Although according to the law, the legal status of the aunt is higher than that of the biological mother, the legal principle is the legal principle and the reality is reality. In reality, whether in the palace or among the people, if the aunt has no sons and the concubine takes charge of the family, then the legal status of the aunt is higher, but in fact You still have to keep your tail between your legs, because the person who manages the house is not your biological son, so he can't be arrogant and is too arrogant, which will offend the bastard son of the head of the house, and there will be no good fruits to eat.
This is also the reason why in the palace, although they are both queen mothers, Queen Mother Chen's status is not as high as that of Queen Mother Ding, and everyone pays more attention to Queen Mother Ding.
When Linlang heard this, she really frowned, thinking that there were too many people in the palace, and it was really troublesome to have to think about how to celebrate their birthdays every time.
So Linlang immediately said: "I will refer to your regulations from previous years."
Zhou Cairen said: "The regulations vary. In some cases, the empress who heads the first palace leads her concubines to do something together to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday; in some cases, the empress who heads the first palace doesn't care about this, so everyone has to find their own way. Empress If you want us to collectively do something, then we will listen to your Majesty’s instructions; if you don’t care about this, we will each find our own way.”
In order to save trouble, Linlang said: "Everyone can figure it out on their own. I'm young and I won't make a big scene."
Everyone can think of a way to do it, and then copy some Buddhist scriptures to pull it off; if the whole palace does this, it will be bad if the scene is too small, but if the scene is big, she has to find a way and think about what to do. How to do it? Even if the people below have ideas, it will definitely be troublesome to implement. No matter what, it is not as easy as copying some Buddhist scriptures by yourself, so Linlang said this at the moment.
The original person did not remember this incident. It seemed that these people came to see her, and she asked Lixia to go back, but they did not see her, so these people went back, resulting in these things not happening in her memory.
And because I didn't see these people, I didn't know until the incident happened that Queen Mother Ding's birthday was coming, so I hurriedly stayed up late and made a purse for Queen Mother Ding to fool them.
——So she can be as low-key and cautious as the original person, but sometimes, you still have to meet the people you should see, and you can't miss them all, otherwise you will miss some potentially important details, which will lead to trouble later.
In fact, this thought was naturally too light. Fortunately, the original woman was from a good background, and she was not favored. There was no conflict of interest with the Ding family, so Queen Mother Ding did not embarrass her.
Now that it's Linlang, I'm going to copy some Buddhist scriptures to her. After all, I still have time, so I can copy them slowly.
The reason why she chose to copy Buddhist scriptures was because Queen Mother Ding was still a Buddhist believer despite her arrogance in the palace, so copying Buddhist scriptures was naturally the best.
Of course, the main thing is that this is a no-brainer and easy task. After all, even if you are making a purse, you still have to design the style first, which is not that easy anyway.
Moreover, copying Buddhist scriptures is not only easy, but also makes Empress Dowager Ding feel that she is sincere. After all, copying this thing takes time, definitely more time-consuming than making a purse, so it makes people feel more thoughtful and normal, and may make Empress Dowager Ding feel more sincere. Good impression.
Since Linlang said that everyone should do their own thing, Zhou Cairen and others agreed and went back. After all, they were just going through the motions to ask about Linlang's arrangements and respect her as the newly emerged concubine. It's not that they make decisions for her and have to make a big scene. After all, they don't want to make a big scene, because it will definitely be hard. If they are favored, it is worth the hard work, because on the day of Empress Dowager Ding's birthday, the emperor will definitely Come, let's create a big scene, which will make them more favored; but they are not favored. Even if there is a big scene, the emperor will not let them be favored, because they are not very capable and can do anything. No matter what big scene it is, it will definitely be compared with those who know how to do it, but it will still be useless. In this way, it is hard work and there is no benefit. Who wants to do it?
After Linlang sent everyone away, he began to meditate and practice martial arts, firstly to strengthen his body, and secondly to protect himself. After all, the palace was sometimes not safe.
After practicing for a long time, Linlang began to copy Buddhist scriptures.
A few days passed like this, and Linlang heard that Feng Baolin had been favored, and Huang Bin had also been favored. She didn't take it seriously, but Li Xia beside her was a little anxious, and hesitantly said: "Empress, should we take care of the general manager?" Where is the eunuch? I heard that he can help you in whatever palace your Majesty goes to."
This is not false. The eunuch in charge of the emperor is a powerful character. He certainly cannot directly decide which palace the emperor goes to, but he can secretly guide which concubines the emperor wants to visit.
No wonder Li Xia was so impatient, the palace was all about looking at what others were doing, and girls of their own were not favored. Not to mention that the people in the palace looked down on them and looked down on them. Even the meals they were given had deteriorated recently.
In fact, due to Linlang's status, she also has a small kitchen, so she can make it herself.
But if you do it yourself, everything from cooking to buying groceries will be your own, and the palace is the first place to report false expenses. Linlang doesn’t have much private room, so it’s not easy to open a small kitchen. thing.
If the small kitchen cannot be opened, you can also give a portion of money to the imperial kitchen to make a new one, instead of eating the same dishes, lest the imperial kitchen give the good ones to those who are favored and the bad ones to yourself.
But this also costs money, and will cause the imperial dining room to deliberately make her food very poor in order to make money, forcing her to have to pay the imperial dining room to make it again in the future. It is impossible to eat normal meals without paying for it. .
This is just like some teachers in modern times who, in order to make money, fool around in class and then secretly open tutoring classes. The detailed content is taught in the tutoring classes. Children who attend tutoring classes without money will not hear the truth in class. things, which ultimately lead to poor performance.
This phenomenon also happened in the palace. The imperial kitchen and related personnel deliberately gave unpopular concubines unpalatable food, forcing them to use money to make other food.
There are signs of this now on Linlang's side.
When he first entered the palace, the food was normal, but now, as Linlang is no longer favored, it has become worse and worse.
If Linlang is never favored and still insists on doing it alone without any money, his standard of living in the future may be similar to that of the original person, both of which are poor.
But if Linlang is not favored and still occasionally takes money to cook alone, the development will be even worse - the other party thinks that Linlang is rich, and if he doesn't always take money to cook alone, the food delivered may be worse than if he keeps holding on without giving money. If it's bad, it just means you can't eat it anymore and have to spend money to do it.
And if you keep insisting on refusing to give, the other party may think that Linlang has no money. Even if it is too much, it will not be too much. After all, if you keep letting people eat too bad food, it is impossible to cause an accident. If you really want to eat someone and cause an accident, He is about to die, why are he still afraid of you? He directly said that the food provided by the imperial dining room was too poor and made him sick. If they were to really go to the trouble and investigate, they would not be able to eat and walk away.
