Emperor Chongzhen's empress Zhou has always been known for being virtuous and kind in history, but a woman as a queen, no matter how virtuous and kind she is, once it comes to her own status, and even the status of her heirs in the future, she will become calculating and even ruthless. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Emperor Chongzhen himself certainly understood this point, so he talked with the concubines about the issue of welcoming Ha Rizhu into the palace, and after the imperial sister-in-law Empress Yi'an Zhang, Concubine Tian, and Concubine Yuan retired, he took the opportunity to stay in Kunning Palace and said his inner thoughts to Empress Zhou alone:

"Queen, relax, I know it. Until you have given birth to an heir for me, I will not be too pampered by others.

"Even if Hari Zhula has an heir in the future, after all, her heir has a foreign bloodline, and I will not let her heir become the heir to my Ming throne."

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen said this, Empress Zhou's last bit of worry was instantly eliminated, and the two of them naturally turned the clouds and rain that night, and they enjoyed the joy of fish and water.

After obtaining the understanding between the inside and outside, in the early morning of the third day after Harizhula arrived in Beijing, in the name of Hai Lanzhu and as the cousin of Wu Weiying, the envoy of the Imperial Court, he was taken into the Forbidden City by Wang Chengen and Niu Juming, the envoys sent by the emperor from Ouchi, in accordance with the etiquette of the emperor to take concubines.

On the day of entering the palace, she was canonized by the emperor as Concubine Lan, located under Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan, and lived in the northernmost Chuxiu Palace on the west side of Kunning Palace.

This Chuxiu Palace once had a very important position in later history, but at this time the Chuxiu Palace was just a very ordinary courtyard among the Qianxi Palaces.

And, because Chuxiu Palace is located in the northernmost part of the Qianxi Palace in the Forbidden City, close to the imperial garden of the entire inner garden, so it is relatively deserted, and there are no concubines of the previous dynasty to live at this time.

Concubine Li Tian saw that the rumored beautiful and beautiful woman of this alien race was arranged in the northernmost Chuxiu Palace of the West Palace, and her heart was also slightly balanced, and she felt that the emperor did not attach as much importance to this Hai Lanzhu as he originally thought.

And Concubine Jing Yuan was originally indisputable, in addition to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, now she is also dedicated to gardening, and she doesn't care if there will be a new competitor in the harem.

In this way, on October 12, Emperor Chongzhen saw the long-heard of first beauty of the Saibei grassland in the Jiaotai Palace, the pearl of Horqin, Hari Zhula, of course, at this time, Hari Zhula has been given the name Hailanzhu by the emperor.

Now Emperor Chongzhen, who has the soul of later generations, wanted to change the Chinese name of Hari Zhula at first, but after thinking about it, he couldn't find a more suitable name, and finally simply used the Han name Hai Lanzhu of Hari Zhula in history.

Originally, it was also a Chinese name translated according to the pronunciation of Mongolian, but Hailanzhu is obviously more elegant and meaningful than Hari Zhula.

Under the leadership of Wang Chengen, Hai Lanzhu successively saluted the emperor and queen, and then specially saluted the queen, and finally saluted the Empress Zhang of Yi'an, who watched the ceremony together, and the Concubine Tian and Concubine Jing, who were accepted by Emperor Chongzhen during the period of King Xin.

The queen and other concubines received a great gift from the new concubine on this occasion, which was tantamount to acknowledging the latter's status.

During the whole process, Hai Lanzhu was like a puppet, and in accordance with the etiquette handed over by Wang Chengen in advance, she completed the procedure without saying a word.

Finally, after the ceremony, he was led by the ceremonial officer, and he came out of the Tai Palace, then got on the sedan chair and was carried into the Chuxiu Palace.

During this period, Emperor Chongzhen, who was still a little excited in his heart, did not see Hai Lanzhu's face in the Jiaotai Palace, because a big red hijab with an auspicious pattern of dragon and phoenix covered Hai Lanzhu tightly above the shoulders.

But judging from Hai Lanzhu's body shape alone, Emperor Chongzhen, who has the aesthetic vision of later generations, is still very satisfied, it is the type of tall and fit, curvy and graceful body he likes.

However, after seeing Hai Lanzhu's height, although she didn't see her appearance, Concubine Li, who was originally a little jealous in her heart, quickly let go of her heart.

The Ming Dynasty of this era, both men and women, generally regard weakness as beauty.

Women are even more petite and delicate, and they are all charming.

In history, Concubine Li Tian was deeply favored by Emperor Chongzhen because of her petite and exquisite.

Now in the eyes of Concubine Litian, this Hailanzhu is definitely not petite and exquisite, and that pair of big feet makes her feel at ease.

Although the style of women's foot binding in the Ming Dynasty was not as extreme and perverted as it was at the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, it was also very common in the scholar class.

Especially in the Jiangnan region at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the whole society is beautiful with three-inch golden lotus, but most of the women in well-off families have bound their feet since they were young, otherwise, it will be difficult to marry a good family.

Only in those poor homes of the lower strata of society, because women also need to work hard, Tianzu is more common.

Hai Lanzhu didn't say a word during the whole process, and although the various etiquettes were decent, it could be seen that the movements were a little stiff. In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen can also understand.

After all, any woman who is forced to marry a man she has never seen before will not be very reluctant in her heart.

Even if the other party is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, there will be some entanglement and unwillingness in his heart. But Hai Lanzhu still silently accepted fate's arrangement for herself.

As the daughter of a tribal leader in the Mongolian steppe, Hai Lanzhu has certainly considered her fate.

She knew very well that her marriage would never be able to choose independently, even if she avoided the human tragedy of marrying her own uncle, one day in the future, she would still be married to Beile and Beizi of a certain Jianzhou Jurchen Division, or to Taiji or Nayan of any tribe on the Mongolian Plateau.

As for who they will marry, it all depends on how useful they are to Horqin, or how useful they are.

Therefore, in the end, she will be a victim who will be sacrificed for the benefit of the Korqin tribe, or simply for the benefit of the left-wing Korqin Borzigit clan.

It was precisely because of this clear realization that she did not resist, or silently accepted her fate.

Because if you can't get rid of the fate of the Horqin woman after all, then instead of marrying a nobleman from the Jurchen Department of Jianzhou, or even marrying Taiji of a tribe on the grassland, it is better to marry the most powerful person in the world, which is more in line with the interests of Horqin.

And the most powerful person in the world is His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Hai Lanzhu, who had reached the age of marriage, finally chose to accept fate's arrangement for herself, and followed the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty all the way south to Rehe Fort.

Hai Lanzhu, who has lived in the Horqin grassland for 18 years, has never seen such a scenery.

At the end of September, there are mountains, rivers and forests, although it is still only the official office and military camp of the Rehe Town Guard, and has not been deliberately built by the master gardener, but the Quanlin, Lake and Mountains and Ming-style buildings in Rehe Fort still make her fascinated.

After living in Rehe Fort for less than a month, Hai Lanzhu completely fell in love with this summer resort in later generations, and this became an excellent excuse for Emperor Chongzhen to go to the outside of the city to inspect and escape the summer.

Niu Juming did not hide the subsequent war on the grassland from her, and she was also glad that her father was able to escape the fate of the entire army and successfully escape back to the Horqin grassland.

Because when she came to Rehe Fort, she already understood that the current Ming Dynasty was by no means something that a mere Horqin tribe could offend.

Then, she took her two personal maids, escorted by Niu Juming and his Jinyi guards, all the way through Gubeikou and entered the hinterland of Daming Jinggi.

The majesty of the Great Wall, the harvest scene around Gyeonggi, and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty made her realize the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the mistake of Horqin choosing to attach to the Jurchen Department of Jianzhou and become an enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

All of this made her finally silently obey the teachings and arrangements of the Ming Jingshi Rite Officer, quietly completed the etiquette procedures for entering the palace and being canonized as a concubine, and became the Lan Concubine of the Ming Emperor.