Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1237 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 161

Zhen Huan is really well-educated, and Jiang Xinxin doesn't want to let her waste her time. However, now is not the time for Big Fat Ju to be in power. Qianlong is not as easy to talk to as Big Fat Ju. If Zhen Huan is sent out to work, it will definitely not work.

Jiang Xinxin only said to Zhen Huan: "You should copy a few more books and send them to the charity hall, or donate some money. It is impossible to go out and become a tutor. After all, the current emperor is not as easy to talk to as the late emperor. If I, the cheap queen mother, reach out my hand too many times, I am afraid that boy will suspect that I have the heart of Empress Wu."

Jiang Xinxin's words were so serious that Zhen Huan's feverish mind finally calmed down. She knelt down with a face full of shame and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I spoke nonsense."

Jiang Xinxin was quite satisfied with Zhen Huan's behavior and didn't mind giving her some advice: "If you are interested, why not practice with the palace maids and eunuchs around you first? The palace maids in this garden will also be released from the palace when they reach a certain age. If they can learn a few words and understand many principles, they will have more choices when they go out of the palace to propose marriage."

"Even if they choose not to get married in the future, they will still be able to make a living with their skills, and you will have done a lot of good deeds."

Zhen Huan thought about it for a moment and felt that what Jiang Xinxin said made sense. She wanted to find something for herself to do, and she also sympathized with the poor and the weak. There was no need for her to focus on the charity hall under Jiang Xinxin's name. There were a lot of palace maids in the palace, and as the saying goes, there is no distinction between people in education, so she was not picky.

Zhen Huan found something to do, and the other concubines in Changchun Garden followed suit.

Most of them don't have children. In the past few years, when the princesses and princes were raised here, they could still follow the royal concubine and the concubine to join in the fun. Now that the princesses and princes have returned to the palace to go to school, they are idle again, and their lives are somewhat lonely.

Even though the palace maids and eunuchs around the professor knew nothing about reading and writing, and it could only be considered a pastime, as Jiang Xinxin said, enlightening the people was a great merit in itself, and it was already a kindness on the part of the Queen Mother Jiang Xinxin to open this convenient door for them.

The Imperial Concubine Dowager didn't want to make trouble anymore, but she also didn't want to forbid the concubines under her to do the same as her. What's more, Jiang Xinxin had opened the door. If she insisted on suppressing her, she would inevitably be full of resentment. Therefore, she was happy to see the concubines' activities.

The concubines found things to do and it was good to have some entertainment. The empress was slightly relieved when she knew it, but then she started to worry again. After all, the palace maids and eunuchs far away in Changchun Garden and Yuanmingyuan had the opportunity to learn to read, but the palace, where everyone originally flocked, could not have such a benefit. Wouldn't people blame Qianlong and her, the empress?

The Queen was worried, but Lian Xin thought it was not a problem at all. "Your Majesty, the maids selected to enter the palace are not allowed to read, especially the maids and eunuchs serving in front of the emperor, the rules are even stricter. The garden was originally a poor place, and it was the Queen Mother and the Emperor who were kind and ordered that the concubines in the palace could live outside the palace, which is why the garden was revealed."

The queen thought about Lianxin's words and felt that they made sense. She emphasized to the concubines in the palace the ancestral rules that palace maids and eunuchs were not allowed to read. She asked them to go back and emphasize this rule once again in each palace and courtyard to calm people's hearts.

A storm was resolved by the Queen before it even occurred. Qianlong was very satisfied with this and naturally opened his private warehouse to send many good things to Kunning Palace, which made the Queen very happy. The concubines in the palace said on the surface that they were happy for the Queen, but they said a lot of sour words behind her back.

The election quickly selected the concubines for the palace selection. The concubines in the palace could not help asking around. Although the queen did not openly obstruct them, she also pointed out Wanyan and Niuhulu, "It is difficult to define the affairs of the palace that are related to the previous dynasty. If the emperor is unhappy, the crime will be committed."

The concubines in the harem were all frightened and dared not spread any rumors openly anymore.

The empress handled the election very properly this time. She specially looked through the selection rules of the Kangxi period and suggested that Qianlong keep the selected girls in the palace for half a month to teach them in order to observe their words and deeds before making a decision.

Qianlong really didn't know the rules of a proper election. He was quite surprised to hear the empress say that. Then he looked at the rules from the reign of Emperor Shengzu that the empress brought over and found that they were indeed as she said. He then explained for the late emperor: "When the late emperor was in power, the first election was held when the treasury was empty. If it weren't for the fact that the Empress Dowager was really worried about the late emperor's offspring, the late emperor might not be willing to hold the election in the first year of Yongzheng's reign."

"So at that time, the concubines were not allowed to stay in the palace to learn the rules."

"In the last election, since only our brothers were allowed to see each other, we only saw each other in Jiangxuexuan."

Although Qianlong had not yet realized that he actually wanted to ask Jiang Xinxin's opinion, the queen had already heard Qianlong's subtext and took the initiative to say: "Then I will write a letter to the Empress Dowager and ask for her opinion."

Qianlong was indeed happy to hear this. "What the Queen said is right. We should ask the Empress's opinion on this year's election."

"In addition, there is Sister Shuhe's marriage. The Queen should also pay more attention to it. I have received memorials from several Mongolian princes, all of whom said that they want to marry Sister Shuhe for their sons. But the Queen Mother has always been tolerant of princesses. Maybe the Queen Mother wants Sister Shuhe to stay in the capital."

The queen herself has a daughter, and even though she is still young, she can't help but worry about her daughter's future marriage. She wishes she could immediately confirm that the princess will not marry far away, so that her Jingse will not have to marry into Mongolia.

"The Empress Dowager loves girls the most. In the past, Aunt Chaogui was almost sent to Dzungar to marry, but the Empress Dowager found a way to turn the situation around, so that Aunt Chaogui could find a good husband in the capital. Now Aunt Chaogui is living a very good life. She has given birth to two children, and Uncle Yue Xing has not had any more children."

Not to mention, the Queen really envied Princess Chaogui and Yue Xing'a for being able to be together for the rest of their lives. It was a pity that even though she came from a prominent family, she could not compare to the princess of the Holy Ancestor, and she would never meet a husband like Yue Xing'a who had a clear understanding of her.

But she is the queen now, and although she has to be subservient to Emperor Qianlong and the Empress Dowager, except for these two, she has suppressed everyone else and does not have too many regrets.

In life, you have to give up what you gain. If you try to hold on to everyone, you will get nothing.

After listening to the Queen's words, Qianlong also agreed to contact Jiang Xinxin more often. "The Queen Mother is a remarkable woman who is no less than Empress Xiaozhuang Wen. Even though she experienced many difficulties in the first half of her life, she did everything she wanted to do in the second half of her life."

The queen thought so much, but it took only a few words for Qianlong to finish. She smiled and agreed, "Yes, there are few women like the Empress Dowager in the world. I can only look up to her and work hard to learn a thing or two."

Qianlong was lucky to have an elder like Jiang Xinxin, but he couldn't bear to see his queen do the same thing as Jiang Xinxin. His harem really needed the queen's help to suppress and appease, but he couldn't bear to let the queen be distracted by other things, so he restrained his smile and changed the subject: "Queen, please write to the Empress Dowager as soon as possible. If the Empress Dowager is willing to return to the palace to stay for a while, that would be the best."