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

【Returning to Micro Perspective】

On May [-], the emperor died.

I don't know whether the emperor moved to the palace on his deathbed intentionally or unintentionally.Because he died in the Palace of Qin'an and was in the imperial garden, it was very easy to block the news—just strictly control the gates of the imperial garden, and allow everyone except the queen's confidants to enter and not to leave.The imperial garden is large, with more than ten pavilions and pavilions, which can accommodate many people.In the summer, the palace used ice to cool the remains to delay corruption, and burned incense to suppress the smell.Three meals a day were delivered on time, and Zhang Fengju was even called to ask for his pulse every day.All official chapters were sent to the cabinet to be drafted by four elders of Gu Ming Pavilion, and then sent to the Qin'an Palace. In name, it was the emperor's imperial approval, but in fact, it was inspected by Empress Zhang and implemented immediately.Just pretending to be a holy driver to linger around the scenery and not wanting to go back to the Qianqing Palace, not to be mourned in secret.

The outside of the palace city is loose and the inside is tight. Except for the imperial garden, everything else should operate as usual, but the noble concubine Guo and the princes under her knees were imprisoned in Chengqian Palace.Most of the people in other palaces only knew that the emperor was sick, but they didn't know that the dragon had already been the guest.

Another eunuch, Haishou, was sent to secretly kill the crown prince.When Zhu Di passed away, at the critical moment, his loyalty had already been proven.

The queen even thought of the possibility that the prince would not come back.

The prince is not here, the empress is at the knees, the third child is a half-outsider, he can't be counted on, and the fifth child who can participate in state affairs is too young.

In the event of an accident on the way back to the prince, no matter whether the queen is registered as the third child or the fifth child, it will not be satisfactory.The queen falsely passed the imperial decree, and ordered Zheng Wang Zhu Zhanxi, the second prince born of the virtuous concubine Li, to supervise the country in Beijing with King Xiang.Concubine Xian is very grateful for her son's success, but the Queen's real intentions are to win over Concubine Xian temporarily to prevent her from causing trouble, and to make all officials find out that the second prince's qualifications are dull and unbearable when dealing with the second prince. Inheritance.

In my eyes, the queen's act of taking precautions against everyone, I can't help but feel terrified.

Although she was determined by nature and was not the kind of woman whose husband was the "backbone", it seemed that since the death of the emperor, she had become more ruthless.It was like making an ice shell, ice armor, and wrapped himself thickly. The long thorns on the armor stood up one by one, facing everyone like a hedgehog.

And in just three days, I witnessed the sudden change in the situation in the palace, and I had no time to grieve for my father-in-law's death, so I had to worry about my husband and children first.

When Heidan replied the last time, Hu said that the chariots and horses were already approaching Fengyang, so when they came back, they must pass through Shandong, which is the fiefdom of the King of Han.

No matter how strict the queen is, there is no guarantee that if the news leaks out in advance, it will reach the ears of the King of Han.If the King of Han sets up an ambush on Heidan's only way back to Beijing, the consequences will be disastrous.If it's just that, that's all. Hei Dan is still seriously ill. I'm afraid he won't be able to command the guards. When the King of Han launches an army, will Hu Shanxiang be able to handle it...

And if Heidan is in trouble, no matter who will ascend the throne in the future, whether it is Zhan Yu, Zhan Yong, Zhan Qian, or the older generation of King Han and King Zhao, my child and I will have no good fruit to eat.

Needless to say, the far example, Zhu Yunxi, the younger brother of Emperor Jianwen, was deposed as a "Wu Shuren". Since Jingnan, he has been imprisoned by Zhu Di in the ancestral mausoleum of Fengyang, and has never seen the sun.In the 15th year of Yongle, Zhu Yu, the king of Gu, falsely called Zhu Yuexiu "Jianwen Lord". Not long after the rebellion was exposed, Zhu Yunxi died of a sudden illness, which is unclear.Of course Zhu Yunxi was incapable of participating in the rebellion, but he once had the legitimacy to inherit the throne, and his pro-imperial uncle could not trust him, fearing that someone would support him, then he must die.

There is also Zhu Wengui, the child of Emperor Jianwen, who was deposed as a "Jianshuren". He was imprisoned in Guang'an Palace in Fengyang when he was a two-year-old baby. He is still locked in a high wall and isolated from the world.It is said that because he was too young when he was imprisoned, he had never seen any animals or plants outside. Now that he is in his 20s, he doesn't even recognize cats, dogs, cows and horses.

I once advised Heidan to be kind to his younger brothers, not to suspect them easily, but now that he is on the tip of a knife, he is even more wary than Heidan was at the time, almost neurotic, and if there is any trouble, he will be a threat.

The third child and the fifth child often come to visit me and the children, so that I will not be afraid because Heidan is not around.But when I looked at them, I felt both guarded and guilty, with mixed feelings.

I can only pray day and night for Heidan to come back safely.

The queen still wants me to write to Heidan every day, but I'm not allowed to mention any changes in the palace.

I have already arranged for Haishou to go to the obituary, why should I still write a letter? I have many doubts, but I have no clue, so I have to do it temporarily.

Right now, the empress is the biggest in the palace, and I don't want to die for disobeying the empress before Heidan comes back.

Heidan has been away for nearly a month, and when Haishou catches up with him and returns, it will take another one and a half months at the earliest before he can return to Beijing.

In the past few days, I have to go in and out of the imperial garden from time to time, one is to pretend to be filial to the emperor, and the other is to help the queen make plans, and the staff will look at the excerpts.While helping the queen deal with outsiders, at the same time trying to figure out what the queen is thinking, so as not to offend her.Back to the palace, there are children to take care of.

The children still don't know that their grandpa is gone. Qi Zhen and Jinju clamored several times to go to the Royal Garden to play with the grandpa, but I tried my best to trick them into stopping them.

When night fell, he had to work hard to get rid of all kinds of bad thoughts about black eggs in his mind, and fought hard against the ominous nightmare.Praying for him and for our family.

Every day I am tense and exhausted. When I think that I will endure at least another month and a half like this, it is hard for me not to collapse.

However, on the third day of June, the palace suddenly passed a decree to announce the funeral—Heidan had already arrived at Lugou Bridge outside Beijing.