Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1231 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 155

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Chinese New Year was completely over. Emperor Qianlong began to attend court and work, and the concubines returned to Changchun Garden, but the princes and princesses stayed behind.

Qianlong's reasons were also very sufficient: "Imperial Mother, I had to observe mourning before, so I let my brothers and sisters follow the Concubine Dowager to Changchun Garden. But you also know that Changchun Garden is still a hundred miles away from the capital, and it is not easy for the teachers to stay there permanently. It is more convenient for the brothers and sisters to return to the palace to study, not to mention that my twenty-first uncle also needs someone to accompany him."

At that time, Qianlong and Prince He had a formal master in the Old Summer Palace, which was different from the situation today. After all, at that time, the Old Summer Palace was only for concubines to live when the late emperor was spending the summer there. At other times, the formal masters were only the late emperor's Concubine Yu and the two princes, Qianlong and Prince He.

But Jiang Xinxin felt overwhelmed when she heard this. She had no choice but to fight for the princesses first. "The princes should stay in the palace to go to school, but the princesses don't have to. I have my own arrangements."

How could Qianlong not know that Jiang Xinxin had taken a step back, so he quickly took advantage of the situation and said, "Empress Mother, after all, as an elder brother, I can have a say in the future marriages of my sisters. Especially since Shuhe is already grown up, they will be able to meet each other after the mourning period for the Emperor's father is over. So it is better to let the sisters stay in the palace so that the Empress can also contribute."

It is true that Jiang Xinxin felt sorry for the concubines who had to squeeze into the small Cining Palace, Shoukang Palace and Ningshou Palace and sleep on large bunk beds, but she would not put herself in a difficult position for them.

What's more, except for Honghui, the eldest prince who died young, none of Dapangju's children have anything to do with her. As their legal mother and the empress dowager, she can arrange teachers for them in various subjects and give them money. She is already a good person they can only meet if they burn incense to burn incense!

Jiang Xinxin immediately said, "It's up to you and the Queen to arrange it. I'm going to live in the Old Summer Palace. I'll see if you go there to escape the summer heat in two months. Anyway, I can only occupy one place, so I'll live in Natural Painting this year."

Seeing this, Qianlong knew that Jiang Xinxin was determined to move out of the palace.

Fortunately, Jiang Xinxin had lived in the Old Summer Palace for several years before this, and the royal family and court officials all knew that Jiang Xinxin did not like to live in the palace. Moreover, she had moved out after the 100-day mourning period for the late emperor and the New Year, so Jiang Xinxin's departure was relatively smooth.

But for the concubines, missing their children in the palace became a problem.

Of course, no one dared to make trouble in front of Jiang Xinxin. After all, staying in the palace to study was a serious matter and it was related to one's future. No one would be so blind as to say anything.

Just when Jiang Xinxin and the concubines were at peace, a lot of troubles suddenly arose in the palace. The first thing was that Emperor Qianlong canonized a Pipa girl from the Southern Mansion, and he skipped the levels of official girl and concubine and directly made her a concubine.

What made Jiang Xinxin happy was that the queen was very calm. She only mentioned it briefly in the letter and did not express any other opinions. However, after seeing this, Jianqiu seemed a little surprised: "Your Majesty, why is the emperor like this..."

Jiang Xinxin didn't know what Jianqiu wanted to say. She really didn't think there was anything wrong with Qianlong appointing a concubine. "Men are all like that. When they like a woman, they want to give her everything. But when they don't like her, they think that the person is wrong even if they breathe twice."

Jianqiu made up her mind that she would never do things according to her own opinions anymore. No matter what she did, she would only do it according to Jiang Xinxin's wishes.

Because the concubines were well-behaved, Jiang Xinxin decided to give them a little reward. She wrote a letter specifically asking Emperor Qianlong to give the princes and princesses more holidays, just like the officials of the previous dynasty, three days off a month. This way, the princes and princesses would not have to wait until the New Year or other holidays to meet their guardians.

Qianlong was originally worried that Jiang Xinxin would reprimand him for suddenly appointing a concubine as a concubine, but when he opened the letter, he found that Jiang Xinxin didn't say a word about it. From beginning to end, she only greeted him, the queen, and the princes and princesses. The rest was about asking him to give the princes and princesses more holidays.

Qianlong put down the letter, not knowing what to think.

Of course, he felt a little guilty about the fact that he suddenly appointed a concubine from the Southern Palace, Pipa Ji, as his concubine. Even though he spoke in high-sounding terms in front of the Queen, he knew that this matter was not so glorious.

Similarly, he also knew that the Queen had mentioned this matter in her letter to Jiang Xinxin, so when the reply came immediately after that letter, he thought he would be scolded.

But the facts proved that he was overthinking it. To Jiang Xinxin, it seemed that the fact that he was appointed as a concubine was not worth mentioning at all, as if his previous fears were all self-indulgent.

Wang Qin was illiterate, so he didn't know what Jiang Xinxin wrote in the letter, but he was very good at guessing Qianlong's psychology. Seeing that Qianlong didn't look embarrassed or angry, he knew that Jiang Xinxin definitely didn't say anything bad because of Bai Changzai's matter, and he was immediately relieved.

But Qianlong did not seem happy. Instead, he looked a little confused and even puzzled.

Wang Qin is old. Even though he accompanied Qianlong through a period of hard times when Qianlong was a child, now that he is rich and powerful, he has lost his original intention in the flattery of all kinds of people. If he did not know that Qianlong is young but powerful, he would have become arrogant because of his favor.

For example, at this moment, if Gao Wuyong encountered the same thing as him, Gao Wuyong would definitely lower his head and pretend that nothing had happened before Big Fat Orange took the initiative to speak.

Wang Qin racked his brains to use Qianlong to demonstrate his lofty status as second only to the emperor.

So Wang Qin didn't care about his own life and death and said to comfort her: "Your Majesty, since the Queen Mother didn't blame you for the matter of Bai Changzai, it means that you are the most important in the Queen Mother's mind."

Qianlong did not realize that Wang Qin was using him to establish his prestige, but he was somewhat unhappy about Wang Qin's random guessing of his feelings. He turned around and looked at his flattering face, and secretly said, "Why, have you read the letter from the Empress Dowager to me first?"

Wang Qin was embarrassed and pretended to be terrified to plead his innocence: "How could a slave touch something that the Empress Dowager gave to Your Majesty?"

"Look, recently the ladies in the palace have been against the emperor marrying Bai Changzai, and they have quite a few complaints against you. If it weren't for the rules, I'm afraid it wouldn't just be the queen who wrote to the empress dowager to complain."

"I am also aggrieved for your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Qianlong sighed secretly. After all, Wang Qin had followed the same path as Su Peisheng, who served the previous emperor, and could no longer work wholeheartedly for his master.

Now Gao Wuyong is still guarding the Yangxin Palace. Although it has become a deserted place, Gao Wuyong still manages the affairs of the Palace in order. After all, it is the Queen Mother Jiang Xinxin who has given the order. Although Gao Wuyong's place has become a lot quieter, his life has become more leisurely.

Even after the three-year mourning period for the late emperor is over, he can still go to Jiang Xinxin and assist Jiang Fuhai in his work and continue to make contributions.