Zhao Yan accepted the reward from the Empress Dowager for Ah Xu, and curtled her knees with a smile: "The concubine will reward the ancestor for the eighth elder brother."
After hugging Ah Yu for so long, Zhao Yan's arms were sore, so she had to give it to the nurse who followed her to hold.
Ah Yu was complacent and curious to look at the inner hall of this magnificent Cining Palace, his eyes were purring, not to mention how lovely it was.
The Empress Dowager had gradually smiled, and her gaze shifted from Ah Yu to Zhao Yan.
The Empress Dowager picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then slowly spoke: "Yesterday, the emperor came to ask for peace and mentioned the matter of sealing the concubine to the mourning family. ” Hearing this, Zhao Yan's expression tightened, she didn't dare to interject, and sat on the embroidery pier on the side obediently, waiting for the queen mother's next words.
The Empress Dowager's cloudy old eyes swept Zhao Yan's eyes, "Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the position of the six palaces has been somewhat chaotic.
It was not until a few years ago that the regulations of the first imperial concubine, the second concubine, and the fourth concubine were set, but the previous dynasty was repeatedly uneasy and could not spare time to seal the concubine.
Now it's good, the three feudatories have won, and there are only some finishing touches left.
Therefore, both the mourning family and the emperor intend to choose concubines among the concubines in the six palaces. ” Zhao Yan took a deep breath, there were nine concubines in the six palaces, and she was also one of them, so she was naturally on the list of candidates for concubines.
The Empress Dowager's face suddenly gloomy: "However, the emperor proposed to the mourning family that he wanted to follow the example of Taizong Khan's palace and seal the concubine position of the fifth palace."
Taizong is Huang Taiji, that is, the husband of the Empress Dowager.
Huang Taiji canonized the five palace concubines, among which Xiaozhuang's aunt Empress Xiaoduanwen is the eldest concubine, which is equivalent to the middle palace, followed by Guan Ju Palace's concubine Hai Lanzhu, and then the concubine of Lintoe Palace, Yanqing Palace Concubine and Yongfu Palace Concubine Zhuang at the end of the five palaces is now the empress dowager.
It is worth mentioning that these five, the surname of Quan Temo Borzigit is just that they belong to different tribes, Concubine Chen is the sister of the Empress Dowager, and the eldest concubine is her aunt, so these three are all from the Horqin Department, and the concubine of Lintoe Palace and the concubine of Yanqing Palace are from the Abahai Department.
It is conceivable that these concubines of the Borzigit clan must be indispensable to-for-tat.
The appearance of the Empress Dowager obviously disagreed with Kangxi's suggestion to seal the five concubines.
Because the head of the five concubines of Xiaoduanwen back then was actually equivalent to the queen, to put it bluntly, the five palace concubines were actually the regulation of the first queen and the fourth concubine.
Although there are now nine concubines, only Hui Concubine Nala, Rong Concubine Ma Jia, Yi Concubine Guo Luoluo, De Concubine Wu Ya, and Zhao Yan, a concubine who has just given birth to an eighth elder brother.
There are exactly five people, and it is obvious that Kangxi intends to make all five of them concubines.
In fact, if she can be crowned as a concubine with the four of Huiyi Rongde, Zhao Yan naturally doesn't mind.
It's a pity that the Empress Dowager seems to mind very much The Empress Dowager looked at Zhao Yan and asked, "Concubine Jia, what do you think?"
Zhao Yan lowered her head and said meekly: "The concubine is just a small concubine, and the concubine doesn't dare to talk too much about such a big thing." ” The Empress Dowager's face was a little unhappy: "Is it difficult, you want to continue to be on an equal footing with the concubine who was born in Baoyi."
Zhao Yan glanced at the Empress Dowager cautiously, and said softly: "Although Concubine De's background is not glorious, after all, she gave birth to two elder brothers for the emperor.
The emperor's mercy is understandable. ” "Hmph" The Empress Dowager snorted dissatisfiedly, "Title her as a concubine, what kind of emperor Hu Lai, Jia Concubine, you can't let it go" Looking at the empress dowager's angry appearance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but lament in her heart, where did Concubine De offend this old lady Kangxi wanted to make Concubine De a concubine, but the Empress Dowager was not happy.
There are disagreements between your grandparents and grandchildren, and it's about the old lady's Although Zhao Yan was dissatisfied in her heart, she didn't dare to disagree with the old lady, so she said softly: "The concubine is soft-spoken, even if she really speaks, I'm afraid that she won't be able to control the holy will."
As she spoke, Zhao Yan showed a distressed and sad look.
When the Empress Dowager saw her like this, her face softened slightly, "Whether the emperor listens or not is her business, you are also a serious concubine in the palace, when you should persuade, you have to try your best to persuade you."
This kind of persuasion is afraid that one careless person will offend Kangxi.
But the Empress Dowager asked her to persuade by name, and she could only bite the bullet, so she hurriedly got up and said, "Yes, the concubine is willing to try her best." ” The Empress Dowager nodded with satisfaction, "The mourning family knows that you have a good temperament, but there can be no rules in this palace, let alone messing up the dignity You are a virtuous concubine in the eyes of the mourning family, the emperor is sometimes easy to lose favor because of favor, you should always admonish."
Ghosts have to be virtuous concubines Since ancient times, the virtuous concubine has not been favored After scolding in her heart, Zhao Yan nodded softly on the surface.
Seeing that Zhao Yan was obedient, the Empress Dowager let her leave Cining Palace.
Out of Cining Palace, Zhao Yan went to the Queen Mother's Shou'an Palace by the way.
It's been a few months since I asked the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and the weather is fine today, so I just went there.
The Queen Mother worshipped the Buddha in the inner hall as usual, and when she saw the white and lovely Ah Yu being hugged tightly, the Queen Mother's eyes lit up suddenly.
Ah Yu baby was born so beautifully, where does the old lady not like it "This kid looks really spiritual," the Empress Dowager looked at Ah Yan's big watery eyes and couldn't help but praise.
"Oh" At this time, Ah Yu suddenly craned his neck and shouted, as if he was responding to the praise of the Queen Mother.
Suddenly, the Queen Mother smiled with wrinkles on her face, "Ouch, look at the cleverness" The grandfather and grandson were so happy, and the boredom in Zhao Yan's heart was also swept away, so she smiled and said, "Eighth Elder Brother likes him very much."
The Queen Mother smiled from ear to ear, so she stretched out her hand and said, "Come, Huangma hug."
The Queen Mother wore a purple embroidered golden phoenix Chaoyang dress today, the purple was dark and rich, but the golden phoenix on the top was extremely conspicuous.
Ah Yu looked at the golden phoenix, and was naturally full of curiosity, so he stretched out a pair of small arms and threw himself into the arms of the queen mother.
Ah Xi's intimate behavior made the Queen Mother smile so much that her face was full of flowers, "The good grandson of the mourning family is really good" said, the Queen Mother stroked Ah Xu's white red little face, and she really liked it so much that she couldn't put it down.
Zhao Yan saw it in her eyes, and secretly said in her heart that the Queen Mother liked children very much at that time The Queen Mother was a little old, and Zhao Yan didn't dare to ask her to always hold Ah Yan, so she stepped forward and reminded: "The child is very heavy, don't be tired of you." ” The Queen Mother waved her hand: "It's okay, the fifth elder brother is much heavier than this" The Queen Mother often hugs the fifth elder brother on weekdays, so she is very good at holding children, and Ah Yu is very comfortable in the arms of the Queen Mother, so she naturally grins happily.
When the Queen Mother saw it in her eyes, she only felt that her heart was about to melt.
Because of the love of the Queen Mother, Zhao Yan stayed in Shou'an Palace for more than an hour before leaving, before leaving, the Queen Mother was full of reluctance, and also advised: "In the future, I will often bring the eighth elder brother to mourn here" It is true that the Queen Mother's reward to Ah Yu before and after is not as valuable as the reward of the Empress Dowager, but Zhao Chang is clear in her heart, and the Queen Mother really loves Ah Xu.
Therefore, she doesn't mind that her brother is close to the Queen Mother in the future. t1706231537: