female concubine

On May [-]th of the first year of Jinghe, the imperial hall was closed and the underground palace was sealed. The funeral officials entrusted Lord Yu to return to Beijing to hold the Yu Sacrifice, and enshrined Emperor Xianzong in the Taimiao.

Empress Cao Shuyao lived in the Central Palace, so Xiao Youqing moved to Ningshou Palace. After returning to Beijing, when he heard that the court was once again setting off a party and government, Xiao Youqing called the emperor to reprimand him.

——Ningshou Palace——

"The bones of the late emperor are not yet cold, are you going to indulge those ministers to overthrow the rule of the late emperor? If you blindly give in, they will only gain an inch. If you agree, then your father will be the number one sinner in the country."

"My son never thought of going against my father's policy, but those civil servants are just scholars, and the debates in the court are all scholarly. Without real power, they can't make waves."

The words "no real power" made Xiao Youqing frowned, and endured the anger in his heart, "My ears are soft, and I can't hear others chewing on the late emperor's tongue. In this prosperous age you took over, your father bought it with his life. The temple name drawn up by the ministers is not as good as yours." Does the emperor dare to be partial to support them?"

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, then got up in a panic and knelt down in front of his mother, trembling, "My son knows his mistake."

"I know that you have a grudge against the late emperor in your heart. I know Liu Miaoyi, a member of the Privy Council, Cao Peiru, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and your cousin. Among them are your teachers and people close to you. You know everything about them and their abilities. In the rule of a benevolent monarch, it is good not to kill people indiscriminately, but if the king lacks decisiveness in killing and killing, no matter how good he is, he can only keep it. Don't forget that you have two children, and you are also a father." Xiao Youqing stared at The emperor seemed to be waiting for him.

The emperor froze, and immediately kowtowed again and again, "I know I was wrong, my son will continue the law of the previous emperor, will not allow them to abolish the decree, and will fulfill father's last wish to expand the territory to the peak of the previous dynasty." In the palace of Ningdian, the two maps drawn by the Hanlin Academy of Painting ordered by Emperor Xianzong were made into a screen by the emperor and placed in the cabinet for daily vigilance.

After hearing a few coughs, Xiao Youqing raised his eyebrows and helped him up, looking at the pale person, he still looked like a loving mother and said: "You should also take good care of your body."

Hearing that the mother seemed to stop blaming the emperor, she breathed a sigh of relief, "During the time when the mother was away, the son was in poor health, and many political affairs and letters were reviewed by the queen on her behalf. The handling is just right, the things in the inner palace are strictly prohibited, rewards and punishments are clearly defined, my son never thought that the empress would have such talent."

"The Cao family was chosen by your father." Xiao Youqing turned around and sat down in front of the wooden couch.

"Mother, the magistrate He Wenying recalled by father before his death..."

Xiao Youqing paused, "You let her enter the Imperial Academy?"

The emperor nodded, "He Wenying was transferred to the three southern state capitals in total for the examination of government performance. Everywhere he went, he rectified the administration of officials and implemented policies to benefit the people. The politics were clear and the agriculture and business were governed. The increase has more than doubled in a year, she is the third ternary of the country, and with such achievements, she should have changed her official position to Beijing long ago, so son..."

"The matter of letting him enter the Hanlin Academy should be stopped by the official court first. I want to see her first."

"..." The emperor was stunned for a moment, then bowed, "Yes."

"In addition," Xiao Youqing raised his head, "Taiwan advised Fu Que to write a letter to let Su Yu return to the capital. Unless I die, he will not be able to enter the capital alive."

"Yes Yes."

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After He Wenying returned to the capital, he was supposed to go to the Imperial Academy, but the trial court delayed his official edict because of the funeral of the emperor. It was not until the end of April when the emperor learned from the Ministry of Officials that he was in charge of the imperial court. The achievements of the bureaucracy.

The insider led He Wenying to the Ningshou Palace in the inner court, "Queen Mother, He Tong has arrived."

"Your Majesty He Wenying has seen Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager."

"sit down."

"I dare not."

Xiao Youqing raised his head and stared at it for a while, then waved away all the servants and palace servants who were waiting in the hall.

"Why did the late emperor call you back?"

He Wenying hugged her sleeves and immediately knelt down, "I will be appointed as Zuo Shi after the minister, and the first emperor is in the words of the minister..." He Wenying raised her head and looked at Xiao Youqing, "The reason why the first emperor called me back is because he knew the official's Temperament is easy to be controlled by ministers. If it is not for the use of power, it is difficult for the Queen Mother alone to support the system of female subjects, but if it is used for power, the mother and child will turn against each other. But the fame was lost, the Empress Dowager cared about the late emperor, so the late emperor knew that the empress dowager would not do this, the late emperor said that he did not care about the reputation of future generations, and only hoped that the empress dowager would not suppress herself."

He Wenying looked at the sadness and emotion in the empress dowager's eyes whenever she mentioned the late emperor, "Because there is admiration in my eyes, the late emperor is at ease. During this period of national mourning, although I did not see tears in the empress dowager's eyes, I did Seeing the saddest expression on her face, the Empress Dowager's temper is not a person to be tolerated, and now she chooses to bear it... Who would not envy the late Emperor to have a wife like the Empress Dowager."

"Do you know?" Xiao Youqing clutched the jade worn by the emperor during his lifetime, "Neither she nor I are magnanimous people. I often laugh at her, and everyone will be jealous," Xiao Youqing said again.

Staring at He Wenying, you can only see how much I love her, but you can't see that her love is far better than mine. She gave me all her favoritism and preference, and her trust in me surpassed all the loves in this world. people, including my Weng Weng, father, and mother. "

"I can see it, I know it, and I know that I can't overstep it, so I just bury it in my heart. Even so, I can't avoid being discovered. Apart from being careful, I care to the extreme."

"You have been in Beijing for more than two months, and you have not made a fuss about the official order dragging you down, so you know everything, right?"

"Yes."

"You don't dare to overstep, you also have the talent of being a prime minister, but I can't keep you in the capital, even if I know nothing will happen, but please remember, it's not that I'm afraid that I'm not firm enough, but that apart from her, I will No one is needed."

He Wenying was stunned for a moment, "It's not that I can't see it, but that I chose what I care about and turned my heart to one place."

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In mid-May of the first year of Jinghe, He Wenying, a magistrate who was recalled to Beijing, was transferred out of Beijing again, and went to Chengdu to take over as the prefect of Chengdu. Soon after arriving in Chengdu, he adopted an orphan and began writing books in the back office of the official residence. .

——Ningshou Palace——

The imperial physician with white hair and childlike face was sitting on a round pier to diagnose the empress dowager's pulse.

"How is the official family doing?"

Sun Hongda raised his hand and trembled, "The official..."

"Does Doctor Sun only recognize the new master and forget the old master?"

Sun Hongda immediately sat up from the pier and knelt down and said, "I dare not."

"The officials want you to keep it from me?"

Sun Hongda swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "The official family has been suppressed for a long time, and the bones of the body are already weak. When the late emperor was seriously ill, the official family's body had already collapsed. On the day of the late emperor's great journey, he vomited blood and hurt his heart and lungs. Relying on strong support, he secretly ordered a group of medical officers to use strong medicine."

Xiao Youqing asked with a normal face: "Did you know about this a long time ago?"

"After the official family continued to accept the concubine for the prince, the minister accidentally read the medicine case in the East Palace, so he went to inform the official family."

Xiao Youqing closed her eyes, "Go down."

Sun Hongda raised his head, "The officials said that if the queen mother finds out, the young master is young and the emperor's heir has nothing to trust, no matter what the queen mother does..."

The military talisman delivered by Emperor Xianzong is still locked in the bookcase of Ningshou Palace. Xiao Youqing opened his angry red eyes, "What I want is not the country of the Wei family."

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At the end of May in the first year of Jinghe, the direct prince Wei Sheng was granted the title of Duke Kang, and was held in Ningshou Palace to be raised by the Empress Dowager.

A two-year-old boy is staggering with three buns and immature hands

Staggering after a yellow butterfly, Xiao Youqing sat in the courtyard and stared at it intently, "Slow down, don't fall."

"When Kang Guogong grows up, he will be a young man again."

Xiao Youqing looked sideways at the child, "He is too young, I don't know if I can wait until he grows up."

"The empress dowager is so blessed that she will be able to preside over the prince's wedding in the future."

"Big marriage..." The new emperor followed the law of the previous emperor, and increased his efforts to benefit the people. The structure of the court has won the hearts of the subjects, and the power of the prime minister has been divided into six departments and nine ministers. The emperor's orthodoxy cannot be shaken by the prime minister. Xiao Youqing The only ones I can rely on are still my relatives, and I turned my head to look at the Kunning Palace not far away, "Speaking of which, Yangui has already reached the crown, last time my brother mentioned to me about the child's marriage..." Xiao Youqing lowered his head, " It will be Cui Fujun's birthday soon, let my brother come to the palace to have a meal together."

"Yes."

The servants led the generals in purple robes and cross-footed headbands into Ningshou Palace. There were only two tables and two pairs of bowls and chopsticks in the palace.

"The Queen Mother."

"sit down."

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for the meal."

Xiao Youqing backed away, "There are no outsiders here, brother doesn't need to be polite."

Xiao Yunze has reached his sixtieth birthday, and the hair on his temples is faintly white, "San Niang."

"I know how scruples my elder brother had when the late emperor was here. He has been cautious until now. The only thing I can rely on is my family."

Xiao Yunze nodded after listening, "I understand."

"Next year, the martial arts examination will be held together with the imperial examination. Let Yan Gui take the exam."

"Yes."

"As for his marriage... the official's health is not good, the young master is young, and turmoil may occur in the court at any time. It is the best policy to be able to fight without bloodshed. I don't want the prosperity built by the late emperor to be ruined by turmoil."

Xiao Yunze raised his head, as if he understood the meaning of his sister's words, "Does Sanniang want to, the Cao family?" Then he cupped his hands, "I understand."

After the meal, Zipao bid farewell to the Empress Dowager, and followed the servants out of the inner east gate to ride south from the palace.

Xiao Youqing picked up a round fan and sat beside the bamboo basket to fan away the stuffy heat for the sleeping child, "Kui Guang."

"The little guy is here."

"Go and call the queen."

"Yes."

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In July of the first year of Jinghe, the commander in front of the palace made Xiao Yunze, a matchmaker wearing a purple waistcoat, visit the door of Cao Ji's servant in person.

Cao Ji welcomed him to the upper seat in the middle hall, "The commander-in-chief, please have some tea."

"If you take off your official robes, you don't need to use those official idioms."

Cao Ji put his hands on the side of the chair, "Yes, yes."

Xiao Yunze was about to hand over a post, "This is a rough post from Gouzi,

Please marry my younger brother's second daughter. "

"Er Niang..." Cao Jixuan was about to accept the draft post.

Xiao Yunze stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I'll ask Quanzi to deliver Xitie and Xukoujiu tomorrow."

Cao Ji then stood up, "The ups and downs of an aristocratic family never last forever. From now on, I hope my brother will help me a lot."

"sure."

On July [-]th, the first year of Jinghe, the eldest son of Xiao Yunze, the Duke of Huaiyang County, was engaged to the second daughter of Cao Ji, the servant of the family. A grand ceremony was held on the eve of the Autumn Society in August, and the late emperor had a new funeral.

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Since the new emperor rehabilitated the unjust prison, Princess Lu Guochang concurrently served as the governor of Kaifeng, and transferred several ministers who had been rehabilitated in the prison to the yamen, and the rest were restored to their posts. Chang Chao moved to Funing Hall.

Coming out of Funing Hall, the purple-robed female official stopped when she walked to the inner east gate, and the servant who followed lowered her head to remind: "Today's evening is Xiao Ya's wedding, princess?"

Wei Ruhua turned around and turned back to Wang Neiting, "I should know."

"Is the princess going?"

"Kunning Hall."

The author has something to say: let me explain it.

Confucianism has been passed on for thousands of years, and the emperor is orthodox. If Xiao tore his face and used power to force him, the emperor would definitely fight hard (no adult king is willing to be a puppet, his filial piety is based on kindness) as the minister said Yes, Xiao Youqing's use of power is to seek rebellion, think about Empress Lu's reputation.

Xiao's power is given by the heroine alone. Once Xiao does this, the heroine will not be able to clean up (reuse relatives, delegate power to favors, then even if she wins, the heroine will always bear this infamy, and face it later) It will be a mess, Xiao is almost 60 years old.) The people in the book do not have the perspective of God, and cannot distinguish the authenticity of human hearts. At present, the emperor has not made any mistakes in the eyes of the world, but has won the hearts of the people.

And someone will definitely think of revealing that Wei Xu is not the emperor's own son (this is impossible, a series of troubles after the disclosure... I won't explain it.)

The reason why Confucianism has been orthodox for thousands of years is because it meets the needs of the rulers. Xiao has his own methods and considerations, which involve a lot of political factors and ideas. It does not mean that there is absolute power. Yes, winning with a loss of reputation... the consequences are hard to imagine.

So I said before that if Wei Xu is in better health, he will be abolished by the heroine. In the era of monarchy, women have always been criticized for being in power. Even if you do well, as long as you have a little disobedience, you will be crowned

infamy.

If Xiao didn't think about it for the heroine, she could really abolish the emperor and kill those ministers. Why bother to suppress herself, as I said before, she knows the art of Qi and Huang, and the emperor's illness can be seen from his face.

What she did was to retreat and advance. The women's department did not gain a firm foothold, and the base of court officials was very large. How could it be reversed if only a few times were held in ten years.

In addition, please wait patiently for it to end, there will be a clear time, trust me! ! !