Empress Dowager + Spoiler

Li Zhongxian was completely stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he was shocked: "Your Highness, you must not..."

"Why not?" Zhao Sansi tore up the general's will, but still endured it, "I will go to the emperor to apologize in front of the emperor, but I will never let the misbehaving concubine Xi pollute the emperor's sage."

Chapter 21

Since ancient times, no matter whether it is a son inheriting his father's business or a younger brother following his brother's business, there has never been a secret story of a new emperor occupying the former emperor's concubines in the secrets of the palace.After the emperor passed away, there was even an unwritten rule that if the new emperor was willing, those concubines left in the harem who had not been exposed to rain and dew could be filled into his harem.

However, no matter whether it is occupation or "inheritance", no king has ever been so fanatical and blatantly rushing to admit that he had an affair with the favorite concubine of Emperor Daxing during his lifetime!

Li Zhongxian never thought that things would turn out like this, kneeling on the ground, hating himself for being so confused to ask the emperor's younger brother for advice, while dragging a long cry to persuade: "Your Highness, please take back these words , the imperial concubine is the emperor's favorite concubine, once she is with you... how will you let the palace and the palace look at you?"

Zhao Sansi closed her eyes, death is the most important thing, her imperial brother is a wise emperor, respected by all officials, now that the imperial edict to bury the noble concubine has been announced, the noble concubine must die.Of course she knew what the world would think of the imperial concubine and her after today's order, but she was stupid, and she couldn't think of any other way to save people except to tie herself to others.

"Elder-in-law, I don't want the noble concubine to die." The disguise faded away, and she was still the ineffective little prince. Zhao Sansi knelt on the ground, choked with sobs and said, "The will has been read out, and soon everyone in the palace will know Regarding the burial of the noble concubine, please hurry up and arrange for someone to pass on my will, and send reliable people to guard the noble concubine, and don't let the noble concubine do anything unexpected."

"Your Highness..."

"Elder-in-law, don't try to persuade me." Zhao Sansi tried to stand up while supporting the table. Seeing this, Li Zhongxian hurried over to help her. With his support, Zhao Sansi stood up, wiped his eyes carelessly with his sleeves, and gritted his teeth to continue. : "I am greedy for the beauty of the imperial concubine. On the day my father-in-law brought me to meet the emperor from the Cedar Palace, I ran out of the Chengqian Palace and hid in the imperial concubine's palace. I peeked at the imperial concubine taking a bath and changing clothes. Brother Huang's brotherhood didn't expose me, but it is a fact that I broke the chastity of the noble concubine, Brother Huang treated me well, I can't let an unchaste concubine be buried with him."

Li Zhongxian closed his eyes, "Then... what should your Highness do in the future?"

"In the future... in the future, let's look at it in the future. It is important to protect the life of the noble concubine. The boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. There is always a way." Zhao Sansi turned his back and added softly: " The imperial concubine is the person with the most exquisite thoughts, and my father-in-law must not speak to outsiders about what I said to you today."

"The old slave can save it." Li Zhongxian nodded in response, hesitated for a moment, and then took the order to retreat, leaving Zhao Sansi standing in the hall blankly.

Huarong was waiting outside, not seeing any movement inside for a long time, she was anxious, hesitated for a moment, and then boldly knocked on the door, "Your Highness..."

Huarong yelled three times in a row, Zhao Sansi moved his numb feet, squatted down, picked up the imperial edict on the ground, rolled it into a ball, and murmured: "Brother Huang, you are the one who said it beforehand. Believe it."

After saying that, he stuffed the imperial edict into his arms, took a deep breath, and then walked to the door and opened it, "What's the matter?"

Seeing that the person was fine, Huarong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought of something important, "Master Shen came over just now, and the servant saw you talking to Eunuch Li, so she asked Master Shen to wait outside. Seeing that Master Shen looked anxious, I'm afraid there is something important, but I want this servant to invite someone in now?"

Zhao Sansi turned his head and burped for a long time, then ordered Huarong to invite someone in.

Shen Yi has a pair of protruding ears, he is an old man who always smiles, at least he seems to be a very peaceful person, among this group of officials, he is the one who makes Zhao Sansi the most pleasing to the eye.

After a while, Huarong brought people in. Shen Yi's face collapsed when the Emperor died today. He came in and bowed to Zhao Sansi before hurriedly saying, "Your Highness, now that the imperial edict has been read out, all the clan members are here Waiting outside, asking if I want to come in and kowtow to you?"

Zhao Jin fell ill and passed out that day when Li Chu was born, and the matter of summoning these clans was naturally forgotten, so Zhao Sansi had never seen them before, and she panicked for no reason when faced with these strangers and relatives, so she frowned. After pursing his lips, he took a careful look at Shen Yi, coughed again, raised his face, and tried to make himself more confident, "I... can I disappear? I haven't ascended the throne yet, and I haven't paid homage to the emperor yet... ...the Emperor Daxing."

Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course you can. You are considerate, the minister will make arrangements first, clean up the main hall of Ming Qian Palace, wait for Emperor Daxing to be encoffined, let the clan relatives go to pay homage to Emperor Daxing first. "

Zhao Sansi nodded, "Just do as your lord says."

Shen Yi was so tempted to retreat, Zhao Sansi suddenly stopped him, "Master Shen."

"Your Highness, do you have anything else to tell me?"

Zhao Sansi hesitated for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at him, "How does Master Shen think about Emperor Daxing letting Concubine Xi be buried with him?"

Shen Yi glanced at her, not knowing what she meant, and hesitated for a moment, "Ever since Noble Concubine Xi entered the palace, she has been favored forever. sense……"

"Master Shen, step back." Zhao Sansi interrupted him with a sullen face, she decided that it was not pleasing to look at this old man from behind, a group of old antiques.

She suddenly changed her face, Shen Yi was a little embarrassed, moved his lips, did not dare to say any more, bowed and retreated.

As soon as Shen Yi stepped back, Huarong who was waiting quietly at the side suddenly knelt down, Zhao Sansi was startled, "Huarong, what are you doing?"

"Your Highness, please save the imperial concubine..." After Huarong finished speaking, she kowtowed on the ground three times in a row. The imperial concubine was kind to their sisters, and it is an honor to be buried with them, but for people, what is more important than being alive?

Zhao Sansi rubbed Taiyang Xué, bent down and pulled her up personally, "From now on, there will be no more Concubine Xi in the palace... I have already decreed that Concubine Xi will be abolished as Concubine Xi, and she will be thrown into the cold palace... ..."

At the same time, Gu Xizhao, who had not received the news, summoned the concubines of the harem to the main hall of Changle Palace, and was beating everyone with the majesty of the lord of the six palaces. screams.

These eunuchs and palace maids who were punished used to work in Cedar Palace. After many years, she only found them out yesterday. Originally, on such a day, it was inappropriate to punish palace servants in such a big way, but right now she doesn't care too much Well, once Zhao Jin dies, many things will happen one after another. If he doesn't build up prestige for the little prince, the group of restless women in the harem will probably poke moths everywhere.

The sound of heavy hitting the board, combined with the shrill screams, made people feel inexplicably creepy. Gu Xizhao couldn't bear it in his heart, but his face remained normal. He took a sip of tea and continued:

"The emperor's brother is merciful, and these palace people did whatever they wanted, and they did things against the master without permission. I invite all my sisters here today to remind you that now, the emperor has left us and left us to go west. How we live in the future depends entirely on the emperor's younger brother."

Gu Xizhao glanced at Concubine Yu who had copied the scriptures in the Buddhist hall for a few days, "Emperor Taidi is different today. After all, he is the same as Emperor Daxing. He has inherited the blood of the royal family, so he is definitely not a person who can be manipulated by others." Now, I advise everyone, as well as everyone’s mother’s family, to be more self-disciplined, but don’t get caught up in thinking for a while, thinking that you can do something like 'coercing the emperor to order the princes'..."

Gu Xizhao's words were a reminder to Concubine Yu that Zhao Jin's empress was a sick child who commanded the harem and had no energy left. Without a concubine, even if the minister urged her to marry and establish a queen, it would not be so fast.Then, the power of the harem will only fall on the fourth concubine, and Concubine Yu is the head of the four concubines. Once she leaves, Concubine Yu will become Concubine Yu, and the power of the harem will fall on her.

It would be fine if Concubine Yu was a simple person, but her grandfather was the most scheming person, and had some ties to the Queen's mother's Qin family in the past.Now under the pressure of Zhao Jin, even though it seems to be keeping his own place, he is actually hiding his strength and biding his time. Now that the emperor's younger brother succeeds to the throne, if Concubine Yu becomes the master of the harem, they may cause trouble again.

If possible, Gu Xizhao really wanted to send Concubine Yu to be buried with Zhao Jin.But Concubine Yu is a smart person, even though she has a small bar with her, she will not make big mistakes easily.

The concubines sitting next to each other remained silent. Once Zhao Jin died, no matter how noble his status was in the past, he would now be a group of widows. How they should live their lives in the future is up to them in private.