The wives of the concubines are empresses

"How is it?"

When Liu Cheng heard this, he was so scared that he fell to his knees. When the adult saw this, he lowered his head even lower.

Don't find a few more columns, otherwise he will really play.

"Your Majesty, we've discovered four more rows of servants from the mansion."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanjun narrowed her eyes slightly.

"What did you say?"

Liu Cheng didn't dare to look up at the angry empress. They all took a lot of precautions, but in the end there was that shameless person.

Shangguan Wanjun stood up and kicked the kneeling lord. "That's great! Despite all the precautions, the inner city was still infected. Lord Li, I will demote you five ranks. If you don't properly control the people in this mansion, I will punish you severely for all your crimes."

Humph, was her punishment too light? These people are truly audacious.

"Since that concubine is so thirsty and has committed such a heinous crime, Xiao Liuzi will personally give her poisoned wine to kill her." She was killing the chicken to scare the monkey, and also to warn everyone.

Lord Li was frightened and quickly stated: "I obey your order and will go back to discipline the people in the mansion."

The punishment of him and his concubine was soon known to all the governments in the capital, and everyone was shocked.

The empress is really furious this time. They have to behave themselves and not let the empress add fuel to the fire, otherwise they will die a more miserable death.

The Right Prime Minister stood by the study window wearing a mask, looking at the pink lotus flowers in the large vat outside, his eyes deep in thought.

The empress is becoming more and more resourceful, and her imperial majesty is growing. Although their Bai family is in the court and the harem, they dare not displease the current empress.

Thinking of the content of the letter sent back by the second son, the right prime minister sighed. They really had to treat the empress as an emperor, not the little girl from a year ago.

He had a premonition that the future would belong to the empress, and all they had to do was to have a status in the front court and the harem to maintain their wealth and glory.

Wang Shuxian from the Clothing Bureau was very busy every day, and she was very happy when she saw the registration book in her hand.

"Okay, this number should be able to hold out for a while." She shouted happily: "Come here, prepare a carriage for me." She had to go to the palace to see the emperor.

Shangguan Wanjun was also shocked by the speed of the manual work when she saw the registration books brought by Wang Shuxian from the Clothing Department.

"Yes, Lord Wang, thank you for your hard work."

She was delighted to receive the emperor's praise.

"I am not tired. I am just doing my duty." What the emperor ordered was my duty.

After she left, Shangguan Wanjun supported her head with one hand, feeling a headache when thinking about the current situation.

Dragon's Dormitory

The palace maids were combing Shangguan Wanjun's hair, but they found that the comb was full of fallen hair. The two looked at each other in confusion.

It’s over. If the emperor knew that I had lost so much hair, would he be furious?

Feeling that their movements suddenly stopped, Shangguan Wanjun also felt something strange.

"What's wrong?"

The two were so scared that they fell to their knees. Seeing their expressions, Shangguan Wanjun frowned slightly.

"explain."

A palace maid stretched out her hand tremblingly, and in her palm was a wooden comb tangled with hair.

Shangguan Wanjun reached out to take it, looked up at the two palace maids on the ground and smiled slightly.

"What are you afraid of? I lost my hair myself. What does it have to do with you?"

The two palace maids looked at each other, a little bit unable to believe what the empress said.

"Get up. I've been under a lot of pressure lately, and I haven't been sleeping well and have poor appetite. It would be strange if I didn't lose my hair. Continue combing your hair and put all the fallen hair on the dressing table." With so much long hair, could she keep it as a souvenir? After all, this was the first time she was so worried about the country and the people that she lost a lot of hair.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The two continued to comb their hair. At the end, Shangguan Wanjun touched the long hair and seemed to be lost in thought. No one dared to disturb her. The entire bedroom was extremely quiet.

Suddenly she started to sort them out one by one, and all the palace maids were stunned. What was the emperor doing?

Looking at the handful of hair in her hand, she thought there might be hundreds of strands.

"Who among you knows how to embroider a purse and sachet?"

The two maids combing hair replied in unison: "Your Majesty, we can do it."

"Really? Then embroider one for each of us. What kind of pattern do you think would be good?"

The two looked at each other again, and one of the palace maids mustered up the courage to speak.

"How about embroidering a dragon and a phoenix for the emperor? Or maybe a peony or a Chinese peony?"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanjun smiled.

"Okay, you two can do whatever you want." She just wanted to stuff her hair in there anyway. After all, it was really commemorative.

Tired, she slowly stood up, walked to the dragon couch, lay down, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

At the court meeting, everyone found that the empress today was like an icy cellar in winter, making them feel cold unconsciously.

Fu Shou Palace

Butterflies fluttered in the courtyard, sometimes landing on lotus flowers, sometimes flying onto glazed tiles.

The Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace held the Buddhist beads in one hand and pressed them one by one. Her eyes were full of helplessness, and finally she sighed softly.

"How's the Emperor doing?"

"Lord Li was demoted five levels yesterday."

"Oh, what happened?"

"The legitimate son contracted the plague while raising a concubine. Several cases have been reported in the capital, and four have died."

The Empress Dowager Donggong was furious when she heard this: "He deserves it. The Emperor was merciful for not confiscating his family's property and beheading them."

"Perhaps the emperor has her own considerations."

The Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace looked at the rising sun in the sky, her brows slightly furrowed.

The atmosphere in the Golden Palace was depressing. The empress had been sitting on the dragon throne for two quarters of an hour without saying a word. All the ministers were wondering in their hearts whether the emperor was frightened by what happened yesterday.

"Why, none of you said a word?"

The ministers were shocked. They were so frightened that they didn't know where to start.

"Everyone knows what happened yesterday, right? I'm just giving you a warning. Anyone who dares to do it again will be put to death by slow slicing."

Everyone was so frightened that they dared not speak. The emperor's words were light but chilling.

"I don't dare."

Shangguan Wanjun glanced at the whole audience calmly and said, "It's best if you don't dare."

I don’t know whether the people she sent out found any evidence or whether they successfully replaced those corrupt officials.

Wang Qing of Yunzhou and Jiang Chengkun of Jiamusi County both received the secret letter and were shocked.

Seeing his master's serious expression, Master Zhou had a bad feeling.

"Sir, what does the letter say?"

Jiang Chengkun handed the letter to her directly: "Take a look."

Mr. Zhou took it suspiciously, and his face changed drastically after reading the letter.

"This……"

I didn't expect such a big thing to happen in the capital. It's a plague, a plague that takes lives.

"Sir, we must act quickly as required. The sooner we act, the less trouble we will have." The two men quickly summoned all the yamen runners and began to check one by one.

The plague in the capital city is becoming more and more rampant, and more and more people are being infected.

"Help, we don't want to die."

“We don’t want to die.”

"Sir, help us, save us."

……

Concubine Wu - Propaganda Style Seeing such a tragic scene, some people dared not to watch any further.