In the end, the Zhou family returned to the Hou's mansion smoothly to raise the fetus, and did not have to stay in the palace to cry.
Pei Shi and Concubine Xiao Shu's first confrontation was slightly better.
Concubine Xiao Shu thought about it afterwards, and was very annoyed.
She knew that since the emperor passed away, the palace would change sooner or later, but her heart was still stuck in the past.
This time, she suffered a small loss at the hands of Mrs. Pei, and only then did she truly realize that the harem had changed. Instead of waiting for King Ning to ascend the throne as she had thought before, she would take it easy.
Concubine Xiao Shu always has more advantages than Pei's.
From then on, Concubine Xiao Shu began to deliberately win over the palace people and cultivate her confidants.
Didn't Mrs. Pei want to fight her
snort!
Mrs. Pei doesn't even have anyone useful in the palace, Concubine Xiao Shu wants to see how Mrs. Pei can fight her.
Concubine Xiao Shu is not in a hurry now.
After Mrs. Pei moved into the harem, she would slowly deal with him.
Pei Shi didn't know yet, but because she stood up for Gu Jiu, Concubine Xiao Shu hated her.
Crying is hard work, especially if you cry repeatedly all day long.
Fortunately, although time passed slowly, it finally passed day by day.
King Ning ascended the throne as scheduled.
Year Wende.
This year marks the thirty-eighth anniversary of Kaiyao. Until next year, it will be the first year of Wende.
The Ministry of Rites handed over the selected posthumous title to King Ning, no, now it is called Emperor Wende.
Emperor Wende made some selections, and finally decided on the posthumous title of Emperor Kaiyao as Wuzong.
"Father regarded himself as a martial artist all his life, and acted decisively in killing and attacking. He has the demeanor of a martial artist, so he is designated as Wu Zong."
The Minister of Rites twitched his mouth when he heard this.
How did he not know that Emperor Kaiyao regarded himself as a warrior, and Emperor Wende was burying the former emperor
"Your Majesty, should you think about it again?" Minister of Rites reminded very implicitly.
Emperor Wende shook his head, "You don't have to think about it, just choose Wu Zong. I believe that the emperor father is in the spirit of heaven, and he will be very pleased."
Minister of Rites: Your Majesty, are you sure
Emperor Wende waved his hand, "Retire, I'm tired."
He had just ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and there were many and complicated things.
Emperor Wende first issued an order to promote several confidant civil servants. Several counselors who were originally raised in the palace also became officials one after another.
The generals under his command also arranged important errands.
After finishing the personnel transfer, it was the turn of the harem.
Emperor Wende has not issued a decree to confer Concubine Xiao Shu as Empress Dowager, nor confer Pei as Empress.
It was obviously an important matter, but he kept procrastinating on it.
Concubine Xiao Shu and Pei were both a little uneasy.
What does it mean that the emperor procrastinates and refuses to do it
Especially Mrs. Pei, who was extremely flustered. Is Emperor Wende going to surpass her and make another woman queen
She felt uneasy and could only seek help from her natal family.
Eldest brother Luhou Peiren is not here, but fortunately his nephew Pei Meng is still staying in the capital, and recently he is also guarding the spirit in the palace.
During the lunch break, the Pei family sent someone to invite Pei Meng to a quiet side hall to talk.
"My aunt asked my nephew to come over, but is there something wrong?"
Pei came straight to the point, "I won't go around in circles with you either. Your Majesty has been delaying setting up a queen, not dealing with the harem, and the women of the late emperor are still living in the palace. Why do you think His Majesty is so procrastinating?"
Pei Meng understood, "Is Aunt in a hurry?"
Mrs. Pei stomped her feet, "How can you not be in a hurry. What if His Majesty surpasses me and appoints another woman as queen?"
Pei Meng shook his head, "Don't worry, aunt, your majesty is just delaying for a while, and it is impossible for you to appoint another woman as queen. Even if your majesty doesn't think about aunt, you should also think about your two cousins. Let's talk about cousin Liu Zhao, who is talented and good-looking. How could Your Majesty allow a legitimate son to become a concubine?"
Pei's heart was determined, but she still asked, "Is what you said true?"
Pei Meng nodded heavily, "Even if Your Majesty doesn't care about brothers Liu Zhao and Liu Yi, you should give our Pei family a face. The palace change a year ago, if not for the help of our Pei family, would have been unpredictable."
Mrs. Pei nodded again and again, "You're right, you don't look at the face of the monk, you look at the face of the Buddha. It's just why your majesty has been procrastinating on dealing with the harem affairs?"
"I don't know about this nephew. My aunt might as well ask someone else."
When Pei Meng left, after much deliberation, Mrs. Pei still sent someone to call Gu Jiu to her.
"Mother concubine looking for me?"
Gu Jiu expressed his love. Last time Mrs. Pei helped her, she had to pay back something.
"Sit down and talk, you must be tired these days."
Gu Jiu said: "I can still hold on. How is the concubine mother?"
"I'm older, not younger than you. Recently, the palace is in chaos, but there is not even a serious person in charge. If the chaos continues, what will happen."
Gu Jiu heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, "What the concubine mother said is that the palace is short of a person in charge. The daughter-in-law thinks that the concubine mother should take up the burden of taking care of the harem as soon as possible."
"You really think so?"
Gu Jiu nodded repeatedly, especially sincerely.
Mrs. Pei sighed, "I want to share your majesty's worries, but the name is not right. Now I have no right to interfere in the affairs of the harem."
Gu Jiu understood it, thought it over and said: "The late emperor left behind many women, and many of them had no children. According to the rules, these people who have no children will be sent to Ganye Temple.
However, a fire burned down the Ganye Temple a few years ago, and it has not been repaired until now. For a while, there was no place to house the late emperor's woman.
In order to avoid suspicion, it is naturally inconvenient for His Majesty to go to the harem. If the matter in the harem is not handled properly, before those women have a place to go, the things that the mother and concubine are worried about may not make progress. "
Gu Jiu was secretly reminding Pei that he wanted to relieve Emperor Wende's worries, quickly send the late emperor's woman out of the palace, and the position of empress would naturally be yours.
After setting up a queen, you have to be a concubine.
There are so many women in the backyard of the palace, if the harem doesn't make room first, how will they be accommodated
How can Emperor Wende go to the harem if the harem does not make room
You can't let your own woman live under the same roof as the late emperor's woman, and you must avoid suspicion.
After Gu Jiu dialed it, Pei suddenly realized.
yes!
Canonize the queen, followed by the concubine, and then move into the harem to live.
But many palaces in the harem are still inhabited.
Emperor Wende would not be able to arrange for his own woman without first arranging for the first emperor's woman.
Finally knowing why, Mrs. Pei was happy, but she still had to keep a serious face, now is the period of filial piety.
"You're right, the affairs of the harem have to be dealt with one by one. This palace will find a way to deal with it."
"The daughter-in-law will leave first."
"Go."
Gu Jiu bowed, got up and left. When she reached the door, she turned back and said, "The Luo family and the Shen family are quite rich, I heard."
Luo's family, Luo's side concubine's natal family.
Shen family, side concubine Shen's family.
Gu Jiu mentioned such a sentence without beginning or end, Pei thought about it for a while, and then suddenly realized.
It is not an easy task to settle the late emperor's woman. It is better for several people to work together than one person to take care of everything.
After making up her mind, Mrs. Pei began to get busy.
She called Concubine Luo, Concubine Shen, and other women of Emperor Wende, who had money to contribute money and strength to contribute.
First of all, you have to choose a place, which is as big as Ganye Temple and secluded.
The Ganye Temple is still in ashes, and the Shaofu has money, but they are unwilling to use the money to rebuild the Ganye Temple. It can be seen that Shaofu is very stingy.
In the end, they chose a nunnery that had been abandoned for several years, the place was big enough and secluded enough.
Everyone contributed money together and sent people to repair the nunnery. Then Mrs. Pei went to see Emperor Wende to relieve Emperor Wende's worries.
Gu Jiu's guess was right.
The reason why Emperor Wende dragged his time and didn't deal with the affairs of the harem was because he couldn't find a place to house the late emperor's woman.
The appearance of Pei family solved this problem for Emperor Wende.
Emperor Wende was very happy and laughed.
"Zi Tong is really my good wife."
When Pei Shi heard Emperor Wende call her Zitong, she trembled with joy.
Zitong is a name used by the emperor for the empress. Doesn't this prove that Emperor Wende's favorite queen candidate is her.
"Sharing His Majesty's worries is the duty of a concubine."
"Ha ha… "
…
Once there was a place, Emperor Wende made a decree to allow the late emperor's childless women to move to the Thanksgiving Temple.
With a flick of a pen, Emperor Wende changed the name of the nunnery to the Thanksgiving Temple and put it under the management of the Shaofu.
As for the Thanksgiving Temple that has not yet been repaired, Emperor Wende can't control so much, and the task of repairing the temple is handed over to the Shaofu by the way.
Shaofu family order: MMP, you are already very busy, and you have added so many errands to Shaofu.
The late emperor's women were all kicked out of the harem.
Emperor Wende should also plan for his harem.
Several decrees were issued one after another, first honoring Concubine Xiao Shu as the empress dowager mother, and appointing Mrs. Pei as the empress.
The concubine Luo is the concubine De, and the concubine Shen is the concubine Xian.
He also picked two favorites from the women in the backyard, named Concubine Feng.
Other women are granted the title of nine concubines, and the number of concubines below nine is not limited. Anyway, as long as it looks so beautiful, it will be sealed.
Although the women of Emperor Wende are not as exaggerated as the seventy-two concubines of the Sangong and Six Courtyards, there are still twenty or thirty women.
The other women who were not canonized were all driven out of the palace with a swipe of Emperor Wende's pen.
When he was a prince back then, sometimes he didn't pay much attention to a woman's appearance and identity. Now that I am an emperor, I have to pay attention to it.
The women who were kicked out were crying in the palace, but refused to leave.
After finally hugging a golden thigh, how can I give up so easily.
Even if she can't be the emperor's woman, at least she can be the emperor's maid.
The family order of the Wangfu has been promoted to be the Tongcheng of the Shaofu, but he hasn't taken up the post yet, and he is still busy dealing with the women in the backyard of the Wangfu.
There are so many women, one or two are unwilling to leave the palace obediently, insisting on grabbing Emperor Wende's golden thigh, he is also very tired, okay
And you can't do anything to those women directly, after all, Emperor Wende has slept with them. Who knows, these women will turn over one day.
The former royal family order, the current Shaofu Tongcheng Shi Sir was forced to have no choice but to enter the palace to see Emperor Wende
Your Majesty, how do you get rid of those women of yours? Would it be too cruel to drive out directly
Emperor Wende stared, "If such a simple thing can't be done well, what's the use of you?"
Master Tongcheng Shi of the Shaofu was very wronged, "They are His Majesty's women after all."
Emperor Wende snorted twice, "My women are all in the harem. Those women in the palace are ordinary in appearance and ordinary in talent. They are really harmful to my body and mind. Drive them all away. Give each of them a settling fee and call them Go back to your natal family and get married on your own. If not, go to the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha in the Thanksgiving Temple for a lifetime."
Lord Tongcheng Shi of the Shaofu took the order, and immediately remembered an important matter, "Is the settlement fee paid from the Shaofu, or from the Wangfu? Will the property of the Wangfu be merged into the Shaofu?"
Emperor Wende thought for a while, "If you don't rush to merge the properties of the Prince's Mansion into the Shaofu, I will make my own arrangements. Those women's family expenses will come from the Shaofu."
Shaofu is so rich, it's time to use it.
Shaofu family order: MMP, Shaofu has no money, no money, no money, important things are said three times.
Lord Tongcheng Shi of the Shaofu was given an order from Emperor Wende, no longer showing mercy, and used strong means to drive out all the women who were stranded in the backyard of the palace, and everyone was given a settling fee.
The day of the expulsion was the day of the late emperor's funeral.
The women were crying and crying, very sad. It was in line with the date of the funeral.
The whole capital was filled with a sad atmosphere.
From Emperor Wende down, all descendants, civil and military officials, all went to the imperial mausoleum.
Emperor Wende had to stay at the imperial mausoleum in Beimang Mountain for three days before returning to Beijing.
As juniors, Gu Jiu and the others naturally couldn't be spared.
If you stay for three days, plus the time to go back and forth, seven days will be used up.
The emperor kept his filial piety and replaced twenty-seven months with twenty-seven days.
Members of the royal family, civil and military officials, must observe filial piety for a hundred days.
People only need one month.
After the funeral, Emperor Wende began to go to court to handle government affairs.
The first decree of the Dachaohui was to reprimand the brothers who showed disrespect during the funeral.
The civil and military ministers looked at each other.
Never expected that Emperor Wende would be the first to take the knife on his brother.
Is this killing chickens and monkeys
It's still a drunkard who doesn't want to drink.
Several members of the royal family who were reprimanded all had expressions of lovelessness.
When they were princes, they were treated like animals by their father.
Now it's hard work, and finally looking forward to being crowned king, and being taken care of by the emperor's elder brother.
Before the prince's title was warmed up, he was demoted to the county king in a blink of an eye.
Yep, the Prince's Mansion that hasn't been repaired is directly restructured into the Prince's Mansion.
Some people even maliciously speculated whether it was because the Ministry of Households had no money that Emperor Wende took his brother without surgery.
After all, the county king is much cheaper than the prince, and the annual salary is one-third less. The allocation from the Ministry of Household Affairs to the Prince's Mansion is also 100,000 taels less than that of the Prince's Mansion.
Tut tut!
It really got into the eyes of money.
What kind of skill is it to use your own family members for surgery without money.
If you really have the ability, ask Gu Jiu to make money for the household department.
Gu Jiu: Madam Ben recruited you or provoked you, you want to harm Madam Ben like this.
To make money for the household department, she was full.
If she made money, she wouldn't give her a household secretary, so why should she be asked to contribute.
A bunch of useless bastards.
The most embarrassing thing now is that he has just transformed from a son of the prince's mansion into a few brothers of the prince.
All the women of Emperor Wende moved from the backyard of the palace to the harem, and those who were queens became queens, and those who were concubines became concubines.
Even a few younger sisters were taken to live in the harem, and were even conferred titles. From the county owner to the princess, there is no princess.
But they, the princes, were left in the palace and lived as before.
However, in the past, it was the father and mother who were in charge of the palace.
Today, they call it their own home. As for the expenses, the money is still paid from the prince's mansion.
It won't work like this.
A son is not a son, and a prince is not a prince.
Bearing the name of a prince for nothing, but not enjoying the treatment that a prince should have, it is very frustrating.
The brothers gathered in the east courtyard to discuss with Liu Zhao.
This time, they worked together.
"Brother, tell me, what should we do? Although the emperor said at the beginning that we were not allowed to live in the palace, we can't live in the palace forever."
"That's right. If you don't live in the palace, you should give us a mansion and live in the prince's mansion. What's the matter if you still live in the king's mansion."
"Those civil and military officials seem to be collectively blind, and they all ignore us. It's really deceiving."
"Brother, speak up!"
Liu Zhaohun said indifferently: "You are not satisfied with the current situation, have you ever thought that Father is leaving us alone?"
"Why? It can't be to test our character."
Liu Zhao shook his head, "Because the Ministry of Households has no money. You all want to open the mansion alone, at least it will cost three to four hundred thousand taels. Our six brothers add up to two million taels, and this is just the money to open the mansion .Does not include the annual Jue Lu.
With the virtue of the Ministry of Households being poor enough to run rats in the warehouse, can Tao of the Ministry of Households be expected to settle us down with two million taels
The reason why those civil and military officials turn a blind eye to our situation is not because the household department has no money.
Anyone who dares to speak for us will offend the Ministry of Household Affairs. With the money and food in hand, the household department has its own way to deal with them. "
When everyone heard the words, they suddenly realized.
"Are we going to live in the palace forever?"
"You can live in the palace if you want. Anyway, it's good for me to live in the palace. I'm at ease, and I'm not controlled by anyone."
The brothers frowned together.
Liu Yi said: "It is indeed comfortable to live in the palace, but it does not conform to the status."
The other brothers nodded one after another.
Liu Zhao sneered, "Could it be that if we live in the palace, we are not princes? Everyone's status never changes because of where they live. A dignified prince, even if he lives in a slum in the south of the city, is still a prince."