Chapter 31 The Jue Hei Emperor VS the Beautiful Concubine (31)
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Ye Xiu Lao Po
Cining Palace.
"Che'er, are you serious?" Queen Mother Yu looked at her son in surprise.
"You want to let out all the concubines in the harem?"
Although the women in Dongfang Che's harem were not as many as the 72 concubines in three palaces and six courtyards like other emperors, there were still some twenty or so.
Are all the concubines released from the palace?
You must know that these twenty or so people are still the ones left after the harem was cleaned up last time. Originally, there were more than thirty people.
"Mother, it's true that Dongfang Luo gave me the infertile medicine back then." Dongfang Che said with a solemn face.
"Dongfang Luo?" Queen Mother Yu said angrily upon hearing this, "The son of that bitch Liang?"
Liang was the one who competed with Empress Dowager Yu for the position of queen, and it was her son who competed with Dongfang Che for the position of prince.
She really didn't expect that Liang and Dongfang Luo would give her son a killer drug.
"They gave you such medicine, why..." Queen Mother Yu was a little surprised.
If an emperor has no heirs, his throne will be unstable.
If Dongfang Luo's secret medicine was effective back then, why weren't they exposed and ruined Dongfang Che's possibility of ascending to the throne?
"Dongfang Luozai died before he could reveal that he had drugged me." Dongfang Che said with a stern face.
Queen Mother Yu frowned and said, "Is this medicine really effective?"
"Then Mrs. Gu, how could Mrs. Gu have given birth to three children? Now she has another baby in her belly." Queen Mother Yu asked worriedly.
"Mother," Dongfang Che comforted her, "Ms. Gu's child is indeed my child. She is the only one who can give birth to my child."
"Look at Yu'er's appearance. He is so similar to me. Do you think he might not be my child?"
Empress Dowager Yu thought about the eldest prince's appearance and personality, which were similar to her own son. It was indeed impossible to say that he was not Dongfang Che's child.
"Mother, since other women can't bear children for me, let them go."
"Perhaps they can marry another person and have children of their own?" Dongfang Che said.
As an emperor, he still pays great attention to population.
If the concubines in his harem can give him children, it is unlikely that he will let them out of the palace.
But now that they can't give birth to him, they can go out and give birth to others, and then they can add more people to Dasheng.
Queen Mother Yu looked at her son's serious look, nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll do as you wish."
The queen mother wanted to tell her son that she could not favor one person alone. What if she acted like a foolish king and harmed the country by favoring only one person?
But thinking about her son's situation, now only Mrs. Gu can give birth to a child for her son. So not only does her son dote on her, but he also doesn't have children when he sleeps with other women. What's the difference?
Support other women to fight with Gu?
The emperor's heirs are all born to the Gu family, so how can they compete?
No amount of pampering is as important as children in the harem.
For example, His Majesty Sejong had a very beloved concubine in his harem, but that concubine had no heirs.
Later, after the death of His Majesty Sejong, the imperial concubine was liquidated by the queen mother.
So pampering is really an illusory thing. Only children are the foundation of the harem.
Dongfang Che and Queen Mother Yu both agreed to release the concubine out of the palace, and soon the concubines in the harem also knew about it.
"What? Let us leave the palace? Is this Gu's idea? It's not enough for her to monopolize His Majesty's favor. Now she can't accommodate us?" A concubine named Jie Yu said angrily after getting the news.
Jieyu's idea was very simple. Since Dongfang Che could get Wushuang pregnant and give birth to a child, she would still have a chance.
If she can give birth to a son and a half for His Majesty, and her status is stable, then her prosperity and wealth for the rest of her life, as well as the prosperity and wealth of her mother's family, will be enough.
But now Dongfang Che wants to send her out of the palace, how is this possible?
She couldn't accept that the glory and wealth she had at her fingertips was gone.
"Are you really going to let us out of the palace?" A beautiful woman couldn't believe it for a moment when she heard the news, but she was more happy.
This beauty is very aware of the queen's status in the palace. They have not had children for so many years since they entered the palace. The queen has three children and is pregnant in just three years.
The Queen's natal family is still the Prime Minister's Palace.
Under such a situation, the beauty knew very well that she had absolutely no chance of rising to the top. Even if she was one of the Nine Concubines, or even Jieyu's position, she might not be able to continue to be promoted.
So after learning that Dongfang Che intended to release them from the palace to marry others, the beauty was very excited.
She didn't want to spend the rest of her life hopelessly in the palace. She was still less than 30 years old, and she could still have children.
It would definitely be good if she had children of her own with her new husband after leaving the palace and remarrying.
She pulled the sister beside her and lowered her voice and said, "Don't you have a cousin who shares your mind? You should be able to be together after leaving the palace this time."
The sister next to this beauty was also a beauty. She smiled bitterly and said, "My cousin got married less than three months after I entered the palace."
She opened her mouth and said, "What?"
Isn’t it said that love is as deep as the sea?
Why is it less than three months...
The beauty who once had her lover's cousin smiled bitterly and said, "It's actually quite good. I've entered the palace, so what's the use of him continuing to wait for me?"
"No one knows that we can leave the palace and marry another person now."
"Then what do you do now? What do you plan to do after you leave the palace?"
"I have no plans. I will just follow the arrangements of Your Majesty and the Queen." Beauty B smiled, "It's better than the current life, isn't it?"
Although the palace seems to be rich and wealthy, there are very few unfavored beauties like them, and they are often promoted and suppressed by the maids and eunuchs in the palace.
After His Majesty had the Queen, he left the harem empty, and their lives became even worse.
If I could leave the palace and marry another person, how could it be better than what I am doing now?
Beauty A thought for a while and said, "What you said makes sense."
However, Beauty A’s natal family is fine. It’s okay for her to go back to her natal family and ask her parents, brother-in-law and sister-in-law to find her a new husband.
Because of the release of the concubine from the palace, there was a commotion in the harem, and there was also a commotion in the previous dynasty.
There has never been a precedent for an emperor to dismiss his harem. Dongfang Che's actions made the courtiers very dissatisfied.
What's more, the concubines in the harem are the daughters and nieces of most of the courtiers. If they don't have the title of emperor's concubines, what use are they?
"I have made up my mind. It's useless whatever you say." Dongfang Che said firmly.
"Except for the real Zi Tong, none of the concubines in the harem have ever been pregnant. What are you keeping them for? Do you want me to raise them in vain?"
"I and the Queen Mother feel pity that they have no heirs, and let them leave the palace to marry others. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have children of our own by then?"
"It is my will to release the childless concubines from the harem." Dongfang Che said loudly.
Civil and military officials: It’s over.
He became even more envious and jealous of Prime Minister Gu Qianlei.
"Che'er, are you serious?" Queen Mother Yu looked at her son in surprise.
"You want to let out all the concubines in the harem?"
Although the women in Dongfang Che's harem were not as many as the 72 concubines in three palaces and six courtyards like other emperors, there were still some twenty or so.
Are all the concubines released from the palace?
You must know that these twenty or so people are still the ones left after the harem was cleaned up last time. Originally, there were more than thirty people.
"Mother, it's true that Dongfang Luo gave me the infertile medicine back then." Dongfang Che said with a solemn face.
"Dongfang Luo?" Queen Mother Yu said angrily upon hearing this, "The son of that bitch Liang?"
Liang was the one who competed with Empress Dowager Yu for the position of queen, and it was her son who competed with Dongfang Che for the position of prince.
She really didn't expect that Liang and Dongfang Luo would give her son a killer drug.
"They gave you such medicine, why..." Queen Mother Yu was a little surprised.
If an emperor has no heirs, his throne will be unstable.
If Dongfang Luo's secret medicine was effective back then, why weren't they exposed and ruined Dongfang Che's possibility of ascending to the throne?
"Dongfang Luozai died before he could reveal that he had drugged me." Dongfang Che said with a stern face.
Queen Mother Yu frowned and said, "Is this medicine really effective?"
"Then Mrs. Gu, how could Mrs. Gu have given birth to three children? Now she has another baby in her belly." Queen Mother Yu asked worriedly.
"Mother," Dongfang Che comforted her, "Ms. Gu's child is indeed my child. She is the only one who can give birth to my child."
"Look at Yu'er's appearance. He is so similar to me. Do you think he might not be my child?"
Empress Dowager Yu thought about the eldest prince's appearance and personality, which were similar to her own son. It was indeed impossible to say that he was not Dongfang Che's child.
"Mother, since other women can't bear children for me, let them go."
"Perhaps they can marry another person and have children of their own?" Dongfang Che said.
As an emperor, he still pays great attention to population.
If the concubines in his harem can give him children, it is unlikely that he will let them out of the palace.
But now that they can't give birth to him, they can go out and give birth to others, and then they can add more people to Dasheng.
Queen Mother Yu looked at her son's serious look, nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll do as you wish."
The queen mother wanted to tell her son that she could not favor one person alone. What if she acted like a foolish king and harmed the country by favoring only one person?
But thinking about her son's situation, now only Mrs. Gu can give birth to a child for her son. So not only does her son dote on her, but he also doesn't have children when he sleeps with other women. What's the difference?
Support other women to fight with Gu?
The emperor's heirs are all born to the Gu family, so how can they compete?
No amount of pampering is as important as children in the harem.
For example, His Majesty Sejong had a very beloved concubine in his harem, but that concubine had no heirs.
Later, after the death of His Majesty Sejong, the imperial concubine was liquidated by the queen mother.
So pampering is really an illusory thing. Only children are the foundation of the harem.
Dongfang Che and Queen Mother Yu both agreed to release the concubine out of the palace, and soon the concubines in the harem also knew about it.
"What? Let us leave the palace? Is this Gu's idea? It's not enough for her to monopolize His Majesty's favor. Now she can't accommodate us?" A concubine named Jie Yu said angrily after getting the news.
Jieyu's idea was very simple. Since Dongfang Che could get Wushuang pregnant and give birth to a child, she would still have a chance.
If she can give birth to a son and a half for His Majesty, and her status is stable, then her prosperity and wealth for the rest of her life, as well as the prosperity and wealth of her mother's family, will be enough.
But now Dongfang Che wants to send her out of the palace, how is this possible?
She couldn't accept that the glory and wealth she had at her fingertips was gone.
"Are you really going to let us out of the palace?" A beautiful woman couldn't believe it for a moment when she heard the news, but she was more happy.
This beauty is very aware of the queen's status in the palace. They have not had children for so many years since they entered the palace. The queen has three children and is pregnant in just three years.
The Queen's natal family is still the Prime Minister's Palace.
Under such a situation, the beauty knew very well that she had absolutely no chance of rising to the top. Even if she was one of the Nine Concubines, or even Jieyu's position, she might not be able to continue to be promoted.
So after learning that Dongfang Che intended to release them from the palace to marry others, the beauty was very excited.
She didn't want to spend the rest of her life hopelessly in the palace. She was still less than 30 years old, and she could still have children.
It would definitely be good if she had children of her own with her new husband after leaving the palace and remarrying.
She pulled the sister beside her and lowered her voice and said, "Don't you have a cousin who shares your mind? You should be able to be together after leaving the palace this time."
The sister next to this beauty was also a beauty. She smiled bitterly and said, "My cousin got married less than three months after I entered the palace."
She opened her mouth and said, "What?"
Isn’t it said that love is as deep as the sea?
Why is it less than three months...
The beauty who once had her lover's cousin smiled bitterly and said, "It's actually quite good. I've entered the palace, so what's the use of him continuing to wait for me?"
"No one knows that we can leave the palace and marry another person now."
"Then what do you do now? What do you plan to do after you leave the palace?"
"I have no plans. I will just follow the arrangements of Your Majesty and the Queen." Beauty B smiled, "It's better than the current life, isn't it?"
Although the palace seems to be rich and wealthy, there are very few unfavored beauties like them, and they are often promoted and suppressed by the maids and eunuchs in the palace.
After His Majesty had the Queen, he left the harem empty, and their lives became even worse.
If I could leave the palace and marry another person, how could it be better than what I am doing now?
Beauty A thought for a while and said, "What you said makes sense."
However, Beauty A’s natal family is fine. It’s okay for her to go back to her natal family and ask her parents, brother-in-law and sister-in-law to find her a new husband.
Because of the release of the concubine from the palace, there was a commotion in the harem, and there was also a commotion in the previous dynasty.
There has never been a precedent for an emperor to dismiss his harem. Dongfang Che's actions made the courtiers very dissatisfied.
What's more, the concubines in the harem are the daughters and nieces of most of the courtiers. If they don't have the title of emperor's concubines, what use are they?
"I have made up my mind. It's useless whatever you say." Dongfang Che said firmly.
"Except for the real Zi Tong, none of the concubines in the harem have ever been pregnant. What are you keeping them for? Do you want me to raise them in vain?"
"I and the Queen Mother feel pity that they have no heirs, and let them leave the palace to marry others. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have children of our own by then?"
"It is my will to release the childless concubines from the harem." Dongfang Che said loudly.
Civil and military officials: It’s over.
He became even more envious and jealous of Prime Minister Gu Qianlei.
