Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 633: Goodbye Queen Mother
The system of burying people alive with their dead in Zhongzhou had been abolished in the previous dynasty, and the Song Dynasty naturally did not re-adopt it.

The late emperor was addicted to wine and sex. There were dozens of concubines in the harem alone, not to mention the noble ladies, good ladies, and talented ladies under the concubines. If these were included, there would be nearly two hundred people.

Although the fighting in the harem caused some deaths and injuries to the concubines, there were still more than 170 people left after the death of the previous emperor.

After Emperor Xuanhe Chu Nan ascended the throne, he still had some power in the early days. He held a grand selection of concubines across the country and recruited more than one hundred beauties into the palace.

These nobles were all served by palace maids and eunuchs, which made the imperial palace in a saturated state.

After Emperor Xuanhe was deposed, Emperor Yong'an succeeded to the throne. As the emperor, the women in the harem were almost all his father and grandfather's women. He only had a few of his own, and they lived together in the palace. Emperor Yong'an felt uncomfortable.

In addition, as the emperor, he naturally has to choose a concubine for himself. It would not be good to have no place to live in the harem.

So Emperor Yong'an found Empress Dowager Liang Ji and wanted to dismiss some of the concubines of the previous emperor and the retired emperor.

Of course, another reason is that Emperor Yong'an was worried that Chen Mo would attack the concubines of the late emperor and the retired emperor, thus damaging the reputation of the royal family.

After all, Chen Mo's reputation as a lustful man and a wife-lover is well known to the world.

These concubines are almost all married women.

Although Emperor Yong'an did not dare to resist Chen Mo, he still had to protect the reputation of the royal family.

Moreover, Emperor Yong'an had already informed the Supreme Emperor of this, and the latter agreed.

This is also the reason why Liang Ji agreed to help Emperor Yong'an.

It would be fine if she had fallen into depravity and devoted herself to Chen Mo, but after all, she was the queen mother of a country and had to maintain the reputation of the royal family. Perhaps this would reduce some of the guilt in her heart.

Although Liang Ji was not wearing a dragon robe like last time, which made it less exciting, she was still very beautiful in this gorgeous and expensive palace dress.

"How does the Queen Mother plan to deal with it?"

Chen Mo didn’t know what Liang Ji and Emperor Yong’an were thinking, and even if he knew, he wouldn’t care.

When he takes in girls, he follows the high-quality route, okay? He doesn't just take in any pretty girl he sees.

As he spoke, Chen Mo pulled Liang Ji's clothes to the left and right, moved closer, and rolled around in that broad bosom.

Liang Ji immediately groaned, the tone rising uncontrollably, causing her to panic and quickly raise her hand to cover her mouth to suppress the sound coming out of her mouth. After she adjusted herself, she said, "This... is still broad daylight."

"What's the difference? Just close the curtain." Chen Mo was eating fruit and said vaguely, "You say what you want."

Liang Ji: “…”

She glanced at the young man in her arms with annoyance, and had no choice but to hold his head gently and began to speak.

"Didn't the King of Wei petition His Majesty to summon the princes of the world to the capital? What I mean is that some of the concubines in the harem are the biological mothers of those princes. When these princes come to the capital, let them live with their sons in their fiefdoms.

As for the women in the harem who have no children, they will be released and go home, and those below the rank of imperial concubines and imperial concubines will be allowed to remarry. "The more Liang Ji spoke, the redder her face became.

"This... I have no opinion, but my opinion does not count. Your Majesty, the Emperor Retired, and the royal family have to agree on this. This requires the royal family's approval." Chen Mo raised his head, looked into the eyes that were already full of spring water, and said.

Of course he would have no objection, and even agreed with it wholeheartedly.

After all, there are so many mouths to feed in the harem, and they all cost money, and they are not engaged in production. Dismissing them from the palace can save a lot of money.

In addition, women below the rank of concubines and imperial consorts can also be used as rewards to subordinates.

"Your Majesty and the Emperor have already agreed, and your Majesty's harem is declining, and he will need to take in more concubines in the future, so this will free up some space in the palace. As for the royal family, has the King of Wei forgotten that when he was in Luonan, almost all the royal family members who were in charge were murdered by the rebel Lu Sheng?" Liang Ji said.

"so be it."

Chen Mo raised his head and pinched Liang Ji's crystal clear chin. At this moment, her clothes were half undressed, and her palace skirt had slipped from her shoulders to her elbows, revealing her smooth white shoulders and the two crescent moons.

Seeing the young man staring at her with burning eyes, Liang Ji was very uncomfortable and wanted to pull up her palace skirt, but she saw the man said, "I want the Queen Mother to kiss me."

After these words were spoken, Liang Ji looked at Chen Mo in a daze.

Does this person know what he is talking about?

"If the Queen Mother does not kiss me, I will not leave Shoukang Palace today."

Chen Mo let go of Liang Ji, fell back, and lay directly on the bed with the Queen Mother's fragrance. He stretched out his hand and said, "Queen Mother, I will only count to five."

"One." Chen Mo bent a finger every time he counted a number.

"You bastard." Liang Ji was not a little girl, so she knew what Chen Mo was planning. He wanted to use this to teach her a lesson.

"Two." After a pause, Chen Mo counted "three" and then bent down two fingers in succession.

"To be honest, I have not yet experienced what it feels like to spend the night in the harem. I can try it today." Chen Mo said.

Liang Ji glanced at the young man in the python robe and couldn't help but think of that night in Luonan.

I didn't rest the whole night.

"Four." Chen Mo said.

"You're trying to kill me." Liang Ji snorted, took a breath, raised her hand and pulled out the hairpin on her head. Without the restraint of the hairpin, her black hair immediately fell on her shoulders, covering a large area of ​​snow-white skin. She tucked the hair that covered her cheeks behind her ears, sat on the edge of the bed, supported the bed with one hand, put the other hand on Chen Mo's shoulder, and gradually approached Chen Mo.

As the face got closer, a strand of Liang Ji's hair fell on Chen Mo's face, feeling itchy.

Chen Mo could clearly smell the fragrance from Liang Ji's hair and the rouge on her body. The fragrance was not strong, but very pleasant, giving people a high-end feeling.

"Why are you so slow? Doesn't the Queen Mother even know how to kiss?" Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Of course, do you think I am a little girl?" Liang Ji said angrily.

Soon, a hint of sweetness came from Chen Mo's lips, and he subconsciously took a sip. It tasted like jelly with the flavor of flower petals.

At this moment, Liang Ji's eyes widened a little, and she was about to look up, but Chen Mo held her head.

Their faces were pressed together, Liang Ji's black hair hung down like a curtain, blocking the scene of their kiss.

After an unknown amount of time of kissing, Liang Ji felt that she could hardly breathe. She kept patting Chen Mo's shoulders, her face flushed.

But Chen Mo seemed to be challenging her limits and hugged her head even tighter.

Almost three minutes later, Chen Mo let her go.

"Huhu."

Liang Ji was breathing heavily, breathing in the fresh air. In the past few minutes, she seemed to have walked through the gates of death, and her eyes were still a little dazed.

After a while, she looked at Chen Mo, who was staring at her with a smirk, and asked angrily, "Is it fun?"

"Ah."

"Go to hell."

Liang Ji raised her hand and slapped Chen Mo's face.

But of course she failed and was caught by Chen Mo.

It seems that all women are like this, hitting people in this way when they are angry.

"Let go." Liang Ji bit her pink lips and said angrily.

"You offered my hand to me yourself, but now you want me to let it go." Chen Mo not only did not let go, but instead grabbed her wrist and brought it close to him, then grabbed her fingers and gently touched her slightly shiny fingertips.

Liang Ji's originally angry plump face suddenly turned red like clouds and as red as fire.

This reminded her of the love story her mother told her about herself and her father when she was a child.

Her father and mother were childhood sweethearts and played together when they were young.

At that time, her parents were playing in the garden. Her mother liked a flower and wanted to pick it. As a result, her finger was pricked by the thorns on the flower stem. Her mother was still young at the time and burst into tears.

When her father saw this, he took her mother's injured finger, put it in his mouth, gently sucked the wound, and spoke softly words of comfort.

From that moment on, her mother fell in love with her father and kept this fact firmly in her heart.

Although this is just a small thing, love often happens in the little things.

Liang Ji didn't know why she thought of her parents at this time.

Unlike her parents, Chen Mo's action was clearly a teasing, but Liang Ji did not hate it at all. Instead, she felt a different feeling in her heart.

When she was with that man, he had never done such a shameful thing.

Chen Mo let go of Liang Ji's hand, suddenly stood up and pushed her down under him, holding her in his arms, moving closer and holding those two sparkling petals in his mouth.

Liang Ji snorted, and two more red blushes appeared on her already flushed face. For some reason, after what happened just now, she did not resist or dodge at all. Instead, she curved her eyelashes and drooped, cooperating with the young man's flirtation.

It was not until the hem of her skirt was lifted up by Chen Mo that Liang Ji reacted, but it was too late.

Liang Ji snorted, and finally put her arms around his neck. The two kissed each other, kissing passionately.

……

the other side.

Queen Zhao did not accompany Emperor Yong'an all the time. Although she was a little tired of Emperor Yong'an, after being reminded by Emperor Yong'an last time, Queen Zhao did not go to see Emperor Yong'an during the day, for fear of running into Chen Mo.

However, because there were so many concubines in the harem, Queen Zhao had nowhere to go. As for the remaining concubines of Emperor Yong'an, Queen Zhao was already very familiar with them, and they had nothing to talk about when they were together.

With nothing to do, she walked towards Shoukang Palace, intending to talk to Liang Ji.

Because of the replacement of palace maids and eunuchs, Queen Zhao, who was already isolated from the news, became even more isolated from the news.

And since it concerns Chen Mo, the palace maids and eunuchs in the harem naturally would not tell Queen Zhao that Chen Mo is now in Shoukang Palace.

Queen Zhao went straight to the outside of Shoukang Palace, and just when she was about to ask the palace maid to inform.

A figure walked out of the Queen Mother's bedroom with a smug look on his face.

The man was wearing a python robe, who else could it be but Chen Mo.

When Queen Zhao saw Chen Mo, she immediately turned around and tried to run away.

But Chen Mo also saw Queen Zhao and his expression froze.

However, if he tried to hide it, it would make him look guilty, so Chen Mo directly greeted Queen Zhao: "Your Majesty?"

After hearing what Chen Mo said, it would be too obvious if Queen Zhao pretended not to hear it.

Queen Zhao turned around and said with a smile, "It turns out to be His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei."

Chen Mo walked over and bowed to Queen Zhao: "Your Majesty, I greet you."

Queen Zhao was wearing a light golden palace dress, and her skin was as white as spring snow. When she faced Chen Mo, the tips of her eyebrows slanted slightly, and even her eyes were looking downwards, as if she was avoiding him. Her face was extremely beautiful, and she exuded a noble and proud aura.

As the current queen, she is different from the former queens Liang Ji and Xu Ying. Liang Ji and Xu Ying are beautiful women, while Queen Zhao is a young woman in her prime. She looks younger, with a slim figure and not plump.

Moreover, Queen Zhao was not as graceful and elegant as Liang Ji and Xu Ying, and she did not dare to look directly at Chen Mo.

"You don't have to be so polite, King Wei," said Queen Zhao.

"The Queen is here to see the Queen Mother?" Chen Mo asked.

"Hmm." Queen Zhao hummed lightly.

Chen Mo said: "The Queen Mother is inside. She just talked to me about the treatment of the concubines in the harem."

Queen Zhao hummed again, and her heart began to get nervous.

Why is he telling me this?
Why don't you leave yet?

Although Queen Zhao was curious about why Chen Mo was here, she didn't dare to ask. She just wanted Chen Mo to leave quickly so as to avoid being alone with him.

Queen Zhao was a little socially anxious, and Chen Mo was the kind of "powerful official" that people feared, the regent of the dynasty. Queen Zhao was afraid of him.

The reason why Chen Mo talked so much to Queen Zhao was to buy time for Liang Ji so that she would have time to clean up.

Chen Mo chatted with Queen Zhao for a while, and when it was almost over, he said goodbye to Queen Zhao.

After Chen Mo left, Queen Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she was puzzled as to why the other party asked her this.

She also asked why her father did not serve as an official in the court.

Queen Zhao didn't dare to let her father serve as an official in the court.

The political situation is so chaotic now. First it was Xu Guozhong, then Lu Sheng, and then Chen Mo.

Ministers in the court died one after another, as if they didn't want any money.

Queen Zhao didn't want her father to suffer the same fate.

In the bedroom.

"Empress Dowager, the Queen is here." The palace maid came to report.

At this moment Liang Ji had already packed up and opened the window to let in some fresh air.

"Your concubine pays her respects to the Queen Mother." Queen Zhao bowed to the Queen Mother.

"The Queen is here. No need to be polite. Please take a seat." Liang Ji said with a smile.

"Although I am the queen, I am still too unfamiliar with the affairs of the harem. I am afraid I will have to trouble the queen mother for some time." After sitting down, Queen Zhao glanced at Liang Ji, then lowered her head slightly. As she lowered her eyes, a sense of suspicion arose in her heart.

The Queen Mother's complexion is rosy.

……

Out of the harem.

Sun Meng came forward and reported the situation of Lu Sheng's family: "Your Highness, after the spies ahead tracked them all the way, it was found that Lu Sheng and the family of King Chong had indeed fled to Xiliang. The spies have already entered Xiliang to find out their whereabouts. Your Highness, should we send troops to Xiliang to eliminate the trouble forever?"

Chen Mo narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "This kind of thing needs to be kept secret. If too many people go there, it will alert the enemy. Let's find out their exact location in Xiliang first."

"promise."

(End of this chapter)