Madam Hou

Chapter 124

Over the years, when others talked about her, they all said that she was only slightly less favored than Concubine Jing, but only she knew that she and Concubine Jing were different in the eyes of the emperor.The emperor dotes on her, but he just dotes on her like a cat or a dog. He teases her when he likes it, and puts her aside when he doesn't like it. Even among these dotes, how much really belongs to her, and how much is deliberately done by the emperor to balance the harem She couldn't even distinguish the false appearance.Only Concubine Jing entered the emperor's heart and became a person on the cusp of his heart.

Over the years, she has robbed and fought with Concubine Jing, she has a lot of envy, jealousy, resentment, and unwillingness to Concubine Jing, but until today, she has to admit that she can't compete at all.

She remembered that when she was not in the palace, her father was a farmer who guarded several acres of land, and her mother was a housewife sent by the mistress of a wealthy family. Mother is even better.She has known since she was a child that she has outstanding looks. There are so many girls coming and going in the village, no one can compare with her, and she has always been very proud of her appearance.

Her father has always wanted to sell her to a rich family to be a concubine, such as the Wang Yuan's family in the west of the city. The family has several thousand acres of fertile land and can have slaves and maidservants, so he hired someone to teach her calligraphy and painting since she was a child.But she has never been reconciled, what is Wang Yuanwai, she is beautiful, scheming, and has studied and practiced calligraphy, even if she wants to be a concubine, she should at least go to the prince's family to do it.

Later, a nobleman found her home, bought her from her father with 500 taels of silver, took her to the capital, arranged her in a village and asked someone to teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.On the day she was bought, she was extremely excited. She felt that she was like a peerless jewel buried under the dust. Finally, someone wiped away the dust and found her, and she will be cherished and collected in the future.

Later, she found out that the family who bought her was Ningguo Gongfu. Although she grew up in a small village, she had heard of Ningguogongfu.She thought that she was going to be a concubine for some master of the Ningguo mansion. She was very satisfied with the family status of the Ningguo mansion, but she was worried that she would be a concubine for an unfavored master, but she was not too worried. With his own means, as long as she is allowed to enter Duke Ning's mansion, Duke Ning or the heirs of Duke Ning will naturally accept her.

During her six months in Zhuangzi, she not only had to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also how to serve men.She's smart and hardworking, both of which she excels at.Half a year later, when she was a small success, a noble lady summoned her, and only then did she know that she was going to be sent to the palace to help her daughter compete for favor.

But so what, hearing this, she only felt more excited.In this world, which man is more honorable than the emperor? She is full of confidence, thinking that with her alluring appearance and scheming, she will surely let the most honorable man in the world fall under her skirt, and she will become the most honorable man in the world. One of the most honorable women.

But after entering the palace, she realized that she was not unparalleled in appearance, and her scheming was not much better than others.The emperor doted on her for a while, but it was far from obsessive. Even when another concubine regained his favor, her limelight was quickly overshadowed.

The palace is turbulent, without an outstanding family background, even if she has the emperor's favor, it is difficult for her to walk in the palace.At that time, Concubine Chen was protected by the queen, if she lost the backing of Concubine Xue Gui, she would not be able to go on at all.It wasn't until then that she realized how ridiculous her idea of ​​getting the emperor's favor through Concubine Xue, and getting rid of the Xue family's control after getting the emperor's favor was so ridiculous.

She slowly curbed her pride and sharpened herself into a sharp knife. Concubine Xue Gui could chop whoever she asked her to chop.

But no matter how easy this knife is, the moment she secretly stopped the child-avoiding medicine and conceived a child, Concubine Xue Gui had already begun to distrust her.So this time, she might have become an outcast of the Xue family.

Concubine Xue took it for granted, Concubine Jing dragged the emperor's heart, even if she fell down this time, with Concubine Jing's scheming, she would still have a chance to get up.But she will lose the emperor's favor forever.She knew what the Xue family was up to. After this time, they would soon send another girl in to fill her place.

But no matter how clearly she knew, she still had no choice.

There are two factions of concubines in the palace, either the empress faction or the noble concubine faction. Of course, there are also the moderate faction, but she has long since lost the qualification to follow the mean path.If she loses the support of the imperial concubine, she doesn't even know what will happen to her and the third princess.

All she can hope for now is that the imperial concubine can keep her promise and protect her a little or two after she falls out of favor.Seeing that the eldest prince can really become the crown prince in the end, and then for the sake of her credit, he can take care of her three princesses for a point or two.

Concubine Wan asked Ping'er, "Who will the Emperor call to sleep with you tonight?"

Ping'er looked at Concubine Wan's expression, and then said somewhat hesitantly: "It is... respectful concubine."

It has been more than ten days in a row that the imperial concubine has been serving the bed. On the fifteenth day, the emperor went to the Lanhe Palace in addition to going to the Fengyi Palace for an appointment.There is no empress dowager in the palace, and the empress always protects the concubine Jing. No one else has the right to remind the emperor to have the rain and dew evenly.Normally, even if Wanbi didn't lose her temper when she heard this, her complexion would definitely not be any better.But Ping'er saw Wan Concubine's complexion today, but she didn't seem to be in a bad mood, so Ping'er was relieved, but then she said angrily: "This Concubine Jing is simply the reincarnation of a vixen, dominating the emperor every day. If you don't let it go, even if no one reminds you, she should take the initiative to persuade the emperor to have rain and dew evenly."

Concubine Wan was not interested in listening to this today, and said boringly: "Forget it, don't worry about her, she won't be jumping for long. Go and see if the third princess is awake, and if she wakes up, take her to my palace Come."

Ping'er said yes.

In the Qinghe courtyard, Mrs. Da Tai finished picking up a liter of Buddha beans, and then came out of the Buddhist hall.

Bingyue poured her a cup of tea, and then said: "Fangzhou sent a message from Zhuangzi, saying that someone came to inquire about Concubine Jing and Second Master, and she has handed over the purse to him."

The lady nodded, indicating that she understood.

Bingyue continued to ask: "Mrs. Tai, can we do this? What if the emperor gets angry and even takes away the title of the Marquis?"

The Da Tai Furen took a sip of tea, and then said: "Don't worry, the Marquis of Yongning is the founding marquis, the emperor will not take the title of the marquis for a woman, and the reputation of the emperor is not good, especially for a king. Those who want to be wise emperors are those who cherish their feathers. At most, the emperor despises the concubine Jing and is annoyed by Mrs. Lin and Lord Lin and others who concealed this matter."

The Da Tai Furen knocked on the table lightly, thought for a while and asked, "What's going on in the main courtyard?"

Bingyue shook her head a little discouraged, and said: "The lady surrounded the yard like an iron bucket, and the people and things we prepared couldn't be sent in at all."

The Da Tai Madam was not too surprised, and said: "It's all expected, if Mrs. Chen doesn't even have this ability, she won't be able to take the position of Madam Hou well."

"Then shall we continue? It is extremely difficult to tamper with food and other places. Last time, we managed to bribe a woman in the small kitchen of the main courtyard, but was soon discovered by the eldest lady and sold."

"Continue to do it. When you are pregnant, you are most afraid of exhausting your energy. It's good to make her exhausted. It's a pity that Fangzhou spent so much energy to bury this chess piece, but it was useless before it played a role."

Bingyue comforted: "It's no wonder, Fangzhou has always behaved honestly, her appearance is not outstanding, the uncle doesn't love her very much, and for the mistress, she is simply the best candidate to be a concubine. It can be imagined that the eldest lady can't even tolerate such a person. When I was sent away, I thought I could ruin the reputation of the eldest lady, but I didn't expect that the uncle is a big man, but he is willing to help the eldest lady play some housewives Human tricks."

If Fangzhou had won the trust of the eldest lady and entered Lord Hou's house as they had expected from the beginning, they would not have been tied up with Fangzhou around, and many methods would not have been so inaccessible.

The eldest lady snorted and said, "That's why such a woman is so powerful that she can coax a man to the point where he can't even distinguish between the inner court and the outer court."

"You said, did the uncle and the lady find out that Fangzhou is ours, so they sent her away?"

"That's not the case. Fangzhou has always been very careful in doing things, and he shouldn't have shown any flaws." After finishing speaking, he said regretfully: "Fangzhou is a kind-hearted person. At the beginning, I just rewarded her with a few taels of silver for her mother to see a doctor. Her mother finally She didn't survive, but she was willing to risk her life to help us. I also remember her love for this. You send some silver to her and tell her to be careful. In addition, tell her that I will find a way to get her Get the deed, and then send her to my natal family's Zhuangzi."

"Yes."

Mrs. Da Tai asked another question, "How's it going in brother Hu's nursery?"

As soon as Bingyue heard it, she knew that Mrs. Da Tai was asking about the two concubines that Fourth Master Xin took.The two concubines are all good concubines brought in from outside, and the wife who saw each other in person, they are both easy to give birth to and suitable for men.

Bingyue replied: "The fourth lady arranged Wen and Liu in Xikuayuan. According to the original rule, Wen and Liu would go to the fourth lady every day to pay their respects to the fourth lady. They weren't very affectionate, but they didn't embarrass them too much."

The Da Tai Furen nodded, it's better to be lukewarm, if Luo Shi is too close to them, she will doubt what she is trying to do.

The Da Tai Furen then sighed again: "I have no other choice. If my daughter-in-law had given birth to a son, I would not be so anxious to take a concubine for Brother Hu. Seeing that the child in the house is about to fall to the ground, if the son , What else do we have. No matter what, even if it is adopted in the end, we must take the title back to Brother Hu's branch."

Bingyue comforted: "Fourth madam understands your painstaking efforts, it's not that fourth madam didn't say anything when she took the concubine."

"Now I can only think this way. I remember that there was a pomegranate carved with jade in my dowry. It was my grandmother who added makeup to me. You can find it for me and send it to the fourth lady. Tell her that even if the two aunts first give her After giving birth to a son, he will not be as honorable as a legitimate son in the future, so let her rest assured."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)