Emperor Zhaoqing reigned for fourteen years, how many women were in his harem?

Yu Shu made a statistic when he first took office, seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courts, and they are all false, under Queen Rui, there is one concubine from the first grade, two concubines from the second grade, eight concubines from the third grade, thirty-two nobles above the fifth grade, and then the talents, beauties, and ladies are even more uncountable.

In addition, the concubine selection system of the An Dynasty is usually a three-year promotion, and young women are selected from all states and counties of the thirteen provinces, and sent to the capital after layers of screening.

The most pitiful thing is the palace women who come up from these places, if they have some family background, they can find a person to rely on in the palace, and maybe they hope to show their faces in front of the emperor.

The Kun Ling Bureau has to redraw the Kun Book for the next month every month, this month is full of a total of thirty days, the fixed is that the queen is three days alone, the concubine will have three more days, and the concubine will have three days, which will go to one-third, and the emperor will also rest, there are always three or five days of self-cultivation every month, and one person sleeps, and only half of the thirty days are left.

There were not a hundred or eighty people waiting in the queue to sleep with the emperor, and fifteen days was not enough.

This depends on the arrangement of the Kunling Bureau.

Yu Shu has studied that the original purpose of the establishment of the Kunling Bureau was probably the influence of Empress Ning Zhen on the previous dynasty in order to limit the influence of the harem on the emperor. She gave this right to the change of officials, rather than being manipulated by the "empress", out of public and private interests, which also avoided the direct contradiction between the emperor and the queen.

Therefore, this rule, which obviously interfered with the emperor's personal freedom, can continue to this day.

Before today, Yu Shu never thought that she could reap any benefits in the position of the female imperial official of the Kunling Bureau, not because she was timid, nor how decent she was, but because she was self-aware. With her, a fledgling new officer. I don't have the ability to reach out to the emperor's harem.

Even if Xue Rui said it so bluntly, coupled with Xue Guifei's personal assurance, she couldn't be moved.

If she was asked to accept bribes in the name of compiling the Kun Book, she was afraid that she would not be able to do it.

"Big brother, is this teaching me to fake public and private affairs?" Yu Shu shook his head and smiled. "Forget it. I'm not short of money to spend. can only live up to the mother's kindness. ”

Even if Xue Guifei escorted her because she reciprocated her and thanked her for being willing to stand on her boat, she couldn't really be dazzled by the fame and fortune in front of her.

What's more, she can't trust Xue Guifei.

Her reaction was really a bit unexpected for Xue Rui. He straightened up, looked at her, and after a moment he understood.

"Ah Shu, are you afraid of her-"

"Hey, I didn't say anything," Yu Shu interrupted him with chopsticks, took a piece of meat jelly and stuffed it into his mouth, and interrupted:

"By the way, I'll have to ask you for me."

Xue Rui knew that she had scruples, so she also turned a corner, and secretly praised her for becoming more and more thoughtful now, and she could detect some things that even he hadn't expected.

He didn't dare to guarantee that Xue Guifei would give Yu Shu a word to let her borrow the Kun Book to reap the benefits, whether it was to thank Yu Shu or to lure her greed, and take the opportunity to pinch her.

"What's the matter, you say."

Yu Shu added a glass of wine to Xue Rui and leaned towards him, "Do you have any friends who are on an errand in the Ministry of Officials, help me check, which adult is in Suzhou during the ten to twelve years of Baotai?" ”

Suzhou Prefecture is directly under the jurisdiction of more than a dozen county seats, including Yu Shu's hometown of Yiyang City, Suzhou Order is to supervise the Suzhou prefect from the capital to the local officials, large and small five products.

Xue Rui's expression moved, raised his eyelids and asked her, "What are you asking about this?" ”

Yu Shu said vaguely: "Oh, I have something, can you help me inquire?" ”

Well, she wanted to inquire about the people who were decentralized officials in the south more than 20 years ago, and Xue Rui thought of Yunhua almost instantly, so he refused to be easily fooled by her.

"Is it related to the person you promised Yunhua to find?"

Yu Shu saw that he couldn't hide it, hesitated for a moment, and simply confessed: "Yes, it's because of Yunhua." ”

Xue Ruier narrowed his eyes: "Then this person who has been the Suzhou Commander is the person Yunhua wants you to find?" ”

Yu Shu shook his head and said depressedly: "It would be nice if it was so simple, I don't know where to find someone in Lu Dao, but Yunhua told me that if I can find this Suzhou Order, I may be able to inquire about the whereabouts of that person." ”

This was said upside down, and it was hard for Xue Rui to understand, so he was suddenly full of suspicion and asked her:

"Tell me honestly, who did Yunhua ask you to find? Maybe I can help you with ideas. ”

Yu Shuxin said that it was right, she wanted to find someone, and she couldn't make a big splash, Xue Rui must be indispensable for help, Yunhua didn't tell her not to tell people, she told Xue Rui, it was not a leak.

"Well, it's actually not anyone else, big brother, do you remember that I told you about the storyteller in the street teahouse?" Yu Shu mentioned it to Xue Rui with a gossip on his face:

"That person told a bit of the truth, before Yunhua entered Beijing to take the exam, there was indeed a lady in his hometown, and he gave birth to a son, but he was forced to marry a princess, and he lost contact with his hometown wife, and the person he asked me to help him find was his eldest son who had been missing for 20 years."

Xue Rui was stunned.

Yu Shu only thought that he was surprised, and said with emotion: "Who would have thought that Yunhua Yizi and Princess Luyue would be like this behind this beautiful conversation, pity that mother and son." ”

Big brother is really a scumbag.

"Then, what does this matter have to do with the Suzhou Order of that year?" He asked.

"Yun Mufeng is the pseudonym of Yunhua Yizi, he was originally a person from Yiyang, he walked in all directions when he was young, and made friends with the Suzhou Order that had just been delegated at that time, the two were close friends, and later Yunhua didn't marry the princess, he was afraid that someone would investigate his details, which would be unfavorable to his wife and children, so he quietly wrote a trust to pay the Suzhou Order to help him take care of his wife and children, and then Yunhua calculated that his wife was in trouble, and knew that his wife was dead, but the child's whereabouts were unknown, it was not related to the Suzhou Order, and he was saved."

Yu Shu told him about this bloody past, and at the same time, he made up his mind and analyzed with him:

"If I think it's very likely, if that Suzhou Ling is a true brother who is righteous, it is necessary to save the child's life, it is best to hide his eyes and ears, raise him as if he were his own son, and wait until eighteen years later, and then tell the child his life experience, so that he can avenge his parents."

Hearing this, Xue Rui clasped the wine in the cup, raised his head and drank it all, all kinds of tastes in his heart, choking the hot pain in the corners of his eyes, he lowered his eyes to cover his color, and smiled dumbly:

"You're babbling gibberish again" (to be continued......)