Harem Seizure

Chapter 59

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: Concubine Lian Pang, who is arrogant, extravagant and jealous, sows right and wrong, abuses low-level concubines and maidservants, and ignores the rules of the harem, should have been severely punished. Considering that she is young and is the empress dowager's niece, I will deal with it lightly. She is a concubine who has been demoted, and her title is still 'Lian'. Concubine Lian is pregnant, and the fee is the same as that of a noble concubine. This is my honor."

Early in the morning of the second day, Emperor Li read out this imperial decree in the harem.As soon as the will came out, Concubine Lian immediately fainted.All the concubines who asked for peace were also at a loss.

I couldn't help but wonder, what does the emperor mean by this?
Shao Yunyan frowned slightly, as if she was thinking about something.Speaking of today's farce, it was really enjoyable.Shao Yunyan would not be unaware that after the Queen Mother invited Emperor Li to Yi'an Palace yesterday, she did not step into the harem that night.I don't know what the empress dowager said to Li Huang, but Li Huang made such a decree today.

However, fortunately, Emperor Li did not come to the harem yesterday, otherwise the Empress Dowager would definitely think that they picked this matter today.Li Huang was also very good at doing things, he actually demoted the position of Concubine Lian, he still thought of the empress dowager, so he dealt with it lightly, quietly looked at the empress dowager's face, this face was really ugly, Shao Yunyan smiled lightly , with a teasing smile in his eyes.

"What is Sister Xianfei thinking? Why are you so happy?" Concubine Ping smiled with her lips pursed, looking at Shao Yunyan's slightly smiling face, she couldn't help asking.What happened to this concubine Xian today?Although he is usually not stable, he seldom sits aside and laughs lightly.Now that Emperor Li had just demoted the position of Concubine Lian, why did this one laugh?Concubine Ping naturally wanted the Empress Dowager to notice, after all, she was very happy for Shao Yunyan to suffer.

After hearing Concubine Ping's words, the Empress Dowager's eyes flickered and she noticed that Shao Yunyan, who was smiling at the corner of her mouth, couldn't help feeling angry.He slapped the table fiercely, glared at Shao Yunyan and said, "Why is Concubine Xian so happy? This Concubine Lian's demotion is in line with your heart and according to your wishes? What kind of hatred does Lin'er have with you? Are you Do you dislike Lin'er, or do you dislike Aijia?"

Shao Yunyan smiled, glanced at the Queen Mother, shook her head gently, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood the concubine's meaning. Is the concubine actually happy for Sister Lian? The concubine entered the palace with Sister Lian, and my father I was an official in the same dynasty as Grand Master Pang. Although there is no friendship, we are very familiar with each other. I also owe it to Sister Lian to take care of my concubine during the draft. Naturally, it was too late for my concubine to be grateful. How could she feel sorry for Sister Lian? What about resentment?"

"Hmph, who would know if what you said is what you have in mind." The queen mother snorted coldly, turning her head to avoid looking at Shao Yunyan.

Shao Yunyan laughed lightly, blinked her eyes and ignored the empress dowager's cold eyes and continued: "Actually, I feel that although the emperor lowered Sister Lian's position, she didn't lower Sister Lian's cost. On the contrary, it has risen to the status of imperial concubine. I feel that although Sister Lian has done something wrong, the emperor loves her. I think the emperor must protect Sister Lian, otherwise, why would I worry that the subordinates will step down and praise her? What about the expenses given to my elder sister’s noble concubine? I think it must be an expedient measure for the emperor, and I believe that if my elder sister gives birth to Long’er, the emperor will be delighted, and rewards and the like will definitely be out of the question.”

"You seem to understand our emperor's thoughts very well. Could it be that the emperor told you these things? I say sister Xianfei, the emperor is talking about your private affairs, but don't say it in front of everyone, so as not to hurt her. Jealousy." Concubine Xia cast a glance at Shao Yunyan, and said with a smile.

Shao Yunyan smiled softly, looked at Concubine Xia and said, "Sister Xia, what are you talking about? The emperor didn't go to my Yuxiu Palace yesterday? Did you hear these words from my sister?" Shao Yunyan tilted her head slightly Head, blinked a few times to look at Concubine Xia, then turned her gaze to the Empress Dowager, and continued to say with a slight expression, "Empress Dowager, my concubine is very happy to think that Sister Lian is loved. If the Empress Dowager thinks that my concubine is talking nonsense , of course it is punishing the concubine, so the concubine naturally has no complaints."

After listening to Shao Yunyan's words, the Empress Dowager, even though her face was faintly angry, it was not easy to attack her.Although Shao Yunyan said every word and every word was what she was thinking, but it is undeniable that, after all, she also has wishes.Although there is a bit of sincerity in it, it cannot be estimated.But she stretched out her hand not to slap the smiling face, so the queen mother could only smile and said: "Concubine Xian, you have a heart. It's just that whether Ai's niece has this blessing depends on her. But Ai's family thinks your words are reasonable, After all, Aijia is also Lin'er's aunt, and the emperor also took into account Aijia's face. Aijia would rather the emperor do what you said."

Concubine Xia glanced at Shao Yunyan, and let out a cold snort.It was a coincidence that she underestimated her mouth.Obviously the queen mother was already angry, but she opened her mouth and said it to the queen mother, so the anger could not break out.She looked at the anger hidden in the Empress Dowager's eyes, and couldn't help but softly persuaded: "The Empress Dowager, don't be anxious, don't be angry. The concubine and the concubine have the same thoughts, but I think the emperor must be protecting Sister Lian. Don't be angry, it will hurt you if you get angry."

"Hey, why doesn't the Ai family understand this? But helpless, how can the Ai family not protect her? You are all daughters-in-law of the Ai family, and the Ai family loves her dearly. Lin'er is pregnant now. The Ai family is worried that she will feel uncomfortable." The anger in the Empress Dowager's eyes gradually subsided, and turned into a soft sigh.

Empress Yao rolled her eyes, stretched out her hand and gently shook the Queen Mother's hand, and said with a smile: "My mother, your daughter-in-law understands your thoughts. You also love your daughter-in-law, and your daughter-in-law also knows. You are also relieved, although the emperor is also Demotion of Sister Lian's status, but did not ask Sister Lian to move out of the main hall of Jianfu Palace? I think the emperor really has the status of a younger sister in his heart."

"What does the Queen mean?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, seeing the Queen's expression, the Queen Mother was puzzled, because Concubine Lian made such a fuss yesterday.The queen mother is not stupid, how could she not understand that these concubines would definitely feel resentment towards her towards Concubine Lian?But today, the Empress Dowager didn't understand.

Empress Yao smiled mysteriously, rolled her eyes and said, "Empress, you must know that Sister Defei was just a disgrace before the king, and she was demoted to be a beauty. My daughter-in-law didn't know that Sister Lian angered the emperor, but she must want to The emperor is angry, otherwise the emperor would not have demoted Sister Lian. You should be relieved."

"Lin'er has always been sensible. How could she have made a mistake?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, and looked at Queen Yao with some doubts.

"Hey, in fact, this should be said by the Queen's sister, but I think it's hard to say the Queen's sister. Queen Mother, I know that you like Sister Lian, and Sister Lian is also your niece. I think the emperor is worried. You are angry and punished Sister Lian, so you can't bear it. In fact, I shouldn't say these things, but I just think, you'd better tell Sister Lian, don't wear so thin in the weather The imperial garden is here. I look at Sister Lian's thin body, and I feel sorry for her when she is sick." Concubine Yue raised the corners of her mouth and smiled faintly, with a deep smile in her eyes.When she said these words, the Empress Dowager's face burned for a while, seeing the empress dowager's face changed, for some reason, Royal Concubine Yue felt a little bit of joy in her heart.

The Empress Dowager frowned immediately, how could she not understand the words of the Royal Concubine Yue?Does this mean that Lin'er of her family made a mistake?The emperor will naturally punish her?The Queen Mother snorted softly, looked at the Royal Concubine Yue, and said with a smile: "Ah, look at the meaning of the Royal Concubine, how could the Ai family say that you are ignorant? Judging from what you said, it was Lin'er's own fault Are you wearing thin clothes for the past three or nine days? What does this mean?"

"Hey, I don't know the specific concubine, why don't you ask sister Xianfei, the emperor went to the palace of sister Xianfei that day." Emperor Yue smiled lightly, glanced at Concubine Xian, gently laughed.

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, looked at Shao Yunyan coldly, and sized her up and down.Shao Yunyan glanced at Imperial Concubine Yue, couldn't help smiling, and sighed softly: "It's said that women tend to forget things when they have a body. Sister Yue, why did you forget, my sister just caught a cold these few days , I was ill for a few days. The emperor hasn’t gone to my sister’s palace yet! I went to her palace with Sister Lian, my sister said so, my sister is very wronged.”

"Concubine Xian was ill a few days ago? Why didn't the Ai family hear about it? But she will be raised well?" The queen mother asked with concern, her eyes sparkling when she heard Shao Yunyan's words.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your concern. My concubine's body has already recovered, so I'm fine. It's just that I'm still a little afraid of the cold, and I'm not afraid to leave the palace easily." Shao Yunyan smiled slightly, looking at the Empress Dowager with smiling eyes.

The Queen Mother nodded, clasped her hands together and recited the sentence 'Namo Amitabha. After looking at the concubines for a while, he said: "That's the reason. The Ai family was also worried yesterday that you violated the rules and violated the rules of our Li Kingdom's harem. But now it seems that you are having a good time, so there is no need to worry about the Ai family. What kind of disaster has happened to you, which has caused the Ai family a headache." The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Gao and Concubine Xia again
She smiled gently and said, "You two are taking good care of the harem. Don't bother Aijia with all kinds of trivial matters. Aijia wants to be quiet."

"The concubine has never been in charge of the harem before, so I don't understand this. If there is something I don't understand, I will trouble you a lot. Don't despise the concubine. I don't understand anything, and I still bother you." Gao The concubine smiled gently.

The queen mother smiled, the smile in her eyes was strong.Although she said in her words, she wanted a quiet time.But that woman doesn't want to control the harem.Master everything about the women in the harem?Concubine Gao's words were in line with the Empress Dowager's wishes. Just as she was about to praise Concubine Gao, she heard Concubine Yue say, "Sister Gao doesn't need to worry about this. Ordinary things, that's handy. First, you will be in charge of the entire palace. If you don't understand things, you just want to ask sister Xia for advice. You should help each other. The empress dowager has just returned to the palace, and the journey is still tiring. Don't bother her, it should be for the empress dowager to take a good rest."

After hearing what the imperial concubine said, the queen mother's face instantly became as dark as the bottom of a pot.But what else could she say?It is wrong to say that Yuehuang Guifei is not tired?Or can you give Gao Guifei some advice?She couldn't say that.I had no choice but to pull out a stiff smile, and said to Concubine Gao in a gentle tone: "Since Concubine Xia has been in charge of the vulgar things in the West Palace, the Ai family is naturally at ease. This imperial concubine is right, and the Ai family has just returned from the temple. , I really want to take a good rest. Since you can support each other, you should urge each other. The Ai family is exhausted, so you should leave."

Everyone could see that the Queen Mother was unhappy.But what does it matter if the Queen Mother is unhappy?They didn't directly hit the Queen Mother in the face, what were they worried about?The queen mother is not happy today, and the concubines are indeed somewhat angry.Compared with yesterday's shaming, the concubines still feel uncomfortable.

Shao Yunyan was helped out of the gate of Yi'an Palace by Xiangzhi. It was almost noon at this time, and the warm and warm winter sun was quite comfortable on her body.Lightly looking at the concubines leaving in the sedan chair, Shao Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief.Swinging down the eunuch who came carrying the palanquin, Shao Yunyan decided to take a walk, she was really depressed in Yi'an Palace just now.

(End of this chapter)