7, adapt to life
The Crown Princess recovered this time, and everyone in Yuqing's palace clearly felt that the Crown Princess had changed.
She no longer asked the prince whereabouts all day long, pestered the prince, and no longer tried to mess with Concubine Wu in a different way. Instead, she ran to Cining Palace whenever she had time, and went to Cining Palace to fulfill her filial piety, making the queen mother happy every day and in a good mood.
After returning from Cining Palace, she has been managing the palace affairs seriously and dealing with all kinds of complicated and trivial matters in Yuqing Palace. She has superb skills and has different visions of doing things and looking at people, but she has a set of systems that often achieve unexpected results.
In just five days, Yuqing Palace, which was chaotic and chaotic by the former Crown Princess, became in order again.
The prince was determined to catch her hurting her feet, but after observing for a few days, he had to admit that Ouyang Huiru is really different from the past. Not only is she stable in temperament, but she is also much smarter in her methods, and she is easy to manage the palace affairs. What's even more rare is that she seems to be really not caring about him anymore and never gets entangled. She goes to Cining Palace to accompany the Queen Mother for most of the day when she has time.
Her transformation was exactly what the prince expected. Someone was willing to be his nominal wife, help him manage the backyard, and be filial to him wholeheartedly. Where can I find such a cheap thing? After investigation, the prince was very satisfied with Ouyang Huiru, so he stopped thinking of taking away the palace power from her and handing it over to Wu.
This made Wu's wife suffer. The prince did not help her. She felt resentful and came to her house every day, provoking openly and secretly.
However, Ouyang Huiru ignored her at all and pretended that she did not exist. No matter what she said or did, it could no longer arouse Ouyang Huiru's slight anger. Even inadvertently, Wu often found that the other party was looking at her with a smile of pity, making her feel that she was just a clown in front of the other party.
Wu is also a smart person. He knows that his tricks have been discovered, and then he will not only be unable to get it to the Crown Princess, but also may be punished if he gets angry. After all, Yuqing Palace is now the world of the Crown Princess. She has power, status, and a tough backer. The only thing she doesn’t have is the Crown Prince’s favor. However, if you survive in the palace, what does the Crown Prince’s favor count as compared to the power and status that the Crown Princess has? What is that?
After trying to do something for a few days, Wu finally realized it. He became truly respectful to Ouyang Huiru, and honestly became her concubine in Yuqing Palace. He dared not think about anything that did not belong to her.
Wu stopped jumping, and Ouyang Huiru's life in Yuqing Palace was much quieter. People like to make trouble, but she just watched, never paid attention to it, and no longer made trouble. She had no effect. She just felt that there was a sudden lack of life adjustment, which was very boring, so she ran to Cining Palace more diligently.
Cining Palace is one of the most lively palaces in the palace. Apart from paying homage, if the concubines have time, they will be used to visiting the Queen Mother of Cining Palace and spend time with her.
Because Sejong was not concerned about women and let them compete for favor, Sejong didn't take it seriously and did not treat anyone particularly well. Only when they went to Cining Palace to pay their respects and occasionally pleased the queen mother, Sejong would smile at them.
It is conceivable how much energy these women have spent on the empress dowager in order to save the country in a straight line. However, although the empress dowager is religious, she is not a vegetarian. She knows very well who treats her sincerely and who treats her very well. Therefore, her attitude towards these women with ulterior motives has always been light and has little joy.
Of course, Ouyang Huiru is definitely not included in this group. Although Ouyang Huiru was rude in the past, she was very filial and devoted herself to the empress dowager, so the empress dowager naturally liked it. Now Ouyang Huiru is more friendly to the empress dowager than to kiss her grandmother. Her methods of being happy are changing with each passing day. Without the same thing, the empress dowager became even more rare, just to the point of being happy when she saw her.
Because of this, Shizong became more satisfied with Ouyang Huiru. When he greeted her, he gradually became closer. When facing her, his attitude was rare approachable and kind, and he looked at the concubines and other princes and concubines in a straightforward manner.
Ouyang Huiru knew that she had attracted others' attention, but what other people's ideas did to her? As long as she saved her life, she would do whatever she should do on weekdays, and never let go of her thighs. From chatting with the empress dowager, she gradually developed to even if the empress dowager prayed and recited scriptures, she had to follow her step by step.
The Queen Mother believed in shamanism. Shamanism was a national religion established by the Jin Dynasty before he entered the Central Plains. Almost every Jurchen member believed in shamanism. Shaman wizards had a high status in the clan, and the Queen Mother's mother's family was a wizard family. When the Queen Mother was young, she even held the position of shaman witches and had extremely high prestige among the clan members.
Now, she is old and has a greater dependence on religious belief than when she was young, and she has to spend two hours a day praying.
To please people, you naturally have to please them to the point. The empress dowager is religious, and Ouyang Huiru has to follow the trend to get closer to the empress dowager. She used to be an atheist and had no religious beliefs. Now, she has been resurrected from the dead. In order to save her life, she is willing to believe anything.
Shamanism has no written doctrine, and scriptures and mantras are handwritten by word of mouth. In addition to being extremely difficult to understand, it is also difficult to identify.
Ouyang Huiru gritted her teeth and read these crude scriptures, mastered the spirit of shamanism. Combined with modern people's understanding of religion, she discussed doctrines with the Queen Mother, and occasionally she could express some refreshing religious theories, making the Queen Mother more satisfied with her and hurt her to the bottom of her heart.
On the surface, Ouyang Huiru accepted the shamanic teachings very easily, but in fact, she was tortured by these difficult-to-mouthed shamanic scriptures. When chanting scriptures, she often wanted to vomit blood.
But as soon as she thought that Jiang Yingyue could recite 300 shaman scriptures and talk about shamanic teachings, and won the favor of the empress dowager, she hugged the empress dowager's thighs, and she forced the blood that surged into her throat, turning grief and anger into motivation, and chanting harder.
After a long time, she actually had some insights, her mind became stronger, and a calm atmosphere lingered around her, making people naturally happy to get close to her.
When the empress dowager saw her, she nodded secretly, thinking that this child was a spiritual and intelligent person. Unfortunately, she was old, otherwise she would have trained her to become the next witch.
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On this day, after chanting the scriptures with the Empress Dowager, Ouyang Huiru was about to return to Yuqing Palace to rest, when several uninvited guests suddenly came to Cining Palace.
The eunuch reported that Concubine Yuan and Concubine Rou came to ask for a meeting, and also brought their respective daughters-in-law, Princess J and Princess Wei.
Shizong had no descendants, and he had only four sons and two daughters so far. The two daughters had married and married far away. The eldest prince Shun was born by the deceased concubine Shun. He was brave and good at fighting, but he was disabled during the war and asked to go to the border to stay away from the power center of Shangjing.
The fourth prince, King J, was born by the Yuan Concubine, and his ability was not inferior to that of the crown prince. He held important positions in the court. Unfortunately, he was a different son. According to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, he did not have the qualification to inherit the Grand Duchy.
The Seventh Prince, King of Guard, was born by Concubine Rou. He was good at drinking and sex, stupid and incompetent, and had no ambitions. He just had a muddy life every day.
The two kings have a huge difference in abilities, but the princess they marry are both powerful characters.
The original Ouyang Huiru was the crown princess, but she acted absurdly and was not favored by the crown prince. She has caused trouble since her wedding, and Shizong vaguely expressed dissatisfaction with her.
With her pig-like brain, the two princesses didn't take her seriously. But after a serious illness this time, she seemed to have become a different person. Although she was still not favored by the prince, overnight, Yuqing Palace's great power was easily taken back by her, and the empress dowager was supported by her behind her. Even Shizong gradually looked at her differently.
Now the two princesses couldn't sit still and rushed to find out the truth.
In their perception, Ouyang Huiru can be a burden to the prince, but must not be the help of the prince. Ouyang Huiru has the power, and the direct beneficiary is the prince, which is something they cannot bear. The reason is that the position in the Golden Palace overlooking all living beings.
It is not clear whether King Wei is willing to compete for the throne, but King J has been in obvious confrontation with the prince in recent years.
The Jurchen rule stipulates that only legitimate sons enjoy the right to inherit the family property, and the other sons and concubines must separate their families as soon as they become adults. After the Jurchen people established the Great Jin Dynasty, the Great Jin Dynasty rule followed this clan rule, which has never been broken in the past century.
However, by the generation of Shizong, the great Jin Dynasty became increasingly powerful, and finally overwhelmed the original sect leader, the Great Zhou, and replaced it. The greater the power, the stronger the human desires. Who will dominate this vast and rich land? Who will take charge of the life and death of the people in the world? The emperor's princes launched a cruel battle for the throne.
Emperor Shizong was not a legitimate son and had no inheritance rights, but he was brave and good at fighting, excellent in ability, far surpassed other princes, and had the ambition and means of becoming emperor. Taking advantage of his serious illness, he led his personal soldiers to control the entire imperial city and killed all the two legitimate sons who were qualified to succeed the throne. He slaughtered them all. The other brothers, who obeyed, were given a free throne and transferred from Shangjing far away. Those who were not obedient were placed under house arrest and would not be able to see the light of day for life. Finally, relying on their iron-blooded wrists, they sat firmly on the supreme throne.
With the example of Shizong as a precedent, he also had both ambitions and means. He also made several extraordinary achievements on the battlefield. The famous J King in the court became interested.
As the saying goes, husband and wife are united, Princess J has been coveting the position of Crown Princess for a long time. The more indulgent Ouyang Huiru's behavior is, the more ridiculous she is, the happier she is.
For the sake of her selfish desires, she pretended to be close. After gaining the trust of the other party, she encouraged the other party to do something even more ridiculous. She only hoped that she would continue to do this, sooner or later, and would cause a huge disaster, pull Wanyan Z off the throne of the prince and let King J replace him. (Ouyang Qing didn't come, you would sooner or later what you wished for)
But Ouyang Huiru was ill and hadn’t seen her for only half a month, and she changed. Now, who can easily control her and play with her and applaud her?
Chapter completed!