The abandoned queen is reborn: she makes the prince cry and seizes the throne!

The guard opened the door directly and bent over to invite the person in.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, so I came to see Your Majesty..."

As soon as Liu Huachao arrived, Ning Huaixuan's mood improved visibly. He pulled her to sit next to him. It was true that a day without seeing her felt like a long time.

The memorial, which was originally confidential, was laid out in front of the woman without any reservation. "Your Majesty..." The woman's voice was soft, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her nose.

"The Queen Mother summoned me today. Your Majesty, guess what she said?"

Ning Huaixuan pretended to be deep in thought, and after a while his brows relaxed again. He smiled and said, "Does it mean that Chao Chao has been much more obedient recently?"

"what."

Liu Hua nodded and said, "The Queen Mother wants His Majesty to select concubines, and asks us concubines to discuss the selection together, and then His Majesty will make the final decision..."

Before she finished speaking, her tone was filled with tears. Liu Huachao half-punched his arm, "Your Majesty has a beautiful woman in your arms all day long. I'm afraid that soon, your Majesty will forget about me..."

"How could that be? With a concubine as considerate as Chao Chao, I...will never fall in love with anyone else..."

It can be seen that men lie without hesitation.

After dealing with the affairs of the court, Ning Huaixuan felt as if he had lost three years of his life. It seemed that being an emperor was not an easy job.

One crisis after another comes, and even the gods in heaven cannot control it.

The selection of concubines was quickly arranged. As the most powerful concubine in the harem, Liu Huachao naturally had the final say.

I originally thought that she had the final say in this talent show.

Who knew that on the day of the talent show, several old eunuchs carried a gilded mahogany chair over, and several elderly maids supported the queen...

Are you going to see this in person?

Liu Huachao was helpless... Even if she was watching the selection, what would it matter? Without the favor of His Majesty, no matter how many women there were, they would only be her foils.

Just like those women in the palace, they have titles in name only and die in the palace.

Ji Ningqiu looked at the empress dowager's sickly face, then at the arrogant Liu Huachao. After an inner struggle, she finally did not report Liu Huachao's actions.

The Empress Dowager might not be unaware of this, but perhaps she turned a blind eye to it for the sake of the Emperor's face.

Poor her, she can’t see His Majesty day and night... What’s the difference between this and being a widow?

The talent show lasted for several days, and the ladies who were finally chosen were not selected based on their appearance but on their background.

Almost all the daughters of officials who had a say in the court entered the palace and were favored by the royal family.

Liu Huachao looked at the beautiful newcomers one after another. Although he was jealous, he had to endure it until the old empress passed away.

The women in the palace all follow her lead.

The Queen Mother was determined that if she couldn't win over Prime Minister Ji Kang, she would have to line up with the old aristocratic families in the court and tie them tightly to the same rope, so that they would prosper together and suffer together.

After all, the Dali Dynasty was supported by the aristocratic families, and she didn't believe that the aristocratic families would sit idly by.

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Spring outing.

Ji Yuanzheng originally planned to return to the border county after Ji Mengshu's wedding, but something happened and he was not only imprisoned for a few days, but there was still no news of his reinstatement.

So I stayed here first.

On the hillside outside Beijing, the air is fresh and the scenery is beautiful.

The willows on the river bank have sprouted new branches, and their fresh green color is pleasing to the eye...

After Ji Mengshu had been staying in the Ji Mansion for who knows how many days, Ji Yuanzheng finally couldn't bear it anymore and insisted on taking Ji Mengshu out.

During this time, she stayed at the Ji Mansion, trying hard to regain the carefree feeling she had at home in her previous life.

Times have changed, but the feeling of youth can never be found again.

The second and third wives have nothing to do with them now. All evildoers will have their day of retribution.

She no longer feels young.

Ji Yuan was poking her head. "You, you're almost as depressed as a gourd."

"Where is it?"

I finally dodged his hand and looked into the distance. On another hillside, there were piles of small hills.

Ji Mengshu pointed at those things and asked, "Brother, what are those?"

Ji Yuanzheng's gaze was also drawn back, and after taking a quick glance, he said, "That's... a new grave."

Countless new graves of refugees.

It was like a flash of numbing pain. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

Those were the new graves of countless refugees. From a distance, they seemed densely packed throughout the entire hill. Of course, there was more than one person under those new graves.

In order to ensure the safety of the capital and prevent the plague, the local provincial government had to dig deep pits on the hillsides far away from the capital and burn and bury the dead.

Then pile them up into hills.

You will be burned and buried together with strangers.

Even if I become a wandering ghost in the future, I will still have a companion.

For the officials in Jingzhou, this is the most effective method.

"Brother, is the border county in chaos?"

I asked this question out of the blue.

Ji Yuanzheng swallowed and touched her head, "Of course it's messy, but I can barely hold on..."

My heart suddenly felt a pang of sadness. The soldiers in the border counties were struggling, while the royal family in the capital was living a life of drunkenness and debauchery.

"Brother, if one day you were asked to betray your country and destroy your own beliefs, what would you do?"

Ji Yuan was gasping for breath, wondering why his Ah Shu always asked such profound questions.

"The people are my faith, how can I betray them?"

It's the common people, not the royal family.

Ji Mengshu suddenly laughed. My brother's faith has always been in the people, not the royal family. He is loyal to the people...

But as I laughed, my nose started to feel sore and I felt like crying.

She is no longer the girl who only followed her family's arrangements. Her future is full of unknown possibilities. Maybe the abyss is just ahead, or maybe it is a broad road...

She couldn't help but stop.

Not long after the draft, the North was in chaos again.

The cause of the chaos this time was not the uprising, but Prince Wu who had suppressed the uprising before.

Prince Wu is the uncle of the current emperor. After helping the emperor suppress the uprising in the north last year, he has been highly valued by the emperor.

This time, I heard that Prince Wu had rebelled.

When the urgent document that traveled eight hundred miles was delivered to the capital, Ning Huaixuan came out from the crowd of beauties, took the document and took a closer look.

Hey, what bullshit is this.

Prince Wu, how could he possibly rebel?!

Ning Huaixuan stretched lazily with his outer garment tied loosely around his waist. He raised his eyelids and asked the guard, "Is the news true?"

The guard was sweating profusely and lowered his head, saying, "Your Majesty, Prince Wu has already conquered the first city in the south... The important cities in the north have requested Your Majesty to send troops!"

"Oh...Heh..."

Everyone must oppose it.

There is not a single day of peace.