Concubine Wu might not enter the palace once every few months. Even if she was given chronic poisons every time she entered the palace, if she returned to the palace and stayed for a few months, these toxins would be purified on their own without taking any medicine.
So if you want to use chronic poison, you have to let the confidants serving around Mrs. Wu do it. It was a pity that Concubine Wu did not bring the eunuch with her when she left the palace. All the previous maids were also sent away.
Now Concubine Wu's personal maids are all home-born children sent by her parents' family, just to prevent others from poisoning her.
Concubine Wu was several years younger than the Empress Dowager Sun. Zhu Qiyu had already planned that as long as Concubine Wu survived the Empress Dowager Sun, she would be allowed to hold the Queen Mother's seal as the imperial concubine and become the actual Queen Mother.
Moreover, at that time, the Supreme Emperor had already been in charge of the guests, and Zhu Qiyu had already adopted himself to Hu Shanxiang and forcibly became Xuanzong's legitimate son. In this way, without the constraints of the Empress Dowager and the Supreme Emperor, as well as the disadvantages of direct concubines, Zhu Qiyu's lineage was already invincible from a legal perspective, and then he could carry out in-depth reforms.
If these people in the palace want to make a comeback, they have another option, and that is to use strong poison. The problem is that Zhu Qiyu absolutely refuses to enter the palace now. In the entire Prince Qi's palace, the only one who is still willing to enter the palace is Concubine Wu.
But if Wu Taifei was given a strong poison, and Wu Taifei entered the palace on the front foot and died suddenly when she returned home on the back foot, with Zhu Qiyu's temper, not even a chicken in the entire palace would be able to survive.
So while Zhu Qiyu was still alive and kicking, no one dared to give Wu Taifei strong poison.
Therefore, Concubine Wu is now as invincible as Empress Dowager Sun, at least on the surface. No one dares to directly attack the two of them.
Even Zhu Qiyu, the great emperor of tomorrow, only dared to plan to use psychological tactics to affect the physical and mental health of the Queen Mother Sun, so as to shorten the Queen Mother Sun's life by a few years. Zhu Qiyu would not do something so bottomless as directly attacking the Empress Dowager.
Otherwise, once a precedent is set, the consequences for our children and grandchildren will be endless.
But it was said that Concubine Wu came to Cining Palace, met everyone, and took their seats.
Queen Mother Sun looked a little unkind, and Princess Wu advised her: "Sister, don't worry too much. Our Ming army is now at its peak. It won't take long before we can completely defeat Oara and welcome back the Emperor."
When Queen Mother Sun heard this, she snorted coldly in her heart: I will definitely win the battle. Is this to comfort me? If we really win the battle, can the Supreme Emperor come back? Even if I come back reluctantly, can I live a good life?
Seeing that Queen Mother Sun had a cold face and did not even make false promises, Concubine Wu turned to Queen Zhou and asked: "Queen, the weather is getting colder and colder now. Can you give me all the thick clothes and red charcoal for the winter?" Sent?"
Empress Zhou quickly replied: "Don't worry, Princess, I have sent someone to send them there. Now that Zhencai and Jingcai have been brought into the palace, there are two less people to serve the Emperor, so I am thinking of choosing a few more." The best women will be sent to the Supreme Emperor for his use."
When Queen Mother Sun heard this, she glared at Queen Qian fiercely, saying that her useless daughter-in-law couldn't do anything but cry. No, the Zhou family has stolen the limelight again.
It turned out that Zhu Qizhen had sent a mission to Queen Qian, telling Queen Qian to just be wise and protect herself, and there was no need to force herself to come forward. Therefore, Queen Qian became more and more negative. In every word and deed, she did not seek merit, but sought no fault.
Empress Dowager Sun felt so regretful that it would have been better if the Wang family and the Qian family had been exchanged, and the tough Wang family had been made the queen, and the weak and incompetent Qian family had been made Princess Tao. It just so happens that Zhu Qiyu likes delicate and delicate women, so it's just right for them to switch.
Before Empress Dowager Sun could finish her anger, she heard Concubine Wu follow Empress Zhou's words and say: "I heard from the emperor that these two talented people serve the Supreme Emperor with great care. Their status is only the lowest among the concubines." People are really a bit undignified.
According to the emperor's opinion, the promotion of concubine is a bit too much, so it is better to promote the two of them to concubines first. A pure concubine and a respectful concubine, what does sister think? "
"Okay, the emperor gave people talented people from the beginning, and he was indeed a bit mean."
Concubine Wu smiled and said: "Indeed, that's what I said about the emperor. The emperor has recently come to his senses and recalled that not only was he a bit mean to Zhen and Jing, but he was also very cold to Concubine Hang in the Prince's Palace. Somewhat passed.
After all, Mrs. Hang gave birth to the emperor’s eldest son, so the emperor asked me to mention to my sister that he wanted to make Ms. Hang the concubine of King Xi. What did my sister think? "
After hearing this, everyone present looked at Concubine Wu in surprise. They all sighed in their hearts about Concubine Wu's fierceness and strength: A few days ago, the Sun family began to spread disparaging remarks about Concubine Qi in the city. As soon as it had some effect, they put Concubine Wu out. The counterattack attracted.
Originally, the Wang family could still continue to be the concubine of Prince Xi, but now things are better. The Hang family has also been promoted from the side concubine to the concubine. From now on, the Wang family and the Hang family are officially on equal footing.
And this is just a small warning from Zhu Qiyu. If the women in Prince Ni's palace can't see the situation clearly, know how to advance or retreat, and keep pushing the emperor hard, then when Zhu Qiyu can't bear it anymore, he won't mind giving Wang a lift.
The Empress Dowager Sun had always regarded the Wang family as her own. Seeing that Concubine Wu was so crowded with the Wang family, she also retorted: "Since the emperor has made the Wang family and the Hang family the concubines, now there are two Prince Tao concubines, and in the future Which one of these two people does the emperor intend to make the queen?"
Concubine Wu smiled and said: "You can do whatever you want, the Queen Mother has the final say in everything. Mrs. Wang seems to have a long life and good fortune. It's hard for the Queen Mother to like her."
What Concubine Wu said was a joke hidden in a smile, and the meaning was obvious: If the Queen Mother insists on making Wang the new emperor's queen, then we can only let her die suddenly before becoming the queen. The new king has already promised the Wang family a lifetime of glory and wealth, that's pretty much it, so why bother fighting for the false title of queen.
Anyway, Mrs. Wu praised Princess Qi's attitude in dealing with things. There was nothing to fight for when she was the queen. Concubine Wu and Concubine Qi had similar tempers. One wanted to fight for the position of Queen Mother, and the other wanted to fight for the position of Queen. They both wanted to stay as far away from the palace as possible.
The result is that now Empress Dowager Sun and Concubine Wu hold different opinions. Empress Dowager Sun recognizes Princess Xie as the emperor's legitimate wife, and Concubine Wu recognizes Princess Qi as the emperor's legitimate wife. They do not give in to each other.
At the end of the quarrel, both parties broke up unhappy.
But the effect was achieved. As soon as Concubine Wu left, Empress Dowager Sun immediately sent her confidants to inform her family not to provoke anyone from Prince Qi's residence again. After all, the emperor has made his attitude clear and offended the emperor. He really dares to kill people.
…
But in the afternoon, he also went out of camp and formed an array at the same time as Polo's army.
Boluo began to attack the Ming army in Yuantucheng. And yet, although Ye Xian had promised not to join forces with the Polo, he had not promised not to attack in other directions.
Therefore, I first chose Changuimun, which is relatively weak in offense and defense.
In addition to the Ming Dynasty city walls of the capital, there is a Tucheng left over from the Yuan Dynasty to the north, and a city wall left over from the Jin Dynasty to the south. Zhangyimen is one of the gates in that section of the golden city wall. I chose it first, and finally decided to capture Zhangyimen first, and then use it as a stronghold to attack the city wall of the capital.
Changyi Gate is also a relatively weakly defended area. Compared to the Shi Heng Five Military Battalions and Sun Boring Three Thousand Battalions assembled outside Xizhimen and Fucheng Gate, as well as the elite troops in Beicheng who are all loyal to the new emperor, Zhang Yi Gate is guarded by the Imperial Horse Guards. First of all, the number of those guarding the four guards was not much higher. There were only 10,000 people, and their combat effectiveness was obviously not as good as that of the elite border troops of Xu Heng, Marquis of Xing'an.
However, what surprised Ling Ye first was that the governor Liu Ju actually led the four guards of the imperial horse supervisor to line up to fight.
(End of chapter)
