Chapter 723 860: Daily Records

Tianchuan City.

The news that Emperor Yong'an abdicated, King Wei succeeded to the throne, and established the Great Wei had been circulating in the city for half a morning and an afternoon, and the sky was gradually getting dark.

At the gate of Tongque Tower, Xu Ying was wearing a gorgeous long dress. Her charming face, like a hibiscus flower, was rosy and bright and moving under the bright light of the lanterns at the gate.

Her hands were tightly holding a handkerchief, and her swan neck was stretched out long, like a husband-waiting stone, staring into the distance. Unfortunately, she could not see the familiar figure in her vision, and her heart sank slightly to the bottom of the valley.

Sure enough, a concubine is a concubine, and a concubine without a child is not even as good as a maid.

She had heard that not long after Emperor Yong'an of Mingyangshan abdicated to King Wei, all the wives of the King Wei's mansion moved into the palace.

But these women in Tongque Garden did not even have someone to deliver the news.

Xu Ying bit her lips tightly, and a trace of sadness appeared under her beautiful eyebrows.

Just when Xu Ying felt wronged and wanted to cry, a team of carriages and horses came from the street not far away.

The leader was actually the eunuch in the palace.

Xu Ying was startled, and then she saw the pair of carriages and horses coming straight to the Tongque Tower. She was so shocked that she immediately raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, slightly tidied her clothes, and restored her previous noble appearance.

Sure enough, the caravan stopped at the Tongque Tower.

The servant who served Xu Ying came forward and asked: "Who are you?"

"Madam Xu." Chu Ran's maid came with the caravan. She came with them to recognize people. Empress Xu was used to calling her, and she changed her words until she blurted it out.

"Cai'er." Xu Ying also recognized her.

"Madam."

The eunuch in the lead bowed to Xu Ying, and then said: "I wonder if Madam Gan, Xiao, and Zhihua are here?"

Xu Ying nodded and asked the maid to call them.

The eunuch quickly spoke out to stop him, saying that he was here to pass on the imperial edict. Since the ladies were all here, he would come in and read the edict.

Inside the Bronze Sparrow Tower.

After Xu Ying, Zhihua, Xiao, and Gan arrived.

The eunuch opened the imperial edict and read it out: "The Emperor of the Great Wei ordered that I think the harem is the support of the culture... You Xu, respectful and cautious, gentle and graceful, and well-mannered, hold the imperial edict to confer Xu as Qingpin. You Gan..., hold the imperial edict to confer Gan as Ningpin. You Xiao..., hold the imperial edict to confer Xiao as Huipin, and you Zhihua... hold the imperial edict to confer Zhihua as Lanpin..."

When the eunuch finished reading the edict, the four ladies were all delighted and hurriedly thanked him and accepted the edict.

The position of concubine is below the position of queen and concubine, and is the third rank in the harem. If it were before, Xu Ying would definitely look down on it. After all, she was a noble concubine when she entered the palace, and later became the queen. The position of concubine was not even worthy of her.

But now is different from the past. First, she was demoted to slavery, became a female musician in the music bureau, and was awarded to Chen Mo.

Later, she was released from slavery and became an ordinary civilian, becoming Chen Mo's concubine.

Now, although she was only named Qingpin, at least she was given a status.

Gan, Xiao, and Zhihua had no objections.

After all, the former two were only concubines of a vassal king before, and the latter was even a lowly woman in a brothel. It was really a blessing to be treated like this.

After receiving the decree, they packed up some things and followed the motorcade into the palace.

What they didn't know was that the reason why they were named concubines.

It was because when Chen Mo was not yet emperor, he had more than 20 women, which was considered a lot.

But after he became emperor, this number was considered small.

There were enough places for concubines in the harem.

Otherwise, they would definitely have to be promoted to the level of "Shifu".

But even so, some people in the harem had objections.

Xia Zhining's bedroom.

Xia Zhiqing was taking care of her sister, and Wu Mi took the two children away.

Xia Zhining took a sip of the meat porridge her sister fed her, and pouted: "What does he mean by this? Sister, you gave birth to two children for him, but you haven't been canonized yet. He is so good that he canonized those vixens in Tongquetai first. Does he think they are more important than us?"

Seeing that her sister was jealous again, Xia Zhiqing smiled bitterly: "It's just a few concubines. Zhining, how can you tell that they are more important than us in His Majesty's heart?"

"Sister, you don't understand. The order of priority is very important. Even if it's just a concubine, it proves that he thought of those vixens in Tongquetai first." Pregnant women, especially those who are about to give birth, are particularly sensitive to such things and are particularly fond of fussing.

Xia Zhiqing didn't know what to say, she just smiled and said, "If we follow your logic, Zhining, you and I should go to the palace first."

"Sister, you are too partial to him. I don't care. If he treats us sisters badly, I will never forgive him." Xia Zhining pouted. In her opinion, not only did the two sisters follow him, but they also made great contributions to the Chen family. Counting the child born by her sister, plus the one or two children in her belly, she gave birth to three or four children for him. If this status is lowered, Xia Zhining will really make a fuss.

...

On the other side.

Chen Mo had just finished his court affairs and was about to go to Weiyang Palace. He noticed that there were footsteps following him, so he turned around and said, "You go down, you don't have to follow."

"Prime Minister Geng said that as the left attendant of your majesty, I have to be by your side at all times to record your majesty's words and deeds." The person who spoke was the left attendant of the Great Wei, named Wang Yu. His ancestors could be traced back to the founding of the previous dynasty, and several generations had been historians.

Chen Mo has just ascended the throne today, so Wei will naturally continue the system of Song Dynasty.

At the beginning of Song Dynasty, the Ministry of Personnel set up the Recorder, and later the Ministry of Central Secretariat set up the Recorder, which was divided into left and right, standing opposite each other in the palace, in charge of daily affairs, so sometimes they were also called left and right historians, or left and right recorders, and the records they wrote were sent to the History Museum for the purpose of compiling history.

In addition to recording the various activities of an emperor, as well as his words and deeds during the activities, the Recorder also records the emperor's private life, such as who the emperor visited tonight, and even when he left, and when he greeted the empress dowager, and what the emperor rewarded the concubines.

"Then will you follow me to the harem?" Chen Mo laughed angrily.

"Your Majesty, there are national historians in the outer court and female historians in the inner court. The duties of the inner court and the outer court are the same. The emperor has no private affairs, and what happens in the harem is also a national event." Wang Yu said.

"There are also female historians?" Chen Mo was stunned.

Wang Yu said, "It's my third sister."

Chen Mo: "..."

Under the guidance of Wang Yu, Chen Mo met this female historian, named Wang Xiu, who was dressed like a female official. Although she looked ordinary, she had a noble aura. When she saw Chen Mo, she was neither humble nor arrogant.

After that, Chen Mo learned that because female historians recorded the emperor's private affairs, they basically lived in the palace for their entire lives. Their entry and exit were strictly controlled, and they were not even allowed to marry. Most female historians lived alone all their lives.

The rest either angered the emperor and were killed, or were taken in by the emperor as private favorites.

When Chen Mo brought Wang Xiu to Weiyang Palace, Wu Mi was stunned, thinking that the harem was going to have a new person, but Wang Xiu looked ordinary, so it was obviously not the case.

Chen Mo saw Wu Mi's doubts and said, "This is the female historian Wang Xiu, who records my daily life."

"Oh." Wu Mi was also well-informed and soon understood.

"Your Majesty, I have seen you." Wang Xiu bowed.

"No need to bow."

As Chen Mo and Wu Mi entered the palace, Wang Xiu followed them in.

Of course, it was only the outer hall, and they did not enter the inner hall. Although it was to record the emperor's private affairs, it was also necessary to be sensible.

After arriving at the inner hall, Chen Mo complained to Wu Mi in a low voice.

Before he became emperor, he had not thought of this. Now that he realized that there was a record of history, he could not help but feel unhappy. In the future, if he had sex with several women in one night, wouldn't it also be recorded in the book, with a note: "The emperor wanted to have several women, and the emperor's illness began to weaken?"

Wu Mi covered her mouth and chuckled: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the historian also has a sense of measure when writing."

"No, I have to ask her to see the previous dynasty's daily records."

Chen Mo came to the outer hall and asked Wang Xiu for the previous dynasty's daily records.

Wang Xiu did not refuse, but she was not a female historian of the previous Song Dynasty, and she did not carry it with her, so she had to go to the History Museum to get it.

Soon, Chen Mo got the daily records of several emperors of the previous dynasty, including Song Taizu. He took them to the inner hall and read them with Wu Mi.

What Chen Mo didn't know was that as soon as he entered the inner hall, Wang Xiu wrote on the daily records of the Great Wei Emperor: "The emperor read the daily records of several emperors of the previous dynasty in Weiyang Palace."

Chen Mo and Wu Mi sat on the phoenix bed and read the daily records of Song Taizu first.

Unexpectedly, the first page was "The emperor wanted to read the daily records of this dynasty but was not allowed."

Wu Mi was stunned: "I didn't expect that Song Taizu wanted to read his own daily records and was rejected."

Chen Mo smiled slightly: "Didn't you hear that there was another meaning of the historian in this sentence? Now Song Taizu has read it, this is just a cover-up."

Wu Mi realized it later.

Song Taizu's daily records were very serious. Chen Mo flipped through several pages in a row and lost interest in reading them.

He read the daily records of the following emperors again.

Chen Mo only became interested when he saw the daily records of Emperor Yuan of Song.

This matter had already been spread.

Emperor Yuan of Song lost his biological mother when he was young, and was raised by a concubine of the previous emperor, so naturally they had a special relationship.

After Emperor Yuan of Song ascended the throne, this concubine naturally became the empress dowager.

However, the beautiful and young empress dowager was lonely in her boudoir after being widowed for many years, and she did not keep male favorites, so she set her sights on her adopted son, the emperor.

As time went on, rumors were everywhere in and out of the palace, and even some ministers wrote to ask the empress dowager to move out of the palace. Emperor Yuan of Song had no choice but to issue an edict saying: "My mother died early, and I was lonely in my childhood. Fortunately, the empress dowager taught me with kindness and grace in my difficult times. Now, I am busy every day and cannot fulfill my filial piety. I just want to serve her in person morning and evening, and enjoy the pleasures of the inner room."

The ministers were dumbfounded when they heard this explanation.

Faced with such an embarrassing thing, the historian had only one head, and he had to take into account his professional ethics, which was really difficult.

So the daily notes recorded that "the emperor was very seldom respectful in the boudoir, and sometimes stayed in the empress dowager's room when he had sex, so there was a bad reputation among the people."

This means that the emperor entered the empress dowager's bedroom and stayed in the empress dowager's room for a long time. This is a description of objective facts. As for what the two did, we don't know, we didn't see it, and we didn't dare to ask.

For example, Concubine Liu presented eight dancers to Emperor Yuan of Song.

After that night, the daily notes recorded that "when he ascended the throne, the concubine presented beautiful women to serve the emperor. Within ten days, the emperor fell ill."

And "That night, he had sex with several people in a row, and his holy appearance suddenly diminished."

As expected, gossip is more interesting to read.

Wu Mi's gorgeous face blushed like a rosy cloud.

She knew that Chen Mo's previous tricks in the palace, except for the first point of Emperor Yuan of Song, were even more absurd than those of Emperor Yuan of Song.

If this is recorded in the daily records, it will be terrible.

"Your Majesty, you have to pay more attention in the future." Wu Mi said softly with a blush.

"It's okay, I have plenty of ways to deal with her. If it doesn't work, just change it."

"Your Majesty, this is not okay. It will damage your reputation."

"I don't care about this."

As he spoke, Chen Mo hugged Wu Mi's waist, sniffed the scent of orchid and musk between the white and jade-like neck skin, lowered his head and took a bite, and then whispered: "Mi'er, I have something to discuss with you."

Wu Mi's delicate body trembled slightly, and trembled: "Your Majesty, please speak."

"It's about the conferment of titles."

Chen Mo spoke slowly.

When he entered Luonan, Chen Mo only conferred titles on a small number of people. Geng Songfu was only promoted, but he had not yet been conferred a title.

Now that he has become emperor, these titles naturally cannot be delayed any longer, and the official position should also be further improved.

"Your Majesty, women are not allowed to interfere in politics." Wu Mi said.

"I'm not asking you to interfere in politics, I'm just asking you to take a look."

Chen Mo hugged Wu Mi and said, "Prime Minister Geng is from Gaozhou, which was the old land of Zheng a thousand years ago, so I plan to confer him the title of Duke of Zheng. Promote him to the rank of Special Advancement Guanglu Dafu, Zuo Zhuguo..."

"Prime Minister Geng followed Your Majesty when Your Majesty was still the head of Pingting County in the Xuanhe period. It has been seven or eight years. During this period, the logistics and political affairs were all in charge of Prime Minister Geng. He deserves the title of Duke of Zheng." Even though Wu Mi married Chen Mo later, she knew Geng Songfu's efforts and contributions.

Chen Mo said, "In addition to promotion, I plan to make a red-lettered iron certificate for him, which can be used to offset the death penalty once."

Wu Mi listened quietly.

"As for Zuo Lianglun, he followed me for two years less than Prime Minister Geng, but his contributions are outstanding, so I will confer him the title of Duke of Korea, and the rest will be excused." Chen Mo said.

Then it was Wu Yanqing.

Privately, he was Wu Mi's father.

Publicly, he also helped Chen Mo a lot.

He even brought Jiangdong to surrender,

and Chen Mo named him Duke of Wu.

Xiao Jing's contribution was not as good as Wu Yanqing's.

But he also made great contributions. Helping him control Jiangnan was one of them.

He sent troops to fight against Lu Shengchong Wang and others.

He also guarded Yi County with Wu Yanqing, etc.

A duke was also indispensable.

Chen Mo named him Duke of Jiang.

In addition, there were some old ministers who followed Chen Mo.

For example, Sun Meng, Zhang He, Shao Jinneng, Cui Shuang, Han Wu, Su Wen, Su Wu, Hu Qiang, Li Yunzhang, etc.

Of course, they were not qualified for the title of Duke.

But they could still reach the title of Marquis, Earl, etc.