The emperor is reborn, the cute queen is upgraded

Chapter 68 Pork Bone Soup 2
When Chen Pushe asked to marry Xu Xuan, Queen Mother Xu was 1 unhappy!When the emperor mentioned it to her, he deliberately ignored it!
Later, a lot of bad words were spread outside the palace, it was not appropriate for Xu Xuan to stay in the palace any longer, and there would be no good end for Xu Xuan to be sent out of the palace!Empress Dowager Xu had no choice but to let the emperor marry her!
Fortunately, the emperor gave her the empress dowager some face. After marrying Xu Xuan, he brought Xu Ying into the palace and made her a beauty.

Although Empress Dowager Xu was not very satisfied with Xu Ying's title of "beauty", but she was afraid that the emperor would repent, so she had to endure it.

When Grandma Huang heard Empress Dowager Xu sigh and felt sorry for Xu Xuan, who had become Chen Pushe's successor, she could only sigh along with her in her heart, but she had to comfort her master with her mouth.

"Empress Dowager, the stunning beauty of Xu Meiren has not fascinated the emperor's eyes. If Miss Xuan is left behind, she may not be better than Xu Meiren." Huang Momo said against her will.

Empress Dowager Xu could only think so.

"But Xu Meiren has not been blessed by the emperor so far, it is inappropriate!" Empress Dowager Xu frowned and looked at Huang Nai and said, "But the Ai family can't force the emperor to go to Deyi Palace to visit Xu Meiren, can you? You help mourn Let's think of a way, how to make the emperor notice Xu Meiren, it is best to go to Deyi Palace from time to time!"

After thinking carefully for a while, Huang Momo said: "To the Empress Dowager, besides going to the Phoenix Palace of the Empress Dowager, the Emperor is now the Fuyi Palace where Mrs. Si lives. The other concubines don't even have the chance to see the Emperor! This servant remembers that when the late Emperor was still alive, he mentioned to you, the Empress Dowager, the reactivation of the concubine-level concubine system in previous dynasties, but at that time you were in poor health and put it on hold."

After being reminded by Madam Huang, Empress Dowager Xu remembered that such a thing really happened!

Although it was a long time ago, Empress Dowager Xu still remembered it.

It was the year when Duguye was two years old, the first emperor suddenly proposed to her to change the harem concubine system!
Because the positions of concubines and concubines in the Empress of Great Yan are relatively simple, under the queen are the positions of wife, beauty, beloved, and young envoy, and there is no limit to how many people should be in the same position.

The first emperor wanted to enable more detailed distinctions in the harem of the previous dynasties, such as noble concubines, four major concubines, four minor concubines, and concubines.

Empress Dowager Xu was full of resentment after hearing the late emperor's words!How could she not know the late emperor's intentions!It's nothing more than wanting to raise Mrs. Liu's position!She is even sure that if the concubine system is changed, and there are the ranks of imperial concubine, four major concubines, Mrs. Liu is likely to be a noble concubine under one person and above all concubines!

Unable to really turn against the first emperor, and unwilling to reconcile Madam Liu to the position, Empress Dowager Xu often delayed the change of the concubine system because of her illness.After a long time, the first emperor no longer mentioned this matter.

In the concubine system of the previous dynasties, the status of concubines and concubines was very detailed, and there was also a clear palace system in the arrangement of servants.

A month is divided into upper, middle and lower [-]-day periods, and the scope of concubines that the emperor visits each ten-day period is well-divided, which also plays a role in stabilizing the harem.

Of course, the emperor occasionally honored other concubines without following the palace rules, but such cases were relatively rare.

If the concubine system is changed and the concubine attendant palace system is re-completed, then if the emperor ignores Xu Meiren, the queen mother will have something to say!
"That's a good idea." Empress Dowager Xu nodded after pondering for a while, "But it's a troublesome and complicated matter."

Huang Momo smiled slightly, "Empress Dowager, the matter of changing the concubine system and palace system should be left to the Empress, you only need to mention a few words about Empress Empress occasionally."

Empress Dowager Xu couldn't help smiling when she heard this.

"You're right, the Ai family is getting older, so they can't afford to worry about it anymore. Let the Queen and the others take care of it."

Xu Meiren returned to Deyi Palace, and the maid Chunyan ran over.

"Greetings to the beauty!" Chunyan was a court lady arranged by Empress Dowager Xu to serve Xu Ying. She was only 14 years old but she was very clever! "Beauty, this servant just heard something outside!"

Xu Meiren was annoyed that Queen Mother Xu refused to help her, and was not interested in Chunyan's words!Angrily entered the main hall!

Chunyan wanted to ask for credit, but seeing Xu Meiren ignored her, she had no choice but to follow her into the palace room.

"Beauty." Chunyan took the teacup from the young maid and put it on the couch table, and looked at Xu Meiren with a sullen face flatteringly, "Just now, my servant went to the imperial dining room to get you some snacks, and I happened to see the head servant in the empress's palace. Eunuch Zhang also went to the imperial dining room!"

"So what if you see it?" Xu Meiren glared at Chunyan, "Get to the point!"

Chunyan was startled by the drink, and quickly knelt down and said urgently: "Yes! The servant saw that Eunuch Zhang and Zhang Yuchu, who was in the imperial dining room, had said something sneakily. In other words, Chef Zhang went to the kitchen with some reluctance. The servant pretended to ask the beauty for some snacks, and watched for a while. Chef Zhang seemed to be making soup! And he hesitated when adding ingredients to the soup, and guarded against Looking left and right like a human being..."

"So much nonsense!" Xu Mei was so angry that she kicked Chunyan on the shoulder, knocking the court lady to the ground! "What kind of soup does the queen cook for the emperor? Is it worth you peeking around for so long? Are you lazy! Or did you deliberately watch enough and come back and say it to anger me!"

She also wanted to make soup for the emperor, but the emperor didn't come to Deyi Palace at all, so what's the use of stewing it!

Chunyan was kicked and fell to the ground, crying in pain.

"Beauty, forgive me! Maid... I haven't finished my sentence yet. I think there must be something wrong with Zhang Gonggong and Zhang Yuchu's sneakiness, maybe they put something in the soup that the emperor drank... want... want to murder Your Majesty! And... the maid heard that Mrs. Si also made soup..."

After Xu Meiren heard this, she even wanted someone to beat this bastard maid to death!
The Queen and Mrs. Si have no heirs so far, so what's the benefit of them murdering the Emperor?
wrong!A light flashed in Xu Meiren's mind!
Chunyan said that Eunuch Zhang and the imperial cook in the queen's palace were sneaky?How about making a good soup?That proves there is still something wrong with the soup!

The emperor only favors Empress Si and Mrs. Si, and has no sexual interest in other concubines. Could it be that there is something in the soup they make?
Thinking of this, Xu Meiren scolded Queen Si and Mrs. Si as "fox spirits" a hundred times in her heart!
With a wink, Chunmei, the court lady next to her, helped Chunyan up, Xu Meiren pretended to be annoyed and said: "The emperor works hard for state affairs every day, and it is also considerate of the empress empress and Mrs. Si to order people to make soup for the emperor to nourish his body! How did you turn your mouth into murdering the emperor? Just because you slandered the queen and Mrs. Si, you should be beaten to death!"

Chunyan, who had just stood up, was so frightened that her legs gave way and she knelt down again, "Beauty, please forgive me! This servant is also thinking of you, master, so..."

"Okay, get up!" Xu Meiren interrupted Chunyan's explanation, "You are a court lady bestowed to me by the queen mother, so I know your loyalty! But don't talk nonsense in the future! I can be Zuo didn't hear it, but if others hear it and tell the Empress and Mrs. Si, your life will be lost!"

"Yes, slaves won't dare anymore!" Chunyan sobbed.

Xu Meiren rolled her eyes, and said again: "After what you said, I am also curious about what kind of soup the empress empress and Mrs. Si have cooked for the emperor."

Perhaps it was the special taste in the soup that made the emperor visit Fenggong and Fuyi palaces again and again!
"Chunyan, go to the imperial dining room again and find a way to get me a bowl of the soup that the queen and Mrs. Si ordered to stew!" Xu Mei said humanely.

Chunyan dared not refuse, so she could only agree.

Dugu Ye didn't plan to enter the harem today, because he was considering whether to implement the matter of cutting down the feudal clan in advance!
Not only did the Great Yan Dynasty have a vassal state, but the previous dynasties also mostly had a vassal state system.

Although the national decree does not allow the vassal king to store troops, if the vassal king secretly recruits troops and builds his own army, it will be difficult for the imperial court to monitor them all the time!
Knowing that this is a hidden danger, the emperors of all dynasties did not have the courage to cut down the domain and put all the power under the control of the court!Because this will inevitably arouse the rejection and resistance of the princes everywhere!

In the previous life, the cutting of the vassals caused a bloody storm, and the court spent nearly two years suppressing the rebellion of the vassal kings!Although Dugu Ye wanted to deal with it gently in this life, I'm afraid it won't be possible!
The secret guards were sent to investigate the assassination in Wanjing Garden during the Chinese New Year, and there are already clues that a certain vassal king did it!
Before cutting down the feudal clan, there is a heart of rebellion. Once the order to cut down the feudal clan is issued, war will surely start!
"Report to the emperor, Fuyi palace servant Liang Hai is asking to see you." The servant standing outside the imperial study reported.

Dugu Ye frowned a little, "Xuan."

Liang Hai entered the imperial study room, not daring to raise his head to glance randomly, he bowed his head respectfully and said: "I want to report to the emperor, Mrs. Si ordered the court lady Si Qi to cook a case of Yizhou tonic soup, and sent servants to come to respectfully invite the emperor to come to Fuyi Palace for dinner. taste."

Dugu Ye laughed secretly!
Fortunately, Mrs. Si really believed that she went to Fuyi Palace to eat those so-called Yizhou side dishes!Did she really think that she didn't know that those side dishes were not made by the maid Si Qi?
"Go back and tell Mrs. Si that you don't want to send people to the imperial study to disturb me about such a trivial matter in the future! Wherever I go for dinner in the palace, I will order my servant to report!" Duguye said coldly.

Liang Hai shrank his neck, said "Zunzhi" and backed out.

Liang Hai returned to Fuyi Palace and reported the emperor's words to Mrs. Si, and Mrs. Si twisted the veil in her hand!
Is this about to fall out of favor again?Even if the emperor doesn't come to Fuyi Palace, he doesn't have to speak so harshly!

"Ma'am, if the emperor won't come, that soup..." Si Qi looked at his master and asked hesitantly.

Mrs. Si thought for a while, and said to Si Qi in a low voice: "I don't know if the prescription my aunt gave is really useful. You can bring the soup back and give a waiter a bowl to try."

Si Qi was taken aback, "Ma'am, this... I'm afraid this is inappropriate?"

A servant is a rootless person, not even a man!What if something happens to you after drinking that tonic soup?
"What's wrong? If I tell you to try it, just try it!" Mrs. Si said to Si Qi with a serious face, "It's just a bowl of soup, can you still drink it to death?"

If it really could kill people, would she still dare to drink it for the emperor?

Si Qi knew that he could not disobey Mrs. Si's wishes, so he had to go to the imperial dining room to serve soup.Along the way, she thought about which servant in Fuyi Palace would be better to drink...

The emperor sent someone to Feng Palace to deliver a message, saying that he would not enter the harem tonight.

Si Luoyun had already learned from the palace people that Mrs. Si had sent a servant to invite the emperor, but after being reprimanded, she was not allowed to send someone to disturb the imperial study!

After hearing this, Liao Muer and Chun Xiao both said: It deserves it!
"Empress, since the emperor will not come to the harem, how about making the soup stewed in the imperial dining room..." Chun Xiao asked.

"Since we've already made it, let's serve it up at dinner." Si Luoyun said indifferently, "I want to taste the delicious pork bone soup in Yizhou!"

In Si Luoyun's mind, Mrs. Si would not poison the emperor by poisoning the soup, so she asked her to increase the amount according to Mrs. Si's recipe, at most she would just add some pork bones.

For dinner, the Yizhou secret pork bone soup was served on the Empress's table.

Chef Zhang opened the pot of soup while Liu Neishi was going to the latrine, looked through it, and probably identified the ingredients in it.And fortunately, I found a recipe list written by Liu Neishi and half a pack of secret ingredients on the shelf where the ingredients were placed.He secretly replaced the half packet of secret ingredients with other ingredients powder, took it away, and sprinkled it in the pot of soup he was stewing.

(End of this chapter)