Before returning to Xinjiang, Tuoba Jun planned to hold a wedding with Lu Yuan. After all, it was a marriage between two countries, and Tuoba Jun was the third princess of the Western Regions, so the marriage naturally could not be neglected.
According to etiquette, the wedding ceremony should be held in the Western Regions first, and then in the State of Li. However, considering the long distance between the two countries and Tuoba Jun was in the State of Li at the moment, an exception was made and the wedding ceremony in Li was held first.
Tuoba Yun's marriage was related to the friendship and peace of the two countries, so the Emperor of Li naturally attached great importance to it. He instructed the Queen to arrange all the preliminary work. As the mistress of a palace, the Queen would naturally not be lazy and would do everything herself.
Marriage is an important matter in the State of Li. Unlike the Western Regions, the etiquette in the State of Li is much more complicated. Moreover, since Tuoba Jun is the link between the two countries, the State of Li naturally arranges her marriage according to the standards for a princess.
However, since it is of such high standards, it naturally takes a long time to prepare and cannot be finalized in a short time, but the entire Li Kingdom Palace is already in a state of bustle.
Concubine Song had been staying in her palace for a long time to take care of her pregnancy, and she was already feeling bored. When she heard that the Queen was going to have full authority to arrange the marriage of Tuoba Yun and Lu Yuan, she was very dissatisfied.
After all, Concubine Song has always wanted to compete with the Queen, but she is always defeated by the Queen. If the Queen does a good job again this time, she will be praised by the Emperor again. This is not what Concubine Song wants to see, so she hurried to find the Emperor.
"My dear concubine, you are still pregnant. Why don't you rest in the palace?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. I just felt a little bored after staying in the palace for too long recently, so I went out for a walk. Suddenly, I heard that the three princesses of the Western Regions were going to marry into our country. I was very happy. As a member of the Li Kingdom, I wanted to share some of the burden for the Queen and do my best to help."
Concubine Song looked delicate, and her words were full of respect for the empress. She wanted to reduce the emperor's suspicion as much as possible and achieve her own goal.
"Noble Concubine, I know you mean well, but you are pregnant now, so you should rest as much as possible. Don't worry about the Queen. I have arranged enough manpower, so you can rest assured!"
The emperor obviously did not follow Concubine Song's idea. Concubine Song was unwilling to accept it, "Your Majesty, please agree with me!" Concubine Song found that she could not persuade the emperor, so she began to act coquettishly, thinking that if hard means didn't work, she would try soft means. But this time Concubine Song made a mistake again. The emperor didn't seem to buy her trick this time. He was unusually firm in his attitude and did not agree.
"Alright, it's settled. You should rest well and stop making trouble!" The emperor seemed a little annoyed by Concubine Song's disturbance and said to her maid, "Take your master away and take good care of him."
Seeing that Concubine Song was still refusing to give in, the maid quickly pulled Concubine Song back and winked at her, "My Lady, please come back with me!"
Concubine Song seemed to understand the maid's eyes, so she calmed down, bowed to the emperor and left. On the way back, Concubine Song said to the maid in a tone that seemed to be a bit reproachful and complaining: "Why did you pull me just now? Look, the Queen will take all the limelight this time."
"Your Highness, don't you see that His Majesty is getting a little impatient? If you continue to pester His Majesty and make him angry, it won't be worth it. Now that you are pregnant, you can't serve His Majesty. If you want to retain his favor, you must make a good impression on His Majesty!"
Concubine Song was always so clueless. She listened to the maid's words and thought they made sense. She nodded in agreement. The maid continued, "Your Majesty is determined not to let you participate this time. This means that His Majesty must have other ideas in mind..."
The maid didn't finish her words, but Concubine Song had already guessed it and said in surprise: "You mean, His Majesty intends to support the Queen?" The maid didn't continue speaking, but nodded in acquiescence. Concubine Song fell into deep thought.
Concubine Song thought that the emperor must have regained his favor towards the queen because of Li Han. Otherwise, why would the emperor, who had neglected the queen for so many years, suddenly care so much about her? Thinking of this, Concubine Song became more certain of her previous guess. What Li Han did in Tan State must have been deliberate, in order to take the opportunity to boost the queen's power.
After Concubine Song returned to her palace, she felt restless for some reason. It was just a simple marriage, but she always felt that something would happen and it would be disadvantageous to her. After thinking about it, Concubine Song ordered Li Yuan to go and see the specific situation.
During this period, Concubine Song had been complaining about Li Yuan because of Li Han's affairs, saying that he was a prince but was not as decent as a princess. However, Li Yuan dared not say anything and had to endure it silently, so his resentment towards Li Han became more and more serious.
This time, Li Yuan was extremely reluctant to let his mother ask him to find out about the queen's situation. However, because he had always made his mother angry during this period, he thought that he could not disobey her anymore, so he went ahead with it.
Li Yuan's relationship with the Queen has always been bad, and he has been taught by Concubine Song for a long time, so he does not have deep feelings for the Queen. On the contrary, like Concubine Song, he also has some complaints about the Queen.
This time, Li Yuan wanted to find out some information under the pretext of paying his respects to the Queen, but before he entered the Queen's palace, he ran into Li Shu head-on.
"Li Yuan, what are you doing here?"
Li Yuan snorted disdainfully and ignored Li Shu, walking straight past her. Li Shu was very unhappy with Li Yuan's disregard, so she chased after him and stopped him.
Li Yuan didn't want to cause any trouble, so he explained impatiently, "You're interfering even when I need to pay my respects to the Empress. You're too free, aren't you? You're meddling a bit too much!"
Li Shu rolled his eyes. "You, even paying respects to the Empress? I've been back to the capital so many times, and I haven't seen you come here many times. But today you've changed your ways. I'm afraid there's something fishy going on!"
After hearing what Li Shu said, Li Yuan actually felt a little guilty and didn't want to say anything more to Li Shu. However, Li Shu still refused to give in. He was afraid that he would not do this well and would make his mother unhappy again. He was afraid of being punished, so he planned to force his way in.
Li Yuan wanted to go in, but Li Shu refused to let him in. The two of them kept arguing. Li Yuan really couldn't stand it anymore and didn't want to waste time on such things. Suddenly, he increased the strength in his hands, pushed Li Shu hard, and pushed her down.
At that time, Li Shu was fully thinking about how to organize Li Yuan, and he didn't expect Li Yuan to be so cruel. Then he fell down, and unexpectedly, his head hit the stone on the ground.
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