sick princess

Emperor Zhaode was a man who wanted face, whoever stomped his face on the ground would kill him.

On weekdays, Emperor Zhaode had a lot of patience and connivance towards Zheng Yushi. Even if Zheng Yushi's words were not pleasant, because of Zheng Yushi's achievements in impeaching the regent for Emperor Zhaode, Emperor Zhaode would not treat Zheng Yushi The censor punished him more.

But this does not mean that Emperor Zhaode can tolerate Zheng Yushi's direct violation of his majesty!

But at this time, there are still people fanning the flames: "Your Majesty, Zheng Yushi is not advising sincerely at all, he is insulting you and comparing you to Jie and Zhou. A mere censor, relying on some achievements in the past , so I thought I could tell the emperor what to do, and the emperor should punish Zheng Yushi for the next offense!"

His cronies also said: "The affairs of the harem are the emperor's family affairs. Foreign ministers like me should not comment too much. Now that Zheng Yushi is intervening in the harem affairs, will everyone be able to comment on the emperor's family affairs tomorrow? "

In this regard, Zheng Yushi immediately responded: "The heavenly family has no personal affairs, and if the harem is restless, it will harm the previous dynasty. Everything that happened at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet is the best example. I wait for the imperial salary, and I will take care of myself." Share the worries of the emperor. As the saying goes, good medicine is good for the sick, and good advice is good for the ears. If everyone is like you, they will sit on a vegetarian diet, see the disadvantages and don't know how to advise, and only pick up the words that the emperor loves to hear. What a difference!"

"It is precisely because there are many villains in the court that there will be a mess in the court. There are cronies of villains in the harem, which makes the harem uneasy. The emperor should be close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains. This is a sign of prosperity for the country!"

Those people heard that Zheng Yushi defined them as villains, and they were so angry that they blew their beards and stared: "Who is loyal and who is traitor to the emperor has his own judgment, and it is not up to you, Zheng Yushi! What, According to what you Zheng Yushi said, whoever you say is loyal is loyal, and whoever you say is traitor is traitor. If the emperor does not govern the government according to your ideas, he will be loyal and traitorous? In my opinion, you just want to Be the master of the emperor!"

"You, Zheng Yushi, joined for the sake of participation and remonstrance for the sake of remonstrance. You are simply trying to gain fame. Your words are not worth listening to!"

Two groups of people came and went, fighting with each other, Emperor Zhaode's face became more and more bad when he saw this.The servant standing beside him looked at the faintly exposed blue veins on his forehead, and knew that the emperor's patience might have come to an end, so he hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head, fearing that Emperor Zhaode would notice him accidentally, and followed him suffer.

"Shut up! You are treating my court as a vegetable market!"

Emperor Zhaode looked at Zheng Yushi with a gloomy face: "Zheng Yushi, I see, I have been too tolerant to you these years, so that you are so bold that you want to take care of everything! Why, do you want me to take care of you?" Let me sit on the throne for you?"

These words are extremely heartbreaking, and they are simply questioning Zheng Yushi's loyalty!

If it was an ordinary courtier, after listening to Emperor Zhaode's words, I'm afraid he should have knelt down to show his loyalty, but Zheng Yushi didn't.

"The heavens can learn from your loyalty. Now the emperor has been deceived by villains and suspects you. Please let me die to prove your innocence and warn future generations."

Emperor Zhaode looked at Zheng Yushi with a dark face, and he really felt resentment and helplessness in the face of Zheng Yushi, who was not afraid of life and death.

Zheng Yushi also made such a fuss when Emperor Zhaode conferred the title of imperial concubine on the Zhou family. Unfortunately, he was not in good health at that time, and he passed out in the hall due to excitement. When he woke up, it was a done deal.

This time, it's like this again.

Remonstrance at every turn, is this looking at him not daring to really let him die?

For a moment, Emperor Zhaode really wanted to kill Zheng Yushi.But he knew that killing Zheng Yushi would not only ruin his reputation completely, but it would not solve any problems.

Back then, when Zheng Yushi died admonishing the regent to return to Emperor Zhaode, the regent was furious and directly put Zheng Yushi on death row.The regent did not expect that this action in his anger would cause an uproar among the civil servants.

Literati are also bloody, and Zheng Yushi's arrest completely aroused their bloodliness. Zheng Yushi's relatives, friends, classmates, and civil servants who admire Zheng Yushi's character jointly signed the strike and died.In the end, even the powerful regent couldn't resist the pressure of public opinion, and finally released Zheng Yushi.

Zheng Yushi's remonstrance at that time was able to achieve such success. In the final analysis, he stood up for the word righteousness.

This incident, at the time, had a great impact on the Prince Regent's family.After that, the regent completely lost his righteousness and began to lose step by step.

With such a thing in front of him, even if Emperor Zhaode wanted to touch Zheng Yushi again, he would have to think more about it.It is not difficult to kill a Zheng Yushi, but the difficulty is whether he can bear the consequences of killing Zheng Yushi.

When admonishing the regent to death, Zheng Yushi took up righteousness. This time, the word "reason" is still on Zheng Yushi's side.What happened at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet made any words of Emperor Zhaode unconvincing.

After weighing the pros and cons, Emperor Zhaode finally decided to compromise with Zheng Yushi.

Emperor Zhaode rubbed his eyebrows wearily. He knew what a traditional Confucian scholar like Zheng Yushi needed.They made a fuss because they wanted to ensure the unshakable position of the Zhonggong and attack all factors that might threaten the Zhonggong.

If he wants to satisfy these people, any empty promises are empty, and he has to make some facts to make people believe.

In the end, Emperor Zhaode heard himself say in a voice that he could hardly describe: "Release the imperial concubine Zhou to a noble concubine, change the time limit of confinement to three years, and take back the right of Concubine De to assist the Six Palaces. In the future, the palace will All affairs, big or small, are decided by the queen. If anyone dares to disrespect the queen, or secretly restrain the queen, the palace rules will deal with it!"

The literati were satisfied this time, and even Zheng Yushi stopped talking.

The Zhou family was demoted from being a first-rank imperial concubine to one of the first-rank noble, virtuous and virtuous concubines. It seemed that they were only demoted by one level.But the difference between noble concubine and imperial concubine is huge.The Zhou family is no longer the deputy empress, so she will naturally respect Empress Xu everywhere in the future, and can no longer easily challenge Empress Xu's majesty and shake Empress Xu's position.

This is also the reason why the literati were not satisfied no matter how Emperor Zhaode dealt with Concubine Hui and the Zhuang family.

The chaos in the harem originated from the Zhou family, and only when the Zhou family was punished could everything be set right.

In the previous dynasty, Emperor Zhaode had just read out the decree, and in the harem, Concubine Feng De and Concubine Zhou quickly received the decree.

Concubine Feng De received the imperial decree calmly, neither sad nor happy, her appearance of being flattered or humiliated made the servants who came to read the decree look up to her.

As soon as the people sent by Emperor Zhaode left, the maid next to Concubine Feng De said worriedly: "It must be that the incidents caused by Concubine Hui have caused the master to suffer! Now, the emperor has even taken back the right to assist the six palaces, how is the master doing?" It's easy to get ahead... Sigh, I don't know if the emperor will blame the master."

Concubine Feng De said: "Be safe and don't be impatient. The emperor gave me the power to assist the six palaces. I will do my best to assist the queen and do what I should do. If the emperor wants to take it back, I should naturally give it to me. It is my palace. After all, it will belong to me, not me, and it is useless to force it."

The palace maid sighed: "Master, your disposition is too good."

Her mind and vision are far inferior to that of Concubine Feng De, no wonder Concubine Feng De is the master and she is a slave.

"Only by sticking to one's duty, can one live in this palace for a long time." This is how Feng Defei gained a foothold in the palace.

Although Emperor Zhaode did not love Concubine Feng De very much, he admired Concubine Feng De's character very much. Concubine Feng De's life in the palace was not bad.Regardless of whether it is Zhou Guifei or Empress Xu who is in power, they will not treat her harshly.

On the other hand, when Concubine Zhou received the decree, although her facial expression did not change, her confidant, Mo Zhu, obviously felt that the temperature in her master's eyes had dissipated a lot.

This time, the eunuch who came to announce the decree was less polite to Concubine Zhou and Mo Zhu.Some time ago, although Emperor Zhaode decreed to restrain Concubine Zhou, he did not demote Concubine Zhou, and occasionally said a few words about Concubine Zhou.The people below know that Concubine Zhou's sacred heart is still there, so naturally they dare not disrespect Concubine Zhou.

Now, the status of Concubine Zhou has been demoted, and when Emperor Zhaode mentioned Concubine Zhou, his expression was irritated.Who can work in Qianyuan Palace, who is not a human being?Naturally you can tell.If Concubine Zhou falls out of favor, they don't have to be as cautious in front of her in the future.

After Mo Zhu sent the eunuch away with a smile on his face, he turned his head and complained to Concubine Zhou: "A group of villains who push high and trample low! As soon as the master was punished by the emperor, he immediately changed his face. How abominable! Let them know how great it is!"

Concubine Zhou is not in the mood to pay attention to these court ladies and eunuchs. To put it bluntly, these are all trivial matters.

When she is in power, everyone will support her, but once she loses power, it is human nature for those who have seen her to smile at her in the past to alienate her.

What Concubine Zhou Gui wanted to think about was how she could keep gaining power.

"I thought, this time, the queen is the cicada, the concubine is the mantis, and I am the oriole that wins in the end. Unexpectedly, in an oversight, the hunter and the prey got separated. Unexpectedly, the queen also understood Borrowing strength to fight."

Concubine Zhou wanted to take advantage of the Queen Mother's birthday to completely suppress Empress Xu's arrogance and let her arrogance be swept away, but Concubine Zhou never expected that Empress Xu would take advantage of this to further consolidate her own position and reduce them. The power of someone who is a potential threat to her.

No matter how careful the plan is, there will eventually be a mistake.

Concubine Zhou Gui sighed: "This round, I am the one who lost."