Concubine Biography

Chapter 97

The courtiers had been arguing all morning about the establishment of the crown prince and the establishment of the queen, but in the end it was settled, and Li Jiarong was also a little depressed after he came down to court.

"Your Majesty, why don't you just follow Master Zhang's words and make the imperial concubine the empress?" Xiao Fangzi raised his eyes to see Li Jiarong's expression, and asked tentatively.

Li Jiarong sighed, "Tell me, are there more people who agree, or more people who disagree?"

Xiao Fangzi has been at a loss for words, and this morning he was arguing about these two matters, some agreed, some disagreed, and some remained silent.

Especially Yao Xiang and Han Sima, both kept silent for the first time.

Li Jiarong played with the jade wrench on his thumb, his eyes were deep and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Not long after that, Li Jiarong appointed Shi Guang, the No. [-] in the new department, as the supervisory censor, to patrol various places on behalf of the emperor, and to investigate official corruption.

This incident caused great panic in the court. No one expected that the emperor would appoint Shi Guang to such an important position. However, Shi Guang is extremely old-fashioned, and he likes to be stubborn. Any minister wants to say a few words to him. He flirted with others in a daze, "Don't get close to me, it's useless!"

Shi Guang's behavior style quickly made him isolated in the court, and he went to various counties and started to investigate everywhere without paying attention.

Soon, there were still some bad rumors circulating in the capital. It was nothing more than that the noble concubine had no virtue, flattered and deceived the Lord, and promoted her own people one after another, aiming at the post.

These rumors became more and more outrageous, and even the conspiracy of the Su family was revealed. It was said that the noble concubine killed the elder brother and blamed the Su family, and all scholars in the world were deceived.

It is also said that Queen Su did not commit suicide, but the noble concubine killed herself, pretending to commit suicide.

In short, it is passed on with nose and eyes, just like seeing it with your own eyes.

People were already very interested in the secrets of the imperial palace, but as time went by, the rumors not only did not drop, but became more and more serious.

Of course, there are also those who argue for the imperial concubine. The two sides are arguing. At the beginning, it was just arguing and arguing casually. In the end, it developed into literati writing poems and essays, shouting and cursing each other, which added a lot to the turmoil. Take the firewood and let this fire burn more and more vigorously.

Teahouses of all sizes in the capital simply held special storytelling sessions, and made up some stories that secretly alluded to the stories between the emperors and concubines of the current dynasty.

"What nonsense!" Li Jiarong was very angry, "My harem is not for their entertainment!"

Fu'er raised her eyebrows, looked at Li Jiarong who was sitting alone and was sulking, and snickered, "Why should the emperor be angry, it's just talking, anyway, the concubine can't hear it."

"That's because you don't know how ugly the rumor is!" Li Jiarong knew that someone was deliberately provoking trouble, but he didn't expect that it was just a spark at the beginning, and it would start a prairie fire in the blink of an eye.

He didn't care about the other things, but recently there was a story about their boudoir, saying how the imperial concubine was good at seductive arts, and how good the art in the room was... Some people added fuel and jealousy, and the stories became more and more dirty, and they said that the imperial concubine had fair skin, The whole body is as smooth as a baby, and the emperor lingers on the imperial concubine every night...

Li Jiarong's complexion became more and more ugly, his woman was lusted after by other men, this was really unbearable for him!

"No! If I want to find someone who chews his tongue, I must destroy his nine clans!"

Fu'er was walking and coaxing her youngest son in her arms, and she was startled when she heard the words, "What does it have to do with us what they said about them? It's best for the emperor to ignore them, if you pay attention to them, it will only spread more powerfully and ugly, but Don't get angry about these things."

It's just a few gossips, is it worth getting so angry?
Fu'er glanced at Li Jiarong, who was quite angry, and thought for a while, handing the child to the nanny, and let the nanny take it out to nurse, while she sat next to Li Jiarong, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, let them talk, It'll be fine in a few days."

"No!" The anger in Li Jiarong's eyes didn't drop at all.

Fu'er held Li Jiarong's hand, thought for a while and said, "Then let's think of a way to calm this rumor down."

"By the way, where did these rumors come from?"

Fu'er thought of this question belatedly.

Li Jiarong snorted coldly, "It's not the tongues of those people who have done something wrong and are afraid that Shi Guang will come to the door!"

Does that mean there are quite a few people who say this?
Fu'er clicked her tongue slightly, this is not easy to deal with, since ancient times corruption has been the most difficult problem for the imperial court, when the water is clear, there will be no fish, everyone understands this truth, but the problem is that there is more greed and less greed.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not excessive, the emperors will turn a blind eye to the past.

Li Jiarong was able to use Shi Guang, her "mother's family", as the supervisory censor, but she really didn't know what her plan was.Forget it, she doesn't understand government affairs, Li Jiarong must have made her own arrangements.

"Okay, Your Majesty, don't think about it anymore, this concubine will personally cook for you tonight, you should be more happy." Fu'er made fun of it deliberately.

Li Jiarong's complexion softened a little, he nodded slightly and followed Fu'er to change the topic.But he thought bitterly in his heart, if someone talks nonsense tomorrow, he must arrest that person and cut off his tongue!
In fact, what the emperor was thinking, the people below would often try to figure it out carefully, and some even knew where the bottom line was.

So very quickly, those rumors about the tricks in the room, the jokes that happened a few times at night, disappeared overnight.It's just that another version has been changed, Fu'er has become Daji's younger sister Xi, and her reputation as a charming and seductive master has become bigger.

Fu'er doesn't care about these things, she is too tired to look after the three children every day, not to mention there are a lot of affairs in the harem, the time is well arranged, and she doesn't have the time to pay attention to the gossip outside.

A month later, Shi Guang boldly handled a big case. A group of officials in Fengze County cheated and overcharged the common people behind their backs, including poll tax, adult tax, marriage tax, etc. Over 400 million taels of silver have been embezzled by foreign taxation, fish meat and common people, which caused a national sensation.

Shi Guang handled this case neatly, quickly captured the evidence, detained a group of officials, and brought them all to the capital for processing along with witnesses and material evidence.

The right minister, Yao Junsheng, took over the case personally, but within a month or so, the case was solved. A group of officials ransacked their homes and sent them into exile, and dismissed them without mercy.

Shi Guang's name quickly became famous, the people called him Lord Qingtian, and the officials called him the villain Shi.At the same time, Shi Guang's background was quickly highlighted.

There was nothing else, except for one thing that made Shi Guang's identity suddenly awkward.

He is the brother-in-law of the imperial concubine.

This is terrible, Fu'er was once again pushed to the forefront, saying that she was playing tricks, and a younger sister married the current Sima, which meant she had gained military power.For a younger sister to marry a supervisory censor with an inestimable future at a young age, this is the way of a civil servant.With both civil and military skills, the imperial concubine has such a big heart!

At one time, some people were worried about the state affairs of the country, and threatened to call on all people to petition, asking the emperor to put the noble concubine in the cold palace.

In addition to the noble concubine playing tricks, Shi Guang was also said to be relying on nepotism to climb the ranks.

There are always waves of rumors, and they all revolve around Fu'er.

The rumors intensified, but Li Jiarong calmed down.When a minister mentioned this matter in the court, Li Jiarong blocked him with the sentence "rumors stop with the wise." After a long time, no one mentioned this matter.

One day, Fu'er summoned Yao Junsheng's wife Cao Xiaoman and Xi'er into the palace to talk with her.

Cao Xiaoman is now the mother of three children. Except for the eldest son, the youngest son and daughter were brought into the palace this time to meet Fuer. Fuer specially asked Peiling Peiyan for leave so that their children could be together. It's fun.

Xi'er also brought her daughter into the palace, and when they arrived at Zhaoyang Palace, Fu'er's eyes lit up when she saw Xi'er.

"Why didn't you send me any news, if I knew you were getting heavier, I wouldn't have asked you to enter the palace." Fu'er blamed.

Xi'er touched her protruding belly and smiled happily, "It's okay, I haven't seen my sister for a long time, besides, it's been more than five months now, Dad has seen it, and said she is safe."

"Look at the two of you sisters who are so affectionate, you talk together as soon as you meet, I think it's better for me to go, so as not to be annoying here." Cao Xiaoman smiled and Mimi pretended to leave.

Fu'er hurriedly stepped forward to pull her, "Sister Cao, I will ignore you after you leave like this."

"That's right," Xi'er also said with a smile, "We are the future in-laws, and the in-laws and mothers can't leave."

Cao Xiaoman spat, "Who is your in-law? I used to treat you as polite and interesting, but you are so overbearing! Your husband-in-law wants my second boy to be your son-in-law without saying a word. I haven't agreed to this marriage yet. You The mother-in-law called here? Is it true that the whole family does not enter the house, you are more domineering than your husband-in-law!"

Xi'er covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Mother-in-law, did you find out today? My husband-in-law and I are a match made in heaven. Come on, sit down and talk."

The three of them sat down, and Fu'er asked the nanny to hug Li Peiwei to show Xi'er and Cao Xiaoman, Cao Xiaoman laughed repeatedly, "Look at what this kid eats, he's as fat as a piggy and sleeps so soundly , really a sensible one."

"I found that the three princes all look like the emperor, one is handsome and the other is handsome." Xi'er also laughed.

After chatting and laughing for a while, the three of them inevitably talked about rumors again.

"I don't care at all. It's just nonsense outside. Let them go. We can still silence them. The emperor knows who I am, and he understands it in his heart."

Fu'er said indifferently.

Seeing her like this, Cao Xiaoman and Xi'er also breathed a sigh of relief, Cao Xiaoman said, "I'm afraid that you won't understand this matter and feel uncomfortable, and you still want to go to the palace to enlighten you. I feel relieved if you think so." .”

"Yes, sister, don't pay attention to the gossip outside, we are already thinking of a way." Xi'er also said.

Fu'er was curious, "What way?"

Xi'er and Cao Xiaoman looked at each other and smiled, "It's natural for men to figure out a solution for this kind of thing. Don't worry, sister. I've already told my husband. If he doesn't calm down this matter as soon as possible, I won't beat him up." Looking for teeth all over the place."

Cao Xiaoman nodded again and again, "I also said, if he doesn't hurry up, hehe, I will let him try the Yao family's family law!"

Fu'er said with a heart full of emotion, "Thank you so much."

Xi'er smiled mysteriously, "Sister, we have also agreed with the third sister, just watch, this matter will be resolved soon."

(End of this chapter)