Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 33 Affair in the Early Tang Dynasty: The Eternal Empress (2) ([-])
Soon Concubine Wu gave birth to a son named Hong.In the customization of the Tang Palace, the noble concubine has the most noble status, but Gaozong named the concubine Chen Concubine Chen, and named Wu Meiniang as Concubine Chen.All daily life is served with chariots and horses, which are only one level behind the king and queen.Gaozong also worshiped Concubine Wu Chen's father, Wu Shilu, as Situ, his elder brother Wu Yuanqing as Zongzheng Shaoqing, Wu Yuanshuang as Shaofu Shaoqing, nephew Wu Weiliang as Weiwei Shaoqing, and Wu Huaiyuan as Taichang Qing.Samurai Luo originally had two wives and concubines. His wife was Xiangli, who had two sons, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang; Married to a woman with the surname Guo, Wu Chengsi was originally the nephew of Concubine Wu Chen. Because of Concubine Chen's favor, Emperor Gaozong worshiped Wu Chengsi as the governor of Jingzhou.

Empress Wang saw that the emperor favored only Wu Meiniang, the authority of Concubine Wu Chen became more and more powerful, but she was lonely and had to endure everything.But Wu Meiniang became more and more arrogant and domineering. She didn't pay attention to the queen at all, and she didn't follow the rules of being a concubine.The concubines of the Six Palaces would go to the main palace to congratulate them on festivals, but Concubine Wu Chen never did.Instead, the queen went to Concubine Wuchen's palace, and Concubine Wuchen called the queen sister when she talked to the queen.

Every time the emperor returns to the palace after returning from court, he always drives to the imperial concubine's palace.Concubine Wu Chen inquired carefully about the important affairs of the court, and sometimes said that the emperor mishandled something or adjusted something improperly. Instead of being annoyed, the emperor praised Concubine Wu Chen as the husband of a woman.As soon as Concubine Wu Chen heard this, she pretended to be pampered and acted coquettishly and foolishly to follow the emperor to the palace to listen to the government. Concubine Wu Chen also wore a grand gown according to the etiquette, and used half of the queen's ceremonial guard, sitting on a treasure chariot, leading her servants and palace maids, and went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony with the emperor, sitting in the curtain, and being accepted by all officials. worship.I also saw that group of ministers, one by one, coming to the palace to play something, and the emperor delivered an order in the palace again. What should be approved, what should be rebutted, and after about an hour and a half, he would beat the drum and retreat from the court. Since then, it has become a rule. Concubine Chen listens to the government behind the curtain every day. When there is a problem, Concubine Wu Chen will tell the emperor how to solve it in a low voice from behind the curtain, and the emperor will pass the instruction accordingly.Gaozong was very lazy at first, sitting in the court every day, and felt very tired and annoyed by playing with the ministers. Now he saw that Concubine Wuchen made up his mind for him in PepsiCo, and he spoke decently. After a long time, Gaozong sat In the imperial court, he had to be accompanied by Concubine Wu Chen.

Empress Wang really couldn't see it anymore, that day Emperor Gaozong and Concubine Wu Chen went back to the palace, and Empress Wang was waiting at the gate of the palace with the playbook in hand.As soon as Emperor Gaozong arrived, he knelt down on the ground, held the playbook high with both hands, and said that the concubine had the playbook here. The great fortune of the country.Gaozong looked at the memorial and quoted Taizong Wende Shunsheng Empress Changsun's words: "The hen is in the morning, and the family is poor." Gaozong then spared the concubine Wuchen from coming to court.

From then on, Concubine Wu Chen hated the Queen to the core.Originally, she saw that Emperor Gaozong was cowardly and incompetent, and she was finally able to accompany the emperor to listen to politics every day, and was slowly cultivating party members so that the power of the government could be in her hands, and she could do whatever she wanted. Her wonderful plan was blown to nothing.

Coincidentally, Concubine Wu Chen gave birth to another daughter, whom Emperor Gaozong loved very much, and held a banquet in the palace to celebrate.The concubines of the six palaces were very happy for Concubine Bo Wuchen, and they all sent congratulatory gifts.There is a Zhao Jieyu in the main palace who is very loyal to the queen. Seeing that the queen is losing power day by day, she advises the queen to be extra patient and win over Concubine Wuchen, so as to restore the emperor's favor.After hearing what she said, Queen Wang ordered the maid to give the newly born little princess to Concubine Wu Chen with a colorful embroidered dress and a hundred taels of gold.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, the emperor still didn't come back to Xingzheng Palace, and even Concubine Wu Chen didn't even send someone to thank the queen for her reward. Concubine Chen went to condolences in the palace, and took the opportunity to inquire about the emperor's news.Queen Wang saw that this was the case, so she had to bow her head.Arriving in Concubine Wuchen's palace, she talked and laughed to Concubine Wuchen in every possible way to comfort Concubine Wuchen, but Concubine Wuchen acted like a thousand times higher than the Queen and Queen, and ostentatiously ignored the Queen. She refused to give up the seat, and Queen Wang struck up a conversation in embarrassment, feeling very sad and even more regretful.

After a while, Queen Wang found out that Concubine Wu Chen had disappeared at some point. The maid said she was going to the imperial garden to pick flowers, and she thought she would be back in a while.Queen Wang sat down casually, and suddenly heard a croaking sound on the bed, so she got up and went to the bedside, picked up Concubine Wu Chen's daughter and stroked her for a while.Although Queen Wang has never had children, she loves children the most. Once she holds them in her arms, she is more loving than those born by herself.The girl was comforted by her light massage, so she changed from crying to laughing, and fell asleep again after a while.Queen Wang still put her down and covered her with a quilt. Seeing that Concubine Wu Chen hadn't come back, she went back to the main palace.As soon as Queen Wang came back to the palace, she fell down on the bed and cried bitterly, thinking about how useless she was.Zhao Jieyu was persuading her from the sidelines, when suddenly a court lady rushed in and reported: "Concubine Wu Chen's newborn princess is dead!" Queen Wang was extremely surprised, and said: "It was fine sleeping in my arms just now, How could he die in an instant?"

A few days ago, Concubine Wu Chen tried her best to buy off the gate guard who guarded the main palace, and put the crime of murdering the emperor with sorcery on the Queen's mother, Liu Shi, hoping that Emperor Gaozong would depose the Queen in a fit of anger. In a fit of rage, the confused emperor merely punished Liu's family from entering the palace.It just so happened that the queen was willing to drive to the concubine Chen's palace, and hugged the unlucky little girl again. Wu's Mei Niang should have an idea. As long as the goal can be achieved, no matter how it is done or what it is done, only ask the goal, regardless of the means, let alone the cost, this is Wu Meiniang.

So Mei Niang, who has always been strong and assertive, saw that the queen came out of the palace with her front legs, and she came out of the side room with her back legs. She quietly went to the bed, lifted the quilt, and saw that the girl was sleeping soundly, and there was no one around. Immediately, she became ruthless, gritted her teeth, and tightly grasped the throat of the flesh and blood that had been conceived in her body for ten months with both hands.Pitiful for this jade-clean and snow-white girl who just came into the world for less than a month, she didn't even cry out, she just trembled and died.Wu's Mei Niang quietly put it away again, still covered it with the brocade quilt, turned around and went out of the room, chatting and laughing with the maids as if nothing happened.

Because Gaozong must go to the Concubine Chen Palace every day when he retreats from the court, as expected, Wu's Mei Niang was holding the newly picked flowers, and after a while, she waited for Gaozong to come.When Emperor Gaozong saw it, he teased Wu's Meiniang and said: "Beauties love flowers because they are like flowers. They can be compared to Qing, and flowers are ashamed." It’s all about my concubine, how can a concubine dare to compare flowers? However, my concubine has always been fond of flowers, so I went to the imperial garden to pick flowers just now, no, my concubine is picking a few branches here, waiting for your driver.”

Gaozong looked casually at the bed and said, "Is my darling daughter still sound asleep?" It’s been a long time, and I guess I’ll wake up soon.” Gaozong’s next words were all in her expectation: “Hurry up and bring my good daughter here!” Originally, this was what the court ladies used to do every day after the little princess was born. thing.

The maid hurried into the back room to hug her.Then he suddenly heard a strange cry from the maid in the room, she ran and fell out of the room, knelt down in front of the emperor and Concubine Wu Chen, trembling all over, and said tremblingly: "Damn the slave! Damn the slave!" Gao Zong was very surprised, and hurriedly asked what was the matter. The palace maid kowtowed her head while shedding tears and said, "Damn it! The little princess has passed away at some point!" After hearing this, Gaozong and Concubine Chen Mei Niang burst into tears. His face turned pale with shock, Gaozong was really surprised, but Concubine Chen Meiniang was a fake accident.

At that time the emperor didn't have time to ask questions, so he grabbed the hand of Concubine Chen Mei Niang and quickly rushed into the back room to see that the child was indeed dead.Concubine Chen Meiniang's heart-wrenching tears, which had been endured for a long time, were finally vented, and she cried so heartily that Gaozong jumped out of the room, roaring and furious, scaring the servants of the palace. He and the court ladies all knelt before the emperor, kowtowing unceasingly.Wu's Mei Niang cried and asked the maid: "I went to the imperial garden to pick flowers just now, but after a while, a baby girl died, why did you have a grudge against me and murdered me?"

Gaozong couldn't help saying, just shouted and ordered the eight court ladies and four nurses who were in charge of the children to be tied out of the palace and hanged.Wu's Mei Niang hurriedly said wait a minute, and then asked them carefully, who has entered the palace?The palace gate supervisor hurriedly said: "Today only the queen mother comes to the palace to visit the little princess." Gaozong hurriedly asked Concubine Wu Chen: "Has the queen ever hugged the little princess?" Sobbing and saying: "The concubine dare not talk about the queen."

Emperor Gaozong was so angry that he slapped his hands and feet, and said loudly: "What kind of queen is not a queen? See if I will depose this bitch sooner or later! Is it the murderous hand of this bitch? I will ask her Go!" Concubine Wu Chen rushed forward and hugged the emperor tightly.

7. Queen Wang was abolished
That night, Concubine Wu Chen was between the mats again, exhausting all her efforts to make the emperor comfortable and docile, and then Concubine Wu Chen cried and complained about the viciousness of the Queen.At this time, Emperor Gaozong was much calmer on this matter, and he said with a sullen face: "The empress may not be able to do this tricky thing, please don't make a conclusion in the morning, wait for a good investigation and investigation!"

Concubine Wu Chen hurriedly nodded first, and after being intimate for a while, she searched for an opportunity and sobbed and whimpered all kinds of things about the queen, slandering and slandering her, and sure enough, Gao Zong was once again infuriated, and couldn't help but say loudly: "That's it! A shrew, the laws of heaven cannot tolerate it, if it wasn't for your words, I still wouldn't believe it, since that's the case, I'm determined to abolish her."

Concubine Wu Chen intentionally showed a look of fear, and hurriedly waved her hand to Gaozong, saying: "What a big deal it is to abolish the empress. Your majesty should not provoke Meng Lang just because of a few words from my concubine. Besides, no one knows the inside story of the Minister of Yingting, so why don't you come out to remonstrate?" Stop? Please think twice, Your Majesty, I would rather chase my concubine than abolish the queen. I really don’t want to stay in the palace anymore, and get along with the queen. The daughter is dead, and my heart is broken. It seems that the fate between my concubine and Your Majesty is over. , Alas, my concubine’s life is poor and my fortune is shallow, that’s all it is!” Pressing her step by step, her words were harsh, and her face was still full of tears, until Gaozong kept saying that he would abolish the king and queen, and make Concubine Wuchen the empress. , she just laughed.

But the abolition of the Empress is indeed a major national event, and the empress must make a big mistake, and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs must play the petition.Emperor Gaozong hesitated, and Concubine Wu Chen said: "Among the ministers today, the most fearsome one is Changsun Wuji. He is the uncle of the country. If the uncle of the country refuses to agree to everything, all civil and military officials dare not agree. Now only in Changsun Kingdom This matter will be easy to deal with if the uncle speaks clearly."

So Emperor Gaozong took concubine Wuchen with him to the mansion of Taiwei Changsun Wuji at dusk overnight. , entered the cold palace with Xiao Shuren, and made Concubine Wuchen the queen.The imperial edict said, "The imperial concubine of the Wu family, Mei Niang, is honored and honored, and the land is beautiful and tasseled. Only then can she be selected into the harem. I used to be in the Chu Er, and I often had to serve among the concubines. I never entered the eyes. The holy love You know, every time I admire you, I will give it to me, and I will be a queen if I serve as the same ruler."

Wu's Mei Niang is really powerful. It only took her a little over a year to go from a humble little nun entering the palace to becoming a queen who is the mother of the world.In the early spring of 654 A.D., Meiniang was finally able to enter the palace for the second time. At that time, she flattered and humbled everyone in the palace.

(End of this chapter)