Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 586 Killing Intentions (2)
"For my own good?" Emperor Xiande couldn't help but sneered, "Oh, Mrs. Ning, you don't know anything, yet you dare to speak nonsense and accuse me in front of me, how brave you are! As I remember, you were never so stupid before !"

Could it be that his tolerance for her during this period of time made her feel like she didn't know why, and she didn't know what her last name was, so she was so arrogant that even he, the emperor, was not in his eyes?

Or, relying on her serious illness, she thought that she would not do anything to her, so she had no scruples.

Empress Ning, who was kneeling on the ground, heard Emperor Xiande say that she was stupid, her face became hot immediately, as if someone had slapped her on the face hundreds of times, she was so ashamed and angry, but she still controlled herself and forced Holding on, he said: "The concubine is just discussing the matter. If your majesty does not restrain his behavior and let the imperial concubine follow her own temperament, sooner or later, the imperial concubine will be given the title of a demon concubine who will harm the country. Could it be that your majesty Are you willing?"

Emperor Xiande heard the words, but seemed to have heard the funniest thing in the world, he burst out laughing, laughed for a long time, then stopped, said with a trace of contempt, a trace of indifference: "The empress should not worry about me and the imperial concubine. , it's better to put more effort into the second prince, I don't want my son to be a worthless piece of trash who can't even be helped."

When Empress Ning heard Emperor Xiande's evaluation of the second prince, she clenched her fists tightly under her sleeves, and the anger and unwillingness in her heart disappeared in a flash——

In his eyes, her son is a piece of grass, and the imperial concubine's son is a treasure, it's really deceiving.

Thinking of this, she insisted and said: "Your Majesty, the second prince's concubines will discipline themselves. The concubine cannot decide which concubine Your Majesty favors, but the share that belongs to the concubines must not be less, otherwise, We sisters, what hope do we have in the palace, they are also the emperor's concubines and have served His Majesty before, could it be that His Majesty has the heart to treat them harshly?"

Emperor Xian De's complexion suddenly fell, and he narrowed his eyes and said: "Treating them harshly? Oh, it's really funny! I have never done anything less than they deserve. Doesn't the Empress not know about this?"

"In the past, the concubine took care of the harem, so it was clear, but recently the imperial concubine took care of it, so of course the concubine didn't know. The concubine only knew that this time, the imperial concubine did not reward everyone according to the usual practice." Empress Ning Aggressive and authentic.

"Okay, okay, Ning Shi, you are really my good queen. Just for the sake of a little appetite, you mess around and put thousands of people's lives at risk. How can you be the mother of a country?"

Emperor Xiande sneered, looked at Empress Ning's unbelievable eyes, and continued: "Since you want to know why, then I will tell you that those sweet potatoes, potatoes, are all seeds, and the imperial concubine wants those sweet potatoes to grow seedlings. Doesn't the queen even know this?"

He didn't deliberately block the news, didn't the Queen know anything about it?

"I... my concubine..." Empress Ning was suddenly dumbfounded, shaking her head slightly, as if she couldn't believe it.She never thought that the truth would be like this. She was a little embarrassed and ashamed, so she couldn't help explaining herself: "Your Majesty, my concubine was born in a scholarly family, grew up in the inner house, and lived in the palace for many years. I don't know Jiarong, and the concubines naturally don't know what the imperial concubine is up to, so some misunderstandings are inevitable."

Emperor Xiande didn't listen to her sophistry, and said flatly: "If you really care about the people and love the people like a son, how can you not care about people's livelihood? Food is the most important thing for people, and the most important thing is crops. How can you not pay attention to the matter of Jiarong?" He must have put his mind on intrigue and fighting for power and profit.

"I think at the beginning, when the Taizu of this dynasty first established the dynasty, Empress Zheng opened up two acres of land in the palace and cultivated it herself. Although the empresses of all dynasties did not go to the fields in person like Empress Zheng, they also attached great importance to farming, and they often used it in private. Looking through the agricultural books, it is not impossible to know nothing about farming, but you, although you are famous as a virtuous empress, are indifferent to farming and people's livelihood, which is really disappointing."

Hearing Emperor Xian De's words, Empress Ning blushed, she was so ashamed and indignant, she wished she could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

After being told by the emperor, what reputation will she have in the future.She knew that she had lost face this time.But how could she be blamed for this?

The imperial concubine did not reclaim the farmland, let alone sow the seeds. It didn't seem like she was farming at all.How did she know she was raising seedlings?
Moreover, sweet potatoes are a rarity, and she has never heard that the imperial concubine is good at farming, so how can she grow these things?
The most important thing is that the behavior of the imperial concubine does not seem to be doing serious things at all. In their view, they are simply ruining things. It is not surprising that they will misunderstand.

But the emperor said it was breeding seedlings, so she could only accept it.She would like to see what the imperial concubine can do.

"Your Majesty, your concubine..."

"Okay, you don't need to talk about it." Emperor Xian De interrupted her impatiently, "The empress is not in good health, from now on, she will recuperate in Kunning Palace and ignore other things."

After a pause, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly looked at Empress Ning, who was kneeling on the ground, pale and crumbling, and said with a smile: "Since the empress is going to be bedridden, she will definitely not be able to preside over this year's silkworm ceremony. , then leave it to the imperial concubine to preside over it!"

If there is no accident, every spring, the queen will conduct a ceremonial activity of mulching and raising silkworms by herself, offering sacrifices to the god of silkworms, which is opposite to the ceremony of farming presided over by the emperor.

The emperor personally cultivated the southern suburbs, and the empress kissed the silkworms in the northern suburbs.

Generally, the sacrificial ceremony is held on the Jisi day of March. At that time, the queen will lead the concubines and other wives to the altar, kneel down, offer incense, and offer sacrifices, and then the queen's sericulture ceremony. Actually, actually It’s just for show, just pick three mulberry leaves, then go up to watch the imperial throne of Mulberry Terrace, watch the concubine’s palace picking mulberries, and finally, the silkworm mother will send the mulberry leaves to the silkworm room to feed the silkworms, and the ceremony is over. The queen set an example for the weavers of the world, and no one else can replace it.

This kind of sacrificial ceremony is a kind of supreme glory and a status symbol to the mother of a country. In the past, even if Empress Ning was in poor health, she insisted on presiding over the sacrificial ceremony in person.

The year before last, Empress Ning was imprisoned before she had time to preside over the silkworm kissing ceremony. Afterwards, many things happened, so naturally nothing happened.

But she has been released now. She originally planned to reappear in front of everyone with the help of silkworm kissing ceremony this year, and tell everyone that she is the mother of a country. Compared with her, the imperial concubine is nothing at all ?
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