concubine leisurely

Chapter 116

"Madam Pingbei Hou really said that?" In the Hall of Liangyi, the emperor, who had been buried in piles of memorials early in the morning, had been struggling with famine, banditry, and border troubles all over the country for a long time. Come down to take a breath, have a cup of tea, and then hear the anecdotes about the banquet from the close servants, and I am also interested.

The servant Gao Daquan was a person who served the emperor since he was a child, and he was extremely trusted by the emperor. He was of medium build, with a white face and a pair of clear eyes. When he heard the emperor's question, he respectfully replied "Yes!" Next, with an appearance of waiting to hear the story, he began to tell it vividly and carefully.

It turns out that today the Empress Dowager in Zhaoyang Palace summoned more than a dozen women with inner and outer destiny to accompany her in the conversation and banquet.Naturally, the empress was present, and so was Concubine Ning. Ever since many civil officials failed to impeach the Ning family, Concubine Ning thought that the emperor's heart was still towards her, the fifth prince and Princess Yingmin, so she became a little carried away. Mrs. Beihou made an attack, mentioned "Mrs. Left and Right" maliciously, and asked with a smile, "Mrs. Pingbeihou comes from a scholarly family, so you must know this allusion, right?"

The queen's face remained unchanged; the queen mother frowned slightly.She had nothing to do today and invited someone to chat with her to relieve her boredom. It was for fun, not for trouble.

"Mrs. Left and Right?" Youran said calmly, "I've heard of it."

Concubine Ning smiled and said, "You really have a long history of family education and extraordinary knowledge. You must be a virtuous and generous person. If the emperor allows Pingbei Hou to set up a wife, you will not be jealous, will you?" You should be more virtuous , Give up the seat in the main room.

You Ran was sipping tea leisurely. Hearing this, she put down the cup in her hand, straightened her posture, and said seriously, "Ningfei, please be careful! Dare I ask, are you comparing the Holy One to Emperor Wu of Jin?"

Emperor Wu of Jin?Concubine Ning was dumbfounded, who is Emperor Wu of Jin?She was stunned, and leisurely opened her mouth full of righteousness and enthusiasm, "The Holy One is a rare and enlightened emperor in the ages! How can the extravagant, licentious and immoral Emperor Wu of Jin who cherishes the power of the people be able to live up to his health? "

This ass was shot!When the emperor heard this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, obviously in a very good mood.Gao Quan is used to observing words and expressions, seeing this situation, he continued to speak more earnestly.

Mrs. Pingbei Hou said that Concubine Ning was stupid, but she said lightly, "Emperor Wu of Jin issued an imperial edict to grant a dispensation, but Jia Chong replied that he was modest and dared not be a grand gift. This matter of influencing the wife was not carried out. "It's hard for you to read the book back, and you haven't read the whole thing yet.You just ran over and yelled after watching half of it!

The Empress Dowager and Empress only smiled and drank tea and talked leisurely, and did not look at Concubine Ning and Youran.Which one of the married women and married women present is stupid, seeing that these two people don't interfere, they don't speak at all, or smile, or look on with a blank expression.There are even some winking and experienced ones who talk to the wives around them in a low voice, or go to the empress dowager or the empress to show a little courtesy, but they seem to have seen or heard nothing.

Concubine Ning was stunned for a while, looking around, the nanny who usually taught her to read a few lines of scriptures had disappeared.She became angry from embarrassment, and said loudly, "Women shouldn't be jealous! If you are virtuous, you should give Marquis Pingbei more concubines and spread your branches and leaves!" She was not a learned person, nor was she a scheming person. I like her simple and straightforward personality, but unexpectedly after she has children and pets, she no longer is cute and cute, but becomes more and more arrogant.

Although many people pretended to be doing other things, such as gossiping, drinking tea, playing with birds, and looking at flowers, they listened to You Ran's answers.This question is straightforward, but difficult to answer.Women who want their husbands to embrace each other, but no one dares to say it, for fear that they will be labeled as "jealous", which is a stain on their reputation, and it is even more out of seven.

With a leisurely attitude, "Do you know how many adult men and women there are in our dynasty?" Without waiting for Concubine Ning to answer, she said one by one like a treasure: "There are 600 million adult men in my dynasty now. , and adult women, there are less than 1000 million to 300 million people."

"What are you talking about?" Concubine Ning said angrily.

Ignore it leisurely, and continue to make a reasonable speech, "The Holy One is a wise king, and he has repeatedly issued edicts to order officials at all levels and places to cherish the power of the people and the people. How do you count as caring for the people? Always let grown men and strong laborers, I can marry a wife." Originally, the number of adult men is far more than the number of adult women, and no matter how many men have three wives and four concubines, there will be more common people who cannot marry a wife?Doesn't it violate the emperor's "love the people"?
Among all the wives, some are mature and prudent, and they can still face everything as usual; some are young and showy, they can't help it at this moment, and there are smiles in their eyes.Who wants to take a concubine and house for their own man? It's free.

The emperor was drinking tea with great interest and listening to the story; when he heard this, he spouted the tea out of his mouth with a "poof", almost choking.This is the first time he heard of the law of caring for the common people.

The emperor laughed for a long time, and then made a decree: order Concubine Ning's clan sister to enter the palace as a talented person.There's nothing I can do, the little wife has no brains, if you let her go on like this, without telling a lot of jokes, the ministers of the court and China will be offended by her.Now she has offended many people, but in the future, her beloved fifth prince, Princess Yingmin, will have many secret enemies.

Concubine Ning's clan sister named Ning Cui, dressed in a light blue dress, walked gracefully across the Jinshui Bridge and entered the palace.The moment he saw her for the first time, the emperor stopped breathing.

Originally, it was just to save trouble, not to really want to accept another beauty.Unexpectedly, Ning Cui turned out to be a budding flower, she casually stood under the plum blossom tree, picked up a plum blossom in her plain hand, she was more delicate than a flower.

Ningcui, who first entered the palace, was a talented person, and she became a beauty the next month, and became a concubine the next month. When she was pregnant soon, the emperor was overjoyed and named her "Concubine Jing".

"The rise is too fast." In the Hall of Fengyi, a confidant Madam Guo stood next to the queen, muttering.

The queen smiled lightly, no matter how favored she was, she was only pregnant, and she didn't know if she was born a boy or a girl; even if she gave birth to a prince, she still didn't know if she would grow up; That's the real problem.

I wanted to take advantage of the Ning family's greed and ignorance and Concubine Ning's selfishness and stupidity to make the Ning family enmity with Pingbeihou and force Pingbeihou to deal with the Ning family and the fifth prince, but unexpectedly the emperor suddenly decreed that there would be an extra beautiful woman in the palace. The seductive concubine, the Ning family is still as stable as Mount Tai, and the fifth prince is still not in control.

Not only was he not a vassal, but the emperor also chose concubines for the five princes throughout the court, and he was determined to choose a concubine for the fifth prince with a prominent family background and outstanding talents.According to the ancestral system, the prince entered the domain at the age of 15; as usual, the prince entered the domain if the domain was rich and could choose a good match, but if the domain was remote, no daughter of an important official in the court was willing to bow down.

What is the emperor's intention to choose a concubine for the five princes with such great fanfare?The queen bit her lip.The prince is the empress's own son, he is the eldest son, and he is not as handsome as the fifth prince, not as smart as the fifth prince, and even less favored by the fifth prince.Could it be that if the situation continues and the fifth prince is allowed to stay in the capital, the power will grow day by day?
Even if the Fifth Prince is another King of Wu, Concubine Ning is probably not the original Qin Guifei!Concubine Qin Gui is stunningly talented, and she has trampled the Queen Mother under her feet for so many years, it is not comparable to an idiot like Concubine Ning.The queen thought about it and sneered again and again.

Suddenly, an idea suddenly appeared in the Queen's mind, King Wu!King Wu!King Wu is imprisoned in the capital, this person can be used!Let Wu Wang, this bloody old example, come to alert the emperor and the queen mother!

"King Wu is imprisoned at Xi'an Gate, has anyone visited him?" the queen asked slowly.The emperor did enough to save face. Although King Wu was imprisoned, his close relatives could visit him.

"Princess Qingchuan is ill. I heard that she is dying. Naturally, she has never been there. She can't go even if she wants to. Zhang Yizhang Nian is very tricky. She never goes, and never mentions this uncle." Guo Nanny replied.She also felt regretful that Zhang Yi and Zhang Nian entered the palace, only guarding the sick Princess Qingchuan, and never went out for a while.Even if the palace servants were negligent and occasionally lacked adequate food and clothing, the pampered siblings never made a sound.It's hard to hold the handle.

"It's the son-in-law, Zhang Ming, who has visited King Wu a few times." Nanny Guo is the queen's eyes and ears, so she is well informed.It's just that Zhang Ming's move was personally accepted by the emperor.The emperor also praised Zhang Ming for being affectionate and righteous, and he was not a man who followed the wind.

"Zhang Ming?" The queen pondered, "He is a responsible person. Princess Qingchuan will never leave her when she is in this situation, and she will always hand over a sign to ask for a meeting." If an ungrateful man sees Princess Qingchuan in distress, he will hide away Far away; Zhang Ming lives alone in the consort's mansion at this time, and he must hand over the sign to the palace if he wants to see his wife and children.He often handed out signs, and he didn't avoid suspicion at all. "Speaking of which, he is Pingbeihou's biological father, but I've never seen him seek Pingbeihou for anything." Zhang Ming is Zhang Bing's biological father. If he really has some errand, Zhang Bing really can't ignore it.

"Why not?" Mother Guo followed the queen since she was a child, and she was not very reserved in private, so she laughed at this moment, "A while ago Mrs. Tang San was accused by the judge, Wei Guogong personally came forward, and the governor of Shuntian government refused to accommodate. There are so many sufferers, it's really hard to find a solution. The Duke of Jin's mansion has brought the white silk and poisoned wine to Mrs. Tang San! It's still the son-in-law who is soft-hearted and blocked the five-army governor's mansion to force Pingbeihou to rescue his "aunt" !"

The queen had vaguely heard about Mrs. Tang San, and remembered whether it was her natal family who took action or rescued her, but she didn't know the details, so she became more energetic at the moment, "Did Ping Beihou save it?"

"My dear father opened his mouth, how can we not save him?" Mother Guo smiled, "Ping Beihou is more face-saving, Shuntian Fu Yin immediately comforted the sufferer, and the Duke of Jin and Duke of Wei paid heavy compensations. The suffering master has settled with gold and silver. No matter how much money the two governments gave before, the suffering master insisted that he would pay in blood."

"This Mrs. Tang San is too cruel, with so many lives in her hands." Seeing that the Queen seemed dissatisfied with the ending, Mother Guo hurriedly said, "However, although the death penalty is spared, the living crime cannot be escaped. Shut up in the own courtyard of Duke Jin's mansion, and no one is allowed to leave the courtyard."

"Is this punishment light?" Mother Guo asked and answered, "It's not light at all." People will go crazy if they are not allowed to go anywhere in a courtyard all year round.

Zhang Jing was indeed crazy afterwards.She was imprisoned in a remote courtyard of the Duke's Mansion, and she went crazy not long after.Later, in a state of madness, he died in a daze, and he deserved it.Of course, this is all for later.

"This inscription is soft-hearted." The queen smiled slightly.Since Zhang Ming was the only one who went to see the King of Wu, he had no choice but to draw something from Zhang Ming.

(End of this chapter)