Concubine Li was secretly suspicious when she suddenly heard someone say: "Sister, why should you worry so much? Your Majesty is here today. Regardless of whether these words are true or false, it actually shows that the status of sister and the prince is firmly established.
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Concubine Li turned her head and saw a young man dressed in eunuch clothes, turning around with a smile on his face.
"What do you have to say?" Concubine Li didn't seem surprised. She just raised her eyebrows slightly: "Has the Emperor visited the Queen recently? I mean in the past few days."
The young man smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry. Ever since the queen advised the emperor last year, the emperor has never been to her place again. Ultimately, this matter is related to the prince. Sister, you are the prince's biological mother. The emperor is annoyed by the queen's talk."
, naturally I won’t go to her place. Sister, apart from the emperor, you will be the only one representing the harem tomorrow!"
Concubine Li breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the table and sat down, saying: "That's good, that's good."
The young man walked to and stood behind Concubine Li naturally, stretched out his hand to gently knead Concubine Li's shoulders, and said with a slight smile: "The queen has no way out, and the emperor is not willing to see her at all now, so this is no longer possible."
There will be some kind of 'legitimate' son, and the prince's status will be as stable as Mount Tai. As for you, sister, you don't have to worry about anything anymore."
While enjoying his massage, Concubine Li frowned slightly and said: "But Wen Jin, don't forget, although the emperor still comes to my place often, his selection speed for the palace is getting faster and faster.
, I'm worried that sooner or later, a few will give birth to dragon children. You see, Concubine Wei Ying is already three or four months old..."
"Sister is worrying too much." The young man named "Wen Jin" said with confidence: "After the death of the former princess, Sister was the most favored, not to mention that the emperor only had two sons, both of whom were born to Sister.
The names of the infants have been decided. As long as the queen does not come out, these descendants will have a chance to give birth to a dragon son, but they will have to live far away from each other one day. Besides, it is still uncertain whether Concubine Wei Ying will make a move or a tile.
Woolen cloth."
"Princess..." Li Guifei sighed inexplicably: "It's also a bit unlucky."
When Emperor Longqing was still King Yu, his first wife was Princess Yu, who had the same surname as Concubine Li, also named Li. She had given birth to a son for Zhu Zaihe, and it stands to reason that that child was Longqing's real legitimate son. But very soon
Unfortunately, the mother and son were really ill-fated. One did not have the title of emperor, and the other did not have the title of queen. They both died of illness before Long Qing ascended the throne. Long Qing had a deep affection for his first wife and felt very sad about the death of their mother and son.
Grief.
By the way: Even though Princess Yu Li and her children have passed away long ago, Longqing took great care of her family: the former favorite minister of the Jiajing Dynasty and the brother-in-law of the Jiajing Emperor Lu Bing stayed in the super luxurious house in Beijing after his death
The main house was awarded to her family.
Longqing's wife Xuxian's surname was Chen, who is now Queen Chen.
The greatest sorrow of Empress Chen was that she never had a son. Originally, Emperor Longqing didn't take it seriously and never wavered in her status as queen. It was probably because Longqing, who had experienced the pain of not having family affection, was indeed more affectionate than his father.
Paying attention to family affection, he treats his wife and son much better than Jiajing.
But it is a pity that at the beginning of last year, the queen was deeply uneasy because of Emperor Longqing's excessive sexual desire. In view of the queen's responsibilities, she bluntly advised the emperor to take care of the dragon body. Maybe it was because she spoke more straightforwardly that she offended the emperor.
The emperor was dissatisfied and never went to Kunning Palace again.
A few months later, the queen fell ill due to her depression. She requested to go to another palace to recuperate, and the emperor agreed.
Concubine Li has two sons, but Empress Chen has none. This in itself will inevitably make outsiders think that the empress has fallen out of favor. Now that this has happened, this worry is further confirmed.
In fact, such mediocre topics have always been the most interesting to the officials. Like the paparazzi of later generations, they closely watched everything that happened in the palace. As expected, Yunnan Road Supervisor Yushi Zhan Yangpi was such a qualified person.
The paparazzi. One day, he met the imperial physician who had just come out of the palace on the road. He quickly went up to inquire about the situation in the palace. The imperial physician told him that the queen had been ill recently and had moved from Kunning Palace to another palace to recuperate.
Originally, this was not a big deal. The queen did become ill due to depression after making the emperor unhappy. However, the emperor did not criticize her in any way except not going to her place. On the contrary, it seemed to be an escape. The queen moved to another palace.
, was actually requested by the Queen herself. As for whether it was out of anger or because she really felt that Kunning Palace was not suitable for recuperation, there is no way of knowing.
But Zhan Yangpi seemed to have gotten an exclusive headline. He immediately picked up a pen and wrote a memorial, accusing the emperor of abusing the empress. He said that the empress' illness must be due to the emperor being sensual, ignoring or even abusing the empress. He also accused the empress of moving to other palaces because she was forced by the emperor.
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Naturally, this memorial was not only presented to the emperor, it immediately spread throughout the court and the public. When the officials saw it, they thought, oh, what a big event! Everyone immediately became energetic. For example, there was a moral gentleman named Luo Wenli, who said:
There was a lot of discussion about the relationship between the emperor and the empress. Of course, there were no new opinions. They just accused the emperor of being unkind to the empress and accusing him of being too lustful. Other commentators also expressed their opinions one after another, and most of them were very different.
In fact, the relationship between the emperor and the empress had been on good terms before this incident - otherwise it would not be possible to explain the empress's courage to speak out and remonstrate, wouldn't it? It is obvious that most of what Zhan Yangpi wrote was based on his own conjecture, and there was almost no definite evidence for him
, it’s just that the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang are very strict. It doesn’t matter if officials use the rumor to scold the emperor. It is even their duty.
When Long Qing received these memorials scolding him, it is conceivable that he was not in a good mood. However, since Gao Gong had not returned at that time and Yan Lu was very domineering with Xu Jie's connivance, he had no choice but to give an explanation, saying that the queen was not in good health.
, changing her place to live will help her recuperate. You guys don’t know the affairs in the palace. Don’t talk nonsense. I will not pursue you because of your ignorance this time.
However, the government and the public were almost unanimously convinced that Emperor Longqing was a womanizer, and even the people agreed that the emperor was a womanizer, and that fraud had occurred. For example, there was an eunuch named Zhang Jinchao who falsely claimed that he would go to Huguang to select a concubine for the emperor.
Believing it to be true, those who had daughters quickly married off their daughters, no matter what family they were from. They married off as soon as they could, for fear that their daughters would be sent to the palace to be separated from heaven and earth. Later it was discovered that it was a lie, so the eunuch was executed.
So the next Emperor Longqing was in trouble, and everything could be associated with women. Once, Cai Ruxian gave the emperor a briefing on the matter of etiquette. The general meaning was: I was guiding the emperor a few days ago, and in private
The emperor seems to be a little thinner than before. The emperor's body is very important, and I must cherish it even more. Therefore, I hope that the emperor will be cautious about women in the future. If he has nothing to do, he will read some classics and history every day and get close to knowledge.
Learned minister, stop indulging in female lust.
Long Qing was quite angry about this. It was true that he was lustful, but which emperor was not lustful? Some people even lost their country because of their lust for women, but he did not delay state affairs for women. He felt that the time spent with women
Being longer and fulfilling the duties of an emperor are completely different things.
Fortunately, after Gao Gong resurrected, many of the officials had a grudge against Gao Gong, so they did not dare to talk more and calmed down. Not long after, Gao Gong persuaded the emperor to stage a drama of "the prince's playmate".
Emperor Longqing felt much more at ease now.
This is one of the reasons why Long Qing attaches great importance to this scene.