"The ancient palace is sparse, and the palace flowers are lonely and red. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The white-headed palace maid is here, sitting idle and talking about Xuanzong! ”

After listening to what Empress Zhou said, Emperor Chongzhen first immediately agreed, and then recited a poem "Xinggong" by the great poet Yuan Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, and then continued: "The queen's house is kind, this is the blessing of the palace people." If the queen can think of this, how can I not approve?! ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said: "In this case, the queen can preside over with Empress Yi'an, and the palace maids who are over 20 years old, or the female officials in the palace, are all registered and inquired by the palace chief division. So, what does the queen think? ”

When Empress Zhou heard this, she knew that the emperor understood what she meant, and agreed with her suggestion, and she was also happy in her heart, and immediately said: "Your Majesty Shengming! The concubine thought it was the best! ”

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Empress Zhou was happy for this, and his heart was also happy, looking at this side of the matter, he wanted to get up and go back to the Qianqing Palace to rest, and then heard Empress Zhou say: "It's just Your Majesty, those who are willing to return to their homes are mostly show girls who were drafted into the palace in the previous dynasty, and these women have innocent family backgrounds.

"The more difficult ones now are those women who have been sold into the palace since childhood, or women who have not entered the palace from the families of criminals and criminals, these women are already pitiful, and if they are not married now, wouldn't it be even more miserable in comparison?"

Emperor Chongzhen, who originally wanted to get up and leave, heard this, sat down again, and after thinking about it, he said, "This is my carelessness!" In that case, you might as well do good things to the end. Those who are over twenty years old, homeless, and willing to go out of the palace to marry others, see how many people, if there are not too many, I will be in charge, and I will find them in-laws! ”

As soon as the emperor's words came out, the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting beside the emperor and the empress were all surprised, and they all pricked up their ears and peeked at the emperor and queen.

Many of these palace maids in Ouchi are hard-working people, and it is rare for the emperor and empress to talk about topics related to them together, and they all opened their eyes wide and held their breath at this time.

Even Empress Zhou was taken aback when she heard the emperor's words, her beautiful eyes widened, and she couldn't close her mouth for a while, and said hesitantly: "Where does Your Majesty know so many people of the right age to marry, and you can find your in-laws' family for these older palace maids one by one?!" ”

After saying this, Empress Zhou said with a smile: "Your Majesty's golden mouth, how can you make promises arbitrarily!" ”

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "I have my own way!" The queen needs not worry! ”

When Queen Zhou heard this, she still didn't believe it, and quipped: "Since Your Majesty has a way, there is a seventh-grade female official in the Shanggong Bureau next to her concubine, this is the case, and please ask Your Majesty to find her a mother-in-law?" ”

After saying this, Empress Zhou turned her head and said, "Zisu, you haven't come to thank the emperor!" ”

Then he looked at the emperor with a smile.

As soon as Empress Zhou's words fell, she walked quickly from the corner of the palace A woman dressed as a female official in the palace, carrying the corners of her skirt, trotting all the way, and her face was flushed, came to the front of the emperor and empress, and immediately knelt on the ground, lowered her head and said: "The slave and maid Zisu are willing to follow the mother for the rest of her life, and she is unwilling to go out of the palace to marry." ”

Seeing Zi Su say this, Queen Zhou scolded with a smile: "What nonsense? As the old saying goes, when a man gets married, a woman should get married, you are twenty-two years old, if you don't get married, will you be an old girl in the palace for a lifetime?! Even if you think so, Hongu doesn't agree either! How can this palace bear to watch you spend your good years all the time?! ”

After the queen said this, the woman named Shisu was flushed, and she still bowed her head and said nothing, the meaning was very clear, just like parents urging their children to get married, but the children thought in their hearts, but they said they were unwilling.

After the palace maid of the Ming Dynasty entered the palace, if she was favored by the emperor, then she would have a reputation as a servant, if she happened to have a son and a half daughter, then she would be too lucky, even if she had a lifelong dependence, she would be promoted to a concubine, and after the emperor died, the son who was not an adult could continue to live in the palace to raise her children, and if the son was an adult, he could follow his son to live in the fiefdom.

And those palace maids who have never been favored by the emperor, especially those who are recruited to engage in rough work such as sprinkling and sweeping pulp washing, most of them are in a miserable situation and live a miserable life, and after the palace recruits new palace maids, the old ones will be released from the palace.

And when a woman reaches the age of forty or fifty, she has long passed the age of marriage, and even if she is fortunate to leave the palace a little early, it is difficult to marry a good family.

Because coming out of the palace, in the eyes of ordinary people, it must have long been incomplete.

In fact, this is a misunderstanding among the people.

Because all the palace maids who have been favored by the emperor, even if they have nothing to do and have not given birth to or survived children, they will be recorded by the palace priest, and although they can go out of the palace and return to their parents' house after the emperor's death, they are absolutely not allowed to remarry.

If her mother's family dares to marry her, or force her to marry, once she is denounced, it will be a crime of extinction.

The reason why Emperor Wanli didn't like his eldest son Zhu Changluo was because Zhu Changluo was born to an ordinary palace maid who was favored by Emperor Wanli after drinking.

A more typical example is the Emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao, his mother is also an ordinary palace maid, after being favored by Zhu Changluo, he later had the title of the East Palace Attendant, until Zhu Youxiao ascended to the pole, and then named his mother the queen.

The same is true for Zhu Youzhen, his mother is also Liu Xuanzhi, who was born as an ordinary palace maid, because there is only a prince left, and after Zhu Changluo ascended to the pole, he was named Concubine Liu Xian.

This kind of situation is very common in the court of the Ming Dynasty, because the palace maids who are selected to serve the emperor and his concubines in the palace are basically equivalent to the private property of the royal family, especially those who belong to the palace in the six bureaus of the palace Zhengsi, Shang Gong, Shang Yi, Shang Fu, Shang Yu This kind of palace maids who are close to the emperor and the concubines, if they meet the lustful emperor, it will be basically difficult to have a complete appearance for more than ten years, unless the appearance is too ordinary.

However, in the Ming court after Wanli, in addition to the lascivious Emperor Taichang, Emperor Tianqi and Emperor Chongzhen were not womanizers.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse is not in good health, and he is good at carpentry, so he is basically not very good, otherwise he would not have no surviving heirs to inherit the throne.

Therefore, since the apocalypse, a considerable part of the palace maids have been complete, and now this Emperor Chongzhen basically did not spoil the palace maids indiscriminately, except for a few famous concubines, there is one who has been in the palace during the period of King Xin.

And this Wang Xuanzhi is also the henchman of Queen Zhou, and the title of her servant is naturally given by Zhu Youzhen after he became the emperor.

Now this perilla, of course, is also the maid of Queen Zhou when she was in the palace of Xinwang, and now she has been in the palace for a year and a half, and she has not been favored by Emperor Chongzhen.

In this regard, Queen Zhou naturally also sees it in her eyes, the kind-hearted Queen Zhou, seeing that Zisu is now twenty-two years old, she is waiting by her side, and she is doing her best.

This is also one of the reasons why Empress Zhou wants to enlarge the marriage of female officials in the Ling Palace.

Now the queen called Zisu over, knelt in front of herself, waiting for herself to give Xu a family, Emperor Chongzhen's words have been spoken, at this time naturally can not be stopped, so simply said: "Speaking of which, I have a military attache of the five military camps in my hand, although the appearance is not very handsome, but it is also quite majestic and majestic, the most rare thing is to be loyal and responsible, although the age may be a few years older than you, but this person has no marriage before, and there is only an old mother in the family." I think very well of him, and I am a good match for you. The military attache I said, Shisu, are you willing? ”

When Empress Zhou heard that the emperor really acted as a matchmaker for Zisu, she also said playfully: "It sounds like a good match, but Your Majesty casually brought in a stupid martial artist, where is it worthy of our ingenious Zisu girl!" Your Majesty, don't mess with mandarin ducks! ”

Hearing what Empress Zhou said, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Where am I messing around!" This person's old mother is now in the palace, and the Xu family, who helps Concubine Jing and Concubine Lan take care of the vegetable garden, is his mother! ”

As soon as these words were finished, Empress Zhou and the palace maid Zisu both raised their heads, their eyes widened, and they looked at the emperor in surprise.