Under the strong demand of the scholars that "the country cannot be without a king for a day", the Xuanming Palace finally issued an edict ordering the prince to supervise the country.

This made the Liu family suspect that Emperor Yong wanted to manipulate the eldest prince behind the scenes to continue to make peace, and he also began to drum a little in his heart: "The war in the southwest has not stopped, and the news of illness has been ...... before Now I really agree with the Great Prince to supervise the country! Isn't that one really good? ”

It is not only the Liu family that is so suspicious, but the harem concubines are especially uneasy - since Emperor Yongdi returned to the palace, from the noble concubine to the beauties, no one has been able to face the saint.

Earlier, it was still acceptable that Emperor Yong deliberately favored the Zheng family and deliberately pretended to be sick to force the Liu family, but as the days went by—especially when the eldest prince was ordered to supervise the country—the power to supervise the country has always been received by the prince! Where can the concubines sit still?

"The concubine begs for the grace of the mother, let the concubine see His Majesty!" Early in the morning, Shan Guifei took the lead, including Li Meiren, who had just given birth to a princess and had just come out of confinement - oh, she is Jing Jieyu now, and almost all the concubines in the harem took off their hairpins and changed into gorgeous clothes, kneeling at the back door of Xuanming Palace and begging.

This meeting made Queen Qiu feel palpitations, grabbed Qiu Baoniang and asked, "What should I do now?" ”

"Let a few of them in." Qiu Baoniang said calmly, "Otherwise, it will be easy to drive them away, but I am afraid that the outside world will suspect the truth." ”

Empress Qiu was shocked: "But how can you give them a majesty?!" After being reminded by Shen Zangfeng, the stand-in chose one among the inner attendants, but that one was for people to show when they had to go to court, and they had no hope of passing the test under the cover of the height of the Danqi and the crown.

Concubines to visit, especially the once favorite concubines, not allowing them to come close to ask for peace is a huge flaw in itself. Especially Emperor Yong, who is still "sick", must be lying on the bed, it is impossible to change the crown to go to the main hall for the concubine's request, right?

Slow to say that the stand-in doesn't look like Emperor Yongdi to ten percent, even if it is, is this pillow person so easy to hide? Queen Qiu bets that Concubine Shan can see that something is wrong as long as she gets close to the stand-in! What will we do then?

"Your Majesty is gone anyway." Qiu Baoniang said casually: "Concubines, their biggest backer is Your Majesty!" Your Majesty has two princes under his knees, what can the second prince compete with the eldest prince? What's more, the second prince has always been raised under your knees! Anyway, Your Majesty is gone now, you must be the Queen Mother! You said that if the concubines are not crazy, who would dare to get along with you again?! ”

Empress Qiu sighed and said contemplatively: "Aunt is saying...... Let them help hide it together? ”

"It's 'keeping their mouths shut'!" Qiu Baoniang corrected, "You are the future queen mother, there is no need to be too polite when talking to these concubines." Let's just say that Your Majesty is lacking now, and you are impatient to see everyone - Your Majesty is fine, but those people outside, can you see Your Majesty if you want to?! Pick a clever and sensible person like Shan Guifei, and let them in! ”

"When the time comes, as soon as the door of the palace is closed and the cards are displayed, those who are interested will promise to give them a concubine position in the future and take care of their old age. If you don't know what's interesting, then let the knowledgeable go out and testify that they have angered Your Majesty, and you will be killed directly! Qiu Baoniang said lightly, "Now, in front of you, it is not surprising that these people say that they are ants...... You must know that they were originally born slaves, because of Your Majesty, because of Dayong, they became noble mothers! If Dayong is gone, or his status is unstable, what are these people?! ”

Queen Qiu is still not at ease: "The Shan family and the like were all sent to the palace by the sons, and they are still young and beautiful......

"Why should Niangniang worry that they will go to the family behind them?" Qiu Baoniang smiled dumbly: "Do you think it's difficult to pick a few beauties out of the family?" Since they have served His Majesty, will the former master take them back and then transfer them to others? You won't be strapped for manpower to this point! Tell the truth, if they know the truth, I am afraid that they will cry and beg you to give you a chance to show their loyalty! ”

"In that case, then do as you say." The queen thought about it for a moment, and felt that there was no better way, so she had to give permission.

…… In the evening of this day, Concubine Shan, Concubine Deng Shu, and Jing Jieyu, who came out of Xuanming Palace with red eyes and drooping heads, were naturally surrounded by other concubines and concubines for explanations.

"Your Majesty is indeed sick." The three of them said in unison, telling them that they "have some coughs, and it is said that they had a fever two days ago, and the queen mother and Princess Xian'an are worried about the royal body, so they advise Your Majesty to rest for a few days." In addition, the eldest prince is old, and His Majesty also thinks that the eldest prince should go through the experience. ”

"Then Your Majesty still only lets the Queen Mother and Princess Xian'an serve the sick?" Yu Jieyu rubbed the corner of her clothes and asked.

Jing Jieyu replied because she had been friendly with her before: "No, Your Majesty said that it will be arranged by the queen mother - the queen mother said that she will serve with Her Royal Highness the princess today, and from tomorrow, we will take turns to serve one person." lest there be many people clamoring for the holy drive. ”

Yu Jieyu asked: "What is the order this time?" ”

"When Jing Jieyu said we mean the three people of the palace!" Shan Guifei took over the words arrogantly, glanced at Yu Jieyu and said, "I didn't say anything about you!" What is the order, this palace will discuss it with Sister Deng and Jing Jieyu! ”

“…… The concubine is too talkative. "Yu Jieyu knows that Shan Guifei is spicy, and now she has Emperor Yong's permission to serve left and right, although she takes turns to go - but with the beauty of the concubine, the return of favor is just around the corner, where does Yu Jieyu dare to offend her? I had to swallow my anger.

Shan Guifei snorted and looked around: "Why are you so unconvinced?!" ”

The concubines, of course, were not convinced.

However, Shan Guifei's arrogance when she was favored impressed them too deeply, and the current situation is that they are not as good as the concubine, so naturally no one dares to come out of this, so they all keep their heads down and keep silent.

"That's what the queen meant! The queen mother was ordered by His Majesty to arrange for the sick to serve the sick - you dare to disobey the emperor?! Shan Guifei's big hat was pressed down, and everyone had to say: "Concubine don't dare!" ”

"Concubines don't dare!"

"You don't know what you're doing around?! Don't hurry up and disperse! Shan Guifei snorted: "Didn't you see that this palace still invites Sister Deng and Jing Jieyu to go back to Yongxin Palace to talk?!" ”

After sending many concubines, Concubine Deng Shufei said with a complicated expression: "Sister Shan still has momentum, and she drove them all away at once." ”

"We're all upset ourselves now, how can we care about them?" Shan Guifei laughed at herself and said, "Go to my palace and talk about it." ”

Actually, there is nothing to say - Empress Qiu has already made it very clear that Emperor Yong was angry with Liu Zheng because of his long journey, and he didn't know when he was touched by a hidden illness or secret injury, and he had already died.

There are only two princes, one is born to the queen, and the other is raised by the queen, no matter how you count it, the queen will be the queen mother. These concubines, hehehe...... was originally not from a high background, and as soon as the queen became the queen mother, how to deal with them, and the family behind them would do this for them?

Stop dreaming!

Let's say slowly, Concubine Shan and Jing Jieyu, who were originally slaves, are the real bloodline of the Deng family, and it is impossible to expect the Deng family to give her a head! If the Deng family were willing to do this kind of thing for her, they would have recognized her back as a daughter, and would send her into the palace to fight? !

So they follow the queen now, and they will be a concubine in the future, although it is inevitable to see the faces of the queen and the new monarch, but if they are careful to flatter, it is not difficult to eat and drink for a lifetime, as for loneliness, there is no way, it is better than going out to announce the truth now - after the death of the former Wei, the princesses of the golden branches and jade leaves are all in the current workshop? What's more, these people who are honored because they are concubines?!

Moreover, are the queens and princesses guarding the palace in vain these days? In particular, Liu Rongke, who is in charge of the military power of the Imperial Forest Army, is the queen's junior! The eldest prince was personally welcomed into the imperial capital!

The queen kept saying that whatever they chose, if they really chose to announce it, who knows if the news didn't get out, would their lives be gone?!

Therefore, when they arrived at Yongxin Palace, the three of them reached a consensus without saying a few words: "You must be on the queen's side!" ”

"If it weren't for the fact that there was still a war in the southwest, I was afraid that the eldest prince would not be able to control the scene, and the queen needed our help to conceal the truth, and we might not have this opportunity!"

"That's what the two mothers said." Jing Jieyu was originally very silent, but now that the stakes are so high, it is impossible not to say anything, "We have to ensure that the eldest prince ascends the throne safely, just like when His Majesty was still there!" In this way, we can still be concubines...... Otherwise! "Jing Jieyu is more anxious to get closer to the queen than the concubine and the concubine - she also has a daughter!

Da Yong is here, her daughter is a golden branch and jade leaf, Da Yong is gone, Princess Qingxin of the former Wei is an example!

How can Jing Jieyu not be in a hurry?

"The other concubines still have to take care of the concubine sister, you have to take care of the Xuanming Palace now, it seems that the mother will not go back to Weiyang Palace to live for the time being." Concubine Deng frowned and said, "However, if this is the case, will it arouse suspicion?" ”

Shan Guifei said: "There is no way, the queen is leaving Xuanming Palace now, what if the flaws are exposed?" So we have to make it look like His Majesty is still there...... As for the suspicion of the outside world, find a way to lead it to the side, right? For such a big thing, without conclusive evidence, who would dare to speculate? Especially the guards of the palace are all under Liu Rong's control, the meaning of the queen's words, Liu Rong has long known and supported the eldest prince. ”

Speaking of this, she took a breath, her eyes were slightly red, and she seemed to be reluctant to give up Emperor Yong, but what she thought in her heart was "Pity my child, if I hadn't been too impulsive at the beginning, I couldn't bear to give birth to him, but now I can also take the risk of contacting the Duanmu family, and I may not be able to fight for that position...... But now, what else can be done but bow to the queen? ”

After the three of Shan Guifei entered the Xuanming Palace and came out, they could be regarded as temporarily suppressing the discussion of suspicion of Emperor Yong's imperial body.

But because he didn't see Emperor Yong show up, and there were only three concubines who were saints, there were still people talking about it in private-especially after the eldest prince was in charge of the country, he actually ignored Emperor Yong's previous clear precautions against Shen Zangfeng, and almost immediately ordered Shen Zangfeng and Wei Changfeng to assist the government!

"Is this the one who really can't control the situation and is ready to take care of the orphans, or is the eldest prince seizing the opportunity of the prison country to quickly cultivate his wings?!" Everyone fell into the fivefold clouds, and felt that there was no one who was not suspicious!

"If that one really can't do it, you should eradicate Shen Zangfeng first, right? How could it be possible to keep him! Aren't you afraid that the eldest prince can't control him? ”

"That's not necessarily, Shen Zangfeng's vitality is lost, and he can't work hard, just this point, he won't take the initiative to fight for that position. At least he won't - that one is really not good, but he can instruct the eldest prince to use him and give the eldest prince a scene in town! Don't forget how old is the eldest prince? It's not a big wedding yet! Let's talk about the people in the scholar clan, that is, in the upstarts, those fierce generals and old ministers, can he suppress them? The upstart side is very guarded against Shen Zangfeng, so the two are restrained...... Hey! ”

In the end, everyone couldn't hold back, and recommended Liu He to Shen Mansion to test: "Brother Xian, the eldest prince suddenly used you, but what is the reason?" ”