Harem Seizure

Chapter 57

Li Huang sent the Empress Dowager all the way to Yi'an Palace, seeing the dark face of the Empress Dowager, Li Huang felt dissatisfied in his heart.A smile was forced on his face, and he said with a trace of respect in his eyes: "Since I have escorted the queen mother to Yi'an Palace, my son will not go in. I think it is the queen mother, you have to freshen up and change clothes. I will not follow you in." Convenience. With Concubine Lian here, I am very relieved. I still have political affairs to attend to, so I won't be with the Empress Dowager any longer."

Li Huang called the Empress Dowager Chu the Empress Dowager, but he did not regard the Empress Dowager as his mother in his heart.It's not that Emperor Li is not filial, after all, this Empress Dowager Chu is neither Emperor Li's biological mother nor Emperor Li's aunt.This Empress Dowager Chu was a successor back then, if not for Li Huang's half-mother of Li Huang.Li Huang still didn't want to step into Yi'an Palace.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Emperor Li, snorted softly, held Concubine Lian's hand and said: "Since this is the case, the Ai Family should not keep the Emperor, so as not to miss the important matter of the Emperor. Lin'er, let's go in." After finishing speaking, the Empress Dowager directly dragged Concubine Lian into Yi'an Palace without waiting for Emperor Li's next words.

Seeing the Queen Mother's appearance, Li Huang felt a dark anger in his heart, he directly shook his sleeves and strode to Zhengyang Palace.

The Empress Dowager dragged Concubine Lian into the palace, and asked her to sit beside her, her face was full of gentleness and tenderness, and her eyes were filled with deep love.The Empress Dowager Chu has always regretted that her niece is too young, otherwise she would have won the position of queen for her.

Seeing the empress dowager's loving eyes, Concubine Lian suddenly blinked, and a series of tears dripped from her eyes.Seeing Concubine Lian's appearance like this, the Queen Mother can't feel distressed?He held Concubine Lian's hand, looked at the servants on the left and right, and said in a deep voice: "You all go down, the Ai family wants to say something considerate to Concubine Lian."

Seeing Concubine Lian's appearance, all the servants knew clearly that Concubine Lian was going to confide her grievances to the Queen Mother.So they all lowered their heads, not looking at Concubine Lian's face, and retreated one after another.

When Concubine Lian saw that everyone had retreated, she fell into the arms of the queen mother and began to cry bitterly.Seeing Concubine Lian like this, the queen mother touched her back lovingly, and said distressedly: "Lin'er? Lin'er, what's wrong with you? But who wronged you and made you angry? Tell auntie, auntie go Clean them up."

"Auntie, Lin'er has no face to face people. Huh..." Concubine Lian felt really hard to say when she thought of Emperor Li's actions towards her that night, so she just shook her head and wept softly.

The queen mother frowned, seeing Concubine Lian's appearance, she couldn't help but sighed deeply, and asked in a low voice: "But who bullied you and made you ashamed?"

"Aunt...the emperor...he..." Concubine Lian said with a trace of panic and shame in her eyes, and the pain in her heart was about to overwhelm her.

Seeing her like this, the Empress Dowager was also slightly taken aback, and asked in a low voice: "Did the Emperor reward you with 'Plum Blossoms in the Snow'?"

Concubine Lian heard the Queen Mother's words, the pain in her eyes became more and more obvious, and her eyes were about to flow out of her sockets, she nodded with difficulty.

When the queen mother saw it, she became angry immediately, and thought, "Is this okay?"This is her own niece after all, how can she be humiliated like this?
"The emperor punished Lin'er, Lin'er didn't dare to complain. It's just...they all treated Lin'er as a joke, which made Lin'er really lose face. If Lin'er wasn't worried about her parents being sad, Lin'er would have used that The hairpin wiped her neck." Concubine Lian said very sadly, as if she had suffered all kinds of grievances and was determined to die.

Seeing Concubine Lian like this, the Empress Dowager suddenly became angry.Her precious niece, where can others bully her?The Queen Mother immediately patted Concubine Lian on the back, and said with eyes filled with pity: "Don't be sad, Lin'er, I really feel sorry for you. Don't mention this, not only for yourself, but also for you The emperor in your belly. Now that you have a child, you have to think about the child, and you can't be so sad."

"Yes, Lin'er thought of herself, her aunt, and her elderly parents several times. That's why Lin'er didn't decide to die." Concubine Lian wiped the tears from her eyes.I looked at the queen mother who had been sobbing softly.

The queen mother sighed faintly, touched her back and said: "Be good, the Ai family will naturally protect you, but the Ai family wants to see, after the Ai family returns, who else would dare to bully you."

"Lin'er is really lucky to have such an aunt like you, otherwise Lin'er really doesn't know what to do." Concubine Lian took a deep breath, then sobbed softly: "There is one more thing, Lin'er I don't know if I should tell my aunt or not."

"What's the matter? Could it be that there are other important people who embarrass you?" The queen mother raised her eyebrows and stared at a pair of phoenix eyes.

"En... Jieyu in Lin'er's palace... is Lin'er's servant. The queen sister disliked Lin'er's poor management, so she ordered that lowly maid to give to the emperor. Then she was left in Lin'er's palace Li... now Lin'er has to listen to her in everything." Concubine Lian looked at the Queen Mother aggrievedly, and wanted to pour out the bitterness in her heart.

The queen mother suddenly became angry, slapped the table fiercely, and said angrily: "What is the queen doing? She did such a thing? Aijia really wants to ask, she did this to the queen."

Concubine Lian sobbed softly, a cunning flashed in the corner of her eyes.

When Empress Yao brought everyone to Yi'an Palace, she saw the Empress Dowager sitting on the main seat with a sullen face, and the sobbing Concubine Lian beside her, she secretly felt bad, and everyone saluted one after another.

The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Yue with a smile and said: "Oh, come on, help Concubine Yue to get up quickly, if you have a child, you can be careful with your skin."

As soon as these words came out, Empress Yao immediately turned cold.She was also pregnant, but the empress dowager still ignored her and asked her to perform the full salute.After all, she was the current empress dowager. Empress Yao endured the discomfort in her body and carefully looked at the empress dowager sitting in the main seat.

The Empress Dowager was in a displeased mood, so she put on a cold face immediately, and sat in the upper seat with a calm face.It took a while before he smiled and said: "They're all here. Ai's family panicked and didn't see the queen. Queen, don't bother with the old woman of Ai's family."

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, Queen Yao stood up.He forced a smile and said: "I dare not complain." The concubines could only maintain their salute postures, and they couldn't say a word of complaint.

"Ah, I heard that Concubine Meng Gui is pregnant too. Let her concubine sit down. How can she stand if she is pregnant?" The Queen Mother smiled gently and nodded to Concubine Meng to sit down. An Gong greets the concubines.I couldn't help but sneered and said: "Ah, the imperial concubine seats are all full. Ai's family is really not that well-informed. Now you are also a noble concubine. You should supervise yourself and help the empress. Manage these concubines, do you know?"

Concubine Gao Guifei and Concubine Xia both gritted their teeth, feeling like they were fighting against each other.Concubine Gao answered yes with a smile, and sat down in her seat without saying anything else.Concubine Xia gouged out Concubine Lian's eyes, and snorted lightly with disdain in her eyes: "If you reprimand me, Empress Dowager, this concubine will naturally feel deeply taught."

The queen mother took a look at Concubine Xia and snorted softly from her nose, then ignored Concubine Xia.The queen mother glanced all over, and saw Shao Yunyan who kept her head down.The Empress Dowager naturally knew that Shao Yunyan was the daughter of Shao Xiang, so she was filled with dissatisfaction immediately.Looking at Shao Yunyan coldly, he said, "Hey, what happened to the position of the fourth concubine? This is the new Xian concubine, right? Raise your head, let the Ai family take a look."

Upon hearing this, Shao Yunyan raised her head slowly, and looked at the Queen Mother quietly without squinting.The eyes are very calm without waves, and there is no fear in the expression, and of course there is no so-called respect.

"This trusted and virtuous concubine is really beautiful. I really want the Ai family to be envious. Such a beauty, is it that the emperor likes it so much." When the queen mother said this, all the concubines raised their eyebrows.This sarcasm ridiculed that Shao Yunyan was a coquettish girl who was not worthy of a big name.

Shao Yunyan could naturally hear the empress dowager's sarcasm, so she just smiled lightly, glanced at the empress dowager, smiled softly and said: "It's my concubine's blessing to be able to catch the empress dowager's eyes with such a vulgar appearance. The emperor can appreciate my concubine, It is also my concubine's great luck. Today I am virtuous and talented, and I am a wise emperor through the ages. It is also my concubine's blessing to be able to serve the emperor."

After hearing Shao Yunyan's words, the queen mother was startled suddenly, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face.After Shao Yunyan finished speaking, she had nothing else to say, and she couldn't blame Shao Yunyan anymore.People say that the emperor is a Mingjun, and appreciating her is also a blessing for her.If he insisted on saying that he was a disaster that brought disaster to the country and the people, wouldn't he say that Emperor Li was a foolish emperor like Shang Zhou? 5 The Empress Dowager shook her teeth and looked at Shao Yunyan with a smile and said: "It's a mouth that can talk. It's also understandable, and it's likable."

"My concubine is really flattered to be liked by the empress dowager." When Shao Yunyan said this again, the queen mother was unable to say anything.The Queen Mother suddenly felt that this woman should not be underestimated, she was definitely not simple.

The queen mother clenched her fists tightly, looked at Concubine Lian sitting next to her, and couldn't help secretly resenting her.If my niece has half the ability of others, why worry about her status.

After all the empresses and concubines had invited An, the empress dowager also visited Bai Jieyu.After saying a few words, his eyes turned to Empress Yao, he cleared his throat and said, "Empress, you should explain to Aijia how you manage palace affairs."

The Empress Dowager's eyes were full of anger, which made Empress Yao tremble all over. She couldn't help but knelt down and pleaded guilty to the Empress Dowager: "My daughter-in-law doesn't know what the empress mother said. My daughter-in-law manages the harem. She has always been fair and strict. I have never treated any concubine or concubine badly. I also hope that the mother will show her daughter-in-law what is wrong."

"You still dare to ask? Are you saying that you are wrong? Aijia wants to ask you, is this palace subject to the master? What about Jianfu Palace? Why do you need a Jieyu to manage the Qi Palace and the vulgar things?" Here?" Empress Dowager Chu glared at Bai Jieyu, then turned her head and criticized Empress Yao harshly.

At this moment, Bai Jieyu fell to her knees in shock, not daring to say anything.Empress Yao glanced at Bai Jieyu, then turned her head and said: "When you return to your mother, your daughter-in-law is not a person who doesn't know the rules. Some time ago, Concubine Lian's sister was seriously ill and her face was haggard. My daughter-in-law really couldn't bear to see Concubine Lian when she was sick. We must take care of the vulgar things in the first palace. I want to assign a concubine to take care of Concubine Lian, but my daughter-in-law is worried that my sister is ill and is being bullied by those little hooves. It is very sad to see Sister Bai serving Concubine Lian With all her heart, the daughter-in-law wanted to ask Sister Bai to help Sister Concubine Lian. She only thought that the younger sister had recovered, so she continued to manage the palace affairs. But after the younger sister recovered, she was told that she was pregnant again. I want these vulgar things to disturb my sister."

Empress Yao's words were very reasonable, and it was hard to find fault with this.The Empress Dowager Chu snorted softly, raised her eyebrows and said: "Oh, since this is the case, then the Ai family should also show sympathy to the daughter-in-law of the Ai family. This emperor is also my love. I want you to handle the palace affairs of the palace. The emperor doesn't feel sorry for the Ai family, so let's do it. Concubine Gao, Concubine Xia, you two will take over the palace affairs for the Ai family from today. There is no need to report to Queen Yao, Just hand it over to the Ai family." The Queen Mother paused and looked at Empress Yao and said, "This Ai family is also for your own good. You have not been pregnant since you gave birth to the second queen. It seems that your body has been damaged. You also You should know how to feel sorry for yourself. Don't think of yourself as a heroine."

Empress Yao gritted her teeth, she knew that this would be the case.But helplessly, the queen mother could not tolerate her to question.I had to smile and said: "Daughter-in-law, thank you for your mother's love. My daughter-in-law is really powerless now, that is, my mother loves her daughter-in-law."

Concubine Lian raised the corners of her mouth, smiled and looked at Empress Yao and said, "Sister Empress, I really envy you. This empress dowager is my sister's aunt, and she still loves you so much, I would be jealous of you."

Empress Yao almost gnawed her silver teeth into pieces, so she had to force out a smile that was about to break, and looked at Concubine Lian and said gently: "Why should my sister be envious, but my sister should envy my sister, who has the love of the empress dowager. This kind of kinship But it keeps cutting."

"Oh, look at the brain of the Ai family. Still haven't helped the queen up? If you hurt the grandson of the Ai family, be careful with your heads." The queen mother kept her grandson in every word, and she didn't look at Queen Yao at all.

The hearts of the concubines are like mirrors, who picked out this one today?Concubine Lian, Concubine Lian didn't expect that she would find the Queen Mother to confide her grievances, and she would naturally get the result she wanted, but...it seems that this decision is not smart there.

Empress Yao was helped up and glanced at Concubine Lian, her eyes were icy cold.Can't help humming softly, thinking: I want you to regret today's decision, I want you to know how stupid your decision today is.

Shao Yunyan quietly watched the scene just now, couldn't help but smile, and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.Covering the smile on the corner of his mouth.She couldn't help sighing, "Concubine Lian, Concubine Lian, this empress dowager can protect you for a while, but can't protect you forever.Do you know that your actions today offended all the people in the palace?I'm afraid it will be your days in the future, but it will not be so easy.

(End of this chapter)