In the early morning of this day, Empress Dowager Sun took Empress Qian, Concubine Zhou and others to wait at the gate of the harem waiting for Empress Dowager Wu and others who were about to move. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info It was nearly noon to see more than a dozen pairs of red-clothed eunuchs walking slowly on horseback, all of them holding dragons and phoenixes, pheasant feathers, and deacons and eunuchs holding incense beads, embroidered handkerchiefs, dust and other things. After a pair of pairs, I saw several gold-topped gold embroidered phoenix chariots slowly coming, followed by chariots and horses loaded with pinched gold silk rosewood boxes. The majesty of royal etiquette. In front of the Empress Dowager Sun, the Empress Dowager Wu came down from the chariot with the support of the palace maid, and the concubines such as Queen Wang and Concubine Hang followed closely behind.

Empress Dowager Sun thought to herself: "Is such a big battle for me to see?" But he smiled and said, "My sister is here?" Let my sister wait. ”

Empress Dowager Wu took out a yellow peony silk handkerchief, wiped the rouge on the corner of her mouth, and said, "Sister, wait." I was expecting to come over early this morning. But I didn't sleep well all night because Yu'er was busy with Yu'er's ascension to the throne yesterday, and I got up late today. Come to the queen, concubine, I have seen the Holy Queen Mother. ”

I saw the two concubines, one was dressed in a blue Luo skirt, wearing a bright yellow peony embroidered jacket, with a fair complexion and a slender figure was Queen Wang; The other is wearing a moon-white satin jacket, a rose-purple Luo skirt, eyebrows curved willow leaves, and a staring triangle is Hang Guifei. The two concubines asked the Empress Dowager Sun and others one by one, and they entered the palace together after a greeting.

Wan Ruoxue also followed with a palace maid.

When it came to the Middle Palace, Empress Dowager Wu asked, "Sister, are you okay living in this Cining Palace?" ”

Empress Dowager Sun was stunned: Huh? This Cining Palace has been the residence of the Queen Mother since the Ming Dynasty built the Forbidden City, is this Wu family coveting my Cining Palace? Then he said with a smile: "Cining Palace, my sister has been living in Zhen'er for more than ten years since she became the emperor, there is nothing good or bad, just get used to it." What does my sister think? Yesterday, I was worried about Yu'er's accession to the throne, but I forgot to ask my sister where she would like to live in the East Sixth Palace?"

Empress Dowager Wu smiled: "Oh, my sister. In the Cining Palace, Kunning Palace, and Chengqian Palace, you and your daughters-in-law live in the East Sixth Palace. The three of us live in the remaining places. Empress Wang, what do you think of Concubine Hang? ”

Empress Wang was just about to open her mouth, but she saw Concubine Hang raise her eyebrows and say, "You can live wherever the concubine lives, but... The remaining Jingyang Palace has been uninhabited for a long time, and His Royal Highness the Prince is too young, so I'm afraid it's not okay to live in that unpopular place? Yanxi Palace is the farthest away from Qianqing Palace, I am afraid that it is inconvenient for the emperor to see the prince, not to mention Jingren Palace, Queen Hu was deposed before the Holy Empress Dowager lived there, and the concubines are afraid that it is ominous. After that, Concubine Hang Guifei smiled but looked at Empress Dowager Sun provocatively.

Speaking of this deposed Queen Hu, it is really a thorn in the heart of the Empress Dowager Sun. Empress Hu was originally the wife of Emperor Xuanzong's original wife and was famous for her virtue. In the fifteenth year of Yongle, she was elected as the imperial concubine. During the Hongxi period, she was named the crown princess. In the first year of Xuande (1426), Xuanzong ascended the throne and became the empress. And Empress Dowager Sun was only the crown prince's concubine at the beginning, and her status was below that of Empress Hu. It's just that the Hu family has never had a son, but she gave birth to her eldest son when she was still Sun Guifei. The struggle in the harem was never won by virtue alone, she won the emperor's favor by her extraordinary means, and let the emperor depose Empress Hu and replace her. It's just that the virtuous of the Hu family is very famous in the harem and the people, and because the Hu family is innocent, the Empress Dowager Sun naturally bears the charge of seducing the monarch. There were even rumors in the palace that Zhu Qizhen was not born to herself, but was the child of the palace maid she robbed to usurp the throne. Even Xuanzong often repented in his later years, saying that it was a juvenile impulse after the abolition. This Empress Hu is really a haze that will never dissipate over the head of Empress Dowager Sun, because no matter how good she does, in the hearts of others, she will always be a bad woman who forced the Hu family away. Today, this Hang Guifei just mentioned the person she was most afraid of mentioning, which was obviously instructed by the Empress Dowager Wu, and they moved in, so the people on the pole of the Empress Dowager Sun should stop thinking about it. After all, it's a different day.

Empress Dowager Sun looked at the young woman in front of her who was smiling with a knife hidden, remembered everything she had experienced in the palace when she was young, and said in her heart: Heh. A defeated of my former subordinates, a little girl, who wants to fight me? The old lady will teach you what is the mouth of the Buddha and the heart of the snake, and what is the open gun and the hidden arrow. Empress Dowager Sun took Hang's hand and said, "What a thoughtful child, you actually have the character of your young sister. It's just a good boy, I'm afraid you don't understand when you just entered the palace. This East Sixth Palace must be the queen, the imperial concubine, or the place where the abolished queen lives, and the concubines can only go to the West Sixth Palace. I look at the Chuxiu Palace that has just been repaired, it is very good, it is a pillar built of fine golden silk nanmu, as soon as you enter the palace, you will feel that the air is fresh, the smell is fragrant, and it has the effect of repelling mosquitoes in summer, you and the prince live there is the most suitable. ”

One sentence made Hang so frightened that he couldn't justify it. It is obvious that they have never entered the palace and do not understand the rules, but this is indeed a fact. Ruoxue heard the words of the Empress Dowager Sun, and understood a little in her heart, this Chuxiu Palace had just been completed, because the golden silk nanmu was in short supply, so the scraps were filled with camphor wood from the south. Although camphor wood also has a fragrance and can repel mosquitoes, it is not good for pregnant women and babies. This is also the reason why Zhou Guifei and the crown prince have been living in Chengqian Palace. Empress Dowager Sun just let her mother and mother live in Chuxiu Palace.... Concubine Hang only blames you for being too aggressive at the beginning.

Empress Dowager Wu continued: "Concubine Hang, this child, is a little anxious. Thank you sister for arranging, even if my sister thinks so thoughtfully, your mother and son will live there. It's just sister, Cining Palace and Shoukang Palace are both places where our Queen Mother and Concubine do. But now that Yu'er is the emperor, if I live in Shoukang Palace, I feel that I am still far away from him. Is there anything else that would be suitable? ”

"What did my sister say? Now that you are the queen mother of Emperor Jingtai, you should live in this Cining Palace. What about me? I took my grandson and Concubine Zhou to move to Xianyang Palace. That's where the prince should live. Empress Dowager Sun smiled generously: "As for Queen Wang." Naturally, you want to live in Kunning Palace, where the queen should live. Empress Dowager Qian, you can clean up and move to Yanxi Palace. ”

Empress Wang looked at Empress Qian's reluctance and said, "The Holy Empress Dowager, don't bother, the concubines feel that Yanxi Palace is clean, or Empress Dowager Qian will continue to live in Kunning Palace." When Empress Dowager Wu heard her say this, she immediately coughed twice.

Empress Dowager Sun said with a straight face: "This kid is kind." It's just that the ancestral etiquette cannot be violated, and the queen has to live in the queen's palace. Empress Dowager Qian, why don't you hurry up and clean up? ”

Qian promised to ask An to go out. Empress Dowager Sun couldn't wait to live with her grandson, but now that Ruoxue was with her again, she felt a lot more comforted.

So, on the second day of Zhu Qiyu's ascension to the throne, people in the six palaces of the east and west were busy moving around. The Empress Dowager Wu, who had just entered the palace, waited outside for a day in the sun before settling down.

It was late at night, and Empress Dowager Sun and Concubine Zhou, who had moved to Xianyang Palace, coaxed Zhu Jianshen to sleep and went to the outer hall to gossip. Ruoxue brought the red dates and angelica tea that replenished qi and calmed the nerves, and Caiping and the few eunuchs and palace maids brought by the Empress Dowager Sun were still cleaning the house. Empress Dowager Sun asked, "Zhen'er, have you figured out all the details of the people in this house?" ”

Ruoxue replied: "They are all palace people who came with the concubine Niangniang in the past, and I know it very well. Not to mention the Queen Mother, you brought it. ”

Empress Dowager Sun nodded and said, "There don't be too many people in this house now, but it must be safe." The human heart is the most difficult to cultivate, and the more it is, the more prone it is to make mistakes. Liang Fang, come in. With the greeting of the Empress Dowager Sun, the little eunuch who had prepared the decree for the Empress Dowager a few days ago promised and flashed in. This is Liang Fang, the little eunuch I trained with my own hands after Zhen'er left. This kid is very clever and loyal to his master. In the future, you will discuss the affairs of this palace together. Our future days are like walking on thin ice, and we must strive to be thoughtful in everything! ”

Zhou Guifei and Ruoxue hurriedly said yes. That Liang Fang flashed her eyes and smiled at Ruoxue: "Aunt Wan, do you remember me?" ”