"Ruoruo, don't tell your brother about the grievances between the Queen Mother and our Fan family, do you understand?"
When Fan Jian returned home and learned of Fan Xian's arrival, he immediately found his daughter and asked her not to tell anyone about the grudge between the Queen Mother and Fan Jian.
"Father, don't worry, I won't tell you."
Fan Ruoruo's thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness made Fan Jian feel guilty.
Back then, after Ye Qingmei gave birth to Fan Xian, she was killed by Qin Ye, a general in the joint army of the queen's family.
Before Ye Qingmei was killed, she predicted the crisis and sent her child to her friend Fan Jian's house in advance.
It was also a coincidence that Fan Ruoruo's mother gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl.
After Fan Jian returned home, facing the people who were chasing him, he was helpless, so he could only hand over his own son, and staged a "Zhao Orphan" to save Fan Xian's life.
Fan Jian claimed that his wife only gave birth to a daughter.
Others don't know how many children Mrs. Fan Jian has given birth to, but Mrs. Fan herself knows.
Mrs. Fan looked at Fan Ruoruo next to her and guessed that the child sent away by her husband must be her own son. In a fit of anger, coupled with the birth of twins, her vitality was severely damaged, and she soon died of depression.
Later, Wu Zhu appeared and took Fan Xian away.
Chen Pingping also appeared and joined forces with Fan Jian to eliminate the queen's natal family and most of the people involved in the murder of Ye Qingmei.
It was then that Fan Jian announced to the public that Fan Xian was his illegitimate son outside the home, and sent his daughter Fan Ruoruo to Danzhou, where she grew up with Fan Xian until she was five or six years old.
Except for Su Mingzhe, a time traveler, only those who know the inside story about these things can only know it firsthand.
And Fan Ruoruo definitely didn't know about these situations.
It is precisely because Fan Ruoruo didn't know it, but still tried his best to protect Fan Xian just like Fan Jian.
Only then did Fan Jian truly feel that he felt sorry for his daughter.
On the second day.
After Fan Jian went down to court, he took a carriage and came to a house with a stone tablet of "Su Zhai", and then asked his guards to knock on the door.
However, no matter how hard the guard knocked on the door, there seemed to be no one living in the house, and there was no response at all.
The guard looked puzzled, but he could only report back:
"Sir, no one has opened the door after knocking for so long. Isn't it an empty house inside?"
Fan Jian frowned, but said:
"Take another route and go to Iron Guard Prison."
Not long after, the carriage arrived at the imperial prison.
Fan Jian asked the guard to take his name card and inform him to meet Su Mingzhe, the chief stall owner of the imperial prison.
At this time, Su Mingzhe was sitting in the imperial study room handling government affairs. Suddenly he received a report from Ada that Fan Jian was visiting. He frowned slightly and waved to his side:
"I'm a little tired and need to take a rest. Don't bother me."
Su Mingzhe said, he lay down on the bed beside him, waited until there was no one around, then quietly came to the Iron Guard Prison.
Not long after, a small flag led Fan Jian into the back garden of the prison. Su Mingzhe trotted in from the outside looking like he was in a hurry, and apologized anxiously:
"I didn't know that when Master Situ came, Su was far away to greet him, so I asked Haihan to come."
Situ is the official name in "The Rites of Zhou".
When officials address each other, it is customary to call the Minister of Household Affairs "Da Situ".
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is called Zhongzai or Dazai.
The Minister of Rites is called "Dazong Bo".
The Minister of the Ministry of War is called "Da Sima".
The Minister of Punishment is called "Da Sikou".
The minister of the Ministry of Industry is called "Da Sikong".
Fan Jian didn't show off in front of Su Mingzhe and responded politely:
"Mr. Su, you're so polite. Fan's sudden visit is a bit rash, so I'd like to ask Haihan."
The two of them finished greeting each other and sat down separately. A maid came over to serve tea.
Fan Jian took a sip and waited until no one was around before speaking:
"Mr. Su, Mr. Fan is a straight-tempered person. He doesn't like to beat around the bush, so he just tells his purpose straight away."
"Da Situ, please speak."
Su Mingzhe sat upright, indicating that he was all ears.
Fan Jian hesitated and said:
"Master Su, there is a girl in your house who is very similar to a friend of mine. I wonder if I can come and visit her?"
"The girl in my house?"
Su Mingzhe's eyelids twitched, he looked at Fan Jian's eyes filled with hope, hesitated for a moment, and nodded slowly:
"Da Situ, there are only four girls in my house. Although they and I are called master and servant, they have grown up with me since we were young. I have always treated them as family members. If Da Situ just wants to meet each other, he will definitely not
Question. But if you have any other ideas, that’s definitely not the case.”
Fan Jian didn't expect that Su Mingzhe would agree to his unreasonable request, and he quickly thanked him:
"Thank you, Mr. Su. Fan will not be rude."
Su Mingzhe saw that Fan Jian had a good attitude and didn't mean to use his power to overwhelm others, and he felt more comfortable, so he said:
"Da Situ, because of the rebellion of King Pingnan recently, I haven't been able to go back to the mansion. How about waiting for a few days and waiting for me to finish my work before inviting you to come over?"
"As it should be!"
Fan Jian nodded and thanked him again.
Originally, Fan Jian should have left after receiving Su Mingzhe's permission.
However, when Su Mingzhe talked about King Pingnan's rebellion, Fan Jian couldn't help but remind him:
"Master Su, hasn't His Majesty already handed over the matter of King Pingnan's rebellion to the Procuratorate? Why are you Iron Guards so busy?"
Fan Jian's question meant that this matter was a chore.
If Tieyiwei wants to get some credit and rewards, it would be best to change his job.
Su Mingzhe smiled bitterly:
"Da Situ didn't know that on the day of King Pingnan's rebellion, King Pingnan and his queen mother happened to be in the palace. When King Pingnan rebelled, they were running around in the palace and were caught by the palace guards. Your Majesty took pity on them.
She is a woman, and she was worried that she would be handed over to the Procuratorate for review, so she was sent to the Iron Guards."
"I see."
Seeing that the matter involved the emperor, Fan Jian stopped talking. Then he chatted with Su Mingzhe for a few words before leaving.
Su Mingzhe suddenly came closer and congratulated in a low voice:
"Su, here, I would like to express my congratulations to the great Situ in advance. In a few days, it will be time to call you the abbot of the state."
"Master Su, you can't say this nonsense."
Fan Jian was startled by Su Mingzhe's words.
Nowadays, Kyoto City is in a commotion regarding the draft.
There are different opinions about the choice of queen.
Fan Jian didn't think that the Queen Mother would choose his own daughter to be the queen if he and the Queen Mother had enmity.
"Da Situ, Su is not talking nonsense. This matter was decided by the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty."
Su Mingzhe also knew that Fan Jian had been upset recently about Fan Ruoruo's affairs. He told Fan Jian the details of the matter in advance this time to put his mind at ease.
Regarding the selection of the queen, the palace had actually discussed it for a long time.
One of the three candidates rumored by the outside world is indeed the focus of discussions in the palace.
However, Ye Ling'er, one of the three major candidates, after learning about Yi's decree, dared to disobey it and wanted to escape back to Ye's hometown.
Although later, the Ye family caught Ye Ling'er in time and forced Ye Ling'er to participate in the primary election, this matter could not be hidden from the informants of the Procuratorate and the Internal Supervision Office.
Ye Ling'er's behavior, which was similar to running away from marriage, could be said to have rubbed the royal family's face on the ground.
When Hong Sixiang, the chief eunuch of the Internal Supervision Department, learned about the incident, he immediately reported it to the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother originally had no good impressions of Ye Linger, who liked to dance with guns and sticks.
Now, another incident of "escape from marriage" happened. When the two discussed the candidate for concubine and queen, they simply excluded her from the selection of queen.
Without Ye Linger as a candidate, the only candidates for the queen were Fan Ruoruo and Lin Waner.
The Empress Dowager knew that Lin Wan'er was delicate and frail, so she had no intention of letting her occupy the throne of the Queen.
In addition, she has a close relationship with the Fan family. When she gave birth to Emperor Qing, she asked Fan Jian's mother to be the wet nurse for Emperor Qing. Therefore, when choosing the queen, she preferred Fan Ruoruo. The most talented woman in Kyoto became the new queen.
Queen.
But the Queen Mother hated the Fan family extremely because Fan Jian destroyed her natal family, and was extremely reluctant to let Fan Ruoruo become the queen.
But she couldn't give this reason, so she finally used the fact that the eldest princess Li Yunrui was in charge of the inner treasury as the reason. She also said that she wanted to get closer to the eldest princess Li Yunrui, and then she thought of letting Lin Wan'er be the queen.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager had different opinions, so they called the emperor over.
After all, this queen was chosen for the emperor, Su Mingzhe.
Su Mingzhe was called to the Yanshou Palace. Hearing that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager had different opinions, he mediated:
"Grandma, mother, from an emotional point of view, I prefer cousin Wan'er. But choosing a queen is to choose a woman who can be a mother to the world. Cousin Wan'er has been pampered by thousands of beauties since she was a child, and has never experienced any human feelings.
, I'm afraid that she will be in charge of the harem and will not be able to control other concubines. And Miss Fan's biological mother died of illness when she was young. When she was eight or nine years old, she began to learn to take charge of the Fan family. I think, let her
If she becomes the queen, it will be more conducive to the stability of the harem."
Su Mingzhe's statement deeply impressed the Empress Dowager.
The old lady was also interested in Fan Ruoruo. When she heard that her 'grandson' was of the same mind as her, she naturally nodded with satisfaction to express her agreement with this statement.
The Queen Mother looked at her grandfather and grandson who had the same opinion, her eyebrows were stern, and she said nothing more in the end.
At this point, although the draft has just begun, and even many beautiful girls from other places have not yet entered the palace and met the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, the position of the empress has already been decided.
Now, Su Mingzhe told Fan Jian the inside story.
Fan Jian got the news, and his heart, which had been tugging at him, relaxed a little.
When he returned to his house, he told his daughter the good news.
More than half a month passed.
By early October.
Beautiful girls from other places came to Beijing one after another.
After the first round of preliminary selection, the total number of show girls was set at more than 2,400.
In early October, the second round of selection began.
This time, more than 300 beautiful girls were selected from more than 2,400 candidates.
These more than three hundred beautiful women will fill Su Mingzhe's harem.
The luckier show girls will be given titles such as concubines and ladies during this selection.
As for those who were not given titles, they were either accused of marrying nobles in the dynasty, or they stayed in the palace as female officials, waiting to be met by the emperor one day.
Of course, if their family spends some money, they can get out of the palace as soon as possible.
At this time, the selection of the queen finally began to be announced.
The procedures that should be followed are slowly being put on the agenda.
The eighth day of October is the auspicious day selected by Qin Tian Jian.
The Queen Mother first issued an edict to canonize Fan Ruoruo as Queen.
This decree was not handed over to the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace and sent to the Fan Mansion. Instead, the emperor appointed envoys, envoys and deputies, who went to announce the decree and canonize it.
Among them, the official envoy is Guo Youzhi, the Minister of Rites.
The deputy envoy is Yang Yi, Qing of Taichang Temple.
When Guo Youzhi read out the decree, the whole Fan family came to accept the decree.
Afterwards, Guo Youzhi gave Fan Ruoruo all the clothes belonging to the queen to put away.
Fan Sizhe waited for his father Fan Jian to receive the imperial edict, immediately got up and asked excitedly:
"Mom, my sister is the queen, and I will be the uncle of the country from now on, right?"
"Yes, son, you will be my uncle from now on."
Liu Ruyu wiped her tears with excitement.
Fan Xian also looked at his sister very happily.
Only Fan Ruoruo knew the result in advance and just smiled lightly at this moment.
When Guo Youzhi and Yang Yi saw it, they secretly praised: "Taishan collapsed in front but its appearance remained unchanged, and the elk thrived on the left but its eyes did not blink. It is indeed the queen's choice!"