Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 166 Li Bai Sleeps Sweetly

Several people exchanged greetings, and then a female official from Kunning Palace came over and invited them to go to Kunning Palace.

Murong Wei and Xiao Mingrui ride in the same car, which can be described as a grand favor.

Murong Wei suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "Should I learn from Ban Jieyu? If I ride with you in a car like this, those rotten scholars outside will say bitterly that I am a disaster for the country and the people? Can't I be called Daji? "

Xiao Mingrui couldn't help laughing, "Those rotten scholars usually only talk about the way of saints, but if they are asked to do something practical, they can only say that they use the way of Wang Hua. They can't put forward any useful opinions at all, so don't worry about what they say."

Murong Wei shook her head helplessly and said, "Why did I forget about Ban Jieyu? I should learn from Ban Jieyu to decline. What a chance to become famous."

Xiao Mingrui nodded her forehead: "Do you want to compare me to Emperor Han Cheng?"

Speaking of this matter, I have to mention Ban Jieyu. Ban Jieyu is a famous talented woman and the concubine of Emperor Hancheng.

Before sister Zhao Feiyan entered the palace, she was the most favored.

At that time, when the emperor was touring the palace, he often rode in a luxurious car with silk curtains as curtains and brocade mattresses as cushions. Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty loved Ban Jieyu very much at that time. In order to be inseparable with Ban Jieyu all the time, he specially ordered someone to make a car. Ban Jieyu refused to use a larger chariot for traveling together. She said: "Looking at the pictures left over from ancient times, the sages and sages are all accompanied by famous ministers. At the end of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties Lords Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, and King You of Zhou had lucky concubines sitting there, but in the end they fell into a state of ruin. If I go in and out with you, I will be very similar to them. Are people awe-inspiring?"

Emperor Han Cheng thought her words were reasonable, so he had to give up the idea of ​​traveling with the chariot for the time being. Unfortunately, Emperor Han Cheng was not a wise king. Later, when Zhao Feiyan and sisters entered the palace, Ban Jieyu was left out in the cold, and finally she took refuge in the Queen Mother to save her. When Emperor Han Cheng passed away, she guarded the tomb of Emperor Han Cheng, and her old age was very bleak.

That's why Murong Wei thought of this, and made a joke out of it on purpose.

Xiao Mingrui didn't take it seriously: "Take a car with the queen and you can become Xia Jie, Shang Zhou? It's ridiculous to destroy the country, but those emperors themselves are useless. What's the point of blaming women?"

Murong Wei also felt the same way, she always felt that this matter was nonsense, anyway, it was absolutely impossible for her to become a virtuous woman like Ban Jieyu, she believed in Xiao Mingrui's judgment, of course, she would stand up if needed And out, will not let him make an ignorant decision.

Murong Wei absolutely disagrees with blaming the rise and fall of the dynasty on women. The emperor himself is not like this, so how can women confuse him?
Murong Wei kept holding his hand, and suddenly smiled: "By the way, didn't you want to give me a congratulatory gift with me last night?"

Xiao Mingrui said mysteriously: "Do you still remember the treasure of the Oirat people? Well, I thought someone would find it in a few days, and it happened to be a present for the queen."

Murong Wei was surprised and said: "Ah, Husband wants to give that to me, isn't that too much?"

The treasure was not known how big it was, and it was all given to her. When Murong Wei thought about it, her eyes were about to be illuminated by golden light.

Xiao Mingrui said proudly: "It's just a little treasure, what is it to give to my queen? In comparison, Wei'er is my treasure."

Murong Wei's heart was sweet, her eyes sparkled and she said: "You can't go back on your word."

"What I say is what I say."

There was a gentle breeze outside the car.

The years are quiet and peaceful.

Xiao Mingrui sent Murong Wei to Kunning Palace before leaving.

Murong Wei was wearing a crown dress that was really heavy, so she asked someone to change into the regular clothes, which were also woven with golden cloud and dragon patterns in bright yellow, and she was wearing a double phoenix and dragon crown, just looking majestic and unparalleled.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Murong Wei summoned her grandmother and several others.

She also hadn't seen her family members for a long time, and this time she happened to summon her and took this rare opportunity to meet her too.

It's a pity that Aunt Zhou is not Gao Ming's wife, so she couldn't come to see her at this time.

Murong Wei felt a little sad about this matter.

The female officer welcomed the old lady all the way to Kunning Palace.

Murong Wei had been waiting for a long time, when she saw them coming in, she stood up to greet them without pretending to be a queen.

It's just that although she wanted to be polite, the old lady and the others couldn't do this. They still saluted Murong Wei according to the rules. Murong Wei was a little helpless.

Murong Wei said angrily: "Grandmother, how can my granddaughter ask you to salute me, but you killed me."

The old lady shook her head and said: "That's not acceptable, you are now the empress, and this will work from top to bottom, and etiquette must never be forgotten."

Murong Wei agreed, "Isn't our family here? My granddaughter hasn't seen her family for a long time. Mother, sister-in-law, and aunt, you can often come to the palace on weekdays."

The eldest lady looked at her with a smile on her face. Although Murong Lan and Feng Yu returned to her mother's house this year without making a fuss and both were pregnant, the relationship between husband and wife is still not very good.

In contrast, Murong Wei has gone all the way from princess to crown princess, and now she is queen, she is soaring upwards, and the most exaggerated thing is that Xiao Mingrui still dotes on her very much.

Obtaining the most enviable position of all women in the world, and actually having the most enviable love, this simply makes all women in the world unable to live.

Why let her get all the good things?
How lucky is she to have such a blessing.

The eldest lady is puzzled.

Mrs. Zhou said with a smile: "Of course etiquette is still important. Wei'er is now the queen. It's really unexpected. In the blink of an eye, the little girl also became a mother, and now she is even more respectful to the world."

The old lady rejoiced in her heart: "That's right, it's not been a few years in the blink of an eye."

The old lady is getting older, Murong Wei had a conversation with her family, the old lady has been nagging her to pay attention to the affairs of the palace, and remember not to be arrogant because of the favor of the emperor. To accompany the tiger, let her also pay attention to safety.

Murong Wei felt helpless, but she naturally understood some things, after all, it was different now.

She was never like that, but what her grandmother said reminded her.

Xiao Mingrui is now an emperor, of course he can be treated like a husband and wife in private, but in public, he still has to strictly abide by the rules and etiquette, and can't let people find fault in this aspect.

Moreover, although she didn't think that Xiao Mingrui would change when he became the emperor, but he had to keep in mind that he had many things to consider, and it was impossible for her to treat the family like before.

After all, her family is now a relative, and the dictatorship of relatives must be something that all emperors are taboo about.

The old lady said that her grandfather was going to retire, and she took advantage of this opportunity to leave the political arena and retire altogether, taking advantage of the fact that court officials would write letters to retire when they were approaching the age of 70.

It's just that I don't know how Xiao Mingrui will react to this, and Murong Wei can also see his attitude from it.

After seeing off the old lady and her party, it was already afternoon.

Murong Wei changed into light clothes, took a nap for a while, and when she got up, she saw the two babies woke up, and they were playing games.

Murong Wei curled her lips into a smile, and watched her children play games beside her. The two children were really interesting, and played hide and seek with Murong Wei as a prop.

Murong Wei grinned from ear to ear, and Wan Xia chirped to encourage Lele to hide quickly. The scene was so lively.

It was getting late, and a red gauze lantern was hung in front of the palace gate. Murong Wei saw it and learned that it was hung up for sleeping. The emperor chose which concubine to sleep in, so she took down the lamp.

Knowing that there is still such a rule, Murong Wei has a black hair, thinking: If there are three thousand beauties here, doesn't that mean bees are gathering honey in the flowers?

Like before Emperor Jianwu, because Emperor Jianwu was ill, he rarely visited his concubines in the later period, but Murong Wei could not see such a grand occasion.

As for Xiao Mingrui...

Murong Wei hummed and thought, if he dares to imitate his father, she will never end with him!

As it was getting late, someone from Qianqing Palace informed that Xiao Mingrui was coming to have dinner tonight.

Murong Wei asked someone to prepare dinner, the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace was Zhang Yao, he was also an old man when he was in the Luo Palace, Xiao Mingrui chose this for her, he was more capable in handling things, Zhang Yao smiled and sent people there, The people in Zhang Luo's dining room brought dinner over.

Xiao Mingrui didn't sit on the imperial chariot tonight, he came on foot with Xiao Luzi at his side, and before he reached Kunning Palace, he started singing loudly.

Murong Wei got up to greet him, Xiao Mingrui was in a good mood, he didn't know what happened.

The maid served the dinner, according to the regulations, tens or even hundreds of dishes were prepared, Murong Wei felt it was a waste, Xiao Mingrui also advocated frugality, just in time for the late emperor's new funeral, he reduced the cost in this regard.

"The emperor is so happy today? Why, is there something great?"

Xiao Mingrui drank a glass of Jinhua wine with a smile, raised his eyes to see Murong Wei wearing a silver-red Baizi dress, his beautiful eyes were looking forward, and joked: "Today is the day when the empress confers, can I not be happy?"

Murong Wei said angrily: "I'm sure it's more than that, just talking about it will make me happy."

Xiao Mingrui was indeed in high spirits today. When he dealt with the state affairs in the afternoon, he arranged the affairs of King Qi properly, so he could only stop. The state affairs were on track, and his wife and son were both healthy and beautiful. How could there be no sense of accomplishment?

The feeling of stepping on the opponents of the past and overlooking them is indeed intoxicating. The taste of power is a kind of poison to men.

"You will know later." Xiao Mingrui said very mysteriously.

Xiao Mingrui called Hutou again after dinner, and asked him what he did and learned today.

"Playing games, peek-a-boo..." Hutou grinned, Xiao Mingrui couldn't laugh or cry, "Wei'er, you just teach them this? Hutou is not young anymore, he will be three years old after his age."

"It's still so old, besides, I am entertaining as well as entertaining."

Xiao Mingrui said helplessly: "When he grows older, I will ask the master to teach him. Being naughty like this is not acceptable."

Murong Wei said angrily: "Isn't Hutou very smart? He can already recite poems. Li Bai's Jing Yesi, come to Lele, recite one, in front of the bed..."

"In front of the bed..." Lele yelled, her big black eyes blinking: "Bright moonlight..."

Hutou picked it up excitedly: "Li Bai... slept soundly."

Murong Wei was very embarrassed, staring at the tiger's head, "Isn't it that parrot Luxue who always recites crooked poems?"

Xiao Mingrui stroked his forehead, "Take it away, and it will be very troublesome to correct it later. Besides, who taught that parrot? You see, it has taught my son to death."

Murong Wei said without blushing, "Yes, who gave it to me, Lord Luo."

After all, she looked at him innocently, as if he had done something heinous.

Xiao Mingrui couldn't laugh or cry, it seemed that a certain Miss Murong deliberately gave him a parrot in order to get revenge, a parrot that likes to memorize crooked poems.

After so many years, the parrot is still alive and well, and it can recite more crooked poems.

"You..." Xiao Mingrui shook his head and smiled wryly.

Lele and Hutou looked at the interaction between their parents curiously, Lele followed Murong Wei innocently at his brother, Hutou shook his head, Murongwei couldn't stop laughing.

Xiao Mingrui hugged his daughter, feeling great joy in his heart, at this moment, he really felt a bit of family happiness, very happy.

Xiao Mingrui also corrected his son's wrong poems, telling him that the suspicion was frost on the ground, not Li Bai's sound sleep.

But children, it is still very difficult to correct it. The tiger head still recited Li Bai's sound sleep, and I don't know if Li Taibai woke up and heard someone changed his poem to this, whether he was dumbfounded or furious.

Xiao Mingrui failed to correct him successfully, feeling a little helpless, Murong Wei laughed and said: "He is only a little older, he will naturally understand when he is a little older."

Xiao Mingrui thought so too, he was too anxious.

The nanny took the two children to bed, and Xiao Mingrui and his wife also went to bed.

"Wei'er..." He hasn't paid homage to Murong Wei since he kept his filial piety.

Murong Wei blushed: "Rui Lang, you haven't said yet, why are you so happy today."

Xiao Mingrui said with a smile: "Is it possible not to be happy at the thought of serving Yu Fei with the lady?"

He said in a deep voice: "Wei'er, you are mine for the rest of your life, and you are never allowed to leave me."

Murong Wei opened her foggy eyes, and said in a weak voice, "Rui Lang, I will not leave you."

Xiao Mingrui smiled in satisfaction, suddenly there was a kind of satisfaction in his heart, and an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart.

The pleasure of being in control of all the beauties in the country makes him even more happy, wake up and take power in the world, and lie drunk on the beauties' knees, but that's all.

This is the biggest dream of all men in the world, right?
This night seemed very long.

When Murong Wei woke up, it was three shots in the sun, and she felt a little ashamed and angry, thinking that she had to go to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, it was too late.

Hastily freshened up and went to the Compassion Palace to pay his respects.

Originally, if Xiao Mingrui still had concubines, they would also come to greet Murong Wei first, and then go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace together, but now, there is only Murong Wei as the queen.

He really looks like a polished commander. In the past, before Emperor Jianwu died, there were many women in the harem, and it was extremely lively.

It's not as deserted as it is now.

Some concubines and the like have already gathered in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and Xiao Mingrui will come to pay his respects after the court.

Seeing that Murong Wei arrived late, everyone looked at Murong Wei with strange eyes, everyone understood this kind of thing, Xiao Mingrui stayed in Kunning Palace yesterday, so it is not surprising that something happened.

But for these widows, it was not very comfortable after all, and they couldn't help feeling sour and jealous.

After all, she is now a woman without a husband, and life is not as easy as it used to be.

After all, the current emperor is not their son.

Concubine Hui has now been conferred the title of Empress Dowager, and she lives in the Compassionate Ning Palace. Besides her, there is another concubine who lives in the side hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace. You and the concubine, these two live in the Palace of Compassion, and they are also concubines who have a good relationship with Concubine Hui in the past, so they are not the head of the Palace of Compassion, but they are not bad. But it is much better than other concubines.

The queen mother saw Murong Wei coming to greet her, and said with a smile, "I thought you came so early on weekdays, and you were worried about whether you were sick."

Murong Wei didn't know what Xiao Mingrui said to Concubine Hui, anyway, Concubine Hui didn't tell her about the disappearing concubines in the Luo Palace.

Murong Wei was a little shy: "It's the queen mother who is worried, it's the concubine who came late."

The queen mother waved her hand: "It's not surprising. Ai's family is still thinking about when they will hold a grandson again. What about Hutou and Lele? Come here and let me see."

Murong Wei was actually not very happy to leave the child in another palace, but she knew that the queen mother would not dare to do anything to the child, after all, it would not do her any good.

If Xiao Mingrui didn't marry someone from the Li family and didn't give the Li family a chance, she wouldn't be so stupid as to do so.

If the Li family can gain status in the court, there is no need to worry in the harem.

Murong Wei slightly pursed her lips and said: "Daughter-in-law, don't worry, when they wake up, they will be brought to accompany the queen mother, in case they are too naughty and quarrel with the queen mother."

The queen mother smiled and said: "The Ai family likes to be lively, you, it would be better if there are more children in this palace."

There are quite a few concubines and concubines who came to pay their respects, but most of those who can stay here in the Palace of Compassion and Peace are not low in rank.

Some of them are only in their 20s, such as Rong Taipin, who is less than 30 years old, the birth mother of the eighth prince, who was born with a beautiful face, and if you look closely, you can find that she still looks like Murong Wei in some ways.

Thinking of that rumor, Murong Wei thought to herself, maybe her sister might really look seventy percent like herself, but there are so many people who look like her, not everyone can replace others.

Murong Wei didn't take this matter to heart at all.

The tenth prince's biological mother, Shutai Concubine, is also here. This girl is dignified and elegant, with a bit of a bookish air. The tenth prince is only three or four years old, not much older than Hutou, but he is from the generation of uncles.

Now hearing what the Queen Mother said, Shutai concubine praised: "What the Queen Mother said is right, this palace is only lively if there are many children and blessings, but the emperor is still young, I think he will be able to catch up with the late emperor in the future."

Murong Wei felt a little unhappy when she heard this, she didn't show it on her face, and said lightly: "The emperor often tells his concubines that he dare not compete with the father, and can only aim at the father. Who made the father a generation of holy masters?" What about it? The emperor said that he was always fearful and fearful, and the concubine was really moved, and felt that he had to be the same as the emperor, aiming at the emperor father, and the concubine would not dare to look up to the emperor."

Concubine Liu Gui used to have a higher status than the Empress Dowager Hui Concubine, but since the death of Emperor Jianwu, she has been ill, and now she is lingering in bed, so it is naturally impossible to appear here. Concubine Duan and Concubine Min, the biological mothers of the two grown-up princes, had the highest status, and they were also the ones who competed with Concubine Hui for power in the palace in the past.

At this time, Concubine Duan sighed: "Your majesty is so humble, but the tiger father has no dogs, I believe the emperor will be a wise king. Now that the empress is the mother of the world, don't be too self-deprecating. But I think, Mrs. Isn't the prince pretty good, smart and cute, just looking at it makes people like it."

Concubine Min is the mother of the fourth prince Wei Wang, but now the status of Wei Wang is not as good as before, and she is not as busy as before in the palace. Looking at this scene today, she secretly smiled in her heart, and she couldn't help but hurt the concubine Shu and the concubine. Sentence: "That's right, I think it's no good if there are too many children. If there are more children like the eldest prince, it's useless to have those mediocre people."

Empress Dowager Li glanced at them, saw Murong Wei sitting dignifiedly, with all manners, and thought of what Xiao Mingrui said earlier.

Obviously, Xiao Mingrui has no intention of accepting a concubine, at least it is impossible when he and Murong Wei are in a good relationship.

Moreover, looking at Xiao Mingrui's affairs in the previous court, it is obvious that he is very afraid of his relatives.

Murong Wei sat on this side for a while, Yuegu and the palace maid hugged Hutou and Lele, the Empress Dowager Li still liked them very much, the concubines and concubines all liked children very much, they smiled and watched the two play noisy.

Empress Dowager Li didn't let the child stay for too long. In fact, she still has palace affairs to deal with, and she is also very busy.

Seeing that Murong Wei didn't intend to take back the power of the harem, Empress Dowager Li couldn't guess what Murong Wei was thinking.

Murong Wei took the child back to the palace, and Madam Zheng came and said, "Madam, Zhang Yao just came over and told the maidservant that your grandfather, Mrs. Murong, has written a memorial requesting his appointment today, and the emperor has approved it."

Murong Wei frowned, and smiled: "That's fine, grandpa is getting old, it's time to enjoy family happiness."

"However, the emperor decreed to grant your father the title of Marquis of Weinan, with countless rewards, and also granted your mother, Mrs. Zhou, the title of Mrs. Yipin..."

Madam Zheng said, in fact, these are just according to the rules. The queen's father is going to be a marquis as usual, but the marquis is not hereditary. Like the Weibeihou mansion of the empress of Emperor Jianwu, their family can be hereditary. Because the founding hero has military exploits, the situation is different from the Murong family.

What Murong Wei didn't expect was that Xiao Mingrui gave Aunt Zhou a first-rank imperial order, and even her brother and younger brother were appointed officials. Of course, according to the rules, the three generations of fathers and grandparents would all be granted titles, and the rewards were even more generous, obviously for Murong Wei. face.

As for the grandfather resigned, he became an official of the prince and Taifu, and his status is still very high.

What Murong Wei was happy about was that Aunt Zhou had sealed the imperial order, so she could enter the palace in the future, obviously Xiao Mingrui did this for her sake.

"Looking back, I just let my mother come into the palace. I haven't seen her for a long time." Murong Wei said with a smile.

Madam Zheng nodded: "Your servant remembers."

She hesitated to speak, but asked after a while: "Your Majesty, you are now crowned empress, and the empress's golden seal is in your hand. You should also manage the power of the harem."

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "Have you figured out everything in the palace?"

Madam Zheng nodded: "Your maidservant has also been in the palace for so long, and I already knew about some things before talking about them. Now I want to get acquainted with them again, not to mention finding out now, even the hidden clues arranged by the empress have also played a role."

Murong Wei nodded: "No rush, now is not the time."

Even if she was looking for a chance, it was not now.

Seeing that she had a plan in mind, Madam Zheng stopped mentioning it.

Murong Wei always has a plan in everything she does, since she said so, naturally it will not be for no reason.

Murong Wei was waiting for an opportunity, and she didn't think it would be too long.

She felt it was ridiculous that the Queen Mother wanted to use Concubine Rong's younger sister to test it out. When King Qi poisoned Hutou and the others, although there were some speculations in the palace, Concubine Hui probably couldn't know like Xiao Mingrui and Emperor Jianwu did. so clearly.

She might have guessed that it was related to Concubine Li, but she probably didn't expect that it was also related to Concubine Rong.

Otherwise, Empress Dowager Li wouldn't use Rong Pin's younger sister to test her, because it was clearly making things difficult for Xiao Mingrui!

Knowing that Xiao Mingrui would be angry for poisoning his sons and daughters, and dealing with these people after taking office, the queen mother is not stupid enough to help Concubine Rong.

Obviously, she was unaware.

When Murong Wei met the queen mother today, she also noticed that although she didn't mention the concubine's room in the Luo Palace, it was obvious that her favored queen was too much of a threat to her status in the harem. Even if Murong Wei took the elite management Palace affairs, if the Empress Dowager interferes frequently, it will be difficult for her to do it, and if Empress Dowager Li has too much influence in the palace, the Empress Murong Wei will become a puppet.

The Queen Mother hopes that all flowers will bloom in the palace, so that a balance can be formed, and Murong Wei, as a queen, cannot dominate her family.

(End of this chapter)