The Ming Dynasty has always chosen a concubine for the new monarch, and after only selecting from three people, the other two will be established as concubines.

This time, the emperor chose one queen, two concubines and nine concubines at one time, is it considered absurd?

In the Wenyuan Pavilion, the four cabinet ministers, you look at me, and I look at you.

Jiang Mian was in Jiangnan, and Fei Hong was packing up at home to go to Sichuan.

"Party leader" Yang Tinghe suddenly spoke: "It was originally decided to be like this, but I only thought it was for the sake of the country's major affairs. Now it seems that His Majesty is also planning step by step. ”

Sun Jiao sighed.

Who's to say it isn't?

Although the emperor made it clear that Lin Niangniang, who was already pregnant with a dragon fetus, would not be the queen, the news of her daughter's future would soon be made public to the world.

Choose first, and there will be a solemn canonization ceremony later.

The emperor conveyed to the world that he was also wary of Yang Tinghe, and the one-time election of twelve people would give the old party some "rhetoric".

They even thought about how they would write each other's essays if there was any big mess in the future.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am leading the new legal affairs in Guangdong, and Brother Jiufeng is naturally the representative of Jingzhi to continue to manage the affairs of Beijing. Bang Yan, since the matter of Yu Gong's sharing of the Taimiao has been put on the agenda, the volume of "Da Ming Zhong Yujian" has to hurry up. ”

Shi Xuan nodded immediately, and he couldn't help but think of the past when Liang Chu first asked Yu Qian and Yan Song to compile this book.

Yang Tinghe is right, I'm afraid it's all His Majesty's step-by-step planning.

"Weizhi, although Your Majesty Wanshou does not allow the world to contribute, the court dispute has just ended, and the Beijing official congratulatory table must be wanted. In addition, for His Majesty's wedding ceremony next month, you have to work hard to arrange in the center first. ”

Mao Ji nodded and said to Sun Jiao with a smile: "Guozhang, if there is anything you want to arrange, you must speak." ”

Sun Jiao smiled wryly: "Don't be funny." The cabinet is the ruler of the country, and I don't know how many bullets there will be in the world, but listen to His Majesty's will, I just hope that it is as simple as possible. ”

"Wouldn't that wronged Ling Qianjin?"

There seemed to be a harmonious mess in the Wenyuan Pavilion, but everyone knew that this was only temporary.

No matter how much the officials in the world have ideas in their hearts, they will not choose to make things happen during the period of the emperor's longevity and wedding. What's more, the imperial court has just made up its mind to change the law, and after the previous dispute is over, there will be some time to readjust the strategy, right?

Yang Tinghe knew that after embarking on this road, he would not be able to rest, and this time was the most precious time for him.

He stood up: "I'm going to Wenlou, and the election of Guangdong officials has to be decided early." His Majesty's wedding, Dingguo Gong is bound to rush back, and Zhang Fujing needs a competent manpower. ”

This is another benefit after being "forced to Liangshan".

There is no need for the emperor to arrange anything personally, Yang Tinghe has to exert force.

There had been so many discussions in the Imperial Study, and they also knew very well what the future picture of the new law would look like.

Today, September 12, is usually a day off, but the important ministers took the initiative to work overtime.

No way, for the sake of the family's life. Change the law, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent.

In the harem, the forty-nine people who were named to the roster yesterday were all carefully dressed.

This time, there are palace maids to help with the makeup.

For more than three months, the palace maids knew who was suitable for what color and what hair accessories to wear.

Presented in front of His Majesty, it is impossible to show that these show girls carefully selected in front of him are difficult to see.

Yesterday, in addition to the fifty-three people, one hundred and forty-seven people chose to leave the palace and return to their hometowns.

And the fifty-one people who finally decided to stay in the palace can be said to be unwilling people.

Now, most of these people watched with envy as these forty-nine people dressed up and stood in line, ready to go to the Qianqing Palace to face the saints.

If the emperor wants to pick so many people at once, he should still want to taste the flavor all over the place.

The emperor is still so young, as long as he stays in the palace, there is always a chance.

I heard that Lin Niangniang is just a female official next to His Majesty, and she is in her twenties, isn't she the same favored and lucky?

And only forty-nine show girls were selected, indicating that His Majesty would let that Lin Niangniang occupy one of the twelve places.

Whether it is the mother and the son who are expensive, or the affection of His Majesty, these are all reasons in the hearts of these fifty-one people to convince them of themselves.

Sun Ming felt a lot of eyes on her back.

Even if fifty-three names have been handed over, the palace is afraid that it will always be this theme.

Your Majesty is the sky, up to the remaining thirty-eight people who will not be in the position of the remaining ten concubines today, down to the fifty-one people who are unsuccessful but want to stay in the palace behind them, and so many young palace maids in the palace, their eyes will be on the emperor and the famous nobles in the future.

So Sun Ming, who has not had much of the world, is even more panicked.

"The time has come, the show girl is selected!"

There was a singing in front of them, and the team set off.

As if they had been marching forward for more than three months, they walked into the alleyway between the palace walls.

But this time, their demeanor is much more graceful and luxurious, and they also have some little pride.

After all, all of them are one in a thousand.

Wen Suyun and Sun Ming walked side by side in front, and they could see that in front of the laneway was the Qianqing Palace.

When passing by Chang'an Palace, Sun Ming turned his head to look inside.

From a distance, I saw a woman standing at the entrance of the main hall, surrounded by people, quietly watching this side.

The man had a smile on his face.

Wen Suyun was bold, and she also took a look. Most of the others were worried that someone was watching their behavior now, so they only dared to glance at them.

That's Lin Niangniang? Chang'an Palace already has a lord.

At this moment, the courtyard of the Qianqing Palace was specially arranged, and Zhu Houxi was shocked when he got up in the morning.

In addition to hanging festive lanterns and red silk in many places, a red carpet was also laid out on the Danqi in front of the hall.

The open space in front of the hall is divided into one place with various colored silks and wooden frames, seven horizontal and seven vertical.

He asked on the way to visit Lin Qingping next door, and Huang Jin told him that he could take a closer look this way, and he would not make the show girls uncomfortable because they were being stared at by others.

Everyone can be "alone" with the emperor for a moment, so that the emperor can see their demeanor.

It's not an old routine, it's all for the emperor's "sake".

What can Zhu Houxi do? It's so intimate, then accept it.

It's just that now he is still "translating" Wang Wensu's "Treasure of Arithmetic" in the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Huang Jin saw outside the hall that people had already entered the courtyard, and returned to the Dongnuan Pavilion and said, "Your Majesty, the nobles have arrived. ”

At this point, they are all "nobles". Even if they were not selected as concubines, they would also stay in the palace and be placed everywhere.

Zhu Houxi acted from his heart, he did something before he arrived, and he immediately put down the paper and pen in his hand when he arrived.

When I arrived at the entrance of the hall, I saw a graceful figure hidden in the silk tent.

"Grandmother, queen mother." Zhu Houxi saluted the Empress Dowager Shao and the Empress Dowager Jiang in front of the screen at the entrance of the hall and walked to the throne.

"For such a big event, what do you have time to read?" Empress Dowager Jiang looked at him with disgust, "Can't you accompany your grandmother to talk to me?" ”

Zhu Houxi just grinned.

The etiquette was cumbersome, and he didn't want to stay here and gossip.

Once seated, he said, "Let's get started." ”

Then the eunuchs and female officials in charge of the draft first reported to the emperor the process of the draft, and then reported the names, ages, places of origin, and origins of each of the forty-nine selected people.

No one is making any noise here.

Therefore, these messages presented to the emperor were also transmitted to the various accounts in front of the Qianqing Palace.

“…… Sun, Mingming, sixteen years old, a native of Huguang Anlu, and the daughter of Sun Jiao, a scholar of Dongge University. ”

The forty-eight show girls all stayed there, and Wen Suyun's eyes were even more confused.

To get to this point, who doesn't know that Scholar Tokaku is one of the cabinet ministers?

Sun Ming turned out to be the daughter of the elder of the pavilion...... Although there are new rules for this year's draft, and national relatives can also be appointed officials, the rank of cabinet ministers is also a little too high......

Most of them don't have much political acumen, but now they're just thinking: It can't be, right? How can the daughter of a cabinet minister be a queen or a concubine?

After the roll call, Empress Dowager Jiang said to Zhu Houxi: "Since the queen has already been decided, let's go find out Ming'er first, I may not have seen her for a long time." ”

Zhu Houxi stood up with a smile and saluted: "Yes." ”

Then, he walked down the Danqi, stood outside first, and glanced at Huang Jin.

Huang Jinhui came to his senses, and after asking the little eunuch next to him in a low voice, he walked straight towards a certain position.

The show girls in this row only saw a eunuch wearing a flying fish pattern passing by hurriedly, and they didn't even look at them.

can be given a flying fish suit, this eunuch should be a very powerful Da Jue by the emperor's side.

Then, Wen Suyun, who was next to Sun Ming, only heard the eunuch next to him laughing quite flatteringly: "Niangniang, Your Majesty asked the slave maid to come over and invite you." ”

“…… There is Lao Huang's father-in-law. ”

Sun Ming replied softly, then calmed down and walked out according to the rules that had been explained before.

On the way, she gave Wen Suyun an apologetic smile.

Wen Suyun only saw that after Sun Ming turned his head back, his face had become solemn.

She clearly walked with her head held high, as if to show something.

After coming out, Sun Ming finally saw the emperor he hadn't seen for a long time, he stood there quietly, with a smile on his face, and the smile in his eyes was still so clean.

Suddenly, she felt a little aggrieved in her heart, and felt that his smile was a little unfamiliar.

How many months had made her look forward to the day of rest, and how she was at a loss and confused for more than three months.

Especially these days.

Walking up to her, she said softly, "The people see Your Majesty." ”

He was about to salute, but his hand was grabbed by the emperor.

"It's time to change your name after today, don't be formal. Let's go, you go to catch up with the queen mother and the queen mother first, I have wronged you during this time......"

The show girls in the first row heard the sound of words and footsteps that gradually diminuted.

This Sun Ming ...... Even the Queen Mother is familiar with it? Up......

And the thoughtfulness in His Majesty's clear voice also drilled into everyone's minds, imagining what the emperor was like.

When Zhu Houxi was holding hands and slowly walked up to the Danqi, Sun Ming heard the emperor say: "I know that you may have a lot of things you can't figure out in your heart, and you have worked hard in the past few months, and I will listen to you in detail." I knew you when I was a child, and you knew me, so don't think about it yet. ”

Feeling the temperature of his palm, and the fact that he gently used a little force, the girl's heart couldn't help but disperse a lot, and she felt a lot more relieved.

When he arrived at the top of the cloud platform, Zhu Houxi said: "I'll go down first, quickly select the people, and then talk together at lunch." ”

Sun Ming suddenly said, "Your Majesty ......"

"What's wrong?"

“…… Daughter of Wen Zhengming...... Wen Suyun ...... Treat me well. ”

Zhu Houxi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I know, don't worry." ”

Watching him walk towards Danqi to choose another woman, Sun Ming couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and then quickly showed a smiling face: "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, ...... it"

"It's called grandmother and queen mother!" Empress Dowager Jiang didn't care about anything else, and muttered to her on the spot about His Majesty's secret technique.

If you have the eldest son earlier, it will be stable and stable!

Sun Ming slowly walked out of the life of a show girl, and was blushed and her heart beat faster by the fierce topic of "mother-in-law".

But if you get married next month...... It's really fast.

In the tent below, Zhu Houxi finally looked at them one by one.

…… Honestly, as long as he has the energy, it's one thing to choose first and then then – and of course, that's just for him.

For these show girls, different starting points are naturally two different things.

Now, too, they have finally met the Emperor.

When Zhu Houxi looked at the painting scroll yesterday and checked off the remaining forty-eight people, he had a rough idea in his heart.

Except for Lin Qingping, just like Sun Ming, most of the other forty-eight people can be said to have some clear purpose.

That is the information of their father and brother, and the reason for entering the palace can be promoted.

Among them, there are seven people who are going to be given the title this time, and there are seven people who have this kind of consideration more clearly, and the remaining two are considered to be "chicken move" places.

Therefore, it is not difficult to choose, and Wen Suyun is already on the list he is ready to choose.

When she saw Wen Suyun, she looked very uneasy after making a salute.

"Afraid of me?"

“…… The folk girl just ......," she considered her words, "afraid of life? ”

Zhu Houxi recalled the comments on Wen Suyun's temperament in the booklet, smiled and then looked at her figure: "It's good to be cooked." ”

The genes of the handsome old guy Wen Zhengming are indeed very good.

After seeing him, he was so uneasy that he began to move small steps so that he was a little "out of order", and only Wen Suyun, who was raised a little delicate and bold since childhood.

After saying that, he nodded to Huang Jin, and Zhu Houxi continued to walk forward.

Most of them just looked at it carefully for a moment or two, and when they walked in front of another person, his eyes were fixed on his face for a moment.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Qinghe, was the ...... of Renshou Palace at that time"

Zhu Houxi nodded to interrupt him, and hearing Huang Jin's words, Zhang Qinghe couldn't help but add some fear to his eyes.

What made Zhu Houxi not take his eyes off was not only her extremely fair and delicate face, but also her hurtful and frightened eyes.

To put it bluntly, it is the kind of weak feeling that can arouse a man's desire to protect.

"I heard that your father and you don't want to enter the palace?"

Zhang Qinghe nodded subconsciously first, then knelt down and shook his head in fear.

At the beginning, Zhu Houxi was basically removed from the list of 300 ladies pre-selected by Renshou Palace, but she was retained.

Because she was an example that Fang Feng named when he impeached the ministers at that time, and then the development was indeed that the neighbors and other people respected her.

Zhu Houxi stepped forward and pulled her up, the weak and boneless arm in his palm trembled.

"Just stay."

Zhu Houxi smiled at her slightly, and stopped standing here to stimulate her.

Walking all the way, it is indeed dazzling.

So yesterday's choice was right, if you really choose from three hundred people, I'm afraid that the Dao heart will be unstable: in terms of appearance, it is almost the same at this level, no better than the one who entered the customs later and only chose from the eight banners.

Different from so many very similar makeup, face shapes, and styles in their memories that have gradually blurred, they now have various natural looks and temperaments.

If the emperor were to choose this way of living, then the happiness would be unimaginable.

Now it's the first time I see it, and most of them seem extremely deferential, but the eyes of different people can still reveal some differences in inner temperament.

After settling down in the palace and getting acquainted with it, what kind of demeanor will they have?

Thinking of this, with a preset political purpose, the remaining ten people were quickly chosen.

After deciding on the people, Zhu Houxi returned to the throne, eleven people stood in the front row, and the remaining thirty-eight people stood behind.

The cloud platform in front of the Qianqing Palace is also spacious enough.

Thirty-eight people could only look at the backs of the eleven people in front of them, with different thoughts.

And then there's the formal positioning.

The queen of the Jiajing Dynasty was first selected in the inner palace, Sun Ming, the daughter of the cabinet minister Sun Jiao.

At present, only two concubines have been established, Lin Qingping has won the title of virtuous concubine, and the other one who has been directly established as a concubine is Wen Suyun, who has been named Shu.

Later, there were nine concubines represented by Li Concubine Zhang Qinghe, including De, Zhuang, Hui, An, He, Kang, Duan, Jing, and Li.

Visiting the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Emperor, the complicated inner palace ceremony is carried out first, and the emperor's harem of this dynasty is considered to be officially formed, and then it is only formal ceremonies such as weddings and canonizations.

There is also a matter of assigning the six houses of the east and west.

In addition to Kunning Palace, the two concubines were placed in Chang'an Palace and Weiyang Palace. The remaining ten palaces are only placed in the nine concubines first.

The remaining thirty-eight people first sealed the talents and selected the servants according to Zhu Houxi's eyes, except for a special Chuxiu Palace, the talents also consulted the wishes of the concubines and the nine concubines respectively, to see if they were close to each other in the "career" of the show girls, and they could live in the side hall of their palace.

Now I saw that something was wrong, Concubine Zhang Qinghe was a little afraid of living with others, but she didn't dare to bring it up and wanted to live alone in a palace, so she was hesitant.

Zhu Houxi asked Gao Zhong, and then knew some details.

This can only be said to be helpless, aren't the eunuchs and palace maids all trying to figure out their intentions?

and no one shall be punished for this matter.

"In this case, Concubine Li will live alone in Changle Palace." Zhu Houxi made the decision.

At lunchtime, Sun Ming and the others finally got to see Lin Qingping, the virtuous concubine who was invited.

A group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls mixed with a big sister, her mature temperament and more calm heart are incomparable, not to mention that she is already pregnant with a dragon fetus?

Zhu Houxi said: "Except for the queen and the virtuous concubine, the ten of you are all seeing me for the first time. In the future, in addition to going to Qingning Palace, Renshou Palace, and Kunning Palace every day to say hello, the rest of the time will begin to adapt to the new life. Today's rest, in the afternoon I will not take care of things, you go to your respective palaces to see, mention how you want to decorate, and then go to the imperial garden to play together. You get acquainted with me, and I get acquainted with you. ”

“…… The concubine received the decree. ”

After lunch, Zhu Houxi only led Sun Ming to Kunning Palace.

"The study is here. The Temple of Heart Cultivation will not be fully repaired until the end of the year, and you will be able to see your father often during the founding meeting. I promised him to come to the Kunning Palace to see you before the meeting. ”

“…… The concubines thank Your Majesty for your grace. ”

Holding her hand and standing in front of Kunning Palace, Zhu Houxi raised his head to look at the plaque in front of the hall.

"It's a little raw."

Sun Ming pursed her lips, and then said: "Since the concubine has been made the queen, she still has to talk about the rules." ”

"Aren't there no outsiders now?"

After Zhu Houxi led her into the temple door, he opened his arms and hugged her.

Sun Ming's heart was suddenly suffocated, feeling a little stiff, but very special.

"The hearts of the harem people will be very chaotic. I asked you to choose together first, in addition to letting you eliminate some scheming first, I also want you to adapt to the calculations between the harem first. Zhu Houxi said softly, "The imperial uncle's harem only set up the Empress Dowager Cishou, and the heirs of the next two dynasties were worried. I used to be only a vassal king, and if my sons did not prosper, my courtiers would not be stable. ”

Sun Ming heard him say this, and probably understood this, but he didn't care about it in his heart.

But now that I think about it, it was just because I didn't have a clear one in my heart before, right?

Now that he was hugging him and hearing these words again, Sun Ming nodded with red eyes: "I know...... I'll do my best to manage the harem so that you don't have to worry about it......"

"There's another thing you're trying to do." Zhu Houxi smiled and looked down at her.

The smile in her eyes and at the corner of her mouth hinted at something, Sun Ming remembered the "method" that the Queen Mother said before, and her mood gradually changed.

Zhu Houxi looked at her cheeks becoming red, her breathing was unsteady, and she said again: "The wedding will be more than a month, and I have been waiting for you for hundreds of years." ”

Although the words are very oily, but this era is still very pure after all.

Sun Ming only remembered the words at that time, "If you don't see each other for a day, you will be like every other autumn".

The person in his heart and the appearance in front of him overlapped again, although he had so many considerations about everything, and he had killed people with a knife, but he was still him.

Zhu Houxi didn't tease her first, but looked around in Kunning Palace with her, discussing with her where to place what furniture and decorations.

It is necessary to dissolve some emotions in her heart.

The best way, of course, is to make her feel that this is her home in the future, and her husband is discussing a new home with her.

There are so many beauties in the harem, there must always be a master, right?

If the queen doesn't have some special favors, then wouldn't it be a mess?

Zhu Houxi is only going to use this day to let others know the weight of Sun Ming, and tomorrow he will open a national policy meeting, and he will also enter a new rhythm of life.

In the afternoon in the imperial garden, no matter what you do, the emperor and empress always stand together.

They are all about the same age, and the emperor doesn't look like a ruthless character who kills people with a knife, he is easy-going and cheerful and knows how to talk about various topics to make them happy, and everyone who has decided on a role gradually relaxes.

On the Flower Palace, Zhu Houxi saw the flowers in his garden.

"I'll go to Kunning Palace to sleep tonight."

Zhu Houxi suddenly leaned into Sun Ming's ear and whispered.

Although the two of them came up alone, Sun Ming suddenly panicked.

Is it so fast?

(End of chapter)