Xie Zhou came over.
Princess Yongmu and Di Baose exchanged greetings.
Di Baose was going to leave anyway, couldn't she just avoid seeing him and not wanting to be bothered?
However, seeing how His Highness looked at the Empress, she decided to stay and watch the play.
Princess Yongmu watched the play with her, so she had company.
Xie Zhou's eyes were deep, and he looked at his wife with a melancholy, wistful, and extremely resentful expression.
Huan Yue's box suddenly produced another razor blade.
Xie Zhou almost lost his composure, but fortunately, his wife had tried to kill him more than once, so he got used to it and that was that.
He carefully took the box from his wife's hands and gave it to the eunuch, then picked up his wife and sat her on the throne.
It's alright, Di Baose sat down and ate some snacks.
The eunuch came again: "The Emperor has issued an edict."
Huan Yue blinked. Was he going to depose the crown prince?
Xie Zhou looked at his wife, wondering what she meant. Was she happy about the deposed crown prince?
Of course! With the crown prince deposed, wouldn't the crown princess resign and go off to have fun? She'd go overseas, definitely not stay in the country in an awkward situation.
The eunuch reported: "The female officials will be reinstated. The Changqiu Palace will be re-established with the Changqiu Directorate, and the Grand Changqiu will be of the second rank. An Imperial Noble Consort will be added, sharing responsibilities with the Empress. The Imperial Noble Consort will manage the inner palace, while the Empress will supervise."
Huan Yue blinked; the power of oversight was considerable.
Although it's useless to investigate when you're out of favor, you must first have a legitimate reason to do so.
Di Baose blinked. The Imperial Noble Consort is in charge of the harem now. What's the Empress doing?
The eunuch said unhurriedly, "If no Imperial Noble Consort is established, the Empress will concurrently manage the duties; if no Empress is established, the Grand Chamberlain will assume some of the responsibilities. Consorts may not establish Empresses. The successor Empress should be selected from among the talented women and middle-ranking women, or another virtuous woman from the empire may be chosen."
Princess Yongmu understood.
Even an Imperial Noble Consort cannot be made Empress, as she has a conflict of interest with the Empress, but there is no real competition for her title.
A title represents status.
The Empress is the true wife, while the Imperial Noble Consort is merely a top-ranking concubine.
Talented woman, middle-ranking talent, originally a female official.
Therefore, the path to becoming an empress is the path of a female official, while the path to becoming a concubine is the path of a royal consort.
As for whether a talented woman managed to overthrow the empress and take her place, that's another matter.
Since the status of a concubine is much lower, this kind of battle across ranks must be more bizarre and exciting than the battle between empresses and concubines, right?
Unless a talented woman has a chance or is determined to become empress, wouldn't it be quite comfortable to be a concubine?
The power struggle at the top may even affect talented individuals. Or it could be more complex.
The eunuch reported: "If the Empress is unable to fulfill her duties, she will be demoted to the rank of Shuyi, which is equivalent to Zhaoyi."
Huan Yue could understand.
It refers to an inability to perform the task, not to any other problem. He is willing but unable, so he uses Shuyi to make arrangements.
That way it won't be too bad. As for using other methods to frame someone, that's hard to say.
The eunuch looked at Consort Huan, bowed his head, and reported, "The Imperial Noble Consort bestowed the Imperial Seal. Today, the Crown Princess specially bestows the Imperial Seal."
Huan Yue blinked. How did we get onto this topic?
The eunuch said, "They will probably choose another auspicious day to issue the decree and bestow the imperial seal."
The investiture of a concubine and the bestowal of imperial seals are both important events, so naturally an auspicious day must be chosen; there's no way that today's imperial edict would be issued.
Today's imperial edict is not good news for some people.
Huan Yue is looking at that scoundrel, what's wrong?
Xie Zhou looked at her with a deep gaze, wondering how much her father protected her.
What does it have to do with her?
Xie Zhou laughed: "Father Emperor wants to entrust me with some matters, and the Crown Princess is accompanying me, so the Imperial Seal is needed."
Huan Yue blinked. Something wasn't right.
Xie Zhou sighed. This was a deliberate attempt to depose the empress, so they were simply transferring some of her duties to the crown princess. She definitely wouldn't be deposed.
Huan Yue requested to be deposed. She immediately went out to sea.
Xie Zhou hugged and kissed his wife, not wanting to think about anything else.
Di Baose and Princess Yongmu looked at each other.
Princess Yongmu asked in a low voice, "Shuyi?"
Xie Zhou waved.
Everyone else stepped back.
The whole world is probably speculating about this edict. Especially since concubines cannot be made empresses, what hope is there for Lady Cui no matter how much she struggles?
Forget about the current Consort De and Consort Xian in the harem. Should we carefully select the best candidates before sending our daughters to the palace in the future?
Although being a favored concubine brings immense benefits, one always wants more, and who wouldn't want to advance further? To become the empress, how many people dream of it?
Di Baose said cheerfully, "The Chen family is having a great time. Shall we wait and see what happens to them?"
Princess Yongmu was taken aback.
Di Baose said, "An empress is an empress, and a concubine is a concubine. You Shi is just a concubine. She wants to become the empress? She can't. Her son will always be born out of wedlock. Even if she doesn't care, so be it."
Princess Yongmu understood, and smiled sweetly: "That's not entirely wrong."
At least the date the imperial edict was chosen was specifically chosen when the Chen family was having the most fun.
Xie Zhou said, "The Chen family may have other plans."
Huan Yue asked, "The Chen family has become so powerful that they've bypassed the Dong family and are going to do things on their own?"
Xie Zhou said, "The Dong family's defeat is inevitable, so the Chen family should make plans early to avoid being talked about later."
Di Baose sneered, "Does the Chen family have to worry about not having people to talk about it? But if that's the case, will Chen Zhen still marry the Prince of Qi?"
Xie Zhou wasn't sure about this either, but he said, "Sacrificing Chen Zhen won't make a difference."
No, Di Baose doesn't understand.
Xie Zhou looked at Di Baose coldly: "If you want to become an Imperial Noble Consort, you'd better study hard."
Di Baose was startled. Why would she want to learn? Besides, Guo Bing was doing it better than her.
Huan Yue held his head.
Xie Zhou looked at Di Baose, "Aren't you leaving yet?"
Di Baose got up, pulled Princess Yongmu away, and ignored him getting beaten.
Princess Yongmu felt that Qing'e was favored enough.
Although there were unspeakable things between the Crown Prince and the Emperor, the Crown Princess managed to remain calm.
Inside the palace, Xie Zhou held his wife tightly, refusing to let go. As long as he held on, the throne would be his.
Huan Yue looked at him, wasn't he afraid that his father, a black-haired man, would send off another black-haired man?
Xie Zhou kissed her.
Huan Yue stopped him with one finger, took out the treasure map, and handed it to him. Then he got up and pulled him up again: "Go and present it to the Sage. I haven't figured out the box that contained this yet. If the Sage wants it, just have someone tell him."
Xie Zhou, holding the parchment scroll, asked, "What is this?"
I don't know. It might be worthless.
Xie Zhou's beloved wife's cherry-like lips said, "I will go first."
Don't run away if you dare!
Xie Zhou must hurry back. A wife is always better; no father can compare.
The Zichen Palace was as if a strong wind had swept through, and the Emperor had apparently started a huge fire with someone.
The eunuch felt that His Highness had come to save his life.
Xie Zhou had a wife, but he was not at ease. He knelt before his father, holding the parchment scroll high in both hands.
Still seething with anger: "What is this?"
Xie Zhou replied, "Qing'e found it among the things that Father Emperor bestowed upon Wu Chao'en. She said it was thrown in a corner and contained a box. Qing'e was still fiddling with that box, and I saw that it could produce thin blades, which is quite strange. I have never seen this before."
After hearing what he said, his anger almost dissipated.
The eunuch quickly brought over some tea.
I took a sip today.
The men unrolled the sheepskin on the table.
The eunuch had a good memory: "Is this the glazed stone that Lord Yang mentioned?"
He frowned and said, "Bring that over here."
The eunuch quickly found it and arranged it to the side.
Xie Zhou looked at it and thought it should be connected. This was part of the area outside of Liugou, and it was quite a large place.
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