As soon as Lin Xiangyu entered Xianyang Palace, Queen Zhou personally took her out. The two exchanged pleasantries, then one hugged the prince and the other hugged the princess, and brought them to the inner room.
As soon as I entered the hall, I saw that it was empty, with more than half of the original furniture and furnishings missing. Lin Xiangyu asked with a smile: "Sister, are you almost done moving? How does it feel to live in Kunning Palace?"
Empress Zhou smiled and said: "My sister never dreamed that she would be able to live in the main palace one day. This is all thanks to my sister. If my sister wants to live in the Kunning Palace, it will not be my sister's turn."
Lin Xiangyu waved her hands quickly: "Sister is joking. My sister is from a lowly background, so how can she be qualified to live in Kunning Palace. My sister and her mother value their children, so it is only right to live in Kunning Palace."
When it came to mentioning the importance of mother to child, Queen Zhou sighed: "My sister doesn't know, but in fact, the one I love most is my daughter. Unfortunately, our Ming Dynasty never pays much attention to princesses and treats them harshly.
Even the princess and the consort are not allowed to be buried together. This is the most excessive. There are countless other messy rules and regulations that are simply annoying to death. "
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "What's the matter? Sister, don't worry. Not only does my sister love the princess the most, but His Majesty also dotes on our smart and smart little niece.
His Majesty has long said that the Princess of Chongqing does not need to be bound by established laws and can be treated as a princess of the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty has already thought about it. Jinan Prefecture has beautiful mountains and rivers, one of the best spiritual springs in the world, and is close to the capital. It is an excellent fiefdom.
After the princess got married, the prince consort was given a title, and then the Jinan mansion was divided into two parts, with one half given to the prince consort as a fief, and the other half given to the princess as Tangmuyi. "
After hearing this, Empress Zhou was stunned. After being stunned for a long time, she asked: "This is too deviant. How can it be implemented?"
"Sister, you don't have to worry. His Majesty never lies, and he never talks without confidence. Since he dares to say something, he can definitely implement it.
Besides, if my sister gives birth to a daughter in the future, she will be treated in the same way. Even His Majesty the Fief had already thought about it and chose a place near the sea in Denglai to build a beautiful princess mansion with mountains, lakes, hot springs, and facing the sea. The scenery was stunning. My sister can’t wait to have a daughter. "
Queen Zhou was overjoyed when she heard this, and then she felt relieved. She quickly put Princess Chongqing in her arms on the ground and ordered: "My dear girl, kneel down quickly and kowtow to your aunt. Your aunt treats you better than your own mother. You From now on, please remember to be filial to your aunt."
"That's it, that's all, girl, get up quickly."
Queen Zhou was very happy, even happier than getting Kunning Palace. The two chatted about private matters for another half an hour before happily arriving at the Queen Mother's Cining Palace. Everyone paid homage to the Queen Mother and took their seats one by one.
What a coincidence today. Before anyone could say a few words, Empress Qian, Concubine Wan Chen, and Concubine Xi came to pay their respects to the Queen Mother. After everyone finished the ceremony, they sat down again.
The Queen Mother sat in the main seat, looked around everyone, and sighed in her heart: Today, the most powerful women in the Ming Dynasty are all here. But among the six people in front of them, three sat on the left and three on the right, forming two distinct groups.
On the right side, the three women are: Empress Qian, the direct daughter-in-law whom she hates the most; Wang, the concubine of Prince Xi who she loves the most; and Concubine Wan Chen, who gave birth to the second and third sons of the emperor.
On the left side, the three women are: the second winner among Xuanzong's concubines, Princess Wu of Xuanyi; the biological mother of the prince, Zhou, who was forcibly supported by the new emperor to become the queen; the left hand holding the new emperor and the right hand Holding the crown prince's hand, Princess Qi looks innocent, gentle, and harmless to humans and animals, but can make serious promises at will on behalf of the new emperor.
With Empress Dowager Sun's years of experience in palace fighting, she could tell at a glance that the right wing could not defeat the left wing.
Fortunately, Concubine Wu and Concubine Qi both sincerely hate the palace and are unwilling to live in the palace even to death. Otherwise, the alliance of Empress Zhou and Concubine Qi will be beaten into fools by the worthless queen. .
Seeing that the Queen Mother was silent, Queen Zhou took the initiative to speak: "To express my gratitude to my mother, the Emperor is far away in Yibei and there is no caring person around to take care of him. I was very worried, so I prepared four smart maids and several capable maids. Attendant, I would like to ask the imperial envoy to bring it to the Supreme Emperor together, and I would also like to ask the Queen Mother for permission."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she looked at Queen Zhou in surprise. Seeing that Queen Zhou's expression was as usual, she couldn't help but wonder. Although I had long wanted to send some palace maids to the Emperor, I was still worried about public opinion and did not dare to take action. After all, the Supreme Emperor had humiliated his country by losing his master and was trapped in an enemy camp. He still rushed to send the woman over. What would the world think? The ministers of civil and military affairs must have written a mockery in front of them.
After thinking for a long time, the Queen Mother did not dare to nod easily. She raised her head and looked around everyone, and saw Princess Qi hugging the Prince there, just teasing him quietly and paying no attention to everyone. Then he asked: "Princess Qi, tell me whether you should agree to Queen Zhou's proposal."
Empress Dowager Sun and Concubine Wu are both mothers-in-law, and their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship is very strange. Empress Dowager Sun did not like her biological son's wife, Queen Qian, but she liked Wang, the first concubine of her concubine Zhu Qiyu. She treats Wang as her own daughter, but doesn't want to talk to Queen Qian.
Concubine Wu was similar to Empress Dowager Sun. She didn't like her biological son's first princess, Wang. Instead, she doted on Princess Qi. She only regarded Princess Qi as her daughter-in-law and didn't want to talk to Wang at all.
As soon as she heard that Empress Dowager Sun was raising a problem for her precious daughter-in-law, Concubine Wu immediately answered: "The Empress Dowager is joking, my daughter-in-law is still a little girl, what does she know? For such a big matter, the Empress Dowager can just make her own decisions. .”
When Mrs. Wang on the side heard this, her face suddenly became very ugly: Concubine Wu had endured it for so many years and suffered so much cold treatment from her, and now she finally stopped pretending. She only acknowledges Princess Qi as her daughter-in-law and goes wherever she likes, pretending she doesn't exist at all.
But now that Concubine Wu was the noble concubine of Emperor Xuan Yi, her rank was second only to that of the Empress Dowager. The Wang family could no longer afford to offend her, so she could only sulk on the sidelines while watching what the Empress Dowager would do.
The Empress Dowager Sun laughed and said: "My sister is just joking. Now Princess Qi is in charge of the affairs of the house and handles everything in an orderly manner. She is better than all my daughters-in-law put together. Just let her say By the way, I also want to hear what young people think."
Lin Xiangyu didn't wait for the concubine to continue to evade, then replied: "The Queen Mother is too praised. I am young and ignorant. It is only the concubine and her husband who have trained me well that I can barely manage the palace.
As for sending palace maids, the frontier is bitterly cold and the people of the Yuan Dynasty are rough. If there are not a few caring people who know how to deal with cold and heat to serve the Supreme Emperor, it will not only lose the dignity of our country tomorrow, but also make billions of people worried.
Due to emotions and reasons, both the ministers and concubines thought that they should have sent palace officials there long ago. It was just a matter of etiquette, and there was no way that the younger brothers and sisters would make a fuss about giving a woman to the eldest uncle, so I never dared to suggest it. Today, my sister proposed to send the palace maids and attendants to Wala. I thought it was a sign of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and asked the Queen Mother to understand. "
Empress Dowager Sun nodded when she heard this: "I have always been too pedantic and did not dare to send people to the Supreme Emperor for fear of causing material disputes. It is Empress Zhou and Princess Qi who dare to take responsibility. I am very relieved and comforted."
Jin Ying, go and get the pair of jasper Ruyi from my warehouse. Give one to Queen Zhou and the other to Princess Qi. "
When the two heard this, they quickly knelt down to thank him. Empress Zhou then summoned the four prepared palace maids and Ma Liang and other royal guards to show the Empress Dowager.
The Queen Mother saw that the four maids were all charming, graceful and pretty, and knew that they were the type Zhu Qizhen liked, so she nodded in approval.
The specific matters were arranged by Queen Zhou. After all, no matter how high-sounding the reason given by Princess Qi was, the Queen Mother would personally arrange a woman for the Supreme Emperor, and the impact would not be very good, and it would easily lead to impeachment by the ministers. Since Queen Zhou was willing to take responsibility, the Queen Mother was optimistic that it would work out.
After the conversation got down to business, and after a while of housework, everyone dispersed. The concubine and Lin Xiangyu returned to the palace with the prince and princess.
As soon as Lin Xiangyu returned to the room, before finishing a cup of tea, Zhu Qiyu walked in with his face covered with dirt and dust.
Seeing this, Lin Xiangyu pretended to smash the tea cup in her hand, and shouted softly: "Where did you come from, how dare you break into my princess's boudoir?"
Zhu Qiyu quickly defended: "Princess, don't smash it, don't smash it, it's me, it's me, I'm Zhu Shoumen'er."
Lin Xiangyu then came over and said with a smile: "It turns out that I am my concubine, Your Highness Prince Qi, where have you been wallowing?"
"I'm not wallowing. I'm really acting as Zhu's gatekeeper. Your husband, in order to guard the gate of the capital, personally went to Yuantu City outside Desheng Gate to dig trenches."
Hearing this, Lin Xiangyu rubbed her husband with a heartbroken look on her face: "What a sin. Seeing how the Supreme Emperor has tricked everyone, the majestic Emperor has to dig trenches himself. Come on, let me personally serve my husband to take a bath."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It's also a good thing. I can at least eat three more bowls of rice."
Lin Xiangyu quickly ordered Mu Yu to prepare dinner, while she did her best to wait on Zhu Qiyu to bathe and change clothes comfortably.
There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, the court's new mission set off. This mission is completely different from the two missions sent before.
The previous special envoys Chen Ai and Yang Shan were die-hard loyalists of the Supreme Emperor. The Huang Pu sent this time was a close aide of the new emperor, and his mission was to alienate Wa La and delay the return of the Supreme Emperor to the capital.
Moreover, the four palace officials brought along by the mission were all close associates of Queen Zhou. They were all canonized as nobles and went to serve the Supreme Emperor.
There is also a very special character in the mission: Jin Yiwei Ma Liang. This is the favorite male favorite of the Supreme Emperor, and was also added to the mission very thoughtfully by Queen Zhou.
More importantly, in order to reward Ma Liang for his hard work and loyalty to serve the emperor outside the Great Wall, Queen Zhou gave four extremely beautiful prostitutes from the Jiaofang Division to be Ma Liang's concubines, and accompanied Ma Liang to Oara.
