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Chapter 48 The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces

There is a saying that mother is more valuable than son. The biggest change in the harem is probably Concubine Wang Gong, the lord of Jingyang Palace and the biological mother of Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor.After the crown prince ascended the throne, she finally managed to survive. She immediately left the dilapidated Jingyang Palace and moved into the splendid Cining Palace. She was also canonized as the Empress Dowager of the West Palace.

With the promotion of status, the treatment has also undergone earth-shaking changes.The eunuchs and maids who used to serve in Jingyang Palace were either old, weak, sick or disabled, or they were transferred from other palaces.

Nowadays, serving the empress dowager in Cining Palace has become a hot topic, and ordinary eunuchs and maids can't get around without taking care of it.Not only do you get a high monthly salary when you are on duty here, but you can also see the emperor often.

For young eunuchs, every time they see the emperor is an opportunity for advancement.The same goes for palace maids. The emperor's biological mother was born as a palace maid. If anyone is favored by the emperor, they will win in this life.

The most important thing is that the emperor is young and has no heirs. As long as he wants to give birth to a son, he must be the emperor's eldest son, and he must be named a concubine at the end. Even if he endures in the cold palace for more than ten years, he will still skyrocket after his son ascends the throne. !
After Hong Tao ascended the throne, he did not eat dinner at Yangxin Hall every day. Instead, he went to Ciqing Palace to accompany the Empress Dowager of the East Palace on one day and to Cining Palace on two days to accompany his biological mother. He was impartial to the two empress dowagers.

"Mom, your eyes will feel better if you eat more. Doesn't it taste bad?" Today's dinner was not bad, there were dozens of hot dishes, but Wang only ate half of the steamed bun and put down her chopsticks.

Compared with the dignified and majestic Empress Dowager of the East Palace, the Empress Dowager of the West Palace is one year younger. She is only 38 this year, but she looks like she is in her 50s, especially her eyes are gray and her appetite is still very small. She will eat more. Will vomit.

The imperial doctor said that it was caused by stagnation of cold air all year round, and it needed to be slowly treated with decoction.Blue blindness is a very common disease in the eyes, and there is basically no cure except taking some soothing drugs.

"My mother's health is very good, but my son's health makes me worried about my mother. The queen's stomach hasn't moved yet?"

Wang is not completely blind yet and can vaguely see things.She stretched out her hand to block the food that her son was bringing, and then touched her son's head like she did when she was a child, with a happy smile on her face.

With her life as a poor person, she had already made a lot of money by being able to survive to the stage of becoming the empress dowager. She didn't care about the hardships she suffered before, and she could close her eyes even if she died immediately.

The only regret is that it has been almost three years since the emperor's wedding, and the queen and the two chosen attendants have no reaction at all.It would be perfect if I could just look at my grandson again and hold him in my arms.

"My son has just ascended the throne and his position is not yet stable. He doesn't have much time to take care of the affairs of the harem. Mother, don't worry, my son is still young and he will be fine in a year or two."

Not only did the birth mother ask this question when they met, the Empress Dowager of the East Palace and the cabinet bachelors had asked it more than once. Hong Tao always used this rhetoric and would not give a direct answer no matter how deep he went.

The emperor's lack of heirs is a very big problem, which is really related to the political situation and the stability of the court.Hong Tao understood this truth, but he didn't want his biological son to be the prince for the rest of his life and never see the hope of succeeding to the throne.

That would be of no benefit to the political stability. If one day he fell out with the courtiers, they would not be able to fight him head-on, and they would secretly encourage his son to usurp the throne, which would put him in a dilemma, which would be even more troublesome.

Regarding the issue of life span, Hong Tao made a rough judgment when he was about ten years old.Although the previous body was not brought here and it looked like the soul had traveled through time, the current body was still not normal.I have never been sick since I was a child. When I was naughty and I was injured, I didn't need any medicine. I just rinsed it with water to stop the bleeding immediately, and scabs formed quickly. I have never been infected by bacteria or viruses, not even redness or swelling.

Not to mention mosquitoes, the backyard of Jingyang Palace is very desolate, with a lot of building materials such as bricks and stones piled up.Various small bugs can be found inside, including a giant scorpion with its tail raised.

When I was young, I had nothing to do. I would go to the backyard to catch crickets, and I was stung by scorpions and wasps more than once.The sting will be slightly painful, and a small patch of red will appear near the wound, and then it will disappear, and the poison will not disappear even for an hour.

Judging from this, the current body is similar to the previous one. It must have been modified by the mysterious creature arranged to travel through time. I dare not say that it can live forever. It should be no problem to live for more than 200 years like in the Southern Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the advantage in lifespan that Hong Tao dares to wait patiently for succession.In his plan, there is no need to make any big moves in the first 50 years. Safety protection work should be done well first, and then it will be spent slowly.

You powerful ministers, independent prime ministers, eunuchs, Donglin Party, and Zhejiang Party, I will consume you alive and annihilate your ideas and ideas together!It’s useless to say right or wrong now. Whoever is still alive in 50 or 100 years will be the truth!

Although the plan couldn't keep up with the change, he couldn't help but killed his biological father in this life with his own hands and ascended to the throne in advance.However, the overall structure of the plan will still not change much. The main tone is still to lay the foundation slowly and slowly. If you can make changes, make them, and if you can't, just put them aside.

Only the child is a resolute thing not to have. If you make the biological mother happy for a few years now, it will harm the child for a lifetime in the future.Since we can't have both, we can only seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. I'm sorry for my mother.

In March of the 32nd year of Wanli, the emperor issued an order to appoint Ye Xianggao, a concubine from Zuochunfang, Zhanshi Mansion, to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and select him as a doctor of the Qing Dynasty Li Division, as well as a bachelor of Dongge University, to join the cabinet.Because of his contribution in compiling and translating the Analects of Confucius, Li Zhi was given the title of Dr. Taichang Temple to be in charge of Siyi Pavilion and Wenyuan Pavilion, and he was appointed to the cabinet.

The courtiers all knew the basic situation of these two people, and they didn't care much about their promotion.It is customary for the old ministers of the East Palace to be promoted following the emperor, and one is from the fifth rank and the other is from the seventh rank, so they are not high-ranking officials.

But the sudden addition of the title of bachelor to the cabinet will make people envious and jealous. At this time, if the three cabinet bachelors can argue with their arguments, most of the courtiers will be willing to join in to dissuade these two young men. The official reaches the sky in one step.

As a result, Shen Yiguan, Shen Li, and Zhu Geng didn't even fart, let alone exercise their right to return the imperial edict. They happily carried out the emperor's wishes without any complaints.

This makes people not to think too much. Is the entry of Ye Xianggao and Li Zhi into the cabinet the intention of the emperor or the cabinet?But I couldn't find anything suspicious after searching.Neither of these two people belong to any faction in the court. It will be unclear whether bringing them into the cabinet is good or bad for the three bachelors.

Li Zhi, in particular, was basically a minor official with a civil servant background. He disliked everyone and scolded anyone he caught.Being suddenly enabled, there really is no other explanation except that he helped the emperor when he was the crown prince translate the Analects of Confucius and established a relationship in the Seyi Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)