Chapter 142 Threatening the Emperor

The Hexi Palace was bustling like the New Year every day, which made the Yikun Palace seem even more deserted.

Ever since the day when the Emperor and Empress quarreled and the Empress left the table in anger, the Emperor had not been to the Yikun Palace.

Even on important days like the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, when according to the ancestral rules, the Emperor must spend the night in the Yikun Palace, he did not come.

He would rather sleep alone in the Chengqian Palace than accompany the Empress. The

feng shui in the palace changes day by day.

That day, the concubines in the harem laughed at Li Guipin together with Empress Zhu, and in the blink of an eye, she herself became a joke.

Little did she know that the concubines in the palace were also laughing at her for not knowing her own limitations and actually following the example of Zhenpin and quarreling with the Emperor.

Do you think everyone is like that vixen Jiang Xinyue, who has bewitched the emperor to the point of dizziness?

To do that, you have to be as beautiful as her!

Now, it’s too much of a trick, the emperor doesn’t even pay attention to the empress.

No wonder Empress Zhu feels ashamed and even exempts the concubines from paying their respects every day. In addition to the headache, she probably feels ashamed!

"Your Majesty..."

Fenyun lit the charcoal basin: "Why don’t we go and apologize to the emperor! The New Year’s banquet is coming soon. If the court officials see that you and the emperor are not getting along, then..."

After all, the fifth prince is not the empress's biological son. Whether he can be made the crown prince in the future depends on the support of the court officials and the emperor's wishes.

"Bang!"

"I won't go."

The rouge on the dressing table shattered to the ground, and Empress Zhu's chest rose and fell violently: "I have been married to him for decades, and she slapped me in the face for a concubine. I still have to beg for forgiveness with a flattering face. Why?"

Of course, because he is the emperor, because he can control the life and death, honor and favor of everyone in the harem!

In fact, these things, rationally speaking, Empress Zhu may not not understand.

But emotionally speaking, she can't accept it.

Empress Zhu comes from a noble family, born with incomparable nobility, and regards face and dignity as more important than life. This can be seen from why Concubine Liang is outspoken but can be deeply valued by the queen.

Because Concubine Liang is Empress Zhu's mouthpiece.

All the vulgar words that she could not say because of her status were said through Concubine Liang's mouth, and she felt relieved just by listening to them.

But this time, because Concubine Zhen "relied on her favor and became arrogant" and refused to let the emperor in, the emperor did not blame her at all, but carefully coaxed her everywhere. He knew that the empress brought people to the warm pavilion to appreciate flowers, but he still asked the guards to pick flowers.

Okay!

Picking flowers is fine, but when she was angry and wanted to go to Hexi Palace to argue, could the emperor express his apology like he did to coax Concubine Zhen, and give her a little dignity as the master of the harem?

No!

Not only that, the emperor also ordered all the plum blossoms in the warm pavilion to be cut down, just because she disturbed the warm time he and Concubine Zhen were together.

I still remember that when she and Shen Ye had just married, and went to Cining Palace to thank him the next day, the Empress Dowager made things difficult for her, but the Emperor protected her.

The high-spirited Emperor took her to the Nuan Pavilion to enjoy the snow.

He also said: "I know you like plum blossoms, so I ordered people to plant plum blossoms all over the garden. You can come here anytime to enjoy the flowers and cook wine, which is also a good thing."

Soon after the plum garden bloomed, the magnificent scenery was eye-catching. Who would not envy her for being protected by the Emperor?

Every winter after the snow, she invited all the concubines to cook wine and enjoy plum blossoms. It has become a regular entertainment item.

Now, everything has been ruined by Concubine Zhen.

The Emperor has long forgotten how he promised to plant a plum forest for her.

How can she let go of this? How could she humbly admit her fault to the emperor?

What had she done wrong?

The relationship between the Empress and the Emperor was at a stalemate, and no one dared to act rashly. Only Concubine Zhen from Hexi Palace was favored by the Emperor. Even though she was pregnant and could not sleep with the Emperor, the Emperor would always stay with her every now and then. Finally,

when there were only a dozen days left before the New Year's Banquet, opposition voices appeared in the court.

Ye Jieyu's father, General Ye, was the first to speak out: "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty has been favoring Concubine Zhen recently, and the concubines in the harem are complaining. It is inappropriate for Your Majesty to favor one person so much. It is even more immoral for Concubine Zhen to cling to Your Majesty even though she is pregnant. Please consider the heir first and treat them equally."

The ministers who had daughters as concubines in the palace knelt down one after another: "Your Majesty, please consider the heir first and treat them equally."

Only General Ye, who had returned victorious, had the courage to take the lead. Others did not dare to be the first to speak out.

After all, the emperor's prestige in dealing with the Wu and Song families was still there. Who knew if the emperor would hold a grudge and deal with them next?

"I heard it?"

Emperor Xuanwu held the purse hanging on his waist in his hand. The clumsy needlework on the purse showed that the needlework of the person who embroidered the purse was very poor.

He even had a smile on his face: "Who did General Ye hear it from?"

That smile was so creepy no matter how you looked at it: "Did you hear it from Concubine Ye, or did you hear it from the spy you arranged in the palace?"

"I dare not!"

General Ye knelt on one knee and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, there are many concubines in the harem. If Your Majesty only favors Concubine Zhen, it will inevitably cause the harem to be unbalanced. If the harem is unbalanced, the previous dynasty will be unstable. As the ruler of a country, Your Majesty should not be so willful and reckless. And Concubine Zhen, who seduced Your Majesty to lose his mind, should be severely punished."

"What are you talking about, General Ye?"

Jiang Yankun, the Minister of Justice who was already a third-rank official, looked at General Ye disapprovingly: "Who the emperor favors and who he doesn't favor is all his private affairs. What does it have to do with the previous dynasty? Do you mean that if the emperor doesn't favor your daughter, you won't fight for the Great Yan Dynasty? Isn't that a threat to the emperor? General Ye, you are so courageous! You even dare to threaten the emperor."

"You!"

General Ye stared at him with his eyes like copper bells, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, I have no such intention. Every word I say is for the sake of Your Majesty and the country."

"The country is the emperor's business, what do you want to think about? Just do your job for the emperor, don't be so arrogant, I thought you wanted to be the emperor!"

Jiang Yankun finished muttering, and General Ye wanted to rush up and tear his mouth apart: "Mr. Jiang, you are talking without any pain in your waist because the emperor favors your daughter!"

"Nonsense!"

Jiang Yankun chuckled: "If the emperor favors Concubine Ye, you will be so proud! Are you here to ask the emperor to severely punish Concubine Ye?"

Of course not.

General Ye blushed at his straightforward question: "You..."

"And you guys..."

Jiang Yankun turned the gun around and pointed it at the ministers kneeling behind General Ye: "You want to threaten the emperor too?" If you

don't sleep with their daughters, you won't do things for the emperor. Do you want to cause unrest in the previous dynasty?

A dozen ministers looked at each other, as if nothing had happened, and supported each other to stand up from the ground.

That's not the case... That's not the case...