imperial dream

Above the court, the emperor proposed to everyone how to pursue the concubine Jing and Zhang Yan. Some officials who opposed the abolition at the beginning, because the new empress had already been appointed, naturally could not mention the restoration of the concubine Jing, otherwise they would be framed by Empress Cao. They were all buried only with concubines in the future palace, but Zhang Yan and everyone didn't mention it at all.

The emperor knew that he was under a lot of pressure this time, but fortunately he had done enough preparations, so he said: "I have decided to make Zhang Yan Queen Wen Cheng, what's your opinion?"

As soon as this remark came out, an official from the Ministry of Rituals understood that the emperor intended to put the empress in an embarrassing situation because she was jealous of Concubine Jing and was afraid that she would kill Concubine Jing and blame Zhang Shi because she was afraid that she would lose her post. "The Zhang family is gentle and graceful, aloof from the world, and virtuous and virtuous. It is an act of holy name for my emperor to confer the title of Empress Wen Cheng."

However, many people are constantly objecting, saying that there is a queen today, and no one else can be named after her.

Because of this, the court was divided into two factions: one sided with the emperor, and the other sided with the queen.The emperor enjoyed watching them arguing with each other in the court, and he was already ready to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. The emperor, the court officials, had already won most of the supporters, waiting for the result.

Until noon, everyone was still arguing.The chief eunuch Liu Yu brought pastries, and the emperor watched while eating.

The prime minister, Wang Yanling, saw that the emperor had lunch and knew that he had a plan in mind, so he came up and said, "When does the emperor plan to end?"

The emperor took a piece of pastry and said, "Is Aiqing hungry? Eat with me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Wang accompanied the Emperor to eat snacks and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know what's going on?"

"It's enough to eat, after the meal there will be results." The emperor watched while eating.

Another half an hour later, Wang Yanling saw the emperor smiled, and naturally understood.

I saw Jin Chong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and said: "The matter of posthumous title is a matter of my Ministry of Rites. Please listen to the next sentence."

The emperor looked at him, and everyone fell silent.

"Ms. Zhang was born in an ordinary family, and she has been favored by the sage for four years in the palace. Concubine Jing often visited Changning Palace after she became a monk. It has not stopped for four years, which shows that she knows how to be grateful. She is kind to others in the harem, and she is deeply loved by the harem concubines. The eldest son of the emperor Yong Wang Zhaoxin has recognized her as a foster mother, which shows that she is worthy of the mother's honor. For such a woman who died early, it is my great Song's loss. Today's empress understands righteousness, and often tells her ministers that the Zhang family is virtuous and should have been entrusted by the Jin Dynasty. (Noble concubine, it’s just that Jin Shangshu didn’t mention it, otherwise it’s not easy to pursue the queen.) Now Your Majesty is wise and thinks of chasing the queen at the same time, so the Zhang family deserves the crown of Wen Cheng.”

The prime minister found out why the emperor sent someone to invite the queen after lunch. It turned out that he wanted her to be speechless.He knelt down and said: "The emperor is thoughtful, wise and powerful; the empress is generous and decent, it is my great fortune in the Song Dynasty. The posthumous title Zhang is also approved by the empress, and you don't need to argue any more."

The queen didn't say a word, she only knew that she shouldn't come, but she still couldn't control the officials of the former court. Seeing the emperor's confidence, she got up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty is wise, Mrs. Zhang should have been canonized a long time ago. The concubine's negligence, now pursuing the title is in accordance with God's will."

Those who oppose the court naturally understand the embarrassing situation of the empress. It is impossible for anyone to offend the emperor in the previous court. Now the emperor is not the emperor who was not in charge at the time.They all knelt down to flatter the emperor's wisdom!

Since then, it has been difficult for Empress Cao to get the holy family no matter what. She clearly knows that the emperor angered herself because of the concubine Jing, but it's okay, after all, no one will pose a threat to her after she dies. saved.

Although Zhang Yan put herself in an embarrassing state, now that she is no longer alive, she can no longer enjoy chasing after her as a queen.

——————————————————————————————

One day, the emperor and Liu Yu were feeding the fish in the imperial garden, while the concubine Li Pang Feng and her personal maid Xiangping were collecting dew nearby and under the weeping willows.

I saw Xiangping pulling Pang Feng and saying, "Your Majesty, be careful, the lakeside is not safe."

Pang Feng said with a smile: "There is more dew by the lake, so we can harvest more."

Xiangping laughed and joked, "No wonder the lady is so likable. If I were a man, I would definitely marry you."

"Begging for a fight." Pang Feng called Xiangping with a willow stick after finishing speaking, and the two were playing...

The emperor looked at them and smiled gratifiedly...

Suddenly Pang Feng became dizzy by accident and almost fell into the lake, the emperor immediately came over to hug her: "Are you okay?"

After a while, Pang Feng got better: "See Your Majesty!"

"Excuse me, how can you get dizzy from playing?"

"The concubine doesn't know either." Pang Feng really didn't know.

The emperor said to Liu Yu: "Xiao Liu, the imperial physician of the Xuan Song Dynasty is here."

"Yes." Liu Yu left.

Pang Fengcai said: "The concubine just feels unwell occasionally, the emperor can't make such a big fuss about it."

"You are weak, you must rest well, and you will not play by the lake in the future." The emperor knew that since Pang Yu was killed, she had suffered a serious illness, and when he saw her occasionally, he also alienated a lot.

After a while, Song Yuyi came to check the pulse.

Afterwards, Song Yuyi knelt down and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the empress, Li Guifei, this is the happy pulse."

"What?" Pang Feng looked at Song Yuyi in surprise.

The emperor smiled: she is finally pregnant.

Pang Feng did not expect that the child would come so timely when he was about to fall out of favor.It's just that she didn't expect that this child not only didn't bring her good luck, but instead brought her into the cold palace and brought Grand Master Pang into prison (for details, please refer to the 93 edition of "Bao Qingtian: Concubine Pang Youxi" and I won't repeat it here. ^_^)).

The emperor said to Liu Yu: "Xiao Liu, go and inform the Queen Mother and Grand Master Pang of this good news."

"The slaves obey the order."

The emperor sat on the bench, put his arms around Pang Feng and said softly: "Don't play around by the lake in the future, protect the emperor."

"The concubine obeys the order." Pang Feng leaned on the emperor's shoulder and smiled happily...

From then on, the Empress Dowager allowed the noble concubine Li to enter and leave the palace in a sedan chair. The Empress Dowager originally intended to protect the emperor's heir, but unexpectedly, it aroused the jealousy of countless people.

The queen even held her grudges in her heart, thinking to herself: Concubine Pang has to take care of her like this now, if she gives birth to a prince in the future, the consequences will be disastrous.The emperor had the experience of abolishing the empress, if one day she had this heart, she might not be a monk, but the nine clans of the whole family, she had to think about herself and the Cao family.

The empress is a smart person, she naturally knows that the concubine Miao Yulin, concubine Shu Zhou Yixin and concubine Feng Jingxian in the harem have always been at odds with the concubine Li Jing. She knows that the concubine De is small-minded and offended a lot people.She couldn't understand Concubine Pang's favor, so she wanted to use Concubine De to suppress Concubine Pang.

So they (except Concubine Pang) were called together, and Empress Cao said: "All the noble concubines must know that Concubine Li is happy, and this is a blessing for my harem."

Concubine Miao Jie knew that the empress was narrow-minded, so she first stated her position and said, "Isn't it? This way the concubine can feel at ease."

"Oh? Why did Sister Concubine Jie say such a thing?"

"The eldest son of the emperor is weak, and my concubine has never wanted him to be crowned prince, but at present the emperor only has this prince, so my concubine can't help worrying about the child. Now there is finally a happy event in the palace. If Concubine Li Gui gave birth to a prince, my concubine Naturally, I feel more at ease.”

The queen smiled and thought to herself: It seems that the rumors in the palace are true, and Concubine Jie really doesn't want her son to be a crown prince.He said: "If Concubine Li Gui gave birth to a prince, the harem would be really lively."

Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian praised one after another, but they actually thought to themselves: This queen's mind is unpredictable, unlike Queen Guo, who is very approachable.

Only Concubine De didn't say a word.

When the queen saw it, she asked, "Why doesn't Sister Defei speak?"

"The concubine has nothing to say. The concubine is thinking that Concubine Li is so favored now. If she really gives birth to a prince, we will be trampled underfoot."

The queen thought to herself: She really is a straightforward person, so she said: "If that's the case, there is nothing we can do."

"Sitting around in a luan sedan chair all day, hum!" Concubine De looked at Concubine Miao Jie and said, "Sister Concubine Jie didn't get such an honor back then, so she's not afraid of accidents."

Concubine Miao Jie smiled and said, "I just hope that Xin'er can grow up well."

Concubine Feng Xian didn't speak because she knew that it was impossible for her to have another child with the emperor.

Concubine Zhou Shu is still sad when she thinks that her poor son is gone like that, and she doesn't speak.

Empress Cao said: "Oh, I originally wanted to persuade Concubine Li, but I was afraid of offending you. After all, the luan sedan chair is so tall, it's better not to come out."

"Even if the accident happened, she asked for it." Concubine De cursed, but in fact, she never had the intention of harming others.

The queen was waiting for her words.

——————————————————————————————

One day, Concubine Pang was sitting in a sedan chair. Since the sedan chair was very high, she could see the scenery in the distance. Suddenly, a black cat ran up to her.

Concubine Pang fell off the sedan chair in fright, but the child was safe and sound until the child was born...

Mr. Bao in Kaifeng Mansion was plotted by evil magic, and finally found out that there was an evil spirit in the Taishi Mansion. On that day Zhan Zhao took people to the Taishi Mansion, and accidentally found that the blood of a newborn baby could break the magic of the fox demon. The demon was broken by the sorcery and turned into a half-human, half-demon.

Finally, it was found that the son concubine Pang gave birth to was not the emperor's, but Taishi Pang robbed others. Long Yan was furious and handed over Taishi Pang to Kaifeng Mansion for handling.

Concubine Pang was left alone in the cold palace reciting the song "Meeting and Joy" by Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty——

Lin Hua thanked Chunhong, too in a hurry.

Helpless morning, cold rain and late wind.

Rouge tears, stay drunk, when will it be heavy,

People grow up and hate water.

End of this chapter