female concubine

Chapter 168

On October 27th of the first year of Qianyuan, Emperor Zigong of Daxing arrived at the mausoleum. Si Tianjian selected the 27th as an auspicious day. On the [-]th of the same month, the imperial hall was buried and buried in Yongding Mausoleum.

After the mausoleum was concealed, the officials of Xiangshi sent Lord Yu back to Beijing to enter the palace for sacrifices. On November [-], the sacrifice was held in the Taimiao Temple of the late emperor Xianming.

In late November, Deoksugung Palace, Empress Dowager Lee looked at the young people in front of her while drinking tea.

"It's only when the queen is here that the officials come to Laoshen's place more often."

"It's the son's fault for not being filial for the empress to say that."

"Okay, look at your anxious look," Li said to Xiao Youqing again: "Now the funeral of the late emperor has been completed, the empress will take Dalang back to Kunning Hall, and watch her more in the future."

"Yes."

As soon as the empress left, Deoksugung Palace was instantly empty and deserted.

The two sat on the shoulder chariot back to Kunning Palace, and the servants who went back and forth from each palace retreated one after another.

"Even if the previous dynasty was busy with the officials, we must not forget to visit the empress frequently."

"Your Majesty is my biological mother, I know it."

"The prison guard in the Palace of Funing..."

"Zhao Ping? He belongs to you. If you want me, you can order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to transfer him to the Palace of Kunning."

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Ever since Emperor Wuzong's funeral, Funing Hall has been deserted, except for sweeping the yard and wiping the dust, very few people usually come.

Everyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs knew that Zhao Ci wrote a letter asking him to guard the mausoleum of the first emperor, but the emperor refused to accept him because of his advanced age, and then asked again and again for three letters before he was granted. Mausoleum.

The servant put his hands in his narrow sleeves in front of his stomach, and looked up at the crabapple tree in front of the steps in a daze.

The palace servants from the Kunning Palace stepped forward and said, "Zhao abstains all blessings."

"Wu Neiren, do you have any orders from the saint?"

"The sage calls you to Kunning Hall."

"... "

The servant followed the palace servants into the Kunning Palace, "The villain has seen Her Royal Highness the Queen."

"Brother Kui Guang."

The name that had not been heard for more than ten years was suddenly called out, causing the servant's eyes to turn red immediately, and he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "Saint, you must not."

"The name Kui Guang was given to you by your mother, Kui Su Yao Guang, Wen Yun Chang Ming."

【"May I have your name?"

The woman who spoke in the boy's eyes was wearing light blue gown, her eyes were full of tenderness, "Don't be afraid, don't be cautious, just treat me as your elder."

The boy remained silent, but walked to her side. The woman realized something and hugged him to the chair, and took the pen for him that he couldn't draw.

The woman looked at his handwriting, "You have such a good handwriting at such a young age, Kui Su Yaoguang, Wen Yun is prosperous," the young woman has a pair of gentle eyes, making people approachable, "You are so smart, if you can Mr. De taught that in the future, you will be able to win the gold list when you apply for the exam, so I will call you Kui Guang from now on."

The little boy jumped off the chair and kowtowed to her, and she helped him up with a gentle smile, "You don't need to kneel down to me, the little man only needs to kneel down to his parents, heaven, earth and the king."

Then the woman went to the yard and looked at the crabapple that had just bloomed, "But... princes and generals are sometimes not as comfortable as ordinary people."]

"Yes, the eldest lady saw me alertly and said that if I study in the future, I will be able to get a good name in the entrance examination and benefit the common people. Now that more than ten years have passed, the villain only dares to bury it in his heart." Zhao Ping raised his head. Very good, Kui Guang from the past has long gone with the eldest lady, the saint should call the villain Zhao Ping in the future."

"Zhao Ping is the name you serve as a servant, and Jiang Kuiguang is the name given by your mother in Jiang Zhai. From today onwards, I will still call you Kui Guang and let you stay on duty in the Palace of Kunning."

"The villain thanks the sage for his kindness."

In the winter of December of the first year of Qianyuan, the three divisions presented the national plan.

Looking at the detailed accounts, the country's tax revenue is increasing and expenditure is also increasing, making ends meet, "The imperial court spends so much money to support those mediocre people, can't it be used to support those poor women in the inner palace?"

"The concubines who gave birth to the emperor's heirs have contributed to the royal family is another matter, but other... the late emperor passed away, they should have gone to guard the spirit of the late emperor, and the official family still has to raise them as concubines. Without such a rule, the third division has no reason to spend."

"They were selected as sons of a good family. How many of them were forced to be helpless, and how many of them had never even met the late emperor. Let them go and they can't let them go. Could it be..."

"Monk." The official replied.

The emperor had a sullen and displeased face, "I won't make any concessions, so let's figure it out."

The third envoy got up from the chair and knelt down, "Your Majesty is benevolent and filial. I don't want these concubines to guard the spirit or endure the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns. But if they are allowed to stay in the inner palace forever, what status will His Majesty treat you, concubine?"

"Then I want to send them out of the palace?"

"It's absolutely impossible. They are the concubines of the late emperor and married women, not palace servants."

"If the empress doesn't have me, I'm afraid I'll be sent away by you too."

"I am frightened."

"Okay," Wei Huan got up and went to the third envoy to help him up. "The third envoy has been busy for a year and it's hard work. This is my housework. Let me discuss it with the saint when I go back."

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She relayed the events in the Chuigong Hall to the Kunning Hall.

"The officials are benevolent."

"I'm not kind, I'm just complaining for those poor women. Most of them are only in their teens. If they are outside the palace, it is the best age to get married. Now I can see it clearly This group of scholar-bureaucrats."

Touching her angry face, Xiao Youqing smiled and said: "Now the government still wants to open a women's department?"

"Of course, if they are so arrogant, I will be even more open. If they don't agree, I will force them to agree even if I use force to suppress Xingda Prison."

"The official family really cares about the common people, regardless of whether they are high or low. Now they have finally settled down and must not be willful. Everything must be done step by step."

Wei Huan nodded, "What about those girls?"

"The concubine knew that the third minister would not agree, so she made her own decision early this morning and sent someone to summon them to let them choose, stay in the inner palace alone, go to guard the spirit of the late emperor, or go to the temple to become a monk. The concubine gave it in the name of the official. They have enough silver to live on."

"In my name?"

Xiao Youqing stood up and took a few steps back, saying, "The concubine did not discuss with the officials beforehand, and asked the officials to punish me without prior consultation."

"I don't like my sister being so reserved." Wei Huan got up and took her hand and sat back. "Others think that the harem is just the emperor's harem, but they don't know that this inner palace is the inner palace of the emperor. What will the saint do in the future?" Whatever you do, I'm happy with it."

Standing inside the curtain in the hall was a boy with a Zongjiao. He stared blankly for a while and then backed out.

"Sicai Xi'er saw that uncle came back, why didn't brother go in?" The girl walked into the hall and saw her brother who came out.

"The official family and His Highness are both here," the little boy stroked his sister's head, "It's rare for the official family to be free, so don't bother Sister Xi'er."

"Look, brother." The little girl turned around and grabbed the white and yellow long-haired lion cat in the arms of the maid.

The boy opened his eyes, "This cat is so cute."

"It's the kitten my uncle gave me. It's so good." The girl looked at her brother and asked, "Does my brother like it too?"

The boy nodded, "I saw many portraits of cats in the study of the palace before, and His Highness said that they were all drawn by officials."

"My sister is also learning to draw, but Xi'er is clumsy and can't even write well."

The boy smiled at her and said: "Xi'er is still young, when Xi'er grows up she won't be worse than Sister Chen."

The tenderness on the fleshy face hadn't faded yet, the boy's extraordinarily gentle smile made the girl stare at her bulging eyes, and she grabbed the cat's neck and stuffed it on him, "I'll give it to my brother."

"Jun Wang..." The wife behind him wanted to block it for him.

The boy raised his hand, "It's okay."

The wet nurse following the girl also said: "Wu Neiren, this is a cat given by the emperor. Its nails were clipped when it was delivered to the maid the day before yesterday, and there is also a special caretaker to wash it."

Only then did the wife back down, and Zong Ren said to his sister again: "Cats will hurt too. Next time, my sister will hug her like my brother."

"it is good."

The people on the couch gradually fell asleep, Xiao Youqing lowered the curtain, lit the incense in the tent in the stove, and immediately a wisp of green smoke was lifted from the Sleeping Duck Incense Burner.

The person who came out stood at the corner with the bead curtain and saw everything at the entrance of the hall. The people in the inner room had already fallen asleep. She came out only after hearing some movement. The servant stood behind her with arms crossed. .

"Sometimes, this child is too sensible, and it makes people feel distressed to be sensible, but I can't force the officials."

"The villain doesn't understand that what the official family suffered in the past is the care they couldn't get, but now...the villain dares to say that the official family loves you so much. The little county king is the eldest son of you and the official family. Why..."

"People's hearts are always unpredictable."

"Even the saint, you can't persuade the officials?"

Xiao Youqing turned his head, "Kui Guang has been with Zhao Ci for more than ten years, and you revealed to me the situation of the official family when they were young. I know what you are worried about, and I don't want to let the same mistakes happen again."

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On the New Year's Eve of the first year of Qianyuan, the exorcism ceremony of Nuo opera was banned in China.

The imperial guards of the imperial city department and the guards of various ministries wore masks and embroidered colorful clothes and held golden guns and dragon flags. The general of the town hall wore armor and dressed up as a door god. Zhong Kui, Zhong Xiaomei, Land Master Zao Jun and so on.

The children were not afraid to see the ugly judge, they stared at the burly emissary who was dressed as a general at the front, with shining golden armor printed in his eyes.

The Jiaofang Envoy led the exorcism team of more than 1000 people to a sudden stop, "Little Prince, Second Miss, there will be a firecracker here in a while, and I am afraid that the two young masters will be hurt."

The girl, wrapped in thick clothes, stepped forward and touched the armor of the Jiaofang envoy, "Is this made of gold?"

The Jiaofang envoy lowered his hands and knelt down, "Second girl, this is a gold-plated copper armor, not made of gold."

A military officer with a purple round collar and narrow sleeves came from a distance, "Xi'er."

Hearing the familiar voice, the girl turned her head and ran forward with a smile on her face, "Daddy."

"Master of the Palace."

After the girl left, Zong Ren stepped forward, "It's bitterly cold in winter," he took out the hand stove in his sleeve and stuffed it into the envoy's arms, "It must be cold if you all wear such thin clothes."

The envoy of Jiaofang suddenly knelt down sourly, "It happens every year, the officials are used to it, and it can make the county king think about it, so what's the wind."

"Then you guys go quickly, go back early when you're done."

"Yes."

It was night, all the families of scholars and concubines were sitting around the fire, talking and laughing together and watching the night. When the time came, firecrackers were set off in the palace, and there was a loud explosion in the sky.

When the fireworks are lowered, they are all ordinary faces, and when they look up, there are bright stars shining in their eyes.

"This year's fireworks are the best." The girl raised her high neck.

The middle-aged man who took off his official robe and put on casual clothes touched his gray beard and said kindly: "This year's fireworks are specially shipped from the south, and it is also to celebrate the new official's ascension to the throne."

"The daughter and sister who sent the soul saw the official family and His Royal Highness that day. The official family is good-looking, and His Royal Highness is also good-looking. If it weren't for the clothes on her body, she would be like a couple of gods and gods, which is enviable." The girl walked to her mother and said coquettishly: "Mother, if Her Highness the Empress presides over the silkworm kissing ceremony this year, she will also take me with her."

"Do you understand the rules in the palace? I have taught you since childhood that you are the most disobedient."

"If I learned it, wouldn't the drafts of the previous years be taken away? My daughter heard that the late emperor's concubines who had no children were sent to the nunnery to be nuns."

"Ruying, don't say anything about Ouchi in the future."

The girl muttered, "Oh."

"Mother, let's take my younger sister. I heard that the official family and His Highness the Empress are easy-going. They let three thousand maids out of the palace and sent the late emperor to the nunnery. The official family even rewarded the late emperor's concubines generously. I used the money I had when I was the prince." Salary."

"Our official family is indeed different from the previous emperors."

"The Silkworm Palace has been abandoned for a long time, and I don't know if it will be held this year."

"It will definitely be. Didn't daddy say that the official family has been to the local government as an official? Guochao's emphasis on farming and mulberry has always been the top of all industries."

"These two children are very interested in officials and saints. Officials pay attention to farming, mulberry, crops, and silkworm palaces, which were vacated as early as last year. This year, the lady will take them there. The province is always in my ears. Mutter."

"The officials should pamper them as much as possible. Sooner or later, they will be spoiled and unable to marry."

"Lue, I don't want to marry."

The author has something to say: During the filial piety period, they are divided into rooms. Generally speaking, the emperor and empress do not live together. Only Ming Xiaozong and Empress Zhang live together. The real only wife is the empress, monogamous and not other concubines.

Lord of Yu: The Lord of God who was erected during the sacrifice of Yu after the burial in ancient times

Sacrifice: offering sacrifices to the wooden owner of the newly deceased in the ancestral temple together with the wooden owner of the ancestors

Reform and restructuring is a long process. The more successful one is the Shang Yang Reform. Like Wang Anshi's Xining Reform, its main content is to change the country's poor and weak (the Song Dynasty was not weak, whether it was military or economic, the weak were the leaders. Weakness is content with the status quo. Weakness is because the status of literati is too high. There are too few literati like Kou Zhun, Xin Qiji and Wang Anshi. The more accomplished Shenzong and Zhezong died too early. Huizong's former imperial army is still very strong. Then this The person who can only draw and write gave Gao Qiu the front office of the palace—the Jin soldiers would not be defeated when they came to fight, and they fled. , Hey, I can only say that he deserves what he deserves when he has been a cow for decades!)

There will be a lot of follow-up interactions, and the future will last forever~

感谢在2020-05-1221:08:58~2020-05-1308:42:26期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the shallow water bomb: 1 mouthful of blood;

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: Once upon a time there was a mountain;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!