The palace servant just passed the word that something happened to the sixth lady of the Fuguo Gongfu.
The former Duke Fuguo went out with the army during the Xuanfu Incident. When the incident happened, he desperately tried to protect the emperor and died of exhaustion. Qin Yi didn't want to treat such courtiers who died for the country harshly, so he pardoned the crime of Fuguo Gongfu and allowed them to be equal to the title. Duke Fu's eldest son was also killed in the war. The following sons were either succubus or too young. Later, Duke Fu's mother made the decision and passed the title to Erfang, the younger brother of Duke Yuan Fu.
This sixth lady is the daughter of the newly appointed Duke Fu.
This girl Wu Liu didn't know how to go. Anyway, she walked forward unintentionally and met Qin Yi. Qin Yi took the people to walk outside, and suddenly saw a woman, and naturally she packed it directly and handed it to Chu Jinyao. Now this Wu Liuniang has been sent to the side hall, and I heard that the lady of Fuguo has passed.
After the palace servants finished speaking, they looked at Chu Jinyao nervously, but Chu Jinyao was very indifferent. She even finished listening to the present excerpt before Shi Shiran got up, excused herself to change clothes, and walked towards the side hall.
Linglong frowned as soon as she heard about this, and now walking out of the stage, Linglong asked in a low voice, "Niangniang, what should I do with this Miss Wu?"
"It doesn't matter how we deal with it. What matters is what this lady of Fuguo Gongfu, or the Fuguo Gongfu behind her, wants to do."
Linglong obviously understood the peculiarities of this, so she kept silent, and followed Chu Jinyao towards the side hall.
In the side hall, the lucky Mrs. Xinguo was hugging her daughter to comfort her. When she heard the report from the palace servant, she wiped away the tears on her daughter's face and said softly: "Liu Niang, don't cry first, go and meet the Queen for your mother. The lady said."
Chu Jinyao walked into the main hall and sat directly on the main seat. After Mrs. Fuguo saluted, she sat on the side and gently took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes: "Empress Empress, the little girl is not familiar with the way in the palace, she strayed into the range of the front court, and accidentally bumped into Your Majesty. It's really disrespectful to disturb your majesty by conveying the little girl's apology to your majesty."
"Mrs. Guogong is very polite." Chu Jinyao said with a smile, "It's nothing, Your Majesty, he won't care about an ignorant little girl. However, this palace is worried, how did Miss Six get lost and strayed into the garden of the former court. With such a long distance along the road, there is no palace maid and eunuch to guide the way? It made Miss Six get lost all the way to the front court."
Mrs. Fuguo was embarrassed: "I don't know about this court lady. Maybe it was a coincidence that there were not many people at the time. Empress Empress, you see that the little girl is still crying now. Man, what happened today is really…”
Chu Jinyao didn't answer, and Mrs. Fuguo sat for a while. Seeing that she didn't respond, she couldn't help but shout, "Empress Empress?"
Chu Jinyao smiled and looked at Mrs. Fuguo Gongfu: "Isn't this a family matter in the Guogong's mansion, what do you ask Ben Gong to do? Whether Miss Six is twisting her hair to be a sister-in-law, or Qingdeng Ancient Buddha serving the Buddha, the madam can decide. already."
Linglong managed to restrain her urge to laugh. Over the years, the Queen Mother has become more and more sophisticated in her skill at being stern and mean.
Mrs. Fuguo's face was completely stiff: "Empress Empress, after all, the little girl is a fresh girl, how can she send her to be a girl? Isn't this ruining her life. Niangniang, please forgive the presumptuous ministers and women, This year is just the third year of His Majesty's accession to the throne. As a rule, there will be a draft. The little girl has already bumped into His Majesty, and it is not appropriate to go back to discuss marriage. It just so happens that her age is also in line with the draft rules. "
After Mrs. Fuguo finished speaking, she looked at Chu Jinyao's face and added: "The minister knows that doing this is against the rules and embarrassing the empress, but pity the parents of the world, the minister can only sacrifice for her daughter. Face to ask her for a way out. Empress is also a person with children, so she must be able to understand the mood of the court lady."
Chu Jinyao said in her heart that who wants to understand your feelings, her son and daughter would not do such a thing. But the words couldn't be said so straightforwardly, Chu Jinyao paused and said, "Mrs. Fuguo is really thoughtful, but, who told you that you will be drafted this year?"
Mrs. Fuguo was obviously stunned. It was customary for the new emperor to register for the draft. Even the emperors of the previous dynasties did not delay the election even if they had filial piety. Qin Yi had no father's filial piety. People's eyes were full, and everyone in the capital guessed that Qin Yi was worried about the lack of national treasury, so the election was cancelled. But now three years have passed, the treasury is abundant, the national strength is prosperous, but the emperor's harem is still empty, what is this called? The Duchess of Fuguo was sure that a grand draft would be held this year, so it was okay for her daughter to show her face in front of the emperor in advance. Although it is not in line with the boudoir's reputation, but in the royal family, what are the rules of chastity.
But now Chu Jinyao is calm and relaxed, casually saying that he will not be drafted. Madam Fuguo was stunned, how could this be possible? Ordinary men have three wives and four concubines, let alone emperors. But Empress Chu Jin Yao should not make such a ridiculous joke.
"The Queen Mother..."
"The lady of Fuguo and the lady of your palace are probably going to be disappointed. Your Majesty personally told this palace that the huge harem is unfair to the folk show girls, so your majesty will not do this kind of thing that squeezes people's power. Zijing and Yuan Over the years, this palace has released nearly ten batches of palace servants out of the palace, if there is another draft this year, wouldn’t the previous efforts be in vain?”
Madam Fuguo was stunned, what did she hear? Chu Jinyao was too lazy to speak, she stood up, her eyes seemed to swept across the screen inadvertently, she smiled lightly, and then said to Er Xue: "Er Xue, Miss Wu Liu is frightened, you will send the shocking thing over there. Bar."
Er Xue led the order and walked behind the screen with the palace servants. The palace servant behind her was holding a plate with the "Girl's Ring" on it.
Of course, Mrs. Fuguo knew Er Xue. This was Aunt Er Xue, who was famous in the palace. She was responsible for the discipline of newcomers. There was no one in the palace who was not afraid of her. When she saw what was in Er Xue's hands, Mrs. Fuguo's face turned even paler.
Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite. Chu Jinyao doesn't care if Miss Wu Liu, the daughter of the former second-in-law, is now framed by someone. But the fate of Miss Wu Liu was Chu Jinyao's attitude, killing chickens to warn the monkeys, these powerful people in the capital should also be relieved.
After returning to the mansion, Miss Wu Liu cried in front of her grandmother's knees, and Mrs. Fuguo couldn't help but wipe her tears. Mrs. Dafang stood aside with her children and couldn't help but feel happy.
Mrs. Fuguo felt sorry for her daughter, and bumped into the emperor in the palace. If it was a good story to enter the palace, if not, then the marriage in the future would be difficult, especially when Miss Six was given the "Girl Ring" by the queen. From now on, who will come to propose marriage to Miss Six.
Mrs. Fuguo couldn't help but feel dissatisfied when she thought of this: "The empress is too deceiving. She has only one prince so far, and she refuses to fill the emperor's harem, spread branches and leaves, and even ruins Liu Niang. Even if Liu Niang It's a little more beautiful in appearance, and it can't be abused like this."
Madam Dafang couldn't help sneering, and obviously everyone in the house heard: "You guys are really big, and Liu Niang is beautiful and you can talk about it in the Guo Gong's mansion. Where is your courage, put this in front of the Queen. Such a big talk? If you spread it out, you are not afraid of being laughed at."
"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about. Mother, look at my sister-in-law. Instead of helping her daughter, she turned her elbows out."
Without waiting for the old lady to speak, Mrs. Dafang, the former Mrs. Fuguo, immediately sneered and said, "What is turning the elbow out? Do you know who you are talking about? That's the Empress! Who gave you the guts? , let you be presumptuous in the palace, and after being disciplined by the empress, don’t think about it, how dare you say that the empress is not?”
Mrs. Dafang looked at the group of idiots in front of her, and she really had nothing to say. The factory guards in this dynasty were so developed, and the spies of Jinyiwei were almost all pervasive. How dare the Erfang family speak ill of the queen in front of so many people? It's really a long life. If it gets to the ears of the present, tomorrow's prince of the second room will be dead.
"I..." Mrs. Fuguo paused for a while, obviously also thinking of Xungui's nemesis Jinyiwei, and her expression couldn't help but feel relieved, "I am also for the good of this family! Liu Niang's shuiling daughter, is it ruining the rest of her life like this?"
"Who told you that you couldn't control yourselves, and went to the palace to make small moves. Now that the chickens were slaughtered and shown to the monkeys, who is to blame?"
This sentence seemed to poke Mrs. Fuguo's foot in pain, and her voice immediately became sharp: "Sister-in-law is very happy now, if it wasn't for your daughter in the big room, Liu Niang could be tricked into the front?"
This deceit is actually biased. If Liu Niang didn't have the dream of a concubine, others could tie her feet to follow Qin Yi? It is true that someone has manipulated it here, but it has developed into what it is today, and it can only be said that it is self-defeating. Mrs. Dafang thought to herself, who made your brains out of whack, and whose idea was not successful, so she even thought about the queen.
Mrs. Dafang was married as a clan wife back then. Unlike Erfang, who only cares about eating, drinking, and having fun, she is far more sensitive to politics than Erfang. For example, the one in the back seat is definitely the blood on the emperor's heart and the pearl on the dragon's crown. Back then, when the emperor was still the crown prince, he was able to risk usurping the throne and being crusaded for the sake of this posthumous ceremony. If you can't enter the palace, it's fair.
The status of the queen is far more important than the people below imagine.
"What a big thing the draft is. It involves so many people in the capital. I don't believe that the emperor can really cancel it." Mrs. Fuguo doesn't believe in evil. Which man can refuse a young beauty who is sent to the door, let alone that person is the emperor. Moreover, many people in the capital are secretly guessing that since the queen gave birth to the eldest prince, she has not been pregnant again for three consecutive years. It was very difficult to contact the queen when she gave birth. Perhaps the queen was injured and could no longer conceive. In the past three years, the emperor stayed alone in the middle palace, Chu Jinyao was still not pregnant, and the speculation of injury became more and more solid.
It is precisely because of this that the idea of sending their daughters to the palaces of the princes and lords has become more and more frenetic. The emperor ascended the throne at a young age. Missing? And the Empress Zhonggong is suspected to be unable to bear children anymore, and the young ladies are more and more eager to move.
Mrs. Dafang held a completely different opinion. She sneered and said, "Then just wait and see."
Mrs. Dafang was someone who had personally experienced the prosperity of Empress Mu Huai, the wedding of the prince, and the battle to defend the capital. She was a bystander who watched the former prince and concubine go through the lows and highs step by step, and then endured the suspicion of the Supreme Emperor and the Su Wangzhi together. Chaos, this is no longer an ordinary feeling of adversity. The two of them have experienced too many things, and they have been firmly embedded in their half-life journeys. The empress's feelings cannot be shaken by Liu Niang, a superficial and stupid woman who wants to steal the fruits of victory without experiencing anything.
Mrs. Dafang has an intuition, I am afraid that in the future, there will be no more drafts.
At first, Wenchen Xungui in the capital didn't believe anyone. They all kept smart and beautiful daughters and planned to send them to the palace to gain wealth. However, in the first three years, there was no draft, but news of the queen's pregnancy came in the winter. In the second three years, Qin Yi did not mention the draft at all, but discussed with the cabinet about the establishment of the crown prince. In the third three years, the fourth three years... People in Beijing, who were eagerly looking forward to using their daughter to gain wealth, were shocked to find that Qin Yi had Since taking the throne, not a single concubine has been established, and Chu Jinyao has only favored the harem for decades.
Chu Jinyao was not pregnant in the first three years, this is Qin Yi's initiative to avoid the age gap between the eldest son and the second son. After the gap widened, I did not see that there were fewer princes and princesses in the palace. Until this time, the courtiers who had gone through Jianyuan, Jinghe and two dynasties had to admit with grief that the father and son were equally dazed in terms of women, but one had more objects of pity, and the other concentrated all their feelings together. Just bet on one person.
A willful but capable emperor is really a pain that the courtiers and courtiers cannot express. People who once looked forward to the crown prince's enthronement have only now realized that they have taken it for granted.
Today's emperor is not a manipulative temperament.