Chapter 13 Secrets in the Gossip Palace
Now listening to what Fu Hui said, Yao Qinghua suddenly knew that the record of Zhu Di's life experience in the history of the wild was actually true. www.biquge.info It is true that in some cases, those high-sounding official histories are really not as real as those wild histories.
Because the official history is in the hands of those in power, it is the self-praise of the victors; On the contrary, in the oral tradition of wild history, even if the people in power can control the historians who write history, they cannot stop the mouths of the people.
I don't know how many secrets of the Ming Palace are in the mouth of this big girl?
I only heard Na Fu continued: "After the emperor ascended the throne, maybe because he was half of Korean blood, or maybe he wanted to find the shadow of his mother who died when he was young from the body of a Korean woman, and make up for the debt of his lifelong mother, he constantly sent people to North Korea to draft girls into the palace. Last year, the emperor first sent an envoy Huang Yan and others to North Korea, rewarding the king of North Korea with 10,000 taels of silver, 50 horses of silk, 50 horses of silk thread, and 100 horses of cooked silk. Therefore, the king of Joseon hastened to order a ban on marriage and marriage, and a large selection of beautiful women in preparation for the offering. At that time, it was said that no one in the Joseon Kingdom, from the princes and ministers to the common people, was willing to send their daughters to a foreign country thousands of miles away from home to be palace maids, so there were only a few show girls selected.
Our emperor was furious and ordered the Joseon royal court to hurry up and choose immediately. The Joseon royal court only sent the inspection departments of each province to increase the selection efforts, and at the same time notified the local governments that all large and small order-keepers, character officials, and village officials were to be selected in two shifts a day, day and night; Whether it is the common people, the township school, the students, the daughters of each household, if they have a look, they will all be selected. If they hide or use acupuncture, hair cutting, medicine and other methods to avoid selection, they will be dealt with by national law. ”
"It's really a perverted way of drafting, it's actually two shifts day and night, like a war, and the draft girl is like a war; The way those North Koreans evade the draft is really weird, acupuncture, hair breaking, and medicine, these miserable ways have been used up, and this baby said that he was really drunk. ”
Yao Qinghua silently complained in his heart, and continued to ask, "That's how Concubine Quan Xian was selected by coercive means?" ”
"That's not it, but this Quan Yan'er was reported by his father on his own initiative."
Through Fu Hui's narration, Yao Qinghua learned that at that time, Quan Yan'er's father was originally a small village official in charge of the draft in North Korea, and he worked very hard in the draft and offended many people, but he also had a daughter himself, so he was afraid that others would report that he had a daughter and did not choose to give it to the emperor.
This squire is selfish, thinking that his daughter is the least outstanding among the selected show girls, and the emperor will definitely not choose her to enter the palace after seeing it himself.
The squire took the initiative to report his daughter to the table, thinking that after being selected by the emperor, she was given a brand, so that she could not only be appeased by the emperor, but also reunite the family.
I never thought that the emperor took a fancy to the inconspicuous Quan Yan'er at a glance, and immediately named her the first "virtuous concubine" in the harem.
"The Korean lady who was enshrined together with Quan Yan'er is Ren, the daughter of Yin Ren Tiannian, the left secretary of Renyu Mansion, who was seventeen years old and was named Concubine Shun; Li Shi, the daughter of Li Wenming, the judge of Gong'an Mansion, was seventeen years old and was named Zhaoyi; Han Guizhen's daughter Han, sixteen years old, was named Jieyu; Cui Shi, the daughter of Cui Defei, the deputy director of the Chinese army, was only fourteen years old and was named a beauty. They were sent along with twelve maids and twelve cooks. Now our emperor's harem is almost all Koreans. Fleur sighed.
"Could it be that the emperor doesn't have a Han concubine, and he can't talk about it." Yao Qinghua asked unconvinced.
Fu Hui smiled, "You also know that just for the sake of face, this time there are only two Han concubines canonized at the same time as the five Korean maidens, one is Zhang Linglong, the sister of the British princess Zhang Fu, who was registered as a concubine. Another Lu Niangniang was not so lucky, she had been in the palace for many years, and she could be a mother for Concubine Quan Xian at her age, so she was promoted to the position of Zhaoyi. ”
"The emperor announced that he would no longer stand for life since the death of Empress Xu in the fifth year of Yongle, and Concubine Zhang's position is now equivalent to the queen, and our emperor has a heart for her." Yao Qinghua defended Zhang Guifei, who had never met.
"Silly Erhong, it's been a few months since you came to the palace, and you don't see much of this matter of being honored in the open and angry in the dark. That concubine Zhang was born in a famous family, and her father was named Qingyuan Hou in the era of her grandfather, and she was famous for her beauty when she was young, but when she came to this palace, she was snubbed everywhere. Where is this not amazing Korean lady used, as soon as she comes, she will be named the first virtuous concubine among the concubines. ”
"What a slave with an outside heart, you take the money in the palace of the virtuous concubine, but you are unhappy for other masters! Carefully, the virtuous concubine knows to tear your skin. But I think you are also loyal to your master, otherwise the virtuous concubine will not regard you as a confidant! Could it be all pretended? Yao Qinghua said with a smile.
"My sister misunderstood me, although I was upset by the cold reception of those beautiful ladies in the palace, but I sincerely served this virtuous concubine. Because this North Korean mother abandoned her country and family at a young age, she was lonely and pitiful. The most pitiful thing is that even if it is rumored in the whole palace, she still doesn't know why the emperor spoils her, and thinks that the emperor really loves her. After all, he is still young, where can he believe that in this emperor's house, there are no ordinary couples ****! ”
When Fleur said this, it was as if she had seen through the world, but in fact, she was three years younger than Concubine Xian, and she was only 16 this year. It's just that they have entered the palace since childhood, and some of them are young and old.
Yao Qinghua sighed, and hurriedly instructed Fu Hui: "I think this virtuous concubine is also very simple. Don't let these words reach her ears. ”
As soon as the words fell, a resentful female voice came from behind, "I heard it all, how can you hide it from me?" ”
The two looked up and saw that Quan Yan'er stumbled out from behind the rockery covered by flowers in the imperial garden, her delicate body trembled, and her face was full of tears, "Tell me, what you said is not true!" Xiao Tangyuan, you are jealous of the emperor's favor for me, so you chew the root of your tongue with Erhong, right, if you admit it, I can spare you the death penalty. ”
Yao Qinghua and Fu Hui looked at each other, why didn't they notice that someone was eavesdropping?
This virtuous concubine lives deep in the palace, how can she follow them out of the palace gate?
By the way, it must be that this virtuous concubine waits hard every day for the emperor not to come, and today I saw the second red girl in front of the emperor coming to the palace to find Fuyuan, so she was very sensitive to think that there was news from the emperor, so she naturally paid special attention.