Chapter 574 Disease
The princes were subject to many restrictions because they were afraid that they would learn bad things.
There is only one prince's wife, two concubines, four concubines, and there is still no limit on concubines. However, the princes will not have too many.
I really like it.
So the two girls the queen mentioned were the ones who came into the palace to be concubines of the second prince.
Naturally, his family background is not too high, but he has some background.
Most of them are illegitimate daughters from large families or daughters of minor officials.
After Concubine Qian Shu left, Emei smiled and said, "Is Concubine Qian Shu looking forward to promoting a concubine?"
"Of course she thinks a lot." The queen smiled indifferently.
That day, I asked the Ministry of Rites to set a date, and I went into Ruiqing Palace first.
Wait until the prince goes out and then follow him out.
Shen Chuliu soon found out about these things and followed the crowd and sent some gifts.
That night, the emperor came again as expected.
Shen Chuliu played chess with the emperor, and this time he made the emperor lose his temper.
Then a fierce battle broke out.
Lying on the couch sweating profusely, the emperor laughed: "When you get bad, you are just like your son."
"Ah? Isn't he the same as me?" Shen Chuliu was short-circuited and said after a while: "Why am I broken?"
Qi Yixiu didn't explain, but just gently touched her shoulder: "You are not bad, you are just not good."
Shen Chuliu snorted and said, "It's bad that you still come. You always come."
Before February 2, the two concubines entered Ruiqing Palace.
These two concubines were both women from official families in the imperial city.
One was born out of wedlock, the other was born of a legitimate wife. Neither of them held high positions in their families.
However, both girls were good-looking, and the emperor, considering Li's disfigurement, naturally tried his best to choose a good-looking girl for him to take as a concubine.
Naturally, the emperor had never seen it, but he just instructed the empress, and when the empress sent someone to inquire again, she added this item.
The two girls were surnamed Chen and Zhu, both fifteen years old.
Since he entered Ruiqing Palace, he was a high-ranking official, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs also arranged a banquet.
The second prince invited his brothers and sisters to have a meal and set up a few tables, which was considered a clear way out.
The Sixth Prince also attended the wedding and congratulated with a smile like the other princes.
The second prince was very dissatisfied with the backgrounds of these two concubines, but he was satisfied with their appearance.
I had no choice but to accept it.
That night, Zhu was asked to sleep with him first and no further mention was made.
Perhaps because of the previous incident involving the Queen, everyone was a little scared, and for a moment, everyone fell silent.
This silence lasted for two smooth years.
It's early spring again, and the Chinese New Year has just passed.
This year the Sixth Prince is twelve years old. Although his birthday is still nearly a year away, Shen Chuliu has had someone put a collar on him since the first day of the year.
Starting from the year after she gave birth to the child, she put some golden peanuts every year to accumulate blessings for him.
In the past, the princes of the Dayi Dynasty also started wearing collars from birth, but many boys didn’t like it.
It was changed to wearing it for the whole year when I was twelve years old, and then taking it off and putting it away.
I made it last year and I’m wearing it this year.
Of course, the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince have been wearing it for a long time.
The twelve-year-old Sixth Prince has grown a lot taller and his voice sounds like it’s almost changing.
The older he got, the more he looked like the emperor, but his temperament and character became more and more like his mother.
He is almost the most feared among the princes. Anyway, you'd better not mess with him, because he has a thousand reasons waiting for you.
It's so logical and well-founded that my father can't find any fault with it.
The main reason is that his father still loves him and he will still coax his father.
The brothers all smiled on the surface but gnashed their teeth behind their backs.
The year after the second prince's wedding, his concubine gave birth to his eldest son.
The first wife, Li, was quite tolerant. Knowing that her appearance was damaged, she still arranged for the second prince to take in a few maids and concubines.
I don’t know if the Second Prince really respects her or what, but he is pretty nice to the First Princess.
This year is the third prince’s wedding.
The chosen one was Liu, the eldest daughter of the Ningzhou governor. The two concubines were also from small families, one was Sun and the other was Wang.
The third prince has left the palace and his wedding will be next month.
Ruiqing Palace is a little empty now, and it will be a year before the eleventh prince moves in.
Last year, five young concubines entered the harem.
The two imperial concubines were Mei Yu Nu and He Yu Nu. The two Bao Lins were Zhang Bao Lin and Mei Bao Lin. Yes, there were two Meis who entered the palace, but they were from different states and counties, and the two were not related.
There is another Li Xiaoyi, who has nothing to do with the Queen Mother and the Jinchang Marquis's Mansion.
However, in the past two years, no children were born in the harem and no one became pregnant.
The emperor was busy and he was no longer in his twenties. The concubines he loved either didn't have children or didn't know how to have children, so naturally there were fewer disputes.
Among these five newcomers, none of them was particularly favored, except that Mei Baolin called the emperor a few more times.
Now that the prince has grown up, the calls in the court to appoint a crown prince have become louder.
From the second prince to the ninth prince, all of them have reached the age to be appointed crown prince.
The emperor also began to take this matter seriously.
He had intentionally or unintentionally trained several little princes. For example, the Sixth Prince was exposed to many things in the court.
In this respect, the present emperor is much more magnanimous than the previous emperor.
Although several princes were not yet able to enter the court, they knew what was happening in the country from other people's memorials.
Perhaps we can also get some clues from the way my father handles state affairs.
From time to time, the emperor would ask them to write something, but he never pointed out whether they were right or wrong, and just let them figure it out on their own.
Starting this year, Cabinet Grand Secretaries Pei Jiancheng and Yu Chengzhang also officially taught the princes.
Moreover, the emperor has already issued an oral instruction that after the crown prince is appointed in the future, these two old ministers will be his teachers.
So now he was given the title of Prince Taifu.
These two have obviously achieved the pinnacle of civil service.
Being able to enter the cabinet, to teach the princes and the future crown prince, and to teach the crown prince means that you will be the emperor's teacher in the future.
What other official position could be more powerful than this? Perhaps because she was tired from celebrating the New Year, the queen fell ill on the 15th day of the lunar year.
And the disease is severe.
Over the years, the Queen had seldom been ill, and usually only had minor illnesses, but this time it looked like her condition was very serious.
The emperor ordered the Imperial Medical Bureau to accompany and serve, and there should be no delay at all.
The Imperial Physician and others cannot be negligent either.
If the queen needed any medicinal herbs and they were not available in the palace, she would go out and buy them everywhere.
The second princess had also reached the time to select a prince consort this year, so she had no time to think about those things at the moment. She only focused on her mother.
I'm so worried.
Since the Queen is seriously ill, there is no need to pay respects, but it is normal to attend to her.
However, the queen did not allow anyone to take care of her when she was sick.
Naturally, some people are eager to take care of the sick, which is a great achievement.
But the queen doesn't need anyone to be false.
Therefore, the management of palace affairs was directly handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
She was too lazy to give it to the concubines.
Anyway, it's less troublesome to manage the internal affairs. Concubine Qian Shu was very angry as she watched helplessly, but unfortunately there was nothing she could do.
The queen herself knew that she was indeed seriously ill, but she was still far from death.
Queen: I won’t fail.
(End of this chapter)
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