Confession

In Chang'an City, goods are sold in the east and the west, respected in the north and despised in the south.

The Saint of the North only loves the Imperial Concubine and favors the Heavenly Concubine.

The Li family of Chang'an City bestowed blessings on the Guo family of Chang'anfang in the outer city.

The emperor's great power is divided among his relatives, and all the sixteen provinces in the world envy him.

Concubine Guo was a concubine in name only, but she had power over the world and was actually the queen.

Taiji Palace, Yongle Hall.

Three concubines and nine imperial concubines, twenty-seven ladies-in-waiting, eighty-one imperial wives, six bureaus and twenty-four departments.

Chang'an City, 108 districts, Li Dynasty, 360 states, all descendants and people bow their heads and kneel to support the saint and concubine.

Prince Xiang was neither the legitimate heir, nor the eldest son, nor a wise and virtuous man.

He holds the power over the world and is honored as the crown prince because "a son's status depends on his mother's."

Your Majesty is so blessed by Heaven, why doesn't the Imperial Concubine ascend the throne?

Don't blame her for marrying for the second time.

It is all due to his humble background and lack of moral character.

The Guo family has been a family of lowly people for ten generations, and no one has ever been an official.

The imperial concubine was the most favored among the six palaces. She bestowed titles upon her relatives and granted them official positions, which were not for the purpose of serving in the court.

The court officials looked down on her background and despised the Guo family. They wrote letters to attack her and the emperor issued an edict to deprive Guo of her position as queen.

A royal concubine cannot be the empress, the position of empress is nominal, and the sage does not appoint a new empress for thirty years.

The imperial concubine cannot be crowned as queen, and the Guo family cannot be crowned as king.

The sage changed the old system and went against the ancestral system. He did not reward the descendants of the Li family with royal titles, but only called them the crown princes and princes.

The Li family's empire has long become the Guo family's empire.

Fortunately, Prince Qing was powerful, and the two had been fighting for more than ten years, with Li and Guo fighting on equal terms.

In summer and autumn, the sage dismissed Wang Xiang for no reason and appointed Concubine Guo's nephew as prime minister.

Your Majesty has established the Crown Prince, Prince Xiang has gained complete power, and Prince Qing has completely fallen...

A sage is a sage, and all people in the world must not have even the slightest rebellious or rebellious thought.

The overall situation has been determined. The sage is old and no longer strong, but the general trend of the world is clear.

Court officials pay homage to Guo instead of Li, and the royal family looks outward instead of inward.

The princes, generals and ministers all respected the Shaoyang Court of the Eastern Palace, while the royal family all abandoned the Yongfuqing Palace.

The prince's daughters Chengyang and Yuyang were conferred the title of princesses. Huaiyang cried at her desk and refused to eat or drink for a whole day. She was severely scolded by Jinyang.

In Chang'an City, the first family to abandon Prince Qing's Mansion was the Cui family.

The mother's family of Prince Qing is the Cui clan.

The Cui family secretly pledged allegiance to the royal palace and bribed the Crown Prince Guo with a large sum of money to show their favor to the Crown Prince.

The Cui family of the Eastern Palace formed an alliance.

But within a day, the news spread like wildfire, from Shaoyang Courtyard to Prince Qing's Mansion.

Upon hearing this, Prince Qing cried bitterly and fainted several times.

After that, the eldest prince claimed illness and did not attend court for several months.

After that, the Guo family became more and more powerful, while the Li family became weaker.

It is too common for people to seek benefits and avoid harm, and to change with the wind.

Prince Qing's uncle turned against the Guo family, and soon after, Princess Qing's relatives betrayed the palace.

The men of the Feng family surrounded the young master of the Li family at the horse farm. They punched and kicked Li San to force him off his horse. The Feng family took this opportunity to openly break with the Prince Qing's Mansion.

Li San returned home, threw the whip and smashed the horse harness, and vowed to break off all ties with the Feng family.

Prince Qing drank despite being ill, acting as if he heard nothing and nothing happened. His ambition had already been dissipated and would never return.

It is difficult for Prince Qing to become a saint. Li Er has lost the mountain and the path to becoming a saint, and he also knows that there may not be any way out.

From then on, he became just like his grandfather, living a life of eating, drinking, and having fun. Seeing that there was really no hope for him, Mrs. Xue just let him go.

The prince has lost his ambition, the young master is a playboy, the princess manages the palace and refuses to slack off, and the prince cannot slack off in studying the six rituals.

Normally, the royal family members, ministers and guests who were on good terms with the Prince Qing's Mansion either defected or surrendered.

The Prince Qing's Mansion lost its power, was deserted by his friends and relatives, and was deserted.

The lives of the people in the palace, three clans and nine relatives, all depend on the thoughts of the saint. Mrs. Tong knows this very well. Even though she is surrounded by resentment and the palace is in turmoil, Mrs. Tong dare not speak out.

Every day, my mother just hugged the four of us, kissed us again and again, and loved us again and again, but she could never kiss us enough and love us enough.

Huayang was still looking into her precious mirror. One day, she suddenly said to me, "I have asked someone to write an epitaph for this county lady. Hundreds and thousands of words, each worth a gold coin..."

I didn't understand what she said at first.

She turned away, clutching the precious mirror, and said proudly, "Even with all my makeup on, I'm still not as beautiful as you. I'm not as pretty as you when I'm alive. After I die, I'll put some rouge on my tombstone to fool the wandering ghosts and the fools of future generations."

I was stunned.

"Could it be that I'm not allowed to defeat you even once, even if I die?"

I knocked over her magic mirror and told her not to do that.

Huayang tilted her head towards the sky, trying to be proud and not cry. Tears rolled down her eyes, smudged her makeup, and the corners of her mouth tasted salty, and she could no longer hold back her tears.

Huayang was crying, Anyang was walking around with a belt, putting a doll on her waist. Anyang loved playing with dolls the most, and the Princess of Anyang had half a room full of dolls.

This is her favorite, and that is her favorite.

She had no sword or sachet on her waist, but her waist was covered with dolls. I couldn't tell if she was talking to a person or to the dolls. She said, "I want to sleep with my dolls forever."

The lady held Zhaoyang and looked at us. She didn't scold Huayang or Anyang. She just covered her face and laughed and cried, wiped her tears and laughed again.

The saint's knife was given to the prince, and the prince's sword struck the Prince Qing's Palace, wanting to put us to death.

Mrs. Tong was worried about danger day and night, and Mrs. Xue could not hide her worry.

Mrs. Xue was originally a dancer in the palace, and her home was in Songzhou, not in Chang'an.

Ever since she gained favor in Prince Qing's Palace, her brother from her natal family moved to Chang'an and, relying on the title of the eldest brother-in-law of Prince Qing's Palace, made a fuss for more than ten years.

Once the prince lost power, his family fled back to Songzhou overnight.

Mrs. Xue was pregnant and knelt down to beg her brother to take Zhuzhi back to Songzhou with her. The Xue family agreed.

Mrs. Xue has ulterior motives, but she is deeply in love with her niece.

But I am not a bamboo branch.

She is not even Mrs. Xue’s biological niece. I only remember how bad she treated me.

Zhuzhi left, and a few days later, Rudi also left.

The Feng family had long forgotten this unfavored daughter.

Many days later, they remembered Ru Di. They didn't really want to take her in, but just wanted to make a complete break with Prince Qing's Mansion and have nothing to do with it morally.

The Feng family entered the Prince Qing's mansion in order to remove the princess from the Feng family.

On the day Ru Di left, I saw her hesitating to move forward, wanting to say something, but in the end, she said and did nothing, and was forcibly taken away from the palace by her father.

After Ru Di left, I saw for the first time that the princess' eyes became dull and lifeless. Although I was dull, I knew that she was sad for Ru Di and even more so for the Feng family's ruthlessness.

Rudi was weak and Leyang was too young. I walked over to the princess and hugged her. The princess touched my face and told me, "What a pity, you are a child of the Yan family."

I am a bastard, no matter who my biological father is, I am indeed the daughter of the Yan family.

I was born and raised in the Yan family. They called me a bastard and a bastard all the time. The city of Chang'an has humiliated me for more than ten years. I am the only one who doesn't recognize them. It's difficult for them to disown me.

"Your grandfather is an important official under the prince. If the Guo family rebels, the first thing they will do is kill your father and brother. You should not go back to the Yan family. Your eldest grandfather used to follow Prince Xiang, and there is some affection between the monarch and his subject. He has a Taoist temple in Luoyang. If you leave Chang'an and return to Luoyang, he can protect your life." The princess is like a father and a mother to me, and she has planned a way out for me.

I knelt on the ground, wielding my dagger to show my resolve, and cried, "I won't leave, I won't leave Chang'an, even if I die, I will never leave the Empress..."

The princess ordered me to put away the knife and stand up. I dropped the knife and crawled into her arms. She laughed and said, "Don't leave, don't leave, silly Li'er, why would you use a knife?"

She meant it as a rebuke, but I knew she was clearly happy in her heart.