Outside Changle Palace.
Zhu Sijia stood outside the main hall door, staring at the three characters "Changle Palace" on the vertical plaque for a long time, and asked Aunt Zhong for the third time: "Auntie, are you sure that Your Majesty will let me live in this Changle Palace?"
The previous owner of Changle Palace was Emperor Wen's first wife, the famous Empress Dowager Xiaowen of the Qin Dynasty.
That is, Yan Xiu’s imperial grandmother.
Emperor Wen only had one wife in his life, the Empress Dowager Xiaowen. The love between the two was as strong as gold and moved the heavens and the earth. It became the yearning of every woman in the Qin Dynasty.
When Yan Xiu was eight years old, the highly respected Empress Dowager passed away. When he heard that she was still alive, he often ordered people to bring Yan Xing into Changle Palace to chat with her.
Xiao Yanxiu also told her that he would let his favorite wife live here in the future and grow old together like his grandfather and grandmother.
The Queen Mother happily agreed.
This is just an interesting talk that has been circulating in Da Qin for a long time. No one knows whether Yan Xiu said this when he was a child.
But the only thing that is certain is that the person who can live in Changle Palace must be a queen who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people.
Aunt Zhong laughed dumbly and took out the imperial edict again and again to confirm: "Zhu Jieyu, this imperial edict clearly states that you can move into Changle Palace."
"Jieyu?" Zhu Sijia's eyes widened, "How can I be Jieyu?"
According to the concubine system of the Qin Dynasty, the person above Jieyu is Zhaoyi, and the person above Zhaoyi... is naturally the queen.
Zhu Sijia was surprised, was her promotion path too fast?
Aunt Zhong explained kindly: "This is the edict issued by His Majesty today. Before the edict reached Prince Yan's palace, Jieyu, you returned to the palace. This old slave is here to congratulate Jieyu."
After a while, Zhu Sijia finally adapted to the fact that she had been promoted to two levels in a row, and opened the door of Changle Palace with complicated emotions.
The higher you stand, the harder you fall. The first time she was named a beauty of high status by Yan Xiu, she had already attracted the envy of countless people.
Now she has become the only Jieyu in the Qin Dynasty, and she is even the only one in Yan Xiu's harem. If a new person enters the palace in the future, you can imagine how many hands will want to pull her down from the high altar.
But once you have come, take care of yourself. If you want to be in a high position, you must bear its weight.
At night, the news that Zhu Sijia was promoted to Jieyu spread throughout Xijing City.
Some people are proud of the spring breeze, while others are disheartened.
It was rainy and windy in Xijing City, and the sky was shaking. Empress Dowager Zhang dropped candles one after another in the Zhangtai Palace. The intricately crafted floor lamps fell to the ground, almost igniting the long curtain hanging down by the window.
"Get out! Get out of the Aijia!" Empress Dowager Zhang had a splitting headache every time it rained, and it was even worse today. "Burn it, hahaha! It's best to burn them all!"
No one could get close to her now. Qingmei and Aunt Zhao followed her to clean up the mess. The next moment, another floor lamp was thrown to the ground by Queen Mother Zhang.
"Empress Dowager, please don't get excited. I'm going to see if Chen Shangshu is on duty tonight!"
Qingmei winked at Aunt Zhao and ran out of Zhangtai Palace.
After burning the incense, Queen Mother Zhang had calmed down. She was half lying on the couch, staring at the beams and crying silently: "Changle Palace, Changle Palace...isn't it just Changle Palace, haha."
Chen Rang braved the heavy rain and followed Qingmei's footsteps to arrive belatedly.
When he walked into Zhangtai Palace, all the maids and eunuchs in the palace stepped back. Aunt Zhao, who was carrying hot bird's nest and ginger soup, handed the soup to Chen Rang as usual.
"The Queen Mother makes atonement, I'm late."
Chen Rang knelt down in front of the Queen Mother Zhang, holding ginger soup in one hand and a porcelain spoon in the other. He blew the soup to cool down before stuffing it into the Queen Mother's mouth.
Empress Dowager Zhang slapped his hand away, knocked the whole bowl of soup to the ground, and stared at him with resentment: "Why can that little bitch move into Weiyang Palace as soon as he enters the palace? The Ai family has worked hard all their lives, but nothing happened. Qualified to live in..."
"She stole the spotlight from the Ai family when she met Qiu Lie. Why did she steal the Changle Palace from the Ai family when she returned to the palace?"
Chen Rang was splashed with hot ginger soup and didn't care at all: "It's just Changle Palace. You are the Empress Dowager of the Qin Dynasty, and you are the master of Zhangtai Palace. That's enough."
"Really?" Queen Mother Zhang looked at the person in front of her with empty eyes, "In all these years, you have devoted yourself to me for your sister, have you ever felt the slightest grievance?"
Chen Rang said softly: "I am not aggrieved. I can hold the Pearl of Qin in my arms. How can I be aggrieved?"
During the reign of the late Emperor, his sister, Dowager Chen, dominated the palace, and even almost made Emperor He want to depose the queen, which made the Zhang family quite fearful.
The Chen family is just a new upstart, so how can they compete with the Zhang family? Chen Rang was worried about Concubine Chen's safety in the palace and bought a lot of information. When he was told that Empress Dowager Zhang had been separated from Emperor He for many days, he hatched a plan.
More than ten years ago, it was also a thunderstorm day when he proposed a pillow mat and climbed into Queen Mother Zhang's bed.
At that time, Chen Rang had just turned sixteen.
"Pearl? It's just a pearl with wrinkled skin." Empress Dowager Zhang touched her face, "The most beautiful thing can't be saved in the world. A beautiful face can't be seen in a mirror or a flower can be seen in a tree."
"No one understands why the Ai family insists on living in Changle Palace, even Xuanzhi doesn't understand. He has no idea how hard I worked to keep his position as prince! Xuanzhi is mine My own son! But he has become so separated from me today."
"Since His Majesty has left you, why don't we..."
"Don't say such treacherous words! Walls have ears!" Empress Dowager Zhang was so suspicious of the dragon guards that she was frightened. "Remember, don't mention this matter a second time in my palace."
Chen Rang could only lower his eyebrows and hide his fleeting ambition: "No more."
As he spoke, he took Queen Mother Zhang's hand and inserted it into his collar.
After a cloud and rain.
Chen Rang lay beside Queen Mother Zhang's bed, caressing her charming face again and again.
After Queen Mother Zhang had eaten and drank enough, her mood finally improved. She was still like a young girl, lying in Chen Rang's arms and murmuring: "If you are not busy with official duties, you can come to Zhangtai Palace more often to meet the Ai family."
Chen Rang secretly clenched his fists: "Wei Chen, try your best."
It wasn't that he didn't want to see Queen Mother Zhang, there was so much mess waiting for him to clean up that he couldn't even spare the time to go home.
Inside Changle Palace.
Zhu Scarlett sneezed twice in succession.
Yan Xiu, who was sitting opposite her and reading, put down his book and ordered someone to add more charcoal to the charcoal basin.
"Your Majesty, I am not cold." The temperature in the palace was like a hot summer, and Zhu Sijia was almost sweating from the heat. "Maybe my mother was missing me, so she sneezed twice."
Yan Xiu was doubtful: "Oh? But how did I hear that someone will scold you for sneezing twice in a row?"
Zhu Sijia smiled and said: "If I am really scolded by someone, I will have to fight tonight. After all, it is such a great blessing..."
"Blessings? These are the things I will give you. How can I say blessings?" Yan Xiu rubbed his eyes and stood up, "Go to bed."
