Last night was New Year's Eve, at the banquet, the emperor learned about Concubine Li's pregnancy, and in a moment of joy, he gave Li Concubine a position and directly named Concubine Li, making her the first noble concubine in the harem.
Knowing about Concubine Li's pregnancy earlier, the emperor was happy for a while, so he changed Concubine Li from Concubine Li to Concubine Li. Last night, he didn't think there was anything wrong, but after a night of careful consideration, the current emperor has calmed down. , He recalled his impulsive behavior yesterday, and the emperor felt some regret in his heart, feeling that what he did last night was too impulsive.
"Although Concubine Li's pregnancy is something to be happy about, it is not uncommon for concubines in the harem to have conceived two children. Those concubines' family status is better than that of Concubine Li, and none of them have ever sat in the position of noble concubine. Giving this unique favor to Concubine Li..."
Facing his most trusted younger brother, the emperor had no scruples when speaking, and told Qi Wang what he was thinking in his heart.
He didn't know what happened to himself last night, he didn't look like himself at all. You must know that the emperor is not a person who values beauty, and more often he considers it from the perspective of interests, in order to balance the harem and the former court. Power, the emperor has spent a lot of thought. It is precisely because the harem and the former court are too involved, so when he assigns points to the concubines in the harem, he will carefully consider the pros and cons before making a decision.
But after learning about Concubine Li's pregnancy last night, the emperor had only one thought at that time, which was to give the best to Concubine Li. Not afraid of all kinds of conflicts of interest, he clearly expressed his preference for Concubine Li. If it wasn't for the fact that the Queen's seat was already occupied, last night he even wanted to directly mention the Queen's position to Concubine Li.
After the emperor calmed down, he felt that what he did yesterday was too weird. The queen discussed that he and the queen were young couples with a deep friendship, even though the queen only gave him a daughter, the emperor never disliked the queen.
He gave the queen great respect, so that even if the queen has no son, she can still gain a firm foothold in the harem. Even if the emperor can make decisions about the harem, he will discuss it with the queen. After the queen agrees Only then will the decree be made.
But last night he didn't show respect to the queen, and even ruthlessly lowered the queen's face in front of the harem concubines and princes. Instead, he lifted Concubine Li up and gave her enough face.
Concubine Li is not an ordinary concubine. She has the sixth prince under her knees. The sixth prince has great ambitions. He obviously doesn't have the ability, but wants the emperor's throne. The emperor doesn't like the sixth prince, even if it is It was also difficult for him to have the slightest liking for his own son.
But the face he gave to Concubine Li was to give face to the Sixth Prince. When the Sixth Prince saw that his mother and concubine were favored and won the position of noble concubine, wouldn't he act even more rampant in the future
Thinking of these messy things, the emperor felt a headache, he raised his hand, gently rubbed his swollen eyebrows, and then turned his head to look at Qi Wang who was following behind him.
"Huai'an, how do you think I can remedy this matter?"
He has given Concubine Li a position and turned her into Concubine Li. How can the emperor swallow what he said? But if Concubine Li is transformed into Concubine Li and the Sixth Prince becomes more arrogant, this is what the Emperor does not want to see, after struggling for a long time, he decided to listen to Qi Huang's opinion.
Qi Huan: "..."
He finally discovered that the emperor always likes to give him all kinds of weird questions. This matter involves concubines in the harem. He is just a prince. How can he be the master of the emperor
"Brother Huang, you can make your own decision on this matter, and do whatever you want."
The emperor: "..."
"Huai'an, you and I are separated, I allow you to tell the truth, don't worry too much, you can just say it directly."
Qi Huan: "..."
He really didn't want to say it directly.
The reason why the emperor reacted like this, Qi Wang probably knew the reason. After all, Ling Jing’s gold finger that allowed her to do whatever she wanted was destroyed by Qi Wang. Without those things that confuse people and tamper with memories, The emperor's affected thoughts naturally returned to normal levels.
In fact, from a certain point of view, Qi Wang dug a hole and buried himself in it. After pondering for a while, Qi Wang said slowly.
"Concubine Li was awarded the title of Concubine Li because she was pregnant with a dragon heir, and yesterday the emperor only verbally said that she would be Concubine Li as Concubine Li, but he didn't make a formal decree to confer the title of Concubine Li, and the procedures for conferring Concubine Li are cumbersome. It needs to be announced to heaven and earth, so that it can be done, Empress Li is pregnant and cannot endure these hardships, it is better to wait until she gives birth to the dragon heir before making any plans."
Normally, this is just a delaying tactic. If Concubine Li becomes pregnant, she will eventually be conferred the title of Concubine Li.
But it's a pity that Ling Jing's situation is not normal, and it is impossible for her to give birth to a child.
After all, according to his understanding of Ling Jing, her so-called pregnancy is probably just a high-tech deception. She is not pregnant, but is just pretending to be pregnant by high-tech means. Without the assistance of those high-tech means, Qi Wang didn't believe that Ling Jing could conjure a child out of thin air.
In this harem, it is extremely difficult to pretend to be pregnant, not to mention the changes that will occur after a woman becomes pregnant. She was put on a fire grill, and there were many people staring at her. Without the help of high-tech means, the matter of Ling Jing's fake pregnancy would be revealed sooner or later.
Many people in the future world will subconsciously think that ancient people are stupid and can be played and applauded casually by modern people. They feel that after traveling back to ancient times, they can do whatever they want and crush everything.
However, these people have forgotten that there is not much difference between ancient people and modern people in terms of wisdom. Because of the different social forms and the technological level of the future world is much higher than that of ancient times, they subconsciously think that ancient people are very intelligent. Stupid, people like this are the stupidest.
The only difference between modern and ancient times is technology, but when an ordinary person who relies on technological products to do whatever he wants loses the technological products he relies on, it is completely impossible to play with ancient people in the palm of his hand things.
Ling Jing is the most typical example.
After hearing the idea given by Qi Wang, the emperor showed a thoughtful look on his face, he thought about it, nodded and agreed with what Qi Wang said.
"Huai'an is right, I will do as you say, but your sister-in-law may be resentful because of what I did arbitrarily asserted yesterday, and I'm afraid I will try to appease her today."
Qi Huang smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Huang, Sister-in-law Huang is not such a petty person, she will understand Brother Huang's painstaking efforts."
After solving the problems that bothered him, the emperor relaxed his frown, he was in a good mood, and wanted to drag Qi Wang to continue playing chess.
"There's nothing left and right, how about Huai'an to accompany me again? This time, Huai'an, you can't hide your clumsiness anymore."
Qi Huan: "..."
However, this game of chess was still unsuccessful in the end. When the emperor and Qi Huang re-arranged the chessboard, De Mao came in and reported that the eunuch next to the queen had come to report something important to the emperor.
The emperor immediately opened his mouth and asked De Mao to let the man in. After the eunuch next to the queen came in, he knelt down in front of the emperor and told everything that the queen had told him.
"What did you say? Li Fei is not pregnant?"
After hearing what the eunuch said, the emperor was stunned, as if he couldn't believe what he heard, Concubine Li was not pregnant? How is this possible? Doctor Song, who took Concubine Li's pulse last night, made it clear that Concubine Li is already a month pregnant. Doctor Song is a master of gynecology at the Imperial Hospital, and his pulse diagnosis will never be wrong. of.
The eunuch replied: "Your Majesty, I dare not lie, and the empress went to visit Empress Li today, but when she arrived at her palace, she found that two of Empress Li's close servants had committed suicide in her bedroom. The Empress was worried about Concubine Li's health, so she asked Imperial Doctor Zhang of the Imperial Hospital to feel Concubine Li's pulse, only to find that Concubine Li was not pregnant."
The eunuch was well-organized, and he didn't add any embellishments to what he said, but just truthfully told the situation at that time.
Although the emperor felt that he was too hasty in sealing Concubine Li as Concubine Li last night, he never thought that Concubine Li was not really pregnant. If she was not really pregnant, how could Song Yuyi Check out the pulse. Is she pregnant
The emperor has a suspicious personality, and he is not a man who easily trusts others. Compared with Concubine Li, the emperor naturally believes in his wife.
The queen is not the kind of person who likes to target concubines, and the emperor is very clear about her character of exposing his wife. There is definitely something strange about this matter, there is something wrong with Concubine Li.
What the emperor hates most is that someone deceives him, and what Li Fei has done has touched the emperor's bottom line. Although he has not seen Li Concubine yet, the information extracted from the information he has so far, the emperor Concubine Li has been sentenced to death.
"Putting Zhaoyang Palace, I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in Zhou Wanrong's gourd. Do you really think I am so easy to deceive?"
Qi Wang had already guessed before that without the assistance of those high-tech means, Ling Jing would definitely overturn the car, but he did not expect Ling Jing to overturn the car so fast. It only took one night, and she had already Overturned.
Although Qi Wang really wanted to go to the scene to see what happened to Ling Jing, but this involved the matter of the harem. He is the emperor's younger brother. Ready to leave.
"Huian, you go with me."
The emperor did not agree to Qi Wang's request to leave, and directly asked him to go to Chaoyang Palace with him, Qi Wang did not refuse, and followed the emperor, and went to Zhaoyang Palace together.
***
"The emperor..."
During the waiting process, Ling Jing has been lying on the bed, because of some previous doubts, she was a little restless, and she looked extremely haggard. When she saw the emperor walking in from the outside, Ling Jing With a sore heart, tears rolled down her cheeks.
She knows too well what preemptive strikes are. At this time, as Zhou Wanrong, she has unparalleled beauty. The emperor likes her face and her fresh body. Although nothing really happened, as long as the emperor believes Just have a relationship with her.
So when the emperor came in, Ling Jing immediately put on a cute and pitiful appearance, as if she had been wronged greatly, and wanted to appeal to the emperor about her grievance.
However, the emperor who walked in did not pay attention to Ling Jing, but walked directly in front of the queen.
The queen stood up holding the hand of the green sleeve, blessed the emperor, and said unhurriedly: "My majesty, I didn't want to bother you at first, but the matter is so important that I can't do it." Lord, I can only invite you here."
Ling Jing cried pitifully, but the emperor didn't even look at her. He held the queen's hand and said solemnly: "Don't do this, queen. I believe you. Tell me, what happened to this matter?" thing?"
The queen told the emperor what had happened before, and when talking about the dead Hongmei Aoxue, the queen's face showed some unbearable color.
"The concubine doesn't know what mistake Hongmei Aoxue and those two maids made to make Concubine Li so angry. They have been with you for nearly twenty years anyway. Even if there is a big mistake, you will You shouldn't force them both to death."
Ling Jing never thought that such a gentle and virtuous queen would lie and deceive others in front of the emperor. Her eyes were red with anger, and she couldn't put on her weak appearance immediately.
"Your Majesty, the concubine has never done it. You know the concubine's character. The concubine never makes things difficult for her subordinates. The concubine really doesn't know why Hongmei Aoxue committed suicide. It has nothing to do with the concubine."
She hastily defended herself, trying to make the emperor believe in herself.
Qi Wang, who was a few steps behind, looked at Ling Jing who was already showing panic, and felt that it would not be too late for her to step into a desperate situation.
By this time, Ling Jing has probably realized that her high-tech methods are no longer available. She relies too much on those high-tech methods, and she has not really done anything independently. It is normal to feel flustered after losing those methods Yes, and things that people do in panic are often full of loopholes.
Qi Wang doesn't need to deal with Ling Jing himself, he only needs to remove Ling Jing's golden finger, and he can send her to a dead end.
The panic on Ling Jing's face became more and more intense. Seeing that the emperor was not willing to talk to her, the anxiety in Ling Jing's heart expanded to the extreme. She turned her head in a panic, looking for someone who could help her, but when she saw When they arrived at Qi Wang who was standing not far behind the emperor, a gleam of light appeared in Ling Jing's eyes.
Qi Wang is a man who loves her deeply. As long as he is here, she will not be in a desperate situation. She doesn't even know why Qi Wang came here with the emperor, but this is also an opportunity for her. Maybe let him see the emperor's love for her. No matter what attitude you have, it will arouse Qi Wang's desire to protect, and thus make him attack the emperor.
Thinking of this, the expression on Ling Jing's face changed instantly, she looked at Qi Huang with a sad expression, her eyes seemed to be filled with a deep look of mourning for his wife, she bit her lip, tears rolled down her cheeks , the whole person looks weak and innocent, like a poor woman who has been bullied.
Qi Huan: "..."
Has this Ling Jing's brain been completely broken, what does it mean to look at him at a time like this when she doesn't want to please the emperor
Did she still think that she was still in gold finger? It's no wonder that people in the room couldn't see anything strange about her with such a big face.
Just at this moment, the emperor turned his head to look at Ling Jing, just in time to see Ling Jing looking at Qi Huang with a sad face.