In the Taiji Palace late at night, red candles flicker.
Two figures on the dragon bed were entangled in the passion of death, making endless sounds.
Feeling the fiery passion of Emperor Shengwu, Bei Lingyao, who was physically and mentally happy, also responded enthusiastically, which made Emperor Shengwu demand more crazily.
"Yao'er, my Yao'er."
Emperor Shengwu felt as if he had endless energy tonight, and he wished he could stay with Bei Lingyao forever.
This night, the ultimate enjoyment is intoxicating, and I just want to sink into the ocean of desire until it is over.
The next morning, Bei Lingyao was still sleeping.
Emperor Shengwu issued an imperial edict and an oral order to blow up the previous dynasty and the harem.
The imperial edict conferred the title of Empress Yuanchen Shengyi on Bei Lingyao, a four-character title unprecedented in history.
However, due to the strange phenomena in heaven and earth during yesterday’s coronation ceremony, the court officials were still able to accept it.
However, Emperor Shengwu's decree to disband the harem made both the former and the harem uneasy.
"Sacred Edict: I was previously struck by a strange poison and have been diligently treating it. Since ascending the throne, I have not issued an imperial decree for a selection of concubines, nor have I ever set foot in the harem, let alone summoned any concubines or maids for sexual favor.
Empress Yuanchen Shengyi Bei Lingyao is a goddess who descended from heaven. She is my wife, bestowed upon me by God. We are a match made in heaven.
I am very lucky. I don't want to disappoint the Queen in this life, nor do I want to waste the lives of the concubines.
The harem is hereby dissolved, and all concubines are allowed to leave the palace voluntarily and return home, and remarry as princesses of the royal family with the status of county princess, county lady, or township lady.
Those who do not wish to return home to remarry or who are homeless due to crimes committed by their paternal or maternal relatives can be rehabilitated in the imperial garden Changchun Garden or in a temple or Taoist temple, and their treatment remains the same.
The Empress Dowager and Prince Fu's party were purged from the court, and Emperor Shengwu promoted many of them.
Many of the concubines in the harem had little to do with these officials. Some of the concubines were the daughters of criminal officials, and Emperor Shengwu either demoted them or reduced them to commoners.
Unless these concubines were guilty themselves, few were sentenced to death.
They were all stuffed into the harem through various connections when Emperor Shengwu ascended the throne, and there was no formal selection.
The positions were determined by the game between the Queen Mother and the Grand Princess.
Therefore, what Emperor Shengwu said about him never issuing an edict for a beauty selection is also true.
Emperor Shengwu was 25 years old when he ascended the throne.
The oldest of these concubines who entered the palace was seventeen or eighteen years old, and the youngest was thirteen or fourteen years old.
Now it has been exactly eleven years. The oldest is no more than thirty years old, and the youngest is twenty-three.
Upon learning of Emperor Shengwu's order to disband the harem, the concubines were terrified at first, but then some of them cried with joy, knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted that the emperor was wise.
But some cried bitterly.
Or shed tears silently.
Or they may look numb, neither happy nor sad.
However, there was one person who was furious and resentful, and was so angry that he was about to explode.
It’s Concubine Lu.
She was originally the Princess Qingluan, a high-ranking concubine in the harem, holding the Phoenix Seal and managing the harem for eleven years.
She did not see any benefit in Emperor Shengwu's decree.
She still retained her title of princess and she was not short of money.
Even if she left the palace and remarried, in her opinion, no man in the world could compare to the emperor.
Not to mention that Emperor Shengwu was not only the supreme ruler of the world, but also a man of both civil and military talents. Whether it was his unparalleled handsome appearance, his tall and mighty stature, or his noble and majestic aura, no man in the world could match him.
Concubine Lu did not want to leave the palace and remarry, nor did she want to go to Changchun Garden for retirement, nor did she want to go to a temple or Taoist temple to practice asceticism.
She just wanted to stay in the palace, watch over the emperor, and protect him for the rest of her life.
Thinking of the strange phenomena in the heaven and earth in the Queen's Hall, Concubine Lu felt very regretful.
If she had not spoken ill of the emperor when she was young, but had shown him care and love, she would have been the emperor's empress long ago, and there would have been no place for Mrs. Bei.
She didn't believe that Bei was a goddess from heaven who had descended to earth. She believed that she must be some powerful fox spirit or monster who had deceived everyone.
Yes, it is an illusion in the storybook.
Vixen can hallucinate.
"Mammy, quickly tell Mother that Mrs. Bei is not a goddess who has descended to earth. She is a vixen, a vixen who can create illusions. Everyone has been deceived by her."
Concubine Lu hurriedly grabbed Nanny Lu's hand, and her excited and sharp voice made her look a little crazy.
"Your Majesty, I've heard that this strange phenomenon is not only seen in the capital, but also in the entire Daqian Kingdom and the whole world. The princess has already sent a message by carrier pigeon to confirm it. News will also be sent back in the next few days from more distant places."
Nanny Lu sighed heavily. Which demon had the ability to create such a strange phenomenon in heaven and earth?
"No, I don't believe it. You have all been deceived. I am the only one who is clear-headed."
Concubine Lu shook her head and took a step back. She felt that the feeling of being the only one sober while everyone else was drunk was too painful. Even her mother was deceived. Who else could help her?
"Grand Princess, have Her Majesty pack up the cage..."
"No, I won't leave. Even if I die, I'll die in the palace. I've been in charge of the harem for eleven years. Bei is just a peasant girl. The emperor will know how good I am."
As Concubine Lu spoke, tears rolled down her face, and she felt extremely aggrieved and resentful.
Nanny Lu sighed. Censor Bei was indeed from a peasant family, but when Queen Bei was born, Censor Bei was already a fourth-rank official.
And even if Queen Bei doesn't care, there are still people like Nanny Sun. Besides, there are no concubines in the palace, so it's easy to take care of them.
No matter how much Madam Lu tried to persuade her, Concubine Lu refused to listen. She even drove Madam Lu out and smashed the palace to pieces.
"Empress"
A maid came in to clean up. She trembled at the sight of the furious Concubine Lu, but she still whispered, "Your Majesty is the daughter of the Grand Princess and has been raised in the palace since she was a child. If you don't want to leave the palace, there are ways."
Concubine Lu suddenly glared at the maid, "Who are you?"
"I am a maid who sweeps the palace. Please forgive me, Concubine Lu."
The palace maid who was cleaning the floor hurriedly knelt down, knocking her head against the floor with such a loud bang that a small spot on the floor tile was stained red.
"Get up! If I don't want to leave the palace, what plan do you have?"
Concubine Lu was desperate and was trying every possible means to help her. She was only thinking about how to stay in the palace.
If she stayed in the palace, she would still be Concubine Lu and could find an opportunity to replace Concubine Bei.
Even if she could not be replaced, she was still the highest-ranking concubine under Lady Bei, and she could be posthumously awarded the title of noble concubine after her death.
"My neighbor's sister didn't want to marry a fool, so she cried, made a scene, and even tried to hang herself. Her parents knocked her unconscious and sent her to her husband's house for a wedding. But she kept trying to set the house on fire, so she scared her husband's family into sending her back."
"What does this have to do with me?"
Although Concubine Lu thought so, a light bulb went off in her head.
She naturally doesn't want to die, but if she is threatened with death, she will do it.
Besides, how could she do it alone? As long as she united with the concubines who did not want to leave the palace, and they committed suicide and burned themselves together, she did not believe that the emperor would dare to drive them out of the palace.
Bei Lingyao had just opened her eyes and was stunned when she heard the words from Concubine Lu's palace before she knew the order of Emperor Shengwu.
[System, if these concubines commit suicide and burn themselves to death, will they be reborn after death?]
[This... is generally impossible, but it's hard to say about space-time loopholes or some wild systems.]
[Then exchange twenty points for low-grade spirit stones for me.]
[What does the host need so many spirit stones for? ]
[Set up the Soul-Destroying Formation]
【Kill Concubine Lu? 】
[Bei Hongjiao]
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