Gao pragmatic received two notifications in succession, both of which came to inform him of this unexpected incident in the palace. One way was sent by Chen Ju, the other was sent by Huang Mengyu. Among them, Chen Ju learned the news earlier, so the people he sent arrived earlier. Although Huang Mengyu learned the news late, the people he sent were also slightly later, but they gave him more news.
For example, he personally rushed from Neidongchang to Ciqing Palace to move reinforcements. At the same time, he also activated another secret chess that had never been used in accordance with Gao Pragmatic's instructions when he left Beijing in the sixth year of Wanli.
In the fourth year of Wanli, one year before Zhu Yijun's wedding, Gao Pragmatic relied on his knowledge of history to quietly win over Wang Wei, the commander of the Jinyiwei, a year in advance. His queen is happy sister.
At the same time, he used two major allies in the inner court to try every means to create conditions to ensure that post-election matters would not go astray.
At that time, the Ministry of Rites was responsible for the preliminary selection, and the Minister of Rites was Ma Ziqiang, an ally of Gao Gong. Under the influence of Gao Gong, Sister Wang Xi was not only successfully selected, but also received care from the Ministry of Rites in terms of rosters, records and other matters.
Coupled with the support of Empress Dowager Rensheng and the agreement of Empress Dowager Li after meeting Sister Wang Xi, the empress dowagers of the two palaces sent an edict to the Ministry of Rites and selected Sister Wang Xi as the queen.
Although the queen of the Ming Dynasty has a lofty status, she has nothing to do with Gao Jingshi in normal times, and she does not have any ability to influence the political situation. However, Gao Jingshi knows that the relationship between this queen and Wanli in history is actually quite good. , it was only because she had not been able to give birth to a dragon son that Concubine Zheng finally showed up.
But even so, Queen Wang's status as queen has never been shaken. In the "Struggle for the Country" incident in the 21st year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun once said that the reason why the eldest son of the emperor was not made the crown prince was because Sister Wang Xi was still in her prime. If there is a chance to give birth to a legitimate son, that is what Zhu Yijun would like to be the crown prince.
In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, the engineering department sent a letter to Wang Dewan, falsely accusing the emperor of neglecting Sister Wang Xi, and also falsely claimed that there were only a few people around to serve Sister Wang Xi and that she was seriously ill. Zhu Yijun read the book and was furious, so he sent Wang Dewan to prison. At that time, Shen Guanyi, the assistant minister, immediately stated that this rumor had spread in Beijing a month ago, so the emperor immediately issued an edict to defend himself, and his words were very passionate.
This "very heated words" is crucial, proving that Zhu Yijun is extremely sensitive to any words that dare to suspect that he and the queen are not on good terms.
In other words, he did not allow anyone to question his good relationship with the queen. Otherwise, Zhu Yijun was already in a cold war with the courtiers during the "national dispute" at that time. If he didn't care, he would not pay attention at all, and he would issue an edict to defend himself, and even "use very heated words."
In addition, whether it is based on the emperor's own edict or the records of the Ming Dynasty, before the death of illness in the 48th year of Wanli, the queen and the queen had been "eating, living and living together" with Zhu Yijun. In other words, they lived and ate together. explain the problem
What is even more illustrative is that after Queen Wang died of illness, Zhu Yijun issued an imperial edict, saying, "I mourn the diligent and virtuous lady with endless condolences" and "My heart is deeply saddened." After only three months, his body was still recovering. Zhu Yijun, who was considered healthy, suddenly passed away.
If it wasn’t for the deep pain, why would it be like this?
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic concluded that Queen Wang definitely had a major influence on Zhu Yijun and was completely a blue chip stock worthy of heavy investment.
Moreover, there is another very important reason for investing in Queen Wang in the early Wanli period. That is that Queen Wang attaches great importance to filial piety, and she is very filial to the queen mothers of the two palaces. The queen mothers of the two palaces almost regard her as their own child, and they care about her so much that they even care about her when she is sick. Zhu Yijun was not allowed to visit her during this period.
Sister Wang Xi is actually only sixteen years old this year. She usually lives in Kunning Palace. Apart from paying greetings to the two palaces every day, she almost never walks around the palace. She only manages the harem in a disciplined manner. She can be said to be a harem that perfectly conforms to the harem set by Zhu Yuanzhang. The system is the model of the perfect queen.
However, she had to make a slight exception today, because just now, a chamberlain quietly reported to her that the emperor was punished by the Empress Dowager Cisheng and was unable to kneel in the main hall of Cining Palace. Gao Guanzheng asked the empress to plan the world and immediately went to persuade the empress dowager. .
In public and private matters, Queen Wang did not dare to neglect after learning the news, and immediately drove to Cining Palace.
When she arrived at Cining Palace, there were already many fewer eunuchs and maids in Cining Palace than before. After Guo Pu arrived, he persuaded Queen Mother Li to evacuate and issued a hush-hush order.
Queen Wang didn't care much at this time and hurried outside the palace. Sure enough, she saw the emperor and the two princesses kneeling upright outside the hall.
The emperor was so pale that he knelt down, and the two princesses were in even worse condition. Not only did they look painful, but they were also on the verge of collapse.
Empress Wang did not go in to plead with Empress Dowager Li, but walked to the emperor with a heavy face. She stood slightly behind the emperor and knelt down to be punished like the emperor, but said nothing.
Empress Dowager Chen arrived just in time. Seeing the emperor, empress and two princesses kneeling in front of the palace, she stepped forward and asked softly, "Why is the empress kneeling too?"
Queen Wang leaned over and kowtowed and replied, "Returning to Queen Mother Rensheng, if the husband is guilty, how can the wife be blameless?"
Empress Dowager Chen was shaken and her expression was horrified. She stared at the resolute-looking Empress Wang for a while, her eyes filled with kindness. She nodded slowly and said in a deep voice, "Good child, the Ai family knows what you are thinking."
After saying that, Queen Mother Chen turned around solemnly and walked towards the main hall of Cining Palace.
Zhu Yijun turned his head, glanced at the queen, and said with a guilty look on his face, "Xi'er, I'm sorry for you being punished."
Queen Wang shook her head slightly and said softly, "I am speaking from my heart."
Zhu Yijun's nose felt sore, he turned his head and said nothing. He didn't know what he felt in his heart.
The two princesses looked at each other from behind, with shame on their faces, and whispered together, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry."
Queen Wang turned her head, shook her head slightly towards them, gave them another comforting look, and knelt down again.
When Empress Dowager Chen approached Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Li was sitting in the palace, and Guo Pu was sitting on a brocade stool, which seemed to be a special gift. The two were discussing something. There were only three or four eunuchs around him, and one of them was Chen Hong, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony.
As soon as Empress Dowager Chen entered the door, Empress Dowager Li and Guo Pu both stood up to greet her.
Empress Dowager Li gave a half salute to Empress Dowager Chen with a sad look on her face and said, "I'm tired of taking this trip. I really feel sorry for you."
"It doesn't matter to me. It's okay to move around." Empress Dowager Chen shook her head slightly and said, "Yuan Fu, please sit down."
But of course Guo Pu didn't dare to sit at this time. He waited until the empress dowagers of the two palaces sat on the east and west sides, and then sat down with half of his buttocks on the brocade stool.
Surprisingly, Empress Dowager Chen, who rarely spoke proactively, actually took the initiative today. As soon as she sat down, she said to Empress Dowager Li, "Sister, Xi'er is also kneeling beside the emperor. Did you know?"
Queen Mother Li was a little surprised and asked, "When did I not let anyone alarm her?"
"Although Xi'er is a queen at her age, the emperor was punished and couldn't afford to kneel for such a long time. How could he hide it from Xi'er in the palace?" Empress Dowager Chen sighed, "I just asked her why she was punished while kneeling. My sister knows how she did it." explain"
Queen Mother Li shook her head.
Empress Dowager Chen's eyes showed a hint of recollection, and her voice was a little distant as she said, "She said, if the husband is guilty, how can the wife be blameless?"
