The correct way to open the first favorite concubine of Ming Dynasty

Up to the tenth year of Yongle, the emperor had recruited tribute girls from North Korea twice, once in the sixth year of Yongle and once in the seventh year of Yongle.In the sixth year of Yongle, there were five people. In addition to Concubine Quan, there were concubines Ren, Zhaorong Li, Jieyu Lu and beauty Cui.

It stands to reason that the five of them left their homes and entered the Ming court together, so they should hug each other to keep warm, but these four are not close to Concubine Quan.

The reason is very simple, several North Korean tribute girls are from similar backgrounds, and no one is worse than the others, but she is lucky alone, and it is only natural that the other four don't like her.

Among these four people, Mrs. Ren is loyal and timid; Mrs. Li has the best appearance and is proud of her heart; He was the only one among the four who had some contact with Concubine Quan on weekdays.

Apart from the four tribute girls who were suspected, the most suspicious person in the palace was Concubine Zhang Gui.In terms of status, she is a noble concubine and should be higher than a concubine Xian; in terms of seniority, she was taken into the palace by the then Princess Yan after her father Zhang Yu died in the Jing disaster.It stands to reason that she is the person in the palace who has the most reason to hate Concubine Quanxian—a daughter of a commoner who came from a country, who flies on a branch and turns into a phoenix, but His Majesty actually rewarded her with the responsibility of managing the Six Palaces on behalf of the queen. Concubine Zhang looked up.Not to mention her family background, her natal family has a deep foundation in the army, and it is easy to install a murderer in the Beizheng team.

I told Heidan what I had gained, and Heidan said, "Which one do you doubt the most?"

I said: "It's hard to say at the moment. The Koreans have no way out in the palace, and they tend to act extreme and reckless. Lu seems to be impulsive and kills, and Cui is the one who has the best chance of doing it among the four. As for our empress who was born in Daming We... Concubine Zhang. Although some other empresses have said that they can't understand her frivolous appearance, only Concubine Zhang has sufficient motivation and ability. What's more interesting is that the Cui family of the Lu family often go to Zhang Guifei. The imperial concubine pays her respects at the pier."

"I'll send someone to investigate secretly tomorrow, and who is related to the Zhang family with the maids and eunuchs accompanying me to the north." Heidan twisted the peony flower embroidered on my sleeve, pondered for a while, and said, "It is implicated in the British government. Things are getting more and more difficult. The news about that Cui family, Zhou Xin, is also mentioned."

I asked, "Did you find Mr. Zhou? Where did you find it?"

Heidan smiled and sighed: "You really told me that before. He went to investigate the case privately on Weibo. Somehow, he annoyed the local county magistrate during the investigation. The county magistrate didn't recognize him and wanted to torture him. But Hearing that there was an inspector from Zhejiang Province who came to inspect him, he did not dare to torture him for the time being, so he was ordered to be put in prison. Unexpectedly, Zhou Xin asked the detainees in the prison how the county magistrate was an official, and collected a large number of county magistrates. Evidence of corruption and unjust imprisonment. The county magistrate waited for the inspector at the county government office, but he couldn't wait. He didn't wait. He was going to interrogate him and bring him out of prison. Then he said, "I am the inspector." .' The county magistrate was so frightened that he knelt down and pleaded guilty on the spot."

I couldn't help laughing when I heard this: "What a resourceful Mr. Zhou!"

"This person must be reused in the future." Heidan said: "This time he sent back the news, guess what, he is in Zhejiang, but he can even find out about North Korea. That Quan Yongjun, put his own Not to mention that the younger sister was dedicated to the Ming court, but he himself was in North Korea, relying on his younger sister's power, to rob civilian women, including Cui's elder sister. It is said that Yongle was married in five years, and Quan Yongjun set up a trap to force her The brother-in-law signed the deed of sale and sold his wife to Quan Yongjun as a concubine."

"My darling! This beauty Cui is so scheming! Normally, I don't see such a big enmity with the Quan family at all!"

"It can't be said that it's a big hatred. Her sister is very favored in the Quan family, so she may not hate the Quan family." Heidan said: "But with such an incident, Cui's suspicion is even heavier."

I asked: "Who else does Zhou Xin suspect? It was said before that it was three groups of people."

Heidan said two names, one was expected, and the other shocked me.