The queen pounded on the palace gate at the top of her lungs, but the gate of Kunning Palace, which symbolized the queen's glory, was as solid as a rock and blocked her way.
After an unknown amount of time, the queen, exhausted, collapsed on the ground, sobbing.
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In Changxin Palace, Lu Xuan's belly was already noticeable. She supported her lower back with one hand and walked slowly in the palace. After pregnancy, my belly felt heavy and my feet were slightly swollen. The doctor told me to walk more every day to relieve the pressure on my feet.
Just after September, the leaves in the yard began to turn yellow and the lotus flowers in the pond began to wither. Lu Xuan walked around the yard and rested in the pavilion.
The palace maid Xiaoqin served the stomach-warming autumn pear soup.
Lu Xuan drank a small cup of wine and asked slowly, "What's the situation at Kunning Palace?"
Xiaoqin gloated, "The queen is crazy. She lost two sons in succession, and her mother died too. She really deserves it."
Lu Xuan smiled.
Lu Xuan said slowly, "The old lady of the Tantai family passed away, and the funeral was very grand. The old lady's coffin board was made according to the prince's regulations. The princes and ministers were invited, and it was extremely luxurious."
Daqing has strict etiquette and laws.
Madam Tan Tai was only a first-rank lady, and her funeral exceeded the rules, which was a disrespect for the imperial authority.
Xiao Qin understood what he meant: "Master, are you planning to overthrow the Tan Tai family?"
Lu Xuan sneered, "The funeral is beyond the rules and it defies the imperial power. Xiaoqin, write a letter to my father and ask him to unite with the court officials to attack the Tantai family."
Kill him while he is ill.
Overthrow the Tan Tai family and divide up the interests of the Tan Tai family. The Queen made mistakes repeatedly, and her family was blamed, so she could not keep her position as the mistress of the six palaces.
Now that the queen has fallen, Lu Xuan, with the support of her family, has the opportunity to sit on the throne of queen.
Xiaoqin was ordered to do the job. Lu Xuan sat in the pavilion with a cup of steaming autumn pear soup at her hand.
She took another sip, mentally planning her future plans. First overthrow the Queen, then overthrow the Concubine Chen, and the position of Queen will definitely belong to her.
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In Xiangyun Hall, Liu Qiaoer was sitting under a paulownia tree embroidering. Autumn is approaching, the leaves of the sycamore trees are beginning to turn yellow, and the wind is blowing, bringing cool breezes.
"Mother, what are you doing?" Liu Qiaoer's son Li Chengxun, who was sitting on a small bench next to her, asked curiously.
Liu Qiaoer smiled and said, "I'll sew a small vest for you."
Li Chengxun was puzzled: "But the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already sent autumn clothes."
Liu Qiaoer touched her son's head and said earnestly, "You can't trust anyone in this harem. The Concubine Chen is in power, and the things she sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs may contain poison."
Li Chengxun seemed to understand but did not refute.
Liu Qiaoer continued to sew autumn clothes for her children. She was in a good mood and even hummed a beautiful song.
There were constant open and covert struggles in the harem, and the queen lost her sons one after another. According to the development of the previous life, if nothing unexpected happens, the queen will soon "die of illness".
Next, Concubine Chen and Concubine Shu will definitely compete for the position of Queen, fighting to the death and harming each other's children.
The end result will definitely be a lose-lose situation for both sides.
Liu Qiaoer thought happily that while the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. Let those ambitious women fight. Liu Qiaoer doesn't fight or compete, and perhaps she can become the ultimate beneficiary.
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Yongning Palace.
Shen Wei and Zhang Miaoyu sat together at a small desk, studying the palace's autumn budget and calculating the palace's expenses for summer.
In the yard outside the window, rice-grain-sized osmanthus flowers hid on the branches, and their elegant fragrance filled the house. Zhang Miaoyu flipped through the account book for a while and felt dizzy. She drank two cups of lotus leaf tea in succession: "Sister, let's take a break first. My eyes hurt."
Shen Wei handed the account book to Madam Rong and gave her some instructions, and Madam Rong left with the account book.
The two of them drank tea in the study.
Zhang Miaoyu put down her teacup, her eyes rolling around, and gossiped to Chen Wei, "Sister Chen Wei, have you heard that the emperor has taken action against the Tan Tai family. He has investigated the evidence of Tan Tai's corruption, excessive funerals, tax evasion, and cruelty to the people. Dozens of Tan Tai officials have been imprisoned in Tianlao."
"Tsk tsk, they really deserve it. The Tantai family is a century-old family. There are fights outside and inside the family. The queen is not up to the task. Such a big family, but there is not a single promising person in this generation."
The Tan Tai family's empire is about to collapse.
Shen Wei held the teacup and smiled, “Just watch.”
Emperor Li Yuanjing has already taken action against the Tan Tai family. In a month at most, the Tan Tai family will be confiscated, some will be beheaded, and some will be exiled.
Zhang Miaoyu gloated: "Don't worry, I won't get involved. I even wrote a letter to my father, asking him not to be a fence-sitter and not to write memorials to criticize the Tan Tai family. Wait for the Tan Tai family to fall on its own."
Shen Wei praised: "Sister Miaoyu is really wise."
When a wall falls, everyone pushes it.
Li Yuanjing is determined to eradicate the Tan Tai family. Once the Tan Tai family is eliminated, other families will pounce on them like hyenas and divide up the flesh and blood of the Tan Tai family.
The noble families all hoped that the queen would be deposed. Once the queen was deposed, all the concubines in the harem had the hope of becoming queen.
Li Yuanjing had a clear mind and he saw all those families coveting the position of queen. From now on, I will just clean them up one by one.
After drinking her tea, Zhang Miaoyu started to eat the delicious snacks. She swallowed a mouthful of osmanthus cake and poked Shen Wei's arm: "Sister, there is something I am curious about. Why did the second prince take the initiative to jump into the sea of fire?"
That night, Li Chengzhen could have asked the Queen Mother for help and stayed away from the Queen.
But the queen only said a few words, and Li Chengzhen threw himself into the sea of fire without hesitation.
Shen Wei lowered her eyes: "This is considered a disease."
Shen Wei vaguely remembered that when she was taking a psychology elective in college, her teacher mentioned something called "Parental Traumatic Stress Disorder."
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