Last time, it was said that the three daughters of the carpenter and the apprentice sent Lu Zhongdian to the palace to face the saint, and there was an embarrassing scene during the period, but fortunately, the goal was achieved.

"The old minister thanked the emperor on behalf of the dog! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! As soon as the words fell, he wanted to bow down again, but was stopped by the emperor waving his hand: "Lu Aiqing is old, there is no need to be like this, please take care of yourself." He turned to the eunuch and the palace maid and said, "Lord Lu is tired, help Lord Lu to go down and rest." ”

"Yes! Yes, sir! A group of eunuchs and palace maids greeted them with great interest, and carried Lu Zhongdian towards another side hall, presumably there was a special preparation for dealing with the sudden discomfort of the "elders of the three dynasties" on business trips. However, Lu Zhongdian was also very cooperative, after all, the goal had been achieved.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen looked around, waved his hand and sent a group of brocade guards out, leaving only his own concubines and the other four, so he smiled and said: "The purpose of my brother's trip, according to what you said, is to talk to my queen about a business?" I'm very curious about this, hehe. ”

"Haha, this...... What, don't hide it, this is what the master meant, saying that unless you can agree to sell the prisoners of war to my master cheaply, you can agree to the conditions proposed by the queen's sister-in-law at the beginning. In addition, my three junior sisters will also go to the border to help in the battle. I don't know what my brother thinks? ”

"This ......? What does the queen think? After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt strange in his heart, after all, in various wars in the past, if a prisoner was caught, he would usually use it as a coolie, and after a period of time, he would be released. Of course, those captives will also be exiled to the border areas to be reclaimed.

"Giggles, it's good for the emperor to have an idea, you don't have to ask your concubines about everything, it's not good." Empress Zhou seemed to be worried about her husband's dissatisfaction.

"Hehe, the queen is too worried. Since Concubine Ai is my 'virtuous helper', she is also my 'housekeeper' of the Ming Dynasty, because 'I am the country, and the country is me'. Although Emperor Chongzhen is suspicious by nature, his throne was won by the imperial sister-in-law Zhang Yan, and the queen Zhou was also selected by the imperial sister-in-law.

In addition, the relationship between the queen Zhou and the imperial sister-in-law Zhang is good, and Zhu Youzhen also respects Zhang Yan very much, so he has a good relationship with the queen. This is not only reflected in the joy of sharing the bed between husband and wife, but also in the concept of family and country that discusses more and considers the overall situation in everything.

In another time and space, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was also called "Emperor Zhuang Lie" or "Ming Sizong", the former was given by "Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty", and the latter was respected by the "Southern Ming Small Imperial Court". Emperor Chongzhen had nine concubines, namely Empress Zhou, Concubine Yuan, Concubine Tian, Concubine Wang Shun, Concubine Liu, Concubine Fang, Concubine Shen and two concubines surnamed Wang.

Of course, a popular singer like Chen Yuanyuan is said to have had entanglements with Zhu Youzhen, but because the Ming Dynasty was in crisis, the building was about to collapse, so that the emperor was in a state of anxiety and was in no mood to play with women, and of course it didn't count if he didn't have an edict to prove his identity. When the Ming Dynasty fell, all his women, including Empress Zhou, committed suicide.

Strictly speaking, Emperor Chongzhen can't talk about how deep his love for Empress Zhou is. Empress Zhou's ancestral home was Suzhou, and she was the princess of Xin at first, and Emperor Chongzhen made her queen after he ascended the throne. Zhou is strict and cautious, quiet, not much words, and a sick look, as the emperor's chosen wife, there are many unsatisfactory points, but she is a "good master" in the harem of the Ming Dynasty, and the harem is only orderly, which is impressive.

Emperor Chongzhen respected Empress Zhou's status in the palace, and Empress Zhou also thought about Emperor Chongzhen everywhere and tried her best to satisfy the emperor's husband.

However, Queen Zhou saw that the Ming Dynasty was declining, and even struggling, so she tried to be frugal in the palace, cut unnecessary expenses, and did not beg for grace and rewards for her relatives.

This way of running a family made Emperor Chongzhen deeply appreciated, and felt a kind of understanding and relief from it. This is very different from the situation during the reign of Myojinzong. At that time, although it was rare for the ministers to see the emperor's face, the palace was also lively during the New Year's holidays, and there was a scene of singing and dancing.

At that time, there were also 100 operas in the harem, and they often acted for fun. But now, the Ming Dynasty is declining, and Queen Zhou has to grit her teeth to eliminate them all in order to save court expenses for other purposes, leaving only the old drama for emergencies. The reason why Empress Zhou did this was because of her deep intentions.

Once, the palace staged a brocade opera, when the Central Plains was in a great drought, and "thieves" arose, so Queen Zhou ordered the actors to pretend to be people who drove locusts and avoided "thieves". Emperor Chongzhen looked at it, and his eyebrows tightened. At this time, Queen Zhou saw that the time had come, so she slowly said to him: "Is there such a thing? ”

The queen hid her face and wept as she spoke. And Emperor Chongzhen saw that the people's livelihood was so difficult, and tears of sympathy were hung on his face, and he decided to reduce the taxes of the people. It is a pity that with the in-depth implementation of the "One Whip Law" and the taxation of "silver" as the main circulating currency, the people suffered from "grain cheapness and injury to the peasants", and the tax reduction was ineffective.

Empress Zhou gave birth to three sons, which shows that the emperor and the queen have their love. However, when Emperor Chongzhen was with Empress Zhou, all he felt was a kind of peace returning to the family, like a boat trembling in the waves for a day returning to a quiet harbor, which is what the post-secular called "hot kang head for wives and children".

Although family life needs to be peaceful and comfortable, as an emperor, especially young people who want to change the status quo, they also need to be turbulent and impulsive. In the depths of Zhu Youzhen's soul, it is Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan who can cause emotional impact and physical and mental pleasure, and Concubine Tian is the most favored by Emperor Chongzhen.

What Concubine Tian gave to Emperor Chongzhen was that she had a completely different feeling from Empress Zhou, because Concubine Tian was not only beautiful, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even horseback riding, not to mention the art in the room? Therefore, she gave birth to four sons for Emperor Chongzhen, all of whom were the crystallization of the love of the husband and wife.

She doesn't talk much on weekdays, but her sentences are beautiful, and her eyebrows are affectionate, so that Emperor Chongzhen is bathed in the tenderness and fragrance of women. According to people who saw Concubine Tian before entering the palace, Concubine Tian was introverted and taciturn, although in the hot season, walking under the scorching sun, her muscles were not sweaty, and there was a fragrance between the pillows.

Concubine Tian grew up in Jiangnan, and after entering the palace, she brought some customs and habits of Jiangnan into the palace. The clothes and footwear they wore were also made in the south. Emperor Chongzhen was quite new to this, so he also imitated the southern clothes and shoes, so the mother of Concubine Tian was responsible for making the tribute every year.

Concubine Tian often came up with ingenuity and changed tricks to make Emperor Chongzhen interested and impulsive. She deliberately built a unique pavilion in the palace, and whenever Emperor Chongzhen admired the moon with her on the pavilion, he suddenly felt refreshed and exhausted, so he hugged each other.

In the past, the lamps in the palace were all gilded around, and only the holes could pass through, but Concubine Tian ordered the eunuchs and palace maids who accompanied her to remove a side of the gild, and covered it with a veil, giving people a hazy and poetic feeling. So, when Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he even claimed that it was good, and even the palace lamps were all restructured in the same way.

One day, Emperor Chongzhen heard Concubine Tian plucking the strings softly in the palace, and the sound of the piano was melodious, so he walked into Concubine Tian's palace casually. Listening to it, even lingering in the sea of music, I am a little fascinated. Later, when he saw the serious face of Queen Zhou, he said with a sour taste: "Can't Hou Du?" ”

Empress Zhou replied: "The concubine is a Confucian, but she knows silkworm weaving music." Who did Concubine Tian learn to play the piano from? He felt that what the queen said was reasonable, so he wondered in his heart, how many people from everyone's beautiful or small family Jasper went to learn to play the piano and drums? Why does Tian Fei's piano play so well? Could it be ......

Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered Concubine Tian to come in and ask who taught the qin method? Concubine Tian replied that it was her mother. The next day, she summoned her mother to the palace to play the piano, and after listening to it, she knew that Concubine Tian was not lying, and she was even more pampered. After that, as soon as she was interested, she asked Concubine Tian to play a few songs. He also personally collected five tunes, namely "Kongtong Yin", "Enemy Song", "According to Tong Yin", "Cen Tongqi", and "Rotten Ke You" for Concubine Tian to play, in order to cultivate her sentiment.

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (1641), Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan were both named "Imperial Concubines". However, a woman is a woman after all, and there is always a trace of indescribable and inexplicable "entanglement" in her psychology, or "envy, jealousy and hatred", because Empress Zhou is not a taste for Emperor Chongzhen's devotion to Concubine Tian.

Concubine Tian was quite arrogant because of the emperor's favor, but Queen Zhou used her position in the harem to deliberately suppress Concubine Tian's momentum and become jealous. One year, on New Year's Day, the weather was very cold, Concubine Tian came to see the queen, but the queen asked Concubine Tian to wait outside the door for a long time before inviting her to give up her seat, and her words were very cold.

After receiving the worship, Concubine Tian entered the inner palace. Then Concubine Yuan met the queen, and the queen was full of smiles and talked for a long time. When Concubine Tian learned about it, she was very angry and complained to Emperor Chongzhen. When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he felt that the queen had gone too far. Once, Emperor Chongzhen argued with the queen in the Jiaotai Palace, and the queen did not give in, and Emperor Chongzhen pushed Queen Zhou to the ground in a fit of anger. The queen was so angry that she threatened a hunger strike. Emperor Chongzhen gradually regretted it, and sent a eunuch to bring a mink coat to the queen to inquire about the living situation, and the queen turned her anger into joy, because she pinched the "soft underbelly" of Emperor Chongzhen.

Empress Zhou knew that Emperor Chongzhen was a person who valued his reputation, and the status of the queen and the concubine could not be reversed. At the same time, after Emperor Chongzhen woke up, he did not want to cause unnecessary family disputes with his favor for Concubine Tian, which made the entire harem uneasy, after all, this is an extraordinary period.

Soon, Tian Hongyu, the father of Concubine Tian, was expensive because of his daughter, rampant in the township, many lawlessness, impeachment of the imperial history according to the law, Concubine Tian asked the emperor for a solution, and Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "The law of the ancestors can not be abolished for personal feelings!" So he put Concubine Tian from the "Chengqian Palace" to the "Qixiang Palace" to save the sorrow, and did not summon the luck for three months.

Emperor Chongzhen also did this for Empress Zhou, and Empress Zhou sought a balance in her heart, because she felt a little embarrassed to see that the emperor endured the pain of parting with his concubine in order to take care of the overall situation. So, one day, Empress Zhou accompanied the emperor to Yonghemen to enjoy the flowers, and the queen asked Concubine Tian to enjoy it, but Emperor Chongzhen did not say yes. And the queen hurriedly prepared a car to welcome Concubine Tian to meet her, and the three of them were relieved of their grievances, and Concubine Tian was still favored as before.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen (1640), Concubine Tian's beloved son Cihuan died of illness. Emperor Chongzhen invited the master all over the world and prayed for her personally. But two years later, Concubine Tian still died. Before Concubine Tian died, Emperor Chongzhen happened to burn incense in his hall, but failed to say goodbye, so he was overwhelmed with grief and ordered a grand burial. The death of his beloved son and beloved concubine hit him very hard, and sorrow and anguish lingered in his heart for a long time.

According to legend, the sister of Concubine Tian is also graceful, once entered the palace, Emperor Chongzhen was full of joy, immediately admired a flower, ordered it to be inserted in the bun, and said: "This is my family." "After the death of Concubine Tian, Emperor Chongzhen captured the shadow of his concubine from her sister. Emperor Chongzhen respected Empress Zhou and doted on Tian Guifei, but he was not unprincipled and doting. In his view, everyone has their own responsibilities and names, and everyone should be self-aware and perform their own duties.

The duty of the concubine was to preside over the harem and meet the emotional and physical needs of the emperor. Concubine Tian once interceded for her father and was belittled. Concubine Tian told Emperor Chongzhen about Empress Zhou's mistakes, and although Emperor Chongzhen felt that Concubine Tian had been wronged, he still rebuked her and said: "Can you be so rude to the queen?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen once intertwined the war between the east and the west, and secretly discussed with the first assistant Zhou Yanru to move south. Unexpectedly, someone told Zhou Kui, the father of Empress Zhou, and Zhou Kui told Empress Zhou about the proposal to move south, and asked her to tactfully dissuade this proposal. Sure enough, Empress Zhou heard this intention to the emperor, and Emperor Chongzhen was furious, thinking that the harem was interfering.

Empress Zhou was severely reprimanded by this and did not dare to say anything more. Seeing Emperor Chongzhen working hard for political affairs and becoming more and more emaciated, Empress Zhou felt quite sad. In August of the eleventh year of Chongzhen (1638), disasters were common, and Emperor Zhu of Chongzhen lived in the "Yongshou Palace". Seeing that the state affairs were changing day by day and the war was raging, he decided not to eat meat, and only ate vegetables at every meal, so as to make his ambition clear and work hard. And Empress Zhou couldn't bear it, so she personally prepared the food and presented it to her husband the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen was moved by the queen's actions, just picked up the dagger, suddenly felt sad, cried to each other, tears flowed down, wet a few cases. In the harem, Emperor Chongzhen did have fun, but the joy was always so short-lived, replaced by a long pain, because he was born at the wrong time, and the edifice would collapse.

The stronger Emperor Chongzhen's sense of responsibility, the heavier the burden he carried. Concubine Datian has passed away, and Concubine Xiaotian saw that her husband was restless and worried, so she asked her father Tian Hongyu what method could be used to make the emperor happy? Tian Hongyu started from the love of men and women, and presented Chen Yuanyuan, a courtesan with "sound with all voices, and colors with all colors", to the emperor to enjoy. So, Chen Yuanyuan put on a good makeup, looking even more charming and moving, hoping to invite Emperor Chongzhen to take a look.

Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty was stormy, and the building was about to collapse, which made him absent-minded, and he had no interest and impulse in Chen Da Beauty, and ordered it to be returned to Tian Hongyu.

In the face of such a catastrophe to the country and the people, Emperor Chongzhen can still be indifferent, compared to Wu Sangui in the future, "rushing to the crown and being angry for the red face", in order to fight for a Chen Yuanyuan and open the gate of "Shanhaiguan", leading the Qing soldiers into the customs to destroy the Ming Dynasty, it shows that Zhu Youzhen is extremely depressed, and the pressure is so great that it causes impotence.

In another time and space, whether it is the front court or the harem, Emperor Chongzhen can not be liberated, and he feels the loneliness and melancholy, loneliness and sadness of life, empty of blood and ambitions, but can not save the building from falling, not to mention that there are eggs under the nest? This is probably his destiny, right?

However, in this time and space, Queen Zhou is two years older than Emperor Chongzhen, and now she is nineteen years old, a proper beauty and "housekeeper".

"yes, that's right." Zhu Youxiao said in a smile: "My brother-in-law and sister-in-law are now nineteen years old, two years older than my brother, of course I want to ask you!" ”

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