Early the next morning, when Lu Ruxue woke up, it was already past the time when Concubine Hui came to ask for peace. glanced at Shi Leak, and in more than a quarter of an hour, it was time to go and say goodbye to the Queen Mother. I didn't have time to have breakfast, so I went out of the palace gate with a clean face and a change of clothes.

On the way, he asked Bai Guang a few words, and knew that Concubine Hui had already come. But when the emperor left, he specially told him not to disturb the queen's rest. Therefore, Bai Guang didn't dare to let Concubine Hui enter the palace to wait for the marquis, so he had to ask Concubine Hui to come back at night.

Since Emperor Wen died and was buried, the Queen Mother moved out of Kunning Palace and lived in the Yongshou Palace, the closest to the emperor's Qianqing Palace.

When Empress Xiaoci died early, Emperor Wen did not reserve the residence of the Empress Dowager when he built the imperial city of Beijing. Unexpectedly, Emperor Wen only lived in the imperial city of Beijing for one month, and then returned to heaven.

After Mu Xuanyang ascended the throne, he discussed with the queen and made Yongshou Palace the queen mother's bedroom. In this way, when the emperor greets the queen mother every day, he can also walk less.

After entering the Yongshou Palace and saluting and greeting, the Queen Mother chatted with the queen.

"Our emperor is in this inner palace, the four concubines are not even, and there are no palace concubines, which is really not the same. "The emperor insisted on establishing the Lu family as the queen, and the queen mother did not have no complaints in her heart, but the queen mother thought more long-term.

She fulfilled the emperor first, and when choosing a concubine in the harem, the emperor and the queen were no longer able to go against her will.

Lu Ruxue said in her heart, "You can't hide after all." "Mu Xuanyang ascended the throne, and the harem will inevitably have a draft, and she has already prepared for it.

"What the Queen Mother said is that the concubines also mean this. Lu Ruxue looked at the Queen Mother with a smile and did not say anything against it.

"I mentioned it to the emperor yesterday, but the emperor insisted that he was still in the period of filial piety, and the emperor was an example for the world, so how could he not obey filial piety. The concubine thought that the queen mother had to give her an idea about this matter, and the concubine acted in accordance with the queen mother's will. ”

For the queen to be able to understand the general situation so well, the queen mother nodded with satisfaction.

"There is a list here, and the queen will also take a look. The emperor wants to keep filial piety, and this draft can't be done. But the harem is empty, and the emperor only has the crown prince, which is too thin. ”

"If the queen thinks it's okay, she will follow the purpose of this list, directly admit these people into the palace, and reward them according to their origins. ”

"The queen mother has a discerning eye, and the concubines look at it, all of them are good. Lu Ruxue glanced at the list, and there were ten people's names, origins, and ages written on it. Just looking at the backgrounds of these children, I also know that the Queen Mother has thought very thoroughly.

And accepting one person is no different from accepting ten people, for Lu Ruxue, there is no difference at all.

"Since the queen also thinks it's good, she will accept it to the emperor. Out of Yongshou Palace, Lu Ruxue handed the list to Bai Guang.

"Make a copy of it and keep it, and then send it to the Qianqing Palace to the emperor. "At this time next year, there will be a draft in the palace, and there will only be more and more women in the palace.

However, she is already a queen, and her son is a prince, so she doesn't need to compete with these women for favor anymore. I'm afraid that the person who will be annoyed is not her, but the concubine Xu. comforted himself like this, and sat back to Kunning Palace in a phoenix.

The emperor went down to the early court, and as soon as he returned to the Qianqing Palace, he got the list from Luo Cheng.

"Is this what the Queen Mother means?" The affairs of the inner palace are taken care of by Luo Cheng. The queen mother wants to borrow the queen's hand, how can she hide it from the emperor.

"Yes, the queen went to greet the queen mother in the morning, and she got this list. The queen saw it and thought it was good, so she promised it to the emperor. ”

"Hey, that's it!" "The inner palace always has to add new people, even if you can hide for a while, you can't hide for a lifetime. The outer dynasty is connected to the inner palace, and this has been the case in all dynasties.

Thinking about the promise he made to his wife, he was about to lose his word, and he couldn't help but feel sad. "Set up the Kunning Palace, I will go and see the queen. ”

When Mu Xuanyang came, Lu Ruxue was holding the list and asked Bai Guang about half of the people on this list, she had an impression, but some of them were titles that had only been awarded in the past few years, and she really hadn't paid attention to them.

"Who is this newly appointed Zhao Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, and what kind of official position was he in the past?"

"Back to the queen's mother, this Zhao Shangshu was originally the left waiter of the household department, and then because of Ding Wei, he was reinstated last year. ”

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Seeing that the emperor was coming over at this time, thinking that it must be for the newcomer to enter the palace, he got up and saluted, retreated left and right, and sat opposite each other.

"What the queen mother means, the concubines understand. The emperor attaches great importance to filial piety, and it is always difficult to go against the will of the queen mother. ”

"In the end, I was wronged like snow. Listening to his wife's words, Mu Xuanyang's eyes were full of apologies. Lu Ruxue sighed secretly, and forcibly endured the sourness in her heart, fortunately, this man has her in his heart, and he is willing to coax her.

"Xuanyang's heart only belongs to me, where did he come from. Seeing his wife's coquettish smile, Mu Xuanyang's heart was less burdened.

The names of these ten people have been decided, and the emperor still has something to do in the previous dynasty, so it is inconvenient to stay for a long time.

In addition to the daughter of the Marquis of Puding, who was named Concubine Ning, only the daughter of Zhao Shangshu of the household department was named Concubine De. The other eight people only sealed Jieyu and nobles.

In this post-establishment matter, the Marquis of Puding shared the same hatred with the Taifu Mansion, and he had a meritorious role in supporting the crown prince at the beginning. So he gave the daughter of Chen Huan, Marquis of Puding, the title of a concubine. It is equivalent to elevating the Marquis of Puding and balancing the Duke of Wei.

The harem is connected to the previous dynasty, even if Lu Ruxue doesn't want to care about these things, but in his position, he can't stay out of it at all.

As for the daughter of Zhao Shangshu of the household department, this new Shangshu was originally a pawn that Mu Xuanyang secretly stepped on when he did not succeed to the position of prince. The Queen Mother always thought that this person was the person of Wei Guogong, so this time she chose a newcomer to enter the palace, and she also wrote Zhao Shangshu's daughter into the list.

And the emperor took advantage of the situation and promoted Zhao Shangshu's daughter as a concubine. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, it was enough to give the Wei Mansion enough face.

As for the other women, fathers and brothers in the family, they are mostly close to the Queen Mother and the Duke of Wei, so the emperor only allowed Jieyu and the name of nobles.

After the will was written, Lu Ruxue showed it to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was also satisfied, so she used the seal to make the edict to the world.

Within three months, ten women entered the palace one after another. Mu Xuanyang also stayed in Concubine Xu's bedroom for the first time.

That night, Lu Ruxue sat in front of the window all night. There are no big ups and downs in my heart, and I don't see sadness and sadness, but I am empty.

On the second day, looking at Concubine Xu, who came to greet herself with a happy face, Lu Ruxue was willing to believe that her relationship with Mu Xuanyang, because of these women, had finally come to an end, and it was impossible to make any progress.

It's the crown prince, who often comes to accompany his mother these days. Lu Ruxue did not teach her son what monogamy is. I don't want the prince to be difficult and attract the dissatisfaction of the ministers. You must know that these courtiers are mostly counting on their in-laws and rising to the top.

In the past three months, although newcomers have entered the palace one after another, Mu Xuanyang will still rest in the queen's Kunning Palace for most of the days, and only on the second day after the newcomers enter the palace, will the concubines and concubines be congratulated.