Harem Daily Life

Chapter 435: Not Her Harem

After receiving the sleeping table sent by Concubine De, He Linzhang's eyes darkened: "Concubine De, are you very free recently? Do you even have the energy to study this?"

Concubine De's heart trembled, and she quickly explained: "Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation. I am also helpless!"

Therefore, he reported to them one by one the matter of the Grand Princess and several imperial aunts urging them to have an heir.

"It's not their turn to interfere in my affairs!" He Linzhang was very angry. When he heard that Concubine Tao also agreed, he wanted to rush to Changle Palace and talk to her properly.

"Your Majesty, the late emperor had many descendants. Only with many descendants can the Great Zhou be stable. For the sake of the future of the Great Zhou, please visit other palaces more often! If you give birth to a few princes every year, the royal family will prosper and the country will be forever stable." Defei persuaded.

She no longer expected to be favored again. She did all this just to gain a reputation for virtue and let clan members and court officials see her virtue and magnanimity. If she were to be made queen again in the future, her status as a member of the Rong family and the eldest prince's biological mother would make her much more advantageous than other concubines.

He Linzhang looked at the sequence table and sighed softly: "De Fei, it would be much more useful if you put more effort into teaching the eldest prince than doing this kind of thing."

After saying this, he tore up the order list with his own hands: "I have the final say on whose palace I want to go to. It's not a good thing for you to extend your hand too far."

The emperor's voice was cold, and Concubine De instantly felt wronged: "Your Majesty, there are many rumors outside now, saying that you only favor Concubine Tao and ignore other people in the harem. Everyone has long been complaining. Yes, Concubine Tao is indeed beautiful, but this harem is not just hers! Please think about it, Your Majesty."

Since Concubine De had already advised her, she stood up and took her leave. He Linzhang had a stern look on his face, which frightened Eunuch Zhang.

Tao Yanyan thought that the emperor would not come today, but she didn't expect that as soon as she lay down, He Linzhang came in with a sullen face.

"I heard that you agree to let me go to another palace?" He Linzhang said coldly.

He deliberately turned his back to Tao Yanyan, and from behind he looked like an angry figure.

Tao Yanyan stood up, hugged his waist from behind, and gently put her little face on his back: "Your Majesty is so angry, is it because you saw the list of concubines?"

He Linzhang did not comment, but squeezed her hands around his waist and tried to pull them apart.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Tao Yanyan rubbed his back and said, "Your Majesty, how could I agree to this? I had no choice at the time! Your Majesty took so many people into the palace, and you didn't favor them, so they naturally had complaints. Isn't the root of everything yours?"

He Linzhang was speechless for a moment, and after a long while he said: "I have never had any preference before. It seemed that it didn't matter where I stayed before, I would just stay with whoever I remembered. But now, I just want to come to you."

Tao Yanyan said "hmm" and said nothing.

He Linzhang turned around, hugged her in his arms, and rested his chin on top of her head: "Promise me, no matter what others say, don't take it to heart. I only have you in my heart now. Let them be resentful and jealous, just let them be. Don't let them influence you, okay?"

Tao Yanyan raised her head and kissed his chin, her eyes shining like the brightest stars in the sky: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. My greatest strength is that I am not easily influenced."

Not surprisingly, He Linzhang stayed overnight in Changle Palace again.

Thinking that the clouds would clear and the moon would appear, the concubines in the harem did their best to dress up, just to be able to shine brightly and win the emperor's favor. But unexpectedly, the emperor was still the same as before, and except for Changle Palace, he would not go to other palaces at all.

The women in the harem are all children of officials and have the support of their families. If they do not live well in the palace, it will be a loss for their families.

Therefore, memorials after memorials were sent to the Imperial Study, all of which were persuading the emperor to either select beautiful concubines to fill his harem or to treat all his concubines equally and not favor one alone. Some memorials even compared Tao Yanyan to Daji and Bao Si.

In short, the words "beauty is a disaster" were put on Tao Yanyan.

The more He Linzhang watched, the angrier he became: "These court officials have so much official business to do and are now commenting on my harem. They really have nothing better to do!"

The memorial fell to the ground, and Eunuch Zhang picked it up carefully and put it aside.

"Your Majesty, please calm down first. It is not worth it to ruin your health. In my opinion, the root cause is the scarcity of offspring. They are also considering the Great Zhou!" Eunuch Zhang advised softly.

He Linzhang calmed down and said, "Go prepare some gifts and send them to the palaces. I can't give you anything else, just provide you with fine clothes and delicious food."

Eunuch Zhang agreed and went down to handle it immediately.

The emperor's generous reward to the concubines was quite surprising, but when they learned that Concubine Tao received the best and most tribute fabrics, they all became jealous.

The second prince of Xia Kingdom searched for several months, but in the end there was no news. It was almost a year since he came out, and there was no progress at all, so he had no choice but to have people pack their bags and prepare to return to Xia Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, on the night before their departure, the inn where the Second Prince was staying was robbed, and the portrait of Long Weiwei that they brought with them disappeared, along with an item that Long Weiwei had left behind.

The second prince immediately ordered someone to report to the Jingzhao Yin. Naturally, the government did not dare to be negligent and went to the post station to investigate the case as soon as possible.

Tao Yanyan learned the news when Wang Zhaoyi brought the third princess to play.

Wang Zhaoyi's father is the Minister of Rites, and he is in charge of foreign affairs reception. The second prince of Xia Kingdom suffered a theft in the Dazhou Inn, so he naturally has no choice but to take responsibility. Recently, he has been cooperating with Jingzhao Yin in handling the case, but even if he devotes himself to official duties, he cannot avoid being reprimanded by His Majesty because of this matter.

"Hey, my father was going to celebrate his 50th birthday, and he had already sent out the invitations. Who could have thought that this would happen? Now he is not at home all day, and the birthday banquet has been cancelled. The second prince of Xia is the same, he doesn't keep his things well, in addition to that painting, there is also that thing, he said that if he can't find it, he may die. Tell me, what is more important than his life as a prince?"

Wang Zhaoyi complained, and Tao Yanyan could see that she was indeed anxious and angry, as there were several pimples on her forehead.

Tao Yanyan took the chubby third princess, held her in his arms and played with her, and asked Mingyue to bring a bowl of mung bean soup to Wang Zhaoyi.

"Don't worry, just let the government investigate. But the fact that he was able to break into the post station and steal shows that he is quite capable, brave, and skilled."

Wang Zhaoyi took the mung bean soup and drank it while saying, "I hope to find the lost items as soon as possible, otherwise my father might lose his official position."