The Empress Always Lacks Ambition

Everyone says that the fourth daughter of the Jing'an Marquis's mansion is truly blessed. She is favored in the palace, has children, and has a good family background. That is really infini...

Chapter 496 I Can’t Hold On Anymore

Chapter 496: Can’t Hold On Anymore

That day, the Emperor personally wrote a letter and had it sent to the southwest.

He personally sent her to the residence of Marquis Jinchang and told them that Li Zhaoyi was pregnant. In the harem, Li Zhaoyi received many rewards.

Shen Chuliu was in Yufu Palace, just across a small forest, talking to Concubine Yao in the breeze.

"Look, madam, the favor that Consort Li enjoys now is extraordinary."

"Who was the last person who was so amazing?" Shen Chuliu asked.

"Of course it's Qian." Lady Yao said with a smile.

"I just hope that the Li family can give the emperor a satisfactory answer. If the bandit suppression is done well, maybe Li Zhaoyi will live longer." If not...

Whether it was Ying Xiurong back then or Li Zhaoyi now, neither of them is the look that the emperor likes.

"I'm afraid I can't understand Li Zhaoyi's personality." After all, Lady Yao is not young anymore, and she always sees things more clearly than before.

"If you can understand, you can save yourself. If you don't understand, then this is all you can do." Shen Chuliu also thought at first that Li Zhaoyi came into the palace this time to restrain her and Concubine Li.

Now it seems that it was to contain General Li.

There are not many wars in the Dayi Dynasty nowadays, and suppressing bandits is no longer considered a war.

But the Marquis of Jinchang made such a big fuss, the emperor's original intention should be good, but now...

It’s really hard to say.

After all, the generals of the Shen family had less and less power, while the Li family was rising.

With Li Zhaoyi's personality, it's hard to tell what the future will be like.

As expected, Li Zhaoyi soon caused trouble.

The last time I punished Yao, it was like kicking a rock, but he won’t learn his lesson.

When Shen Chuliu saw her punishing Zhou Baolin in the Imperial Garden again, she was not surprised at all.

The reason was that Zhou bumped into her.

Shen Chuliu was too lazy to care or ask, and just wanted to leave.

But Li Zhaoyi refused: "Empress Jingfei is leaving now? Please give me some advice!"

Shen Chuliu was too lazy to provoke such a stupid person, but he took a deep breath and asked the man to leave.

"Li." She came down and held Lady Yao's hand: "Did I tell you not to mess with me?"

Li Zhaoyi was a little scared, but then she remembered that she was pregnant! Concubine Jing didn't dare to do anything.

"What are you talking about, Concubine Jing? This is just a conversation."

"Believe it or not, I got rid of this piece of meat in your belly openly, and I'm fine." Shen Chuliu stared at her belly maliciously, then looked at her face: "If you have the ability, just squeeze me out. If you don't have the ability, don't mess with me. I have been cultivating myself in the past few years, but it doesn't mean that I am a bodhisattva. Don't mess with me, I don't care what you do. If you can't do it, you will bear the consequences yourself."

Having said that, she supported herself with her hands and got back on the sedan chair without even looking at Li Zhaoyi.

Li Zhaoyi was stunned for a long time before she said viciously, "Why are you so arrogant? Everyone knows that the Shen family has no military power now!"

"Master, be quiet." The palace maid Cuiluan said hurriedly.

Li Zhaoyi snorted and said nothing.

Li Zhaoyi didn't understand. The Shen family's status in the army was not as good as before, but the Shen family was a brand.

They are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the army, and they will not disappear without power.

Unlike the grassroots family like the Li family, it took three generations for the Li family to catch up with the Shen family.

The Shen family is smart. Although their military power is weak now, their children have gradually entered the ranks of civil servants.

To put it bluntly, the Shen family has deep roots, but is different from the Feng family of the past.

Because the Shen family does not participate in royal affairs, even though there is Concubine Jing in the palace, they are only loyal to the emperor.

The Li family can only be regarded as a new noble family, lacking in foundation. In fact, this is the reason why Ying Xiurong and today's Li Zhaoyi lack vision.

So let alone the fact that the Shen family is less powerful than before, even if they have completely lost their power, as long as Shen Chuliu doesn't do anything big and bad, her position will not be shaken.

Even if she fell out of favor, she was still Concubine Jing.

This, coupled with the Sixth Prince, makes it even more solid as a rock.

Besides, anyone with enough brains can see that the Emperor favors Concubine Jing so much that she is far from falling out of favor.

Li Zhaoyi is indeed not an easy person to deal with.

She didn't dare to do anything, but she still dared to complain because of her pregnancy.

Unfortunately, Qi Yixiu knew Shen Chuliu too well...

Given Li Zhaoyi's temper, Shen Chuliu was probably annoyed.

Generally speaking, Shen Chuliu would not offend others unless they offended her, but if you provoke her, a beating would be the least she could do.

So, Qi Yixiu just raised his eyebrows and smiled: "My beloved concubine, if you don't provoke her, nothing will happen. My beloved concubine should be honest and don't follow the footsteps of Concubine Qian."

Li Zhaoyi's heart skipped a beat. Of course she knew about Concubine Qian's affairs.

So he laughed dryly: "Yes."

"My dear, if you are okay, please go back and take good care of your pregnancy. I am busy here. Your father's official documents have not been approved yet." Qi Yixiu said.

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"Yes, my father is loyal to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will understand." Li Zhaoyi said.

Chusi stared at his toes and thought that this guy was really stupid.

Whatever the emperor says, you are loyal?

Back then, when Concubine Jing was not yet Concubine Jing, she would not respond no matter what the Emperor said about the Shen family.

Tsk.

After Li Zhaoyi left, Chusi carefully looked at the emperor's expression.

Very good, no expression.

Well, the emperor really doesn’t want to care about this person.

Just stand there obediently on the fourth day of the New Year.

After more than an hour, Qi Yixiu finished his work and asked, "How is Yi Chongyuan?"

"In reply to Your Majesty, the imperial physician's opinion is not good. Empress Yi Chongyuan has a bad foundation and has been suffering for so many years..."

"Why is your foundation not good?" Qi Yixiu asked.

"To answer your Majesty's question, the imperial physician meant that the medicine used in the early years was not good. This..." Chu Si paused, and when he saw the emperor looking at him, he continued: "Didn't she give birth... uncleanly? Your Majesty, you asked the imperial physician to check it out, and you became suspicious. That bad pregnancy was not good, and the imperial physician can now confirm that it was because of the medicine."

"Well, was this also done by Liu?" Qi Yixiu asked.

"Your Majesty, yes."

Qi Yixiu didn't say anything.

The cause of the eldest prince's death was half man-made and half illness.

The main people involved in this artificial creation were Empress Dowager Feng and Concubine Qianshu, but Yi Chongyuan Li also got involved.

What kind of person is Liu? How could he let her go?

Yi Chongyuan plotted against Feng again, and they hated each other.

"Let the imperial physician take a good look at her." Perhaps Yi Chongyuan didn't have much time left.

The grace he showed her in his early years had worn away, and Qi Yixiu's last mercy on her was that she had given birth to a child for him.

And in Yi Chongyuan's last moments, it was indeed that child that she was thinking about.

If she had never hurt anyone, would her child be fine? Would she grow up safely? But there is no if.

She was not destined to be like that. She had struggled for so many years, but finally she couldn't hold on any longer.

Meow.

(End of this chapter)