manynovel Chapter 1966 Preventing Xu Hui from being promoted
Chapter 1966 Preventing Xu Hui from being promoted
Li Shen was in completely two different states in front of the Queen and in front of Li Shimin, or in other words, he was like two different people.
"Come, come here and let your mother see if you are hurt anywhere." Empress Changsun waved her hand and Li Shen hurried forward.
Empress Changsun took a look and then asked Li Shen to sit down.
"Shen'er, you've grown up, you need to follow the rules and stop messing around like this.
"I will help your majesty if I have the chance. Do you understand?"
After Li Shen sat down, Concubine Wei taught him a lesson.
"Yes, mother, don't worry. I will remember your teachings and will go to Anxi Protectorate soon to share my father's worries."
Li Shen nodded repeatedly. He hadn't seen his mother for a long time.
Now in her fifties, Concubine Wei has some gray hair on her temples. Although her face is still as graceful and elegant, she is old after all, and her skin is not as smooth as that of a young woman.
The crow's feet and nasolabial folds are also clearly visible, which makes Li Shen somewhat sad as his mother has been worrying about him for twenty years.
"Okay, sister, Shen'er is actually very good, and he is also filial. No one is perfect, so it's okay for him to make some small mistakes.
Besides, Shen Er is just a bit more carefree." Empress Chang Sun defended.
"Mother understands me well. Thank you for saving me just now. I am guilty and I should not have deliberately caused discord between you and Aye."
Li Shen stood up and bowed to apologize.
"Haha, just apologize, luckily you were smart enough to think of sowing discord, otherwise mother wouldn't know how to save you.
I just said that you were plotting a rebellion, which really scared your mother."
Empress Chang Sun waved her hand and said with a smile.
"Mother, do you mean that I was pretending just now?" Li Shen looked at Empress Changsun in surprise.
But he soon felt relieved. Empress Zhangsun was virtuous and kind, but she was not a fool. As the empress for so many years, his tricks were probably seen through by the empress from the beginning.
How could the Queen not see such obvious instigation? It turned out that he was pretending to beg for mercy from his father.
"If not, how can I protect you from being punished?" Empress Changsun smiled and said nothing. Some things cannot be said too clearly.
"Thank you, mother. I understand." Li Shen bowed again and asked no more questions. Everyone understood what was going on.
Someone saved me, I can't be ungrateful and be like that little jerk Li Chengqian who even betrayed me.
If this insight is exaggerated, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.
"By the way, Shen'er, you mentioned Xu Chongrong just now, but what do you mean by that?" The Queen and Concubine Wei looked at each other, and Concubine Wei asked.
Li Shen nodded after hearing this.
"My dear mother, I do have a point. I heard that among the four concubines, there is a vacancy because Concubine Yin De was demoted to a concubine.
Your Majesty intends to promote Xu Chongrong to the rank of Consort Xian to complete the four consorts."
He didn't mention Xu Hui casually, he was saying it for the Queen and the Emperor to hear.
Xu Hui was highly favored and made rapid progress. Li Shimin even wanted to confer the title of Consort Xian, one of the four concubines.
Li Shen didn't want Xu Hui to be promoted, so he said it in front of everyone.
"Heard? Not many people know about this. Who did you hear it from?
The harem is a forbidden area, and matters in the harem are palace secrets. If you reveal them, you will be beheaded." In order to prove her innocence, Concubine Wei asked Li Shen first.
The secret words in the palace cannot be spread outside.
"Mother is right. He should be beheaded. This is a serious crime."
Li Shenmeng nodded in agreement.
"Shen'er, tell your mother, who told you that Xu Hui would be promoted to Consort Xian?" Empress Changsun also asked.
"This... was told to me by my elder brother. A few days ago, I went to my elder brother's place and he told me that Aye had the auspicious sign of promoting Xu Hui to the position of virtuous concubine.
To be honest with you, mother, I don't want Xu Hui to come up. If she comes up, it is very likely to affect the status of my mother and you.
She is just a concubine now, so it is not that serious, but the four concubines are different."
Li Shen did not hide the fact that he felt this matter had a lot to do with his mother and Empress Changsun.
Now, to put it bluntly, the two of them are old and ugly, and can no longer make Li Shimin happy. Apart from the friendship, there is no novelty anymore.
But Xu Hui was very young and deeply favored by Li Shimin, and Li Shen was very worried that she would replace his mother.
"Gao Ming told you?" Hearing Li Shen's words, Empress Chang Sun frowned and complained in her heart: "This Gao Ming, doesn't he know the rules?
The harem is a forbidden area and nothing is allowed to be leaked outside, let alone your majesty's thoughts?
It makes me worry so much.”
"Mother is right. I also think that what my elder brother did was inappropriate, but I have no way to persuade you, Prince.
My son's behavior today was also prompted by my eldest brother. I guess he doesn't want Xu Chongrong to be promoted to Consort Xian, right?"
Li Shen nodded in agreement.
"Alas, both of you make me worry. This is your father's business. How dare you interfere as his children? If your father finds out, you will be punished."
Empress Changsun sighed again. She understood her two sons' painstaking efforts, but this was a matter of the harem and outsiders could not interfere.
"Don't worry, mother. If Aye knew, I would take full responsibility and would never tell big brother.
Although it was my eldest brother who ordered this, I will still keep it secret for him."
Li Shen patted his chest very loyally, but in his heart he was thinking that if his father knew about this, he would be the first one to give up that despicable guy.
"Shen'er is a good child." Empress Changsun was quite moved after hearing this and couldn't help but praise him.
"Mother, if there is nothing else, I will leave now."
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Li Shen stood up and bowed to say goodbye.
"Well, don't cause any trouble when you go back. Take care of yourself first. Didn't you say you would go to the Anxi Protectorate in a few days? You can't go there injured."
Queen Changsun nodded.
"Yes, thank you for your concern, mother. I will keep your teachings in mind." After saying this, he bowed again and walked out.
Li Shen managed to escape today and was only beaten twice, but he was still feeling a little indignant. On the way back, Li Shen lay in the carriage and thought about how to take revenge on Little Leo.
He thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, and it seemed that Li Chengqian didn't have any leverage now.
After returning to Prince Ji's Mansion, he gave the gifts bestowed by the Queen to Xixi and Yangyang, and then held a small family meeting.
Only one's wives and concubines are allowed to participate.
In Xiaoyao Pavilion, in Lu Dingniang's yard, Li Shen was lying on a rocking chair with his bare buttocks, and Lu Dingniang was applying medicine to him.
She was used to seeing her husband being beaten, and she felt that it was not a good thing that he left in a hurry today.
"I have called you all here because I have something to announce. The King of Japan will be going to Anxi Protectorate in a while and may have to stay there for a while. Who among you is willing to go with me?"
(A few days ago I saw someone mentioned Xu Hui’s younger brother in the comments, but I didn’t remember it. Could you please say it again?)