The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 166 Looking at the Arrangements

After playing a few rounds of cards, Empress Dowager Dong wanted to keep Emperor Yongjia for lunch.

Emperor Yongjia smiled and said, "I still have a lot of things to deal with, so I just came here for a walk. I'm almost at the front."

A man's main priority is to do his job properly. After Emperor Yongjia said so, Empress Dowager Dong did not keep him.

Emperor Yongjia stood up and led Zhu Wanxi away. Without the emperor, Qin Liuse and the others naturally would not stay here for long.

After talking with the Empress Dowager Dong for a few words, Qin Liuse, Concubine Li and Concubine Wen said goodbye and left the Cining Palace.

Wen Zhaoyi felt at ease now that she returned to her own palace.

But Qin Liuse and Concubine Li still have a lot of things to deal with.

After returning to Shu Yuexuan for lunch, Qin Liuse took a short rest and then went straight to Concubine Li's Yuxiu Palace.

This time, the Chuseok family dinner will not only be attended by concubines from the harem, but also by royal nobles, making it more grand than previous family dinners.

In addition to music and dance to entertain the guests, there is also food and decoration, and he has to take care of everything personally.

Everything has to be exquisite, for example, the food has to not only taste good but also look good.

The Shangshi Bureau prepared many samples in advance, and Li Xianfei and Qin Liuse tasted them personally to confirm that there were no problems with the appearance before finalizing the dishes.

Therefore, there are endless chores to do every day.

In addition to food, music and dance, he also had to send invitations to the royal nobles, arrange the positions of concubines in the harem, etc. The entire process had to be handled by himself.

It's not that we can't delegate the task to others, but in such an important occasion, it's inevitable that mistakes may occur.

Taking responsibility is one thing, but what Qin Liuse fears more is losing the royal family and losing face for Emperor Yongjia.

Therefore, I dare not leave it entirely to the people below me to handle.

As she goes about her daily business, Qin Liuse always lamentes how difficult it is to be a queen.

Managing the harem like this would really give you a lot more wrinkles.

Fortunately, she took good care of herself, otherwise she would have to work so hard day and night, working in the harem during the day and being enslaved by Emperor Yongjia when she returned home at night.

It's true, after being in charge like this for a few years, even a dog would get tired of it.

Especially for those who help out like Qin Liuse, there is no benefit at all.

Concubine Li was in charge of music, dance, and food, and left the trivial matters to Qin Liuse.

For example, the arrangement of staff seats.

When Qin Liuse received this task, she almost cursed Concubine Li to death in her heart.

She didn't want to offend anyone, but ended up doing all the work that offended others.

There are so many women in the harem, and everyone is vying for beauty and attention. They want to have a good position, be closer to Emperor Yongjia, and be closer to the front, but it is really difficult to arrange one.

When coming out of the Cining Palace, Concubine Wen deliberately walked together with Qin Liuse, calling her sister all the time, as if the conflict of the past few days had never happened.

From what she said here and there, the implication was that she wanted Qin Liuse to reserve a good position for her.

She said that she wanted to be closer to her family and visit her parents to ease her sorrow of missing them, but Qin Liuse knew that Lady Wen was just trying to save face.

When her parents from her natal family come to the palace, although they know that she has now become a beauty from a Zhaoyi, knowing is one thing, and seeing it with their own eyes is another.

Seeing his daughter's position changed from the front to the back was a much greater shock than knowing that she had been demoted.

Perhaps because of this reason, Wen Meiren wanted to come to the front.

But how can the rules of the palace be changed at will?

Qin Liuse is the person in charge now. If the rules are easily changed because of this, how will she rule in the future?

Qin Liuse didn't mean to make things difficult for her. Although she couldn't stand Lady Wen, official business was official business and she always kept her private and public lives separate.

When it comes to managing the harem, she also wants a win-win result and just wants to do things beautifully.

So in the end, Qin Liuse chose a compromise position for Lady Wen.

The concubines' seats were arranged in rows according to their ranks.

The position Qin Liuse arranged for Concubine Wen was close to the central axis, which was close to the back of the emperor.

This is indeed a position that others want but cannot get. Who would have thought that when Lady Wen received the invitation for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet sent by Qin Liuse, she angrily threw the invitation to the ground.

"That's really too much. They assigned me such an insignificant position. Are you trying to embarrass me on purpose?"

Zhao Yuzhu walked forward and picked up the post on the ground, "Don't be angry, sister, it's just a position."

Zhao Yuzhu came to stay in the Cining Palace for a while, but the Empress Dowager Dong was old and slept a lot every day, so she let her follow Concubine Wen around the harem.

In just a few days, Zhao Yuzhu had become somewhat familiar with Lady Wen.

In addition, both of them came from civil service families, so it was easy for them to talk and get close to each other. It was natural that they would get familiar with each other faster than with other people.

Zhao Yuzhu didn't understand the ins and outs of this, nor did she know that Concubine Wen was holding so much resentment in her heart.

She picked up the post, put it back on the table, sat down and advised Lady Wen, "Sister Wen, I think this position is not far from the emperor. When the time comes, as long as everyone looks towards the emperor and then looks back, they will see you."

Lady Wen glanced at Zhao Yuzhu and sneered in her heart. She was not as naive and stupid as Zhao Yuzhu.

In fact, the reason why she made this plan was not only to save face in front of her family members, but also to show her status.

On the other hand, she knew that this month was the month when Concubine Ning was about to give birth, so it was not good for her to leave the palace too far.

Concubine Ning would definitely not go to this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. Otherwise, if she suddenly went into labor, it would be a complete embarrassment in front of so many people.

As a result, one of the first four concubines was left vacant, and this was what Concubine Wen was planning.

After all, her father was a high-ranking tutor and had held an important position in the previous dynasty. He had also taught the emperor before. So, given her status, she deserved to sit further forward.

Even if it is not the position of Concubine Ning, there will always be someone to take her place, so there will always be a vacancy behind her, so she can move forward.

But that Qin Zhaoyi, who was pretending to be generous but really an antique, was unwilling to move her position forward.

Miss Wen couldn't bear the resentment in her heart any longer, so she pulled Zhao Yuzhu aside and said a lot of bad things about Qin Liuse.

"How can she do this? Relying on the emperor's favor, she treats her sister like this?" Zhao Yuzhu asked dissatisfiedly.

"When she first entered the palace, her elder sister's position was higher than hers. How dare she disrespect her elder sister like this?"

In fact, Lady Wen did not expect that Concubine Qin would be so ruthless and impartial when doing things.

But she was not a proper concubine, she was just doing work for others. Concubine Wen had this in mind, so she kept urging her to change her position.

Lady Wen sneered, "I thought she was so capable, but she can't even handle such a small thing. If she wants to climb up in the future, she's dreaming!"

It was only because Concubine Wen had recently regained favor that she had such confidence and felt that she wanted such a position. With the unique favor shown by Emperor Yongjia who recently stayed overnight in her palace, she completely deserved that position.

After spending the past few days with her, Zhao Yuzhu has already won over half of her heart to Lady Wen.

In addition, Qin Liuse was too favored. That morning, she saw with her own eyes in the Cining Palace how much Emperor Yongjia favored her. Miss Zhao Yuzhu was narrow-minded and naturally did not have a good impression of Qin Liuse.

She was thinking about giving Concubine Wen some advice, "Why don't you go ask Concubine Li Xianfei? Your Majesty is in charge of important matters, so she should be more sensible than that Zhaoyi."

Maybe Concubine Wen also thought so in her heart. She and Concubine Li were both Empress Dowager Dong's people, so they had to give her this face no matter what.

So, the next day, she went to the Cining Palace to pay her respects and met Concubine Li, and Concubine Wen handed her invitation to her.

Along the way, he spoke to her in an ingratiating way, and Concubine Li responded with a smile, looking very easy to talk to.

But when she returned to her own Yuxiu Palace, she called a maid and said to her, "Send this invitation to Qin Zhaoyi and let her take care of it."