Su Mingzhe came to Qixia Palace and asked the queen whether the prince should choose the crown princess himself or let the queen help her choose.
Unexpectedly, the queen laughed directly and said:
"Your Majesty, the crown prince has already been chosen."
When Su Mingzhe heard this, he was immediately surprised and said:
"Oh? Whose little lady can make the prince happy?"
"This is He Zhenniang, the daughter of He Jingsi, the leader of the You Qianniu Guards."
Cui Yingying said, remembering that 'You Qianniu Wei Shu Fu Shu' was just a fourth-grade petty official. She was afraid that the man would not know, so she quickly explained:
"His ancestor was He Zhizhang, the number one scholar in the former dynasty."
"I have also seen this He Zhenniang. Not only is she dignified in appearance, round and plump in figure, she is a good childbearer, but most importantly, she has a gentle and virtuous personality, generous and decent manners... I think she is the best. child."
"Since the queen also thinks it's good, let's quickly settle it for the prince!"
When Su Mingzhe heard that the woman the prince wanted to marry was actually He Zhenniang, his expression became complicated.
He Zhenniang was a descendant of He Zhizhang, the number one scholar in the Tang Dynasty and a great poet.
In terms of age, he is only one year younger than the prince.
Shortly after she was born, a Taoist came to her home to predict her fortune, telling her that her fate was extremely precious.
Su Mingzhe had heard about this matter a long time ago, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there were many people with unspeakable fates, and they were all destroyed one by one by themselves.
Now, He Zhenniang is valued by the prince. It seems that the prophecy about her will come true.
Seeing that the man had no objection, Cui Yingying smiled again and said:
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has not only chosen the Crown Princess, but also selected several concubines."
"According to the regulations, in addition to a crown prince, the prince should also have two Liangdi (third rank), six Liangyuan (fourth rank), ten Chenghui (fifth rank), and sixteen Zhaoxun (seventh rank) , the twenty-four people (ninth grade) who were honored..."
When Su Mingzhe heard that the prince was able to marry so many wives in one go, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows:
"Queen, is it inappropriate for you to arrange so many women at once? You know, since ancient times, Wenrou Township has been the Tomb of Heroes..."
Cui Yingying sneered at the man's words and retorted directly:
"Your Majesty, there are quite a lot of concubines in the harem now. Your Majesty, aren't you just as wise and powerful?"
Su Mingzhe blushed at first, and then said coldly:
"Can that brat compare to me?"
After Su Mingzhe unified the world, he changed the draft of women every three years in the Tang Dynasty to one every five years.
Among the people, his behavior was praised by scholars all over the world, who believed that Su Mingzhe was considerate of the people and aware of their sufferings.
But for the emperor's women like Cui Yingying, they can't wait to change the selection of girls every five years to every ten or even twenty years.
After all, every time there is a draft among the maids entering the palace, there will inevitably be a few stunning beauties.
And these stunning beauties will almost 100% be captured by Su Mingzhe.
In the past few years, there have been many more concubines in the harem.
As for the more favored women like Xiao Wen and Qingnu, they are not lucky enough to be visited a few times in a month.
For this reason, the concubines in the harem often complained to the emperor.
Cui Yingying, the queen, naturally had complaints in her heart, so she continued to complain today.
Su Mingzhe felt that he was in the wrong and could only hold his neck and argue.
Cui Yingying had a calm temperament and did not want to chase and fight. She directly asked the Master Attendant to start making the bed and prepare to serve the man to bed.
Su Mingzhe felt very unhappy when he punched the cotton and felt that there was no force point:
"It's better when the matchmaker is here. Once the matchmaker leaves, the Qixia Palace becomes a lot deserted."
Cui Yingying also felt a little sad when she saw the man talking about the matchmaker.
More than ten years ago, when the matchmaker was almost thirty years old, she finally became pregnant and gave birth to the 106th prince, Su Shaoqing.
At that time, Cui Yingying had just given birth to the 99th prince, Su Shaowu.
The two children, who are about the same age, play and fight together all day long and have a very good relationship.
The two women were already in love as sisters, and now that their children are so close, in the eyes of the two women, this is naturally the best thing.
Later, when the two children turned seven, they were arranged to move to Xianliang Palace and live with other underage princes.
Perhaps because of the absence of their mothers and the restraints of their mothers and concubines, these princes spontaneously began to form gangs, often fighting behind their backs.
As the legitimate prince, Su Shaowu was born to overpower other princes in terms of status.
After arriving at the Xianliang Palace, a large group of princes were pursuing him.
In this kind of pursuit, Su Shaowu gradually lost himself and began to be domineering among a group of princes. In the end, he beat another prince to a bloody head and went into shock.
Fortunately, Su Mingzhe was not a mortal. After receiving the report, he quickly rescued the seriously injured prince.
Although the incident did not have too serious consequences in the end.
However, Su Mingzhe was really angry with these little bastards.
In order to punish these princes, one by one, Su Mingzhe had all the princes from the Xianliang Palace escorted outside the Meridian Gate, beaten with twenty boards, and exposed to the sun for a day as punishment.
The other concubines did not dare to come over to plead for their son, but the matchmaker relied on her relationship with the emperor and empress to take away her son regardless.
Su Mingzhe sent Huan, the chief chamberlain, to stop her, but the matchmaker was so arrogant that she even cursed Su Mingzhe as a tyrant and a coward in front of everyone.
The imperial emissary who was supervising next to him was stunned. After he realized what he was doing, he quickly issued a memorial to impeach the matchmaker for being "disrespectful".
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Su Mingzhe had no choice but to throw her into the cold palace as punishment.
Without the matchmaker to accompany her, Cui Yingying also felt that her Qixia Palace was much deserted.
The next day.
When Su Mingzhe left Qixia Palace, he remembered the Queen's plea for the prince last night and made all kinds of compromises. His heart softened, and he ordered Huan, the chief chamberlain, to go to the East Palace to send the prince to the imperial study room, so that he could have an open-hearted chat with his son.
When I returned to the imperial study, I saw that Empress Wan had arrived long ago.
Wan Hou was more enthusiastic than Su Mingzhe in handling government affairs.
Every day when the sky is bright, Wan Hou gets up and washes up. At a quarter of an hour, she will definitely be in the imperial study room.
After handling government affairs for a day, if Su Mingzhe did not let Empress Wan go to bed, Empress Wan would still find the memorials approved by the emperor, read them, study them, and ponder them.
After spending nearly twenty years together day and night, Empress Wan and Su Mingzhe's relationship was far more profound than that of the empress.
"Your Majesty, are you in a bad mood? The prince has made you angry again?"
"How do you say this?"
Su Mingzhe looked at Empress Wan with some confusion.
Empress Wan smiled and said:
"On my way here just now, I met the prince's chamberlain rushing towards Qixia Palace. If the prince hadn't made you angry, how could he have asked the chamberlain to ask the queen to be his reinforcement?"
"You are all thinking too much."
Su Mingzhe said vaguely and called Juan:
"Huan, I asked you to notify the prince to come to the imperial study. When will he arrive?"
Juan glanced at Wan Hou without any trace, and then replied:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, when I went to inform the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince hadn't washed up yet. If we calculate the time, it should be here soon."
While they were talking, the palace servants outside came in to report that the prince was waiting to be summoned outside.
"Let the prince come in and you all get out!"
Su Mingzhe shouted away everyone in the imperial study, including Empress Wan.
When Wan later saw that she could not put eye drops on the prince's eyes, she left a little unhappy.