Chapter 334: Enjoying the Snow Scenery
Chapter 334: Enjoying the Snow Scenery
In addition, as someone who has lived in the harem for so many years, the Empress Dowager naturally knew that it was not easy for Qin Liuse to be favored like this in the harem, so she did not express her opinions in front of her.
Regardless of whether she has any objections or not, since the Empress Dowager feels that Qin Liuse still has a lot of room for improvement and development, she will naturally not sit idle.
When the Empress Dowager returned to the capital, Qin Liuse discovered that her life was much more fulfilling than before.
Because the Empress Dowager often asked her to go to Kangning Palace to accompany her. Although she said she was accompanying her, it was actually just an excuse she made to outsiders.
In fact, the door of Kangning Palace was closed because it was the old aunt who was close to the Empress Dowager who took the opportunity of her staying in Kangning Palace to teach her many things she didn't know and became her tutor.
For example, the complicated relationships between the aristocratic families in the capital, the several old aunts, all of whom have lived for hundreds of years, have their own system and rules in their minds.
He told almost everything he knew, blurting it out to Qin Liuse.
From the daily trivialities of aristocratic families to the past events between the royal family and the civil and military families, several old aunts told Qin Liuse one by one, and Qin Liuse felt that his brain was not enough.
Although I was startled when I heard it and it seemed that I absorbed a lot, it was really not easy to digest it.
Because the noble families like to marry each other, these people are all related in some way. It is not an easy task to sort out all of them.
Moreover, Qin Liuse had never met many of the people here, and there were no corresponding faces in her mind. She could only imagine and remember their names and deeds.
Although Qin Liuse felt a lot of pressure, because her old aunt and the Empress Dowager were smiling at her and treating her like a junior, Qin Liuse did not dare to slack off for a moment.
Because once she showed the slightest sign of lack of enthusiasm, Qin Liuse would blame herself and feel ashamed, feeling that she had failed to live up to the expectations of the Empress Dowager and even more so to the position of Imperial Concubine.
On second thought, the way the Empress Dowager interacted with her was really smart. She didn't say anything explicitly, but she had already put enough pressure on her, so that she even pushed herself forward.
Qin Liuse had originally planned to suffer in Kangning Palace during the day and seek comfort from Emperor Yongjia at night.
But after November, Emperor Yongjia seemed to be very busy and had not been seen for several days.
I heard that she was going to inspect the areas around the capital that were hit hard by the snowstorm, so there was no one in the palace to listen to her talk.
Qin Liuse had been going in and out of Kangning Palace like this for nearly ten days. He especially missed the time when he helped Concubine Xiao De deal with the harem.
Managing the harem together with Concubine Xiao Defei was busy, but at least she was free.
But when he arrived at Kangning Palace and served under the Empress Dowager, Qin Liuse felt like a donkey pulling a millstone.
And the Empress Dowager was like a donkey driver watching from the side, hanging a carrot in front of her, so that she dared not relax at all.
I could only keep walking forward with my head down, pulling and grinding, and I really felt a little breathless.
Fortunately, there are still two babies, the little prince and the little princess, in Zhaoyang Palace.
The brother and sister smiled every day and rarely cried. When they saw their mother and heard her voice, they would kick their legs and wave their hands while laughing.
Every time Qin Liuse returned to her palace, she would feel much better when she saw the two of them.
Emperor Yongjia was in a hurry on this trip and no one knew when he would return.
There was no one to accompany her to sleep. Although she was a little tired during the day, she had consumed a lot of energy and physical strength, so Qin Liuse could always sleep well at night.
Even when the child woke up crying for feeding in the middle of the night, Qin Liuse was too tired to get up to comfort him, so she let the two wet nurses and maids take care of him on their own.
Emperor Yongjia tried for a long time but failed to make Qin Liuse give up the thing. However, the "care" of the Empress Dowager in the past few days made Qin Liuse easily stop thinking about it.
Speaking of which, the Queen is the mother of a country and is respected and admired by others in everything. Logically, she doesn't need to learn so many things like the Empress Dowager arranged for Qin Liuse to learn.
But others may show respect, but if they only have a vague understanding of the details of the capital and the noble ladies from aristocratic families and are unsure about them, that is another matter.
The Empress had to represent Emperor Yongjia in dealing with the aristocratic women in the capital. If she did not understand these things and made mistakes in her dealings with others, she would be laughed at openly or criticized indirectly without even knowing it. It was a big taboo to fail to understand the undercurrents.
Therefore, the Empress Dowager asked Qin Liuse to know all this, to remember the names of the women from the noble families in the capital, to understand their temperaments, and to know the backgrounds of their husbands' families, their status in the family, and so on.
In this way, he would be able to better manage the harem for Emperor Yongjia and the wives of these powerful ministers in the future, and would not be blind.
This is the difference between a legal wife like the queen and a concubine who is used for play. The queen is supposed to stand shoulder to shoulder with her husband.
Every day when Qin Liuse came out of Kangning Palace, he felt that the flesh on his face was about to become stiff from smiling.
Therefore, every day after leaving Kangning Palace, Qin Liuse would take a walk in the garden to revive his spirit.
Qin Liuse stepped on the crunching snow and found a pavilion to go into. The pavilion was open on three sides, so he could enjoy the scenery, but it was not completely unobstructed.
There was a stone bench in the pavilion. Aunt Mingyue got a thick cushion for her and put it under her butt so that she could sit here and enjoy the snow in the ice and snow.
Qin Liuse actually didn't have much in the mood to appreciate the snow, but the air outside was cold, and looking at the snowy scenery in the garden and the budding wintersweets made her mind more open and clearer.
Although she felt tired every day, she was of course obedient to the Empress Dowager's instructions and care.
I sat down with the hot water bottle in my hand. While staying awake, I went over in my mind what my aunt had taught me today, to avoid forgetting it tomorrow.
"Your Highness, why are you interested in enjoying the snow here?"
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