SFS Chapter 1228 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 152
Chapter 1228 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 152
Of course, the Queen would not refuse Jiang Xinxin's favor. After enjoying the vegetarian pot in the Cining Palace, she arranged it directly.
There are hot springs on Xiaotangshan. The palace not only built a hot spring resort in Xiaotangshan, but also built greenhouses to supply fresh vegetables to the palace in winter.
Even though greenhouses and warm sheds had already spread throughout the Qing Dynasty, only a very small number of families could enjoy greenhouse vegetables in the winter, so the price of these fresh vegetables was naturally very high. Even in the palace, only the master could occasionally get some.
Of course, Jiang Xinxin has her own specially renovated farm to supply her family with vegetables in the winter. For this year's New Year's Eve banquet, she also contributed the output from her dowry farm.
Jiang Xinxin intended to let the queen take full responsibility for this year's New Year's Eve banquet, while she would set up a banquet in the Cining Palace to entertain the concubines of the Emperor Shengzu and the late Emperor.
However, according to the rules, other people can choose not to attend this year's New Year's Eve banquet, but the Empress Dowager Jiang Xinxin has to show up no matter what, so Jiang Xinxin directly threw this difficult problem to Qianlong, and she focused on arranging the New Year's Eve banquet in the Cining Palace.
Not to mention, when Qianlong received the news from the Cining Palace, he felt really shocked as if he had been struck by lightning.
He himself knew that it was not fair to put the blame on old lady Jiang Xinxin for the redistribution of wool business participants, but how could he let the Queen Mother leave the New Year's Eve banquet early to attend another banquet!
But right now Qianlong still has many affairs of the previous dynasty to deal with, so he can only trouble the Queen to negotiate with Jiang Xinxin first.
The Queen was also a little confused when she received the news, because she had not yet received the news that Jiang Xinxin was going to hold another banquet in the Cining Palace to entertain the Emperor's concubines and the late Emperor.
However, just like what Qianlong thought, she also believed that she could not let the respected empress dowager Jiang Xinxin just show up at the New Year's Eve banquet and then leave early.
Seeing the Queen in distress, Lian Xin stepped forward and advised: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has never made things difficult for anyone. Now that she is suddenly like this, I believe she is also considering the concubines."
Therefore, the result is not important at all. Even if Jiang Xinxin cannot be persuaded to sit a little longer at the New Year's Eve banquet, he can still find a very reasonable excuse to shut up the clan members.
The Queen understood the truth, but Qianlong obviously wanted her to persuade Jiang Xinxin not to be so unconventional, which was what really made her feel embarrassed.
Forcing a person who has a good impression of them to keep retreating and giving in, it is said that a gentleman deceives others with his own way. This is what makes the queen really embarrassed.
But in the confrontation with the emperor, the queen had already lost the upper hand, so the queen could only obey the emperor's order and go to the Cining Palace to bring him the good news he wanted.
The Cining Palace was as warm as spring but not dry because Jiang Xinxin made a humidifier by herself. Rose dew from Persia was added to the water. When the steam filled the air, it brought a fresh rose scent to the entire space.
But the queen was still uneasy, and her smile was somewhat forced. Even though she was already sitting in the Cining Palace and had prepared herself mentally on the way here, she still felt very embarrassed when she saw Jiang Xinxin's warm smile to entertain her.
After noticing the queen's dilemma, Jiang Xinxin thought about it and finally took the initiative to speak: "Is there anything that is troubling the queen? This is the Cining Palace. If you have any troubles, just tell me."
The queen put down the milk tea in her hand, feeling that she was being a little hypocritical. Now that she was here, she had to do what the emperor ordered. "Empress Dowager, on New Year's Eve, the emperor and his daughter-in-law are supposed to keep watch with you. You..."
Jiang Xinxin finally understood the Queen's intention, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with her arrangement, so she still smiled and said to the Queen: "Oh, I asked the concubines of Shengzu and the previous emperor to move out of the palace, but now the Cining Palace, Shoukang Palace, and Ningshou Palace can no longer accommodate so many concubines. It's not right to let the concubines run back and forth in this freezing weather."
"So I thought of inviting the Holy Ancestor's Imperial Noble Consort, Consort He, Consort Chen, and the late emperor's concubines, Consort Jing, Consort Ning, Consort Yu, Consort Shen, Consort Rou, and Consort Guaerjia, to stay in the palace for a few days. So this small banquet in the Cining Palace is definitely necessary."
Without waiting for the Queen to speak, Jiang Xinxin continued, "Besides, I stopped caring about palace affairs a while ago. I didn't go to Changchun Garden with the concubines now, but because the Emperor had just ascended the throne, I didn't want to accuse him of being unfilial because of my momentary preference."
Jiang Xinxin said so, and the Queen couldn't make things difficult any longer, but she obviously wanted to continue trying, so she smiled and continued to persuade: "Since the Queen Mother knows the Emperor's dilemma, why don't you stay at the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace for a while? It won't take much effort. Several princes and princesses still need your care."
Jiang Xinxin directly avoided the main point and said, "You and the emperor are the eldest sisters-in-law. The princesses and princes have you two to take care of them. There won't be any trouble at the New Year's Eve banquet. I am also very relieved."
"If it really doesn't work, when I leave, I will take the young princesses and princes with me, so as not to cause you any more trouble."
All along, the Queen has received almost meticulous care from Jiang Xinxin, and nothing she thought of could fail to come true. So when Jiang Xinxin suddenly insisted on her own opinion over such a small matter, the Queen felt overwhelmed and somewhat dissatisfied. At this time, she remembered that Jiang Xinxin moved to the Old Summer Palace and only returned to the palace during the Chinese New Year.
Haha, the late emperor couldn’t do anything to Queen Jiang Xinxin, let alone the empress dowager who is now in power.
The Queen had an ugly expression when she walked out of the Cining Palace. Lianxin looked very worried, afraid that the Queen would think wrongly and become opposed to Jiang Xinxin.
According to Lianxin, the empress should not confront the Cining Palace when it had done her no wrong. After all, the emperor was still young, and there would be countless princes and princesses who would be born in the next few decades. But the eldest prince and princess had the title of the eldest legitimate son. Not to mention the distant past, just look at the fact that there was no legitimate son or crown prince to succeed to the throne in this dynasty.
The Empress Dowager of Cining Palace stood on the side of the Queen from the very beginning. In the long run, Cining Palace might become the life-saving straw of Kunning Palace, so the Queen really shouldn't waste her favor on these insignificant matters.
In order to clear her mind, the empress walked for a long way in the cold wind after leaving the Cining Palace. After she calmed down a little, she naturally thought of what Lianxin could think of, so she turned around, got on the sedan chair and headed straight for the Qianqing Palace.
Of course, the queen had a different story in front of Qianlong. Anyway, the reasons Jiang Xinxin gave were very sufficient. She just appealed to her emotions and reason, and Qianlong completely compromised. He also thought that the queen had done a good job in this matter.
At this time, Qianlong also realized that he had created a difficult problem for both the Queen and Jiang Xinxin. If one of them was not handled properly, not only would the Queen offend the Cining Palace, but the Cining Palace would also develop a rift with the Qianqing Palace.