Your Majesty, please do not disturb, the empress only wants to engage in business

Chapter 145 Trapped

Festivals in the harem are often very important days.

Because it is usually very difficult for concubines to see the emperor. Even if they go to the Yangxin Palace or the Qianqing Palace to pay their respects to the emperor, they may not be able to see the emperor. They may even be directly refused to meet by the emperor. Not being able to see the emperor is a small matter, but if they lose face, that would be a big deal.

In the harem, a woman's future and dignity all depend on the emperor. Even if she cannot see him, at least there will always be a chance to see him again in the future after a long time. But if someone is disliked by the emperor and cannot even see him, then she will be bullied by others.

With such concerns, naturally not everyone can muster up the courage to go before the emperor from time to time to attract his attention. They can at least live on by being obedient in the harem. What's more, in order to continue the royal family, as long as the concubines are still young and of childbearing age, they will have the opportunity to meet the emperor.

For example, during festival banquets in the whole palace, concubines had to prepare gifts for the emperor or perform. If one of them was lucky, she might be favored by the emperor and live in glory from then on. Even if not, it was a good thing as long as she could live longer in the harem.

After all, most of the concubines in the harem are still very realistic. They enter the palace to protect the longevity of their family. However, any family that wants to rely on their daughters to succeed in exchange for their own support in the previous dynasty will not send an ordinary daughter in.

It's hard not to say that being able to survive in the palace is a kind of survival wisdom, but girls are still ambitious after all. Yao Jinse looked at everyone present, and she could probably guess what these girls were thinking. They were all selected with a lot of thought, so who would be willing to be unknown?

I just don't know which sister here has won the favor of the Queen and has the ability to make the Queen pave the way for her in such an occasion.

Yao Jinse turned her gaze back to the top. The Queen was making a fuss about the fact that the Emperor had recently been favoring Concubine Rong, and was advising Xie Yun'an to favor the newcomers in the harem more and not make them jealous.

Although he didn't actively recommend anyone, the meaning was very clear between the lines.

If the occasion was not inappropriate, the Queen would probably have already started telling the Emperor which new concubine had less sleep with him.

But why would Xie Yun'an like to hear this?
Yao Jinse looked at Concubine Rong's eyes, which seemed like she was about to get angry, and knew that this big Buddha was in a bad mood. However, every word the Queen said was about the rules, and she was not speaking for herself. Even if Concubine Rong wanted to say something, she couldn't.

Even the most beloved imperial concubine could not bear the accusation of being a beauty that brings disaster and seducing her master.

Xie Yun'an did not have this concern.

What the queen said was true. He had been on the throne for nearly a year, and there were many new concubines in the harem, but among so many people, only Concubine Qi was pregnant. He was also in his thirties, and even if he was in his prime, how long could this prime last?

It is not a good thing that the royal family has few descendants. He has been able to endure for so many years, so he naturally knows what to do and what not to do. During this period of time, he has been pampering the imperial concubine because he could not have everything he wanted in the past. In order to keep a low profile, he had to restrain many of his desires and sincerity. Now that he has become the emperor and everything has settled, it is better to say that he is indulging himself rather than indulging the imperial concubine.

"What the Queen said makes sense to me," Xie Yun'an nodded perfunctorily to the Queen, but his eyes swept across the room: "Speaking of which, you are here to attend the Queen's banquet today, so you should behave as you should. Don't be restrained just because I'm here. I don't like you to be restrained either."

Everyone was so serious that they didn't dare to make a sound, and they buried themselves in their seats like quails. When he lowered his head, he could only see a sea of ​​black heads. In addition, many of them had their hair combed in the same way, so for a moment he couldn't tell who was who. They were even worse than the standing palace maids - although they also lowered their eyebrows and looked pleasing to the eye, he could still see some of their faces.

Xie Yun'an never liked women who followed the rules. Perhaps in this era, being dignified and abiding by the rules was a good virtue for women, but if she was too pretentious when it came to pleasing men, it would lose its beauty.

People who try their best to show their differences within the rules are interesting.

To create a temple in a snail shell is not only the skill of officials in the previous dynasty, but the women in the harem also need this ability. Speaking of which, these women should learn from Yao. Look at her, although she is quiet on weekdays, but when she is alone in private, she never acts like an old pedant who is annoying.

Perhaps even Xie Yun'an himself did not realize that his perception of Yao Jinse had changed unconsciously. In the past, he was unwilling to even look at Yao Jinse for another second, but now he can point out Yao Jinse's merits.

However, with Xie Yun'an's words, the atmosphere finally became much better. Although Concubine Rong was not very satisfied, she had no choice. She could not act like a spoiled child in such an occasion. As a concubine, doing so would not only lose face, but also easily make Xie Yun'an unhappy.

Even though it didn't matter if he was unhappy, and they had had some quarrels in the past, but for some reason, as the two of them spent more time together, Chen Yimiao rarely did anything in front of Xie Yun'an that would make the latter unhappy.

Maybe this is a habit?
Chen Yimiao was not used to thinking for herself. From childhood to adulthood, she had never had to think about anything. She generally did not have to do anything that required thought. Originally, it seemed that she should participate in the fights among women after getting married, but Xie Yun'an protected her very well, and gave her both favor and status. She had always been that special woman and did not have to spend a lot of time fighting for anything.

So she didn't realize now that she was already stuck in a quagmire and couldn't extricate herself.

Yao Jinse knew this.

But she had no intention of breaking Concubine Rong's fantasy. Whether it was the character in the book or her interactions with Concubine Rong in reality, she knew very well that Concubine Rong was the one who relied most on fantasy. Once she woke up, there might be some trouble.

Anyway, now that Concubine Yi has taken away all the sins, a clean imperial concubine is always invincible in the palace. She has a real status in the heart of Emperor Xie Yun'an. So according to the original idea, Yao Jinse still wants to see, if Imperial Concubine Rong did not commit suicide because of the collapse of her family and the disintegration of the emperor, then what kind of life would she have lived if she survived?
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