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"what?"
"Your Majesty, my concubines are terrified!"
"The concubine has just entered the palace, how can she be a concubine!"
"The ranking is too high!"
"The courtiers and concubines don't have the merits of size, so they definitely can't stand such an imperial conferment."
Xi Shi quickly refused.
The system of the harem of the Great Yan Kingdom is actually relatively simple.
Set up a queen in the palace.
Below the queen, there are imperial concubines, usually only one or two.
Under the imperial concubine, there are only one or two concubines.
After that, there is the rank of concubine. Under normal circumstances, there are only 4 to 8 concubines.
Under the concubine is the concubine.
Under the concubine, there are nobles, beauties, and promises.
It seems that there are noble concubines, imperial concubines and queens who are suppressing the concubine, but there are only a few of them.
Compared with the three thousand beauties in the normal emperor's harem, concubines are definitely at the top.
The concubine enjoys a normal first-rank salary and status, so one can imagine her dignity.
That's why Xi Shi looked so flustered.
"Who said you don't have the power of size?"
"Isn't it merit that you serve me so well?"
"Isn't it a merit that you brought me such a talented person as Fan Li?"
"When I'm with my concubine, I feel very happy. Isn't this merit?"
"Concubine Feng, it is imperative!"
Fang Yu waved his hand and said forcefully.
"His Majesty……"
"The Queen Mother summons you."
"It is said that there is something important to discuss."
Outside the dragon couch, came the voice of the young eunuch Wang Zhi who was close to him.
Fang Yu's eyes froze instantly.
Queen Mother?
Speaking of which, since Fang Yu became the emperor, apart from performing emperor simulations every day, he favored Empress Xi Shi. He really had never met this empress dowager.
The main reason is that Fang Yu really doesn't have any feelings for the Queen Mother.
"Forget it, let's go and have a look."
"It seems that the matter in the harem is controlled by the queen mother."
"To make Xi Shi a concubine, maybe the Queen Mother's order must be issued at the same time."
"Besides, Mao Xiang said before that there are still spies from the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Peace secretly monitoring me."
"It's better to go over and find out the news."
"Look at what kind of existence this empress dowager who doesn't have a strong sense of presence is."
Fang Yu groaned, then stretched, dressed under Xi Shi's service, and rushed directly to the Palace of Compassion and Ning.
The young eunuch Wang Zhi was by Fang Yu's side.
"What kind of person is the Queen Mother?"
Facing Wang Zhi, who was loyal with 100 favorability degrees, Fang Yu naturally asked without hesitation.
Chapter 36
"The Queen Mother..."
"Your Majesty, how dare this servant talk about the Queen Mother."
Wang Zhi was taken aback, and said with a look of panic.
"I forgive you not guilty."
"Come on."
"Wang Zhi, between you and me, do you still have to be so polite?"
Fang Yu lay on the dragon chariot and said calmly.
"Then... that servant is bold enough to speak out."
"The queen mother...the queen mother is a very legendary person."
"It is said that the Empress Dowager's background is not very good, and she was just an ordinary court lady in the palace."
"She climbed to the position of concubine step by step with her own efforts."
"After His Majesty ascended the throne, the queen mother was promoted from noble concubine to empress dowager."
Wang Zhi lowered his head and told the general things.
After Fang Yu finished listening, he couldn't help showing a different look on his face.
It doesn't sound right.
"In this way, the queen mother was not a queen before she was promoted to the queen mother? Before she became the queen mother, she had not yet become the champion of the palace fight in that session."
"Is she of the headwind turnaround type?"
"That's kind of interesting."
Fang Yu raised his eyebrows and said.
"Your Majesty, speak carefully... speak carefully!"
"If this is heard by others, it will be treasonous!"
Wang Zhi's body trembled subconsciously, obviously frightened at the moment.
That's the queen mother, how can she comment freely that she didn't become the last Gongdou champion!
Turning against the wind at every turn?
What His Majesty said really spared no effort!
"I'm only talking to you, so what does it matter?"
"Speaking of which, I was not a prince before I ascended the throne."
"The prince has someone else."
"When the first emperor died, the prince died inexplicably."
"How did the prince die?"
"What is the method of death? I have never heard of it at all."
Fang Yu frowned, looking even more confused.
There are big problems in this aspect.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
"Gudong..."
At this moment, Wang Zhi was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Your Majesty, the death of the first prince is a taboo topic in the palace."
"The queen mother ordered that no one is allowed to discuss it!"
"Your Majesty, please don't mention the matter of the first prince in front of the Queen Mother."
"The Queen Mother is very sensitive about such matters."
Wang Zhi has his own way.
The more you say that, the more trouble there is.
If it's fair and honest, why do you have to gag everyone's mouths.
"So... how did the first prince die?"
"Wang Zhi, do you still want to hide it from me?"
Fang Yu gradually raised his voice.
Wang Zhi gritted his teeth, then looked around.
"Your Majesty, the servant told you, so please don't say it outside."
"Your servant has heard of this too."
"It is said that when the first prince died, his whole body was bruised to the extreme, and he seemed to be poisoned."
"But the queen mother made the final conclusion, saying that the former crown prince died of heart palpitations because of the death of the first emperor, who was too sad."
"Your Majesty, there is no basis for what this servant said."
"It's all heard..."
Wang Zhi came over with his ear, and said mysteriously.
It probably means that what he said is gossip.
There is nothing wrong with it.
If there had never been such a thing, where did the rumors come from?
In addition, it is even more strange that the queen mother strictly forbids spreading the news about the former prince in the palace.
Fang Yu opened his mouth with a complicated expression.
This empress dowager is still her own mother empress in name.
Fang Yu couldn't help but start to perform a wave of Gongdou drama in his mind.
[When the first emperor passed away, the queen mother saw that she would not be able to become the champion of this year's palace fight, so she made a dangerous move, and did not follow the rules of the palace fight, and directly sent someone to kill the first prince, so As a result, the queen at that time lost her backing, and she was no longer qualified to compete with her in the palace. 】
[As soon as the prince died, I was promoted to the top position, and I became the emperor. The queen mother who was originally a noble concubine became the queen mother as a matter of course, and was directly promoted to the top. 】
[Because of the death of the crown prince, the ones who benefit the most are Zhen and the queen mother. 】
Fang Yu started a full-scale deduction.
Although now it seems that this deduction is very nonsense.
But Fang Yu felt that this was the most reasonable.
The last champion of Gongdou—the Empress Dowager, should not be underestimated.
Fang Yu came to the Compassionate Ning Palace with some strange thoughts.
Because Fang Yu is the emperor, he came to the Queen Mother's bedroom unimpeded.
"The child greets the queen mother."
"Is the queen mother in good health recently?"
Fang Yu stepped forward and began to pay his respects.
"Everything is fine in this palace."
"But Huang'er, why haven't you come to visit me recently!"
"Could it be that after I became the emperor, I forgot about my queen mother!"
The Empress Dowager came out from behind the curtain, exuding the aura of a noble lady all over her body.