Xie Mingxi was very considerate and immediately said: "Sister Huang and Queen Mother must have something intimate to say, so let's step aside for now!"
Xiao Yuhan and others had no objections and nodded.
Sheng Hong walked to the bed and said earnestly: "The queen mother is not feeling well, so she should not be tired. Let's talk to the imperial sister for a while and then have a good rest. I will come to see the queen mother in the evening."
The emperor came to Fulin Palace three times a day and personally brought medicine to the bedside. He was a model of filial son.
Every time Queen Mother Yu saw Sheng Hong's handsome face, her heart surged with anger and blood. She even lost the mood to act and snorted: "No need. The Ai family is not so lucky and cannot afford the emperor's treatment."
'Filial piety'."
The sarcastic words were spat out intermittently. Without any strength, they looked a bit ridiculous.
Sheng Hong felt quite happy in his heart and did not care about Empress Dowager Yu's bad attitude, so he respectfully resigned.
Xie Mingxi and others also left one after another.
Only Zhilan and Yuqiao were left waiting in the dormitory.
Princess Changping cried hard beside the bed.
Empress Dowager Yu suffered heavy setbacks one after another, and no matter how determined she was, she still felt depressed. She refused to show weakness to others. In front of her daughter, she no longer needed to hold on, and she shed tears once again.
However, Empress Dowager Yu was not a person who felt sorry for herself, nor did she completely lose her fighting spirit due to such a heavy blow. She opened her mouth and said, "Changping, you wiped away the tears for the Ai family."
Princess Changping responded with red eyes. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears of Queen Mother Yu. She whispered: "Queen Mother, Sheng Hong and Xie Mingxi are not good friends, and they are not of the same mind as the Queen Mother."
"Now that they have reached this point, the Queen Mother should stop competing with them. The Queen Mother is the Queen Mother. As long as they are willing to give in a little bit, they have to treat the Queen Mother respectfully for the sake of filial piety..."
Before she had time to say all her words, she was forced back by the anger that suddenly appeared in Queen Mother Yu's eyes.
"Bastard!" Queen Mother Yu yelled through gritted teeth: "Are you asking the Ai family to bow their heads and give in, begging for mercy from that cunning and vicious couple?"
"Absolutely impossible!"
Princess Changping did not feel the anger of being scolded, but only helplessness and desolation: "Mother, do you still not understand the situation clearly?"
"Sheng Hong sat on the dragon throne and is the emperor of Qi. Xie Mingxi took back the phoenix seal and took charge of the Sixth Palace. They are husband and wife working together. How can the queen mother be their rival?"
Not to mention, Empress Dowager Yu was seriously ill and did not even have the strength to stay. The Yu family also completely gave up on Empress Dowager Yu...
Of course, Princess Changping would never be able to say this last sentence that touched her heart.
Even so, Empress Dowager Yu was already furious, and a strange red tide surged across her face: "No, the Ai family still has a trump card! The Ai family has not lost!"
The trump card?
Princess Changping was stunned and asked in a low voice: "What other strategies does the mother have to deal with the emperor and the empress?"
Queen Mother Yu remained silent.
The fact that Xie Mingxi took the fertility drug is a secret between her and Xie Mingxi. It must not be known to anyone. Xie Mingxi will never dare to tell Sheng Hong about it. She will not let anyone know about it.
Once upon a time, the Queen Mother forced the Queen in the Palace to take fertility drugs. Once word of this spread, her reputation as the Queen Mother would be tarnished and she would be despised by thousands of people.
Even to my daughter, I can't say it.
Empress Dowager Yu refused to say anything, and Princess Changping had no choice but to comfort her with kind words. This left a doubt in her heart.
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From that day on, Princess Changping lived in Fulin Hall.
Gu Shujin, the young princess, also stayed behind.
With Princess Changping by her side, Xiao Yuhan, Zhao Changqing and Yin Xiaoxiao came to see her but could not get close to the bed. Xie Mingxi came to visit three times a day as usual, rain or shine.
Empress Dowager Yu has been running the palace for decades and has many eyes and ears.
Xie Mingxi has been secretly spying for more than half a year, and has already found out all about Queen Mother Yu's confidants. Taking advantage of the power of taking charge of palace affairs for the first time, she vigorously and resolutely seized the positions of several female officials, and also promoted and appointed a group of palace maids who gossiped in private.
, and after being caught, he was beaten to a pulp.
In just a few days, the harem became much "refreshing".
This alone is of course not enough.
After Xie Mingxi took charge of the Phoenix Seal, he issued the first order of mercy. All palace maids over thirty years old could invite themselves out of the palace. They could either go home or get married.
This phoenix edict caused countless disturbances in the harem.
In Da Qi's harem, there has never been a precedent of letting 30-year-old maids leave the palace to return home or get married. When the maids entered the palace when they were young, they either died of illness, were beaten to death for making mistakes, or died of old age in the palace. Now I have given you a favor, I think.
There are definitely not a few maids leaving the palace.
As a result, the original structure of the palace was completely broken.
Of course, there are also older palace ladies who are unwilling to leave the palace. For example, Zhilan Yuqiao, Xianghui Qinse, etc. These are palace ladies who have served their masters for many years. They are also decent in the palace and do not want to leave the palace to get married.
Xie Mingxi let it go and did not force it.
More than one-third of the palace maids invited themselves out of the palace. Xie Mingxi ordered Xiang Hui and others to examine them one by one, and each palace maid was rewarded with a generous sum of money before being released from the palace.
About a quarter of the maids in Fulin Palace are gone.
This phoenix decree also spread Xie Mingxi's reputation as a wise empress.
This matter took more than a month of work.
Many palace maids left, and Xie Mingxi was not in a hurry to choose a palace maid.
The emperor's harem is empty, and she is the only queen. Including Empress Dowager Li, Empress Dowager Yu, and a group of concubines, there are not many serious masters. There are nearly a thousand maids and chambermaids in charge, and more than a hundred maids were released at one time.
When leaving the palace, it can be supported everywhere in the palace.
Most of these more than a hundred palace maids were Empress Dowager Yu's people. In this way, most of Empress Dowager Yu's eyes and ears in the palace were eliminated.
Next, Xie Mingxi issued another decree, ordering all the elderly and infirm chamberlains to leave the palace.
Chamberlains and ladies-in-waiting are different from each other. Ladies-in-waiting can return home after leaving the palace, and they can get married. Chamberlains are all men who have passed away, their bodies are broken, and most of them have no one at home. Release from the palace in this way is the same as expulsion.
Furthermore, what is the standard for being old and frail?
How old is considered old? What is considered frail?
All the servants were panic-stricken.
The first person to bear the brunt was Eunuch Lu.
In terms of age, there is almost no one older than Eunuch Lu in the palace. Being a chamberlain is a high-risk profession. You may be punished for making mistakes, be punished for anger, or be exploited and not end well... In short, there are very few people who can live a peaceful life.
few.
As a veteran of three dynasties, Eunuch Lu became the oldest chamberlain in the palace.
As for frailty, as a chamberlain, there are not many people who are physically strong. According to this standard, most of the chamberlains in the palace will be weak.
The servants were anxious and uneasy. They approached Eunuch Wei privately and in a roundabout way, even giving heavy gifts. They only asked Eunuch Wei to say a few kind words in front of the emperor and the empress and withdraw his order.
Eunuch Wei did not respond at all.
Eunuch Lu became the first chamberlain to leave the palace.
