Wearing a book, hooking him up

This Wanshou Festival was extremely grand. Su Jingyao was in charge of the Shangyi Bureau and had many affairs to take care of.

Many countries surrounding the king will send envoys to celebrate his birthday.

The Canglang Kingdom in the north, the Yuehui Kingdom and the Lingyu Kingdom in the east, the Yuelin Kingdom in the south, and the Seabuckthorn Kingdom a little further away in the desert, their customs and cultures are completely different from those of the Jun Kingdom.

To the west of the Kingdom of Kings are endless mountains and snowfields. It is still unclear whether there are other countries on the other side of the mountains.

Due to the arrival of the envoys, the main organizers of Jun Zechen's birthday festival were actually the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites.

They need to carefully prepare the corresponding welcome ceremony, meticulously arrange diplomatic etiquette and other matters.

Su Jingyao also has many tasks to take care of.

Not only did he need to communicate and coordinate closely with officials from the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites, but he also had to properly arrange all the details of the banquet.

For example, in terms of banquet reception, the etiquette palace maids for the banquet day were carefully selected and then given strict training and guidance.

They have to prepare various performances, carefully consider the meals, properly manage the gifts, and keep detailed records of the entire banquet process, etc.

Although Su Jingyao is the Imperial Concubine, she can be regarded as a CEO. She does not need to do many things personally. She only needs to give orders and many people will take care of it.

However, this year's Wanshou Festival is indeed crucial, and Su Jingyao will personally confirm every key node to ensure that everything goes well.

Fortunately, Nanny Lin who was by her side was experienced and mature, and Miaoyun and other four personal palace maids also grew up very well under her careful training, and they were able to handle many things on their own.

Since she was promoted to Imperial Noble Consort, four personal maids including Nanny Lin and Miaoyun became the highest-ranking female officials in the harem.

She was more powerful than some of the palace concubines, and was even more respected by the servants in the palace who were accustomed to flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak.

The study room of Zhaochun Palace.

"Master, Concubine Chu is due to give birth in a month. Concubine Ling and Concubine Chu have been having a close relationship in private for some time."

Miaoyun stood beside Su Jingyao, frowned slightly and continued: "It seems that Concubine Ling has also wanted Lady Chu's child for a long time."

Su Jingyao sat at the desk, holding a brush lightly in one hand, writing something with great concentration.

When she heard Miaoyun's words, a barely perceptible hint of thought flashed across her face, and her hands did not pause much.

"Concubine Ling is being bullied by Concubine Shen, so naturally she has to find a way to suppress Concubine Shen. She can't get pregnant, and now she is not favored by His Majesty, and she doesn't have a strong family background. If there is no royal heir, Concubine Shen will suppress her for the rest of her life."

Su Jingyao had a calm expression and spoke slowly in a calm tone.

Jun Zechen had done his best for Concubine Ling. In order to prevent Concubine Ling from being too sad in the harem, he would go to Yikun Palace for meals two or three times a month. However, he would never stay overnight in the Yikun Palace, let alone summon Concubine Ling to his palace.

However, there were only a few concubines in the harem who could see His Majesty several times a month. In addition, Concubine Ling was one of the two concubines, so her life in the harem was relatively easy, except for Concubine Shen who would cause her troubles.

Miaoyun pondered for a while and continued to talk about the situation in the harem.

"Nowadays, Concubine Xu is also favored in the harem. She can always see His Majesty once a month. However, when Concubine Ling was still a noble concubine, Concubine Xu took refuge with her. After she was favored, Concubine Xu did not have much contact with Concubine Ling."

The master has been busy with the Wanshou Festival recently, and Miaoyun is also very busy. The Wanshou Festival is in two days, and everything that needs to be arranged has been almost completed, and only the subordinates need to carry out the execution.

Miaoyun took some time today to sort out the news about the concubines passed on by her subordinates, and reported them to Su Jingyao one by one.

When Su Jingyao heard Xu Cairen's words, she was stunned for a while. She had been very busy recently. There were many women in the harem, and her status was changing inadvertently.

This Xu Cairen was Xu Baolin from Taolin before, and he was just promoted to Cairen.

"These women in the palace have low positions, they don't eat well, they don't dress well, and it's easy for some servants to take kickbacks. After I took charge of the six palaces, although I tried my best to avoid these things, I couldn't completely prevent them."

After all, if you help the concubines, you will block the servants' financial path. If you don't help the concubines, some servants will be too rampant and the concubines will have complaints. It can only be said that Su Jingyao will make the harem reach a relatively balanced state.

"In a harem like this, any woman with a little ambition will naturally try every possible means to gain favor. The fact that Concubine Xu can speak eloquently in front of His Majesty shows how outstanding she is."

"A woman like this, if she is favored, will not be willing to be a pawn for others. If Concubine Ling cannot bring enough benefits to Xu Cairen, it is not impossible for Xu Cairen to find another master."

Su Jingyao analyzed calmly, her expression was calm, but her eyes were deep and sharp.

Miaoyun nodded, without much expression on her face, but her eyes revealed a kind of sophistication and indifference.

She had been with her master for a long time and had become indifferent to the competition for favor among the concubines.

No disgust, no dislike, no hatred.

Everyone lives for himself, but the winner takes all.

Miaoyun would not have any sympathy for these women as they followed their master in scheming against them.

After that, Miaoyun hesitated for a moment and then said softly, "Master, Concubine Ye knelt in Zhaochun Palace for more than half an hour that day. After returning to Jingyang Palace, she immediately sent someone to Cining Palace, saying that she wanted to worship Buddha with the Queen Mother during her pregnancy and pray for the royal heir."

As she said this, Miaoyun's brows furrowed tightly, her face full of disgust.

Su Jingyao raised a slightly mocking smile and said coldly, "Ye Guipin is still as smart as ever. She knew that I wanted to take action against her, so she quickly found a backer for herself."

"Unfortunately, I am not the one who is going to take action."

Miao Yun was puzzled when she heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Master, what do you mean?"

Su Jingyao narrowed her eyes slightly, her thoughts drifting back to the time when she had intentionally or unintentionally tested Jun Zechen's punishment on Concubine Ye.

Only then did I realize that Jun Zechen originally wanted to keep Concubine Ye and Concubine Lin to continue fighting, but he didn't expect Concubine Ye to be so anxious to take the initiative to find the Queen Mother.

In this way, Concubine Ye would have no value in Jun Zechen's eyes, and Jun Zechen would not let her go. The empress dowager was protecting the royal heir, not her.

In fact, the more times she went to see the Queen Mother, the more likely she was to have a difficult labor. Once she had a difficult labor, the only one who would survive would be the royal heir.

It's so clever that I was misled by my cleverness.

Well, no matter how well a young lady from an aristocratic family is trained, how can she see through those who are truly in power?

Thinking of this, Su Jingyao looked lazy and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry about Concubine Ye."

"Yes."

"How is Concubine Lin doing recently?" Su Jingyao asked calmly.

"Concubine Lin has been very close to Concubine Shen recently. Concubine Shen sent me news that Concubine Lin wants to join her to deal with Concubine Ye, and..."

Miaoyun paused for a moment, raised her eyes and glanced at her master carefully before continuing, "And you."

Su Jingyao couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly when she heard that.

So Concubine Lin believed that Concubine Shen and she were not on good terms, and since Concubine Shen was not favored, she wanted to win over Concubine Shen?

Since Su Jingyao became the Imperial Noble Consort, the power of the harem has gradually expanded, and more and more spies have been planted in various palaces. Sometimes when I hear the news, I feel that these women are both smart and ridiculous.

At the same time, I feel that their talents are wasted in this harem.

If they were to live in modern times, they would surely shine in the workplace.

"Let Concubine Lin do whatever she wants."

Su Jingyao shook her head slightly. These women in the harem might be bored, so they had to find something to do.

Su Jingyao was too lazy to stop their love and hatred, as long as they didn't bother her.

Nowadays, Su Jingyao would rather deal with the tedious affairs of the six palaces than deal with the trivial matters between concubines.

"By the way, Master, Concubine Ye sought the Queen Mother's protection after she became pregnant. Concubine Lin may not be able to vent her anger on Concubine Ye, so she has been making things difficult for Concubine Yan recently."

Miaoyun had a look of gloating on her face.

"A few days ago, Concubine Lin met Concubine Yan in the Imperial Garden. She angrily accused Concubine Yan of insubordination and made her kneel in the Imperial Garden for half an hour."

Miaoyun described it vividly, as if the scene was right in front of her.

"But Concubine Yan is not a pushover. I heard that she reported the matter to His Majesty that day. But surprisingly, His Majesty punished Concubine Lin."

Miaoyun had a smile on her face, as if she was mocking Concubine Lin's so-called favor.

Su Jingyao frowned slightly.

Could it be that Jun Zechen abandoned Concubine Ye and was planning to raise Concubine Yan to compete with Concubine Lin?