The matter in Xiuzhuo Palace was actually not a small matter, and the reason why it had not attracted attention so far was that, in addition to the empress deliberately concealing it, the two empress dowagers of Fuyang County had a quarrel at that time.
Compared to the two empress dowagers, a mere selection of women is of course insignificant.
Not to mention making more noise, even if that group of people is gone, the worst thing is to choose again.
The emperors like Mingzhi and Donghuang had many heirs, and the emperor himself was very young, and he was in a hurry waiting for people to enter the palace to have the royal heirs.
So Gu Zhen gave the order. The person in charge didn't tell anyone about it, and others didn't pay much attention.
But as a close servant of the emperor, Yan Yin did not have concerns.
After listening to the emperor's words, there was no need to inquire, so he bowed slightly and told the emperor in detail:
In fact, if we talk about it carefully, it has something to do with the ten good sons from poor families who were presented to the emperor by foreign ministers at the time of smallpox.
The Xu family came from a humble background, but the timing of entering the palace was coincidental. The Sixth Palace was being detained in the harem and it was inconvenient to go out. There was no one to restrain themselves, and the emperor was kind to others, so their life in the palace had a great impact. Misunderstanding, a total of ten people, with equal backgrounds, but they also fought vigorously.
After the smallpox passed and the harem was reopened, the concubines inquired about it and found out that they had a bad impression first and then rushed to Concubine An to vent her needs. As a result, those people, except the eldest Xu family, were taken away by Concubine Mu because their sons were more valuable. In the end, everyone else basically didn't have a good time there.
In view of this, the Queen believes that when recruiting new people, she should train and select them before they are officially registered, so as not to cause further trouble to the palace.
Therefore, he specially instructed the stewards in charge of the selection to clarify the rules and etiquette, especially the tacit understandings of the palace that were difficult to express verbally, one by one when the selection girls were in Xiuzhuo Palace.
Don't worry about the newcomer coming in tomorrow. I don't know how high the sky is and how high it is. If I don't worry about it, wouldn't it be a waste of the royal quota
The steward received the Queen's order and naturally did not dare to neglect it.
Those newcomers therefore received extremely strict instructions, but no!
Among the newcomers, although most of them are girls from poor families with no background, there are also some people who have been squeezed in by the concubines. Those people are not outstanding in family life, but they are related to high positions in the palace in a roundabout way. Not to mention that group, there are even relatives of Concubine Min Yun Fenghuang outside.
If you are wrong about that, even if you are in charge, you will not be treated politely.
After all, aside from others, Concubine Min is known to be someone who is not easy to mess with.
This resulted in the fact that even though the newlyweds were considered equal in name, there was actually a gap in status from the beginning: how could Cai Nu, who was treated politely by the bosses, have the same status as Cai Nu, who had to look at the boss's face? together
Some families have warned them, such as the girls of the Xie family and the Jiang family. Although they are quite proud of being noble concubines, they do not dare to do things that are dictated by their peers.
Some people did not give advice, and some people did not give advice but were ignored. After such conflicts, bullying will inevitably occur.
In fact, there have been many such incidents in the past, such as Yi Xingen's group. There must have been similar conflicts. Because I was held down, I was not alarmed, and I was too lazy to bother with so many people, so I just let it go.
But that time, a few girls who had a relationship with the empress and a very virtuous concubine were particularly coquettish and domineering, and they met two girls who came from poor backgrounds but were very popular and temperamental.
After the two sides accidentally had a dispute, they were at loggerheads for a while.
Of course the manager favored the former. It turned out that when the latter was furious, one of them committed suicide. After being rescued, he swallowed gold, threw himself into a lake, and hit a wall... but he was so determined to die!
Originally, a girl with no background was dead when she died.
The steward turned around and reported that he had died of illness, but no one cared.
But the other one was so powerful. The next month after the previous one surrendered, he incited most of the girls with no background to attack the manager and seek justice.
If they don't give an answer, they would rather commit suicide than become stepping stones for the concubines!
Don’t you dare to suppress the person in charge
After all, Chunjia was not stupid. When he agreed to recruit new people, he would increase the number of princes from the poor family.
If the concubines initially selected are basically related to the concubines, but there are not many concubines who belong to the poor family, the concubines will be high-born, and they will be favored. angry!
The person in charge originally wanted to deal with it, but the person who instigated the girls from poor families to form a group was extremely perceptive and was not moved at all, insisting that the culprit be punished severely. How dare a steward dare to cheat on the empress or concubine? If you have no choice, you can add insult to injury and report it to Gu Zhen.
Gu Zhen was so angry that he begged to die. She was from a high family, and she lived deep in the palace. Of course, she did not do it herself, but was presided over by her natal brothers.
Queen Minghong's own brothers are all incompetent, and even the outside world will not know that they have no successors unless they are in the Qin family.
But I didn't expect that they were such wastes and made so many embarrassing things. They didn't officially become Chunjia's concubines. Did they cause trouble for her main palace first
Especially on the premise that none of the girls from the Xie family and the Jiang family caused trouble, the people from the Gu family were the first to cause trouble, which further showed the helplessness of the Gu family's children.
But what happened has already happened. No matter how much Gu Zhen beat his chest and scolded his brother, he would always have to deal with the aftermath.
The queen definitely didn't want anyone to know about such a shameful thing, so she ordered Yadong to go away and not let anyone know about it.
After that, the steward was allowed to deal with a few of the girls on his side, and he could even drive away one or two of them as a punishment, lest the gangster think that he had a backer like the queen and could do whatever he wanted... Just hope that there are one or two who want to do that. , after Zhai Manshi became a concubine, it was enough to trap Yanfu Palace in the east.
No matter how small the city is, Gu Zhen still doesn't have the slightest sense of propriety.
Besides, she could suppress her own sisters when she made a mistake, let alone those she didn't know at all
But the incident didn't end there.
But because she won that fight, the girl from a poor family made another request, whether she should be granted the title of concubine.
What they said makes sense from their point of view: "It is an honor for those who serve His Majesty Dong as a concubine, but according to what the palace people said, in those years, there were not a few concubines in the palace who gave birth to the Dong Emperor's heirs, but the outcome There are only a handful of good ones! I heard that the palaces of the King of Qin, the Palace of Chu, the Sixth Prince, the Ninth Prince, the Twelve Princes and the Second Princess were all born from concubines! And Princess Zhaoqing’s Palace When Dong was born, his biological mother was not a concubine. Can we see that except for the biological mothers of King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing who are still alive and have a worry-free life, the other biological mothers of Dong Dong are still alive like Ming'an?"
"I also heard that both King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing were raised at the knees of the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine is not from a high family!"
"For example, if you have a high-ranking empress or empress, you will have an heir from the east of your knee. Unless you are a biological child, your biological mother is no longer alive!"
"The only exception is the biological mother of the Tenth Prince's Palace Master. But is that old man who has been with the Queen for many years? The other palace masters, even the Twelfth Prince's Palace Master, are their biological mothers safe?"
"I have traveled thousands of miles to come to the Imperial Capital, why don't I just use my own life to fulfill those in high positions?"
"Are those people in this concubine here to be loyal to Your Majesty, or are they working hard for high positions?!"
Gu Zhen's face turned pale after hearing those words, and he was silent for a long time.
Everyone feels that these newlyweds are really treasonous: "How can they be so arrogant before they officially enter the palace? How can they be so good in the future? Madam, if you are not soft-hearted, you should give them some memory! You are a good family member of the poor Dong family in the world." If there are too many, those who are less will have more, and those who are more will not have more!"
"... If you are just a son of a poor family, let's talk about this palace, even if you are the steward of Xiuzhuo Palace, how can you be intimidated?" Gu Zhen's face was expressionless, and he said slowly after a moment of silence, "But have we thought about that? Is that kind of momentum, that kind of insight, that kind of courage, something that an ordinary person from a poor family can have?!"
Seeing the attendants looking at each other, she sighed, "Bidong is not a person who covets beauty, especially the imperial concubine has not fallen out of favor in the Ming Dynasty. Bidong doesn't even have the intention to indulge in a beauty like Yi Shi, let alone a newcomer? That time, the reason why The Lord agreed to add people to the palace, and the Lord asked not to mention the smallpox before. Although the concubines were in confinement and there were not many children who died young, Bidong wanted to prepare for a rainy day. But... Since Bidong preferred to choose from a poor family, he could not choose from a high family. The courtesy has obviously shown his attitude, so he doesn't want more noble ladies in the harem."
"So when Ru Ming came out, did the Didong people happen to choose Concubine Min to come in second? No, what does Bidong mean?"
If Concubine Min is second, that's simple. Concubine Min herself probably doesn't want such a master to appear, so she must work together to kill her while she is in a very hopeless situation.
But if it is not the emperor's arrangement...
That…
"Suiguan is like the palace of the Ming Dynasty. With the concubines there, except for Concubine Min, the Yi family, the Qu family promoted by Concubine Min, and the Ping family promoted by this palace, all of them are indeed from high families. Gu Zhen sighed, "Although Jiubin and Jieyu are from lower backgrounds, Bidong doesn't know that they don't have the qualifications to intervene in palace-banned discussions, let alone make the decision." "
"Bidong, you don't say anything, but your heart is wrong about such a situation. How can you not have any ideas?"
"After all, look at the previous dynasty. After the Ji family was overthrown, a group of people changed. After the regent came, there was a cleanup... The civil and military officials in the previous dynasty were replaced by seven or eighty-eight people, but they all turned to the East."
"Then the person in charge of the harem is not the person chosen by the Ji family at that time. Is Bidong satisfied?"
Everyone was horrified by what he said and couldn't help but said: "What should Ruming do?"
"Give out a few concubines for the newcomers." Gu Zhen made a decision immediately, "If that is not Bidong's hint behind the scenes, this move can also eliminate Bidong's suspicion and fear of me; if that is not Bidong's intention, ... Will it be possible to find out the flaws eventually? When the time comes, the people in this palace will be unable to deal with a few poor and good families with no origins?"
When I said that, I immediately thought of Yun Fenghuang.
That person was not from a poor family, but according to Gu Zhen, could he be regarded as a poor and well-off family with no background
The queen's face hurt a little, and she quickly added, "Even if I can tolerate them by then, the noble concubine will not be able to tolerate them!"
The queen does not believe in Concubine Min’s fighting ability!
... Gu Zhen's ideas and arrangements were completely hidden from the Bu Nao Huangcheng Division, so Yan Yin didn't even know about them.