Zhu Qin reported, âThe Empress Dowager, in accordance with His Majestyâs words, from the imperial capital of officials above the fifth grade family members, choose their talent and appearance, after a lot of screening, and finally decided on five people. The highest is Jieyu, the lowest is Baolin, and their residence and position have all been registered.â
He said and presented the booklet that Empress Su had sent over earlier.
Emperor Duanhua opened the booklet and scanned a few times, in the end there were only five people, and he quickly finished reading it. The Emperor, like the Dowager Empress before, was the first to notice Jieyu He Qinwan, âThis Jieyu He is the granddaughter of He Wenqiong? Remember when she was a child, I seem to have seen her?â
He Wenqiong had been sent by Emperor Xianjia to Emperor Duanhua as his arm a long time ago, so his family members, Emperor Duanhua also knew a little.
Nearly ten years ago, He Qinwan is still a little girl, along with her grandfather out, met the Duanhua Emperor, He Wenqiong went up to ask for peace, He Qinwan also followed her grandfather to the then ruler kowtowed Duanhua Emperor vaguely remembers, he would seem to pick a jade pendant to her as a gift?
âFather was still around at that time, but now things are different!â Thinking of how carefree and naive he was at that time, Emperor Duanhua had a momentary trance, âI never thought that the little girl at that time would one day become my Jieyu!â
Of course he would not feel that the two were so destined to finish treating He Qinwan differently the emperor only felt that it was indescribably disturbing, after all, he was actually not a very lustful person, if he did not find out the true nature of the empress, and his son was too little, making him insecure, then he truly did not want to think about what to fill up the harem.
So this will think back to years ago and He Qinwanâs face, instead of the newly promoted He Jieyu up what charming thoughts, on the contrary, there is a kind of difficult to start feeling.
After all, the He Qinwan in his memories was just a little girl, and Emperor Duanhua was looking at him with the overlook of an elder he didnât have a penchant for infantile girls.
But after hesitating for a while, Emperor Duanhua decided to start with He Qinwan first.
The reason why He Qinwan ranks first everywhere is entirely because of her grandfather, which Empress Su understands, and Emperor Duanhua isnât so stupid that he canât see it.
Since the Emperor was willing to accept Zhu Qinâs advice and took the initiative to ease relations with the Marquis of Yan, how could he be so stupid as to alienate He Qinwan because Empress Su presided over the selection?
Moreover, this time the newcomers into the palace, in addition to the continuation of the heir, the Duanhua Emperor also has an important task to be done by them: on behalf of the Empress to perform the power of the Central Palace!
With He Wenqiong as his grandfather, it is logical that He Qinwan should also be the best candidate!
âSend someone to the Qibao Palace to say so!â Emperor Duanhua put down the pamphlet and commanded, âIâll go over in an hour!â
Qibao Palace is where Empress Su arranged for He Qinwan to stay.
This time, the five people selected to enter the palace, in addition to He Qinwan and concubine Xue, Jiang Cai Ren, there are two other people are Zhong Meiren, Tian Bao Lin.
He Qinwanâs status is the highest, so as soon as she entered the palace, she lived in the main hall, the main seat of the Qibao Palace. This palace was originally vacant, but now it is not all she lives alone, concubine Xue and Tian Bao Lin also followed her to live in the Qibao Palace in the side hall.
On the contrary, Zhong Meiren and Jiang Cailian lived in Liuxia Palace of course, they did not have enough status and only lived in the side hall.
When the news that Emperor Duanhua had finally begun to visit newcomers, and that He Qinwan was the first to be chosen, spread to Liu Xia Palace, Beauty Zhong and Crown Princess Jiang heard about it, and although it was expected, they were a bit disappointed, âItâs a pity that weâre so unlucky that we canât live in the same palace as He Jieyu, or else even if we donât get to have a turn this time around, we can at least be a part of welcoming the Emperorâs royal chariot when it arrives at Qibao Palace. This Liu Xia Palace now even the main seat are not, do not know when His Majesty can think of us?â
After the Empress Suâs eyes selected into the palace of these several, are quite confident in their own appearance.
Even though it was only a glimpse when welcoming the Emperor, it might be remembered by Emperor Duanhua.
After all, this is not just a matter of competition for favor they are all from official families, before entering the palace can be heard from their father and brother mentioned, Queen Wei lost favor, the future of the Prince is uncertain, they this time into the palace, there is a high probability that the Empress in charge of the six palaces!
The power of the six palaces to hand, if the crown prince has a long or short, the future of the Mingren Palace may not be unable to enter the master!
Who would want to miss such a great opportunity?
Just because the first one is said to be in favor doesnât mean itâs the last laugh.
But itâs a good start in the end.
âWhen I was at home, I heard my family say that in this harem, aside from the Empress, and the earlier lost Lady Mao Fei, there arenât really any decent masters.â Concierge Jiang comforted Beauty Zhong with gentle words, âAlthough those are the ones that His Majesty took in when they were still in the Eastern Palace, they have long since lost their favor. This time, only five of us have entered the palace together! Itâs not like there are dozens or hundreds of us for His Majesty to choose from! So although we werenât able to share the palace with He Jieyu, I think that in the evening a few days, His Majesty will be able to think of us!â
Although Zhong Meirenâs position was one level higher than Jiang Cailian, she was half a year younger, and her mind was much more shallow, with her joys and sorrows all on her face, so she thought about what she said and thought it made sense, and only then did she show off her face and said, âI donât know how many days His Majesty will have to think of us?â
âOver there, besides He Jieyu, thereâs only concubine Xue and Tian Baolin.â Jiang Cailian pursed her lips and smiled lightly, although there were only two of them in the room at the moment, her demeanor was as dignified as if she was on parade in front of Empress Su, and softly said, âHow long can we stay up at night?â
She also reminded Zhong Meiren, âHe Jieyu entered the palace with us in the same batch, and has the highest status, and is still the first to serve in the bedchamber, so tomorrow we should go to the Qibao Palace and give her a congratulatory message!â
When Beauty Zhong heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up and she clapped her hands, âWhy didnât I think of that? Letâs go earlier! That way, if His Majesty hasnât left the Qibao Palace yet, wonât we bump into him?â
âNever!â Concierge Jiang sniffed and gestured for her to keep her voice down, âDo you want to die? Since the five of us were selected, whether itâs the Empress Dowager who presided over the selection or His Majestyâs favor, which one of us has not been close to Jenny He? Itâs obvious that Jenny He is in favor! If we do this, not to mention that His Majesty will not like us, but will certainly greatly offend Jenny He although we entered the palace at the same time, but she is already the main position of the palace, after tonightâs bedtime, perhaps the power of the Middle Kingdom will also be given to her! At that time, to make things difficult for one of our beauties and one of our talents, would it not be a simple task?â
If you want to compete for favor, you have to use your brain too!
Caiyan Jiang didnât know if Beauty Zhong was really eager to gain the favor of Emperor Duanhua when she said this, or if she did it on purpose?
If it was the latter, it would be fine, but if it was the former, she was really curious, had the Zhong family offended Empress Su? So the Empress Dowager specially chose such a girl who is not suitable for the Harem to be selected?
⦠The private conversations of the newly promoted palace concubines, the Duanhua Emperor is not aware of it.
After he had honored He Qinwan, the next morning, he passed the order to promote another one for him, as one of the nine concubines, Xiu Yi.
Then logically issued a decree to the Empress Wei lying ill, need to focus on recuperation in the name of the virtuous He Xiuyi in charge of the phoenix seal, the command of the affairs of the six palaces.
After this news spread out, the He family outside the palace was in a flurry of traffic for a while, with a hot trend.
Although He Wenqiong is not as good as Gu Shao, but also not a fool, but do not dare to get carried away, not only to explain the family closed the door to thank the guests, keep the door, and constraints on the children under the servants, not to do anything to bully the people, but also sent a letter to the palace, cautioned the newly promoted He Xiuyi to be careful with their words and actions, can not be due to the emperorâs favor lost their own.
So the Duanhua Emperor really satisfied with the performance of the He family grandchildren, and even rested for three days in a row at He Qinwan, before going to the side of the hall Tian Bao Lin place.
In the middle of these days, he and the ministers were slow to reach a consensus on the disposition of the Duke of Liang.
However, on this issue of whether or not to summon the two kings of Su Xiang back to the imperial capital, there was a happy result the group of ministers, when the issue of the Duke of Liang came to an impasse, in order to prevent the emperor from becoming furious, someone took the initiative to turn this matter over to ease the atmosphere.
After a small halfday of discussion, most people agreed under Gu Shaoâs impetus.
It is not surprising that the danger plummeted after the exposure of Duke Liangâs true colors, and the reason why the ministers now refuse to agree to spare him is actually not at all, as they say, that they are afraid that Duke Liang will get by too easily and in turn encourage ambitious people, but rather a tentative challenge by ministerial power to imperial power;
But whether the two kings of Su Xiang are recalled this is related to the correctness of the political stand, when the crown seizure of the Hianjia dynasty fell, the Hianjia Emperor had already cleansed for his son, and after the Duanhua Emperor came to power, he rewarded the meritorious ministers, and made some adjustments again.
At the moment, those who can still hold important positions in the court, even if they are not Duanhua Emperorâs direct line, at least they are also the neutral faction, and they have not fallen on Duanhua Emperor, nor have they openly shown kindness to the two kings of Su Xiang.
And it was well known that Emperor Duanhua had a knot in his heart for the two kings of Su Xiang.
Why would they want to give the Duanhua Emperor the impression that they are unreliable for the sake of these two kings?
Moreover, Emperor Duanhua was very insistent on the matter of dealing with the Duke of Liang in a lenient manner, and the ministers hoped to exchange their approval on the issue of recalling the two kings of Su Xiang for his concessions and compromises on the matter of the Duke of Liang.
All in all, in these few days, Emperor Duanhua felt all sorts of disturbances every day he went to court, so much so that after he got off the court, he didnât want to look at the folders more and more every day almost every day, he had to go to the concubines to escape from those piles of sonnets like a mountain.
So a shake of seven or eight days past, in the middle of the most favored naturally HeXiuYi, followed by TianBaolin.
Just as the Empress Dowager expected, Xue Concubine, whose appearance, temperament, and demeanor were somewhat similar to Cui Jianrenâs, although stained with the convenience of living in the same palace as He Xiuyi, every time the Duanhua Emperor came, she would go out to welcome him with elaborate dresses but from the first day the Duanhua Emperor swept a glance at her, and later on he actually didnât even look at her again!
Concubine Xueâs envy and jealousy for this situation at first quickly turned into horror: in the harem, what happens to concubines without favor is something she knew before she entered the palace!
And in the selection process, the people in front of Empress Suâs followers, consciously or unconsciously, also revealed to them how miserable the late life of those childless dowager consorts was. In the unattended palace, for a mouthful of food, kneeling in front of a group of inferior palace slaves to beg ⦠bitterly is not impossible.
That vivid description, listening to the teenage concubines, none of them lost their colors not to mention that concubine Xue wasnât stupid, she clearly perceived that it wasnât that she wasnât beautiful enough, but that Emperor Duanhua simply didnât like herself!
What the hell is going on here?
For her to be selected among the crowd and become one of the five, whether it was her looks or her talent, that would surely stand up to the test!
Emperor Duanhua wasnât harsh in the rumors, and the information heâd heard from He Xiuyi and Tian Baolin in a roundabout way proved that this emperor wasnât hard to servewhy couldnât he himself?
While Concubine Xue was terrified and puzzled, Beauty Zhong and Crown Princess Jiang of Liuxia Palace were also anxious: Emperor Duanhua had been hanging around in Qibao Palace for nearly ten days, but hadnât come to their place even once!
Previously Jiang Cailian predicted that âin a couple of days will be able to think of usâ, simply become a joke!
How could they not worry that Emperor Duanhua had completely forgotten about them?
After all, Emperor Duanhua himself had said that there would be more than just one selection meaning that at some point, there might be another new person entering the palace.
If they can not seize the advantage of the first batch of selection into the palace, before there are newcomers, stabilize the position, after the palace after more people, the opportunity will naturally only be less!
âWhat to do?!â At this time, Zhong Beauty and Jiang Cai Ren didnât even have the heart to gather together and talk, both were at their respective places, gazing and thinking hard about strategies.