The Feng family members were imprisoned in large numbers, and the culprits were slowly being investigated. I am afraid that by then there will not be many left who still have official positions.
This time, the Feng family was completely devastated.
Even though there is still a queen mother and an imperial concubine, the foundation has been lost.
Empress Dowager Feng had already sent a message to Feng Shufei. At this time, Feng Shufei finally got smart and asked to be demoted.
However, the emperor was not sure about this, and just said that Feng's family affairs had nothing to do with Concubine Shu.
Concubine Feng Shu is still Concubine Feng Shu, and her grandfather is still the Duke, but after all, he is no longer the powerful Duke before.
The Shen family's reputation was completely cleared. Liang personally visited the Lan family and took Shen Qingyun back to the Shen family.
He also recognized Shen Qingyun and his sister under his name, and they will be considered legitimate children in the future.
Although it is definitely not as good as a legitimate descendant, it is still more noble than a commoner.
Shen Qingyun stopped making trouble after knowing the true cause of his mother's death. Although he still hated Liang, if she hadn't made trouble, his mother would not have come back and would not have died.
But after all, he cares about his sister, who will get married in the future, so he can only admit it with his nose pinched.
Qi Yixiu appeased the Shen family and rewarded them with some things.
However, the Marquis of Jing'an still made a confession in person, bitterly complaining about Shen Yi's incompetence and lax management of the family, and even asked the emperor to punish him.
The monarch and his ministers went back and forth for several rounds, and finally Qi Yixiu comforted Jing'an Hou.
To the effect, Jing'an Hou, don't worry, although your third son is indeed not very handsome, he can always make amends in time. Your family is also an innocent victim this time, and I know it well.
I can only express my gratitude to the emperor for his kindness when I wait for Jing'an. My whole family will swear allegiance to this.
By the time the emperor calmed down and conferred the title of new concubine, it was already the fifth month.
It was getting hot in the palace, but it was still comfortable.
The three women who were going to enter the palace also came to the palace.
One is Bai Shi, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jiangbei, Suo Shi, the second daughter of the Minister of Industry, and Lu Shi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the only daughter of Shen Chuliu's cousin's boss.
When we met at the Heqing Palace, all the concubines in the palace were naturally waiting early.
The emperor is also there.
After everyone paid their respects, they waited quietly for the three new women.
Most of the people were unhappy in their hearts, but they couldn't show any signs of it on their faces.
After a while, the three girls arrived together.
After the eunuch outside sang, the three of them went inside together.
Sure enough, they were young and attractive. Before they could see their appearance clearly, they knelt down to pay homage to the emperor and queen.
The Queen hummed: "Everyone raise their heads."
The three of them raised their heads together.
Qi Yixiu looked over and smiled: "You are really good-looking. They say that the girls who are the direct descendants of Jiangbei are really beautiful." Qi Yixiu walked down and stretched out his hand to the woman in the middle: "Are you the Bai family?"
Bai Shi was shy: "My concubine, Bai Shi, I would like to pay my respects to the Emperor."
"Well, you are indeed good-looking, so I will give you a title with the word 'Yan' and canonize you as a beauty. What does the queen think?" Qi Yixiu asked.
"Natural is very good, and Yanmei is also nice to hear." Of course the queen had no objection.
She is just a legitimate daughter of the Hou family and has no real power.
Qi Yixiu stretched out his hand again and pulled the other two people, and they stood up.
"I know that Suo Aiqing from the Ministry of Industry is of Xihu descent. I don't think anything of it when I see her on weekdays. But now when I see his daughter, she has a different charm."
The queen took a closer look and smiled: "My aunt is from Xihu, so she has such deep eyebrows."
Xihu is a small country bordering Dayi and Chao.
"Oh? That can be considered fate. I see how charming Suo Shi is, why not also make her a beauty?" The emperor asked the queen again.
The Queen smiled: "I see, this Lu family is quiet and quite good. Your Majesty, why don't you confer beauties on all three of them today? Won three beauties at once. Isn't that a good thing?"
Qi Yixiu laughed loudly: "In that case, I will listen to the Queen and grant three beauties the title."
The three of them knelt down to thank the emperor for his kindness. Lu was the most unexpected. She thought Baolin was just fine.
"How about Suo Shi gives me a title with the word 'Mei'?" Qi Yixiu asked again.
The Queen smiled again: "Excellent, the rose is gorgeous, and it echoes Sox's very much."
Mei Mei thanked her again.
The Lu family no longer has a title.
But she was very satisfied.
The queen added: "I am thinking that in the palace, I will live in the pavilion first, and after returning to the palace. Yanmei will live in Tingfeng Pavilion, Meimei will live in Changle Palace, and Lu Mei will live in Yihe Palace. What does the emperor think?"
"Excellent. Thank you for your hard work, Queen. Let's arrange it like this." The emperor was in a very good mood: "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first. The Queen will just watch how the new couple settles in."
Everyone stood up in a hurry to see the emperor off respectfully.
The three newlyweds also presented their gifts to the concubines present.
Fang Cairen and Xue Xiaoyi wanted to give them gifts again.
Everyone looked at these three people and felt that they were in great danger.
The beauty of Yanmei can be seen at a glance, she is really stunning. However, she prefers to dress plainly, which suppresses her bright appearance.
At first glance, Mei Mei is not as beautiful as Bai Shi, but if you look closely, you can see that she is charming and charming, but she is not inferior to Mei Mei at all.
Lu's was slightly inferior. She looked gentle and harmless, looking pure and gentle.
But it's not that it doesn't look good. On the contrary, after looking at it for a long time, it actually feels very pleasing to the eye.
The three of them were beauties when they entered the palace, and their starting point was not low.
Originally, everyone who could come to the palace was favored, but now... I am afraid that many people will take a step back.
When a newcomer enters the palace, the emperor has no reason not to favor him.
The Queen smiled when she saw everyone was bowing and said, "Let's go and pay my respects to the Queen Mothers of the two palaces."
Everyone felt heartbroken again, yes, there are three newcomers. They are all beauties, and they are even qualified to pay homage to the Queen Mother from the very beginning.
After the greetings were over and they returned to Guanlan Pavilion, Shen Chuliu ouched: "Hurry up and change my clothes. You are all blaming Zi Zhu for fear that I will lose my majesty. Give me this pearl."
Zi Zhu smiled and quickly picked out the biggest hairpin for her.
Shen Chuliu felt relieved.
"You are Empress Zhaoyi, so you must be dignified."
"Aren't there three new beauties here? It will be very lively in the future. I just want to spend the summer leisurely." Shen Chuliu is not really worried about whether the emperor comes once a month or once every two months.
She knew well that it would be several years before she fell out of favor.
However, it didn't take the emperor only a month to come, and she still visited him many times.
"Tell me, among these three, who can do the best?" Shen Chuliu asked.
Zi Rui thought about it: "Yanmei."
Zi Zhu shook her head: "Do you think she is Mei Mei? She looks quite smart."
"You don't think much of the Lu family?" Shen Chuliu raised his eyebrows.
"It's not that I'm not optimistic, I just think... she's not that outstanding compared to the first two, right?" Zi Zhu said.
"But maybe, she can be stable for the longest time?" Shen Chuliu chuckled.
[Shen Chuliu: If I don’t be the emperor’s sweetheart, I will die early.
If I don’t be the emperor’s true love, I will die early.
If I don’t become the emperor’s favorite, I will die early.
I am me, fireworks with different colors.]
(End of chapter)