Honghuang: Senior Brother of the Chan Sect, I am Guangchengzi

Chapter 282 The Evil Harem King

The next day, Emperor Xin personally ordered all his ministers to go to the palace.

Outside the palace, bells and drums rang out, and civil and military officials stood by, waiting for the officials to finish their congratulations. Then an eunuch beside Emperor Xin shouted, "If you have something to say, please get up. If not, please leave!"

As soon as the words came out, an official holding a jade tablet quickly stepped forward and bowed his head, saying, "Su Hu, the prince of Jizhou, is waiting outside the Meridian Gate, waiting for the king to punish him!"

Emperor Xin smiled coldly and ordered, "In that case, bring Su Hu here! I want to see how this loyal and patriotic prince apologizes!"

Su Hu had already made preparations at this time. He was wearing a cloth robe and a straw hat, with his hands tied. He was not wearing any crown or gold or jade. He came to the jade steps and bowed his head.

He said in a plaintive voice: "I, the guilty minister Su Hu, come here to apologize!"

Seeing Su Hu kowtow and beg for mercy in front of him, Emperor Xin did not feel much joy, but said coldly: "Su Hu, I once regarded you as a loyal minister of the Shang Dynasty, so I specially granted you the imperial grace.

Who would have thought that not only was you ungrateful for the Emperor's grace, but you also publicly wrote anti-government poems on top of the Meridian Gate, and even said the four words "I will never go to Shang" and massacred many of Beibohou's soldiers and horses.

Now you know you are wrong and are willing to surrender, but the souls of the dead soldiers will never come back. How dare you ask for my forgiveness now? Come here!"

As soon as Emperor Xin said this, the guards immediately pulled Su Hu up. He threw out a memorial and said in a cold voice: "Immediately drag this Su Hu out of the Meridian Gate, behead him and display his head to the public, to uphold the law!"

"Yes!"

When the guards on the left and right received the order and were thinking of taking Su Hu to the outer area, Shang Rong stepped forward quickly and immediately said, "Your Majesty, Su Hu rebelled against Shang and should be sentenced to death to uphold the law of the country. However, the Marquis of Xibo had made a petition the other day.

Ji Chang said: "Su Hu is willing to offer his daughter to the palace to atone for his sins and fulfill the righteousness between the monarch and his subjects. It is said that knowing one's mistakes and being able to correct them is the greatest virtue. Su Hu loved his daughter so much that he offended the majesty of heaven."

Now I think that this old minister's actions are excusable. Besides, Your Majesty punished Su Hu because he did not send his daughter away. Now that Su Hu has sent his daughter away as a concubine, the two have had an affair and are not guilty.

Su Hu has now given up his daughter, but is now being punished again. I am afraid this is not what Your Majesty wants, so I, an old minister, shamelessly ask Your Majesty to have mercy on Su Hu's love for her daughter and pardon her!"

Shang Rong has always been in a high position and had great power, and the "Shang" in his surname refers to the Shang of the Great Shang. He was given this character only because his ancestors had made great contributions in assisting the Great Shang Taizu in building his achievements.

So Shang Rong personally pleaded for mercy, and even Emperor Xin had to think carefully.

At this moment of hesitation, Fei Zhong also came out of the literary class and wrote a memorial: "Your Majesty, what the Prime Minister said is correct, but Su Hu broke the law and must be punished.

If not, then in the future, if someone commits a crime, they can just offer their daughter to protect themselves. Wouldn't that be a disregard for the laws of the Shang Dynasty?"

Shang Rong stared at Fei Zhong with disgust. He had long wanted to kill him together with You Hun, so as to get rid of two treacherous people in the court. However, Emperor Xin was determined to protect them, so he could do nothing.

Seeing this man coming out to mess things up again, Shang Rong couldn't help but ask in a muffled voice: "What are you going to do? Are you going to beat Su Hu up, or make him kneel down and confess his guilt in court?"

Fei Zhong had secretly hated Su Hu for a long time. Now that he had the chance, he naturally would not choose such an easy way to let him escape.

His eyes rolled but he didn't say anything. You Hun then said, "Your Majesty, you may as well go and invite Daji to come to the court. If Daji is really outstanding in appearance, gentle and virtuous, then Your Majesty will pardon Su Hu's crime.

But if Daji was an ugly woman, then not only could Su Hu not be pardoned for his crime of deceiving the emperor, but he would also have to be severely punished for the crime of speaking without words! "

When Emperor Xin heard this, he agreed, nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Seeing You Hun trying to drag his daughter Daji into the palace, Su Hu felt extremely ashamed. After all, the appearance of a girl in the boudoir could not be seen by outsiders, otherwise her chastity would be damaged. Apart from becoming a nun, she would die.
But the king had already given the order, and no one in the world could stop it, so someone went to summon Daji into the palace.

At this time, Daji was carefully examining the yellow talisman bestowed by Guangchengzi.

After careful consideration, Daji realized how fragile this yellow talisman was. It was so thin that it looked as if a few runes were randomly drawn on it with cinnabar. It was as funny as a child's graffiti.

But even such a ridiculous talisman paper was able to suppress the fortune of Da Shang and allow her to use her magical powers. This shows how profound Guangchengzi's cultivation is.

Just as Daji wanted to continue thinking carefully, someone suddenly knocked on the door a few times, and then a maid shouted outside: "Miss Daji, please come out quickly, the king wants to see you!"

Upon hearing this, Daji's beautiful eyes flickered, and she thought to herself, "Why do you suddenly want to see me? In the mortal world, don't people have to be carefully selected and screened before entering the palace?"

But thinking that this was already the imperial capital of the Shang Dynasty, Daji did not dare to use Taoism to find out the reason easily, so she responded softly, then put on her embroidered shoes and went out of the room.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly outside the room. The golden light shone down, just right on a colorful glazed gem hairpin on Daji's head. The seven-color light flashed, making Daji's face unique in the world, and every move she made was full of unique charm.

Even though these maids were used to seeing the most beautiful women in the world, after seeing the current Daji, their faces flushed, their heartbeats quickened, and they were unconsciously a little obsessed.

But they immediately lowered their heads afterwards, which showed that they were very well-educated. Moreover, because they were women, they were more reserved when facing such a peerless beauty.

However, they also anticipated that if such a beauty entered the palace, all the beauties in the harem would become ugly and colorless.

So after thinking about this, these maids and eunuchs treated Daji with a little more respect, obviously not wanting to go against this destined new king.

Daji also slowly entered the hall with these maids, holding a seven-colored phoenix and a feather in her hands, and entered the hall timidly.

Although her face could not be seen clearly due to the feathers, her charming manner of walking and lying had made countless civil and military officials lose their minds and want to abandon their wives and daughters just to have sex with her.

These scholars and officials were like this, let alone Emperor Xin, who was lustful to begin with.

When Emperor Xin looked closely, he saw that Daji's hair was like folded dark clouds, her apricot face was adorned with rosy cheeks, her brows were like light spring mountains, her waist was as swaying as a willow, just like the crabapple tree intoxicated by the sun and the pear blossoms falling in the rain. She could be like the fairy from the ninth heaven descending from the Yaochi Lake and Chang'e from the moon leaving the Jade Palace.

Daji's lips were as red as cinnabar, her pearls were like peach cherries, her tongue contained beauty and harmony, and her eyes were full of delicate charm. It was as if all the beauty of the world and all the tenderness was embodied in this woman.

"May your majesty live long and long as I am the daughter of a guilty minister, Daji."

Just these few words almost made Emperor Xin's soul wandering away, his spirit scattered to the sky, his bones and tendons softened, his ears hot and his eyes twitching. For a moment, he didn't know what to do. He was afraid of scaring her if he spoke, and afraid of hurting her if he kept silent. He was like holding her in his hands for fear of dropping her, and holding her in his mouth for fear of melting her.

In the end, the eunuchs on both sides were more clever and immediately asked some maids to help Daji up. Emperor Xin also came to his senses at this time and felt heartbroken, thinking that it was a sin to make this woman bend down.

So he ordered the female official: "Immediately send Lady Su to Shouxian Palace and wait for me to enter the palace!"

Then he asked the eunuch to pass on his decree: "Pardon Su Hu's entire family, reinstate him, and increase his honor as a royal relative. Provide him with an additional 2,000 dan of grain every month, and hold a three-day banquet in Xianqing Palace to entertain all officials. I want to send Su Hu back home in glory!"

Emperor Xin's words really shocked all the civil and military officials present.

Although they knew that Daji was extremely beautiful, a beautiful woman's beauty could never be compared with the royal kingdom.

It was obvious that Su Hu was guilty of treason. Even if he finally made meritorious service and repented, he would still be stripped of his title, demoted to a commoner, or even banished to a small frontier land.

As a result, because of Daji's beauty, Emperor Xin forgave Su Hu so easily, which moved them deeply, and Shang Rong even looked displeased.

After all, although he wanted to persuade Emperor Xin to give Su Hu a lenient sentence, he never thought that Su Hu would escape all the blame. This would simply be encouraging the rebels.

The current chaos doesn’t matter. In the future, I can be exempted from all sins by offering beautiful women. I am only afraid that my life will be in chaos in the future!
But Emperor Xin had already stood up and returned to the palace, and he didn't know how to say what he wanted to say. He could only wait and think of a way to persuade him later, and then go to the banquet.

Emperor Xin only showed up a few times at the banquet and then couldn't wait to return to Shouxian Palace.

Looking at the long red tent in Shouxian Palace, Emperor Xin felt his whole body burning. Somehow, he walked drowsily towards the shy Daji, and immediately agreed to spend a night of pleasure with her.

That night, the phoenix and the dragon were in love and inseparable. Emperor Xin felt that he had obtained supreme happiness. He felt as if he was floating in the air, as if he had ascended to the fairyland and forgotten all his worries.

While Emperor Xin was happy, Daji was even happier.

She was the leader of the three demons in Xuanyuan Tomb, and the original body of a nine-tailed fox spirit. Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi was well versed in the art of dual cultivation. She had found several books on dual cultivation secrets in Huangdi's tomb.

Now that she was enjoying herself, she used the secret technique to collect the essence of the Human Emperor. Naturally, she was as happy as a god. Her cultivation level also increased rapidly, which was extremely fast.

Daji had never expected that the Human Emperor's essence was so strange. Even if she only inhaled a tiny bit of it, it was enough to make her make rapid progress. Naturally, she wanted to immerse herself in it day and night. How could she ever think about practicing seriously?

Under Daji's deliberate entanglement, Emperor Xin naturally feasted every morning and enjoyed himself every night, to the point that he neglected state affairs and messed up memorials.

Even though all his ministers had given advice, Emperor Xin treated it as a joke and indulged in debauchery day and night. However, time passed in a flash, and in the darkness of the sky and earth, three months had passed.

For the entire three months, Emperor Xin did not manage any government affairs at all, and only knew how to have fun with Daji.

The eight hundred princes of the empire submitted countless memorials to the court, and those memorials were piled up like a mountain. But since the emperor could not be seen in person, how could the order be issued?
The leader of the Great Shang Dynasty was obsessed with women, so naturally the fortune of the Great Shang Dynasty also began to fluctuate.

Even if thousands of immortals and gods came to serve as officials in the court, and even the Grand Tutor King Wu suppressed the court, they still could not quell such a strong fluctuation of luck.

Not to mention that Daji had become addicted to collecting essence in recent years, collecting more and more every day, which made Emperor Xin's health depleted. The king was in poor health, and the court was naturally in turmoil.

The previous dynasty and the harem were originally together, and when such a seductive concubine appeared in the harem, the queen and the two concubines would naturally not sit idly by.

They also often went to Shouxian Palace to persuade Emperor Xin not to be so obsessed with physical pleasures.

As for Daji, they advised her gently and told her softly so that she would know that virtue was the right way in the world.

After all, in their eyes, Daji, who was not even twenty years old, was just like a little girl.

It is normal for little girls to be more pampered and to like to play when they are young, so it is best to be tolerant and gentle with them.

However, faced with the kindness of these three virtuous women, Daji was not moved at all. Instead, she secretly hated them for interfering with her collection of essence, and often instigated the feelings between Emperor Xin and his wife and three other people.

In the past, the friendship between husband and wife was not as strong as the breasts. Under Daji's instigation, how could Emperor Xin still remember the good times he had with these women? Instead, he reprimanded them from time to time, thinking that they bullied his beloved concubine.

Among them, Queen Jiang was the most criticized. Emperor Xin had already determined that Queen Jiang was jealous of Daji's youth and beauty, so she made things difficult for Daji.

Faced with Emperor Xin's misunderstanding and even insults, Queen Jiang cried every day. However, as a queen, she could not sit idly by and watch the evil concubine bring disaster to the country. She could only grit her teeth and hold on to the end.

Until one day, Queen Jiang came to Shouxian Palace to visit Daji again, hoping that Daji would learn the virtues of the ancient virtuous concubines and stop indulging in such little ways of pleasure.

"Empress, the Queen is here."

Daji was originally refining her essence on the bed when suddenly a palace maid entered the palace to report, startling her.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she slapped the palace maid in the face. This little palace maid was only eleven or twelve years old. How could she have ever been beaten and scolded like this?

She immediately covered her red cheeks with sobs and looked at Daji timidly, not knowing what she had done wrong.

Seeing that this maid dared to look at her like this, Daji said coldly: "Didn't I tell you that no one is allowed to come in when I'm taking a nap!

What is the queen? Get out of here! You too, bitch, kneel down in the sun right now until the king comes to see me! "

The little palace maid sobbed and looked back every few steps as she walked out, hoping that Daji would take back her decision.

At this time, Daji was becoming more and more annoyed with the little palace maid. In a rage, she ordered someone to cut off the little bitch's tongue, which was better than her crying all day and disturbing her mind.

(End of this chapter)