Chapter 030 If the husband is guilty, how can the wife be blameless?
Gao pragmatic received two notifications in a row, both of which came to inform him of the accident in the palace. One was sent by Chen Ju, and the other was sent by Huang Mengyu. Among them, Chen Ju got the news earlier, so he sent
The people arrived earlier, and although Huang Mengyu learned the news late, the people sent were also a little late, but they gave him more news.
For example, he personally rushed from Neidongchang to Ciqing Palace to move reinforcements. At the same time, he also activated another secret chess that had never been used before according to Gao Pragmatic's instructions when he left Beijing in the sixth year of Wanli.
In the fourth year of Wanli, the year before Zhu Yijun held his wedding, Gao Pragmatic relied on his knowledge of history to quietly win over Wang Wei, the commander of the Jinyiwei, a year in advance, and through other channels, he presented various gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and gorgeous clothes to many times.
To the queen's sister.
At the same time, he also used two major allies in the inner court to try every means to create conditions to ensure that post-election matters would not go astray.
At that time, the Ministry of Rites was responsible for the preliminary selection, and the Minister of Rites was Ma Ziqiang, an ally of Gao Gong. Under the influence of Gao Gong, Sister Wang Xi was not only successfully selected, but also received the care of the Ministry of Rites in terms of rosters, records and other matters.
Coupled with the support of Empress Dowager Rensheng and the agreement of Empress Dowager Li after meeting Sister Wang Xi, the empress dowagers of the two palaces sent an edict to the Ministry of Rites and selected Sister Wang Xi as the queen.
Although the status of the queen of the Ming Dynasty is lofty, she has nothing to do with Gao Jingshi in normal times, and she does not have any ability to influence the political situation. However, Gao Jingshi knows that the relationship between this queen and Wanli in history is actually quite good.
, it was only because she had been unable to give birth to a dragon son that Concubine Zheng finally showed up.
But even so, Queen Wang's status as queen has never been shaken. During the "Struggle for the Country's Origin" incident in the 21st year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun once stated that the reason why the eldest son of the emperor was not made the crown prince was because Sister Wang Xi was still in her prime.
There is a chance to give birth to a legitimate son - the implication is that that is the candidate for the crown prince in Zhu Yijun's mind.
In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, the engineering department wrote to Wang Dewan, falsely accusing the emperor of neglecting Sister Wang Xi, and also falsely claimed that there were only a few people around to serve Wang Xi and that she was seriously ill. Zhu Yijun read the book and was furious, and directly issued an edict to Wang Dewan.
In prison, Shen Guan, the chief minister at the time, immediately stated that this rumor had circulated in Beijing a month ago, so the emperor immediately issued an edict to defend himself, and his words were very fierce.
This "very heated words" is crucial, proving that Zhu Yijun is extremely sensitive to any words that dare to suspect that he and the queen are not on good terms.
In other words, he did not allow his good relationship with the queen to be questioned by anyone. Otherwise, during the "national dispute" at that time, Zhu Yijun had already been in a cold war with the courtiers. If he didn't care, he would not pay attention at all.
Will he still issue edicts to defend himself, or even "use very vehement words"?
In addition, whether it is based on the emperor's own edict or the records of "Ming Shilu" (which was compiled by the Hanlin Academy, not the Ming Dynasty compiled by the Qing Dynasty), before the queen died of illness in the 48th year of Wanli, she and Zhu Yijun had been "eating, resting and living together"
", that is to say, food and accommodation are all together - doesn't this explain the problem?
What is even more illustrative is that after Queen Wang died of illness, Zhu Yijun issued an imperial edict, saying, "I mourn the diligent and virtuous lady with endless condolences" and "My heart is deeply saddened." However, only three months have passed since then, and his body has not recovered.
Zhu Yijun, who was considered healthy, suddenly passed away.
If the pain is not really deep, why would it be like this?
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic concluded that Empress Wang definitely had a significant influence on Zhu Yijun and was completely a blue chip stock worthy of heavy investment.
Moreover, there is another very important reason for investing in Queen Wang in the early Wanli period. That is that Queen Wang attaches great importance to filial piety, and she is extremely filial to the Queen Mother of the two palaces. The Queen Mothers of the two palaces almost regard her as their own child, and they care about her so much that they even care about her when she is sick.
Zhu Yijun was not allowed to visit her during this period.
Sister Wang Xi is actually only sixteen years old this year. She usually lives in Kunning Palace. Apart from paying greetings to the two palaces every day, she almost never walks around the palace. She only manages the harem in an orderly manner. It can be said that it is a harem that perfectly conforms to Zhu Yuanzhang's plan.
The system is the model of the perfect queen.
However, she had to make a slight exception today, because just now, a chamberlain quietly reported to her that the emperor was punished by the Empress Dowager Cisheng and could not kneel down in the main hall of Cining Palace. Gao Guanzheng asked the empress to plan the world and immediately went to persuade the empress dowager.
In public and private matters, Queen Wang did not dare to neglect after learning the news, and immediately drove to Cining Palace.
When she arrived at Cining Palace, the number of eunuchs and maids in Cining Palace was much less than before. This was the reason Guo Pu arrived and persuaded Queen Mother Li to evacuate, and issued a hush-hush order.
Queen Wang didn't care much at this time and hurried outside the palace. Sure enough, she saw the emperor and the two princesses kneeling upright outside the palace.
The emperor was already kneeling and turned pale, while the two princesses were in even worse condition. Not only did they look painful, but they were also on the verge of collapse.
Empress Wang did not go in to plead with Empress Dowager Li. Instead, she walked to the emperor with a heavy face. She stood slightly behind the emperor and knelt down to be punished like the emperor, but she said nothing.
Queen Mother Chen arrived just in time to see the emperor, the queen and the two princesses kneeling in front of the palace. She stepped forward and asked softly: "Why is the queen kneeling too?"
Empress Wang bent down and kowtowed, and replied: "Returning to Queen Mother Rensheng, if the husband is guilty, how can the wife be blameless?"
Empress Dowager Chen was shaken and her expression was horrified. She stared at the resolute-looking Empress Wang for a while, her eyes filled with kindness. She nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "Good child, Aijia knows your thoughts."
After saying that, Queen Mother Chen turned around solemnly and walked towards the main hall of Cining Palace.
Zhu Yijun turned his head, glanced at the queen, and said guiltily: "Xi'er, I... I'm tired of you being punished."
Queen Wang shook her head slightly and said softly: "I am speaking from my heart."
Zhu Yijun's nose felt sour, he turned his head and said nothing, not knowing what he felt in his heart.
The two princesses looked at each other from behind, with shame on their faces, and whispered together: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry..."
Queen Wang turned her head, shook her head slightly towards them, gave them another comforting look, and knelt down again.
When Empress Dowager Chen approached Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Li was sitting in the palace, and Guo Pu was sitting on a brocade stool, which seemed to be a special gift. The two were discussing something. There were only three or four eunuchs around him, and one of them was
Chen Hong, the eunuch who holds the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
As soon as Empress Dowager Chen entered the door, Empress Dowager Li and Guo Pu both stood up to greet her.
Empress Dowager Li gave a half salute to Empress Dowager Chen with a sad look on her face, and said: "I'm tired of taking a trip, I feel really sorry for you."
"It doesn't matter to me. It's okay to walk around." Empress Dowager Chen shook her head slightly and said, "Yuan Fu, please sit down."
But of course Guo Pu didn't dare to sit down at this time. He waited until the empress dowagers of the two palaces had sat down on the east and west sides, and then he sat down half his buttocks on the brocade stool.
Surprisingly, Empress Dowager Chen, who rarely spoke proactively, actually took the initiative today. As soon as she sat down, she said to Empress Dowager Li: "Sister, Xi'er is also kneeling beside the emperor. Did you know?"
Queen Mother Li was a little surprised and asked: "When did it happen? I didn't let anyone alarm her."
"Although Xi'er is young, she is a queen after all. The emperor was punished and couldn't afford to kneel for such a long time. How could he hide it from Xi'er in the palace?" Empress Dowager Chen sighed: "I just asked her why she was also punished on her knees.
Sister, do you know what she said?"
Queen Mother Li shook her head.
Empress Dowager Chen's eyes showed a trace of recollection, and her voice was a little distant: "She said, if the husband is guilty, how can the wife be blameless?"