Wu Yunzhao laughed secretly in his heart: "As the queen mother, she actually called the harem concubines demones, which shows how chaotic and ridiculous the atmosphere in this palace is!" Wei Yi groaned, lowered his posture, and said apologetically: "The sons and daughters must follow the teachings of the queen mother, and after today, they will definitely change their faces, clean up the harem, and be disciplined and diligent kings, and it is their duty to do so." ”

The Queen Mother was stunned when she heard this, and then smiled: "Sure enough, there will be a new life after the catastrophe, and the queen has a heart." He smiled and nodded, and continued: "What the first emperor valued back then was that the queen was intelligent, reasonable, virtuous and dignified. Now that you have come to your senses, you don't need to say anything about it. However, as the queen mother, as the queen mother, for the sake of the peace of the harem, I still have to mention you. ”

Wu Yunzhao saluted and said, "Listen to the teachings of the queen mother." ”

The queen mother said "um" and said: "The queen must remember, you are the emperor's wife and the queen of Chu. The current situation in the palace is not good, you don't want to anger Tianwei because of impatience, you must know how to protect yourself, it is better to talk about the relationship between husband and wife first, and then talk about the affairs of the monarch and ministers. ”

Right now, Wang Ruiyao's fall from grace and coldness is a well-known thing in the palace. In the palace, without the grace of the emperor, there is only a dead end. If she wants to stabilize her position, Wang Ruiyao must find ways to get the favor of the emperor, not to be favored, but not to forget. If God has mercy, it is best to have a son, and the mother is expensive by virtue of the son, even if she is not treated by the emperor, she can gain a foothold.

Wu Yunzhao said in his heart: "If you want the old lady to talk about husband and wife with the wreck, is he worthy?" It's a pipe dream. But what the Queen Mother said was good, and consolidating the position was also something that Wu Yunzhao needed to start immediately, and Ying admitted: "Follow the teachings of the Queen Mother, and I hope that the Queen Mother will give more guidance in the future." ”

The Queen Mother nodded and said: "There are no outsiders here, no need to be polite, Queen, stay here here today for a while longer, and go back after lunch." ”

Wu Yunzhao understood that the Queen Mother wanted to support the queen and deliberately did it for outsiders to see, so he readily agreed.

During the harmonious conversation of "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law", all the concubines and beauties who came to ask the Queen Mother for peace were blocked back. Although the queen mother does not interfere too much in the affairs of the harem, as the emperor's biological mother, she has a respected status, and no one in the palace dares to look down on her in the era of filial piety. The queen mother's move can be said to have greatly lengthened the queen's face. However, having said that, this move also brought a lot of jealousy to "Wang Ruiyao".

As mentioned earlier, although the matter of "abolition" has caused a lot of trouble, it is just a rumor. Chu Emperor Xiong Yan has not personally stated the abolition of the queen. His every move only conveyed the meaning that the queen was not favored.

The emperor's cold treatment and the queen's heat treatment are not a good thing for the ambitious people in the harem.

It is the beginning of May, and in the imperial garden, a hundred flowers are blooming, red and purple, butterflies are fluttering, bees are flying, and the scenery is pleasant.

In the pavilion, the noble concubine Sun and the concubine Han are talking.

Sun Guifei's name is Hongxiang, when Emperor Chu ascended the throne in the first year, she was selected by the flower and bird envoys from the people to enter the palace, and her background was very ordinary, but Sun Hongxiang was a first-class beauty, and her appearance was overwhelming. With unparalleled beauty and foxy means, Sun Hongxiang was very favored by the Chu Emperor, and was constantly favored, and in just two years, although she had no talent, no virtue, and no heirs, she climbed to the position of a concubine. Such a situation in the palace can be described as 'no one before and no one after that.' ’

Concubine Han De's maiden name is Rong Jia, the daughter of Shangshu, like the queen and concubine, hired by the royal courtesy, and married into the palace when Xiong Yan was still the prince of the East Palace, so she can be said to be the "old man" in the palace. Concubine Han Defei was born in a family and had a noble status, so she originally looked down on a civilian woman like Sun Hongxiang. However, Sun Hongxiang is favored, and she herself has not fallen out of favor, so in this situation, she has to condescend to befriend her.

I only heard Sun Hongxiang say: "Sister, look." The white jade-like fingers pointed to a blooming peony, frowned, and pouted: "This flower is blooming so well, don't thank you when it's time to thank her, why don't you kill her." ”

The peony blooming period is generally in mid to late April, and the peony in the imperial garden is carefully cared for by the palace people, so that at this time it is still very delicate and blooming.

As a concubine, Sun Hongxiang naturally will not be unhappy because a flower blooms well or not. Just because the peony is known as the "King of Flowers", in the harem, it naturally refers to the most noble queen, Wang Ruiyao.

There are four concubines in the Chu Palace: Gui, Shu, De and Xian, all of which are of the same quality. The concubine is the head of the four concubines, and her status is only below the queen.

Sun Hongxiang is pampered and arrogant, pampered and bold, and regards the rear position as a thing in the bag. She thought that Wang Ruiyao would be deposed this time, who would have thought that after His Majesty's seizure, he would not pursue it, and only gave him a punishment for thinking about it behind closed doors. Today, Wang Ruiyao actually walked out of the Lizheng Hall unharmed. What's even more infuriating is that the queen mother prefers the queen, and even rejected the invitations of all the women in the palace, and the queen and the concubines are in the queen mother's heart, which is higher and which is lower, and they can see it immediately.