Poor family mother and son

Chapter 732 Original Sin
It's not that all the women in the harem have conflicts of interest with Chu Qing, in fact, there are not many people whose family interests are really interfered by Chu Qing, a "new local tyrant".

In other words, even if the family is disturbed, it has little to do with them, because no matter what the family will not lose out on their expenses in the palace.

But why are most of these women hostile to him?No matter how Chu Qing thought about it, she couldn't understand it.

For one thing, I am not young anymore, and if I am placed in the countryside, I should marry my son a daughter-in-law. In Chu Qing's previous life, it was considered late to have children, only at the age of eighteen or nineteen;
Secondly, I have neither a beautiful face, a slim figure, nor talents such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea, so I can't have any influence on the women in the harem.

But it's strange to attract their hostility.

Not really.

In recent years, Chu Qing has only focused on doing things, and the people she deals with are all men. She rarely raises her head and thinks about what kind of person she is in the eyes of others.

At least, in the eyes of the women in the harem, Chu Qing can go wherever she wants, spend money if she wants, even if she is a widow, she is still an arrogant widow.

Also, in this resplendent imperial palace, Chu Qing can enter the former court and leave the harem, and women like emperors like them can not kneel when they see them, but how can women like them who claim to be dignified?
Chu Qing still wears men's clothes in the harem, and no one can control her; but they have to do their makeup every day when they get up, and spend most of the day in makeup, touch-ups, and changing clothes, and then... no one looks at it .

Save yourself some trouble by not going out in your own room?That won't work, we must always be prepared and look forward to the arrival of the emperor.

Besides, everyone else puts on makeup, if I don't wear it properly, even the maids will feel that I have fallen out of favor, who will respect me?

Therefore, in their eyes, Chu Qing's chic and unrestrained way of life is the original sin.

Just before coming to Princess Zhaohua's place for dinner, Chu Qing had already finished the weaving class for the day. To be honest, she really did, because she didn't know much.

Who knew that the group of women would not let them leave with enthusiasm, insisting on chatting, saying "Oh, I haven't talked enough, I just like talking to Master Chu".

It turned out to be the same thing again, obviously determined to take some words from Chu Qing's mouth that they could use.

Concubine De "happens" to be free today, and she was also on the spot, and I can see that apart from some of these people who are really curious about women being officials, there are also a few people with ulterior motives.

For example, Zhang Bing, that is Zhang Yushi's niece, Zhang Yushi was born in a prominent family, and was once a student of Jiang Shihong, a great Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River; and this Jiang Shihong is the father-in-law of Zheng Chunqiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Another example is Concubine Zhao, Concubine Zhao is from an ordinary background, so she has been fawning on Concubine Zhang and booing by the side;
There is also Concubine Fang Xian, that is a well-known Jiangxi family, her grandfather can be regarded as a veteran of the three dynasties, and she supported Emperor Qingde when he came to power.

Concubine De herself also comes from a family of military generals, a family that has truly "followed the dragon" to Qingde, but there is no war now, and the generals are on the decline.

Some time ago, entrusted by her cousin, Mrs. Song, Zhizhou of Xinlun Prefecture, she somewhat spoke for Chu Qing in front of the emperor, but today she was implicated instead.

On that day, Concubine De said that as long as Chu Qing is a woman, she is not much different from concubines like them, and only exists because of the emperor's blue eyes.

This kind of statement weakened the possibility of Chu Qing's "rebellion". At that time, because Concubine De said that the emperor would arrive soon, everyone didn't realize this meaning for a while, but then everyone saw the emperor's change of attitude towards Chu Qing.

Otherwise, Chu Qing could still sit safely in the harem and be their teacher?Isn't that the same as reducing them to the same generation as the princess?

So at this time, Concubine Fang Xian said: "I just said that Lord Chu is different from us. Last time, sister Defei said that Lord Chu also depends on the emperor to live a smooth life;

Take a look, Sister Defei's words are not entirely correct, Mrs. Chu's own ability should not be underestimated, leading a group of men into the country of Voss, buying wool and cotton;
If it were us, who could do it? "

The "four concubines" in the harem: noble, virtuous, virtuous, and virtuous, have the same rank, but their status in the harem decreases in turn. Therefore, in terms of status, the virtuous concubine should be higher than the virtuous concubine.

However, the military generals are weak now, and Concubine Fang Xian's family has three dynasties veterans, her father is also a scholar in the Imperial Academy, and there are many opportunities to get close to the emperor, and her feet are very stable, so she is not afraid of Concubine De, and There is a tendency to challenge.

Embarrassment flashed across Concubine De's face, but she didn't make a sound.

Concubine Zhang and the others agreed: "That's right!"

Women in the harem, whether they can stand in front of the emperor, the emperor's preferences are not the main thing, the real toughness is the strength of the mother's family, don't you care about them if you don't look at the queen mother and queen?

It was only at this time that Chu Qing realized that Concubine De had also contributed to her affairs, no matter how effective this "strength" was, she deserved it.

But the anger at this time can't be taken in vain, any more anger would make Concubine De even more embarrassing.

So Chu Qing said: "You ladies are right and wrong;

The right place is that Chu Qing really depends on the emperor's blessing to live, without the emperor's great grace to Chu Qing, Chu Qing would not have the opportunity to sit here and talk to all the nobles today;
What's wrong is that Chu Qing can't be compared with girls, there is no comparison;
Because if the emperor doesn't give Chu Qing shelter anymore, Chu Qing will only have a dead end, and there is no chance to go home and be a village woman;
But the girls won't, even if the girls offend the emperor, the emperor will not get together or divorce like the world, no, the emperor will always protect the girls. "

Hehe, the harem will not be separated or abandoned, otherwise where does the term Lenggong* come from?

In Chu Qing's memory, it seemed that the last emperor in her world was divorced by his concubine.

What Chu Qing said is, ladies, I can't compare with you, you will live in the cold palace at worst, but if the emperor doesn't like me, I will die.

But, in the eyes of these women, being thrown into the cold palace is worse than dying. Where is the protection of the emperor?

So every one of the lungs that were pushed would be blown up, and when they wanted to retaliate, they were called to have dinner with the princess. It was really pissing off!
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Because Xiaobao filed a complaint, the emperor finally gave Xiaobao a few days of "holidays" so that he could skip class and make his "desktop Cuju". I don't think this meal is worthless.

Bringing two little eunuchs back, it is difficult for the princes to make any small moves against Xiaobao, and Xiaobao also created an opportunity because of this.

No matter day or night, as long as Xiaobao needs it, he will guide the little eunuch to do things, such as sawing wood and looking for materials; , Anyway, it is to turn the two of them around.

And Xiaobao used the two of them as a cover-up to find opportunities for him to contact outside the palace.

Xiaobao ran up to the tree like a monkey, and quickly tied a small bamboo tube to Xiao Gangan's feet, but Xiao Gangan waited for a while before flying away. Xiaobao knew that Xiao Gangan was waiting for no one nearby.

So, the next day, the eunuch who followed Xiaobao went to find Eunuch Li, and said that he couldn't buy the materials Xiaobao wanted, and they were out of stock.

There were no duck wings or seaweed in the snacks that Blue House sent to the princess, so they had to replace them with dried pork sausages.

On the third day, the skyrocketing prices in Kyoto caused constant quarrels in the court. The emperor wanted to go to the queen to relax, but he heard the queen said that the Double Ninth Festival would be in five days, but the palace needed chrysanthemums, woolen clothes, drinks, etc. There are not enough things to reward courtiers.

*Cold knowledge: Lenggong: It is not the name of the palace, but refers to the place where concubines and princes who fell out of favor are placed. Whoever the emperor doesn't like, and wherever they are locked up, is Lenggong.

The cold palace may be a courtyard, it may be a room, or it may be just a corridor.

The second empress of Qianlong, Ulanara, the prototype of Ruyi in "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", cut off her hair on her own during Qianlong's southern tour, and was sent back to the capital by Qianlong on the same day and put into the cold palace - Yikun Palace;

Ming Xi Zong Zhu Youxiao (carpenter emperor) locked his concubine Yu Zhang in the passage between the two walls of Chonghua Palace and starved to death;
Concubine Wang Gong of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty was once a court lady next to the empress dowager, and was blessed by the emperor. palace.

Concubine Wang Gong gave birth to a son, Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of Emperor Wanli. Yang Palace.

Concubine Wang Gong was imprisoned in Jingyang Palace for 30 years. She missed her son and cried blindly. It was not until she died at the age of 47 that she used her hands instead of eyes to "see" her children and grandchildren, leaving behind a sentence "My son grows up like this, why should I hate to die" and let go The human world lived in the Jingyang Palace and was closed for 30 years until he died.

*In the Forbidden City, Yikun Palace, Chonghua Palace, and Jingyang Palace were all once "cold palaces".

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