After being forced to marry by her stepmother, the Koi wife brings prosperity to the whole family

The third prince walked up to her and gently placed his hand on her shoulder, just like an ordinary couple. "Now even Zhao'er is going to be a father, we are getting old!" Aunt Zhou looked up at him and smiled, "Yes, we are getting old." In the yard, Zhou Zhao hugged Nan Fengling for a circle, put her down, and took her into the house. Everyone saw that they did not disturb the young people, and turned around and went to the front yard. Aunt Zhou came to the kitchen and told Aunt Zhuang about the happy event. Aunt Zhuang was also very happy to hear it. She picked up the kitchen knife and went to the backyard to kill another chicken and stewed a pot of chicken soup. The family had a happy dinner together. Compared with the lively Zhou family, the one in the palace was much quieter.

Ever since the emperor returned from Cheng'an County last time, he has lost interest in the women in the palace.

After thinking about it, he decided to select a concubine for himself.

He thought to himself that it would be great if he could select a commoner like Xu Niangzi.

After the emperor had this idea, he immediately became energetic and wrote an imperial edict, asking all women of marriageable age in the country to participate in the selection, whether they were women from official families or farmers.

When Zhou Ruiyuan received this example, he was quite angry.

The fifth prince came over and said, "I didn't expect that my father is so old and still wants to take a concubine."

The emperor is probably in his forties, which is not too old. It is common for emperors in their fifties or sixties to still select concubines.

But this time, the emperor did not even let go of commoner women.

Zhou Ruiyuan put away the sample letter and said slowly: "Isn't he going to choose a concubine? Well, you can help find a few ugly girls in the village and send them over."

The fifth prince smiled and replied: "Okay, big brother."

Now other counties are arresting people, and those who are not married are sent to Qingzhou Prefecture for selection.

Many women who don't want to enter the palace found someone to marry overnight.

This went on for a month, and Li Zhifu and Zhou Ruiyuan conspired to send several ugly and sick women to the selection.

The other women were sent home.

When the palace first selected girls, only one woman was selected.

The woman was a girl from the red-light district, and Li Zhifu carefully selected her and prepared to send her to the palace.

The woman was sick, and thinking that she didn't have much time left, she was willing to go to the palace to be a favorite concubine.

When the emperor saw this woman in the hall, he thought of the graceful Xu Niangzi, and his heart immediately itched, so he sent someone to keep this woman.

In addition, several beautiful young women were left.

With new people around him, the emperor gradually forgot about looking for a queen.

He doted on this woman every night until she had a high fever and the emperor felt something was wrong.

Then he immediately called the imperial physician.

The imperial physician was surprised and said, "Your Majesty, the queen has syphilis."

The emperor was shocked, "What disease? Syphilis? How could a common woman like her get this disease?"

Just when he was puzzled and was about to find the woman to lecture her.

The woman suddenly became seriously ill and died without being able to ask anything.

The emperor looked at the woman who died in front of him and was horrified. "Doctor, hurry! Save her!"

The doctor lowered his head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this woman is already terminally ill, you still..."

The emperor hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with me?"

The doctor gritted his teeth and said: "This syphilis can be passed on to others, Your Majesty, please let me take a look at you."

The emperor's face turned pale, "Do you mean that I also have syphilis?"

The doctor knelt down and said: "I didn't say that, please let me feel your pulse first."

The emperor sat down slowly and stretched out his hand tremblingly, "Okay, you come and feel my pulse."

The doctor stepped forward and stretched out his hand to feel the emperor's pulse. After a while, his hand trembled.

The emperor was shocked to see his face, "How is it? How am I?"

The doctor lowered his head and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you and the queen have the same disease."

In the past, the imperial palace was very strict in selecting concubines, and only the daughters of fifth-rank officials could be selected.

This was the first time the emperor had a commoner.

Even if he wanted to investigate now, he couldn't find anything.

The emperor was shocked and sat there in a daze, "What will happen if you get this disease?"

After hesitating for a while, the doctor whispered, "You will die from festering all over your body."