The Virtuous Concubine

I have always been just one of his many choices. Moreover, Jingyi becoming a concubine is an extra guarantee for Yonghe Palace. It is better for her to live here than for others. The thirteenth and fourth princes she gave birth to later are also good brothers. She just facilitated this fate earlier.

From a cold observation, Zhang Jiajingyi has a quiet and gentle personality, and her affection for Malu is also obvious.

Malu already had a plan in mind. If Jingyi was willing to become the emperor's concubine, then the two of them could join hands and jointly seek a place in the harem.

If Jingyi was unwilling, Malu felt that she should remind her as soon as possible and let her transfer or avoid it as soon as possible, so as to avoid being affected by the harem struggle. Otherwise, if she was unwilling, something must have happened in her previous life, causing her to become Kangxi's woman.

Malu discussed it with the system for a while and felt that he still needed to choose a few more. One was that if Jingyi became Kangxi's concubine, there would still be a vacancy around him. Another was that Dachun's plan might not succeed. Malu was jealous that Dachun knew martial arts, so he would definitely have no problem protecting the little boy, the Fourth Prince.

But he was a secret agent trained by the Li family, so he couldn't just change jobs like in modern times. In ancient times, people valued loyalty the most. Maybe Dachun's whole family was in the hands of the Li family.

Malu was really overwhelmed, but she had to make a choice. With more children in the future, more manpower would be needed. She couldn't let Bai Fu and Bai Xia do the work of two people. She touched her belly out of habit, and then she calmed down and caught up on her sleep.

After waking up, Malu took advantage of the good autumn sunshine and walked around the Yonghe Palace for half an hour, sweating a little. Malu knew that this was for the good of the child, but she felt like a donkey pulling a mill. The Yonghe Palace might be considered a villa, spacious to live in, but it was still not strong enough to walk.

But she didn't dare to go to such a high-risk place as the Imperial Garden, so she could only endure it for the time being. After giving birth, she must run ten laps around the Imperial Garden! There was nothing to do in the afternoon, and Malu couldn't concentrate on reading, so she made rouge paste all afternoon.

Malu loved books, even though it took her a long time to get used to the vertical layout of ancient Chinese texts. But she found that Kangxi always liked to discuss these with her, and yesterday's poetry incident made her feel even more frightened. The system knew that this was what educational psychology called aversion to learning. If you have a teacher you don't like, you will hate the whole class and you won't like the course.

In fact, what Malu hated the most was that Kangxi suspected her of cheating on him. To be honest, who in the harem didn't have a cuckold? And they were all wearing the same cuckold. He had the nerve to doubt her. If it weren't for her wit, she probably would have had grass sprouting on the graves of her nine clans.

This rouge cream is really time-consuming and laborious to make, especially because it is autumn and winter, and it takes more time to make more moisturizing ones. Malu first took the pearls and white mica and smashed them with a small copper hammer, then ground them carefully. On the side, he soaked dried roses, comfrey and roselle in osmanthus oil, and placed a small stove underneath to heat them.

After an hour, the color of the flower was soaked out, and the pearl powder and mother-of-pearl powder were ground into a suitable size. Malu took two pieces of white beeswax, heated them until they were completely melted, and then added red osmanthus oil and pearl mother-of-pearl powder to them in small amounts and multiple times, mixing several different shades of color before packing them in boxes and cooling them down.

As he was doing this, Malu remembered that Bai Fu, Bai Xia and six other new people also needed to be given some ointment to protect their fingers and joints in the winter, so he simply asked Bai Xia to bring a lot of mutton fat to make it together.

In the evening, Bai Xia came back with dinner and news about E Can. There were two people on the list of people who could be transferred in the last letter, one was Qian Shunxi and the other was Zhou Quanfu.

As for the remaining two, he would ask Chen Lianhai, the second-class eunuch in front of the emperor. Chen Lianhai had been particularly caring for Malu before, and seemed to have the intention of cooperating. After E-Chan learned about it from Malu, he took the opportunity to get in touch with him, and they should have reached an agreement. In the future, if Malu has anything to do in front of the emperor, he can look for him. These two places can be regarded as some small rewards for Chen Lianhai.

The matter of the eunuchs was arranged immediately. We just had to wait for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to bring people over and go through the process to select these people.

Bai Xia also reminded Malu: "In fifteen days, it will be the auspicious day selected by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory."

Malu was stunned for a while before she remembered that she had to prepare for the ceremony of the coronation of the queen! Kneeling and bowing at the ceremony was inevitable, and she would also be hungry.

The hairpins, jewelry and makeup were handed over to the meticulous Bai Fu. Bai Fu was familiar with the etiquette and decorations in the palace. With her taking care of these, Malu only needed to practice the day's procedures and etiquette a few more times. As for the other preparations, Malu planned to do it himself. He would add a knee pad to his clothes to prevent himself from getting tired after kneeling for a long time.

She certainly wouldn't tie it on her outer pants, which is no different from wearing underwear outside in the Qing Dynasty. It must be sewn on the inner pants, that is, at the knee of the Qing Dynasty autumn clothes. If it is sewn evenly, there will be no trace at all. No one can see any clues when the skirt is lowered. If someone insists on pulling up her skirt to see, they can only smile and say that Concubine Wu Ya's knees are really strong, like Baturu.

These were just a matter of a few stitches, but Bai Fu was very strict and forbade Malu to sew after sunset, saying it would hurt his eyes. So Malu obediently put it down and prepared to do it tomorrow, and then went on to plan the selection after the Queen's coronation ceremony.

Xiaoxuan must solve the problem of Mayanzhu. How can he find an opportunity to grant marriage? And it must be legitimate, and Kangxi must not be interested in Mayanzhu.

There are such examples in modern times, where girls often talk to their besties about how good their boyfriends are, and end up being poached. It would be fine if such a bestie lost her boyfriend, but Mayanju is Malu's sister, and in the eyes of the ancients, the blood relationship is completely inseparable.

If Mayanzhu had a kind of temper and brain, Malu would not have resolutely refused Mayanzhu's entry into the palace. Otherwise, it would be nice to have more people playing mahjong in Yonghe Palace. After all, Malu could accept Zhang Jiajingyi calmly, let alone her own sister.

But Mayanzhu’s temper and behavior…she is her own sister, and she knows it well.

Ma Lu complained: "Why not just let Mayanzhu enter the palace to teach Kangxi a lesson and let him experience the power of a woman."

The system refused: "Don't play with fire. When the time comes, Kangxi just needs to not turn over her card. But if she enters the palace, you two will most likely live together. It's not certain who will be unlucky in the end."

Seeing that the matter had become a bit urgent due to her delay, Ma Lu felt a little uncomfortable: "What do you think Mayanzhu is thinking? Why does she want to enter the palace? Isn't it better to find a husband who can live in harmony with her?"

The system is very objective: "She may not want to enter the palace, nor may she want a harmonious marriage. But she will not refuse Sai and Li's arrangement. What if she can live in harmony? She still has to deal with a lot of housework and concubines. If she runs into a scoundrel, she won't be able to save her life, let alone live in harmony. At least Kangxi still has face, so he can give her face."

The system's many harmonious sounds made Malu's head buzz, as if many harps and se's were playing in harmony in her head. However, this also gave her inspiration. She probably knew how to bring up this matter given Kangxi's personality.