The new king delayed the princess for half a year before naming her queen on the grounds that he wanted to mourn the late king and it was inappropriate for the country to hold a grand ceremony with great fanfare.
The princess thought that after all her hardships, her situation would get better and she would have more power to punish Xiaobai.
Unexpectedly, not long after the emperor was established, he immediately made Xiaobai a noble concubine. She was the same as the deputy concubine, only half a head lower than her.
The queen was very angry. She was a queen who was still alive and had three sons. Why was she made a noble concubine? How could she be embarrassed?
After waiting in the palace for more than a month, she didn't even wait for the king to come to her palace. She couldn't help but rush to Qinzheng Hall and asked the king why he did this.
"The noble concubine has done a lot of achievements and is very prestigious in the country. She has always been virtuous. This is what she deserves." The king looked at his queen calmly, without any fluctuation in his emotions.
"Xiande? Do you still remember that I am your first wife?" The queen was a little out of control, and she almost shouted these words.
The king was unhappy, "Of course I remember, so you asked me to make you queen, and I have already made you empress. What else do you have to be dissatisfied with?
Over the years, Xiaobai has been with you She cares about me and does things for me. If I don't give her a reward, how will the people in the country see me?
Is it that just to take care of your emotions and face, I will become an unscrupulous king in the eyes of everyone? ”
These words were a bit harsh. The queen noticed her lapse and quickly bent down to salute, "I don't mean that, it's just a convention. When the queen is in the palace, she will not be named a noble concubine, because her position has the power of management. There is some conflict with the concubine's power.
I am worried that if there is a conflict with the imperial concubine in the future, the situation will become embarrassing, so I came to see your majesty for the sake of the stability of the harem. "
What she means is that there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and the matter of becoming a noble concubine is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed.
I can only ask the king to take away the management rights of the imperial concubine and let the imperial concubine be a concubine in name only. She, the queen, is tolerant.
It must be said that the queen is still somewhat blindly confident in her status.
Her father is the minister of ceremony in the Xi Kingdom. He has been influenced by the etiquette thinking since he was a child. He believes that concubines should not be messed with. She is a queen, and of course she has a higher status than Xiaobai, a concubine.
This kind of thinking is a bit too rigid and fails to take into account that people's hearts are not that simple. Outside of the rules, there will inevitably be preferences.
The third prince's heart is now completely focused on the concubine, who is well-behaved, sensible and beautiful, and has brought him great help. Faced with the queen's self-righteous and unclear attitude, he is getting tired of it.
“You don’t have to worry about this. The imperial concubine told Gu half a month ago. The country of Xi has just experienced a war, with countless casualties. There are a lot of resentful souls in the country. Over time, it will cause harm to the country.
< br>She is a Taoist and cannot bear to see these lonely ghosts suffering in the world. She is willing to go to Temple Mountain, pray day and night, and participate in rituals for three years, hoping that these dead people can rest in peace soon.
Gu agreed. She will not live in the palace permanently in the future. You don't have to worry about her endangering your power and status. "
The queen did not realize that the king's tone increased when he spoke of "power and status". She wondered: "My sister will not be in the palace for three years and live on Temple Mountain? "
Wouldn't this mean giving up the fight for favor, which is tantamount to self-exile? What is she planning?
The king replied expressionlessly: "Yes. "There is no need to tell the queen about other details. She will know it by then to avoid bad things.
"Since my sister has such a kind heart, I also agree with it very much and will prepare it for her in the temple. of everything. ”
No matter what Xiaobai’s idea is, as long as she leaves the palace, she will never be able to come back and break her desire to compete for favor.
This result is quite satisfactory to the queen. , she came angrily and left happily. After she turned around and left, the king immediately showed a disgusted expression, "Send the engineer to come. "The engineer is responsible for the construction of various projects, ranging from water conservancy and transportation, blessings and sacrifices to temples, to palace repairs.
Soon after, the engineer entered Qin. Zheng Palace, listen to the king's instructions.
"I want to build a separate palace near the temple mountain specifically for my prayers and sacrifices. To show respect for the gods, it was built larger, merged with the Summer Palace, and renamed Yongfu Palace.
From now on, corvées will be collected from all over the country, and those who pretend to be false, delay, and evade military service will be severely punished. "
The new country is mainly engaged in large-scale construction projects and dare not neglect it. "Yes, I will draft the draft first and ask your Majesty to review it later. "
The king waved his hand and said, "Go." This new palace will only be a little smaller than the royal palace. It was built by him for the noble concubine.
In fact, he wanted to Feng Xiaobai in his heart. The reason why he delayed it for so long was to look for an opportunity.
But the old ministers seemed to see what he was thinking, and his mother and grandfather didn't agree, so they deliberately didn't mention it, so he had to give up. .
But he will not wrong his beloved. He must make her live better than the queen. If she does not get the fame she deserves, she will get the fulfillment she deserves.
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Tang Yue has been living a leisurely life these days. Xiaobai is very busy and has little time for classes and practice, so Tang Yue has been idle.
Tang Yue knows. There is no need to rush these things. The important thing is Xiaobai's psychological change. We can only take it slowly and wait for things to develop and change.
Anyway, this is the environment she created. After everything is over, there will be no outside. More than half a day is not a waste of time.
She just treated it as a vacation. It was not boring to go shopping every day and read the book on magic and Taoism in her hands.
Xiaobai's progress in climbing to the pinnacle of power also surprised her. Not only did she move into the Summer Palace, but the king also built and expanded the palace for her, making it comparable to the royal palace.
In the past, if a concubine wanted to go to the summer palace, she could only go with the king. No concubine ever went to the summer palace to live alone.
Not only that, since Xiaobai went to the Summer Palace, the king actually moved to the Summer Palace to live, and all political affairs were handled there, leaving the entire harem in the palace.
Of course the queen was very angry about this. She didn't expect that the monarch had such thoughts. He let Xiaobai leave the palace so that no one would disturb the imperial concubine.
In this way, no one can attack the noble concubine outside the palace, and without being able to see the king, there is nowhere to fight for favor.
But the queen did not dare to use any means. Her father was sent as an envoy to another powerful country. Now she had no backer and did not dare to act rashly.
Although the imperial concubine still has no children, but living together like this every day, the two of them will have children sooner or later. When the time comes, with the favor that the imperial concubine receives, will he and his child still have a way to survive?
In anxiety and fear, the queen fell ill. Her mother came to the palace to visit and brought in a woman who was extremely beautiful.
She said to the queen: "There is no other way now. You offer her up and let her share that woman's favor. This is your only way to survive."
The queen on the hospital bed looked at the woman unwillingly, "Is this the only way?"