Episode 41
The Queen Mother praised the emperor's approach and reminded the emperor not to favor Xiang's concubine and not to let Wan's concubine participate in political affairs anymore. At the same time, she mentioned Longkodo, which prompted the emperor to cross-examine her. The Queen Mother had a premonition that Longkodo's situation was not good.Concubine Duan told Zhen Huan that the harem is like the political situation and cannot be changed by her own efforts. In addition, special precautions must be taken against concubines.Xiang concubine was so ambitious that she began to covet the title of concubine as soon as she was granted the title of concubine. She even regarded Zhen Huan as an imaginary enemy, intending to earn a good future for her daughter.
The year for the draft of girls has come, which caused turmoil in the palace. The emperor proposed to postpone the draft; the queen suggested that there should be no need for a large-scale draft, and only four girls of suitable age should be selected from the family members of the heroes to enter the palace. The emperor readily accepted it.On a snowy day, Princess Wen Yi slipped while playing in the imperial garden, and Concubine Duan stepped forward to save her.Concubine Duan told Zhen Huan privately that she liked Wen Yi very much, but felt sorry that she had such a biological mother.
The new Qi nobleman Guarjia and Wen Yuan's father Guarjia Emin and Zhen Huan's father were both officials in the Procuratorate. Before entering the palace, Emin had high hopes for his daughter, so Qi Guiren asked to live with Zhen Huan., thereby winning the emperor's attention.Qi Guiren met Nian Gengyao in the palace and was angry. He provoked the emperor again and again. The emperor missed the old relationship and caught up with Nian Gengyao's last seven, so he refused to pursue it.The concubine Xiang made use of the topic and asked the emperor to grant her a year of death. The emperor, the queen mother, and the empress discovered that this person had sinister intentions.
The dejected Nian Yingxing and Songzhi secretly burned paper for Nian Gengyao in the palace. Nian lamented that he had to die in the palace in old age for the rest of his life. He resented the emperor's unkindness and even hated Zhen Huan for causing her to be so lonely.The New Year is approaching, and the queen invites all the concubines to watch a play. While thanking the queen, Qi Guiren accidentally mentions that the two concubine sisters in the family dislike her, which hurts the queen. Qi Guiren quickly kneels down to apologize.The queen was generous and did not argue with Mr. Qi, but she also noticed that she was superficial and frivolous, and she admired Lingrong's meekness and sensibleness even more.
Zhen Huan discovered that she was repeatedly spied on by Su Xi, the eunuch in the palace, so she planned to destroy the Nian family in one fell swoop; Mei Zhuang helped her, even at the expense of knocking down Huo Zhu and burning herself.The arsonist was caught on the spot. The emperor believed that it was Nian who had promised to instigate the arson, intending to burn to death Guan Bin and Qi Guiren who lived in Suiyuxuan.
