Mighty and Majestic Concubine Wan Gui

Orthodox nine years.The orthodox emperor wrote the memorial and saw that Siam paid [-] catties of black incense... Shu land paid tribute and sprinkled fifty boxes of Jinchuan fans... a certain place paid tribute to Jiangzhen incense... Five hundred catties of rose smoke, five hundred catties of mint smoke... one hundred Western snuff bottles... twenty pieces of painted enamel utensils.

There are also pens, inks, papers and inkstones from various places. Let’s talk about them in detail. The pens are divided into big and small regular scripts, the hairs are divided into wolf’s brushes, and the ink has pine smoke. The paper is even more different. , The emperor’s imperial edict paper, official paper, emperor’s calligraphy paper, festival couplet paper, in addition to color, Shaoxing paper alone has powder paper, water jade paper, wax paper, Luo Wen paper, quicksand paper, cold gold paper, etc. note.All kinds of foreign fruits, easy-to-storage pomelo, ready-made bonsai, glass screens, and lacquerware.These are small, and the mother-of-pearl bed, the throne, and the tray.Special products paid tribute from all over the country are gathered in the Forbidden City.

While writing a comment with a Zhubi, he ordered people to send all these things to the queen for disposal.

Empress Qian is virtuous, respectful, frugal, and follows the rules in everything. She leads people generously and fairly.

Empress Qian was wearing half-new and not-worn clothes from her family's possessions, with a golden bun on her head held by two jade hairpins, jade bracelets on her wrists, undyed nails, and two sapphire gold rings on her slender jade onions.

She took a sip of the tea in the Ding Kiln Sacrifice Blue Gaiwan, which was her favorite tea.Manman glanced at these gift lists one by one: "Bring me this mutton fat jade statue of Guanyin giving birth to a son, and this sweet white glazed Guanyin statue stepping on the sea."

"Yes, ma'am."

The jade was brought in quickly, the jade was white and oily, the carving was exquisite, the folds of the hair and clothes were meticulous, the Bodhisattva had a compassionate smile on his face, holding a chubby little boy in his arms, holding a hand in his hand. A cute little girl.

This sweet white glaze is even more lovely. The Avalokitesvara goddess with willow eyebrows and narrow eyes wears the Avalokitesvara hat on her head, revealing a simple and generous bun. Both the hair and the Buddha crown on her head are clearly visible. The porcelain necklace hanging on her heart is of equal size , the Bodhisattva has a round and gentle face, with ears hanging down his shoulders, and his hands are clasped in soft and silky clothes. His sleeves are fluttering like a breeze, and he is stepping on the waves with bare feet.

She looked at it for a while, then sighed, "Confess."

Ask for a child!Ask for a child!Ask for a child!

After looking at the tribute memorial for a while, I changed a Sichuan fan sprinkled with gold flowers and birds, and kept two snuff bottles in the style of jade pot and spring bottle, a box of red ribbon incense sticks, and a Western enamel box. "Change."

After changing clothes, he went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

The book reveals that the incense sticks are made of prepared face powder mixed with elm bark powder, kneaded, balled, punched and dried. The texture of the beads is hard and shiny, and the fragrance lasts for a long time.Elm bark contains a strong gelatin, and the elm bark soaked in water is used for wiping hair and patching in opera.

Empress Dowager Sun moved to Cining Palace, and Shoukang Palace also belonged to her.

Empress Qian said, "Mother's mother is blessed and safe." Then she reported how much should be used in the palace, and how much was actually received, and distributed it to the prisons.

He also discussed with the queen mother one by one who should be rewarded, starting with the eunuchs of the inner court. The top eunuchs of the twelve eunuchs each shared ten catties of snuff. , according to the degree of closeness, status, and reward.

Appreciation of British porcelain lion candlesticks, green-glazed lion-covered lotus-bottomed incense burners, blue and white hand-pressed cups... Enamel target mirrors, twenty pieces of brocade, Chengni inkstone, Jiangzhen incense, ambergris, snuff pots, Sichuan fans, etc. Only a few more books were awarded to Yu Qian, and the same was awarded to Er Yang. Among the three Yangs, Yang Rong has passed away.

She spoke neither too fast nor too slow, Wang Shanggong and Lu Shanggong's writing speed just kept up, and Wan Zhen'er's speed of grinding ink could also keep up.

Empress Qian was a little shy: "Mother, I have left two Guanyin statues and some small things. I want to go out of the palace to worship Buddha and pray for a child."

Empress Dowager Sun comforted: "You two are still young, this matter cannot be rushed."

Zhang Shouyi is more fond of metaphysics recently: "Madam, don't worry, the Buddhas in that temple are all equally effective. Maybe there is a theory of Fengshui, but the Fengshui of the Forbidden City is the best in the world!"

Empress Qian has never studied Fengshui and other strange and obscene skills, and serious people would not ask her daughter to read Fengshui classics. She just read a little bit in ancient books, and she was a little curious: "It's natural, but I don't know what Fengshui is in the Forbidden City. How nice."

"The capital city is the projection of the Big Dipper on the earth. The Big Dipper is the center of the sky, and the capital is naturally the center of the world. When Yongle Lord moved his capital here, there was Liu Bowen in the front, and Yao Guangxiao, the master of Daoyan. I got off this position." Master Zhang had been listening to storytelling for a long time, and he suddenly stopped, hesitating a bit embarrassedly: "What did Confucius say? Stars and stars."

Wan Zhen'er understood it, and said in a low voice: "For example, Beichen lives in his place and all the stars support him."

"Yes! That's right. The dragon veins of the Forbidden City come from Kunlun Mountain, and Kunlun Mountain is connected with the vitality of the sky. It seems that the energy reaches the sky, so the Forbidden City has the vitality of the sky." Zhang Shouyi said: "There is the Temple of Heaven in the south, and the Temple of Earth in the north; There is the Moon Altar in the east, the Sun Altar in the west; the Taimiao Temple on the left, and the Sheji Altar on the right. The symmetrical shape is like the intersection of Taiji, and this is the mutual growth of the two rituals, and the endless energy."

I don't know who he learned from, anyway, the queen mother and empress think it makes sense.

The two listened for a while, and continued to gossip, talking about the princess's married life.Immortal Master Jingci's daughter, Princess Shunde, and Empress Dowager Sun's daughter, Princess Changde, are both married, and their relationship with their in-laws is not bad, and they are also on good terms with their husbands.

After leaving the hall, Zhang Shouyi put on a serious face: "Miss Wan, study hard!"

Wan Zhen'er looked at him with wide eyes: "Yes, I will definitely work hard." You forgot what you said, why blame me?

A message came from the front: "The emperor went to Jinyiwei to inspect, and he came back before dinner. Please don't wait for him, the empress dowager."

The daughter-in-law served her mother-in-law for dinner, and the queen mother had lunch and went to take a nap. The queen was a little bored, so she got up to enjoy the garden in the front and back. "Eunuch Zhang."

Zhang Shouyi leaned over: "The servant is here."

Empress Qian asked softly: "When the palace is not in front of you,,,, is the queen mother ever worried about the emperor's heirs?"

She was really anxious. The eldest brother married his sister-in-law and gave birth to a daughter the next year. The second brother married the second sister-in-law and gave birth to a son in the first year. Nothing happened.The Empress Dowager is generous and loving, she doesn't say anything about me in person, if she is unhappy behind the scenes, I have to arrange palace people and choose ladies to enter the palace.

Zhang Shouyi said: "Your Majesty, this is a long story."

"Please speak, Eunuch Zhang."

"The first emperor had a son at the age of 30, and the empress was 25 years old. Now the emperor and the empress are less than 20 years old, what is the empress dowager anxious about?"

Empress Qian felt that what he said made sense, and was relieved.

Emperor Zhengtong has been working hard on the queen in recent years. Firstly, although the queen's character is a bit old-fashioned and boring, she is also beautiful and upright, and he is not annoying. The reason is that he wants to make a "son of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty" When he came to be the prince, he also gave birth to a son earlier than his father.He himself is the eldest son of a concubine. After the Empress Dowager Sun gave birth to him, his mother was more expensive than his son, and he was in the middle palace, but those born before being named empress were called concubines.

Only during the inconvenient days of the queen every month, he either recharged his batteries, went out to shoot and hunt in the palace, and occasionally summoned palace people. There were always many interesting things to do.

In autumn, the Empress Dowager took the Queen to Fengxian Hall to worship the Empress Dowager. After returning, Empress Qian occasionally felt cold.

Maybe it was because he was sweating while walking, and he was caught by the cold wind, maybe it was because the Yin Qi in Fengxian Hall was too heavy, or maybe it was something else.

Wan Zhen'er was standing at the door with her sleeves folded and watching the palace people sweep the floor—don't doubt, she has already reached this position, her official name is Deputy Shangyi, in charge of the empress's clothes.The Shangyi Supervisor in the Twelve Prisons is in charge of the emperor's crown, robes, boots and socks, etc. In the harem, only the queen mother and the queen's palace have Shangyi, and they are also in charge of court clothes, dresses, regular clothes, shoes and socks, etc.The six bureaus of Shang Gong, Shang Yi, Shang Shi, Shang Sleeping, Shang Gong, and Shang Yi are in charge of the maids, each performing its duties.

She has a serious face, is tall, has broad shoulders, and has a strong figure. In future generations, someone will go over and ask, "Sister, are you a bodybuilding instructor?" ', put it now, wearing a cloud blue dress, like a strong and heroic man.

She had a piece of candy in her mouth and was licking it calmly. Suddenly, she saw someone approaching on the road. Fan Hongyu from Qianqing Palace brought Zhou Dalian over. Fan Hongyu was already in her 20s, but she was beautiful and well-maintained. One of the four leading maids in Qianqing Palace, Zhou Dalian is young but somewhat romantic, the two are equally beautiful.

It is not uncommon for Fan Hongyu to be empty-handed, but what is strange is that Zhou Dalian is also empty-handed, obviously not here to deliver anything.Fan Hongyu called out: "Sister Wan."

Wan Zhen'er nodded with a smile, and called out politely: "Sister Fan!"

Fan Hongyu said: "The emperor sent me to report to the empress, um, just let me in."

Wan Zhen'er was standing on the steps of the palace gate, she stepped aside with a smile: "How dare you stop my sister, please."

Fan Hongyu smiled strangely: "Hehehe"

When she went in, Wan Zhen'er stopped Zhou Dalian, looked down at the reddish face on her face: "Sister Dalian, what's wrong?"

Zhou Dalian was shy and silent, but raised her hand to touch the emerald green hairpin on her head. When she raised her hand, she revealed the gem and pearl gourd ring on her finger, and a soft woven gold ring on her white and slender wrist.

He tilted his body, squinting at her.

Wan Zhen'er was surprised: "The emperor rewarded you?"

She understood in seconds, lowered her voice and said in a very novel way: "The emperor is lucky for you?"

Tsk tsk tsk, it's fresh, it's the first time I've seen a lucky maid!

Zhou Dalian was extremely shy and somewhat proud: "Sister Wan, don't yell." She pursed her red lips, and said with a smile: "The Empress has been ill for more than ten days due to the cold...First, Sister Fan, and then I .

The Empress Dowager is still ill, the Emperor didn't want to publicize it, so he only rewarded me with two things, and sent Sister Fan to report to the Empress Dowager, if in the future... there will be proof. "Reward one piece at a time, my God, by the end of the year I should have all the donuts!

Empress Dowager Sun really told her to go in and take a look, she thought it was okay, although she was a bit frivolous, her behavior was not as dignified and stable as Queen Qian, but she was just a maid of honor, don't look at it by the queen's standard. "Reward her with a juan and a jar of honey."

Zhou Dalian went down after thanking her.

Empress Dowager Sun said to Zhang Shouyi: "There is no cat that is not greedy. The empress has only been ill for a few days, and the emperor can't bear it anymore?"

Zhang Shouyi smiled and said: "When the emperor went hunting, he hunted a deer and brought the deer antler to the empress~ Maybe he ate the venison, and his yang energy was too strong, so he had to have some fun."

Empress Dowager Sun's face was reddish, her eyes narrowed, as if she was reminiscing about something related to antler and venison in the past.

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly asked: "Wan Zhen'er, are you envious?" It's a bit pitiful to look like this.All the maids in the harem think that being favored by the emperor is the straw to escape from the sea of ​​suffering, but you can't help it.

Wan Zhen'er smiled, pretending to be confused, and said in a rough voice: "Madam, I don't look good when I wear hairpins and rings. I don't envy her. I envy her for being good-looking. I followed Grandpa Zhang out of the palace the other day. , Someone asked me for directions, and he opened his mouth and said, "Brother, how can I get to Liu's candied fruit?" How would I know."

Empress Sun: "Hahahahahaha."

In the evening, after waiting for the empress to rest, they got together to chat, Cheng En said with a smile: "Zhou Dalian is the same age as you, both are 14 years old."

Wan Zhen'er rolled her eyes, and pinched open a walnut with her bare hands. This was not a Xinjiang paper-skinned walnut, but a fried hickory nut. When she saw the walnut kernel was broken, she threw it into her mouth.I squeezed another one, peeled it out intact, and put it on a plate. "She is her and I am me. What's new about this? Grandpa also said that if the queen always has nothing to do, there will be many lucky maids. If there is happiness, there will be many lucky maids."

Cheng En said: "Just wait, there will still be time to laugh at you in the future."

"How do you say that?"

"There is Wan Bao'er in Qianqing Palace. Eunuch Jin brought her in. She is two years younger than you. I heard from them that the emperor also likes her very much. We just wait for her to grow up."

Sitting next to him, Wang Shanggong grabbed walnuts to eat, and sneered faintly.

Wan Zhen'er laughed: "Congratulations. Hey, when I was out of the palace to listen to an opera, I heard that beauty deceives people. The emperor spends all day approving memorials in the Qianqing Palace. These beautiful maids surround him. The emperor still has the heart to criticize A memorial? When I meditate, there is a piece of cake in front of me, and I can’t sit still, and I’m afraid of flies falling, cockroaches crawling, and mice biting me, so I have to finish eating to feel at ease.”

Cheng En originally wanted to say that the emperor can "finish" like you before approving the memorial, but this is a bit unserious: "Are you asking me? I don't know what is good about women."

Zhang Shouyi looked at Wang Shanggong: "Sister Wang, our family doesn't know what is good about this woman."

Wang Shanggong's vermilion lips parted slightly, and his white teeth bit a brown-black walnut kernel: "I have never met a man, and I don't know the benefits of being a woman. You have the ability to ask your mother."

Zhang Shouyi raised his eyebrows: "Oh, I don't dare. If my mother spits on me and asks who instigated me to say such stupid things, wouldn't she have to confess to Sister Shanggong?"

Wang Shanggong: "Speech!"

Wan Zhen'er secretly felt that this was flirting, so she continued to squeeze walnuts silently, switching to the left hand when her right hand got tired, pinching with both hands backwards, after more than 30 pinches, she shook her hands and went back to sleep.

There is nothing wrong with it all year round.

When the queen was convenient, the emperor caught the queen every day and was turned into a red wave, unremittingly believing that he could give birth to a son.When the queen is menstruating/ill/fasting, she will be replaced by other palace servants.

Empress Qian came to the outside of the Palace of Compassion and Ning by car, got off the car, and walked in: "May the Empress Dowager be safe and happy."

Empress Dowager Sun said lazily, "Waiting for the ceremony, huh? My son, why are your eyes red?"

Empress Qian's face was filled with joy and sorrow: "I have reported to my mother that Zhou Dalian, a court lady in the Emperor's Qianqing Palace, is pregnant."

Empress Dowager Sun said calmly: "Oh." The kind of court lady, tsk, the Ai family hopes that you are pregnant.

"Get up, it's nothing."

Turning her face away, she said to the emperor: "Don't seal that Zhou Dalian, wait until the child is born and grow up, don't let the queen feel that we are forcing her, she has pushed herself hard enough."

The emperor thought about it, he didn't particularly like Zhou Dalian either, sometimes he thought it was cute that she acted like a baby and asked for things, sometimes when he was bored, he felt that she was arrogant and demanding, so he nodded: "The empress mother said so."

The following year, the 11th year of Zhengtong, Zhou Dalian gave birth to a princess, and there was no hope of promotion.

The princess was raised by four nuns, and after a few months of recuperation after giving birth, she went to be a maid in high spirits to serve the emperor.

The next year, Zhou Dalian gave birth to another child, this time the eldest son of the emperor!

Whether it is the harem or the former court, it is a sensation!Son!The emperor gave birth to a son!Very good!

As soon as the prince was born, he was accompanied by eight nuns and twelve maids of honor. There were not so many reliable nuns in the palace, and Empress Sun was very troubled.

Wan Zhen'er tried to say: "Madam, Mother Zhu is not busy right now."

Only then did Empress Sun think of her, so she transferred Nanny Zhu, who had grown up with the late emperor, to be the head nanny.

Zhou Dalian was ordered to bring people to deliver tribute from the official kiln again. Seeing Wan Zhen'er looking at the designs and colors of the two materials under the eaves, she deliberately called out: "Wan Zhen'er, is it convenient for your mother?"

"Your Majesty is taking a bath, so it's not very convenient."

"Since that's the case, I'll go sit in your room for a while, and you can talk to me." We're all the same age, and I'm born a hundred times more beautiful than you, who wants to call you sister.

Wan Zhen'er knew about the subtlety and sensitivity to status in the palace: "Sister Zhou has done you a favor, please."

Zhou Dalian happily went to drink tea in her room: "Although the tea here is good, it is old tea, and the water is not from Yuquan Mountain."

"The Empress Dowager rewarded me for drinking the leftover new tea, and boiled tea and eggs for the Imperial Dining Room when I drank the leftover old tea"

On the right side of Kunning Palace is Chengqian Palace, and on the right side is Yonghe Palace, where the newly born prince Zhu Jianshen was placed.If it is confirmed that it is the prince, he will move to Chengqian Palace and live next to the queen.

Wan Zhen'er found someone to take over for her, slipped out to see this little baby boy whom everyone had hoped for, walked in front of the Qianqing Gate, and subconsciously glanced at the invisible Kunning Palace.Seeing the two father-in-laws of Jin Ying and Wang Zhen head-on, the two men's clothes fluttered, and they walked over pretendingly holding hands, talking as they walked, their faces could not hide their joy.

Wan Zhen'er blessed herself and said, "Grandfathers."

Jin Ying raised her hand a little: "Sneak out to see the little prince, don't you? Huh? Hmph~"

Wan Zhen'er was smiling, she was already about the same height as the two father-in-laws: "Could it be that the two grandpas came here by order?"

Jin Yingxin said, we didn't sneak out, the emperor is visiting Wan Bao'er, and there will be no need to call for a while: "You are in charge of our house? What are you doing here? Let me tell you the truth, the prince should wear the emperor's clothes now." Memorial, he is really lazy."

Wang Zhen: "Hey, why are you talking about our family again? Our family has no time to argue with you two idlers." Holding his belt, he walked away imposingly.

Wan Zhen'er said: "Respectfully send off Grandpa Wang."

Jin Ying waited for him to walk away: "Huh!" Old dog!After the death of the Empress Dowager, you are really powerful, amazing, amazing!

Wan Zhen'er: "Congratulations to Grandpa Jin."

After seeing them off, she was relieved. The two eunuchs had a relationship between the tip of a needle and a wheat awn. They were both in their 50s and [-]s. No one is not afraid.

She walked quickly to Yonghe Palace, raised her hand and pushed the door in. There were two nuns basking in the sun at the door: "Who are you?" "You are... Miss Wan?"

Wan Zhen'er knew that she was very recognizable, so she nodded with a smile: "I'm here to find Mother Zhu, is she there?"

"Mother Zhu is in the house, you go in."

"Thank you." Wan Zhen'er opened the door and entered the room. She looked around and saw a nurse Zhu and another old nurse sitting on the edge of the bed, coaxing a baby. "Mammy."

The crimson swaddle with chrysanthemum patterns wrapped tightly around a baby. From her perspective, she couldn't see the face, but the pattern and color of the swaddle seemed familiar.She squinted her eyes and thought for a while, huh?Isn't this baked sweet potato?

Taking a closer look, gold threads are used to weave the grid lines on the purple cloth, and there is a broken branch chrysanthemum in each grid, which is very similar to the pattern on a baked sweet potato.

Wan Zhen'er felt that she could smell that warm, fragrant, sweet and greasy aroma.

I took a few steps forward and saw a baby who was not fat. Well, compared with the big Ah Fu in the New Year painting, this baby was darker and thinner. There was no fat piled up on his face. are very similar in stature.

Grandma Zhu smiled and said, "Sister Wan, come here."

Wan Zhen'er walked over, looked down condescendingly, and whispered, "This is the little prince? So small?"

"What do you mean, people are so small when they are just born, and they grow up gradually, read and write, ride horses and shoot arrows, and even have a future in the future, if they can go out and become a feudal lord, that's really amazing." Open one layer, revealing the little hands and feet wearing yellow satin underwear, and the circles of flesh on the arms are also relatively well-proportioned.

Wan Zhen'er stretched out her finger and poked his little hand: "It's so soft."

Not long after Zhu Jianshen was born, his eyes were blurry, and everything he saw was very novel. He felt something hot touch him, and he immediately grabbed it, and wanted to stuff it into his mouth.But I can't grasp it, and I don't know what's going on, how can I not grasp it.

He was so angry that he bit the quilt and cried: "Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah!"

"Are you hungry?"

"Maybe it's peeing?"

Wan Zhener quickly slipped away.

In the 13th year of Zhengtong, Wan Baoer gave birth to the prince Zhu Jianqing.

In the 14th year of Zhengtong, Wan Baoer gave birth to the prince Zhu Jianshi.

Even so, the emperor still hoped that Empress Qian would give birth to a son to inherit the throne. Apart from wanting to fight every day, he also wanted to have a son with Empress Qian. The two fertile women in the harem had very low grades.

Two-year-old Zhu Jianshen was wearing a big red coat and a tiger-head hat, and he ran around in the Palace of Compassion and Peace every day, playing with a red hydrangea ball.

Empress Dowager Sun liked him very much: "It's so good to run! It's so fast! Oh, hurry up and hug the cat away, don't hurt him."

Seeing the big fat cat rushing towards him, Zhu Jianshen was a little scared and took two steps back.

Wan Zhen'er rushed over diagonally, picked up the raccoon cat that was running towards the red hydrangea, hugged it to the side, opened the door a crack and sent her out, the cat kicked her angrily.

When the little prince plays ball every day, she is responsible for catching cats, which shows that she is agile and steady.