Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 98

In the 20th year of Xijia, just after the new year, Emperor Rui decreed that the eldest princess should marry far away in the northwest, and marry Hedu Khan on the northwest border.

This eldest princess who was born in Lenggong, the only legitimate daughter of Emperor Rui, has no mother and no favour, and has a noble status, but her life is not as comfortable as that of an ordinary lady from a wealthy family.

The young lady of a rich family is pampered and brought up, and when they get married, there are also people who help to think about the arrangements.The Eldest Princess followed the Empress Dowager to serve the Empress Dowager herself, doing the same work as the Grand Palace Maid, but she was not as favored as the Grand Palace Maid.

All of this was because her biological mother was an abolished queen, a person of no use value.In this palace, motherless children suffer.

When Shi Niang heard the maids talking about the eldest princess marrying away, she only expressed a few words of emotion, so she let go and didn't think about it.

If she asked her, it was understandable that the eldest princess did not dare to walk around the inner palace because the emperor didn't like it, but the etiquette was really inferior to other princesses in the palace.These concubines and concubines are not allowed to appear on the stage, and they should not move around during the holidays.Now she was about to marry far away, but no one kept her.

It was only natural that this neglected princess who couldn't stand herself was pushed to get married.It is better for her to go than for other princesses to go.

The day the eldest princess left Beijing was the second day of the second lunar month. When the dragon looked up, it was a cloudy day.

The queen brought the concubines from the harem to see the princess off.No matter how much you look down on the eldest princess, these face-saving efforts are still necessary.For a while, the concubines who had no relationship with the eldest princess on weekdays all had sad expressions, as if they were marrying their own daughters.

The eldest princess was dressed in a navy blue formal attire, with heavy makeup on her face.A delicate face was expressionless, and the makeup set off the expression of the whole person looked strange and abnormal.

The big headdress on her head made her neck droop slightly involuntarily, and she knelt down in front of the queen in a dignified manner.When she raised her neck, Shi Niang, who was paying attention to her actions, saw the slight dislike in her eyes.

The queen ignored the eldest princess' repelling gaze, and stepped forward to personally help the eldest princess who was kneeling on the ground to say farewell.Regardless of whether the eldest princess disrespects her aunt or not, as a aunt, she cannot treat her former wife and children harshly.

"Princess, please get up. We have traveled thousands of miles, and we don't know when we will meet again. This palace will remind the emperor to call you back to Beijing. The royal family will remember your dedication and kindness, princess. Go, take care!"

"Thank you empress for hanging the curtains, Mu Jingqing will never forget it in this life." The eldest princess stood up, stroked the empress's hands away from hers, and put them into her wide sleeves.

The queen withdrew her hand in embarrassment, and shook her head slightly at the eldest princess who was covered with thorns, and said no more.

Then she squatted down facing the concubines behind the queen, turned and walked away.

Facing the back of the eldest princess, the queen sighed inwardly.

After all, it was the emperor who was sorry for this daughter. She entered the palace as the empress after the eldest princess' mother died of dystocia.But for the eldest princess, her biological mother's queen position is occupied by her successor, and it is only natural that she dislikes or even resents her.

The queen sighed, and Shi Niang was indeed feeling emotional.

She didn't expect that this princess who was silent and reticent in the past was actually a decisive person in her bones.The eldest princess still didn't speak much, but her emotional ups and downs were so high that it was hard to ignore.

The eldest princess, who was being watched by everyone, turned her back and walked a few steps, then stopped suddenly.

Amid the doubts of the crowd, she turned her back to the crowd, stretched her finger to the sky, and said in a hurried tone, "The birds in my hometown are still chirping, not to mention the sorrow and sadness. The soul buried in the green mound will never return. Who will leave the ruins of Cuiya? Yuyan Since ancient times, the body has been tired, who eats meat and the country? The journey has been empty and sighed, and the rocks, flowers and weeds have been born since spring and autumn."

"Beautiful women and dead bones are buried in other lands, and they are sighing in vain for planning with the country!" Ten Niang sighed unconsciously.

The sorrow and accusation in the princess' poem made Shi Niang stunned and sad.

In the end, it was the emperor who mistreated this pearl, made her dusty, and let her marry with resentment.

"Father, my daughter swears again that one day, you will regret today's decision!" The eldest princess said loudly in the direction of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Respectfully send the princess off!" The eunuchs and maids kneeling on both sides of the palace road hurriedly sang in unison under Hui Shuyi's gesture, trying to suppress the voice of the eldest princess.

"Hahahaha" the princess boarded the car with a smile and went away, "I'm leaving now, don't bother everyone. Let's go!"

"Let's drive!" The eunuch's drawn out voice came to mind in the quiet inner palace.

The empty voice recalled in the inner palace.A bleak atmosphere spread nearby.

The eldest princess's car luan rumbled along the bluestone road in the palace, and was about to leave the palace gate under the escort of the bride-seeing team.

A son of the royal family at the front of the procession was riding on a horse, with his back to the crowd and waving his hands in the air.

Shi Niang's eyes met the gesture of waving hands in the air, and after a moment of surprise, she smiled, it turned out to be you.

Xin Yin, don't worry, your wife and children will definitely take care of you, and I wish you a smooth and healthy journey.

After seeing off the eldest princess, the emperor was busy going to court for some days and didn't set foot in the harem much.The women in the harem complained in private for a while, and then began to find fun by themselves.These days are made by people, and if the emperor does not come, they have to live as usual.

With the arrival of spring, the women in the palace began to throw pots to enjoy flowers in the imperial garden and hold various banquets.Without the participation of the emperor, the concubines could play more freely.

On the eighth day of April, the ninth birthday of the third prince and the seventh princess, the emperor appeared at the birthday banquet of his children.He came and went in a hurry, and after delivering the gifts to his children with his own hands, he immediately went back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to approve the papers, ignoring the many concubines who wanted to show their courtesy to him during the banquet.

After the emperor left, everyone lost their playful mood and dispersed early.

But when they learned the next day that the emperor stayed in Yaohua Palace last night, they were all very annoyed.This Jia Zhaoyi is really clever.With the help of the child, the emperor who had not stayed in the harem for a long time was brought back.It seems that she still occupies an important position in the emperor's heart.

Shi Niang didn't care about the jealousy of everyone in the palace.But for the emperor's arrival, it was really unexpected.

Others might not know what the emperor was busy with, but she knew it.

These days, the emperor has been dealing with matters in the northwest.She vaguely knew that the main combat faction in the DPRK had been insisting on attacking the northwest.Under the strategy of marrying off the princess, peace is the most important strategy, and the peace faction does not approve of brute force to win.

When the emperor was arguing between the two parties, he calmed down and had an ambiguous attitude.

These are all the news from the third uncle. Thinking of the third uncle's words, "a group of aunts are buying vegetables and bargaining in the vegetable market", she couldn't help smiling. Isn't this always the emperor's style? There was confusion, and he was making mud.

Speaking of his third uncle, Du Xianyu, he will return to Beijing this year to report on his duties, and the emperor's staff will be in charge of Nanluo for the time being.Seeing that the emperor has not let her third uncle go back to Nanluo, Shi Niang knew that her earlier guess was a bit biased.Nan Luo was afraid that his third uncle was the only one. The emperor had already cultivated his own manpower, and her third uncle was about to retire, and returning to Beijing to report on his duties would turn into returning to Beijing for a job.

When he returns to Beijing, the forces in Nanluo must have been impacted to some extent, but on the other hand, if he returns to Beijing, it is only a matter of time before he enters the cabinet.

These days, he went to the court on time, watching the emperor let the two forces fight at the court, and some news would be passed on to the ten mothers through the eighth concubine.

Xin Yin also asked the emperor to bring her a letter to report her safety.Shi Niang looked at the special number in Xin Yin's letter and understood it.

The send-off team had already arrived at the Kunsang Grassland in the northwest border in mid-March, Xin Yin sent back several news to the emperor through the dark guards in this almost a month.These news are very important to the emperor.This will be related to the layout of the defense line in the northwest of the troops dispatched in the coming day.

Shi Niang introduced Xin Yin's current situation through the only letter from the emperor, so she stopped paying attention.Next, the Northwest War is not something that a woman can worry about.

Shi Niang put away the letter from Xin Yin and caressed her belly involuntarily.

The emperor stayed in her palace that night, she was too surprised and did not take any protective measures.These days, she felt the pulse by herself and found out the Hua pulse. She should have already had it. It has to be said that the timing of this child's arrival was just right.

Li Changzai's tenth emperor's daughter is more than one year old, almost two years old.The little girl is eccentric, but she is much more favored than her mother.Among the children in the palace, even the youngest Nine Emperor Daughter, her own sister, is six years old.Not the age to be teased anymore.

Therefore, the emperor would ask about the situation of the ten emperors from time to time.Of course, everyone in the palace knew that the emperor's favorite was the empress and Jia Zhaoyi's children.The other children, the emperor, only asked a question or two.

At this time, there were still few children in the palace.Having a child has become the goal of the concubines.Since the third prince fell off the horse and returned to Yaohua Palace, Ten Niang has been regarded as a more favored concubine in the harem these years.Even Concubine De and Ning Shuyuan, who were the most favored harem back then, couldn't hold back her limelight these years.

It's a pity that she has never been pregnant, and the maids Huaping and Si Jin beside her are always worried about the master.Only Ruhua and Ruomin know that the master is waiting for an opportunity.

The Tenth Emperor's daughter is in good health, Fengyang will be in chaos, soldiers are deployed in the northwest, and the emperor is too busy to take care of the harem. It is a good time for her to have a child.

And the emperor's unintentional stepping made it easy for her to solve the problem of how to lure him to her.It was this coincidence that Shi Niang seized the opportunity.

In July of Xijia's 20th year, Zhaoyi was not feeling well, and the imperial physician was summoned in the Yaohua Palace. After the imperial physician diagnosed and treated her, news came out that shocked the harem.

Zhaoyi is about three months pregnant, mother and child are fine, just take a few doses of medicine.

The empress went to look after her in person, and immediately exempted Zhaoyi from paying her respects every day, and asked the palace servants to take good care of Zhaoyi and raise her baby.

When the emperor heard about it, he was overjoyed.Immediately decreed that Zhaoyi should be named Jia Shuyi in Jin Dynasty.

The imperial decree was introduced into the harem, Hui Shuyi was a little embarrassed in the face of all kinds of eyes sizing her up, from among the three noble concubines in the second rank position, she was already Shuyi, and now the emperor was happy to promote Jia Zhaoyi to the position.I don't know where to go.

When everyone looked at Hui Shuyi with eyes of spectators, they were forgiven by Jia Yulubuki Kimata.

This Du family will never accept the emperor's imperial decree in front of the queen.He only said that Sister Hui owed a lot to She Ji, and her seniority was older than her, so she didn't have anyone to compete with her.

The queen also came to her senses, the emperor was probably happy and forgot to consider Hui Shuyi.Indeed, there have always been three people from the second grade to the third noble, and the queen immediately issued an imperial decree.And everyone was confused by this Yizhi.

Empress Yizhi "Hui Shuyi has meritorious service in assisting the harem, and has meritorious service in raising the six imperial daughters, so she will be named Concubine Hui in Jin Dynasty."

Everyone's faces were ugly, this Jia Zhaoyi not only promoted herself, but also begged for grace for Hui Shuyi.In this way, Concubine Hui became the highest-ranking concubine besides the queen.Depressing the concubine De, who had a son, became the first among the second rank and four concubines.

Everyone returned to the palace with a bad face.

Concubine Hui was the last to leave, and waved away all the servants. She said to Shi Niang, "Speaking of which, I was promoted because of my sister's happiness."

"Sister Hui, your qualifications are older than Shi Niang, and you have been assisting the harem all the time. You should be promoted. Shi Niang is sorry, and you should apologize to my sister, because I have wronged her." Shi Niang said hurriedly.

"Sister, don't worry, let me finish my sentence." Concubine Hui patted her hand, "I'm afraid this piece of meat in your stomach has been coveted by everyone, so my sister should make a plan early. I can't help you either." Busy, only manpower is enough, people from Department E will secretly escort my sister."

"Sister Xie Hui, Shi Niang remembers your kindness. In the future, I will definitely ask my son to repay you."

"A promise is made, and a horse is hard to follow." Concubine Hui decided to help Jia Shuyi for the sake of her daughter and family.

"If a gentleman promises, it's hard to catch up with four horses." Ten Niang raised her hand and clapped her hands.

"Sister, be careful Concubine De." Concubine Hui remembered something, and suddenly reminded, "If you give birth to a prince, the threat to Concubine De is the greatest."

"Sister, don't worry, my sister knows. Not only does my sister know, but she also wants to give Sister De Concubine a big gift."

"What is my sister going to do?"

"If the sky wants to kill it, it must first make it crazy." Ten Niang smiled playfully, "The mountain people have their own tricks."

Three days later, Concubine Hui understood Jia Shuyi's intention after receiving the imperial decree from the Sixth Palace.

On July 20, the 22th year of Xijia, the emperor decreed to seal off the harem, which was the last 15 years since the fifth year of Xijia.

This time, most of the people in the harem were promoted and granted titles.

Concubine De was promoted to Mrs. Dezhuang from the first rank; Hui Shuyi was promoted to Concubine Hui to assist the queen in managing the affairs of the sixth palace; Lu Shurong was promoted to the concubine of the second rank; Jin is He Shunhua, the first of the four ranks; Miaoguiren is promoted to Miaochonghua; Baimei is promoted to Bai Chongrong; Jiang Liangren is promoted to Jiang Chongyi; Chang Zai and Gu Chang Zai were all promoted to the sixth beauties of the fifth rank, Xu Meiren, Gu Shuren, and Li Shiren; the rest of the ladies were selected as servants and no one was promoted.

With the imperial decree, how many people are happy and how many people are worried, of course, this is not Shi Niang's concern.

Her top priority is to raise a good baby and have a son. She is the head of the four concubines. She has such a premonition and intuition.

"My country must be passed on to our son." Shi Niang thought of the promise the emperor made quietly after learning that she was pregnant.He clenched his fists tightly, this time, if it is really his son, there is absolutely no room for loss.

The summer of Xijia's 20 years passed in the heat of joy and sorrow.

(End of this chapter)