Zhu Youzhen returned to the Qianqing Palace and began to deal with some urgent and important movements.

When it was time for dinner, he specially asked the imperial dining room to cook a few more dishes, and then passed the two princesses to have dinner together.

Emperor Chongzhen's life was very simple, and the harem was relatively harmonious in history.

There was almost no turmoil, and Zhu Weijiao inherited the virtues of her mother, Queen Zhou, very well, and never wasted and arrogant.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the lives of several emperors in this area have always been very chaotic, from Jiajing, indulged in this, so that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military could not stand it, and repeatedly persuaded him to "raise the holy bow" (that is, pay attention to the body).

To Wanli, at the age of nineteen, an impulse caused decades of national capital disputes, and then reached the peak in Taichang, because of the unsolvable legend of "Night, Lian Xing Seven", which made him less than a month.

According to this principle of genetics and the law of inertia, Chongzhen should also be unable to escape the curse called a woman. Surprisingly, however.

From Emperor Chongzhen's accession to the throne at the age of seventeen to his suicide at the age of thirty-four, this life was the most passionate for more than ten years, this young man in the prime of his youth.

The life of the harem is far less colorful than that of his elders, and he earnestly adheres to the concept of frugality and restraint, and this strictness permeates every detail.

He has devoted all his energy to governing the country, and what is the level of governance, let's put it aside, this spirit is really admirable.

Emperor Chongzhen's empress Zhou, born as a commoner, was in charge of housework early due to her poor family when she was a child, and she belonged to a sensible woman who was in charge of the family early.

During the Apocalypse, Zhu Youzhen, who was still the king of faith, chose the princess, and Zhou was also among the candidates because of her gentle and good looks, although she was not outstanding among many women.

However, Empress Yi'an, who was responsible for supervising the selection of the princess, had a unique vision, and immediately selected the Zhou family, and soon became the princess of Xin.

Due to Wei Zhongxian's huge power at that time and the dark political whirlpool, Zhou accompanied Zhu Youzhen to live a low-key and cautious life in the Xinwang Mansion for a long time.

Although she is a royal prince, she is no different from the daughter-in-law of ordinary people, and at the most dangerous time, because she is afraid that outsiders will frame her, Zhu Youzhen only eats the food made by the Zhou family.

After such days lasted for a year, finally, Zhu Youzhen successfully ascended the throne, and the Zhou family was successfully promoted to Empress Zhou.

Zhu Youzhen, who became the emperor, made up his mind to make great efforts.

The first is to require the harem to be frugal and simple, and Queen Zhou is also very supportive of her husband's great cause, not wearing jacquard clothes, not eating extravagant food, just like before, weaving and weaving clothes by herself, which is no different from a peasant woman.

This record should have some truth, Chongzhen was very short of money during the years, and sometimes he had to go out to sell tribute to make extra money, and the emperor's own internal money was taken out to supplement the military expenses, and the days in the palace were not relaxed.

Such a virtuous and good woman, of course, Chongzhen cherishes it, and the relationship between the emperor and the queen has always been very good, and it is a good story in history.

Of course, the couple occasionally quarrels, what if they are awkward? Once, because of a trivial matter, the two of them quarreled in the Jiaotai Palace.

Queen Zhou didn't dare to complain directly about the Son of Heaven, so she shouted "Believe in the king, believe in the king", first, it is more cool not to be responsible for scolding, and secondly, she is hinting at the love between husband and wife for many years, do you remember?

In the biography of Zhen Huan, those concubines of the older generation always like to mention what happened when they were still in the palace, which is a kind of capital.

At that time, Chongzhen was angry on his head, and he accidentally pushed Queen Zhou to the ground, the queen was very aggrieved, and she went on a hunger strike to resist, and Chongzhen regretted it afterwards.

Seeing that Queen Zhou was ruining her body, she immediately apologized and questioned in person in a hurry, until Queen Zhou began to eat.

Look at it, even between the emperor and the queen, there are such touching details, our queen is cool and arrogant, and Chongzhen is soft.

Alas, I want to say, in fact, Chongzhen is also a good man~~

In addition to the queen, Chongzhen's favorite woman is Tian Guifei, Tian Guifei is beautiful and intelligent, graceful, and her mother was a folk advocate of excellence, so she taught her singing and dancing skills.

There are poems praising her talent: "Abundant and prosperous, solid and unparalleled, juju and chess are the first", and she is definitely an all-round goddess who is proficient in everything today.

Such a stunner, no wonder Chongzhen loves it. But this pretty girl isn't the kind of red face that comes with it.

On the one hand, Chongzhen is self-disciplined and cautious about harem life, and Queen Zhou's Shude is also an excellent example, and on the other hand, Tian Guifei is also more reasonable.

When her mother's family relied on her status to do wrong, she personally warned her family not to do this, otherwise she would only commit suicide.

The relationship between Tian Guifei and Queen Zhou has always been very harmonious, the queen is tolerant, and the concubine is respectful, so no matter how dark and miasmatic Chongzhen's previous dynasty was, the harem has always been calm, and everything is prosperous.

Such a respectful royal life has always been a state that all dynasties yearn for, and it is rare for Chongzhen, a king of a dead country, to practice such a model.

This is not only due to the perseverance of this young man, but also to praise his sensible woman.

However, after all, it is the luck of the country, after all, it is the end of the world, and Chongzhen's harem is destined to have no good ending.

But if you want to think that just because they "die" is all tragedy, that's not enough.

In fact, what they did was even more shocking, mournful and admirable, and they added a thick ink to history with extraordinary courage and strength.

Let's talk about Queen Zhou first. After the peasant army broke through the city of Beijing, Chongzhen resolutely gave up fleeing south in order to protect the spirit of integrity, and only sought to die for the country.

Before he committed suicide, he ordered his family members to break off first, and he said sadly to his wife, Queen Zhou, that the general trend had gone. Empress Zhou responded with bitter tears, the concubine has served His Majesty for eighteen years, and now she is dying for Sheji, and she has no regrets.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, and burst into tears.

After that, Queen Zhou calmly said goodbye to her children, this virtuous queen hanged herself fearlessly in Kunning Palace, still with the graceful temperament of Fengyi in the world, with the decisive heart of Ling Ran, the mother of a country, and with her responsibility and shoulders for Kunji, that kind of heroism, she was actually admired by Xu Mei!

In addition to the empress (Tian Guifei died earlier), the other palace people also showed amazing courage.

There was a palace maid surnamed Wei, who saw that the princesses of the concubines committed suicide one after another, and did not want to be defiled by the thieves, so she jumped into the Yushui River and broke off, and there were hundreds of people who committed suicide following her.

There is also a palace man surnamed Fei, who originally chose to throw himself into the well, but was rescued by the rebel soldiers.

When these soldiers saw Fei's outstanding appearance, they all wanted to snatch and rape her, and at the critical moment, Fei's wittily shouted, "I am the eldest princess!" ”

The thieves didn't know what the eldest princess looked like, so they didn't dare to attack at the moment and sent her to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng pulled over a few surrendered dogs to identify her, and recognized her as a little palace concubine, not a princess.

However, because of her beauty, Li Zicheng easily rewarded her to a minister, but Fei said, "I am also a woman from the palace, and the general must marry me with courtesy." ”

The ministry was very happy to see her beauty, so they arranged a banquet according to the etiquette and officially treated each other. Fei took advantage of the drunkenness of the ministry school and killed him with a dagger.

She sighed and said, I, a weak woman, can resist the general of a thief, and I can be regarded as worthy of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor! Then he calmly killed himself. This faithful and strong girl was only sixteen years old at the time.

This is Emperor Chongzhen's simple and Shuliang harem, this is a firm and heroic harem, not only a trickling of a gentle daughter, but also a towering mountain-like Zheng Zheng male bones.

Under the pale blood and tears of the last days, the tragedy of Chongzhen's dynasty was interpreted by the masters of the temple behind him, and there was more heart-wrenching poignancy than the battlefield.

Even if people criticize it in a thousand ways, and the countless darkness of the late Ming Dynasty, it is difficult not to be moved when reading this historical material...... The history scroll is only a few pages, but what a thick past!