Tyrant, your vest fell off

Chapter 177 – After You Sing, I Come On Stage
In the back garden of the Prince's Mansion, Li Qingmei was absent-mindedly feeding the koi in the pond, when suddenly there were rustling footsteps behind her.

"The princess is so elegant!"

Hearing this familiar voice like a nightmare, she cautiously looked around, then turned her head to stare at the person coming.

"I'm here to convey new orders for the empress."

The maidservant in Tsing Yi said in a deep voice while pretending to sweep the fallen leaves.

"Miss?"

Li Qingmei watched her movements suspiciously.

"Your Majesty has passed away, what kind of Empress do you obey? Our Empress may not even be able to find her ashes at this time."

"Hehehe, you girl is still so ignorant of good and bad, have you never heard of a good bird choosing a tree to live in? Now our new master is the imperial concubine of Yanxi Palace."

"Your Majesty handed over the Phoenix Seal to the empress last night. Peier, the confidant of the abolished empress, has always been the concubine of Yanxi Emperor. She handed over the list of us old slaves who were attached to the abolished empress to Yanxi. Imperial Concubine Xi, including those antidotes."

"Oh?! We all know that Xia Chong Yu Bing is the secret medicine of the Situqin family. Now that her whole family and nine families have been tortured by the car, the antidote may be exhausted one day. Every year Situ Qin will personally concoct the antidote for the coming year, now that she is dead, where should I find a new antidote?"

Li Qingmei expressed her doubts. She really didn't expect that she would just get out of the wolf's den and fall into the tiger's den. All of them have more or less the shadow of Yanxi Palace.

Shen Nanxing is not what she is on the surface, she is just a daughter of a merchant without a backer, and her backstage is above the court.

A few days ago, the powerful officials in the court had unanimously unified the camp in a tacit agreement, and they asked Emperor Jianzhang to appoint Shen as the new successor.

It was less than seven days since Situ Qin died, and Shen Nanxing was deep in the harem, if he hadn't colluded with the previous dynasty, how could he react so quickly, Li Qingmei knew very well what the purpose of those powerful people was.

The Lord Shaoguo suspected that if Shen's son could successfully become the future Emperor Dafeng, then the orphans, widows and mothers, the four princes who were not yet adults would not be able to rely on the influence of their mother's family, let alone be able to govern themselves. For the palm of their aristocrats.

Sikong Que was not favored by Emperor Jianzhang, and he had already ruled out the qualification to inherit the throne. Zuo was just a powerless king.

Prince Sikong Mo's temperament has become increasingly lonely recently. In the court, the prince's party has never tolerated any voice of opposition. The prince's party has always been keen to eliminate dissidents, and the conflict of interests with the powerful has become increasingly prominent.

What was even more unexpected was that three days ago, Tai Chengliu, who was a stranger to Sikong Que, officially entered the prince's camp, and the prince Sikong Mo even recommended him personally. What's more, taking over Ding You's position as the right minister who returned home, the faction of the clan lost the vital bargaining chip of the right minister, and gradually tended to lose the wind.

However, under the oppression of the powerful and powerful nobles, the children of poor families in the court seldom hold important positions, but there are a large number of grassroots officials, and they all follow the lead of Taicheng's right minister.

Just the day before yesterday, Tai Chengliu, the new official who took office three times, turned Liwei's first fire to the powerful faction without any suspense.

He presented a reform memorial to Emperor Jianzhang. As soon as the content of the New Deal came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the government and the public, and aroused fierce resistance from the elites, because there was only one item in the New Deal this time - Yin En Ling.

The so-called Yin En Order is a new decree aimed at the succession rights of the concubine. The families represented by the clan have always been replaced by the hereditary system of the concubine. The legitimate son also has the right to inherit the family fief and all property.

As soon as this decree came out, officials of the bastard family of the powerful class began to move around. As we all know, in a big family, the bastard can only rely on the aunt to survive. There is no fiefdom, and the children of the bastard are doomed to be inferior to others from the moment they are born.

If this decree can be truly implemented, then the status of the concubine will undergo earth-shaking changes, how can people not covet it?
In the past few days in the court, the concubines in the clan have all turned against each other and stood on the opposite side of the family. The clan of the clan has many concubines, and there are more children born by concubines than concubines, so the situation in the court these days has become even worse. It's a subtle anomaly.

And Emperor Jianzhang's attitude was also very ambiguous, he actually acquiesced to this decree, and with the solidarity of the family of the powerful and concubine, the Prince Sikong Mo's party even gained the upper hand.

I thought that after Situ Qin's downfall, although I lost the antidote, at least I don't have to be restrained by anyone anymore. It seems that my thinking is too simple.

"Your Majesty said that the antidote will only be rewarded to those who are useful. Yesterday I went to the Palace of Yanxi Palace and checked the remaining antidote. If it is for you, me and Pei'er, we still have dozens enjoy the glory of the year."

"In this palace, I know that there are no less than four eyeliners planted by various forces. Today's news that His Majesty has submissively obeyed the Prince's Palace may have already spread throughout Dafeng's government and the public. You don't have to hide it from me."

"Why did His Majesty suddenly visit Prince Shun's mansion this time?"

The maidservant in Tsing Yi stared at Li Qingmei sharply, trying to get a clue from the slight change in her expression.

"Didn't you see it? Your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse. Prince Shun is the only adult prince, and he has no power. Your Majesty is afraid that Prince Shun will be used by someone who wants to compete with his precious prince for the position of crown prince."

"Your Majesty is here to beat up Prince Shun. He wants to completely dampen his morale. Do you understand?"

"You don't know, I can feel His Majesty's killing intent even when I'm sitting in the hall, I'm afraid that if Prince Shun says a wrong word or takes half a wrong step, blood will splatter on the spot."

"Your Majesty, in order for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to successfully ascend to the throne of God, you really have exhausted all the tricks, and I am only pitiful for Prince Shun. It seems that I have made a wrong bet. Hey, why is my life so hard~"

"I thought that by climbing a branch to become a phoenix, I would no longer have to be a slave or a handmaiden, but now it seems that I am afraid it will be precarious, blah blah..."

Li Qingmei covered her face, sobbing with regret.

The maidservant in Tsing Yi was skeptical, and made a few indirect remarks, seeing that she couldn't ask anything else, she left angrily.

After seeing her walking away, Li Qingmei put away her sad eyes. Emperor Jianzhang's behavior today was really weird. Of course, she couldn't report it truthfully. I hope that Shen Nanxing, who is deeply scheming, can believe what she said is true.

She looked at the maids and servants coming and going in the mansion, seeing them saluting and looking sideways at her seemingly loyally, but she didn't know who they were. Only the government soldiers can do it.

When Sikong Que returned to his room, Li Qingmei was sewing his spring shirt. She felt familiar footsteps. She stopped and stood up to brush the snow off his shoulders. Her intuition told her that Sikong Que is now in a bad mood.She didn't get to the bottom of it, just looked at him softly.

"It's good to be back~"

"Um……"

Sikong Que muffled a reply, and immediately walked behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder, a scorching smell of alcohol came over his face.

After a long time, he spoke with a hoarse tone.

"I thought about confronting him with a sword, killing red eyes in a sea of ​​blood, and thinking about the moment my sword pierced his chest, and completely smiled with him."

"I even thought about the last glare with him on the guillotine when I was a prisoner, but I never thought that he would kneel in front of me and repent of his sins."

"Que, what if he's testing you? You didn't show any emotions you shouldn't have, did you?"

"Oh, that's what I thought too, don't worry, I've played a decadent and hopeless waste to the fullest."

He said self-deprecatingly, but his tone couldn't hide his loneliness.

(End of this chapter)