Being petty, thrifty, and respectful to each other are the basic characteristics of a good wife.

Comrade Zhu Xuanhao is worthy of being an outstanding representative of new women in the new era.

In Cining Palace, my father-in-law met Zhu Yaoyuan, the fifth aunt of Shouning, and his son-in-law Wan Wei, and his sixth aunt of Yanqing, and his son-in-law Zhu Yaoji, and his son-in-law Wang Bing.

Wan Wei, who was a businessman and had been engaged in the capital's high-interest business, is the major shareholder of maritime bonds. So, after hearing that Eunuch Wei asked the Donglin Party to impeach him, he and his "nemesis" Wuqing Hou Li Wei went to the palace to plead with the emperor, because he was afraid that if Eunuch Wei was defeated, the money they invested would be wasted.

Therefore, when seeing Eunuch Wei who was following Shouning with the child, Mr. Wan took the initiative to come forward and greet Eunuch Wei with warm greeting.

Li Wei, the representative of the Empress Dowager's family, was talking to the people from the Ministry of Rites. When he saw Eunuch Wei coming, he hurriedly greeted the people from the Ministry of Rites and greeted Eunuch Wei.

What could these three people have to talk about? After a few polite words, they turned to the bonds. Li Wei was also particularly concerned about the maritime expansion in the southeast. Hearing that the Imperial Army had occupied Taiwan, where sugar cane was planted everywhere to squeeze sugar, Li Wei kept it in mind and thought to send someone to Taiwan to see after the New Year. If it was as true as Eunuch Wei said, the sugar business there would be put down.

This is also another way out for Li Wei to plan for the Li family. With the death of his aunt, the Empress Dowager, the Li family can no longer be able to intervene everywhere as before.

The industry "military uniform" that has always been accused of was scolded by Lao Chou several times, and all signs indicate that Lao Chou hopes he can stop. Therefore, if he does not find a new way of wealth, if Wuqing Hou Mansion does not do it well, his income will be cut off.

Wan Wei has no interest in doing maritime trade. His favorite thing in his life is to make money. He is not keen on the "physical" industry. In addition to exploring the background of Eunuch Wei, he also intends to "join" him.

This "joining" is not about buying bonds, but about hoping to become a trader like her niece Shouning.

He had a bold idea, and his father-in-law looked at Wan Wei with admiration. No wonder this guy dared to protect Zhu Youjian into the palace after Zhu Youxiao's death. He was indeed a person who knew how to seize opportunities.

At hand, my father-in-law really has a plan.

This plan is to integrate existing resources and industries and create a concept of a group company. If tens of thousands of dollars are willing to raise funds and cooperate, the plan will be very feasible.

On the other hand, Wang Bing, the son-in-law of Yanqing, did not recognize Eunuch Wei. Seeing that the fifth brother-in-law Wan Wei and the queen mother-in-law's nephew were so intimate with a eunuch, he couldn't help but feel disdainful.

At the beginning, Shouning also went to Liugu's house to promote bonds. Princess Yanqing wanted to help her niece, but the family conditions did not allow it.

The Yanqing prince-consort Wang Bing is very talented, and she is particularly good at poetry creation and painting. The famous calligraphers and painters Dong Qichang and Tao Wangling all dated this prince-consort.

The prince-consort is also generous and no matter who comes to his house, he will be close to him. Therefore, his annual salary is mostly used to entertain guests, which makes his wife Princess Yanqing very nervous and cannot afford to pay extra money to help her niece.

In folk words, this Yanqing prince consort is an intellectual who is a fake noble and wants to suffer from face.

If it weren't for Wan Wei's brother-in-law, I guess Prince Consort Wang wouldn't have looked at him directly.

Because of this aloofness, the prince-consort Wang was a little eye-catching among the many royal relatives and was very unsociable. So, Yan Qing was doing everything on the scene, and he was like a hand-off manager. Wan Wei just politely said to him when he first met, but then he was too lazy to answer him.

While talking to Wan Wei and Li Wei, my father-in-law looked into the hall and found that there were many people in the hall, but most of them were women.

Two white-haired concubines sat there chatting alone, and from time to time, younger generations came forward to kowtow to the two old concubines to wish the New Year. The two old concubines smiled and took out the red envelopes they had prepared and distributed.

Shouning was taken to talk to his aunts by Rongchang. When Wan Wei saw that Eunuch Wei was confused when he looked at the two old concubines, he told him that the two old concubines were Emperor Muzong, namely his father-in-law, Concubine Li Gong and Concubine Yu Yi of Emperor Longqing.

The two concubines were the only two remaining concubines in the palace. They were both named concubines in the sixth year of Longqing. However, three months later, their husband, Emperor Longqing, passed away. They were like widows who had just gotten married, and were very similar to Princess Yongning.

The princess of the Ming Dynasty could not remarry, and the concubines could not remarry. Therefore, the two new concubines lived alone in the palace for forty-five years, and changed from a cardamom girl to a white-haired old man.

My father-in-law thought that the two old concubines had a miserable life, but after thinking about it, if it weren't for the Yingzong's system of banning the concubines from sacrificing their lives, these concubines who had no children would be even more miserable.

Wan Wei secretly told his father-in-law that Concubine Li's family was very poor. In his early years, he secretly sent the gold utensils that Emperor Muzong rewarded her to her parents' home, and later asked the gatekeeper to report the report.

"Although His Majesty was young at that time, he felt sorry for Concubine Li. He did not ask someone to pursue this matter. Instead, he rewarded the Concubine with a hundred gold coins, saying that his family was poor and he would not give it to him because the late emperor gave it."

When talking about this past, Wan Wei still appreciated his brother-in-law's way of dealing with him.

The father-in-law cursed: Yes, your brother-in-law is generous to others, but he is stingy with his son-in-law!

Li Wei said that the two old concubines came according to the rules. Although they were the same women as the Empress Dowager, they were nominally the latter and the concubine, which was a relationship between the monarch and the minister. Therefore, today they must come to give their queen a incense stick.

The three of them talked for a while, and Qi'er suddenly started to make a fuss about her mother. Wan Wei and Li Wei hurriedly asked their father-in-law to find Shouning. These two people didn't know the relationship between father-in-law and Shouning, and they couldn't think of that aspect at all.

After Eunuch Wei held Qi'er and found Shouning, Shouning hurriedly coaxed his son and told his father-in-law that the emperor, the empress and the imperial concubine had come to Cining Palace yesterday. Today, only Concubine Liu Zhao, Concubine Zhou Duan, Li Debin, Liang Hebin, and Li Rongbin, who were not favored.

"Concubine Zhou Duan?"

"My mother of Prince Rui."

Shouning said that Concubine Zhou Duan was the only woman among these concubines who gave birth to a prince.

When it comes to King Rui, my father-in-law remembered that in the 17th year of Chongzhen, King Rui's family was killed by Zhang Xianzhong. Later, after Li Zicheng captured Beijing, Concubine Zhou Duan returned to her mother's house to live. It is said that she lived in her eighties and may be the longest-lived concubine in the Ming Dynasty.

There is no impression of a few concubines, but that concubine Liu Zhao

My father-in-law secretly slapped Concubine Liu Zhao who was talking to the two old concubines. This woman has a story because she is the woman who was introduced by the Donglin Party to fight against Concubine Zheng and compete for the sovereignty of the palace.

After Li Cui'er's "Case of Moving the Palace" was defeated, all the concubines who were nominally qualified to be the Empress Dowager had passed away, and only Concubine Zheng had the most honorable title. Moreover, Zhu Changluo had the will to be appointed Concubine Zheng as the Empress Dowager by his father's order, so Concubine Zheng should have naturally become the Empress Dowager.

However, this decree was not recognized by Yang Lian and others, and they secretly kept injustice. In turn, they deceived Concubine Zheng's nephew, Zheng Guotai's son Zheng Yangxing, and advised his aunt to give up fighting for the empress dowager. In this way, Concubine Zheng stopped fighting in order to protect the Zheng family.

Subsequently, the Donglin Party immediately respected Concubine Liu Zhao as Concubine Xuanyi, lived in Cining Palace, and took charge of the seal of the Empress Dowager, becoming the actual Empress Dowager.

After Liu Zhaofei became the actual master of the harem, she was not blinded. She still lived calmly and did not take power, but she could only stick to her opinion on one thing.

This incident was when choosing a princess for King Xin, Liu Zhaofei insisted that Chongzhen's first wife, Empress Zhou, was later the princess.

Judging from this incident, Liu Zhaofei is quite eye-catching.

The people from the Ministry of Rites were counting and after they were all, they immediately arranged the matter and asked all the concubines, empresses, your highness, and the prince-consort to come forward in order and prepare to burn incense to the empress dowager.

After doing this, the princesses and princesses can only go to greet the emperor and the queen for New Year, and then they will be their respective mothers.

The royal relatives knew about the ethics and morality of the nobles and ethics. However, they did not need the guidance of the Ministry of Rites, so they stood in their own positions. Shouning was the youngest, so she stood at the end.

Everyone in front of them was just listening to the people from the Ministry of Rites, and my father-in-law threatened to come to her side with Shouning's forced eyes, standing awkwardly and stiffly.

If this is the case alone, it would be nothing. After all, everyone is looking at the front. Who would notice that the princess standing next to the princess behind was not the princess, but a eunuch?

But things quickly changed.

When a little eunuch from Cining Palace came to give the incense branch, he found that Eunuch Wei, who should not have stood there. He was stunned for a moment. Although he was surprised, he still handed a stick of incense to His Royal Highness the Princess, and then prepared to retreat aside.

However, His Highness the Princess called him: "Give him a pillar too."

"ah?"

The little eunuch was very confused: He is not the prince consort, why should he take incense?

Seeing that the little eunuch stood still, Shouning was a little anxious. He snatched a handful of incense from his hand and stuffed it to Eunuch Wei without hesitation: "Hold it!"

"Your Highness, this is not in accordance with the rules." The little eunuch did not dare to rob him of His Highness the Princess, but he still had to remind him.

"It's not your business, step aside." Shouning's voice was unquestionable.

My father-in-law had no choice but to hold it and looked forward. He found dozens of eyes staring at him.

Those were confused eyes!

Those were surprised gazes!
Chapter completed!