Chapter 18 Jieyu's position

Thinking of Qi Min'er, the new emperor's originally condensed expression also softened a little, he beckoned, and motioned to Liang Delu, the great eunuch he served personally, to get up and come over:

"Remember, summon the three of them into the palace, don't let General Liu's Mansion know."

Liang Delu nodded hurriedly when he heard this, and then hurriedly went down to make arrangements.

At this time, in the Luanfeng Palace, the queen was grooming herself by the palace maid, and the palace maid's hands were very light, and even a little trembling, because the queen was too easy to get angry.

In order to win the emperor's favor, Empress Liu can dress up several times a day, and toss for more than two hours at a time.

Because the emperor likes Qi Min'er, she deliberately imitates each other's outfits and makeup everywhere, and specially sent a palace maid to learn secretly, but according to Qi Min'er's makeup, she doesn't like it.

Now they are trembling one by one, not only afraid that the comb will not be good and will annoy the queen, but also afraid that the comb will provoke her disgust, so they can only play twelve points of spirit to carefully deal with the other party's frequent difficulties, only to hear the queen ask while closing her eyes and recuperating:

"Are you sure the emperor loves pale pink the most, in that case, take down all these heavy clothes, cut some new materials to make clothes for the palace, don't have to be too cumbersome, everything is based on the emperor's preferences."

"Yes, what kind of bun does the mother want to comb today, and the slave maid will come to comb your makeup."

"That cheap maid usually combs whatever bun she always wears, she combs whatever bun she wears to the palace, and she wears whatever kind of jewelry she wears to the palace, there is only one requirement, the palace is a hundred times more extravagant than her."

"Yes, slave and maid obey." After speaking, several palace maids started to serve the queen in unison, only to see that they were all wearing crimson palace dresses and skirts, and they were born with beautiful eyes, but half a moment of effort was completed to dress the queen.

The comb is a cloud-chasing bun, layer after layer of jewelry is overlapped, lining the beauty with black hair like a cloud, without some bright gold ornaments, only with some elegant jade materials, the hair color of the jade lining as thin as cicada wings is extraordinarily smooth, and the person's complexion is a little fairer.

The queen looked at the mirror carefully, looking at the gentle and appropriate outfit of the person in the mirror, a trace of satisfaction flashed in her eyes, but her mouth said with a thick mockery:

"I really know how to dress up, that cheap maid only pretends to be gentle and innocent to the emperor all day long, and the Japanese palace will tear off her true face."

Although the queen has never named who it is, the palace maids who serve all know that there is only one person in Kyoto who can make the queen grit her teeth with hatred, and that is the former second daughter of the Marquis of Mingyuan's mansion, and now the daughter of the sinner, Qi Min'er.

In fact, Qi Min'er and Queen Liu didn't have much communication before, one of them was in poetry and books, and they didn't usually go out much, and the other was the daughter of Xuanhe's general, who liked to ride horses and shoot arrows.

Although the Marquis of Mingyuan's Mansion is the home of the Marquis, it is also the gate of the clear stream, and Empress Liu, as the daughter of a military general, is not compatible with each other.

It's just that since Empress Liu fell in love with the new emperor at first sight that day, she specially invited someone to investigate him, and knew his deep friendship with Qi Min'er, so she gritted her teeth at the other party.

Needless to say, some small difficulties in daily life only show the fall of the Yuanhou Mansion, and it is not without the impetus of General Liu's Mansion.

Otherwise, how could the Houmen family of that rank be raided overnight and be defenseless, it was really the secret forces of the Mingyuan Marquis Mansion that were uprooted by General Liu one by one, so there was no power to strike.

Empress Liu originally thought that the current Qi Min'er had lost the identity of the noble daughter of the Hou Mansion, and she was still lowly to the dirt to be trampled on, and she also wanted to sell the other party to Qinglou Willow Lane as the daughter of a criminal minister.

Only in this way can she relieve her anger and make her forget the friendship between this person and the emperor when she was young, and her childhood sweetheart.

But she didn't want the emperor to be so unforgettable for her, Queen Liu asked her father to hold on to the power of the court to prevent Qi Min'er from entering the palace, and the emperor found a palace for her in the palace.

The palace is generally the place where the emperor refuges the summer in winter, and the nature of the repair is also very gorgeous, the emperor chose Zhongqin Palace for the other party, which is the residence of the first emperor and the queen of Qi, and the repair is very exquisite and gorgeous, and it is close to the residence of the emperor's palace.

The most rare thing is the intention behind this, this is the residence of the former emperor and the queen, but the emperor gave it to Qi Min'er, the daughter of the guilty minister on the bright side, what kind of thoughts are behind this, it really has to make people think deeply.

It is precisely because of this reason that the queen angrily smashed a lot of things in the Luanfeng Palace, but she still felt indignant in her heart.

What made the queen most angry was that she was originally in charge of the phoenix seal, scheduling all kinds of distributions in the harem, and deliberately not letting people send anything to the palace where Qi Min'er lived.

But the emperor didn't bother to take care of her at all, and directly selected all kinds of precious treasures from the emperor's private treasury to Qi Min'er like flowing water.

At this time, in the Hongzhi Palace, the three Shangshu had already entered the palace to meet the emperor, and they did not wear court clothes, but only wore officials' civilian clothes to the court, obviously to avoid some eyes and ears.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu is older than the other two Shangshu, he has repeatedly written to pray for the emperor to return to his hometown, but has been rejected by the other party many times, and even a few days ago because of the new emperor's accession to the throne, the emperor also specially selected his little granddaughter to enter the palace as Jieyu.

There are also female dependents in the mansions of the Ministry of Officials and Household Books who have been selected to enter the palace as concubines, and all of them are their favorite granddaughters, and they are all named Jieyu.

Jieyu's position is not low in the harem, it is the position of the third grade, and above it there are Zhaoyi and Guishu Dexian four concubines, but Jieyu's position cannot hold the main position of the first house, but it can be regarded as a high position.

But no matter how noble the status is, for them, it is just to send their granddaughter to the palace and trap her for a lifetime, this palace is seen by others as rich and glorious, but they only want to make the child feel comfortable and happy.

The most difficult thing is that the new emperor chose a total of sixteen concubines this time, but the remaining thirteen were all favored, some were promoted, some were rewarded, and only the granddaughters of the three of them seemed to have been forgotten.

People like them who can be a first-class member are naturally not fools, and they can probably figure out a few points if they don't guess the emperor's thoughts clearly.

The current emperor is a concubine, and he is the concubine who is least valued by the previous emperor, his mother is from a humble background, although he has no help from his uncle's family, but this also means that he has no other constraints, except for General Liu, who escorted him all the way to the throne.

General Liu's only concubine entered the palace as the queen, but I heard that the emperor and queen were not harmonious, and the emperor really liked the granddaughter Qi of the original Mingyuan Marquis's mansion.

Thinking of the Marquis of Mingyuan's mansion, they couldn't help sighing, they saw the prince's virtue and talent, and he was the eldest son of the first emperor, and Queen Qi's mother's house Mingyuan Marquis Mansion was very noble, and at the same time it was not that arrogant, they were still looking forward to the prince's accession to the throne.

But he didn't expect that the situation would change suddenly in an instant, and they, the ministers, didn't even know what was going on.

The first emperor said that he had been ill for half a month, and the prince assisted the government as usual, but overnight it was rumored that the abolished prince had rebelled, and the queen and he should help each other, and both of them were killed for rebellion.

As the queen's mother's family, the Marquis of Mingyuan was suspected of not reporting it, and was also implicated in raiding the house and exiled.

At the same time, when the new emperor ascended the throne, in addition to canonizing the Liu family as the queen, it was the first choice for women from all families to enter the palace, and those women were all from the high door.

They naturally knew the emperor's intentions, nothing more than to take their granddaughter as a hostage, and wanted them to bring down General Liu, although General Liu was in a high position, but because he was a military general, he did not have any connections in the court, so he was naturally not as powerful as them.

The emperor wanted to let them dominate each other, and originally the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites didn't want to spread this muddy water, but the emperor made it clear that if they didn't express their position, they would lock their granddaughters in the deep palace, and they would not be pampered, promoted, or rewarded, but they should forget about these people, so what is the difference between this and being abolished in the cold palace?

They all know how unfavored women are treated in the harem, so how can they bear to let their pampered granddaughter be treated like this, so they have no choice but to secretly surrender to the emperor.

Seeing the appearance of a few people bowing their heads to him, the new emperor's heart was even more happy, these ministers were the ministers of the humerus of the former emperor, and they were much more valued than himself, the unfavored prince.

In the past, they were only indifferent to themselves, but now when he saw them all kneeling in front of him, he felt that power was really a good thing.

I only listened to the emperor who was above and said slowly:

"The Liu family's hand is stretching longer and longer in the court, he is so presumptuous, then don't blame me for dealing with him, Zhong Aiqing can say anything he wants, if he does a good job, I will naturally have my own reward.

Now in the harem, in addition to the queen, there are still vacancies in the position of the four concubines, I see that several Jieyu are gentle and virtuous, if several Aiqing are powerful, then I will personally give Shuyi Palace, Deyi Palace and virtuous workers to them, and give them the right to assist the six palaces, a few Aiqing can rest assured. ”

Hearing the words of the new emperor, several ministers felt some comfort in their hearts, which was to promise to give the position of the concubine of Zhengyipin to their granddaughter.

It's just that General Liu is now in power, and it is naturally not a day's work to deal with him, and several people actively put forward a few suggestions, and the new emperor did not have a clear reply after hearing it, and then asked them to go back to discuss more elaborate strategies.

Just as the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was about to step out of the palace, he was stopped by the new emperor, and he only heard the other party say:

"Liu's affairs are not in a hurry for the time being, there is a more urgent matter at the moment, and I have been in love with the daughter of the Qi family for a long time. I want to welcome her into the palace, but the Liu family has been repeatedly embarrassed in the palace, and you have full authority to welcome her. ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu saluted, and then asked tentatively: "I just don't know what position Your Majesty wants to bestow?" ”

"When the first emperor was there, he redefined the position of the concubine, from the first grade of the noble, Shude, and virtuous four concubines, to the eighth grade of the female picker, I intend to restore the old system of the previous dynasty, and specially seal a super first-class imperial concubine to the Qi family, and at the same time cast the imperial concubine Jinbao gold book to her, in order to show the meaning of dignity"