Chapter 542 The Abandoned First Wife 11
Because he felt that almost all of them were evil, Linlang didn’t have much sympathy for any one of them who was unlucky.
Besides, everyone is the master, they have good food and drink, and are served by a lot of people like them. She is a low-class person, so she should pity herself for her hard work. There is no need to worry about the masters. thing.
Fortunately, the job Linlang gave to Shang Gong, who had taken refuge with Queen Mother Fang, was a position with little oil and water and far away from disputes. Basically, he would not be involved in these things and become cannon fodder.
The kind of position that is responsible for clothing, incense, and food is the easiest to get involved and become cannon fodder.
Linlang didn't care whether the job was profitable or not, the key was safety.
Having a separate place to live and food and clothing are much better than before, this is what Linlang wants, so she just lives a comfortable life every day and eats melon occasionally.
Of course, now that my goal has been achieved, the next step is to clean up the affairs of Wang Xu and his family.
She is collecting evidence of Wang Xu's illegal crimes.
For a person like Wang Xu who would do anything for profit, she didn't believe that he wouldn't make money.
Not to mention anything else, in order to climb up the ladder and give gifts to people, he would also try his best to make money.
This dynasty is not like the previous dynasty, where the consort was given a title but not a title. Of course, there are also advantages. The court allows the consort to continue to be an official. Unlike the previous dynasty, although the consort was given a title, the consort was not allowed to continue to be an official. , so even the royal princess would find it difficult to marry When it comes to men with good conditions, men who are excellent and have a future in the imperial examinations don't want to marry princesses, so the princesses marry less outstanding men. This naturally causes princesses to often have disharmony between husband and wife. After all, who doesn't want to marry a princess? Marry an excellent man.
So this dynasty changed it. If you marry the princess, you can continue to take the imperial examination. But without the title, after all, it is impossible to have both. The other party will take all the benefits.
Although no title is given, the prince-in-law of this dynasty still has a false title, and that is Prince-in-law Commander.
In fact, anyone who was a prince-in-law would have been awarded this official title. However, in the previous dynasty, this empty position was no longer available. It was all given to marquises, but they could no longer take the imperial examination.
Since this dynasty no longer grants titles, this fictitious position is available again. This is a guarantee for those who are incompetent in the imperial examination. At least, with this fictitious position, there is a salary and status, but unlike the title, it can be passed on to future generations. people.
So Wang Xu now receives two salaries, one for his fictitious salary as Prince Consort Duwei, and one for his actual salary as a fifth-rank official.
This dynasty’s salary is not low. With two salaries, his income is actually not low, but he has never asked anyone to send money to his parents because he knows that if he is rich, he will provide money. Taking care of his parents.
Wang Xu thought well. The royal father and queen mother were indeed supported by the original person with money these years.
As a result, the royal father and queen mother ate and drank from the original body, and even prevented the original body from coming to Wang Xu for an explanation. It can be said that the whole family is trash.
Since Wang Xu didn't have a title, if he wanted to become prosperous, he would naturally have to work hard on his own. Otherwise, if he was just a Prince Consort, although he had status, but nothing else, how could he do that? Wang Xu was ambitious. He wants power, otherwise he would not have done such an ungrateful thing before, pretending to be unmarried, abandoning his wife and children, and then marrying a princess.
Since you want power, you naturally have to make money, open up your joints, and climb up.
There is no way, the old emperor is dead. He cannot use his status as consort to ask the old emperor to give him special care and promote him, so he can only go astray.
Linlang guessed well. Since the death of the old emperor, Wang Xu has begun to think of ways to make money.
Of course, he wasn't clean before, but he wasn't as crazy as he is now.
Although Linlang had some illegal and criminal records of Wang Xu, he did not report it immediately because Wang Xu was still making small fuss. Even if he was caught, considering his status as a consort, he would probably not report it. It will be a big deal, so we have to wait until he gets bigger and deal with him then.
While Linlang was collecting Wang Xu’s criminal records, the fight in the palace had calmed down a lot.
Of course, this is calm on the surface, because Concubine Liu replaced those people and moved from the public to the underground.
Because she wanted to replace the person in her position, the Empress Dowager Qian defected to the Empress Dowager Fang. She used bribery or pressure to get people to quietly defect to her.
Now most of these people are our own people, but Empress Dowager Qian or Empress Dowager Fang don't know.
Of course, Queen Mother Qian knew that some of them might not be her own, but she didn't know that they had taken refuge with Concubine Liu. She only thought that the other party had taken refuge with Queen Mother Fang.
However, not all people have taken refuge in Concubine Liu. There are still some people who have not taken refuge in Concubine Liu. Most of these people have no relatives outside the palace. Since they have no relatives, the Liu family cannot control it outside. People, so these people did not seek refuge with Concubine Liu.
Through this method of bribery or pressure, Concubine Liu managed to develop a large influence in the palace, even more powerful than Empress Sun.
As for Empress Dowager Fang and Empress Dowager Qian, they are even more incomparable. After all, Empress Dowager Qian is a thing of the past. Her power is getting less and less day by day. Many of Empress Dowager Fang’s people have been poached by Concubine Liu. In this way First of all, the power of these two people is not comparable to that of Concubine Liu.
It's just a pity that Concubine Liu's power is well managed. Even if she has not slept with the emperor and has no son, it is useless to manage this power. After all, without a son, she will not be able to be the queen mother in the future, so Concubine Liu is ready for everything now. All I owe is the east wind.
Fortunately, the one-year period will soon be up, and then the emperor will have sex with her, and she will be able to give birth to a son. When she has a son, it will be much easier to be the queen mother.
But Linlang felt that she was thinking too much.
Liu Shoufu is so powerful, and Concubine Liu has a lot of influence in the palace. The emperor dares to sleep with her and let her have a son?
Historically, there have been cases where powerful ministers asked the emperor to leave the father and keep the son. The emperor would definitely be wary of it, fearing that if he allowed Concubine Liu to give birth to a son, he would have nothing to do with him and would be killed by the Liu family. In this case, it is not certain whether the emperor will sleep with her. After all, King Qi does not look like a fool. He will not be so stupid as to put himself in danger.
Not to mention that the queen had a son, even if he died, the one who ascended the throne would also be a legitimate son, so nothing would happen without Concubine Liu's son.
The queen's son is still young. If Liu Shoufu can kill him, it will be even easier to kill such a child, without any protection at all.
In this case, the emperor definitely did not want Concubine Liu to have a child, lest he be left as a father and a son.
Linlang felt that this was probably the reason why the emperor was unwilling to sleep with Concubine Liu before.
Besides not liking it, it’s also to save my life, I don’t mean to say something that doesn’t mean it doesn’t count.
But he said that during this year, the emperor had dealt with many important officials who had committed crimes.