Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 591 If the husband is guilty, is the wife innocent?
Gao Wushi 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, because Chen Ju got the news earlier, the people he sent arrived one step earlier. Although Huang Mengyu got the news late, the people he sent were also a little later, but they gave him more news.

For example, he personally rushed from Neidongchang to Ciqing Palace to rescue soldiers. At the same time, according to Gao Yushi's confession when he left Beijing in the sixth year of Wanli, he used another dark chess that had never been used before.

In the fourth year of Wanli, the year before Zhu Yijun's big wedding, Gao Wushi relied on the advantage of knowing the history to quietly win over Wang Wei, the commander of Jinyiwei, one year in advance, and presented various gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and Chinese clothes many times through other channels To its queen Xijie.

At the same time, the two major allies of the inner court were used to try to create conditions to ensure that matters after the election would not go astray.

At that time, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the initial selection, and the Minister of Rites was Gao Gong's ally Ma Ziqiang. Under the influence of Gao Gongshi, Sister Wang Xi was not only successfully selected, but also received care from the Ministry of Rites in matters such as rosters and records.

Coupled with the support of Empress Dowager Rensheng, and Empress Dowager Li herself agreed after meeting Sister Wang Xi, so the Empress Dowagers of the two palaces passed on the decree to the Ministry of Rites and selected Sister Wang Xi as the queen.

Although Daming's empress status is lofty, she has nothing to do with Gao Yushi in normal times, and she doesn't have any ability to influence the political situation, but Gao Yushi knows that the empress's relationship with Wanli is actually quite good in history , it was only because she had not been able to give birth to a dragon son that Zheng Guifei finally took the lead.

But even so, Queen Wang's status as queen has never been shaken. In the "struggle for the country" incident in the 21st year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun once said that the reason why the eldest son of the emperor was not appointed as the prince was because Sister Wang Xi was in her prime and still had a chance Giving birth to a son-in-law—the implication is that that is the candidate for the prince in Zhu Yijun's mind.

In the 28th year of Wanli, Wang Dewan wrote a letter to the engineering department to falsely accuse the emperor of neglecting Sister Wang Xi.Zhu Yijun read the book, furious, and directly sent Wang Dewan to prison.Shen Yiguan, the chief assistant at the time, went to Shangshu and said that the rumor had already existed in Beijing a month ago, so the emperor immediately issued an imperial edict to defend himself, and the words were very violent.

This "very aggressive words" is very important, which proves that Zhu Yijun is extremely sensitive to any words that dare to suspect that he has a bad relationship with the queen.

In other words, he did not allow anyone to question his good relationship with the Queen.Otherwise, Zhu Yijun was already in a cold war with the courtiers in the midst of the "National War". If he didn't care, he wouldn't bother, why would he issue an edict to justify, or even "very violent words"?
In addition, whether it is according to the edict issued by the emperor himself or the records of "Ming Shilu" (compiled by the Imperial Academy, not the history of Ming Dynasty compiled by the Qing Dynasty), before the death of the queen in Wanli 48, she and Zhu Yijun had been "eating and living together" "Yes, that is to say, board and lodging are all together - this still doesn't explain the problem?
What is even more telling is that after the Queen Wang died of illness, Zhu Yijun issued an imperial decree, saying, "I miss Qin Minxian Shu, and mourn endlessly", "My heart is deeply saddened", and only three months later, the body was still intact. Zhu Yijun, who was considered healthy, died suddenly.

If it weren't for the deep pain, why did it come to this?
Therefore, Gao Pragmatism concluded that Queen Wang definitely has a major influence on Zhu Yijun, and she is completely a blue-chip stock, which is worth investing heavily in.

Moreover, there is another very important reason for investing in Queen Wang in the early Wanli period, that is, Queen Wang is very filial, and the queen mother of the two palaces is extremely filial. During this period, Zhu Yijun was not allowed to visit her.

Sister Wang Xi is actually only 16 years old this year. She usually lives in the Kunning Palace. Except for greeting the two palaces every day, she almost never walks around in the palace. She just manages the harem in a regular manner, which can be called a perfect fit for the harem system set by Zhu Yuanzhang. , is a model of the perfect queen.

However, she must make an exception today, because just now, a servant quietly reported to her that the emperor was punished by the Empress Dowager Cisheng, and that the emperor could not kneel in the main hall of the Compassion Ning Palace. .

Whether it is public or private, Wang and Empress did not dare to neglect after hearing the news, and immediately drove to the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

When she arrived at the Compassionate Ning Palace, the number of eunuchs and maids in the Compassionate Ning Palace was much less than before—it was Guo Pu who persuaded Empress Dowager Li to withdraw after arriving, and issued a gag order.

Queen Wang didn't care much at this time, and hurried to the outside of the hall, and she saw the emperor and the two princesses kneeling upright outside the hall.

The emperor's face turned pale from his knees, and the situation of the two princesses was even worse. Not only did they look pained, but they were also on the verge of collapse.

Queen Wang didn't go in to plead with Empress Dowager Li, but walked to the emperor's side with a heavy face. She knelt down and was punished just like the emperor, but she didn't say a word.

Empress Dowager Chen also just arrived at this time. Seeing the emperor, empress and two princesses kneeling in front of the hall together, she stepped forward and asked softly, "Why is the empress also kneeling?"

Queen Wang leaned over and kowtowed, and replied: "Back to Empress Rensheng, if the husband is guilty, the wife is not guilty?"

Empress Dowager Chen shook her body, her face was terrified, she stared at the resolute Wang Huanghou for a while, her eyes were full of kindness, she nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "My good boy, Aijia knows your intentions."

After finishing speaking, Empress Dowager Chen turned around solemnly and walked towards the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Zhu Yijun turned his head, glanced at the queen, and said guiltily, "Xi'er, I...you are punished for being tired."

Queen Wang shook her head slightly, and said softly: "The concubine speaks from her heart."

Zhu Yijun had a sore nose, turned his head away, and said nothing, not knowing what it was like in his heart.

The two princesses looked at each other from behind, with shame on their faces, they whispered together: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry..."

Queen Wang turned her head, shook her head slightly at them, gave another comforting look, and knelt down obediently again.

When Empress Dowager Chen approached the Palace of Compassion, Empress Dowager Li was sitting in the hall, while Guo Pu was sitting on a brocade stool, which seemed to be a special gift, and the two were discussing something.There were only three or four eunuchs around, and one of them was Chen Hong, the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies.

As soon as Empress Dowager Chen entered, Empress Dowager Li and Guo Pu stood up to greet her.

Empress Dowager Li gave a half salute to Empress Dowager Chen with a sad face, and said: "I'm tired of my elder sister, I'm really sorry for my little sister."

"It doesn't matter to me, it's fine to walk around." Empress Dowager Chen shook her head slightly, and said, "Yuanfu, 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 sat on the east and west sides, and then sat down half of his buttocks on the brocade stool.

Surprisingly, Empress Dowager Chen, who usually seldom speaks out loud, actually took the conversation today. As soon as she sat down, she said to Empress Dowager Li, "Sister, Xi'er is also kneeling beside the emperor, do you know?"

Empress Dowager Li was a little surprised and asked, "When did it happen? I didn't let anyone disturb her."

"Although Xi'er is young, she is an empress after all. The emperor was punished to kneel down, so how could he hide it from Xi'er in the palace?" Empress Dowager Chen sighed, "I just asked her why she was also punished by kneeling. Does my sister know what she said?"

Empress Dowager Li shook her head.

Empress Dowager Chen's eyes showed a hint of reminiscence, and she said in a distant voice: "She said, if the husband is guilty, is the wife innocent?"

(End of this chapter)