Chapter 515: Marriage
In the Rouyi Palace, the passion that lasted for half an hour gradually faded, and the hall was still filled with a beautiful atmosphere.
After the storm, Bian Yujing lay on Zhu Cihong's body softly, his face was flushed, and his eyes were full of sweetness, pain and happiness.
After some tossing, Zhu Cihong is also very satisfied, Bian Yujing is twenty years old, and he has faded away from the youthfulness of a girl, and he is mature like a stunner who has brought disaster to the country and the people.
Bian Yujing said softly: "Your Highness, the concubine has something I want to discuss with you, and I beg you to give me a marriage."
Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment and said, "Marriage? To whom? ”
"Your personal guard commander, General Xu Sheng, and the female official Mo Qin, the concubine found that the two of them seemed to be in love."
Listening to Bian Yujing's introduction, Mo Qin, the female official in charge of the Rouyi Palace, would show a different color every time she saw Xu Sheng coming with her car, and after her repeated gossip and temptation, she finally found out that the two had a play.
Zhu Cihong's four palace maids were given by Queen Zhou, and at the age of fourteen or fifteen, he served Zhu Cihong, who had just left the palace, in Zhongcui Palace, even if Zhu Cihong went on several expeditions, he was also taken care of by his side for eight years.
Zhu Cihong regarded the four of them as sisters, and since he arrived in Nanjing, he let them be female officials in the palace, responsible for managing the palace people below, and the eldest of the four, Moqin, was twenty-four years old, nearly ten years older than Zhu Cihong.
Zhu Cihong naturally wouldn't marry them, and the only person in the entire Ming Dynasty who could do this kind of thing was Emperor Chenghua, who married Wan Zhen'er, the palace maid who took care of him when he was young.
Wan Zhen'er is seventeen years older than Emperor Chenghua, she was named Wan Guifei, and Emperor Chenghua also abolished the queen for her, which is simply crazy, Zhu Cihong is ashamed of herself and is willing to bow down.
Zhu Cihong had already had the idea of marrying the four personal palace maids to the generals of the Tianwu Army, but he was too busy with government affairs, and he put this matter behind him for a while.
Xu Sheng began to follow Zhu Cihong in the seventh year of Chongzhen, and it has been nearly eight years, and people in their thirties have not yet started a family.
Zhu Cihong said leisurely: "No wonder Xu Sheng has been single for so many years, it turns out that he has already had a thought in his heart, and the straight man of Gangtie is deeply hidden!" ”
Bian Yujing said worriedly: "Your Highness, the concubines know that the rules in the palace are strict, and they don't dare to say it clearly, let alone go beyond the rules, so the concubine body said this matter more, hoping that His Highness will forgive his sins." ”
Zhu Cihong patted her pink buttocks lightly and said with a smile: "What do you think of me, this red thread is good, or made of steel wire!" ”
After putting it on, Zhu Cihong shouted outside the curtain and said, "Wu Zhong, call Xu Sheng and Moqin!" ”
After a while, the heavy nail leaf on Xu Sheng's body collided with the sound, and he was trotting all the way into the hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, he saw that the female official Moqin was already kneeling on the ground, and he saw that the crown prince was staring at him.
Zhu Cihong took a sip of tea and said lukewarmly: "Tell me, when will you get better?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Xu Sheng panicked, and Mo Qin was even more scared in his heart.
She is very clear about the rules of the palace, the emperors of the past dynasties strictly forbade people outside the palace to pass letters or items for the palace maids, once the ban is violated, they are all considered to die, in order to prevent the palace people from leaking the forbidden things, the old palace maids will be imprisoned in the Huanyi Bureau, deprived of lifelong freedom, in order to keep the secrets in the forbidden palace.
Although he didn't pass on the news to the outside, he had several private meetings with the pro-guard general Xu Sheng, strictly speaking, he had violated the rules of "Women's Training".
Books such as "Nu Xun" and "Nu Xiao Jing" are must-read books for palace maids, and once the court ladies of the Ming Dynasty were elected to the palace, they lost their freedom, most of them were poorly fed and clothed, had a poor residence, worked hard for life, and could not see their parents.
Cumbersome etiquette, strict hierarchy, and occasional insults made them almost unsuccessful, and the palace ladies who violated the rules at the slightest time would be punished with "pier locks", "bells" and "boards", and they could not even be cured of their illness, and they were left to fend for themselves.
When the palace people are sick or old, they should be sent here like sinful people, and continue to live by their own vitality, or wait for death, there is no burial place for death, and the ashes of the corpse will be filled into the dry well after the fire, unless there is a little fame, and the emperor has a good relationship will give the tomb and leave a whole body.
Although Mo Qin understood that the crown prince treated his four sisters very well, she also knew that the crown prince was the most disciplined, and anyone who easily violated it would not have good fruit to eat, so she was very scared in her heart.
Mo Qin bowed down and said: "The slave is guilty, please punish His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Xu Sheng panicked when he saw it, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Tell Your Highness, it is the minister who has no shame to take the initiative to hook up with her, if you want to punish you, punish me, it has nothing to do with Moqin!" ”
"Run?" Zhu Cihong suddenly became interested and continued: "How did you hook up?" Let's hear it. ”
Xu Sheng was already panicked, and he didn't care about so many harmless things, so he said: "Four years ago in Fengyang Mansion, His Royal Highness gave me a plate of braised pork, and I quietly gave the meat to Moqin ....... during the palace's afternoon break."
"During the battle of Liaodong, it was freezing cold, and I gave the quilt given by His Royal Highness to Moqin......."
"When His Royal Highness inspected Meixiang Building last year, I borrowed the love poem written by His Royal Highness when he was picking up girls for General Shenji [www.biquku.biz], and recited it to Moqin, saying that I wrote it myself......"
“.......”
it! Zhu Cihong was shocked, the straight man of steel deserves to be a straight man of steel, he does things and speaks so directly, even the word "pickle girl" that he said in private was said by him without any scruples.
Bian Yujing on the side laughed secretly, but Zhu Cihong suddenly shouted: "Give away the things given to you by this palace three times and twice, and privately borrow the talents of this palace for your own benefit!" You're not a little bold! ”
While saying this, Zhu Cihong felt a little weak, and he also borrowed someone else's talent from that poem......
Xu Sheng said in a panic: "Your Highness, please punish me, whether it is to kill the head or remove from office, the minister will not complain, just ask His Highness to let Moqin go." ”
When Mo Qin heard this, she was moved to tears, crying and apologizing.
Bian Yujing on the side couldn't see through Zhu Cihong's intentions, she was very worried in her heart, she wanted to ask for mercy, but she suddenly stopped talking, she knew her current identity very well, and thought that the crown prince didn't like others to interfere in his decision-making, so she had to hold back her speech.
Zhu Cihong glanced at Bian Yujing, and saw that she was not carried away by the momentary favor, and she still knew the proportion, and she was slightly relieved at the moment.
He pretended to be angry and pointed at the two of them: "Okay, you two are very affectionate!" Wu Zhong, tell me how to deal with this situation! ”
Wu Zhong is also entangled, he regrets his colleagues who have worked together for eight years, but if you think about it carefully, there is no big crime!
Wu Zhong said truthfully: "Your Highness, according to the rules of the palace, palace maids and guards cannot meet alone at will, the few times General Xu just said happened outside the palace, and there is no single transgression on weekdays, Your Highness, you are ...... when you meet."
"However, it should also be supervised outside the palace, and the slaves and maids will punish Moqin with the punishment of "lifting the bell" in accordance with the rules of the palace, and as for General Xu, please ask His Royal Highness to decide himself. ”
"Lifting the bell" is to punish the palace maid every night from the Qianqing Palace Gate to the Rijing Gate, the Yuehua Gate, and then back to the Qianqing Palace, walking Xu Xing is walking, rain or shine, singing the world is peaceful, the sound must be slow and long, and the bell corresponds to it.
Compared with "lifting the bell", "pier lock" and "boarding" are a bit of a taste of torture, in fact, they are the physical education projects of later generations, frog jumping and three-dimensional body forward bending (bending down and holding both feet with the palms of your hands).
However, these two sports have been played for a long time, and the harm is also very great, and the palace maids who are generally tortured should insist on an hour, that is, two hours, and will often be dizzy and dizzy from playing, lying on the ground, and even vomiting into illness, and even dying.
Seeing the panicked appearance of the two, Zhu Cihong didn't plan to tease them, and said bluntly: "Since there is affection, why hide it, just tell the palace directly." ”
Mo Qin cried: "Your Highness treats the slaves and maids well, it is a great grace, and the marriage is a heavenly grace, and the slaves and maids dare not ask for extravagance." ”
Zhu Cihong sighed and said, "This matter is over, this palace will give you a marriage today, so that you can go home and have children." ”
Hearing this, Xu Sheng turned sadness into joy, and immediately jumped with joy, although he was dull, but he had already had fantasies and interests in the opposite sex many years ago, because of the funeral for his father, and just transferred to the prince's side, he often went out with the car, so it was delayed.
Since meeting fifteen or sixteen-year-old Moqin in Zhongcui Palace, Xu Sheng was immediately attracted to her, and secretly hooked up for a few years.
After the marriage was decided, Zhu Cihong gave Xu Sheng a month's leave to prepare for the marriage, while he returned to the Qianqing Palace to continue to deal with political affairs, waiting for the arrival of a few foreign devils.