Xuanzong stayed overnight in Nanxun Hall last night, caring for the queen and speaking softly, as if he had gone back to the time when she had just married into the prince's palace. When Chunxia fixed her hair, the queen couldn't help but have a soft smile on her face.
"Why do I want to displease His Majesty?"
Hearing Chunxia's words, the queen sighed: "In addition to being the emperor's woman, I am also the empress of the Tang Dynasty. The harem is closely related to the previous dynasty. No matter how favored Wu Jieyu is by your majesty, I and the courtiers must not forget it." The Rebellion of the Wu Dynasty.”
"The veterans who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty had to endure many twists and turns before the Wu Dynasty could return power to the Tang Dynasty. It doesn't hurt that your Majesty puts Wu Jieyu in the forefront of his heart. If Wu Jieyu of Jin Dynasty is your concubine, you will make the veterans of the court It will make us feel cold and your Majesty will lose the support of the people."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is too considerate!"
Chunxia sighed and said: "The empress has been suppressing the matter of Wu Jieyu's concubine. The harem has everything, saying that the empress is jealous of Wu Jieyu's favor. Why don't these people think about it when they talk behind the empress's back? Zilan Palace How did that person from a humble background achieve his status today?"
"If the empress was really jealous, she would not have used the silkworm-raising ceremony to promote Concubine Shu, which would have fostered her current ambition."
After Chunxia tied the queen's hair into a bun, she straightened her hairpin and said angrily: "I'm just not worthy of my honor. It's my fault that I overstepped my bounds."
The reason why she was able to promote Concubine Shu in the first place was because Concubine Shu was a singer from Luzhou who came from a humble background and had no aristocratic family to rely on.
The harem was turbulent and treacherous. Although she worked hard to take care of the harem, there were still dark corners in the palace that she couldn't see.
Who is promoted to be the concubine, and who is favored by His Majesty? The entanglements and struggles in the harem will always exist.
Only the Wu family can’t!
If Your Majesty makes Wu Jieyu your concubine, it will invisibly send a signal to the ministers in the DPRK that the Wu family is about to revolt.
Letting the ministers of the DPRK and the people of the world remember the existence of the Wu Dynasty is not conducive to the stable situation that the Tang Dynasty finally achieved.
The women of the Wu family are very capable!
Even as wise and powerful as His Majesty, you will be dazzled by the Wu family who seems to have a gentle temperament, forgetting the heavy damage caused to Li Tang by the chaos of the Wu Dynasty.
Queen Wang knew that Wu's matter was a thorn in her and His Majesty's heart.
There is no pain from this thorn for the time being, because the pain has been numbed, but the thorn has always penetrated into the flesh, and the pain will still be there if you touch it lightly.
When Chunxia mentioned Wu Jieyu's story, the thorn in Queen Wang's heart ached again.
It would be much easier to be a queen who obeys His Majesty.
"You have been serving me for many years, and I know you are doing it for my own good."
She rubbed her aching forehead and comforted Chunxia and said, "It's okay not to mention this in advance. I'll think about it carefully later."
Chunxia wanted to say something else, but Queen Wang interrupted her.
"I have something for you to do. I want to meet Duke Qi."
Duke Shouyi of Qi State is the elder brother of Queen Wang.
Chunxia was stunned for a moment: "Mother, is it because of the little princess?"
"That's right!"
Empress Wang said lovingly: "Although Xiaoshi is smart, she is still a child. The cactus tea is worth thousands of gold. The person who gave the tea to her must have an agenda. I am afraid that she will be tricked by others, and I want my brother to help me." Find out about this.”
Chunxia took the order: "I know this!"
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Walking all the way to Shangyang Palace, Li Sixu asked Master Zuo Wei whether her father stayed at Nanxun Palace last night, and found that Li Linhuai's ears were red.
Li Sixu stood on tiptoes to get a clear look.
Li Linhuai saw her smiling with her little head tilted and not looking at the road, fearing that she would fall.
"Why is the princess standing on tiptoes looking at me?"
"You look good, sir!"
Li Sixu folded a reed on the roadside and naughtily pulled Li Linhuai's face.
"Here, your face seems to have been burned by the sun!"
The brush of the reed flower on his face caused a lingering itch. If the younger brother in the family was so naughty, he would be spanked by Li Linhuai and then carried to the roof to be exposed to the sun. But when he faced the little princess who looked at him with her lips pursed and her eyes sparkling, Li Linhuai felt a sense of powerlessness.
He caught Li Sixu's rebellious Wei Hua and said helplessly, "Yes, my face was burned by the sun."
Li Linhuai asked her: "Why does the princess want to inquire about your majesty's whereabouts?"
"Because only if the relationship between the queen mother and the emperor father is good, can the harem be stable!"
Li Sixu took out the reed flower grabbed by Zuo Wei and waved it in her hand: "A few days ago, the Queen had a headache. Sisi followed her master to consult the Queen. On the day that the father came to Linglong Residence, Sisi said I started planting artemisia in the cold palace, and by the way, I told my father that the queen had a headache."
Li Linhuai understood what she meant: "Don't you know that your Majesty has a headache?"
"Yes, my father doesn't know."
Li Sixu sighed: "The Empress always puts her father first, which is different from my mother-in-law's attachment to her father. Sisi thought she was the one who loved her father the most in the harem. The empress had a serious illness and did not give in." People who go to the Xingqing Hall to pass the news must be afraid of disturbing my father in handling the affairs of the state."
"The Queen takes care of everything on her own. Sisi thought that she should let her father know about her hard work."
Li Linhuai thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's true. Chen's mother will tell his father what kind of work she did to take care of the back house, so that Chen's father will know how hard her mother has worked."
Li Sixu asked him: "Will the general be unhappy if Madam does this?"
"Won't!"
Li Linhuai said truthfully: "My father sympathizes with my mother's hard work in housekeeping and taking care of my younger brothers and sisters. My mother can also sympathize with my father's hard work as a errand, and my father and mother are more harmonious."
Li Sixu shrugged, indicating that his inference was correct.
The little princess is obviously still young, but when she worries about the affairs of His Majesty and the Queen, she looks old-fashioned and sees through everything.
Li Linhuai burst into laughter for a moment!
The two of them chatted all the way to Shangyang Palace. The father-in-law in charge was waiting in front of the palace gate.
Seeing Li Sixu appear, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet her: "Slave Yang Qing, I have met the little princess."
Li Sixu thought that the person Yang Eunuch had chosen for him was an elderly eunuch, but it turned out to be a young father-in-law.
Seeing that he looked familiar, Li Sixu asked, "Has Sisi met my father-in-law in Xingqing Hall?"
"yes!"
Yang Qing smiled and said: "Eunuch Yang is the godfather of the slave. When he sent the slave to Shangyang Palace, he told the slave to work well for the princess. If the job was not done well, the slave was carefully exposed."
Li Sixu was very moved after hearing Yang Qing's words.
Everyone said that Yang Sixu was cruel and vicious, but he made very good arrangements for her behind the scenes.
The young eunuch who can be favored by him must have extraordinary abilities.
Li Sixu said gratefully: "Coming to Leng Palace is a hard job. Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law!"
"My godfather once said that only by doing errands that are beneficial to the Tang Dynasty can you live a happy life in this palace."
