[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Every dynasty always has a concubine, but to say that the concubine in history was set up by the emperor as a target of true love, what an incompetent emperor, at least not Tu Yuanyi.

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On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the emperor's health improved greatly. Although he couldn't walk steadily, he could still talk, and his mouth was not too crooked.Therefore, the emperor was very happy at the great court meeting, and took all the officials to Shangyang Palace to pay respects and show filial piety.

The emperor is very good, which is really a great joy in the palace, so Enmu Harem, the end of September [-]th, the Daming Palace Grand Court Meeting is to celebrate the emperor's well-being, amnesty to the world, and all crimes that are not within the ten evils will be reduced by three grades.

In addition, it was the decree of the Jin conferment of the harem. First of all, the imperial decree conferred the title of Concubine Chen, second only to the empress.

In Jin Dynasty, Concubine Wu Ping was named Concubine Hui, Concubine Shun was named Concubine De, Concubine Zhao Fangyi was named Concubine Gong, and Concubine Li Fenyi was named Concubine Min.

Tu Yuanyi also promoted Liu Xiaoyi as Concubine Wen because he was too cruel to the Cheng'en government in the early stage, and the officials and nobles had too much interpretation of the relationship between the emperor and Empress Dowager Liu. The outsiders seem to be the kindness released by the emperor.

However, the two sons of King Yijun have some talents in the Ministry of Punishment and the Inspectorate, and Shen Xiaoyuan was promoted to Concubine Jing.

As for those concubines who came out of the hidden mansion, they were promoted to noble concubines.

In short, it was the empress and concubine who shared the great joy of the emperor. There was some hostility in the court, but the emperor had this hand to turn it into peace.Everyone wants this peace at the current stage, so they don't care if someone's promotion status is really on fire.

Xing Zhong, a fifth-rank house of internal affairs, does not need to go to court, but this morning, an eunuch issued an order for him to go to Daming Palace to see him.

When he attended the Great Court Meeting, he was outside the main hall of the Daming Palace. After waiting for a long time, an eunuch ordered him to kneel down in the inner hall to listen to the order, and there were several officials who were obviously higher than him to listen to the order.

Xing Zhong's uncle was a Jinshi from a poor family, so he was able to be a petty official. He had seen some things when he was growing up with his uncle.After two years of meticulous care by Mr. Chen Yan, even though he has no talent for raising others, his cultural level is much higher than before. Of course he can understand the imperial decree.Hearing that it was the imperial decree of Jin's harem, and hearing that "the daughter of Xing Zhong weaving by the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she is sensitive in nature, gentle and graceful, with good morals, and canonized as Concubine Chen".A frenzy surged into my heart, my breathing became heavy, and my face was flushed.

He knew many eunuchs who were very friendly to him, and he would often send some money to those eunuchs, asking them to take care of their daughters more.The eunuchs hinted that Cairen Xing was the most favored in the palace, but he was skeptical.At this time, the daughter jumped to the position of Concubine Chen. As a family who sent their daughter to the palace, they knew the rank of the harem. .

The imperial decrees of Jin Feng's harem are rarely read in the previous court, but it is not impossible.Today, the emperor is overjoyed, and the empress and concubines share the blessings of the gods, and read them out in the previous dynasty.

After the imperial decree of the Jin Dynasty was read out, the family members kowtowed to thank them.When Xing Zhong got up, he finally couldn't help raising his head and took a quick peek at the emperor. His official position was bestowed by the emperor, but this was the second time he saw this "Ming Jun" in his mind.

He felt that he was young and handsome, with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and imposing manner, even more so than the last time, Xing Zhong thought: This is my son-in-law.

At the end of the court meeting, Xing Zhong was still a little flustered, and the fathers of Concubine Hui and Concubine De already had many honored congratulators.He didn't know too many dignitaries, and officials from outside the court didn't think much of going to this humble House of Internal Affairs, so only some smaller officials came to congratulate him.

It was Lin Ruhai who came over with a smile and said, "Master Xing, congratulations."

Seeing that it was Lin Ruhai who made a hasty bow, Xing Zhong said, "Master Lin's voice really broke me."

Up to now, even if Xing Zhong suspects that his daughter had a relationship with the saint before entering the palace, he still thinks that Lin Ruhai was promoted by them in the first place, and the relationship between the two daughters, Xing Zhong also respects Lin Ruhai in his heart.

Lin Ruhai supported his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be like this between you and me, besides, the imperial concubine is overjoyed, I can't bear it."

Xing Zhong was a bit naive again, but some important officials from the Department of the Sixth Ministry, General Administration Department, Dali Temple, Inspectorate, and the Protectorate of the Five Armies saw that Mr. Lin, a scholar of Zuo Shilang University, the household department in the emperor's heart, was making out with Xing Zhong. They also came to congratulate.Li Xun, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Cabinet University, also came to congratulate him. For a while, Xing Zhong, the head of the small house of internal affairs, was more enthusiastic than Shang Hui and De's second concubine's natal family.

Hearing Jin Feng's decree in the harem is full of mixed feelings. Xing Cairen stepped up to the sky from a seventh-rank talent to be named a concubine of Yipinchen, but he moved a little.In fact, the name is not important, the important thing is that there is no fucking favor at all!

Empress Dowager Liu has already "recovered" at this time, and if she continues to be ill, she and the Liu family will be completely marginalized. The authority of the emperor is so embarrassing that Empress Dowager Liu has learned a lesson.She is neither a biological mother nor a adoptive mother, and she has never supported the queen mother who ascended the throne. If she dares to be filial and oppress the emperor like Jia Mu, the emperor can't do anything to her, but it will take a minute to clean up her natal family and cheat her daughter. thing.

After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty followed the Ming Dynasty, and even the courtiers had no objections.In the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the disaster of foreign relatives' monopoly, even the queen was the daughter of a low-level official, and Suo Xing was a civilian daughter.

The big week draft is not as pervertedly sensitive to relatives as the Ming Dynasty.

Tu Yuanyi has no plans to immediately abolish the harem for the sake of a longer-term goal and the harmony of the government, like a certain emperor in the Ming Dynasty who had only one empress. Such radical shocks are too great, and it is not good for the country and himself. Governing a big country Such as cooking fresh food, don't use too much force at once.

However, the current society has also been deeply influenced by the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years. The previous dynasty was taboo to talk about the harem in public, and it is another matter to have resentment behind it.

Let's see, didn't the emperor still confer high officials on the nurse's son, and the nurse's granddaughter as a noble concubine and was favored in the harem. The status of Zhen Guifei's natal family is not high at all.

Of course there are many discussions about which concubine the sage prefers to go to the harem, and I also lament that there is always a noble concubine in every dynasty and generation.

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Tu Yuanyi naturally knows that he loves beauties, but he also loves the country. It is his ideal to be a different emperor from his previous life, to change history, to benefit the people, and to build a peaceful world.He is infatuated with Xing Xiuyan, and he feels that [-]% of the absurd things in his two lives are related to her, but he still has to hesitate to let him destroy the country and society for Xing Xiuyan.Now he still does things like the habit of a feudal emperor, trying his best to seek a stable word.

After all, there are fewer concubines in his harem name, and there are actually smart people in the honorable royal family, and there are inevitably many complaints about Xing Xiuyan's favor behind his back, and this group of Jinfeng also gives others a drink of soup.

At this stage, it is not Liu, Shen and others, there will be others.And he has no interest in others. Although he is a domineering straight man at the end of cancer, he doesn't want to delay too many women.Liu and Shen Zhiliu left, and someone made up for it, which delayed even more people. She should blame him for something else.He knew that she was this kind of person, and she had no choice but to hate women, but only blame him.

As for Liu and Shen Zhiliu, who passed the stage and fulfilled their little "historical mission" and were regarded as outcasts, she looked at him with a little gentler eyes.

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Mrs. Xing Li, Mrs. Shi Zhang, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Sun and Wang Xifeng, the wife of the envoy, are gathering at Shi's house to appreciate chrysanthemums and eat fruits. Wang Xifeng is already out of confinement.

There is some cause and effect in this. Sun's natal family has a niece, who is 27 years old. She was engaged in the early years, but she had to stay at home after her parents died one after another. She didn't want to delay until she was 20 years old.The fiancé's family couldn't wait for the eldest son and second son to be born one after another, and because of the scientific examination, he broke his body, and he died before Sun's marriage.The husband's family thought that Mrs. Sun was an ominous person, not to mention her parents, and her fiancé who was engaged to her was also killed.

Sun was not married and lived in his uncle's house, but after all it was not as good as his own, so he found a family for himself.

The Sun family is also noble for several generations. She has read poetry and books since she was a child. After she made up her mind not to marry, she became a husband for an official lady, and she has a good reputation in the boudoir.

Mrs. Sun brought her niece over because of Lin Ruhai's remarriage, and Mrs. Shi Zhang and Mrs. Xing Li brought Daiyu to watch.At this time, Mrs. Sun didn't know that it was a marriage, but thought that there were ladies in these families who wanted to invite their husbands to come.

Wang Xifeng, Shizhang's order, led her to a banquet with a group of girls.Today not only Daiyu came to meet Shi Hui, but Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Baochai and Xiangyun all came with Wang Xifeng.Although Baoyu Tanchun had conflicts with the three sisters last time, this kind of quarrel between girls is not enmity. It was common in the second stage of middle school. It is a joke to be an enemy for a lifetime.Even if he still cares in his heart, he is reconciled on the surface.

All the sisters talked together, teasing Qiao Jie, who was only eight years old.Daiyu spends half of her time raising her with Shi Zhang and Shi Hui, and she doesn't have to be raised in the Rongguo Mansion with this adoptive mother.

When everyone was drinking, Jia Tanchun said that there was a drinking order, Wang Xifeng pushed Mrs. Sun forward, and said with a smile: "Let Miss Sun replace me, I can't even read clearly!"

Shi Hui went to pull Mrs. Sun to sit down, Mrs. Sun was surprised, these girls are all in their Huaxin years, er, Miss Qiao is still young.Mrs. Sun thought it was Wang Xifeng who wanted to invite Qiaojie for her, and it was just a test at this time, so she didn't refuse.

Shi Hui is the master today, and she was originally asked to be the wine order officer. Shi Hui smiled and said: "My second sister is also my family member. My sister is here. How can I take her first?"

"As long as you are my own sisters, we are all outsiders." It was Yingchun who spoke.Now she is the one who goes out most often among the three springs. Mrs. Xing takes her with her every time she goes out, so her personality is a little lively.

In the past, Madam Xing didn't go out to socialize. Now that she has socialized, she realizes that everyone takes their daughters with her. She is the only one who doesn't have anyone by her side, and she is very lonely. So she takes more care of Yingchun, and now she is anxious to find a husband's house for her.

Xichun said: "Second sister is too, how can we compare with them? They also have a sister in the palace!"

In fact, the Sanchun sisters, including Baochai, envy Daiyu from the bottom of their hearts. Although she has no mother, her father Jane is in the heart of the emperor, and she has confidant sisters in her boudoir.Most importantly, she has freedom that they don't.She travels between the north and the south, and her knowledge is much better than them. Under the witness of her elders, she has a good talk about three knots in Taoyuan with her peers and sisters. Her girlhood is much more free and easy than others.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "There will be a troupe outside later, you can point out the play "Three Knots in Taoyuan". Let us country bumpkins see what happens when we settle down."

Everyone burst into laughter, Daiyu stood up and said, "Are you still laughing? I'm about to ask a question."

Everyone sighed, Daiyu picked up the chrysanthemum tea and said: "Come here today to enjoy the flowers and drink, so please say a poem with the word 'flower' in the wine order. Since it is a chrysanthemum, let's add a poem with chrysanthemum."

Everyone thought about it as soon as they were busy, so they ordered wine one by one.

Daiyu said: "Magnolia, the lotus has no rain cover, and the chrysanthemum still has proud frost branches."

Shi Huidao: "Bie Lianhua, pick chrysanthemums and go southeast, and see Nanshan quietly."

Baochai said: "Ten kinds of flowers are rare in this world to have a smile, and the chrysanthemums must be planted all over the mountain."

Yingchun said: "Little plum blossom, it's not that I prefer chrysanthemums among flowers, and there are no flowers after this flower blooms."

Xiangyun smiled and said: "Hou/Tinghua, I would rather die with the fragrance on the branch, than blow it into the north wind."

Tanchun said: "When the flowers are good, wait until autumn comes on the eighth day of the ninth month. I will kill all the flowers after they bloom."

Xichun said: "A cluster of flowers, two clusters of chrysanthemums will shed tears in the future, and a lonely boat is the heart of the hometown."

Sister Qiao also took another one: "Little Peach Blossom, when it's the Double Ninth Day, come and ask for chrysanthemums."

Sun said with a faint smile: "Shanhuazi, the chrysanthemum flowers on the horse's mountain path, and the Xinma Youyou are flourishing in the wild."

All the people present talk to each other, take the wine order, and finally finish the name of the Cipai, and that's it, it's too simple for talented women.

So it was compared to writing chrysanthemum poems again. All the girls wrote the poems about the chrysanthemum banquet in the Red Mansion by themselves, and Sun's poems were also extraordinary, and Daiyu knew it when she saw it.

Daiyu thought to herself that she has this talent and learning, but she can have a common language with her father, who is a flower lover.

At this time, Qiaojie accidentally spilled the wine on her body, she was not surprised at all, let alone coddled, she just wiped it with a handkerchief, knowing that she has a calm temperament.I was secretly satisfied in my heart.

Drinking orders and writing poems can't help Mrs. Sun, Xiangyun is so lively that he calls couplet poems. At this time, it's like in Lu Xueting, all the sisters rush to catch up with the poems for the occasion.

Among them, Dai Baoxiang is outstanding, and Sun's performance is really good while amazing all the girls present.

The sisters had a banquet, made wine orders, wrote poems, and went outside to listen to operas with their wives.

Sure enough, I clicked on "Taoyuan Three Knots", and all the ladies and ladies still read it with gusto.

Xiangyun watched the play, and said to Daiyu: "The second elder brother in "Taoyuan Three Marriages" is the red-faced Guan Gong, but your second sister looks like the white-faced Cao Cao."

Everyone couldn't help laughing. This is not comparing Daiyu to an actor, but to Guan Erye and Cao Cao in the story. Of course Daiyu will not be angry.As for Cao Cao being a villain in the play, she is not so sensitive at this time.

After singing "Taoyuan Three Marriages", they were singing "Five Girls Blessing Birthday" by Xing Lishi when suddenly the housekeeper of the Shi family brought Xing Zhong's servant to see Xing Lishi.

Shi Zhang ordered the show to be suspended, and heard the servant Wei Yang, who was still panting, say: "My wife is overjoyed! Today, the master went to the Yamen of the Household Office on business early in the morning, and an eunuch from the inner palace came to announce that the master had gone to the Taiming Palace." Great court meeting. The sage decreed at the great court meeting today that our eldest lady should be conferred the honorary concubine Chen. Later, the master came out of the palace and ordered the younger one to come and find his wife, and let the wife quickly enter the palace to thank you!"

Mrs. Xing Li was overjoyed and said: "But it's true? Yan'er, she was conferred the title of Imperial Concubine Chen?"

Wei Yang said: "It's absolutely true, Master told me personally, Master Lin was with Master at that time."

The Master Lin he was talking about was Lin Ruhai, and Xing Zhong's servant knew Lin Ruhai.Mrs. Xing and Li felt at ease, all the wives went forward to congratulate Mrs. Xing and Li, and Mrs. Xing, Wang Xifeng, Shi Zhang and others expressed their joy in words.