Hearing Concubine Shu unscrupulously asking her subordinates to slap the concubine, she couldn't help but snort coldly, "I asked the queen to take charge of it at the beginning, but the queen just responded repeatedly in front of me. When she turned around, she still went her own way and treated Shu The concubine was tolerant. If it weren't for her connivance, how could the emperor's harem be so chaotic?
She only cares about protecting her own safety and not interfering in anything, but she forgets that she is the master of the harem and a role model for women in the world. She only tolerates and gives in, which really makes the Ai family look down upon her. "
The Queen Mother said, and then asked the palace people about the emperor's and the queen's treatment of Concubine Shu. She heard that the queen only sent the two princes to the palace of Concubine Xian, and then asked Concubine Shu to be grounded for reflection. She felt that the punishment was too light.
He also heard what An Xuan said about Concubine Shu, and said: "The Qin family bullied Li'er like this because of the late emperor's regard for them. No matter whether it is a family that has lasted for many years, it is still relying on the honor given to them by the imperial court. No matter what life is like, the emperor is still the emperor, and it is not something they can control."
The nanny on the side thought, Your Majesty is not like the previous emperor. The previous emperor had military power and more control over the court than today. Less than three years after the emperor ascended the throne, the military talisman was no longer in his hands. The Empress Dowager was also in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Imperial Guard. The Queen Mother must be consulted when issuing political decrees. How can the ministers in the court truly surrender to the Emperor?
And in the eyes of outsiders, the Queen Mother and the Emperor are not biological children. They are born one level apart. The Queen Mother has a biological daughter, the eldest princess Anyang. The eldest princess has a prosperous land and is treated two or three times better than ordinary princes. Even Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot compare. , everyone naturally thought that the Queen Mother intended to let the eldest princess succeed to the throne. Otherwise, how could she let the eldest princess attend classes and study political affairs with Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The Queen Mother had obviously thought of this as she looked lonely and said, "Li'er is already twenty-seven."
She is no longer the six-year-old child who quietly hid behind the tree watching her. Before the death of the late emperor, he always said that Li'er acted recklessly and did things without caring about the consequences. He asked her to watch her. When she saw it, it lasted three years.
"Should the Ai family return the power to him and become an ordinary person who does not hold power but has Sun Nongyi?" No one dared to respond to the Queen Mother's words.
Because of matters in the court, the Queen Mother has many disputes with Her Majesty. Especially in recent days, Your Majesty has suppressed the powerful people of the family and re-employed Beizhen Fusi. The Jin Yiwei's cruel and bloody behavior has aroused the dissatisfaction of many ministers. The Queen Mother also feels that the Jin Yiwei's behavior It goes against the conscience, but His Majesty is determined to have his own way, and since Qi Zhongjing supported His Majesty at the beginning, he naturally cannot rebel midway, otherwise the Qi family will really become farther and farther away from His Majesty.
The Queen Mother sighed, as if she had aged a few years for a moment. She felt sorry for Jiahui, Yuezhen, and even more sorry for Zhongjing and her two brothers. The Queen Mother was very embarrassed. She ordered her confidants to invite the Emperor and turned back. Inner room.
When the emperor came, he happened to meet someone who was going to Ningfu Palace. When he heard that the Queen Mother wanted to see him, he thought of his visit to Ganquan Palace last night. The Queen Mother had always disliked Concubine Rou, but it didn't matter if she didn't like her. He was the emperor.
Moreover, Concubine Rou was respectful and had never been disrespectful to her mother. Her mother didn't like her, but she just didn't like herself. She didn't like that she made independent decisions and accepted the favor of the Suzhou prefect.
In the eyes of his father, the emperor and his mother, he could never satisfy them. Duan Li laughed at himself. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the tiger talisman placed on the table and the imperial army token. His eyes moved slightly and he asked An, I saw that the Queen Mother asked all the palace people to leave, and they were the only two people in the room.
"Mother." Duan Li took a sip of tea and felt it was bitter, not as good as the one in Yilan Palace.
"Recently, you have frequently suppressed nobles and promoted young people from poor families, which has caused dissatisfaction among many people."
"Have they come to complain to the Queen Mother again? Is it the Qin family, the Zhao family, or the Xie family?" Duan Li said lightly. If he was still in a state of panic when he was the prince, he was afraid that his father would depose him. , now there is nothing to fear.
He is the emperor, and if he has to be cautious about being the emperor, then there is no point in being the emperor. And because of Wanying, the Ling family is now standing behind him wholeheartedly.
Although the military talisman was not in his hand, Duan Li was not too worried. He was already twenty-seven and wanted to be the heroic person Ling Wanying said, rather than the incompetent coward who had been suppressed by his mother.
Seeing Duan Li's calm expression, the Queen Mother felt a pang in her heart, and she said: "If I hadn't been the princess of Zhenguo back then, I wouldn't have handed you into the hands of that poisonous woman. Now that poisonous woman has been punished, and so many years have passed. Li'er, are you still unwilling to forgive your mother?"
"If it weren't for the helplessness, the Queen Mother would also like you to grow up as noble as Anyang, but the Queen Mother has no choice. Your father was in a difficult situation at that time. If you are not careful, you will fall into a place of eternal destruction. We are really afraid of everything. What I did involved you..."
"I am recorded in the name of my father's concubine, but he is also a member of the Qi family. If what my father did is exposed, it will be a serious crime of treason. Even if I am not his biological son, how can I not be implicated." Duan Li thought, He seemed to have heard this reason countless times. The Queen Mother always said that she had difficulties, but in Duan Li's memory, it was not that they didn't know about his life in the Qi family.
They did intervene. The late emperor asked him to practice martial arts with the son of the princess of Zhenguo. In the princess's house, the queen mother would also come to teach them the language of the foreign country. Perhaps they thought that their special treatment would make their aunt to restrain themselves. .
The woman did restrain herself, but her methods became darker and more shameful.
Seeing Duan Li's indifference, the Queen Mother was a little confused. She wanted to say no. No matter it was the princess of Zhenguo or the emperor and queen at the time, they did not like to implicate innocent people. As long as the rest of the Qi family did not know, they would be guilty. There will be only Duan Ping.
But the Queen Mother couldn't say that. She felt that as long as she said it, those people would become so heinous and she would continue to live in guilt.
The Queen Mother sighed, "Now no matter what I say or do, you will no longer believe it."
Duan Li wanted to ask, didn't the queen mother have the idea of letting Anyang take his place? But he didn't dare, maybe he was still expecting something.
"I know, you always thought that I wanted you to make Anyang the emperor's concubine, so you have always had a grudge against Anyang, right?"
"Isn't it?" Duan Li couldn't help clenching his fists.
"No." The Queen Mother said firmly, "Why do you think those noble families would side with your father? It's just that they don't want Princess Zhenguo to succeed to the throne, and they don't want a woman to put pressure on them.
Princess Zhenguo is just like you, bent on weakening the power of noble families, but she is smarter than you and knows how to boil frogs in warm water. By the time those people react, they have no soldiers and no power in their hands. They feel that they have been fooled by the woman. , couldn't bear this tone, so he took refuge in your father. "
"Over the years, your father has treated them favorably on the surface, but in fact he has increased his vigilance secretly. You only need to follow your father's methods and you can take the government into your hands without spending a single soldier, but..."
The Queen Mother said, and couldn't help but sigh. Duan Li was originally moved, but seeing the Queen Mother's eyes filled with hatred, his heart became cold again, and he said stiffly: "So what, I am a living person, not a father." The puppets in the hands of the Queen and the Queen, if everything is done according to the instructions of the Father, the Queen and the Queen, I, the Emperor, might as well not do anything."
"Duan Li!" The Queen Mother was a little angry, but when she thought of her purpose today, she suppressed the anger in her heart and said: "Yes, you are the emperor, don't tell these jokes anymore, these things, I You have kept it for three years, and now it has been returned to its original owner. I will stay in Ningfu Palace and never see the courtiers again."
Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Duan Li had already expected it, but he was still surprised. He didn't expect the Queen Mother to give him these things so easily.
He heard the Queen Mother say: "You and I are mother and son after all. I will not harm you. Apart from sending you to that poisonous woman, I think I have nothing to do with you, so I hope you will not treat me as an enemy." .”
The Queen Mother's posture can be described as humble. She really couldn't bear to be further and further away from her parents and children. The moment she ascended to the throne, she thought that her life would be smooth from now on, but she did not expect that she would be separated from her son who was closely related to her flesh and blood. .
After all, she still couldn't bear it.
Seeing the Queen Mother's eyes filled with tears, and her originally black hair becoming a bit gray at some point, Duan Li suddenly felt that he had gone too far.
"You are the emperor, and you should listen to your ministers when you act. If you insist on going your own way, you will end up like the princess of the country. Don't rush in everything, it's better to take it slower." The Queen Mother kept saying it like a child who was about to travel far. While chattering, Duan Li did not speak and listened silently. It was rare for mother and son to have such a tender moment.
Ling Wanying woke up almost when Duan Li left. She saw Su Jin. Su Jin stroked her face distressedly and said, "Sister, I will avenge you."
"I'm fine, sister. The Qin family will be even worse. When I think of their ending, I feel happy." Ling Wanying said with a smile.
Su Jin nodded, yes, the Qin family will be even worse.
There are no secrets in the palace. The Ling family knew about the imperial garden. Ling Lichun beat the Qin family father and son as soon as they went to court. When he was pressed by the imperial guards to see Duan Li, he cried with snot and tears. His daughter had What's wrong? I'm just infatuated with His Majesty, why am I being bullied?
The daughter was just more beautiful, soft-tempered, and more popular with the emperor. Why was she bullied by Concubine Shu? He refused to accept it. Concubine Shu bullied his daughter. If he couldn't hit Concubine Shu, then he would take revenge on Concubine Shu's father and brother. .
Qin Shangshu and the eldest son of Qin were beaten with bruises and swollen faces. Ling Lichun was indeed a barbarian, full of brute force and without any sense of reason. Now in front of His Majesty, he did not care about his image at all. It was really degrading to his gentleness.
Manager Cui looked at General Ling with snot and tears streaming down his face. He was very embarrassed. He couldn't help but think of Concubine Lan from Yilan Palace. Concubine Lan was gentle and even shedding tears would not annoy people, but would only make people feel uncomfortable. I feel bad, are General Ling and Empress Lanbi really biological father and daughter? Why is there such a big difference?
This idea also slowly rose in Duan Li's mind. After getting the power from his mother yesterday, he returned to Yilan Palace. Under Lan Bin's gentle words, he became more and more arrogant and wanted to be real. Make some achievements and tell his humble father that he is actually not bad at all. You don't have to miss your brother who died long ago.
But before he could use his fists, he encountered what happened today and couldn't help but feel a little headache.
"Your Majesty, this Ling Lichun is really rude. Before he even left the palace, he rushed up and beat the ministers indiscriminately..."
"Why didn't you tell the truth? Didn't you tell me that your daughter bullied my daughter? I'm going to settle the score with you. Don't think it's just your precious daughter Jin Gui..."
The noise caused the roof of the Qinzheng Hall to be lifted off. Duan Li listened and felt that both sides were rude, so he asked the guards to gag the mouths of several people and give them twenty blows each. Poor people. The Qin family had just been beaten by Ling Lichun, and nearly half of their lives had been lost.
Finally, I heard Manager Cui say that Concubine Shu had been punished. She had been deprived of her title, demoted to Jieyu, stayed with two princes, and was raised by the concubine. The Qin family almost vomited blood on the spot, and their suffering was in vain.
Concubine Shu, no, it should be Qin Jieyu. Qin Jieyu has been arrogant and domineering for more than a day or two. When she was in the East Palace, she did something like beating the crown prince's new favorite to death. At that time, she only received a few words of reprimand. Why is the emperor starting to care about it now?
Soon they knew that the Jin Yiwei came to the Qin family. Overnight, people involved with the Qin family were imprisoned one after another. The Jin Yiwei peeled open the walls of the Qin family and found that there were countless gold bricks inside. It can be said to be a real gold house. .
The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.
The people in the palace had not yet recovered from the fact that His Majesty had betrayed Concubine Shu for Concubine Lan, when they saw that the Qin family was gone.
It was sudden and shocking, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but choke on the tea in her mouth. First she felt that the emperor was too aggressive, and then she felt that the Qin family had gone too far. She had been greedy for so much gold and silver, and she didn't know how long she had been greedy for it.
When the border war started, she, the Queen Mother, was still frugal in food and clothing, but the Qin family actually had such wealth. From Qi Zhongjing's mouth, she learned that the Qin family not only coveted the soldiers' food and wages, but also shoddy goods, replaced the soldiers' winter cotton clothes with catkins, and sold their weapons. , so the soldiers could only rely on a pile of scrap metal to defend themselves against the enemy.
"This is unreasonable. This belongs to the Qi family, not the Qin family." The Queen Mother was furious, and the courtiers who interceded for the Qin family were nowhere to be seen.
When Concubine Rou learned about this incident, she was dining with Jin Yang. She heard the palace maid next to her happily say: "Qin Jieyu used to be arrogant and domineering. She bullied the empress countless times because of her family background. Now she is fine. The Qin family is all The clan was imprisoned, the Qin family father and son were sentenced to death, and the other clan members were exiled to the border town. This is Qin Jieyu’s retribution."
After hearing this, Jin Yang put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at Concubine Rou, and asked, "Is it because of Concubine Lan that my father is so merciless to the Qin family?"
Concubine Rou frowned lightly, looked at Jin Yang, and said, "Of course not. Your father is not an emotional person. The Qin family ended up like this because their crimes were too serious."
Although Concubine Rou comforted her daughter in this way, she still had some doubts in her heart. Your Majesty would not have an attack sooner or later, but he had an attack when Concubine Lan was bullied. It’s hard not to think more about it.
