Li Xia nodded gently and said, "No need to be polite, just stand up."
Dongfang Xunyi stopped suddenly when he heard the woman's soft voice. He raised his eyes and saw Li Xia's graceful back.
"Your Highness, the Queen has already arrived, why did Your Highness stop?"
The young eunuch scratched his cheek and opened his mouth to remind.
Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince staring at the Queen?
It’s not like Your Highness hasn’t met the Queen before.
Dongfang Xunyi lowered his eyelids. "Let's go." He said concisely.
Maybe he was worrying too much.
Perhaps the voices and bodies of women in the world are mostly similar.
What's more, he had heard the Queen's voice before, so it was possible that he had preconceived ideas.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is here."
Yuzhu whispered.
"Um."
Dongfang Xunyi had a tall figure and long legs. In just a few steps, he arrived in front of Li Xia.
"Your Majesty, how are you?" He bowed.
Li Xia raised her hand, "Your Highness, there is no need to be so polite."
Dongfang Xunyi has not yet officially ascended the throne as emperor. As the crown prince, he needs to perform formal formalities when meeting his biological mother, the empress, even in front of civil and military officials.
But wait until he is promoted to the new emperor.
Then he is the king of a country.
By then, Li Xia will become the empress dowager, and in public occasions, she will greet the emperor in return.
"The auspicious time has arrived—"
“Boom—Boom—”
The loud and high-pitched bells echoed through the altar, shocking everyone.
Half an hour later.
The tedious coronation ceremony finally came to an end.
Dongfang Xunyi ascended the throne from the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace to the new emperor of a country.
Li Xia also underwent a transformation of identity along with him.
Before she could even get comfortable on the throne, she became the empress dowager, enjoying her retirement.
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Fengyi Palace.
"Her Majesty, the Empress Dowager is now the Empress Dowager. Fengyi Palace is where the Empress lives. Should we move?"
Fuling asked.
It has only been a few days and she has just gotten used to calling the young lady the Queen, and now she has to change the title to the Queen Mother. She is not used to it yet.
Li Xia nodded and said, "That should be the case. Fengyi Palace is the bedroom of all the empresses of previous dynasties. I am the empress dowager now, so there is no reason for me to continue living here."
Dongfang Xunyi just ascended the throne today.
Although he had a hidden illness, outsiders didn't know about it.
The civil officials in the court care most about the royal offspring.
I guess the next time the court goes to court, the ministers will bring up the matter of selecting concubines for the new emperor.
Li Xia didn't know how the male protagonist of the world would respond.
But from the history she had learned, she knew clearly that in the ancient feudal dynasties, the emperor's harem was not only to accommodate beauties and produce offspring, but more importantly to check and balance the court.
However, the situation in Dongfang Xunyi is different.
He was an emperor who had no desire for women.
If he took those girls from noble families into his harem, then the secret that he couldn't get hard, which he had hidden for so many years, would be known to the world.
Li Xia does not have much contact with the male protagonist of the world, Dongfang Xunyi.
She didn't know him very well, so she couldn't guess what he was doing.
"If I had known we would be moving so frequently, I wouldn't have spent so much time cleaning Fengyi Palace."
Fuling looked as if she felt she had been cheated.
She had worked so hard a few days ago, but just two days after cleaning, they had to move again.
Yuzhu said to Fuling, "Okay, Fuling, stop complaining in front of the Empress. If you have nothing to do, go and pack up the Empress's things. Once the Emperor's order arrives, you can move directly."
"Oh, I see."
Fuling has always listened to Yuzhu since she was a child.
She always does what she says.
"Yuzhu, Fuling, stop busying yourself and take a good rest first. We'll talk about it later when the emperor's order arrives."
Li Xia watched the two of them come back from the altar, without even having a sip of water, and then get busy again.
"Sister Yuzhu, I think what the Queen said is right. When the Emperor delivers his decree, he will definitely bring people with him. Our Queen is the Empress Dowager, so she still has the right to order the Emperor's two servants around, right? Let's not do it ourselves." Fuling said with her eyes lighting up.
She is willing to be as lazy as possible.
Yuzhu saw through Fuling's thoughts at a glance, "You, you're so lazy, just die of laziness."
"My lady, I am not tired. Fuling, take a rest. I will tidy up."
As soon as the queen entered the palace, the late emperor passed away.
Where does the newly widowed queen get her real power?
Now that Her Majesty has been promoted to Queen Mother, it is only in name only.
The new emperor is two years older than the Empress Dowager.
The Queen and Your Majesty have no relatives or friends. It is probably wishful thinking to expect the Emperor to take care of his own Queen.
The Empress Dowager, at her prime, is trapped within these high palace walls, with no end in sight.
Now that the harem is without a master, the Empress' life can be a little better.
It is only a matter of time before the new emperor ascends the throne and fills his harem.
The Queen Mother's beauty might arouse jealousy among the concubines.
By then, the helpless Empress Dowager would probably find it difficult to take a single step in the harem.
"Your Majesty's order—"
Just as Yuzhu came to her senses, a shrill voice was heard in Fengyi Palace.
The young eunuch who followed Dongfang Xunyi strode in.
"Your servant greets the Empress Dowager." The little eunuch said, "Your servant, please forgive me for coming with the Emperor's order and not being able to pay respect to you."
Li Xia said magnanimously: "It's okay."
"What did the emperor say?"
"Your Highness, His Majesty said that you don't need to move out of Fengyi Palace in a hurry. Cikang Palace has been in disrepair for a long time, and it may not be safe for you to live there. His Majesty wants you to live in Fengyi Palace for the time being, and it won't be too late for you to move out after Cikang Palace is repaired."
The young eunuch conveyed the message.
"Thank you, eunuch. Please thank the emperor for his kindness on my behalf." Li Xia said.
"You are too polite, Your Majesty. I have delivered your message and will leave now."
"Okay, Yuzhu, go and see your father-in-law off."
A faint smile appeared on Li Xia's lips.
Yuzhu Fulai bowed and said, "Yes." She stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Please, sir."
"Please stay, Your Majesty the Queen Mother. I will take my leave."
The young eunuch bowed to Li Xia.
"Go slowly, little eunuch."
Yuzhu sent the young eunuch to the gate of Fengyi Palace and said, "Eunuch, this is just a small token of my respect."
She pressed a purse full of money into his hands.
Eunuchs who can serve closely beside the emperor have a bright future.
Yuzhu thought that if she established a good relationship with the young eunuch now, the Empress Dowager's life in the palace might be a little easier in the future.
"You can't do that. I can't accept it."
The young eunuch waved his hands quickly.
When the emperor was still the crown prince, he despised the way the concubines in the palace bribed the eunuchs.
He didn't have the courage to touch the emperor's reverse scale.
"Father-in-law..."
"Put it away quickly. Don't do this again."
Yuzhu didn't know the reason, and she mistakenly thought that the eunuch was refusing. Just as she was about to speak, the eunuch interrupted her.
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