Chapter 532: Congratulations to Your Majesty
Ulan Tuya, who is now twenty-two years old, is two years older than Concubine Lan Hai Lanzhu and three years older than Emperor Chongzhen.
She is not only the playmate of Concubine Lan Hai Lanzhu since childhood, but also the maid of Concubine Lan Hai Lanzhu, the daughter of the former Horqin left-wing Taiji.
When Hai Lanzhu was taken away from Baiyintao, the place where the left wing of Horqin was stationed in Horqin, Ulan Tuya, as one of Hai Lanzhu's maids, volunteered to accompany and served and followed to the territory of Daming.
Then after Hai Lanzhu was included in Chuxiu Palace by the emperor and named Concubine Lan, Ulan Tuya and another attendant maid, Su Rina, naturally followed into the palace and became one of Concubine Lan's close maids in Chuxiu Palace.
With Hai Lanzhu's beauty and alien customs, as soon as she entered the palace, she became the favorite concubine of Emperor Chongzhen.
Although on the surface, Emperor Chongzhen was the same as before, a bowl of water among several concubines, as always, respected and considerate the Empress Zhou, pampered Concubine Tian as always, and took care of Concubine Jing Yuan, but what could burn the emperor's passion more was Concubine Lan Hai Lanzhu.
The other concubines may not have discovered this, but Hai Lanzhu and the maids in Chuxiu Palace could feel it.
Except for the empress who monopolized the emperor for half of the month, the other three concubines were ranked in the emperor's bedchamber ranking, and Concubine Litian was in the priority position.
On the one hand, it is certainly good and charming because of its beauty, and it is deeply loved by the previous Emperor Chongzhen himself, so he has the original body's preferences in memory.
On the other hand, it is also because Concubine Li's status was ranked after the queen when she was canonized.
Now Emperor Chongzhen, who has inherited the body of the deity, does not want to change the original pattern in the harem because of Concubine Lan's entry into the palace.
And as he is more inclined to Lanfei Hai Lanzhu in his heart, he has a heart of compensation for the others.
not only continues to reward Concubine Li herself, but also cares for the Tian family behind Concubine Li.
And Concubine Jing's Yuan family originally had a non-contentious mentality, and she didn't dare to compete with the queen before, and she didn't have the capital to compete with Concubine Li's Tian family.
After Concubine Lan entered the palace, she quickly became a pair of good sisters who took care of each other in the palace with Hai Lanzhu, who liked to learn Chinese characters, poetry, calligraphy, etiquette and music.
At the same time, because Concubine Jing Yuan and Hai Lanzhu are very close, even the current Emperor Chongzhen likes her even more.
It is said that although Emperor Chongzhen likes to stay in Chuxiu Palace at night, Concubine Lan Hai Lanzhu always has inconvenient times to sleep, and every time it is inconvenient, Hai Lanzhu will let her personal female officer Su Rina or Ulan Tuya sleep instead of her.
At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen of course refused in order to show his favor for Concubine Lan.
However, in the face of beauties with toned bodies and unique characteristics like Su Rina and Ulan Tuya, it is impossible for a man to always refuse, so he will come and go, and he will only push it halfway.
Unexpectedly, none of the concubines of the harem were pregnant with the dragon because of the emperor's favor, and Ulan Tuya, as one of Concubine Lan's maids, only had a handful of times, but she seemed to be pregnant.
This time, Emperor Chongzhen was in the Qianqing Palace, while reviewing the progress of the engineering college submitted by Shangshu and others of the Ministry of Engineering, and at the same time waiting anxiously, it was the result of Wang Chengen leading the Tai Hospital Medical Center to Chuxiu Palace to diagnose the pulse of Ulan Tuya.
Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about various things, when he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside the Qianqing Palace, looked up, and saw Wang Chengen's figure, and saw Wang Chengen's face full of joy when he saw Wang Chengen, who came in a hurry, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Sure enough, as soon as Wang Chengen crossed the tall threshold of the imperial study in the East Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Congratulations to the emperor!" Congratulations to the Emperor! Chuxiu Palace's maid Concubine Lan Niangniang's maid Ulan Tuya is happy! β
After saying this, Wang Chengen looked up and saw that Emperor Chongzhen was also happy, and then said: "The imperial doctor who took the pulse of the Tai Hospital and the medical officer of the palace department next to the queen mother both said that Concubine Lan's maid Ulan Tuya was more than three months pregnant!" It is expected that around next year's Shangyuan Festival, a prince will be born for the Long Live Lord! β
"Nonsense, how do you know that the one who gave birth must be the prince?"
Emperor Chongzhen listened to Wang Chengen's quick words, his heart was relaxed, and his mood was naturally happy, he said that he was the prince, and then scolded him with a smile.
Wang Chengen knew that the emperor was happy at this time, so he didn't care, and immediately said: "The slave maid heard that Concubine Lan said that Ulan Tuya likes to eat green plums recently. Folk say that sour and spicy girls, who like to eat green plums, aren't they the princes who are pregnant? Congratulations to Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! β
Wang Chengen kowtowed as he spoke, but his face was full of joy.
After listening to the words of Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, the military attachΓ©s of the imperial attendants who stood in the imperial study, as well as other large and small chamberlains, also knelt on the ground when they heard the sound and said in unison:
"Congratulations to Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! β
"Congratulations to your majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! β
Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked everyone to stand up, and then under the entourage of Wang Chengen and other attendants in the Qianqing Palace, he went to Chuxiu Palace in person.
For him, it doesn't really matter if Ulan Tuya gives birth to a boy or a girl in the future.
What is really important is that Ulan Tuya's pregnancy shows that the Chongzhen Emperor did not have fertility problems because of the crossing.
After all, in history, in February of the second year of Chongzhen, Empress Zhou had already given birth to the emperor's eldest son, the later crown prince Zhu Cihong.
And in this time and space, it is now July of the second year of Chongzhen, and Queen Zhou's stomach has not moved.
Not only Queen Zhou is like this, but also several other concubines, which makes him suspicious.
Fortunately, Ulan Tuya's pregnancy at least shows that he has no problem as an emperor.
In fact, as a traveler, he often encountered such a situation in his later life, the more he wanted a child, the more likely he was to not be able to conceive, and once he was relaxed, he didn't care if he could conceive or not, but he could easily get the woman pregnant.
I think that today's concubines are encountering the same problem.
Chuxiu Palace is close to the Imperial Garden in the northernmost part of the Forbidden City, so it has always been relatively quiet.
And Lan Concubine Hai Lanzhu also likes this very quiet palace complex given to her by the emperor, whether she reads and writes in the palace, rides a horse to relax, or plays with flowers and plants, the location close to the imperial garden has reduced her a lot of trouble.
After all, there are two hostesses with the title of queen in the palace, one is Empress Yi'an, the emperor's sister-in-law of the current emperor, and the other is Empress Zhou, the lord of the emperor's harem.
And these two people are dignified and elegant personalities, and they have always managed everyone in the harem with etiquette, for Hai Lanzhu from the Horqin Grassland, of course, the rules are too big, and they are too much.
But today, inside and outside the always secluded Chuxiu Palace, there are crowds of people, and the eunuchs and palace maids surround and circle.
Because of the imperial sisters-in-law, Empress Yi'an and Empress Zhou, as well as Concubine Litian and Concubine Jing Yuan, all came to Chuxiu Palace.
When the figure of Emperor Chongzhen appeared at the alley in front of the gate of Chuxiu Palace, the sharp-eyed chamberlain saw the emperor and his party, and soon a piece of maid fell on the ground at the gate of Chuxiu Palace, and all the people knelt on the ground and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, slave maid!" Congratulations, Your Majesty! β
Hearing the voice outside the gate of Chuxiu Palace, the concubines who were talking to Concubine Lan and Ulan Tuya and others in Chuxiu Palace at this time hurriedly came out to greet them.
As soon as Emperor Chongzhen stepped into the palace gate of Chuxiu Palace, he saw that the pregnant Ulan Tuya also knelt down and saluted like the other concubines, and hurriedly said "No courtesy", while striding forward, personally supporting Ulan Tuya who was kneeling in the crowd behind the concubine, and then said to the surrounding concubines, eunuchs and maids:
"Ulan Tuya is pregnant, you can not worship me in the future, see the ladies of the harem, or don't kneel, just nod your head!"
Lan Concubine Hai Lanzhu hurriedly thanked the emperor for the emperor's decree instead of Ulan Tuya, and Empress Yi'an and Empress Zhou, who had long been flat, also said: "That's right!" β
The other eunuchs and palace maids at any time also followed suit and said: "Long live Lord Shengming!" β
Seeing that there were too many attendants in Chuxiu's palace, Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked Wang Chengen to drive out unrelated people, leaving only the imperial sisters-in-law Empress Yi'an and Empress Zhou, as well as Concubine Li and Concubine Yuan.