Chapter 538: Imperial Concubine

On the faces below, it seems to be written: Do you still need to talk about things that are obvious?

Yes, at this moment, Jia Yin is in the warm pavilion of the side hall, classifying the approved recitals for him, and what he is doing is just the work that all literate little eunuchs and palace maids will do.

They occasionally discussed the government, but Jia Yin only talked about her views, more to persuade herself to calm down, and never tried to guide the country.

"In the twilight years of the first emperor, his health deteriorated, but he was still diligent in government affairs and did not miss state affairs." Fu Lin turned around, stood with his hands in his hands, and looked at the people below indifferently, "I was young and ignorant at that time, and I couldn't share the worries of the first emperor. After entering the customs, I went to Shengjing twice to worship my ancestors, met some clan elders and old people in the palace, and learned about the events of that year, and sighed in my heart. ”

There was silence in the hall, and I saw Fu Lin walking down and shuttling among the ministers.

They have tall and strong generals, such as the likes of Aobai; There are also shrewd Wenchen, who are not as tall as Fu Lin in stature.

Even if he is a military general, now that the prosperous world is peaceful, he is rarely middle-aged and fat, or like Sony, he is so shrewd that he even has a concave face.

"You are all the ministers of the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the mainstay of the government and government, or the military achievements or the erudition of the world." Fu Lin smiled faintly, "You, are you afraid that a weak woman can subvert a country if she is worthy of thousands of troops and courts?" ”

Everyone was silent, and finally there was a hard-boned one who forcibly said: "Your Majesty, it is the duty and mission of the ministers to remind the emperor that the country is the most important." ”

"When the first emperor was sick and weak, he didn't want to delay the government affairs, but how could he easily fake others for the affairs of the court." Fu Lin said coldly, "At that time, the empress dowager was bent on sharing the worries of the first emperor, and she didn't want to provoke the right and wrong of people like you, so she could only compromise and seek perfection, and the imperial concubine pretended to be a palace maid and served the first emperor. This matter, those who know, take a step forward. ”

The atmosphere was tense, but gradually someone moved, and Sonny and others were the first to stand up.

Fu Lin said: "In all dynasties, how many queen mothers have listened to the government, and even controlled the government, but now in the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, the Qing Dynasty has been in the customs for 12 years, and the queen mother has interfered in the government and politics, can't you see?" The "Internal Rules" promulgated this autumn also explicitly forbade the concubines from interfering in the government, and all the ministers have circulated it, and it has also been stamped, do you remember? ”

"Yes......" the crowd replied.

"Concubine Xian is in the Qianqing Palace, but she is just serving the pen and ink, and has never interfered in the government affairs, if you are curious, how about taking a look now?" Fulin asked.

Everyone didn't dare to raise their heads, and no one said anything for a while.

Fu Lin said again: "The rumors spread by the people outside, you will believe it, they don't even know how many feet wide and how high the door of the Qianqing Palace is, if you talk nonsense, you will believe it?" Unfortunately...... Don't believe me! ”

The ministers knelt down one after another, naturally not everyone was against this matter, seeing that the emperor was angry, they all said this little thing, please let the emperor calm his anger, they must clear up the rumors, and return the innocence of the virtuous concubine.

"Concubine Xian has her own innocence, why do you need to come and pay it back?" Fu Lin turned around and said, "Not only me, but also future generations of emperors and concubines can enter the Qianqing Palace to serve the pen and ink, but they must not interfere in the government affairs, and this matter starts from me." ”

The ministers bowed their heads and said yes, and Fu Lin said: "The grievances of the Queen Mother back then, with the first emperor, the Queen Mother did not want to mention it again. But I can't bear it in my heart, since I mentioned it this time, I want to go to the Queen Mother's honorific title, in order to show the Queen Mother's contribution to the Qing Dynasty, and build a shrine for the emperor and queen of each generation with the Ministry of Rites. ”

Everyone shouted long live, and Fu Lin walked away, but after taking a few steps, he stopped, looked back and smiled coldly: "Come to think of it, you think that Concubine Xian's status is low, and she is not worthy of the solemnity of this Qianqing Palace." In this case, I added Dong E's family as the imperial concubine, and the Ministry of Rites drafted an edict and presented it to me within three days. ”

One by one, the ministers raised their heads and looked at the emperor in amazement.

Concubine Xian entered the palace in late August, and now it is only more than a month, and she has been promoted from a concubine to an imperial concubine in dozens of days. Thinking about coming to the inner palace, in addition to a few Mongolian concubines in Horqin, among the women of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, only Dong E's family was crowned a concubine when she entered the palace.

What's more, she is still a widow.

But the ministers can't talk about widows, one is not taboo for the Manchurians, and the first emperor's favorite concubine is a widow who came to marry at the age of twenty-six. No matter how dissatisfied you are, you can't poke the backbone of the first emperor.

With the dispersion of the court, the news that the emperor wanted to canonize Dong E's as the imperial concubine quickly dispersed, at that time, Yuan Xi was recovering from a serious illness, and went to Cining Palace to greet him, and accompanied the queen mother to chant in the Buddhist hall.

Yu'er sighed lightly: "Imperial concubine." ”

Su Mala looked embarrassed: "Yes, Imperial Concubine." ”

Yu'er said: "Does the emperor want to borrow her aunt's title?" ”

In the Buddhist hall, it was quiet and silent, and after a long time, Yu'er asked: "Yuan Xi, do you know what imperial concubines there are in the past dynasties?" ”

Yuan Xi bowed and said: "Queen Mother, the title of Imperial Concubine has only started in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no such title in the past. ”

"Isn't it, everyone knows that it is necessary to distinguish between the queen and the concubine." Yu'er wanted to get up, Yuan Xi hurriedly came to help, but it turned out that Yu'er was nothing, Yuan Xi tripped over herself because of numbness in her legs.

"You." Yu'er smiled and stretched out her hand to pull the child up, "Yuan Xi, do you want that title?" ”

Yuan Xi shook his head: "As long as you can serve the Queen Mother, it doesn't matter if the concubine has a title or not." ”

"What about the emperor?" Yu'er asked, "On the day you got sick, the emperor went to Jingren Palace to see you, why did you close the door?" ”

Yuan Xi let go of his hand, took a few steps back and knelt down and said, "Queen Mother, can the concubine tell the truth?" ”

Yu'er bowed: "Say it." ”

Yuan Xi had already thought clearly, and said calmly: "If you have something that you are destined to lose for a while, you will be anxious about gains and losses, it is better not to be too peaceful and down-to-earth." ”

Yu'er frowned, her heart was heavy, and she was pleased with Yuan Xi's calmness.

Yuan Xi said: "Right now, the emperor is just a moment of guilt and pity for his concubines, and after a while, the world is peaceful, and the concubines naturally have to stand aside." Why? If it was a concubine pretending to be sick in exchange for a temperament, it would be fine, but it was not, and concubines were not rare. ”

Yuan Xi kowtowed and pleaded: "Queen Mother, please allow your concubines to serve you forever, even if you lose the emperor's favor, you can rely on your protection." The concubines don't want to be pitiful, and they don't want to be bullied by the harem concubines and even the minions. ”

"You kid, you always know what you want and what you don't want." Yu'er said, "This little thing, can I not rely on you, get up." ”

Yuan Xi had tears in her eyes, biting her lip tightly, Yu'er took the child's hand, gently stroked the delicate skin, and soothed: "If you can really afford to put it down, it is your creation, remember what I said, in this world, it is not only the love of children and daughters that is rare, and a woman's family is alive, is it just a man's heart?" It's ridiculous. ”

"Yes." Yuan Xi's expression was firm, "Queen Mother, the concubine has been put down." ”

Yu'er said: "But it's your heart that you let go, you don't have to be so tough on your face, the emperor is kind to you, you take it all, he can't think of it, you don't care." You tell me? ”

Yuan Xi said honestly: "Queen Mother, I'm just afraid that the concubines won't be able to pretend, or if they pretend for a long time, they will be more tired." ”

Yu'er smiled: "Don't pretend, don't pick him up, that's it." ”

Speaking of picking people, it used to be a happy event between the emperor and Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi was still living in the corner at that time.

At that time, she was so timid, so stupid, and regarded Fulin as heaven, she once said that she would never fight the emperor again, but in the end, she was still disappointed.

......At this time, Xuan Ye came from outside, he hadn't seen his mother for a few days, and he still had the marks pressed out when he was asleep on his face, and his body was hot, so he drilled into Yuan Xi's arms.

"Xuan Ye, these days, are you well-behaved in Cining Palace?" Yuan Xi squatted down and sorted out his son's clothes, "Go back to Jingren Palace with Eniang tonight, okay?" ”

Xuan Ye smiled so much that his eyebrows were crooked, and after his mother was dressed, he came to pull his grandmother's hand, shouting that he was hungry and asked the imperial grandmother to go to eat breakfast together.

But before he walked out of the door, a eunuch outside the door came to report, saying that several noble ministers wanted to see the queen mother, as well as the prince of Horqin who stayed in the capital.

Yu'er frowned: "It's only been a while, and they're here?" ”

Su Mala said on the side: "I'm afraid it's just for the imperial concubine." ”

Yu'er didn't bother to pay attention: "You go and send it away, they have to take care of everything, and they are in a panic." ”

Yuan Xi hugged Xuan Ye, as if she hadn't heard these words, in fact, she knew in her heart that the Queen Mother must understand better, who knows if one day, the imperial concubine will replace the queen. After all, even in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial concubine was often used as a springboard for the canonization of the new queen.