sjar Chapter 323 Hua Chongyi's Promotion to Hua Xiuyuan
Chapter 323 Hua Chongyi's Promotion to Hua Xiuyuan
The Queen has always been a person who will avenge her grudges without delay.
As soon as he left the Cining Palace, he called out, "Princess Jing."
Concubine Jing tensed up and stepped forward to salute: "I greet the Queen. I wonder what instructions the Queen has."
The Queen: "Didn't you just say that I only favor Consort Zhao Shu? Now I will also favor you."
Concubine Jing was stunned. She never expected that the Queen would suddenly attack.
The Queen's face was cold and indifferent: "Next month is Mother's birthday. I am going to embroider a folding screen for her."
"Now that Concubine Jing is thinking of me, why don't you come with me? Then you and I can celebrate Mother's birthday together. I think Mother will be very happy too."
The Queen Mother doesn't like the Queen, so even if the Queen gives her a hundred screens, the Queen Mother will not be happy.
There is no guarantee that he would be disliked and targeted for presenting gifts together with the Queen.
Concubine Jing didn't want to agree at all.
But the Queen's face darkened slightly. "Why, Concubine Jing is unwilling to join me in fulfilling my filial duty to Mother?"
Concubine Jing was secretly anxious: "But I have already prepared a gift for my mother."
The Queen said indifferently, "The more gifts you give, the more it will show Concubine Jing's filial piety towards her mother. What you prepared yourself, Concubine Jing, does not conflict with what I have prepared."
Concubine Jing gritted her teeth and said, "My embroidery skills are not very good..."
The Queen smiled faintly, "I remember receiving your embroidery. The craftsmanship is not bad. Moreover, when giving a gift to the Queen Mother, the craftsmanship is secondary. The most important thing is the care put into it."
No matter how Concubine Jing tried to refuse, she was stopped by the Queen.
Finally, the queen made the decision in a domineering manner and took Concubine Jing to Fengyi Palace.
The maid service at Jingfei is indeed okay.
But she was raised with great care in a large family, and she learned women's work just to show off, not to become an embroiderer.
It takes at least a month to embroider an entire screen.
The Queen didn't want to embroider a screen with her as a birthday gift for the Queen Mother. She clearly wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble for her!
Concubine Jing knew it clearly, but she had to do as the queen asked due to her pressure.
When Concubine Jing was trapped in Fengyi Palace embroidering every day, she regretted that she should not have said too much.
This time, the emperor again asked the empress dowager to take care of the retired emperor in front of her, and even sent someone to pack the luggage himself. This frightened the empress dowager, and she dared not act up for a while.
Half a month later, something big and small suddenly happened in the former dynasty.
The governor of Yunzhou was dismissed for corruption, and the emperor promoted Hua Chongyi's brother, General Hua, to temporarily take over the position of governor of Yunzhou.
The corruption case of the Yunzhou governor was not a major case, so the emperor only handed it over to the Dali Temple for trial, and finally stripped the Yunzhou governor of his position.
However, the emperor's decision to let General Hua temporarily take over the position of Yunzhou Governor had a profound intention and caused discussions inside and outside the court.
The former dynasty was in turmoil, and the harem was inevitably affected.
The first person to be affected was Xian Zhaoyuan.
The Queen Mother originally wanted to promote Xian Zhaoyuan to compete with the Queen.
But Xian Zhaoyuan has her own little thoughts. She wants to take advantage of the Queen Mother's power, but doesn't want to offend the Queen.
The Queen Mother was stupid, but the people around her were not stupid. They had already analyzed Xian Zhaoyuan's plan for her. In addition, when she lost power, they immediately changed their attitude and stopped supporting Xian Zhaoyuan.
It just so happened that at this time Xian Zhaoyuan's father, the governor of Yunzhou, was deposed because of corruption.
No matter what the relationship between Xian Zhaoyuan and the Yun family was, in the eyes of everyone, she instantly changed from the daughter of a governor to the daughter of a criminal.
With all these factors combined, Xian Zhaoyuan fell from the peak to the bottom overnight.
When getting up early to greet the guests, some sarcasm and ridicule are unavoidable.
Xian Zhaoyuan was able to remain calm and pretend not to care.
But as the emperor stopped entering her palace day by day, Xian Zhaoyuan became anxious.
On this day, the emperor had just finished his court session when he met Xian Zhaoyuan, who was standing under a crabapple blossom holding a jade-bone umbrella.
A pair of affectionate eyes concealed sadness and admiration, "Your Majesty..."
The emperor said calmly, "Why are you here?"
Xian Zhaoyuan certainly didn't dare to say she was there to stop the emperor. She simply bowed and said softly, "It rained heavily last night, and I heard from the palace servants that all the crabapple blossoms in the courtyard had fallen. I thought I'd pick some to make crabapple cakes."
Now that summer has arrived and the sun has been shining for several days, a sudden downpour has relieved the worries of thousands of people.
Xian Zhaoyuan thought that the emperor should be in a better mood before she dared to come and ask for favor.
The emperor stood at a distance and said indifferently, "Just let the palace servants do these trivial matters. Why do you have to work so hard yourself?"
Xian Zhaoyuan lowered her head and said, "I want to make some crabapple cakes myself and give them to His Majesty to try..."
The emperor was silent for a moment before he said, "I don't like crabapple cakes."
Xian Zhaoyuan's body stiffened. The crabapple blossoms she was holding in her palm seemed to be extremely heavy, and the bright colors seemed to be mocking her.
After a long while, she finally said, "I am stupid. I don't even know the emperor's preferences."
The emperor added, "It is a serious crime to spy on my preferences."
The emperor fought back with every word and was almost moved to tears by Xian Zhaoyuan.
"I dare not..."
The emperor lowered his voice and said, "Go back and rest well. Don't let your mind wander. I won't vent my anger on you because of what happened in the previous dynasty."
Xian Zhaoyuan raised her eyes in an instant, and there was a moment of astonishment in her eyes, which was like a flash of lightning, and then turned into emotion in an instant.
When she bowed again, Xian Zhaoyuan's demeanor was even more relaxed: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor nodded slightly and said, "I will come to see you when I have time."
The tears on Xian Zhaoyuan's face instantly turned into a smile.
When she returned to her palace, she happily dressed up and waited for the emperor to arrive.
As night fell, Xian Zhaoyuan waited for a long time.
Suddenly, a servant came to report: "Empress Zhaoyuan, the emperor went to Chanyunxuan to see the flowers and the ceremony today."
The jade comb in Xian Zhaoyuan's hand fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.
This jade comb was specially given to her by the emperor when he praised her black hair, and he personally pinned it into her hair.
Xian Zhaoyuan loved it so much that she only played with it secretly and never wore it out to show others.
Now looking at the jade comb broken into two pieces on the ground, Xian Zhaoyuan felt that her heart was also broken like the jade comb.
She murmured, "Why go to see Hua Chongyi when there are so many places to go?"
Her father was stripped of his position, and it was Hua Chongyi's brother who took over her father's management of Yunzhou.
Even though Xian Zhaoyuan had a bad relationship with her family, she could still understand that the emperor's treatment of her clearly showed that he valued the Hua family and looked down on the Yun family and her.
Even though Xian Zhaoyuan told herself countless times that the emperor loved her, the Yun family was the Yun family and she was her, and there was no connection between the two.
But in the end, I couldn't suppress the discomfort and sadness in my heart.
Xian Zhaoyuan said softly: "Isn't it too..." a little cold and indifferent for the emperor to do this?
But she couldn't say these complaints.
Not only could she not say anything, she also had to pretend to be happy and wait for the emperor to visit her again.
Fortunately, Hua Chongyi had damaged his stomach and intestines due to the poison, and had been recuperating in Chanyunxuan and rarely went out.
Otherwise, with Hua Chongyi's personality, Xian Zhaoyuan's life will only become more difficult.
The emperor rested in Fanghua Palace for one night.
Early the next morning, two decrees were suddenly issued.
One was to let Gong Xiurong move to a side hall of Chonghua Palace, and the other was to promote Hua Chongyi to Hua Xiuyuan and grant her the right to live in the main hall of Fanghua Palace.
Xie Run got up late today, and he heard the news from Xiao Shu on the way.
She leaned back in her chair, wondering why the emperor promoted Hua Yu.