There are two empress dowagers in the Ming Dynasty. Among them, Empress Dowager Rensheng lives in Ciqing Palace, and Empress Dowager Cisheng lives in Cining Palace. The two palaces are one in the east and the other in the west. Ciqing Palace is in the east and Cining Palace is in the west. Therefore, some people call Empress Dowager Rensheng the East Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Cisheng the West Empress Dowager.
However, the Western Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty is quite different from the Western Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty. The two most basic points are that she neither listens to politics behind the curtain nor actively interferes in national affairs.
Today, however, may be an extremely rare exception.
Because after the Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty summoned Gao Pangshi, Empress Dowager Li sent someone to Cining Palace again for questioning, and the questions asked this time were somewhat related to government affairs.
"Ling Yunyi is so brave." Empress Dowager Li did not sit upright, but walked around quickly, speaking sternly, "A newly promoted minister of the Ministry of War has not yet taken office, but he is acting in the capital and at the feet of the emperor." The big drama of setting troops to commit murder, Ai Jia has really gained a lot of experience, there are no such powerful characters even in Kun Opera."
Since the Queen Mother was standing, Zhu Yijun naturally did not dare to sit down. He stood aside with his hands down. Even because of the Queen Mother's harsh words, he was so frightened that he lowered his head and did not dare to take a breath.
Standing next to him were two girls, the third princess Zhu Yao'e and the fourth princess Zhu Yaolao.
Both princesses wear gold-woven gauze shoulder-shaped persimmon-shaped flying phoenix blouses. The shoulder sleeves are decorated with gold-woven phoenix-patterned cloud shoulders, and the inner parts are decorated with hooked lotus patterns.
It is paired with a floral gauze python skirt. This is a pleated long skirt made of five pieces of fabric. The waist is edged with pink dark flower gauze. The texture is dark flower diameter gauze, and the dark flowers are entangled chrysanthemums and camellia patterns. The skirt darts and hem are woven with gold and colorful colors. There is one dragon on the front and one on the back of the skirt. There are nine dragons in the line. They are decorated with phoenixes, peonies, camellias, chrysanthemums, lotus, plum blossoms, sea water and river cliffs.
It is said to be a dragon pattern, but actually according to regulations, this is one of the variations of python robe women's clothing, so it is called python skirt.
There is no difference in the shape of their outfits, but there is a difference in the color selection. The background color of the third princess Zhu Yao'e's top is dark green, and the background color of the python skirt is grass green. The background color of the fourth princess Zhu Yao'e's top is azure after rain, and the background color of the python skirt is blue. The background color is lake blue. Presumably the third princess likes green and the fourth princess likes blue.
The emperor stood for punishment, and the two princesses accompanied him. This treatment was only enjoyed by the two queen mothers.
However, judging from Queen Mother Li's current demeanor, she has no feeling for this enjoyment. Her only feeling now is probably anger.
"Emperor, you have heard what your two imperial sisters just said. Although Ling Yunyi did not know that the two of them were in the temple at that time, he forced a Juren who came to Beijing to take the exam and did not allow him to take shelter from the rain. This is not the same as the Ming Dynasty's preferential treatment of scholars. It is always contrary to the national policy, not to mention that as the minister of the Ministry of War, he actually used his power to commit crimes. This is not in line with the policy of the country and the dynasty in employing people."
Zhu Yijun didn't dare to have any objections, he nodded in agreement.
Queen Mother Li asked, "In this case, what are you going to do with it?"
Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment and said, "If I were to deal with this matter directly, I'm afraid it would easily arouse people's concerns and shift the focus of attention from Ling Yunyi's attack to why the two imperial sisters appeared in the temple. Although there is nothing hidden about this matter." But so-called rumors are always spread by falsehoods, and the more they are spread, the more ridiculous they become. Therefore, in my opinion, it is better to wait for the cabinet or the chief minister to initiate an impeachment."
"Will anyone go to court for impeachment?" Empress Dowager Li put away her anger and asked expressionlessly, "I heard that Ling Yunyi is Xu Jie's disciple. He is the same age as Zhang Juzheng, Yin Shidan, Yin Zhengmao and others. He is considered a veteran minister with deep qualifications in the court. Moreover, it is unusual for him to be appointed as the Grand Sima this time. I heard that he is still the chief minister."
Zhu Yijun hadn't thought about it so much. Hearing what his mother said, he couldn't help but hesitate a little, thinking to himself, I'll let pragmatic handle this matter, but Zhang Siwei is a pragmatic uncle. I don't know if he can handle it. Don't find someone to submit the essay, and he will have to write an essay by himself, which will be difficult. Now that he has resigned from office, he is just a civil servant. Even Jieyuan has no power to submit the essay. Come into the palace.
Seeing Zhu Yijun's hesitant expression, Queen Mother Li frowned and asked, "Emperor, are you hiding something from the Ai family?"
Zhu Yijun was taken aback and hurriedly said, "How dare I lie to my mother? It's just that I just hinted that I was too pragmatic about this matter, but at that time I forgot that he had resigned. I wonder if he can arrange this matter well." .”
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li couldn't help but sneer, waved her hand and said, "Then you can rest assured, this kid Gao Pragmatic must have this ability."
"The Queen Mother is Shengming." Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I hope he will not disappoint the Queen Mother and her sons."
Empress Dowager Li snorted and did not dwell on the matter anymore. Instead, she waved her hand, "It's getting late. Emperor, please go back and rest first. The palace is old and you don't want to go to Kunning Palace."
Zhu Yijun's face fell, but he still complied honestly.
As soon as the emperor left, Queen Mother Li sat back, looked at her two daughters, and suddenly said, "You always hear your brother praising his pragmatism. How do you feel when you meet him today?"
The two princesses looked at each other, and the third princess Zhu Yao'e said, "My daughter thought it was pretty good. At that time, Ling Yunyi's servants had already rushed into the yard, and Gao Pragmatic refused to escape alone. He even ran into the main hall and insisted on taking us two with him." escape."
"I'm still a little concerned about it." Queen Mother Li nodded and asked, "Did he know your identities at that time?"
The two princesses shook their heads together, "I definitely don't know."
Seeing them speaking in unison, Queen Mother Li couldn't help but wonder, "Why are you so sure?"
The two women looked at each other and became a little panicked, hesitating and refusing to speak.
Empress Dowager Li's face slowly became stern, her eyes roamed over their faces several times, and she suddenly asked in a cold voice, "Why don't you speak anymore? What's going on?"
The two princesses were so frightened that they immediately knelt down. It was the elder sister Zhu Yao'e who spoke first, "Go back to my mother, because after Gao Pragmatic broke in, he grabbed us, held our hands and ran out. If he knew our identities, I definitely wouldn’t dare.”
"Snapped"
Queen Mother Li was so angry that she slammed the table, "He even grabbed your hands, why didn't you say anything just now?"
"Daughter, daughter, don't dare." Zhu Yao'e was so frightened that her whole body trembled, tears welling up in her eyes.
The fourth princess, Zhu Yaolao, even flattened her mouth and was about to cry.
It turned out that although Empress Dowager Li was strict with Zhu Yijun, she was usually only strict with Zhu Yijun. She was considered a loving mother to King Lu Zhu Yijun and his three daughters, so she suddenly became angry with her two daughters, and the two princesses became angry. I was so scared that I didn't know what to do. I just knew I was scared.
When Empress Dowager Li saw it, she felt a little distressed. She secretly thought that this matter was not their fault after all. It was only Gao Pragmatic who was to blame. Even if you don't know their identities, you can always tell the two little girls, right? It's not okay to run over and grab their hands. We definitely can't just let this matter go.
