Concubine Shu was stunned when she heard the words, but Yun Qingman immediately agreed: "No, no, sister, you said yesterday that Feng Huang was different from the previous concubines, but did the Empress Dowager personally send an imperial edict to recruit her into the palace? Concubine Yue The empress must not dare to do anything to her. The posthumous official is watching. Concubine Yue is narrow-minded. Feng Huang is now involved in the struggle between the empress dowager and concubine Yue's nephew. If she does not get her out of Huzhu Palace , but what should I do?"
"... Let's go back to Tongxia Palace first." Concubine Shu glared at Yun Qingman with hatred, took a deep breath, and scolded in a low voice, "I don't care if I say a few words to Concubine Yue. I am a beauty, what do I have? Who are you qualified to speak arbitrarily about the Lord of Yeyuan? You told me, the palace is no better than at home, you must remember to be careful in your words and deeds at all times!"
Yun Qingman hugged her legs and arms with a smile, and said coquettishly: "I know, I know, don't you have sister here? I will definitely not let them be bullied, right?"
While talking, he winked at Yun Fenghuang. Yun Fenghuang smiled with a low eyebrow and had no intention of holding Concubine Shu's other leg and arm with her. After all, even though Yun Qingman and Concubine Yun Shu had different mothers, they still had different mothers. She is a biological sister born from the same father. It is natural for her biological sister to act coquettishly and behave well. Everyone knows what is going on with her so-called clan sister, so why bother painting a tiger instead of a dog
After a while, the chariot stopped outside Chengcai Hall, the main hall of Tongxia Palace. Yun Fenghuang and Yun Qingman helped Concubine Yun Shu to the east of the chariot. Following behind, a group of concubines from Tongxia Palace came to pay their respects. Concubine Shu said well. He said a few words to them angrily and asked them to go back to their homes, and then he led the two of them into the palace.
Tongxia Palace has always been the residence of high-ranking concubines. The entire palace is magnificent and majestic, but the layout of Chengcai Palace is very low-key, elegant and simple.
It seems that Concubine Shu is not one of those people who value enjoyment... Of course, this simplicity is in line with the status of the fourth concubine.
"Ni Yue and we just entered the palace, and Feng Huang was not in front of me." Concubine Yun Shu ordered the palace servants to have tea and cakes, then dismissed the two sisters and asked her two sisters to sit down. She confided in her heart, "That's why I didn't tell Qingman about the situation in the palace in detail. Mingyue and we are all here. That book Gong then told us some things that are unknown or difficult to say outside. "
Emperor Chunjia's harem is probably the most complicated harem in the country.
Even looking at the dynasties in history, when it comes to the degree of water turbidity, it must be among the best.
It is first revealed whether the emperor is an heir, and his previous relationship with the late emperor Xiaozong is whether he is an uncle or a nephew. To the east of Xiaozong's knees was the original lord of the Three Wei Dynasties. He died without any children, so it was natural for him to adopt an adopted nephew... The question is not, did Xiaozong have no sons, but he did have a half-brother!
That younger brother was not the youngest son of Emperor Shenzong, nor was he the former King Yi and the current regent.
Although the regent, like Xiaozong, had few heirs, if he had a son, he would be the current regent's eldest son.
Therefore, when Xiaozong was critically ill and there were rumors in the palace that he planned to adopt his son and nephew to take over the throne in the East Palace, the most vocal people were the regent and his son. It turns out that the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ji were very close to the Ji family, but they adopted Emperor Chunjia, who had a longer bloodline, on the grounds that the regent had a son who needed an heir and could not be adopted by Xiaozong... The question was not, and Emperor Chunjia also rejected him. The only son of his biological father, Prince Duan of Fuyang, was the son of a concubine. He was able to inherit the title of Prince of Fuyang only after his aunt, the Yuan family, had conspired in every possible way.
How could the Prince Regent and his son swallow such a breath!
When Concubine Shu said that, she said in an imperceptible voice: "There are rumors among the palace confinement: when the late emperor was ill, he actually did not mention the matter of succession at all. Would he prefer to establish the regent as the emperor's younger brother... But it was severely refuted by the empress dowager. ”
Yun Fenghuang thought that it would be strange for the Empress Dowager to agree.
The Ji family's current prominence can only be traced back to the time when the Empress Dowager was registered as the Empress of Shenzong. Not only was the Prince Regent not the Empress Dowager's biological son, but the Princess Regent was from a humble background and had nothing to do with the Ji family. The key point is that the regent is old, strong and has been trained in the frontier army. Even if he is willing to abandon his married wife and marry Ji's daughter as the main palace, how can he be as easy to control as Emperor Chunjia now
In short, Emperor Xiaozong could not establish himself as the crown prince, but he should have given his younger brother a certain amount of support during his lifetime. After Emperor Chunjia ascended the throne, that younger brother became the regent.
Even Concubine Shu didn't know what the compromise was about.
The harem originally revolved around the emperor, but now the emperor himself had a complicated life experience and was like a puppet. Therefore, the six palaces in the Ming Dynasty did not seem to be substantial, but they were actually scattered on the top of the mountain, each with its own master.
Needless to say, Empress Ji Lingzi and Zhaoyuan Ji Muzi were destined to succeed the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ji and become the guarantor of their relatives' power;
To the east, the imperial concubine Zheng Sangchu was a powerful eunuch and niece, and her uncle Zheng Jufu served as the eunuch of Emperor Shenzong. For example, the Ming officials paid homage to the hussar general and took charge of the imperial army. It can be said that the safety of the imperial city depended on this person's thoughts;
As for Concubine Shu Yun Shuang, as the ruthless daughter of Duke Yi, she was naturally regarded as a representative of the royalist party;
To the east, the grandfather of Concubine Xin Cui Lianye was not only a minister of the Ministry of Rites, but also a well-known Confucian scholar overseas. He could be regarded as a literary leader and a leader of the Qing Dynasty;
Needless to say, Concubine Yue was the childhood sweetheart of Emperor Chunjia and the biological niece of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager. She was not a direct descendant of Emperor Chunjia from her attitude to her feelings;
Gu Zhen, the later wife of Yaoning, was a die-hard supporter of the Regent, the commander-in-chief of the Dingbei Army, Zhaowu Bo Gu Fangshu, and a member of the Regent's faction.
So let’s talk about the general situation of the harem, the relatives, the powerful officials, the courtiers, the regent, very much like Emperor Chunjia himself... Please tell me if you will be the kind of royalist who supports whoever takes the throne, Duke Yi. As long as the party is around, Emperor Chunjia is not too dangerous, but if it depends on Emperor Chunjia's own power, there is no doubt that he is the weakest.
When Concubine Shu talked about this, she took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, and then she talked about the residence assigned to Yun Qingman and Yun Fenghuang after they entered the palace: "We all know that the noble girl hired this time is very attractive. It was not the Empress Dowager's intention to choose a son from a good family... Originally, the Empress Dowager had not been concerned about worldly affairs for a long time. Even though she was worried about the emperor's heir, she would not urge the Empress Dowager to take it into consideration. The reason why she bypassed those two and personally conveyed Dong Yi's decree was because of a One thing: Not long ago, there was no Cai Nv in Huzhu Palace."
This Cai'er was originally a palace maid of Huzhu Palace. It is said that she was named Cai'er by the Jin Dynasty because she climbed into bed secretly.
With regard to Concubine Yue's temper, she managed to climb into bed without being beaten to death on the spot, which is very impressive and canonized. It is 80% that Queen Ji and others deliberately made it disgusting. So it’s not surprising that Concubine Yue found an opportunity to kill her. Could it be that the Queen and others deliberately caused trouble for Concubine Yue and protected her for several months. When Concubine Yue found an opportunity to beat her to death, they discovered that Cainu She actually got pregnant after sleeping with her once!
When she was beaten to death, the fetus in her belly had already formed, and it was a male fetus... The incident spread to the ears of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager, who had been worried about the heirs of Emperor Chunjia, was furious and ordered the Empress Dowager Ji. Very often Empress Dowager Yuan and Concubine Yue were summoned to Qingci Palace to get furious!
It is said that the two aunts and nephews were scolded so much that they could not kneel down in Qingci Palace, trembling with fear.
After that, the Empress Dowager Dongzhao issued an order to replenish the palace. What were the four people in Bucheng thinking? Dongfou would not dare to say anything about the situation at that time.
Just because they didn't dare to talk too much about wrong instructions, it didn't mean they couldn't do other small things. For example, Empress Ji complained to the Empress Dowager on the spot: "Concubine Yue is not the childhood sweetheart of His Majesty the Emperor, but also the niece and granddaughter-in-law of the loving Empress Dowager." Even though he knew she had a violent temper, how could he dare to discipline her? But he spoke softly, and she couldn't listen... "
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Yuan went to drag Concubine Yue to continue to plead guilty, and tactfully expressed whether her niece had actually been plotted by others. The implication behind her words was that the entire matter was not a trap set by Empress Ji, otherwise Concubine Yue wanted to kill her. That Cainv had been unsuccessful for several months, so why did she suddenly succeed so well that she didn't even know that Cainu was pregnant before she beat the person to death
It's almost certain that Empress Ji found out that Cain'er was pregnant, so she removed her protection and used Concubine Yue's leg to poison her!
"My granddaughter-in-law is thinking that the newcomers who enter the palace this time are those from poor and good families." Empress Ji Quan didn't hear what Empress Dowager Yuan meant, and she asked the Empress Dowager alone, "Recruitment My sisters, don’t ask for arrangements to go to Huzhu Palace, right? Otherwise, if sister Yue Concubine causes something else, it will be a big joke for the Sixth Palace, and it will hurt the hearts of the loyal ministers of the previous dynasty, then?"