When Zhao Ji heard this, he teased the emperor: "Your Majesty is wrong. Your Majesty is recovering very well now. There is no need to use the word 'fading away'. He is clearly in his prime!"

Zhao Ji has always been good at speaking, and the emperor is always happy after listening to him.

If Zhao Ji had said this before, the emperor would always be amused and smile. But it was obvious that the situation today was a little different.

Even though he said this, the emperor no longer had the smile he used to have on his face.

The emperor looked at the moon on his forehead and said, "I don't know how many more years I can see this crescent moon. Now my sons are all as fierce as wolves and tigers. They want to fly as soon as their wings are strong. I am really getting old by the years!"

Zhao Ji did not speak immediately after hearing this, but remained silent for a moment before saying: "Even if the emperor is old, he is still the emperor. If the emperor gets angry, there will be millions of corpses and blood will flow for three thousand miles!"

"The tigers and wolves in the mountains, no matter how ferocious they are, are still afraid of the hunters with knives and axes!"

Zhao Ji's words once again touched the emperor's heart. The emperor pondered for a moment and finally said to Zhao Ji: "Send someone in the harem to protect Concubine Xian's prince."

"Now there are only these few princes left in the palace, and they need to be protected by someone special."

Zhao Ji agreed to the task, and the next day he sent several guards who were privately trained by the royal family under the pretext of sending them as tutors.

The temperament and behavior of those royal guards are naturally different from those of ordinary guards and attendants.

When Empress Xian saw these people being assigned here, she was very surprised, and then she couldn't suppress the smile on her face.

He just grabbed a handful of golden melon seeds and gave them as rewards to the eunuchs and palace maids who were on duty that day.

Because the emperor's health has improved a lot recently, he has gradually allowed concubines in the harem to visit him.

At first, it was just the queen, and the only thing she brought was a bowl of soup.

But gradually, people like Concubine Shu and Concubine Jing also started to gather around.

After her son was recognized by the emperor, Concubine Xian immediately came to the emperor to express her gratitude.

When the emperor looked at Concubine Xian's face, he couldn't help but recall that Concubine Xian's beauty was also stunning before.

Otherwise, it would not be possible for her to become a concubine like she is now.

But later on, there were too many flowers blooming in the harem, and the emperor had too many fresh flowers to look at, so he naturally gradually ignored the flower of Concubine Xian.

Fortunately, Concubine Xian still has her charm, even more than when she was young, and her every move and gesture is quite bold and lively when doing things.

The emperor is now old and has actually begun to appreciate this type of person.

The virtuous concubine saw that the emperor was so interested in her.

He even took out the Lu Qi game he played when he was a child, saying that he wanted to play two games with the emperor.

In this way, the emperor was occupied by the virtuous concubine for the entire afternoon.

During this period, even when the emperor's empress came, the emperor did not pay any attention to the empress.

I just kept listening to Concubine Xian chatting with the Emperor about this and that.

In the end, the queen left with a dark face.

But it didn’t matter. Early the next morning, the emperor ordered that Concubine Xian be promoted to Concubine Xian Guifei.

This immediately caused the entire harem to boil. This was the first imperial concubine in so many years, and the most important thing was that the virtuous imperial concubine had a prince.

Now the throne of the crown prince of the previous dynasty is vacant, and it has been a long time since it was decided which prince would take this position.

But in fact, there are only a few princes left in the harem.

Now there are only the third prince and the prince born to Concubine Xian.

The emperor's action now is obviously to promote Concubine Xian, and the deeper meaning behind it may be that he has high hopes for Concubine Xian and her son.

When the queen learned the news, she immediately sent a pigeon to the prime minister's residence.

No matter how angry the queen was, she knew that if her family did not intervene at this moment, her and the third prince's positions in the harem would be lost.

Sure enough, when he attended court the next day, the emperor simply criticized the mistakes of the old ministers of the third prince's faction.

As for Concubine Xian's mother's family, the Zhen'an Marquis' Mansion, the emperor found a random reason and gave them some rewards.

For a time, Concubine Xian’s glory was limitless.

Concubine Xian is now a figure who can do whatever she wants in the harem. In the palace, even when the Empress comes, Concubine Xian sometimes stands up and salutes lazily without any manners.

Sometimes the Queen would use etiquette as an excuse to punish Concubine Xian in a tactful way, but sometimes she would be stopped by the Emperor directly.

This kind of situation happened more and more frequently, and the Queen had to avoid the edge of Concubine Xian for a while.

Such beautiful scenery is rare.

"Your Majesty, what does this mean? Could it be that Your Majesty is more optimistic about Concubine Xian's son now?"

Late at night, the staff of the Prime Minister's Office began to discuss again.

The Prime Minister snorted coldly and said, "I look at our emperor with cold eyes, but it's not necessarily because I like that prince. After all, this prince didn't grow up under the emperor's nose. He is young and his talent is average!"

A wise aide said, "I have watched the emperor's actions with a cold eye and they seem to be the mindset of an emperor. He seems to be balancing the power between the Third Prince and Consort Xian."

The Prime Minister actually thought so too. He nodded and said, "If that's the case now, then we should just avoid Concubine Xian's attention for a while. She is just someone who was forcibly supported and won't achieve anything great!"

However, some staff members also said: "But I heard that the Zhen'an Marquis Mansion, the mother's family of Concubine Xian, now calls itself the uncle of the emperor and walks around the capital in a domineering manner, which has caused a lot of trouble."

The prime minister was very perceptive and immediately asked, "What specific mistakes could there be?"

The aide smiled slightly and waved the fan in his hand gently.

There was nothing going on at the morning court the next day, but suddenly a censor jumped out.

"I have something to report!"

The emperor nodded and signaled the censor to speak directly.

"I would like to ask, is Jingzhao Prefecture a place where the law is enforced impartially?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Jingzhao prefect, who was dozing off in the palace, suddenly became alert.

He immediately thought carefully about whether he had done anything wrong recently, and carefully examined himself, his family, and the imperial censor who had made the memorial. There should not be any offense done by him, right?

The atmosphere was tense from the start, and it was directly targeted at Jingzhao Prefecture.

When the emperor heard this question, he naturally nodded: "Jingzhao Prefecture is in charge of the public security of the capital, and it is in charge of the imperial city, so it is natural to enforce the law impartially!"