I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

When Liangpin saw that Ai Ziyi had seized the opportunity, she immediately became annoyed. Why didn't she think of this? So she hurried over and praised the eldest princess for being cute and sensible, and the emperor for being a kind father, etc. It can't be said that she was telling lies with open eyes, but there was really no truth in it either.

Seeing this, the other concubines who were serving here also hurriedly flattered the emperor's fatherly heart and the princess's filial piety.

Only Concubine De stood at the back among the many concubines. Her expression was still indifferent. She just stared quietly at the emperor lying on the sickbed. She had neither the intention of following the crowd to flatter him nor the intention of caring about the emperor's health. She just stood there indifferently, not like the emperor's concubine, but more like an outsider.

However, it is not surprising that she shows this side of herself. After all, Concubine De has always been a rather indifferent and noble person. It would be strange if she suddenly changed her personality.

The other concubines did not pay attention to her. They were not as lucky as Concubine De. Concubine De could choose not to flatter the emperor, but they could not.

For Concubine De, she had been waiting for this day for a long time. She originally thought that she would never see such a situation again in her lifetime. After all, this dog emperor was real and capable.

Although the late emperor could be considered a very wise emperor when he was young, he inevitably became foolish and incompetent when he was old. He appointed treacherous ministers and favored a concubine, making the entire court and harem a mess. The emperor executed the treacherous ministers and killed the powerful ministers, and successfully concentrated most of the power in his own hands.

This is not something that an ordinary person can do. It is precisely because of this that, although the emperor has various faults, there are indeed not many people in the court who dare to rebel. Even the empress dowager, who had always held great power, did not dare to face the emperor in the end. She could only retreat temporarily and even watched her only niece being sent to a place where human beings were not allowed to stay.

But Concubine De did not intend to compromise. The majesty of imperial power was naturally extremely terrifying to those who wanted to beg for food under the imperial power, but for someone who had already risked his life, it seemed to be nothing.

The emperor sent a concubine who had no family background and was very fond of him to the empress dowager to appease her, but everyone knows what the real purpose was. It may be a bit too much to say that it was a murder, but in fact, there was nothing particularly good about it.

Yes, if the emperor really respected the empress dowager, he should not have allowed the empress dowager's family to decline, and should not have sent the empress dowager's niece, who had served the emperor in the palace, to a Buddhist temple.

Everyone knew that Concubine Zhang was arrogant and domineering, and that she plotted to murder other concubines and the emperor's children. The emperor could no longer tolerate this and made such a decision. Even so, he spared Concubine Zhang's life and did not directly sentence her to death.

However, as one of the several powerful people in the palace, Defei was of course very clear about those things. It was true that Concubine Zhang was stupid and bad, but it was impossible to say that Concubine Zhang was really bold enough to be so stupid as to not see the reality clearly after being demoted to such a level and to murder other favored concubines.

Needless to say, even if she murdered those favored concubines, the emperor's favor would never fall on someone like her again. Concubine Zhang should understand this. Even if she doesn't understand, the empress dowager will find a way to make her understand.

As for why things developed to such a serious extent in the end, it was nothing more than the conspiracy of others adding fuel to the fire and the emperor acquiescing.

No matter what the emperor does, he will not dirty his hands, so naturally there will be a lot of people vying to pounce on him and serve as his knives.

When Concubine De thought of this, her eyes could not help but become bloodshot. Wasn't Nannan also tortured by those wolves and tigers with the emperor's tacit consent?

She only hated that she was too young at that time, had no ability, and no experience, so she had no way to compete with them. Later, those jackals and tigers who participated in the destruction of the late queen were also dealt with by the emperor, but Defei did not calm her resentment.

It makes sense. The person who really harmed the late queen is not only still alive and well, but is even sitting in the supreme position, favoring one concubine after another and giving birth to one child after another. However, the late queen, such a good concubine, can only sleep alone in the cold tomb.

Defei knew very well that if she wanted to plot against the emperor, she had to be fully prepared. She was not afraid of implicating her family, as she did not have any feelings for those people in her family.

At the beginning, her family did not fancy this emperor, so they chose her, a concubine with no future, to marry him as a concubine.

However, by some strange coincidence, the crown prince most favored by the late emperor was suddenly deposed, and the two older princes also passed away for various reasons.

No one had expected that an inconspicuous prince like the current Majesty would eventually sit on the supreme throne, so Concubine De was naturally valued in her family.

But what was the use of belated attention? Defei's aunt had completely overdrawn her body under the daily torture. Not long after her daughter got married, she committed suicide in the woodshed out of despair.

This was not known until Defei begged the late queen to send someone to visit her aunt.

At that time, Concubine De was extremely desperate. What could she do? What would be the use no matter how well she did?

The only person who loved and cared about her was gone, and those so-called relatives only wanted to use her power to benefit themselves.

They even suppressed the news of his aunt's death for so many years, so that she didn't have time to see her aunt for the last time. She learned the aunt's tomb from those people through interrogation, but she had no way to go out and worship.

She was the emperor's concubine, and her every word and action represented the dignity of the royal family. She could not do those dirty, filthy, and indecent things. But looking at all the places in the world, is there a place more dirty and filthy than the palace?

All greed and disgusting things are gathered here. Everyone seems to be quiet and courteous on the surface, but only they know what they are really like.

Nannan was like a piece of pure land. She did not seek benefits for her family. She would not even ask the emperor for official positions for her family. Most of the feelings she had towards the concubines in the palace were pity, even if those people relied on the emperor's favor to act unscrupulously.

It seems that Xixi loves the emperor, but it also seems that she doesn't love him. It is difficult for Defei to tell the difference. After all, she has never received any real love education. The term love education was given to her by Xixi.

Her father was only attracted to her aunt because of her beauty, and his marriage to her stepmother was only for the benefit of the people, that was all. No one told her what love was, and she could only figure it out slowly.

Looking at Xixi and the emperor, do they love each other? Probably, but no matter how important this love is, it seems to be inferior to the supreme power in the hands of the emperor.

Sometimes Concubine De really couldn't understand. The emperor had already sat on the supreme position. What would the use of being a little more patient be? He just needed to wait a little longer. One day, all the power would slowly be returned to his hands.

But he seemed unable to wait. He would rather use the lives of Nannan's children as a sacrifice, plus Nannan's own life, in exchange for taking control of power a few years earlier.

This man was so disgusting that Concubine De deeply hated the emperor from that time on and decided to make him suffer like Nannan, but she never found the opportunity.

Now the opportunity has come, the once mighty tiger has become extremely weak.

Kind father and filial son?

Letting him die at the hands of the crazy princess seems to be a good choice.