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The emperor wants to abolish the empress.

As soon as the news came out, everyone was shocked.

However, neither the harem nor the court caused much shock.

The emperor has been in the imperial court for many years, and the ruling and opposition parties have long been familiar with his brutal and arbitrary temperament.At the beginning, the emperor relied on force to succeed to the throne. He led his troops directly into the Weiyang Palace. He killed the king and father without any hesitation. He never relied on the favor of the late emperor or the support of powerful officials.After succeeding to the throne, the emperor refused to marry important officials in the court, let alone appoint any foreign relatives.

Now the several high-ranking concubines in Weiyang Palace are all expensive by mother and son, and their natal families are not prominent.

The queen's father's family also had nobility but no job, and all the glory came from the blessings of the heavenly family.

Cheng Engong kowtowed and screamed, and most of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty remained silent.

Even if someone feels deep sympathy for the queen, as long as they think of the brutality of the emperor's relegation and exile, not many people are willing to lose their careers for this sympathy.But the Minister of the Ministry of Rites had no choice but to go out to help the queen to say a few words because of etiquette, and his attitude was very restrained and perfunctory.He was committed to making the emperor understand that his appearance was just a formality for his official behavior, and he didn't really want to fight against the emperor.

No one in the harem extended a helping hand to the queen.

The queen has no children, and has always lived on the dignity and respect given by the emperor.

But the emperor was very "fair" and promoted his concubines only on the basis of pregnancy, so that the concubines who are currently in high positions have sons under their knees.

Originally, the harem thought that the position of the empress was as stable as Mount Tai, and the concubines with sons all rushed to please the empress, hoping that the empress would be a help for their sons to succeed to the throne, but who knew that the emperor would abolish the empress!

As soon as the news came out, the harem immediately exploded.

The high-ranking concubines with sons are all gearing up, thinking about the queen's position, and it's too late to grab the queen, who is willing to give the queen a hand?

Not only did no one in the harem extend a helping hand to the empress, several concubines who had ideas about the throne in the harem went to talk to the empress one after another, either to win over promises, or to coax and intimidate, mainly to persuade the empress to be more open, don't If you are too strong and cause big troubles—the emperor wants to abolish the empress, if the empress refuses to obediently retreat to the cold palace, instead commits suicide or quarrels with the emperor, isn't this a big joke?Must be appeased!

The queen was almost pissed to death by this group of concubines who came to tease her every day.Just considering the emperor's fierce temper, father, brother, nephew, and the whole family depended on the grace of heaven for their lives, how could they dare to really get angry with the emperor?If she dared to offend the emperor, the emperor would really dare to kill her whole family.

The decree of the abolished queen has finally come down.

The queen took off her phoenix robe, returned the phoenix seal, moved out of the central palace, and moved to Shengping Palace.

There was a lot of discussion in the palace, the emperor treated the empress courteously, and did not send her to a secluded and embarrassing palace, the Shengping Palace was not as good as the Changqiu Palace except for its name, good location, good scenery, and brand new furnishings, not at all. It's like the place where the downcast concubine lives.

When the dust settled after the empress was abolished, the harem was even more undercurrent, and everyone was inquiring about news about the establishment of a new empress.

The emperor never married the important officials in the court, so it was impossible for him to marry the new queen directly.After all, how could a daughter of a poor family be as honorable as the biological mother of a prince?The princes are in their twenties and the youngest are more than ten years old, so they can fully see the virtuous and foolish temperament.If the emperor had the idea of ​​enshrining the crown prince, he would first help his mother and concubine to be the queen, wouldn't it be justifiable to be born in the middle palace?

This matter got mixed up with the registration of the Eastern Palace, and even the important officials in the court all looked sideways.It's one thing to dare to intervene, but it's another thing to care about it or not!After all, that is the next employer. Can the part-time workers not care about who the little boss is and what his temperament is like?

For a moment, the situation in Dragon City was surging.

Use force here, knock sideways over there.

Some people guessed that it was Concubine Liang Shu, she was the eldest prince's birth mother!

Some people also guessed that it was Concubine Deng. The three princes born of Concubine Deng looked the most like the emperor and were smart and smart, so they were highly relied on by the emperor.

Some people guessed that the emperor might not be crowned queen right away, and should have to wait a little longer. The twelve princes are smart, brave and benevolent, but unfortunately they haven't grown up yet, and it's unknown if the queen is vacant.

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The emperor issued a posthumous edict, and made Bai, a daughter of the people, the empress.

The ruling and opposition parties were shocked again!

It is not that there is no precedent in the history of registering civilian women as concubines, but the choice of concubine does not require a prominent family background, at least one must be innocent, right?What did the three generations of ancestors do?Where is your native place?Who is the father and grandfather?Do you have any strange relatives?We must investigate clearly!

The empress established by the emperor is very strange. She didn't say where she is from, nor who her father and ancestors are, nor her birth date. She only knows that her surname is Bai, and she is going to be the empress, that's it!

It is not uncommon to forge identities for concubines.The Minister of Rites is very willing to take the blame for the emperor.

Find a family of a small official with an innocence, or a scholarly family, and make a deal. Anyway, the daughter is not listed in the genealogy. Just say that this is your daughter. Who would dare to refuse such a great honor?Even if someone knew that she was an adopted daughter or a fake daughter, no one would dare to say anything.

After all, a woman is married from her father to her husband at home, and her identity follows her husband. If the husband is prominent enough, the father's family is not important at all.

The problem was that the emperor didn't want to "operate".

He didn't even want to be perfunctory. The queen's public identity is the Bai family, a civilian daughter. Other than that, she has nothing.

The Minister of Rites was immediately dumbfounded, what the hell is going on? !The emperor will also be hired when he is established, and the new queen does not even have a natal family. How can I go about the three letters and six rituals?Where is the will sent?Where will the dowry go?Where can I greet you personally? ...all holes!

The emperor ordered that everything should be kept simple. The imperial edict of the new queen was already in place, and the new queen was already living in Changqiu Palace.

Minister of Rites: "..."

Shu Hanyun asked: "Why don't I invite Ai Qing to have a wedding wine again?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites didn't bother to talk about etiquette anymore, kowtowed again and again, and fled out of the Tai Chi Hall in despair.

The harem concubines who had failed to hope were so angry that they smashed their glasses one after another, and the abandoned empress who had already moved into the Shengping Palace laughed silently at night when there was no one around.

——The old sisters have been fighting openly and secretly for 20 years.How about having children?How about childless?In the end, the one who took the back seat turned out to be a young and unknown "Minister Bai Shi"!

How ridiculous!

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Shu Hanyun wanted to abolish the empress and establish an empress, Fu Chuan couldn't intervene, so he could only watch day by day.

He knew that Shu Hanyun's new queen would be Princess Bai, and originally wanted to take this opportunity to find out Princess Bai's real name, but he didn't know that Princess Bai not only refused to give her real name, she didn't even reveal half of her real surname.Just as Ah Shou's surname is Feng but not Lin, of course it is impossible for Princess Bai to have a real surname Bai.

"Why are we getting married all of a sudden?" Fu Chuan could only discuss a few words with Yun Chao in private.

Yun Chao casually replied, "Everyone takes what they need."

Fu Chuan heard the rich connotation of this sentence, and couldn't help asking: "What do you know, brother?"

Yun Chao looked back but looked confused, as if he didn't understand what he was asking.

Fu Chuan has a layer of "Prince" status, very sensitive, and it is not good to go too deep into the matter of the abolition of the empress, so he fell down, only to feel his muscles and bones creaking: "This place is so suffocating." bent."

Yun Chao took out a letter from his pocket and said, "We have a letter from Xingcheng."

Fu Chuan immediately sat up: "Is it An An's letter?"

He asked a question and realized it was wrong.An An didn't know that he was in Dragon City, so how could he deliver the letter to Dragon City?When I received the letter, I found that the letter was not written by An An, and the recipient was not him, but Yun Chao.He immediately folded the letter back and asked, "This is...?"

"I met a little fox in Xingcheng. She would often pass me news from there." Yun Chao said.

Since it was not a letter for himself, Fu Chuan refused to read it, and asked, "Is there any urgent news?"

"Look." Yun Chao pointed to the letter.

Only then did Fu Chuan re-open the letter paper for inspection.

The little fox wrote letters with big and small handwriting, probably because he didn't know many words and had to be concise.In addition to the greeting at the beginning, the middle part shows how much delicious food I have eaten recently, and the focus is actually in the last few sentences.

"There is a big demon [circle] appearing, and he will give you a real spell." Fu Chuan was even more confused, and the backs were full of ghost symbols.

Yun Chao slowly drew eight secret characters in the void with his fingers, and said word by word: "Taoism is always nameless, knowing it will never end."

These eight characters come from "Tao De", and it is also one of the methods of turning the infinite into the finite in the cultivation method of the Hanjiang Sword School.

——The so-called three thousand ways, no one can do all three thousand ways.Mortals have limited energy and must choose one.

The eight secret characters drawn by Yun Chao are the untold secrets of the limited law.The reason why it is not passed on is not that the Hanjiang Sword Sect has sectarian views and refuses to give alms to ordinary people for cultivation.It is because the method is too profound, and it is easy for ordinary people to go astray in self-study, and non-Hanjiang Sword Sect inner disciples cannot study it carefully.

Fu Chuan was used to the leakage of the Hanjiang Sword School's practice.

His focus was on the fluffy circle drawn on the letter paper: "What is this circle?"

"Qingqi." Yun Chao said.

"Can it be seen that it is Qiongqi?" Fu Chuan was speechless again and again, "Why is it Qiongqi?"

"The little fox is very close to the Xuannv Temple. Her maid, Sisi, helps the workers in the Xuannv Temple." Yun Chao was talking about the main points.

Sisi is the girl who adopted the little fox, and the little fox insists that Sisi is her maid.

The little fox can use the Yaozu secret method to send letters to Yunchao, and Yunchao seldom replies to letters, but only once in a while, so he probably knows the situation there.

Before Yun Chao left Xingcheng, he left a handful of gold leaves for the little fox, so that one person and one fox could live a good life.It stands to reason that this handful of gold leaves is enough for the two of them to lie down for a lifetime without worrying about food and clothing.However, Sisi is a very knowledgeable girl, she thinks that she and the little fox can't keep the golden leaf left by Yunchao, she must find a more stable backer.

After several months of investigation, Sisi resolutely seeks refuge in Xuannv Temple as an orphan.At first she did some menial work in Xuannv Temple. Because of her cleverness and diligence, she was quickly promoted by An An's favor. She began to study scriptures and medicine with Fu Doukou, and helped with some arrangement and management work.

After thoroughly familiarizing with Fu Doukou and An An's temperament, Si Si boldly brought the little fox into the Xuannv Temple.

From then on, one person and one fox lived in Xuannv Temple.

Under such circumstances, the so-called big demon Qiongqi dared to contact the little fox, and taught the little fox the secrets of the Hanjiang Sword Sect, without worrying about being discovered by Fu Doukou and An An—how rampant this is ? !

"I understand what my brother thinks."

Fu Chuan folded the letter paper signed by a fox's paw print, stuffed it back into the envelope, and handed it back to Yun Chao.

"I have chatted with a few banshees in the palace these days, but they are not willing to hide from others and say everything."

Fu Chuan didn't stay in the palace all day in the cold cloud, he did a lot of small work in private, went to get close to the deer girl and the sheep girl, and a few jade carving dolls fooled the two little banshees into obsession , A lot of "unimportant" information came out.

According to A Shou and Longnu, after the Yaozu returned to the Central Plains, it was completely scattered, and there was little contact between the same clan.

This is because the monster clan must take off the monster body when entering the Central Plains, and naturally lose the mana that has been cultivated for many years, so they can only start from scratch.

Many monster clans were reduced to the wilderness and could only feed on birds, insects and ants. The unlucky monster clans would even be killed by hunters.How can I contact and protect my fellow clansmen?

Moreover, it is difficult for the Yaozu to coexist peacefully.

Animals attack birds, and birds eat insects, this is the nature.

Even if they can cultivate a human body and participate in good fortune together, the hatred and hostility engraved in their bones will still be difficult to eliminate.

Fu Chuan removed the cups on the tea table and placed them in four different directions: "The dragon lives in Tianhai, the unicorn lives in Yungu, the phoenix lives in the phoenix tree, and Bai Ze lives in Shouyuan. Insect master, lin is the beast master, phoenix is ​​the poultry master, which group does Bai Ze belong to?"

Yun Chao replied casually: "Bai Ze masters different things and is good at knowing everything. It stands to reason that all monster races that are not insects, birds, or beasts are dominated by Bai Ze, such as Qiongqi, Wuwu, Taotie, and Chaos." Waiting for the fierce beasts, they also throw themselves under Bai Ze's gate and live together in Shouyuan."

Fu Chuan did not expect Yun Chao to be so clear about everything about the Yaozu. Considering how close he was to the little fox, and was ordered to investigate the matter between Shu Hanyun and Princess Bai, it is not surprising that he knew some inside information—Yun Chao has always been in business. Properly, it has become a habit to check and ask more questions in case the owner consults.

"The deer girl and I said the same thing."

"She and the sheep girl were supposed to be headed by Qilin. However, Qilin did not show up for a long time. The white princess found them first, gave them a practice, and protected them. There is no relationship between monarch and minister, master and servant, the Lu Clan does not belong to the Qilin Clan, and the Deer Girl does not belong to the Lu Clan either. She changed to Bai Ze's sect on her own, and no one can control her."

"There is no news of Phoenix in this world."

"Ah Shou's mother has turned into a unicorn bone, and Ah Shou has lost his intelligence and sleeps all day long."

"Dragon Girl is seriously injured and is also recuperating in a coma."

"Only Princess Bai seems to have been operating in the world for a very long time, and she has formed many good karma. The monsters she sees, regardless of their backgrounds and races, she will give away cultivation methods. If you can win over, it doesn't matter. You, practice slowly by yourself, the stronger you are, the stronger the Yaozu will be."

Speaking of this, Fu Chuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Being so open-minded, without being limited by the views of racial sects, it can be seen that the plan is far-reaching."

"However, there is one thing that I couldn't figure out." Fu Chuan said suddenly.

Yun Chao silently looked up at him: "?"

"As far as the few monsters we have seen so far. The red fox in Xuncheng, all of her cultivation methods are from the Hanjiang Sword School. There are many and complicated ones, and I don't know their origins. Outside Wuxing City, my senior brother and I also met a man who can only control pythons. A fierce beast that devours iron and stone."

Fu Chuan knew that Yun Chao couldn't understand the word "puppet master", so he changed the wording to be perfunctory.

"Now that Qiongqi sent the repair method directly to the little fox in the Xuannv Temple, it can be seen that there is a force within the Yaozu that is gathering the tribe and strengthening its strength-we probably think that this force is the white princess who has formed a good relationship. "

"The problem I can't figure out is that if Princess Bai had many cultivation methods in hand many years ago, why would she arrest me and send her three daughters to do shameless bad things to me in order to get me What about the secrets of Zhibao Cave that you know?" Fu Legend.

Yun Chao was stopped by his question, trying to rationalize Princess Bai's motives: "Maybe, she thinks she doesn't know enough?"

Fu Chuan shook his head.

"The fierce beast with the head of a tiger and the body of an ox in Wuxing City was the one that wanted to steal the bones of the unicorn. Before it died, it prayed to the Dragon Lady for help, and the Dragon Lady rescued it desperately. The princess took me and Ah Shou into the small world together."

"Initially, I thought it was a coincidence."

"That ominous beast is a descendant of Dragon Blood and was rescued by Dragon Lady. It stands to reason that it should be a demon clan of Dragon Lady's lineage."

"Now I know that little monsters of the Qilin clan like the deer girl and sheep girl can join Bai Ze's sect instead. Why can't the fierce beasts of a different kind be under Bai Ze's sect? Are you willing to win over Ah Shou, but instead hurt him again and again?"

Yun Chao thought for a while, and put forward his own idea again: "There is no second day. She must not want Qilin to appear in this world."

"However, if this matter is investigated carefully, it would be somewhat inappropriate." Yun Chao considered Fu Chuan's opinion very seriously, "Since the young master is worried, I will wait a few days for the opportunity to investigate and report the matter after confirming it. "

"Brother, please listen to me." Fu Chuan already had an idea in his mind, and it wasn't aimless.

"The letter from Xingcheng was signed a month ago. I don't know how long it will take for the secret method of the monster clan to send the letter to Dragon City. It must not have just arrived recently?" Seeing Yun Chao nodded, Fu Chuan continued, "These years Princess Bai has been wooing the world's demon clans all this time, even if she went a bit out of line this time and harassed the senior sister of Xuannv Temple, it's not really surprising—she dared to catch me into the small world under the eyes of the elder brother , and of course I won't take Senior Sister Fu seriously."

"Brother didn't intend to show me this letter at first, but he suddenly changed his mind because His Majesty suddenly became queen, and Princess Bai grandly entered the Weiyang Palace and the Ancestral Temple of Sheji, which had something to do with the luck of the human race."

Fu Chuan pointed out Yun Chao's thoughts of not saying it directly: "Brother wants me to ask senior brother for instructions on how to deal with this matter. Is that right?"

That's the whole point of this thing.

The heroine of the monster clan has become the mother of the human race. If she can't ask Shuangling for instructions, Yun Chao will feel very uncomfortable.

"Brother, don't you know that senior brother is doing something very important?" Fu Chuan asked back.

Of course Yun Chao knew.The little master asked so knowingly, obviously it was not meant to speak in a friendly manner.Yun Chao was originally sitting on the foot in front of the couch, crossing his legs lazily and casually chatting with Fu Chuan. He frowned and got up when he heard this.

Fu Chuan hurriedly stood up to stop him: "Brother, please get up quickly."

Usually, Yun Chao regarded himself as a sword servant, and he really served Fu Chuan as a little master. If Fu Chuan blamed him, he would kneel and admit his mistake.

Now that Fu Chuan came to help him himself, Yun Chao saw that he didn't seem to blame him, so he stood up hesitantly, and explained: "I think this matter is also very important."

Fu Chuan had never treated Yun Chao as a slave, he didn't say a word and made Yun Chao kneel down in embarrassment, he didn't have any shoes on and hurried to help him.After Yun Chao sat down on the couch, Fu Chuan poured him a cup of tea, trying to please him obediently: "This is the interesting part of this matter."

"Your Majesty wants to see Elder Brother, Elder Brother wants to see Elder Brother, they all come to me to find a solution."

"Everyone knows that senior brother has something important to do, and he can't get away for a while, so why does everyone want to see senior brother so much?"

"I'm the first to say that elder brother wants to hurt senior senior brother. I don't believe it. It's nonsense. Your majesty...he has a cold temper, and he never has any intention of harming senior senior brother. Why is it just brother and His Majesty?" These two friends who are absolutely impossible to hurt the senior brother are urging the senior senior brother to show up?"

Yun Chao didn't rush to refute and defend himself, he held the teacup that Fu Chuan gave him, and quietly listened to Fu Chuan's continuation.

"I already know the reason why elder brother wants to see senior elder brother. One is because of Qiongqi's gift of secrets, which has gone deep into the Xuannv Temple, and the other is because Princess Bai entered the Weiyang Palace, which involves the luck of the country."

"At the beginning, His Majesty wanted to see Eldest Senior Brother because there were troublemakers on the mountain. Your Majesty knew that there were troublemakers on the mountain because Princess Bai used the secret method of the demon clan to make him see the tragedy thousands of miles away."

"However, I have heard the senior brother talk about a little detail."

"At the beginning, the senior brother saw the map of the world's mountains and rivers in the heart demon pool. With his palm, he tapped it, and every detail was revealed. Only on the cold mountain, the smoke was shrouded, and it was impossible to peek at the details. Later, the senior brother told me that it was because the sect Covered by a large array of mountain guards, it cannot be seen through by casual spells."

"The Demon Venerable and the Great Demon Venerable have mastered the cracks in the hearts of the world, yet they cannot see the secrets inside the mountain gate of the Hanjiang Sword Sect. The monster race has lost their cultivation base, and they have to steal the human race's cultivation method to strengthen themselves. How wonderful her secret method is, how can it compare How much stronger is the Demon Lord?"

Yun Chao thought for a while and said, "You mean, Bai Ze shouldn't have seen the scene on the mountain?"

Fu Chuanchuan is so clear, how can Yun Chao fail to understand: "She deliberately lured the master to see her!"

Regardless of whether it was Shu Hanyun or Yun Chao, the reason why they were eager to see Xie Qinghe was that Princess Bai was behind the scenes.

However, Princess Bai can't even beat Fu Chuan, so what can she do to lure out Shuang Ling?Why do you want to get Shuang Ling out so unobtrusively and impatiently?Can't she just wait a little longer?

——Or, in this world, who is so eager to catch Shuang Ling?

Yun Chao's originally cold face turned livid in an instant, and he slowly clenched his fists and then slowly loosened them: "This matter—the master must have known about it long ago."

Otherwise, why did Shuangling acquiesce in cooperating with Princess Bai?

The question that made Fu Chuan puzzling, finally had an answer.Conspiring with Princess Bai is nothing more than the elder brother's plan to delay the attack.

Shuang Ling already knew that Princess Bai had ulterior motives, but there was a strong enemy at his side. He wanted to find that unknown thing in Sangshan, so he couldn't spare his hands to fight on two fronts.Instead of immediately turning your back and facing the enemy, it is better to be submissive.

No matter how Princess Bai is planning to fuel the flames, Shuang Ling and Fu Chuan are very clear that Fu Chuan will not take the initiative to contact Shuang Ling.

——When Fu Chuan was chased and killed by "Shangguan Shiyi" in Wuxing City, Shuang Ling immediately returned to his aid, and even Long Nu was rescued by him, which shows his ability to see thousands of miles away.If Shuang Ling didn't come forward to give instructions, it means that this matter is irrelevant and it's not worth his special trip.

Now, Fu Chuan will not take the initiative to contact Shuang Ling even after seeing through Princess Bai's cards.