Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 476 Pomp

But those were things that happened many years later. Niuhulu was smart and clear-headed enough, so she naturally wouldn't worry about future events that hadn't happened yet.

"Mammy, at least for now, His Majesty has not had the final say in the previous dynasty. It's fine if he promotes a concubine, but if he were to appoint a queen, there would definitely be many people who would come out to stop him.

Even if Rong Fei was not from a bannerman family, it would be difficult for her to sit in that position, even for me, even for my sister.

So what if it is the big Manchu clan, Niuhuru?

So what if the family has a strong foundation and the children are outstanding?

Won't he lose in the competition for the back position?

I understand your fear of Concubine Rong, but she will not be my enemy, at least not in the next five years."

In Nianhulu's view, the queen and concubines were not in natural competition, and they were never on the same track.

As a queen, she was jealous of the concubines and plotted to murder the royal heir. Such means were too despicable and too petty.

You should do your job well. As the queen, you should do what a queen should do. As long as you don't meet a "tyrant", even if there is a favorite concubine, your position will still be as stable as Mount Tai.

Throughout the dynasties, not all queens were the most favored ones in the harem. Does that mean they couldn’t survive?

The foolish things Hesheli did in the past were due to her own greed. She wanted everything, as if since she had become the queen, everything should belong to her by right. She could not see her own position clearly.

Secondly, she was clearly the queen, but she lowered herself to argue with the concubines. Such an intolerant character would not only fail to make the concubines surrender, but would instead bring about a strong backlash.

The concubines below are making trouble, and the one in power often makes stupid moves. Over time, her reputation will naturally be ruined. Not only that, it will push her husband's heart away even further, and in the end, she will only be left with the title of queen.

"Mammy is not unaware of the situation of the Niuhulu family. No matter how many outstanding members there are in the clan, they are all disliked by the Emperor because of their father's involvement, and have no chance to make a name for themselves.

Since I have entered the palace, I must become the queen. The Niuhulu family cannot afford to lose a second time, and neither can the disciples of the clan.

And my sister, if I fail again, her life will only become more difficult.

So, Ma'am, our opponent is Tong Jia, not Rong Fei.

Even if I succeed in becoming the queen in the end, what I have to do is to be a good queen and make the Emperor change his mind about the Niuhuru family and forgive the Niuhuru clan, instead of competing for favor with the concubines.

Mammy, I am not a Hesheli, and I will never become one."

Nanny Zhou took her master's words to heart and said ashamedly, "It was my ignorance that I only saw Rong Fei's threat and almost misled you, causing you to make the wrong judgment."

Everyone knows that it was because Hesheli lowered herself to compete for favor with the concubines that she ended up on the road of murdering the royal heir.

Fortunately, the master is smart, otherwise she would have harmed the master.

"You are right. Our most important thing right now is to move into Kunning Palace. Once you become the queen and give birth to another prince, the crisis of the Niuhulu family will naturally be resolved. The mere Rong Fei will be nothing."

After Nianhulu entered the palace, she was first favored by Rong Fei. Although the Emperor would occasionally go to other palaces because Rong Fei was "unwell", he never came to Yiku Palace.

Not only did he never stay overnight, he never even came during the day.

So everyone in the palace knew that the new princess from the Niohuru family was not favored, and even if she entered the palace she was just a decoration.

But one month after Niohuru entered the palace, she was granted the title of concubine. She had no children and was not favored by the emperor, which made it difficult to understand the emperor's thoughts.

Niuhuru felt that the Emperor might still have some resentment in his heart, so he was unwilling to let her sleep with him. In addition, Niuhuru vaguely felt that there seemed to be other reasons for the Emperor's alienation.

Before she found out the truth, Niuhulu had no hope at all for the child that Nanny Zhou mentioned. She had never even slept with him, so how could the child come from?

The masters and servants of the Yikun Palace all knew what they had to do. No matter how others provoked them, they remained unmoved. This allowed Nianhulu to watch a series of good shows, and she even complained to Madam Zhou in private:

"I originally thought that the people in the palace were quite obedient, but I didn't expect them to be a bunch of thieves with evil intentions but no courage. It seems that those who were killed in the past few years were either vicious or stupid."

Being vicious is because one has the intention to harm others and puts it into action; being stupid is because one's thoughts are provoked by a few words from others and one jumps out in a hurry to become a knife in the hands of others.

Many people were disappointed by the calmness of the Yiku Palace. They thought that Rong Fei would be able to give birth to the royal heir safely this time. Who knew that there would be a ray of hope after all.

Tong Jia entered the palace.

When Tonggiya entered the palace, the commotion was no less dramatic than when Hesheli entered.

However, Hesheli was the real Empress Dowager and the emperor's first wife who was brought in from the Daqing Gate, so it was reasonable that she was given a grand ceremony.

But what is Tonggiya clan?

Even though she was a strong contender for the throne, she was not yet the queen after all, but just a concubine without any rank. Such a commotion was a bit too much.

Even Nianhulu, who entered the palace in April, did not have such a grand ceremony.

Although some people found out that Niuhuru brought a lot of dowry, she entered the palace very low-key.

It’s nothing like Tong Jia, who was almost beating drums and gongs.

But the family backgrounds of the two men are there. Even though the Nianhulu family was disliked by the Emperor because of the Ebilun incident, at least their foundation is there. It is one of the oldest surnames of the Manchus and it is not just talk.

As for Tong Jia, it was just that his daughter was lucky enough to give birth to an emperor, and it has only been a few years since she became famous.

Look at this movement, it’s like a “nouveau riche”.

If the term "nouveau riche" had already existed in the Qing Dynasty, it would definitely be used to describe the Tonggiya clan's pomp.

Of course, how many people here truly look down on the Tonggiya clan's behavior, and how many people are just sour grapes? It all depends on one's own opinion.

Anyway, in the eyes of everyone, Tong Jia's high profile seems not very smart, but the possibility of pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger cannot be ruled out.

The first day that Tong Jia entered the palace passed in the eyes of everyone.

The next day, the busybody came to visit. As soon as Zhao Jia and others walked to the door, they heard a lot of smashing sounds and were frightened.

Then he quickly realized that Tong Jia was angry that the Emperor did not stay in Chengqian Palace last night.

In the eyes of others, apart from Concubine Rong and the former Empress Hesheli and Concubine Hui, there was no one else in the palace whom the Emperor would make a special trip to show his attention in order to save their face.