The wives of the concubines are empresses

Lord Wan spoke in a trembling voice, having never seen the empress so angry.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what mistake Concubine Li has made." He didn't dare to say that he was wronged. After all, his daughter was indeed her biological daughter.

The concubines looked at her, wanting to know whether the emperor would tell her or not, as it would be detrimental to her dignity as an emperor.

"Aphrodisiacs are not permitted in the palace. I'm sure you all, as officials for a long time, already know this."

Lord Wan was horrified: Could it be that the princess gave her daughter an aphrodisiac?

He mustered up the courage to look up at the empress and found that her face was quite pale. He sighed in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I have failed to educate my daughter. I am willing to confiscate all the public property in my family to make up for the mistake my daughter made." He left himself a way out and only mentioned the public property, hoping that the emperor would let them off easily.

Shangguan Wanjun couldn't help but sneer when she saw these people were so afraid of death.

"Hmph, in that case, Lord Wan is so aware of the current situation, so let Concubine De handle the matter. I hope she won't let me down." If they try to fool her with too little property, she will see how she will let them know how to write the word emperor.

Consort De, Mu Wennian, cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty."

"It's hard to escape the death penalty, and it's hard to avoid the punishment of life." Lord Wan and others echoed: "Yes, yes, please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Master Wan will be demoted two ranks, and all other members of the Wan clan will be demoted one rank each. Master Wan will be a vegetarian for one year, and the others will be vegetarian for six months. Master Wan will be punished by copying Buddhist scriptures ten thousand times, and the others will be punished by copying them five thousand times.

Do you, my dear ministers, acknowledge it or not?"

Lord Wan and the others nodded in fear and thanked the emperor: "Your Majesty, I acknowledge...Your Majesty, I acknowledge. Thank you for your grace."

Shangguan Wanjun returned to the dragon throne and said, "The vegetarian diet will be supervised by Aunt Cheng, and the Buddhist scriptures will be handled by Concubine Shu and Concubine Xijun."

Shangguan Wanjun sneered in her heart: Lord Wan, you guys should take care of yourselves.

She deliberately let those imperial husbands participate in the supervision, believing that they would give her a good answer, and also to let them vent their anger. As for letting Aunt Cheng be responsible for eating vegetarian food, that was to remind them at all times.

Shangguan Wanjun looked at Concubine Lu - Liu Haiming and Concubine Xuan - Song Xuanyi: "Concubine Lu, Concubine Xuan, you go and supervise."

The two men understood that the emperor wanted them to order someone to take action.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After they left, Shangguan Wanjun looked down at the sweaty Lord Wan.

"I have found the right person to make this poisoned wine. I wonder if any of you, my dear ministers, would be willing to take the trouble to do so?"

The lords of the Wan family were shocked. They looked at each other, and finally everyone pointed at Lord Wan.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Li is his biological daughter. He is not good at raising her. This matter should be handled by him personally."

Lord Wan was terrified: he had never thought that the empress was so cruel, but when he thought of the audacious things his daughter had done, he wanted to beat that rebellious girl to death. She had brought such a disaster to the family that almost destroyed the entire family.

After figuring it out, Lord Wan said in panic, "Your Majesty, I will do it. There is no need to dirty your hands."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanjun smiled with satisfaction, but the expression did not reach her eyes.

"That's very good. My dear ministers, from now on, please control your people well and don't let such things happen again."

They kowtowed repeatedly in response to the empress's warning.

"Yes... Your Majesty, I will take good care of the people in my family."

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Hearing the heart-wrenching screams of Concubine Li outside, everyone in the main hall trembled in fear.

Concubine Lu - Liu Haiming and Concubine Xuan - Song Xuanyi looked at Concubine Li as if she were a dead person. It was this woman who made the emperor suffer such great torture.

None of them had ever thought that the emperor would be overtaken by someone else and their virginity would be taken away.

When the beating stopped, Shangguan Wanjun looked at the adults kneeling on the ground.

"Master Wan, please step back."

The officials crawled out of the imperial study and saw the dying Concubine Li at the door. They angrily threw their sleeves and left, even spitting before leaving.

Turning around and seeing Lin Limu, her expression softened slightly as she thought about how they had already done the most intimate thing between husband and wife.

"What's your name?"

Lin Limu hurriedly bowed and said, "My surname is Lin and my name is Xueyu."

Shangguan Wanjun murmured his name: "Xueyu, it's a good name."

Aunt Cheng helped her sit down, and the Empress Dowager Donggong looked at her daughter.

"Emperor, he has made great contributions this time. Please decide how to reward him and what kind of status to give him." She was very satisfied with her daughter's actions today.

As an emperor, being soft-hearted is a taboo. Good, my daughter is not like that. I hope she is so kind, but it just hasn't happened before.

Lin Xueyu's hands were a little uneasy at the moment. He didn't know how the emperor would arrange him. After all, that incident didn't happen when the emperor was awake, and he was not one of the emperor's concubines.

The concubines also looked at the emperor, wanting to know how she would arrange that man.

"Lin Xueyu has made great contributions this time, so he is specially awarded the seventh rank Dajun, given the title Chen, and is granted the residence of the Imperial Court Palace." When they heard the Imperial Court Palace, all the concubines were stunned.

The Imperial Palace was the palace where the emperor lived when he was a princess, but now it was given to a small seventh-rank emperor.

Lin Xueyu also knew that the Imperial Palace was the palace where the emperor and princess lived during their time, and only half a year had passed.

"Your Majesty, I thank you."

After the matter was settled, Shangguan Wanjun looked exhausted.

"Mother, mother, you should go back first."

The two Empress Dowagers looked at each other, and the Empress Dowager of the East Palace nodded to the Empress Dowager of the West Palace.

"Okay, mother and concubine will leave first. You should take good rest." Alas, seeing her daughter in such a state, the Empress Dowager Donggong's eyes were full of heartache.

Shangguan Wanjun stood up and saluted the two of them: "Your son respectfully bids farewell to your mother, the Empress Dowager and the Consort."

After watching them leave, Shangguan Wanjun looked at the other imperial husbands again.

"Let's all go back."

The attendants looked at each other and bowed.

"I'll take my leave."

Shangguan Wanjun looked at Lianhua and said, "Lianhua, serve me some food."

After two hours of struggling with that matter and dealing with it for so long, she was already exhausted and very hungry.

Concubine Wen - Bai Xuanyi did not leave with her. He looked at the cold figure with heartache.

"emperor."

Shangguan Wanjun looked at him suspiciously: "Is there anything wrong with Concubine Wen?"

Concubine Wu looked back, but eventually turned around and left. The emperor probably needed to be quiet for a while now.

Looking at the man sitting next to her, Shangguan Wanjun was stunned. She didn't understand what he meant.

Concubine Wen - Bai Xuanyi hugged her soft body in his arms and rested his chin on her shoulders.

"I know that the emperor has been wronged. It is my fault that I did not come earlier." If he had come today to review and classify the memorials for the emperor, he would not have let the emperor suffer such a punishment.

Shangguan Wanjun was somewhat touched by his comfort. She leaned against the man's warm chest and closed her eyes slightly. She was too tired and wanted to rest, but she was tired, hungry, and uncomfortable all over.