Chapter 33

Early the next morning, Li Que sent someone to invite Chen Ying to the palace for a talk.

　　Su Yuexin dressed her son and asked curiously, "Aren't you reluctant to see him recently?"

　　Li Que said sternly, "Mom, ever since you said you were pregnant, I've felt the pressure on my shoulders. I've neglected my government affairs recently. If something goes wrong in the court and puts you and your baby in danger, I'll regret it."

　　Su Yuexin was very pleased to hear this, her beautiful eyes sparkled, and she said softly, "This is my good girl. You must put national affairs first, and I will help you deal with the affairs of the harem."

　　…

　　In the imperial study, Chen Ying carefully listed to Li Que several major "crimes" of his that were circulated among the people: "First, he canonized his biological mother as queen and his aunt as concubine, which is considered incest; second, he committed adultery with the Grand Marshal, causing instability in the army; third, he forcibly took the prime minister's wife, chilling the hearts of court officials; fourth, he forced his father to abdicate and killed his brother, which is considered disloyalty and unfilial; fifth, the king did not hold court early, which was considered incompetent and unjust..."

　　"Enough!" Li Que's face turned pale. His heart trembled with every word Chen Ying read. These charges were so harsh that his back was soaked with cold sweat.

　　"You must arrest all those who spread these rumors. How can we allow them to blaspheme the emperor's authority!" Li Que slammed the table heavily.

　　"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, this matter is not that simple!" Chen Ying seemed to have anticipated Li Que's reaction and said slowly, "If it is really those fools who are spreading rumors, the court only needs to issue an order to ban them, and they will stop in a few days. I am afraid that someone is behind this and fanning the flames!"

　　At this time, Li Que gradually calmed down and realized that what Chen Ying said made sense.

　　"You make sense. But who would dare to risk losing his head to do such a thing?" Li Que pondered, "Could it be that Prime Minister Dong holds a grudge against me?" Thinking of Dong Xiuzhu, Li Que did feel a little guilty. Although this man was not very capable as an official, he had not done many bad things. It was really unfair for him to do this.

　　Alas, who told you that your wife is so beautiful, and you can't satisfy her? Li Que thought silently, it is really impossible to make him give up Dong Lihua now that he has tasted the sweetness of her.

　　"Prime Minister Dong is indeed a suspect, but I am more worried about the intervention of local forces, which is what could really shake Your Majesty's throne! According to my intelligence, many princes seem to be ready to make a move!" said Chen Ying.

　　"Well, you must investigate this matter thoroughly, follow the clues and find out who is behind this!"

　　"Your Majesty, I obey your command!" Chen Ying responded, "Your Majesty, there is another matter that is quite difficult to deal with. Recently, many ministers have submitted their resignations to you, saying that they want to return home with their bones. Now, several important positions in the court are vacant. If this continues, I am afraid that the operation of the court will be in trouble."

　　"These bastards!" Li Que rubbed his forehead, his head was about to explode. He knew in his heart that there were still some rigid ministers who could not accept his decision to make Su Yuexin the queen, and were protesting against him in this way.

　　"So do you have any good ideas about this matter?" Li Que asked.

　　"This... I'm sorry, I'm incompetent and can't think of any good ideas for the time being." Chen Ying said ashamedly.

　　"Okay, okay, I will find a way to deal with this matter. You just need to do what I ask you to do." Li Que leaned back on the dragon throne tiredly and waved his hand to signal Chen Ying that she could leave.

　　After Chen Ying left, Li Que was alone in deep thought for a long time. He was mentally prepared for the various obstacles he would encounter after ascending the throne, but he blamed himself for being obsessed with the beauties in the harem these days and unknowingly making the situation worse.

　　Li Que sighed softly, and at this moment a beautiful figure appeared in front of him.

　　"Your Majesty, where are we going to have lunch?" The girl in front of him was pretty, lovely, dignified and elegant. She was the palace maid Lan'er who was chosen by Li Que as his personal maid that day.

　　"Can I eat you?" Li Que smiled and suddenly grabbed Lan'er's little hand and stroked it.

　　"Your Majesty~" Lan'er called out sweetly, her face flushed, and her watery eyes stared at Li Que shyly and expectantly, her heart pounding.

　　Many ordinary maids in the palace were waiting for this moment. The emperor's whim was their only chance to change their fate. Lan'er looked well-behaved and innocent, but she was actually a very clever woman. Since she was transferred to the emperor's side, she spent countless hours dressing up every day, just to get close to him one day and seize the opportunity.

　　"Dear Lan'er, come here and let me kiss you." Lan'er's act of a young girl in love was quite effective on Li Que. After all, he was used to the ferocious demands of mature women, and he found this light meal delicious occasionally.

　　"Your Majesty, you are so bad~" Lan'er said this, but her body had already fallen into Li Que's arms like a water snake. Li Que took advantage of the situation and moved his big hands on the girl's delicate body. The girl made a sweet cry like an oriole from time to time. The two of them were very affectionate for a while, and Lan'er was already happily ready to take off her clothes to welcome the emperor's favor, but Li Que let her go.

　　"Xiao Lan'er, don't worry. There will be plenty of opportunities to make you comfortable in the future, but now I have other things to do." Li Que flicked the girl's nose to appease her dissatisfaction.

　　Although Lan'er was disappointed, she felt very happy when she heard Li Que make a promise.

　　"Give the order, I will go to Concubine Hui's place at noon." Li Que said.

　　"Concubine Hui, which Concubine Hui? Your Majesty has never conferred the title of Concubine Hui?" Lan'er asked curiously.

　　"That's the one who lives in Zihuan Palace."

　　"Ah, Your Majesty, you want to..." Lan'er looked at Li Que with a strange look. Obviously, she had remembered that this was the woman of the old emperor Li Su. She was surprised that Li Que not only had sex with her own woman, but also with his father's other women.

　　"Stop talking nonsense and get to work!" Li Que scolded with a smile. In fact, he didn't have much impression of Concubine Hui now. He only remembered that her appearance was not particularly outstanding. Now there were countless beauties in his harem, and he didn't want to provoke her again. But thinking of Li Qiang's last words before his death and the promise he made, he always felt that if he didn't go to see her, there would be something in his heart that he couldn't let go.

　　Meanwhile, in Zihuan Palace, Zheng Nianshuang was suffering. The former Concubine Hui Zheng Nianshuang no longer had the title, but for some reason, Empress Su Yuexin had not arranged for her to move out like the other concubines. The maids thought that Empress Su Yuexin was thinking of their old relationship, so she let the mother of the criminal Li Qiang live here for the time being, and when the emperor appointed a new concubine, this woman would have to make room for him. By then, she would not be able to move to the prince's son's palace like the concubines with children, and as the mother of a criminal, her later years would be miserable.

　　Because of this, ever since Li Qiang fell and Li Que ascended the throne, the palace maids no longer regarded Zheng Nian Shuang as their master. At first, they were somewhat restrained and just ignored Zheng Nian Shuang's orders, but gradually, when they felt that Zihuan Palace had been forgotten, they became more aggressive and even began to bully Zheng Nian Shuang.

　　"Zi Yan, the bowl of porridge you gave me has gone bad!" Zheng Nianshuang complained helplessly while holding the bowl of yellow porridge in her hand.

　　"Hey, you really think you are the queen. Now, it's good enough to have something for you to eat!" The maid named Zi Yan sneered.

　　"Zi Yan, I think I treated you well in the beginning, and now I don't ask you to be as respectful to me as before, but you shouldn't bully me like this!" Zheng Nianshuang was so angry that her whole body was shaking. It can be seen how excessive the palace maids in Zihuan Palace were that could make her, who was usually gentle in character, so angry.

　　"You treat me well? So what? Why should I keep serving you in this deserted Zihuan Palace?" the palace maid said coldly. In this palace, people go to high places and water flows to low places. Everyone has learned to be ruthless and turn their faces against each other.

　　"Shut up, Zi Yan! No matter what, Concubine Hui is the master. When is it the turn of a servant like you to be so presumptuous!" At this moment, a loud shout came from the door. Zi Yan was startled at first, and then she calmed down after seeing Lan'er's figure clearly.

　　"Oh, who am I to be so impressive? I'm just a little girl!" Zi Yan rolled her eyes. She did recognize Lan'er, after all, they entered the palace together. But she had been in the remote Zihuan Palace for too long, and she didn't know that Lan'er was now a favorite of the emperor. Now every maid in the palace would call her sister.

　　"You..." Lan'er was so angry that she couldn't speak. Zi Yan was feeling proud when she suddenly saw a man standing behind Lan'er. She looked closely and saw Li Que staring at her coldly! She was immediately scared out of her wits.

　　"Your Majesty..." She knelt down hurriedly, trembling with fear and unable to utter a complete sentence.

　　"Your Majesty, this woman is too vicious. You must punish her severely!" Lan'er said in a tender voice while hugging Li Que's arm.

　　Zi Yan knelt there, quietly raised her head and saw Lan Er and Li Que being intimate, she felt even more desperate, and at this moment she didn't care about the bad words she had just said to Concubine Hui Zheng Nian Shuang, and hurriedly crawled to her feet and asked her to plead for her. However, no matter how good-tempered Zheng Nian Shuang was, she would no longer sympathize with Zi Yan after seeing her true face, and she only said hello to Li Que and stopped talking.

　　"Drag her away and feed her to the dogs." Li Que said lightly. Two eunuchs were already dragging Zi Yan out. No matter how much she screamed, Li Que no longer looked at her and walked straight to sit next to Concubine Hui.

　　"Your Majesty, why have you come to this filthy place like this?" Concubine Hui poured tea for Li Que. Li Que said nothing, but just stared at her. Concubine Hui had to speak first to break the silence.

　　"Do you hold a grudge against me in your heart?" Li Que did not answer Concubine Hui's question, but just slowly drank a few sips of tea, and then suddenly asked.

　　Concubine Hui responded calmly, as if she had expected it: "Qiang'er's actions are nothing more than her own fault, in my opinion. Your Majesty is not to blame. In my opinion, Your Majesty will surely be a wise ruler of Daliang."

　　"Since you don't hate me, are you willing to be my concubine?" Li Que suddenly grabbed Concubine Hui's small hand and stroked it gently.

　　Concubine Hui exclaimed and looked at Li Que in disbelief, not even bothering to pull her hand away.

　　"This was Li Qiang's last wish before he died. He hoped that you could live a happy life and asked me to take you into the harem." Li Que said seriously.

　　"This... I..." Concubine Hui did not expect that Li Qiang entrusted her to Li Que before his death. She was so confused for a moment that she did not know how to start.

　　"Stand up and take off your clothes." Li Que said in a tone that was not easy to question. Somehow, seeing Concubine Hui's weak appearance, his desire to conquer her became even stronger.

　　Concubine Hui did not dare to disobey Li Que's wishes. She took off her clothes slowly and tremblingly. She turned her back to Li Que, and her snow-white, plump, round buttocks rose in front of Li Que's eyes like a bright moon.

　　Li Que then understood why Li Qiang said that his mother's huge buttocks were worth playing with. The pink and delicate skin, the two trembling, round buttocks squeezed out an unfathomable groove, exuding the most secret temptation of a mature woman, making people burn with desire. It was truly the best.

　　Li Que praised in his heart, and without hesitation, he grabbed Concubine Hui's big butt.

　　"Ah!" Concubine Hui let out a soft moan. All her reserve melted away with just Li Que's pinch. After her son Li Qiang passed away, she no longer remembered what it felt like to be caressed by this man.

　　As a result, the long-lost roars of men and the moans of women soon rang out in the Zihuan Palace...

　　After the matter was over, Li Que issued an order to restore Zheng Nianshuang's title of Concubine Hui, and she continued to live in Zihuan Palace. Concubine Hui was grateful, and she was lucky to have such an ending in this palace, instead of dying lonely and miserable in the cold palace. And Li Que also resolved a cause and effect in his heart.

　　Li Que walked out of the Zihuan Palace refreshed and saw that Lan'er had been waiting for a long time, so he directly ordered Lan'er to call the Queen and the two concubines Min Rou and Li Yanlong to the Yangxin Palace.

　　"Your Majesty, it is not enough to call one concubine here, you actually call three concubines together!" In Lan'er's mind, Li Que was obviously a big pervert, and she immediately looked at Li Que with a condemning look.

　　"Are you in love, little girl? I can allow you to join us!" Li Que smiled and touched Lan'er's little buttocks, and she immediately ran away with a sweet smile.

　　But this time Lan'er really misunderstood Li Que. Li Que called the three beautiful women to discuss important matters.

　　…

　　In the Yangxin Palace, Min Rou and Li Yanglong were surrounding Su Yuexin, touching her belly enviously.

　　"Sister is so lucky that she gave Que'er a child so soon." Li Yanglong said.

　　"That bad guy does bad things to me every day. It would be strange if I couldn't get pregnant." Su Yuexin spoke with a hint of anger, but her face was full of a happy smile.

　　"No, I'm going to ask Que'er to help me and try to get pregnant with my second child!" Min Rou, who was standing next to her, did not shy away from expressing her thoughts directly.

　　"I say, you slut, you have no shame!" Su Yuexin rubbed Min Rou's towering breasts and scolded with a smile.

　　At this time, Li Que walked into the Yangxin Palace. He saw that Su Yue was wearing a loose plain long gown, and her whole body was already showing the maternal radiance. Min Rou and Li Yanglong were both in military uniforms, especially Min Rou, who was wearing light dark green shin armor, exposing a large area of ​​wheat-colored elastic skin on her lower body, and there were only two small iron plates on her chest covering the middle part of her breasts, making the huge white breasts seem like they would burst at any time.

　　"My dear concubine, it's not nice to dress like this." Li Que said to Min Rou with some dissatisfaction. He remembered that Min Rou was dressed like this in the martial arts arena, and other princes took advantage of her.

　　"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just went to the martial arts arena with Sister Min Rou to compete in swordsmanship, so I had to wear lighter clothes." Li Yanglong, who was standing next to her, thought that Li Que was going to blame Min Rou, so she quickly explained. It turned out that the two women were both outstanding in martial arts, and they had nothing to do in the palace, so they wanted to learn from each other.

　　"Sister, don't be afraid of him. I always dress like this when I'm fighting on the battlefield, and no one dares to say anything." Min Rou held her head high, not caring at all.

　　"But godmother, you are my concubine now after all, so you'd better be more careful in this regard." Li Que didn't really mean to blame Min Rou, so he held her and gently rubbed her exposed flat belly, biting Min Rou's sexy earlobe with his lips, which immediately made the beautiful mature woman tremble all over and beg for mercy from the man.

　　"Alright, you two shameless people, shut up!" Su Yuexin saw that the two were about to have sex as if no one was around, so she quickly stopped them and said, "Que'er, didn't you say you wanted to discuss something important with the three of us? Don't say this is the so-called 'important matter'."

　　"Yes, mother is right. I do have important matters to discuss with my three beloved concubines." Li Que remembered the important matter after his mother reminded him. He let go of Min Rou and told the three women all the information he learned from Chen Ying today.

　　After saying this, the three women all looked solemn. Min Rou clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, "I wish I could lead my troops to kill all these bastards who spread rumors."

　　Li Yanglong seemed very calm, and asked with concern: "Que'er, the situation is indeed urgent now, but the three of us are women, and except for Sister Min Rou who can fight for you, there is no other way for us to help you."

　　Li Que smiled and said, "Aunt, don't underestimate yourself. Father has retired to the deep palace, and you are the oldest in the royal family. I am worried that some royal children will make trouble under the banner of forcing me to marry you as my concubine. If you come forward in person to unite and appease the royal nobles, it will have a very good effect. We must first unite as one in the royal family, so that nothing goes wrong."

　　"But I don't like socializing, and I don't know how to talk to these people." Li Yanglong said with a sad face.

　　"Silly sister, just tell them how happy you are living with our emperor and that you volunteered to be his concubine. When the princes and nobles hear that, even if they are unhappy in their hearts, they will not say anything on the surface." Min Rou said.

　　"Yes, godmother is indeed very insightful. Then I will leave the task of stabilizing the military morale to you. You should communicate more with your former subordinates and grasp the ideological trends in the army." Li Que said.

　　"Don't worry. With me, Min Rou, here, I will make sure your capital city is as solid as a rock. The soldiers I have led before will not harbor any rebellious thoughts. But I can't do anything about the private armies of the princes." Min Rou said proudly with her chest puffed out.

　　Only then did Li Que turn his gaze to his mother.

　　"Mother, your situation is more complicated. I am planning to recruit a group of people from your Su family to fill the vacancies in the court. But as you know, since ancient times, foreign relatives' meddling in politics has always caused chaos. I am afraid that the Su family's power will expand too quickly and it will be difficult to deal with in the future."

　　Su Yuexin's father Su Yuan once served as a general, and her uncle Su Ze once served as a general. Now they are both idle at home. The Su family is very famous. Although there are still people in the Su family who serve as officials in the court, they were usually placed in idle positions to avoid suspicion. Li Que obviously proposed this matter after careful consideration. The Su family is the least resistant to his making his biological mother the queen. After all, when it comes to choosing between ethics and interests, smart people know how to choose. As long as Su Yuexin can continue to hold the position of queen, the Su family will be the best material for Li Que to use.

　　"Well, this matter is indeed worthy of attention." Su Yuexin frowned and pondered. With her political wisdom as a queen for many years, she could naturally see through the interests involved, and she had to admit that her son's move was a good one.

　　"Your grandpa has been strictly disciplining the younger generations in the family since mom was young. Therefore, there are indeed many outstanding talents among the younger generations of our Su family, who can be used very well by you, Que'er. As for how to deal with the expansion of the Su family's power in the future, mother will always pay attention to their movements in this regard. It will not be too late to slowly weaken their power when your throne is stabilized." Su Yuexin analyzed seriously for her son. Obviously, she was now thinking completely from her son's perspective, and she was no longer very concerned about the interests of the Su family.

　　The look of a beautiful woman thinking seriously was particularly charming. Li Que looked at his mother, frowning slightly and thinking hard, her extremely beautiful face looking beautifully tense, and his heart was filled with pity and emotion.

　　"Mother, you are really my good queen." Li Que said, holding his mother's hand.

　　"Silly child, what are you talking about? We sisters are completely yours. Everything we have is yours." Su Yuexin said. Min Rou and Li Yanglong also came over. The three girls snuggled up to Li Que tightly.

　　"Okay, then it's settled. Mother, godmother, aunt, if we work together, we can overcome any difficulties!" Li Que hugged the three extremely beautiful mature women, tenderness and pride rising in his heart. His confident look made the three women's eyes sparkle.

　　"Okay, okay, now that we have finished the serious business, Your Majesty should favor me!" Min Rou could not wait any longer. She tore off her breastplate, and her two huge breasts popped out and clamped Li Que's head tightly.

　　"You slut!" Su Yuexin scolded with a smile, but her hands did not stop. Instead, she lifted up Li Que's pants. Although she could not have sex for the time being, she could still use her soft little hands or tongue to satisfy her son.

　　Even the usually shy Li Yanglong took the initiative to give Li Que a kiss.

　　The Hall of Mental Cultivation suddenly became lively.