What does it mean that more than a thousand people died
It's like when you take the subway on your way to work in the morning, and there are twenty cars on the subway, which are roaring in, and the doors open. You dare not get on because the subway is packed with dead people and there is no room for you to even stand.
That's the number of people who died in the East and West Five Institutes, enough to fill a subway train bound for hell.
When Hu Shanwei heard the bad news, his mind went blank and his whole body went numb.
This is the human's instinctive response to stress. When suffering a serious blow, the human body is like a computer attacked by a virus. In order to avoid more serious damage, the first reaction is to unplug the network cable and turn off the wifi. The whole person becomes dull and looks numb.
In order to accommodate the thirty-seven Korean concubines, she sent people to renovate the place, and she personally inspected and strictly checked it to make sure these young girls who came from afar were comfortably settled. Gong Zhengsi taught them palace rules and etiquette, and asked herself why something went wrong after she had done her best.
Hu Shanwei looked at the East and West Five Palaces with carved beams and painted buildings, which were full of royal splendor. Everyone was dead. What kind of harem was this? It was clearly a gorgeous slaughterhouse, with no one left
Shen Qionglian brought Hu Shanwei to the Qianqiu Pavilion between the East and West Fifth Buildings, "This is where it all started..."
It is said that Emperor Yongle personally led an expedition against the Oirat Mongols. After winning a great victory in Ulaanbaatar, he returned to the capital and focused on moving the capital.
The Korean concubines from the East and West Five Offices had been in the palace for almost a year, and had not even seen the emperor. So they went to Concubine Kwon Hyun-do, begging her to give them a chance to gain favor because they were all from the same hometown.
Originally, it was one of the responsibilities of the mistresses in the harem to arrange for the emperor to enjoy his wealth equally, reproduce offspring, provide entertainment activities, and relieve his worries. The request of this group of women was not excessive.
However, Concubine Quan knew that these girls would never have the chance to touch the dragon's body - even she, the so-called favorite concubine in the harem, was just a decoration.
This is a royal secret and cannot be told to anyone.
But at present, these girls have just entered the palace, and they are in the period of falling in love and ambition. They have not yet given up. She has no reason to refuse directly, so she can only perfunctorily say: "The emperor has just returned from the expedition and has many important matters to deal with. He is not available for the time being. Please be patient."
Concubine Quanxian went to see Emperor Yongle and told him about the "eagerness for favor" of the thirty-seven concubines in the five eastern and western palaces.
Emperor Yongle had long ago decided not to appoint a successor or have illegitimate children to avoid the trouble of competing for favor and succession. Moreover, at his current age and status, he was more pure than a monk, and he only wanted to achieve success in his career. To him, women were like vases and other collections in the Treasure Pavilion. He had no time to play with them, but for the sake of royal face and political reasons, the Treasure Pavilion could not be empty and must have the necessary furnishings.
Emperor Yongle felt that since these Korean concubines had already arrived, it would not look good to keep them in the East and West Five Palaces. Concubine Quan was in charge of the harem and lacked confidence, so Emperor Yongle had to step forward to give Concubine Quan some face.
No one is perfect. People like Concubine Quan are most suitable to be a favored concubine. She only cares about enjoying herself and being beautiful, playing the flute obediently and being a vase.
When it comes to being in charge of the harem, Concubine Zhang, who has the highest "prestige", is the most suitable person - at least no one dares to ask Concubine Zhang to win their favor.
Concubine Zhang had already rolled her eyes and suppressed those people.
Emperor Yongle decided to support Concubine Quan, showing that what she said was effective with the emperor, so he ordered Concubine Quan to hold a banquet at the Qianqiu Pavilion in the middle of the five east and west buildings, so that she and the 37 new concubines could enjoy the autumn scenery together.
Concubine Quan Xianfei passed the news to the five east and west chambers, asking them to prepare songs and dances. The emperor will hold a banquet at Qianqiu Pavilion next month to meet with the newly arrived Korean concubines. They are required to attract the emperor's attention with their own abilities. Anyway, the emperor's fat meat has been delivered to your door. Whether you can eat it and how much you can eat depends on your personal ability.
Thirty-seven Korean girl groups began their training. Some played waist drums, some played the traditional Korean instruments gayageum and hyungeum. Of course, the majority were dancing. When they spun, the wide crinolines of their ponytail skirts spun open like blooming flowers.
When these beautiful girls were in their homeland, they heard countless legends about how extraordinary empresses of the Yuan Dynasty changed their lives by competing for favor, from slave girls to empresses.
Qi was just a tribute girl from Goryeo and a maid in the kitchen, covered in dust all day long. This Cinderella attracted the attention of Emperor Hui of Yuan Dynasty with her superb tea-making skills. Tea at that time was called "tea soup". Tea leaves could contain everything you could imagine and could not imagine, such as milk, sesame seeds, walnuts, eggs, and even pickles and Chinese mustard greens. Whether it tasted good or not depended entirely on luck - no matter what kind of dark dish it was, there would always be people who appreciated it and were amazed by it, let alone tea.
Qi fought her way up from a slave girl to a queen. She first attracted the emperor's attention with her talent, then gained favor with her beauty and means, gave birth to a prince, and then planned to kill the other princes to become queen, and even queen mother.
These 37 Korean girl groups have all heard of the legend of Queen Ki. They all want to replicate Queen Ki's path to success and become the second Queen Ki. No one is willing to grow old alone in the harem and become a lonely concubine who "sits and talks about Emperor Xuanzong with white hair."
Concubine Lu, who took the lead in "advising" Concubine Quan Xianfei, was quite scheming. The talent she chose to perform was making tea, which was exactly the same as Empress Qi's way. She was convinced by the poisonous chicken soup like "To conquer a man's heart, you must first conquer his stomach."
This Lady Lu's family is one of the largest merchants in North Korea. More than half of the ginseng in the capital is trafficked by the Lu family. They have several pharmacies in the capital, and ginseng is the main product, along with other medicines.
Concubine Lu had plenty of money and was very courageous. She wanted to make a big splash like Empress Ki did, and conquer Emperor Yongle's stomach with a cup of tea, and then conquer the emperor's heart.
But what if this cup of tea does not suit Emperor Yongle’s taste
Ambition fueled Concubine Lu's evil thoughts: If the emperor drank my tea, he would never forget me from then on.
Then add some "ingredients" to the tea.
The Lu family’s pharmacy in the capital has ready-made medicine. People will want to eat it again and again and always think about it.
But Concubine Lü lived in the deep palace, and once she entered the palace, it was like entering a deep sea. Ambition emboldened her, and money opened the way. Concubine Lü started with the eunuch named Yu who served her, and bribed him with a large sum of money, asking him to help her take a secret letter back to her home in the capital.
This eunuch Yu was originally a eunuch sent from North Korea. They were all from the same hometown, so it was easy for them to talk to each other.
After reading the letter, the Lu family realized that their family had originally sent their daughter to the palace to serve the king and be granted an official title, thus escaping from the common people class and becoming a nouveau riche among the Yangban aristocrats of Korea. They all had an adventurous spirit.
The Lu family benefited from their daughter's influence and wanted to train her to become the Ming Dynasty's Queen. Their future prosperity was just around the corner.
The Lu family was quite scheming and thanked Eunuch Yu with a large sum of money.
Money can move people's hearts.
Eunuch Yu became rich just by hiding a letter in the sole of his shoe. He immediately treated Concubine Lu as his cash cow. Whenever he looked for an opportunity to leave the palace, he would go to the Lu family and ask for the best ginseng and money, and the Lu family would satisfy all his requests.
When they asked for money for the third time, the Lu family handed Eunuch Yu a sable fur coat, saying that this was made for Concubine Lu's mother because she missed her daughter so much. They hoped that Concubine Lu could feel the warmth of her mother in the palace.
Eunuch Yu had served in the palace for many years and knew the rules. He knew exactly what he could take and what he could not take. When he saw that it was not any prohibited items such as food or medicine, but just a fur coat, it would be a piece of cake. He simply took off his old cotton jacket, put on the fur coat, and swaggered back to the palace.
When the body search was conducted in the palace, Eunuch Yu managed to get away with it.
Eunuch Yu handed the sable fur robe to Concubine Lu, who cut open the silk lining and pulled out several oil-paper bags filled with grayish-white powder.
This powder is made from a kind of Korean mushroom that is dried and ground. It tastes average, but after eating it, you will feel happy and energized, and your inspiration for writing poetry and painting will flow like a spring. I guarantee that you will want to eat it again after you have tasted it.
Concubine Lu looked at the mushroom powder as if she had found a treasure. She had already begun to imagine that she could be like Queen Ki, gain favor by making tea, become the most favored concubine in the harem, be promoted step by step, give birth to a prince, and finally ascend to the throne and become the Empress of the Ming Dynasty because of her son.
With the mushroom powder to secure her favor and the rain and dew to water her every night, she will definitely be able to give birth to a prince.
As a woman, she still needs to have a prince by her side. Don't be like that useless Concubine Quan Xian, who is favored but refuses to bear fruit. What's the point
Concubine Lu dreams of the coronation ceremony.
On the day of the banquet, thirty-seven concubines from the five east and west palaces gathered at Qianqiu Pavilion to welcome Emperor Yongle.
They went to Concubine Quan's Changchun Palace to pay their respects every morning, but this was their first time seeing the emperor.
Emperor Yongle's appearance and temperament perfectly matched their fantasy of a great leader.
In fact, in terms of age, Emperor Yongle could be their grandfather.
But power is the best aphrodisiac. The effects of all the beauty cameras in the world combined are not as good as the filter effect of the emperor's identity. Zhu Bajie can turn into Chang'e, not to mention that Emperor Yongle is handsome and has been in power for a long time. He has his own majesty and aura of a royal family. This makes him even more touching.
Thirty-seven concubines: I'm in love! I want to bear a child for you!
Emperor Yongle was like Monk Tang who fell into the Spider Cave, with thirty-seven demons sharpening their knives to take a bite of Monk Tang's flesh, which could make him immortal.
The banquet began and the thirty-seven concubines began their performances.
Gayageum, janggu, fan dance and other performances were performed one after another, and the dancing girls' bright ponytail skirts bloomed like flowers, giving a feeling of a riot of flowers gradually becoming charming.
But Emperor Yongle had long been calm, like Tang Monk in meditation. In the face of beauty, his mind was filled with red-faced women. He regarded the so-called banquet as a political task and had to keep a polite smile. No matter how the concubines performed, they were all rewarded by Emperor Yongle without any bias.
When Concubine Lu saw this, she became a little anxious: the emperor had very broad knowledge and ordinary beauties and talents were not in his eyes. From the beginning to now, the emperor had never shown any expression of amazement or movement.
It seems that we have to take drastic measures. If we miss this opportunity, we don’t know when the next one will be.
This time, no matter what, I must make the emperor remember me and never forget my... tea.
Lady Lu sat aside and brewed tea. She made a tea with sesame salt, bamboo shoots, chestnuts, loofah kernels, walnut kernels, spring mustard, osmanthus, rose and brine, and Lu'an Queshe Bud Tea.
A cup of tea requires eight kinds of condiments and Lu'an Queshe tea leaves to be cooked. This is the recipe and cooking method that Lady Lu's family bought at a high price.
All the ingredients and tea, including spring water, are provided by Shangshi Bureau.
Lady Lu's hands flew up and down, adding seasonings in order according to the heat and sequence, and under the cover of her sleeves, she sprinkled a whole packet of mushroom powder in.
A cup of tea and nine ingredients mixed together have a strange aroma. It doesn't feel like tea, but more like a bowl of soup. There is no smell of mushrooms at all.
This was a method of brewing tea that was popular in the Song Dynasty and was also quite common in the early Ming Dynasty. No one thought it was strange. Emperor Yongle came just to give face and of course would not refuse. After taking two sips, he found it very tasty and drank the whole cup of tea.
After drinking it, I still feel unsatisfied.
When Concubine Quan saw that Emperor Yongle liked the dish, she asked Concubine Lu to cook another bowl.
Emperor Yongle drank three cups before settling down.
By this time the banquet was coming to an end. Emperor Yongle had drunk some wine and felt a little dizzy. The banquet had just ended and rewards had been given, so he took a nap in Concubine Quan's Changchun Palace nearby.
The emperor did not rest in any of the five courtyards in the east and west to summon the new concubine to sleep with him. Instead, he slept in the palace of his old concubine, Concubine Quan, which disappointed the thirty-seven Korean concubines who had performed hard.
On the surface, they were respectfully seeing off Emperor Yongle and Concubine Quan, but behind their backs, thirty-seven pairs of envious and jealous eyes were staring at Concubine Quan: Bah, old witch! It turns out that you are not trying to win favor from us, but are using us to consolidate your favor!
Concubine Quan was used to it. When the emperor slept, he really slept, nothing else. But this was a secret and could not be known to others.
As usual, Concubine Quan dismissed everyone and personally took off Emperor Yongle's boots and clothes.
At this time, Emperor Yongle had hallucinations. He felt that there was a group of little people dancing in front of him. He felt inexplicably happy and danced along with the little people, as if he had become younger.
Concubine Quan Xian had never seen Emperor Yongle like this before, so she said softly, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
"Miaoyi?" Emperor Yongle was ecstatic. In a trance, he saw his late wife, Empress Renxiao, standing alive in front of him. He was obsessed with her and blurted out his late wife's maiden name.
"Your Majesty?" Concubine Quan felt something was wrong when she saw that Emperor Yongle's face was flushed. She touched his forehead with her hand and found that his temperature seemed to be higher than usual. She was about to order a female doctor to come for a consultation, but was picked up by the excited Emperor Yongle!
"Miaoyi, you finally came to me in my dream." Emperor Yongle held Concubine Quanxian in his arms. If it were an ordinary concubine, she would have taken advantage of the emperor being "drunk" and mistakenly recognized the wrong person, and slept with the emperor to make her empty name real. Anyway, in this harem, there is no one else to sleep with except the emperor, so there is no such function.
But who was Consort Quan Xian? She was always clear-headed, she did not love the emperor, nor did she want to bear children for him. She only loved the position of Consort Xian.
The emperor is "drunk" now. When he wakes up, he will definitely be furious and won't recognize anyone!
Impersonating Empress Renxiao is a crime of deceiving the emperor.
Even if she was pregnant, she could not be pardoned of the death penalty because she was a tribute from Korea and the emperor did not want a woman from a vassal state to give birth to his child.
Concubine Quan struggled hard, but as a woman, she was no match for Emperor Yongle in terms of physical strength. Seeing the bed getting closer and closer, Concubine Quan had no choice but to stretch out her hand with three-inch long nails and scratch Emperor Yongle's neck fiercely.
The long nails coated with Impatiens juice were scratched off, leaving three bloody cuts on Emperor Yongle's neck, and he finally let go.
The mushroom powder was used too strongly, and Emperor Yongle felt pain, but was still in an illusion. He was attacked, and the countless little people dancing in front of him turned into a person's face - Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen.
"Fourth uncle." Countless Zhu Yunwens slowly surrounded Emperor Yongle, "Have you been comfortable sitting on the throne these years?"
In an instant, countless Zhu Yunwens were on fire, but they still stepped forward, "Return the throne to my nephew."
Emperor Yongle was terrified and stepped back. He picked up a plum vase and smashed it at the burning Zhu Yunwen. "I am the Son of Heaven, and I have a real dragon to protect me. How can I be afraid of a ghost? Kill! Kill one if you come! Kill two if you come! I am not afraid of you!"
Outside Changchun Palace, everyone only heard Concubine Quan's screams and the crisp sound of porcelain hitting the ground. Thinking there was an assassin, they rushed in to rescue the emperor.
Seeing the scene before them, everyone was stunned. They saw Concubine Quan struggling in a pool of blood. The blood from her head had soaked her hair, and the ground was covered with porcelain fragments.
Emperor Yongle overturned the rosewood treasure pavilion like crazy. With a crash, the furnishings on the pavilion, along with a Western clock, fell to the ground. The heavy clock hit Concubine Quan's head, and Concubine Quan stopped struggling...
The author has something to say: Concubine Quan died unjustly. The cup of tea that looks like a dark dish in Lady Lu is the one that Jinlian served to Ximen Daguanren in the famous novel by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng. Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution~
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