Chapter 430: Substitutes
The maids looked at each other, and finally a brave one came out and put the wine pot in Mu Qianqian's hand: "The emperor is angry inside, and none of us dare to go in. Your status is different from ours, so why don't you go in!"
The phrase "your status is different from ours" still greatly pleased Mu Qianqian. She smiled shyly: "We all serve the emperor, what's the difference? But since you all don't dare to go, I'll go in and try."
"Bah!"
After she went in, one of the maids waved her fist at the door: "Look at her arrogant look, how can she be as elegant as the Queen Mother? She even wants to replace our Queen Mother, what a fool."
"Isn't it? I don't know what the emperor sees in her? She looks like him, but not like him in spirit. It's like trying to draw a tiger but end up with a dog."
"She's pretty patient. She's been with us for so long, but she's been hiding her beauty. As a result, she's amazing when she speaks."
...
The dark night sky is full of stars. The stars are particularly shining in the unpolluted sky, and the crescent moon surrounded by them is softer.
The news that Mu Qianqian stayed in Chengqian Palace again spread to every corner of the palace overnight through word of mouth among the palace people.
Many ministers also received the news. After court in the daytime, they found excuses to come to Chengqian Palace to ask for an audience with the emperor. In fact, they just wanted to see who this expert who could seduce the emperor to "have an affair" was.
After seeing Mu Qianqian's appearance, they all expressed disappointment.
Isn't this just a fake of the Queen Mother?
Sooner or later, the emperor will return to the arms of the Queen Mother.
But some ministers don't think so. They think that the emperor is sending them a signal to search for more women who look like the Queen Mother and send them to the palace.
The emperor likes this kind of stunning beauties.
For a time, it was common for the people to search for stunning beauties for the emperor. After all, everyone wanted to cultivate a Queen Mother as powerful as Jiang Xinyue.
But that's all for later.
Just Jiang Xinyue's face is hard to find in the world, not to mention those people have ulterior motives and want to cultivate a second Jiang Xinyue. It
's even more difficult.
Jiang Yankun had just finished his court session and had not yet left the Golden Palace when he heard someone whispering behind him, as if the person was speaking deliberately for him to hear.
"So, as a woman, you'd better not be too ambitious. Men don't like that."
"The emperor is the supreme ruler, ruling over everyone. Some people don't have that ability, but still want to fool the emperor. Now, not only is their power about to slip away, but even their favor is gone." "The emperor
would rather find a fake than go back to the queen. It shows that her good days are over. We are all men. Once you sleep with a woman, you'll have to do it again. Once you've tasted it, you'll get more!"
"Hahahaha...some people are so high-profile, they curse everyone in the court and think they are invincible. Everyone doesn't bother with them because of the emperor. If they really start cursing, who will be afraid of who?" "
Bang!"
"Bang!"
Jiang Yankun didn't say anything, but turned around and punched the two ministers who were chatting next to him to the ground. Without a superfluous look or a superfluous word, he shook his sleeves and walked away.
He didn't argue with people anymore. He would just fight if he didn't accept it.
Anyway, his reputation among the opposition was not good, and it didn't matter if it got worse.
Jiang Hewei was originally traveling with him. After he left, the two people glared at Jiang Hewei angrily, and he was so scared that he quickly waved his hands: "It's none of my business... It's none of my business!"
As he said, he moved to the side, and before the two officials could get up, he ran away at the speed of the wind.
Study Room -
The Emperor laughed twice, pointed at the two memorials and said to Tang Shiliang and Wang Dequan: "Look, I said Jiang Aiqing is still the same Jiang Aiqing who hates evil and speaks his mind. My grandfather grabbed his ears and told him not to get into conflict with others, but he beat someone up and ran away, and people complained to me."
Tang Shiliang also laughed: "Lord Jiang is a true character, and the Queen Mother has the style of his father."
This kid...
is really a worm in the emperor's stomach.
Wang Dequan closed the two memorials and stacked them together: "Your Majesty, those memorials..."
"Burn them, don't let the Queen see them."
Yue'er is in confinement. If she knew that Jiang Yankun beat someone up, she would definitely find out the reason, and then she would inevitably have to listen to those gossips.
He didn't want to.
The next morning, before the two beaten officials had time to cry out in the Golden Palace, they were reported by the censors of the Imperial History Bureau, saying that the two officials did not care about the people and did not do practical work, but talked about the Queen Mother all day long.
They formed cliques for personal gain, excluded court officials, and made irresponsible comments on the empress and concubines. Any of these was enough to make them drink a pot of wine.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"The late emperor's birthday is coming soon. Which court officials will Your Majesty take to pay homage to the ancestor? Has the list been drawn up? The Imperial Household Department and the Honglu Temple should start preparing."
The emperor's eyes flashed slightly: "The list has been handed over to the Imperial Household Department. The Honglu Temple and the Imperial Household Department can just take over."
After saying that, as if he thought of something, he said: "Add the Queen Mother of Heaven to the list."
"This..."
The secretary of the Honglu Temple glanced at Jiang Yankun and said hesitantly: "The Queen Mother of Heaven just gave birth to the seventh prince and the third princess. It's not even the full month yet. According to the rules..."
"What rules?"
When the emperor was unhappy, his voice would be especially cold and hard: "I want to take my empress, my wife to see my grandfather and father. What rules do not allow it?"
The secretary of the Honglu Temple hesitated, wanting to speak but not daring to.
Giving birth is dirty for women. After giving birth, they are dirty and cannot even participate in various sacrificial activities, so as not to offend the ancestors and gods.
How can a woman with evil dew not be removed participate in such a big event as the birth of the previous emperor?
But he didn't dare to say it when the emperor was unhappy.
Indeed, the emperor has the final say on the rules of the world. If he says you can go, you can go, and if he says you can't go, you can't go.
The emperor broke the rules and wanted to take the newly born Queen of Heaven to the Dongshan Imperial Mausoleum to worship the ancestors, which caused a lot of controversy.
It seems that the Emperor still dotes on the Queen Mother the most. A substitute is always a substitute and cannot be compared with the real White Moonlight.
Mu Qianqian had just finished her shift. The pain all over her body did not get relieved at all. Instead, it became more unbearable because she did not have a good rest.
But although her body was in pain, her heart was sweet.
The Emperor gave her another golden step-shake today, saying that it was the latest style from the Shang Palace Bureau, which even the Queen Mother did not have!
She wanted to have what the Queen Mother did not have, and she also wanted to grab what the Queen Mother had.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
"Miss Mu, your servant is here to bring clothes to Miss Mu on the order of the Emperor."
Another reward?