Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 215 Entering the Palace (2)

Qin Shao was very curious, didn't he say that men are not allowed to enter the harem?

Why did Wang Tu let himself go to the harem as a servant?
"Eldest son?"

"The eldest son may not understand the rules of the court. It is true that in the previous dynasty, including the past, men were not allowed to enter the harem, and the concubines in the palace were not allowed to meet outsiders. It's just that it has changed since the time of the first emperor."

Wang Tu looked at Qin Shao with some distress.

It's not surprising that he has a noble family, but he has been living outside for many years. It is not surprising that he knows so little about court rules.

After Wang Tu's explanation, Qin Shao understood the current rules of the harem.

According to the regulations of the harem of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention outsiders, even the mothers of concubines rarely have the opportunity to visit their daughters in the palace.

It's just that the good old Emperor Zhu Youtang doted on Empress Zhang and treated the Zhang family very preferentially.

Empress Zhang's mother, Mrs. Jin, was allowed by the special envoy to enter the palace to see her daughter at will, and in order to make it easier for her mother-in-law to see her daughter, Zhu Youtang also specially sent 8000 people from the Beijing Army to build a special palace for her in the palace.

Treating Empress Zhang so humanly, it is not easy to treat other concubines harshly.

Even though he only has one empress, some of his father's concubines are still living in the palace.

Ming Xiaozong simply set up meeting rooms in the front yard of the harem, so that the family members of some elderly concubines could also meet their family members in those guest rooms.

Moreover, concubines who are over [-] years old do not need to avoid foreign men when they meet their natal family, but only need approval and registration.

It means that at such an old age, there is nothing shy about seeing my natal brothers, brothers, nephews and so on.

In order to prevent the dictatorship of foreign relatives, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the wives of the princes were basically children of small families.

The power of the natal family is small, even if the daughter becomes a queen, she will be richer at most, and has no power and ability to monopolize power.

Therefore, there was no dictatorship in the harem of foreign relatives in the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, there were not many objections to some old concubines seeing their family members.

Even so, in order to avoid being too ostentatious, Wang Tu and Wang Yun usually try to avoid entering the palace unless it is very important.

Most of the people who came to the palace to see Old Concubine Shao were Wang Yun's daughter-in-law Fu Shi.

This time Qin Shao went to see the old concubine Shao was more sensitive, so he could only let Qin Shao meet her when she sent things into the palace with the help of the Shao family.

"My lord, the old concubine is quite old and in good health. A few days ago when Yun's daughter-in-law entered the palace, she euphemistically explained the situation to the concubine. The concubine was very excited and said that she hadn't slept well for several nights. "

Wang Tu said excitedly.

Qin Shao learned about the general situation, and made an appointment with Wang Tu to go to the palace the next day to see the old concubine.

According to Wang Tu's explanation, Qin Shao knew that the current harem is not that complicated.

Because Zhu Youtang has only one wife, Empress Dowager Zhang, the women in the palace are very simple.

As for Zhu Jianshen's concubines, there are basically not many of them.

Even though the old lady Wang is also Zhu Jianshen's queen Wang Shi, she is still alive, but she has no heirs, and she is also plagued by diseases. It is said that she will not live for a few years.

As for Concubine Shao Chen, Concubine Duan, Concubine De and Concubine Rong who gave birth to their children, only Old Concubine Shao is alive now.

It can be said that apart from Zhu Houzhao's mother, the Empress Dowager Zhang, although the old concubine Shao has no power or power, her status in the palace is at least honorable in name.

Moreover, even though Old Concubine Shao has only one of her three sons left, King Xing Zhu Youzhu is still there.

The son is the mother's greatest reliance, as long as Zhu Youzhu is around, Old Concubine Shao will still be respected in the palace.

Moreover, she and Zhang Tianhou didn't have too many conflicts, and they were fairly polite to each other.

Naturally, seeing family members is also much more convenient, and Wang Yun's daughter-in-law actually enters the palace quite frequently.

The old concubine was getting old, and Wang Tu was worried that something might go wrong, so he would ask her to visit the old concubine in the name of giving things every short period of time.

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Early the next morning, Qin Shao ate early.

Just after finishing packing, the carriage of the palace has arrived.

Wang Tu drove one, and the other was driven by a young man with Wang Yun's wife Fu Shi.

After Qin Shao greeted Wang Tu and Mrs. Fu, he changed into the clothes of the servant brought by Wang Tu.

Changed positions with the boy who drove the carriage, and drove the carriage with Mrs. Fu towards the palace.

Wang Tu drove the carriage to send them off, and did not drive the carriage to a place to wait until he saw the gate of their palace.

Qin Shao and the others entered from the side door near Xihua Gate.

Fu Shi is obviously very familiar with the process of entering the palace.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he took out the signboard for entering the palace, and secretly gave some silver taels to a small inner tuber, asking him to lead the carriage to a special place for storing carriages.

Except for the sedan chairs of the emperor's concubine, no other means of transportation are allowed to pass through the inner courtyard of the palace.

There is naturally a storage place for vehicles entering the palace, but there is still a fee for foreign vehicles.

Qin Shao helped Mrs. Fu carry a basket, which contained some miscellaneous things such as clothes and shoes.

Qin Shao lowered his head and listened to Mrs. Fu talking to those internal officials.

The general meaning is that the old concubine is getting older and likes to wear clothes made by her. It is getting colder and colder today, so she made some thick clothes for her and brought them in as my filial piety.

Qin always thought that the life of concubines in the harem was difficult, and her mother's family couldn't help them. After all, as a royal society, she would lose face, and she didn't expect to be able to send things in.

According to Fu's conversation with the internal officer.Knowing that today is the opening day of the harem.

On the opening day of the harem, some small tents will be temporarily set up in two places, the Queen's Kunning Palace and the Queen Mother's Shouren Palace, so that the concubines of the harem can meet with their families.

The Kunning Palace is mainly used for the emperor's concubines to meet their family members, usually female relatives.

Shouren Palace refers to those concubines of the late emperor, usually older concubines.

Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty felt sorry for those elderly concubines who were getting older, and they might not have much time to meet their relatives, so they were allowed to see their natal male relatives, brothers, nephews and so on.

Relatively loose.

Later, some family members brought things in, because the distance was not close, maybe a young man helped to bring them in.

But they are all guaranteed records.

There are three opportunities to meet each month, and you must apply in advance.

Mrs. Fu said that the young concubine's place is very lively, and basically the places for the next month in advance have been arranged.

The old concubine is relatively depressed here.

People's overall life expectancy is low these days, and many concubines are getting older, not to mention parents, even brothers and sisters are gone.

I am old and have no money or power, and I can't give my natal nephew anything affordable, so fewer and fewer people come to visit relatives.

Some palace concubines have no family to see them, it is very pitiful.

Because of the presence of King Xing and Wang Tu, Old Concubine Shao's life is much better than that of many old concubines.

"I hope that the old queen will not come with the concubine today."

Fu muttered as he walked all the way.

"Sister-in-law, who is the old lady Wang?"

Qin Shao asked in a low voice.

There were also a few people on the road, probably family members of some concubines, it seemed that some people came over on the open day.

"It's the Queen of the Emperor Xianzong."

Mrs. Fu replied softly, she was very surprised that the eldest son didn't know about the queen.

It was only then that Qin Shao remembered that Zhu Jianshen seemed to have another queen. He originally wanted to make Concubine Wan Gui the queen, but there was nothing wrong with that queen, and it was not easy to abolish it.

It's just that Queen Wang doesn't seem to have any heirs, so she hangs up the post of queen.

"Why does she follow the old concubine? Does she not want to see her family?"

"Her family is gone, and she has a distant nephew. It seems that the whole family has moved to Guangdong Province, and she has no relatives in Beijing. In the past, when I came to see the old concubine, the old concubine would take her with her when she saw that she was pitiful and lonely. Come here."

"After that, when the old concubine saw us, she always liked to follow. Sometimes she wanted to say some private things. The old concubine wanted to avoid her, but it's hard to avoid the two of us living in the same palace. Today the eldest son comes, I hope that The old lady had better not come here."

"The old concubine lives in the same palace as the queen dowager?"

Qin Shao was very surprised that there were so many palaces, a concubine and a queen dowager squeezed together?
(End of this chapter)