Chapter 457: Concubine Selection
Life passed very quickly, and it was the day of Concubine Wei’s birthday in a blink of an eye.
The concubines and mothers in the harem were noble because of their sons. Zhao Gou became the emperor. Wei's status naturally rose. However, the etiquette and law system were there, and Wei could not be the empress dowager no matter how hard he did. Because Zhao Ji's genuine queen Zheng was still there, he was only fifty years old now, and he was healthy and healthy. It seemed that he could not live for another thirty or twenty years.
This is the Han system.
After thousands of years of dynasties, when the emperor became the concubine's son ascended the throne, his mother and his biological mother were alive at the same time, he could only respect his mother as the empress dowager, and his biological mother was the imperial concubine. Only after his biological mother died can he be posthumously named the empress dowager to make the legitimate concubine clear. Similarly, the emperor could only follow his still alive biological mother as the empress dowager after his biological mother passed away.
This is the superiority and inferiority under the feudal ritual system, which is the so-called difference between legitimate and illegitimate. Unless Zhao Gou is willing to have a big dispute over this matter, the Wei family will never be able to be the empress dowager for the rest of their lives.
Because Zhao Gou has limited time. It is precisely because of his limited time that he does not want to waste his limited time on such meaningless things.
But even so, the day of Wei's birth is a big deal for both inside and outside the palace. The scene is a bit over-provoking, but no one in the court or the country will make Zhao Gou feel uncomfortable about this little thing.
According to the convention, a family dinner was held in the palace. For Zhao Gouyan, it was just a matter of having a meal, but for the concubines in the palace, it was a big stage for competing for beauty.
This is not the first time Pan has attended such a banquet, but she is still a little nervous. Because recently, the fight between her and Xing has become more and more obvious.
However, due to the isolation of Zhao Gou's harem and Zhao Ji's relatives, the latter had moved to Yanfu Palace.
When Huizong was reigned, he was very dissatisfied with the narrowness of the imperial city palace, so he expanded it and built it. Yanfu Palace was located in the northwest of the entire imperial city, and it was convenient to expand it, so he worked under the banner of "Yanfu Palace". Although it was called a palace, it actually had many palaces, terraces, pavilions and pavilions, which was a palace group that was even more gorgeous than the imperial city. The scenery was very competitive and the scenery was very beautiful.
Song Huizong once wrote "Records of Yanfu Palace" for this purpose, and said that the palaces, pavilions and pavilions are endless, and the ponds are dug into the sea and the springs are drawn into lakes. The literary birds and beasts are in various shapes; the famous trees are famous, the strange rocks and rocks are...
After the palace was built, Emperor Huizong of Song spent most of his time in this palace.
After Zhao Gou ascended the throne, he directly placed Yanfu Palace for Zhao Ji. The concubines in the imperial city and the concubines of Zhao Ji were two worlds.
Now that the two heavens and earths are about to be merged into one, Pan is a little worried that he will have a slap in front of Wei.
The reason is very simple. Wei's family wants to show his virtuousness and duty, and never compete with the Empress Dowager for the position. She also wants to cut Pan's family a few more times.
Zhao Gou leaned on the couch, watched Pan take a while before changing into his outfit, and was speechless for a long time.
As for this cumbersome?
It’s better for men to dress up. They usually wear vermilion clothes, and no one can be picky about them.
The maid here came to comb Pan's hair again, and someone brought a tray of hairpin ring jewelry for her to choose.
Zhao Gou looked at Pan's picky jewelry and laughed after a while.
"Official family..."
Pan let out a sweet voice in dissatisfaction, and the steps on her head were shaking, and pearls took advantage of the airs of her favorite concubine. But no matter how shining the pearls were, they could not cover up the Suqing of Pan's headdress.
Is it too simple? The white jade phoenix head is covered with hairpin, the red gold lychee melon solid hairpin, the white jade peacock-shaped hairpin, the silver tassel peach blossom pearl shaking...
Compared with the gorgeous and dazzling style that Pan liked in the past, today's outfit is completely Qingshui Cabbage.
And what is the purpose of doing this? It is obvious that it is to avoid overwhelming the queen and let Wei seize it and scold him.
Zhao Gou hugged his slender waist and saw Pan's sleeves slightly stroking upwards, revealing a white forearm, slender and shiny, and charming. He wore a pair of golden peacock jade bracelets, "It looks good too!"
I couldn't help laughing twice. "Today is a family dinner, there is no need to dress up, it's so good."
The entire palace was under his control. He knew better than Pan's knowledge about what would happen at the banquet today. As he said that, he looked at the jewelry in the tray without much care, reached out to bring a pair of plum blossom bamboo-jointed jade hairpins, gently inserted it between Pan's temples, and found another pair of jade rabbit pounding medicine earrings and put it on. That's all.
Pan didn't like such outfits from the bottom of his heart, but today's days cannot tolerate her being presumptuous.
Since Zhao Ji returned to Bianjing, Zhao Gou respected him very much, and there was nothing wrong with Wei. Pan only looked at Zhao Gou and had to respect Wei.
"The time is almost over. I am going to Kunning Palace to wait. Should the official leave?"
"It's time to leave."
Zhao Gou nodded and asked someone to serve him, and returned to Funing Palace. He and Xing had not yet reached the point of complaining about each other. The latter's rules of conduct were more or less regular, so it would not be more than Zhao Gou's Funing Palace? Although Zhao Gou did not agree with this, it did not prevent him from respecting Xing. Because there was such a queen who paid attention to etiquette and law, there would be much less things in the palace. At the same time, among the court, the Xing family could also attract some attention for Zhao Gou.
Therefore, if you go to Yanfu Palace later, Zhao Gou must go to Kunning Palace to walk with the queen.
The palace banquet was absolutely lively. Although Wei was unable to get into the first seat, he was very happy to see the pomp in front of him.
In addition to the concubines in the palace, there were Zhao Gou's sons and daughters, close relatives and royal families in Beijing, Zhao Ji's sons and daughters, and their respective spouses. But these were the lively bosses.
There was already cooking in the Song Dynasty, and the emergence of Zhao Gou promoted the development of the catering industry in the Song Dynasty. Today's banquet is definitely not bad. But what if it is better? It's called a family banquet, but with Zhao Gou, the great god, sitting, who can eat as much? It's just a little bit.
After the banquet, there were still opera troupes in Yanfu Palace, but some people were able to surrender. After receiving the letter, Pan was the first to take the child away, but was stopped by Wei's aunt and said that the concubine was invited.
Pan's heart skipped a beat and followed him in. He saw Wei talking to Queen Xing with a smile, holding the queen's son Zhao Yuan in his hand, and Zhao Gou sat next to him. Pan looked at Zhao Gou and saw that his face was as heavy as water. He felt a little relieved and just treated him.
Concubine Wei hurriedly asked someone to help Pan up, and waved to the palace maid behind her to carry Zhao Guan to see. Zhao Guan was the little Zhao Jian in history. Looking at the white and tender grandson raised, she praised her happily. But she did not hold her in the hug of Zhao Yuan like she did. After a few words, Pan asked her to take her son down and take her seat.
Zhao Gou looked at the dissatisfaction flashing across Pan's face, and there was no fluctuation in his heart. Wei was not his biological mother, so he would not feel that Pan's dissatisfaction was offending his mother. Turning around, Wei smiled at Empress Xing and said, "In the royal family, the most important thing is the offspring. Now that the offspring in the palace is not strong, you, as the mother of the country, can't be careless."
Empress Xing hurriedly smiled and said, "What the concubine said is that the sons are also worried about this matter, but..." Since Zhao Gou traveled through time, it has been four years since now. The emperor, who is obviously in good health, has never given birth to a third son, and even a child. This matter has long been discussed by people all over the world. The situation is quite unfavorable to Zhao Gou. Because Zhao Gou had obviously had many children before, but now this is like this, I don't know how many people in the people scolded him for taking his brother's position and hurting his destiny.
The women in the harem were even more anxious.
A mother is noble because she has no son, and even if she has a daughter, it is good. However, Zhao Gou is healthy and has outstanding abilities between beds, but it is fruitless.
To be honest, Queen Xing also heard the folk rumors, and she was a little worried.
Wei was even more happy today, so he smiled at Zhao Gou and said, "Look, the queen is so sensible! You will be blessed to be able to get this virtuous queen!"
Then he said to Zhao Gou: "But the Ai family saw that you only have two young children, and he felt really uneasy. Since the concubines in the palace were not lucky, the emperor listened to the words of the Ai family and started choosing a concubine?"
Chapter completed!