Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 33

"Concubine Hui Mu made fun of Yue'er, Yue'er won't play with you." The eighth princess couldn't help being annoyed when she heard what the visitor said.

"Jingyue, why are you talking to your concubine Hui Mu? How does your concubine mother teach you on weekdays? See how you look like a royal princess." Concubine Shu said to her little daughter, "Your Excellency speaks, how can you speak?" You are a child who interrupted. Why isn't Aunt Yiwu here?

Yes, they are also your mother's people. If you make mistakes, your mother will discipline you personally.Not to mention that she only took a few pear blossoms from your concubine, even if she removed all the pear blossoms in the palace, we wouldn't have to punish her. "

"Mother Concubine, my sister is still young, don't scold her, just teach her slowly." The Seventh Emperor looked at her younger sister, the little person shrank back from being scolded by the mother concubine, her eyes were red, and she couldn't help feeling a little distressed.This younger sister is four years older than their siblings. Before the sixth prince was born, she had always been the concubine's youngest child. On weekdays, everyone loved and doted on her, and she was a bit innocent.

After the birth of the sixth prince, most of the mother and concubine's attention was shifted to the little brother, and she also had to worry about his brother's movements in the court.There is less concern for their sisters.She is in the company of all the other sisters of the princess and does not feel alone yet.

The eighth sister, who is only six years old, can imagine the grievance in her heart.After all, today's concubine mother's attention is focused on them, and she was scolded for defending her concubine. One can imagine her mood.

"Seeing that our eighth girl is wronged and crying, come here, it's because of Huimu's fault that she made Eighth Girl get scolded by your mother." Concubine Hui took out the handkerchief and wiped away tears for the eighth princess.

He hugged the little princess into his arms, and said to Concubine Shu, "Sister Shu is really serious, what's the big deal, it's worth embarrassing your own daughter. Look at what made our eighth girl sad."

Glancing at Yiwu who was frozen to the side, he knew in his heart, "Who am I? It turned out to be Aunt Yiwu. No wonder the good-tempered concubine Shu can be so angry. You can go to the queen to receive punishment yourself. There is no need to make Concubine Shu's mother and son unhappy here."

As soon as Concubine Hui's words fell, Yiwu's face became even more rigid.She had suffered a lot at the hands of Concubine Hui, and she couldn't please Yi Wu right now, so she put down the vase she was holding, and said, "I will not disturb the two empresses and the seventh and eighth princesses, this servant will leave."

Yiwu left after causing a series of disturbances.The seventh princess also took the eighth princess to the front hall to welcome the guests from the various palaces.For a while, only Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui were left in the palace.

Seeing Concubine Shu's complexion, Concubine Hui couldn't help frowning, "My sister hasn't had a good rest recently, why does she look haggard?"

Facing Concubine Hui's concern, Concubine Shu showed a trace of worry, "Sister knows who she is, she secretly tampered with her a lot during my pregnancy, and even made trouble with her son. I was thinking about this This time was just a warning to her. Who would have thought that our Long Live Lord took it seriously this time, and it would be good to demote her, but Yao'er was pushed to the forefront after all. I don't worry about these things for Yao'er. disturbed."

Concubine Shu didn't hide much from Concubine Hui, picking and telling what happened these days.

"Sister, I don't know if I should say something properly. Your mind is in a mess. After the accident with the third son, your mind was in a mess. If you mess up, you will fall into a stalemate."

Concubine Hui sighed, hesitating in her heart, she still confided to Concubine Shu, "My master is pampering her right now, don't you know it's for your own good?" The last words were as low as a thin line.

Concubine Shu also knew that Concubine Hui had always been the most well-informed about her contacts in the palace, which she couldn't match.My heart tightened, and I said in a low voice, "I will think about what my sister said. Thank you for telling me, sister, don't worry. The words just came out of your mouth and into my ears, and no third person will know."

Because of her stepmother Chen's back then, Concubine Shu chose to cooperate with Chen's at the right time after entering the palace for mutual benefit.She still admires Concubine Hui Chen's methods,
Concubine Hui Chen, Xijia entered the palace as the first batch of draft girls for three years, and 18 years have passed so far.As an old man in the palace, he has his own way of speaking and doing things.She is not the most favored concubine, but she has always been the emperor's most trusted concubine.

The virtuous concubine Lu, and the deposed concubine Li were also in the same batch as her.

The Lu family has been in the palace for many years and has not raised her own child. The sixth emperor daughter she is raising now is born of Bai Meiren.The sixth emperor's relationship with her is not very good, she is very close to her mother and concubine Bai.

The virtuous concubine Li Shi, who seemed to have infinite beauty, gave birth to the second prince, and the second prince has always been very popular in the court.Don't you know that she is the emperor's pawn to balance the forces of all parties.Before Concubine Shu entered the palace, the Li family was still favored, but there was also the Lu family who contended with her.After Concubine Shu entered the palace, she had to compete for favor with Concubine Shu who was younger than herself.After all, life is not going well.

Compared with the Lu family and the Li family, although the Chen family did not have many holy favors, they lived their own lives with peace of mind and gave birth to the fifth emperor daughter. The 12-year-old fifth emperor's daughter has also reached the age to choose a husband-in-law.Because of the Chen family, Emperor Rui promised that the fifth emperor's daughter would not have to marry Northwest, and asked the queen to help carefully select suitable talents.

After Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui had a brief conversation, the high-ranking concubines in the inner palace arrived one after another, and Ten Niang greeted everyone one by one, waiting for the banquet to start.

When the queen came, she led the seventh and eighth princesses into the room one by one, nodded to Concubine Shu, sat on the head facing east, and talked to the two princesses. Ten Niang stood in the hall and watched the seventh and eighth princesses happy. With a smile on his face, he couldn't help but look at the queen a few more times.

"Sister, what's the matter? I've been staring at Bengong. Could it be that there is something wrong with Bengong today." The queen asked with a smile.

"Mistress, you are overthinking. The concubines are happy for Xiaoqixiaoba. They have your mistress loving you. I am relieved to see it. In the future, the empress will have to worry about their sisters. I hope they don't have to suffer so much." Concubine Shu said He spoke very well, and within a few words, he connected the marriages of the empress and the seventh and eighth princesses together.With the support of the queen, the two princesses will not have too much trouble in the future, no matter whether they are married or married far away.

The queen smiled kindly at Concubine Shu's cleverness, "Ten Niang is still as naughty and talkative as she was back then."

"The empress is boasting, who can speak?" Emperor Rui and Concubine De entered the hall, immediately attracting everyone's attention.Watching the excitement is no longer a problem.Concubine Shu's children's birthday banquet, the emperor brought her deadly enemy here, it was wonderful just thinking about it.

Curiosity is curiosity, but the movements are not slow, they all stood up and saluted the emperor.

After being called up by the emperor, everyone took their seats one after another, wishing to have a banquet soon so that they could gossip with acquaintances.Some concubines looked at Concubine Shu's expression carefully and secretly.

"The emperor came just in time. He was just saying that the tenth sister is the same as when she first entered the palace. She can talk." The queen said to the emperor who was sitting on her right side.

Here, after concubine De saluted the queen, she said to Concubine Shu with a smile, "Congratulations, sister, today is a good day for the third prince and the seventh prince. Our second prince is still clamoring to discuss knowledge with the third prince."

Concubine Shu sneered in her heart when she heard the words, but smiled on her face, "Sister De Concubine is too modest, who doesn't know that the second prince's knowledge is appreciated by the emperor. Yao'er is still far behind, I often say that he has to talk to brothers Let me ask you for advice. Today, I will take this opportunity to let them get close to the little brothers. I asked Huaping to prepare plum wine, and I will send them to the little ones later. Today is also relaxing Take it easy."

Due to the large number of female relatives in the inner palace, the prince and his other concubines had to avoid a thing or two, so the princes had their own seats in the side hall.

"My sister is thoughtful, so I will thank my sister for the second prince's hospitality first." Concubine De said, taking a nanmu box from the maid behind her, and said to the seventh emperor, "Jinghan, Concubine Demu also There is nothing to sell, let me play with this little thing." He said and handed it to the Seventh Queen.

The Seventh Prince looked at Concubine Shu, then at the Empress, and it was not easy to reach out to pick it up for a while.Before the aunt made a move, she accepted the gift from the aunt first, which was a bit ugly after all.

"What good thing did Siqin give Han'er, it's so mysterious, open it, and show it to me and the queen." Emperor Rui saw his daughter's difficulty, opened his mouth to relieve the siege, and stretched out his hand.

Concubine De was just about to take a few steps forward to hand the box to the emperor, when the emperor said to Concubine Shu, "Today is Yao'er and Han'er's big day, ten niangs come and sit by my side." To the Queen's left.Concubine De's complexion was a bit ugly, the position originally reserved for her had to be handed over to others, not to mention the uncomfortable feeling.

It's just that she seems to have forgotten the fact that she was demoted. According to the ranking of the fourth concubine, she is actually ranked third.Since she was demoted in the palace, there have been few large-scale banquets, so no one has troubled her.

It stands to reason that Concubine Shu has the highest status other than the empress, so she should sit on the emperor's side with the empress on the left and right.As soon as the emperor brought Concubine De into the palace, Concubine Shu automatically sat at the lower head of the Empress, leaving the place of the Emperor's lower head to Concubine De.One is that he is unwilling to argue with Concubine De at the birthday banquet of his children, and the other is that he is angry at the emperor's behavior of bringing Concubine De.

Now that the emperor has said something like this, he seems petty when he is annoyed, and it is an insult to the emperor.Ten Niang put her hand into Emperor Rui's,
Was pulled into his arms suddenly by Emperor Rui.Ten Niang, who couldn't break free from Emperor Rui's arms, really became angry this time.

Having a master who doesn't play cards according to common sense is really exhausting.

Emperor Rui saw Ten Niang struggling in his arms, he laughed, and said to the Queen, "Zi Tongcheng is not deceiving me, the girl is exactly as she was 13 years ago."

Saying that, she let go of Shi Niang, and blinked at the queen.

"The emperor is teasing Shi Niang again. She is the mother of several children, so you don't care about the occasion. Look at embarrassing us Concubine Shu."

The queen glared at Emperor Rui, and said to Concubine De who was holding the box, "Sister De, don't be in a daze, open it and let me have a look."

Concubine De's one hand was withdrawn when Emperor Rui was hugging Shiniang, she held the box with one hand, and clenched tightly with the other hand, her nails got stuck in her flesh and she didn't realize it.Called by the queen, Fang lowered his head and pretended to open the box.

Inside the box is an agate hairpin. It is rare that the red jade on the top of the hairpin is carved into the shape of a butterfly, flying with the wind, vividly.

"Sister Concubine De concubine's gift is so coincidental that I am too embarrassed to show my sister after seeing her." The queen gestured to the nun behind her.

The mother handed a black box to the queen, and the queen said to the seventh emperor, "Jinghan, the queen mother wishes you a happy birthday." The seventh emperor took the box with both hands, and opened it under the signal of Concubine Shu.

Inside the box was a pair of emerald green jade bracelets. The queen picked up a pair of jade bracelets and put them on for the Seventh Princess, "Sure enough, this Yuhaner can hold back."

"Thank you mother for giving me the jade." The seventh princess respectfully said to the queen.

"You child, you are just like your mother and concubine at such a young age, you can't pay too much attention. Hurry up and accept gifts from your mother and concubine." The queen said to Jinghan.

Jinghan promised, starting from Concubine Hui, then to Concubine De, Concubine Xian.Concubine De's gift was finally sent out, and Concubine De didn't have the energy to torment Jinghan anymore.After going through this turmoil, she just wanted to get seated quickly.Concubine De, who finally sat next to Concubine Hui, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The banquet was nothing more than a group of concubines aiming at the emperor to compete for beauty. Ten Niang was bored watching the young concubines take advantage of their children's birthday banquet to show themselves in front of the emperor and charm the emperor.Before I knew it, I drank a few more glasses of plum wine on the table.

The plum wine is brewed by Huaping himself. The fruit wine does not seem to be strong, but it does have a lot of stamina.In addition, when the princesses came up to toast, Ten Niang felt dizzy after a while.

When the dinner party was over, Ten Niang was already in a daze, and was supported by the painting to leave in a hurry and return to her palace.

Passing the imperial garden on the way, looking at the bare pear trees, Shi Niang didn't feel quiet.He whispered to Ruhua, "For so many years, he didn't even know what flowers I really like. Pear blossoms, white pear blossoms, but it was the first time when he saw me under the pear blossom tree in the imperial garden, he mistakenly thought that I liked it Pear Blossom. Hehe, it’s really ridiculous.”

"Your Majesty, you are drunk, let's go back." Ru Hua persuaded, and handed the handkerchief to Shi Niang while persuading.

"Drunk, I'm sober." The palace is vast, and every year, every year, the flowers are fragrant in the cold night. Only the white brocade of pear blossoms has no traces, and the stone benches of jade trees are still there. , Reminiscing about the old man Dadan. That year we swam in the lake together, the pear blossoms were bursting, and we lamented the past and the present with a glass of wine. We shared a great ambition to serve our family and country, and the pear blossoms fell like a sigh. Things are different, and it is difficult to see the true feelings. , Reminiscing about yesterday and sighing! 'The big dream has been sleeping for 13 years, it's time to wake up. Enter the painting, let's go back."

The group of people drifted away, and no one noticed the man in the black robe in the dark. He and the night seemed to condense into a secret and sad straight line.

"The powder is light and fragrant, and the family is clean, and the peaches and plums are not allowed to occupy the time. I often think about the road inside and outside, and the drunk sleeves face the wind and snow." The man raised his hand, and in the hazy moonlight, a plant was full of white, pink, and peach blossoms. The flowering branches of the pear blossoms are revealed.

The pear blossoms emit a faint fragrance with the night wind.There is a lingering fragrance in the sleeves of the pear blossoms, which is intoxicating.Only the woman who would pull his sleeve and call "Six Brothers" would never look back.

The half-drunk man said to Xiao Luzi, the worried eunuch beside him, "Let's go, go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"Long live, that Concubine Shu..." The hesitant words ended in the man's light voice.

"Not going, go back."

This night, the Hall of Mental Cultivation was brightly lit, and Emperor Rui couldn't sleep alone.

But Concubine Shu, who disturbed people's dreams, had a smile on her lips, and had a good night's dream.

In the dream, Ten Niang returned to her young 13 years old.Back to the leisurely years when she first entered the palace.

(End of this chapter)