Concubine Hanhan's Concubine Gongdou

Chapter 940
In the last half month, the court was extremely lively. On the second day of the Huachao Festival, the emperor uncharacteristically took the initiative to bring up the empress dowager event. This news was earth-shattering and caused all the officials to erupt.

The central palace has been hanging empty for many years, and some old officials wiped away their tears on the spot, thinking that they would never see the emperor re-elected in their lifetime, but it was really great that the emperor took the initiative to mention it this time.

In the past, there were also courtiers who asked the emperor to re-establish the empress, but no matter whether it was the Xue family who had ulterior motives or who were only thinking about the government, they were all rejected by the emperor, making these veterans frown, but there was nothing they could do.

Tears welled up in the eyes of the ministers, and they shouted repeatedly that the emperor was wise, and then began to discuss the next important topic: who should be the empress?

The empress is a role model for the world, and the candidate must have both virtue and virtue. The ministers rolled up their sleeves and prepared to choose one vigorously, but suddenly thought of a problem. Nowadays, there are so few concubines in the palace that they can be counted with slaps.

The high ranks are only Concubine De and Concubine Fang, and the low ranks are Jia Ying and another very inconspicuous talented person. There is also a Lianmei who is pregnant with the emperor's heir and is about to give birth. The number of wives and concubines in the minister's family is still small, how can this be.

Someone wanted to re-advise the matter of submitting the election, but was stabbed on the elbow, reminding that the opportunity is rare, and the establishment of the empress is more important than the election. With a queen, it is the queen's duty to enrich the harem for the emperor, and it will not be too late to mention it at that time.

So all the officials focused on who should be the queen.

There were only so few people in the harem, and the officials weighed it in and out, but there was really no room for it. There was no doubt about the candidate, and it was undoubtedly the Concubine De.

Xu Hu's wife died early, she had no son, she had a stubborn temper and refused to take concubines, the possibility of rebellion by her relatives in the future is very small, and now the imperial concubine has the highest status in the palace, and she also occupies the title of "De", only Xu Hu's daughter up!
After figuring this out, the stubborn old man who came from the clan of the Ministry of Rites straightened his clothes, straightened his clothes, and took the lead in admonishing him. First, he eloquently talked about the importance of the mother of the country to the court and the world, and then started from the aspects of morality, words and deeds. Explain what kind of person should be the mother of the country.

After a lot of talking, the old stubborn finally said: "The old minister thought that Concubine Xu De could be the queen."

The military general who dozed off listening to it suddenly woke up, and everyone looked straight at Xu Hu in unison.

Xu Hu, who had been pretending to be asleep since the topic was discussed, was shocked when he heard this, and cursed in his heart, this damn old man wanted to frame him!

He hastily declined in a loud voice: "The little girl Rongying is reckless, and she has acted rough since she was a child. She is really unbearable to be in the middle palace. Long live Lord Shengming, please find someone else."

Xu Rongying went out of the palace to look for Shen Ming, Xu Hu knew a long time ago that the whole Xu family was impatient to make his daughter queen.

There was a rare smile on the old stubborn face, and he smiled and praised: "General Xu Gaoyi, but this statement is wrong. The concubine is like a bright moon in her arms, and she is open-minded and broad-minded. Rushui is a great virtue. From what the veteran sees, a concubine of virtue is perfect."

The rest of the supporters spoke in agreement one after another, and began to praise Concubine De from various angles, boasting again and again, the meaning is self-evident, Concubine De is worthy of being a queen.

Xu Hu was covered in cold sweat. The more everyone praised Concubine De, the more he sweated. In the end, he was so panicked that he stared at those who supported him as if he were an enemy, and shouted: " Don't talk nonsense, my daughter is not made to be a queen at all!"

There was a silence in the hall, and Xu Hu's loud shout shocked all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and they all stopped talking in astonishment.

But the emperor on the throne did not express anything, he had expected such a situation, so at this moment he looked calm, and even wrote the memorial indifferently, so that he could finish the political affairs as soon as possible and go back to accompany Lianhua.

After Xu Hu silenced everyone, he went out and knelt forward, kneeling firmly: "Long Live Lord, my little girl is really unbearable for this big task, please also ask Long Live Lord to carefully observe and choose another virtuous person." After finishing speaking, he knocked Three rattles.

Those military generals originally wanted to rack their brains to interject a few words, but seeing Xu Hu's reaction was so strong, they were suddenly startled. They could see that General Xu really didn't want Concubine De to be a queen, but why, this is a good thing.

They could see it, but it didn't mean that the civil servants could see it. They thought Xu Hu was resigning modestly. After all, there were such good things in the past dynasties, and they had to be pushed back for several rounds to show their strength.

After the initial astonishment, the civil servants began to speak out one after another, persuading Xu Hu again, now that Concubine De is the most suitable in the palace, there is no one else, and they praised Concubine Xu De even more.

Xu Hu's eyes were red on the spot, seeing that the person on the throne didn't speak, he couldn't see the meaning, he quickly counted out the many shortcomings of Concubine Xu De, and even brought out the shortcomings that he didn't have, and said all the humiliation of his daughter in this life , trying to dispel the idea of ​​these civil servants, but it backfired, and instead made these civil servants more energetic.

In the end, Xu Hu was so anxious that he kept yelling and rushed towards the stubborn old man who boasted the most fiercely. He picked up the stubborn old man by his collar and wanted to beat him up, but was stopped by the generals who had reacted.

Letting his daughter be the queen is tantamount to pushing his daughter and the Xu family to die. How can Xu Hu be in a hurry?
Unable to fight, unable to talk, Xu Hu tried his best, and finally forced him to die, knelt on the ground, if Concubine De was allowed to be the queen, he would smash his head to death in the hall.

The old stubborn is furious. Letting your Xu Hu's daughter become the queen is taking advantage of you. How dare you refuse with your life? If you don't believe it, you can't win you, so this old man is even more energetic!

After many days, the last topic of the court meeting was who should be the empress, and the old and stubborn people fiercely explained how, how, and when Concubine Xu De should be the queen, it is really unreasonable;

People on the side of Xu Hu argued fiercely, Concubine De is not good, she has a lot of shortcomings, she cannot be a queen, and whoever makes Concubine De to be a queen will force him to die.

The two sides almost fought, and every day was very lively.

Among those quarreling, there is no old man Jing Fan. From ancient times to the present, it has been a major event, and it is impossible not to quarrel for a while, but the one who quarrels the most and the loudest is not necessarily the one who wins in the end. , Fan Gong understands this truth very well.

As for Xu Rongying, in Fan Gong's opinion, it's not that she is inappropriate, but that she is not so suitable. Xu Rongying was born in Humen and served in the army, and her style of acting is more or less the shadow of the army, too upright and tough.

As the mother of the country, the candidate should not be too strong, otherwise it will easily conflict with the emperor. As the mother of a country, she should be gentle and kind, and the most important thing is to be suitable for the emperor.

After watching with cold eyes for many days, Fan Gong had a candidate in his mind, and he thought it was very suitable.

Finally, during the quarrel on this day, Duke Fan came out: "The old minister thinks that the empress is not a high-ranking candidate, and the selection of virtues and talents should first be based on virtue; secondly, the mother of the country is an example for women in the world, and the person selected should be the queen. A model of etiquette, well-behaved manners, and rules and regulations are all in mind; in addition, the candidate must be a person with profound fortune to be worthy of the great responsibility."

At the end of the summary, Fan Gong stroked his beard and sighed: "If a person with virtue, conduct, fortune, and luck is the mother of a country, the emperor and empress will be harmonious, and the country will prosper. It is really a blessing for our dynasty, my lords."

(End of this chapter)