Chapter 135 The Female King
Lianyi merged into a body again. Before he opened his eyes, he heard a series of arguing voices that were getting louder and louder. The voices were becoming sharper and higher-pitched, even a little harsh.
She did not rush to open her eyes. She felt it carefully, then frowned slightly. Then she suddenly opened her eyes and swept her sharp eyes over the people who were arguing happily below.
The female official in court dress stepped forward and shouted:
"Silence! How can such a noise be allowed in the court?"
The people who were arguing loudly immediately shut up and looked up at the empress in red court dress. The empress, who had just closed her eyes and let them quarrel, was now scanning their faces one by one with sharp eyes, causing everyone to immediately lower their eyes and stand back to their original positions properly. The whole hall immediately became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"Why are you not arguing anymore? Are you hoping that I will vacate my position sooner so that you can take sides and support the princess you like?"
The cold and majestic voice echoed throughout the hall, making people feel depressed for no reason.
"I dare not!"
Everyone in the hall knelt down, especially the three princesses at the front, whose faces were filled with fear.
"Humph! It's not that I don't dare, but that I don't want to!"
The Queen sat up straight and said indifferently.
No one among the people kneeling in the hall dared to look up, and the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
The eldest princess quickly raised her head and glanced at her mother, then stood up and said:
"Mother, calm down! In my heart, your health is the most important thing. Nothing else can compare to it. The court officials are just worried about your health. There is no other intention."
"Big sister is right, mother, please don't be angry and take care of yourself!"
The second princess also stood up and saluted with both hands.
"Mother, don't listen to these people's nonsense. I am your youngest daughter. Even if you want to pass the throne, it can't be passed to me. The crown princess is either the eldest son or the eldest daughter. I have neither. I wish you could sit on the throne for another hundred or eighty years and watch me get married and have children. That would be a life of heaven."
The Third Princess was a brazen person. She expressed her thoughts clearly in the lobby, earning the First and Second Princesses' disdain.
No one else in the hall said anything, and now only the three princesses could avoid being scolded if they spoke out.
"If I sit on the throne for a hundred or eighty years, wouldn't I become an old monster? That would make people hate me even more."
Lianyi stroked the sleeves of her wide and exquisite court dress and spoke in a calm voice.
Because of this sentence, the tense atmosphere in the hall eased a little.
"Forget it. You have been arguing for so long, you must have your own ideas. Then submit your proposal! I will consider it appropriately."
After Lianyi finished speaking, she stood up with the help of the virtuous female official beside her.
Immediately, a middle-aged female guard with a sword stepped forward and said loudly:
"Retreat!"
"Farewell to the Queen. Long live the Queen!"
"Humph! You shout slogans so well, but you're just hoping that I will abdicate."
Lianyi left the imperial hall at a leisurely pace.
Her last words vaguely reached the ears of the three princesses and the court officials. After they stood up, they looked at each other and then left the hall in twos and threes.
The three princesses greeted each other and followed the court officials back to their own princess residences.
After leaving the palace, Lianyi directly ordered her imperial carriage to go to the bedroom instead of to the Qinzheng Palace.
The female official Huizhi immediately stepped forward and asked in a low voice:
"Empress, your head hurts again? Would you like me to call the imperial physician?"
"No, I just want to rest. Those court officials need to write memorials, so I'll give them three days to prepare them and rest for three days."
Lianyi said very simply.
"this"
The female official Huizhi was a little hesitant.
"Take my exact words. They won't make a scene."
Lianyi simply waved her hand.
"Yes, I will go and pass on the Queen's order."
Huizhi took a step back and trotted off to convey Lianyi's meaning.
After returning to the bedroom from Xuanzheng Hall, Lianyi ordered the maids to bathe and change her clothes. When she sat in front of the dressing mirror, Lanxin, a female official, came to report:
"Empress, the emperor's husband is waiting outside the palace."
"Tell him to go back and tell him that I am tired today and want to be alone for a while."
Lianyi looked at the haggard original owner in the mirror and sighed in her heart. No wonder the obsession was so strong that the resentment even affected the operation of the small world.
The original owner in the mirror had wrinkles at the corners of her lips and eyes, severe dark circles, deep nasolabial folds, spots on her skin that were yellow and required a thick layer of powder to cover them up, and half of her hair was already white.
It was obvious at first glance that she had aged prematurely due to overdrawing her energy, and could easily have died from overwork. In addition, her good daughters had given her good food, which led to her fainting during a meeting in the Xuanzheng Hall not long ago. Fortunately, the imperial physician was able to rescue her, but even so, she was still seriously injured.
It was precisely because of the original owner's fainting that people in the court began clamoring to establish a crown princess. As the favorable competitors for this position, the three princesses came into everyone's sight. This was a crucial moment to take sides.
If you make the right choice, you will have wealth and glory for the rest of your life; if you make the wrong choice, you will be doomed to eternal damnation. Ambitious ministers will naturally take a gamble. Fence-sitters are one type of people. Another type of people are staunch neutrals who do not choose sides and are only loyal to the heir chosen by the Queen. These people naturally seek stability.
Now the three princesses are all in their prime, and have already left the palace to build their own homes, married husbands, and even have two or three children. Among them, only the third princess has just turned sixteen years old. Although she has been married, she has not yet given birth to a daughter or a child.
It was precisely because of this that the Third Princess declared in the court that she would not participate in the competition for the Crown Princess. This was also to alert the court officials. After all, she was neither the eldest daughter nor the legitimate daughter, and she had no children, so she did not have the basic hardware to compete.
Lianyi stroked her long hair and wanted to sigh. This body was really bad. If she hadn't come, she would have died in three to five years at most.
At this time, a maid lit incense in a bronze censer with a phoenix flying to the sky. The light and elegant fragrance wafted out of the censer, but Lianyi frowned and said in a cold voice:
"Take away the incense. It gives me a headache!"
"yes!"
The waitress seemed frightened and immediately called two female officials to carry the incense burner out.
At this time, Lan Xin, a female official, came in with a food box and said respectfully to Lian Yi:
"Empress, this is the ginseng soup that my husband asked me to pass on to you. He told me to advise you to take more of it and take care of yourself. The children will have their own destiny."
"He's a good man."
Ripple said lightly.
He then waved his hand and asked all the maids in the bedroom to leave, leaving only Huizhi and Lanxin, the two most capable female officials.
The two female officials have been following Empress Wu Lianyi since childhood. They grew up together and were trained together to become the Empress's right-hand men. There are some things that she will not avoid from them.
"I was poisoned, so my body became weaker and weaker"
"What!"
"How come?"
Two exclamations rang out at the same time.
(End of this chapter)
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