At the end of the twenty-fourth year of Jingtai, Xiao Wei, the third son of the first emperor, manipulated the two Huai Yandao cases to announce to the world, and his mother Zhao Guifei felt Xiao Wei's evil deeds and cut herself off in the palace. [Full text reading. In the same month, Emperor Yuan passed away.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, Princess Huai'an, who came from Yangzhou day and night, finally caught up with the queen ceremony, together with a group of side concubines and concubines who had children, and the nine concubines of Baolin Beauty Jieyu were all rewarded, and the four concubines were vacant, and to everyone's surprise, a royal concubine was rewarded.

Since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, there has been no title of imperial concubine. According to the rule, the concubine only has a gold book and no gold treasure, and only the queen can hold a gold book and gold treasure. However, Emperor Xuande of the previous dynasty favored a woman during his lifetime, and made an exception to let her enjoy the position of imperial concubine, holding a golden book and golden treasure, and the same deputy queen, and then ruled for hundreds of years in the previous dynasty, and there were three imperial concubines, all of whom were favored and unfettered.

The new Empress Zhu has two sons and a daughter, and his position is stable, and he has always respected the new emperor.

Although Xiao Ye has no restraint in women's sex, and there are piles of beauties in the entire palace, she has always respected the Zhu family, and she is relieved to hand over the palace to her.

After the ceremony, it was supposed to be the imperial concubine and the concubines to be rewarded with a ceremony, but there was news from the Chengqian ceremony that the imperial concubine was in poor health, and the concubine's reward banquet was canceled.

The Zhu family is in charge of the harem, and even the harem of the first emperor has not been cleaned up, and he has never heard of this new imperial concubine, and Mama Gao next to her previously suggested: "Isn't this imperial concubine a daughter after His Majesty returns to Beijing?" Or support Your Majesty to have the merit of the dragon, so that you can be crowned the imperial concubine? It's better to wait for the end of the concubine ceremony and when the imperial concubine comes to ask the mother for peace, then observe. ”

"Could it be...... This imperial concubine's surname is Gu? ”

Gu Dingbang is the right-hand man of the former King of Huaiyang, and he has the merit of supporting Xiao Ye, if his daughter enters the palace, even the Zhu family will have to give some face.

The people sent by Empress Zhu inquired about the imperial concubine, and the palace people went back and forth: "Your Majesty does not seem to have rewarded the imperial concubine palace, and the imperial concubine still lives in the west side of the Chengqian Palace." ”

The main hall of the front hall is convened by His Majesty the Emperor to deal with government affairs, and the west room is the imperial study. The main hall of the apse is the sleeping hall of Emperor Wei, there are five ear rooms on both sides, the east five rooms are the queen's residence, and the west five rooms are the concubines and other people. The first emperor never summoned the queen and the noble concubine to come to the dormitory to serve, and these two residences were empty for a long time, and there were more than ten low and narrow enclosure rooms on both sides of the dormitory, for the low-level concubines to live temporarily when they served.

If the imperial concubine temporarily lives in the surrounding room, the Zhu family can also deceive herself that the new emperor has no deep affection for her, but the news she inquired about is that she accompanied the west side of the palace with her attendants, and has been living there since entering the palace, even if she is ill, she has never moved out of the west room, and Queen Zhu can't help but think about it much.

"Do you know the surname of the imperial concubine?"

The palace rén miàn who went to inquire was embarrassed: "The imperial concubine has never been out of the palace since she lived in the Cheng Qian Palace, except for the palace people who are waiting for him next to His Majesty, no one has seen the imperial concubine herself, and her surname has never been revealed." I heard that on the day of the concubine ceremony, even the golden book and golden treasure were directly sent to the Chengqian Palace. ”

Empress Zhu was shocked: "Does no one know the origin of the imperial concubine?" ”

The middle palace princes looked at each other, but no one dared to respond.

Mama Gao was unhappy: "Even if the imperial concubine is sick, she should come to meet the queen, otherwise what kind of system will it be?" ”

Zhu slowly suppressed the depression in his heart: "Forget it, since the imperial concubine is sick, let her rest well, you go back and pick a few medicinal materials in the small treasury of the palace and send them to the Chengqian Palace in person." ”

Mama Gao was overjoyed: "The slave must personally send the reward to the imperial concubine for the mother." This is what the queen means by suggesting that she went to the Chengqian Palace to find out the truth.

She really went to pick out a few medicinal materials to replenish her body, and asked the little palace maid to hold them in the vermilion lacquer tray and go to the Chengqian Palace.

After Mama Gao arrived, she read out Queen Zhu's decree to the guards at the door, and the guards were also very embarrassed: "I also have to bother Mama to return to the queen's mother, Your Majesty has a will, the imperial concubine is sick, no one is allowed to disturb the mother's recuperation, I am afraid that the mother can not come in person to receive the queen's reward, the small one must be forwarded!" ”

Mama Gao was furious: "The imperial concubine is sick, the old slave can always meet the mother in person, right?" The queen sent the old slave to visit the patient, but the old slave couldn't even see the face of the imperial concubine, how can you let me go back to recover my life? ”

The Zhu family has always been respected by Xiao Ye, and she has two sons and a daughter, both of whom are descendants of the main palace, and their status is stable.

Mama Gao has always represented the face of the Zhu family in the backyard of Huai'an Palace, no matter the side concubine and concubine, even if she gives birth to a child, she must be given some decency, which one heard that Mama Gao was coming, dared to shrink in the room and keep silent, and let the subordinates deal with it?

She was angry in her heart, she only felt that the imperial concubine was unruly, relying on the favor of the new emperor, even the queen didn't even pay attention to it, and returned to the middle palace to recover her life.

Empress Zhu heard that Mama Gao hadn't even seen the face of the imperial concubine, and she was even more curious about her. Mama Gao was thinking that the queen would punish the imperial concubine, and suddenly added fuel and vinegar to talk about the snub she received in the Chengqian Palace: "...... The imperial concubine has such a big shelf, not only did she refuse to come out in person to greet the mother's reward, but also asked the guard at the door to take it instead of her, which was too arrogant! ”

"Guards?"

Empress Zhu felt quite strange: "You mean the guards at the gate of the Chengqian Palace?" ”

Mama Gao said casually: "The slaves and maids see that the guards of the entire Chengqian Palace are not as strict as the guards on the west side of the dormitory, and those people also say that they are ordered to stop anyone from disturbing the imperial concubine. She really humbled for the queen: "She is really a golden nobleman, and she may not even be able to compare with her mother!" ”

Empress Zhu has always been lenient and peaceful, not to mention that Xiao Ye has an extra beauty by her side, an extra hundred and eighty, she can also smile and make comprehensive arrangements for her husband, no matter what it feels like in her heart, but Xiao Ye's back house has always been peaceful, the side concubines and concubines have all come out, and the baby has rarely died, but because of the suppression of this generous princess, there are many fewer charms and ghosts.

On the other hand, perhaps thanks to Xiao Ye's mercy, everyone knows that Xiao Ye is merciful, and has never stayed by a woman's side for more than a month, he just wants to be fresh, and there were women who were unwilling to act aggressively in the early years, but soon made a small splash in the backyard, and then disappeared silently, but An An's share is still by his side now.

Surrounded by Xiao Ye's perennial faces, the Zhu family was much calmer than the woman next to her, and she heard a little strange from Mama Gao's words: "Mama thinks that the guards at the door of the west side are preventing others from disturbing the imperial concubine, or are they keeping the imperial concubine from coming out?" ”

The palace people who inquired about the news before said that the imperial concubine has been living in the dormitory and has never shown up, which is extremely mysterious.

The Chengqian Palace is the center of the Great Wei Dynasty, and it is normal for the guards to be tightly guarded, but the guards on the west side are even tighter than the guards of the emperor's bedroom, which is thought-provoking.

"Huh?" It was the first time that Mama Gao had heard this statement, and she thought about it carefully, and even she was a little unsure: "The slave maid stood in the west side for a while, and she didn't hear any movement in the hall, and even half of the palace people who were waiting didn't come out. Guarding the door is His Majesty's personal bodyguard, it seems...... It's not that he has much respect for the imperial concubine. When the mother says this, it's a bit like she's guarding a prisoner. ”

After being prompted by Queen Zhu, Mama Gao felt a little strange.

Empress Zhu didn't bother to guess anymore, and directly sent Frangipani to the Chengqian Palace: "You go and invite Your Majesty to come to the Middle Palace for dinner tonight, just say that there are important things to discuss with him in the palace." ”

After the queen entered the palace, she met the emperor at the post-book ceremony, and the couple had never sat down to talk recently. And she did have a lot of things to discuss with the emperor, such as the concubines of the first emperor occupied the main palace in the harem, and after the concubines of the new emperor came in, they were temporarily crowded in the vacant palace. How to settle the concubines of the first emperor and the concubines of the new emperor is a big problem.

What's more, all parts of the harem have been cleaned up by Xiao Wei and the new emperor, and the personnel are chaotic and urgently need to rearrange the staff.

Su Xin went to the Chengqian Palace to see the new emperor and came to restore his life, and sure enough, in the evening, Hu Yan accompanied Xiao Ye to the Middle Palace for dinner.

Empress Zhu is a smart person, she and Xiao Ye originally walked not the path of husband and wife's love, but a model of mutual respect and respect