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

In a blink of an eye, it was the spring of the sixteenth year of Kangxi's reign, a year that marked a watershed in the status of most of Kangxi's concubines.

With frequent reports of good news from the front lines, Kangxi's mood became better and better. Once he was in a good mood, what Yu Suisui said was easily realized.

So Kangxi came over and discussed it with the Empress Dowager.

"Madam, the three-year mourning period for Hesheli has already come. It is not bad for Niuhulu to help manage the six palaces..." Kangxi paused and asked, "Madam, can we go ahead with the original plan?"

Niuhulu would be the successor, which was agreed upon before she entered the palace. Although he disliked Niuhulu's father, in the past two years or so, Niuhulu had always abided by her duties and never overstepped the line. She was a person who knew her limits.

The Empress Dowager put down the green sandalwood Buddhist beads in her hand, looked into Kangxi's eyes and said, "Niuhulu is good, but I still want to ask you, Xuanye, what are your plans for Tong Jia?" The Empress Dowager had always been unsure about Kangxi's attitude towards Tong Jia.

Tong Jia had been in the palace for more than half a year, and had made numerous mistakes, big and small. Before the New Year, she even threw dirty water on Concubine Zhao. If Su Malagu hadn't told her, she would really have thought that Concubine Zhao was getting too arrogant.

But it just so happened that Tong Jia was Xuanye's cousin. Regardless of whether they had any feelings for each other, she was the niece of Xuanye's biological mother, so there was some connection between them.

She was afraid that if she said something too harsh, Xuanye would be unhappy, and if she said something too mild, Tong Jia would cause trouble again. She herself would be unhappy.

"My grandson wants to give her the position of a noble concubine." Kangxi thought about it and felt that Tong Jia was not worthy of the position of a noble concubine, but he still hesitated.

The Grand Empress Dowager frowned, "Noble Concubine? But according to the positions in the harem that have been agreed upon before, the position of Noble Concubine is not low. She, a princess, was promoted to Noble Concubine, but what about the wives? How should they be given titles?" Not long ago, the Ministry of Rites sorted out the list of positions in the harem. The Queen is separate, and there are Imperial Noble Concubine One, Noble Concubine Two, Concubine Four, and Imperial Concubine Seven. If these are finalized, then the Noble Concubine will be the first person under the Queen.

After all, when there is a queen, there will be no imperial concubine.

Kangxi was silent for a moment, "Madam, I think that Ma Jia and Na La should be given the title of concubines for giving birth to a prince."

After all, Ma Jia had given birth to quite a few children for him, although he did not raise many of them. Now she was pregnant, possibly another prince. He had hesitated several times about her position, but it was not impossible for him to give her the position of concubine.

"Xuanye, Ma Jia has given birth to five children, and now she is pregnant with another one. You said you would give her the position of concubine, but isn't that a little bit worse than Tong Jia? And those concubines in the harem whose families have made meritorious services on the battlefield, if they are promoted in the harem, what will their families think? Those who sacrificed their lives for you on the battlefield, but when they came back their daughters and sisters have not changed at all." The Empress Dowager thought a lot. For promotion, one must consider not only whether the concubines have given birth to children and whether someone in the family has made meritorious services in the previous dynasty, but also Xuanye's preferences.

When you add all these things up, it becomes difficult to decide.

Kangxi had also thought about this. These people must be promoted, but their status still needed to be carefully considered.

"Madam Empress Dowager, my grandson wants to make Li and the others concubines this time." It is impossible not to make them concubines. Kangxi also hesitated. The number of concubines is definitely not enough, so the number of concubines is only possible.

The Grand Empress Dowager: "Okay, but who should be ranked first and who should be ranked second? And how should the Borjigit and Wanliuha be given titles?" At this point, the Grand Empress Dowager was only concerned about the Tonggiya clan. She felt that the Tonggiya clan should not be given such a high position.

Kangxi made a hesitant expression and said hesitantly: "The Queen Mother also knows that my grandson thinks that Wanliuha was also chosen by the Queen Mother. Compared with Borjigit, my grandson still wants to promote Wanliuha." He mentioned Borjigit deliberately.

The Royal Mother knew that he had always been resistant to the Borjigit family, so she decided to compare them and choose the one he could accept more.

The Empress Dowager looked at Kangxi solemnly and sighed, "Xuanye, I know you have a problem with Borjigit, but she is also a princess from the Khorchin grassland. When Hesheli was here, I would not bring up those things. Borjigit is a Mongolian princess after all, and she is the only Mongolian princess in your harem."

She knew what Xuanye meant by replacing Borjigit with Wan Liuha. Anyway, Wan Liuha was chosen by her, and it was also a way of giving her face.

I had seen Wan Liuha before on New Year's Eve. She looked inconspicuous, and her personality and speech were nothing special, except that her voice was a little nice. She said she would stand there, and then she would stand there, not saying a single word, just standing there quietly.

When the Empress Dowager saw her like that, she thought that her grandson Kangxi had made her stand in the same way every day, so her posture had not changed at all.

Kangxi looked embarrassed and pretended to struggle, saying: "Either give Wanliuha the title of concubine, and Borjigit the title of concubine." If he had not given Wanliuha the title of concubine, would he have given Borjigit the title of concubine?

Thinking of this, Kangxi felt that he had suffered a great loss.

The Empress Dowager originally wanted to say that Wanliuha did not need to be given a title of consort, but then she changed her mind and thought that giving Borjigit a title of concubine was not bad either, and it was a good result for the Empress Dowager.

"Forget it, whatever you want." The Grand Empress Dowager took a sip of her tea and continued, "Xuanye, I still want to say that Tong Jia is not worthy of the position of Imperial Concubine. If you really think well of her and your mother, you should not force Tong Jia to be Imperial Concubine. This is not good for her, but harming her."

When people are stupid, they can still control themselves without such a high position. But once they get to a high position, they can no longer be the same as before, and they will do more absurd things.

"Also, Xuanye, I'm not the one who wants to criticize her. Years ago, she recommended a palace maid to you. I never told you that this is not against the rules. Once this precedent is set, the palace maids in your harem will flock to be your concubines. If this continues, there will be chaos in the harem."

If all the concubines followed Tong Jia's example and sent palace maids to Xuanye, these palace maids would only think about how to climb onto the dragon bed and would use any means necessary to do so, which would be detrimental to the harmony of the harem.

Kangxi still stood on the side of the Empress Dowager on this matter. "Madam, after all, Tong Jia is my mother's niece and my uncle's biological daughter. It would not look good if her rank was too low." Tong Jia did not send him a woman, so he just went with the flow.

But I definitely can’t tell this to the Queen Mother.

When the Empress Dowager heard this, as she had expected, Xuanye's feelings for his mother had shifted to the Tonggiya clan, and he still had some affection for the Tonggiya clan.

"Xuan Ye, I still say this. If it was a smart girl from the Tong Jia clan, I would have made her a noble concubine without you asking. But Tong Jia is different. People with stupid brains can do things that are no different from bad things. In terms of deeds, the bad things done by these stupid people will only be more serious because they are out of control." She really didn't have a good impression of Tong Jia. The matter of a palace maid, plus the matter of Concubine Zhao, and the stupid things she had done before, she was too stupid.

When Kangxi heard the Empress Dowager's comments on Tong Jia, he was not very happy, because Tong Jia was his cousin after all.