Ji Huai and Lin Qing lived an ordinary and happy life, holding hands and accompanying each other for a lifetime, which was considered complete.
The moment Ji Huai passed away and closed his eyes, the task progress bar in the system moved forward. At the same time, a bright light appeared, quickly pulling out his soul and sending it to the next world.
He was so sinful that he had no right to choose.
In the Huahe Hall, a dignified and cool man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe was standing in front of the desk, with one hand behind his back and the other hand holding a pen. His writing style was strong and free.
"Your Majesty, the maid from Jingyang Palace wants to see you." Yuan Hai, the chief eunuch, walked in, bent down, and shouted respectfully.
"What's the matter?" Ji Huai's tone was calm and dignified.
"Concubine Shu has been kneeling in the Sacred Heart Church for three hours today, and her body can no longer bear it. She is afraid that she has come to plead with the emperor." Yuan Hai answered truthfully.
Ji Huai put down his brush and looked at Yuan Hai, his lips tightened, and his black eyes as deep as the abyss.
Yuan Hai quickly lowered his head, not daring to say any more.
Not long ago, Concubine Shu had a dispute with the newly appointed Concubine Xian, which caused Concubine Xian to lose her footing and fall down the steps, spraining her foot and causing minor abrasions in several places.
Concubine Shu was arrogant by nature, and she was pampered by the emperor to the point of being lawless. No matter what she did in the past, the emperor would never get angry. This time, she was punished by being punished by kneeling in the church for half a month without any further questioning. In addition, she received many new recruits. Concubine, there are rumors in the palace that she is about to fall out of favor.
"I'll send you away now..."
"Pass." Ji Huai interrupted him expressionlessly.
"Yes." Yuan Hai retreated.
After a while, a maid dressed in a plain white palace dress came in, knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face, "Your Majesty, your Majesty, the cold last time has not healed yet, and the high fever worsened the day before yesterday. I sincerely ask Your Majesty to please help you." Doctor, if this continues, my body won’t be able to bear it.”
After finishing his words, he kept kowtowing, "I beg you, Your Majesty, to save your Majesty, please save Your Majesty..."
Ji Huai frowned, but before he could speak, Yuan Hai said again, "Your Majesty, the Concubine Xian is here."
"I have met your Majesty." Concubine Xian was wearing a light blue Tianxiang satin fairy skirt. She was graceful and graceful. She slowly walked in and saluted, with a slight smile on her lips and a gentle look on her face. dignified.
"No courtesy." Ji Huai waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Xian stood up and said softly, "I made ginseng tea for the Emperor, and also learned how to make a few cakes, and shamelessly sent them to the Emperor to taste."
"Your Majesty, please save your Majesty, Your Majesty, please save my wife." The maid kept kowtowing, and it seemed that there was nothing she could do.
Thinking that his master was pale in the temple and might faint at any time, he became so anxious that he had to come and try even if he risked his life.
Their master used to be the emperor's favorite person, and the emperor would not be so cruel.
"What happened to sister?" Concubine Xian's eyes showed confusion and worry.
"Nothing." Ji Huai's tone did not change, he looked at Yuan Hai, his thin lips parted slightly, "Xuan Li, Imperial Physician, has entered the palace."
"yes."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty." The maid cried with joy. Her forehead was already bruised. Yuan Hai stopped her with a look and quickly left.
There was a trace of displeasure in Concubine Xian's eyes, which then dissipated. She looked at him again and slowly approached, "Your Majesty..."
"I still have official business to deal with. Please put down your things first. I will use them." Ji Huai had already arrived.
Beside the desk, pick up Zhou Zhe and read it.
"I won't disturb you, Your Majesty. Please leave first." Concubine Xian always had a sense of propriety. She bowed politely and led her maid out.
As soon as the door was closed, Ji Huai closed the memorial and threw it aside. He reached out and rubbed his brow, feeling a little annoyed.
According to the information transmitted to him by the system, this is his sixth life to redeem himself. The previous five lives have completed the task, but he has no memory. In this sixth life, he is an emperor, a suspicious, cruel, and decisive emperor. .
The former emperor was fatuous, addicted to beauty, and the Xiongnu on the border stirred up trouble. The country was in danger. After he came to power, he eradicated the traitors, consolidated his power, developed the economy, and strengthened the army. The country became increasingly strong. To the people, he was a wise king.
After serving the late emperor for three years, he did not choose the draft. Before the late emperor died, he only hurriedly married the second daughter of Ning'an as a concubine. After entering the palace, she was named Shufei. The harem was always empty. Because of the busy government affairs of the previous dynasty, he also Too few people set foot in the harem.
As the only concubine in the harem, Shu Fei was rumored to be favored by thousands of people, and she was known as the "demon concubine".
In fact, it was just that he was busy running the country and fighting for military power, and he had no interest in loving his children. He pretended to only dote on his concubine. Two or three days a month in the harem was considered too much.
Once the three-year mourning period was over and the regime in the DPRK was stable, he began to recruit more concubines and recruited more than 20 concubines.
These women are just pawns for him to consolidate his power. He is selfish, cold-blooded, emotionless, and only has power in his heart.
But there was one person who took it seriously, and that was Song Wan, the concubine who had been thrown into the cold palace by him early.
She was the only person in this cold-blooded palace who loved him sincerely and wholeheartedly, but he allowed the Song family to confiscate their entire family and exterminate the entire clan. Even though Ning'an Hou had handed over his military power, the king was jealous and would rather kill ten thousand people by mistake than kill him. Leave one person alone.
And she also hanged herself in despair in the cold palace.
As for his own end, it was not necessarily a good one. Many of his sons killed each other one after another. He made the prince the crown prince, and the third prince born to a virtuous concubine killed his brother. He openly rebelled, killed six princes, and gave him a glass of poisoned wine.
Many of his sons killed each other, and she ended up with a tragic end. Concubine Xian finally smiled and said to him, "Your Majesty took all possible precautions against Marquis An Ning. The Chen family, the Xu family, and the Tao family all survived, but my Wang family survived. Tao Guang Keeping a low profile is just for this moment.”
"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the third prince will become an eternal wise king."
Hearing these words, Ji Huai would be so angry that he would bleed from all his orifices even if he didn't drink poisonous wine. That idiot would definitely destroy his empire!
It's unbelievable that this useless person would have the guts to aspire to the throne, as if he doesn't have the slightest bit of self-awareness.
After he "passed away", no one shed tears for him. They were all trying their best to protect themselves and celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne. At that time, he was thinking that if Song Wan had not died, he would probably cry for him.
Although that girl is a bit arrogant, she is not bad and she loves him enough.
When he arrived at the underworld, he didn't even cry to guide him, which was really miserable.
In the Imperial Garden.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the emperor still has old feelings for Concubine Shu." The personal maid lowered her voice and spoke to Concubine Xian.
Concubine Xian looked at the yellow roses that were in full bloom, reached out to pick one, looked at the delicate petals, and asked casually, "Why do you see it?"
The maid spoke without hesitation, "My queen has suffered such a serious crime, so the emperor expressed condolences. This is the punishment that Concubine Shu deserves. The emperor also sent her an imperial doctor, which is obviously a sign of compassion."
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has favored Concubine Shu for a long time. You must seize the opportunity and never take it lightly. If Concubine Shu had not pushed Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu would have been favored by Concubine Shu now, and she would have been even more favored by the Emperor."
"You girl, your speech is becoming more and more unruly." Concubine Xian glanced at her lightly.
The personal maid quickly knelt down and slapped herself, "I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong."
"Okay, this is the palace, not the prime minister's palace, so be careful what you say." Concubine Xian interrupted and spoke slowly.
"yes."
"Get up." Concubine Xian said and walked forward, sneering in her heart. The Marquis of Ning'an had already handed over his military power. What qualifications did she have to win Song Wan's exclusive favor again
If he was really favored by the Sixth Palace, why didn't he give birth to a son and a half daughters? You know, if a woman wants to gain a foothold in the harem, children are her greatest guarantee.
This time it was just a test for her, and as expected, this favor was too illusory.
I'm afraid Concubine Shu won't be able to give birth to her baby in the future.
Inside the Sacred Heart Basilica.
A woman is kneeling in the hall. She has a good figure and a straight back. If you look closely, you can see that she has slender eyebrows and long eyelashes. She has a pair of beautiful eyes, as bright as a shooting star, which is a bit seductive. Her nose is delicate and beautiful, and her shiny cherry mouth is a bit charming. The blood has gone out of his body, and his body is crumbling.
Feeling dizzy, she fell to the side and put her hands on the ground to support herself.
"Empress." Qingcui hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out her hand to support her, her eyes were red, "That's it for today, right? If this continues, your body won't be able to bear it."
"How much longer?" Song Wan's soft voice was slightly hoarse and weak, as if there was a stone pressing on her chest, making her breathless.
"There's still half an hour left." Qing Cui replied.
"Then I will kneel for another half-quarter of an hour." Song Wan let go of the maid's hand and knelt stubbornly.
"If the Concubine Xian didn't come forward on purpose, and the Empress didn't do it on purpose, why is the Emperor so cruel?" Qing Cui held back her tears.
In the past, her mother-in-law was the only one in the harem, and everyone from all walks of life fawned over her. But now that her mother-in-law was grounded and made to kneel by the emperor, they all started to add insult to injury and deduct expenses.
"If you're wrong, you're wrong. The emperor has to take the overall situation into consideration, so there's nothing he can do about it." Song Wan murmured, not sure whether he was saying this to Qing Cui or to himself.
She just felt that the pain in her head was getting worse, and her heart felt like it was being slowly cut with a dull knife. The pain was far worse than her swollen and numb knees.
He is the emperor, so naturally she cannot be the only woman. In the future, he will have a queen and a legitimate son. There are many sisters in the harem, all of them waiting for his favor.
I'm afraid that her good life has been too long, and she has forgotten that her husband is the king of a country, her father has also handed over military power, and her younger brother has invited himself to pacify the Huns. She should also reflect here and not do anything inappropriate. Realistic dreams.
"Qing He has already gone to see the emperor. The emperor cares so much about the empress and will come to see the empress soon." Qing Cui looked at her, even more anxious.
"Who gave permission for her to go?" Song Wan's eyes darkened and he yelled loudly, a little out of breath, "Did I give permission?!"
She was so excited that she fell to the side. Qingcui hurriedly came to help her and cried, "If this continues, how can your body bear it?"
"Your Majesty, Dr. Li is here." Qing He ran in and said happily, "Your Majesty asked Dr. Li to treat your Majesty, so I won't kneel today."
Song Wan looked at the bruise on her forehead, her eyes were red, and she couldn't bear to say any words of blame.
Qing He and Qing Cui were both maids who grew up with her. They followed her into the palace and then into the palace. They were different from other maids.
Qing He didn't know what she was thinking, so he helped her up and said with hope, "When the empress recovers from her illness and the emperor is no longer angry, the empress will regain the emperor's favor. By then, no one will dare to look down on the empress!"
"The emperor likes the empress the most. After one year in the palace, she is the only one."
In the past, Song Wan always believed what they said. The emperor treated her differently, but why did he frequently attack her father in recent days
He didn't come to see her once, and she was panicked and uneasy. Something was really different.