Xiao Nianzhi stayed in the Queen Mother's Palace chatting about family affairs until noon, and then stayed for lunch.
As the Queen Mother grew older, her digestive capacity could not keep up, so she ate mostly light and soft foods.
Xiao Nianzhi is not particularly picky about what he eats. As long as it is not particularly unpalatable, he can accept it.
Therefore, soft and rotten food is also quite good. If you eat it occasionally, it is also very friendly to the stomach.
After eating and drinking Xiaoshi Soup, the Queen Mother looked tired, and Xiao Nianzhi got up and knelt down with a wink.
The Queen Mother was reluctant to let go of the little girl, but taking naps had become a habit. She really couldn't sleep, she couldn't even raise her eyelids, and her brain felt groggy.
In the end, the little girl simply left with two boxes of snacks and a corresponding set of jewelry.
The Queen Mother just wished she could open her private treasury and let Xiao Nianzhi pick whatever he wanted!
However, most of the things in her library are for older people, so they are not particularly suitable for young girls.
With this thought, the Queen Mother began to think about where to go and get some things that young girls would like.
How about sending someone out of the palace to take a look?
While she was thinking about it, she talked to Aunt Ning.
After Aunt Ning echoed a few words, she mentioned Sun Taibin euphemistically.
When she mentioned her, the Queen Mother gave a high-five: "Oh, look, I forgot about her. She must have a lot of good things there!"
Concubine Sun's natal family was also a wealthy family. At its peak, its wealth was almost the same as that of the Feng family.
However, I can’t stand it, there have been two prodigal sons in my family.
Even so, the family business is now quite rich.
In order to make Concubine Sun feel better in the palace, maintain a good relationship, and take care of the family, she sent many good things into the palace.
However, Concubine Sun only loves delicious food and does not like fancy clothes and jewelry, so she throws everything into the private treasury to eat dust.
In fact, the Queen Mother could also understand what Concubine Sun was thinking. Her family was not rich from the beginning. When she entered the palace, she was still born in poverty. She had a nephew who was particularly ambitious, and he started from scratch and became a powerful figure.
However, this nephew has two unknown younger brothers, which ruined the family business. Anyway, the Sun family has its ups and downs. Now the main business is not in the capital, but more in Ningzhou, where the family is from.
The Queen Mother thought that the other party had a lot of inventory and didn't like to dress up, so she went back to see the other party and exchange it for other things.
It is not impossible to promote the Sun family members casually. The emperor's attitude towards merchants is quite lenient. He is not an imperial merchant and has no amnesty. It is not easy to be an official. So it would be good to provide some other conveniences, right?
The Queen Mother thought uncertainly, and then her mind slowly sank.
Xiao Nianzhi and Yan Xingxuan had just returned to the Qinglan Palace, and the Queen sent someone from the palace to invite her to have tea and enjoy the plum blossoms.
Yan Xingxuan was worried and wanted to follow him. Naturally, the palace attendants who came over would not refuse. They also bowed politely, said hello, and led the way obediently.
This kind of performance and attitude made Xiao Nianzhi feel...
The queen must not be here with bad intentions, right?
Moreover, there is no conflict of interest between her and these women, so they won’t deal with her, right?
Xiao Nianzhi thought uncertainly, and while he was alert, he was relaxed.
She felt that she had double protection. If Yan Xingxuan couldn't do it, she also had the boning knife in the delicious kitchen!
I really made her anxious, so let’s all cool off together!
The Queen looked serious, but her tone was quite gentle, just like the Queen Mother. She asked Xiao Nianzhi how his daily food was, was it enough? Did he need to add anything?
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The final summary is that if you need anything, just send someone to tell the palace officials in the Queen's Palace.
The other party's attitude was friendly, which made Xiao Nianzhi feel at ease.
Therefore, the other party left her to have dinner. She looked at Yan Xingxuan calmly and found that the other party had already picked up the melon seeds, so she nodded with peace of mind.
The Queen's eating habits are not much different from those of the Queen Mother. Although she is not too old, her stomach is not very good, so she eats mostly soft and easy-to-digest food.
Although a few classic meaty dishes were added, Xiao Nianzhi found that the queen hardly ate them. Even when the palace servants put dishes in her bowl, she didn't touch them.
After dinner, he returned to the Qinglan Palace with Yan Xingxuan with a box of jewelry gifted by the queen.
Yan Xingxuan had no intention of commenting on the emperor's harem.
What's more, the queen is the master of the palace, so it's even harder to discuss in private.
Therefore, he didn't say much on the way back.
However, looking at his attitude of letting the queen stay for dinner and rewarding him, we can understand that this is not a troublesome person, or that there should not be too many interests involved between them.
Xiao Nianzhi felt that at most, the queen wanted to win over Yan Xingxuan and join the prince's faction, so she showed her favor to him.
However, this kind of thing is just a thought.
Xiao Nianzhi felt that if the queen and the prince had wanted to, they would have done this kind of thing long ago. Why wait until she appears?
Moreover, the relationship between her and Yan Xingxuan is still in a state where everyone knows that their relationship is ambiguous, and their status and status cannot be determined for the time being.
So, wouldn’t it be too risky to bet on her?
After understanding this, Xiao Nianzhi accepted the reward very calmly.
She thought, after working in the palace for so many days, she couldn't work in vain. She had to at least make some money to go back, right?
Therefore, such a reward now is really good.
Yan Xingxuan just sent Xiao Nianzhi back, but was afraid that she would feel uneasy, so he comforted her with a few words.
Although he didn't mention the queen at all, the meaning behind his words was already very obvious.
That is, just accept the reward with peace of mind and don't worry about anything else.
No matter what happens, there is still him.
Seeing Xiao Nianzhi's calm expression, Yan Xingxuan quickly returned to his residence.
Concubine Hui listened, Xiao Nianzhi went to the Queen Mother's Palace today, and then transferred to the Queen's Palace. Food was left in both palaces, and she felt anxious and sour: "Oh, it's my turn tomorrow, right?"
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There are not many high-ranking concubines in the harem. Although His Majesty is a beauty, he also adheres to rules. It doesn’t matter who he likes, he will be directly promoted from the bottom to the top.
Concubine Hui was promoted to the rank of concubine because she had a prince, and Concubine Xian was promoted to the rank of concubine because she had a princess and raised the prince whose mother died early, plus the Qingliu River in the south of the Yangtze River.
Although Concubine Rong has no children, she also raised the prince whose mother died early. Moreover, she entered the palace to compete with the previous concubine Shu. In addition, her family background is indeed good, so she was promoted to the concubine position. p>
Others?
The highest is the concubine, and then there are the lower ranks.
Moreover, despite His Majesty's preference for the former Concubine Shu, it is different from the late Emperor's doting on the Yu family's daughter.
The late emperor doted on the Yu family very much, and he had been fighting abroad for many years. Therefore, except for the Yu family's daughter, he was not actually interested in the concubine's women. He would only favor others when he was occasionally in love or drunk. It is also because of this that the age gap among the princes and princesses in the former emperor's harem is actually quite serious.
During those years when Yu's daughter was favored, few children were born in the harem.
It’s not that the Yu family is overbearing and uses dirty tricks to prevent life, it’s because the late emperor never goes to others!
However, the current His Majesty is different. Although he once preferred Concubine Shu, it did not prevent him from having children with other concubines.