5, vowed to steal the spotlight
In ancient times, medical conditions were quite backward, and a small cold could kill people. It was contagious and was one of the extremely dangerous diseases at that time.
Therefore, when the prince released the news that the princess felt the cold and needed to rest in the door, there were very few people coming to Yuqing Palace to visit, and everyone was afraid of getting sick. When Emperor Shizong and the Empress Dowager heard the news, they gave her many precious medicinal herbs and sent palace servants to visit her, bringing her an oral order to exempt her from her daily greetings, and asking her to rest with peace of mind.
Ouyang Huiru was very satisfied with this situation and didn't have to pay any respects, which just avoided the possibility of her being in trouble. During this period of recuperation, she learned how to manage the palace affairs as quickly as possible, in order to control Yuqing Palace in her hands as soon as possible.
The Crown Princess is the future mother of the country, and her status cannot be underestimated. She lives in the inner courtyard of the forbidden palace like many palace concubines. Although she is a junior, her status is transcendent. The palace where the Crown Princess and the Crown Princess live does not belong to the emperor's harem, and even the queen does not have the right to interfere too much. Therefore, taking down the Yuqing Palace is equivalent to adding a safe ending point in this conspiracy and filthy palace, which is extremely important for Ouyang Huiru.
Her biggest enemy is close to her and is always peeking at the life of the Ouyang clan. How could she take it lightly?
Fortunately, compared with the companies and foundations she managed in her previous life, the scale of Yuqing Palace was not worth mentioning. After she understood the palace rules, read the history and scenery of Dajin, gained a comprehensive understanding of Dajin, and gradually adapted to the ancient lifestyle, she became like a fish in Yuqing Palace.
According to the ancestral system, the prince should have one concubine, two concubines, four ladies, and several other concubines. However, the prince has a heart and the person he likes is a man. Therefore, there are few women in his backyard. Currently, there are only one concubine, one concubine, two ladies, and six concubines. Among these women, except for Wu who is occasionally favored, the other women are simply decorations.
Ouyang Huiru cleaned up the Thorned Wu the day before. The other women were already in a lowly position in Yuqing Palace and were not favored. They all stopped seeing this and were respectful to the Crown Princess. They were very worry-free when managing it. This was the only place where Ouyang Huiru was satisfied with the Crown Princess.
Shortly after the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, it still needed to work hard to govern and stabilize the imperial power. There were still remnants of the previous dynasty in China. They often incite local civil unrest, and the border was sometimes attacked and plundered by Mongolian tribes. Emperor Shizong Wanyan Bupo was busy with government affairs all day long. Compared with Wanyan Z, he was less concerned about women.
The huge harem quota for the fifth concubine, the ninth concubine, the twenty-seventh generation wife, and the eighty-one imperial wife. Currently, only one Yuan concubine, one Rou concubine, three concubines, two Jieyu concubines have seven positions, and the other 116 empty seats. Judging from the current workaholic state of Shizong who is full of food and sleep and is exhausted, if he wants to fill it, I don’t know what year or month it will be.
Such a small number of concubines were all old people in the Qiandi who followed Shizong into the Central Plains. Shizong treated him equally and had no sign of favoring anyone. He must have only responsibility and no friendship to them. No wonder Jiang Yingyue, who was young and beautiful and talented, defeated other opponents in two or three strokes, dominated Shizong's favor for decades, and made Shizong make her son the crown prince before his death.
Such a simple interpersonal relationship in the harem is beneficial to Jiang Yingyue and even more beneficial to Ouyang Huiru.
The prince's biological mother, the Emperor's descendant of the Yuan Dynasty, passed away as early as the first year of Emperor Shizong's ascension to the throne. Ouyang Huiru did not have a serious mother-in-law to serve, and there was a layer of oppression on her head.
Although the palace affairs were managed by the Yuan Concubine and Rou Concubine, the Empress Dowager was still there. She was a man of good deeds, with superb skills, and was quite filial to Emperor Shizong. Therefore, the real voice in the harem was in the hands of the Empress Dowager. Because of Ouyang Jingyu, the Empress Dowager was extremely fond of Ouyang Huiru, which made Ouyang Huiru have another tough backstage in the palace. When she walked in the palace, she was a bit exaggerated to say that she was rampant, but she was less restrained but it was real.
Living in such a relaxed and comfortable environment, the original Crown Princess could still get to such a miserable level. Ouyang Huiru could only sigh in her heart: To this extent, if you don’t have cannon fodder, who cannon fodder?
Fortunately, Ouyang Qing has replaced the original owner, and his future destiny has taken a turning point.
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The impact on Ouyang Huiru's head had long been cured, but in order to take over Yuqing Palace, be familiar with the life in the palace and avoid being misleading, she also had to spend half a month on the grounds of physical weakness.
She had superb acting skills, and she paled her face slightly, sometimes coughed, sometimes asthma, and when she coughed, her face was filled with pathological flush, which vividly performed a person with severe wind and cold, and she was stunned by the two imperial doctors sent by the Empress Dowager and Shizong.
Although she could not find any problems from her pulse, she saw that the symptoms of her illness were not as if she was pretending. The imperial physician couldn't help but doubt her ability to take the pulse, and she couldn't take it down again. She had to say in unison: The Crown Princess had not yet recovered from the cold and needed to rest.
Ouyang Huiru was satisfied and stayed at Yuqing Palace peacefully. She changed the personnel in the palace every day, without making major adjustments, and only kept her own bedroom tightly. Except for Madam Qin and Xiaoyu, she never allowed others to approach her easily. Then she felt a little safe. Then she focused on the etiquette in the palace, and used the excuse of being unfamiliar, asking Madam Qin to train her again.
Seeing that she was so concerned about the life of the Crown Princess, her character was mature. She managed the affairs of the palace with neat methods and decisive actions. She was not inferior to those nobles who had been in the palace for a long time. She was happy and naturally gave her all her gifts, vowing to make her lady the first perfect Crown Princess of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Etiquette is not difficult to learn, just because Ouyang Huiru was an actor before and played many roles such as palace maids, concubines, queens, etc., and she had some skills. When she saw Madam Qin's demonstration, she immediately grasped the essence and then did it accordingly. Her every move was indescribable elegant and smooth, and she actually had a bit of dance-like beauty, which made Xiaoyu who was watching while she couldn't take her eyes off.
In fact, this is Ouyang Huiru's occupational illness. She always thinks of wearing a princess as a filming woman. Of course, she must be perfect in front of the camera. No matter how many cameras you use to capture, the angle and posture must be the most beautiful, with zero shortcomings. It would be strange if you use such strict standards to demand yourself. This etiquette is not pleasing to the eye.
In the compact study, time passed like water, and another five or six days passed. Ouyang Huiru looked at it from the surface and was already a completely qualified princess. Inside, there was no incongruity and helplessness of the day she just arrived.
There is no intrigue or intrigue. The prince never comes to her to attract attention, nor does she need to fulfill her husband's and wife's obligations. Sometimes Wu comes to her for her to entertain her body and mind. Ouyang Huiru's resting life is very leisurely and comfortable.
However, how difficult is it to live leisurely in the harem, a place of right and wrong? After nearly ten days, Shizong issued an edict in the palace: the southwest was severe drought, and tens of thousands of people in Sichuan and Guizhou were affected. In order to save the national treasury and assist the disaster areas, the cost of each palace should be reduced to half of the original amount.
No one dared to disobey the will of Emperor Shizong. The Empress Dowager responded first and took the lead in selecting most of the palace maids who were over 25 years old in the palace and sent them back to their hometown, saving a lot of expenses for the harem.
As the empress dowager started, the palace masters responded one after another. For a moment, the nobles in the palace dressed much simpler when going out. The golden and jade hairpins were replaced with the cheapest silver ornaments and silk flowers, the brocade clothes were replaced with the most ordinary cotton clothes, and the powder was used less than half.
Ouyang Huiru received the imperial edict and stared at the four words "Southwest Drought" above and fell into deep thought. This drought was another step for Jiang Yingyue to show her strength in the harem and further enhance her status in the palace. However, how did she operate it in the script?
Ouyang Huiru leaned halfway on the luxurious pineapple wood chaise long, holding the imperial edict tightly with her right hand, holding her forehead with her left hand, closing her eyes, recalling the description of the plot in the script, and restoring these shots one by one in my mind, just like a pre-rehearsal before filming. After a while, after the rehearsal, she opened her bright eyes, pursed into a straight graceful lips, exuding a firm sense of meaning, and thought to herself: It seems that it is time for her to leave the palace.
She didn't catch up with the last Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. Jiang Yingyue made a brilliant appearance according to the original plot, perfectly interpreting the first scene of her becoming a queen from a palace maid. However, in the second and third scenes, every scene where she reached the peak of power step by step in the future, Ouyang Huiru will not let her realize it again.
Just like acting steals the spotlight, you can take away the other party’s chance to appear on the screen by any means, and you can’t even show off your face. Can you still expect to be the protagonist? The answer is obviously no.
Ouyang Huiru was known for her "bad queen" in the film and television industry in her previous life, stealing shows, stealing spotlights, grabbing lines, and stealing roles... For her, these are all essential professional skills. From a supporting role to a queen, she has already mastered these skills.
The future of the cannon fodder princess seems terrible, full of cold murderous intent emitted by the enemy when they secretly spy on each other, which is deterrent. But treat it as a drama, trying to make yourself the protagonist of the drama, and grasp the process of the drama and control the overall situation by yourself. This is almost the most handy thing Ouyang Huiru did in her previous life, no doubt.
After changing his thinking style and looking at the future with a new perspective, Ouyang Huiru is full of confidence and fearlessness, and her whole body suddenly exudes a dazzling spirit.
Jiang Yingyue, we will meet soon! You, let’s follow the script I wrote in the future!
Chapter completed!