Chapter 365: Double the Relief Food
Chapter 365: Double the Relief Food
After hearing Songzhi's words, Concubine Hua also put down her teacup, pursed her lips and said nothing.
Strange indeed.
The gates of the Yanx Palace and the Jingren Palace are opposite each other. There was such a big commotion in the Yanx Palace. When she entered the Yanx Palace, she was very arrogant. Later, Concubine Jing came over.
Jingren Palace is just across the street. Even if the Queen was fast asleep, someone as sensible as Jianqiu would have woken her up.
She knows best what their queen cares about.
How could they allow the queen to sleep all the time?
Furthermore, the queen suffers from headaches from time to time. People who suffer from headaches often have shallow sleep.
The queen was troubled by a headache in the first half of the night, but slept soundly in the second half?
Even Concubine Hua couldn't achieve such a good sleeping state.
Songzhi: Your Majesty, you still underestimate yourself.
Concubine Hua: I am giving a serious analysis, please listen carefully.
Besides, Noble Fucha had a peculiar constitution, sometimes too hot and sometimes too cold, and the child was too big and difficult to give birth to.
In this matter, Noble Lady Fucha's pregnancy had been taken care of by the two imperial physicians Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen. During this period, she had asked them about Noble Lady Fucha's condition, and they both said that everything was fine.
The two brothers of the Jiang family concealed the fact that Concubine Fucha was pregnant. After Concubine Fucha gave birth to a princess, she was hacked to death by robbers at home.
If the Queen bribed the Jiang brothers and wanted to cause Concubine Fucha to have a difficult childbirth, resulting in two deaths, it seems to make sense.
However, the way the two brothers died was not the Queen's usual method.
Moreover, if it was done by the Queen, she should have been prepared early in the days when Noble Lady Fucha gave birth, ready to come out and perform a big show at any time, instead of sleeping so soundly in Jingren Palace that the concubines did not need to go and pay their respects.
I really can’t understand it!
And my brother, why didn't he tell me before he just asked the imperial physician to go treat my sister-in-law?
Logically speaking, my brother wouldn't do this in this life.
Until now, she didn't dare to secretly send a letter to the Nian family to inquire about the situation.
Fortunately, there was no danger in the palace. She managed to calm the situation down. Let's just take it one step at a time.
"Your Majesty, you let Fuzi go and confess her guilt, but you didn't let her mention that there was musk on Wanpin's ink and scripture paper. Then the case will be dropped, and the truth of this matter will never be revealed, right?" Songzhi asked.
"The purpose is just to rescue Noble Lady Fucha. As for how Zhen Huan had a miscarriage, does it still matter now?" Hua Fei smiled. Song Zhi has become more sincere recently. It seems that she has been thinking too much, and her brain has become lazy.
"How Wanpin miscarried is not important to the emperor. What he wants is the stability of the harem and the balance of the Manchu-Han conflict in the previous dynasty."
"As for Wanpin herself... maybe she doesn't know how she miscarried?"
In her previous life, she was able to find musk from Yiku Palace. In this life, this little thing shouldn't be difficult for her.
I don’t know whether in my previous life, after my death, Concubine Wan and the Emperor lived happily and lovingly with each other.
What has been making Hua Fei depressed lately is this: she will never commit suicide by banging her head against the wall in this life, and she has no idea what will happen next.
Who can give me a spoiler?
This is even more frustrating than Xin Chang not being able to write two chapters of a storybook in ten days.
The key is that she knows nothing and she really feels guilty.
If I had known that I would end up in the underworld, I wouldn't have cried so much. I would have asked the Ox-Head and Horse-Face for mercy and let them take a look at what would happen to me after my death.
What a waste of resources.
Concubine Hua was very annoyed, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt she was at a disadvantage.
Hua Fei and Song Zhi, the master and servant, were talking in the inner room. Outside, Gui Zhi was wiping the dust off the Maitreya Buddha incense table. She accidentally made some noise and attracted Hua Fei's attention.
Guizhi hurriedly knelt down and apologized. Hua Fei walked down from the couch, looked at Guizhi, then looked at Maitreya Buddha, picked up three incense sticks, and stuck them in front of Maitreya Buddha. Can this future Buddha allow people to see the future?
While Concubine Hua was still pondering about the matter of communicating with gods and ghosts to foresee the future, Zhou Ninghai reported to the Imperial Household Department and brought the imperial concubine's clothes for her to try on.
This was the last fitting before her promotion, and Concubine Hua felt that she was really going to be promoted this time.
I have tried on this imperial concubine's auspicious dress no less than three times.
Every time, the servants of the Imperial Household Department were very attentive. I have already made it clear that they can just adjust the size of the auspicious clothes according to the clothes I usually wear. There is really no need for me to try them on myself every few days.
But the servants of the Imperial Household Department would not listen. They had to flatter when it was time to do so. Moreover, there was the emperor's order that the auspicious dress must fit the body and comply with the rules and etiquette.
When Concubine Duan was promoted to Imperial Concubine, there was no grand ceremony because she was in poor health and the ceremony was over.
The emperor said that this time it must be held grandly, otherwise it would be unfair to the contributions made by the Nian family to the court in the previous dynasty.
Listen to this, wow, I’m so sorry to the Nian family.
Concubine Hua really doesn't understand. The Nian family is now well-behaved and honest. Why does the emperor always add fuel to the fire?
Wouldn't it be good for him to be a good king and for the Nian family to be good subjects?
She let the servants try on the ceremonial dress for her, and there was really nothing to change. The servants from the clothing department said a lot of nice things, and Songzhi gave each of them a purse as a reward before she was sent off.
If Hua Fei used to enjoy the feeling of being sought after by thousands of people, now she just wants to say, don't get involved.
If she had a choice, she would not want to talk to anyone once the door of Yiku Palace was closed.
She has tried on this auspicious dress three or four times in her life. It is impossible for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to give her a dress for an imperial concubine and let her wear it on the day of the ceremony.
In her previous life, Zhen Huan had a miscarriage after being a royal concubine for only a few days, and then she was stripped of her title and demoted to Concubine Nian. In this life, can she finally fulfill her dream of being a royal concubine?
Hua Fei hasn't seen any other benefits yet, but two days ago, An Lingrong came to pay her respects and mentioned that the imperial concubine's allowance would seem to be doubled and the monthly allowance would increase, so she is still looking forward to it.
Hua Fei thought about it and wondered how a concubine like her who regarded money as dirt could talk to An Lingrong about doubling the allowance.
It seemed like she was advising An Lingrong to be more proactive in front of the emperor from time to time. After being a maid for so long, it would be a good thing for her to be promoted to a noble lady and have more palace maids serving her.
Then An Lingrong took out a small abacus from her sleeve to do some financial calculations for herself. From a concubine to a noble lady, her allowance of silver would indeed increase from 50 taels to 100 taels, but as her rank rose, the rewards she gave to the servants and maids in the palaces would also increase.
Although the relief food was doubled every month, the palace maids and servants who came forward with their mouths open waiting for a share were not easy to fool.
This extra amount of relief food cannot be saved. People are greedy. There is a possibility that one's savings will not be as much as they are now, and one will have to invest more. It is not cost-effective, it is really not cost-effective.
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