"After I ascended the throne, I personally presided over the canonization ceremony of the queen, hmph! No one can influence my decision, my queen can only be you, and I have said that I will never wronged you. Zhu Yuanzhang solemnly announced, like a promise, but also like a guarantee.

Ma Xiuying was slightly moved, but she didn't forget the business of coming to see Zhu Yuanzhang, squatted down and saluted: "The concubine has something to ask the emperor for permission." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flickered, he had already said that he would still be named Ma Xiuying, what was Ma Xiuying not satisfied with? What else did he want? However, the words he heard below were completely different from what he thought.

"Concubine Sun's sister lost her child and will never be able to have children in the future, so the concubine begged the emperor to canonize Concubine Sun as a concubine to make up for the regrets in her heart. And Concubine Sun is sensitive, intelligent, dignified and beautiful, adept at etiquette, decent, and a rare virtuous woman who has ever seen a concubine. The concubine is really too busy to take care of the huge harem alone, so I plan to let her assist the concubine in managing the harem, believing that the harem will be peaceful and peaceful with her management. ”

Ma Xiuying spared no effort to recommend Sun. As the empress, she had the right to recommend and promote concubines, so she decided to put the Sun family in the position of noblewoman. Now that the two are in an alliance, it is natural for her to build momentum for the ally. She was not worried at all that Sun would bite her back when she became a noblewoman, because Sun had shown her an attitude of surrender since she entered the palace, and she had been trembling and low-key for so many years. Although she didn't say it, she saw it in her eyes and believed that the Sun family should not let her down.

Moreover, even if the Sun family has other ideas in the future, the childlessness has already limited her development, and the concubine is already the limit of her development. This is thanks to Ma Xiuying's recommendation, otherwise she would not have been able to become a concubine if she exhausted her life.

At the same time, recommending Sun as a noble lady has two other benefits for Ma Xiuying. In this way, Sun's grade will surpass Guo Ninglian and Guo Hui, and with her and Sun's joint control, it will not be easy for these two to claim to be big. Moreover, she gave the power in her hands to the Sun family, and those who criticized her for doing whatever it took to achieve the goal of monopolizing the power of the harem would not find a reason.

Zhu Yuanzhang was moved, took Ma Xiuying's hand, and said: "Queen, you are thinking about me and my harem, and those people still say that you are dictatorial and suppress concubines, which is really ridiculous. Tomorrow, I will have people draw up a decree to canonize the Sun family as Concubine Cheng Mu, and I want to see what other reasons they have for impeaching you. ”

"The concubine thanked the emperor for the grace of Concubine Sun. It is estimated that she will definitely recover soon when she hears this good news. Ma Xiuying leaned on Zhu Yuanzhang's chest, a subtle and sharp light flashed in her eyes, I don't know if the black hand behind the scenes will be so angry that she will be half dead after hearing that Concubine Sun has become Concubine Chengmu.

Throughout the winter, the north wind was howling, the weather was gloomy, and the snow was falling one after another. But in the early morning of this day, the snow did not fall again, and the wind seemed to be very gentle. The sky slightly revealed an orange-red halo, and as time passed, the halo gradually expanded, and thousands of soft golden lights broke through the clouds and scattered to the earth. The morning breeze blew lightly, blowing away the fog that shrouded the palace, and the majestic palace was illuminated by the crimson sun, and each palace looked very solemn and solemn.

The sound of footsteps broke the tranquility of the palace, and the chief administrator Zhao Cheng personally came to Chenggan Palace with the attendant and the holy decree.

The canonization of concubines is basically the same as that of the queen, but no ceremony is held, so as long as the Sun family accepts the holy decree and the treasure book, she will officially become Chengmu Guifei.

Sun didn't expect happiness to come so quickly, so he hurriedly burned incense and purified himself under the service of the palace maid, and set up a case to receive orders.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Today, there are harem concubines and concubines Sun who are virtuous and virtuous, and they have both talent and virtue. Zite took the golden book of Jinbao, added Fenger as Cheng Mu Guifei, and gave it to live in Yikun Palace. Amazing!"

After Zhao Cheng finished announcing the holy decree, he said to the kneeling Sun: "Niangniang, please receive the gold book and gold treasure, and the emperor also gave Niangniang one hundred taels of gold, one thousand taels of silver, ten horses of satin yarn, eight horses of python satin, and four horses of cloud satin......

The people of her own palace received the reward, and the Sun family was still in a trance with the holy decree, the golden book and the golden seal, from this moment on, she was the second noble woman in the harem?

When the decree was announced, Zhao Cheng's face was serious, and after Sun received the decree, he immediately changed his face, with a smile on his face, and made a big salute, "Congratulations to the concubine, congratulations to the concubine." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao, thank you, Mr. Zhao. Sun was so excited that he couldn't say everything, and could only repeat one sentence over and over again.

"The chief manager has worked hard. Xiao'er hurriedly handed Zhao Cheng a huge purse that had been prepared, and gave each of the attendants a small purse.

Zhao Cheng weighed his weight, quietly put it into his sleeve robe, and smiled more attentively on his face, "The emperor is still waiting for the slave to go back to reply to the decree, and the slave will retire first." ”

"Congratulations to the concubine!" As soon as Zhao Cheng left, everyone in the palace knelt down in front of Sun with a happy face and congratulated. The lord and servant Rong, the Sun family has a prominent position, and they, the subordinates of the Chenggan Palace, no longer need to look at the faces of other palace subordinates in the future, they can raise their eyebrows and walk in the palace with their heads held high.

"Is this true, I'm not dreaming?" Sun's face was flushed, his head was confused, and the whole person seemed to be riding a roller coaster, one moment she was still an ordinary concubine who suffered the pain of losing her son alone and had no power, and the next moment she became a high-status Chengmu Guifei.

Xiao'er cried with joy, "Niangniang, it's true! You have really been named Chengmu Guifei by the emperor, congratulations to Niangniang for all her hard work." ”

Sun was not as ecstatic as Xiao'er, her face flickered with joy and sadness, and after a while, she suddenly said: "This palace is going to see the queen, and you send all the things that the emperor has given the queen." ”

"Mother?"

"You all remember to this palace, without the queen, there would be no palace today. Sun said solemnly and respectfully.

Xiao'er glanced at Sun secretly, and she felt that her master seemed to have changed and as if he hadn't changed. There was still a trace of sadness between the master's eyebrows, but the previous sad look was eliminated in his eyes, replaced by a sharp and decisive look. The master used to speak softly and softly, but now the tone of his speech is unquestionable, and even the master's figure is much taller than before. Such a master will not be bullied at will in the future.

Sun and the others were just about to leave Chenggan Palace, Zijuan appeared with a few internal eunuchs and palace maids, saying that they were ordered by Ma Xiuying to help the people of Chenggan Palace move things to Yikun Palace. He also persuaded the Sun family not to go to Kunning Palace to thank Ma Xiuying, and it was a big deal to take care of her body.

"Empress, you have always thought so carefully about your concubines. With tears in his eyes, Sun bowed in the direction of Kunning Palace, and secretly swore that he would never betray Ma Xiuying in this life.