"Speak lightly." Concubine Shu frowned: "Is there anything in this world that the emperor can't do, but we can do?"
Tang smiled, lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty can't do everything, as long as you have the heart to observe, you can always find something."
It seems quite reasonable? Concubine Shu silently wrote it down in her heart, and when it was her turn to serve in front of the imperial court, she pinched the emperor's shoulders and said, "The emperor seems to be troubled recently?"
"Yeah." The emperor lowered his eyes and said lightly: "It's almost time for the draft again."
After a pause, Xu pursed her lips. This harem draft means another batch of newcomers come in, the old people in front have not been pampered enough, and there are many concubines who have never even seen the face of the emperor, so they have to be crushed by the new rice just like Chen Mi.
After thinking about it, she said in a low voice: "There are too many people in the harem, why not choose fewer people this year..."
"Less selection means more." The emperor said lightly.
Concubine Shu paused, thinking about it, it seems to be the same reason, even if only one beautiful girl is selected, there will still be more and more people in the harem.
"Then..." After hesitating for a while, she said: "There are quite a few people in the palace who have no positions and have never slept with them. Why don't the emperor send a decree to let them all go home?"
His eyes lit up, and the emperor nodded his head: "That's not bad, but it's quite troublesome to sort out the harem list."
"Don't worry, the emperor, there are still concubines here." Concubine Shu smiled, and instantly found what she could do to help the emperor, and agreed immediately: "The concubines will sort out the list, and before the beautiful girls enter the palace, we will first list those concubines. Send a group of people out of the palace so that some palaces can be cleaned up."
"Well, thank you for your hard work." Looking at her, the emperor's eyes were soft.
Xu was greatly encouraged, and happily went back to the palace to work.
Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Hua Chun turned over and said cheerfully: "Look, isn't there still a fool who would do this?"
Qingyou pursed her lips, and said in a puzzled way: "It's a good thing that Concubine Shu is willing to do it, but this servant doesn't understand why Tang Cairen got mixed up with Concubine Shu?"
After all, he is someone who attacked Yuhou, so he didn't even come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to ask for peace or something
"I don't know about this either." Hua Chun said, "Maybe it's because I don't feel safe in the palace, so it's more comfortable to look at Concubine Shu's thighs."
Qing Ling is silent, thinking about it, even if the harem is divided, Concubine Shu is still a concubine who holds great power, she is always a head above Concubine Wu Gui.
"Niang Niang." Just as she was thinking about it, Rui'er came outside and said, "Xu Guifei and the others are here, saying they want to say hello."
Hua Chun raised his eyebrows, followed the emperor's previous order, shook his head and said, "No, just say that this palace is still annoyed about Tang Cairen."
"Yes." Rui'er nodded, and conveyed Hua Chun's attitude to the ladies outside the door.
"Are you still angry?" Xu Guipin smiled and sighed: "They are all attacking the Yuhou Mansion, and the concubine still wants to persuade her, so why is it too urgent?"
Rui'er bowed her knees: "Masters, please forgive me."
"Hey, whatever, please rest well, Concubine De." Xu Guipin waved his hand and led everyone back.
"I knew it would be this result." Duan Cairen said in a low voice: "Although Concubine De has a high status, but she is not favored, she can be robbed by a talented person to go to the emperor, what can you expect her to do?"
Xu Guipin shook her head: "It was Ben Gong who looked at her highly, thinking that she was the younger sister recognized by Gong Yuhou, and the people sent by Gong Yuhou might still listen to her, who would have thought... we should rely on ourselves. "
"Yes." The people around nodded.
In the past, seeing how beautiful she was when she was a concubine, she dared to tear Concubine Hui off her horse, but now that she is a Concubine De, it is useless instead. Hou Gongyu sent someone in, maybe he wanted to help her, but who would have thought that Mrs. Tang was a thoughtful person who would even grab the favor of his master.
At first, Xu Guipin was still worried about Hua Chunyi, always thinking that she still had a chance to stand up, but now it seems that there is really no need to think about her anymore, she wants to be alone in the corner, so let her go .
Concubine Shu sorted out the roster of all the people in the harem who had never served in bed, including many people who had just been appointed, counting them, the number was as high as a thousand, which immediately scared her into a cold sweat, and then ran away immediately Find the emperor.
"This number is too big, so it's no wonder that the expenses of the harem can't be kept small." She said, "Please issue an order from the emperor to let them out of the palace."
The emperor glanced at her and asked, "Are you sure these people have left the palace voluntarily?"
Volunteer? Concubine Shu pursed her lips. There must be a small number of people who are willing to leave, but if they really want to follow their wishes, then what should I do? After all, many people like to spend nothing in the palace.
For convenience and to reduce her workload, she nodded: "It's all voluntary."
"That's good." The emperor said: "Ask Eunuch Qin to draw up an order, give them five days to leave the palace, and clean up the harem by the way."
"Yes." Concubine Shu smiled, feeling inexplicably excited about cleaning at the end of the year, and immediately went to draw up the decree, and then issued the decree.
There was an uproar in the harem immediately, and many talented people who had just been conferred were on the list of being expelled from the palace. How can this be reconciled to others? So they looked for places to appeal.
The Empress Dowager is recuperating, no one dares to bother her, and the Concubine De is also closed to see no visitors all the year round, and recently she lives in seclusion, so no one dares to come, only Concubine Wu Gui, who has great power in her hands and can see the face of the Emperor , and opposed Concubine Shu, so the Wanfu Hall was overwhelmed by all the concubines, some of them were emotional, and even smashed a lot of things in the hall.
This is nothing short of a disaster! Concubine Wu Gui had a terrible headache, the emperor had issued an order, how could she say anything else? But the closed palace did not see any guests, and this group of people blocked outside like crazy, and the imperial guards were not easy to drive away, so the emperor heard the wind and stopped coming to her.
"I'm suddenly very envious of Concubine De." Wu Guifei said sadly, "If we keep closing the door and seeing no visitors, there won't be so many moths."
"Your Majesty." Xu Guipin said: "Now is not the time to run away. Whoever causes trouble should be handed over to someone to deal with it. Why don't you take advantage of these people's strength to take a copy of Concubine Shu?"
Her eyes lit up slightly, and Concubine Wu patted the armrest lightly: "Yes, invite everyone who is famous outside!"
"yes."
A struggle in the harem kicked off. Concubine Wu privately instigated high-ranking people to use their family connections to jointly sue Concubine Shu for using power for personal gain, disregarding the concubine's wishes, and making decisions without authorization.
Concubine Shu took action upon hearing the news, and used the bait of letting some people stay to disintegrate their alliance. The two sides refuse to give in to each other, you come and go, and the battle is fierce.
Hua Chun and the emperor sat side by side on the soft couch in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, eating tonics and watching a good show together.
"Which side does the emperor think will win?"
"Concubine Shu."
"Why?"
"Because I also want that group of people to leave."
The emperor's wishes determine the success or failure of this group of people, Hua Chun nodded, but seeing Yu Wenjie's non-interfering attitude, it showed that although he wanted those people to leave, he didn't want Concubine Shu to have a good time.
"Thank you, the emperor, for reminding me in advance, so that my concubine can live a stable life." After taking the last sip of pigeon soup, Hua Chun sighed.
Yu Wenjie gave her a sideways glance, and said: "You don't have to thank me, but you can explain to me why you drink tonic soup, and I want to drink it too?"
Hua Chun chuckled: "Anyway, it's good for your body. Drinking it is beneficial and harmless."
"But it's bitter."
Nonsense, if it's not bitter, why let him drink it? Muttering in his heart, Hua Chun's face was full of tenderness: "This is called sharing weal and woe, come on, have deep feelings, and feel bored!"
Emperor: "..."
Resignedly picking up the bowl and pouring the soup into his mouth, Yu Wenjie turned to look at her: "Have you become bored again recently?"
"That's right." Hua Chun curled his lips, and said aggrievedly: "You didn't even show me the book, and there is nothing to do in such a big place in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. It's really boring."
Yu Wenjie was silent, stretched out his hand and squeezed her palm.
Hua Chun was taken aback, his heart softened unexpectedly, he looked at him and said, "But don't worry, I will stay honest and not run around."
"En." Yu Wenjie responded, and touched her slightly protruding belly.
Feeling the warmth of her and the child in the palm of his hand, the emperor's whole heart melted, and there was a rare tenderness in his eyes, shining like stars all over the sky flowing into the lake.
If only there were only three of them in this world.
It's a pity that reality is reality, and he still has a lot of things to do to keep their mother and child safe. Storms and waves are inevitable, and it is inevitable to let other people intervene.
He Chang'an hadn't entered the palace for two days, the emperor handled the affairs of the court by himself, repeatedly checked the sign of Tang Cairen, and felt that at least he was the one who attacked Yuhou, which made him feel more at ease than others.
However, Tang Shi didn't realize that she was in the favor of He Changan at all. After entering the palace for a few days, she came to her senses and realized that she had been abandoned by He Changan.
For this reason, she hugged the maid next to her and cried hard.
"I like him so much, but he sent me here." Tears welled up, and the palace servant next to him blushed, comforting her: "Master, don't be too sad, at least you are favored now."
To be favored is to be favored, what should be sad is to be sad, what is the difference between Gong Yuhou's behavior and selling her? He owes her an apology!
"Is there anyone in this palace who is Gong Yuhou's younger sister?" Tang asked, wiping away tears.
The palace servant nodded: "The concubine De is Gong Yuhou's younger sister, but the master doesn't see many guests. If you want to pay her respects, you can send a post."
She is still a concubine? Tang raised her eyebrows, thought for a while, and said in a low voice, "Help me pass the post, and go and ask for peace."
"yes."
So Hua Chun received Tang's greeting card, the handwriting was respectful and respectful, and the words were also very respectful, which made people feel good when they saw it.
"You don't have to see anything else, but Mrs. Tang will see you." Hua Chun said, "After all, you invited me to eat soup dumplings."
Qing Niao nodded and went out to deliver a message for her.