Long live Emperor Wu!

Tu Sijiao could only quickly comfort her and said:

"It's quite good now. The empress is sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, but Concubine Xiao Shu is like this - stealing the chicken but losing the rice. The two children are imprisoned in the palace and will never be seen again. Otherwise, there is nothing. The same? I’m afraid I’ll have to suffer a lot.”

Queen Wang curled her lips and snorted coldly. Then she read the handwriting again and said:
"I don't want to do what he wants. The queen is in charge of the harem, and the promotion and demotion of concubines must be approved by me. I said the mistake was made by the child. Concubine Xiao Shu was unjust and only dealt with her child. This is a good reason, right? ?”

Tu Sijiao lowered his head and said nothing.

Queen Wang stopped listening to her advice very early on, so she just tried to make her happy.

If it was an idea, forget it. It was all her fault if it failed, and it was not a good thing to remember her if it won.Why bother?

When Queen Wang saw that she was silent, she thought she was in trouble, so she explained:
"What are you afraid of? If I don't agree, will your Majesty come over and argue with me? He won't, he would rather not see me."

……

Queen Wang ordered someone to draft an edict and took it to Concubine Xiao Shu.

At that time, Concubine Xiao Shu was a little restless, but in her heart, it was nothing serious.

With your Majesty's temper, you can't kill someone if your child is naughty and makes mistakes. Even if he likes Wu Rou, he is not a cruel person.

She turned around and saw that the two children were still sitting and playing, having a great time. They didn't know fear or worry at all.

She knelt down and looked at them, touched the head of Huahe, the bigger one, and said:
"Big girl, if my father comes and asks you something, remember to cry and say you didn't mean it, you know?"

"I know!" Huahe responded excitedly, with a loud voice, as if he had been praised.

Huaye next to her was still at the stage where she liked to imitate her sister’s speech. After hearing this, she quickly followed suit:
"I know! I know!"

At this time, the waiter outside sang:

"The Empress is here."

Concubine Xiao Shu was so frightened that she quickly stood up and turned to look outside the room.

After a while, Empress Wang stood in front of her, followed by two groups of palace maids, showing great momentum.

Concubine Xiao Shu bowed politely and asked bitterly:

"Why did the Queen come here?"

Queen Wang smiled when she heard this. She raised her hand, pointed to the maid next to her holding the order in a dignified manner, and said:
"I'm here to deliver the punishment to you. This is my duty. Do you think His Majesty will come in person?"

She said, smiling proudly, walking around her, looking at her and saying:

"Do you think it's still the same as before? Where does your Majesty have a place in his heart now? He has some free time and wants to hang out with Wu Zhaoyi every day. Why would he come here to waste time with you?"

Concubine Xiao Shu's face suddenly turned green and ashen, and she said doubtfully:

"Empress... when I was favored, you were not so happy. Wu Zhaoyi gave you the ecstasy soup. How come you don't know how to be afraid and still stare at me to fight?!"

Queen Wang smiled and said mockingly:
"Wu Zhaoyi understands the rules and principles, and knows how to respect me as the master of the harem. She can do whatever I ask her to do. I think she is fine with it, what's wrong?"

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao Shu accepted her fate, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please issue the decree."

Queen Wang nodded to the side, and the chamberlain who was following the maid came forward, opened the scroll, and read:

"The royal daughter Hua He and Hua Ye are extremely stubborn and have made a big mistake. She is specially imprisoned in the Nuang Pavilion of Chunhui Hall in the Houyuan. Her food and clothing expenses are reduced to the level of a slave in the palace. She is not allowed to visit to see the consequences."

After the edict was read out, before Xiao Shufei could react, two chamberlains came up and took the two children away.

Concubine Xiao Shu was stunned for a moment. She rushed over and took Huaye's arm, crying:
"Wait! The child is so young, how can your Majesty bear it! My dear! Wait until I go to plead with Your Majesty, wait until I go to beg him, he will definitely change his mind, please!"

This was the first time that Concubine Xiao Shu said "please" to the queen.

Seeing her in such pain and panic, Queen Wang felt very comfortable in her heart.It seemed that for so many years, the emperor had favored Concubine Xiao Shu, and the anger he had caused her was relieved all of a sudden.

She took two steps forward slightly, with a childish round face, and smiled happily. She looked arrogantly at Concubine Xiao Shu, who was lying limply on the ground, and said:

"Just be satisfied. Your Majesty originally intended to demote you from concubine to concubine, but I stopped you. Why are you still dreaming?...Take her away!"

The two children didn't understand the meaning of the edict at all, but when they saw their mother and concubine crying like that, they started crying too.

Huaye threw the stuffed doll in her hand towards Queen Wang and said in a sweet voice:
"Don't bully my mother-in-law!"

The child didn't have much strength, but when he was hit, the humiliation was greater than the pain. She immediately raised her eyebrows and slapped the child down with her sleeve.

Suddenly the sharp cries of the two children and the cries of Concubine Xiao Shu were heard.

Queen Wang had a headache after hearing this and was unwilling to say anything. She turned around and left with the others.

Behind her, Concubine Xiao Shu shouted loudly and urgently:
"Queen! Queen! You have to help me, otherwise none of us will end well! Queen!!!"

……

……

Wu Rou didn't know that Concubine Xiao Shu was still Concubine Xiao Shu until she was out of confinement. But by that time, her anger was mostly gone. She knew that she was a mother and it would be uncomfortable for her child to suffer, so she didn't chase Li Shan to question her. Then it passed.

The child was named "Hong". On the full moon, according to custom, a lot-drawing banquet was held. It happened that the rebellion in Muzhou had been put down and King Li Ke of Wu returned from Muzhou.

So Emperor Li Shan put the two things together and invited meritorious ministers and close ministers to hold a small banquet in Liangyi Hall to celebrate.

At the banquet, King Li Ke of Wu had a dark face because of the tragedy in Muzhou and was not happy. Changsun Wuji and Liu Shi were even more upset when they saw that the emperor doted on the "disgraced" Wu family and the child she gave birth to. The little emperor was fooling around and couldn't be happy.

So there were only Li Shan and Wu Rou, teasing the children they finally got, with smiles on their faces and in a good mood.

Li Shan turned his head and saw that the atmosphere in the hall was depressing, and even the singing, dancing and drinking could not warm him up.

Ministers such as Changsun Wuji and Liu Shi couldn't stand his ridiculous behavior and looked bad, which he could understand.

King Wu Li Ke had never had any objections to his private life, but his face was darker than anyone else's, so he asked warmly:
"Brother Emperor, the rebellion in Muzhou has been put down, and I have awarded awards according to merit. Why does Brother Emperor seem unhappy? Is there something wrong with my handling?"

King Wu Li Ke was suddenly asked, and suddenly woke up from his daze. His eyes flashed, as if he was making up his mind, so he stepped out of the queue and bowed:
"Your Majesty...that's exactly what it is."