Dress to be a celebrity

Zhou Wang presided over the draft, and finally he was selected.

Concubine De had long chosen the Queen's family of the Duke of Wei as her concubine for her beloved son Qi Wangzhong, and Concubine Rong had carefully selected Li Shi, the grand-niece of Sanfu Li Mian, as her concubine for Wei Wangshu.Although the king of Zhou did not participate in the selection of his concubine, he was concubine by the emperor, Wang Shi, the grandson of Wang Shijia, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Shi, the daughter of Li Yu, the censor of the Zuoqian capital, as concubines.

Although Concubine De and Concubine Rong personally picked a lovely daughter-in-law, and saw that the Holy Majesty intended to marry them, they still felt a little bit uneasy.

The king of Qi first asked the emperor for orders to govern the border, but it was the king of Zhou who got the power of governor; the family of the queen mother of Zhou had collapsed, and the concubine was ordered to close the palace, but she was still given a concubine by the emperor; the king of Zhou lived alone in the palace In Chonghua Palace, he was demoted from the palace at the age of 20 because of his mother's family's crimes, and King Qi chose the concubine, and the date of leaving the palace and opening the palace was already set.

However, although the king of Wei had decided on the princess, he was not allowed to get married at that time. He still had to wait until he was [-] years old to get married and start a mansion before he was allowed to go to the court to learn to do business.

Concubine De felt wronged for her son in the palace, but King Qi himself was still full of ambition: "Mother and concubine don't have to think too much, the emperor's brother has left the capital now, and the third brother is still young, so I'm the only prince in the court. If there are too many, the emperor and all the ministers see it, and they are naturally stronger than the elder brother who is far away at the border."

Besides, now the frontier was controlled by Ma Shangshu's family in the past, but now most of them have been replaced by old generals who have relatives with his natal family, so they will naturally keep an eye on the emperor's brother for him, and they can take advantage of everything.

But I don't know which department he will lead after leaving the palace. At the great court meeting, Song Sanyuan will be surprised when he sees him standing on the jade steps, surprised by the chivalrous Zhang who generously donates money and makes him admire it among his colleagues and friends Is he the current king of Qi?

No one knew about his small thoughts, but one sentence was very accurate - Zhou Wang left the capital, he was the only prince in the court, and he was also the most powerful prince in the court.In contrast, although Queen Mother Wei's family had a court elder who served in three dynasties, he died of illness, and the disciples of the court and middle school were all literati, with ups and downs.

He was only born a few years later than King Zhou, and he was not the eldest son of the emperor.But the king of Zhou is only the eldest son of the concubine, as long as there is a concubine in the country, the elder concubine cannot succeed to the throne.

In the past, the king of Zhou was the leader and the virtuous concubine was favored, and the outer family and the Yue family occupied both the civil and military power lines. If there is a discussion about the future, the most likely to benefit is the virtuous concubine.But now that the Huan and Ma families have lost power one after another, the heads of the two families have returned to the old and exiled, and the king of Zhou is going to leave the capital. Even if the court and the central government discuss the matter of establishing a successor, who will support the concubine Xian?

In the above table, the papers asking the King of Zhou to be crown prince disappeared, but in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there were quite a few papers in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who were appointed as emperors to stabilize the harem—

Not only did Concubine Lide be invited to be the empress, but more concubine Rong was invited to be the empress because of Concubine Rong's background.

Although Concubine De has been in charge of palace affairs for many years and is more than a vice queen, she was born in a family of honorable officials. Concubine Rong's uncle and grandfather were veteran ministers who had served in three dynasties. His children were all over the court, and there was no need to bribe someone to take the initiative to ask for his life.

But King Qi is old and is going to get married now, while King Wei is still young. From the comparison of the identities of the two princes, Concubine De is even better.

The Manchu Dynasty seemed to have forgotten the King Zhou who was about to leave Beijing, and they were all trying to figure out which imperial concubine was more suitable to be in the middle palace. Heaven sent into the palace.

This is the person his father pointed out to him and asked him to take him to the border.

Mrs. Wang has a dignified appearance and a gentle temperament, while Mrs. Li smiles like a flower and is considerate.The king of Zhou had some concerns, and the concubine was pregnant again, and she was about to leave after getting married. The two never forced him to stay, but they were very considerate and wanted to serve the mistress in person.

When he returned to the palace of Princess Huan, the princess personally persuaded him, telling him to settle down for the sake of the Holy Majesty, the face of the two servants and the imperial censor.

King Zhou wanted to stay to comfort her more, but he felt powerless in the face of her righteous persuasion, so he had to agree: "You take care of yourself and our children, and I will come to see you tomorrow."

The mistress is lenient, and the concubine's room is docile, and it looks like a stable and harmonious palace.

Zhou Wang remembered that when he first chose the imperial concubine, he wanted to imitate the mood of "one generation, one pair for a lifetime" like the Taizu and the Empress Dowager, and now he and Yuanniang seem to respect each other like a monarch and minister, and they have added two more concubines to the mansion. , can only sigh.

He went into the palace to thank his father and emperor for his marriage proposal, and Yuan Niang led the two concubines to the palace of the concubine Xian to meet them.Emperor Xintai asked him how he felt about the two concubines, and he answered "yes" to both, and he couldn't say anything else, he could only thank his father for his love.

Having said all this, he asked the emperor for an order: "Ms. Huan is pregnant, and the affairs in the palace are complicated. I am afraid I can't take care of them. I want to leave Mrs. Li to serve the princess, and only take Mrs. Wang out of the customs."

Mrs. Wang has a plump body, and I think her physique is better, so she can withstand the trip out of the fortress; Mrs. Li was born in the Yushifu, so she must have received strict training from the elders and presided over the affairs of the government.Now that the concubine is pregnant, she needs someone to accompany her, and when she is going to give birth in the future, she will also need someone to help with the affairs of the mansion, so one person must be left to serve.

Furthermore, the emperor also said that day that he wanted someone to accompany him out of the customs, so he thought about it too, right?

He looked up at his father, Emperor Xintai nodded slightly, and said: "I hired a lady for you, of course to serve your food and clothing, take care of the inner house, you can arrange it. You have to leave the customs in a few days, no need Bring more members of the royal family, I have already selected someone who will accompany you on the trip."

The chief eunuch in front of the hall flicked his fly whisk and shouted: "Xuan Youqian Capital Censor Huan Ling comes to the hall!"

The voices were passed out layer by layer, and Huan Ling, who was dressed in a neat vermilion official robe, came in from outside the hall, lifted his robe and knelt down to the king and prince in the hall, saying, "I see you, see my emperor's long live, and see King Zhou's thousand years old."

Zhou Wang originally thought that his father had chosen someone to accompany him on a trip before, in order to point him to a concubine, but he didn't expect to refer to the concubine's elder brother, who was also the stern censor Huan Ling who impeached his grandfather.

He has a youthful affection for Yuan Niang that surpasses others, but he is actually a little embarrassed when facing this uncle.However, except for him, the two of them looked normal, as if the previous impeachment had never happened.

Emperor Xintai pointed to Huan Ling and said: "Huan Qing once went out of Beijing to inspect the border. I can be your guide. You go to the border to stabilize the frontier army. You can't take risks, don't be greedy for success, and keep everything calm. , it is enough to seek stability at the border.”

His Highness Huan Ling also seemed to have known about this arrangement, and said calmly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely take care of Your Highness regardless of life or death."

Emperor Xintai nodded, and told his son: "I have ordered people to arrange the palace in Hanzhong. You should settle down first and then go slowly. Now Yang Rong, the right servant of the Ministry of War, is patrolling Shaanxi. He will welcome my son there, you Listen more to Er Qing's words, and don't be willful."

The king of Zhou bowed his head and said: "I obey. It's just..."

Since Yang Shilang is a guide in Shaanxi, why must Huan Ling be the guide?Didn't the father know that he impeached the Ma family, causing his grandfather, uncle, and cousins ​​to flee to Yunnan? Now that he sees this uncle...he can't help but think of his grandfather, uncle, and cousins ​​being exiled from Beijing. thing.

Naturally, the emperor could see what he was thinking, and ordered Huan Ling to go down, and called his son up to teach: "My royal family is the king, and the Ma family and the Huan family are all ministers. It is inevitable that there will be power and interests disputes among the ministers. How should one choose?"

Naturally, he is a virtuous minister, far from a villain... far from a sinner.

The crime of the Ma family is clearly laid out there. It is his Zheng family and the people who have corrupted him. No matter which censor or courtier finds out about it, he is responsible for impeachment and investigation.Although Huan Ling is an in-law of the heavenly family, but he does not regard himself as an in-law, but only fights for state affairs, this kind of pure minister's heart is rare.

Foreign relatives can be suppressed or used, depending on their minds and actions.

This is what the King of Zhou has been taught since he was a child. There is no need for His Majesty to instruct him. He knows it in his heart and sighs: "I also have selfish intentions..."

"Not only do you have selfish intentions, but Ma Yan also has selfish intentions, and he never did it wholeheartedly for you." Emperor Xintai pushed a stack of documents on the table in front of King Zhou, and said indifferently: "At the time when Huan Ling impeached the Ministry of War, the real crimes had not yet been touched. Regardless of your marriage with the Huan family, he searched for people to search for Huan Ling's faults in Fujian, and bribed the censor to engrave Huan's grandparents in the court. , I only found out after searching the documents..."

That day, because of Song Sanyuan's strength to prove the Huan family's innocence, Ma's impeachment failed, so they sent people to Fujian to find his fault.Those who went to Fujian could not find any evidence of Huan Ling's corruption and perverting the law, but he did not go to Tingzhou first when he took office in Tingzhou, but left him as a crime for disaster relief in Wuping; False people, and made up a story about cheating in the Fujian exam, so that Song Shi could understand Yuan.

If the martial arts fraud case hadn't been found out first, his family would not have dared to mention it, for fear of provoking the wrath of the Holy Majesty, or it would have already been falsely reported.

Forget about other things, when there was a fraud case in the examination room, when was it not to kill people?

Fortunately, in the Song Dynasty, there was a lecture conference in Wuping, and the reputation of Confucianism spread early. He read the papers again this year, and he knew that this minister's talents were profound and broad, and he was worthy of being a top scholar, so he could not be misunderstood.If he is just an ordinary Jinshi, and Huan Ling is a censor who has lost his grandfather's support, what will happen to the two of them if they are involved in such a case?

When they framed the Huan family, did they ever think that Princess Zhou is the daughter of the Huan family, and if something happened to the Huan family, the king of Zhou would also be implicated and blamed?

They... they should have thought about it, that's why the concubine mother persuaded him to divorce Huan Shi that day.King Zhou's body was dripping with cold sweat, and before he left the capital, he seemed to feel the cold wind blowing into his chest, which made him cough a few times.

Xintai Emperor was afraid that he would catch cold, so he hurriedly ordered the chief eunuch to find an imperial doctor to see him. After confirming that he was in good health, he said with confidence: "You were born in a deep palace and grew up in a woman's hands. You can't see many things." Unexpectedly, it's time to go out and see the world. After all, Huan Ling is the elder brother of your concubine, and he must be dedicated to you. With him by his side, I feel more at ease."

The king of Zhou fell under his knees and replied with a sob: "I understand my father's painstaking efforts, and I will never fail to live up to my father's expectations. It's just that I can't fulfill my filial piety under my knees in the future. I hope my father will cherish my body more."

After this thank you, an imperial decree followed to the mansion, setting the itinerary and the guard of honor for the prince's trip.

Now there are two more concubines in the inner courtyard of Prince Zhou's mansion, and there are people who take charge of packing up and managing the house's internal affairs, and they are organized in an orderly manner.The foreign affairs are now being taken care of by the chief envoy of the palace, and the chariot and all the things for traveling will be ready soon.Just after the long Lantern Festival holiday, he went to the palace to bid farewell, and took the initiative to ask Huan Ling to ride with him in the same car, so that the two trains would form a single train.

The wheels rolled across the long street, and drove out of the city gate against the frosty morning.