A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television

The story of the emperor's death is a testament to the great power of the Ming dynasty.

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In the original history, Liu Rushi was one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai in the late Ming Dynasty. She was poor in her childhood and was sold to Guijiayuan, a training place for singing girls. Later, she was sold to Zhou Daodeng, the former prime minister of Chongzhen, as a concubine. She experienced many ups and downs in life and death, and after several transfers, she finally became a singing girl. Later, she married Qian Qianyi, a member of the Donglin Party, as a concubine.

Later, the Manchus captured Yanjing, and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on Coal Hill, and the Southern Ming Dynasty was established. Liu Rushi supported Qian Qianyi and became the Minister of Rites of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

When the Qing army was approaching the city, Liu Rushi persuaded her husband Qian Qianyi to jump into the river with her to die for the country, but Qian Qianyi walked into the water to try and said, "The water is too cold, I can't go in."

Afterwards, Qian Qianyi decided to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Liu Rushi was ready to jump into the river alone to die for the country, but was stopped by Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi shaved his head and served the Qing court. Liu Rushi couldn't bear the humiliation and stayed at home, living apart from Qian Qianyi...

Originally, Liu Rushi in history, although a woman, had ideals and ambitions. Even though she had a rough life, she still faced life positively, but she was wrongly entrusted to the wrong person and married Qian Qianyi, a weak and incompetent person, and eventually died of depression.

Lu Cheng had been busy with various affairs before, but he had never thought about the famous Qinhuai Eight Beauties in history.

Unexpectedly, Liu Rushi also changed her fate because of himself.

If Liu Rushi had been living in the dust like she did in history, she would never have passed the audition and become a concubine, let alone come to Lu Cheng.

Perhaps Lu Cheng accidentally changed her fate and made her appear in front of him.

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng looked at the introduction about Liu Rushi:... She is good at poetry, music, painting, and has excellent literary talent. She has the ambition to serve the country and admires your majesty's talent and strategy. She has written poems to praise your majesty's achievements...

After reading it, Lu Cheng circled Liu Rushi's name and then looked at the next one.

The following names are all relatively unfamiliar. Some are from all over the Central Plains, some are from the Mobei grassland, the south, the Western Regions, and so on.

Especially among the beautiful girls from the Western Regions, there are two or three who look like Nazha, Reba, Liya and the like in later generations. They have good looks and are noted for being good at singing and dancing.

When he turned to the back, Lu Cheng saw another familiar name, Gu Mei, who called herself Hengbo, and was good at Kunqu Opera, painting, and poetry.

This girl is one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai. Her childhood experience is somewhat similar to that of Liu Rushi. She was also selected as a concubine because of the uprising.

Except for these two names, Lu Cheng didn't recognize the others.

The age set for this imperial selection was between 14 and 18 years old.

Among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, only these two ages met the criteria, and the others were still little girls of eight or nine or ten years old.

Even Chen Yuanyuan, who "went all out for her beauty", was only ten years old at the moment.

To become a famous prostitute in history books, it is definitely not just based on appearance.

Being able to stand out from the entire talent show also proves the excellence of Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo.

After Lu Cheng looked through all the rosters, he waved to the eunuch who was serving beside him: "Notify them and call in all the 100 girls in a while. I want to check them one by one."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Not long after, hundreds of girls were gathered outside the hall. Each of them was dressed beautifully, and they competed with each other for beauty, forming the most beautiful scenery.

Lu Cheng waved his hand, and the 100 girls came forward in groups of 10, allowing Lu Cheng to check them one by one.

It must be said that the people below were indeed not fooling around. The girls who could be sent to Lu Cheng had no problem with their looks and figures, and their temperament and manners were also excellent. Each of them was not inferior to the top female stars in later generations.

After Lu Cheng looked at them one by one, he nodded with satisfaction: "All of them stay."

"Yes."

"Who are Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo? Stand out one by one and let me take a look. The others can go down first."

A young eunuch quickly led two young girls forward.

Lu Cheng looked at one of the girls and smiled slightly: "I see Qingshan is so charming, I think Qingshan sees me like this. You are Liu Rushi, right?"

"I am Liu Rushi, a commoner, and I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"No need to be polite, just come forward, raise your head, and let me take a good look."

"Yes."

Liu Rushi took a few steps forward and came within 10 steps of Lu Cheng, then carefully raised her head and looked at Lu Cheng.

"Liu Rushi, I saw it written on the list before, you are a voluntary participant

Can you tell me why you added the selection? "

"Yes, Your Majesty. I was born in a humble family, and my family was poor since I was young. I was hungry and poorly clothed. I lived with my parents in hardship and was almost sold to a brothel. Later, Your Majesty raised an army in Liaodong, pacified the Hulu, fought in Mobei, unified the world, and saved the people from hunger and cold, without having to sell their children.

Although I grew up in the boudoir, I have admired Your Majesty for a long time, and I respect Your Majesty as a hero of the world and yearn for it. Therefore, I volunteered to participate in the selection, hoping to see the emperor and stay with him forever. "

To be honest, since Lu Cheng became emperor, he has heard so many flattering words every day that he has long been accustomed to it.

But this is a different feeling from a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, as if she has a greater sense of accomplishment.

Lu Cheng was happy, and naturally gave Liu Rushi a title directly: "Xiao Dezi, confer Liu Rushi the title of Zhaoyi and list her as a concubine. "

In Lu Cheng's harem, the queen is the first rank, the imperial concubine is the second rank, the concubine is the third rank, and the beauty is the fourth rank.

The rank is simple and rough. Although it refers to the harem ranks of all dynasties, it is only a reference. How to really decide depends on Lu Cheng's preferences.

Anyway, Lu Cheng is the founding monarch, holding great power. There are many national affairs that he is arbitrary and does not listen to the opinions of the ministers, let alone in the harem.

At the beginning, some people also mentioned the harem system and suggested that Lu Cheng refer to the Tang and Song dynasties, Zhou Li and so on. Lu Cheng directly rejected it.

You must make your own decisions for your own harem and decide it as you want.

If you can't make the decisions for your own harem, then this emperor is What's the point of being a concubine?

Of course, the first, second, and third ranks of the harem are based on the order of status, and on the other hand, they are also related to the interest allocated every month.

In Lu Cheng's harem, Hailanzhu and Dayu'er have served him wholeheartedly for so long, but they are still beauties and have not been promoted.

Liu Rushi was a concubine when she first came, which is quite good.

The girls selected in the same period were only one level higher than the palace maids before they served the emperor, and they were not even beauties.

Queen Ding Baiying and Imperial Concubine Zhang Yan have absolute status in the harem. Sisters Zhou Miaoxuan and Zhou Miaotong have given birth to children for Lu Cheng in the past two years. Now they are both concubines, and they are the only two concubines.

Harem people There were few, and Lu Cheng himself had a good physique and good endurance, so he could take care of everything. There was nothing that bothered Lu Cheng.

Moreover, Lu Cheng was confident that he could live a hundred years in the future, and the women around him might not live as long as Lu Cheng, so things would be easy to deal with in the future.

After Liu Rushi was made a concubine, she immediately accepted the order and thanked him.

Lu Cheng looked at Gu Hengbo, asked Gu Hengbo to perform Kunqu Opera, and also made Gu Hengbo a beauty.

However, these two were still too young, and their bodies had not yet fully developed, so they could only be kept for the time being.

That night, Lu Cheng flipped two cards and found two adult girls from the Western Regions. He watched a flying dance and felt pretty good. That night, he kept two of them to sleep with him. The night plum blossoms fall, enjoying the tenderness.

The next morning, Lu Cheng woke up from the gentle land, and couldn't help sighing. No wonder the kings of all dynasties were keen to conquer the Western Regions. This was really not for those kilograms of raisins.

With Reba on his left hand, Nazha on his right hand, and Hani and Liya in front, which man can withstand such a test?

After coming out of the gentle land with strong willpower, Lu Cheng started to practice health-preserving boxing in the imperial garden. He must take good care of his body, and there will be many good days in the future.

At this time, Queen Ding Baiying and Imperial Concubine Zhang Yan came to the back garden together. Seeing Lu Cheng practicing boxing, Ding Baiying couldn't help but say: "Oh, our Majesty can actually get up and practice boxing, which is amazing. I thought His Majesty was going to indulge in the gentle land and couldn't get up."

Lu Cheng laughed, walked forward, and hugged Ding Baiying's waist: "My Queen is jealous? ”

“I’m not jealous. I’m just afraid that your Majesty will be exhausted, so I came with Yan’er to bring ginseng soup to your Majesty?”

“Then will the Queen fight with me for a few moves first?”

“Just fight for a few moves. I don’t believe that your Majesty can beat me after working hard all night.”

“Then let’s make a bet. If you really win, how about the Queen and Yan’er being together tonight?”

“Let’s bet, who’s afraid of who?”

Zhang Yan on the side waved her hand and asked all the maids to withdraw. Then she gave Lu Cheng a complaining look: “Your Majesty, there are so many maids watching.”

“What are you afraid of? We are an old couple. Besides, which girl dares to say anything?”

After Lu Cheng became emperor, the palace did not add any new eunuchs, and the more than 300 eunuchs of the previous dynasty were still used.

The maids in the harem were

Some were added, about 1,500 in total.

Because the palace was too big, a part of it was sealed and regularly cleaned and repaired.

Most of the palace maids lived near Lu Cheng's family, making it convenient to serve.

It must be said that the emperor's happiness was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

If Lu Cheng wanted, he could even be the groom every night and change the bride every day.

Of course, Lu Cheng also tried his best to restrain himself and not forget the old one when he had a new one.

Besides, Ding Baiying and Zhang Yan followed Lu Cheng all the way from Liaodong, and their relationship was even deeper.

Moreover, Ding Baiying and Zhang Yan were only in their twenties and thirties now, which was the ripe age. Compared with those little girls who had just entered the palace, they were indeed more feminine.

Ripe peaches or sour and sweet green apples could be eaten, and they could be eaten in turn, eaten together, and served on a plate...