Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 142 Siblings discuss each other (Part [-])
Concubine Li Gui was secretly suspicious when she suddenly heard someone say: "Sister, why bother? The emperor is here today, no matter whether the words he said are true or not, it actually shows that the status of Sister and the Crown Prince is firmly established. "

Concubine Li Gui turned her head to look, and saw a young man dressed in eunuch costume, turning out with a smile on his face.

"What are you talking about?" Concubine Li Gui didn't seem surprised, but raised her eyebrows slightly: "Has the emperor been to the queen's place recently? I mean the last few days."

The young man smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry, since the queen persuaded the emperor last year, the emperor has never been to her place. This matter is related to the prince in the end. Sister, you are the biological mother of the prince. The emperor is annoyed at the empress's talkativeness." , naturally you won’t go to her place. Sis, besides the emperor, you will be the only one representing the harem tomorrow!”

Concubine Li Gui breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the table and sat down, said: "That's good, that's good."

The young man naturally walked up to Concubine Li Gui and stood still, stretched out his hand to gently knead Concubine Li Gui's shoulders, and said with a slight smile: "The empress is not coming out, and the emperor doesn't want to see her at all now, so it's impossible There will be a son who is a "born child", and the position of the crown prince will be as stable as Mount Tai. As for you, sister, you don't have to worry about anything anymore."

Concubine Li Gui frowned slightly while enjoying his massage, and said, "But Wen Jin, don't forget that although the emperor still comes to my place often, he is getting faster and faster in the palace for drafts." , I am worried that sooner or later some dragon sons will be born, you see, Concubine Wei Ying is already three or four months old..."

"Sister is too worried." The young man named "Wen Jin" said confidently: "After the former princess passed away, Sister was the most favored, not to mention that the emperor only has two sons, both of whom are born of Sister. Childhood status has been determined, as long as the queen does not come out, even if these later generations really have a chance to give birth to dragon sons, they will only live in a remote place in the future. Besides, Wei Yingfei's side, whether it is Zhang or tile, is still uncertain. Woolen cloth."

"Princess..." Concubine Li Gui sighed inexplicably: "It's also a little less fortunate."

When Emperor Longqing was still King Yu, his first wife was Princess Yu, who had the same surname as Concubine Li, also surnamed Li. She had given birth to a son for Zhu Zaihou, and logically speaking, that child was Longqing's real son.But it is a pity that the fate of the mother and son is really unlucky. One does not have the life of the emperor, and the other does not have the life of the queen. Both of them died of illness before Long Qing ascended the throne. Very sad.

By the way: even though Princess Yu Li and her children have passed away long ago, Long Qing took great care of her family: the super luxurious palace left in Beijing after the death of Lu Bing, the former favorite of the Jiajing Dynasty and the milk brother of the Jiajing Emperor. The main house was awarded to her family.

Longqing's Xu Xian's wife is surnamed Chen, who is now Empress Chen.

The greatest sorrow of this empress Chen is that she has never had a son. Emperor Longqing didn't care about it at first, and her status as empress has never been shaken.It is probably because Long Qing, who has experienced the pain of not having family affection, indeed pays more attention to family affection than his father, and he treats his wife and son much better than Jiajing.

But it is a pity that at the beginning of last year, the empress was deeply disturbed because of Emperor Longqing's excessive sexuality. In view of the empress's duties, she bluntly advised the emperor to take good care of the dragon body.It may be that the words were a little blunt, which made the emperor dissatisfied, and the emperor never went to Kunning Palace again.

A few months later, the empress fell ill and asked to go to another palace to recuperate, and the emperor agreed.

Concubine Li Gui has two sons, while Empress Chen has none, which in itself will inevitably make outsiders feel that the Empress has fallen out of favor, and now that this is the case, this worry is even more confirmed.

In fact, such mediocre topics have always been of the greatest interest to the officials. They are like the paparazzi of later generations who are closely watching everything that happens in the deep palace.As expected, Zhan Yangbi, the supervisory censor of Yunnan Province, was such a qualified paparazzi.One day, he came across the imperial physician who just came out of the palace on the road, and hurried up to inquire about the situation in the palace. The imperial physician told him that the empress had recently been ill and had moved from the Kunning Palace to another palace to recuperate.

It wasn't a big deal at first, the empress did fall ill because of depression after making the emperor unhappy, but the emperor didn't accuse her of anything other than not going to her.The Queen's move 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, it was impossible to know.

But Zhan Yangbi seemed to have gotten an exclusive headline, and immediately picked up a pen and wrote a memorial, accusing the emperor of abusing the empress, saying that the empress must be indulging in sensuality, ignoring or even abusing the empress, and accusing the empress of moving to other palaces because the emperor forced him .

Naturally, this memorial was not only presented to the emperor, it immediately spread throughout the court and the public.The officials saw it, oh, it's a big event!Everyone immediately cheered up. For example, there was a moral gentleman named Luo Wenli who talked a lot about the relationship between the emperor and the empress. Of course, there was nothing new. He just accused the emperor of treating the empress badly and the emperor Too lustful, other speech officials also expressed their opinions one after another, most of them were almost the same.

In fact, the relationship between the emperor and the empress had been okay before this incident—otherwise, it would not explain why the empress dared to speak out and advise, right?Obviously, most of what Zhan Yangbi wrote was based on his own conjectures, and there was almost nothing he could confirm. It’s just that the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang were very rigid, and it didn’t matter even if the rumors were used to scold the emperor. , and even turned out to be the responsibility.

After Long Qing received these memorials scolding him, he could imagine that his mood would not get better.But since Gao Gong hadn't come back at that time, Yan Lu was very powerful and domineering under Xu Jie's connivance, so he had no choice but to give an explanation, saying that the Queen's health was not good, and living in another place would help her to take care of her body. Don't talk nonsense if you don't know what's going on in the palace, I won't pursue it if you think you are ignorant this time.

However, the government and the public almost unanimously recognized Emperor Longqing's lust, and even the people agreed that the emperor was lustful, and even fraudulent incidents occurred.For example, there was a eunuch named Zhang Jinchao who falsely claimed that he would go to Huguang to choose a concubine for the emperor. Heaven and man are separated in the palace.It was later discovered that it was a fake, so the eunuch was executed.

So the next Emperor Longqing will be miserable, and everything can be associated with female sex.Once, Cai Ruxian gave a lecture to the emperor during the Rites, roughly meaning: I was guiding the emperor a few days ago, and the emperor felt that the emperor seemed a little thinner than before in private.The emperor's body is very important, and I must cherish it even more. Therefore, I hope that the emperor will be cautious about female sex in the future, read a little classics and history every day if he has nothing to do, get close to the knowledgeable minister, and stop indulging in female sex.

Long Qing was quite annoyed by this. It is true that he is lustful, but which emperor is not lustful?Some people are so good at women that they even lost their country, but he didn't delay state affairs because of women. He felt that staying with women for a long time was completely different from fulfilling the duties of the emperor.

Fortunately, after Gao Gong's recovery, the officials stopped talking for a while because many of them had grudges with Gao Gong.Not long after that, Gao Gong persuaded the emperor to stage a "Prince's Playmate" drama, and Emperor Longqing lived a lot better.

This is also one of the reasons why Long Qing attaches great importance to this scene.

(End of this chapter)