There was a huge earthquake in the outer court, but the inner court was quiet.
Chongzhen calmly adjusted all the members of the Supervisor of Ceremonies in an understated manner, replacing the members with people who were not direct loyalists to Jiu Qiansui, but who had always cooperated.
This made Jiu Qiansui feel that the emperor was not unable to communicate, but just wanted to expand his power.
At the age of nine thousand, he entered the Qianqing Palace and had a secret talk with the emperor for half an hour.
After Jiu Qiansui came out, the emperor issued a gentle decree to comfort Cui Chengxiu and let him go home to rest first.
Cui Chengxiu went home and listened behind closed doors.
Later, the emperor issued an edict that Hakka was the former emperor's wet nurse and it was inappropriate for me to keep her. Moreover, since I had grown up and no longer needed a wet nurse, I had to leave the palace and go home to be cared for by the Holy Lady.
Tianqi cannot live without the Hakka family, and must always be with the Hakka family. Some ministers once advised him that His Majesty is already an adult and should not spend time with his wet nurse day and night.
Tianqi then sent the Hakka family out of the palace, but Tianqi was already used to being served by the Hakka family, and he wouldn't be able to bear it if it were anyone else.
Without Hakka's comfort, I can't sleep, can't eat, and feel uncomfortable all over.
After enduring it for a few days, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I recruited the Hakka family back again.
Yang Fan didn't understand this matter very much. He once asked Tu Shanyue, and Tu Shanyue told him that you grew up in the mountains and didn't understand the habits of the wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty.
Young masters from wealthy families grew up under the care of wet nurses.
Wealthy families generally choose women who have just given birth to their first child between the ages of thirteen and fourteen to be wet nurses, believing that such products are of good quality and beneficial to children.
They often buy both mother and daughter. After all, if they buy just one, the child will starve to death, which is a sin. Rich families don't want their children to commit sin as soon as they are born, starving a baby girl to death just to feed themselves.
If the poor people of the Ming Dynasty married a wife and gave birth to a girl for the first time, they would most likely sell both mother and daughter to a wealthy family. In this way, they would get a lot of money and then marry a man who looked good enough to have a boy. Wife, there is still a lot of money left.
After the two women were bought by a wealthy family, they became the slaves of the young master's house. One served as a wet nurse and the other served as a maid.
They grew up taking care of the young master and have a deep relationship with him.
As the young master grows up, if someone else takes care of him, he will be very unaccustomed to it and feel uncomfortable all over.
Yang Fan asked the young master what he would do with these two people when he grew up.
Tu Shanyue explained that generally if a wet nurse wins the trust of a young master, she will be the housekeeper of his room. If the little girl is good-looking and the young master likes her, she will usually be the maidservant, and some may also be a concubine. If the young master does not like the young master, she will be the maid. , the young master is not willing to accept it, but he is also trusted by the young master, so he will serve him by his side.
Yang Fanxin said, no wonder Tianqi allowed the Hakka family to dominate the palace. It turned out that it was a common situation in the Ming Dynasty for wet nurses to take care of the young master's internal affairs.
The young lady also needs to give them some face, after all, they have the young master's favor.
Yang Fan suddenly thought of a situation. After thinking about it, he decided to forget it and stop asking.
Xiao Niangpi also knew what he wanted to ask, and her face turned red.
There are many wonderful things in the inner house and backyard of the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Fan said to Xiao Niangpi: "In the future, our children are not allowed to use wet nurses. I want you to feed them yourself."
Xiao Niangpi lowered her head this time, her face was red, and she made an exception this time and did not step on Yang Fan's feet.
After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, the Hakka family moved out of Qianqing Palace and currently live in Erluan Palace.
Yang Fan and Xiao Niangpi led the regiment under the leadership of Wang Chengen and went to the Yiluan Palace to see the Holy Lady out of the palace.
Yang Fan heard from Xiao Niangpi that the people who lived in the Renshou Palace (Ningshou Palace in the Qing Dynasty) were not ordinary masters. If they didn't lead troops, they might not be able to suppress Wang Cheng'en.
The Renshou Palace is far to the east of the Housan Palace. It is the city within the Forbidden City. It is the large area where we see the Ningshou Palace and the Qianlong Garden built in the Qing Dynasty today.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were only a few sparse palaces here, which were used for the retirement of the queen mother and concubines.
In the Ming Dynasty, this place was mainly used as the palace area where the Queen Mother lived.
At that time, this area was relatively empty, and there were only a few palaces built for the queen mother and concubines to provide for their retirement: Hall No. 1 (the specific name of the palace is unclear), Renshou Palace, Erluan Palace, and Jiefeng Palace.
The empresses and concubines who lived here successively during the Ming Dynasty, the more famous ones include: Empress Dowager Zhou in the Chenghua period, Concubine Zheng in the Tianqi period (Wanli's favorite concubine Zheng Guifei, the biological mother of Prince Fu), Li Xuanshi (the favorite concubine of Emperor Tianqi), and Yi in the late Chongzhen period. Queen An and Zhang (Queen Tianqi).
Now, living here are the former inner palace boss Zheng Guifei, Tianqi and Chongzhen's adoptive mother Li Xuanshi, and recently Tianqi's queen, Chongzhen's sister-in-law Zhang Yan, has moved in. They are all little experts in palace fighting, with proven skills. Old soldier.
After all, Yang Fan was a foreign minister, and it was not appropriate to enter the palace of these widows. He led a team to guard the door, while Xiao Niangpi and Wang Chengen went in to announce the decree. If the Hakka family did not obey the edict and refused to leave, Yang Fan might need to lead the troops in to arrest them. She asked to leave.
There are fifty internal eunuch soldiers around Madam Feng Sheng, who were specially assigned to her by Tianqi.
This is also the basis for her to run rampant in the inner palace.
Yang Fan and others were waiting outside the palace gate, feeling a little bored. Suddenly, he felt the ring light up. He seemed to sense something.
Yang Fan's cell phone lit up. Yang Fan opened it and saw a message from Yao Guang.
Yaoguang: Where are you?
Yang Fan: Inside the Forbidden City, at the gate of Renshou Palace.
Yao Guang: I feel like the ring sensed something just now. Can you go in and have a look?
Yang Fan: It's not easy to go in. That's where the wives of the late emperors lived. Tu Shanyue went in to do some business. I'm waiting at the door. If something unexpected happens, I might have a chance to go in and take a look.
Yao Guang: It depends on the situation. If you have a chance, go in and take a look. There seems to be something special there.
After a while, Defu, the young eunuch beside Wang Chengen, hurriedly ran out and shouted: "Yang Qianhu, please bring someone in quickly. Mrs. Feng Sheng got angry and beat Eunuch Wang Chengen."
Yang Fan was thinking about how to find a way to get in. He thought he really wanted to sleep, so Hakka handed him a pillow. He quickly waved his hand, and a squadron of soldiers lined up neatly and drove in with a rumble.
Entering the palace gate of Renshou Palace, the inside is very vast, even a little deserted, with a lot of grass growing on the ground.
The young eunuch led Yang Fan and his entourage through Hall No. 1 and entered the Erluan Palace complex. There were scattered courtyards here, each with a main palace.
There was a noise in the distance.
A woman who still looked very young put her hands on her hips, pointed at Wang Chengen with one hand and scolded: "You are a castrated dog, why do you want me to move? Who do you think you are? If you could go to Xin Wang Mansion to serve you, I would approve it."
Yes, you wouldn’t be here today without me.”
Wang Chengen had several bloody scratches on his face, and his clothes were in a mess. He stood there with a sad face, like a stuffed toy that had been ravaged dozens of times.
"Madam, this is His Majesty's will. You are the late Emperor's wet nurse and it is not suitable to continue to serve His Majesty. Besides, His Majesty has grown up and does not need you to breastfeed. It is not suitable for you to live in the palace anymore.
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This was the first time Yang Fan met Hakka, the legendary woman who dominated the emperor and the harem.
This woman must be in her thirties this year. She looks like she is in her mid-twenties. She is well-maintained, looks beautiful, has a very sexy figure, and exudes the charm of a mature woman.
This woman is really charming, and I feel a little tempted to move when I look at her. No wonder the late emperor can't live without her. She is very seductive to look at, and before I even take a few glances, I feel a soft body approaching me.
"Yang Lang, is Mrs. Fengsheng good-looking?" The little girl's voice was extremely gentle.
"Good-looking, ah, what, I mean there is something good-looking, she's just an old woman."