Chapter 495: No Return
"Greetings, Madam."
At the entrance of Wudu Imperial Study.
Wei Xun bowed to Concubine Xiao.
Although there is no queen in the Wu Kingdom's harem, Concubine Xiao is the current mistress of the harem.
All the concubines and maids in the harem were taken care of by Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao did not disappoint Emperor Wu's high hopes. She managed the harem in order, and every concubine was obedient to her.
"Your Majesty, he still hasn't eaten?" Concubine Xiao looked at the imperial study worriedly.
In Concubine Xiao's view, the tightly closed door of the imperial study was like Emperor Wu's heart, tightly closed.
Wei Xun nodded: "That's right, my lady."
Wei Xun sighed: "When His Majesty has something that is not resolved and is weighing on his mind, he will not eat or drink. His Majesty has not eaten for a whole day and night.
Your Majesty is not one of those monks who can live without food. If this continues, how can your body bear it?"
The more Wei Xun spoke, the more heartbroken he felt.
It seemed that to Wei Xun, the fact that Emperor Wu refused to eat or drink was more painful than being cut into pieces.
Concubine Xiao waved to the maid beside her, and the maid understood and brought the lunch box up. Concubine Xiao held the lunch box and shouted outside the imperial study: "Your Majesty, I beg to see you."
"Go away. I don't want to see anyone these days." The Emperor Wu's voice came from the imperial study, sounding very depressed. "I just want to be quiet now."
Wei Xun swallowed his saliva and kindly whispered to Concubine Xiao: "Your Majesty, why don't we withdraw first? His Majesty is not in such a good mood."
But Concubine Xiao still looked at the imperial study calmly and continued to shout: "Your Majesty, I beg to see you."
"I said I wouldn't see anyone, didn't you hear me?" Emperor Wu's voice was already a little impatient.
But Concubine Xiao did not back down and continued, "Your Majesty, I beg to see you."
“.”
There was no more sound coming from the imperial study.
The maids beside Wei Xun and Concubine Xiao wiped the cold sweat from their heads.
It was the first time they saw Concubine Xiao being so persistent.
To put it bluntly, Concubine Xiao is not afraid of death. Finally, the helpless voice of Emperor Wu came from the imperial study: "Come in."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Xiao's eyes curved.
Wei Xun was stunned for a moment, then quickly helped the empress open the door.
Concubine Xiao walked in, and Wei Xun quickly closed the door.
Wei Xun glanced at Concubine Xiao's personal maid and asked, "What is your Majesty doing today?"
The palace maid shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.
Even Concubine Xiao's personal maid saw her queen like this for the first time in all these years.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Concubine Xiao held the cakes and bowed.
"Stand up." Emperor Wu rubbed his eyes and looked up at Concubine Xiao. "My beloved concubine, is there anything wrong?"
Concubine Xiao straightened up and said to Emperor Wu: "I heard that Your Majesty has not eaten or drunk for a day and a night, and the sweet-scented osmanthus in the West Garden has bloomed, so I picked the sweet-scented osmanthus, made sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, and brewed sweet-scented osmanthus wine, and wanted to give it to Your Majesty to taste."
Emperor Wu smiled and said, "Is this what bothers you so much? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Concubine Xiao blinked her eyes innocently: "Will Your Majesty kill me because he is upset?"
Emperor Wu sat up and said, "That's not necessarily true."
Concubine Xiao continued, her eyes full of innocence: "If Your Majesty kills me, I will feel better and be able to eat and drink something, then I would rather die."
Emperor Wu: “.”
"You." Emperor Wu sighed, "Among all the people, you are the most similar."
Halfway through his speech, Emperor Wu closed his mouth and stopped talking.
Concubine Xiao also knew what Emperor Wu wanted to say just now. Emperor Wu wanted to say that he looked very much like someone, and this person was the only queen in Emperor Wu's heart.
This person's name is a taboo in the entire palace and no one can mention it.
Emperor Wu looked at the cakes and osmanthus wine in her hands and said, "Forget it, you are thoughtful. Bring them over for me to taste."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Concubine Xiao walked forward with a tray and poured a glass of osmanthus wine for Emperor Wu.
While Emperor Wu was eating cakes, Concubine Xiao was gently massaging his shoulders.
"This sweet-scented osmanthus cake tastes really good." Emperor Wu nodded and praised, "Your cooking skills have improved again."
"Then Your Majesty, do you still want to kill me?" Concubine Xiao asked softly.
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"You." Emperor Wu smiled and shook his head, "You are still angry."
Concubine Xiao turned her head away coquettishly: "How dare I."
Emperor Wu just smiled.
His originally troubled heart was suddenly relieved a lot after being tossed around by Concubine Xiao.
"You should know what I am worried about without me telling you, right?" Emperor Wu said to Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao organized her words in her mind: "Is it about the King of Xiliang?"
"That's right."
A hint of gloom flashed across Emperor Wu's eyes.
"The King of Xiliang is too powerful to be removed. There is no way to forcibly reduce his power. All the previous attempts to reduce the power of the vassal states have never affected the King of Xiliang. The majesty of the court has always been trampled under the feet of the King of Xiliang.
Even in Xiliang, there is already a nursery rhyme that goes 'I only recognize Xiliang and not you!'"
Concubine Xiao lowered her eyes slightly and asked, "There was an Enfeoffment Order before. If it is implemented, it stands to reason that as long as time is given, the problem in Xiliang should be solved."
Emperor Wu smiled and said, "But my beloved concubine, the King of Xiliang only has one son. Even if I extend the favor, how can I extend it? Do I want him to have more children?
Besides, even if the King of Xiliang has multiple children, so what? The Enfeoffment Order is implemented by the princes, and the descendants below will start to make trouble.
The question is, with the majesty of the King of Xiliang, if he says he will ignore the Enfeoffment Order, who would dare to make trouble?
Unless he is dead!
His son certainly doesn't have such skills.
That old guy doesn't have many years left to live, so I'm just waiting for him to die.
Once this old man dies, his son will not be able to suppress the authority of the Enfeoffment Order, and by then Xiliang will be slowly divided by me.
The old man also knew that his son did not have his skills, and that in the future Xiliang would definitely be dispersed in his son's hands.
But this old man just wanted to do something before he died! You thought he wanted his son to marry Yan Han.
In fact, this old man only wants the throne!"
When the words fell, Concubine Xiao immediately knelt on the other side: "In the hearts of the people of Wu State, in the hearts of the civil and military officials, and in the heart of this concubine, Wu State has only one emperor, and that is Your Majesty!"
Emperor Wu smiled and said, "Get up. I don't need you to emphasize that he thought he could make me feel trapped in Wudu! Haha, this time! I will make sure that guy never comes back!"
(End of this chapter)