Princess [rebirth]

The Xifang Courtyard of Fu's Mansion has been completely sealed off since the fall of Huarong. Dou Wan took the manpower given to her by Dou Chun and stayed in the courtyard for several days, trying every means to pry the four ladies' mouths open. .And Mrs. Fu got what the old lady said, so she didn't dare to intervene in the affairs of Xifangyuan, she just pretended not to hear the movement of Xifangyuan, and at the same time ordered everyone in the house not to approach Xifangyuan.

After half a month, Dou Wan led the people out of Xifang Courtyard. Not long after Dou Wan left, four people were quietly sent out of Fu's residence, and then secretly sent to Qin Taiyi's residence.After Dou Wan returned to the Princess Mansion to wash up, she changed into a set of formal clothes, and then led the palace servants to go to the palace to ask the saint.

In the past half a month, the sage has revealed in the court that he intends to become a queen, and the ministers are immediately refreshed when they hear it. The sage finally intends to become a queen, but the sage's harem is empty. So far, there is only one Lord Zhuo Lang and one Li Jieyu, the ministers would not directly recommend Li Jieyu without winking, after all, anyone with eyes can see how much the sage loves Mr. Zhuo Lang.

And about the arrangement of the eldest son of the emperor, all the ministers also listened carefully, knowing that the eldest son of the emperor was carried to Mr. Zhuo Lang as soon as he was born. The eldest son of the emperor, isn't it clear what the saint wants to express?

Therefore, after the sage expressed his intention to become a queen, a few days later, some ministers recommended Mr. Zhuo Lang to the court, but Zhuo Xiang naturally did not express his opinion in order to avoid suspicion.As Zhuo Langjun's father, Zhuo Xiang would inevitably feel selfish if he recommended his son, but it would be impossible for him to recommend Li Jieyu, after all, his son was only one step away from the posthumous position. He would be willing to hand over such a great honor to others.

However, there are also some ministers who advocate that the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor should be the queen. They don't care who the eldest son is raised by. Jieyu is the eldest son of the empress and is the legitimate eldest son.

All the ministers in the court were arguing over who should be the empress. Except for Mr. Zhuo Lang and Li Jieyu, some even proposed that the saint could marry another lady with a clean family background and high moral character.

Now the courtiers were faintly divided into three factions. Dou Chun sat on it and watched coldly. Among the ministers who retired last time, some advocated Li Jieyu as the empress, and some advocated marrying another empress. Most of the ministers who advocated Zhuo Lang as the queen are Dou Chun's confidantes. They have long known the candidate that Dou Chun really likes, so they help Dou Chun express his position. In addition, there are some ministers who, like Zhuo Xiang, oppose Do not express an opinion afterwards.

Zhuo Xiang did it because it was inconvenient to blend in, and those ministers who were as silent as Zhuo Xiang did it to protect themselves. For them, they neither had good relations with the Zhuo family nor had much contact with the Li family, so no matter who the sage established After that, it has no effect on them.

And Dou Chun watched them quarreling for a few days with cold eyes, and in the early morning half a month later, he suddenly raised an issue, severely reprimanded several ministers, and threw out a pile of criminal evidence, and those ministers were imprisoned in disgrace. In Dali Temple, some of them were even dismissed on the spot, and their black hats were taken off their heads.A few careful ministers discovered that those ministers who were angered by the sage either advocated making Li Jieyu the empress or marrying the new empress, and the past few days were their favorite.

After seeing this point clearly, those ministers were sweating coldly, no matter which faction they agreed with before, they dared not speak out since then, and became the same silent faction as Zhuo Xiang.

After the courtiers broke out several times in succession, there was only one voice in the hall against Li Hou. Dou Chun nodded in satisfaction, and said in a gentle voice: "Since all the ministers unanimously recommended Mr. Zhuo Lang, it is not easy for me to push everyone away." In Qing's mind, Mr. Zhuo Lang is a good man, and I feel relieved to hand over the harem to him." After speaking, he announced the decree in public, making Zhuo Jingfan, the eldest son of the Zhuo family, the empress.

All the officials below knelt down to listen to the decree, Zhuo Xiang came forward to accept the decree and thanked him, and there was no turning around the matter of becoming a queen. At this time, all the ministers also saw it clearly. He didn't express his position directly, just to test the minds of the courtiers, and at the same time, remove the power left by Dou Ze by the way.How many courtiers the sage has dealt with these days, and those courtiers all have second thoughts or other thoughts, the sage will wipe out the forces opposing him one by one, and finally only leave the ministers who obey him or are loyal to him.

After the decree of the empress was issued, Zhuo Jingfan in the harem heard about it, and the concubines in Yong'an Palace also got the news. Li Jieyu in Baifu Palace turned pale, her eyes were full of tears despair.

After the sage expressed his intention to become a queen, Li Jieyu's family hurriedly moved around, finally united with many ministers to recommend Li Jieyu, and did not expect that those ministers were all imprisoned for various crimes.From the beginning, Li Jieyu was full of expectations, but gradually became restless. After all, she knew that the birth mother of the eldest son of the emperor was a fake, and the eldest son of the emperor crawled out of the belly of some lowly servant. He was raised next to the future queen and became the eldest son of the saint.

The more Li Jieyu thought about it, the more she hated her, a thought suddenly came to her mind, she wanted to make the life experience of the eldest son of the emperor public, even if Zhuo Jingfan sat on the queen's position, so what, he couldn't have any offspring, so he couldn't stop the saint from accepting others, After all, how can the king of a country have no heirs to inherit? In order to spread the branches and leaves, Zhuo Jingfan will have to watch the saint carry one by one little ladies into the palace no matter how unwilling he is.

Li Jieyu twisted her face, what she can't get, she doesn't want others to get it, Zhuo Jingfan already has the favor and trust of a saint, why can't she give her the title of queen?Does she just want to have a place in the palace?The sage doesn't like her and doesn't give her an heir, so she should settle for the next best thing and ask for a position as the head office?Therefore, she kept asking the maidservants who were guarding her, asking them to pass on a message to the saint, and she wanted to ask to see the saint.

At first Dou Chun didn't want to talk to her at all, but later Zhuo Jingfan said: "Go and see what kind of trouble she wants to make." Only then did Dou Chun force himself to go to Baifu Hall.

It's just that Dou Chun didn't expect that Li Jieyu would dare to threaten him.

"To the saint, I know that my lord is incomparable to the sage, and I dare not compare with him. I have lost the eldest son of the emperor, so I ask the sage to take pity on my concubine for the sake of the eldest son of the emperor. " Li Jieyu knelt in front of Dou Chun, begging with tears.

"How do you want me to take pity on you?" Dou Chun asked in a cold tone.

"Back to the sage, my concubine... I know that I come from a humble background, but I have been with the saint for many years. I dare not say that I will do better than the gentleman, but I will not be worse than the gentleman..." Li Jieyu spoke euphemistically, but Dou Chun couldn't bear to listen to her nonsense, so he interrupted her, "Just say what you want."

"Your Majesty already has the favor of the saint and the eldest son of the emperor, please ask the saint to... will... the queen..." Li Jieyu's heart skipped a beat, and she mustered up the courage to say the request, but she couldn't say it at the end. .

"Where do you come from to dare to think about the position of queen?" Dou Chun laughed angrily at her words. Even though Li Jieyu didn't fully express her request, Dou Chun had already learned her request from her few words. intention.

And Dou Chun's ironic words made Li Jieyu's face even paler. With trembling lips, she gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Saint, my concubine just wants to gain a foothold in the palace. If the saint does not agree, the eldest son of the emperor Ugh!" Li Jieyu hadn't finished speaking when Dou Chun suddenly knelt down and grabbed her neck.

Li Jieyu's eyes widened in astonishment, and her eyes were full of fear. She was strangled by Dou Chun, and she couldn't even speak clearly. Dou Chun approached her and said in a deep voice, "Are you threatening me?" What kind of thing are you, you dare to threaten me? I originally thought that you had contributed to the birth of the eldest son of the emperor, and wanted to make you the empress, but I never thought that your heart would be so big that you would even dare to think about the position of empress."

Li Jieyu was terrified, and the pain on her neck and the feeling of suffocation gradually made her panic. She could see the murderous intent in the saint's eyes, and her heart kept getting cold. She wanted to ask for mercy, but the saint pinched her Her neck made her only able to make a sound of "uh...uh...uh...".

"Your heart is so big, if you are kept, there is no guarantee that you will not have bad thoughts towards the queen in the future. I originally wanted to keep you until the eldest son of the emperor was six years old, but now it seems that I have to keep you." Dou Chun With a regretful expression on his face, what he said made the fear in Li Jieyu's eyes grow deeper and deeper.

Just when Li Jieyu felt that she was bound to die, the sage suddenly let her go, and she collapsed to the ground, coughing violently, Dou Chun looked at the greedy Li Jieyu under her feet with a disgusted face, and pulled out her hands from her arms. Taking out a veil, he carefully wiped the fingers that had pinched the opponent's neck just now.

"Come here." After Dou Chun wiped his hands, he threw away the handkerchief and called out. Lu Fu immediately walked in quickly and bowed his head, waiting for Dou Chun's order.

"Take her away." Dou Chun waved his hand, Lu Fu respectfully responded, then summoned several inner eunuchs, lifted Li Jieyu from the ground, and dragged her away.

The next day, the news of Li Jieyu's serious illness spread. Dou Chun promoted Li Jieyu's position in the early court, and named her Zhaoyi, the head of the nine concubines, and then moved her to the northwest of Taiji Palace. The corner of the Qiuyue Hall rests.However, Li Zhaoyi couldn't afford to be ill. In the end, the saint had no choice but to follow the advice of the imperial physician and move Li Zhaoyi out of the palace.

So far, only the queen is left in Dou Chun's harem.

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Zhuo Jingfan's Empress Dowager Ceremony was held one month after the imperial decree was issued. Logically speaking, for such a sudden decree from the saint, the Ministry of Rites would have to prepare for several months. Getting everything in order for the post-sealing ceremony further confirmed everyone's guesses. I'm afraid the sage had already informed the Ministry of Rites and asked them to start preparing in advance.

The officials guessed rightly. As early as after Dou Wan's wedding, Dou Chun wanted to become a queen, so he informed the Minister of Rites in advance and asked him to lead the people to start preparing. Dou Chun made up his mind that the identity of Empress Zhuo Jingfan should be established as soon as possible.

The Empress Dowager Ceremony went smoothly because there was no hindrance from the Empress Dowager, and no other short-sighted people dared to intervene. Zhuo Jingfan followed the rules and wore the improved Empress' uniform, and drove to Liangyi in the Queen's car. Hall, accepting the courtiers' kneeling and congratulations, and then returning to the Lizheng Hall, accepting the kneeling of the wives inside and outside.

After the grand ceremony was held, Zhuo Jingfan's name was also placed on the jade certificate, and he became the first male queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

On the night of canonization, Dou Chun held a palace banquet. Zhuo Jingfan attended the palace banquet wearing a reformed tin hairpin gown, and sat beside the saint with a decent smile on his face. It was clean and there were no concubines, unlike the palace banquets of the previous emperors, when Yingying and Yanyan almost filled the entire hall.

No matter how the officials felt when they saw such an empty palace, they would not show it on the face, and some of the officials were really happy for the queen, and that was Zhuo Xiangzhuo Rongyong.Ever since Dou Chun ordered Zhuo Jingfan to be his queen, the threshold of the Zhuo family was almost leveled.Ever since the incident happened in the Xiao family, Zhuo Rongyong, as an in-law of the Xiao family, was angered by the late emperor. Later, when the sage came to the throne, although his attitude towards him was better than that of the late emperor, it was still alienated. , making him even more of a man with his tail between his legs.

Unexpectedly, his son would have such a great fortune, while restraining the joy in his heart and the expression on his face, Zhuo Rongyong had already started to think about how to let the queen support the Zhuo family.

The second sister, Zhuo Yilian, was married a year ago. Although the Zhuo family tried their best to send Zhuo Yilian into the palace, the former emperor never said anything, and the saint has always been indifferent to the Zhuo family, so Zhuo Rongyong also There is no way, Mrs. Qingping County sees her daughter getting older day by day, if she doesn't allow her, she will become an old aunt that no one wants, so in the end, she hastily found a family for Zhuo Yilian, and married her .

Not long after Zhuo Yilian got married, her husband accepted one young lady after another. Zhuo Yilian's life was extremely difficult, which made Madam Qingping's heart ache, and at the same time blamed Zhuo Jingfan for all of this. On the top of his head, he thought that it was him who prevented Zhuo Yilian from entering the palace, which made Zhuo Yilian fall into the current situation.

Zhuo Yilian was also resentful in her heart, she thought that she could also enter the palace to serve the prince, if she could serve the prince, she would be a concubine of a saint now, but who would have thought that her elder brother actually stopped her, hindered her future, made her She is now living a life that would be worse than death, so what about the husband-in-law of the fourth rank official?Is it as noble as a saint?Zhuo Yilian's heart was full of unwillingness, seeing her husband and son-in-law separated from her again, she felt even more unhappy.

Zhuo Rongyong had also heard about Zhuo Yilian's predicament, but he thought that Sister Lian was the main wife, how could those concubines get past her?I am also a second-rank Zhongshu Ling, so what should Sister Lian's husband's family think about it?As long as Sister Lian shows the demeanor and virtuousness of a concubine, no one can embarrass her.

The one who worries Zhuo Rongyong now is Zhuo Jingfan's half-brother, also Zhuo Jiaerlang.Erlang Zhuo's family is three years younger than Zhuo Jingfan, and now he is a Juren, and at the same time, he is also at the age of marriage. After getting married, he will participate in Chunwei. If Chunwei can achieve good results, then let Zhuo Jingfan speak well in front of the saint A few words, are you afraid that Zhuo Erlang has no future?

Zhuo Rongyong had a good plan, but he didn't know that Zhuo Jingfan had changed his core a long time ago. Otherwise, how could the weak and deceitful Zhuo Jingfan survive in the harem, let alone be in Dou Chun's house? Eye.The current Zhuo Jingfan doesn't have any feelings for the Zhuo family in his heart, and he is a queen, as long as he saves face, no one will accuse him of being unfilial. After all, no matter whether it is a saint or a group of officials, no one wants to see his relatives grow stronger.

Zhuo Jingfan also knew this, so he was not at all worried that the Zhuo Mansion would take the opportunity to make any demands on him. He also guessed that Zhuo Rongyong would definitely want him to support Zhuo Erlang. ", they were able to beat Zhuo's family back, and people couldn't blame him.

The Zhuo family didn't know what he was thinking, Zhuo Rongyong and Xiao Wanniang were still discussing, let Xiao Wanniang rush into the palace to ask the queen, and ask the queen to take more care of Zhuo Erlang.Xiao Wanniang didn't want to see Zhuo Jingfan in her heart, but Zhuo Erlang was her own son, and she was also concerned about Erlang's future, so she had to hide her unwillingness for Erlang, and planned to bow to Zhuo Jingfan.

It's just that she had a good idea, and when she entered the palace the next day, there was no reply. After Zhuo Rongyong knew about it, he asked her to be more patient and to speak a few more times. The empress might be busy, so that's why she didn't reply.Xiao Wanniang had no choice but to grit her teeth and pass the message to the palace. Once or twice, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean. Just when Xiao Wanniang was about to lose patience, the palace finally answered and asked her to enter the palace in three days.

Xiao Wanniang finally felt relieved, and sent someone to notify Zhuo Yilian to let her daughter enter the palace together in three days. She wanted to ask for a favor for her daughter, let Zhuo Jingfan use her status as a queen to suppress her daughter's husband's family, and let her son-in-law restrain himself One point, don't continue to recruit people into the family.

Zhuo Yilian received the news from her mother, even though she was unwilling to take advantage of Zhuo Jingfan's influence, her husband's indifference and the embarrassment of staying alone in the empty boudoir exhausted her both physically and mentally, so she also had some hopes in her heart, if brother-in-law ordered After scolding the husband, the husband should restrain himself a little bit, right?

Zhuo Yilian's husband's surname is Du. Du Langjun felt a little bit in his heart when he heard that his mother-in-law was going to bring his wife into the palace in three days. He thought his wife had a bad relationship with the queen, so he dared to treat her poorly, but now the queen actually I summoned my wife, what should I do?Will the queen be dissatisfied with his actions?Du Langjun, who was restless, pushed away the enchanting concubine for the first time and returned to the main room.

Zhuo Yilian was very surprised to see Du Langjun, who hadn't set foot in the main room for several months, came. When she heard the other side's insinuation that she was about to enter the palace, she couldn't help but sneered. He said: "Du Lang came to me today because he wanted to ask me about entering the palace?"

"Ahem, not exactly. I haven't seen my wife for a few days, and today I came to visit her specially." Du Langjun was a little embarrassed, and coughed twice to cover up his guilt.

"You don't need to visit me. That's right. I will enter the palace in three days. The empress is my elder brother. Even if my empress and I have no relationship in the past, we can't write two characters in one stroke. After all, she is the wife of the Zhuo family, and the empress will take care of my grievances in the Du family." Zhuo Yilian talked nonsense with Du Langjun lazily, and said in a solemn tone.

"...What is wronged or not? Madam is serious. In the future, Madam will be the master of the Du family. If you don't like those concubines, just let them go. Why bother the empress with these trivial matters." Du Langjun He smiled flatteringly.

"Are you willing?" Zhuo Yilian laughed mockingly. Du Langjun was reluctant, but he could tell which was more important. Just like what Zhuo Yilian said, no matter how bad her relationship with the empress was, then They are also brothers and sisters, how could he, an outsider, be able to compare, so he has no choice but to be soft, I just ask Zhuo Yilian to let go, and don't pursue his past neglect.

"Naturally, ma'am, I was wrong in the past, and I hope that your majesty will be large, so don't argue with me." Du Langjun can stretch and bend, and there is no one else in the left and right rooms, so it's nothing to be humble once in a while. , It's better than being reprimanded by the queen.

Zhuo Yilian looked at Du Langjun's flattery with cold eyes, and her heart became more and more contemptuous. How can such a person compare with a saint?Why is it that Zhuo Jingfan has become a noble queen now, but she can only marry such a shameless person.Zhuo Yilian's heart became more and more unbalanced, and she was even more displeased with Du Langjun. Du Langjun was complaining in his heart, he was already aggrieved by gritting his teeth and bowing his head to Zhuo Yilian, but Zhuo Yilian was still the same The look of no one in the deputy's eyes really makes people feel uncomfortable.

At the beginning, the Du family agreed to the Zhuo family's marriage, so they went for Zhuo Xiang and Zhuo Langjun's identities. Du Langjun's parents thought it would be a good thing for the Du family to be able to join the Zhuo family, but Du Lang Jun doesn't like Zhuo Yilian, and he feels that he will be overwhelmed by the Zhuo family in the future as the Du family.Facts proved that his premonition was right, Zhuo Yilian had always looked down on the Du family, at first Du Langjun still respected her, but he inadvertently learned from Zhuo Yilian's maid that Zhuo Yilian and Zhuo Langjun had a bad relationship After that, something came to my mind.

Afterwards, he used Zhuo Yilian's words again. Knowing that Mr. Zhuo Lang hadn't been with the Zhuo family for a long time, he began to treat Zhuo Yilian coldly. Seeing that it was a day or two, a month or two months, there was no one in the palace. For any news, he was sure that Mr. Zhuo Lang would not care about Zhuo Yilian, so he was more at ease and left her behind.

Unexpectedly, he had been at ease for a year, and after Zhuo Langjun sat on the queen's position, he was going to start walking with the Zhuo family. At this time, Du Langjun was so regretful that his intestines were green, so he had to do a little fuss in front of Zhuo Yilian , wanting to ask Zhuo Yilian to hold her hands high and not settle accounts with the Du family.

The two elders of the Du family also knew that Du Langjun treated Zhuo Yilian contemptuously. At first, the two elders were toward Zhuo Yilian's daughter-in-law, but Zhuo Yilian didn't appreciate it. The daughter of the family is a daughter-in-law, so as time passed, Zhuo Yilian was ignored.

But it's different now, when they heard that Zhuo Yilian was going to enter the palace in three days, the two elders were also anxious, they knew that Du Langjun's behavior in the past year was not good, it was because the Du family didn't block others Otherwise, if someone reads Du Langjun's book, Du Langjun's proper "love concubine and destroy wife" will not be able to escape.