On June 13, the emperor named Long Chuxia the Queen Mother of Yide, and ceremoniously welcomed Prince Yuning back to the palace to live in Prince Yuning's Mansion. The Fire Demon was named the Prince of Fire Prayer, and was not given another mansion, but lived with Prince Yuning.
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On June 14th, the palace concubines went to Xuantian Pavilion to pay their respects
The queen was in poor health, but she came early. She was lucky enough to meet Long Chuxia. At that time, she had not yet entered the palace and was elected as the queen. Long Chuxia met her when she was just a teenage girl.
In the blink of an eye, she is already in her early thirties
She originally thought that Long Chuxia was old, but when she saw her, she found that she was not much different from eighteen years ago. There was no sign of aging at all, but her eyebrows were much more mature.
"I, my concubine, meet the Queen Mother!" Since Long Chuxia was named the Queen Mother, she naturally wanted to call Long Chuxia the Queen Mother.
"Xiao Zhi, help your master up!" Long Chuxia sat on the phoenix throne and said with a smile.
Xiaozhi is the queen's maid. She has been with the queen for many years and has yet to leave the palace to get married. After hearing Long Chuxia's instructions, Xiaozhi quickly stood up to help the queen and thanked her together: "Thank you, Queen Mother."
Long Chuxia looked at the queen's pale face and asked softly: "I heard from the emperor that you are not in good health. How do you feel now?"
A faint smile appeared on the queen's thin face, and she said: "After returning to my mother, I just have some problems with irregular qi and blood. After some treatment by Dr. Guo, I am much better now. The queen does not need to worry about me.
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"Yeah!" Long Chuxia nodded, listening to her talk about Imperial Doctor Guo, and asked: "Is Imperial Doctor Guo healthy now?" After all, he should be in his early sixties.
The queen said softly: "He is now a judge of the Taiyuan Hospital, and his body is still strong, but it is not as good as before."
"Birth, old age, illness and death are things that people must experience in their lifetime, so there is no need to be too obsessed with it," Long Chuxia sighed slightly.
The queen smiled and said, "The queen is still the same as before and has not aged."
Long Chuxia just smiled and asked some questions about the situation in the palace. The queen also told everyone one by one that Long Chuxia had already investigated everyone in the harem, including Concubine Ling and Concubine Li.
Nowadays, the palace is divided into three factions, the Queen, Concubine Ling and Concubine Li. Of course, although the Queen is cowardly, she is still the middle palace, and she still has some people who know current affairs. The Queen has made friends with Shen Guiren, who is now pregnant. She is also the Queen.
Because of this, the people here are in even more danger.
Concubine Ling's status in the harem was somewhat dependent on her father and brother. She was not very beautiful, but her father and brother were guarding the border, so the emperor naturally had to favor her more and give her some rewards, both covertly and covertly, to stabilize her father and brother.
Concubine Xinling was arrogant and did not understand the ways of the world. She relied on the emperor's favor to attack the queen at every turn. She was sure that the queen was a soft persimmon. The queen and the emperor were a young couple. She truly loved the emperor. Therefore, everything in the harem did not matter to her.
Whether she could handle it or not, she would not tell the emperor to upset him. Because of this, Concubine Ling was even more sure that she was weak and could be bullied.
As for Concubine Li, as her name suggests, she is extremely beautiful, but she is not from a high family background. Her father is the prefect of Jeju. Being promoted to the rank of concubine is already regarded as the emperor's favor. Unlike Concubine Ling, she is very scheming.
, but it was only in the early years, after she was promoted to the imperial concubine, that nouveau riche aura was revealed. She did not take the queen seriously, but she would not directly embarrass the queen, but would give some unpleasant comments overtly or covertly.
He told the Queen what he said, and tried many times to sow discord between the Queen and Ling Guifei, causing the two to start a war. Unfortunately, the Queen was weak-tempered and swallowed no matter how big the issue was.
Concubine De entered the palace three years ago. She is the niece of Concubine Duan Gui. She is eighteen years old this year. She was drafted into the palace and was named Zhaoyi as soon as she entered the palace. She has a gentle personality, generous and decent, well-educated and sensible. Although her appearance is not as good as
Not as good as Li Fei, but her temperament is several times better than Li Fei
Concubine Qin entered the palace at the same time as Concubine De and was named a concubine. Concubine Qin was nineteen this year and was the sister of General Dingyuan. She became pregnant with a dragon fetus not long after entering the palace, but the fetus aborted in less than three months.
The palace was very negative, and it wasn’t until a year ago that the mood got better
Concubine Ning Zhao, who was executed before, was confirmed to have plotted against Emperor Rui and was given a white silk ribbon to commit suicide.
There are also some concubines with low status, so I won’t list them one by one here.
Long Chuxia chatted with the queen for a long time, and finally saw some concubines coming in one after another.
They didn't pay much attention to the sudden appearance of the Queen Mother, because everyone knew that the emperor's biological mother had died, and the Queen Mother who was posthumously named Xian'an appeared suddenly, and the Emperor named her the Queen Mother because she was not her biological mother.
, probably the late emperor’s queen, the one who ran away with others. She had been kind to the emperor in raising her up for several years, but she left with others, why did she come back? Everyone thought it was because she was old and frail, or because she was prosperous and wealthy.
In reality, I relied on the fact that I had raised the emperor in the past and came back to ask for a reward.
The emperor is a person who values love and justice. Naturally, he cannot be hard-hearted towards his adoptive mother who raised him in the past. In addition, the emperor governs the country with filial piety, benevolence and righteousness as the first priority. If she does not accept the former queen, it means that he has not fulfilled his filial piety and is not good enough for the world.
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However, it’s just a matter of honor. Who would really take Empress Dowager Yide seriously? Maybe even the emperor himself might not come to pay his respects.
It's just that as soon as the Queen Mother returned to the palace, she immediately sent an order to the Sixth Palace for the concubines to come and pay their respects. This display of airs was really disgusting.
Long Chuxia looked around at the group of glorious concubines kneeling in front of her, and sighed slightly in her heart. With so many women guarding one man, how could there be no disputes?
Concubine Ling and Concubine Li had not arrived yet, so Long Chuxia ordered everyone to sit down first. After a while, the eunuch at the door announced: "Concubine Ling has arrived, Concubine Li has arrived!"
Long Chuxia sneered in her heart. The status of these two people was really in the sky. This was normal for the eunuch and the red-topped white man. Just listening to the respectful words in the eunuch's mouth, you could know how transcendent their status was.
Concubine Ling Guifei walked in front. She was wearing a pink brocade and gold-colored palace dress with wide sleeves, a pony bun, and a golden walking stick. She walked in with a look of arrogance on her face.
She walked up to Long Chuxia and said with a slight smile: "I, my concubine, meet the Queen Mother!"
Long Chuxia hummed and said calmly: "Sit down!"
Concubine Ling glanced at the queen, with a sneer on her lips, and then sat on the pear wood chair next to the queen.
Concubine Li was wearing a pink color that was lighter than Concubine Ling. She held a golden silk hairpin on her temples. She moved like a breeze. The jade jade on the hairpin jingled softly. She looked like Concubine Ling and was slightly blessed: "I see the Queen Mother.
May the Queen Mother be blessed and safe!" She also saw the Queen, and before Long Chuxia could say anything, she also saluted the Queen: "I, my concubine, see the Queen Mother!"
Although Concubine Li and Concubine Ling did not take the queen seriously, the difference between them was that Concubine Ling revealed her thoughts on her face, while Concubine Li kept it deep in her heart.