Harem Daily Life

After all, Concubine Wang was once a queen. Although she was demoted, she still retained the aura of a queen.

She sneered, "I was designated the Crown Princess by the late Emperor at the age of sixteen, and was ushered into the royal family through the main gate of the Imperial Palace. I gave birth to two legitimate princesses. Even if I'm in decline now, it's not your turn as the successor to accuse me of a crime. I will handwrite a letter to Your Majesty, and ask you honestly who gave you, the successor, such great power to boss me around."

Tao Yanyan looked her straight in the eye and spoke forcefully, "It is precisely because you were once the empress, the mother of the nation, that what you are doing now is even more shameful."

She took a step closer, her aura overwhelming Wang Cairen: "You speak nonsense, order slaves to be beaten and sold at will, and have no regard for the people at all. How dare you say you were once the queen?"

Tao Yanyan narrowed his eyes and said, "If the late emperor knew how cold, heartless, and selfish you are, he would probably regret choosing you and hiring you as his daughter-in-law."

Wang Cairen was so angry that his hands were shaking. He pointed at Tao Yanyan and couldn't say a word.

"You still want to write to His Majesty? What should you write about? About how you spread false rumors and misled the people, harming them? Then write it. I want to read it carefully. What will His Majesty think when he knows what you are like?"

After Tao Yanyan finished speaking, he glanced at everyone before turning to Manager Li and saying, "This Jingci Temple has always been a troubled place. The people who live here are always restless. Manager Li, please send someone to keep a close eye on it and tidy it up."

Manager Li quickly agreed, thinking of checking all the poor nuns first and then selecting a capable one to take charge.

As soon as Tao Yanyan left, Wang Cairen completely lost her strength, collapsed to the ground, and pounded the ground several times, her eyes full of unwillingness.

He Linzhang eventually learned about Empress Tao's plan to reorganize Jingci Temple. Concubine Wang was demoted to Liangyi, and upon receiving the handwritten letter from her, He Linzhang sighed.

Zhang Fuhai stepped forward to refill the tea and advised, "Fortunately, the Queen left in time and did not cause any serious mistakes. Otherwise, if Wang Liangyi continued to deceive people outside, I'm afraid the royal family would lose face."

He Linzhang glanced at him, and Zhang Fuhai immediately fell silent and lowered his head in panic.

After a long pause, He Linzhang finally said, "But Empress Tao is a little too impatient. Although Wang Liangyi's actions were indeed wrong, her status is still there." He pondered for a moment and said, "The Censorate will not miss this opportunity and will definitely submit a petition to impeach the Empress."

As He Linzhang expected, the Censorate quickly wrote several memorials, all of which impeached Empress Tao for being disrespectful to the former empress, dominating the harem, suppressing other concubines, being arrogant because of her favor, and arbitrarily punishing concubines.

Censor Zhang even said in his memorial that Empress Tao was a concubine who came to power and was disrespectful to the mistress, so she should be deposed.

He Linzhang snapped the memorial shut and angrily said, "How can this Censor Zhang be so unreasonable? He actually suggested that I depose the Empress. It seems his job as Censor is too easy!"

Eunuch Zhang kindly advised, "Your Majesty, calm down! The censors have heard rumors and reported the matter, and no matter what they say, they must not be punished. Your Majesty can just read it and forget it, but don't take it to heart, or you'll only make yourself angry!"

He Linzhang calmed down, but he was still very unhappy with what Censor Zhang had said. However, matters of the court could not be handled based on personal preference. For example, right now, he was furious with Censor Zhang, but he had no way to deal with him.

He looked at the mountain of impeachment memorials and felt depressed, so he simply left his government affairs and went to the harem.

It was a clear and cool autumn day. Except for little Jinan who went to primary school, all the other children were around. Tao Yanyan took everyone to stroll in the Imperial Garden.

She is now the most honorable woman in the entire harem except for the empress dowager. This harem is her home. She can go wherever she wants, freely.

Several concubines happened to be in the garden and met the queen and her entourage unexpectedly. They all gathered around, talking and laughing, and gathered together to spend their leisure time.

He Linzhang had come all the way and heard the sound of laughter from afar. When he got closer, He Xuan was the first to notice him and ran forward to greet him. Then everyone stood up to greet the emperor.

"What are you talking about? You look so happy?" He Linzhang stepped forward and helped Tao Yanyan up personally, and asked.

Tao Yanyan smiled broadly, "Sisters are just chatting and gossiping about everyday matters. How did Your Majesty find time today to come to the harem at this time?"

He Linzhang helped her sit down, then looked at the concubines around him and said, "I'm tired of reading the memorials, come here and take a break." After that, he gestured to Mingyue to carry Yunuo over.

The concubines had not seen He Linzhang for a long time, and were curious about the relationship between His Majesty and the Empress. They seemed to have a tacit understanding and did not kneel to pay their respects, but instead accompanied and observed from the side.

Although He Linzhang wanted to talk to Tao Yanyan alone, it was not easy for him to send everyone back, so he took little Yunuo in his arms and focused on entertaining the child.

Ask him why he doesn't hug Yu Cheng?

Haha, that kid never looks good in his arms. When he is happy, he smiles, but when he is unhappy, he jumps up and down, making a lot of noise. It is impossible to hold him in his arms.

In comparison, the chubby little Yunuo won his heart more. Whenever he held him in his arms, as soon as he saw it was him, he would smile and even babble to him.

He is much easier to serve than that moody and cold-faced Yu Cheng.

Yu Cheng, who was disliked by his father, was chasing butterflies in Chang Tai's arms, completely unaware that he was disliked by his father.

"Your Majesty really loves the Fifth Princess, she is truly like the apple of his eye," said Li Zhaoyi.

"The fifth princess is the youngest and is at her most adorable now. Everyone who sees her likes her. No wonder His Majesty loves her so much." Concubine Zhao said.

"If I were to say so, Your Majesty still loves the Queen the most. The Fifth Princess is the Queen's daughter, so he favors her more." Concubine Han said.

He Xuan and He Yue were playing nearby. He Min tilted her head in thought and said softly, "But we are all little princesses. Father loves us all the same."

Tao Yanyan hugged He Min into his arms and peeled a small orange to feed her: "Min'er is right, your father loves you all."

As soon as the queen said this, the concubines who had been talkative immediately realized that they had spoken out of turn and immediately felt embarrassed.

Li Zhaoyi stood up and said, "We, your servants, will not disturb Your Majesty and the Empress any longer. We will take our leave now." Concubine Zhao and Concubine Han understood what she meant and followed Li Zhaoyi in taking their leave.

After everyone finally left, He Linzhang freed one hand and pinched He Min's face: "Min'er said it very well today. Don't take what others say to heart. You are all my flesh and blood, and I love you all the same."

He Yue stood up and came over, squeezing into He Linzhang's arms and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. My sister Min'er and I were raised under the name of Queen Mother Tao. Queen Mother Tao loves us very much. We know everything."

He Yue, a little elf, spoke directly and was very cute. He Linzhang touched her head and thought of her worrying biological mother, and sighed in his heart. He was glad that these two children were not raised by Wang Shi, otherwise he didn't know what kind of people they would be raised as.