After some careful consideration, Qingyi finally chose to keep the little girl who was about five years old and a beauty at a young age. She was euphemistically called the companion chosen by the sixteenth princess of the bodyguard. However...

...

Nearby, Botaibele, his daughter, and two other children were walking on the way out of the palace, very worried.

"Eniang, what does the Queen mean by doing this?"

The young woman, after thinking about it for a while, asked tentatively in a low voice.

Well, when she was in prison, her ex-husband's sister-in-law entrusted her two daughters to her, but now she just followed her mother into the palace. She never thought that the empress would actually leave her second niece in the palace.

Euphemistically called reading to the sixteenth princess in the future...

Guarjia, the Fujin of Baotaibele, after pondering for a while, said with a smile: "She is lucky to be able to stay in the palace and be the companion of the sixteenth princess in the future!"

Well, isn’t that a blessing?

It is a great blessing for a daughter of the most important minister to stay in the capital and win the favor of the Queen...

After pondering for a while, the young woman said with a smile: "What E Niang said is true, it is indeed Linlang's blessing."

Fucha Linlang, the second daughter of Fucha Li Rongbao's eldest son and his eldest daughter-in-law, her name Linlang is taken from, which means dazzling array of things. However, the meaning of the name is very good, but her fate is not good. She was implicated by her uncle, which led to her current high status.

The noble daughter of the Eight Banners became the daughter of the most minister...

Guarjia remained silent, secretly thinking about the meaning of the Queen's actions today.

Among the Eight Banners of Manchuria, there are countless noble girls. Even if the Empress wanted to find a companion for the sixteen princesses, she would not be looking for a daughter who is the most courteous...

Could it be that what the Queen did today was hinting at something?

...

Concubine Tian Niu Hulu was demoted to the throne, and the wealthy family Li Rongbao was implicated by her son and was exiled to the bitter cold land of Lingnan. For a while, people in the palace and even the court were panicked.

At the end of the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign, the Empress Dowager died in Cining Palace. As a sign of filial piety, the emperor issued an order to cancel the draft for the sixth year of Yongzheng's reign. For a time, there were girls of the right age at home, and the courtiers who wanted to send girls to the palace to accompany the king,

Cried a lot...

In March of the sixth year of Yongzheng's reign, the imperial concubine Hesheli died of illness in Jingren Palace.

In the seventh and eighth years of Yongzheng's reign, one nobleman, one Chang Zai, one Yasheng, and an official woman died of illness in the palace!

In the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, it coincided with the year of the draft. There were no new members in the harem. The emperor and the empress discussed the sealing of the six palaces. The noble concubine Tong Jia was still the first among the concubines, with a noble status. There was a good concubine Tong Jia above the concubine.

The surnames are Chunfei Chen, Enfei Wuya, and Sufei Zhangjia;

In the concubine position, in addition to all the people who had been concubines before, they were also granted the title of concubine Mei, the noble Alute, the noble concubine Haijia of the sea, and the noble concubine the concubine Fang...

Therefore, as of March of the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, there was one queen, one noble concubine, four concubines, and sixteen concubines in the harem.

In addition to the titles granted to concubines and above, the Chengqian Palace is always in the Nian family, the Zhongcui Palace is in the Sun family, the Yonghe Palace is in the Xi family, and the Yanxi Palace is in the Yikun Palace.

;

Yongshou Palace agreed to the Li family, Yikun Palace agreed to the Gu family, and Jin Chang was in power...

Then from the ninth year of Yongzheng to the eighteenth year of Yongzheng, for nine years, the old concubines in the harem fell ill and died. In addition, there were no new people in the harem, and there were many courtiers.

He who sent his daughter to the palace to be rich and prosperous was disappointed in his heart!

In the eleventh year of Yongzheng's reign, Concubine Su of Jingyang Palace died of illness;

In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng's reign, the concubine of the Yonghe Palace died suddenly. She was named Concubine Ling because she was from the Bahrain tribe of Mongolia. At the end of the same year, Niu Hulu, the concubine of the Yikun Palace who had been sick for eight years, died of illness;

In the fourteenth year, the noble man embroidered lotus flowers and died in depression.

In the 16th year, Zhibi Sakda accidentally fell into the lotus pond and died of cold wind;

In the seventeenth year, the concubine Tong Jialanruo and the concubine Zhang Jia died of illness one after another...

On this day, it was just past the fifteenth day of the first month of the eighteenth year of Yongzheng's reign. Qingyi was secretly thinking in her heart that in this year's draft, her youngest son Hongluo was already sixteen years old, so it was time for him to choose Fujin!

After the people from Fujin were selected and the process was completed, almost a year had passed. By then, my son Hongluo would be seventeen and ready to get married...

"The Queen, Concubine Tong passed away..." At this moment when Qingyi was thinking secretly in her heart, the former steward of Kunning Palace, now the steward, came in in a hurry, looking sad.

reported to Qingyi.

When Qingyi heard this, her face was startled, but the words behind her were full of disbelief!

Then I thought about it, Concubine Tong passed away from illness within a month or two. After all, among the more senior concubines in the Qianman Mansion, apart from her as the queen, there were only Concubine Tong, Concubine Chun, Concubine En, and Concubine Mao.

How many people are there...

Qingyi sighed, and then said in a deep voice: "Serve me to change my clothes. I and Concubine Tong have been sisters for nearly forty years. Now that Concubine Tong has died of illness, I should go to express my condolences."

"yes......"

Half an hour later, Feng Jia arrived at the gate of Yongshou Palace.

A mourning hall has been set up in the main hall of Yongshou Palace. The person who took the lead in presiding over the relevant matters was Guo Jia, the tenth princess who previously lived in the side hall of Yongshou Palace and was also the biological mother of Princess Heshuo Huaishun.

"I, my concubines, are waiting for you to join the Empress, and may the Empress be blessed and safe!"

The concubines headed by Chunfei and Enfei, all dressed in plain clothes, knelt down and saluted Qingyi respectfully.

After coughing twice, Qingyi looked at the now old-looking Concubine Chun and Concubine En, and secretly sighed in her heart. Time is not forgiving. Once, those who were as old as flowers and bones and entered the palace to serve the emperor are now over five years old.

An old woman of ten!

Even though I have been pampered and well-maintained all these years, I still have fine lines at the corners of my eyes and gray hair on my head...

After asking everyone to get up, Qingyi went to see Concubine Tong who had not yet been enshrined. Looking at Concubine Tong with a peaceful expression in the golden coffin, Qingyi felt very sad in her heart.

After a long time, Qingyi suppressed the sadness in her heart and said in a deep voice: "Come here, I will pass on the decree of this palace. Concubine Tong will be posthumously named Imperial Concubine. Her posthumous name will be Shutong. She will be buried with the ceremony of Imperial Concubine...

.”

"My son, I will thank you for your kindness!"

All the concubines were stunned for a moment, and then except for a few, the rest lowered their eyebrows and said in their hearts, the imperial concubine... is now the imperial concubine, taking care of the harem for the empress.

Many years ago, she should have been promoted to the imperial concubine, but...

It's just that due to the rules set by the late emperor, if the queen is still alive, she cannot be named the imperial concubine!

Qingyi nodded, and then her eyes fell on the sixth princess Gu Lun Huaijing, who was dressed in plain clothes, and a pair of children beside the sixth princess. She said with a smile: "Huaijing doesn't need to be polite. You are the one who deserves the title of imperial concubine."

It's worth it..."

Isn’t it deserved?

She asked herself that she had never treated her own people badly in the palace. Concubine Tong had looked up to her for many years. Now, after her death, she was given the posthumous title of Imperial Concubine, which could be regarded as fulfilling her sisterly relationship with her...

"The Queen is kind, concubines, congratulations to the Imperial Concubine, and congratulations to Princess Huaijing!"

Qingyi was thinking secretly in her heart, and among the concubines in this room, a woman smiled coquettishly and spoke. On the surface, she seemed to be congratulating the imperial concubine Tong Jia and Princess Gu Lun Huaijing in the golden coffin, but

If you listen carefully, you can hear the deep jealousy in his words.
Chapter completed!