Three people were selected from tens of thousands of girls, how good are these three girls?

Wei Bao is confident in a large number of beauties around him, especially Zhang Meiyuan and Wu Xuexia, Wei Bao feels that the two of them must be first-class in the world, especially Zhang Meiyuan, just from the perspective of appearance, it has almost been capped, and it can be called a country and a city, peerless elegance.

But after Wei Bao saw the Zhou family, the Yuan family, and the Tian family, he reversed this idea.

Let Wei Bao know what it means to have people outside the world and there is a sky outside the sky.

Tian's appearance is really no worse than Zhang Meiyuan, it can be said that it is comparable, and his figure is slightly inferior to Zhang Meiyuan, and he is slightly thinner.

And Yuan's plump, Zhou's weak, and their appearance is also super high, and the two girls are on par with Wu Xuexia.

This made Wei Bao feel that the women in the palace were really too beautiful, and the beauties selected by tens of thousands of people were really not blind, and his two top beauties and wives couldn't be suppressed at all on today's occasion.

Among them, there is also the most beautiful woman Zhang Yan that Wei Bao has ever seen, and Concubine Li Li Kang, who is still like a girl although she is in her early thirties.

Including Zhu Huiyuan's appearance is also super high, no worse than these selected beauties.

After many generations of genetic evolution, the old Zhu family is indeed specialized in handsome guys and beauties.

The Zhou, Yuan, and Tian clans, under the guidance of the eunuchs, saluted everyone one by one.

When they arrived at King Xin, the three of them collectively admitted their mistakes, thinking that Wei Bao was King Xin.

It's a bit embarrassing.

There is a difference between the costumes of the prince and the vassal king, but these girls are all from the people's daughters, and they can't recognize so many clothes for the time being.

Mainly because Wei Bao sat next to the emperor, and Wei Bao and Zhu Youxiao looked delicate, a little similar.

Although Zhu Youzhen has a feminine and delicate personality, he has a Chinese face and a long face, although he is also very handsome, he is not like Zhu Youxiao at all.

So the three girls will admit their mistakes together.

The eunuch was shocked and said hurriedly: "This is Grandpa Wei, and that is the king of letters!" ”

The third daughter was also frightened, and hurriedly knelt down to the emperor to plead guilty.

Zhu Youxiao was very happy, nodded and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's all flat." ”

Zhu You proofread Wei Bao and said: "Wei Aiqing, even they will admit their mistakes, I have long felt that we must have been brothers in our previous lives, quite similar, don't you say?" ”

Wei Bao said with a smile: "Wechen doesn't dare, it is like a half-point victory with His Majesty, it is all a great blessing for Wechen." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "The place where we have a fate is not that they look alike, when I think of the choice of the princess by the king, I think of the first time I met your wife, at that time we were still young and had no guesses, originally with the family background of the British duke, I and the daughter of the British duke are a couple." And my queen, like you, came from a peasant family. Zhang Yan was pure and demure when she was a child, and she smiled without showing her teeth. When he was seven years old, Ru worked hard, sprinkling and sweeping the yard, doing laundry and cooking, and doing everything. When I have nothing to do, I am alone in a room, practice being a female celebrity, and read book history. Thirteen or fourteen years old, slender and beautiful, peerless. Zhang Yan can take care of her younger siblings at home, and she is extremely capable. Originally, the family background of the two of you was just right. ”

Wei Bao and Empress Zhang, who were beside the emperor, were embarrassed when they heard the emperor say this, and they secretly thought that you really said anything.

Especially Wei Bao, I secretly think that you are always worried about my wife, and say that your wife is suitable for me, you say that it makes your mouth happy and comfortable, there is no big problem, but I can't do it, if this word is spread, it will be grabbed by someone with a heart, and the more it spreads, the more shameless it will be.

People still think that the queen and I have something.

It's a pity that no one present can suppress the emperor, especially Concubine Kang Zhao's easy-going personality, no matter what the emperor says, she is happy.

Xi Li has a sleek temperament, and it is too late to shoot the emperor's ass, where will he contradict the emperor.

"Your Majesty, everything is fate, and what you can't get is the best." West Lee Road.

Zhu Youxiao nodded with emotion, as if he was really thinking about Zhang Meiyuan, and said to Wei Bao: "Wei Aiqing, go home for the banquet, you have to bring your wife with you, I heard that your wife is pregnant, and now she is back to her hometown, not in Beijing?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty is concerned." Wei Bao hurriedly said. In fact, it's like eating a fly, secretly thinking that you are a sick seedling, and I really think about Lao Tzu's wife, play for you, do you play? It's your wife, if you play with me all night, you can make Queen Zhang fly! Lao Tzu can be regarded as a person who practices martial arts, and his body is very strong, hahahaha.

Subsequently, Zhu Youxiao asked Empress Zhang to introduce the Zhou family, the Yuan family, and the Tian family to Wei Bao and Zhu Youzhen.

Wei Bao gradually recalled the things in his memory about Zhu Youzhen, the three main queens and concubines.

The inner palace of the Ming Dynasty is almost all beauties, all of them are folk girls, except for Zhu Yuanzhang's sons who are looking for the daughters of the noble family, and almost all of them are women from small families.

So the general appearance is super high.

In Chinese history, in fact, the inner palace and the outer relatives are generally interdependent, and when the inner palace is powerful, the outer relatives will also rise with the tide.

For example, after the dictatorship of Empress Lu of the Western Han Dynasty, regardless of the alliance of white horses left by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, "the king is not the Liu family, and the world will fight together", Zhu Lu was crowned as the king.

And after Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty became the emperor, he only believed in his own family, not only the people of the Dafeng Wu family were kings, but he even wanted to set up his nephew Wu Sansi as the prince.

Even if the relatives have a lot of power, they can change the dynasty by themselves, such as the Western Han Dynasty died at the hands of Wang Mang, a relative, and Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, also belonged to the relatives of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang felt the painful lessons of the inner palace and the dictatorship of foreign relatives in history, and used two methods, one is to abandon the concept of family in the selection of concubines in later generations, and only choose ordinary women from good families; The second is to strengthen the management of the inner palace.

In addition to the prevalence of marriage with nobles at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, such as the crown prince Zhu Biao took the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and the Yan King Zhu Di took the daughter of Xu Da, etc., and then the concubines of the Ming generation were rarely born in the noble family, and most of them were selected from the people, so there was a phenomenon of "more concubines from the people".

Because Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the concubine of the Son of Heaven and his prince and princess must choose ordinary women from good families, of course, the scope is not limited to ordinary people, like ordinary officials and military families, as long as the family is innocent and looks good.

Generally, the scope of the selection of concubines is the capital and its surrounding areas, similar to the auditions of later generations, and then screened by the Ministry of Rites, and finally the remaining dozens of people are brought into the palace, and one or two people are selected as queens and concubines, and the other unsuccessful women are sent home as gifts.

In this way, the queens and concubines in the emperor's inner palace are all from ordinary families, and the descendants do not have strong forces, so they naturally cannot pose a threat to the imperial power.

Although the scope of choosing concubines is limited to ordinary families, it avoids that because of the power of the concubines, the queens and concubines threaten the imperial power.

But as the so-called one person ascends to heaven, if there is one concubine who is favored by the emperor, won't his family rise immediately?

This point, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also considered it clearly, that is, the treatment given to relatives is often given to positions with no power.

For example, Empress Zhang of Renzong, known as "Female Zhong Yao Shun", was born in an ordinary peasant family, and after she was elected as the crown princess, her father Zhang Lin was only awarded the deputy commander of the soldiers and horses of the seventh grade.

Empress Wang of the Ming Dynasty was born in the concubines of the Ming Dynasty is very good, her father Wang Quan is the hereditary commander of the Jinwu Left Guard, when Queen Wang was canonized as the princess of the Emperor, Wang Quan was promoted to the commander of the three products of the Soldiers and Horses, Lu does not care about things, that is, there is no power, and when Queen Wang is in the middle palace, Wang Quanjin is the commander of the military guard of the same prefect, and he still has no power.

Generally speaking, these relatives are given a fictitious position of a brocade guard, named an earl, at most a marquis, or have a position or no power, just enjoy the benefits, of course, the treatment of relatives is still good, like the title can be hereditary.

But the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has always been on guard against his relatives, and suppressed it from time to time to avoid the expansion of his power, like during the reign of Emperor Jiajing of Ming Shizong, he was not a patriarch of the foreign relatives, and believed that "the system of the ancestors, non-military merits are not sealed, and when Hong Xi, the governor Zhang Chang was named Peng Chengbo, and his younger brother was also named Hui'anbo, and the seal of relatives began from then on." So far, there is a noble class, and the years are rich and rich, and it is illegal to exceed the points." As a result, the practice of hereditary titles of relatives was abolished.

In this case, the inner palace of the Ming generation could not interfere in politics at all, and even the relatives could not set off any storms.

Therefore, in the Ming generation, relatives are the weakest.

In order to prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics, Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, once set up an iron plaque at the gate of the palace prohibiting eunuchs from interfering in politics.

In fact, in order to prevent the inner palace from interfering in politics, Zhu Yuanzhang also set up another iron card.

Zhu Yuanzhang once ordered the Ministry of Industry to make a red card, engraved the words of the concubine, and hung it in the palace.

The cards are made of iron, and the words are decorated with gold.

Inside is a copy of the order, which is very detailed about the various rules; Although the iron card prohibiting eunuchs from interfering in politics was later taken away by the eunuch Wang Zhen, this red card prohibiting eunuchs from interfering in politics in the inner palace was not taken away.

And there has been no situation of the inner palace interfering in politics in the Ming generation.

In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Confucian nuns to admonish and instructed Zhu Sheng, a scholar of Hanlin, to say: "Those who rule the world must put the family first." The way of the right family begins with the couple. Although the concubine is a mother in the world, she cannot be involved in political affairs. Qing and other people who compile the precepts of women and the ancient virtuous concubines can be the law, so that future generations will know what to hold."

After Zhu Yuanzhang's careful management of the inner palace, it was the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the palace was purged, and the commentators said that the goodness of his family law was beyond the Han and Tang dynasties.

The Ming Dynasty restricted the power of the inner palace and the outer relatives in terms of the system, and the advantage was obvious, that is, there was no phenomenon of the inner palace interfering in politics and the dictatorship of the outer relatives.

But there are also many drawbacks, first of all, the descendants are a double-edged sword, if you don't use it well, it is naturally the situation of the inner palace to interfere with the dictatorship of foreign relatives, but if you use it well, it is also a powerful foreign aid for the emperor.

The emperor can use the descendants to fight with the civil and official groups, fight with all forces that are not conducive to the stability of the imperial power, and adjust in the middle by himself, so as to monopolize power.

But it is obvious that the Ming Dynasty was one-size-fits-all in this regard, directly restricting the power of the dead queen, concubines and relatives, and naturally could not use them.

Therefore, the emperor can only use the eunuchs who are physically incomplete to fight against the civil official group, and the eunuchs are often psychopaths because of their physical insufficiency, so once they take power, they will bring disaster to the country and the people, and the side effects are still very great.

Secondly, because most of the queens, concubines, and palace maids of the Ming Dynasty came from the people, not from the big families, so in terms of cultivating princes, most of them cultivated some emperors with the atmosphere of the market.

For example, Ming Xianzong, his favorite Wan Guifei is his wet nurse, who has been with him since he was a child, Wan Guifei came from an ordinary family, and she was not well educated since she was a child, which naturally affected Ming Xianzong.

It can be seen that this drawback, in fact, has a great impact subtly.

This is also why the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were mostly market-like and self-willed.

Of course, from the perspective of the overall situation, the system set by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, is still very successful.

In the 276 years of the Ming Dynasty, there was no chaos in the inner palace and the dictatorship of foreign relatives.

When the imperial court chose a wife for Emperor Chongzhen, who was still the king of Xin at that time, Empress Zhang of Ming Xizong was not optimistic about the Zhou family, because she was the youngest and had a weak physique.

But at that time, the grandmother's Xuanyi concubine Liu, and the Zhao concubine of Mingshenzong were known for their loyalty and prudence, and they were in charge of the seal of the queen mother, and they had a great say in the selection of the queen concubine, but she only took a fancy to the Zhou family among the three ladies who should be elected, and said to Queen Zhang: "Although the Zhou family is weak, it will inevitably grow up in the future."

Zhou is a beautiful and dignified woman, her skin is as white as jade, and the country is fragrant.

"Chongzhen Palace Ci" recorded her: "The queen is like jade, and she doesn't have anything to do."

"The Remains of Old Beijing" records: "The holy quality of the Empress Lie is condensed", "The queen's jade body is calm." At the beginning, there was no heart of the four sexes of Jin Zhang, and before entering the supreme, the gods and men helped him, and the country was full of beauty, and those who saw it knew that it had the nobility of the phoenix." Chen Wenzhuang Renxi, taste in the Zhou Emperor's family, after a young time to see Renxi, strange appearance, said that the stepfather said, "Gentleman, the world's nobles!" ”

When Empress Zhou was young, "when she tasted the old age, she went out to worship her relatives, and the person who deserved it was dizzy and did not hold herself, and she knew the difference after you were noble."

The palace family's summer clothes have never been used by vegans, and Emperor Ge Yiwei used them, and the rest did not dare to use them. Later, white yarn was used as a shirt, without decoration. Shang smiled and said: "This is really a white-clothed sergeant," since the back of the wear of vegan summer clothes, for a while the palace skirts are made of white yarn, lined with a crimson crotch red belly, just to cover up.

Empress Zhou was also a benevolent and virtuous woman, and after taking charge of the harem, she was very economical, cut unnecessary expenses, and did not beg for favors from the emperor for her relatives. Even during the New Year's holidays, the minister ordered the wives to go to the court to congratulate them, and the rewards she gave were completely in accordance with the rules of etiquette and never gave them indiscriminately.

At the beginning of the letter of the princess, Xiao calligraphy and painting, but also familiar with medicinal properties, in the palace, with the Shang and Zhuang, both canonized, conspired to go to Wei Rebellion, called virtuous merit.

Zhou Niangniang in the middle palace is thick and young, and she is frugal and thrifty, and the palace is full of wind.

One day in June, wearing a pearl summer shirt, five grains per bead, a jewel for the plum blossom on the shirt, the mirror to comb. The emperor adjusted it from the back, and then stretched his hand to take it, which was suitable for entering the melon to see, and then he was deeply afraid.

Zhu Youzhen's queen Zhou, a native of Suzhou, his father Zhou Kui, and his mother Ding are Zhou Kui's stepfamily, and the family is poor, and Zhou took care of housework when he was young.

After moving to Beijing, Zhou Kui worked in the downtown area of Qianmen Street, making a living by reading fortunes.

Because she was born poor, she lived in the mansion and the palace of the king for a period of time, and always maintained her true character as a commoner.

Therefore, when Zhou later entered the palace, he often wore cloth clothes, ate vegetarian food, advocated thrift with the emperor, and did all things such as women's red textiles himself.

The Zhou family also set up twenty-four spinning wheels in the inner palace to teach the palace maids to spin.

"Chongzhen Palace Ci" praised her for "having the virtue of frugality", personally handling housework, wearing old clothes, and managing the harem in an orderly manner. The staff is divided into 102 leaders of the Xuan Palace, and the teaching skills of the Xianzi are austere. Three sprinkled silkworms heavy clothes, planning to be frugal praise Wang Feng. The so-called personal housework also includes cooking by yourself.

When Zhu Youzhen first ascended the throne, due to Wei Zhongxian's dictatorship, the situation was very sinister, and Empress Yi'an, that is, Zhu Youzhen's imperial sister-in-law, secretly warned: Don't eat the food in the palace.

Zhu Youzhen brought the family's wheat cakes into the palace.

After entering the palace, you have to beware of Wei Zhongxian's poisoning and assassination in the imperial dining room, and the diet is all operated by Queen Zhou herself.

This may seem a bit incredible, but it is a fact.

A queen who can cook and wash, spin and weave cloth cannot be said to be unique, at least rare.

The deep friendship between the emperor and the empress, "the sage of the Zhou Houxian, and the kindness of the couple are very good", is a true portrayal.

There is a poem in "Chongzhen Palace Ci" that reads: Xiangguan waved to dictate Yu, just like a village school receiving Tianju. He was a boy who covered his knees, and then uncovered the chicken rod and pardoned the book. is talking about such a thing: There is a little eunuch Qin Mou, who is only eleven years old, waiting for the queen in Kunning Palace.

One day, the queen asked him if he was literate, and Qin replied that he was illiterate.

The queen taught him to read and write, and when he was questioned, Qin forgot all about it and was punished to kneel down the steps.

The emperor smiled and said, "I ask the gentleman to forgive him, how about it."

The queen pretended to be angry and said: The school rules are broken.

Qin rose up in gratitude.

Through this kind of daily life details, we can see the ordinary couples talking and laughing and laughing between the emperor and the empress.

When Empress Zhou was young, she had already shown amazing beauty and gentle personality, and she was deeply loved by her family and was regarded as the pearl of her palm.

When Empress Zhou was at home in her early years, she was once seen by the scribe Chen Renxi, who was amazed by Zhou's beauty and said to her father, "Gentlemen and daughters are nobles in the world." ”

Chen Renxi then taught Zhou's "Zizhi Tongjian" and the Book of Classics and History.

Therefore, Empress Zhou is knowledgeable and courteous, and she is quite literate.

Chongzhen is also good at reading, all over the palace throne, are all over the books, sit and read casually, he also often makes four books and eight strands of literature to show the ministers, and promulgated the world, the scholars compete to recite.

The sycophant minister also wrote an article praising Emperor Chongzhen for his scholarly demeanor.

Chongzhen himself is also very proud, thinking that even if he is not the emperor, he must be a famous person in the world, and he can easily be named on the gold list.

Emperor Chongzhen, who has a scholarly demeanor, naturally loves the talented Empress Zhou and regards him as a confidant.

Empress Zhou really did not live up to the hope of the Empress Dowager Liu, who chose her as her concubine, and after entering the Sixth Palace, she took on the important task of governing the harem with her thin and thin body.

She has a good demeanor, is naturally majestic, and has a high prestige in the palace.

And she is simple by nature, as soon as she entered the palace, she began to reduce the amount of money used in the palace and cancel unnecessary expenses.

As soon as Chongzhen was in a dynasty of internal strife and external troubles, Empress Zhou often advised Emperor Chongzhen to cherish the people, calm people's hearts, and then unite with the outside world.

And she also persuaded Emperor Chongzhen to be lenient and kind to his subjects. But Chongzhen was stubborn and conceited, and he couldn't listen to Queen Zhou's advice at all, and always felt that everyone in the world had failed him.

Because at that time, troops were used everywhere, and military spending was tight.

Empress Zhou cares about the country's social welfare, and often uses her own private savings and the money saved in the palace as military expenses, Chongzhen is very grateful to Empress Zhou's deep righteousness.

Eight years after Chongzhen, the rebel armies from all walks of life grew rapidly, seriously threatening the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the Houjin army outside the gate was also eyeing and waiting for an opportunity.

Emperor Chongzhen was worried about the political affairs of the court and the urgent military situation, and insisted on vegetarian governance, because he was too tired and became more and more emaciated.

Empress Zhou saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, but she knew that the emperor did not listen to persuasion, and pretended that Emperor Chongzhen's biological mother, Empress Dowager Li Chun, entrusted her with a dream and persuaded the emperor to pay attention to his body and enhance his diet.

On the other hand, the queen prepared food in advance in the palace and waited for the emperor to enjoy it when he returned to the palace.

Emperor Chongzhen returned to the harem, saw such a scene, and knew that the queen had worked hard for herself, and wanted the chaos of the court, and the two couldn't help crying at each other.

Although Emperor Chongzhen tried his best to redeem the defeat, he was unable to return to the sky, and the day of the demise of the Ming Dynasty was approaching day by day.

On March 18, the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's rebel army finally broke through many dangers and came to the city of Beijing.

Many civil and military ministers fled in despair, and those who could not escape surrendered to the rebels, and the eunuchs who were sent to supervise the army to defend the city forgot their righteousness, and opened the city gate to welcome the king's army into the city.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that the general trend had gone, and wanted to escape from the city and failed, in desperation, he returned to the harem, saw Queen Zhou, and said bitterly: "Now the general trend is gone, irreparable, you are the mother of a country, you must not be humiliated, or kill yourself as soon as possible!"

When Empress Zhou heard this, she knew that there would be this day, but she just knelt on the ground to say goodbye to the emperor and cried bitterly: "I have served Your Majesty for eighteen years, but Your Majesty has never listened to my advice, so that today, I can die for the country, and there is nothing to say!"

After saying that, she caressed the three princes and cried for a while, then resolutely turned around and entered the house and locked the door.

After a while, the palace maid in the house came out and reported that the queen had committed suicide in accordance with the order.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen remembered the love between husband and wife for many years, and he couldn't help but cry of grief.

He also ordered the three princes to quickly change into civilian clothes and escape from the palace, and the other concubines were all given death.

Then he himself committed suicide by going straight to the coal mountain behind the palace.

Queen Zhou, the last queen of the Ming Dynasty, was well aware of the righteousness during her lifetime, diligent in governing the family, and won the love of the people of the world.

Yuan Guifei retreated humbly everywhere in front of Empress Zhou, and was cautious inside and outside the palace, so she got along well with Empress Zhou.

Tian Guifei was favored and proud, and the queen judged her with etiquette.

According to the "Biography of the History of the Ming Dynasty": Tian Guifei was favored and arrogant, and she was courteous. On the first day of the year, it was very cold, Concubine Tian came to the court, and Zhai Che stopped. After a long time, he sat down, worshipped, and worshipped, without saying anything. And Yuan Guifei's dynasty was also very happy to see each other, and the words changed. Concubine Tian heard this and hated it and cried to the emperor.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, in the first month of 1640, the concubines in the palace need to congratulate the queen, Tian Guifei came to the Jiaotai Hall where the Queen of Zhou is to prepare to congratulate the queen, the queen of Zhou knew that Tian Guifei was outside the palace, but did not announce her into the palace, when the weather was cold, the wind and snow were combined, and the queen of Zhou could also pass the order to exempt the courtesy, but the queen of Zhou deliberately refused to let Tian Guifei outside the palace, and Yuan Guifei, who came a little later, entered the palace before Tian Guifei, and talked very happily with the queen.

After a long time, after Yuan Guifei left, Queen Zhou announced that Tian Guifei entered the palace, and when she made a congratulatory gift, Queen Zhou kept her face calm and did not say a word, and after Tian Guifei finished the salute, she could only retreat silently.

Afterwards, Tian Guifei returned to the Chengqian Palace and cried to the emperor about the cold reception of Empress Zhou.

So there was a serious conflict between Ming Sizong and Queen Zhou, and then Ming Sizong calmed down and tactfully apologized to the queen, and in order to maintain the dignity of Queen Zhou, Ming Sizong ordered Tian Guifei to live in Qixiang Palace to reflect on her mistakes, and no longer summoned Tian Guifei to sleep for three months.

In the spring of the same year, Ming Sizong and Queen Zhou enjoyed the flowers together in the Yonghe Palace, because the Yonghe Palace was next to the Chengqian Palace where Tian Guifei used to live, so Queen Zhou remembered Tian Guifei who had not seen her for a long time, so she asked Ming Sizong to summon Tian Guifei to enjoy the flowers together, and Ming Sizong was indifferent after hearing it.

Empress Zhou ordered the palace maid to use a car to welcome Tian Guifei, and after Tian Guifei came, Queen Zhou talked to her very happily, as if nothing had happened, which made Ming Sizong admire Queen Zhou's open-mindedness even more.

Tian's ancestral home is Xi'an, and she was born when her father Tian Hongyu was in Yangzhou as the general manager.

Tian Xiuying has been brilliant since she was a child and has a wide range of hobbies, so Tian Hongyu invited Su Ru to teach her to read and paint, and hired a pianist to teach Tian Xiuying music, and this pianist later became her stepmother.

When Concubine Tian was twelve or thirteen years old, she was already able to recite poems, and every time she became a piece, she was always beautiful and elegant, and she recited it for a while.

His father had a bold temperament, made friends with famous people, and was known as Xiao Meng at that time.

"The Biography of the Concubines of the Ming Dynasty" records that "Father Hong meets a noblewoman, the official is the governor of the left, and he is a light man".

In 1627, Emperor Tianqi died, King Xin ascended the throne as Ming Sizong, and Tian Xiuying entered the imperial palace with Zhou Shi, the concubine of King Xin, and another concubine, Yuan Guifei.

In April of the first year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen promoted Concubine Tian Li to a concubine.

The concubine's piano skills are very workmanlike, tuning the strings and rhyme, playing a high rhyme, suddenly the stinging is like playing a big music, and suddenly it is as thin as a whining sheng reed. At the end of the day, the aftermath is lingering, and the beam is not dispersed.

Emperor Chongzhen sighed.

One day, Emperor Chongzhen asked the Empress Zhou who was present why she didn't know this.

Empress Zhou replied unhurriedly: "The concubine is a Confucian, but she knows that silkworms weave ears, who does the concubine teach fingering?" ”

What she said made Sizong full of suspicions, so he asked Tian Guifei where she learned it. Tian Guifei replied that she had to be taught by her mother. Sizong recruited Tian's mother into the palace, and played a song to solve everyone's confusion, and increased Sizong's favor for Tian Guifei.

Concubine Tian's demeanor is elegant and versatile, both civil and military, she is omnipresent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and omnipotent in riding and shooting, as for decorating the living room, embroidery and cooking, and improving the etiquette system in the palace, she is also extraordinary.

Her character patriarchal Zhong Xuan and Wang Xizhi have reached the realm of energy.

"All calligraphy and painting scrolls, on every concubine Tian inscription."

She is good at flowers, and the "Qunfang Picture" painted by Emperor Chongzhen was placed on the desk by Emperor Chongzhen and often appreciated.

The orchid Chongzhen painted on the fan by Tian Guifei is also regarded as a treasure and is always worn in the sleeve.

The most outstanding thing is her attainments in music, she is good at playing the pipa, and she plays a good flute, Chongzhen praised her flute music for the effect of "cracking stones through the clouds"; Fuqin is her stunt, the sound curbs the clouds, and surrounds the beam for three days.

Chongzhen likes the sorrow of the pipa, the melodiousness of the flute music, especially the quaintness of the qin music, and also composed the qin song "Five Songs of Visiting the Dao" - "Wutong Yin", "Kongtong Yin", "Knocking Song", "Rotten Ke You", "Participating in the Deed", and listening to Concubine Tian play whenever he has free time.

Wu Meicun, who is famous for portraying beauties, left a poem for Concubine Tian in his "Yonghe Palace Ci": "Yabu slender waist is first called, and Tian alloy hairpin is set for love." Fengrong Sheng is solid and unparalleled, and he is the first to bow and play; Shanglin flowers and birds sketch silk, forbidden Zhong Wang point Suhao. The willow wind is slightly spring, and the sycamore dew blows the flute in the cold twilight. ”

Tian Xiuying can stand on one foot on the horse's pedal and wear Yang in a hundred steps, even the brocade guards can't help but cheer and sigh, "If Tian Guifei gallops across the field, she will definitely not let her eyebrows." ”

Tian Xiuying is not only good at riding and shooting, but also kicking and playing football, which is unmatched.

"Try the horse on the shooting field, the good riding of the noble concubine Zhitian, the riding of life. The shape of the concubine is wonderful, the echo is like a lingering, and the famous rider is insurmountable. ”

"The palace family likes to bow to the play, and Tian Guifei has an elegant demeanor, which is beyond everyone's reach."

Tian Xiuying likes to face the sky, also because of her natural beauty.

Concubine Tian is very ingenious, and the old clothes worn by Chongzhen are all sewn and restructured by her, saving many expenses such as a patch of 5 taels of silver for Emperor Daoguang.

She often changes the old system in the palace, and she can do it just right.

For example, the pearl crown worn by the emperor is made of pearls and lapis bluestone, and Concubine Tian removes the pearls, embellishes the beads and then inlays the lapsier, which is more charming than the previous style.

There is also the torch in the palace forbidden is made of gold box, surrounded by gold plates, and the stars and sun and moon patterns are hollowed out on it to transmit light, although it looks brilliant and beautiful, but the function of lighting is greatly reduced, so Tian Xiuying will open a peach-shaped opening around the lamp, and then stretch a light veil, so that the light is clear and clear.

At the same time, the inside of the light panel is polished smooth like a mirror to reflect the light.

In this way, by turning the palace lamp, you can get good lighting and guide the way.

Concubine Tian also learned gardening design without a teacher. She did it herself, and rebuilt the Chengqian Palace with the empty wall of ten thousand people she lived in according to the Yangzhou garden - tearing down the high wall and tree fence; Build rockeries and plant flowers and plants.

The pear blossom of Chengqian Palace is a scene of the Forbidden City, which was planted by Tian Xiuying himself, digging ponds and raising goldfish; Build corridors to protect from the scorching sun.

Tian Guifei was born in Yangzhou, Jiangnan, and after entering the palace, she also brought Jiangnan costumes into the palace, called "Su Style".

The palace maids who serve Tian Guifei on weekdays are also worn by Tian Guifei during the festival, and the style is strange and makes the palace maids of other palaces envious.

Tian Xiuying is not only ingenious and talented, but also always cherishes the country, puts the overall situation first, and often urges Chongzhen to be diligent in national affairs.

When Chongzhen was obsessed with Suzhou women's music, he wrote a book and directly admonished the clouds: There are many things at home and abroad today. It is not the autumn of the emperor's swallow music. ”

Chongzhen replied: "I haven't seen you for a long time." Scholarly advancement. But the first dynasty is not the beginning. Why don't you worry. ”

When Chongzhen wanted to organize a birthday for her, Concubine Tian wrote to refuse, asking Chongzhen to think more about the people's state affairs and not to waste energy and financial resources for her birthday.

Empress Zhou ranked last in the final of the concubine selection, and her father Zhou Kui was a fortune teller on the streets of Beijing, so Empress Zhou was quite jealous of Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan, who were ranked in front of her.

After Empress Zhou became Princess Xin, she used her status as a wife to begin the oppression of Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan.

All the East and West Palaces say to each other, and they all claim to be daughters.

The court of the Ming Dynasty followed the tradition of the previous dynasty, and the concubines all called themselves concubines, such as Queen Zhou said to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty has been concubines for eight out of ten."

But if Concubine Tian of the East Palace and Concubine Yuan of the West Palace want to speak to Chongzhen, they have to learn from the folk maids who are bought and sold to surrender themselves to the first generation of "self-proclaimed daughters", and the concubine treats the emperor as her father, which becomes a wonder in the harem at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Tian Guifei is the most favored, so she is not allowed to be Queen Zhou.

Tian Guifei gave birth to four sons for the emperor, Yongwang Zhu Cijiong, Mourning King Zhu Cihuan, Mourning King and the seventh son of the emperor, except for the fourth prince Yongwang Cizhi survived, the other princes all died early.

The continuous death of children can be imagined as a blow to the mother.

Tian Guifei washed her face with tears all day long, and finally because of excessive sadness, she entrusted the four princes to Zhang Yan, the queen of the Apocalypse, in the third lunar month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and returned to Chengqian Palace with a serious illness.

Wei Bao knows that Tian Guifei in history is not as bad as the ugliness in many TV series in later generations.

It can be said that Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian are almost the same people, and they are both virtuous.

It's normal for women to have a little jealousy, it's all trivial, they handle it well, and they get along well.

Tian Guifei is smart and versatile.

And the appearance is also a little higher than Zhou's.

If Wei Bao is allowed to choose, Wei Bao will choose Tian as the queen.

But it's not his choice right now.

The current situation is that Concubine Kang Zhao has taken a fancy to the Zhou family, and Empress Yi'an has taken a fancy to the Tian family.

The main thing is that the two of them compete.

Wei Bao can understand why Zhang Yan chose Tian's, because Zhang Yan is also outstanding, she is captivating the country and the city, and choosing the beautiful Tian family belongs to sympathy.

"How? What does the mother think? Zhu Youxiao first asked Concubine Li Kang's opinion.

Concubine Li Kang said: "Both of them are very good, but it is difficult to decide." ”

Concubine Li Kang said this, she was more tactful, because she didn't want to offend people, in fact, Concubine Li Kang also felt that the Tian family was more suitable for the queen.

Although Concubine Li Kang is more involved with Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba, this time she is helping Zhu Youzhen choose a concubine, she is an outsider, in fact, she is more fair, and it has nothing to do with her, plus she is now the only person with identity in Zhu Youxiao's mother's generation, so she will ask her opinion.

Who knows, when Xi Li said this, Concubine Kang Zhao, the emperor and Empress Zhang were not very happy, and they felt that Xi Li was too sleek.

"Wei Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Bao again.

Wei Bao originally wanted to learn from Xi Li, and thought it would be better not to get involved in this kind of thing, no matter how you say it, it will offend people.

But now the emperor asked about himself, and Wei Bao looked at the attitude of everyone just now, and knew that if he said that he was very good, he would definitely offend all parties, and he would not be able to please anyone.