Isn't it clear that Concubine De and Concubine Shun are allowed to do the work, while she controls the overall situation from behind?
After hearing what the palace maid said, the Queen Mother almost smashed the tea cup in her hand.
This Meng Shu was really determined to play tricks on her.
It seemed that she had to think of a way to teach her a lesson and let the queen who had just entered the palace know that she, the queen mother, was in charge of the harem.
If Meng Shu wanted to be a queen safely, she would not embarrass her too much. If she wanted to compete with him for power, she would certainly not be merciful.
"This Meng Shu, the Ai family cannot tolerate her!" the Queen Mother said in a deep voice.
"My Majesty, don't worry. After the Emperor returns to the west, your Majesty can issue a decree to quiet the Queen. She only says to pray for the Emperor. She can't cause any trouble." Grandma Pei quickly persuaded.
After hearing this, the Queen Mother felt better. After a while, she said, "The Ai family asked you to observe Meng Shu carefully today. Do you think she... did she go to bed last night?"
"Replying to the Queen, I don't see any shyness on the Queen's face. The Queen's walk is no different from usual. It should be nothing." She could only judge by Meng Shu's words and deeds.
As for whether she and the emperor were actually married, she didn't dare to say.
"Okay!" The Queen Mother nodded.
She just said that the emperor's broken body was lucky to be able to spend the last few months of his life safely after taking the Guiyuan Pill. He didn't have the strength to touch women.
Meng Shu would rather marry a dying person than be a concubine to her son, King Wei.
She wanted to see if this dead girl would regret it in the future.
……
After Meng Shu and the emperor returned to Fengyi Palace, they rested together.
The two of them had been arguing very late last night before resting, and were very sleepy now.
By the time they got up after sleeping enough, it was already afternoon.
The emperor could rest for three days during his wedding, and then return to court after three days.
However, there are a lot of excerpts that need to be reviewed.
Most of these excerpts were reviewed by the Queen Mother in the past, but now the Queen Mother pretended to "delegate power" and all the excerpts were sent to the emperor.
Even on the first day of his wedding, the emperor still had to work, reviewing papers in the study room of Fengyi Palace.
As for Meng Shu?
As a queen, of course she had to meet the concubines in the main hall of Fengyi Palace.
The emperor had a total of nine concubines. The concubine De ranked high in the position of the concubine West and was the highest-ranking concubine of the first rank.
Concubine Shun is in the second rank, Han Zhaoyi is in the third rank, Ning Jieyu and Liu Jieyu are in the west rank, and Xue Meiren is in the fifth rank.
In addition, there are Shi Meiren, He Cairen and He Cairen.
Meng Shu had not seen Concubine De for a long time.
After having a miscarriage, Concubine De was sad for a long time, and she has only recently felt a little relieved.
She originally wanted to take leave today, but came to pay respects to Meng Shu, but the Queen Mother sent someone over to ask her to calm down, otherwise the right to co-manage the harem would be gone.
Concubine De had no choice but to change her clothes and come over.
Everyone waited in the main hall of Fengyi Palace for almost two quarters of an hour before Meng Shu arrived.
"Greetings to the empress, the empress is a thousand years old!" Concubine De suppressed her displeasure and followed the other concubines to salute Meng Shu.
"According to the rules of the palace, the first time you ladies and gentlemen greet the Queen, you must kneel three times and kowtow nine times." Su Ye, who was standing next to Meng Shu, spoke loudly.
"Kneel down! Kowtow once...kowtow twice...kowtow three times, get up."
"kneel……"
The others were fine, but Concubine De's kneeling was extremely substandard.
First of all, she has been recuperating these days. She may have been lying down for a long time every day, and her body is a little stiff. She has not knelt down and worshiped anyone for a long time, so she is a little unfamiliar.
Secondly, she didn't want to do it in her heart, so she was particularly "outstanding" among the concubines.
It was just that the etiquette was not particularly thoughtful, so she could have excused it by saying she was not feeling well.
With the support of her aunt, how dare Meng Shu make things difficult for her?
After everyone knelt down and stood up, Meng Shu smiled and said: "I heard that Concubine De was ill a few days ago. I didn't want to ask you to assist in the Sixth Palace, so as not to burden you, but the queen mother said that your body has recovered and you can handle it. Palace affairs, why do I look at you... you are very unwell?"
Concubine De did not expect that Meng Shu would stop her from getting off the stage in front of everyone. Her expression changed and she blessed her body and said: "To the Queen, I was walking in a hurry when I just left the palace, and I accidentally twisted my foot, but It doesn’t matter, just raise it for two days, let me worry about it.”
"In that case, you should take good care of yourself in the past two days. When you are well, you can handle palace affairs with Concubine Shun." Meng Shu said calmly.
"My concubine is very grateful for your love and care. I just have some foot pain, which will not delay the important events in the palace. I have been in charge of the Sixth Palace for five years, and my sister Shunfei has only been in charge of it for two or three months. He's very unfamiliar, I'm really worried," Concubine De said with a smile.
She just didn't want to pay homage to Meng Shuxing, and she didn't really sprain her foot. Of course, it wouldn't affect his handling of the harem affairs.
"Unfamiliar!" Meng Shu turned her head and looked at Concubine Shun: "You have been taking care of the harem for almost three months, and you still feel unfamiliar? Are you not competent?"
Concubine Shun was originally watching a play, but she didn't expect that the fire actually burned her body.
Her expression changed and she quickly said: "I'd like to report to the Empress, I did feel unfamiliar when I was just handling palace affairs. I have become very skilled in the past two months. Empress De Fei was recovering from illness, so she didn't know about this." ”
"Since you are qualified, let Concubine De rest for a few days." After Meng Shu finished speaking, he said a few words to the other concubines one by one.
The emperor had nine concubines, three of whom had an affair with King Wei, namely Concubine De, Han Zhaoyi and Xue Meiren.
All three of them were extremely beautiful.
In addition, Ning Jieyu and Liu Jieyu are also very outstanding in appearance, no worse than those three people. However, they have been suppressed by Concubine De for many years and do not dare to stand out. They dress inconspicuously.
Meng Shu heard that King Wei originally had his eye on these two, but Ning Jieyu was unwilling to commit herself to him. Although she was harassed, she maintained her innocence.
As for Liu Jieyu?
He was the person sent by the Queen Mother to seduce the Emperor. He was sent to the Emperor's bed by the Queen Mother more than once. The King of Wei was informed by the Queen Mother and never touched Liu Jieyu.
As for the remaining three, Shi Meiren, He Meiren and He Cairen, because they were of ordinary background, their status was not high even after they had been in the palace for a few years. Their appearance was not as outstanding as the others, so they were somewhat annihilated by everyone.
As Meng Shu knew before, these concubines were all afraid of Concubine De, because Concubine De always dressed up in a bookish and elegant way, and said in front of them more than once that she didn’t like concubines in the harem wearing red. Green, dressed up like a fairy and seductive.
Therefore, these concubines are also dressed plainly.
