Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 107 Zipei (5) Unbanned
"That's right! Recently, the three kings of Tibet have some problems. I'm investigating. Pingxi King Wu Sangui is still at war, so it's inconvenient to investigate. So I started with the other two. They are all descendants of the former Ming Dynasty, not from our clan. , and all of them have heavy soldiers in their hands. From the very beginning, I was afraid that they would have different intentions. Now it seems that this worry is still necessary. I sent not only your brother, but several others, but your brother The newlywed Yaner went to a distant place to handle errands, it was really difficult for him, but the current situation is unclear, and there are not many trustworthy people around me, so I can only send him out!" Seeing that she guessed right, Fulin did not hide it, even though his ancestors There is a training saying that concubines are not allowed to interfere in politics, but he doesn't care too much, as long as the concubine doesn't interfere, it's fine to discuss it.

Qing Ru stretched out her hand to pat Fu Lin's chest and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, brother will definitely finish his errands and come back!"

"I think so too, well, you should rest early, don't be too tired, I'll find time to accompany you after I've been busy for a while!"

Seeing what he said, Qingru no longer persisted, nodded in response, and Fulin branded her lips lightly on her face, then turned and left.

"Farewell to the emperor!" Qingru watched him go from behind, got up after seeing him stepping out of the palace gate, the smile on his face also gradually disappeared, and returned to his usual calm look.

Fulin, you said that you don’t know how to treat me, but in fact, I don’t know how to treat you. You use tricks to make me feel sorry for your sincerity, but you can’t let me protect myself completely. Although I am you Pillow people, after all, we are not a real husband and wife after all, but just like monarchs and ministers!

A faint sigh escaped from her lips and echoed in the palace where she had lived for two years—Chonghua Palace, Thousands of Glory, Ten Thousand Palaces, but in fact, none of this was what she wanted!

In the early morning of the next day, Shuiyin was worried about Qingru and she was fine in the palace, so she came to see her again. While drinking bird's nest porridge, Qingru repeated to Shuiyin what Linye Fulin had said to her. If it's private, keep it secret.

"According to what you say, the emperor has no interest in Zi Pei at all? It's just a whim at most?" Shui Yin summed up these words after listening.

Qingru scooped up a mouthful of porridge, put it on her mouth and blew it, and said leisurely: "Listen to the emperor's tone, it is likely to be like this in nine out of ten, it's just ridiculous to wear this little hoof and think that you can become a dragon and a phoenix after a night of favor, really Some self-knowledge is absent.

Shui Yin smiled and said: "This is a good thing for you. The emperor sealed her as a promise, just because she was lucky enough to meet her. However, according to the emperor's intention, she has no possibility of being promoted again. In this way, how can you deal with her?" It's so much easier to get up!"

"That's not necessarily true. If she has a dragon seed, the emperor will seal it up again. Maybe one day she will be able to sit on an equal footing with me!" Qing Ru looked at the hot porridge in the spoon, but it took a long time to see her take it into her mouth. .

Shuiyin held her hand, brought the spoon in her hand to her mouth, and said: "Eat it quickly, you will never see a flower again. As for the dragon species, I think it is very unlikely. You Think about it, you and I, the emperors, have been lucky enough to come back many times and still don’t see anything, she’s only here once, how could it be such a coincidence, you’re worrying too much!"

"I hope!" Qingru said with a wry smile, no matter how delicious she was eating now, she would have no taste.

"By the way, what are you going to do next?"

Qing Ru looked at the small half bowl of porridge left in the bowl, she didn't want to drink it no matter what, so she let Xiang Yuan in to clean it up, and after she went out, she turned around and said, "You mean Zi Pei?"

"Yes, are you going to let her go?" Shui Yin said.

"Oh, don't worry, didn't you say last time that there is a big black hand hidden behind Zipei that she doesn't even know about? Why don't we look for opportunities to catch this big fish, otherwise it will be too late to catch a small fish. It's so boring!" Qingru said leisurely, after thinking about it last night, she figured out one thing, that is, she must bear it, and only those who can bear it can get greater rewards.

It's not that Shui Yin has never thought about it, but is this big fish so easy to catch?Qingru smiled at her question: "Difficult to catch does not mean that you can't catch it. As long as we look for the opportunity, we can always catch it. So now Zipei can't be removed. I guess this person must still be waiting for the opportunity." Now that she has helped Zipei ascend to the promised position, there will definitely be follow-up actions, let's wait and see what happens, and then think of a way!"

Shui Yin nodded while listening, thought for a while and said: "You are right, if this person doesn't show his true face, we can't feel at ease for a day. Although what you said may not succeed, we must try!" Stopped After a while she said again: "But sister, you are really going to forgive the emperor like this, even though we have no right to be angry with the emperor, do you really not care about it in your heart?"

Qingru smiled wryly and shook her head: "Sister, what else can I do other than forgive, as you said, we have no right to be angry with the emperor at all! The emperor will never make mistakes, it is already good for him to do this, What else can I do, I almost pissed him off last night, but fortunately, I managed to calm him down with emotion!" She had an unwilling but helpless expression on her face, yes, whether it was inside or outside the palace, They all have too much helplessness, even the emperor who is as noble as the ninety-five-year-old emperor, there are times when he is helpless.

Shuiyin also knew this truth, but she still felt sorry for Qingru, the trauma left in Qingru's heart by the emperor's acceptance of Zipei can be imagined, how can it be erased with a few words, she was about to speak, but Qingru took the lead: "Sister, the emperor's face has reached the extreme in this matter. If I persist in making trouble, it will only make the emperor think that I am small-minded and can't tolerate others under his nose. It will only be me who suffers from time to time, not only that, but Zipei's little hoof will also make a joke!
Humph! This girl owes me, and I will get it back sooner or later. As for the emperor, I want to make him feel ashamed of me, it is enough to feel that he is ashamed of me, so that he will treat me better, and I can also I have more ability to deal with the people I want to deal with!" She looked sideways at the Yonghe Palace, with a serious chill in her eyes!
Shui Yin knew it was impossible, if she could force the emperor to come to the palace in person to show her affection, it would be the ultimate, and it would only be counterproductive and useless to put it on.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, I still have an important matter for my sister to help me grasp, come here quickly!" Qingru suddenly smiled.

"What's the big deal?" Shui Yin was confused and nervous for a while when she said it, what happened to her, and it was still a big deal, she let Qingru pull her away, and finally stopped in front of an embroidery stand, with the embroidery surface stretched on it It is a precious Su brocade, but not a single stitch has fallen, and it is still a piece of pure white. She pointed to the embroidery frame incomprehensibly and said, "Is this the big thing you said?"

Qing Ru raised her red lips with a smile, and said with a little mischievousness: "Isn't it? In a while, it will be the Queen's Qianqiu Festival. I want to embroider something for her, but I don't know what to embroider." , I would like to ask you to help me as a staff officer, why, doesn’t my sister think this is a big deal?”

When Shui Yin was mentioned, he could be considered to have reacted, and raised his fist and said: "Good little girl, you dare to tease me, see if I don't hit you!" After saying that, he chased Qing Ru and ran all over the room. Hit her until she refused to give up.Originally, Shuiyin was not so easy to be fooled, but there were a lot of things recently, which made her unable to let go of the nerves in her mind for a while, so she was fooled by Qingru inadvertently.

It wasn't until the two of them were exhausted from chasing and running that they stopped panting and looked at each other. Suddenly, the two of them bent down laughing together. They haven't had such a fight in a long time. At this moment, time seems to have returned to the past when they were laughing and playing. Noisy day.

Tired of laughing, the two of them stopped, Qingru caressed the smooth plain satin and said, "Really, sister, you are a better embroiderer than me, so help me think about what to embroider!"

"Why are you so interested in this matter all of a sudden? The emperor doesn't like the empress, so the empress's Qianqiu Festival is not very grand. You can just choose some rare things and give them away. Why do you have to embroider them yourself!"

Qingru sighed slightly and said: "The queen is also a good person, but she just doesn't want the emperor's wishes. I talked to her a lot when I went to pay her respects a few days ago, and I think we can still talk to her, let alone me I promised the queen mother to help take care of the queen, and now that she celebrates her birthday, she should do her best no matter what, right?"

"What you said is not bad. It's just that the matter of taking care of the queen will be a bit reluctant. You are just a concubine now. The queen is the king of the harem. Can you take care of her?" Shui Yin said a little uncertainly. Well, she really didn't understand why the Queen Mother would make such a seemingly unreasonable request. If so, she would probably think too highly of Qing Ru.

In fact, why does Qing feel powerless, but the empress dowager is so kind to her, and the empress is an honest person. She can only do her best: "Actually, the emperor has always had a heart for the empress, just like the empress. Like Concubine Jing, he doesn't like Concubine Jing because it was appointed by the regent Dole. He doesn't like the queen because the queen was not chosen by him, but forced to him by the queen mother. Get in touch with the queen more, discover the advantages of the queen, and naturally accept the queen, although it is impossible to have too much favor, but at least it can make the queen's life easier, that's enough!" And all she has to do is try to Let Flinken approach the Queen.

Shuiyin listened silently, and finally sighed and held Qingru's hand and said with emotion: "It's really hard for you!" Qingru has carried too many people's expectations, the empress dowager, the empress, and even the emperor!
Qingru was stunned for a moment and then smiled again: "What are you talking about, sister, why don't you help me think about the embroidery pattern!" On the surface, it seemed that she didn't care about Shuiyin's words at all,
Seeing that she didn't want to say this anymore, Shui Yin didn't force it, she looked down at the taut Su Jin and fell silent. When the armor passed across the brocade, it couldn't pick up a tiny bit, which showed how smooth it was. Similarly, like this The brocade is more difficult to embroider than ordinary ones.

She calmly said: "The empress is the honor of the phoenix, why not embroider a hundred birds towards the phoenix!"

"Hundred birds facing the phoenix?" Qing Ru thought for a while and said, "This is pretty good, but this picture is very complicated, and if one part is not embroidered well, it will make the whole picture feel much worse. It is very difficult to embroider well. Ah!" Her embroidery is not good, it can only be said to be average, not comparable to Shuiyin, Shuiyin... Yes, she suddenly thought of a way, and said happily: "Sister Yin, why don't you help me embroider together?" , when the time comes, it will be said that we embroidered it together!"

"Is this okay?" A gift was made by two people, and it didn't feel very good, so Shuiyin agreed without a moment's notice.

"What's wrong, what we embroider is a heart, and the queen knows it!" Seeing Shuiyin, Qingru seemed to be a little moved, and said with more strength: "Besides, there is not much time, I must not be able to embroider alone, don't you?" Help me who help me!"

"Okay, I'll help you!" Shuiyin finally decided to accept Qingru's suggestion: "Since we want to embroider, let's embroider something special and make the queen happy."

Qing Ru didn't ask about anything special, anyway, she would know when she embroidered, and she still had another matter to discuss with Shui Yin: "Sister, I've been thinking about one thing recently, especially about Zipei. From now on, I don’t think it can be delayed any longer.”

"What's the matter?" Shui Yin asked nonchalantly, she took a few silk threads and gestured in her hands to see which one was more suitable for the main thread.

"As for Yue Ling, Yue Ling has been in the permanent position for so long, it's time for him to assume the position, what do you think?" Qing Ru calmly looked at Shui Yin.

When Shui Yin heard that it was about Yue Ling, his attention was immediately attracted, and he asked anxiously: "Do you have any ideas, come and tell me!"

Seeing how anxious she was, Qing Ru directly said without being too impatient: "I want to take advantage of the Queen's Qianqiu Festival to let Yue Ling perform a dance in public. With her dancing skills, it will definitely open the eyes of the emperor. It is much more useful for the emperor to recommend Yueling, what do you think?"

Shui Yin twirled the silk thread in his hand and said: "This is a way, but Yueling is also a concubine after all, let her perform dances in public, will it be..." There are special maikos in the palace, let a concubine perform in public It seems a bit inappropriate to dance.

"I've thought about this problem too, but I can't think it through right now, so I can only adapt to the situation at that time. It's best when there are not many people, sister, you can help me when the time comes!" Qingru replied.

"This is natural, but sometimes some small details will ruin the whole thing, you still have to think about it, fortunately, the Queen's birthday is still some time away, we can still prepare and let us know Yue Ling, let her think about the dance and what to say first!" Shui Yin thought a little more, and made some additions to Qing Ru's words.

"En!" Qingru responded with a nod, it seems that the preparations should be started earlier: "By the way, do you need to inform Rixi as well?"

"Rixi..." Speaking of this little girl, Shuiyin was a little undecided. After thinking about it, he decided not to tell her yet, and said one by one: "Rixi has no plans, and is easy to be tricked by others, and there are some things that she I can’t hide it, and it might leak out without knowing it, I think it’s better not to tell her first, lest people know about it!”

Qing Ru thought that this was indeed the case, and she wondered whether to tell her about it for this reason, it seemed that she had to hide it from Ri Xi first.

The two chatted for a while and then broke up. Qingru sent someone to the Water Yin Palace for the embroidery frame, and waited for her to draw a pattern before taking it back to embroider together.

(End of this chapter)