Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Qiyu asked the concubine: "Is the concubine not scared today? I killed a lot of people today and promoted eleven eunuchs to replace Jin Ying and Xing'an to take charge of the inner court. "
The concubine smiled and said: "Just kill them. I know you can't help it. If you don't kill a group of people hard and let the inner court know who is the master of the world, we will always end up like this when we enter a ruined palace." He is as scared as a thief."
Lin Xiangyu snuggled close to the concubine, frowning lightly, and echoed: "Concubine Mother is right, if it weren't for the fact that there was nothing I could do, I would never want to go to that bad place again in my life.
The majestic queen could be crippled by a group of palace servants. This world is really evil. "
Zhu Qiyu said softly: "I'm not going, I'm not going, I won't have to go anymore in the future. In a few days, we will go to the Wuding Marquis' Mansion to complete the recognition ceremony, and then we will hold the Zhengdan meeting on the first day of the Jingtai Dynasty. .
After it was over, we immediately packed up and went to Yushan to soak in the hot springs and relax. "
When Lin Xiangyu heard this, she suddenly smiled and asked the concubine: "Concubine, please come and live with us. There is no point in staying in the city all the time."
The concubine smiled and said: "You go ahead, people are old and nostalgic, and I just want to live in the old man's palace."
Zhu Qiyu also joked: "Mother, princess, you two are becoming more and more like a mother and daughter. One of you doesn't want to be the queen mother, and the other doesn't want to be the queen. You both hate palace life so much."
The concubine also joked: "Both of us were born slaves. Fortunately, I don't have an emperor like you, otherwise I would probably be beaten to death with a stick."
Lin Xiangyu heard this and asked curiously: "Emperor Xuanzong's concubines were all plotted against each other and could not give birth to a son in twenty years. Why was it that the mother-in-law could give birth to her husband? And she even raised him? "
The concubine really regarded Lin Xiangyu as her daughter, and she was not taboo about this issue. Instead, she explained in detail: "I was originally a maid in the Han Palace, and I was still a slave at that time.
Later, the King of Han was deceived into plotting rebellion. After the failure, I was convicted and officially became a slave.
He was seen by Xuanzong by chance, and then he was lucky. But the emperor only vented his anger for a moment, and after he vented his anger, he left me there, and it was hard to give me a status.
Later, when Qi Yu was born, I was thrown out of the palace and placed in the eunuch's house to be raised as an outhouse.
After Qi Yu was born, the emperor ignored us, so Qi Yu didn't even have a wet nurse. He told you, it's just a joke.
Qi Yu had never lived in the palace at all. When he was seven years old, before Xuan Zong died, he summoned us, mother and son, and formally recognized our identities. Then Qi Yu was granted the title of king and lived in the palace. I became a concubine and lived in the palace. "
Lin Xiangyu nodded thoughtfully: "In that case, husband, do you think the mother-in-law and Queen Mother Bo are particularly similar?"
Zhu Qiyu thought about it carefully and couldn't help but nodded: "Well, don't tell me, they are really similar. Empress Dowager Bo was originally the concubine of King Wei, and the mother concubine was originally from the palace of Han Dynasty.
Empress Dowager Bo later became a prisoner of the Han Dynasty and was accidentally visited by Taizu. The mother-in-law was later convicted and entered the inner court to do hard labor, and met Xuanzong by chance.
Empress Dowager Bo kept a low profile and tolerated everything. She gave birth to the prince successfully and successfully escaped the persecution of Empress Lu.
The mother-in-law also gave birth to children in a low-key manner and escaped the persecution of the Queen Mother Sun.
Empress Lu fooled around and tricked her own son to death, which eventually led to Empress Dowager Bo's son succeeding to the throne and becoming Emperor Taizong Xiaowen.
The Empress Dowager Sun also messed around and taught her son a lesson that was difficult to understand. In the end, the concubine’s son, me, the former King of Tao, inherited the throne. "
Hearing this, the concubine smiled at Lin Xiangyu and said, "Don't just keep teasing me. Don't you think you are a bit similar to Empress Dowager Bo's daughter-in-law, Empress Dou?"
Zhu Qiyu thought carefully and nodded again and again: "Yeah, yeah, don't say it, it's true. When Emperor Xiaowen was still the acting king, he first married a girl from Empress Lu's natal family as a princess and gave birth to four sons.
When I was King Yi, I married the Wang family, a close confidant of the Queen Mother Sun, and took in a group of concubines arranged by the Queen Mother Sun, and gave birth to a son.
Then before King Dai succeeded to the throne, he killed Princess Lu and her son. Before I succeeded to the throne, I completely idled the previous princess, concubine, and son.
After that, the king appointed Dou as his concubine, and I appointed Zhao'er as his concubine.
Dou's parents died early, his brothers were separated, and he became an orphan for a time. Mei'er also became an orphan for a time. "
Listening to the emperor's narration and comparison, the concubine and the princess nodded repeatedly.
Soon Zhu Qiyu realized something was wrong: "If you think about it this way, wouldn't my experience be very similar to that of Emperor Xiaowen?"
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "Yes, my husband and Emperor Xiaowen have a mother who has gone through the same thing, and a daughter-in-law who has gone through the same thing.
Like Emperor Xiaowen, you yourself were pushed to the throne from an unpopular prince at a time of national crisis.
Emperor Xiaowen was pushed to be a puppet, and you were pushed to take the blame. Both of you respect the Taoist art of governing the country, and both advocate frugality starting from the emperor himself, levying less corvee and less tax, and reducing the burden on the people.
Moreover, both of you are grudges against the enemies in the northern grassland, and internally, you are both dedicated to reducing the vassal state.
Anyway, my husband has many similarities with Emperor Xiaowen. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded in appreciation and said: "My little princess is really smart. Even Emperor Xiaowen knows that he has been working hard to reduce the vassalage. Most people can't see this.
That's all. You can even see that I'm determined to cut down the vassal clan. You really deserve to be my bedfellow. "
Lin Xiangyu quickly knelt on the carpet: "I said something wrong, please punish me."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "It's okay, get up. These shabby feudal lords in the Ming Dynasty are a bunch of moths and scourges. They should have been killed long ago."
The three of them continued talking and laughing, and returned to the house happily, spending the whole night speechless.
…
Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu came to Xihua Hall early.
Although the ministers were not summoned for the morning court meeting, Zhu Qiyu knew that the ministers would definitely come, so he leisurely leaned on the soft couch and drank tea while waiting for the ministers.
Sure enough, after a while, the ministers filed in and came forward to salute.
Zhu Qiyu asked with a serious face: "You all know what happened yesterday, right?"
The ministers all quickly said yes.
Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Now that Queen Yisheng has become like this, she can neither manage the harem nor preside over various ceremonial activities. What do you think we should do in the future?"
The ministers looked at each other, and finally indicated with their eyes that Wang Wen was recommended to answer this sensitive and sharp question.
Wang Wen is so miserable. He thinks in his heart: How do I know what to do? What use do you think I have?
Anyway, the others were determined not to speak.
Wang Wen could only bite the bullet and reply: "Wei Chen believes that ceremonial activities can be left to the Supreme Queen and the eunuch in charge of the inner court is responsible for managing the harem."
Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction: "According to Wang Aiqing's words, the Jin Dynasty also granted Qian Xiong the title of Marquis of Xinxiang to appease the Queen Yisheng's heart."
In this way, both the emperor and the ministers were satisfied. Conferring the title of marquis to Queen Qian's nephew can not only comfort Queen Qian, but also make the government and the public look more decent, so as not to say that the emperor treated Queen Qian harshly.
Zhu Qiyu immediately avoided the topic and issued an edict: "The Jin Dynasty conferred the title of Marquis of Wuqing on Shi Heng, Uncle Huaining on Sun Boring, and Uncle Feng on Liu Yongcheng of Qing Dynasty. All three of them were chief military officers and were led directly from Datong. All my troops will go south to join Wang Ji's army. I will completely quell the Miao rebellion in one fell swoop."
(End of chapter)
