Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 342: There Is a Buddha in My Heart (1)
Fortunately, Emperor Xian De still had a sense of propriety, after supporting Su Wan, he bowed to the Empress Dowager and said: "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Yu suppressed the anger and dissatisfaction in her heart, and said with a smile: "The emperor is free."

Emperor Xian De straightened up, turned around and sat on the throne at the side, and let the concubines sit down, then he said casually: "I seem to have heard just now that some people want to disobey, what is going on?"

As she asked, her eyes fell on Su Wan. Su Wan noticed his gaze, raised her head slightly to stare at him, and lowered her head again.Seeing this, Emperor Xian De couldn't help flashing a smile in his eyes.

Empress Dowager Yu didn't notice their eye contact, and said directly: "The emperor misheard, there is no such thing."

When Emperor Xian De heard this, he looked away from Su Wan, and said: "So that's it, the empress specially announced me to come this time, but do you have anything important to say?"

Empress Dowager Yu nodded and said, "There is indeed something I want to tell Your Majesty."

Emperor Xiande raised his eyebrows, a thought flashed in his eyes, but he still said: "Please tell me, Queen Mother!"

In Empress Dowager's heart, Emperor Xiande was actually a little embarrassed, after all, she was only Emperor Xiande's adoptive mother, but fortunately, Emperor Xiande treated her pretty well except that he didn't listen to her very much, and she had put down her big talk just now , and didn't want to lose face in front of the concubines. Moreover, she was doing it for the emperor's good and the harmony of the harem from the bottom of her heart, so she was not wrong.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Yu gained confidence and said, "Emperor, Aijia heard that you haven't entered the harem for a while, but you have been pampering Mrs. Chu all the time. Is this true?"

"Oh? Who did the Empress Dowager listen to?" Hearing this, the smile on Emperor Xian De's lips suddenly spread a bit, and he immediately understood who the Empress Dowager was after.

Empress Dowager Yu's voice was a little louder, and she said firmly: "The Ai family is neither deaf nor blind, so they will naturally know about it. Emperor, you dote on Mrs. Chu, and the Ai family can understand. After all, which emperor has few favorites?" Concubine, who did you dote on in the past, did the Ai family ever say a word more? It’s just that even if you dote on her again, you should have a degree. You are too much. During this time, the harem is full of complaints. Does the emperor see it? not?"

"Complaints abound?" Emperor Xian De sneered, glanced at everyone, and said: "I love whoever I want to love, so there are people who complain that I can't do it?"

The hearts of all the concubines trembled when they heard this, and they also heard that Emperor Xiande's tone was not kind, so they lowered their heads immediately, wishing that Emperor Xiande could not see him.

Empress Dowager Yu said: "Emperor, you can't say that. These concubines are your wives and concubines, but you ignore them and favor Mrs. Chu outside the palace. How can they feel better?"

Hearing what the Empress Dowager said, many concubines couldn't help but have red eyes, and then shed tears.

Emperor Xiande sneered and said: "Could it be that in order to make them feel better, you have to make me feel bad? Could it be that in the eyes of the queen mother, they are actually more important than me, and I have to sacrifice my own preferences to cater to them ? Haha, doesn't the queen mother feel that she has put the cart before the horse? You know, I didn't accept the concubine to please them."

What she said left the Queen Mother speechless.

Emperor Xiande's words were correct, the emperor accepted concubines, apart from passing on the family line, the main purpose was to make them please the emperor, so that the emperor could relax besides the heavy political affairs.

Although, sometimes the emperor also needs to consider political factors when accepting concubines, but for the Daqian Dynasty, this is not the most important point.

In fact, during the period of the second emperor of the Dagan Dynasty, that is, Emperor Taizong, in order to prevent his relatives from becoming too powerful, he once ordered that the daughters of the families of powerful and important officials should not be accepted as concubines. .

However, after one more emperor, it was discovered that the concubine selected from the common people had solved the problem of relatives, but the quality in all aspects was not high enough, the education of the prince was insufficient, and most of the princes were incompetent, so they were easily instigated and manipulated by eunuchs , the imperial power fell aside.

Therefore, after the first emperor ascended the throne, he revoked the order of Emperor Taizong.However, he was also worried about the dictatorship of his relatives, and he didn't want his harem to become the epitome of the previous dynasty. Therefore, except for a few of his own concubines, their backgrounds were not particularly high. It is also excellent, and never reuses relatives.Even later, Empress Ning, who was chosen for Emperor Xiande, did not come from a high family background.

Before Emperor Xiande ascended the throne, he needed to win over important ministers, control military power, and consolidate his strength, so he accepted a few daughters of honorable and important ministers. But it's talent and appearance, or whether it suits him or not.And the daughters of those important ministers are now the fourth concubine.

This is also the reason why the fourth concubine's background is higher than that of the queen and even other concubines. Therefore, even if the fourth concubine has not been favored all the time, she still has a detached status.

After a while, the Empress Dowager Yu took a deep breath and said earnestly: "Emperor, even though you said that, as an emperor, you should be exposed to both rain and dew. You only favor Mrs. Chu, so don't you be afraid that she will be troubled by her beauty? The infamy that harmed the country and the people? At that time, what will happen to Mrs. Chu? Aijia is also for her own good."

When Su Wan heard the Queen Mother's words, she couldn't help being startled, and couldn't help but look up at Emperor Xiande.

Not only Su Wan looked over, but also Concubine Hu Gui and the others all looked eagerly at Emperor Xian De.

For Emperor Xian De to value Su Wan so much, although they were unwilling, after all, getting benefits was the most important thing, compared to this, other things were not important.

But Emperor Xian De just squinted his eyes and didn't speak.

When the queen mother saw this, she thought he had listened, and she relaxed, and said: "There is another point, the emperor's favor for Mrs. Chu is too much, the princess' mansion, the imperial concubine's phoenix robe, the queen's Fengguan, the prince's car, all of them are beyond the control, you are not pampering her, but harming her. If you are really doing her best, you shouldn't let her get the limelight and become the target of public criticism."

The Empress Dowager Yu is mature and well-versed in Emperor Xiande's character. Naturally, she would not forcefully order Emperor Xiande to do anything, but she knew that Emperor Xiande valued Su Wan, so all she said was that she was planning for Su Wan. , as if thinking of Su Wan wholeheartedly, because only in this way can Emperor Xiande listen to him.

However, Emperor Xiande did not speak immediately, but silently looked at Su Wan.

Su Wan just looked back at him quietly, there was no worry, no panic, and no anxiety in her eyes, as if she was not affected by the Queen Mother's words at all.

(End of this chapter)