All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

[-]. Emperor and Queen
The ninth day of June is a very good day.

Chu Ye, the emperor of Tiande, died with hatred and breathed his last in Chaolu Palace.

Only half of his soul, which was devoured by Sheng Kun, floated out of his body.

His strong unwillingness prompted him to wander around, wanting to hear what people were talking about in private about his political achievements and sudden death.

People said: "He is a good emperor. At least he has not fought wars, built palaces, or built tombs."

Is it because he doesn’t want to cultivate?

He didn't expect that he would die young.

The courtiers said: "The court should be dismissed on time, with more rest and bathing, and with less things to do. Don't change orders early and late, don't trouble people, just do it. No merit or fault."

Hey, you guys don't care about me being a high-ranking person. Do you believe that I would kill that couple?

The palace concubines said: "I am old, I don't like bathing, I can do anything quickly, I can even die quickly, and I still think I am very powerful. It is really amazing."

...Don’t I want to lose face?

Chu Ye wandered around and heard a lot of people's comments about Shen Lingxi:
"When the lives of all the officials were in danger, Queen Shen'an stepped forward and sacrificed her magic weapon to contain the evil spirit of killing the emperor in her palms, and rescued the late emperor. As a result, all the officials escaped. Queen Shen'an was a civil and military leader. The official’s savior is the reborn parent!”

"The evil spirit possessed the late emperor and called Queen Shen'an 'Yunxi', which was the name of the late Saint of the Yun Kingdom. According to legend, the Saint of the Yun Kingdom had bloodline given by the gods, and was protected by the gods and protected by spiritual jade. Truly an extraordinary person.”

"If Queen Shen'an is really the reincarnation of a saint from the Yun Kingdom, then I will be blessed by the gods after Sunday. This will be a blessing to the country and the people!"

"You haven't seen those old diehards who previously did not allow women to serve as officials and angrily scolded 'Ji Si Chen', but this time they all stopped talking. If they oppose their savior, that would be ungrateful. Who would dare?"

"Empress Shen'an also said that she would choose female officials. From now on, the Great Zhou Dynasty will have female generals like the previous dynasty. There is no chance that there will be a female champion... Our Great Zhou Dynasty is becoming more and more open-minded."

Chu Ye curled his lips.

I remember that when Chu Yan asked for an official position in front of him for Shen Lingxi, he didn't stop him. Isn't he open-minded?

When they got married, he was really happy for Chu Yan.

In this life, people will inevitably make mistakes.

He was just confused for a moment.

Chu Ye looked a little sad when he thought of this.

"Jingle bell... Jingle bell..."

Suddenly, from somewhere, a pleasant silver bell sounded.

Chu Ye was attracted by the ringing and couldn't help but drift towards the direction of the ringing.

"Jingle bell... Jingle bell..."

Chu Ye returned to the palace again.

Kunning Palace in the night was as brightly lit as usual, but the owner of the palace had changed.

Chu Ye saw the revolving lantern in the corridor with a silver lotus crown and a soul-calling flag.

Shen Lingxi was standing under the revolving lantern. Next to her, there was a soul that was almost invisible and as broken as his.

Chu Ye looked carefully and realized that the soul was none other than the queen who had disappeared for a long time.

"Huirong..." Chu Ye looked at his queen, whose soul was mottled, and called out softly.

The queen turned around, her always gentle and graceful face no longer needed to conceal the hatred in her eyes.

"Chu Ye, you are finally dead. You died well." Her hoarse voice carried the joy of revenge, "It's worth my willingness to make this deal with Sheng Kun."

"What?" Chu Ye was shocked, "What deal? You..."

"I agreed to let Sheng Kun have sex with me." The Queen looked at him calmly, "He hid in Yuperii that day and entered my dream. He gave me two choices."

"Either he kills me and takes over my body. Or I form a contract with him, feed him with my soul, and let him control my body. Either way, it's one death, and I chose the latter. Because of this, I can see you with my own eyes. fate."

Chu Ye's face was full of disbelief, "Hui Rong, why is this? For so many years, even if you can no longer have children due to miscarriage, I have never treated you poorly. Am I not treating you badly?"

The queen seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. She half-covered her lips and burst out laughing until tears flowed down her face.

"Have you forgotten our unborn son? He was only four months old in my belly. His hands and feet were all grown up. He was a boy, but he died in the hands of that cheap maid who crawled on the bed. Do you remember What did you say in the first place and what did you do?" the queen asked with hatred.

Chu Ye was stunned for a few breaths, and it took him a while to remember.

"Are you talking about the Xu family?"

There have been so many women in his life that he can't even remember who they are.

"Didn't she die a few years ago?" Chu Ye frowned, "It was indeed her accident that caused you to have a miscarriage. I have already punished her, but didn't she also get sick and die later? Why do you want to Are you blaming me for her fault?"

The queen already knew that no matter how much reasoning you had with someone like Chu Ye, it would be in vain.

She stated in a very calm tone, "Back then, you fell in love with Mrs. Xu at first sight and took her as your concubine. After she entered the palace, you loved her very much. You also said to her, if she can come first, I will be your concubine." After giving birth to a son and a half daughter, I promoted her to my concubine. It was you who fueled her ambition. As soon as she became pregnant, she plotted against the flesh and blood in my belly."

"I was accidentally pushed to have a miscarriage by her, and I was so angry that I wanted to settle the score with her. However, you protected her in every possible way, seemingly banning her, but in fact, you sent your personal guards to protect her in every possible way. You also said to me, 'You are the princess. From now on, all the children in this house will be your children. Don’t do anything that is disrespectful to your identity...'"

Chu Ye looked innocent, "Yes, am I wrong?"

The queen looked into his eyes and smiled, "Yes, you are right. Then do you know why Xu's eight-month-old fetus was not born?"

Only then did Chu Ye realize something, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Did you do it?"

"Yes, it's me." The queen said lightly: "Since the children in the palace are all my children, then I, as a mother, naturally have the right to decide which child can be kept and which child cannot be kept."

Chu Ye's face turned livid, and he suddenly floated in front of her, glaring angrily, "You vicious woman! You hid it so deeply, I really underestimated you!"

"Doing just this is poisonous in your eyes?"

The queen covered her lips and chuckled, "Da Lang was born because Qi was ruthless and proficient in pharmacology. Eight Lang was born because Wen was obedient and had no ambitions, and you don't think much of her. Jiu Lang was born, It's because Concubine Lian feels disgusted with you from the bottom of her heart. As for Juro... the Zhao family is stupid enough, and the Zhao family is stupid too. The more stupid people around you, the faster you will die."

At this point, she looked at Chu Ye with a smile, "Except for them, none of the children you like can survive. None of the children you want can be born. Are you satisfied with this result?"

Chu Ye was so angry that the hand pointing at her was trembling.

The queen stroked the handkerchief and said, "Do you know why I like to embroider things in the past few years? Concubine Qi is really a good knife. Using embroidery to kill people is really a wonderful idea. Every time I use needle and thread to embroider something, , when I think about what she does, I feel very good.”

"Do you know everything she did?" the emperor asked in disbelief.

The queen looked at him with a smile, "I am the master of the harem. If I hadn't turned a blind eye and secretly condoned it, the Qi family would have been nothing more than a subjugated princess with no power. How could she have dared to take such a risk? Li Xiangyang's Idiot, how can you do it so well?"

She imitated the emperor's innocent look just now and spread her hands, "I'm just indulging the Qi family just like you indulged the Xu family. Didn't I learn this from you?"

"Vicious woman! Bitch! I'm going to kill you!" The emperor's eyes were cracked, and he rushed towards the queen with a ferocious face.

But now, both of them are just dead souls. Even though Chu Ye was extremely angry and resentful, he could not do anything to the queen.

When he realized this, he suddenly looked towards Shen Lingxi and ordered: "Ms. Shen, come and teach her a lesson for me!"

Shen Lingxi looked at him mockingly, not bothering to pay attention, and turned to look at the queen, "I have summoned him, now can you tell me how to speed up the refining of Sheng Kun's soul by this Mingyu?"

The queen used her soul to support Sheng Kun, formed a contract with Sheng Kun, and shared a body, so she always looked like a living person. Even Liu Mei and Shen Lingxi could not easily tell that she was possessed by Sheng Kun.

Of course she also knew all of Sheng Kun's secrets.

"Enshrine the Ming Jade under the seat of Sanqing Sanqing in the Qing Palace on Mount Taiyi. It only takes three days for Sheng Kun's soul to be completely refined."

After the queen said this, she bowed to Shen Lingxi, thanked her, turned into little stars, and disappeared into the moonlight.

Chu Ye was left alone, looking at the direction in which she disappeared, with nowhere to vent his anger, let alone to express his feelings...

Shen Lingxi looked at him indifferently, blew out the candle of the reincarnation lamp, and strode outside Kunning Palace.

She knew that this dog emperor would never understand until his death that everything was his own fault.

*
[-]. Moon Concubine

My surname is Li and my given name is Yuejiao.

When I was young, my mother-in-law often called me Jiaojiao.

A Niang was originally a wanderer. Because of her beauty, she was noticed by the Marquis of Yiyang. He spent ten taels of silver to buy her back into the palace and became the lowest concubine.

At the beginning, Marquis Yiyang might have really liked A Niang, so he made her the most beautiful clothes and wore expensive jewelry.He said that my mother-in-law has a kind of naivety and innocence that is "naturally uncarved". She is also obsessed with Yiyang Hou, devoted to her, and worried about gains and losses.

But the good times did not last long. After my mother gave birth to me, she fell out of favor within two years.

As she waited day after day for the blessing of the Marquis of Yiyang, the yard where she lived moved further and further away, and her expensive clothes and jewelry were exchanged for money, which she used to buy things that could be said to the Marquis of Yiyang and his wife. A noble servant who can talk to you.However, no effort can win back the heart of a man who has lost interest in her.

When I was ten years old, my mother-in-law had already fallen out of favor for a long time.

She lives in the most remote courtyard in the mansion. In winter, even burning some charcoal is a luxury. Her hands, feet and face are covered with frostbite. Except for the deductions, she has very little money left every month. Except for what was used for me, I gave it all to those noble servants in exchange for news about Marquis Yiyang, hoping to get a chance to reunite with Marquis Yiyang.

When she couldn't even eat enough, the innocent A-niang was still thinking about how to win back the heart of Marquis Yiyang.I also dreamed that Marquis Yiyang might one day remember her, a charming and naive person who was "naturally free of ornaments".

Later, she became seriously ill and froze to death on New Year's Eve.

How rich and powerful the Yiyang Marquis Mansion is, that it can let an unfavored concubine freeze to death. No one would believe it.

I knelt in front of her body and cried my heart out. I told myself in my heart that I would never live like A Niang for any man in my life.

After my mother-in-law died, I was taken to the eldest lady’s yard to be raised.

Compared to the small courtyard where people were freezing to death, the eldest lady had plenty to eat and warm clothes in the courtyard.

Except for the fact that the eldest lady would take it out on us concubines when she was unhappy, we could barely get by.

It's just that the eldest lady is angry much more often than she is happy.

Because Marquis Yiyang often brought women back, all kinds of women, including natural, charming, innocent, charming, and gentle. His lifelong literary talent was reflected in his treatment of many different women. Describe it.

In my impression, there is another person who is as "outstanding literary talent" as him, and that is Emperor Tiande - Chu Ye.

When I first met Chu Ye, I was eleven years old. At that time, he was not an emperor, but a suave and idle prince.

Every time he came to the Yiyang Marquis Mansion, the eldest lady would have us, the concubines, dress up carefully, put on the most beautiful clothes and the most beautiful jewelry, and then stand in a row to greet him.

This is an unwritten rule passed down from the ancestors of Yiyang Hou Mansion.

The daughter of the Li family lives and dies for the family.

"I would rather be a concubine of the heavenly family than a commoner's wife." This is a family motto written by the Li family specifically for the daughters of the Li family.

Chu Ye saw me at a glance.

He asked me, "What's your name?"

"My daughter's name is Yuejiao." I lowered my head and answered.

"The beautiful moonlight in the east window, what a good name." He added a poem.

It's much more artistic than my father's "The beautiful flowers under the moon are so adorable."

However, there is essentially no difference between these two sentences.

Just like Yiyang Hou and Chu Ye, they are essentially both romantic and passionate perverts.

Because of Chu Ye's poem, my treatment in the house has been much better, at least I won't be beaten anymore.

There is one more errand——

Every time he comes to the house, I am responsible for cooking wine and tea.

Although the Marquis of Yiyang and his wife had dirty thoughts in their hearts in order to climb up the Chu industry.

Fortunately, the late emperor and the queen mother were decent people, and the Chu family's family rules and mottos had a bottom line.

Chu Ye only regards me as a junior.

Although, at the beginning, I was afraid that he would have no bottom line and be greedy for food, so he would take advantage of me and deliberately draw his eyebrows crookedly to make him laugh.

It is precisely because of this——

Many years later, in order not to go back to Yiyang Marquis Mansion to be tutored by the eldest lady, and in order to make him fall in love with me and climb onto his bed as he wished, I once again drew my eyebrows crookedly and deliberately looked ugly, which successfully attracted his attention. of attention.

I think that since I have the blood of the Li family in my body, I probably still have a bit of the "character" of the Li family in my bones.

"I would rather be a concubine of the heavenly family than a commoner's wife." I deeply believe in this family motto.

However, this "Heavenly Family" must be the most powerful Ninth Five-Year Planner.

With my appearance, and my father and aunt like that, rather than being arranged to marry an old and senile prince as a concubine, I would rather marry the emperor Chu Ye in order to have a chance to survive.

I read a sentence in a storybook that inspired me more than the Li family’s family motto——

There is no man in the heart, and the sword is natural.

As it turns out, I did it.

I relied on my friendship with Chu Ye that I had met several times many years ago when he was King Huan.

In front of him, she pretended to be a weak and harmless dodder flower. This was his favorite tune.

In front of the Queen Mother, the Queen and the Crown Princess, I cut myself open and showed them to them.

I'm not a very smart person, but I'm honest enough.

I have nothing else to ask for but to live well.

In this world, only women understand women best.

Especially smart women.

I can see them clearly, and they can see me clearly.

So, I got pregnant very quickly.

I became the most favored and respectable woman in this harem.

I know very well that this dignity was not given to me by Chu Ye.

A man's favor is temporary.

Instead of worrying about illusory things, it is better to seize all the help, arm yourself, and do everything possible to stay away from conspiracies and conspiracies to protect yourself.

During the Jiang Banquet on the Shangsi Festival, I noticed something unusual in advance and sent a young eunuch to guard the riverside. I just wanted to warn the Crown Princess in advance and keep her away from trouble.

As for the Marquis of Yiyang, I wish he would die.

If he dies, no one will come to the palace from time to time and ask me to do this and that for the Yiyang Marquis Mansion in front of the emperor.

Why should I do something for the person who killed my mother?

Although, on the day of Shangsi Festival, the Crown Prince declined my kindness on behalf of the Crown Princess.

But the Crown Princess still warned me in advance and saved me on the night when "Fifth Concubine had a miscarriage", just like I did to her.

That night, I saw with my own eyes a black thread that snaked like a snake, worming its way into the temple and wandering around in search of it.

If I hadn't been covered with cinnabar talismans sent by the Crown Princess, the fetus in my belly would have turned into a bloody stillbirth...

The day the news of Chu Ye's death came, I finally had a peaceful sleep.

Now that he's dead, I don't have to work so hard to please him.

There is no need to worry that the child in the belly will be involved in endless battles after birth.

The new emperor ascended the throne and pardoned the world.

I also moved out of the palace as I wished.

At the age of nineteen, I have become the only Princess Yue in this capital who has retired after her career has been fulfilled and left the palace to be raised in honor.

Today, the mansion I live in is Prince Huan's Mansion when Chu Ye Qian lived there.

Across the street from it is the former Yiyang Marquis Mansion.

This mansion is mine now.

All the people who made A Niang suffer and freeze to death, secretly or overtly, are all dead.

I can be considered a revenger.

In addition to this baby in my belly, I also have an additional son, the tenth prince born to Concubine Zhao.

I have the most loyal secret guards and servants by my side.

My sister Li Yuelan, now taking her mother's surname, Jiang, is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple appointed by Empress Shen'an, Enke, this year.

My good days have just begun...