female concubine

Several princesses and ladies brought their children into the cabinet of Funing Palace.

The King of Chu stood in front of Funing Hall, looking at the blooming crabapple flowers in front of him.

Xiao Youqing, who accompanied them in, only stayed for a short while and then came out. There was Zhao Ping, the prison guard waiting inside, "Back then, King Qi, who is now the official family, broke his promise and abandoned his mother to marry His Royal Highness the former queen. My mother was furious. The next time I went back to the ancestral house in Jiangning, the king of Qi was ordered to go out and drove his horse to Jiangning to meet his mother, and the trace on this tree was cut by his mother back then, and Acacia was cut with a single sword."

The King of Chu looked at the old knife marks on the tree trunk and then stared at the bee on a crabapple flower, "There are so many women in the harem who surround the emperor alone, but he always only has himself in his eyes, the king, and the morality." Forfeited, as a subject, perverting the law and deceiving the king, as an official, the official does not love the people, as a son, the son is not filial to his parents, as a husband, the husband disregards his wife, as a father, the father disregards his descendants, what is the difference between me and him now ?”

The hand hanging by the side was suddenly held by someone, "I don't care what they think of you, and you don't care what people in the future think, you are a king in front of people, and you are just Xiao Sanniang's Wei Qian, just my A Qian, I don't allow it. You say that about yourself."

"it is good..."

Crying voices came from inside, and there were complaints and helplessness in sobbing discussions. These ladies and princesses who gave birth to emperors and princesses have met before, but they are not very familiar with them. Although they are not direct princesses, they used to be Quite favored by the emperor.

Xiao Youqing originally wanted to take his hand back but was held tightly by the King of Chu, "Before the two ladies, Liu Lang doesn't want to be polite?"

King Chu stared at the women who were walking towards him, "They are not reasonable people."

The King of Chu let go of Xiao Youqing, stepped forward, bowed and cupped his hands slightly, and said, "Xiao Shunyi, Kong Xiurong, and the sisters, Liu Lang has been busy with government affairs recently, so he has no time to take care of the inner palace affairs. Now you have visited him, and Liu Lang has your father's body. Lied to you?"

The lady that the King of Chu was talking about greeted the King of Chu slightly, "Your Majesty is very respectful, but my concubine and others keep their words light. Today I don't understand the general situation and come here to make a fuss. In the past, there were some incomprehensions..."

"In terms of seniority, the two ladies are His Majesty's concubines and Liu Lang's elders. Liu Lang has been out of the cabinet for nearly ten years, and I can't remember the past."

Several women were blessed again, "Sixth brother is talented, honest, benevolent and filial, women follow three times, and the official family is sick now, so it is better for sixth brother to take care of this inner palace matter in the future."

"When this king was in the previous court, several ministers said that your majesty had ordered the noble concubine to be the queen, and now I am only temporarily handling the government affairs on behalf of your majesty. The noble concubine is the head of the four wives, and the affairs of the inner palace are still handled by the noble concubine. good."

"Sixth brother is careful and cautious in handling things, but we women don't know the general idea."

After the princesses returned to the courtyard where their biological mother lived, Xiao Shunyi dragged Xiao Youqing to a place alone.

"aunt."

"I know it's inappropriate to pull you out at this time. I've been here for more than 20 years. After the death of my fifth brother, I never left the cabinet except for the official call. The abolished Shen family provoked..."

"Auntie, the officials say that things from childhood have been forgotten for a long time, let him pass the past, and you are also one of his mothers."

"I don't dare to be. I'm just a concubine of the official family. He is the son of the official family and is the Xiaozong. After the concubine is registered as a concubine, he will be the Dazong. I just ask him not to embarrass the second mother in the future."

Xiao Youqing patted the back of Mrs. Xiao's hand and said in relief: "They are real sisters and brothers, how can a younger brother embarrass my sister?"

"To tell you the truth, the second son-in-law has lost his official career and is jealous of the fourth son-in-law. As a son-in-law, he can still work in the third government office, so he repeatedly asks the second mother-in-law to ask her to enter the palace and ask for an official family. Speaking out, the son-in-law has a violent temper. In the past, the son-in-law would restrain himself when the official family was healthy, but now..." Lady Xiao shook her head helplessly.

"The second son-in-law is serving in the court now?"

"There is only one title of Inspector of Yuzhou."

"Void title," Xiao Youqing clasped his hands together and turned around, "The official is the Holy Son of Heaven, I think it must be because he has no ability to hold the post, if there is something wrong with his character, let's get along and leave, let the second sister find the official by herself Said, but if the second sister doesn't say anything, what can we say? She is willing to swallow her shame and suffer this useless anger, but she can't blame others. If my aunt wants to say that you are cool and thin, you won't deny it, but some things are earned by yourself. Come on, people are good at being bullied, there is no rule that a woman should obey and bow her head for the rest of her life after marrying her husband, and the word "wife" is the same word behind it."

"I'll talk to her later."

"Auntie, don't think too much about it, as long as you are not an official or the kind of person who compares pennies and pennies."

A few days later, when the princesses and concubines went back, the news that the emperor had suffered a stroke and was lying on the couch was confirmed. It spread inside and outside the capital in just a few days. Because it was from the princess's house, it was very credible. The rumors of Wang's suspicion were self-defeating, and even the criticism of her from the people was much less.

On the fifth day of May in the 12th year of Jianping, all banquets were canceled during the Dragon Boat Festival, and Jiang Luochuan, who was exiled to Chaozhou, was recalled to Kyoto to succeed Yushi Zhongcheng in the name of praying for the emperor's blessing.

"Do you remember what I told you a few days ago?" Xiao Youqing lay on the couch and stretched out his fingers to curl the long hair of the person next to the pillow. Pull me and cry, although I speak coldly, Princess Chen is your second sister after all, and this is also a matter of royal face."

The King of Chu opened his eyes, and suddenly smiled and said, "Sanniang is worrying about the trivial matters of the wife before she becomes a queen?"

"Mother came to me regardless of them, but you can't do this presumptuous thing, and of course I can't. I just pushed it away on the surface, but you are a prison country. When a father dies, he obeys the son, and when a father is sick, he obeys the son. You If you don’t decide for a few sisters, who else can they rely on in the future?”

"Sanniang's kindness comes from the bottom of my heart. I have been dealing with the old case before, and now the magistrate has almost handled it. I will call the son-in-law here for questioning tomorrow, but..." Chu Wang touched his face, He smiled very easily and said, "I was slapped by Mrs. Xiao when I was young, and my front teeth were almost knocked out."

"No wonder she said she had a problem with you."

"Festival?" King Chu laughed, "She probably thinks that Fifth Brother's death has something to do with me."

"Didn't the Fifth Prince die when he was seven years old?"

"The folks only say that he died of illness, but in fact he died by drowning. When he was young, the fifth elder brother fell into the water in the backyard, but he fell ill when he was rescued. I was by my side at the time, and Miss Xiao said that I pushed the fifth elder brother. One of the servants defended me, not only did she not listen, she even slapped me because of it, she even angered me when the fifth elder brother was gone, and it was Her Majesty the Empress who came forward to punish me and demoted her as a concubine instead." King Chu Turning over to Xiao Youqing, "Ms. Xiao's holy family is prosperous, I know there are other reasons for Fifth Brother's death, I have seen too many inner palace battles, and I have seen my brothers leave before my eyes, and the scourge of all this is That endless greed brought disaster to Xiao Qiang, it was the owner of the Qi family's fault."

She asked again: "Does San Niang know about Her Highness the First Empress?"

"Empress Xianming? I seem to have seen it before. People in Ouchi say that she is a gentle person like my mother. If you can call her Your Highness, she must be a kind person."

"Yes, Her Majesty the Empress is gentle and doesn't fight or rob. Therefore, Her Majesty only respects her but doesn't love her. Her tenderness also fulfills the evil intentions of others." King Chu took Xiao Youqing's hand to the tip of his nose, "At that time I I was just thinking, if my mother hadn’t concealed my identity to save Weng’s family, would I have done the same thing as them, just turning a small town into a small house, and everyone would try to please the same person, put in all their effort and even sacrificed their lives, What can you get in the end?"

"There seems to be luck in misfortune, so since then I have secretly told myself that even if I can't change it, I must not let these things happen to me."

There are not many ancient and modern emperors who can really guard one person to death, Xiao Youqing whispered in her ear: "Youqing will always be with Ah Qian."

——Bang! ——The deep and long bell sounded from the palace.

In the east, where the sky and the earth meet, there is a white light. Five drums are played on every street and city tower. So far, many officials on the ten-mile long street have rushed to the forbidden center.

The guard at night entered the outer room through the corridor and walked to the door and said softly, "My lord, my concubine, it's five o'clock."

"It's five o'clock, it's time for A-Qian to get up and wash up, right?" Xiao Youqing pulled the reluctant people up, "Kindness is more than diligence and playfulness, and the ministers are still waiting for the six kings."

The tranquilizing incense burnt in the incense burner last night had already been burned out, leaving only a small Buddha statue on the dressing table exuding a faint fragrance. The king of Chu sat in front of the mirror and picked up the Buddha statue.

【"Facing the mirror to make up, the woman in the mirror washed her face with tears."】When she was feeling guilty, suddenly the hand behind her that combed her hair trembled unnaturally.

"Well, what happened?"

Xiao Youqing shook his head, "I saw a white hair."

The King of Chu put the Buddha statue back to its original place, "Perhaps there were too many things a while ago, San Niang pulled it out for me." She raised her head sideways again, "It's just a white hair, look at me, I couldn't do it even if I was dying several times. Die, it means that this life is hard..." Before he finished speaking, he covered his hands and couldn't help coughing a few times.

Xiao Youqing did as he did, "Look at you, you don't want to put on more clothes because you think it's too hot, but now you're comfortable after catching a cold?"

The King of Chu just smiled honestly, "It's hot and boring today."

After washing and changing clothes, Xiao Youqing sent her out of the Fanying Pavilion for the morning court, "Can you come back for breakfast?"

"Come back, of course come back, I don't want to sit and eat with those ministers."

"What do you want to eat?" Xiao Youqing said quickly again: "Alcohol is not acceptable."

"If you want to eat sweets, Sanniang's honey pancakes are also fine."

"Zongren wants to eat candy too!" Several palace officials followed closely behind the child with lanterns in hand, and the child stretched out his chubby little hands together, "Daddy, mother, Wanan." Then he ran to his mother.

"That's not okay, children will not grow teeth if they eat candy."

"Daddy lied."

Xiao Youqing patted his head and smiled at the King of Chu, "You are so old and still earn candy with your children? It just so happened that my uncle sent some freshly ripe loquats from Jiangning yesterday, loquats relieve cough."

"Anything is fine, as long as it is made by a lady."

"It's almost three quarters of an hour, Ah Qian, go quickly."

The King of Chu nodded, and left the Fanying Pavilion with a group of people waiting in the courtyard. The smile on his face gradually froze when he went out to the palace corridor, "I only saw the prime minister and the consul of the second government today. Princess Chen's son-in-law, Governor of Yuzhou, called to see me in the Chui Gong Hall."

"Yes."

The author has something to say: Sister Wangfei is capable of both civil and military horseback riding and archery. If you want to see the daily life of the emperor, you can play Cuju and polo in various festivals.

I don't like Gongdou very much, but I feel sorry for the women in the feudal society. I try my best to please a person, some of them are for survival, which is also the helplessness of the times. Of course, there are also people who are extremely vain. (If I lived in that era, I would either become a monk or jump into the river...hahahaha just kidding.)

Related to the social atmosphere, women in the Song Dynasty were very gentle (not all of them), and so were most of the older sisters in the book.

The part of Huanhuan scolding his own father to Haitang is a curse word in an opera.

感谢在2020-04-3011:54:38~2020-05-0106:27:26期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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