After Lin Yan sent the concubines and concubines away, Lin Yan called Mu Qing and instructed: "Go and check, which of them started first." ”

If four or five concubines come together, someone will definitely take the lead in organizing it.

Mu Qing had already checked it out early in the morning, and replied: "Concubine Gui went to Ci'an Palace yesterday to see Concubine Duan, and Concubine Duan went to see Concubine Cao Gui again, and Concubine Cao Gui called Concubine Yun, Concubine Su and others over to drink tea together, and then this morning, they came to see Niangniang together. ”

Lin Yan said: "In this way, it should be Concubine Duan's head." But today, looking at the palace, it is Concubine Cao Gui who has been taking the lead and talking all the time. Saying that, she couldn't help but smile and said: "Concubine Duan is smart, she found Concubine Cao Gui to take the lead, if things don't work out or something happens, she has Concubine Cao Gui in front of her." ”

Concubine Cao Gui is not as smart as Concubine Duan, and she shoots a bird, but she doesn't know this truth.

Lin Yan asked again: "But I didn't see it in the palace today, and even the concubine was involved." ”

Mu Qing moved his eyebrows at Lin Yan and said, "Don't worry, Niangniang, Concubine Lian is wise and foolish, and she knows how to look at the situation." Concubine Xian was married before entering the palace, so after entering the palace, she was excluded by the harem, only Concubine Lian was very good friends with Concubine Xian, and took care of the emperor when she was young. ”

Lin Yan nodded, no wonder, after the emperor ascended the throne, he didn't like to reuse his own brothers, only the king of Yanping County, who was born to the concubine, made a Zongzheng order and took charge of the Zongren Mansion.

The Zongren Mansion is in charge of the royal jade, clan marriage, life and death, and burial. Those who can sit on the Zongzheng Order must be those trusted by the emperor.

Mu Qing said to Lin Yan again: "Niangniang, even the concubine can make friends with one or two." Sometimes it is not easy for you as a junior to come forward as a junior, so it is most appropriate for them to make trouble between their concubines and concubines. And even the concubine must be able to understand Niangniang's intentions. ”

Lin Yan nodded and said, "Let's talk about it later." ”

And the matter of reducing the number of shares was not over after Lin Yan sent Concubine Cao Gui and others.

Concubine Cao Gui fell ill on the second day after returning from Changkun Palace, and King Heng entered the palace with three carts and carts of things such as medicinal herbs, cloth, silver carbon, and tea.

This move is clearly a slap in the face of the emperor and accuses the emperor of mistreating the concubines and concubines.

And the emperor said angrily in Changkun Palace: "A few widowed old women have no peace. And King Heng, there is really him everywhere. ”

Speaking of King Heng, he is also a character who doesn't know what to say. In the later period of the first emperor's dispute, the crown prince was poisoned by King Xian, the first emperor cut King Xian, and King Qi, as the third prince, colluded with Queen Chen to prepare for the palace change, and the matter was defeated and self-judged. Then King Heng, as the fourth prince, looked at it, oops, the brothers in front of him are all dead, and among the remaining brothers, he is the longest in terms of ranking, and his mother is the most respectful in terms of identity, and it should be my turn to take the throne. At that time, there was also a matter of hundreds of officials collectively asking King Liheng to be the crown prince.

As a result, King Heng was reprimanded by the first emperor, demoted from a prince to a county king, and finally the seventh-ranked Jinshang became the crown prince. When the emperor ascended the throne, the emperor reinstated him to the prince in order to appease King Heng.

Lin Yan guessed that at that time, the hundred officials invited King Liheng, and there were more or less emperors' handwriting. But it can also be said that King Heng's resourcefulness was not enough to make him emperor.

King Heng is probably a little unconvinced by the emperor, seeing that the emperor has some of his own throne robbed by him, he usually loves to work against the emperor. Because of this, King Heng is still just a prince who has no errands on his body, and his life depends on the output of the fief. Oh, last time there was a private mining of iron ore in King Heng's fiefdom, so even the fief was sent by the emperor to take care of it.

The good thing you say about this person is "not afraid of power", but if you don't say it well, you can't see the situation clearly. Even the fiefdom has been managed by others, and the original intention of working against the emperor remains the same.

Lin Yan looked at the emperor who was humming, but she just wanted to laugh, and then she couldn't help laughing.

This is the first time that the emperor has expressed his deep dislike for the concubines in front of Lin Yan.

The emperor usually looks cold and majestic, but at this time, he was so angry that he wanted to jump to his feet, which made Lin Yan feel some human touch and childishness.

The emperor glared at her and said, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Lin Yan shook her head, gave him a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "The emperor is angry." ”

The emperor took the tea, but he didn't drink it, and put it directly on the small table.

Lin Yan winked at him and said, "The emperor must not like the concubines and concubines living in the palace." ”

Only then did the emperor feel that his behavior just now was a little out of shape, he looked away, embarrassed for a moment, and then said seriously: "Nonsense." The concubines and concubines served the first emperor and opened up branches and leaves for the first emperor, and they were meritorious people. I respect them as my own mother. ”

Lin Yan smiled and said: "Yes, the emperor's filial piety can be learned from heaven and earth." However, since the concubines are all meritorious people who served the first emperor, and now that they are old, it is time to enjoy the joy of family. ”

The emperor's face moved, turned his head, looked at Lin Yan, and waited for her to continue.

Lin Yan leaned over and smiled with the emperor in a low voice: "Your Majesty, how about the concubine give you an idea?" ”

The Emperor lifted his chin and motioned for her to speak.

Lin Yan said: "Why don't the emperors let the princes take the concubines and concubines to the palace to be raised, so that the emperor's silver will be saved, the emperor will be relieved, and the concubines and concubines will also be happy, the best of both worlds." And the concubines found that there were such examples in the previous dynasty. ”

As for why there are no such examples in this dynasty, it can be traced back to the fact that the founding of this dynasty has been a short time since then.

Since the founding of Taizu, the founding of the country has been less than 100 years, and he is now the fourth emperor.

Emperor Taizu's mothers and fathers were all posthumously sealed by themselves, so naturally there was no problem of supporting his mother. Emperor Taizong was more ruthless and plotted against his father to ascend to the throne. Even his own father dares to kill, let alone his half-siblings. When Taizong first ascended the throne, the Manchu Dynasty was full of rumors and blood, Emperor Taizu's harem was killed and wounded, and the remaining concubines were all raised in captivity by Taizong.

The first emperor had no brothers, and the concubines had no children, so they were all sent to Qingliang Temple.

Then when he arrived at the emperor, he was more cheating on his father, there were too many concubines, and there were too many concubines who gave birth to princes and princesses, and it was painful to raise them. These concubines and concubines are a little less satisfied, and those half-brothers have to come out to make irresponsible remarks.

The emperor was silent for a moment, and it was not that he had not considered the idea that Lin Yan had put forward.

First, there were too many chaos in the court caused by the dispute between the princes in the later period of the first emperor, he was busy sorting out the court to deal with political affairs, and the affairs of the harem and the concubine were not free to deal with it.

The emperor patted Lin Yan's head and said, "This matter can't be done in a day or two. ”

Lin Yan glanced at the emperor, that is to say, the emperor also has this plan, but he is not in a hurry at the moment.