Chapter 52 The salted fish that eats melon 24
Judging from the current situation, Li Siniang’s situation is not bad. After all, she is not favored. In this way, there are not many people who have interests entangled with her, and there are fewer people who target her. , so that she can at least live a peaceful life.
At most, she should pay attention to the beautiful girls who came in at the same time as her, and take precautions against them - once Li Siniang gets the opportunity to sleep with her, the first people who will have trouble with her are not those old people, but these Newcomers, especially newcomers who have not yet had the opportunity to sleep with her, may feel resentful and cause trouble for Li Siniang. Linlang mainly pays attention to these people.
In fact, the most fierce fight inside and outside the palace now is the fight for power. The fight between women in the palace is nothing.
As the princes gradually came of age and the queen had no sons, the competition for the throne began.
In fact, the queen had a son before, but he didn't live up to it.
The apparent reason is that the child was young and died of a cold, but the queen always suspected that her son was killed, so she has been searching for the truth over the years.
This is understandable. Even if she really died of illness, the queen lost her only son and couldn't accept it. In order to find an outlet, she felt that someone else had killed her, and then used this as a goal to find the truth. normal.
It is precisely because the queen has been searching for the truth that she controls the palace very strictly. Otherwise, if she has a son, she will probably focus on taking care of her son and not have so much time to manage the harem.
Not to mention, judging from the information that Linlang asked her flying surveillance bee to find out, the queen's suspicion was really not groundless, because the queen's son was indeed ill because of the cold. , but the cause of death was definitely not cold, but chronic poisoning.
I was originally suffering from wind and cold, but it didn't go away for a while. Coupled with chronic poisoning, weak constitution, and poor immunity, I died.
There is even more than one murderer.
This is also normal.
When the queen has a son and someone else has a son, even if they are ambitious, there is basically no need to fight, because the emperor generally will not fail to establish a legitimate son.
If you really want not to establish a legitimate son, you will usually abolish the queen first. As long as the queen is abolished, the queen's son will automatically lose his status as a legitimate son, and he can establish other princes as heirs.
Otherwise, if the queen is still there and does not establish a legitimate son, the ministers will have something to say, which will be troublesome.
But at that time, the emperor did not show any intention of deposing the queen. In other words, the emperor had no objection to this legitimate son and made him the crown prince. The emperor had no objection.
And this is obviously not what other concubines want to see, because many people obviously do not want to be crowded into a palace with other concubines of the previous emperor after the emperor's death, but want to be the queen mother. , enjoy a palace to yourself, the scenery of the rest of your life.
In this way, it is obvious that the queen's son must die.
So, it is normal for someone to tamper with the queen's son's medicine while he is ill.
In fact, they had wanted the queen's son to die for a long time. However, before the age of seven, the queen's son lived with the queen, and the queen was very strict, so naturally no one could do anything about it.
After the age of seven, the queen's son grew older and could no longer live in the harem, so he moved to the prince's residence, so these people had the opportunity to take action. This was also the reason why the queen's son died later. reason. Since the Queen's guess was true, Linlang felt that if she had the chance, she would reveal this matter to the Queen. The reason why she did this was because those harmful concubines and their sons, after Linlang's observation, did not A good thing, with their mother and concubine , indeed they are of the same lineage. If such a prince really comes to power, it will not be a good thing for the world. She still wants to stay in this place. Naturally, she does not want to see such a prince come to power and cause chaos in the world. Her life is restless.
Since we don’t want them to be in power, we naturally have to tell the queen about the good things their mother and concubine has done, so that it can be exposed.
If you poison the emperor's heir, the concubines will definitely not survive. And if they committed the crime, the princes will not be able to ascend to the throne. After all, you can't let a prince whose mother is a murderer do it in the future. emperor.
Of course, there is no need to worry that the queen cannot deal with those concubines and princes. As long as she gets the evidence that those concubines harmed her son, she has the ability to deal with those concubines and prevent their sons from taking the throne. Yes, then, she won't have to worry about those princes coming to power, causing chaos in the world, and damaging her peace.
And now it seems that the time is almost there.
The third aunt's daughter entered the palace.
Of course, I don’t mean to give the evidence to the third aunt’s daughter and ask her to show it to the queen. Then the queen will owe her a favor so that she can prosper in the palace.
This is indeed a shortcut to get rich easily, but Linlang sees that the third aunt's daughter is not very smart, so it is better not to let her do such a thing, lest she leak the news and alert the concubines. If you clean the tail, it will be bad.
Moreover, it was too dangerous for her to tell the queen. Once someone found out, it would easily lead to death.
And Linlang naturally didn’t want to harm the third aunt’s daughter.
So Linlang said that the third aunt's daughter entered the palace because she considered that the third aunt's daughter only granted the title to a talented person, mainly because the seats above were filled by those old people and concubines, and the old man made no mistakes. , they were demoted to the cold palace or given a white silk ribbon. The emperor could not let the old man make room for the newcomer, so the newcomer's status was lower. They could only wait for the old man to make a mistake or pass away before they could move up.
The reason for this is that the emperor of this dynasty is not the kind of person who does whatever he wants. He rather abides by the ancestral rules on the number of concubines. He has no intention of liking anyone, so he seals people in high positions, regardless of whether they are in high positions. Full.
This was the case with emperors in the past. It was clear that there were a number of concubines at each level, but they didn't care at all. There were often dozens or dozens of concubines, let alone the number of concubines below the concubine level.
Since the emperor of this dynasty is not the kind of person who follows the rules as he pleases, then if the old man has not made any mistakes or passed away, once the top position is filled, the newcomer's status will be very low. He will have to wait slowly before he has a chance to move up. Gone.
Linlang saw that Li Siniang's recent performance was pretty good and she had not done anything bad. Even if she wanted to please the emperor, it was within the scope of healthy competition, so she wanted to help her.
In this way, she will not be favored in the future, but there will be a few vacant seats, and maybe she will have a chance to move up.
With such a high status, even if she is not favored and cannot bring any glory to the family, at least her treatment in the palace will be better.
If there are several vacant seats and she still can't be promoted, then there is nothing we can do. Anyway, the opportunity has been created for her.
(End of this chapter)