Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1221 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 145

The concubines met the empress for the first time after their titles were assigned to them. The two concubines obviously did not respect the empress that much. Concubine Su was also not satisfied with her mere title of concubine because she gave birth to two princes, the Second Prince and the Third Prince. The noble lady Jin Yuyan was even more dissatisfied with her title. After all, she claimed to be a noble lady of the Yu family and felt that her identity and status were different from others.

The empress sat high up, and although she did not intend to look down on the concubines, the fact that her seat was more than three inches higher than others and her own height objectively gave her the prerequisite to look down on everyone. What's more, she was now the mother of the country who entered the palace through the Daqing Gate, which made her different from the concubines.

Of course, according to reason, all the concubines present here have the possibility of ascending to the throne. After all, concubines are real women of the imperial court, not concubines or maids in the backyards of ministers of the previous dynasty. However, there are various unspoken rules and conventions unique to this dynasty. At the moment, only two concubines from prominent Manchu families have the possibility of ascending to the throne.

This is based on the premise that she committed an unforgivable crime. Otherwise, even if she died, as long as there was any mystery about the cause of death, all the concubines in the harem would have to be buried with her.

This is the confidence of her, the Soren Zhuo family.

Therefore, the empress ignored all the tests and hidden dissatisfaction, and just pointed to Concubine Su, who had given birth to two children, and said: "When the late emperor was in power, the princes also followed the rules of the Shengzu period. The head of the palace raised the child until he was six years old and then moved to the prince's residence. The princesses could move out later, but the empress dowager intends to let the princesses go to school together."

Currently, in the harem, only the Queen has a son and a daughter, and then there are Concubine Su's two sons. Most of the others feel that they are young and still have the opportunity to have children, so they also prick up their ears to listen.

Supin thought that her two sons were still young, the older one was only four years old, so there was no need to rush into moving the children out to live in the prince's residence.

But time flies, and now her two sons in the palace together are probably not even as good as the eldest son born to the Queen. Just thinking about it makes her feel sorry for her children, they are obviously princes!

Supin did appear a little weak to outsiders, but she was not stupid. Since she had the opportunity to become a concubine and gave birth to two healthy princes in succession, it was inevitable that she had some ambitions.

After talking about the child, the Queen inevitably urged the birth of the child. However, since the emperor was still in mourning, the Queen added, "The Emperor has discussed this with me. Although the mourning period in the palace has always been days instead of years, it is absolutely unacceptable for someone like Concubine Jin to become famous before the 100-day mourning period is over."

"Also, Your Majesty does not have to observe three years of mourning for the late emperor, but during these three years, it is best not to hear the sound of babies crying."

The Queen had spoken so bluntly, the concubines had no choice but to obey. Even the noble lady Jin, who was named, had to admit her mistake.

Afterwards, the queen led a large group of people to the Cining Palace.

Jiang Xinxin was not willing to pay respects in the first place, but now she couldn't move to Changchun Garden as early as the concubines in Dapangju's harem, so she could only bear with it for the time being.

In addition to the queen, Jiang Xinxin immediately spotted Concubine Jin, who was dressed particularly conspicuously at the end of the crowd.

Concubine Jin was beautiful and charming, and because she was born into the Yu family and had very fair skin, even though Emperor Qianlong disliked her vulgarity, he would never forget her.

But today she was wearing a pink dress embroidered with large red roses, and her hair was covered with red gold jewelry. She was really eye-catching among the concubines in moonlight white, green and silver.

However, these people had all met the Queen before coming to the Cining Palace. Presumably, the Queen had already criticized Concubine Jin. Jiang Xinxin just took a look and was too lazy to say anything. After all, Concubine Jin was standing a little far from her seat.

Jiang Xinxin gave a direct lecture: "Empress, now that the old people in the palace have been appointed, and their positions have been preliminarily determined, you will have to take on the responsibilities of the queen and the queen mother in the future, comfort the concubines, raise the royal heirs, and comfort the ladies outside the court, so that the emperor has no worries."

The Queen took the order respectfully and responded happily. The concubines were not reprimanded for the time being, but were just mentioned. But no matter whether they were comforted by the Queen or had to raise children, did it have nothing to do with them?

They were even very dissatisfied because the Queen Mother Jiang Xinxin only spoke to the Queen and didn't even glance at them.

The Queen gained an unprecedented sense of security from Jiang Xinxin and Qianlong. If the poison had not been found in Jingren Palace, she might have become so arrogant that she wished Qianlong would die soon and give way to her son. However, the sudden incident in Jingren Palace interrupted her pride and made her alert.

After paying respects at the Cining Palace, the empress did not return to the Jingren Palace immediately, but went to the Qianqing Palace to visit her children.

The queen's eldest son was named Yonglian by Da Pangju, and her eldest daughter was also named Jingse by Da Pangju.

Qianlong also loved his two children very much. After all, his sons were princes, and even if they were the eldest sons, it was not appropriate to give them all kinds of love and resources right away. But it was different for his daughters. Qianlong was already considering conferring the title of Princess Gulun on his eldest daughter Jingse.

After hearing Qianlong's idea, the queen certainly didn't want to stop the child's father from doing things for her, but she couldn't help being modest: "I also want to give all the benefits in the world to Jingse, but Jingse is only three years old now, and she is already the emperor's eldest daughter, with a noble status. If I give her more benefits, I am worried that her child will not be able to bear it."

After hearing what the Queen said, Qianlong also remembered what he had heard when he was a child, such as the sayings about luck and bad luck. Although he felt that he was now the true emperor and should have no taboos, he still attached great importance to the safety of his eldest daughter, and swallowed some words that were about to come to his throat.

"Okay, our princess doesn't have to wait until she gets married to be given a title. When she moves to the princess residence in the future, I will definitely not forget to give her a title."

This time the Queen did not refuse at all. After all, she refused because she was really worried that if her daughter was given the title of Princess Gulun too early, it would attract secret covetousness, and it would not be worth it to hurt her daughter.

When the concubines in the harem learned that the queen went directly to the Qianqing Palace, they felt somewhat emotional.

Especially the two concubines who were granted the title of imperial concubines. They were both from prominent Manchu families and felt that their status was not much worse than that of the empress. It was just that their age restricted them from going to the Jiangxuexuan with the empress for the selection of concubines, so they could only be relegated to the position of concubines. Now that they have entered the palace, they are very dissatisfied with their position as concubines.

They believe they deserve the title of imperial concubine.

In fact, Qianlong had hesitated about the status of the two concubines, but Jiang Xinxin said it well at the time. If they were noble concubines from the beginning, then after they gave birth to children, would they have to be conferred the title of imperial noble concubines?

Qianlong felt that Jiang Xinxin was right. Moreover, there was no one else to take the position of concubine, so it was worthy of their status as concubines in the palace.