atypical prostitute

Chapter 182
Because of the birth of the two princes, the outside of the high wall is dark and turbulent, but the life inside the high wall is still peaceful.

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Shangguan Mingzhu is calmly trimming the begonia, which is a tender and tender plant, and it is commendable that the leaves are also colorful.With her crisp and indifferent movements, the pale pink or light yellow flowers and the delicate and lush branches and leaves become more perfect, although an unnatural price has been paid.

Finally, she was satisfied.

She put down the exquisite scissors, and the female officer immediately offered mountain spring water soaked in fragrant dew, and jade chip bath beans. The mountain spring water moistened her fingers, and then rubbed them with bath beans. After doing this three times, she finally sprinkled the most precious rose oil in the Western Regions. Wipe the fingertips with a silk handkerchief to complete the cleansing.

It's a complicated process, but it's Shangguan Mingzhu's favorite way of life.

After absorbing it, under the service of the palace servants, she put on her armor and leaned lazily on the imperial concubine's couch.

Her fingers were slender and fair, and she wore a red gold and emerald armor that matched today's emerald green clothes. Even the most demanding people could not find faults in her.

But she was in a bad mood. Feeling her displeasure, all the women in the palace stood with their hands down, peeping at the tip of her pearl shoes exposed under her Ruxia Ru skirt.

She is a noble concubine, a noble woman second only to the queen in the harem, although she has not yet given birth to the emperor's blood.

The delicate and beautiful face has a touch of morbid gorgeousness.

"Is there any news from Huide Hall?"

Huide Hall is the current residence of Concubine De.Because the emperor was not in the palace, the two concubines who gave birth to the prince did not receive the reward they deserved immediately, but the status change was a matter of time.Concubine Shu, who gave birth to the emperor twice in a row, has changed her residence from Shuli Palace to Shufang Palace. Concubine De and Concubine Xian have made such great contributions, and it is only natural for them to be promoted.

Most likely she will get the title of Madam.

There are four concubines under the empress, and the noble concubine is the most respected among the four concubines. Although Shangguan Mingzhu has a domineering personality, she has no major faults.

Under this situation, the highest reward that Concubine Virtuous and Concubine Xian can receive is only the title of Madam. Of course, there will be slight adjustments to the treatment such as the monthly rules and the number of slaves.

In fact, it doesn't matter to them whether they will become imperial concubines or not. With the prince in hand, they will probably be the empress dowager in the future, or at worst the empress dowager of the vassal king.

Fertility is the magic weapon for the women in the harem to settle down and live, and it is also their urging talisman.

Although the princes often die inexplicably because of being involved in royal battles, a woman without a prince, even a queen, will wait for her endless loneliness after the death of the emperor.

Whether noble or humble, there is only loneliness.

Those ordinary women who have never been lucky may be lucky enough to be sent out of the palace after the new emperor ascends the throne and marry into local wealthy households.But how can there be a lover waiting for them who spend their best time in the depths of the red walls and yellow tiles?

In the harem war, it is not that if you retreat and tolerate, you will be able to settle down in a corner.

Under the sharp gaze of Shangguan Mingzhu, the second female official from the left row under the steps stepped forward and said: "The Huide Palace has been very quiet recently, but all the utensils are not passed through the imperial dining room, and all are left to the small kitchen for preparation." Reasonably, the ingredients used are also sent by Yixing Hou’s family entrusted by the relationship.”

Shangguan Mingzhu frowned, and said: "Before leaving, Your Highness ordered me to lead the Six Palaces. When concubines and foreign ministers meet, you must inform me. Why did the Yixing Marquis Mansion send so many items? I don’t know if there will be a sound?”

The female officer was at a loss for words, and it took a long time before she said: "Perhaps Chang Shi is busy with things recently, so he forgot."

"Busy? It's really busy. I have to take care of my future master. What is a noble concubine? She can't compare to the future emperor."

Shangguan Mingzhu said mockingly, the red gold armor scratched the ebony armrest of the imperial concubine's couch, leaving a sharp mark.

"Send the word to Lin Changshi that I will not pursue the matter of Yixing Hou's mansion sending things to Huide Palace through him, but the concubine Xian gave birth to a prince, or the more honorable eldest son of the emperor, he has to weigh the weight, don't worry about it." Treat one more favorably than another."

"But--"

The female official hesitated to speak, Shangguan Mingzhu snorted coldly: "Do you think that the virtuous concubine is not as favored as the virtuous concubine? It may not be beneficial to help the virtuous concubine? Well, the matter of the harem, until the last moment, who knows the outcome What's more, Concubine Xian has a bargaining chip that she doesn't even know how to use. Concubine De... As long as His Royal Highness still controls the harem, not to mention that mothers are more expensive than children to be empress dowagers, she may be an ordinary queen dowager. Can come true!"

She was half-talking to herself, her eyes flashing uncertain light.

Sometimes, knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.

But she still has to fight, for the sake of her family, and for the continued dignity after the landslide!
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When the eyes and ears of the Chongde Hall reported the message from the noble concubine to Lin Changshi, Concubine Shu was making tea. She put the finely ground tea powder into the boiling water calmly, without showing the slightest wavering because of the sudden news.

But the heart is turbulent.

Three years have passed, and she is no longer the ignorant girl she was back then. Although her face is still round and smooth, and her eyes are still big and clear, her innocence has been erased from her heart, and she is replaced by practicing in front of a bronze mirror. Thousands of innocent smiles.

Innocence and cuteness are the biggest reliance for her to be loved, so she desperately maintains the illusion of cuteness, but in the big dye vat of the harem, what else can last forever?
She is changing, and so is he.

In the three years since she entered the palace, the grace she received from the emperor has been less than one year. If she hadn't been the queen's favorite woman, if she hadn't worked hard to maintain a gentle and innocent appearance, she might have lost her favor before she was old.But even so, she also knew that two imperial daughters were her limit, and it was impossible and she would never have the chance to conceive a third child.

In other words, she was unable to bear a prince.

She will become a marginal figure in the reserve war, and enjoy the lonely splendor and wealth with her two daughters in Shufang Palace.

But how could she be willing to watch from the sidelines!

She is carrying the Lin family on her back, carrying the Lin family that is about to decline and can only rely on marriage to struggle.

No matter how tired you are, you have to fight on.

When serving tea, her fingers trembled slightly.

An uncertain future, an uncertain tomorrow, and an uncertain future.

What Shangguan Mingzhu wants to do, Lin Langya doesn't care, and there is no need to care.She is different from her, Lin Langya's worries are not Shangguan's worries.

But Shangguan Mingzhu's words to Lin Changshi showed some clues: In the short term, the imperial concubine will stand on the sidelines, and she is not optimistic about the concubine De.

During the period when the queen is temporarily away from the imperial city, any act of forming factions is stupid.Even though it is thousands of miles away, Ye Wurong is still the only hostess here, and all the interests of the four concubines and nine concubines must be fought within the scope of her permission, and if they cross the line, they may be obliterated.

Concubine Shu has always thought so, and has always done so. Three years of carefulness has made every smile and every eyebrow of hers bear the terrible brand of empress' liking.

She doesn't like the queen, but she has to rely on the queen.

The harem is the queen's home court, and only by winning Ye Wurong's favor can she survive and live better.

There is also Mrs. Shaohou, that gentle-faced woman who is actually more ruthless than the queen.

Lin Langya once thought about betrayal, when she couldn't find Mrs. Shaohou's trump card even if she was a concubine, so she gave up. She decided to follow the queen and Mrs. Shaohou wholeheartedly. survived the political storm.

It's so sad that she has made her final decision before the war has surfaced.

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"She really said that?"

Concubine De calmly listened to the female officer's report, displeasure and darkness intertwined appeared in her eyes.

"Slaves are indeed reprimanded like this."

Lin Changshi said eccentrically, he was in charge of the palace ban, he was not as honorable as Li Changshi serving the monarch, but for the women in the harem, his power couldn't be more practical.

Everyone in the world thinks that eunuchs are greedy for money, and few people know that they also want to live a normal life, so when Xiaolin, the female officer next to Concubine De, showed him the love women have for men, he became intoxicated.Although sometimes I can't help but wonder how sincere and how much she is using herself.But so what, as long as she stays in the palace for one day, she is his woman, and most of the court ladies who are opposite each other will not go out of the palace to get married.

The most important thing is that he really likes Xiaolin, and Concubine De didn't make any presumptuous demands because of Xiaolin's close relationship with him.

At most, before and after pregnancy, the Yixing Hou Mansion sent a little more things to the palace through him.There are many disputes in the harem, from pregnancy to childbirth to the full moon, too many tricks have caused the child to die. Concubine De is worried that someone in the palace is playing tricks, so she begged her mother's family to send more things, which is normal.What's more, he has personally inspected every item sent by the Yixing Marquis Mansion, without any entrainment.

In this matter, he did favoritism, but he did not violate the law.

So even if he was reprimanded by the imperial concubine, he was justified.

Concubine De, on the contrary, frowned delicately after thinking carefully.

"Could it be that Shangguan Mingzhu wants to make things difficult for me?"

She said darkly.

After His Majesty returns to the palace, she will be rewarded for giving birth to a prince.But the fourth concubine is inherently noble, and the noble concubine has no faults, so it is probably impossible to get promoted, at most she can get the title of madam.But the matter of the harem has always been in the hands of the emperor. If the emperor is in a good mood, why does he have to promote her?
Her current status is Defei, and the next level is Noble Concubine.

No wonder Shangguan Mingzhu was so anxious!she thought viciously.

Yixing Hou's Zhao family has always been Prince Ai's confidantes. Now that he has succeeded to the throne for six years, Prince Ai's influence on the court and public opinion no longer exists, but the Zhao family is still on pins and needles.Because today's throne was not clean, the death of Prince Ai was not as tragic as outsiders thought!
Because of this, the court has always been scruples about the Zhao family. In this dynasty, it is impossible for the Zhao family of Marquis Yixing to make great achievements in the court.

All these forced Zhao Wanru to fight, she had to become the empress dowager, and the Zhao family had to occupy the position of relatives.She couldn't let Concubine Xian's child win the throne, and she didn't want the already suppressed Zhao family to be left in the cold even more, and even decline from then on.

This is absolutely not allowed to happen!

Whether it's for the family, or for the child in her arms who may stop breathing due to an accident at any time, she must fight, must fight!

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"My lord, what does the imperial concubine mean? Show me your favor?"

After receiving the notification, Pei Ling'er turned back and asked.

Marquis of Jinyang, who was summoned to accompany her in the palace, snorted coldly, and said: "You are wrong, the noble concubine did not mean to show favor to you, she did this to warn Concubine De, don't think that giving birth to a prince will get you carried away. "

"Concubine De has indeed gone too far recently, the one I gave birth to is the eldest son of the emperor."

Pei Ling'er said unhappily that she and Concubine De were of the same status, and there was no difference in the origins of the two princes.

"But Concubine De is more favored than you, maybe she is proud of being favored."

Mrs. Pei Hou said quietly, in front of her daughter who is a noble concubine, as a mother, she dare not be presumptuous at will.

"Your Majesty has always disliked a woman who is spoiled and arrogant. Concubine De is so reckless, she probably has other reasons. It's a pity that the Empress is not here for the time being, otherwise I will be able to see her ugly face being slapped by the Empress."

While speaking, Pei Ling'er subconsciously touched the hairpin with thousands of branches and thousands of leaves.It was three years ago that the pearl hairpin was given, but to Pei Ling'er, it seemed like yesterday.

The power of a queen has nothing to do with her status.

Strength is the most powerful power.

"But the queen is far away in the frontier now, and there is no one who can restrain the concubine De."

Mrs. Peihou said sharply, she also knew how powerful and terrifying the queen was, but it was also a fact that the queen was not in the palace.

"Then let her be crazy, the queen will return to the palace after all."

"What if the queen can't return to the palace?"

Mrs. Pei Hou asked suddenly, a trace of surprise flashed across Pei Linger's face.

"impossible."

She spoke resolutely, but Mrs. Pei Hou said: "His Royal Highness has had fewer and fewer opportunities to appear in front of the public in the past three years, and I heard that she rarely intervenes even in palace affairs. If her health is so unbearable , Why is this Northern Expedition this time... There are many voices of opposition from the ruling and opposition parties for this Northern Expedition, and it was forced by His Majesty. Why was the Northern Expedition forced, and why the emperor and empress drove...Have you really never thought about the weirdness of this? Maybe the queen...can't come back..."

"...The queen won't come back?"

Pei Ling'er reread tremblingly, and it took a lot of courage to spit out a character. When she insisted on finishing, her eyes changed from confusion to trance.

"But Your Majesty... Your Majesty will definitely come back!"

She said it firmly, as if this sentence could bring her courage.

"Of course your majesty will come back, but the queen won't come back. How many changes will there be in this harem? Which woman doesn't want to be a queen, which child doesn't want to inherit the throne as the eldest son? Linger, it's time to let go of the ridiculous Save face."

Realizing that the future is uncertain, Mrs. Pei Hou's eyes even burned with scorching heat.

"Absurd face? Mother, you... Is the queen's status so important that it's worth giving up myself... to be someone else?"

Pei Ling'er said resentfully, she could not accept her mother's proposal, nor was she willing to accept it.

Although she knows that this choice can get the greatest benefit.

However, Pei Linger's refusal at this moment was expected by Mrs. Pei Hou. She hugged her daughter calmly and said softly: "To live without paying dignity is the power of a few people. Fortunately, you can trade dignity for Get the power... Wait until you get the supreme right, and then wipe out those who deprive you of your dignity, those who make you feel ashamed... all. If you have the supreme power, what can't you do?"

"...supreme power..."

Bewitched by Mrs. Pei Hou's words, the slightly drunk Pei Ling'er groaned vaguely.

(End of this chapter)