Chapter 180 A Slap
When the Queen heard Xuanyuan Ling's imperial edict, she sat up in shock. She already knew that Xuanyuan Ling would not give her any children in the future as the Fourth Prince was raising her with him, but she didn't expect Xuanyuan Ling to be so ruthless. Even if there were children in the harem in the future, they would be raised in front of Xuanyuan Ling.
Originally this child of low status in the harem was placed in front of the mistress of the first palace to be educated, firstly to make the child more noble, and secondly to receive better care.
The disadvantage of this is that when the prince grows up, he will always be concerned about his adoptive mother's family. Now that the emperor has done this, the prince does not need to find a adoptive mother, so naturally there will be no problem of worrying about his adoptive mother's family. As for his biological mother, he also has to consider that. Isn't there a premise that the concubine does not make any mistakes?
The Emperor hates factional strife, so can this be considered starting from the children?
Like the Queen, Concubine Ru also had a strong reaction to Xuanyuan Ling's imperial edict. Concubine Ru had always been well-behaved, but she was forced to be so. She had been out of favor for a long time, and she saw Concubine Chun quietly have a child, and now she even assists in managing the six palaces. Although Concubine Yu had fallen, she did not regain favor, not to mention that they all had children but she did not.
These days she has been counting on the child in Concubine Zhao's belly. She thought that Concubine An would not dare to compete with her. But now, with the emperor's behavior, she has no chance of having this child at all.
Concubine Ru was angry, but she also felt that Concubine Zhao was really lucky. Now, the princess could be kept by her side. If it was a prince, he would be the first prince raised in front of the emperor. Maybe the emperor would pay more attention to him.
Although Xuanyuan Ling's imperial decree could not prevent the concubines from making trouble by taking advantage of the princes and princesses, the fact that the master controlled the lives of the pregnant women under him did improve the situation a lot in a sense. Moreover, no one in the court could raise any objection to Xuanyuan Ling's way of handling the matter, so it could be said that it killed several birds with one stone.
Ever since Xuanyuan Ling started taking action against Concubine Yu and the Queen's maternal family, those in the court who had some insight realized that although the Emperor would not completely suppress the aristocratic families, he would not allow them to emerge. Now that this happened again, those ministers in the court who wanted to protect themselves have put away their previous eagerness to try.
At the same time, Chu Linglong heard the news from her father at noon. She knew that she had to participate in the talent show. There was no other way. She didn't want to make things difficult for her parents, so she never showed her unwillingness to go to the talent show in front of her parents. After all, she didn't know if she could be selected, right?
But even though she hasn't been chosen yet, after hearing Xuanyuan Ling's imperial edict, she felt that the emperor was pretty good. The old rules were abolished, and the new rules were always more humane than the old ones.
It is much better than spoiling your child in public but actually asking you to give the child away.
Xuanyuan Ling issued the imperial edict, which was known to all the palaces. He also informed everyone about the matter and dealt with some opposition voices in the court. Later, as the New Year was approaching, Xuanyuan Ling became busy before the New Year and did not enter the harem for quite a while.
Wang De really thought that there was no need to give away the green card, as he was the manager of the Jingshifang. But after all, the talent show was approaching, so he could at least add some new green cards.
Thinking about this, I thought of Shen Qing.
The Zhaohua Palace has enjoyed the emperor's favor for a long time, and now the beauty pageant is about to begin. I'm afraid it's hard to say what will happen in the future.
Wang De was thinking so, and there were actually many people in the palace who were thinking so. Even Zhao Hai was thinking that a new person was about to enter the palace, and he didn't know how the emperor would treat Shen Qing in the future.
To be honest, he has never been involved in the affairs of the concubines in the harem, but just because of Shen Qing's ability to coax people, he now thinks it's good that no one in the harem is making trouble. There is a concubine Xi who can usually coax the emperor and make the emperor happy, so as servants, it is naturally good.
But who knows, there might be someone as talented as Concubine Xi among the newcomers to the palace who can catch the emperor's eye, right?
The servants have different thoughts, but the most pressing matter now is the New Year.
Zhao Hai was thinking about this when he heard Xuanyuan Ling say, "Go to Zhaohua Palace."
Zhao Hai agreed immediately.
In his heart, he felt that he was overthinking. Just based on Concubine Xi's current status in the emperor's heart, how could the newcomer to the palace compare to her?
I hope that the Emperor will not only sleep with Concubine Xi as he did before. Otherwise, Concubine Xi's health has not improved so far. If the imperial physician cannot cure her, she will really have no chance of having an heir. If the Emperor continues to favor her, he will not be able to stop others from talking.
After all, the biggest role of concubines in the harem is to help the emperor expand his family. The fact that the emperor could favor Concubine Xi alone without causing gossip among others was that there was really no other choice in the harem. Therefore, even the empress could not say that it was bad for the emperor to favor Concubine Xi alone, nor could she blame Concubine Xi for this.
But if this happens after the newcomer enters the palace, then Concubine Xi is not doing her duty.
Zhao Hai's mind was also full of mixed feelings, and Shen Qing had an idea in his mind that he couldn't hold back.
She has been waiting.
She doesn't care whether she celebrates the Chinese New Year or not. The Chinese New Year doesn't mean much to her.
What was meaningful to her was Chu Linglong's entry into the palace, and her death.
I tried not to think about it before, but now it's imminent, isn't it? The selection will be held in a month or so. The original owner died when Chu Linglong first entered the palace, and Chu Linglong saw him. It can be said that the original owner died the first time he saw Chu Linglong.
Her body was the ultimate cannon fodder. She was doomed to die as soon as she appeared on the stage. Even the original novel only revealed that she was killed by someone with means in the harem, but it did not reveal who killed her specifically.
She is not greedy for life in the palace. Nonsense, what is there to be greedy for? Is she greedy for Xuanyuan Ling, the dog emperor who is about to have countless concubines?
If she could go back after death, that would be great. But the key point is that it is hard to say. Who can guarantee that she can go back after death? So she never thought about suicide from the beginning, so she worked hard to get to where she is today.
But she really didn't know whether the plot would be corrected or remain distorted.
Chen Qing was relatively open-minded, but the feeling of waiting to die was more uncomfortable than having his neck cut off quickly, so he still had some emotions after all.
When Xuanyuan Ling came, Shen Qing was staring at one place in a daze. Although she was said to be in a daze, she was actually thinking about the plot of the original novel.
He hadn't seen Shen Qing for several days, but when he arrived, he saw Shen Qing in a daze, and he sat there for a long time without moving.
He was a little confused.
Shen Qing was usually very good at finding things to do. Whenever he came over, she always had her own work to do. It was rare for her to be in such a daze.
They all looked a little depressed.
In fact, Shen Qing was indeed a little depressed. He had tried hard to control his life, but the feeling of not being able to control his own destiny was very bad.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't think that Shen Qing was thinking about him. After all, he had now accepted that Shen Qing was not thinking about him all the time. He was just dealing with things these days and mentioned the draft. Shen Qing had also cared about the draft before. He felt that this little thing was afraid that the draft was approaching, even though he had guaranteed it, but now he was thinking about it again.
He waved his hand and told the waiters to leave quietly. He then walked over to Shen Qing. Shen Qing was still immersed in his own thoughts and did not notice Xuanyuan Ling coming over at all.
Xuanyuan Ling was really amused and helpless to see that Shen Qing didn't notice him coming, so he wanted to reach out and pat her.
As a result, Shen Qing was immersed in her own thoughts, or in other words, she felt like she was waiting to die. A hand suddenly appeared. How could she not be startled?
So Shen Qing was really startled. She screamed, then turned around suddenly and slapped him.
Originally, with Xuanyuan Ling's height, Shen Qing's slap would definitely not be able to hit him, but he deliberately bent over, and then Shen Qing's slap was so accurate that it hit Xuanyuan Ling in the face.
Zhao Haichunhua and others at the door were shocked when they heard Shen Qing's screams, which did not seem to be a quarrel with Xuanyuan Ling. They rushed in and saw a red mark on Xuanyuan Ling's face. Shen Qing had not even had time to retract his hand.
At that moment, everyone's legs went weak and they all fell to their knees.
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