Chapter 1290 Women’s Harem
After receiving the news from the palace, Princess Quan could no longer sit still.
She stood up suddenly:
“No, I have to enter the palace immediately!”
Seeing the princess's furious look, Quan Cong couldn't help but become worried:
“Has Lu Boyan really convinced His Majesty?”
His Majesty has been on the throne for decades, but there has been no queen in the harem.
Lu Boyan could actually persuade His Majesty to change his mind in one go by himself?
As soon as he thought of this, Quan Cong's face suddenly became ugly:
Is it possible that Lu Boyan's status in His Majesty's heart is far beyond his imagination?
If not, how can we explain the two major national events of establishing a prince first and then a queen?
On the other side, Princess Quan has hurriedly asked people to prepare the car and is about to go out.
For her, entering the palace is a very easy thing.
After all, she is His Majesty’s most beloved daughter.
Especially Princess Quan, who inherited Mrs. Bu's beauty, can vaguely see her mother's appearance between her eyebrows.
Every time Sun Quan saw her, he would naturally think of Mrs. Chu.
Therefore, the daughter was specially given the privilege of entering and exiting the palace freely.
Compared to Quan Cong, who had to be summoned outside the palace but could not get a husband, Princess Quan was much more majestic.
Getting off the car outside the palace gate, he walked directly through the palace gate and entered the palace without any notification.
The first thing Princess Quan did after entering the palace was naturally to visit Sun Quan.
Then I learned that His Majesty was discussing matters with others in the front hall and had no time to see her at this time.
However, after learning that Princess Quan had entered the palace, Sun Quan still sent someone over so that she could play around in the harem garden on her own first and see her again after handling the political affairs.
This arrangement is exactly what Princess Quan wants.
When she came into the palace this time, she did not want to immediately raise the topic of establishing a queen in front of Sun Quan.
Because she knew that the intention of doing so was too obvious.
After all, the grudge between her and Mrs. Wang is not a secret.
If it is raised directly, it will not only arouse the emperor's vigilance, but may also arouse the other party's resistance.
Furthermore, His Majesty had the intention to establish a queen, so he immediately went to the palace to mention this matter.
Even if she is a daughter, she will still make His Majesty unhappy and even suspicious.
So this time I entered the palace just to meet a certain person.
Compared with the palaces of Wei and Han, the palace of Wu was much smaller.
Needless to say, Wei Guo.
Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Rui, from Xuchang to Yecheng, and then from Yecheng to Luoyang, built many pavilions and palaces.
After Emperor Ji Han moved the capital to Chang'an, the Weiyang Palace that Feng Lianyin reorganized for him was many times more advanced than the Taichu Palace in Jianye City.
In addition, in the past few years, the Chang'an palace complex has never stopped being restored.
Not to mention the heritage of the Chang'an Imperial Palace, apart from Luoyang, even Wei State's Xuchang has to lag behind.
Unlike the State of Wu, the center of power in the early years was placed in Wuchang.
After Sun Quan became emperor, he began to officially operate Jianye.
After the capital was officially moved to Jianye, Emperor Sun made do with simplicity and used the old General's Mansion in Jianye as his imperial palace.
Although the mansion was renovated, it was ultimately a matter of caring for the people, so there was no large-scale expansion - of course, this is a superficial statement.
The real situation is that because the treasury has no money, we are poor, too poor!
Not only was he poor, but he also had foreign debts at that time, and the creditor was named Ji Han.
Having foreign debts and no money, we still have to go north to fight, and there are even natural and man-made disasters from time to time.
I can't keep up with the speed of spending money every year. Where can I expand the palace?
“The palace has no high platform, and the objects are not decorated”, that is really a true portrayal of the Taichu Palace.
Not to mention that compared with the imperial palaces of the Han and Wei dynasties, or even compared with the real area of Feng's mansion far away in Chang'an, it may be slightly inferior.
After all, although Feng Mansion looks like just a big Sima Mansion, in fact, the entire area includes Zhendong General Mansion and Shunde Jun Mansion.
There must always be horses in the backyard of the house.
Because if there is an emergency and you run from the east to the west to find someone, you have to ride a horse.
Otherwise it would take most of the day just to rely on two legs.
The Imperial Palace of Wu State is much simpler.
The whole princess wants to go to the palace garden to play. She doesn't need the palace servants to carry the chariot, she can just walk there by herself.
The imperial palace of Wu State was too small, and the palace garden was naturally nothing special.
But today, the scenery there is particularly beautiful because of one person.
By the lake in the palace garden, there is a platform called Zhaoxuan Terrace.
At this time, on the Zhaoxuan stage, there was a young woman in palace attire, lazily leaning on the table, sitting and lying on the floor.
Throwing fish food from Zhaoxuan Terrace to the lake below.
Although she is facing the water and her front face cannot be seen, the profile of her face is enough to attract everyone's attention and refuse to move away.
Even though all the princesses are girls and have good looks, she still can't help but feel a little shaken every time she sees this woman.
The grand palace skirts were spread around her. Behind her, a tall pomegranate tree reached the stage. The dense crown of the tree cast a huge shadow, covering her from the sun.
Made her whole body look like a fairy in the Yaochi with gorgeous highlights in the center.
“No wonder the world calls her a goddess, and no wonder His Majesty wants her to be a fairy companion…”
Princess Quan sighed secretly, and then said to her left and right:
“Mrs. Pan is on stage, so we won’t go over and disturb her.”
After saying this, she turned around and left.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Pan seemed to feel the movement here and turned her head to look over.
With their eyes facing each other, the princess no longer looked arrogant outside, but instead bowed to Mrs. Pan in a polite manner.
When Mrs. Pan saw Princess Quan, she stood up quickly and returned the favor.
Then he waved to the princess, and at the same time gave some instructions to the palace attendants standing beside him.
I saw a palace man trotting down quickly and saluted respectfully:
“Madam, please invite all the princesses to come over and talk.”
Seeing that she couldn't avoid it, Princess Quan nodded and walked towards that side.
“I’ve met Madam.”
Mrs. Pan had already greeted Princess Quan, with a smile on her face. She stretched out her hand to hold Princess Quan, and said with some irritation:
“We are all members of our own family, why are we so polite? Get up, get up quickly!”
Pulling Princess Quan to her feet, Mrs. Pan continued to ask:
“The princess came to the palace to visit His Majesty?”
“Exactly.”
“That’s really unfortunate!” Mrs. Pan said with a smile, “Your Majesty, you have been very busy these two days. I heard that you are in the front hall now, and I won’t be able to find time to come over anytime.”
“It doesn’t matter, I’m just waiting for Your Majesty here.”
"That's great!" Mrs. Pan heard this and said with a smile, "I happen to be bored alone. I wonder if the princess would like me to wait with you?"
“I’m just afraid of disturbing my wife’s pleasure.”
“What did you say? I’m too late to be happy!”
Mrs. Pan covered her mouth and said with a smile:
"I'm afraid of delaying the princess's affairs! Just in time, I still have the peach wine passed down from Han, and it's still ice-cold! Why don't you go over and have a drink?"
“Since Madam said so, I would rather obey your orders than be respectful.”
“Oh, that’s great! Come on, come on!”
As Mrs. Pan spoke, she held Princess Quan’s hand and walked over.
At the same time, he also ordered the left and right:
After the palace servants removed the leftovers and served the food and wine again, the two of them sat down on the banquet.
Mrs. Pan was impatient and waved her left and right hands to leave. Then she personally picked up the wine jug and was about to pour wine for all the princesses.
Princess Quan was caught off guard and glared at Mrs. Pan fiercely from an angle that no one else could see.
He saw her reaching out to take the wine bottle as quickly as possible, with a respectful look on her face:
“What do you mean, madam? Let me do it!”
Mrs. Pan suddenly came back to her senses, with a stern look on her face, and explained a little redundantly:
"I was a little too happy to see the princess..."
Princess Quan tried her best to keep a smile on her face, and was even in the mood to pour Mrs. Pan a glass of peach wine.
Let the palace people who were standing under the stage and ready to be called at any time thought that the two of them were having a very happy conversation.
But in fact, Princess Quan’s tone was not polite at all:
“No nonsense, what’s going on?”
Mrs. Pan was originally the daughter of a criminal clerk and was not from a wealthy family. Although she is very favored now, she has not been in the palace for a long time.
In terms of knowledge and magnanimity, she is naturally far inferior to Princess Quan.
Not to mention the various conspiracies in the palace, how can it be compared with Princess Quan who has grown up in the inner palace since she was a child?
Mrs. Bu was favored in the harem during her lifetime. She did not have the title of queen, but she had the actual status of queen.
Everyone in the harem calls her the queen.
His relatives are sparse, so he is also called Zhonggong.
After his death, Sun Quan was able to ignore everyone's opposition and pursue her as the queen at all costs.
It can be seen that Mrs. Bu is not someone who entertains people with her appearance, and her methods are also very good.
Princess Quan has lived with her mother in the palace since she was a child. She has been influenced by her ears and eyes, so naturally she is not too bad in this regard.
“Yesterday, the general and others came to see Your Majesty and talked about the establishment of a queen. Many ministers said that the king’s wife is the mother of the prince and should be established as queen.”
Although Mrs. Pan tried her best to imitate Princess Quan and not show any trace on her face, her cultivation was too shallow and she couldn't control her emotions.
She hurriedly explained the seriousness of the matter to Princess Quan, her eyes unable to hide her anxiety.
Princess Quan had already expected this to happen, and immediately sneered:
"Why are you panicking? Even if your Majesty is determined to establish a successor, how can such a major matter be resolved in one day?"
As she spoke, a smile appeared on her face, and she raised her cup to signal to Mrs. Pan opposite.
Mrs. Pan was led away by Princess Quan, so she could only raise her glasses in the same manner as if she were drinking.
Princess Quan took a sip of the ice-cold peach wine and then said slowly:
"How did you know about this? What is His Majesty's attitude?"
In this matter, His Majesty's attitude is the key.
“Your Majesty asked me to sleep with you last night, and he casually mentioned this matter on the couch, so I only found out about it.”
When Mrs. Pan said this, she hesitated for a moment, as if she was recalling His Majesty's attitude when he talked about this matter on the couch last night.
She frowned, and just such a small movement made her reveal a seductive attitude inadvertently.
“Your Majesty means that what the General and others said is very reasonable. He believes that there should indeed be a master of the Sixth Palace in the harem..."
Hearing this, Princess Quan’s hand that was gently squeezing the wine glass immediately tightened it unconsciously, and she couldn’t help but pause for breath:
“In your words, did your Majesty clearly say that he would make that **** named Wang your queen?”
Mrs. Pan had a sad look on her face:
“Last night, His Majesty discussed the matter of establishing a queen. He mentioned Mrs. Wang several times and said that the general and others were willing to support her as queen.”
“The implicit meaning of this statement is that I want the king’s wife to be the queen? Besides, she has the support of the general…”
She had previously thought of slandering the Yuan family in order to clear her way to the throne of the queen.
At this time, I thought that His Majesty intended to establish the Wang family, and I learned that the Wang family had the support of the general and other important officials in the court.
Suddenly she lost her composure, and even called Mrs. Wang in private as Mrs. Wang, with a sense of awe in her tone.
Princess Quan heard the woman in front of her speak so confusedly, and when she heard her look so confused and frightened, she almost couldn't help but throw the wine in her face.
At this time, she could hardly control the expression on her face:
"Whether or not to establish a queen, who should be appointed as queen, what does it have to do with Lu Boyan? You don't care what he does! What I'm asking is, what was His Majesty's attitude when he talked about this matter with you?"
“Ah? Go up to the general, he...”
Mrs. Pan couldn't help but pale after hearing what Princess Quan said.
The great general is famous all over the world. Even if he is in the harem, he often hears about his name.
I heard that yesterday he led many ministers to knock on the que. How can you say that you don't care about him?
It’s just that Princess Quan seemed to see through her thoughts at a glance and interrupted her:
“If I say he’s not important, it’s not important!”
She stared at Mrs. Pan and said word by word:
“Let me remind you again, His Majesty’s attitude is the most important!”
As if she was afraid that Mrs. Pan would not realize the importance of this matter, Princess Quan emphasized her tone:
“My mother, the late Queen (Mrs. Bu), was still able to outdo that **** surnamed Wang. After her unfortunate death, the one surnamed Wang became the most favored in the palace.”
“It wasn’t until you entered the palace that you took away His Majesty’s favor.”
At this point, Princess Quan paused for a moment to let Mrs. Pan finish digesting this sentence.
Then he continued:
"That **** had secretly slandered my mother many times before she was alive, so that she was not even able to be crowned queen during her lifetime. You can imagine how vicious that **** was."
“If she ascends to the throne, do you think that if you call her Mrs. Wang a few times now, she will spare you for stealing His Majesty’s favor?”
When Mrs. Pan heard this, she immediately trembled and lost her voice:
“Yes, last night your Majesty…”
After Princess Quan heard a few words, she cursed in her heart:
“This stupid woman!”
She immediately interrupted Mrs. Pan's words, and at the same time, she kept pouring wine for the other party.
The smile on his face was like the spring breeze blowing on his face:
“Come, madam, let’s have another drink!”
Mrs. Pan finally reacted after her interruption. She quickly smiled and raised her cup:
“Yes, come on, drink again!”
After drinking another glass of wine, Princess Quan smiled and asked something completely opposite to the expression on her face:
“What did your Majesty say last night?”
Mrs. Pan also calmed down at this time and lowered her voice:
“Your Majesty also said last night that the General and others would not only advise Your Majesty to appoint a king, but the king..., well, the king is a **** as the queen.”
"They also said that it was the lack of an owner in the harem that led to the disorder in the six palaces. In addition, the Wu Palace was small and the concubines lived together without anyone to manage them. It was easy for trouble to arise. If something unspeakable happened, it would be a loss to the royal family. .”
“Therefore, I suggest that your Majesty establish a position of honor and inferiority, clean up those favored concubines who have no status, and move them all to live outside the palace.”
“Your Majesty seemed very unhappy when he mentioned this matter...”
Princess Quan listened patiently and captured the information she wanted very keenly. She quickly interrupted Mrs. Pan:
“Your Majesty is unhappy? Are you sure?”
At this time, although Mrs. Pan was still a novice in palace fighting, she was extremely talented in understanding the emperor's will.
Otherwise, it would not have been possible to **** Sun Quan's favor away from Mrs. Wang.
She noticed the change in Princess Quan's mood and immediately guessed that this matter might be very important.
So he tried to think about it again, and then nodded affirmatively:
“Your Majesty is naturally unhappy.”
Princess Quan resisted the urge to stand up, drank the wine glass in one gulp, and said with a comfortable smile:
"I see."
Seeing Princess Quan's appearance, Mrs. Pan didn't understand that the other party already had an eye on her.
So she quickly asked:
“What did the princess understand?”
(End of this chapter)