"Your Majesty, my third uncle's daughter has entered Prince Fu's mansion as a concubine..."
Bei Lingyao took the initiative to bring it up, and also took the opportunity to talk about the conflict between the first and third branches of the Bei family, as well as the incident in which Bei Hongjiao pushed her into the water.
"Before, my father rejected the proposal of Prince Fu's Mansion to take a concubine. Then Prince Fu's Mansion changed its proposal to take my cousin as a concubine, and my father rejected it again.
My cousin, holding a grudge against me, pushed me into the lake and almost killed me.
Before the imperial edict arrived, Third Uncle's family had already moved out of the Censorate's Mansion. Unexpectedly, they were unwilling to give up and entered Prince Fu's Mansion as concubines."
"Don't worry about this, my beloved concubine. I will have Censor Bei and your third uncle split up the clan tomorrow. Your third uncle's family affairs have nothing to do with the Censorate."
When Emperor Shengwu first heard it, he was not happy.
Some people even speculated whether the Bei family should make preparations for both scenarios.
Now after listening to Bei Lingyao's explanation, I feel much better.
Bei Lingyao sighed softly, "With my grandmother still alive, it might not be easy to divide the clan."
Censor Bei is the eldest son. If Old Mrs. Bei makes a fuss and accuses him of being unfilial, his reputation will be ruined.
"That's fine. With me here, I won't let the Censorate suffer any loss. They will regret it."
Once the poison in his body is cured, none of the Empress Dowager, Prince Fu and his men will be spared.
Emperor Shengwu had never been so eager to detoxify his body as he was now.
But he also knew that after so many years of secretly searching for a miraculous doctor, he was unable to cure the poison in his body.
Some even asserted that he would not live past forty.
He is thirty-five now, and there are still five years left.
Emperor Shengwu's heart tightened as he looked at the young and beautiful Bei Lingyao. "My beloved concubine, tomorrow I will have the royal family send some heirs to the palace for you to choose from."
"ah"
Bei Lingyao was almost unable to react after Emperor Shengwu suddenly said this.
In the original owner's previous life, Emperor Shengwu selected several royal family members to be trained in the palace, but they all died of smallpox.
“Your Majesty…”
If one can give birth to a child on his own, there is naturally no need to adopt one from the royal family.
"I intend to adopt a son from the royal family under your name and make you queen."
"emperor"
Bei Lingyao held Emperor Shengwu's hand and looked at him tenderly, "I want to bear a child for Your Majesty, a child of your bloodline, as handsome and majestic as Your Majesty."
Emperor Shengwu was touched by Bei Lingyao's description. He also wanted to have his own flesh and blood. He felt that he was fine these two days, but the strange poison in his body had not been eliminated, and he had no hope of having an heir.
The original idea was to adopt a son from the royal family under the name of Concubine Lu, and let the eldest princess and the Queen Mother, Prince Fu, fight each other.
Now my whole heart leans towards Bei Lingyao.
"Your Majesty, give me one year. If I don't get pregnant with your child within one year, can you please adopt me as your son?"
Bei Lingyao coaxed Emperor Shengwu and decided to let him know next month that he was going to be a father.
In order to avoid angering the court officials, he directly brought back a child from the royal family.
"good"
Emperor Shengwu couldn't help but hold Bei Lingyao in his arms. If it was just because of desire before, he also felt that Bei Lingyao was the most suitable mother to be his adopted son.
At this moment, Emperor Shengwu was somewhat moved.
The throbbing in his heart made him do what he had been thinking about all day.
The candlelight flickered, the bed curtains drooped lightly, and the intertwining figures were vaguely visible. Soon, a slight rhythmic creaking sound was heard, which lasted for a long time.
It's autumn outside, but spring is in the air inside.
The emperor and his empress, whose lives were in great harmony, quickly warmed up from warmth to blazing sun, like a fiery tide.
Concubine Liu and Concubine Lu were under house arrest, so the flower-viewing banquet was naturally cancelled.
For seven consecutive days, Emperor Shengwu stayed in Yufu Palace, and the treasury of Yufu Palace was filled with rewards like flowing water.
Nanny Sun, along with Zhihua and other palace maids, opened five warehouses, but they were still almost full.
There was an uproar outside again. Many people could not sit still and submitted memorials to impeach Concubine Bei for her domineering and evil behavior.
Censor Bei received the greatest attacks. Everyone said that he had raised a daughter who seduced the king, and cursed him in all kinds of ways without using any dirty words. Censor Bei was so angry that he almost started a fight in the court.
Emperor Shengwu naturally would not let Censor Bei suffer any loss, so he immediately said, "According to your words, I am a tyrant."
"I dare not."
"I think you are very bold. You are officials who receive salaries from the court, but you don't care about the people's livelihood and state affairs. You don't think about the people, and you keep an eye on my harem all day long."
"Outside the capital, due to natural disasters, countless people have been displaced, starving, and their families have been destroyed. Have you ever cared about this?"
"In that case, I also care about you, Xing Yi."
"The slave is here"
"Call all the palace maids between the ages of twenty-five and forty-five and above to the Taiji Palace."
The court officials did not understand what Emperor Shengwu meant.
But they were soon stunned and petrified.
In Yufu Palace, Bei Lingyao received the oral instruction from Emperor Shengwu and was a little confused.
"Since this is the Emperor's order, then you can take them there, Madam."
In addition to the head nanny, Nanny Sun, the Yufu Palace also has two maids who are also in their forties.
There were two other palace maids who were also over twenty-five years old.
All palaces have encountered the same situation as Yufu Palace.
When the older palace maids gathered in the square outside Taiji Palace, they stood in rows according to their age, with their heads lowered, not daring to look around.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
"Your servant pays homage to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
"Stand up, everyone, raise your heads."
The palace maids stood up and raised their heads slightly, but their eyes were still downcast, not daring to look directly at the emperor's face.
When the court officials saw Emperor Shengwu holding a list of good names and asking Xing Yi and others to select older palace maids with regular features and ordinary looks, they were confused.
But as older palace maids were given to them as concubines, the court officials could no longer bear it.
In their opinion, women over the age of twenty are considered old, and the emperor still gives them women in their thirties or forties as concubines. Isn't this a humiliation to them?
Some court officials couldn't help but show anger on their faces.
"Do you despise my reward?"
On the steps, Emperor Shengwu looked down from his high vantage point and could see all the subtle expressions of the court officials.
"I dare not."
"If you don't dare, remember this. I want you to know that thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the emperor. I hope you will do as you say and treat them equally. Don't be partial. Otherwise, you will be fined one year's salary and the money will be paid to the Ministry of Revenue to help the disaster victims. If you are fined three years' salary, you will be demoted one level."
Wow, the ministers didn't expect such an outcome.
"Your Majesty, this, this, this..." How can this be possible.
This is ridiculous!
They thought that Emperor Shengwu was being too excessive by staying overnight in Yufu Palace for seven consecutive days, but they didn't expect that it would backfire on them.
Not to mention that the emperor gave them old and unattractive palace maids as concubines, even their wives and concubines in the harem might not all be liked by them, so how could they really treat everyone equally?
But Emperor Shengwu didn't care whether they were happy or not. He said to the older palace maids who were given to the court officials, "You all came from the imperial palace. I don't need to tell you much about the rules and etiquette, but you must not be arrogant or do anything illegal or criminal. If you are bullied or wronged, you can send a message to the Jinyiwei to seek justice. When you enter the ministers' palace, you must advise them to serve the country and the people, shoulder the responsibilities of being a parent official, and live up to the black gauze hat on your head."
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