"When the imperial concubine first entered the palace, she was only promoted to the position of concubine by the emperor, and Concubine Rong, whose family background was far less prominent than that of the imperial concubine, was given the title of concubine as soon as she entered the palace." The old lady paused, glanced sideways at Mama Difu beside her, and continued, "At that time, the imperial concubine was not a few years older than the big girl today, but she couldn't help but not make trouble with the emperor unreasonably, and even every time she saw Concubine Rong, she was humble and polite. ”

"The old slave heard that the imperial concubine Niangniang was also favored when she first entered the palace, but Cheng'en had His Royal Highness Prince Heng after a few years." Mama Fu said while recalling the rumors in the palace, "I think that if the emperor hadn't insisted on accepting the queen mother's niece as Concubine Rong, the imperial concubine at that time would be canonized as the queen, I'm afraid it would be just a matter of time." ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the imperial concubine could hold back her heart, the emperor would have promoted her position by remembering the old love." The old lady took a breath of smoke and said, "If it is replaced by a domineering personality like a big girl, when you meet the emperor who was young and vigorous at that time, even if the first emperor tolerated the imperial concubine for the sake of General Xiao, I am afraid that he will not be able to earn the current situation." ”

"The emperor was indeed a little more arrogant when he was young, in order to welcome the queen who was still the daughter of a wealthy man in Suzhou to enter the palace, and even did not hesitate to break off the relationship between father and son with the first emperor who was still the emperor at that time."

Emperor Qi stepped on the bones of his brothers to ascend the throne, including the first emperor's favorite prince, but the first emperor had no other way, among the many children only survived Emperor Qi alone, the first emperor had to live in the palace, began to slowly delegate power to Emperor Qi, hoping that he could continue the Shangguan family, so that the Great Zhou Dynasty could be passed down from generation to generation.

After the Emperor moved to the palace, in order to allow the Great Zhou Dynasty to be able to last for thousands of generations, he began to slowly delegate power to Emperor Qi, who had been shackled by Emperor Taishang, was naturally ecstatic when he first ascended to the throne, and it was also in the second year when Emperor Qi firmly controlled the power in his hands, he met the gentle and demure Wen Qingluan, I don't know if it was fate, or Emperor Qi at that time had already grasped the power of the Great Zhou, and he wanted to ignore the opposition of the Emperor Taishang and the courtiers of the palace to move the mind after the establishment.

Since ancient times, the queen's throne is all noble daughters of the family, at that time the concubines of the harem were respected by the imperial concubines, even the last beauty was also the daughter of the official family, and it was not like Wen Qingluan, who was welcomed into the palace by Emperor Qi as a nobleman, although his father was a rich man in Suzhou, but since ancient times, farmers and businessmen, merchants are the least in the stream, and Emperor Qi will enter the palace to seal the nobles is really reluctant, not to mention that it is necessary to be canonized as the queen.

Emperor Qi thought together, the whole dynasty was in an uproar, and the Emperor Taishang even threatened each other with the love of father and son, forcing Emperor Qi to temporarily put aside Liwen Qingluan's thoughts in desperation.

"The old slave also remembers that at that time, the emperor was strong against public opinion and insisted on making the current queen the queen." Mama Fu was already squinting her eyes as she spoke, recalling the past, "At that time, Concubine Rong and the little prince passed away only a few months ago, and the emperor met the queen in the water town south of the Yangtze River, and then insisted on welcoming the queen who was born as a merchant into the palace as a nobleman, and finally moved to make the queen. ”

"At that time, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty knelt on the ground, and they couldn't change the emperor's mind." The old lady took Mama Fu's words and said, "In the end, it was the emperor who threatened the emperor with the relationship between father and son, which temporarily shelved the emperor's thoughts after the establishment of the emperor. ”

"At that time, everyone thought that the emperor was just confused for a while, and when the freshness passed, I was afraid that he would leave the nobles at that time behind." Mama Fu was also a little puzzled between her eyebrows and eyes when she spoke, "But I don't want the emperor to be a long-term lover, since I took the noble man into the palace, he has been spoiling the noble man, and the noble man himself is also competitive, but in the second year, he gave birth to Prince Yu, and then the emperor once again ignored the opposition of the ministers after the death of the emperor, and resolutely established the current queen as the queen." ”

At that time, all the courtiers, including the imperial concubine and the old lady, thought that the current queen Wen Qingluan was destined to be a poor person abandoned by the emperor again, but they didn't want Wen Qingluan to be favored after entering the palace, and even gave birth to Shangguan Hanyue in the second year.

The most surprising thing is that after three years, after returning to the west after Taishang, Emperor Qi still did not change his mind, but resolutely established Wen Qingluan as the queen.

At that time, Xiao Wenyuan was the youngest daughter of the Xiao family, and her status was far more valuable than that of her father, but she was only the concubine of the vassal king, but because she was the niece of the queen mother, she was raised in Shoukang Palace since she was a child, and she had a childhood sweetheart with Emperor Qi.

It is said that Concubine Rong and Emperor Qi have a childhood sweetheart, and they should enter the palace one step ahead of the imperial concubine, but Concubine Rong is arrogant and refuses to bow her head, and has also threatened to marry a husband for a lifetime rather than enter the palace gate for half a step, and is not willing to serve a husband with Yingying Yanyan in Emperor Qi's harem.

Emperor Qi has always followed Concubine Rong's wishes, and when he saw that she was unwilling to enter the palace, he did not force her, but first welcomed the imperial concubine with a prominent family background into the palace.

At that time, in order to appease the Xiao family, Emperor Qi gave Xiao Wenyuan a concubine to enter the palace, so that she would be the head of the palace as soon as she entered the palace, which could be regarded as giving the Xiao family enough face.

When the imperial concubine Xiao Wenyuan first entered the palace, she was also favored by Emperor Qi because of her family background and beauty, and she was named a concubine by Emperor Qi when she gave birth to Shangguan Qingyuan, becoming the earliest and only concubine of Emperor Qi's dynasty.

"The old slave remembers that the imperial concubine, who was still a concubine at that time, was promoted to a concubine by the emperor after giving birth to Prince Heng, and the prime minister had just entered the office at that time." Mama Fu paused and said, "At that time, everyone thought that Concubine Xiao would be the best choice for the queen. ”

"It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven." The old lady was already snorting out the soot in the copper cigarette stick unhurriedly when she spoke, but she didn't expect that the emperor was only when Prince Heng was five years old, and he named Xiao Wenyuan, who was still a noble concubine, as the imperial concubine.

"What is even more unexpected is that after the emperor named Xiao Guifei as the imperial concubine, he immediately welcomed Concubine Rong into the palace, and Concubine Rong was a concubine as soon as she entered the palace, which was far more prominent than the imperial concubine who entered the palace back then."

"At that time, the emperor promoted the then Xiao Guifei as the imperial concubine, which somewhat meant to appease and compensate." The old lady then said, "If the imperial concubine at that time couldn't hold her breath and had to compete with Concubine Rong, I am afraid that it would really anger the emperor at that time." ”

At that time, Ning Fanzhi had just entered the official career, and Ning Fanzhi at that time was also thinking about whether to use the Bai family to get closer to the imperial concubine, or whether to maintain neutrality first, and then look at the upstart Concubine Rong before making plans.

"It is said that because Xiang Ye had just entered the office at that time, he knew that the emperor had been on the throne for many years, but the throne had been vacant, and most of the ministers and Xiang Ye thought that the candidate for the queen at that time would be between the imperial concubine with a prominent family background and the emperor's childhood sweetheart, Concubine Rong."

At that time, more than half of the courtiers supported Emperor Qi to set up the imperial concubine at that time, and the remaining part of them liked to go off the rails and chose to support the queen mother's niece Concubine Rong as the queen.

Although Concubine Rong has always been indisputable to the world, even entering the palace as a concubine has a bit of a last resort, but she is alone in the world, but it does not mean that the entire Rong family is indisputable, and the Queen Mother and Queen Mother behind Concubine Rong naturally hope that Concubine Rong can sit on the throne of the queen and glorify the lintel of the Rong family.

Zuo Xiang Ning Fanzhi was naturally sure that the imperial concubine could sit on the throne of the queen smoothly at that time, not to mention that the imperial concubine was backed by the Xiao family, and the only prince of the Great Zhou was only Shangguan Qingqiao.

Just when most people thought that Concubine Rong would be defeated on the way to the throne, Concubine Rong was silently pregnant, Concubine Rong was originally Emperor Qi's preferred queen candidate, plus with the support of the Queen Mother, and now she is pregnant, if she gives birth to a prince in the future, she may not be able to fight with the imperial concubine who is in the limelight.

So after Concubine Rong conceived the imperial heir, the situation that was still one-sided before was reversed, and more and more ministers began to hand over excerpts and ask Emperor Qi to set up Concubine Rong as the queen.

Ning Fanzhi had already made up his mind to rely on the imperial concubine, but after learning that Concubine Rong was pregnant, his heart was also a little wavering.

In this way, I have to admit that the old lady Chen still has a bit of foresight in addition to being cold and hard-hearted, otherwise Ning Fanzhi, who has just entered the official career, would not have come to consult the old lady.

If it weren't for the old lady's words that had a place in Ning Fan's heart, Ning Fanzhi would not have let Ye Lanshuang be left out in the cold in Yunxi Pavilion, and even their only daughter, Ning Zhixuan, almost died in the hands of the Bai family.

It was precisely because Ning Fanzhi listened to the old lady's opinion that he was able to recommend Emperor Qi to establish the imperial concubine as the queen, and won the favor of the imperial concubine for Ning Fanzhi, who entered the career at that time, and it was precisely with this gust of wind that the later Bai family was able to say that the imperial concubine who was already in the harem at that time was a lowly person, which led to a series of things such as the collapse of the Ye clan later.

That year, the battle between the imperial concubine and Concubine Rong for the throne, and finally ended with Concubine Rong dying of illness in the cold palace, although the imperial concubine failed to sit on the throne of the queen as she wished, Concubine Rong died in the cold palace, that is, even the little prince who was born was implicated by Concubine Rong and died.

"Back then, Concubine Rong and the Imperial Concubine Niangniang competed for the throne, and finally Concubine Rong Niangniang died in the cold palace, although the emperor posthumously sealed the mourning of Concubine Rong and the Imperial Concubine, but changed the palace where Concubine Rong lived before her death into the Four Ruling Library."

Mama Fu is the old lady's dowry maid, and in the past, Ning Fanzhi and the old lady would not avoid Mama Fu when discussing things in the palace, so Mama Fu was also one of the few people who knew the old things of Concubine Rong back then, that is, even Shangguan Yunxin, who chased Yuexuan, may not have Mama Fu to know clearly.