Harem strategy

Chapter 59 Abacus
Master Wu Zhengdao naturally did not want to lose the in-laws and help of the Zhang family, so he said to the Yun family, "Wanzhen needs someone to help her in the palace. How can she do it alone? Even after giving birth to a prince, she also needs courtiers if she wants to establish a prince." Let's come to discuss, the Zhang family has many in-laws, and maybe they can help at that time.

However, Master Wu was still a little angry when Mrs. Zhang said about her daughter. After all, her daughter is now a concubine. You dare to call her a concubine even if you are a foreigner.

"Speak calmly and calm your cousin's anger. We will talk about everything after we return to Beijing." Wu Zhengdao said.

This time when he returned to Beijing, he planned to stay in Beijing. With his status as a daughter, staying in Beijing would not be a problem. If the empress could win a man in one fell swoop, then he might be the prince's grandfather in the future, and at worst he would be a prince. grandfather.

Sure enough, it was right to send his daughter to the palace, he made the right move!

On the evening of the New Year's Eve, even Li Jialuo was invited to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, where the Palace of Compassion and Peace followed the Queen Mother to watch the new year.

In addition, the royal family members also sit below according to their rank and relationship.

There is also a two-story theater building on the side of the Compassionate Ning Palace. The palace invites people to sing, and they must be famous actors and actresses.Sitting in the room, I don't feel cold at all.

The queen mother also let Li Jialuo sit on the lower head of Queen Zhao, which seemed to be very kind to Li Jialuo.

The Empress Dowager talked to some older dowagers and old concubines, and it was nothing more than talking about the family's short-sightedness, children and grandchildren.

This year is the draft year, and many children of the royal family have also been given marriages.

It's just that Li Jialuo did it first, and those royal family members who might all know him couldn't see it clearly.

Empress Zhao smiled and said to the Queen Mother: "Mother, Zuo Jieyu and the others are pregnant, so it's not suitable for them to stay for too long. Why don't they go back first?"

The Queen Mother nodded in admiration, and said, "It's better for you to be considerate and send a few more people to see them off."

After sending Li Jialuo and the other three pregnant women away, several old concubines praised Queen Zhao, and the Queen Mother also said: "The daughter-in-law of the Ai family is naturally good, and she does things properly and fairly. In the palace, if there is no daughter-in-law of the Ai family, I really don’t know what kind of chaos will be. This year’s New Year’s Eve is also well organized, and the Ai family likes it very much!"

Empress Zhao was praised, but she didn't blush, and said: "You are also a good teacher, empress mother. In this palace, if you are not in charge, my daughter-in-law would not dare to do things so reassuringly and boldly."

Everyone laughed when they heard it, it was really fun here.

Li Jialuo and the others were surrounded and sent back. Zuo Jieyu was close to this side and left at the corner first. She was the oldest month and her belly was already big. Zuo Jieyu nodded slightly to Li Jialuo and Zhang Guiren, He took his own people and left.

The Fangling Palace where Li Jialuo lived was far away from the Compassionate Ning Palace. As for Zhang Guiren, Zhang Guiren lived in the same hall as Su Zhaoyi from Chunhua Palace.

"Sister Wu, are you able to eat now? I really can eat everything now, and I've gained weight." Zhang Guiren found a common topic.

Li Jialuo smiled and said: "I can't do it anymore. Some time ago, I vomited whatever I ate, and I became thinner, but now it's much better."

Seeing that the Fanglin Hall was about to arrive, Li Jialuo said: "You and I are both inconvenient, so I won't invite you in. Go back early, rest early, and I will pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother and Empress tomorrow."

Zhang Guiren didn't say what he was full of, and could only leave.

The two of them don't have any friendship, not to mention both are pregnant, if anything happens, it will be troublesome.

Naturally, Li Jialuo didn't want more and more troubles. It was less than a year ago, and there were already enough troubles around her.

Zhang Guiren returned to Chunhua Palace, but Su Zhaoyi hadn't returned yet.Guiren Zhang didn't know Su Zhaoyi at all. Although she lived in the main hall of Chunhua Palace, she would not let them, the low-ranking concubines attached to Chunhua Palace, go to pay her respects every day.

As if she never cared about them, even if Zhang Guiren was pregnant, she didn't feel surprised.

Because Zhang Guiren's status is low, if the child is born according to the rules, it will be handed over to Su Zhaoyi to take care of it. Of course, this is on the premise that there are no other high-ranking concubines who have asked the emperor or queen to adopt him. .

But, Zhang Guiren thought, now in the palace, the three pregnant ones, that is, his position is the lowest. Even if he gave birth to a prince, he can be promoted, but he can't catch up with those two.

Could it be that his own child is really born to be inferior?Zhang Guiren shook his head, absolutely not!

Early in the morning on the first day of the new year, we will go to congratulate the queen. Both the married woman and the married woman will come into the palace. Although there is a queen mother in the palace, the queen is the master of the harem. The queen mother is a widow. I went to worship the queen and performed the pilgrimage ceremony.Then the royal family members went to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother.

As for Li Jialuo and the others, after paying homage to Empress Zhao, the people from the Empress Dowager's side came to spread the word. There are too many people on her side today. If they are pregnant, they should not go there. They are also afraid of collisions, so it will be bad. .

The Empress Dowager was considerate, so they had no choice but to bow three times in the direction of the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and stayed in their own rooms.

During the Chinese New Year, the busiest people should be the emperor and the empress. They have to worship the heavens and ancestors, and have a banquet with the courtiers and wives. In addition, there are envoys from the surrounding small countries who need to be received. They are really busy.

For ten consecutive days, the emperor has not been to the harem.

Women in the harem are also not allowed to go out of the palace to pay New Year greetings to their relatives, so celebrating the New Year is really boring for these women.

Li Jialuo just watched the people in his palace playing with money, or someone from other palaces came over to chat with him.

Yuan Shuhua often came to accompany Li Jialuo. Sometimes playing chess or listening to Yuan Shuhua play the piano was also a good enjoyment.

The palace is also afraid that these concubines will be boring, so Jiaofangsi also arranged a lot of programs a few years ago, and everyone can order the programs they like to watch according to the list.

Empress Zhao also ordered, because there is a pregnant concubine in the palace, so these shows are not so noisy. Li Jialuo once ordered a song for playing the flute, called the song of the shepherd boy. Then he saw a shepherd boy riding a big buffalo, playing the flute on the back of the buffalo.

Of course, there are singing and dancing performances in the show, but Li Jialuo doesn't like to watch them.

The playboy also watched it twice, both with a few concubines.

In this way, after the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the emperor entered the harem. Naturally, he first went to Queen Zhao's Kunning Palace, and then selectively went to other palaces.

Li Jialuo's emperor came here during the day, she was pregnant, so naturally she couldn't sleep with her.

But it was rare for the two of them to listen to the shepherd boy's song together. The emperor felt very good after listening to it, and then praised the flute player.

The emperor smiled and said: "On the second day of February, I will also go to the spring plowing ceremony, but I didn't expect that this kind of shepherd boy's song will be so artistic. When our emperor grows up, I will take him as a shepherd boy .”

As if hearing the emperor's voice, Li Jialuo's stomach suddenly moved, and the emperor's hand was touching Li Jialuo's lower abdomen, so his hand also felt it.

The emperor said with a smile: "Aifei must be a naughty kid in her stomach. Hearing that I agreed to his business, wouldn't she dance happily?"

Li Jialuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Your Majesty, how old is he? How can I understand you?"

"My prince is naturally extremely smart, so he can definitely understand!" The emperor was very confident.

The emperor's eldest prince was conceived by a maid at the time, so he didn't pay much attention to it. Later, Concubine Wang Xian said that she wanted to take the maid to take care of him. He thought it was not a big deal, so he agreed.

When he was born as a prince, he was very happy at that time, so he made the eldest prince's biological mother a concubine.It can be regarded as compensation for her.

It's just that the eldest prince was born weak and sickly. Every time he went to see him, it was the imperial doctor who was treating him. For an emperor, a sick prince could not meet his expectations at all.

Fortunately, he is still young, and other princes can be born, but this one has been waiting for so many years.

Now there are three pregnant concubines, even if only one has a son, Xiao Jing is happy.Of course, in his private heart, he hoped that Concubine Shu would give birth to a prince. Apart from the reason why he liked Concubine Shu more, the most important thing was that Concubine Shu's natal family was not visible.

On Zhang Guiren's side, having a boy or a girl has no effect on the emperor, but because Zhang Guiren's natal family is even less prominent, and her status is also low, she may be adopted after giving birth to a prince.

As for Zuo Jieyu, her father is the servant of the household department, so it is difficult to guarantee that she will have a grandson of the prince, so she has no other ideas.

The relationship between Concubine Shu and her natal family is not good, and it can even be said that there is enmity. In this way, it is impossible for Concubine Shu to make her natal family more and more prominent.

Of course, this is the emperor's own idea. It is not up to him to decide whether to have boys or girls. It doesn't matter if they all have boys. The more princes there are, the more stable the situation will be in the future.

On the Lantern Festival on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the emperor and empress will climb up the Zhengyang Gate and appear in front of the common people in the capital, which also means having fun with the people.

Of course, you can still bring your concubines there. Although it is at the back, it is also an honor to be able to climb Zhengyang Gate.

Empress Zhao asked the emperor who she needed to bring there, and they would appear in the court clothes of the emperor and empress.

The emperor directly drew a few circles on the list, "Just go with these few."

Queen Zhao said with a smile: "The concubine originally wanted to let Concubine Wu Shu go up to have a look, but their age is getting older, and if they accidentally touch it, it will be broken. Now it seems that the emperor and the concubine have the same idea. .” There were none of the pregnant concubines.And they all belonged to several high-ranking concubines, including Concubine An and Concubine Rou.As for Wang Zhaoyi, Queen Zhao didn't even write it down, and now her time has passed.

(End of this chapter)