After An Lingrong was returned in its original form for the first time, Yu Ying'er sat in the Fengluan Chun'en car and sang in the middle of the night, passing by the Empress Dowager's bedchamber, which was really a few joys and a few worries.
The empress dowager knelt quietly in front of the shrine, folded her hands, and sincerely saluted the Buddha. Aunt Zhu Xi, who was accompanying the attendant, asked: Why is it so late, and who is singing the song?
The empress dowager said dismissively: "Hmm, presumably "Miaoyin Lady"!
The title of "Miaoyin Lady" was sealed by the emperor in front of the empress dowager, and the empress dowager emphasized it emphatically to show her dissatisfaction.
Hearing the dissatisfaction in the empress's words, Aunt Zhu Xi also said with disgust: It is not in accordance with the rules to sing in the palace this night.
The empress dowager sighed without a trace, meaning: What can be done if you don't conform to the rules, who calls the emperor like it...
Aunt Zhu Xi understood the meaning of the empress dowager, and quickly changed her tone: Then again, the emperor is busy with government affairs, and there should be a lively person to serve.
As soon as she heard Aunt Zhu Xi mention the newcomer, the empress dowager immediately thought of Meizhuang and sighed: There is a Shen Guiren... I saw it when I was drafted, and it was very dignified! Such a talent should be good!
Aunt Zhu Xi was worried that the empress dowager was entangled in this topic, and would be even more bored with Yu Ying'er, and quickly changed the topic: the affairs of the six palaces have an empress, the empress dowager is nurturing the heavens, and less worry is the way to maintain health!
Aunt Zhu Xi served the empress dowager for so many years, and she must have known the empress's temperament.
The empress dowager naturally liked concubines who were gentle and dignified, virtuous, and prominent like Meizhuang. Yu Ying'er's promise of not being four or six must have been scorned, and Aunt Zhu Xi still said good things for Yu Ying'er.
Seeing this, I suddenly had doubts: Aunt Zhu Xi seemed to be the maid of the empress, but in fact she was the real "one servant and two masters", perhaps she was a slave of both the emperor and the empress.
Based on this judgment, let's go back and look at the first conversation between the empress dowager and the emperor.
The emperor was busy with the government and did not enter the harem, and the people in the worship room were helpless, and could only do it in a hurry. The empress's main job was to persuade the emperor to open branches and leaves for the royal family and ensure that the Qing Dynasty would be passed down from generation to generation, so she came to the Yangxin Hall on the pretext of sending porridge.
The emperor had worked for so long, presumably he was also hungry, looking down and eating well, and Aunt ZhuXi came to steal the scene again: Emperor, this is Lord Longkeduo, playing the pickles newly sent by Yangzhou to the empress, saying that it is more refreshing than the three must live.
When the empress dowager heard Zhu Xi say this, her expression was very complicated, and perhaps she bowed her head in shame. After all, the awkward relationship between the Empress dowager and Roncodo was not a decent thing to do, especially in the royal family.
The purpose of Aunt Zhu Xi's words was to make the emperor feel a little balanced.
The emperor did not want to enter the harem, and when the empress dowager came to persuade her, she was against the emperor's wishes. Even if the emperor took into account his feelings and promised the empress, he was definitely not happy in his heart.
But as soon as Longkodo was mentioned, the empress dowager's side was temporarily at a disadvantage, allowing the emperor to win back a round, and his heart was happy.
Let's take a look at how Zhen Huan was chosen by the temple to withstand the test.
Zhen Huan was so afraid of cats, but she passed the test in the temple election, I had this question before, now that I think about it, maybe Aunt Zhu Xi deliberately released water.
When Aunt Zhu Xi heard the empress dowager's command and threw the white cat at Zhen Huan, the white cat was just lying on her stomach at Zhen Huan's feet, without struggling or excessive movements. So Zhen Huan just stood firmly.
When it came to the end of the temple election, a shot was given like this: Aunt Zhu Xi held the white cat and gently stroked it, and the white cat was very docile.
Aunt Zhu Xi must have seen Chun Yuan, and when she saw Zhen Huan's face, she knew that the emperor would have to recruit her into the palace. In such a situation, neither can you offend the emperor, but you must also obey the orders of the empress.
Boldly guess, maybe Aunt ZhuXi has been taking care of this cat for a long time, the cat can read her mind, deliberately behaves very docile, and there is no further attack on Zhen Huan, Zhen Huan can be successfully selected. But this is just my conjecture and has no basis.
Another time, after Zhen Huan was favored, the emperor came to ask the empress dowager for peace.
The emperor stayed in The Jade Xuan every day, and after the empress dowager heard about it, she could not avoid worrying that Zhen Huan would repeat the mistakes of Chun Yuan, monopolize the harem, persecute the balance of the previous dynasty, and endanger the Jiangshan Sheji.
The empress dowager first asked the emperor: Are the people who have served the emperor recently still well-behaved?
The emperor naturally replied happily: The newly acquired Guangui is quite in line with his son's wishes.
The empress dowager then held the emperor and said: That would be fine. The most important thing for the emperor is to have a caring person around him.
Unlike old seventeen, he has not settled down until now, and married a Fujin. These days, I don't see him come into the palace to ask for peace, and I don't know what he is busy with.
The empress dowager used a trick of "wanting to suppress the first to promote", which was very effective.
When people talk, before saying the topic that makes the other party unpleasant, improve the mood of the other party, and then say the next words, the other party will be easy to accept, and the negotiation will go much smoother.
The emperor still did not know the true purpose of the empress dowager, and said sincerely: If the imperial concubine missed him, his son would send him into the palace at noon.
The emperor was exaggerated, and the empress dowager was next led to the real purpose: the old seventeen was filial piety, but when she saw him, she would inevitably remember that when the former emperor was there, he personally favored concubine Shu and favored the sixth palace, and the concubines were jealous, and their hearts would be unhappy.
As soon as the emperor heard the empress dowager's words, he understood that someone had chewed his tongue in front of the empress dowager, saying that Zhen Huan had already caused the bad influence of the concubines' resentment.
After going out, he asked Aunt Zhu Xi: Aunt Sun, the Imperial Concubine is not in good health these two days, has Concubine Hua ever come to visit?
Aunt Zhu Xi returned: Concubine Hua Niangniang assisted in the six palaces not to be empty, and the empress dowager came to see the empress dowager in the morning, served the soup medicine and left. However, yesterday, Concubine Li came over, and accompanied the empress dowager for a long time.
In the concept of the emperor, only Concubine Hua is jealous, pampered and proud, because there is that capital: people are beautiful and sweet, have a good family, and will be spoiled and flirtatious.
However, the emperor preferred Concubine Hua's small nature, and Aunt Zhu Xi knew it.
The emperor asked whether Concubine Hua had come, and if he directly told the Emperor that Concubine Hua had not come, it would appear that Concubine Hua did not respect the Empress Dowager, and even her mother-in-law did not know filial piety when she was ill, and when she was a daughter-in-law, the Emperor would have an opinion of Concubine Hua and would feel uncomfortable in her heart.
Therefore, when Aunt Zhu Xi replied, she specifically said that "Concubine Hua's assistant six palaces must not be empty", so it is not HuaFei's fault, it is too busy at work, there is no time to honor the mother-in-law, just like you, don't you also use busy state affairs as a variety of excuses all day long.
In this way, the camp on the emperor's side has the upper hand.
The empress dowager, her own master, could not be subordinated to others. Therefore, although the emperor did not ask about the empress, Aunt Zhu Xi pulled in.
The empress did come to filial piety to her mother-in-law, but she came for a short time, and there was no time to chew the root of her tongue and raise the status of the empress's camp. The two factions are evenly matched again.
As for Concubine Li, anyway, the emperor was already tired of her, even if he followed Concubine Hua, but he had no brains, and sooner or later he was an outcast. It doesn't hurt to say it.
Every time Aunt Zhu Xi spoke to the emperor and the empress, she could do just the right thing to pull a faction and fight a faction, no one would be guilty, no one would suffer losses, although she did not hold a high position, she also applied the art of checks and balances to the point of pure fire.
Maybe this is the great wisdom of Aunt ZhuXi, foresight. She used to be the empress's maid and could only be loyal to the empress. But after all, the Qing Dynasty was decided by the emperor. Moreover, the empress dowager was old and was destined to walk in front of the emperor.
In doing so, he not only pledged allegiance to his own leadership and saved his job; he also did not sin against the great leader and paved the way for his future.