Chapter 293 Seven Concubines in the Cold Palace
The next morning, after Zhao Yan left, the eunuch in charge came over with a bunch of rewards, most of which were hairpins and jewelry, but the most eye-catching thing among them was two bulging purses. After weighing them gently, I found that it was a well-made small whitebait.
"This..." This little whitebait is exquisitely made, and the most important thing is that it doesn't have any markings. It is very suitable for giving to others.
"This is the reward given to you by the emperor. You are the only one in the palace. It is a full one hundred taels of silver." The eunuch said with a smile.
One hundred taels of silver...
Linlang always felt a little weird when she saw the other party giving her money, but she didn't say anything and asked the palace maid to put the things away, and specially handed a purse to the chief eunuch.
"Thank you, father-in-law, for listening to my kind words. I also hope that my father-in-law will accept it." Linlang not only handed over a purse, but also some dried apricots that she had made before. "This beauty made this myself, and I hope that my father-in-law will take it back to taste."< br>
My father-in-law has an old face with a smile like a chrysanthemum. Yesterday he sent two plates of dried apricots, but the emperor used them all. This shows how delicious the dried apricots are. I didn’t expect that today I will be lucky enough to be able to eat the same ones as the emperor. thing.
Linlang won the emperor's favor with the help of dried apricots, but this favor was like the moon in the water or the flower in the mirror, and the emperor soon forgot about him.
Linlang was not in a hurry, because the harem was now in a feverish stage. The noble lady who was pregnant before gave birth. Unfortunately, her life was not good. She desperately gave birth to a weak little prince. Not only did she bleed heavily, she even took the little prince's body with her. Not optimistic either.
The imperial doctor looked at the gray-faced little prince, finally sighed, and then told the truth that the little prince was not in good health, and even if he was carefully cared for, he would not live to be five years old.
The queen and the concubine originally wanted to adopt the little prince. When they heard this, the expressions of the two women changed. A healthy little prince could bring them favor, but a weak little prince might not be able to give it to them. Brings too many benefits.
The imperial concubine immediately made an excuse and even felt unlucky to leave. The queen reluctantly put on a smile, sent a lot of supplements, and finally left with a gloomy look.
After the noble woman woke up, she looked at her frail son and burst into tears. Her son should not have been so weak in the first place, but it was a pity that she suffered a lot of calculations during the period of raising the fetus, which caused her to bleed heavily.
Everyone in the palace thought that the little prince would not survive the full moon, but they did not expect that the little prince was very lucky. Not only did he survive the full moon, he even had the possibility of continuing to live.
The queen was interested and went to visit the little prince, but she immediately gave up the idea of adopting the little prince because the little prince looked skinny and dry, just like the newborn monkey, without any life at all. , even with a dead look on his face.
Zhao Yan was originally looking forward to this son, but when his son was born, he just took a look at it and left directly. He didn't have much expectations for this son. It was good to be alive anyway, so he didn't invest too much. A lot of energy, just let the people below watch carefully.
"It seems that the emperor is completely disgusted with the eldest prince and his biological mother, otherwise he would not have ignored him for so long.
What I want is a prince who can compete for the emperor's favor for me, not the kind of unlucky prince who goes to meet the Lord of Hell. "The imperial concubine snorted coldly, "I'm really unlucky. ”
Mammy also felt very sorry. He was a prince, but he was gone like this. It would be great if he was a healthy little prince.
At the same time, the empress and the concubine became more and more incompatible, and the two quarreled endlessly over various silly things, and even the queen mother came out to mediate.
"Queen, you are the mother of a country. You must be able to accommodate others. She is just a little noble concubine. If you hold up the sky in this life, you will be a concubine. As long as you sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, then you will be the queen." Maybe the future will be..." The Queen Mother did not say the last sentence, but the meaning was very obvious. The queen pinched the handkerchief and sobbed softly, "Aunt, you don't know how miserable I have been during this time. The emperor didn't even come to my palace on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. He was all killed by that damn bitch." The person hooked up and left.”
The Queen Mother thought these were trivial matters, "As the king of a country, with three thousand beauties in the harem, it is appropriate for the emperor to favor even one person.
When the late emperor was still alive, he was the only one who favored Concubine Yue. She really held it in the palm of his hand, but in the end, it was not the Ai family who became the winner.
If you have this leisurely will, you might as well quickly pick a few more people to share more of the concubine's favor. The heirs in the harem are the most important. ”
The queen could only wipe away her tears and bravely move forward. The concubine's arrogance was nothing more than relying on the emperor's favor and her own family background.
The queen selected several more charming concubines, and at the same time asked the father of the previous dynasty to target the concubine's family. It would be better to have more people involved.
The queen and the concubine were quarreling endlessly in the harem, and their families were also quarreling in the previous dynasty. There were also many young Luoluo who became cannon fodder because of them.
Linlang is not a fool. She can see that if no one deliberately condoned it, the two sides would not be in this situation. The art of the emperor is actually the art of balance.
Linlang didn't dare to fight for favor. Anyway, it was good for her to be a little beauty. After the previous rectification, the internal service no longer dared to criticize the concubines who were not favored, so her treatment was quite good. .
You can just let others cook whatever you want to eat, and since your palace is large and you have your own separate kitchen, your life is much better than that of other empresses.
On New Year's Eve, the concubine's father launched an attack on the palace, but was suppressed by the emperor. The concubine's father and brother were all killed, and the fifteen-year-old male member of the family was exiled to southern Fujian.
At the same time, the queen's father and brother also participated in the palace rebellion. However, the queen's father and brother supported another prince, but they did participate in the rebellion.
The emperor still had some affection for the imperial concubine, so he did not deal with the imperial concubine, but he did not have that much affection for the empress dowager and the empress. Due to his status, the emperor could only order the empress dowager to go to Wutai Mountain to burn incense and worship Buddha, and at the same time stripped the empress of the status of a country. As a mother, she was given a Taoist title and asked to burn incense and pray with the Queen Mother. She probably would never come back in this life, but at least she saved her life.
Although there is no queen in the palace, the concubine is still a concubine, but because her father and brother are involved in such things, she will probably be just a concubine in this life.
But I didn't expect that the imperial concubine was also a violent person. After learning that her father and brother had passed away, she swallowed gold and died that night.
The emperor was depressed for a long time, but he still had the concubine buried generously. At the same time, he did not embarrass the concubine's other family members. He also gently let go of the female relatives and allowed them to leave with their dowries.
Linlang watched such a big drama and felt that the Tian family was really cold and cold. Zhao Yan may have doted on the concubine, but he loved himself more.
Two mountains suddenly disappeared in the palace, but there was no chaos. Zhao Yan asked a highly respected old concubine to temporarily take charge of the Sixth Palace.
Nowadays, there are only six high-ranking concubines in the harem, including the noble lady who gave birth to the eldest prince. No, she should be called Wang Jieyu now.
Most of the others are talented people and beauties, so Linglong can be regarded as the second person in the harem. Although she is only a little beauty, who allows herself to have a title.