[Red Mansions] The promotion of the female history of salted fish

This person who sat on the phoenix seat in the panic of the previous dynasty? It was not Zhen Guifei, who had been speculated by everyone for more than [-] years that she might take over the phoenix seal, but she had been unknown since entering the palace, and it was not until the past two years that she became a little bit Concubine Zhuang with a sense of presence.

The wives who were on good terms with Concubine Zhen were worried, but the successor who will deal with them in the future, I don't know if it is easy to get along with.Not everyone can enter the palace, can you take a roundabout route?Since the rumors were released in the palace, the ground at the gate of Concubine Zhuang's natal Liu's house has been worn thin. Fortunately, Concubine Zhuang's elder brother, the current Patriarch of Liu's family is still calm, and ordered his servants not to be arrogant,? At the same time The door is closed, and they don't go to banquets or form cliques at will.

On April [-]th, the auspicious day detected by Qintian, magpies were chattering at the gate of Changchun Palace early in the morning.At a moment of time, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites held an edict and announced that Concubine Liu of Zhuang had officially become the queen.The queen's father chased the title of Duke Cheng'en as usual, and his eldest brother succeeded him as the noble. Very jubilant.

The tension brought about by the abolished prince in Beijing was swept away, and those who could afford it even hung up lanterns.The fifth prince's mansion was finally not so nervous, and the side concubine and children were allowed to communicate with their mother's family.

After the announcement of the decree came the empress ceremony. At the end of May, accompanied by the sound of salutes, Concubine Zhuang walked to the emperor's side step by step.Concubine Zhen looked at this scene and almost tore up the fourth handkerchief that she just put on today.But at this time, it can't be said that he was ill and absent from Concubine Zhuang's conferment ceremony, so as not to be charged with "resentment".

According to the practice of the first emperor, after the ceremony, the new empress should move to Kunning Palace.But Concubine Zhuang resolutely refused to move to the palace and stayed in Changchun Palace on the grounds that "the empress of the Yuan Dynasty has worked so hard and achieved so much that we can't match her shoulders".The emperor had just abolished the crown prince, and he was already in debt to the empress of the Yuan Dynasty. Hearing what Concubine Zhuang said, he agreed with Concubine Zhuang's request not to move to the palace.It's just that it's unavoidable to feel wronged at ordinary times, and after coming and going, the relationship between the two becomes more and more harmonious.

And also in the palace, Zhen Guifei's life is not easy.Since Concubine Zhuang has been canonized as a queen, it is only natural for her to be in charge of palace affairs.Concubine Zhen used to have power in her hands, and everyone's status was passed by her. Naturally, she could enjoy many things other than the status of noble concubine. Sending things to Concubine Zhen in order to make Concubine Zhen feel uncomfortable everywhere.

But this is not going well and I can't tell the emperor, after all, I didn't embezzle her things, so I don't have to be afraid of the lawsuit until the imperial court.After Kun'er was reprimanded by the emperor, Zhen Yingjia used the hidden thread buried in the palace by Mrs. Feng Sheng to tell her to hold her breath, but Zhen Guifei never thought of bearing it, and the Phoenix Seal, which was close at hand, ran to someone else. !

It can only be said that the emperor's decision came suddenly and unexpectedly. When Yunling left the palace, she felt that at the emperor's age, a new empress might not be registered in her lifetime.That is, although she saw that Concubine Zhuang might be the first among the four concubines in the future, she did not expect that Concubine Zhuang would be able to defeat Concubine Zhen Gui, who had been in the palace for more than [-] years, to become queen in one fell swoop.Yunling had nothing to do with the Empress Sealing Ceremony, but three days after the ceremony, it was estimated that the new empress might have rested, so Yang Peishan brought Yunling into the palace to congratulate her.

Concubine Zhuang has become a queen, but the Changchun Palace is still the same, the decorations are mainly gentle and beautiful, which shows that the owner of this palace has good taste.

Yang Peishan smiled all over her face as soon as she entered the room, and knelt down to worship, "Congratulations to the queen mother, you can see the moonlight when the clouds open."

This is deliberate closeness.When the empress was Concubine Zhuang, Yang Peishan called her "Concubine Zhuang" which is how princes and princesses affectionately call their main concubines who are not their biological mothers.Now Concubine Zhuang is the queen, even the third prince who is far away can call her "Empress Empress", but of course Yang Peishan would not call her that way, it is very neat to change her name to "Mother Empress", and it is not at all forced.

The queen waved her hand. Others don't know how she got here as a queen. Yang Peishan, who is so smart, should be able to guess it, but it's just because she doesn't have a son.The third prince and the second prince were pinching too hard, but the emperor didn't want to establish a prince at this time, so he had to find someone to suppress the mother and son Zhen Gui?Concubine Shu has low qualifications, and Concubine Hui also has a son. If she really becomes a queen, she may also have ambitions. Only she is the most suitable.Thinking of this, the queen felt a little ironic in her heart. She gave birth to the third princess and never gave birth again. At that time, who didn't say she was a pity?Those people may think of the current situation?

Facing Yang Peishan, the queen smiled faintly, "It's all the grace of the emperor." She didn't intend to talk about the Queen's affairs, but reminded Yang Peishan, "Recently, it looks quieter outside, but in fact, the commotion in the dark is from It hasn't stopped, you and Lao Wu should also be careful."

Yang Peishan should be, after exhorting her once, the queen felt that she had fulfilled the obligation of the alliance, so she changed the topic, looked at the flowerpot held by the maid behind Yang Peishan, and couldn't help laughing, "What good thing is worth sending me? "

It turned out that there was a one-foot-high seedling planted in the flower pot, which was pruned into a dense and scattered appearance.If you look carefully, there are a few small flowers hidden in the tender green leaves. The flowers are very small and inconspicuous. The only thing more interesting than other flowers is that there is no trace of grafting on this plant, but it happens to be from the same mother plant. There are red, yellow, purple, and white ones, which are also interesting.

Yang Peishan smiled and said, "It's not that the queen mother pointed out a good person to our family." She smiled and pulled Yunling who was standing behind her, "It was originally a bonsai found by her natal brother, called lantern fruit. Don't look at the bonsai now that the mother The flowers on the seedlings are inconspicuous, and when they bear fruit, the flowers of different colors will produce different colors of fruits. I didn’t believe what she said, but when the time came, the flowers that bloomed from the seedlings would be different. It really is colorful, so I brought it to my mother to enjoy."

Only these little things can show the closeness. If Concubine Zhuang would send gold, silver and jewels to the Changchun Palace in rows as soon as she became a queen, then who would become of the fifth prince's mansion?Besides, the queen does not lack those congratulatory things.

Sure enough, the empress was very considerate, looked at the flower pot, and said to Yang Peishan, "Okay, I think the flowers under the window sill should have been changed long ago, they look tired and crooked," she said, and ordered Bai Sha, "Take this pot of lantern fruit Just put it there, and the sun still shines every morning.”

Bai Sha immediately ordered the little eunuch to move out the original bonsai, and dug out some accessories from the warehouse to match the bisque flower pot brought by Yang Peishan.When I came back, I only heard Yunling say, "It's passed from the West, it's just a novelty, it can't compare with the original peonies here."

The queen laughed and said, "This novelty alone is better than so many stereotyped bonsai."

For a while, the Changchun Palace could be described as harmonious and happy, until Yang Peishan and Yunling left the palace, the empress asked Zizhu to enjoy a few new velvet flowers from below.Similar to Yang Peishan's gift, this palace flower is also a gift without cost, it just means closeness.

After receiving the queen's reminder, Yang Peishan did not cancel the concubine's right to communicate with the children and her mother's family after returning to the mansion, but the back and forth checks were more serious, and even the letters between them were opened and checked before being sent to the other party.Who knew that despite being so careful, there was still a moderate disturbance in the mansion.

It turned out that after the appointment of the empress, the emperor was determined to minimize the influence of the third prince in the court.Coincidentally, at this time, there was news that salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River hoarded the salt, which made the people have no salt to eat, and even got sick.The last time the emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River, he found that the life of the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River was too extravagant, but if they didn't even leave a way for the people to live in addition to their extravagant life, it would be shaking the foundation of the country.

If it was before the third prince showed his power in the court, the emperor might have entrusted this matter to Zhen Yingjia. Anyway, his family has been in the south of the Yangtze River for more than [-] years, and he will definitely find out the whole story soon.But once he discovered the third prince's ambition, the emperor would inevitably feel worried about Zhen Yingjia.

The sixth prince is already 16 years old and has been in court since last year.The emperor simply gave the youngest son the right to act cheaply, and then sent people to Jiangnan to investigate the matter.

This is the first time that the sixth prince has been entrusted with important tasks by his father. He himself has not seen too many intrigues in the court, and he still has a heart of innocence.On the way, the sixth prince took more than half of the guards and escaped from the prince's guard of honor, and quietly visited the canal on the way.This investigation is really shocking.So the sixth prince distributed secret documents to the emperor in the capital, and at the same time tried his best to visit every county before the guard of honor.

Before setting off on the road, the sixth prince had heard the emperor say that Jiangnan salt merchants were extravagant. When he really arrived in Jiangnan, the sixth prince realized that the emperor was right.The last time the emperor came to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect the river workers, the salt merchants knew that Yujia was in the south of the Yangtze River, so they could restrain themselves a little bit. Now the sixth prince and his party rushed to Jinling before everyone could react, only to find out that the salt merchants here are more than just luxury. describe everything.Why use red dates and ginseng to raise chickens, and then eat eggs for breakfast; what use human milk to raise pigs, and wait until the pigs are a month old to kill and eat... As a prince, the sixth prince Situ Chen felt that they, the sons and daughters of phoenixes and dragons, were really good. It may not be that the salt merchants here are "golden expensive".

Of course, the life of the salt merchant was extremely luxurious, and although the sixth prince felt a sense of disparity in his heart that "I am not the best in the world in terms of basic necessities of life", it did not make the sixth prince really feel bad.What really angered the sixth prince was that several large salt merchants in Jinling, Suzhou, Yangzhou and other places jointly drove up the price of salt, and the people living nearby farming had not eaten salt for nearly a year.Weeds and caked soil can already be seen in many people's fields this year, which is caused by lack of salt and lack of energy in farming.If things go on like this, are the common people still far away from selling houses and land just for a bite of salt?