34, make new regulations
When Ouyang Huiru arrived at Cining Palace, the main hall of Cining Palace, which was full of religious and mysterious style, was already full of nobles from various palaces who had received the summons and arrived on time.
Shizong had few wives and concubines, only two concubines, three concubines, and two concubines. At this moment, they were all summoned and sat upright in their respective positions in a solemn manner.
There are also some palace maids who have been favored but have no status and are called up by a single person, standing humbly in the corner, with either excited, nervous, or anxious.
Princess J and Princess Wei, who do not live in the palace on weekdays, have also received the imperial edict and are standing respectfully behind their mother-in-law, Princess Yuan and Princess Rou.
This situation is a bit big! What rules should be established? So cautious? Ouyang Huiru pondered, walked to her position with a solemn expression.
"The Empress Dowager is here!" The eunuch's high news came, and the empress dowager was surrounded by the palace people, coming out of the inner hall, with a solemn eyebrows and a gloomy aura all over her body.
Everyone was so tight that their scalp was caused by the aura brought by the empress dowager. They quickly knelt down to greet each other and greeted each other in unison.
"Get up." The Empress Dowager sat in the main seat, raised her hand and said with a stern face.
Everyone stood up and looked at her together, waiting to listen to her admonition.
Very satisfied with everyone's cautious attitude, the Empress Dowager nodded secretly and looked at Madam Eqi beside her. Madam Eqi understood and presented a thick palace rule in her hand.
The Empress Dowager took over the palace rules, flipped them casually, and spoke slowly, "The Ai family re-examined the palace rules a few days ago and found many vague or omissions. Without rules, it would not be square or round. If the rules were chaotic, it would be most likely to breed entanglements and troubles, causing the harem to become a place where dirty and dirty things were even affected by the previous dynasty. The decline of the Great Zhou Dynasty began with the 'Red Wan Rebellion' in the harem. The Ai family was afraid that I, Dajin, would repeat the same mistakes. After thinking for a long time, they finally decided to purify the harem and re-establish the rules. What do you think?"
Although she was asking, the empress dowager's expression and tone repeatedly showed that she had decided and could not be argued with. How dare everyone disobey? They all nodded and said yes.
It turns out that we are going to eliminate pornography, gambling, drugs and crack down on it! Ouyang Huiru has a little confidence in her heart.
"Red Pill Rebellion" She heard from Madam Qin that several generations of emperors in the Great Zhou Dynasty had sexual intercourse. It was a fun and extremely short life. Finally, it was found that it was caused by the concubines in the harem who came to the emperor. The medicine "Red Pill". The red pills were violent and addictive. Several generations of emperors in the Great Zhou Dynasty died on the Red Pill, which led to a complete decline in national strength. The thousand-mile dike was destroyed in an ant hole. This is the reason.
I just didn't know what stimulation the queen mother was, so she suddenly took these things seriously.
Everyone was confused, but they were respectful on their faces, and listened to Madam E Qi reciting the new rules formulated by the Queen Mother one by one.
Madam E Qi held the newly formulated palace rules and read them out loudly. The first thing she read out was the rules for the palace maids.
The palace maids have specified specific dressings according to their grades. They are not allowed to wear red hairpins, apply makeup, look directly at the saint, and... After many "no" periods, Eqi announced corresponding punishment methods one after another. The lightest one is the thirty rod, the heaviest one is the death of the rod, and there are exiles, whipping, and exiles, laundry bureaus or military camps, etc., so I will not say one by one.
As soon as the new rules and punishment were released, the concubines were satisfied. The strict control of palace maids was so strict that it would see who would dare to dress up and take the opportunity to invite favor to the top.
The palace maids who were favored but had no name were pale. They all relied on ghostly means to take office. The rules set by the Empress Dowager were slapped in the face, warning them, and warning the palace maids to enter the palace maids not to try to climb higher, and the consequences were not something they could bear.
After reciting the new rules for the palace maids, E Qi didn't look up and continued to recite the rules for the concubines.
The concubines must also strictly follow the grade in their dress. They must not use items that violate the grade. They must not enter the Ganqing Hall without any order. They must not stay overnight at the Ganqing Hall when they sleep. They must not spy on the emperor's tracks, interfere in the government affairs, and shall not...
One after another, the "no" popped out of Madam Eqi's mouth. The concubines who were very proud just now were dumbfounded, their faces were stiff and their breath was disordered, which showed that they were extremely uneasy. After hearing about the harsh punishment methods such as confinement, inciting to the cold palace, and killing a stick, their faces were pale one by one.
The emperor is not greedy for women. In the past month, he has been in the harem less and less. Once the rules of the empress dowager are released, wouldn’t it be more difficult to meet the emperor than to climb to heaven?
Seeing the twisted expressions of the concubines, Ouyang Huiru, who was inexplicably harsh in her heart, lowered her eyes, raised her lips slightly, and thought leisurely: Hey, something big is wrong, the ice age in the harem has arrived! But when she recalled that there was a vague one in the new rules, "You must trespass the Qing Palace without any intention", she became melancholy again, and the corners of her mouth immediately drooped.
As soon as the new regulations were issued, she actually stepped on a landmine. It was indeed a lucky way that cannon fodder could have!
She sighed in her heart. When Madam E Qi finished reciting the rules, she walked out with a pretty face, walked out openly, knelt down in front of the empress dowager, and kowtowed.
The queen mother raised her eyebrows, "What's wrong with the little girl?"
Ouyang Huiru straightened her waist and looked at the empress dowager devoutly, "Go back to the emperor's grandmother, the granddaughter-in-law has violated the rules and came to apologize. In order to get the decree to meet his father, the granddaughter-in-law went to the Ganqing Palace to find his father an hour ago. He asked the emperor's grandmother to sue him."
The empress dowager laughed secretly and thought: The little girl is really honest. She doesn't hide any trivial matters. She acts in a proper way, and is not arrogant or impatient. As expected, she is a destined noble person who is not broken. This is better, and she will not be charming the court. With the little girl around Wubiao, the Ai family will feel at ease.
The Empress Dowager was extremely satisfied with her honesty. Her serious face immediately softened and helped Ouyang Huiru up and said, "These rules are only for concubines in the harem, and they are not hindered from Xiaoru. Moreover, Xiaoru acts first and establishes new rules later. It is the so-called "unknown person is not guilty, get up quickly. You are so honest."
Ouyang Huiru smiled sweetly, stood up, hugged the empress dowager for a while and acted coquettishly.
Seeing the Crown Princess come out to apologize, the concubines who thought there was a good show to watch were pale and blue in anger, and their faces were even more distorted. The Yuan concubine, who had the highest position, finally couldn't sit still. She repeatedly kneaded the embroidered handkerchief in her hands and spoke hesitantly, "My mother, are your rules too strict?"
"Yan? What should I do in the opinion of Yuan Fei? Let me tell you your rules." The empress dowager looked at Yuan Fei coldly, and asked in a low voice with a sarcasm. After asking, she suddenly slapped the table and scolded him loudly, "Do you think that the empress has not been established in the harem for a long time? Humph! You dare to say that the rules are established in front of the Ai family. Do you have this qualification and have this right? If you think you have too high status, just say it! The Ai family will fulfill you!"
The Queen Mother was not a vegetarian, who could raise a son like Shizong, who was decisive and decisive. When he slapped the table and said something, he was shocked by the Yuan Concubine's battle. He was unsteady and immediately collapsed to the foot of the Queen Mother and kowtowed heavily to apologize.
Seeing this, everyone who wanted to agree with the Yuan Concubine quickly shut up and was as silent as a cicada. Even their breathing was on the tip of their noses, their faces were blue and purple. The atmosphere in the hall was extremely depressing and quiet, which made people tremble.
The empress dowager glanced at the concubine at her feet, carefully examined her bright and charming face, and saw her pitiful and pretentious behavior. Her anger did not diminish, but instead burned even more passionately. Humph, it was because of such a woman who was good at charming the Lord that my foundation in Dajin would be shaken. If it was not broken, it would be like those short-lived emperors in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they were pinned or even assassinated by some women. How could she meet her ancestors in a hundred years?
The more the empress dowager thought, the more angry she became, and she said sternly, "Okay, don't kneel down! This rule has been read by the emperor, and it has been approved by him, so it must not be changed! The Yuan Concubine questioned the holy intention and violated the palace rules. If someone comes, she will be 20 years old and send her back to stay in jail for three months, and copy the new palace rules a hundred times a day!"
Madam E Qi sent two palace maids to capture Yuanfei and slapped her twenty slaps. The Yuanfei's cheeks were swollen and her mouth was speechless.
The Empress Dowager's move to kill the chicken to warn the monkey completely shocked everyone. When everyone was dismissed by the Empress Dowager, they all had weak steps and were confused, as if they were extremely frightened.
If the empress do not change, it would be as strict as the harem as the military camp, and it would completely crack down on some people's desire to invite favor and flatter. The palace was calm for a while, and the intrigues and deceptions in the past had nowhere to be used, and they became dormant.
Ouyang Huiru returned to her bedroom with a calm expression, leaning lazily on the couch, pouring a cup of tea for herself, looking at the beautiful autumn scenery outside the window through the water vapor filled with hot tea. She smiled in her eyes and thought leisurely: I don’t know how many people are going to suffer from insomnia tonight!
After receiving the new rules in the palace, it is probably gone, but some people don’t think she is so leisurely and leisurely. The sound of the “Crown Prince Arriving” outside the palace came. Ouyang Huiru immediately lowered the smile in her eyes, put down the teacup, and curled her lips in disappointment.
"I have seen the prince, what's the matter with the prince?" Ouyang Huiru saluted the prince with a wooden face, and did not greet him in a false way like before, and asked straight to the point.
The prince frowned because of her perfunctory attitude. The princess was only obedient for a while. After a serious illness, she seemed to have changed back to her original arbitrary behavior. As expected, her nature is difficult to change!
He felt very disgusted with such a princess, and the prince was too lazy to talk nonsense to her, "I came here to ask for a title for Lan'er when I went to the emperor's grandmother." If there was no matter in the yard, he would have gone to the Cining Palace to ask for it, but now it is more suitable for the Crown Princess to go.
"Oh? I dare to ask what title the prince wants to ask for for Miss Xing?" Ouyang Huiru asked lightly, without any jealousy or resentment on her face.
Seeing her calmness, the prince was surprised and slowed down and said, "Please beg a concubine. The father had promised him in person a few days ago."
Haha~~~ I promised the concubine? Is the prince treating her as an idiot? Ouyang Huiru was angry and laughed, "I only heard that my father told her to give her a name, but I never said that she was a concubine. With Miss Xing's humble origin, I will never agree to be promoted to the concubine. Please come back."
He actually opened his mouth and drove him out. The prince was furious and his cheeks flushed. He pointed at Ouyang Huiru and scolded him sternly: "Ouyang Huiru, I'm here to ask you, it's for you to be shameless. Be careful that it will be ugly in the future!"
After a while, the east wind of the crown prince's concubine rescued her was dispersed, and the father no longer paid much attention to her. He had his own way to teach her a lesson. Women should recognize their duty of "taking husband as heaven". The crown prince thought fiercely.
The prince pointed his index finger at his nose and humiliated him. Ouyang Huiru was also angry, sneered, raised her eyebrows high, and said slowly, "What do you want to do to me? I am just right, but I can't stand the stimulation. When you leave, if I get seriously ill again, I don't know how to tell my father. My father has explained thousands of words and reminded me to take care of my health."
As soon as he moved out of Shizong, the prince immediately became depressed, angrily withdrew his index finger, glared at Ouyang Huiru, and left with a fierce look.
Chapter completed!