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As soon as his words came out of his mouth, the room was completely silent. Even Concubine Yu was stunned for a while, and then she pushed Concubine Mu calmly. Concubine Mu reacted and said angrily: "What do you mean? , you want to lock us up, who gave you the guts."

Yuan Ruheng smiled, stood up and said, "My palace's message has already been communicated to the concubines, so you don't need to send it away."

"you dare--"

Yuan Ruheng turned sideways, the corners of his lips curled slightly, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Mu Taifei, who are you talking to?"

Concubine Mu's well-maintained face turned red, and Yuan Ruheng said as she walked, "If the concubines give me face, I will naturally respect you, but," Yuan Ruheng stopped walking, and smiled, "Under the sun There is no reason for the empress of the palace to make concessions to the concubines of the first emperor."

None of the concubines expected that the new empress would change her face so quickly, nor did they expect that even the emperor gave them three points, but the empress had the guts to offend them. Concubine Mu panted heavily, her fingers slightly Trembling, unable to say a word.

Concubine Yu shouted: "Sister Mu, what's wrong with you? Sister Mu!"

Several concubines surrounded her, but Yuan Ruheng smiled and left the Zhongcui Palace of Concubine Wan.

The next day, Yuan Ruheng was drinking tea in Zichen Palace, when he suddenly received an order, the emperor told him to go to the Hall of Martial Arts, Yuan Ruheng changed his clothes and Shi Shiran went, Zhu Xian sat on the dragon chair, waved and smiled: "Your Majesty, come here."

Yuan Ruheng walked over, Zhu Xian pointed to a thick stack of papers and said, "These are all for you."

"Oh?" Yuan Ruheng looked rather curious.

Zhu Xian smiled and said, "Open it and see what people say about you."

"En." Yuan Ruheng randomly took out a copy and looked at it without raising his head, and asked, "What does the emperor plan to do with these notes?"

"What do you say?"

Yuan Ruheng rolled his eyes, "Your Majesty, why don't you let me share your worries."

Zhu Xian understood what he meant, nodded and said: "That saved me a lot of heart, I didn't know how to explain it to you."

Yuan Ruheng carried the notebook to one side of the couch, and Zhu Xian went over to set the pen and ink for him. Yuan Ruheng glanced at the first notebook, and said, "This adult is ginseng and I control the harem... Well, this is easy to write." Yuan Ruheng was behind The reply said: "The harem is not controlled by the empress, but by the concubine?"

Zhu Xian laughed, watching him open the second copy, referring to Yuan Ruheng's "unfilial piety", Yuan Ruheng wrote: "'Father gave birth to me, mother gave birth to me, raped me, nurtured me, raised me and raised me, cared for me, cared for me, entered and exited I. Desire to repay virtue, Haotian Wangji', what is filial piety? Please read more, my lord."

Zhu Xian sat behind Yuan Ruheng with a smile, and Yuan Ruheng looked at the next copy, and finally his eyes were crooked with laughter.

Yuan Ruheng glanced at him, and looked at the third booklet, this booklet was for Yuan Ruheng's desire for pleasure, regardless of the concubine's age, and the need for a spacious palace to have fun.Yuan Ruheng thought for a while, and replied: "Since the late emperor passed away, the concubines have been sleepless all night. Last year, they still wanted to practice in the palace to pray for the late emperor, but the cost was huge. The concubines are all models of female virtue, and you said that the concubine is a model of female virtue. The concubine is so extravagant, her heart is vicious beyond words."

Zhu Xian stared dumbfounded at the back, and said after a long time: "If the empress is an official, she must be able to participate in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and she will not dare to act recklessly."

Yuan Ruheng happily picked up the fourth booklet, he turned sideways and said: "The emperor will look at this, when is the time, he will never forget to say that I am jealous."

Zhu Xian smiled and said, "Then what are you going to approve?"

Yuan Ruheng said: "Since I'm jealous... I'll go and find out the population of his family first, eh? This is Li Xiangmin's note."

Zhu Xian was taken aback for a moment, took a look at it, and said: "It's true, I just put your notebook aside, and didn't pay attention to see who wrote it."

Yuan Ruheng didn't have a good impression of Li Xiangmin. After briefly reading the other brochures, he said: "It's the same, it's really meaningless. Since I have nothing else to do, I'll leave the palace this afternoon."

"Out of the palace?"

Yuan Ruheng stood up and said, "Go out of the palace to greet grandma, and then go to see cousin Yunlang, who will give birth next month."

Zhu Xian thought about it, and looked at Yuan Ruheng's belly unconsciously, Yuan Ruheng chuckled lightly and said, "I'm not in the mood to have a baby yet, wait until the old women are dealt with, King Qin and King Qi should be dealt with and driven away I should go, I just want to have a baby safely."

Zhu Xian was speechless and said helplessly, "I'm afraid I won't be able to finish my business this afternoon, so I won't accompany you out of the palace."

Yuan Ruheng said: "I won't get lost again."

Concubine Mu has been bedridden since yesterday, and she has called the imperial physician several times. The other concubines kept watching, but not only the empress, but even the emperor did not show up to see Concubine Mu. She can't get up in bed anymore, she has lived in Shou'an Palace for decades, and she also lives in Shou'an Palace while making up for it, everything in the palace is exquisite and lovely, why should she let her out?

She asked the imperial doctor to make her illness worse, and said that if the empress told her to move while she was sick, everyone in the world could drown her with a mouthful of saliva!Usually the concubines are led by Concubine Wan to make trouble, and Concubine Mu and Concubine Qiu are in second place. Now Concubine Wan is asking the Queen for peace, Concubine Qiu dare not speak, and the rest of the concubine regards Concubine Mu as the leader. Because of illness, they gathered in Shouan Palace to discuss countermeasures. Concubine Yu’s maid came in and whispered something in her ear. Concubine Yu smiled and said, “Sisters and sisters, stop talking, we Empress, I went out of the palace to play."

The concubines were stunned again, and Concubine Yu spread her hands, and said to Concubine Mu who sat up abruptly: "Look, Sister Mu, people don't take you seriously at all."

After Yuan Ruheng returned to Yuan's house, Mrs. Du looked at him carefully for a long time, and kept saying, "I lost weight, I lost weight."

"A few days ago my elder brother said I was fat."

Mrs. Du disapproved: "What does he know? You wear a lot of clothes in winter. If you say you are fat, you look fat. If I say you are thin, you are thin."

Yuan Ruheng smiled and said: "Then I will eat more later to make up for the meat."

Mrs. Ji was a little anxious, and wanted to ask him how the concubines in the palace were doing, but Mrs. Du didn't care at all, she just asked him if he was eating well and dressed well, and Yuan Ruheng replied one by one: "The whole palace is tight. Let me use it first, there are everything for food and play, so don’t worry about grandma.”

Ji said: "I was worried when I heard you say that. The palace is full of you, so it is inevitable that you will neglect the concubines. I know that you are high-spirited, and you want to suppress them. You just have to do it step by step. These days I have been constantly Hearing people talk about you makes me really sad."

"Mother, the emperor has been advancing step by step for a few years, only for them to push their noses and face their faces and go too far. If I behave weakly, they will bully me. Besides, I am reasonable in every sentence, which is much better than them relying on the late emperor's will. gone."

Ji sighed: "But you can't ruin your reputation."

"Fame is nothing. When the emperor and I kill those who are not afraid of death, who in the court will dare to say that I am not?"

Ji said anxiously: "What if the emperor also thinks you are too domineering?"

Yuan Ruheng was taken aback.

Knowing that she had made a slip of the tongue, Ji hurriedly said: "What mother means is that you have to be considerate of the emperor, and you have to ask the emperor to protect you. Three people become tigers, and people keep harassing you. The emperor doesn't care for one day, two days, and two days a year." What year?"

Madam Du sighed softly, Yuan Ruheng was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "Mother, it's too early to say these things at this time, the emperor will not be so merciless."

Ji couldn't hide her worry, she didn't know the emperor, she was afraid that her son would bear all the bad reputation, and the emperor would hate him because of it.

Mrs. Du said: "It's rare for Ruheng to come home, don't overthink these things, you came by coincidence, grandmother is asking someone to pack up, and you are going to stay in Jinjiang uncle's mansion for a few days."

Yuan Ruheng figured it out as soon as he thought about it, and said with a smile, "Are you going to take care of Yunlang?"

Madam Du nodded and said: "They are young and don't quite understand many things. I don't worry, go and have a look."

Yuan Ruheng smiled and said: "I'm also planning to visit my cousin in the uncle's mansion. I'll go there with my grandmother later. By the way, I also want to ask, how many people does Li Xiangmin's family have?"

Mrs. Ji thought for a while, and said: "Li Xiangmin's parents are gone, he only has one younger sister who is married to Empress Quanyue, Wu Si of the Wu family, and one uncle who lives in a separate residence."

"Who is his wife?"

"I also heard people say that Li Xiangmin was poor in his early years, and his wife was the daughter of a private school teacher in the village. After Li Xiangmin became a senior member of the second rank, his wife rarely went out to socialize with others."

"He doesn't have a concubine?"

Ji shook her head and said, "I've never heard of that."

"Oh." Yuan Ruheng nodded thoughtfully.

In the afternoon, Yuan Ruheng and his grandmother arrived at Uncle Jinjiang's mansion together. Mrs. Yuan and Lin Yulan took the old lady to the Kapok Courtyard near Meiyuan. Xiao Yunlang was wrapped in thick clothes and waited at the gate of Meiyuan. Madam Du smiled when she saw it, and said, "It's such a cold day, go back to the house."

Xiao Yunlang helped Madam Du into the room, Madam Du saw a shadow under his eyes, and sighed, "Can't you sleep well at night?"

Xiao Yunlang said helplessly: "Well, I have to get up several times a night, and my back always hurts recently."

Madam Du said helplessly: "There is still the last month, just wait until it passes."

"Ah."

Lin Yulan added on the sidelines: "Yun Lang still can't eat anything."

"You can't do without food."

Xiao Yunlang clutched his stomach and said, "I'm not hungry, I'll feel nauseous if I eat some."

Mrs. Du nodded and said: "Grandmother understands, but it's impossible not to eat. Later, grandma will accompany you, so you can eat as much as you can."

Xiao Yunlang smiled and nodded, "Okay."