Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 863
Generally speaking, Zhu Qiyu didn't mention the battles in the foreign court very much in front of Wang Shi, not because he was afraid of her interfering with politics, but these things were often useless to talk about, and could only make her more worried.

Therefore, when Zhu Qiyu was in Kunning Palace, he would gossip more about the harem, and when he mentioned the outer dynasty, he would also talk about some interesting things, and he usually wouldn't say much about the deeper level.

But this time is different, this matter involves the harem, and it involves two children, Sister Hui and Geer Ji, so he has to be a little more cautious.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang also knew the seriousness. Seeing Zhu Qiyu's expression, she knew that there might be something else hidden in this matter, she frowned slightly, and thought about it carefully, but in the end, she shook her head slightly and said.

"This matter, the concubine also thought it was a bit strange. I asked Mrs. Hang why the emperor's sister-in-law suddenly mentioned the matter of two children entering school. At that time, Mrs. Hang said that it was because the emperor's sister-in-law was busy and bored recently, and she sewed it by herself. Made some embroideries and sent them to Mrs. Hang, saying it was to express my gratitude for taking care of Nangong these days."

"Later we chatted, and the emperor's sister-in-law said that she was teaching embroidery to the princess of Chongqing recently, and that she could teach her sister Hui when she was a little older. Because of this, Mrs. Hang mentioned the matter of the primary school, and the emperor's wife said I said a few words that men and women are different, so it's better to separate them."

"At that time, the concubine felt that this was the same reason after listening to it, so she didn't care too much. Why, does Your Majesty think there is something wrong?"

Speaking of which, Zhu Jianshen is the longest concubine among the current generation of emperors, but he is not the longest child. Before him, Zhu Qizhen had two daughters, the eldest daughter Princess Chongqing, and Zhu Jianshen's mother. , was born by the noble concubine Zhou, and is the oldest, and is now seven years old. The second daughter, Princess Jiashan, is born by Huifei Wang, who is also over six years old.

Zhu Qiyu has also seen the child Princess Chongqing. Although she was born in the Zhou family, she has always been close to Empress Qian and has a gentle and docile personality. She is completely opposite to the little crazy girl Sister Hui. She has indeed liked girls since she was a child. Red embroidery, so this matter sounds very reasonable.

However, it sounds reasonable, but it may not be really reasonable.

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and asked again.

"What about the imperial sister? Is there anything unusual about her behavior at that time? I remember you just said that the imperial sister came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning first, and then the Palace of Kunning?"

Wang frowned and thought for a moment, but finally shook her head and said.

"That's true. However, the emperor always goes to the Palace of Compassion and Ning before coming to see the concubine. This is not surprising. Moreover, the matter was not brought up by the emperor, but because the concubine was not sure about it. Miss Huang."

"She didn't show anything unusual at the time, but she just said a few words casually, saying that the family education outside is separated by men and women, and they learn different things. She also said that if Sister Hui doesn't like to go to school, she will actually play around for another two years. It doesn't matter."

As she spoke, Wang hesitated for a moment, and finally said.

"Your Majesty, the concubines don't know why His Majesty finds it strange, but His Majesty knows the character of the imperial sister. After the incident with Concubine Xue last time, the imperial sister has been thinking of His Majesty's good. Every time she comes back to Kunning Palace, she always brings with many presents."

"As for the matter of the primary school, if there are any hints from the Compassionate Ning Palace, I'm afraid that Miss Huang will be less involved..."

So, is it really just a coincidence?

Zhu Qiyu still vaguely felt that something was wrong, but after hearing Wang's words, he really couldn't tell what the problem was.

As Wang said, Princess Changde is a smart person, she knows where to measure, what to say and what not to say.

In particular, the lives of the family of Yangwuhou's family were still in Zhu Qiyu's mind, so she naturally wouldn't have any other thoughts.

If the Empress Dowager Sun ordered her to do something, she would not follow it, maybe she would tell the whole story directly, which would really save them the effort of guessing here.

However, although there were still doubts in his heart, Zhu Qiyu patted her hand gently and said, seeing Wang's worried look.

"Don't think too much about it. I'm just asking casually. After all, this matter is related to Sister Hui. I still need to understand it clearly before I can rest assured."

"Since there is nothing to do, everything will be as usual. In this way, I will issue an order to the cabinet tomorrow to let them choose a few masters to teach sister Hui and Brother Ji. In addition, I will let Cheng Jing go over and watch , how are you?"

"Um……"

Mrs. Wang also knew that Zhu Qiyu was trying to comfort her, but she knew that Cheng Jing had followed him when he was in the palace. They were loyal, reliable, and knowledgeable. Taking care of the two children must not be difficult.

Moreover, now that Cheng Jing is the eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, the proper leader of the eunuchs, with him watching, the Wang family is naturally much more at ease.

So, her expression also relaxed, and she said with a smile.

"Sister Hui made such a fuss, the concubine almost forgot the business."

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician just came to report today, saying that the virtuous concubine Li has diagnosed a happy pulse. It has been almost two months. The concubine has sent a medical girl to serve, and has added a lot of manpower. After Brother Shu and Brother Shu, His Majesty will be able to get another prince, so that is the blessing of the harem."

"This is the list of rewards drawn up by my concubine, Your Majesty has a look at it..."

As she spoke, Wang took a document from Liu Huan, a court lady beside her, and handed it to Zhu Qiyu.

He opened it and looked at it. Zhu Qiyu didn't take it seriously at all. Together with his sons and heirs, he had already done what he could do, especially after Brother Shu was born. He knew in his heart that there would definitely be more and more princes and daughters in the future. It is also more calm to deal with.

Such things as rewards belong to the affairs of the harem. Normally, Zhu Qiyu would not interfere, but after a random sweep, his brows were still wrinkled, and he said.

"Who drew up this list, it's too thick!"

The number of concubines in the palace today is much higher than in Zhu Qiyu's previous life, but the actual consumption of flowers is much less.

The reason is still a system problem. Before Zhu Qiyu re-established the draft system, there were only two ranks of imperial concubine and imperial concubine in the harem.

The imperial concubine is very important, in addition to having a prince, she must also be able to win the holy favor, so there are not many, but under the imperial concubine, all concubines are concubines, and the rank and treatment are treated as county concubines.

In addition, because the number of staff is not fixed, it all depends on the emperor's mood, so the expenditure in the harem has always been a large sum of money.

However, since the restructuring, under the empress, there are only one imperial concubine, two imperial concubines, four concubines, and nine concubines. The use of this money was immediately controlled.

In today's harem, although there are many more people than before, except for the two people who lived in the harem, Queen Wang and Concubine Hang Gui.

The newly selected concubines are only a virtuous concubine, Li, and Guo, who was promoted to Concubine Shu because of the birth of a prince. The original two concubines.

So in essence, the number of people has increased, but the financial pressure of the harem has actually decreased.

Of course, this is only limited to Zhu Qiyu's harem, the Supreme Emperor of Nangong, after he rejected the draft proposal, he still followed his old system.

Originally, before the expedition, the Supreme Emperor was relatively restrained and not obsessed with women. Apart from the Empress Qian, there were only the noble concubine Zhou, the Hui concubine Wang, and the Chen concubine Wan.

However, since Wala's return, in less than two years, seven or eight concubines have been accepted, and seeing that this number is still expanding.

Although it is said that Nangong's flower expenses are all allocated from the internal treasury, this matter still caused dissatisfaction many times from the Ministry of Accounting, and suggested that Nangong's flower expenses should be curbed.

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However, every time the memorial was handed over, the emperor always put it aside and didn't mention it. Nangong's spending on flowers did not decrease, but on the contrary, the harem's expenditure was more strictly controlled.

Take the list in front of me as an example, it is an ordinary gift list to reward the concubine of Nangong, but it is enough to give a common gift to the noble concubine of the Hang family in Zhu Qiyu's harem, so Zhu Qiyu has such a gift. ask.

"The concubine made it up..."

Wang blinked her eyes, but she didn't shy away, took the list and said.

"Originally the imperial concubine handed over the list, and it was decided according to ordinary etiquette, but the concubine thought, His Majesty only has two sons and two daughters now, and the heirs are still a little thin."

"Concubine Xian is pregnant now, which is a happy event. Moreover, if she is a prince, the status of Concubine Xian will have to be mentioned again. The reward should be generous, so the concubine has added some more."

"Why, Your Majesty thinks something is wrong?"

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said.

"According to the usual regulations, it is a good thing to extend the heirs, but there is no need to be too extravagant. Li Shi is already one of the four concubines, and her status is high enough. Even if she gave birth to a prince, it should not be mentioned again."

"If you want a reward, it won't be too late to wait until the prince is born."

Zhu Qiyu naturally has his own considerations for this set of codes in the harem.

The inheritance of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty was not smooth. The main reason was that the empress often had nothing to do, which led to a delicate position in the harem.

In order to justify the name, there are often moves to abolish the queen.

However, after all, the empress is the son of heaven's official wife, and her mother respects the world, and she is easily abolished and turbulent. Therefore, Zhu Qiyu specially set the rank of imperial concubine by referring to the way the former emperor treated the Sun family.

The so-called imperial concubine is actually the same as the deputy empress, so it is easy not to grant it. With this rank, it is possible to maintain the extremely respected position of the prince's biological mother without abolishing the empress.

If one day, Ji Ge'er can become the prince, then the Hang family will have a chance to get the title of imperial concubine.

However, if not, then the imperial concubine will remain in vain for a long time.

As for noble concubines, generally speaking, when the emperor gets married, he will directly choose one, and the other one depends on his honor and favor.

The establishment of this rank is based on the consideration that the descendants of future generations will have a lot of affections. If the concubine they love is like other ordinary concubines, they may cause trouble.

But as far as Zhu Qiyu's generation is concerned, the Hang family is enough, and the remaining concubine, at least for now, he has no intention of giving it away.

After the Guo family gave birth to the prince, the concubine was promoted to the concubine, firstly because she was the first to give birth to a prince after the Hang family, and secondly because the draft was just started and it was not perfect, she was the only nine concubine in the palace. The position of the fourth concubine is only one of the Li family, so it is nothing to be promoted to the position of concubine.

But if it is said that from the concubine to the noble concubine, then there is only one place, so it is natural to be cautious.

While speaking, Zhu Qiyu looked a little unhappy, looking at Wang Shi and said.

"You don't have to come here to test me about this kind of thing. You and the Hang family have accompanied me since the time of hiding in the mansion. They have different affections. I don't mention the setting of the imperial concubine. The setting of the noble concubine is also the intention. The concubine next to me, The position of the fourth concubine is already very respectable, no matter the status of treatment, it is enough to raise the prince, there is no need to raise it any further."

From Zhu Qiyu's eyes, how could he fail to see that this list was deliberately brought out by Wang, the purpose of which was actually to see how he arranged for the harem.

Otherwise, Wang's intelligence would not have made this kind of mistake...

Seeing Zhu Qiyu's unhappy look, Wang Shi smiled, showing a rare posture of a child, glanced around, then sat beside Zhu Qiyu, retracted into his arms, and said.

"A few days ago, my mother came to the palace to see my concubine. She said that my concubine married a good husband. Your Majesty is the most heroic man in the world. She said that my concubine should cherish his blessings."

"There are so many important court affairs in the outer court, you can manage them in an orderly manner, and you can naturally see through the little thoughts of the courtiers and concubines."

"But, because of this, Chenqie feels that what mother said is right. Without your love, knowing that you will definitely tolerate Chenqie, how can Chenqie dare to play such petty thoughts?"

Nestling in her husband's arms, Wang Shi did not have the usual dignified demeanor, which was rare, but was quite a bit girlish and naive.

With this look, Zhu Qiyu looked angry and funny.

After thinking about it, he also understood that even with Wang's status and the relationship between them, there are some things that are not easy to ask directly.

In desperation, he could only poke Wang's smooth and fair forehead.

"You……"

As a result, the originally slightly tense atmosphere suddenly became more relaxed. Sister Hui was not there, and Sister Yun was coaxed to sleep by the nanny long ago. The beautiful woman was in her arms, and with such a posture, Zhu Qiyu naturally became a little dishonest.

However, at this moment, Wang stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, let's talk about business. After all, the concubine should be rewarded. After all, if she is pregnant with the emperor's heir, it is not appropriate if it is the same as ordinary rituals. It just happens that the heat is getting hotter these days, and it is the hottest time of the year. It's going to be July when it's hot, Concubine Xian has always been afraid of the heat, why don't you order someone to build a cool room next to her hall, when it's too hot, you can dissipate the heat and live more comfortably, how about it?"

The so-called cool houses are generally built near the water, and water is transported by waterwheels above the eaves to create artificial water curtains to draw cool air into the house, which is a good way to enjoy the cool and escape the heat.

Just beside the palace where Mrs. Li lives, there is a bay of running water. It can be said that this is indeed a good proposal.

However, Zhu Qiyu's mind is no longer on this.

"July fire... July..."

Wang Shi noticed that her husband's body seemed to become a little stiff, and she didn't know what happened for a while, but when she looked up, she saw Zhu Qiyu's expression became extremely solemn.

"This matter is arranged by the queen, and I suddenly remembered that there is an urgent matter that needs to be dealt with..."

While speaking, Zhu Qiyu raised his hand and shouted.

"Wynn, pass the decree, and drive to the Wenhua Palace!"

(End of this chapter)