Chapter 1196: Intrigue in the Harem, the Whereabouts of Sister Yuanchun

Lin Daiyu is famous for her outspokenness.

Faced with such outspokenness, Su Mingzhe just said along:

"Yu'er is right. If my elder sister were still alive, that would be the best. Yesterday, when Concubine Jing (Miaoyu) went to Ganye Temple and asked the monks to pray for her, I also asked her to pray for my elder sister and her son!"

When everyone heard the emperor agree with the queen, they naturally kept silent.

Only Queen Mother Wang showed an unhappy look.

Before Su Mingzhe ascended the throne, Wang was convinced that Lin Daiyu had the ability to bring good luck to her husband, so she did not object to Jia Mu and Jia Zheng's efforts to bring Lin Daiyu and Su Mingzhe together.

Now, Su Mingzhe has ascended the throne and become the emperor. He is the supreme ruler and the number one person in the world.

Even if Lin Daiyu is very good at bringing good luck to her husband, she has "nowhere to be good".

Naturally, Queen Mother Wang had the idea of ​​crossing the river and destroying the bridge.

It's no wonder she thinks this way.

Back then, when she first married into the Rongguo Mansion, she was often teased by her sister-in-law Jia Min.

Although this is all old news.

However, Queen Mother Wang was old and tended to be nostalgic.

Whenever she thought of these unhappy things, Empress Dowager Wang secretly regretted it. She felt that Sister Lin was as hypocritical as her mother Jia Min, and was not suitable to be her daughter-in-law, let alone to be the queen who ruled the country.

Now, in public, Lin Daiyu is "talking nonsense" again, but Su Mingzhe is "shielding" her.

The Empress Dowager Wang's accumulated anger reached its peak, and she gave her niece Xue Baochai a look.

When Bao-sister saw her aunt giving her a look, her face suddenly showed a bit of embarrassment.

Although Su Mingzhe canonized Lin Daiyu as the queen, he immediately brought himself into the palace and made him a noble concubine.

To outsiders, the difference between the queen and the imperial concubine is only one rank, which is not a big difference.

But in reality, the queen is the master and the imperial concubine is the slave.

Sister Bao had to observe etiquette every day and kneel down to pay her respects to Sister Lin.

Now the Queen Mother is giving Sister Bao this kind of look, which is to stir up conflict between the two.

Sister Bao has always had a thorough understanding of the ways of the world, so naturally she didn't want to be used as a tool by her aunt. So, she simply pretended not to understand what her aunt meant, turned her head with a smile, and stopped looking at her.

Seeing that Sister Bao was disobedient, Queen Mother Wang's face froze, and she couldn't help but sneer in her heart:
"You are really from a humble family. You can't even tell the difference between a big prince and a small prince. You are so afraid of the queen, but aren't you afraid of me, the queen mother?"

Seeing that she couldn't control Sister Bao, Queen Mother Wang didn't care about being angry and turned her attention to her other niece.

After Su Mingzhe ascended the throne, he asked Lady Jia to prepare a family banquet, and Sister Feng followed the Wang family to the palace to attend the banquet.

Then, Su Mingzhe took advantage of being drunk and fell asleep while hugging Sister Feng.

Following Ping'er's exclamation, Empress Dowager Wang asked Su Mingzhe to confer the title of virtuous concubine to Feng sister in order to avoid exposing the family scandal.

Sister Feng knew that her support in the harem was her aunt, the Queen Mother, so, facing the look from Wang, she could only rack her brains to think about how to please her aunt and embarrass Sister Lin.

Just as Sister Feng was racking her brains.

Suddenly, the Imperial City Office reported that the special envoy from the vassal state of Luzon wanted to see him on an urgent matter.

Su Mingzhe granted the audience and left.

When Sister Feng saw this sudden change, she suddenly felt that God was protecting her.

It’s no wonder Sister Feng thinks this way.

Before she was canonized as a concubine, Su Mingzhe came to see Sister Feng to enjoy the pleasure of having an affair, so naturally he would go to play with her every few days.

After Sister Feng entered the palace, the fun of having an affair was gone, and the frequency with which Su Mingzhe visited Sister Feng dropped to one-tenth of the original frequency, or even lower.

After all, there are many beauties in the palace.

Not to mention the old acquaintances such as Empress Lin Daiyu, Imperial Concubine Baojie, Concubine Shu Xiren, Concubine De Qingwen, Concubine Ling Zhen Yurao, and Concubine Xiang Shi Xiangyun.

Just to mention the recent newcomers to the palace, Concubine Jing Miaoyu, Concubine Mei Xue Baoqin, Concubine Li Xing Yuyan, Concubine Yan Fu Qiufang, and Concubine Rong You Sanjie, they are all beauties of stunning beauty.

Compared with these beauties, Sister Feng felt that she had no advantages.

It can be said that apart from Queen Mother Wang who could serve as her backer, Sister Feng felt extremely lonely in the harem, and it was even worse than being a man’s mistress before.

Not to mention, the women were scheming against each other.

Su Mingzhe came to Taiji Hall to meet with the Luzon special envoy.

As soon as the special envoy entered the palace, he knelt down and explained his purpose.

It turned out that last year, after the Prince of Nan'an forced Jia Yuanchun to write a letter of abdication, he sent a fleet to send Jia Yuanchun and her son Wei Ling to Luzon.

When the King of Luzon learned that the rebellion of Prince Nan'an had been put down, he sent a special envoy to Chang'an to ask whether Jia Yuanchun and her son should be sent back.

Su Mingzhe was delighted when he heard the news about his elder sister. He told his family members who were feasting on the city wall and sent a fleet to Luzon to bring back his elder sister Yuanchun and her son Wei Ling. When the people at the feast learned that Jia Yuanchun and Wei Ling were still alive, they were surprised at first, but then they began to feel entangled.

After all, this world originally belonged to the Wei family of Daqing.

Now that the throne has been occupied by the Jia family, what should be done with the throne when Jia Yuanchun and her son return?
What should we do with our titles?
When everyone thought of this problem, they couldn't eat the delicious food in front of them.

A wonderful banquet ended in such an anticlimactic way.

After Su Mingzhe received the special envoy, he returned to Daming Palace and paid his respects to Lady Jia and his parents.

Grandmother Jia asked seriously:

"Baoyu, tell your grandmother the truth. If you take your elder sister and the child back, will you kill them?"

"Grandfather, what do you think of me?"

Su Mingzhe was stunned at first, then he looked at the three elders with a wry smile and asked helplessly:
"I have been on the throne for such a long time, and I have always been benevolent. I even pardoned the generals who followed the Prince of Nan'an in the rebellion. How could I not tolerate my eldest sister and her child now?"

"After all, this world originally belonged to that child..."

Jia Zheng had really become stupid from reading so much that the moment he opened his mouth, he indicated that he wanted his son to abdicate and return the throne to the emperor.

It was Grandmother Jia who saw the opportunity quickly and interrupted the conversation:

"Since Baoyu said so, I was worrying too much. When your elder sister brings the child back, let them enter the palace to accompany an old man like me. Do you think it's okay?"

"We'll do what our ancestors say!"

Su Mingzhe knew that at this moment, no matter how much he said, it would not be able to dispel the doubts of the few people.

Only actions can prove yourself.

Seeing Su Mingzhe's cooperation, the few people felt a little relieved. In fact, their brows were frowned and they were still worried about Jia Yuanchun and her son.

Since ancient times, emperors have been ruthless.

For the sake of the throne, stories of fathers and sons killing each other and brothers turning against each other kept happening without interruption.

Grandmother Jia, Jia Zheng, and Empress Dowager Wang really didn't dare to hope that Su Mingzhe could be so good to Jia Yuanchun and her son.

However, the three of them just wanted Jia Yuanchun and her son to live.

I believe Su Mingzhe should be able to fulfill their wishes, right?
After leaving Daming Palace, Su Mingzhe returned to the harem.

At this time, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

Su Mingzhe went straight to Ganlu Palace, where Lin Daiyu lived.

This Ganlu Palace was originally the place where the emperor rested in the harem and favored his concubines.

The queen's palace should be the Yanxi Hall in the Taiji Palace complex, or the Fengzao Palace in the Daming Palace complex.

At the beginning of his accession to the throne.

Su Mingzhe originally wanted to follow the Daqing system and live in the Daming Palace with his concubines, while Lin Daiyu's bedroom would be the Fengzao Palace.

In order to give Sister Bao some comfort, she was allowed to live in Yanxi Palace.

As a result, when Lady Jia, Jia Zheng and others entered the palace, they also set their sights on the Daming Palace.

Su Mingzhe could not compete with his elders, so he could only let Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and others live in the Daming Palace complex, while he and his daughters lived in the Taiji Palace complex.

Lin Daiyu chose to follow her husband and moved with Su Mingzhe to the Taiji Palace complex.

At this time, Yanxi Palace had been awarded by Su Mingzhe to Baochai, her cousin Xue Baolin, and her cousin Xue Baoqin, where they lived.

Lin Daiyu did not let the three sisters move out, but chose to live in Ganlu Palace.

As soon as Su Mingzhe entered the hall, Zijuan, a female official from Ganlu Hall, immediately brought people to greet him.

"Is Yu'er asleep?"

"Second Master, my girl just washed up and lay down!"

"Well... in that case, Zijuan, you, Xueyan, Huangying, and Jinling, come and take a bath with me!"

After taking a bath, she was served by four beautiful maids.

When Su Mingzhe arrived at the bedroom, he saw Lin Daiyu lying on her side in a shimmering gauze skirt. Through the thin gauze skirt, men could see her graceful figure.

At this moment, Lin Daiyu was lying on her side on the bed, holding a storybook in her hand, reading it with relish, and she didn't notice the man coming at all.

It was not until Su Mingzhe sat on the edge of the bed and began to grope on the gauze skirt with his hands that Lin Daiyu exclaimed:
"Second brother, you are here."

Lin Daiyu's charming eyes slowly filled with a clear and moist light as the man moved.

Su Mingzhe's anger, provoked by the four maids, completely tore apart his rationality at this moment.

There was a sound of "ripping", and the hem of Lin Daiyu's skirt was torn.

(End of this chapter)