The decision of the King of Jin was quickly carried out.
Concubine Li was dragged into the cold palace covered in blood, and was left to fend for herself from then on.
Concubine An was in labor and learned that she was plotted against by Concubine Li and was punished by the Emperor to be confined to her house. She was very depressed. After sweeping away all the furnishings in the room and venting her pain, her stomach hurt even more and she even had a red discharge. Only then did she calm down in fear. She only hoped that the princess in her belly would be born soon so that the Emperor would love her like the Empress!
In addition, two palace maids were beaten to death, and all the gardeners in the imperial garden were fined thirty strokes of the cane for dereliction of duty.
As a result, the harem, which had been peaceful for a long time, was in turmoil again.
It has been a long time since the concubines in the harem had schemes against each other, and it has also been a long time since there has been such a severe punishment!
This matter reached the ears of the four concubines.
Concubine De: "It seems that the Emperor truly dotes on the Empress."
The balance that had lasted for more than ten years was broken for her.
Will these good shows be performed every day in the future? Thinking of this, Concubine De shook her head again, no!
The emperor never allows anyone to trample on his bottom line, so no one dares!
Concubine Shu: "Your Majesty is just making an example of someone once again, just like he did back then."
After hearing this, Concubine Li only commented calmly: "The emperor has always been fair in his work."
Is it really fair? What worries us is not the lack of power but the injustice. The emperor only favors the queen, which makes people feel dissatisfied!
Moreover, the Empress is still unharmed, but Concubine Li has lost half her life and is left to fend for herself in the cold palace. If the Empress was really stung by a poisonous bee, wouldn't the Emperor disband the harem
However, Concubine Li only complained in her heart. She was not worried at all now. Her son was the crown prince. As long as she lived peacefully and without any mistakes for the next few decades, she would be the empress dowager!
Concubine Xian shook her head: "Concubine Li doesn't understand the emperor at all! Just wait, the Li family will also fall into decline."
No one else said anything. Concubine Li definitely didn't know the Emperor well enough!
What the emperor hates most is the concubines in the harem making trouble out of nothing.
Therefore, the emperor never tolerated concubines who caused trouble. Anyone who caused trouble would be executed or sent to the cold palace. Apart from that, their families would not be implicated and would no longer be reused.
In this case, how dare that concubine commit a crime
The State of Jin is full of talented people and has never lacked people who can be used. No official is irreplaceable. If you are neglected by the emperor, you will have no chance to turn things around in this life.
Therefore, the old men in the harem knew this characteristic of the emperor and did not dare to violate the palace rules or murder the heir. Many ministers warned their daughters not to cross the emperor's bottom line before sending them to the palace.
But there will always be one or two newcomers who like to challenge the emperor's bottom line, and naturally they will suffer the consequences in the end.
However, after this incident, all the concubines in the harem lost interest in the idea.
After a few days of peace and tranquility, it was soon the day to establish the empress, which was also the day of the emperor and empress's wedding.
Xing Nong and Shen Ruoxi got up before dawn to bathe and change clothes.
Xing Nong put on light makeup for Shen Ruoxi. Shen Ruoxi had a stunning face. She was in her thirties, but her skin was still delicate. With a little light makeup, she was stunningly beautiful.
Not to mention Xing Nong. Since she was detoxified, Chu Tiankuo has taken care of her body. Her eyebrows are dark without any makeup, her lips are red without any lipstick, and her face is rosy. She is stunningly beautiful even without makeup.
She just took care of her skin, put on some lip balm and blush to make her lips more rosy and make her look more energetic.
After all, it is summer now, and she can't stand wearing heavy makeup!
When the auspicious time arrived, the King of Jin came personally to pick up the mother and daughter and take them to the main hall.
The square of the main hall was already filled with civil and military officials.
When they arrived at the main hall, Xing Nong separated from the two and came to the group of princes alone.
Xing Nong appeared in a bright red palace dress and stunned everyone.
Xing Nong and the Crown Princess stood together.
The sunlight in the early morning of May was already very scorching, and the Crown Princess immediately ordered the palace maids to fan and shade Xingnong.
Xing Nong smiled and thanked her: "Thank you, Princess."
The Crown Princess smiled and said, "You are too polite, my sister."
The princes were originally talking to Princess Shengping, but when they saw Xingnong coming, they all turned around and greeted Xingnong.
Shen Hanyu disliked the palace maid's lack of strength, so he came to the other side of Xing Nong, opened his folding fan, and fanned her: "My royal sister is so beautiful today!"
This palace dress was beautiful but too heavy. He had to fan his sister hard to prevent her from fainting from the heat.
Seeing this, several princes also fanned their folding fans vigorously to cool down Xing Nong: "She is so beautiful as to make fishes sink to the bottom of the water and geese fall to the ground, and the moon hides and flowers blush, which is how we describe our sister!"
"My sister is like a fairy descending from heaven today!"
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The Crown Princess smiled and said, "My sister's lip balm looks great today. Normally, you're stunningly beautiful even without lip balm, but today, even the fairies in the sky can't compare to you! No wonder the Crown Prince of Chu can't take his eyes off you since you came!"
Hearing this, Xing Nong looked over and smiled at the person opposite.
Chu Tiankuo stood opposite Xingnong. As soon as Xingnong appeared, his eyes fell on her. Seeing her smiling at him, he also smiled.
Well, after this matter is over, he can officially propose the marriage!
When Princess Shengping saw that the princes who used to surround her now surrounded Xingnong to bring her coolness, she felt even more jealous!
Just now, my royal brother and the others were only talking to me and didn't fan me, so why is Chen Xingnong so delicate
She couldn't help but curse at the maid behind her with a dark face: "Are you dead? Why is there no wind at all? Are you trying to kill me with the heat?"
The palace maid behind him hurriedly fanned himself vigorously.
Upon seeing this, the Crown Princess assigned two palace maids to fan Princess Shengping.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has arrived!" the eunuch shouted.
The Crown Princess originally wanted to walk over to Princess Shengping, but at this time, the King of Jin and Shen Ruoxi had already started to walk onto the stage. Everyone knelt down, so she quickly knelt down as well, and followed everyone in shouting, “Long live the Emperor/Father, long live the Emperor/Father, long live the Empress/Mother, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years!”
The Crown Princess also knew that the little girl was probably jealous, but Xingnong had only been back for a few days, so it was normal for the princes to get closer to her. Moreover, although Xingnong didn't talk much, she had a really good temper, was very capable, and was very beautiful. Who wouldn't love such a person
Besides, they have to find a way to keep the imperial sister and the queen and prevent them from returning to Chu, so naturally they have to spend more time with the imperial sister!
She just felt that Princess Shengping had been too favored in the past and was still ignorant, so she wanted to find an opportunity to enlighten her. Now there were only two women in the royal family of this generation, her and Xingnong, and the two of them should be closer.
The King of Jin took Shen Ruoxi's hand and walked forward step by step. The two passed by the ministers, climbed onto the high platform, and began to worship heaven and earth, telling the gods and Buddhas of heaven and earth that they were married.
Everyone took the opportunity to look at the queen who was doted on by the King of Jin. It must be said that she was so beautiful that all the concubines in the harem pale in comparison. No wonder the emperor went to pick her up in person as soon as he recovered his memory, and asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare the wedding before picking her up. Some ministers couldn't help but think that if they had such a beauty, they would also dote on her and wish to give her the best things in the world!
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