The Hexi Palace is as lively as the New Year every day, and the Yikun Palace is even more desolate.
Ever since the emperor and empress had a quarrel that day and the empress left the table angrily, the emperor had not been to Yikun Palace.
Even on such a big day as the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, according to ancestral rules, the emperor had to come to Yikun Palace to spend the night, but he didn't come.
He would rather sleep alone in Chengqian Palace than come to accompany the Queen.
The situation in the palace is changing day by day.
That day, the concubines and concubines laughed at Concubine Li with Empress Zhu. In the blink of an eye, she herself became a joke.
Little did she know that the concubines were also secretly laughing at her for not overestimating her abilities and actually following the example of Zhen's concubine and quarreling with the emperor.
Do you think that everyone is just Jiang Xinyue, that charming girl who has fascinated the emperor so much that he is dizzy?
Then she must be as beautiful as her!
Now it's okay, it was self-defeating, the emperor ignored the queen.
No wonder Empress Zhu felt so embarrassed that she even skipped the daily greetings from the palace concubines. In addition to having a headache, most of them probably still felt shameless!
"Empress..."
They lit the charcoal basin one after another: "How about we go and admit our mistake to the Emperor! The New Year's Eve banquet is coming soon. If the courtiers see that you are not on good terms with the Emperor, then..."
After all, the fifth prince is not the Queen's biological child. Whether he can be established as a prince in the future depends on the support of the courtiers and the emperor's wishes.
"Wow!"
"I won't go."
The rouge on the dressing table shattered to the ground, and Queen Zhu's chest heaved violently: "I have been married to him for decades, and she slapped my face like this for a concubine, and I still licked my face to beg him. Forgive, why?”
Of course, since he is the emperor, he can control the life, death and honor of everyone in the harem!
In fact, Queen Zhu may not understand these things intellectually.
But emotionally she couldn't accept it.
Empress Zhu came from a wealthy family and was born with great dignity. She valued face and dignity more than life. This can be seen from why the good concubine was so open-minded but was able to win the queen's trust.
Because the good concubine is Empress Zhu's mouthpiece.
All the vulgar words that she could not express because of her identity were spoken through Liang Fei's mouth, and she felt relieved just listening to them.
But this time, because Zhen's concubine was "arrogant and arrogant", she kept the emperor out of the house. The emperor could not blame her. Instead, he carefully coaxed her everywhere, knowing full well that the empress was leading people to enjoy the flowers in Nuan Pavilion, and even asked the guards to pick flowers.
All right!
Forget about picking flowers, but when she is angry and wants to talk to Hexi Gong, can the emperor express his apology like he did with Zhenbi and give her a little dignity as the master of the harem?
No!
Not only did she not, the emperor also ordered all the plum blossoms in Nuan Pavilion to be cut down, just because she disturbed the warm time between him and Zhen Concubine.
She still remembered that she and Shen Ye had just got married, and when they went to Cining Palace to express their gratitude the next day, the Queen Mother made things difficult for her in every possible way, but the Emperor protected her.
The high-spirited emperor took her to Nuange to enjoy the snow.
He also said: "I know you like plum blossoms, so I ordered people to plant a garden full of plum blossoms here. You can come here at any time to enjoy the flowers and make wine. It is also a good thing."
Soon after, the plum garden blossomed, and the scenery was dazzling. Who wouldn't envy her the protection of the emperor?
Every winter after snowfall, she invites the concubines to cook wine and enjoy plum blossoms, which has become a fixed entertainment item.
Now, everything has been ruined by Zhenbi.
The emperor had long forgotten how he promised to plant a plum forest for her.
How does this make her feel relieved? How to humbly admit your mistake to the emperor?
Where did she go wrong?
The relationship between the Queen of the Central Palace and the Emperor was in a stalemate, and no one dared to act rashly. Only the concubine Zhen of the Hexi Palace was favored. Even if she was pregnant and could not sleep with her, the Emperor would always go to her place to spend the night every now and then.
Finally, with only ten days left before the New Year's Eve banquet, voices of opposition appeared in the court.
Ye Jieyu's father, General Ye, was the first to attack: "Your Majesty, I heard that the emperor has been doting on his concubine recently, and the concubines in the harem are complaining. It is really inappropriate for the emperor to favor one person so much. It is even more unethical for the emperor to linger on his concubine when she is pregnant." If you don’t behave properly, please ask the emperor to put the emperor’s heir first, and let the rain and dew fall on you.”
Those ministers who had daughters as concubines in the palace knelt down one after another: "Your Majesty, please put your heir first, and let the rain and dew fall on you."
Only General Ye, after returning from the victorious battle, had the courage to take the initiative. Others did not dare to take the initiative.
After all, the emperor's remaining power in dealing with the Wu family and the Song family is still there. Who knows if the emperor will hold a grudge and deal with them next?
"It is said that?"
Emperor Xuanwu held the purse hanging around his waist in his hand. The poor stitching on the purse showed that the person who embroidered the purse was poor in red.
He even had a smile on his face: "Who did General Ye listen to?"
That smile is scary no matter how you look at it: "Did you listen to what Ye Jieyu said, or did you listen to General Ye, the spy you arranged in the palace?"
"I don't dare!"
General Ye knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, there are many concubines in the harem. If the emperor only favors one concubine, it will inevitably make the harem unbalanced. If the harem is unbalanced, the government will be unstable. As the king of a country, the emperor should not Such willful and reckless behavior, as well as that precious concubine, have caused the emperor to lose his mind, so he should be severely punished."
"What did General Ye say?"
Jiang Yankun, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, who had been promoted to the third rank, looked at General Ye with disapproval: "Who the emperor favors or does not favor, those are all the emperor's affairs. What does it have to do with the previous dynasty? Do you mean? Say, if the emperor doesn't favor your daughter, you won't fight for the Yan Dynasty? Isn't that threatening the emperor? General Ye, you are so courageous! You even dare to threaten the emperor."
"you!"
General Ye stared at those copper bell-like eyes and said angrily: "Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of doing this. Every word of my words is for the sake of the Emperor and the country."
"The country, the country, and the country are the emperor's business. Why do you want to think about it? Just run the errands for the emperor. Don't be so big and wild. I don't know if you think you want to be the emperor!"
After Jiang Yankun finished reading, General Ye wanted to rush up and tear his mouth open: "Jiang, you are standing and talking because your daughter is the only one the emperor favors!"
"nonsense!"
Jiang Yankun chuckled: "Then if the emperor's only favorite is Ye Jieyu, your tail will be raised to the sky! Are you going to ask the emperor to punish Ye Jieyu severely here?"
Of course not.
General Ye blushed at his straightforward question: "You..."
"And you people..."
Jiang Yankun turned his gun and pointed it at the ministers kneeling behind General Ye: "You also want to threaten the emperor?"
If they don't sleep with their daughter, they won't serve the emperor, and they will destabilize the previous dynasty?
The dozen or so ministers looked at me and I looked at you. They helped each other stand up from the ground as if nothing had happened.
There's no such thing... There's no such thing...
