Chapter 784 The Emperor is Cheating (Twenty-Two)
"My queen!"
A palace maid heard the noise in the bedroom and walked in quickly.
She opened the curtain and saw Concubine Yu with complicated eyes.
This palace maid was Concubine Yu's personal maid, and she grew up with her.
When she entered the palace, Concubine Yu brought her with her.
Looking at the entire Baiji Palace, Concubine Yu trusts her the most——
"coral?!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Concubine Yu turned her head subconsciously, and her pupils contracted violently again.
This is Shanhu? Wasn't she already dead? In order to save her and prove her innocence, Shanhu crashed into the Emperor's Ganlu Palace and died.
Concubine Yu will never forget that when Shanhu died, her forehead was hit and concave, and her pretty face was covered with blood.
"Blame me! It's all my fault!"
"I was too stupid. I mistook the werewolf for a good man. I was clearly framed. Min Jiulang is so smart that it is impossible for him not to see through it."
"But he, but he still allowed those people to slander me, which forced Shanhu to——"
"Coral! I'm sorry, it's me who is sorry for you!"
Concubine Yu fell into inexplicable grief and self-blame in public.
Although she had woken up from the "nightmare", she was still in a trance.
She couldn't even differentiate between "dreams" and reality.
Looking at Shanhu's still beautiful and intact face, Concubine Yu felt complicated and excited.
Great, the corals are still alive!
That was a dream!
The dream was too absurd. How could Jiulang do that to me? And the Yu family, a great general's mansion with 100,000 Yu family soldiers under its command, how could it be overturned just like that?
"Me too, I actually took a dream as reality."
"Just as I experienced in my dream, I was unwilling to compete with the women in the harem, but the Yu family is not a pushover!"
"As long as the Yu family is here, no one dares to bully me. Not even Min Huang!"
Concubine Yu tried her best to calm her troubled mind.
She refused to believe what happened in her "dream".
Although, that dream was so real, as if it had really happened.
And she really experienced all the tragedies such as being framed, losing her confidants and loved ones, etc.
"…No! I can't let my imagination run wild anymore!"
Concubine Yu covered her chest with her hands, and a look of pain appeared on her bright and aggressive face.
There was no way, that "dream" was too real, so real that even after waking up, countless images would flash clearly in Concubine Yu's mind.
"Is this really a dream? Why do I remember it so clearly?"
Although Concubine Yu tried her best to persuade herself, she still couldn't easily get rid of the influence of the nightmare.
"By the way, we can verify whether the 'dream' is real or not!"
A glimmer of clarity finally flashed through Concubine Yu's messy mind.
"Coral, what year and day is today?"
Although Shanhu was a little confused, she still answered obediently: "My Lady, today is the first day of April in the third year of Tianshou!"
Three years of Tianshou?
This is the third year of Min Huang's reign.
But in the "dream", Concubine Yu only lived until the fifth year of Tianshou.
In other words, if the dream was true, then the tragedy would only be two years away.
No! That's not right!
To be precise, there were early signs of the downfall of Concubine Yu and the overthrow of the Yu family.
for example--
Concubine Yu's brain was working rapidly, trying hard to recall the details of her dream.
Three years of Tianshou?
What happened in the third year of Tianshou? Wait, April? The eighth day of April is Buddha's birthday. On the Buddha's birthday in the third year of Tianshou, something seemed to have happened in the palace.
It was just that Imperial Concubine Yu was too proud. Not only was she too lazy to argue with the other concubines, she was even too lazy to ask about some matters in the palace.
She is like a proud white swan, admiring herself and taking pictures of her own shadow.
As long as no one provokes her, Concubine Yu will never take the initiative.
This would certainly save trouble and would not make herself look hateful because of the fight, but it would also make Concubine Yu look like a blind and deaf person.
She knew nothing about the harem except the Baiji Palace.
"No! That's not right! Even in Baiji Palace, I don't have complete control over it!"
Although Concubine Yu was extremely disgusted by the dream, she still subconsciously associated it with a certain scene in the dream.
Among the many "tragedies", there is a scene in which Concubine Yu was framed by her new palace maid.
"Alas, it seems that I am such a failure."
"I thought I was a man of character, but in the end, I was fooled like a fool."
"I'm stupid, so I'll just die, but I have to implicate my loved ones—"
Concubine Yu once again fell into deep self-blame.
"My Lady? What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Coral saw that her master was in a bad mood.
You know, her mother has been confident, bright, outspoken and proud since she was a child.
Probably the only setback in my life was not being able to become a queen.
But it’s also good not to be a queen. You don’t have to fight with the Queen Mother like Queen Gu, nor do you have to work so hard to manage palace affairs.
The entire harem witnessed Queen Gu's dedication and hard work.
Coral was even more grateful: Fortunately, my queen is not the queen, but just a concubine!
As a royal concubine, as long as she is beautiful, she can continue to be willful.
The queen, on the other hand, has to observe rules and etiquette.
He acts in an airy manner every day and never smiles. He looks just like the clay or stone statues in the temple. He is far less flesh and blood than their queen.
Also, Queen Gu worked so hard, but she didn't receive much favor from His Majesty.
Looking at the entire harem, His Majesty's favorite woman is Concubine Yu.
More than half of the time in a month, His Majesty would come to accompany this bright and thorny rose.
His Majesty would only return to Queen Gu's Anyi Palace on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month or some important days.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Alas, in the harem, women rely on the emperor’s favor.
Our queen not only has the title of noble concubine, but also has the favor of His Majesty. She is definitely the number one person in the harem.
In the harem, even Queen Gu often had to retreat from the imperial concubine.
This is what a true favorite concubine is. It is estimated that when it is written in history books, it will be the "love" that future generations will envy.
Gu Qingcheng: ...As it turns out, like master, like servant.
Favored concubine?
Love? Yes, I guess we should add “a preference that is recognized by history”.
But is this really the case? As an ancient native who is familiar with history and is an "eyewitness", Gu Qingcheng really wants to say -
If an emperor truly loves a woman, he should make that woman the empress, just like Emperor Li II and Emperor Hongwu did, so that she can share the honor with him.
Make the son born to that woman the heir to the dynasty. If one fails, make another one.
But no matter what choice he makes, he must let his bloodline and that of the queen sit on the throne.
Instead of letting that woman be a concubine! What is a concubine? A concubine.
Even though the concubines of the royal family seemed to be more noble, they still had to kneel and kowtow in front of the queen.
Moreover, the queen can exercise certain rights on behalf of the emperor. At critical moments, the queen, as the mistress of the royal family, can decide the next heir.
No matter how favored a concubine is, it won't work! This is just like some scumbags in ancient times who talked about love but encouraged women to elope with him.
If you really love her, you must give her enough respect and marry her according to the rules with three matchmakers and six betrothals.
In ancient times, the difference between a wife and a concubine was always as great as that between heaven and earth.
Etiquette and laws seem to restrict everyone, but they can also protect some people in turn.
Can you live a free life without any hardship?
Yes, on the surface, the imperial concubine does seem to live a more comfortable life than the queen. She doesn’t have to be pretentious or endure anything, and she can also enjoy the favor of men.
But in fact, the effort and reward are proportional.
If Concubine Yu really had the chance to become the queen, would she refuse? Good! She is a person of true nature, and she values the man's heart more, and perhaps she doesn't care about these empty titles.
However, men's hearts change too easily, and these etiquette and rules are more reliable.
One day, when the favor is gone, there is still status.
The queen is still his wife after all. Unless she seeks death herself, it is not easy for the emperor to depose her without reason.
As for the imperial concubine, if she is favored, she is the favored concubine.
Once you fall out of favor, you're no better than a palace maid.
Gu Qingcheng would never believe that a man who made a woman his concubine really loved her.
Well, a pampered concubine! The key is the word "pampered", just like a cat or a dog, it's just a pastime to kill time.
Only the queen, whether loved or not, must be given a certain respect.
Gu Qingcheng was too clear-headed and didn't believe that there was such a thing as love in the palace.
Concubine Yu and her chief maid were not as rational as she was.
"I-I'm fine!"
Hearing Shanhu's concerned question, Concubine Yu came to her senses and shook her head gently.
The nightmare was so bizarre and real that it frightened her. For a moment, she couldn't tell the difference between dreams and reality.
She wanted to find something to verify it, but because of her arrogant personality, she didn't even have any definite "news".
She knew that something happened on April 8th, but she didn't know what it was.
No! That's not right!
There is one thing I know! Concubine Yu casually responded to Shanhu's words, and then a light bulb went off in her head, and she thought of -
"April? April first?"
"Oh, right, at the first day of the new year, my uncle, he--"
Second uncle Yu Heng is my father's right-hand man and an elder whom Concubine Yu is very close to and respects.
Originally, my second uncle had been leading troops in Liaodong. In the third year of Tianshou, he fought a great battle with the barbarians and was injured.
In fact, for a military general, getting injured is very common.
But Min Huang doted on Concubine Yu, and because he loved her, he was especially fond of the Yu family.
Min Huang ordered Yu Heng to be transferred back to Beijing, firstly to recuperate and secondly to be promoted.
As the chief officer of the Ministry of War, after three to five years, if there is another war in Liaodong, he will still be able to lead the troops to fight.
...At least, that's what Min Huang said to Concubine Yu, and Concubine Yu believed it.
But in the dream, the "truth" is cruel and bloody——
Min Huang didn't love Yu Heng because he loved his family. He transferred Yu Heng back to Beijing because he had already made up his mind to kill the Yu family! Yu Heng was just the beginning. Next -
"Shanhu! Quick! Go find someone to ask those silver cakes. I want to know what happened in today's grand court meeting!"
(End of this chapter)
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