The rebirth of the poisonous concubine

Chapter 228 A Man's Mind Is Unpredictable

A Dai poured a cup of tea for Situ Yan and Qin Wange, Qin Wange sipped the tea and asked, "Who are the ladies in the palace who are participating in the election? Have you found out?"

Yingxue replied: "These beautiful girls are all from famous families. According to the usual practice, the four major families in the capital always send their daughters to the capital. This year, the Liu family and the Wang family both sent women of suitable age to the capital. However, It's all from the sidelines; and the Tang family, like in previous years, used the excuse of not having a suitable woman to marry, so they didn't send it to the palace."

Qin Wange: "What about the Li family?"

"In the Li family this year, Concubine Yin was directly welcomed into the palace by the emperor, so the Li family didn't send any of the offspring's daughters to the palace to compete with Concubine Yin." Rumeng said articulately.

Qin Wange pondered for a moment, kept these names in mind, and asked again: "Then is there any news? Who are the outstanding girls in this year's show, and will they pose a threat to us?"

Yingxue said: "Among the beautiful girls this year, the most outstanding ones are Wang Mengting from the Wang family, Xie Yueer, the daughter of Xie Guogong, Liu Qiaoyi, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, and Chen Caiwei, the daughter of the Jiangnan county magistrate." She had already inquired about everything. Got it, very conscientious.As expected of a person trained by Situ Yan.

"Wang Mengting, Xie Yue'er, and Liu Qiaoyi are all from famous families. I can understand it, but this Chen Caiwei is just the daughter of the county magistrate, and her status is not considered valuable. How can she be considered outstanding when she is with those famous ladies?" Qin Wan Song asked puzzled.

Yingxue said: "Your Majesty, I don't know. Although this Chen Caiwei is only the daughter of the county magistrate, and her family background is as insignificant among the ladies of many high-ranking officials, dignitaries and famous families, she is known as the number one beauty and talented woman in the south of the Yangtze River. Said that it is quite famous, and this participation in the draft has attracted everyone's attention."

It's no wonder that the number one beauty in the south of the Yangtze River is also a talented woman.

Now that there are four great aristocratic families in the imperial court, the Tang family is not even willing to let their own daughters enter the palace. The Liu family is just making up the number. The Li family already has one Li Xuanyin, and it is enough. Once this Chen Caiwei appears, it will not cause a sensation. It's strange.

Qin Wange nodded and said, "Is that all there is to do in the palace? After we leave, is there any other major event happening?"

Yingxue and the others thought for a while, and said, "Because the empress has always been in poor health after giving birth to the princess, and Concubine Yin was only released a few days ago, so nothing major happened. , but there are many rules in the palace, those beautiful women are still teaching the rules in the palace, and the empress dowagers are still teaching the rules in the palace, the emperor has not been blessed and no one has been sealed, so the empress can rest assured."

"The imperial concubine has been idle for so long, and now that she has returned to the palace with so many sisters, the palace has become lively." Situ Yan said with a smile on his lips after drinking a cup of tea.

"This Palace responds to all changes without change. What are you afraid of? But the empress, I have to worry about her. With so many newcomers in the palace, she might not be able to sit still." Qin Wange's lips twitched With a faint smile, he said unhurriedly.

"When newcomers enter the palace, she can do nothing more than two things. One is to take advantage of the situation to frighten these newcomers so that they will not dare to act rashly in front of her in the future. It is unrealistic for her, so she will choose the second path."

"What's the second way?" Situ Yan became interested and asked curiously.

Qin Wange said: "The second way is, this is an excellent opportunity to attract newcomers to deal with me. If you don't take advantage of this time to recruit newcomers to strengthen your team, there will be no such shop after this village. Empress The empress is a smart person, she knows when to do what is most beneficial to her. If I don't go back to the palace, the palace will only know the queen, not the imperial concubine."

Situ Yan shook his head when he heard that, woman, it's really scary.An Lingsu should not be messed with.

"I have been ill for so long, I should go back to the palace. Yingxue, tell Wei Qing, he knows what to do." Qin Wange said.

After Situ Yan returned to Beijing, of course he had many things to do, so he prepared to leave.

Now that he has returned to Beijing, no matter whether it is inside or outside the palace, the overall situation must be laid out one by one, so that Situ Rui has no way to struggle, and no way to escape.

When Situ Yan was about to leave, Qin Wange suddenly thought of something, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, regarding Wei'er's matter, I will do my best to find a way to save him."

Situ Yan stopped in his tracks, smiled, and said, "I trust you. After you return to the palace, you must be careful in everything."

Gently exhorted, Rao Adai, who was always dull, also found that after the two returned from Yongzhou, everything seemed to be as usual, but it seemed that something was different.

After understanding this point, A'dai secretly delighted for a long time.Maybe, the prince can really bring the princess out of the sea of ​​suffering.

The flood in Yongzhou was properly resolved, and the imperial concubine, who had been ill for some time while going to Xiangguo Temple to pray for the people of Yongzhou, finally recovered and was ready to return to the palace.These days can be regarded as a series of happy events, and Situ Rui is in a very good mood.

On the day Qin Wange returned to the palace, the royal guard of honor sent by Situ Rui to welcome her was a bit more grand than when she left the palace before. Everyone in the world could see how much the emperor attached importance to this noble concubine.

Qin Wange sat in the sedan chair and walked slowly towards the palace.

When leaving the palace and when entering the palace, the streets of the capital were as lively as before, not a little different.

After all, what changes is the human heart.

During the trip to Yongzhou, nothing seemed to have changed, but between her and Situ Yan, everything changed in the end.This kind of change was far out of her control, and to her, it made her uneasy and made her feel at a loss.

The sedan chair for the imperial concubine to return from praying for blessings entered through Shenwu Gate. From entering Beijing to Shenwu Gate, people and officials lined up to greet each other along the way.

Qin Wange originally went to Xiangguo Temple to pray for blessings in order to find an excuse to escape and go to Yongzhou.But unintentionally, Qin Wange's move caused great shock in the government and the public.

Originally, the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty had the impression of the imperial concubine as a concubine from southern Xinjiang who brought disaster to the country and the people. .

But this time I went to Xiangguo Temple to pray for blessings, and people's impression of the imperial concubine changed greatly.

The imperial concubine fasted for one month in Xiangguo Temple to pray for the people of Xiling. Regardless of her background, it is an indisputable fact that she cares about the people of Xiling.

This action turned the reputation of the imperial concubine, who was a disaster to the country, into a reputation of loving the people like a child, and made Li You and Xu Qiushui less excuses to attack Qin Wange, which was an unexpected gain.

The vermilion door slowly opened, it was midsummer when I went there, and it was already autumn when I returned.

The sunshine in early autumn is particularly dazzling.

This time the imperial concubine went out of the palace to pray for the people, it was the luck of Xiling. The emperor personally led the civil and military ministers and concubines from the harem to pick up Qin Wange, but it gave Qin Wange enough face.

However, Xu Qiushui did not come to meet him on the pretext that he was not feeling well.

Situ Rui knew that Xu Qiushui was deliberately playing petty temper, although he was unhappy, he didn't say anything after all.

At this time, Qin Wange saw that there was no scarlet figure beside Situ Rui, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. Even Xu Qiushui did not attend such an important occasion. It can be seen that Xu Qiushui really treats her The disgust was so extreme that she didn't even bother to maintain the reputation of the "virtuous" queen.

Situ Rui hadn't seen his concubine for more than a month, so he took Qin Wange's hand and got off the sedan chair attentively, and said in a low voice, "Is Susu's health better? I haven't seen you for more than a month." , do you miss me?"

After hearing Situ Rui's words, Qin Wange looked at Situ Rui pretending to be coquettish and said, "Susu misses the emperor every day, but now that there are so many younger sisters in the palace, I'm afraid Susu won't come back, the emperor will soon Just forget Su Su in the back of your mind."

Smelling the faint scent of An Lingsu, Situ Rui felt his stomach tighten, and wished he could hold An Lingsu in his arms immediately, but in front of so many people, it was too obvious that he couldn't do it, so at least he restrained himself .

During the more than a month when Qin Wange left the palace, Situ Rui went to the concubine's palace a handful of times, which was very abnormal for him.

Even after Xu Qiushui's health recovered and he could accept grace, Situ Rui had only been to Qifeng Palace two or three times.

Before there was An Lingsu, he thought Xu Qiushui was charming and considerate, and Xu Qiushui was very cooperative in bed, which made him love Xu Qiushui unabated all these years.

But after having An Lingsu, he always felt that compared with An Lingsu, Xu Qiushui was not as good as An Lingsu.

No matter how beautiful she is, she is still the queen mother of two children, and she is getting older. How can she compare to An Lingsu who is in her prime?Coupled with the fact that southern Xinjiang women are always enthusiastic and unrestrained, Xu Qiushui cannot compare to her charming style.

Therefore, every time he went to Qifeng Palace, Situ Rui always felt that Xu Qiushui was missing something compared to An Lingsu. After going there two or three times, he felt more and more boring and didn't want to go.

He went less frequently, even if Xu Qiushui knew that Situ Rui was thinking about that bitch An Lingsu in his heart, even if his teeth were itchy with hatred, there was nothing he could do.A man's mind has always been unpredictable, let alone Situ Rui, a flirtatious man who likes the new and dislikes the old.

Situ Rui led Qin Wange by the hand, the two of them were talking, and soon entered the Palace of Yuejun.

The decoration in the Palace of Yuejun has almost been completely renewed, with a lot of things added. It seems that Situ Rui has put in a lot of effort to welcome her into the palace.

Xiaoyue brought tea and went down, Situ Rui wanted to make out with the beautiful woman, so naturally all the palace people around him were sent away by him.

Only Qin Wange and Situ Rui were left in the hall.

(End of this chapter)