Chapter 42 He didn't expect that this day would come
Speaking of Xia Shuyi, Lu Yanshi paused.
"The Concubine Hui's family is law-abiding, and she herself is not competitive. The point is..."
Lu Yanshi didn't say it.
The key point is that she has a daughter named Lu Li.
As long as she doesn't rebel, Lu Li can ensure that she will be rich and safe for the rest of her life.
However, if Xia Shuyi was chosen as the empress, Lu Heng would become the legitimate son. When choosing the crown prince, there might be a conflict with the eldest son Lu Jing.
For a moment, Lu Yanshi was a little undecided. He planned to sound out a few people's opinions in the next few days.
Unexpectedly, before he could even ask about it, Lu Li already knew about it.
[Father, your mood is not right. Is Daxia going to be destroyed? ]
[That shouldn't happen. The Concubine Shu is so powerful, how could it be over? ]
Lu Yanshi was speechless. Why did his daughter think about the country's destruction all day long?
[Let me see what Father is worried about.]
"Don't!" Lu Yanshi blurted out in a hurry.
Xia Shuyi had already guessed that he could hear his daughter's thoughts, and naturally knew that he was afraid that his daughter would investigate him.
But she couldn't say it.
So she pretended to be confused and looked at Lu Yanshi.
"Your Majesty, do you dislike this tea? Would you like me to stop adding it?"
"Well. Let's change the tea." Lu Yanshi went with the flow, nodded, and concealed his expression.
He didn't expect that this day would come.
Ever since he was able to hear his daughter's voice and knew that she had a magical tool called the "melon-eating system", he never flipped through the names of concubines other than Xia Shuyi.
I am just afraid that my daughter might get the urge to eat melons one day, and that unreliable system will let her see things she shouldn’t see.
Then he really wants to kill people to silence them.
But he couldn't stop his daughter from eating the melon, so he could only swallow his anger in silence.
Lu Liya had no idea that her words had caused Lu Yanshi's mood to fluctuate.
She couldn't wait to open the melon-eating system to investigate.
[It turns out that you are worried about choosing a queen. ]
[Father actually wants to make mother the empress? 】
Xia Shuyi's eyes widened in surprise. Did the emperor want to make her his empress? She was slightly excited.
Although she has never fought for the throne, it doesn't mean she has no interest in the position of queen.
The higher she climbed, the safer her child would be.
[But don't do that. If my mother becomes the empress and Daxia is destroyed, I can just run away with her. After all, she is the empress of a country.]
Lu Li was worried.
Lu Yanshi's face darkened.
Xia Shuyi felt like laughing, and felt relieved in her heart.
Her daughter is really her little cotton-padded jacket, always caring about her safety.
[Father, please choose Concubine Shu! Concubine Shu is such a good fighter. If our country is destroyed and the enemy invades, she can still protect us.]
[What's the point of me thinking so much? Father has to make the choice.]
Lu Li sighed quietly.
"Take the Ninth Princess away. It's time for her to sleep." After hearing her unpleasant words, Lu Yanshi asked the wet nurse to take her away.
He was afraid that if he continued to listen, he really would not be able to help but spank the girl's little butt.
Day by day, can't you just hope for something better from him?
[I don't want to sleep, I'm not sleepy, I want to stay with my mother! ]
Lu Li waved her fist in protest.
Xia Shuyi knew very well why she was driven away, but she didn't dare to say it out loud. She could only give her daughter a comforting look helplessly.
Lu Yanshi was filled with anger. Didn't this little girl not want her mother to be the empress? But he just didn't agree with her!
He wants to make Xia Shuyi the queen!
…
Lu Yuan didn't know yet that Xia Shuyi was going to be the empress.
She went to the cold palace to find the former Concubine De, now Concubine Jiang Man.
Jiang Man, one of the four concubines, had been tortured in the cold palace for more than ten years and had become haggard. She was already plain-looking, and now she looked even more miserable.
Seeing Lu Yuan, Jiang Man raised her eyelids lazily, then closed her eyes and lay there expressionless.
"Talented Lady Jiang, Xia Zhaoyi has become Concubine Hui. Are you willing to accept this?" Lu Yuan provoked her hatred with just one sentence.
"What did you say!!!" Jiang Man opened his eyes and his expression turned crazy in an instant.
Since she was sent to the cold palace, she had lost all her eyes and ears. She didn't even know that Xia Shuyi had been promoted again.
"If you want revenge, then show your sincerity and I can help you." Lu Yuan smiled slightly.
"Why should I believe you?" Jiang Man looked at her coldly.
"I also hate them, mother and daughter." Lu Yuan had a look of disgust on her face.
"Besides, no one else will be willing to help you except me."
These words touched Jiang Man's heart.
"Help me leave the cold palace first. If you can do it, I will believe you." Jiang Man put forward the conditions.
"What can you give me?" Lu Yuan was not stupid either.
She wouldn't work for her for nothing.
Jiang Man gritted her teeth and told her a secret passage.
"No one knows about that secret passage except those in my palace. If you want to do something, this is the perfect place to do it."
"I'll check it out." Lu Yuan turned and left.
After she checked, she found that there was indeed a secret passage in the harem as Jiang Man said. If she dug further, she would be able to reach Yuxiu Palace.
She immediately had an idea.
Since Jiang Man has shown her sincerity, she naturally has to give something in return.
She went to ask the Queen Mother for help.
"Grandmother, my second sister came of age last year and will be looking for a husband soon. If her biological mother stays in the cold palace forever, will she be bad to her?" She looked worried.
"Jiang Man deserves it for what she has done. She deserves to be in the cold palace." The Queen Mother snorted coldly.
"Yuan'er is not trying to plead for her, but is thinking about the second princess's marriage. Why don't you tell our father to release Concubine Jiang from the cold palace and let her stay in any palace." Lu Yuan held the empress dowager's hand and acted coquettishly.
"You are a kind-hearted girl." The Queen Mother patted her hands, looking helpless.
Finally, under Lu Yuan's coaxing, she agreed to it.
She mentioned it to Lu Yanshi, and Lu Yanshi became even more troubled.
It seems that we really need to choose a queen.
Otherwise, all matters big and small in the harem would have to be handled personally by him, the emperor.
"Mother, I am the emperor and I cannot change my orders every day. She has only been in the cold palace for a few months and I'm releasing her. Where is my authority?" Lu Yanshi disagreed to release Jiang Man.
"After all, she is Qi'er's biological mother." The Queen Mother frowned.
The emperor is becoming more and more disobedient. He even confronts her over such a small matter.
Lu Yanshi didn't want to continue arguing with the Queen Mother over this matter. Besides, what the Queen Mother said did make sense, so he still had to give his second daughter some respect.
"All right, mother, please take care of it." He nodded in agreement and wrote the edict to establish the queen.
I plan to announce it on the spot when I go to court tomorrow.
The Queen Mother got what she wanted and told Lu Yuan about it. Lu Yuan was very happy and held her hand and said a lot of nice things.
The Queen Mother was amused by her and smiled happily.
Before Lu Yuan could talk to Jiang Man about cooperation, the second princess Lu Qi came to her.
She originally thought that Lu Qi came to thank her, but unexpectedly, Lu Qi came to warn her.