Chapter 374: Appeasement
Feng's family's side branches were imprisoned in large numbers, and their crimes were slowly investigated. I'm afraid that by then there won't be many people left with official positions.
This time, the Feng family was completely damaged.
Even though there is still a empress dowager and an imperial concubine, the foundation has been lost.
Empress Dowager Feng had already passed the message to Concubine Feng, and now Concubine Feng finally wised up and asked to be demoted.
However, the emperor did not approve of this. He just said it was Feng family affairs and had nothing to do with Concubine Shu and let it go.
Concubine Feng is still Concubine Feng, and her grandfather is still the Duke, but he is no longer the powerful Duke he used to be.
The Shen family completely cleared its stigma, and Liang personally went to the Lan family and brought Shen Qingyun back to the Shen family.
He also recognized Shen Qingyun and his sister as his own children, and they were considered legitimate children from then on.
Although they are certainly not as noble as those born of legitimate parents, they are still more noble than those born of concubines.
After Shen Qingyun knew the real cause of her mother's death, she stopped making a fuss, although she still hated Liang. If she hadn't made a fuss, her mother would not have come back and would not have died.
But after all, he cared about his sister, and she would get married in the future, so he had to accept it with a pinch of his nose.
Qi Yixiu appeased the Shen family and gave them some rewards.
However, Marquis Jing'an still submitted a memorial personally, bitterly criticizing Shen Yi for his incompetence and failure to manage his household properly, and even demanded that the emperor punish him.
There were several rounds of exchanges between the king and his ministers, and finally Qi Yixiu appeased Marquis Jing'an.
The general idea is that Jing'an Hou, don't worry, although your third son is indeed not very good, but at least it was remedied in time. Your family is also an innocent victim this time, I know it in my heart.
Marquis Jing'an submitted another memorial, in which he could only thank the emperor for his grace and say that his family would swear allegiance to him until death.
By the time the emperor had calmed down and conferred titles on his new concubines, it was already May.
It was getting hot in the palace, but it was still comfortable.
The three women who were going to enter the palace also came to the palace.
One was Bai, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jiangbei; one was Suo, the second daughter of the Minister of Works; and one was Lu, the editor of the Hanlin Academy and the only daughter of Shen Chuliu's cousin's boss.
The meeting was held in Heqing Palace, and the concubines in the palace were naturally waiting early.
The emperor is also here.
After everyone greeted each other, they waited for the three new women.
Most people were unhappy in their hearts, but they couldn't show the slightest bit of it on their faces.
After a while, the three girls arrived together.
After the eunuchs outside sang along, the three of them went in together.
As expected, they were very youthful. Before I could get a clear look at their faces, I saw them kneeling down to pay homage to the Emperor and Empress.
The queen nodded and said, "Everyone, raise your heads."
The three of them looked up at the same time.
Qi Yixiu looked over and smiled: "She is indeed beautiful. They say that the daughters of Jiangbei Marquis are stunningly beautiful. She is indeed stunningly beautiful." Qi Yixiu walked down and stretched out his hand to the woman in the middle: "Are you Bai?"
Bai said shyly: "Your servant Bai pays respect to His Majesty."
"Well, you are indeed good-looking. I will give you the title 'Yan' and confer you the title of Beauty. What do you think, Queen?" Qi Yixiu asked.
"Of course it's very good. Lady Yan sounds nice too." The Queen certainly had no objection.
She is just a daughter of a marquis and has no real power.
Qi Yixiu reached out again and pulled the other two people, and they stood up.
"I know that Minister Suo Ai of the Ministry of Works is of Western Hu descent. I didn't think anything of it when I saw him normally, but now that I see his daughter, she has a different charm."
The queen looked over and laughed, "My aunt is from the Western Hu people, and her eyebrows and eyes are just like this."
Xihu was a small country bordering Dayi and Chao.
"Oh? That's fate. I think Suo is very pretty, how about giving her the title of beauty?" the emperor asked the queen again.
The Queen smiled and said, "From what I have seen, Concubine Lu is quiet and peaceful, which is quite good. Your Majesty, why don't you confer titles of beauties on all three of them today? Wouldn't it be a good thing to have three beauties at once?"
Qi Yixiu laughed loudly: "In that case, I will listen to the Queen. Confer titles on the three beauties."
The three of them knelt down to thank the emperor for his grace.
Mrs. Lu was the most unexpected, she thought Baolin was almost there.
"Suo should give her a title, how about 'Mei'?" Qi Yixiu said again.
The Queen smiled again: "Excellent, the roses are gorgeous, and they agree with Suo very much."
Lady Mei thanked again.
Lu no longer had a title.
But she was very satisfied.
The Queen continued, "I am thinking that while we are in the temporary palace, we will first live in the pavilion. When we return to the palace, Concubine Yan will live in Tingfeng Pavilion, Concubine Mei will live in Changle Palace, and Concubine Lu will live in Yihe Palace. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
"Very good, thank you Queen for your hard work, let's arrange it this way." The emperor was in a very good mood: "I have something else to do, so I will leave first. The Queen will take care of how the new couple is settled."
Everyone stood up and respectfully saw the emperor off.
The three newlyweds then greeted the concubines present.
Just now, Ren Ren and Xue Xiaoyi wanted to greet them again.
Everyone looked at these three people and felt that they were in great danger.
The beauty of Yan was obvious at first glance, she was truly stunning. However, she preferred to dress plainly, which suppressed her bright and gorgeous appearance.
At first glance, Lady Mei may not be as pretty as Lady Bai, but upon closer inspection, one can see a charm and elegance in her, which is in no way inferior to Lady Yan.
Lu is slightly inferior. She looks gentle and harmless, pure and gentle.
But it’s not that it’s ugly. On the contrary, after looking at it for a long time, I find it very pleasing to the eye.
The three of them were beauties when they entered the palace, which was a very high starting point.
Originally, those who were able to come to the palace were all favored, but now... I'm afraid many people will have to take a step back.
It is reasonable for the emperor not to favor the newcomer when he enters the palace.
The queen smiled when she saw everyone greeted her and said, "Let's go, then, and pay our respects to the two queen dowagers."
Everyone was upset again. Yes, the three newcomers were all beauties, and they were even qualified to pay respects to the Empress Dowager from the beginning.
After paying respects, they returned to Guanlan Pavilion. Shen Chuliu cried out, "Hurry up and change my clothes. It's all Zizhu's fault. She was afraid that I would lose my dignity, so she gave me this head of pearls and jade."
Zizhu smiled and quickly took off the biggest hairpin for her.
Shen Chuliu felt a sense of relief.
"You are the Empress Zhaoyi, so you must be dignified."
"Aren't there three new beauties? It will be lively in the future. It's just right for me to spend a leisurely summer." Shen Chuliu is not too worried about whether the emperor comes once a month or once every two months.
She knew it would take several years before she fell out of favor.
However, the emperor only came once a month, so she slept with him many times.
"Tell me, among these three, who will do the best?" Shen Chuliu asked.
Zi Rui thought about it and said, "The beauty Yan."
Zizhu shook her head: "I think it's Miss Mei? She looks quite smart."
"No one is optimistic about the Lu family?" Shen Chuliu raised his eyebrows.
"It's not that I don't think she's good, I just feel...she's not as good as the first two, right?" Zizhu said.
"But maybe, she can live in peace the longest?" Shen Chuliu chuckled.
[Shen Chuliu: If I don’t become the emperor’s sweetheart, I will probably die early.
If I am not the emperor's true love, I will probably die early.
If I am not the emperor's favorite, I will probably die early.
I am who I am, a firework of different colors. 】
(End of this chapter)
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