Chapter 104: Choosing a Concubine
"God monitors, Wei Ren is based on, the succession of virtues, the emperor's heart cares, his care is he, in the other wing, to the descendants, blessings and 。。。。。"
On this day, the middle door of Song Duan's palace was opened, and the division played the "music and dance of Dashun".
At the same time, in front of the palace and on the royal street, there are officials of the Great Inner Guards and Court Attendants, Palace Maids and Teaching Workshops, Great Music Administration, Propaganda Department, Teaching Music Workshop, musicians, musicians, music workers, music girls and so on.
All kinds of colorful flags are also fluttering in the wind, covering the entire street.
In the fluttering of colorful flags, three huge dragon chariots and phoenix chariots drove in front of the gate of Duanwangfu.
"The ministers knocked to see the mother, the concubine, the official, wished the mother, the concubine and the concubine to bow to the blessed family, and respectfully asked the official family to be safe."
Zhao Ji, the king of Song Duan, was already dressed in court clothes, and he led the people of the palace to wait in the palace gate for a long time.
After Zhao Ji saw Long Yuan and Feng Yuan, he led the people of the palace to bow down.
Li Sanjian also pouted his buttocks high, knelt in the crowd, and lay on the ground, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the Queen Mother, and the concubine.
Kneeling in the south and north, although the etiquette of the Song Dynasty is mainly to do it, but on such a grand occasion it is still necessary to bow down.
"Saint Bow'an, Eleven Brother Ping." Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty first said to Zhao Ji, and then Zhao Xu turned around and helped the Empress Dowager Xiang of the Song Dynasty down from the Feng Yuan, and the imperial concubine Zhu was helped down by the palace maids.
Then Zhao Ji got up and put his hands in his sleeves, and bowed down to welcome Zhao Xu, Xiang, and Zhu into the mansion.
The people in the palace behind Zhao Ji were all like this, bowing down and clasping their hands in their wide sleeves, including Li Sanjian.
Li Sanjian bent his waist like a shrimp, and his hands were in his sleeves, but Li Sanjian raised his middle finger in the sleeve, because the sleeves were extremely wide, so no one noticed it at all...
Li Sanjian then hid in the crowd, secretly raised his head slightly to look at the Song Emperor Zhao Xu, this is the second time Li Sanjian saw Zhao Xu, the first time was from a distance, even if he had clairvoyance, he couldn't see it clearly, but he observed Zhao Xu's general appearance, and couldn't see his true face, at this time Li Sanjian finally saw clearly the current saint Zhao Xu, who had dethroned himself.
Zhao Xu's body is still relatively weak, and he looks weak, but his appearance is extremely delicate, which is probably the case with the Song royal family, Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.
It is said that the Song royal family, especially the emperor's choice of queens or concubines, are all selected charming people, so can the heirs they gave birth to be ugly? Basically, all of them are handsome men and beautiful women, unless they look extremely unbearable to witness after mutation, but the probability of this is extremely low.
Born in the deep palace, pampered, although handsome, but the body bones are generally not very good, like Duan Wang Zhao Ji is so lively prince is still extremely rare.
When Li Sanjian was looking at Zhao Xu "happily", the moment Zhao Xu entered the mansion, he suddenly looked up at Li Sanjian.
At this time, Zhao Xu's eyes were like electricity, and his eyes were like a scanner, scanning Li Sanjian from head to toe, and Li Sanjian hurriedly lowered his head in a panic.
Could it be that this guy recognizes himself, recognizes himself as a descendant who has been dethroned by him?
Impossible, right? Li Sanjian was secretly surprised in his heart, he was a few catties and a few taels, Li Sanjian couldn't be clearer, how could a little-known person fall into the eyes of Emperor Song?
Zhao Xu then smiled slightly, and together with the concubine Zhu, he helped the Queen Mother Xiang into the Duanwang Mansion.
Concubine Zhu is Zhao Xu's mother-in-law, but the Queen Mother Xiang is Zhao Xu's mother-in-law, so at this time, Zhao Xu can only support Xiang, but not Zhu.
This is the distinction between the two and the other, like a chasm, which cannot be crossed.
After Zhao Xu, Zhao Ji and others entered the hall, all kinds of seasonal fruits and vegetables, cakes, wines and other things that had already been prepared were sent up like flowing water.
At this time, only Zhao Xu, Zhao Ji, Xiang, and Zhu were left in the hall of Nuoda, which seemed to be a little empty, and the palace attendants and palace maids also retreated to the door to listen to the announcement at any time.
Li Sanjian also stood with everyone in the palace, but Li Sanjian chose a position close to the wooden window, and if he listened carefully, he could still hear some movement in the house.
Li Sanjian was extremely curious in his heart, curious about what they were talking about...
The Empress Dowager Xiang, the Concubine Zhu, and the Emperor Zhao Xu all tasted the fresh fruits, pastries and other things on the table.
After a while, Xiang said to Zhao Xu with a light smile: "The official family, the eleventh brother is not too young, he has reached the age of marriage, you can find him a family affair, I don't know what the official family means?" "Slightly
The eleventh son of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji'er, lost his father at the age of two, and his mother Chen also quickly followed Shenzong. Zhao Ji's parents died when he was a child, and he was raised in the palace by the Queen Mother Xiang since he was a child, and Xiang had no queen, so he regarded Zhao Ji as his own birth, Zhao Ji was also very sensible since he was a child, and his mother did it, plus Zhao Ji was smart and smart, his appearance was also handsome, his mouth was very sweet, and his tongue was like a lotus, which made Xiang very fond of it, and as time went by, the relationship between mother and son became more and more deep.
Song Shenzong's sons who were alive in the world at this time were only Zhao Ji, who lost his biological mother...
At this time, Zhao Ji was over sixteen years old, and he had already left the palace to open a mansion, and he could already start a family, so Xiang wanted to find a family for Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji is suave and suave, and he is messing with flowers and grass everywhere, so as to find him a family affair, so that he can take care of himself, so as not to cause any royal scandals.
Zhao Xu smiled and replied when he heard this: "Where do I have any objections?" I just don't know what Eleven Lang wants? ”
Under the continuous feeding of the ministers and the imperial doctors, Zhao Xu feels much better today, so he is in a better mood today, and he almost has no cough today, but even so, Zhao Xu does not dare to eat the cold food on the table, you must know that recently, Zhao Xu is either constipated or has diarrhea...
"The ministers are all up to the mother, the concubine, and the official family." Zhao Ji, who was standing on the side waiting, bowed and replied.
What objections does Zhao Ji have? Isn't that true of all royal marriages? Where is his Zhao Ji to speak?
According to the Song rites, there are superiors or elders who sit high, and subordinates or juniors must stand and answer, and Zhao Xu can't do it as the Song Emperor, but because Zhao Xu's body is not safe, he has the right to sit and talk to the two mothers.
"Even so, the old body is in charge today, and I don't know what good family's daughter is worthy of our family's eleventh lang." Xiang nodded.
Xiang's most satisfied thing is Zhao Ji's point, everything is according to his own will, and he has never disobeyed.
"The old man heard that the queen of the Texas Thorn History Wang Zao is frugal and virtuous, and her age is just over fourteen, which is a match for our eleventh lang, concubine, what do you think?" Xiang then asked Concubine Xiang Zhu.
Xiang is Zhao Ji's mother-in-law, so Zhu is Zhao Ji's mother-in-law, so Xiang asked for Zhu's meaning.
The main reason is that Concubine Zhu is Zhao Xu's mother-in-law, and the Xiang family has to give her face...
Concubine Zhu thought for a while and replied, "The Wang family is the daughter of a small official, so she is not a good match for Shiyi Lang, right?" Zhongmu is the grandson of Taibao, gentle and virtuous, and can be the wife of Eleven Lang. ”
When Xiang heard this, he was secretly angry in his heart, who is Ren Taibao? He is the stepfather of Concubine Zhu.
Concubine Zhu's biological father is named Cui Jie, is a common person, Concubine Zhu is actually surnamed Cui but not Zhu, Cui Jie died when Concubine Zhu was young, Concubine Zhu's mother took Concubine Zhu to remarry Zhu Shi'an, and then her mother entrusted Concubine Zhu to the care of the family surnamed Ren, so Concubine Zhu is equivalent to having three fathers, namely Cui, Zhu, and Ren.
At this time, Concubine Zhu's intention is too obvious, she just wants to arrange her family by Duanwang's side, and her intention is worth thinking about.
The Empress Dowager Xiang treats Zhao Ji like her own flesh and blood, but the Queen of Texas Thorn Wang Zao is related to Xiang, so how can Xiang agree to Concubine Zhu's suggestion?
"Concubine" said lightly to the Queen Mother: "The law of the ancestors cannot be violated. ”
Song is very particular about choosing a queen or concubine for the emperor or prince, that is, he generally does not choose the daughter of a wealthy family, in order to prevent his relatives from dictatorship or collusion with the princes and plotting against each other, so he generally chooses a family with a clean family background, but the power is not very large, and even many queen concubines or princesses are from poor families.
Just like Concubine Zhu, she was born in an ordinary family, and later drafted into the palace as a palace maid, and then by chance, she was fortunate by Emperor Shenzong and gave birth to two sons and a daughter.
Generally speaking, as long as you become a royal son-in-law, then you will be rich and noble for a lifetime, but at the cost of sacrificing your career.
"The concubine is afraid, according to what the mother said." The ancestral family law was brought out to the Queen Mother, which made Concubine Zhu panic.
Concubine Zhu was born as a palace maid and has been cautious all her life, until now, she has to be cautious, gentle and humble, so that she can survive in the treacherous harem, even if her own son becomes the emperor.
After all, Concubine Zhu is still a concubine, not a queen, you must know that the Empress Dowager Song is the master of the harem, and even the lord of the world...
Li Sanjian stood outside the window and couldn't help pouting, an ordinary county prince family affair that everyone was happy about turned into a struggle for power and profit, you can imagine how sinister the palace is, and if you are not careful, you will fall into a situation from which you will never recover.
"What kind of mouth do you crook?" The sophomore on the side saw Li Sanjian's strange appearance, so he asked in a low voice in surprise.
"Uh... This... After standing for a long time, I was a little tired and hungry. Li Sanjian said.
The second year of high school glared at Li Sanjian, even if you are tired and starved to death, before Zhao Xu and the others leave, you have to be firmly nailed to the same place...