Quick Wear: I was a Favored Concubine in the Qing Dynasty

After arriving in the capital, Yu Suishui, thanks to Wu Keshan, met Empress Xiaozhuang on the first day of his arrival in Beijing.

The anxiety on her face was now visible to the naked eye; even a layman like Yu Suisui could see it. Her frown had never been relaxed since the first time Yu Suisui saw her.

After exchanging a few brief greetings with Yu Suisui, she asked Su Malagu to take Yu Suisui to the side hall for tea.

"Brother, I called you here to discuss the marriage between the emperor and Bumuba." Xiaozhuang couldn't calm down even if she wanted to. As long as the emperor didn't get married, he would be a child emperor.

Dorgon held most of the power of the Qing Dynasty in his hands. What the mother and son said was like fart. The ministers listened to it today and forgot it tomorrow.

She desperately wanted the support of her brother, who was the emperor's uncle and they were all family.

Wu Keshan laughed, "Bumbutai, Bumuba is still young, we want to keep her for another two years. This time I came to Beijing because you said you would follow the Han rituals, the three ceremonies and six betrothals. There are so many things in it, so I can learn about it, so that I won't be clueless when I ask."

As a Mongolian, how could he know the etiquette of the Han people? Although the Han people pay attention to rules, he is not a Han Chinese. It is strange that the emperor did not use the rules of his own Manchu ethnic group to marry his daughter, but insisted on using the rules of the Han ethnic group.

There were so many and so many things, he didn’t understand them.

Xiaozhuang was dissatisfied in her heart and it showed a little on her face. It was the same again. Every time she said something, her brother would be like this. But whenever Hai Lanzhu said something, he would always respond.

"Brother, Bumuba is already fifteen years old. She is old enough to be an Eji." Xiaozhuang said. Her tone was kind, but the wrinkles between her eyebrows betrayed her.

She just wants to quickly regain power, so how can her son be a puppet emperor?

"Bumuba is my beloved daughter. It won't be a problem if I keep her for two more years." Wu Keshan had reached an agreement with Dorgon. The emperor was always very stingy with the things he gave him, and even the New Year gifts were missing.

Don't think that just because he is a Mongolian, he doesn't know these good things. It's not like he hasn't seen them before. When he followed Dorgon in his battles, he had seen all kinds of good things.

Whenever there was silk from Jiangnan, Dorgon knew to send the best products every year. However, his nephew and sister always sent out-of-season items. The princess used to laugh and say that in the eyes of his sister and the emperor's nephew, he was not as respected as the servants in front of them.

He did curse back, but there was nothing wrong with what the princess said. The clothes that Su Malagu was wearing were better than anything the emperor had given to the princess before. He felt dissatisfied when he saw it just now.

Bumbutai always blamed him for letting a servant surpass his sister-in-law, saying that they all favored Hailanzhu. But she never thought that every time Hailanzhu gave them something, it was something she liked.

He could understand it before. After all, Bumbutai was not as favored by Huang Taiji as Hailanzhu, and she did not receive as many rewards as her. Now Bumbutai is the empress dowager, and even though Dorgon holds great power, he would not take all the offerings in the palace for himself.

It’s just that Bumbutai doesn’t take it seriously.

Xiaozhuang felt as if ants were biting her heart, with a dull and long pain, "Brother, Fulin is already sixteen years old. When he was your age, he had already followed Dad to the battlefield to earn merit, but look at him now, besides studying with a few teachers, what else can he do?"

She couldn't put it so clearly. Her brother was a smart man. Would he get less from supporting his nephew than from supporting Dorgon?

When Bumuba becomes the queen in the future, it will be such an honor for her brother in Khorchin.

Wu Keshan picked up the teacup, opened the lid, and frowned when he saw the clear tea. He never liked drinking such tea. "Bumbutai, it was you who said you wanted to go through the three ceremonies and six betrothal gifts. Now you want to refuse all these. Do you want to call me Bumuba and be laughed at by the world in the future?"

It was said at the beginning that the three rites and six betrothals were the traditions of the Han people for thousands of years, and they should set an example for the people of the world in the future. If they take it back now, how will these people view Bumuba in the future?

Xiaozhuang was silent for a while, and thought of a compromise. "Brother, this is of course in accordance with the rules. Bumuba will not be missing a bit. But can the time be advanced? We are all a family, and these rules are just a formality."

Wu Keshan put the teacup heavily on the table, making a noise. "You are the queen mother of a country, you can deal with these things perfunctorily. Those Han officials are brainless. You care about your son, but Bumuba was also raised by me and her mother since she was a child. As an aunt, you don't think about her, but instead you label her as someone who doesn't know manners."

He cares about benefits, but marrying Bumuba to the emperor is her best choice. Even if something happens in the future, he can barely keep his daughter.

If she were to marry to another place in Mongolia, none of the princes there would be easy to mess with.

Xiaozhuang was really angry. She took two long breaths. This was not acceptable and that was not acceptable. It was just that her brother had a better relationship with Dorgon and did not look favorably upon her and Fulin.

But she couldn't ask her brother to leave like that. "Brother, I'm wrong about this, but now the power in the court is complicated and complicated, and you are far away in Mongolia. I can only think of asking Fulin to take power as soon as possible, which may ease the situation a little." Xiaozhuang felt that this didn't make sense, so she showed weakness first.

Wu Keshan's eyes were complicated. Bumbutai was really flexible. If he hadn't seen through her over the years, he would have known how nice her words were when she helped Fulin fight for the throne. However, none of them had come true so far.

Maybe if Dorgon had really become the emperor, he would be able to control a lot of power in Mongolia now.

"The Han people say that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Fulin is only sixteen years old, still young. Aren't those Han people who passed the imperial examinations also in their thirties or forties? Don't be anxious. Bumuba will marry into the palace in two years. You just wait patiently for two years." Wu Keshan had thought about it. It would take about two years to go through all these procedures, and it would be the same when he took power.

Xiaozhuang pursed her lips and stopped talking, for she was afraid that she would curse someone as soon as she opened her mouth.

After a while, Su Malagu also came over. Seeing her shaking her head, she became even angrier.

Holding back her temper, Xiaozhuang kept Wu Keshan and the others to have lunch together. She asked someone to send them out. Yu Suisui could stay in the palace, but Wu Keshan wanted to take her with him. Xiaozhuang had no choice but to grit her teeth and agree.

There is no point in her being the empress dowager. Even her own brother does not respect her at all. There is no need to say much about other people.

After the people left, Su Malagu said, "Princess, I have talked to Bumba, and she just doesn't understand. She just thinks about playing all day and has a simple mind. You don't have to worry too much about her in the future."

It's better to keep it simple. The simpler it is, the safer it is in the palace. Two more princesses died in Changchun Palace this year. She knew clearly that the deaths of these princesses were closely related to the harem, the emperor's acquiescence and the princesses' indulgence.