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

After Aunt Chun said this, the Queen Mother glanced at her.

"You are also a hindsight expert!" He didn't say it then, but now he says it.

Aunt Chun smiled embarrassedly, "Then I, as an afterthought, will tell the Empress Dowager one more piece of news."

"Why are you keeping us in suspense? Come on and tell us!" The Queen Mother urged Aunt Chun when she saw that she had deliberately stopped talking.

Aunt Chun: "I heard that water was poured in the Yangxin Palace this morning." This news was exclusive to her, and no one else knew it.

It was a young eunuch who was doing some work for the Empress Dowager and happened to see it.

"..." The Queen Mother was speechless. Why would she tell this news to a lonely person like her?

"You are so good, Chun'er, you are teasing me." The Queen Mother glanced at Aunt Chun, put on her hairpin again, and then tidied herself up. "Okay, let's go to the Qianqing Palace."

The Queen Mother did not want to see the concubines, wives of royal family members, and ladies of the court in Shoukang Palace.

If they meet in their own palace, it will take a long time. It is better to meet these people collectively in the Qianqing Palace, so that everyone can complete the process quickly.

"Aren't we going to wait for the Queen and the concubines to come and pay their respects and kowtow?" Aunt Chun asked. In the past, they would wait for the Queen and her people to come on this day.

The Queen Mother gave Aunt Chun a knowing look and said, "The Queen will definitely say she's not feeling well today, so you can be spared this."

That's the kind of person the Queen is.

As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, Yuzhu, who was beside the Queen, came over and said that the Queen was not feeling well, so today would be the same as New Year's Eve, skipping this procedure.

The Queen Mother raised her hand and agreed.

Yuzhu didn't say a word of what was in her mind. She originally wanted to say that the Queen was angry because Concubine Jing was in the Yangxin Palace.

But the Queen Mother didn't ask a single question and just let her go after listening.

Yuzhu looked back and saw the joy on the empress dowager's face, which was completely different from the sadness in their Changchun Palace. From yesterday to today, she didn't dare to close her eyes.

The emperor has changed.

The Queen Mother has also changed.

What will the Queen do in the future?

Could it be that a queen of a country had to live under the control of the imperial concubine? The empress dowager loved the queen so much before, but just because the emperor didn't like her anymore, the empress dowager would kick her when she was down?

Yuzhu felt even more depressed when she thought that the Empress Dowager not only promoted the Imperial Concubine but also specially arranged for her aunt to teach her how to manage the harem.

The Queen Mother did not want Yuzhu to talk too much. She was the most respected person around the Queen and her confidant. Everything she said was what the Queen wanted to convey to her.

She didn't want to hear it.

The queen has destroyed her own path, so she has to bear the consequences herself.

Arriving at the Qianqing Palace, the Empress Dowager noticed that the Imperial Concubine had arrived first. It seemed that Concubine Jing was coming with the Emperor.

Thinking of Concubine Jing, the Queen Mother had a slight smile on her face. She had a good impression of Concubine Jing. Just based on her saying that there was no need to go to the late emperor's memorial ceremony, she felt that Concubine Jing was smart.

When the imperial concubine saw the empress dowager coming, she immediately served her.

"You sit next to me." The Queen Mother pointed to the seat next to her. In previous years, this seat was occupied by the Queen.

Concubine Gao was a little flattered. She was so excited that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.

"Thank you, Her Majesty the Queen Mother, for your grace." As for this seat, it was previously occupied by the Queen, but that doesn't matter, now she can sit on it too.

Let’s count all the things the queen did, one by one.

"You did a great job organizing yesterday's New Year's Eve banquet." The Queen Mother did not hesitate to praise her. The timing of yesterday's New Year's Eve banquet was really perfect. It did not last until the evening like in the past. It ended just after the hour of You in the afternoon.

She could also go back early, take off her heavy dress, and take a comfortable hot bath.

Then wait slowly and leisurely for the New Year's Eve.

Unlike before, when they finished, it was already midnight, and then they would go back in a hurry, doing everything here and there.

Yesterday’s New Year’s Eve party was truly the most relaxing one in recent years.

Concubine Gao remembered that when she asked Concubine Jing for advice, she suggested that it could be ended during the day.

After hesitating, I combined my own thoughts and decided to shorten this time.

"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, thank you for your kind words." Concubine Gao was not as self-deprecating as before. Instead, after hearing Concubine Jing praise her so many times, she could frankly say that she did a good job.

But this was the Queen Mother, so she couldn't be so complacent in front of her, lest it affect the Queen Mother's impression of her. She still needed to be promoted by the Queen Mother in the future.

The Queen Mother smiled and then pulled Concubine Gao's hand.

Concubine Xian below felt a little disappointed, but she adjusted herself quickly. Concubine Chun turned her face away so that no one could see her face twisted with anger.

What was that look in the Empress Dowager's eyes? Concubine Gao is a chicken that doesn't lay eggs, so why did the Empress Dowager fall for her?

Thinking of her own Yong Zhang, who was so well-behaved and cute, Concubine Chun felt that the Empress Dowager's heart had turned to Shengjing.

But the Queen Mother was the elder, so she couldn't say it.

It’s all because Concubine Gao’s face is too charming. Even someone as experienced as the Empress Dowager could be fooled by her.

The Queen Mother turned a blind eye to the disputes among the concubines below.

Yu Suisui came with Qianlong. He basically didn't sleep last night. He only took a nap for about half an hour in the morning.

But Qianlong seemed to be very energetic, as if he had sucked away all her spirit.

Isn't it said to replenish yin by taking yang? Why doesn't it work on her?

Qianlong came in holding Yu Susui's hand, which made Concubine Chun stare with wide eyes. The emperor never held hands in front of outsiders before, and even the empress did not allow it.

Now the emperor is holding that vixen Yu Suisui!

Yu Suisui looked so charming, it was obvious that she was with the emperor last night... When Concubine Chun thought of this, her heart was filled with sourness, and her hands unconsciously tightened a little.

The Third Prince looked up. "Mother, it's too tight. My hand hurts."

Concubine Chun quickly let go and tried to make amends, "Mother is..."

Before he could finish his words, the empress dowager waved to Qianlong and Yu Susui, "Today is a family dinner. Everyone here is our family. Would the emperor like to sit with us?" In previous years, the emperor sat at a table alone.

This year, the imperial concubine prepared two contingency plans. One was the same as the empress's arrangement, with Qianlong sitting alone at a table.

Another option is for the emperor to sit with the empress dowager, the clan elders, and the old wife. This would be more conducive to Qianlong maintaining his kind image.

Qianlong pulled Yu Suisui over and raised his hand as he passed by, "Everyone get up." Then when he arrived in front of the empress dowager, "Mother, you look very good today."

The Queen Mother looked radiant today, without the forced energy of previous years.

"I had a good rest yesterday." He did stay up late, but before that he took a short nap. There were some dark circles under his eyes, but they were invisible when he covered them.

"Where will you sit, Emperor?"