Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 141

Xijia's 24th general election was postponed to March next year because of the war.After the emperor returned to Beijing in October, he was busy with political affairs, and the Ministry of Rites' request to prepare for the draft was approved as usual.

After a few days, the Ministry of Rites began to report some preparations on the booklet.The emperor didn't have time to argue with those old scholars in the Ministry of Rites, so he began to cultivate Shi Niang's ability to deal with political affairs, and simply threw all the election papers to Shi Niang.

The Zhu batch that the people in the Ministry of Rituals saw in the handouts was originally made by Shi Niang and written by the emperor.In the future, the emperor saw that Shi Niang handled it smoothly, so he asked Shi Niang to approve all the papers about the general election from the Ministry of Rites.

At the end of November, the people in the Ministry of Rituals saw that the scriptures were not approved by the emperor himself, and after contacting Madam Shujia who accompanied her in the Hall of Mental Cultivation every day, they naturally understood who made the scriptures.

They wanted to make a fuss, but the emperor said, "Since I don't want to draft, I will stop it next year, just stop disturbing people with these trivial matters." They were blocked back.

The people in the Ministry of Rites naturally didn't dare to make trouble in front of the emperor. This young emperor who enthroned did not care more about the royal face than the previous emperor.Today's iron-blooded skills are vividly displayed in the process of killing the regent's uncle and suppressing and eradicating the family all these years.

Presumably His Majesty the Emperor wouldn't care about killing all the officials.

The people in the Ministry of Rituals did not dare to use deadly remonstrance against the emperor, and they were suppressed by the emperor. They had no choice but to let the second prince's people who stayed in Beijing provoke the Du family.

Most of the words accuse the daughters of the Du family of misbehaving, and the Du family is not strict in teaching their daughters. Today's wife is the rooster sitting in the morning.

Du Ziqing, the eldest son of the Du family who was transferred to Liuzhou Zhizhou, took the opportunity of returning to Beijing to report on his work at the end of the year, and brought some small gifts to his family and colleagues in the court and sent them back to Beijing first.So the people in the Ministry of Rituals, especially those who said sour words to the Du family, were all sent by Du Ziqing to Liuzhou's characteristic beautiful concubines.

People in the Ministry of Rites usually have a relatively simple backyard, but now the tigress at home exploded like a firecracker on fire.

Du Ziyun, who was in the Ministry of War, led his younger brothers in Beijing to provoke the old and pedantic heirs of the Ministry of Rites several times, saying that the Du family was not strict in teaching their daughters, but they were very strict in teaching their children, and wanted to discuss with you young masters.Those officials were so frightened that they stayed behind closed doors, complaining that their father shouldn't have offended people he shouldn't have offended.

Du Xianyu, who was the most calculating and fearful of Du's parents, didn't do anything, and went up and down as usual.

But Du Xianzhu, the Patriarch of the Du family, ordered the female family members of the Du family not to communicate with any official family members in Yujing, and the children of the family were not allowed to communicate with the officials of Yujing.

Mrs. Shujia in the palace is no longer willing to take over all matters related to the draft from the Ministry of Rites no matter how coaxed the emperor is.When the wives of the aristocratic family come to the palace to seek an audience, they all use the excuse that they are pregnant and cannot work hard, and they will no longer meet.

The books from the Ministry of Rites were placed on the imperial case in the imperial study, and no one dared to touch them.

This time, the court was originally holding a wait-and-see attitude, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites who impeached his wife panicked.Which family does not have a woman to be elected?Even if you can't enter the palace to be favored, marrying the prince is still a good choice.What's more, even if you get married on your own, you need the nobles in the palace to place a sign to make it happen.

The ministers of the DPRK and China ordered to write a letter, and the draft should not be delayed any longer.In the past generations in Daliang, the empress presided over the draft. This time, the empress prayed at the Ganye Temple, and Mrs. Shujia took the phoenix seal on her behalf. Naturally, the draft should be decided by the wife.The minister of the Ministry of Rites and ten members of the Ministry of Rites wrote a letter to plead guilty, saying that the Ministry of Rites had failed in their duties, and asked the emperor to punish them.

The emperor had had enough of tossing about the Ministry of Rituals, and gave a stern warning to the people in the court.He reprimanded the Ministry of Rites and issued a decree that all affairs of the draft will be represented by Mrs. Shujia's wife, Mrs. Xie Huimin, and the official election will be held in March.

After this incident, the Minister of Rites began to be known by others.The servant of the Ministry of Rites was born in the Chen family, and Mrs. Huimin also began to re-enter the attention of the people in the court.

After Mrs. Shujia took over the matter of the Ministry of Rites, she handled it impartially.Most of the affairs in the palace are handled by Mrs. Huimin and Mrs. Duanxian.Mrs. Shujia's life focused on raising a baby, teaching her son and helping the emperor approve some irrelevant papers.

In the inner palace, although Mrs. Dezhuang is not as favored as Mrs. Shujia, she has a regular bedtime every month.For a while, the concubines in the palace also attached themselves to her.But more of them are honestly living their lives behind closed doors.

It seems that Mrs. Shujia's power in the inner palace is not in the hands of Mrs. Shujia alone, but Mrs. Dezhuang is a few blocks ahead of Mrs. Dezhuang when it comes to Zhang Fengyin.Not to mention the fact that Mrs. Hui and Xian are friendly with Mrs. Shujia and help each other everywhere.

Shi Niang began to get in touch with the affairs of the court gradually under the emperor's behest. She had doubts about the emperor's renewed trust and teaching, but when she thought about the Du family's Nanluo thirteen counties and the northwest forces, she felt relieved.

At the end of the year, the Du family sent a letter to the palace, saying that Du Jiuniang, who was missing in Nanluo, was found by Du Jiu and Du Zicheng in Nanluo.

Xin Bu's secret guard at Beijing's bun shop also delivered the news and entered the palace. Wei San followed the emperor through the inner sea, arrived in Fengcheng safe and sound, and handed over the military supplies as scheduled.

Hearing that everything was going in a good direction, Shi Niang announced that the eighth princess and the fourth wife of the Chen family would enter the palace to talk.

Liu Niang brought Jing Yue and Jing Shan into the palace this time, and Shi Niang was naturally very happy to see Jing Yue.

Since returning from the palace, Jingyue often ran out of the palace, and lived with Jingshan in the Eight Princes' Mansion, unwilling to get along with the sisters who were waiting to be married at the princess's place.

Jingyue has changed a lot since her seventh sister Jinghan got married.It's no longer as simple as it used to be, but I still don't want to calculate others.

She also knew that her older sisters were all fighting for a good marriage, so she simply hid out and did not participate in their fights.

When Seventh Sister was here, Fifth Sister and Sixth Sister, who also took good care of her, no longer purely cared for her now.Always inquire about things about uncles and cousins.She knew their plans, and felt uncomfortable with the fact that her sister wanted to marry her uncle, so she didn't want to live in the palace forever.

The eighth concubine and the eighth prince were worried that their daughter would be chosen for marriage, so they vigorously promoted the friendship between Jingshan and Jingyue.

Afterwards, the emperor gave the eighth prince a promise, but the eighth concubine really loved her sister and niece, so she didn't let Jingyue go back to the palace.

At the end of this year, there are many annual banquets for royal sacrificial offerings, so it would be appropriate for Jingyue to go back to take care of her mother and concubine.So Shi Niang called, and she took two girls with her.

Here Shi Niang looked at Jingyue carefully, and had to admit that Jingyue lived happier outside the palace than inside.The girl who is almost 11 years old looks healthy and energetic.

After waiving everyone's greetings, he took his daughter to talk, and taught Xin Si to take the two little girls to ride a horse.The people in the palace have just been cleaned by her, but she is not afraid of another unsightly move.

After the two little girls left the palace gate, Shi Niang left Ruo Min to watch over her, and the others waved away before she started talking to her natal family.

Compared with last time, Mrs. Chen is a little haggard.She put on a lot of makeup, and under a thick layer of foundation, there were tired eyes.

Shi Niang didn't think much about it, and asked directly, "What's wrong with mother? There are many things in the next year, so it's time to take care of it."

These years, the backyard of the Chen family is more lively than in previous years.After the third wife returned to Beijing, Dafang couldn't hold back Mrs. Sanfang, but Dafang's granddaughter-in-law was a formidable one.In addition, the three families have no heirs in the past few years, but they are also safe.

The elder brothers in the family have all married wives and had children, but Shi Niang has never seen the nephews in the family a few times.But I heard that my second uncle and third uncle were teaching me, so I felt relieved.

How the ladies in the inner courtyard are fighting, the men have to fight and restrain the backyard.In this regard, his half-toned father has never been as good as his uncle, second uncle and third uncle.

Thinking of the side wife Li Shi who was stalked before leaving home, and Du Zijun who was promoted because of the Sixth Brother, he asked a lot, "But is it difficult for you to deal with Daddy?"

"Let the empress worry about it, it's okay. The minister can take care of the affairs in the courtyard." Chen lowered her head to hide the flicker in her eyes, "How are you doing well these days?"

"Mother, don't worry, my baby is well-raised, there is nothing wrong with it. Besides, if I have anything bad to do in the palace, it will make the family feel embarrassed because of me." Shi Niang took the initiative to talk about the events of the past few days.

"Before I came, my uncle told my mother-in-law to give you a message. Everything the Du family does should be done. If the empress feels sorry, she should take good care of her body. There are priorities. When the prince is born It’s not too late to plan.”

"I remember what mother said." Shi Niang frowned. The emperor always did not follow the routine.

So for some things, the family has good intentions, but I will not follow them blindly.Although the child in the stomach is important, there is nothing wrong with contacting the government.

"Is my father and family all right?" Shi Niang asked, "Is my grandmother all right?"

"My mother-in-law is getting old, and she has a great-grandson to accompany her, but it's okay. It's just that the experience is not as good as in the early years, and the third nephew and daughter-in-law are still keeping the house in order, which makes the mother-in-law very happy."

This is to say that the power of the inner court is smoothly transferred to the next generation, which should be the case after so many years.

"Sixth sister, do you have a family to go?" Ten Niang turned to Liu Niang who had been sitting quietly listening to her talk with her mother since entering the palace.

"I went back a few days ago, and grandma was very happy that I went back." Liu Niang turned her eyes between Chen Shi and Shi Niang, and said with a smile, "Coincidentally, I also met the seventh brother who was teaching the tenth brother. The age of the tenth brother Little, I contradicted my elder brother a few words, and my fourth uncle almost asked for family law. I saw it, so I advised a few words."

"Pa" Shi Niang buckled the teacup in her hand, and asked Chen Shi with a faint smile, "Where does father rest these days?"

These words made Chen's face blush, and the stepdaughter's straightforward question made her blush.

The eldest son was far away in Nanluo, following the third prince, and she was always worried; the younger daughter was sick again, so she kept watch day and night; let the Li family's mother and son take advantage of the loophole, and the younger son was almost punished.It was her negligence, who would have thought that Li Shi would not give up after so many years.

"Aunt Lu and Li Shi." Chen's shame faded away, and she spoke calmly again, "A few days ago, Thirteen Niang was ill, and I will strictly discipline Zihui in the future. Don't worry, your father's backyard is yours." It's not easy for a married woman to intervene."

This is to teach Shi Niang as a junior. She was careless for a while, but when she recovered, she felt a little uneasy.The current Du Shiniang is not the little girl she taught to follow behind her more than ten years ago.

As the most powerful concubine in the inner palace, her stepmother can't fathom her thoughts.

"Mother may wish to tell my father when she is free. Although the elder brother is like a father, but Zihui's younger brother's parents are both present, and the elder brother of the first brother is also there. There is no reason for a concubine to discipline him. Tell father about spoiling concubines and destroying wives." , our family can never happen again."

This is a serious word, but her mother was persecuted and died of illness by Li Shi in her early years; she was unable to clean up Li Shi before she got married, but it doesn't mean she is incapable of killing Li Shi now.It was only a matter of one sentence for her to kill Li Shi.

Mrs. Chen was anxious and afraid at the moment, her stepdaughter had never been a good person; she seemed to be making decisions for herself, but if she really killed Mrs. Li through Zihui's affairs, her youngest son would be a big deal! Also ruined.Forcing the concubine's mother to death and disrespecting the concubine's brother, the reputation will really be over if it spreads.

Therefore, she planned to endure this matter for a while and slowly plan it; she didn't expect Du Liuniang to be quick-talking, and it would be difficult to handle it now.He had to figure out a way to dispel his stepdaughter's anger.

But for a while, there was no way to think of it, Chen's anxious face turned pale.

Naturally, Shi Niang would not be ignorant of Chen's plan, and sighed, that's all, after all, it was better for herself, and it would not be good for her to force her.

"Mother, try this Dahongpao. After coming down this year, I'm pregnant with a child, so I haven't drunk much." Shi Niang picked up the teacup again, "If mother uses it well, I'll ask Ruomin to pack some for you and take it home later. Taste slowly. Although people like ours have a lot of good things, the things bestowed by the palace are different after all."

These words followed the refreshment of Mrs. Chen. Du Zijun was not as good as Du Zihui when she was older. As the aunt, Mrs. Chen should teach the concubines and concubines a lesson.

She can let Li Shi go for Chen Shi's sake, but next time, let her know that Li Shi is still hurting her father's heir, so she won't let her go so easily.

"The minister thanked the empress for the reward, and will taste it with my husband when I go back. Let the husband also taste the good tea in the palace, so as to increase his knowledge."

Chen is determined to know the time and do good strategies, and Shiniang is still at ease about what she promised.

Mrs. Li, when you forced my mother to death, did you really think I couldn't take care of you?No, this palace is to let you live, to watch your children being oppressed by your son-in-law every day, to watch your husband respect his wife and love his concubines.The most painful thing is not getting it, Shi Niang smiled happily.

Chen Shi let out a sigh of relief, but seeing Shi Niang's smile felt heavy in her heart.

"Mother is really smart." Shi Niang praised, "I feel happy talking to smart people."

"Your Majesty Miao praised." Chen quickly declined, "It is Your Majesty who is sympathetic to the minister's wife and helped the minister's wife to share their worries. The minister's wife should be grateful."

"Mother, you're being polite." Seeing that her stepmother was nervous, Shi Niang didn't continue the topic just now, but instead asked about the recent situation of her younger siblings.

"I often see the children of the Sixth Sister's family. Not to mention that the Sixth Sister's husband often praises his nephew, even Yao'er admires his cousin very much. Not to mention that girl Jingshan, a little Ji Linggui. Speaking of it , brother Zihui and Shisanniang, it's not common for me to be an older sister."

"Thirteenth Mother was ill a few days ago, Fourth Aunt, Thirteenth Sister, are you better?" Liu Niang asked, she could see that her Fourth Aunt might blame her.

But she had to let Shi Niang know why her stepmother had loosened control over the backyard, and she couldn't let there be a gap between mother and daughter. If there was a gap, the fourth aunt would really hate herself to death.

Speaking of which, I can be regarded as meddling in my own business, and I said a few more words, otherwise I would not have been kicked out by my uncle to help turn around.

Her uncle is really powerful. Compared with the ruthlessness of the third uncle in the court, the uncle's subtle and silent schemes are really terrifying.Such a small matter of the fourth room can be planned for a rainy day.

Of course, if her uncle hadn't instructed her to beat the fourth aunt to wake up the fourth aunt through Ten Niang's mouth, she, a married woman, would not be bothered to take this muddy water.

Dafang's aunt is not a good housewife, and she doesn't have much friendship with her mother, third aunt, and fourth aunt.The chaos in the backyard of the four rooms will give someone with a chance to impeach the Du family.Therefore, it is necessary for the clan wife to mediate the problems between brothers and sisters-in-law.

But the eldest aunt is not competent, so the grandmother and uncle were very cautious when choosing the third sister-in-law.Now the third sister-in-law is taking care of all the affairs in the backyard, and my own sister-in-law is helping.But the two juniors are not good, so they talked to the fourth aunt about the matter in the fourth uncle's room.

Therefore, I, who witnessed this incident, was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by my uncle.

"Sister Thirteen is sick? Does it matter?" Ten Niang suddenly understood why her stepmother had lost her sense of control. No matter how shrewd she was on weekdays, children were always the mother's treasure, and nothing was as important as the health of children.

"Thank you, Madam and Princess, for your concern." Mrs. Chen came back to her senses at this moment, and glanced at Liu Niang inadvertently, "Thirteen Niang was caught cold when she went riding a horse in Zhuangzi last time, and her fever kept coming back and forth. After taking medicine, she raised her eyebrows and raised her eyebrows." It's been a while, and it's okay."

"Then I can rest assured. My sister doesn't need to be elected this year, and my mother doesn't need to force her too much." This is to tell the Du family in front of Chen Shi and Liu Niang that there is no need to send anyone into the palace, and I don't need help for the time being.

And she remembered what she promised Chen Shi back then, and she would keep the promise, so don't worry.After giving Chen shi a reassurance, Chen shi immediately smiled from the corners of his eyes.

"Before the minister's wife came, the family explained that the family listened to the empress." This was to tell Shi Niang that the marriage of the children in the family could be used as a bargaining chip for her to expand her power.

"I wrote down the things at home." Shi Niang put a lock of broken hair in her ear, and asked Chen solemnly, "The ninth brother has also reached the age of marrying a wife, can mother help the ninth brother want to see?" People?"

(End of this chapter)