The Empress Dowager took Xue Mei back to the capital and did not allow her to run around.

Only then did Xue Mei realize that she had a mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law knew that her son could not control Xue Mei, so she simply let Xue Mei live in the palace, and the doctor from Wanjing Palace took care of Xue Mei.

This made her laugh and cry.

"I am a doctor myself."

The Empress Dowager would glar at her: "Don't make a fuss, it's amazing if you are a doctor?"

Xue Mei: "..."

Isn’t it said that the world is big and the earth is the biggest, is the pregnant woman the biggest? Why is her happy little bird caught in a cage?

As for her unreliable husband, when Xue Mei complained that she was about to leave the palace, he actually said: "How can a daughter-in-law not be angry with her mother-in-law? If you let the mother show off her mother-in-law's proposition, she has been waiting for her whole life."

When it comes to the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, this guy wishes that Xue Mei and the Empress Dowager would fight so that he can make sure that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is real.

Therefore, when Xue Mei complained, he used that kind of show-off tone to activate the fire, meaning: Go, don’t worry and dare to fight the Empress Dowager, what kind of heroes are you here with me?

Xue Mei and the Empress Dowager Tai did not fight, mainly because they did not dare to be angry, so the Empress Dowager Tai made a pot of three in a pot.

But the palace is also quite fun.

After the death of the previous emperor, the old concubines either went to the fiefdom with their son or moved to the temple to make room for the new emperor's concubines.

Xiao Mingzheng also had many concubines. According to Xi Baochen, there were a total of 130 people, of which more than 60 people had never been favored at once.

If you don’t have favors, there will be no chance in the future. After all, you will have to join newcomers every year.

After discussing these unpopular people, Xi Baochen and the Empress Dowager, they sent them back to their hometowns, and each of them gave them a severance fee.

Xi Baochen actually paid the money himself and did not use the national treasury.

Her money was given to Xue Mei.

This incident caused Xi Baochen to receive a lot of praise in the inner court and the imperial court. Speaking of this, the court officials admired the young empress dowager very much and said that she was kind.

The remaining concubines who were favored were dozens of people without children.

Xiao Mingzheng has been the emperor for more than five years. Except for Xi Baochen and Qi Siran, which of the concubines he chose later was not sixteen or seventeen years old?

Therefore, most of the concubines were in their early twenties. Unlike Xiao Mingzheng's father's concubines, some of whom were in their thirties and forties, and their mentality was old.

If these young concubines are sent to the temple, something will definitely happen, and there are many people.

The late emperor did not have so many concubines.

The main reason is that Xiao Mingzheng had just ascended the throne. In order to undermine him and make him addicted to beauty, Xiao Jingcheng chose too many people for him every year.

Xi Baochen specially opened a palace to raise these concubines who were favored but had no children. These people no longer sent anyone to serve them, and they had to take care of their daily lives.

Not only that, they also need to work, mainly making needles and girls.

"In another ten years, they are old, and the hard life in the palace has worn away their sharpness, and then let them go to the temple." Xi Baochen said.

Xue Mei didn't say anything.

She felt very cruel. In Xue Mei's opinion, these young girls were just a group of high school and college girls. They were not selected for voluntary purposes.

It was not their fault that the emperor favored them.

Others who have not been favored can get some money to go home, but they cannot.

"...Big sister, why don't you speak?" Xi Baochen could see that Xue Mei was a little unhappy and was worried.

Xue Mei smiled and said, "If I have the opportunity in the future, I want to open an Imperial Hospital in the Neijing and use women as doctors. They can not only treat the people in the palace, but also treat the noble ladies.

In this way, these people will not be abandoned. Forty or so people are all humans, not cattle and sheep that can be slaughtered, and they should play their role.”

Everyone should work, this is Xue Mei’s value.

She accidentally reflected on her and found that she had some capitalist intentions.

She was willing to think about these concubines, but they might not be willing to endure hardships.

I have put aside this topic for the time being, and Xue Mei only has this idea.

Her ideas were too ideal, and Xi Baochen's approach was truly suitable for the palace, and the palace was a place to eat meat.

There are few people in the palace, and Xue Mei always keeps company with the Empress Dowager and her cousin every day. She accidentally goes to Empress Dowager Hu to play mahjong, and also walks around with some old concubines.

The little prince has no family of concubines yet, and the atmosphere in the whole palace is the kind of purity that Xue Mei likes.

She would talk about the sufferings of the world with her cousin, and would also play games with the little emperor and sisters.

Xue Mei taught the children to dance on the grid, which was very fun, but she couldn't go up to demonstrate in person.

"...Sheng'er, I'll give it to the emperor's grandmother to raise." Xi Baochen asked Xue Mei about this matter, "What do you think? The child is too thin and I'm afraid he can't raise it well."

Sheng'er is Qi Siran's son.

The Empress Dowager was also a member of Qi's family, and the child was filled with blood similar to that of the Empress Dowager.

It is best to give her the child to the Queen Mother on the excuse of being lonely in the harem.

"You should indeed avoid suspicion." Xue Mei said.

Qi Siran's son, no matter whether he is well-raised or not, his cousin will not get any benefits.

Xi Baochen nodded.

She went to ask the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager agreed to let the child come over. Anyway, there were many people in her palace, so it was not worth it to set aside a few to take care of the child, and she didn't need her to do it herself.

There is a little prince in Wanjing Palace, which is much more lively.

Qi Siran's son is indeed not like her. The child is weak, which leads to him growing up later than his peers. He still has no idea of ​​being close to him.

He didn't know that he could not see his biological mother. So much so that he had never asked a question since Qi Siran passed away.

Perhaps, in his little mind, it was a strange ceremony to see the empress several times a month. He did it in a stern manner according to what the wet nurse gave him.

"You should give birth to a grandson for the Ai family, too." The Empress Dowager pointed at the tenth prince and said to Xue Mei, "Look at how cute he is."

"Mother, the Queen, the First Emperor has ten sons. The oldest is the emperor, and he is over one month old; the youngest is the tenth prince, and there are eight in the middle, all of which are the most fun ages.

If you like the little prince, why not adopt a few more and keep it to you and see it every day." Xue Mei said.

The Empress Dowager: "If you are a daughter-in-law from an ordinary family, you will not dare to disobey your mother-in-law like this."

Xue Mei: "..."

The Empress Dowager gave enough of her mother-in-law's brochure, and she was speechless and finally became happy.

In addition to being in the palace, Xue Mei can also apply to leave the palace and go back to his princess's mansion.

Although Xiao Jingcheng came in to see her every day, he almost never rested in the palace, and Xue Mei missed him very much.

That day she left the palace and went home, going to Xiao Jingcheng's outer study room, but saw He Fangli at the door, as if looking at the wind.

Seeing Xue Mei, He Fang shouted to it: "Prince, the princess has returned to his house."

This is a reminder to the people inside.

Xue Mei: "..."

She is not at home, why are she hiding it from her?

Xiao Jingcheng opened the door of the study inside, and Xue Mei looked inside very alertly. Sure enough, she felt a sudden slap in her heart when she saw the figure.
Chapter completed!