Concubine Li was secretly suspicious when she suddenly heard someone say: "Sister, why should you worry so much? Your Majesty is here today. Regardless of whether these words are true or false, it actually shows that the status of Sister and the Crown Prince is firmly established. "
Concubine Li turned her head and saw a young man dressed in eunuch clothes, turning around with a smile on his face.
"What do you have to say?" Concubine Li didn't seem surprised, she just raised her eyebrows slightly: "Has the Emperor been to the Queen recently? I mean in the past few days."
The young man smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry. Ever since the queen advised the emperor last year, the emperor has never been to her place again. In the final analysis, this matter is related to the prince. Sister, you are the biological mother of the prince. The emperor is annoyed that the queen talks too much." , naturally I won’t go to her place. Sister, apart from the emperor, you will be the only one representing the harem tomorrow!"
Concubine Li breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the table and sat down, saying, "That's good, that's good."
The young man walked to and stood behind Concubine Li naturally, stretched out his hand to gently knead Concubine Li's shoulders, and said with a slight smile: "The queen has nothing to do, and the emperor is not willing to see her at all now, so this is no longer possible." There will be some kind of 'legitimate' son, and the prince's status will be as stable as Mount Tai. As for you, sister, you don't have to worry about anything anymore."
While enjoying his massage, Concubine Li frowned slightly and said, "But Wen Jin, don't forget, although the emperor still comes to my place often, his selection speed for the palace is getting faster and faster. , I'm worried that sooner or later, some will give birth to dragon children. You see, Concubine Wei Ying is already three or four months old..."
"Sister is worrying too much." The young man named "Wen Jin" said with confidence: "After the death of the former princess, Sister was the most favored, not to mention that the emperor only had two sons, both of whom were born to Sister. The baby's name has been decided. As long as the queen does not come out, these descendants will have a chance to give birth to a dragon son, and they will only be separated one day. What's more, it is still uncertain whether Concubine Wei Ying will make a fool of herself or not. Woolen cloth."
"Princess..." Concubine Li sighed inexplicably: "She is also less fortunate."
When Emperor Longqing was still King Yu, his first wife was Princess Yu, who had the same surname as Concubine Li, also named Li. She had given birth to a son for Zhu Zaihe, and it stands to reason that that child was Long Qing's true legitimate son. But it is a pity that the mother and son were really ill-fated. One did not have the title of emperor, and the other did not have the title of queen. Both of them died of illness before Long Qing ascended the throne. Long Qing had deep feelings for his original wife, and felt deeply for the death of their mother and son. Very sad.
By the way: Even though Princess Yu Li and her children have passed away long ago, Longqing took great care of her family: the former Jiajing Dynasty favorite and the Jiajing Emperor's brother-in-law, the Imperial Guard Commander Lu Bing, stayed in the ultra-luxurious house in Beijing after his death The main house was awarded to her family.
Longqing's wife Xuxian's surname was Chen, who is now Queen Chen.
The greatest sorrow of Queen Chen was that she never had a son. Emperor Longqing originally didn't care and never wavered in her status as queen. It is probably because Long Qing, who has experienced the pain of not having family affection, does pay more attention to family affection than his father. He treats his wife and son much better than Jiajing.
But it is a pity that at the beginning of last year, the queen was deeply uneasy because Emperor Longqing was too lewd. In view of the queen's responsibilities, she bluntly advised the emperor to take care of the dragon body. Perhaps the blunt words made the emperor dissatisfied, and the emperor never went to Kunning Palace again.
A few months later, the queen fell ill due to depression. She requested to go to another palace to recuperate, and the emperor agreed.
Concubine Li has two sons, but Empress Chen has none. This in itself will inevitably make outsiders think that the empress is out of favor. Now that this is happening, this worry is even more confirmed.
In fact, such mediocre topics have always been the most interesting to the officials. They are like the paparazzi of later generations, paying close attention to everything that happens in the palace. As expected, Yunnan Road Supervisor Yushi Zhan Yangpi is such a qualified paparazzi. One day, he met the imperial physician who had just come out of the palace on the road. He quickly went up to inquire about the situation in the palace. The imperial physician told him that the queen had been ill recently and had moved from Kunning Palace to another palace to recuperate.
Originally, this was not a big deal. The queen did become ill due to depression after making the emperor unhappy. However, the emperor did not criticize her in any way except not going to her place. On the contrary, it seemed like he was evading. The Queen's move to another palace was actually requested by the Queen herself. It is impossible to know whether it was out of anger or because she really felt that Kunning Palace was not suitable for recuperation.
But Zhan Yangpi seemed to have gotten an exclusive headline. He immediately picked up a pen and wrote a memorial, accusing the emperor of abusing the queen. He said that the queen's illness must be because the emperor was indulged in sensuality, ignored or even abused the queen. He also accused the queen of moving to other palaces because she was forced by the emperor. .
Naturally, this memorial was not only presented to the emperor, it immediately spread throughout the court and the public. When the officials saw it, they thought, what a big event! Everyone suddenly became energetic. For example, a moral gentleman named Luo Wenli started talking about the relationship between the emperor and the empress. Of course, he didn’t have any new ideas. He just accused the emperor of treating the empress badly and also blamed the emperor as usual. Too lustful, other commentators also expressed their own opinions, most of which were similar.
In fact, the relationship between the emperor and the empress had been on good terms before this incident - otherwise it would not be possible to explain the empress's courage to speak out and remonstrate, right? Obviously, most of what Zhan Yangpi wrote was based on his own conjecture, and there was almost no confirmed evidence. It was just that the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang were very rigid. It didn't matter if the officials used the rumors to scold the emperor. , even actually is the responsibility.
When Long Qing got these memorials scolding him, it can be imagined that he was not in a good mood. But since Gao Gong hadn't come back at that time, and Yan Lu was very domineering under Xu Jie's connivance, he had no choice but to give an explanation, saying that the queen was not in good health and that moving to a different place would be helpful for recuperating her body. What about you guys? If you don’t know what’s going on in the palace, don’t talk nonsense. If I accuse you of being ignorant this time, I won’t pursue it.
However, the government and the public were almost unanimously convinced that Emperor Longqing was a womanizer, and even the people agreed that the emperor was a womanizer and that fraud had occurred. For example, there was an eunuch named Zhang Jinchao who falsely claimed that he would go to Huguang to choose a concubine for the emperor. The outside world believed it to be true, and those who had daughters quickly married off their daughters, no matter what family they were from. They married off as soon as they could, for fear that their daughters would be sent to prison. The palace is separated from heaven and man. It was later discovered that it was false, so the eunuch was executed.
So the next Emperor Longqing was miserable, and everything could be associated with female lust. Once, Cai Ruxian reported to the emperor during a meeting in the Etiquette Department. The general meaning was: I was guiding the emperor a few days ago, but in private, the emperor felt that the emperor seemed a little thinner than before. The emperor's body is very important, and I must cherish it even more. Therefore, I hope that the emperor will be cautious about female sex in the future. If you have nothing to do, read some scriptures and history every day, get close to knowledgeable ministers, and stop indulging in female sex.
Long Qing was quite angry about this. It was true that he was lustful, but which emperor wasn't lustful? Some people lose their kingdom because of their lust for women, but he does not delay state affairs for women. He feels that staying with a woman for a longer time is completely different from fulfilling the emperor's duties well.
Fortunately, after Gao Gong resurrected, the officials calmed down because many of them had a grudge against Gao Gong and did not dare to talk more. Not long after, Gao Gong persuaded the emperor to stage a drama of "the prince's playmate", and Emperor Longqing felt much more at ease.
This is one of the reasons why Long Qing attaches great importance to this scene.
