The Salted Fish Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

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Chapter 1

Spring election in the 42nd year of Kangxi's reign.

"Are there any who look lucky and fertile?" Empress Defei leaned on the couch, wearing jade armor on her slender white fingers, and was casually touching the long-haired cat offered by Persia.

"To answer your question, there is a beautiful girl from the Niuhulu family. In my opinion, she looks lucky," said Madam Yun standing on the ground.

Madam Yun is an old lady who has been following Empress Defei. She has been serving Empress Defei since she gave birth to the fourth prince. Her eyes are very sharp.

"She is from the Niuhulu family, a big Manchu and Mongolian family. She has a calm temperament and will have good fortune in the future."

"Then leave it to the fourth prince," Empress Defei decided the fate of a concubine without much emotion. "For so many years, there is only one prince living in his house, Honghui. Two more have passed away in the past two years. Alas... one princess is still too few. Are there any good ones?"

Empress Defei was also very worried. This is the fourth prince who was adopted by the Imperial Concubine. When the master was around, she naturally couldn't get close to him. Now it seems that there is a layer of separation. She always feels that she is not as close as the fourteenth prince.

But after all, it is her own flesh and blood. Now she is almost thirty years old and has only one child. She has to take care of her.

"There is also a concubine, but..." Madam Yun hesitated a little, not knowing whether to say it, but when she saw the master glanced at her, she immediately told him everything like pouring beans.

"There is another one from the Geng family. I think she is good at giving birth, but there are two things wrong with her. One is that she is of low birth, and the other is that she is too coquettish. I am afraid that she will harm the health of the prince."

"Let's just pick these two," Empress Defei yawned, showing some fatigue.

Since the death of the Imperial Concubine Tongjia, the palace affairs have been handed over to the four concubines Hui, Yi, De, and Rong. The palace affairs are complicated to manage, and the people at the lower level are used to flattering the higher ones, even she feels a little tired.

As a close friend of the Empress, Nanny Yun naturally understands that the Empress does not want to continue talking, so she stepped forward to help her take off her jewelry and armor, and lean on the couch to take a nap for a while.

Geng Qingning, a concubine in Chuxiu Palace, had no idea about her fate. She was worried. She only remembered that she was working overtime, but suddenly appeared in this strange dynasty. Now she thought that she must have died suddenly due to being too tired.

But fortunately, she got a new life in this girl who died inexplicably.

The reason why she was called a girl was because Geng Qingning, who had the same name and surname, was only 16 years old, the same age as a flower bud, but died quietly in this deep palace where people were eaten without spitting out bones.

She was usually terrified. She didn't dare to refute her boss when she worked overtime before, and it was the same when she came here. She didn't dare to investigate how her original body died. She just stayed in her small room and cherished this hard-earned second life.

But today, the palace maids informed all the concubines to go to the main hall, so she had to leave her safe house to see everything unknown here.

The head maid Zhang stood in the front. Her black hair was smooth and straightened with osmanthus oil, and she tied it behind her head with a plain silver hairpin, revealing several marks on her forehead carved by wrinkles. She looked very stern.