Chapter 196: Empress Xu
Perhaps because of the fall of the dynasty, or perhaps because many rare treasures were moved out, the entire palace seemed empty. Shi Liu really didn't see what was so great about the Qianqing Palace. In fact, in terms of living comfort alone, it might not be as good as the high-end villas of later generations.
"According to legend, the architect of the Palace of Heavenly Purity was an official named Jiang Xuan. In order to build the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Jiang Xuan traveled to the south many times to look for suitable building materials, but he never found anything satisfactory."
"One day, Kang Hyun saw a golden phoenix in his dream. The phoenix told him that there was a good building material on Lion Mountain in YC City, SX Province. Kang Hyun then went to Lion Mountain, found the material, and successfully transported it to BJ to use in the construction of the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
Zhou Liu didn't know much about architecture, nor did he know what materials were used in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. He always felt that this was probably a way for the Zhu family to flatter themselves, or maybe it was news that Jiang Xuan had deliberately released in order to raise his own value.
This was the first time Shi Liu had heard this story. She agreed with Zhou Lü's speculation: "The ancients believed that 'kingship was granted by God.' A place like the imperial palace, a symbol of imperial power, naturally has mythical elements."
She forgot who told her that if one wants to be an emperor, one must be thin-skinned. To confuse right and wrong and call black as white, one needs to be thick-skinned.
She was not making this up. After spending such a long time together, Shi Liu had some understanding of the two Master Fengs. Compared with the historical winner Feng Zhengdi, these two were too thin-skinned. They acted like gentlemen and were too open and honest. It would be strange if they didn't suffer losses when facing a sinister person like Feng Zhengdi.
Before they knew it, they arrived at Kunning Palace, where the queen lived in ancient times.
Shi Liu thought of the Phoenix Seal he had obtained in Fengming Palace, and was curious about the gains of Kunning Palace, so he clicked [Yes] without hesitation.
[Congratulations to the host for signing in successfully and receiving the Phoenix Crown of Empress Xu of Fengzheng Emperor]
Xu? Shi Liu thought of this woman's experience and felt a pity in her heart. This Empress Yuan helped Emperor Feng Zheng ascend the throne and was a famous virtuous empress in history, but she ended up with her only legitimate son dying young, and ended up losing favor for her whole life.
Through gossip with the Crown Princess, Shi Liu speculated that the legitimate son was murdered by the other concubines in the harem. Unfortunately, the legitimate son was only eight years old when he died. He was much more outstanding than the Emperor Feng Zheng's later heirs. Perhaps it was precisely because of his outstanding performance that the women in the harem joined forces to eliminate him.
The reason why Empress Xu fell out of favor later might be because of the discovery of the cause of her son's death. No normal mother would let go of the person who killed her son, not to mention that this son was not only her own flesh and blood, but also the glory of her second half of life.
The Crown Princess thought her sister-in-law was too stupid. It took so many years after her son's accident for her to find out who did it.
In fact, how could the Crown Princess know? Xu was able to find out, which showed that she was quite capable. Even Emperor Feng Zheng was afraid of capable people.
When something happened to his only legitimate son, especially at the critical moment of the fight for the throne, how could Emperor Feng Zheng not investigate? As a result, he found that the fire was in his own backyard. Emperor Feng Zheng was worried that it would affect the old emperor's perception of him, so he hurried to help clean up the mess. He never expected that his first wife would find out many years later.
The couple had a dispute over how to deal with the offender. Emperor Feng Zheng was reluctant to let his beloved concubine and his beloved heir's reputation be tarnished, so he wanted to suppress the matter.
Xu naturally would not accept her fate, and before she could take any action, she was directly banished to the "cold palace" by Emperor Feng Zheng, and Xu's family sent a concubine to the backyard of the designated crown prince.
Empress Xu became an abandoned child of the family!
Of course, most of these were told to Shi Liu by Princess Rui. After all, everything had settled down by then, and many hidden truths gradually became clear.
Originally, Shi Liu was feeling sad about Queen Xu, but Princess Rui told her that it was Queen Xu who caused Emperor Feng Zheng to have few offspring.
After learning the truth, Shi Liu couldn't help but sigh at the "innocence" of the prince and his wife. In comparison, Emperor Feng Zheng and his wife were both tough guys. Moreover, through the descriptions of Prince Rui and others, Shi Liu had some understanding of Emperor Feng Zheng. She suspected that Xu had something on Emperor Feng Zheng, otherwise Emperor Feng Zheng would not have just banished her to the "cold palace". Xu should have died of illness like Concubine Chen, who was once the most favored concubine in the harem.
This wasn't Shi Liu's gossip; life without the internet and mobile phones was simply too boring. Every time she finished her studies, she would chat with her teachers out of habit. Even the usually dignified Prince Fengming couldn't escape Shi Liu's harassment.
Shi Liu especially liked to listen to the Crown Princess and the Princess of Rui County gossip. They both had plenty of connections, and in order to understand the situation of the hostile forces, they had heard a lot of gossip. However, their status did not allow them to gossip, so they had to keep it to themselves.
They had been holding it in for thousands of years, and now they finally met someone who was willing to listen to their gossip, so they started talking enthusiastically. Of course, Shi Liu was also very interested in listening, and even prepared sunflower seeds of various flavors for them to eat, making sure they enjoyed it.
It was said that in order to cultivate his image as a man of strict rules and aversion to women, Emperor Feng Zheng had the fewest women in his harem among his brothers. Both the Crown Princess and the Princess of Rui County expressed disdain for this.
The Crown Princess complained to Shi Liu that the sisters-in-law all knew each other's family affairs, and that Xu Shi was not favored. As for the emphasis on rules, "He treats Xu Shi as a housekeeper, as if none of the sisters-in-law has the right to manage the household."
Shi Liu also felt that Emperor Feng Zheng was flattering himself, which was quite shameless. Not long after his legitimate son died, Emperor Feng Zheng, who was still a prince, was busy marrying a concubine. In the following years, he favored Concubine Chen, who later became Concubine Chen. Of course, Concubine Chen did not end up well in the end.
It was said that Emperor Feng Zheng was extremely fond of a concubine in his later years. Had he not died early, who knows who would have inherited the throne. However, precisely because of Emperor Feng Zheng's favoritism, the new emperor frightened the concubine to death upon ascending the throne. As for the young prince, he was adopted by Prince Rui.
This matter made Prince Rui very sick, and he felt nauseous every time he mentioned it.
As for Crown Prince Fengming, he didn't acknowledge it at all. In his eyes, the bloodline of Emperor Feng Zheng was dirty, so all the incense he received over the years was given to the passing wild ghosts.
An unintentional act of planting willow trees yielded a rich shade. Prince Fengming gained a considerable amount of merit by accident. It was these merits that protected him and his wife. Otherwise, they might have been killed by the vicious formation designed by Emperor Feng Zheng, and there was no way they would have been able to escape from the money tree.
Shi Liu discovered that Emperor Feng Zheng was highly regarded in history. She guessed that Prince Feng Ming might have been reluctant to reincarnate because of this incident.
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