Madam Hou

Chapter 79

The newcomer's performance was not good, and when Concubine Chen was pregnant and gave birth to a child, she couldn't be favored, but Wanmei, who had been left out by the emperor, took advantage of the situation and regained her favor.As a beautiful woman in the same country as Concubine Shu, when Concubine Shu's faction was at a low ebb, she was able to break through the heavy siege of the Queen's faction, and finally re-entered the emperor's sight with a Jedi counterattack, and successfully conceived a dragon heir. The factors are there, but it has to be said that her means are amazing.

Concubine Chen was able to become a concubine, and the Marquis of Yongning was regarded as Concubine Chen's half family. When the mansion heard the news, they cheered for a while.In order to congratulate her, Mrs. Lin Hou gave the servants in the mansion two extra months of rewards.

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, when the canonization ceremony is held in the palace, Mrs. Linhou and Yinniang both need to wear heavy makeup and enter the palace to watch the ceremony.After the canonization ceremony, Concubine Jing first summoned Mrs. Yongninghou and Mrs. Shizi in Yu Lanhe Palace, and rewarded them with jewellery, jade, brocade and so on.

Although there is a difference of one level between concubine and concubine, it has to be said that there is still a big difference between the two levels, not only in terms of treatment, but also in terms of rights.For example, if a concubine below the rank of concubine wants to summon a foreign-born woman, she must obtain the consent of the queen, while a concubine above the rank of concubine can summon the foreign-born woman by herself.For example, in the past, if Yanniang wanted to summon Mrs. Lin Hou or Yinniang into the palace to talk, she had to get the queen's consent and let the queen make an order for you. The respect for the queen, the lord of the middle palace, still needs to be reported to the queen according to the rules.

Another example is that concubines above the rank of concubine have the right to discipline low-ranking concubines, but concubines do not have such rights. This means that if you are a concubine, if you find a low-ranking concubine who is not pleasing to your eye, you only need to catch her fault , you can slap it directly.And if a concubine wants to teach a low-level concubine a lesson, you must first tell the queen or other concubines who are responsible for discipline of her mistakes, and ask her to slap you.But as for whether the queen or concubine is willing to help you dump it, that's not up to you to decide.

After Yanniang was out of confinement, she was not in such a hurry to regain the favor as she was last time.She gave birth to a second child consecutively within two years, and the frequency of births was too frequent. Although her physical foundation was good, it still hurt her vitality after all.She didn't need to raise the little prince, so she became a little lazy, so she seldom went out, most of the time she hid in the palace to recuperate slowly, or taught the little princess how to talk and walk, and when she was bored, she announced Yin Niang Come in and talk.

The emperor loves this little princess who is similar to him, and he has affection for Yanniang. Although he can't spoil Yanniang, he still visits the little princess in Lanhe Palace from time to time, or talks to Yanniang, and cares about her body .Looking at it like this, although Yanniang was not lucky, she was not left out in the cold.

On this day, Yinniang came into the palace to talk with Yanniang as usual, a brazier was lit in the bedroom, and the room was as warm as spring.Yinniang teased the little princess for a while, then picked her up on her knees and watched her play with a crystal nine-linked ring with her head down.

She wore a red-bottomed golden embroidered fairy weng jacket, her hair was tied into two small braids, and she wore a pair of small cotton shoes with a small ball made of white mink hair on the tip of the shoe.At this time, she was sitting on Yinniang's lap, earnestly breaking the Jiulianhuan, but she couldn't break it, but she didn't give up. She turned the Jiulianhuan around, studied it, and then started to break it again.The room was warm, and the little princess exerted her strength again, with sweat protruding from her forehead.Yan Niang looked at her, her eyes were so gentle that water almost overflowed.He took the handkerchief and helped the little princess wipe her forehead, then patted her head, and then leaned back on the bed.

The little princess learned to speak early, and now she can speak some short sentences.It's just that she is quite quiet, and she is not willing to talk too much. She is obedient and clever, and she often laughs when she sees people, which makes people feel very cute.Although she has a good temper, she is naturally bold and not afraid of life. She is willing to be hugged by anyone.

Yinniang teases the little princess from time to time, and occasionally chats with Yanniang, because she is her own sister, Yanniang does not shy away from talking about things in the harem to her: "A while ago I was pregnant with my third son and it was inconvenient to go to bed. The emperor disliked those new concubines who were too dignified and rigid and didn't think much of them. Instead, Wan Jieyu caught the emperor's attention. She was summoned to bed for seven days, and she was lucky enough to conceive a dragon heir, so I don't know how our noble concubine will react to her pregnancy."

"I used to think that she was really tricky, but now it seems that she is also short-sighted. A while ago, the noble concubine was proud of her downfall. She was picked up by the noble concubine. In front of the emperor, she never spoke for the noble concubine. She thought the noble concubine was overbearing. With a suspicious personality, it's no wonder that she can't think of anything. In the harem, there is no one tree to support, and she really thought that everything will be fine if she catches the emperor."

"She has long been classified as a noble concubine. In the past, the noble concubine used her as a knife, which caused her to offend many people. If she loses the support of the noble concubine, no matter how many tricks she has, she may be hard-pressed."

Yanniang had followed Wan Jieyu's advice, and although she didn't suffer many times, she did suffer from her once or twice, so when talking about her, Yanniang always had a sense of resentment.In the first place, everyone is concubine, vying for the favor of the same person, and belonging to different camps. It is easy to have many conflicts, but Wan Jieyu seems to be born to target her, and from time to time, she always loves to play against her. Dirty tricks.The trouble caused Yanniang to feel disgusted with her.

Listening to Yinniang's words, Yinniang said in disbelief: "I don't think the imperial concubine and her have a bad relationship. When I came in, I saw them enjoying the snow in the imperial garden together. They were chatting and laughing. , seem to have a good relationship."

Yan Niang curled her lips, and said sarcastically, "Wan Jieyu is four months pregnant. It's cold, and she took a pregnant woman out to enjoy the snow? Where is this palace? No matter how brightly she smiles in front of you, what is behind her?" I can also throw stones at you." After finishing speaking, he gloated and continued: "Look, most of the concubines conferred by the Jin Dynasty this time are from the side of the empress, and most of the rest are from the middle school, from the side of the noble concubine. There are not many people. And Wanmei is only pregnant. She doesn’t know whether the child is a boy or a girl. The queen made her skip two steps. The concubine’s head is not very bright, and she is suspicious by nature. After letting the eldest son of the emperor compete with her natal family, she may have a grudge in her heart this time."

Yanniang was in a good mood, and told her sister about other things in the palace. For example, Qin Kangyu punished a nobleman because of his brain damage, but he was grounded by the queen again. Exclude someone else.When it comes to some people being unlucky, it is inevitable to gloat again.Yinniang treats these as if she were listening to a story, and she can listen to them with great interest. When Yanniang gloats, she also laughs with her.

Talking and laughing for a while, when it was almost evening, a servant came in to convey the emperor's will, saying that the emperor would come to Lanhe Palace for dinner at night.Yinniang looked at the sky and said goodbye to Yanniang and went back to Houfu.The emperor wanted to come, and Yanniang couldn't stay longer, so Caitao sent her out.

It's the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, and it will soon be the New Year.The mistresses of all families are busy buying new year's goods, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.Although Yinniang is a newlywed, she has to be busy preparing for the New Year with Mrs. Lin Hou.

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor sealed the preparations for the New Year, and all the yamen were also closed to stop working. Lin Fengqi no longer needed to be on duty in the yamen, and only went back to work after the emperor opened the seal during the Lantern Festival.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, when every household was immersed in the joy of the upcoming New Year, the bell of Kang Guogong's mansion announced the funeral.Kang Guogong, who was ill in bed for a long time, finally failed to survive this year, and died in his own mansion on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

Before Kang Guogong died, he sent people to take back the concubine's grandson who had been sent to his hometown. The married aunts also returned to Kang Guogong's mansion accompanied by his uncle. When he was dying, the old man called everyone in the mansion to the bedside and told them , As for the content of the exhortation, no one knows except Kang Guogong and himself.

The imperial physician had said earlier that Duke Kang might not survive this year, so preparations for the funeral had already been made.Put away some festive items that were originally prepared for the New Year, hang up white cloth and white strips, and set up a mourning hall.He also sent people to the palace to report the funeral to the emperor, the empress, and their families.

When the empress in the palace heard that her grandfather had passed away, she couldn't hide her grief. In Fengyi Palace, she lost her composure and cried in front of the concubines.Emperor Jinghui felt that Kang Guogong had gone through three dynasties, and he was loyal to the name and assisted the king.Hearing that he had passed away, he couldn't hide his sadness, and decreed on the spot that he be bestowed the posthumous title of "Zhong", that he would be worthy of the Emperor Taizong's court and be buried with him in the Yongling Mausoleum.

The Marquis of Yongning and the Duke of Kang's mansion are good friends. After hearing the boy's funeral report, they also prepared funeral rituals such as three animals and paper money, and the eldest son Lin Fengqi personally sent them to the Duke of Kang.

Kang Guogong stayed in the mourning hall for seven days. There were many disciples of Kang Guogong, and the mourning hall was crowded with people who came to the funeral every day until he was buried on the fifth day of the first lunar month. Kang Guogong's funeral was decent.

After Kang Guogong left, because the emperor and queen specially supervised it, and there was no dispute about the succession of Kang Guogong's son as a nobleman, the Ministry of Rites quickly settled the matter of Kang Guogong's son's succession as a nobleman.The former Duke of Kang's heir became the new Duke of Kang, and the first thing he did was to ask his son, brother Yu, to be his heir.After the completion of Chengjue and the request for title, Duke Kang's mansion closed its doors to thank the guests, and began to mourn for Duke Kang.These are all later.

Kang Guogong's death may cause quite a stir in the court. After all, Kang Guogong is the main figure of the queen's family, and the contacts and power accumulated in his hands are simply incapable of being accepted by Kang Guogong's sons.Without a leader, the hearts of the dragons will be scattered. If there is no new leader among these people, they will gradually disperse and weaken. This is a great disadvantage to the empress family.

Of course, considering Kang Guogong's foresight and foresight, it is very likely that he had already made arrangements for these forces during his lifetime.

But these are all things that men care about. As a housewife, Yin Niang is more concerned about the basic necessities of life of the family. She herself is not familiar with Kang Guogong, and Kang Guogong's death has only played a small role in her life. waves.In addition to sighing with Lin Fengqi, she then devoted herself to the preparations for the New Year's event.

(End of this chapter)