The empress dowager at that time used a forbidden folk technique to give birth to the child half a day early. Before she could be happy, she learned that the child was stillborn and died in the womb.
Although the empress dowager was devastated, she still tried her best to calm down. In order to keep the position of empress, she immediately bribed the midwife of Concubine Shu and exchanged the dead fetus for Zhao Yuanzhen, who was born to Concubine Shu.
After Concubine Shu learned that she had given birth to a stillborn baby, she died of depression within three days.
Although this incident caused quite a stir at the time, the late emperor thought it was unlucky and had the news blocked.
Later, the empress dowager gave birth to another prince. In order to let her own son ascend the throne, the empress dowager naturally tried her best to kill Zhao Yuanzhen.
That's why the poisoning incident happened.
After finding out this news, Zhao Yuanzhen immediately sent people to the fiefdom of the empress dowager's biological son to check on the emperor's younger brother.
After seeing that he really had the intention of rebelling, he was immediately executed.
Although the Queen Mother was not killed, she committed suicide after hearing the news of her own son's death.
When the Queen Mother died, the one who reacted most strongly was Concubine Li.
Although Concubine Li could not remember the original plot clearly, she knew that it was impossible for the Queen Mother to die so early, and in this way.
Perhaps it was the replenishment of the heroine's halo that Concubine Li had a dream that night.
I dreamed about the plot of this novel.
The Empress Dowager died twenty years after the Emperor.
Moreover, the Queen Mother and she were political enemies. As soon as the Emperor died, the Queen Mother wanted to support her youngest son to take the throne, but Concubine Li naturally refused.
In order to keep her position, Concubine Li secretly had an affair with someone. When she became pregnant, she lied that the child was from Zhao Yuanzhen, and later she even found out that the Queen Mother had murdered the heir in the palace.
After defeating the empress dowager, Concubine Li took charge of the government. After serving as empress dowager for a few years, she demoted the little emperor she had given birth to and became emperor herself.
Of course, that was the original plot, and now the plot has changed.
Concubine Li could only try to find something beneficial to herself in her dreams.
Suddenly, finally, she thought of the legend of Zhao State.
Mermaids were forbidden in the State of Zhao. If one appeared, floods would occur in that place, so mermaids were eventually listed as an ominous creature by the State of Zhao.
As soon as it appears, kill it immediately.
Concubine Li thought she knew what to do.
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"Hey, have you heard? A mermaid appeared in the palace!"
"Mermaid? It's over. Is the flood going to submerge the palace?"
"No wonder there were floods in the south before. It must have been that mermaid's fault!"
"What do you think a mermaid looks like?"
"Mermaids are very cunning. They can transform into human form and eat people. They are also very powerful."
"Princess Shi Wei has suddenly become so powerful. Some people previously said she was possessed by a ghost. Now it seems that she might be the mermaid."
"It's very likely! Princess Shi Wei is not even five years old yet, and she has suddenly become so powerful. It must be her!"
The more the palace maids discussed it, the more they felt that this was the case.
Soon, this matter spread like wildfire, and everyone in the entire palace knew about it except the people in Chenhua Palace.
When Zhao Yuanzhen heard this, he thought those people were really idle. After finding a few sources and beating them to death, the saying was not banned, but spread among the people.
This is serious.
The people were instantly frightened and their morale was dispersed.
In order to appease the people, Zhao Yuanzhen had to perform a ritual in the palace.
The next day, the flood in the south, which had been finally stopped, suddenly broke out and submerged several cities.
Countless people were displaced and many died in the floods.
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