Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 68

In the previous life, the emperor had never established a queen, and among the four concubines, the noble concubine was the head of the harem.It is said that they share the palm, but almost everyone can see that the imperial concubine Wang Yuexiang is the one who can really speak.

At that time, Liu Qingtang didn't want to get too involved in her nephew's harem. After all, she was an elder, so she really didn't have to worry about it.However, since the emperor accepted the concubine, no prince was born in the harem for many years, and even if there was a pregnancy, the child would be unexplained. It was related to the emperor's heir, so she, the queen mother, had to care.

However, when those concubines who had lost their children were asked about it, they were all frightened or pretending to be calm and said that they had accidentally lost their children, and these people would definitely die of illness in a few months. How could Liu Qingtang Believe it is a coincidence.Harem strife, even if she hadn't experienced it herself, she would naturally know the quarrel.She thought that the child's matter could only be some kind of scheming trick played by those concubines vying for favor, so she cast her suspicious eyes on the emperor's harem without even thinking about it.

Among them, the one she doubted most was naturally the noble concubine Wang Yuexiang. Liu Qingtang didn't know why, Wang Yuexiang always seemed to target her unconsciously, and occasionally showed that sarcastic look, but it disappeared quickly, at least on the surface. He respected her very much, but Liu Qingtang just felt that the way Wang Yuexiang looked at her made her very uncomfortable.

Ordinarily, she, a queen mother, really didn't have much conflict with her. At that time, Liu Qingtang and Wang Shoufu didn't fight each other openly and secretly as in this life, but they had a lot of concessions. There was no reason for Wang Yuexiang to have trouble with her like this.In her previous life, Liu Qingtang couldn't figure it out. She could only think that she and Wang Yuexiang were born at odds. Now, after knowing Xiao Huaixu's embarrassment towards her, all this is justified.

Wang Yuexiang probably knew it, so he put on that look.In Liu Qingtang's heart, when Xiao Huaixu was still her good nephew, Liu Qingtang never disputed with Wang Yuexiang, a woman whom her nephew loved very much.When she was reborn, Liu Qingtang was still thinking about what to do with Wang Yuexiang, Xiao Huaixu's favorite person, but after knowing that she was just a shield, everything had to be overthrown and started again.

As early as the plague, Liu Qingtang sent someone to intercept Wang Yuexiang, the first assistant of the king, who was in the emperor's Chang'an Palace. At that time, in the name of an ordinary little maid, Liu Qingtang took her away when she said she would, and she was locked in the palace prison. In two days, the fragrance disappeared and the jade died.Wang Shoufu probably didn't pay much attention to this concubine's granddaughter who hadn't shown her value yet, so she still acted as if she didn't know.

Instead of Wang Yuexiang's original position, the one who was very fond of being with the emperor became the one sent by Feng Shoufu, that is, the woman Liu Qingtang had prepared long ago.The woman named Xuan Ge is said to be very favored by the emperor, and she is always with her every day. Those women in the Mixiu Palace who have not yet entered the harem have already known the news. The little palace ladies who came out to fight for favor naturally have their own ideas in their hearts.

No matter how they gradually washed away their initial innocence in the past two months, Liu Qingtang let go of her initial plan to control these people, and just prepared to watch from the sidelines.Ever since she knew Xiao Huaixu's thoughts, she should not be involved in many things. This harem drama should have been led by her, but now she has to turn into an irrelevant spectator.

Although it was cruel to say, since Xiao Huaixu didn't care about these people, naturally she, Liu Qingtang, would not pay too much attention to these people.What she wanted was for Xiao Huaixu to die at a suitable time, not just suppressing him like in the beginning.The only role of these women in Liu Qingtang's eyes now is to give birth to a child of Xiao Huaixu, a boy who can stop everyone's mouth after Xiao Huaixu's death and let her be retrained to become the next generation of emperor.

On the day of the draft, the emperor still smiled and said that everything was up to the queen mother, so Liu Qingtang chose all the "motivated" girls.The specific position needs to be considered again. Considering the wealth background and faction of these selected women, someone will make reasonable arrangements. Liu Qingtang and the emperor only need to look at it at the end and feel that it is more in line with what they think.Regardless of the joy on the faces of the selected women and the faces of the losers who couldn't tell whether it was disappointment or joy, Liu Qingtang turned to talk to Xiao Huaixu.

"I heard that the emperor is now infatuated with a court lady? If the emperor really likes it, Aijia is not so unreasonable. Bring it to Aijia to see. If she is a good one, give her a place. In the future, I will be with these people." The concubines who have just entered the palace will serve the emperor well together."

Now Liu Qingtang would never say a word to Xiao Huaixu unless it was necessary, even if what he said was very brief, Xiao Huaixu showed that he was unmoved by her alienation, he was still humble and gentle, and his words were affectionate and trusting.Hearing her say that now, she couldn't see any strange smile on her face, "Then thank the queen mother."

The next day, the new favorite Xuan Ge, who was covered tightly by the emperor and was widely circulated among the palace people, came to Ci'an Palace to pay a visit.Xu heard the news, those show girls who had not yet determined their status came early, even if what they really wanted to see was Xuan Ge, they still had to find such a reason to visit the Queen Mother on the surface, even if they In fact, many of them have a sense of fear of Liu Qingtang.

The harem is withered, and there are really not many women who have visited Ci'an Palace over the years. Now that these beautiful women come, they are openly and secretly trying to win over the palace people in Ci'an Palace. Stuffed with reward money.Qin Shu has always managed the Ci'an Palace in an orderly manner. He knows this and has a way to deal with it. Liu Qingtang never needs to worry about it.

As the most important person of the Empress Dowager who held the No.1 power in the harem, Qin Shu, the chief executive, would naturally want to win over him. Liu Qingtang believed in him, and always ignored him, and how to deal with him was up to him.But one day, when Taoye was joking with her, she mentioned that there were more and more good things in the warehouse under her name. When she asked what was going on, she realized that Qin Shu had been expanding her small treasury silently.

There are decent stewards serving in the palace, and they earn a lot of money in private. As long as they have power, the money will naturally be delivered to others. This is what the masters understand and acquiesce in their hearts.Just like the corruption of officials in the former dynasty, as long as it does not exceed that level, the superiors will pretend not to see it. After all, there is no incentive to benefit, and many things are inconvenient.

Of course, Qin Shu was different. In Liu Qingtang's eyes, her things and her money belonged to Qin Shu, and Qin Shu was given the right to use the money in her account early on, and he also gave him the key to the warehouse.Liu Qingtang didn't mind Qin Shu giving her more money, because he was too sloppy with himself, which was in stark contrast to how he cared about her.Except that Liu Qingtang prepared some good things for him, he didn't think about those at all.

Therefore, it is understandable that her private treasury is getting more and more abundant, and Liu Qingtang finds it funny when she thinks about it.No one believed it when he said it out, Qin Shu was such a big manager, he didn't have much money in his hands, so he moved as much as he earned outside to Liu Qingtang's private treasury, so Liu Qingtang consciously didn't know what to say about him.What made her laugh the most was that Qin Shu, after she found out about this, specially wrapped a big red envelope of a thousand taels of silver for him during the Chinese New Year, and he turned around and put it in her treasury.

This time was no exception. After being given a lot of red envelopes by all the beauties in the harem, Liu Qingtang turned her head and found that a few more money had been added to her private treasury account, and she shook her head and laughed.

When all the beauties were jealous of the emperor's favorite Xuan Ge, or expressed friendship, Liu Qingtang only glanced at her face that was said to have a rash and was covered by a veil, and then acted disinterested. Look away.Why did Xuan Ge develop rashes at this time? No one knows the reason better than her.

Seeing that she looks good, she is still relatively indifferent when surrounded by everyone, at least Liu Qingtang can see that this Xuange was trained well before entering the palace, after all, the seemingly gentle Xiao Huaixu is not willing to bother with everyone, she only relies on That face can't do without some tricks.That face is her capital, but it is also her burden. There are good and bad, so that she can be a qualified pawn.

After all the show girls got their positions, Xuan Ge was also made a concubine.In the harem, apart from the empress and four concubines, even if the concubines are the highest, the rest of the ladies with the highest status are only concubines, and there are two who will be promoted to concubines in the future, and now they are only Jieyu.Being able to be concubine as a court lady is enough to see the emperor's undisguised preference.What's more, the palace where the pregnant concubine Xuan Ge lives is also Qingyin Palace which is the closest to Chang'an Palace.

This is enough to arouse the jealousy and resentment of all the women in the harem. The emperor also specially decreed that the concubine Huai likes to be quiet and not let the other concubines set foot in the Qingyin Palace. Stay in Qingyin Hall.

When the emperor couldn't see her, all the concubines flocked to the empress dowager Liu Qingtang, regardless of how terrifying the empress dowager was, their words were nothing more than concubines to confuse the emperor.

If they disturbed her and Qin Shu's resting time together, it would be quite interesting to see them pretending to be so incongruous, so let's watch it as a drama.

It's a pity, if you want to ask who is the happiest in the palace where the emperor dotes on his concubine, naturally it should be Liu Qingtang, how can she really stop it.However, in this case, she still had to pretend, so she called the emperor, said such and such words in the words that best suited her status as empress dowager, and then acted like she didn't like her concubine.

Regardless of whether the emperor was really obedient or not, with Liu Qingtang's words, he had gone to other concubines several times, but everyone knew that his favorite was concubine Huai.His behavior, which can be regarded as the only favorite, made the harem lively again. In order to get the emperor's attention from the concubine, the women came up with various methods one after another, making Liu Qingtang suddenly think of her previous life, as if nothing had changed. Except that the original Wang Yuexiang has become the current Xuange.

The harem was not peaceful, and the front court also began to be not peaceful.

(End of this chapter)