turned purple at these words.
Although Li Guiren had her own separate palace in the garden, when she returned to the Forbidden City, she could only live in a side hall.
As for partial concubines, they were not even qualified to raise the prince!
What Shu Jin means is that you are not qualified!
"Okay!" Shu Jin waved his hand, "You are already old, why are you still making such fuss? An Ansheng should go back and retire!"
Li Guiren's old face turned pale and green. She wanted to say something to defend her, but she was speechless. She was stuck in her throat for a long time, but she only said one sentence: "Concubine, please retire."
Li Guiren walked away in despair. Aunt Lanruo held up a bunch of brochures and presented them to her, "This Li Guiren has lived so many years in vain."
Lu Xue also whispered: "Compared to those in the lockdown, she is already considered good. Why is she still so dissatisfied?"
Yes, look at Concubine Xi. She is still imprisoned in Jingren Palace and cannot even see her own son.
Concubine Dun and Concubine Ning have also been detained for more than half a year, and both of them are not in good mental condition.
Concubine Dun was sometimes sober, sometimes confused, and fell ill at every turn.
Concubine Ning, on the other hand, would scold Concubine Dun at every turn, and would get sick at every turn.
The medical expenses for these two sick people are really not small.
Shu Jin looked through this month's harem expenses, and oh, it's gone up again.
But she didn't feel bad, since all she spent was the emperor's money.
Lu Xue couldn't help but mutter: "You have to take medicine when you are sick, and you have to take tonics when you are not sick... Fu Chun Palace's expenses have increased by 20% compared to last month."
Shu Jin waved his hand and stamped his seal, "After all, she is a concubine, so this expense is nothing." Compared with the time when she was pampered with little rice cakes, this expense was less.
Lan Ruo smiled and said to Lu Xue: "The empress has always managed the harem with kindness. She has not even deducted expenses from the concubines in the palace, let alone Concubine Dun and Concubine Ning."
After Shu Jin stamped a few more imperial concubine seals, he suddenly said: "By the way, I'll leave it to San Fujin to prepare the 100-day banquet for the emperor's eldest grandson. The expenses... will be half of the prince's."
Lu Xue said quickly: "I know that the empress does not like Li Guiren, but there is no need to praise Sanfujin like this."
Shu Jin smiled: "She is Yongshen's aunt, and it is in line with the rules to leave this matter to her. Besides, I see that she is dignified and steady. Over the years, the third elder brother's backyard has always been peaceful and peaceful, and there has not been any trouble. It shows that she is capable of taking charge of things. I can save my worries by leaving this matter to her."
Aunt Lan Ruo sighed, "My dear, you just want to be lazy, right?"
In the eyes of Li Guiren, Shu Jin's lazy behavior seemed to be supporting San Fujin. Li Guiren couldn't get enough of it, so he... made himself sick.
Shu Jin:???
It was a hard work for San Fujin. On the one hand, he had to take care of Yongshen, and at the same time, he had to attend to Li Guiren's illness. He had to be annoyed and tired.
Shu Jin's carelessness turned him into a bad person.
Then, she, the evil person, will be punished.
The Queen Mother was seriously ill, and her daughter-in-law, who was not a real official, had to go away to attend to her illness!
His Majesty Yongzheng's harem was withered and there were not enough concubines, so Shu Jin had to bring over his concubines to share the burden.
Look at this harem, although there are three concubines and two concubines in name, Concubine Dun and Concubine Ning are recuperating in peace, Concubine Xi is confined to the house, there are six heads of honor, and three are sitting on the table!
It’s really been a long time.
The terrible thing was that the Queen Mother was quite seriously ill this time, and Wan Fang An was busy doing the work. Shu Jin felt that there was a serious shortage of manpower, so he brought over Li Gui, who had just recovered from illness, and An Gui from Mao Fei Palace to serve him.
disease!
With the addition of the serious granddaughter-in-law Dong E's participation, Shu Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
Shu Jin finally figured out that the Queen Mother's deadline was about to come, and this time the service was particularly important. As a noble concubine, she must not be singled out for being unfilial.
Didn't you see that even Yongzheng came here almost every day to serve the Queen Mother with decoctions? It can be seen that Yongzheng also understood that his own mother was about to die, and if he didn't improve his filial piety, he would not have to improve it.