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Empress Feng did not allow her mother's family to hold high positions or receive generous salaries.
Prince Fu gossiped about his master and betrayed his master. He then jumped out of the Taiji Palace and landed in the Feng family's house.
I remember that day was the beginning of the chrysanthemum month.
I was originally in high spirits, but unfortunately I lost interest halfway through. I looked indifferent on the surface and could only feel miserable in private.
I was beaten back to my original form in public.
The prince's horse whip hit Prince Fu, and each time it hit me, I also hit me. I blamed everything that happened that day on Prince Fu's vicious heart and vicious mouth, and the prince's hypocrisy.
On that day, the princes from Yongfufang came to the harem to pay their respects to the empress and the imperial concubine.
The sage appointed the daughter of the Shen family as princess, and chose a son of the Shen family to marry the princess. The sage's will was decided by the empress, concubines, princes and princesses, and no one could go against it.
Shen's daughter married the queen's son, and Shen's son married the concubine's daughter.
Only the Saint has seen the girls and boys of the Shen family, and the Empress and Concubine Shu have never looked at them.
That day, the queen summoned the daughter of the Shen family and also summoned the son of the Shen family into the palace.
The sage massacred people in Chang'an for a hundred days, and the empress comforted the people for more than three months. The princesses, princes, and concubines mourned for the late emperor for nearly half a year, and the mourning period has not yet ended, and the people in the six palaces have already finished their mourning.
During the period of national mourning, the princes of the Li family did not dare to go to Jinggongfang. They only dared to play ball in the palace with the permission of the queen.
Outside the Xianju Palace, I was in a team with Princess Huayang and Princess Anyang, in a group with Princess Liyang, Princess Danyang, and the Princess of Shouyang County, in a group with Princess Jinyang, Princess Huaiyang, and Zhuzhi, and in a group with Shen Yulu, Li Qi, and Li Ba.
At that time, everyone was having fun when the palace maids from Lizheng Palace suddenly came quietly.
The palace maid whispered in my ear, "Prince Fu has entered the palace, bringing with him Uncle Feng. The king is clamoring in the Queen's Palace about giving Uncle Feng an official title."
The Feng family affairs were not to be publicized, and it was not convenient for me to be present. However, the Empress Dowager, who loved me, was currently residing in the Lizheng Palace. I could not take care of those trivial matters for the moment and immediately invited Princess Yuyang to play. I hurried to the Lizheng Palace and even forgot to throw away the tennis stick in my hand.
Outside Lizheng Hall.
The female officials and palace maids knelt in front of the hall. The twelve hairpins made of flowers and trees that belonged to the empress were thrown on the ground. Upon closer inspection, they were scattered in pieces all over the floor.
The little maid sobbed softly, "It was the uncle who smashed the empress's crown. It has nothing to do with us servants."
The Queen's crown is of unparalleled dignity and has always been guarded by special personnel in previous dynasties. The actions of the king's uncle are extremely rebellious and can be regarded as treason.
In Chang'an City, among the rich and powerful families, property is more valuable than human life, let alone the Taiji Palace.
When the royal family members committed crimes, the people who were punished and scolded were mostly nameless palace maids.
The emperor's uncle was unreasonable. Even if the maidservant did nothing wrong, if she didn't supervise him properly and didn't protect him with her own life, she would still be guilty of being helpless.
The Empress was kind and benevolent, but the palace ladies wanted to deal with it according to the ancestral palace rules. I looked at the lady-in-waiting and said to the maids, "Don't make a fuss. Take it to the Shangfu Bureau to repair it and take good care of it."
The two little palace maids wiped their tears, said yes repeatedly, kept the queen's crown safe, and left the hall one after the other.
In front of the palace gate, in addition to the female officials and palace maids, there was also King Li Liu of Yue.
The King of Yue stood in front of the door with his head and hands lowered. On the first day of this day, the King of Yue also had to go to the palace to pay homage to the Queen.
Inside the hall.
"Why wouldn't mother give uncle an official position? Uncle doesn't want the throne or the prime ministership, he only wants the position of duke or chancellor. Uncle is already... very considerate of mother."
The person who spoke was Li San, and his voice was disgusting.
The Queen said, "In the past, the Qing Palace suffered a disaster, the Guo family persecuted it, and the Feng family abandoned the palace. We couldn't share hardships in the past, and we don't have to share wealth in the future! The Feng family has no merit or contribution, so naturally, there is no official position or title."
When he heard that there was no need to share wealth and no official position or title, the king's uncle was eager to argue.
"Sister, what you said is so heartless. If it weren't for the Feng family's 'pretend' to abandon Prince Qing, how could the Guo party believe that the king's fate was lost? If it weren't for the Feng family, the king would have difficulty ascending the throne. Our Feng family should be the first to receive the credit. Besides, if it weren't for the Feng family, how could sister marry into the Qing palace as the principal wife? If it weren't for the Feng family, how could the princess become the empress? How could the prince become the crown prince of the Eastern Palace? The queen's surname is Feng, and the prince's mother's surname is Feng. This is the greatest merit of the Feng family. The Feng family has worked so hard and made such great contributions that it is not too much to enjoy a fiefdom of a state. Which woman in the world doesn't serve her mother's family? Only sister is so upright and noble? You abandoned your brother to flatter the lord, abandoned your clan to seduce the superiors, and you are unworthy of being a son. Why bother to be the principal empress anymore? It would be better for you to move to the West Palace and abdicate in favor of the virtuous, and abdicate to the Xue family."
Abandonment is true, and falsehood is false.
The person who spoke was Rudi's evil father and Empress Feng's half-brother.
The queen sneered and ordered her men to drive the prince-in-law out of the palace.
Princess Leyang saw me, ran out, took my hand, and hid behind me.
"Wu Niang, Wu Niang..."
The King of Yue called me and signaled me not to enter the palace. He wanted me to avoid trouble.
With the Queen present, there is no reason for me not to enter the palace.
"Ayan, come in!"
The person who spoke was the prince.
On the first day of the month, the ladies of the East Palace naturally had to go to the palace to pay homage to the Queen.
I entered the palace upon hearing the sound, and Princess Leyang followed me closely.
My sudden appearance made Li San red-eyed and crazy.
He roared at me angrily, "Get out, bastard! This is the Taiji Palace of our Li family. You, a bastard who doesn't know your biological father, have defiled the Li family's land. Get out! Get out of the Li family's Chang'an City!"
"And you, you are of humble origin. A lowly merchant girl, trying to cling to the prince and grandson of the emperor. You bastard, you want to sully the royal bloodline. Get out! All of you, get out!" Li San pointed at Shen Baodai in the hall and cursed.
There was no emotion on my face, and Baodai was also calm, without sadness or grief, without crying or tears. We were all used to it, as if we didn't hear anything.
But beneath my calm exterior, I smelled the same hidden resentment, hatred and loathing.
From Yongfufang to Taiji Palace.
From the feet of the emperor to the imperial city.
No matter when or where, the name of bastard follows me everywhere.
The saint killed all the people in Chang'an who deserved to be put to death, but the lord's butcher knife spared him.
"Prince!" The Queen was furious.
The horse whip was raised and the flesh of Prince Fu turned red.
"Prince, you and I are both heirs to the throne. How dare you hit me?"
His Highness never stopped whipping his horse, and Li San's voice never stopped.
"Li Junqing, the court officials should not speak of your virtue. You are sinister and vicious. You want to disfigure me and forever end my chance of succeeding to the throne."
"Prince, oh prince, you are the crown prince, but you still need to marry a bastard like you to secure your throne. Why don't you change your surname to Yan and give the throne of our Li family to the Yan family?"
Li San spoke wildly, tearing the embroidery on the cloth word by word. There was truth in his words, and bit by bit he revealed the tattered clothes under the brocade to people.
This is an unspoken matter in Taiji Palace.
He hit the nail on the head about my difficulties and, at the same time, touched the prince's hidden pain.
The hidden pain of the Li family and the difficulties of the Yan family.
The prince whipped Li Sanlang hard with his horse whip, and each whip was naturally not for a bastard like me, but for his sacred and inviolable dignity as the crown prince of Shaoyang.
None of the female officials or eunuchs dared to move. The empress was furious and ordered Sanlang to shut up, but Prince Fu refused to stop. "Mother, you are biased towards Henu and Linu. Henu was just born early and has a good appearance, while Linu has a spiritual mind and is even more of a demon born from a raccoon cat."
"From rising up to destroy Guo, welcoming the prime minister, visiting the king's uncle, to the affairs of the Li family, the affairs of the Tian family, and everything major, everything was handled by these two. Mother, look at your youngest son cowering outside the door, your crying and timid little daughter, and then think of your second son, the least favored and the most filial. We, brother and sister, are your biological children."
Li San pointed at the prince and looked at me. "In Taiji Palace in Chang'an City, everyone, from the princes and generals, the royal family, to the nobles and officials, everyone wants to please them. No matter what mistakes they make, as long as they ask for help and cry, their mother will forgive them because of their beautiful and pitiful appearance."
"He Nu, he was merely born early, only a year older than me, yet he happened to occupy the position of eldest son. Your Highness, don't be too proud. Throughout the history of the Li Dynasty, no crown prince has ever been able to safely succeed to the throne. Li Nu, you bastard, sooner or later, you will be punished to the imperial palace and be a slave for a hundred generations."
Li San wanted to be the crown prince, wanted to be a saint, and he couldn't wait and did not hide it at all.
"Sanlang... shut up, get out, get out!" The Queen cursed, and the palace maids pushed Prince Fu.
"Let him speak!"
A sound from the sky stopped all things. The sound came from outside the temple to inside the temple. It was the saint.
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