If you don’t want to go, then don’t go. Bei Lingyao doesn’t have to go to the battlefield.
It was only because of the wars on the northeastern, northwesterly and northwestern borders, and the rebellion of the Yu people, that Emperor Yanxing became even busier.
Now that Bei Lingyao's spiritual sense is watching over the concubines in the harem, they can't cause any trouble.
As long as they behave themselves, the royal family will continue to support them.
Bei Lingyao also did not allow the people below to deduct the concubines' monthly allowances.
The concubines were used to it. After all, they had been living like this before Bei Lingyao came into being.
Moreover, it was not as easy as it is now to be under the control of the deposed empress and the deposed Concubine Jiang.
And as they grew older, they completely gave up the idea and no longer hoped that Emperor Yanxing would come.
Moreover, the queen is so fertile that she gave birth to a boy and a girl in her first pregnancy, two sons and a daughter in her second pregnancy, and now she is pregnant with her third child.
What do they use to compare and fight?
As long as they live peacefully, their presence in the palace will be a kind of protection for their natal families.
However, Bei Lingyao still summoned the concubines.
Let them control their natal families, otherwise if their natal families commit crimes and Emperor Yanxing blames them, it will be useless even if they beg Emperor Yanxing.
"Do you want to leave the palace?"
Bei Lingyao suddenly said this, and the concubines who were sitting on the chairs were so scared that they fell to their knees on the ground.
"Please, Queen, have mercy."
Bei Lingyao looked at them. "You are still young. If you don't want to be trapped in the harem for the rest of your life, I will talk to the emperor and have you released. You can remarry and have children, or you can start your own family..."
Everyone shook their heads at Bei Lingyao's words.
"Your Majesty, I do not wish to leave the palace. I only wish to remain in the palace and serve you."
They didn't even dare to mention Emperor Yanxing.
I'm afraid Bei Lingyao will get jealous and kick them all out of the palace.
If they had not entered the palace, they would naturally be willing to marry and have children outside the palace.
But at their age now, people of the same age have children who can already help with housework. How can they find a good family after leaving the palace with the identity of abandoned concubines?
Moreover, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
As concubines, they were well-off, but they were not free.
But if she remarries, she has to serve her husband and parents-in-law. If she encounters a difficult mother-in-law, she has to make arrangements for morning and evening visits and set rules. She has to take care of concubines and illegitimate children, and even that doesn't go well.
Besides, how could the remarried husband be more noble than the emperor?
Even if the emperor does not favor them, they are still the emperor's concubines. Being in the palace is a kind of protection for their natal family even if they are not favored.
If she really leaves the palace and something happens to her parents' home, she will blame them instead.
They had imagined these things countless times.
The Empress is kind and not the type to be harsh to the concubines. There is nothing bad about them in the palace.
Bei Lingyao just mentioned it briefly. If they didn't want to, she naturally wouldn't force them.
"You can also submit poems, lyrics, calligraphy, paintings, or music scores to Good News Times."
"Your Majesty, may I wait?"
Li Zhaoyi and others were a little excited.
They read the newspaper every day and really wanted to contribute articles, but because "Good News Times" was run by Bei Lingyao, they didn't dare to do so.
"Of course you can, but I'm giving you this opportunity, so don't let me down."
"We thank the Queen for her grace and will not let her down."
The concubines were very happy. Some of them were talented women before entering the palace, and some, even if they did not like studying, developed some talents after entering the palace in order to compete.
"The Queen is too kind to them."
After Emperor Yanxing learned that Bei Lingyao allowed the concubines to contribute to the "Good News Times", he went to Fuhua Palace and said this.
"I just can't bear to bury their talents. They have been quite well behaved these past few days."
Emperor Yanxing disagreed with Bei Lingyao's words, "There are so many talented people out there. If they keep quiet now, there's nothing you can do about it. Once you give them a chance, they'll find a loophole to exploit."
Bei Lingyao knew this of course, and she was also watching with her spiritual sense, so she was willing to give the concubines a chance.
If they dare to do anything, she will kill them as a warning to others.
"They entered the palace with their families' missions. Even if they wanted to stay quiet, the ambitious families behind them would not allow them to do so. If I do not favor them and do not allow them to rise to prominence, the families behind them will have no choice but to remain silent. Once they rise to prominence, the families behind them will definitely make plans again."
Having grown up in the palace, Emperor Yanxing understood the mentality of his concubines best.
They can be very kind, act like sisters on the surface, and help each other, but if they are given the opportunity, they will not hesitate to eliminate their opponents.
Emperor Yanxing was afraid that Bei Lingyao would suffer.
In his opinion, Bei Lingyao was smart, but when it came to conspiracies and schemes, she was no match for the concubines who had been exposed to the world since childhood in the inner palace.
"Thank you for your reminder, Your Majesty. I will definitely pay more attention."
Bei Lingyao smiled slightly as she spoke, "They are also the emperor's concubines, trapped in the harem all the time, but they have to come out and show up at the annual palace banquet, otherwise people will think I have done something to them."
Even though Emperor Yanxing had warned him, the fact that Bei Lingyao was favored alone and ignored the concubines in the harem was somewhat criticized.
But others would not blame Emperor Yanxing. Instead, they would think that she, as the queen, was jealous and intolerant, and that she monopolized Emperor Yanxing, which was not the behavior of a virtuous queen.
Emperor Yanxing scoffed, "They stare at my harem all day long, as if I don't know what they're thinking."
Emperor Yanxing took Bei Lingyao's hand and sat down. "They were all stuffed into the harem by the deposed Empress Dowager and the regent. Don't say I hated women back then. Even if I didn't, I wouldn't have favored them. Once they had children, I would have become an abandoned child. Now there are only a dozen concubines left. If they don't behave themselves, I won't tolerate them."
"Does the Emperor still hate women?"
"You're disgusted, I don't want to favor concubines and other palace maids. The queen is an accident, and I accept you as a person."
Emperor Yanxing sighed, "I am still lucky. I originally thought that I would stay away from women and have no children in this life, and adopt one from my brothers. I even thought about taking revenge on the deposed empress dowager and passing the throne to the sons of my brothers. Now it seems that everything is going well."
"This baby is my next, so I dare not be too far away from you. What if I lead the army in person and the Queen gives birth, and I can't come back? Or if the Queen and I are swapped and she is on the battlefield, that would be even more dangerous."
The more Emperor Yanxing spoke, the more fortunate he felt.
It would be really dangerous if he got carried away and led the army in person.
Bei Lingyao found it funny to see Emperor Yanxing wiping the non-existent sweat from his forehead.
However, Emperor Yanxing knew nothing about her powerful strength, so it was normal for him to have such a mentality.
"emperor"
Xiu Fu came hurriedly at this time.
"What happened?" asked Emperor Yanxing.
"Your Majesty, the fodder and grain passing through Yu County was robbed, and the Yu County Magistrate and his family fled overnight."
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