Chapter 400 Cannon Fodder Substitute & Cold Tyrant 50-51
It was late at night and the wind was biting cold. Lin Zhi couldn't stand it, so she left with Xiao Yuan after staying for a while.

The ministers came forward to see her off respectfully. He nodded casually and carefully supported her waist as she walked down the stairs. The palace servants also carefully protected her at the side. After they reached the bottom of the stairs, they helped her get into the sedan chair.

This scene hurt the eyes of many concubines.

Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Chen stood together and said with a smile, "Sister, it seems that there is no hope for the others in the palace."

Concubine Chen nodded. This harem is full of efforts, and His Majesty only cares about this one. It’s not that the others haven’t worked hard, but it’s a pity that His Majesty doesn’t even look at them. Today I heard that Concubine Yi’s family was imprisoned in the Sky Prison, but look, His Majesty still favors them.

Fortunately, after she was dealt with by His Majesty, she never thought about being favored again, and she is not angry now.

"I don't care about these things, and I think my sister doesn't care either. However, others may not want to fight for it." He said as he glanced behind him.

When Concubine Zhuang looked over, she saw that Concubine Zhang was trying her best to keep a dignified smile on her face, but she could not hide her jealous eyes. When she saw His Majesty and the other man walking away, she walked towards Lord Zhang and said something and chuckled. As they were in charge of the harem, they naturally knew everything Concubine Zhang did.

Before, when Concubine Hui framed Concubine Yi, everyone said that Concubine Hui was the mastermind, but they all knew that she was being plotted against.

As for who it is, do I need to say it clearly?

When Concubine Zhang entered the palace, she pretended to be gentle and generous, and was a good sister to everyone, but in the end, she was the one who benefited from everything related to her.

They knew it clearly but were too lazy to expose her. Yet she still thought she was pretending well.

"His father is in the emperor's favor, so we naturally cannot compare to him. It's freezing cold, sister, let's go too." His Majesty is not someone to be trifled with. Don't think that just because her father is useful, His Majesty will agree to their request. It may end up being a loss.

Moreover, judging from the actions your Majesty just performed, it seems as if you are pregnant.

Concubine Yi is already favored, and now she is pregnant. If anyone else dares to make her unhappy at this time, His Majesty will tear that person to pieces!
The two of them left chatting and laughing.

There were many people on the city wall who had the same good eyesight as Concubine Zhuang. His Majesty was very careful in his supervision. Although Lin Zhi was wearing a fox fur cloak and her waist was not exposed much, some clever people could still guess something.

He kept his thoughts to himself and secretly made up his mind not to say a word regardless of whether His Majesty wanted to make the girl from the Lin family a concubine or not.

The next day, morning.

After Xiao Yuan shouted "Stand up", all the ministers stood up and began to settle accounts with Prince Rui for his rebellion.

The evidence was irrefutable and no one in the court or the royal family objected. The punishment was imposed and King Rui was eventually demoted to a commoner. Those who participated in the rebellion were killed and their women were sent to brothels. Those who were lucky were exiled to the border, so at least they did not become slaves.

Even the Lin family was no exception. Lin's father, Mrs. Meng, the eldest son Lin and his wife, and his three-year-old son were all exiled.

There are also nine clans implicated by them.

The ministers were silent. They wanted to know what would happen to Concubine Yi in the palace, but the emperor didn't say anything. He ordered the Ministry of Revenue to bring the imperial guards to search the house. The Minister of Revenue was very happy. This time, the national treasury was rich again! He happily agreed.

In the next few days, dozens of big heads rolled on the ground at the intersection of Xishi Street, and blood soaked into the ground.

The city gate was also very busy. Every day, hundreds of officials' families came crying and shouting that they did not want to leave the capital. The women's eyes were filled with panic, and the crying children were put in iron chains and sent to the border. In the end, they could not resist and could only cry.

There were even more divorces. After all, it was bitterly cold at the border, and the journey was even more difficult. It was not certain whether one could survive.

Mrs. Wang also divorced. The Wang family came to take her away, not even taking her grandson. She cried miserably when she left.

As soon as Lin's father came out of the prison, the other members of the Lin family were sent to the border.

After Linzhi learned about it, he sent someone to check it out.

On the way outside the city, it was lunchtime and the soldiers escorting the people let everyone rest. Meng held her grandson in her arms, standing under the scorching sun, looking at the capital city worriedly.

She cried, "I don't know how Xiruo is doing in the palace. Something happened at home. Was she implicated? His Majesty didn't punish her, so she should be fine."

Young Master Lin, who was already depressed, could not help but yell: "All of this was caused by her. If she hadn't insisted on exchanging with Lin Zhi and had stayed in the palace, how could these things have happened! It's all because of you who indulged her!" Father Lin was beaten to a bloody death. He hadn't woken up since he was carried out of the Sky Prison. The more he thought about it, the more hateful he became, and he felt that it was all Lin Xiruo's fault.

He never thought that he himself was more optimistic about Prince Rui at the beginning, worked with him, and participated in the rebellion.

Looking at his mother, he said bitterly, "Besides, who do you think the Concubine Yi in the palace is? She's not Lin Xiruo, but the concubine you look down upon! Do you really think that what you did was perfect and no one would notice?"

Meng was stunned and looked at him in disbelief.

Young Master Lin sneered: "Do you think His Majesty likes your younger sister? It's Lin Zhi. She was kept in the palace by His Majesty. You actually want her to replace Lin Xiruo and return to Prince Rui. How..." So hopelessly stupid.

They looked down on Linzhi but took advantage of her everywhere, not knowing that their current fate might be the result of His Majesty venting his anger on Linzhi.

Moreover, he didn't understand. Lin Xiruo had already consummated her marriage with Prince Rui, so how could they be so confident that His Majesty didn't mind? And they could enter the palace openly.

And there is King Rui.

Even if King Rui succeeds in the end, they betrayed King Rui. Could it be that they still wanted King Rui to favor Lin Xiruo again? The idea was so naive and ridiculous.

Don’t think about it anymore, close your eyes and take a rest, you’ll have to hurry on your way soon.

Meng was stunned, her mind full of Lin Zhi being left behind by His Majesty, who had long known about their replacement, her face full of horror, that daughter! She hurriedly looked in the direction of the imperial city, but unfortunately there were only endless roads and mountains, and they were getting farther and farther away from the capital.

After reading the news, Lin Zhi...

To be honest, she didn't know how Lin Xiruo was doing now, so she turned around and went out to ask Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan said, "She is with Prince Rui."

"I have long heard that she and Prince Rui have secretly agreed to spend their lives together in the boudoir, so I will naturally help them to be together."

Lin Zhi was speechless. What Lin Xieruo liked was the high and mighty Prince Rui, not Xiao Sheng who was now demoted to a commoner. Now that she was sent to be with Prince Rui, it would be strange for her to be happy.

"Interested? Gao Peng knows. Let him tell you."

Gao Peng, who was serving on the side, smiled and told about the recent situation of Lin Xiruo and Prince Rui. After Prince Rui was demoted to a commoner, he was driven out of the palace and lived in a dilapidated house in the west of the city. He was surrounded by people from the clan house and watched.

They were afraid that His Majesty would kill people to silence them. After all, the emperor's temperament was unpredictable.

As a result, Prince Rui tried to escape from the capital while they were not paying attention. He was caught in the capital and his legs were broken immediately. After losing his last patience, he was thrown back into the courtyard and was not even allowed to go out. He was kept under stricter watch.

Lin Xiruo had been sent there a long time ago. Now, not only does she have to cook and wash clothes every day, she also has to help him go to the toilet and clean.

She had a bad temper to begin with, and she kept calling Prince Rui a waste.

Now she didn't even bother to clean herself, and just let Prince Rui get all filthy, only caring about herself.

Linzhi...

Lin Zhi didn't expect that the loving and envied hero and heroine in the plot would become like this now, and Xiao Yuan was also bad, actually sending Lin Xiruo to such a Rui Wang. She looked at him and hesitated to speak.

"Don't worry about them, they asked for it."

He took her to his side and looked at the album in his hand: "Come here, take a look at this phoenix robe. Do you like it?"

Hearing about the phoenix robe, Lin Zhi subconsciously looked over. The palace depicted in the album was elegant and luxurious, with phoenixes embroidered all over her body with their wings spread out, and embellished with pearls and gems. One could imagine how beautiful it would be if it was made and worn on the body.

She was stunned: "This is what I wear?"

"If I don't give it to you, who else should I give it to?" Xiao Yuan said as a matter of course. He opened the album below, which showed the queen's phoenix hairpin, tiara, etc., which were extremely exquisite and gorgeous.

He said he would hire the best embroiderer in Jiangnan to embroider for her, and then he suddenly had an idea and asked her if she wanted to re-hold the wedding. They had never gotten married.

Lin Zhi came back to her senses in shock and quickly stopped him: "The enthronement of the Queen is already a grand wedding, there is no need to hold it again. However, don't the ministers disagree?" Looking at him, she only saw his chin covered with green stubble.

She had heard the rumors in the court recently.

Ever since Prince Rui's rebellion failed and all those who followed the rebellion were implicated and either killed or exiled, some people in the court began to ask how to treat her, after all, she was a member of the Lin family.

According to them, either the four concubines would be dismissed or sent to the cold palace.

The one who was banished to the cold palace was dragged out by him and made to stand in the wind and snow for the whole morning. She was shivering with cold when the court was dismissed. Upon seeing this, the other ministers stopped talking about the person who was banished to the cold palace, but it was impossible for her to remain safe and sound, so they asked Xiao Yuan for an explanation.

Xiao Yuan was not afraid and directly said that he would make her the queen.

She was instantly opposed by everyone, who sternly said that Lin Zhi's father was a sinner and unfit to be an heir, otherwise how would the people of the world view the royal family.

However, Xiao Yuan had a bad temper and would not listen to them, so neither side would give in.

Every time Xiao Yuan came out of court, he looked very unhappy. If he had not promised Lin Zhi that he would be a good emperor and not beat or kill ministers at will, he would have directly dragged out those who shouted the loudest and beaten them to death.

Because of this incident, the atmosphere between the emperor and his ministers in the court has been very tense recently.

"Don't pay attention to them. It is not their turn to question my decision. You just need to take a look at the phoenix robe and pearls to see if you are satisfied. I will arrange the rest." He said casually, not taking the minister seriously at all.

Lin Zhi nodded. In fact, she didn't care whether she became the queen or not, but since Xiao Yuan was willing, she couldn't hold him back. "But I heard that many ministers asked you to select concubines, and also said that they wanted you to favor more concubines, give birth to children, and promote the concubines to higher ranks."

"I heard that Zhangpin's father asked for permission to make his daughter a consort?"

They didn't want her to be the queen, but wanted their daughter to be the concubine. The thoughts of these ministers were really obvious.

This was something she could not tolerate, as Concubine Zhang had often provoked and plotted against her.

Xiao Yuan sneered, "This was the idea of ​​Concubine Zhang and her mother. Minister Zhang was forced to do this. Concubine Zhang is quite ambitious." He touched her face and said, "I have an idea. I will not be influenced by them. Don't worry."

Lin Zhi opened her eyes wide, wanting to hear what idea he had.

However, Xiao Yuan stopped talking and pulled her to continue looking at the album. His meaning was to crown her as queen as soon as possible, otherwise when her belly gets bigger, it will be inconvenient for her to move. After saying that, he took out a few more albums, which were the palace costumes she usually wore.

More gorgeous, but not bright yellow, said to be worn in the future.

The woman was interested in clothes and jewelry. She quickly forgot the previous unpleasant things and immersed herself in them.

In the following days, the quarrel continued in the court.

Lin Zhi didn't care. She picked up her embroidery again and was now embroidering clothes for Xiao Yuan. Originally, she was making clothes for his children, but one day when he came home from court, he saw her and asked her to embroider for him.

She also asked me to embroider a few of her favorite little dragons.

Heat welled up on my face.

That day, Songzi came hurriedly and told her that the minister agreed to her becoming the queen. Linzhi was surprised and asked what was going on.

A flash of embarrassment flashed across Songzi's face, and then she said that His Majesty had rejected Lord Zhang's request to make his daughter, Concubine Zhang, a concubine in the court, saying that he had no intention of selecting concubines or promoting the ranks of concubines. He had never touched those concubines, so let them take them home.

Linzhi staggered and the needle pricked her finger, and she was shocked.

Songzi continued to imitate Xiao Yuan's words in the court: "It's just like this for them to stay in the palace. I can't give them offspring, and I can give them positions but it's meaningless. It's better for them to go back and get married. You don't have to worry about them being talked about. I'm here, anyone who has any opinions can come to me."

Without waiting for the minister to speak, he added, "The queen is already pregnant. Even if you kill yourself, I will not change my mind."

The ministers...they all disagreed, so he just called her queen.

Then they all said, "Your Majesty, please don't do that," crying and shouting, saying that the concubine had already entered the palace and was Your Majesty's person, and that if she left the palace she would only die.

There were also old ministers who denounced Xiao Yuan for his reckless behavior and said that Lin Zhi was a witch concubine who brought disaster to the country and the people.

The wise emperor has become the tyrant he is today.

As he was saying this, he was about to bang his head against the pillar, but fortunately he was stopped by the eunuch. Xiao Yuan laughed angrily and waved his hand to have people tie up all the ministers who liked to bang their heads against the pillars with ropes. The ministers were so shocked that they were speechless and the whole place was in chaos in an instant.

Finally, all the ministers agreed.

After all, they had argued and threatened, but Xiao Yuan remained unmoved. He even asked someone to invite the concubine over, scaring them into agreeing.

Could it be possible that he could just watch his daughter who had entered the palace be driven out again?
Do they still want their face?

Songzi was beaming with joy: "Your Majesty, next month, after the ceremony of crowning the queen, you will be the queen!"

Lin Zhi barely pulled the corners of her mouth, gave him some reward silver, and then asked him to leave, covering her face. She didn't expect that this was what Xiao Yuan was talking about. It was a blatant threat to the ministers. It was really -

In the evening, when Xiao Yuan came back, she asked him immediately. He said indifferently, "I am serious about what I said. If you want to leave the palace, you can leave at any time. I will give you money and rewards. You can be made a county lady or a county lady. Even if you don't get married, you won't have to worry about your life. Isn't it better than staying in the palace?"

"Besides, I'm afraid it will be bad for you if you stay in the palace." He looked at her belly.

Her eyes were dark. Some people with ulterior motives knew that she was pregnant and secretly attacked her. Fortunately, the baby was not delivered to her.

But this incident also made him even more disgusted with the harem.

He wouldn't let anyone around who was a threat to her.

Lin Zhi was extremely surprised, and then envy unconsciously revealed in her eyes. If this was true, it would be better to leave the palace than to stay in it. In the palace, one had to kowtow to others. If one was not favored, or if the concubines above were difficult to get along with, life would be very difficult.

It is better to leave the palace, where they have a higher status and the emperor even vows to be their backer. It is much more comfortable than staying in the palace or getting married!

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