Shocking Harem Road: The Legend of Concubine Yi

Chapter 35 Visiting Xiyuan
Xinyi walked back to her room and lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, thinking about his capriciousness.

He should have a problem with the prime minister, but why would he do such a thing in front of the prime minister?
Thinking about the rejection to him just now, she started to get scared!

I hope, I hope he forgets about that matter, otherwise he will really be in trouble.

However, with his volatile character, will he let himself go?
Xinyi tossed and turned in her thoughts, she couldn't lie down after lying down for a while, so she had to sit up.

Sigh, forget it, what are you thinking about so much, it's serious to find an opportunity to find out the person who betrayed Lan Zhen!

At this time, a new maid named Qiao'er who came to serve her came in and reported that "Tan Shanggong from the internal bureau is here"!
Xinyi hurriedly adjusted her clothes, put on her official hat and went out to greet her.

"That day I said that I would take you to meet the Empress Dowager, are you free today?" Tan Shanggong asked.

"Well," Xinyi said with embarrassment, "I'm still on duty today, I'm afraid the emperor will summon me!"

Tan Shanggong smiled slightly, took her hand, walked out of Liuyun Pavilion, and headed for the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

"You follow the old man, and wait for the old man to ask the emperor for leave!" Tan Shanggong said, Xinyi could only follow behind her.

"You said you were going to see Grandma Huang?" Ming Xuanyu asked Tan Shanggong, but stared at Xinyi.

"Reporting to the emperor, Lafayette told his servants a long time ago that anyone who serves the emperor personally can only rest assured if she has seen it in person!" Tan Shanggong bowed back.

"Since it's grandma's idea, let's go! Anyway, there's nothing to do here!" He said, picking up the book and reading again.

Tan Shanggong thanked him, and heard him say: "Zhuang Xinyi, don't make trouble for Grandma Huang!"

Xinyi looked at him inexplicably, and quickly bowed her head to accept the order. Tan Shanggong glanced at them, saluted and left.

Along the way, Xinyi's heart was always restless, wondering why the Empress Dowager wanted to see her.

Just now when Tan Shanggong looked at her and the emperor's expression, she had clearly seen it, but she pretended not to know it.

Ming Xuanyu's words would make people mistakenly think that the two of them are very close, and judging from Tan Shanggong's expression, she should have the same idea.

However, the truth is that only the parties themselves know.

Xinyi knew that what Ming Xuanyu did and said now pushed her to the forefront!

Let her be the target of everyone's stare, judging from his personality, it was definitely done on purpose, he just wanted her to be stared at by others, in order to let her show her feet!
Xinyi thought so, she was very clear about the result of this approach.

Once he didn't handle it well, he might be eliminated for no reason, and he really didn't know how he died!

Ming Xuanyu, you are really ruthless!I, Zhuang Xinyi, am not that stupid!

The carriage bumped all the way to Xiyuan, and Xinyi and Tan Shanggong changed to sedan chairs and entered the garden.

In the winter of Xiyuan, there is a murderous atmosphere everywhere, just like the palace.

She lifted the curtains, looked at it, and sighed.

When entering the Empress Dowager's room, Xinyi didn't dare to raise her head, she just went in with her head down, and quickly knelt and kowtowed.

The Empress Dowager was standing in front of the desk and painting. Tan Shanggong told her that she had brought someone to visit her, so she turned her head and glanced at Xinyi who was kneeling behind her.

"Raise your head!" The Empress Dowager said, Xinyi raised her head according to her words, and stared at the woman in front of her.

Is this the famous Queen Mother Zhao?It is said that she is almost 60 years old this year, but judging from her face, she is not that age at all.

Her expression was calm, Xinyi looked at her, but her eyes completely blocked Xinyi from reading her.

Just when Xinyi was trying to understand the thoughts of the Empress Dowager, she didn't know that the Empress Dowager also read Xinyi's thoughts.

"Serve the emperor well!" The empress dowager said so, turned around and continued painting.

Hong Shanggong took Xinyi to the outer room and asked her to sit down, while the Empress Dowager and Tan Shanggong were talking in the room.

"Girl, don't think too much, Lafayette has always been worried about the emperor. Since you are the emperor's close person, Lafayette will naturally pay more attention. Just do your own duty and don't care too much about others , Lafayette has always been clear about rewards and punishments!" Hong Shanggong said.

Xinyi hurriedly got up to salute, and said, "This slave will never disappoint Lafayette Long En!"

Hong Shanggong smiled and pulled her to sit down, and said: "As long as you have the heart, that's enough. After serving the emperor, Lafayette will not treat you badly!"

Xinyi just returned a polite smile, but Hong Shanggong said: "As long as you do things obediently, no matter what wish you have, Lafayette will help you achieve it!"

Staring at Hong Shanggong full of doubts, Xinyi's heart was agitated and restless.

What does this mean?Will it be meaningful?She couldn't help asking herself.

Hong Shanggong didn't say any more, just sat with her and waited for Tan Shanggong to come out.

When she returned to Qianqing Palace, it was not even night yet, she went back to her room to adjust her clothes, and hurried to the main hall, but saw Hu Sheng in the corridor.

She pretended to walk over casually, saluted him, exchanged some pleasantries, and then walked away.

At that moment, Hu Sheng hid a piece of paper under his arm and handed it to her. She took it very quickly and held it tightly in her hand.After Hu Sheng left, she stuffed the paper into her sleeve again and stepped into the hall.

After asking the palace servants on duty, I found out that Ming Xuanyu had been talking with Master Zhang Chongying in Dongnuange all afternoon, and now they are having dinner together.

She thought that Ming Xuanyu probably wouldn't declare herself to serve again, so she told the palace people on duty to serve carefully, and she returned to Liuyunxuan.

Back in the room, she locked the door, took out a small box with a lock from the cabinet, and took out a small green porcelain bottle from it

Then, he poured some clear water into a porcelain bowl on the table, and dipped some white powder from the small porcelain bottle with a dry brush, and dissolved it in the water.

Afterwards, spread out the piece of paper that Hu Sheng gave her on the table, and dipped a brush into the water in the bowl to carefully smear it on the paper.

Gently blowing on the wet paper, after a while, writing appeared on the original white paper.

The paper was spread out on the table, and she hurriedly started packing her tools.

This is the list Hu Sheng provided her, and she took out the list she got last time and compared them one by one, and finally found those "old people"!
Someone knocked on the door, she hurriedly put away the list, went to the door and asked before opening the door.

It turned out that it was a palace servant sent by Chengqian Palace, who said, "The imperial concubine please ask Master Zhuang to move to Chengqian Palace tomorrow"!
Xinyi thought of the look in Concubine Zhen's eyes when she left in the morning, and she didn't feel nervous.

Concubine Zhen, please, what will happen?
Now, everything is as Eunuch Nian said, and all kinds of people will come to her one after another.

First the Empress Dowager, then Concubine Zhen, and after that, I don't know who will be there!

However, there is still a problem.

The lord of the six palaces is Queen Tong, and Xinyi, as a female official, is also under the jurisdiction of the queen.

Although there was no rule that she had to meet the queen after taking office, but if she met the imperial concubine without seeing the queen, would it cause trouble for her in the future?
Besides, Zhen Guifei relied on her natal family's influence and the emperor's favor, so she didn't pay much attention to the queen.

If Xinyi meets the noble concubine, then there is no guarantee that the queen will have no objection!
But what to do?Did you go directly to Kunning Palace without being summoned?Shy to curry favor with the queen?Is that necessary?
In fact, she had also heard something about the concubine.

In the third year of Yuanhe, the 16-year-old Ming Xuanyu married Tong Huilan, the granddaughter of Duke Dingguo, as the queen. At the same time, he conferred the concubine Zhen Yunan, the youngest daughter of General Zhenguo, and four concubines, including Huo Xiangyun, concubine Shu, concubine Jiang Wanzhen, and concubine Chen Ruxin. .

There are some concubines under these five people, all of whom come from official families with both ability and political integrity.

Among these five people, Queen Tong and Concubine Shu Huo Xiangyun are cousins, so they are naturally close, while Concubine Zhen and Concubine Xian have a good relationship.Concubine De was the only one who didn't have too much contact with other people, and often lived alone in Qing'an Palace.

Among all the concubines, although the queen has a high status, because of the decline of Dingguo's mansion and Ming Xuanyu's neglect of her, the queen does not have much influence in the palace.

Compared with the empress, Concubine Zhen's aura is like the sky.Not only because of Ming Xuanyu's love for her, but also because of her powerful natal family.

After careful calculation, apart from these five, there are about ten other high-rank concubines in the harem.

Empress Tong's family lives in Chong'an Palace, and the palace where Concubine Zhen lives is Chengqian Palace. Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian and Concubine De live in Yanqing Palace, Ningyuan Palace and Qing'an Palace respectively. Everywhere in the harem.

Apart from these concubines, several young sisters of Ming Xuanyu also lived in the harem, which will not be listed here.

After careful calculation, apart from these five, there are about ten other high-rank concubines in the harem.

Moreover, according to the records of the Bureau of Sleeping, although Concubine Zhen served the most times, other concubines had the experience of being summoned.

However, what puzzled everyone was that the emperor had been married for three years, and there was no news that any concubine was happy in the harem!

Although it is common for concubines to be given soup and medicine after going to bed, after a few years, some people have not been given medicine, but for some reason no one conceived.

Therefore, the rumor that the emperor had a hidden disease spread like wildfire, and even spread outside the palace.

Eunuch Nian had already told Xinyi about this.

The question is, if the emperor really had a hidden illness, why would Zhang De still say to her, "Seize the opportunity and accept grace"?

Could it be that there is something else hidden in it?

In this palace, from top to bottom, men and women, everyone seems to have something hidden!
Perhaps, the only innocent one is that little princess Ruoxi!

Xinyi thought wildly like this, and ate some dinner casually.

At Xu time, someone from the main hall came over and said, "The emperor summoned Mr. Zhuang", and she hurriedly followed.

As soon as he walked to the door of Dongnuan Pavilion, he heard Ming Xuanyu and Zhang De talking and laughing, as if he was in a good mood.

Seeing this situation, Xinyi also let out a long sigh of relief, opened the door and went in.

Xinyi walked into the East Nuan Pavilion, and before she could salute, she heard Ming Xuanyu say to Zhang De, "Preach the decree to Ganlu Palace, I want to relieve my fatigue", Zhang De hurriedly walked away with a smile.

When Zhang De passed by, Xinyi clearly saw the smile he showed to her, and she couldn't help shivering.

Xinyi saluted, Ming Xuanyu didn't say anything, just said "Oh", and started to sort out her desk.

Seeing this, Xinyi hurried forward to help tidy up, he stopped his hands, leaned back, stretched, and yawned.

"Grandma Huang didn't say anything to you?" He asked suddenly.

"Reporting to the emperor, Lafayette just told the servants to serve the holy driver well! Nothing else!" She replied politely.

He said "hmm", then left his seat, walked to the middle of the room, and began to punch.

She stopped, looked at him silently, and smiled unconsciously.

Realizing her gaffe, she quickly lowered her head, carried the books on the table to the bookshelf and arranged them.

Winter nights are always so cold, Xinyi and a group of palace people accompanied Ming Xuanyu to the Ganlu Palace.

It is not far from the Qianqing Palace. The Ganlu Palace is in the northwest of the Qianqing Palace, and across a red wall to the north is the harem where the concubines live.

It's a cold world outside, but it's so warm when you enter Ganlu Palace.

There are several hot springs in Ganlu Palace, which are mainly divided into three groups of hot springs: middle, east and west.

The central hot spring is the largest and is dedicated to the emperor. Only the most favored concubines in the past will be summoned into it.The east and west sides are used by the queen and concubine respectively.

I don't know what made him so happy today, but there is more peace on his face than usual.

Xinyi stood near the pillar, far away from him.

(End of this chapter)