Chuxiu Palace, originally known as Shouchang Palace, was built during the Yongle period, and was originally arranged to be a place where the concubines of the first emperors such as concubines other than the Queen Mother lived, so it has not been very conspicuous among the many palaces in the Forbidden City.

But after Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, the status of Shouchang Palace began to become important, not only was it renovated, but also renamed Chuxiu Palace.

Because Emperor Jiajing inherited the throne of Emperor Zhengde, and Emperor Zhengde's mother, that is, the Empress Dowager Zhengpai at that time, had already lived in Ciqing Palace, which was dedicated to the Empress Dowager, for many years when Emperor Jiajing entered the throne, and it was impossible to make room for Emperor Jiajing's biological mother.

Therefore, after the dust settled in the great ceremonial dispute, Emperor Jiajing had no choice but to renovate Shouchang Palace and rename it Chuxiu Palace to arrange his biological mother.

Of course, the reason why Chuxiu Palace became famous in later generations is mainly because the Empress Dowager Cixi lived here for decades.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen sat down in the hall of the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, Empress Zhou immediately said: "Your Majesty, now that Concubine Lan's sister is pregnant, her identity is naturally different from the past. ”

After Empress Zhou said this, Empress Yi'an, the sister-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen, also smiled and said, "What the Empress said is right! Although Ulan Tuya was just a maid beside Concubine Lan before, but now that she is pregnant with His Majesty's dragon species, her natural identity is different, not to mention that she should live in a different place, even if she is given a title, she should be shared! ”

The bright-eyed and kind-eyed Concubine Tian looked left and right, and then said with a complicated expression: "What the two mothers said is right! That's the way it should be done! Maybe it's really the eldest son of the emperor, and he's treated harshly at this time, what will he say in the future! ”

There is a saying in later generations that Emperor Chongzhen's Tian Concubine is beautiful and jealous, and it is true.

It's just that these problems are not problems at all in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen.

On this issue, he will not listen to anyone's opinion, but will only respect the opinion of Ulan Tuya himself.

Because the person who most hopes that this child will be born smoothly, in addition to the emperor himself, I am afraid that it is Ulan Tuya himself.

On the way to Chuxiu Palace, Emperor Chongzhen thought about whether he could get Ulan Tuya to live in the Qianqing Palace where he lived and worked every day until the child was born, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea.

Because it is not in line with the rules of this era, and it is not fair to the queen and other concubines.

At the same time, once Ulan Tuya was born as a prince in the Qianqing Palace, it would be difficult to do it in the future as his biological mother Horqin.

So after thinking about it, he decided to respect Ulan Tuya's own opinion.

Therefore, after listening to what a few concubines said, looking at Concubine Lan and Concubine Jing who wanted to speak and stopped, Emperor Chongzhen immediately said: "What the imperial sister-in-law and the queen said is right, although Ulan Tuya was born as a maid, but now that she has my flesh and blood, this time is naturally different from the past.

"Ulan Tuya listens! I will make you a concubine today! Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all provided according to the practice in the palace! ”

Lan Concubine Hai Lanzhu, Ulan Tuya, Su Rina, and the female official Lian Men who was involved in the palace chief division thanked him.

"As for Yi Concubine's future residence, I haven't thought about it, so let's let Ulan Tuya choose it herself. Ulan Tuya, what do you think? ”

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Ulan Tuya, who was thinly dressed, plump and had a slightly bloated waist, and waited for her to say.

After Ulan Tuya followed Hailan Zhunan to Daming, she studied Chinese hard, and now although it sounds a little weird, I heard that Chinese is no longer a big problem, but today's occasion makes her both excited and nervous, and she doesn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, Concubine Lan Hai Lanzhu opened her mouth to speak for her and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has lived with Ulan Tuya and Su Rina since childhood, although they are not biological sisters, but they are better than biological sisters. Her children, that is, the children of the concubines and Surina.

"If Your Majesty can trust Hai Lanzhu, then let Ulan Tuya continue to live in Chuxiu Palace, with the care of the concubine and Su Rina, Ulan Tuya will definitely be able to give birth to the child smoothly for Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately understood that Hai Lanzhu from Horqin was not an innocent woman who didn't know anything, and she also had a certain understanding of all kinds of dark and dirty things in the emperor's harem from ancient times to the present.

Looking at Hai Lanzhu's slightly eager and hopeful eyes, Emperor Chongzhen first nodded and smiled at her, and then said to Ulan Tuya: "What does Concubine Yi think?" Will it be too wronged for you? ”

Where had Ulan Tuya seen Emperor Chongzhen speak to her like this, the few times she had served her before was just a substitute for Concubine Lan Hai Lanzhu, so when she heard this, she immediately blushed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, this is the best!" No grievances! The slave maid is willing to stay in Chuxiu Palace, and is willing to stay by Concubine Lan and Su Rina's side! ”

"Since this is the case", Emperor Chongzhen looked at everyone present, and then said: "Chuxiu Palace is also quite spacious, let Yi Concubine continue to live in Chuxiu Palace." The Yanghe Hall in the east wing of the backyard will be given to Yi Concubine to live in today! ”

The courtyard of Chuxiu Palace is not small, a total of two courtyards, divided into the front hall and the back hall.

The front hall is the owner of Chuxiu Palace, that is, the Lan Concubine at this time, the daily living and entertaining places for reading and entertainment and resting during the day, and the apse is the actual place to stay.

The front and rear halls are five rooms wide in the east and west, three rooms in depth, there is a corridor in front of the hall, there are matching halls on the left and right, three rooms are wide on each side of the hall, and two rooms are deep.

The so-called Yanghe Hall is the east side hall in the backyard, with three rooms wide and two rooms deep, which was previously the place where Ulan Tuya and Su Rina, the two high-ranking female officials around Concubine Lan, lived.

At this time, it was specially given to Ulan Tuya for residential use, which can be regarded as justifiable.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, Concubine Lan Hai Lanzhu and Concubine Jing Yuan hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

And Ulan Tuya, who had just been given the title of concubine, also hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yi Concubine Leader Thanks! ”

Seeing a few of them like this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and then looked around at the concubines and the palace maids in Chuxiu Palace, and there was no smile on their originally pleasant faces, and said in a deep voice: "It is appropriate to concubine and raise the palace maids in the palace, and they are selected from the original palace maids in Chuxiu Palace."

"As for the imperial doctor, medical equipment, stable wife, nurse woman, etc., Wang Chengen, all of them are handled by you personally, and you have to find a proper person with a family!"

Wang Chengen, who was accompanying Wang Chengen, naturally received the decree immediately.

"Yi Concubine is now more than three months pregnant, if something goes wrong and the fetus is not guaranteed, all the maids and their families in Chuxiu Palace will be killed without mercy! You all get it!? ”

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen said this, Empress Yi'an, Empress Zhou and others all looked at each other, and Concubine Li Tian also pursed her lips and did not dare to speak.

After a moment of silence, the maids of the palace who were standing in the main hall of Chuxiu Palace quickly knelt on the ground with a hula la, and Su Rina, the head of the female officials of Chuxiu Palace, took the lead and said: "Slaves obey the order!" ”

Then the whole hall sounded the sound of "slaves obeying orders".

Empress Yi'an looked at the scene in front of her and felt a lot of emotion in her heart.

She was different from Emperor Chongzhen's empress Zhou and several other young concubines of Emperor Chongzhen, and she had a very painful lesson in this regard.

Back then, because Wei Zhongxian and Mrs. Fengsheng colluded with each other to assassinate each other, Empress Zhang of Yi'an had three miscarriages before and after, and finally nothing came out again.

So today, although she was surprised by Emperor Chongzhen's cold and stern side, she was very able to understand his caution and did not think that he was making a big fuss.

Some things have to sit in front of you, or you'll regret it too late.

And Wang Chengen has been in front of the emperor for a long time, so he naturally knows how important the things the emperor handed over to him are, and at the same time, he also knows what the emperor means by having a family and a mouth.

If a person's parents are alive and he has siblings, or a wife and children, then he will have some concerns when he does bad things, and he will not dare to do things like killing his head and robbing his family.

And if a person has no relatives and no cause, no parents, brothers, wives, children, then he will act unscrupulously.

In particular, if you do bad things, you will be prone to take risks and will be reckless.

Because such people are not afraid of retaliation.

So in this sense, the most untrustworthy person around the emperor, or the most unpredictable, is the eunuch.

Because the eunuchs have no queen, they don't worry about cutting off their children and grandchildren, because they have already cut off their children and grandchildren.

However, fortunately, the eunuchs trusted by Emperor Chongzhen now, such as Wang Chengen, Fang Zhenghua, Chu Xianxian, Gao Shiming and others, are all trustworthy.

Because of their loyalty to Emperor Chongzhen, they have withstood the test of the collapse of the sky in history.