female concubine

Since the death of Emperor Xianzong and Yuan Jinghe was changed, all the staff members of the former crown prince's East Palace were promoted to court officials, and Zhan Shifu was dismissed. After the refutation of the matter, the remaining officials in Zhan Shifu and Zuochunfang were promoted, and those who were close to the new emperor and the former East Palace servants were also promoted to the chief inspectors of the various bureaus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the officials of the Inner East Gate Division were replaced by the Crown Prince. The minister took over.

Several servants carried the bookcases and turned left from the corridor of Xuanyoumen Palace. When they entered the Neidongmen Gate, they were stopped by Neidongmensi's operatives and a group of servants, "Neidongmensi inspected and banned them."

Several servants came out carrying the lanterns, and the clerk stepped forward, pointing to the box and asking, "What is this carrying?"

"The nobles are all calligraphy and painting."

"Calligraphy and painting should also be checked."

"I'm afraid it's... the queen mother's stuff, isn't it appropriate?"

"Sacred Cadets in the inner court, everything that enters and exits must be interrogated, so..."

"The relics of the first emperor, I see who dares to move!" The servants carried their shoulders and turned into the entrance of the palace corridor of the inner east gate.

Several servants immediately took a step back and knelt down, "His Royal Highness, Wanan, the villains are also routine, follow the rules of the big house, and the officials dare not be lax or negligent."

Xiao Youqing tightly held the armrest of the shoulder, "Zhou Huaizheng, who is the rule in this inner court?"

The kneeling servant trembled, and immediately kowtowed, "The big house is the residence of the official family, and His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager is the official mother..." hurriedly let the servant who blocked the door back, "Get out of here."

When Jianyu came to the side of the Koudang official, Xiao Youqing closed his eyes and said: "Without the late emperor, would all of you have today? Would the emperor have today?"

"The villain is guilty."

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——Ningshou Palace——

Since coming back from the Hanlin Painting Academy, Xiao Youqing has locked herself in the dormitory, and the emperor's visit during the period was just passing on the message and refused to meet each other.

Sitting alone on the floor tiles in the pavilion, Xiao Youqing looked at the paintings hanging on the shelf. Three thousand scrolls were like three thousand worlds. Staring at one of the pictures of myself when I was young, "In the past 37 years, I don't even know what I looked like when I was wearing a wedding dress. With hatred, I only feel that the clothes are heavy, and I feel that the person in the mirror does not look like me. .”

Xiao Youqing lay down slowly holding a hand stove, curled up slowly and looked sideways at the portrait, "At the beginning of the eighth year of Jianping, it was the first time in 20 years that I experienced death on the spot. I couldn't resist, maybe it was I don't want to resist, death may be the best relief for some people, or maybe I am looking forward to, looking forward to the extravagant hopes and fears in my heart."

"The emperor's ruthlessness is best verified by my mother, so I am afraid, and keep using my mother to warn myself. I tell myself that there is no exception in this world, and the most reliable person is always only myself, but when I kneel When I came down to beg the person I hate the most, even I was taken aback by myself, and even felt that I had become a demon. I lied to myself not because I cared or because I loved it. I kept telling myself all this It's all just because you are still valuable to me, but... is that really the case?"

"It's just me deceiving myself and others. It's never an advantage to make people let go of their hatred and kneel down to beg." As the sunlight from the window slowly tilted until it climbed onto Xiao Youqing, she raised her hand to cover the glare in front of her eyes. "Yeah, even though the light is so dazzling that it can burn people, there are still so many people who are willing to follow suit. You, them, including myself, now I have everything, but I hope you can bring me along with you." Let's go," Xiao Youqing turned over from the ground, staring at one of the scrolls with the emperor on it, "They are all envious, but they don't know how much I, the envied person, struggle in my heart. You are in danger again and again, I lost time and time again, until now I lost completely, anyone would be greedy, and I am the same, desire for power, desire for love, I am used to the darkness, but I still can't get used to the emptiness of the pillow, do you still remember your promise... "Xiao Youqing got down slowly, trembling and holding the copper stove firmly, "I'm not reconciled, 30 years is just a blink of an eye, how can it be enough?"

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——Funning Hall——

"Cough cough!" The Emperor's cough was often heard from Funing Hall, and the doctor who entered the hall would come to ask for a pulse every two days, and the medicine was changed more than ten times within half a year.

The emperor, who had been shut down several times, summoned his courtiers to inquire about the Hanlin Painting Academy and the Inner East Gate. Cao Shuyao helped the emperor, who was not in a good mood, to the main hall.

Wei Xu covered his chest with one hand and pointed at the kneeling courtier, "How can you stop the empress dowager's car?"

Zhou Huaizheng kowtowed and said tremblingly: "It was very late at night when the Empress Dowager entered, and all the gates of the palace were closed. The villains routinely checked the people who entered and exited. They carried boxes that could accommodate people. The officials were resting in Funing Hall. The villain dare not be negligent, besides, it was dark, the empress dowager appeared at the back, the villain didn't see it, so he bumped into the queen mother, villain, villain deserves to die, please forgive me."

Hearing the eunuch's explanation, the emperor originally wanted to blame, but he couldn't open his mouth, "Your Majesty has never been that kind of arrogant person, unless it involves the late emperor."

"The villain doesn't know that it contains the relics of the late emperor."

The emperor stepped back and sat down, "Now my mother won't come out or see me, what should I do."

Seeing the emperor's hesitation, Cao Shuyao asked, "What do the officials care about?"

The emperor raised his head, "What does the empress mean?"

"Do the officials care about the honor of the emperor and the country or His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager?"

"Of course it's my mother," the emperor said without a doubt. "Where did I come from without my mother? Without my mother, how could I be here safely?" This is a relative." Wei Xu immediately reacted and added: "I'm not saying you are bad."

"The concubine knows about it." Cao Shuyao married to the East Palace and then to the Central Palace. Here, she and the emperor are just in the name of husband and wife. The government is involved in politics, but the military power of the imperial court is except for one of the Cao family, and the rest of the commanding generals serve the empress dowager. The provincial governor, headed by the princess of the country, confronts the new monarchy.

Cao Shuyao stepped forward and looked at the courtier who was kneeling down, "What you said just now was not entirely true. That night was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon was full. Even if the ground was not as bright as day, you could see the face of the person without holding a lantern. Could it be that Aren't you the same moon as I see?"

The servant trembled after hearing this, "His Royal Highness..."

"As an officer of the Neidong Division, you are in charge of the palace guards and cashiers, as well as receiving foreign ministers for the government, do you know the empress dowager's ministers?" Cao Shuyao said calmly, without anger: "You beat me In the name of the official family, do you want to separate the official family from the mother and son of His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager?"

The servant raised his head in panic, "Official, villain... villain..."

The emperor stood up and walked forward slowly, "Huaizheng, you have followed me since childhood, is what the queen said true?"

The servant lowered his head, "Forgive me, the official."

"why?"

"When the official family was the county king, prince, and prince, they were cautious and cautious, and they never slackened in serving their parents. Even so, the late emperor was still indifferent. As the eldest son, the official family was not at fault when he was the prince, but the late emperor was born with the heart of abandoning the prince, and At the end of his life, he also handed over all the power to the empress dowager. On the surface, the officials are the emperor, but secretly, those generals in power only recognize the empress dowager. The benevolence and filial piety of the officials have been patient. "The waiter raised his head, "Parents love their sons, and they have far-reaching plans. The villain has never seen such a heartless father. He is always on guard against his parents and children, and the empress dowager. If she really cares about officials, trust me Officials, if you think about the love between mother and child, why do you keep holding power and refuse to let it go?"

"Enough!" The emperor slapped the table angrily, "You can blame me, but I will never allow you to insult my mother."

"Your Majesty!" The servant knelt and climbed forward, "The former emperor and the empress dowager took advantage of the official family's benevolence and filial piety because they knew the official family's temperament. In their eyes, did they really treat the official family as their own children?"

The emperor threw the man away, and immediately turned his back on the desk, "You go."

The servant knelt and froze, and then knelt down limply, "Duke Kang is young, I hope the official family has made plans early, and the villain's words are all here, so I hope you will cherish it." Finally, the servant knelt up straight and bowed his head twice solemnly. He kowtowed and said: "May Your Majesty, all blessings be blessed."

After the servant was taken away, the emperor sat down limply and took a few breaths. Seeing that Cao Shuyao was about to step forward, the emperor raised his hand, "I'm fine."

The emperor looked at the door, "Actually, what he said is correct, it's just that I have more than enough heart but not enough strength, what can I do with the inescapable destiny, you must be very disappointed to become the wife of an incompetent king. "

Cao Shuyao actually began to feel a little pity for the emperor in front of him, "Even a venerable person has things he can't decide."

"He turned me from longing to despair. I thought I could get a sliver of charity and mercy from him in the end." The emperor laughed at himself.

"But at least Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager's concern for the officials is genuine."

"That's why I said that I have always only had a mother, but my mother..." the emperor opened his eyes lazily, "I don't trust me either, and also, how could I possibly match the late emperor? The late emperor's hard work, the mother is absolutely invincible." Anyone will be allowed to touch it."

"The heavenly family is unlucky, the king has little love, a family built by power will eventually be defeated by power, the first emperor..." Cao Shuyao turned to look at a picture of a cat playing on the wall of Funing Hall, "Yes A good official family is also a good husband, but not a good father."

"Cheng'er is still young," the emperor looked up at Cao Shuyao, and said guiltily, "Please forgive my selfishness for keeping you trapped here and unable to get out, and unable to become a mother."

"The concubine is Kang Guogong's aunt. The concubine knows what the officials are thinking. The concubine will help the little prince well."

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In September of the first year of Jinghe, Zhou Huaizheng, who was in charge of the inner east gate, was dismissed for disobeying the empress dowager. The emperor sent him to the imperial mausoleum to guard the tomb of Emperor Tai Zugao, and then went to Ningshou Palace to plead guilty in person.

"The servant followed his son in the East Palace for more than ten years. It was his son's arrogance that spoiled his temper."

"He's not arrogant, he's just loyal to you."

The emperor propped himself up and sat up, went to Xiao Youqing and cupped his hands and said, "Mother." Then he knelt down and knelt down, "The son feels powerless these days, and begged the empress to listen to the government behind the curtain, and the son on the court will explain it clearly to them."

Xiao Youqing sat motionless on the wooden couch, "What is powerlessness..." His lax eyes stared at the bead curtain blown by the majesty, and then he closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, "Are you going to leave me behind too?"

The emperor raised his hand to cover his chest, and immediately kowtowed with his eyes reddened, "Mother, my son is not filial."

The author has something to say:

It is a normal operation for the new king to succeed to the throne and promote the staff members of the Eastern Palace.

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