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Let's say that this concubine girl entered the palace, which made King Youwang faint with joy. Lingering with it day and night, not enjoying it completely, but it chilled the harem beauties and the queen Shen. Therefore, the harem concubines have a deep grudge against Bao Xi. King Zhou You ignored it and was always moved in the harem to protect Bao Xi's status in the palace.

According to the rules of the palace, all the affairs of the harem are handled by the queen Shen. King Zhou You doesn't care about this, he just has the joy of fish and water with Bao Xi, regardless of the three palaces and six courtyards. made Queen Shen left and right, close to King You, King You ignored it, close to Bao Xi, and her identity was wrong. And in front of King Zhou You, Queen Shen has long lost the dignity of a queen. Taishi Boyang's father and other loyal ministers couldn't stand it, and often came forward to advise King Zhou You to treat the queen well and balance the relationship between the concubines in the harem, so as not to cause a fire in the backyard. Good words and persuasion, not taken to heart by King You, seeing these ministers talking to themselves all day long, they were very upset, so they began to avoid them.

After Shen entered the palace with praise, she could no longer get the favor of King You, and she was often reprimanded by King You because of her praise. Secretly sad in his heart, Prince Yijiu knew the reason for his mother's displeasure. One day, taking advantage of the hunting of the Youwang, Yijiu took people to the front of the Bao Xi Palace, trampled on its flowers and plants, and frolicked, and when the Bao Xi came out to watch, he swarmed up, and the fists and feet added to beat the Bao Xi to a good time. At this time, Bao Xi was pregnant with Liujia, and King You came back and was furious when he saw this, so he ordered his subordinates to call the prince to beat him, and called Queen Shen to abuse and reprimand him in public. On the surface, she relieved her heart, but Queen Shen had a deep grudge there.

After all, this Queen Shen is backed by her brother Shen Hou. And Shen Guo and the Zhou royal family have a continuous marriage relationship. The mother of King Xuan of Zhou is the daughter of Shen Guo, so Shen Hou is an important minister of the court. The state of Shen had a strong economic and military power because it had the political foundation to manage the surrounding areas of the sect and the political status of marriage to the Zhou royal family. Although they are all princes under the Zhou royal family, after all, they have their own spheres of influence. Queen Shen was wronged in the palace, so she often found her brother Shenhou and told him that although Shenhou could not avenge his sister immediately, this matter made Shenhou depressed. Shenhou understands that King Zhou You is so favored by Bao Xi, and his sister's status is extremely threatening, and she will even lose the queen's throne. If it goes on like this, it will be for yourself and for Shen Guo. It will still be a heavy blow to my sister. Shen Hou had to ponder the consequences of the development of events and how to preserve Shen's position.

Soon, this Bao Xi gave birth to a son for King Zhou You, which made King Zhou You love this woman even more. But even so, this praise has never laughed. This not only made the people in the palace rush to wonder, but King Zhou You himself felt very strange, and whenever he asked the reason, he didn't say anything. King Youwang really wanted to see Bao Xi's charming appearance when he smiled, so he tried every way to make Bao Xi happy, but Bao Xi still didn't smile. This was difficult for King Zhou You, so he announced a heavy reward in the court. Who can think of making Bao Xi smile and immediately reward the daughter. Many people want to get this reward, but they try to find it to no avail.

On this day, Duke Cai quietly approached King Zhou You, this Duke Cai had long been jealous of Shenhou's martial arts in the court, and wanted to use King Zhou's dissatisfaction with Queen Shen to drive a wedge between the Zhou royal family and Shenhou. Cai Gong said that he had a way to make Bao Xi happy, and then waited for King Zhou You to retreat, and then he spoke mysteriously. said: "Although Bao Xi has received the favor of the king, there is the jealousy and resentment of Queen Shen and the concubines in the harem, which brings a lot of trouble to Bao Xi, and it is difficult to smile happily. King Zhou You felt that it made sense when he heard it. He himself dealt with a lot of such rights and wrongs, and carefully analyzed that Queen Shen was behind him.

King Zhou You affirmed Cai Gong's opinion, and asked Cai Gong: "Then how should a person with public opinion deal with the matter in front of him?" ”

Cai Gong said: "If you make Bao Xi Niangniang happy, the king can depose Queen Shen and set up Bao Xi." Give Bao Xi the power of the harem to be happy. "Zhou Youwang felt that Cai Gong had to be in the right hands, so he wanted to abolish the old and establish the new without thinking.

Taishi Boyang's father heard that King Zhou You wanted to abolish Queen Shen and set up a concubine, so he hurriedly came to dissuade him. Boyang's father knocked on Queen Zhou You, and said in his heart: "The abolition of the old and the establishment of the new in the past dynasties often brings disasters to the imperial court, and it is not easy to abolish the old and establish the new. And Queen Shen is not at fault, what should be done to abolish the old and establish the new. ”

King Zhou You was not only furious when he saw that Boyang's father wanted to stop him from abolishing the old and establishing the new, but he asked sharply: "Who said that she was not at fault, since the widow had a concubine, she was dissatisfied, provoked the Six Palaces to make trouble, and instigated the prince to spread wild, how can such a queen be called virtuous?" I have made up my mind, and I don't need you to talk too much. There are still several important ministers who want to dissuade King Zhou You from abolishing the old and establishing the new, but seeing that Taishi Boyang's father was reprimanded, no one dared to step forward to dissuade him.

So King Zhou You ordered the abolition of Shen Hou and the abolition of the crown prince's son Bofu as the crown prince. Shenhou had long expected this day, and in order to protect his daughter and the crown prince, he immediately sent someone to take Queen Shen and the crown prince Yijiu to Shenguo.

Taishi Boyang's father had a premonition that the Zhou royal family would inevitably be disrupted, and he also knew that he could no longer do things for the Zhou family, so he complained to King Zhou You and returned to his hometown, and never went to the court to advise King Zhou You.

Bao Xi got everything she deserved, and she leaned into the harem, but she still didn't see a smile all day long.

This made King Zhou You sullen. The displeasure of Zhou Youwang Longyan made the Manchu ministers fear and depression. All the ministers thought that Duke Yu was good at pleasing King Zhou You, so they privately let this Duke Yu think of ideas.

In fact, Duke Yu had already noticed King Zhou You's displeasure, and he knew why he was displeased. On this day, Gong Yu admonished King Zhou You: "The king doesn't have to worry about Bao Xi Niangniang not smiling, because Bao Xi Niangniang is the wife of the Son of Heaven, and she is the mother of today." Don't laugh for respect, only when my dynasty has a big move can it be laughed at. ”

Duke Yu's words made King Zhou You say that it was a sunny day, and King Zhou You asked Duke Yu: "What is the big move in my court today?" ”

Gong Yu thought for a while, and replied: "My ancestor king of the Zhou clan once had an iron law, that is, the beacon tower used the beacon fire drum music to summon the princes. That was a big move by my Zhou royal family, when the wolf smoke lit up the drums and cheered, the princes from all walks of life got the information and quickly gathered in front of the beacon tower to wait for the king's order. or to exterminate the invading bandits, or to gather heavy troops for the conduct of state affairs. It's been a long time since Wang has operated this big move. ”

King Zhou You was overjoyed when he heard this, and felt that this was a good opportunity to make Queen Bao Xi happy, so he ordered the imperial court to lead troops and generals to gather at the beacon tower.

A bold and unprecedented, farce was formed.

It is rumored that Bao Xi was born to the palace maid of the harem of King Zhou, when King Xuan was alive, a pregnant palace maid was confined, originally the deep courtyard of the harem, women in addition to the king's favor, can not be reached by other men, so the palace maid should not have the love of men and women, and this palace maid is pregnant, so according to the rumors in the palace made up a set of nonsense, when the child is born, how dare to raise, let the palace people throw the child in the river. An old couple selling bows and arrows were on their way at night when they heard the baby's cry and took her away. Later, they settled in Baoguo. This girl grew up day by day, and became a peerless beauty and became famous far and wide. Later, Hong De, the son of Bao Guo, saw that his father was imprisoned by King Zhou You, and King Zhou You led a heavy army to crusade. As a result, this happened really worked, and the soldiers of King Zhou You did not hurt Bao Guo, and because of this woman, his father was also free. However, this legend is not something that King Zhou You can know.

Bao Xi has no biological parents since she was a child, she can't feel her biological love, she is depressed in her heart, and she has the beauty pageant of Bao Xi, she knows that she has become a cash cow for her parents, and she has no personal feelings. After entering the palace, he was favored by King You, but there was the jealousy of the six palaces and the open and secret battle of Queen Shen. I know that I have entered the palace and have accumulated grievances, and it is difficult to get out of the sea of suffering. Now that Queen Shen is gone, the crown prince is gone, and he weighs the six palaces, but there is no base. I don't know when a new contradiction will arise one day, or Queen Shen will make a comeback, or a catastrophe will fall from the sky, and I can't be happy. Of course, these are all speculations from outsiders, and the inner displeasure of his praise also has his own temperament.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, many large platforms were built in the area of Lishan near Hojing, called beacon towers. Timber and wolf dung were piled up on the platform, and sergeants were guarding them day and night. When the enemy invades the capital, the soldiers guarding the platform will raise a fire alarm, beat drums to show the public, light wood at night to alarm the fire, during the day burn wolf dung, use wolf smoke to alarm, the drum is loud as a call for the nearby princes to gather together to resist the invaders. Therefore, the ancient books refer to the enemy's large-scale attack as "wolf smoke everywhere". This beacon fire conveyed the signal of the enemy's coming, and it was also the order issued by the king of Zhou to the princes and armies of various places to come to the capital of King Qin. Duke Yu suggested lighting the beacon fire and letting the princes from all walks of life rush to the capital, so that Bao Xi could laugh when he saw the grand scene of thousands of troops and horses being deceived and coming. The cost of this proposal is, after all, heavy.

As a result, on this day, all the ministers embraced the king of You, Bao Xi boarded the beacon tower, ordered the soldiers to light the beacon fire, and soon the princes from all over the country led the army to the capital day and night. Bao Xi sat on the city tower, looking at the blazing beacon smoke and wolf smoke, and then looked at the deceived soldiers who came all the way and were embarrassed, not only smiled. King Zhou You had an indescribable pride, and Duke Yu was also rewarded for this, but the princes and soldiers of King Qin from all walks of life knew that they had been deceived, and they couldn't help but ignite the fire of anger in their hearts. They all turned their angry eyes on this cold beauty.