The Passing Light Throws Away the Flowery Years

Emperor Qingwen, the fourth emperor of Daqing, died. Prince Yuan Che ascended the throne according to the decree. He changed the country's title to Jianzhang, honored his biological mother Qin as the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, posthumously named the late Empress Duanhui Hua as Duanhui Ciyi's mother empress dowager; named the original Crown Princess Zhao as empress, the original concubine You as Xianfei, the original concubine Fu as concubine, named Yuan, and the concubine Lan was named Zhaorong and named Xi. There has always been an ancestral example of a new emperor's selection of women when he ascended the throne, and the emperor was still young. Although he had four wives and concubines, he only had one son and two daughters, one of whom was the daughter of the Xianfei You clan, and the other daughter of the Yuanfei Fu clan. The eldest daughter was named Xiu Jing Emperor Ji, and the second daughter was named Zhaoning Emperor Ji. The Empress Dowager had always disliked the fact that the emperor favored Concubine Yuan alone, and because the emperor had just ascended the throne and his status was not stable, he needed to recruit the daughters of important ministers as concubines to win over people's hearts. Therefore, a total of seven new concubines were admitted in this election. The daughter of the deputy minister, the Ya family, who was involved in political affairs, was granted the title of Zhaoguiren, the daughter of the Yongzhou prefect, the Hua family, was granted the title of Yingjingren, the daughter of the right admonishment official, the Shen family, was granted the title of Juimei, the daughter of the Hanlin Academy scholar, the Mei family, was granted the title of Cairen, and the daughters of local officials, the Lu family, the Qi family, and the Chu family, were granted the title of Baolin, Cainv, or imperial daughter. The imperial city, which had been silent for a long time due to the funeral of the late emperor, finally resumed the drama of sorrow and joy in the palace with these beautiful young women. Whoever is wronged for whom, whoever vindicates whom, right or wrong, success or failure, will eventually come to nothing.