Wu Xi was clear that he could marry into the royal family, and his family made a lot of efforts, so he naturally understood that the family also hoped to rise again. However, the matter was willing to do so. The emperor was not close to the descendants. He took advantage of the reason that the foreign relatives were not allowed to interfere in politics, so he only gave the duke and did not give him a real position, which disappointed the fathers and brothers who were idle at home, and naturally he was quite resentful to him.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor scolded her because he spent a lot of money to host the Lantern Festival. At this time of tension, the unsophisticated brothers at home took advantage of the title of queen and were domineering in the capital, but they were rushing to the imperial guards, which made the emperor angry and killed him in the street.

Wu Xi was both wronged and angry at that time. He had just made His Majesty dislike and his brother caused such trouble again. Although he was spared from death at her plea, the children of the Wu clan were forced to resign and not be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations within ten years, which was equivalent to cutting off the Wu clan's access to the officialdom.

After hearing this news, Wu Xi was extremely frightened. She understood that this not only meant that the emperor had abandoned the Wu family, and that no one in the Wu family could enter the officialdom for ten years, so the family's power would soon decline and lose its foundation for its rise. At the same time, she also lost the help of the family, and the position of the rear was unstable.

The Wu family, which was severely punished, became much more honest for a while. Wu Xi also thought of pleading with the emperor and taking back the sacred order after eased relations with the emperor. However, after she gave birth to the prince, the Wu family became restless again. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the emperor's personal expedition to be out of the palace, they frequently entered the palace in the name of visiting her and hinted to her to appoint her the crown prince early, and asked her to plead with local officials in the place of residence to reduce taxes and retain her identity.

However, Wu Xi never expected that his family would put pressure on local officials to resist taxes with her letters, and secretly instructed the gentry to besiege the government office and expel the officials from the imperial court to manage the village. Despite the war, he continued to move the gentry to the capital to ask for orders. The student of the Tai family sent a letter to oppose the emperor's reform and reform, and used this to force the emperor to make concessions.

But the result was just a farce. His Majesty put aside the establishment of the crown prince, expelled and suppressed the gentry into the capital, and persuaded the students of the sect. The Wu family was suppressed again and had to separate the family. The family fell apart and went their separate ways. Wu Xi was also harshly scolded by the emperor, and the trusted eunuchs around him were removed, making the relationship between the two even more distant.

Wu Xi was really unable to sleep or eat at that time, worried that the emperor would take the opportunity to depose the queen. Later, he heard that it was the Empress Dowager who summoned His Majesty to speak and asked him to suppress this idea. Although he had survived this crisis, Wu Xi blamed his family for not knowing the current affairs, and also had resentment towards His Majesty, thinking that he was unfair to his family.

He and Chen Shu were both concubines, but the Chen family was full of favors. His father and uncle were both officials in the same palace and held high positions, and controlled the two real power departments of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. His elder brother even joined the inner court's secretariat to counsel military aircraft and assisted the emperor in handling government affairs. It was only a matter of time for him to be a general and a prime minister. The prosperity of his family was the only one who could be said to be in the court, which was a very different place than his own dismay.

Now the emperor's concubines gave birth to four princes one after another, which made Wu Xi even more uneasy. His Majesty gave birth to his children because he was disliked by his family, which made him lose the throne even though he had occupied the eldest son. What made her even more afraid of was Chen Shu.

Chen Shu was familiar with the emperor when she was young, and often went in and out of the palace to accompany him, and had a deep relationship with Your Majesty. Although there was only one daughter at the moment, it was difficult to guarantee that the prince would not be born again. His father and uncle followed the emperor in times of crisis, and his disciples and old friends were all over the court and army, which was enough to influence the emperor's choice, and it was not difficult to make a concubine's son as a throne...

"Can Your Majesty tolerate the Wu family?" Wu Xi finally couldn't help but ask what was in the depression in his heart.

"It seems that the queen is still a little resentful about my attitude towards the people in the clan." Zhao Bing looked at Wu Xi, who had been plucking up so much courage to ask this sentence, did not blame him, but smiled.

"I don't dare!" Wu Xi said with his head down.

"The Wu family has always been favored by the emperor. They should have stood up for the country and the people to fight against the invasion of the Mongol Yuan during the national crisis. However, although they did not surrender to the enemy, they chose to go with the flow and avoid hidden in the countryside. Their virtues were already detrimental." Zhao Bing knew that if they did not untie Wu Xi's knot, their relationship would only continue so distraught, and sighed and explained.

"Your Majesty, the country was in turmoil at that time and the culprit was cruel. It was not that my Wu family was hiding away from the world!" Wu Xi could not help but defend himself.

"You are right. Many aristocratic families in our dynasty chose to endure and avoid disasters, and some surrendered to the enemy and treason, but there are still many aristocratic families who choose to destroy their families and fight against the Mongol Yuan, and they will destroy their families at all costs. After moving to Qiongzhou to settle down, thousands of scholars traveled thousands of miles across the sea to surrender. Is there your Wu family alone?" Zhao Bing asked back.

"No..." Wu Xi shook her head and whispered.

"Your Majesty, I'll go and watch them to prevent anyone from stealing food!" The guards had washed the hunted deer and baked it on a bonfire. The aroma drifted everywhere. Chen Shu sniffed and smiled.

"Haha, I'm afraid you're greedy, go!" How could Zhao Bing not understand Chen Shu's thoughts? In fact, she looked careless, careless and simple, but she was definitely not a person without a look. She had already seen that the privacy that His Majesty and the Queen were talking about, and how inconvenient she heard it, it would also arouse suspicion, so she found such a seemingly ridiculous excuse.

"Your Majesty must say it..." Chen Shu snorted angrily and ran to the bonfire a little further away.

"Those loyal ministers and righteous men who had been with me in Qiongzhou for ten years were killed or injured in the battle against the Mongol Yuan. When they were recovered, Jiangnan and then entered Lin'an, there were only more than ten central officials who were granted the title of Duke. The Wu family did nothing in the past ten years, and they were granted the title of Duke because of a queen. Do you think these loyal ministers who died for their country and countless soldiers who sacrificed their lives? Will those soldiers who made extraordinary contributions to the country be convinced?" Zhao Bing continued to speak when he saw that he was far away.

"The Wu family did not contribute half of their efforts to restore the country and made a contribution. It would be difficult to convince the public with this thick seal!" Wu Xi had to admit it.

"It is a common practice for a daughter to be a queen, and it is a common saying that my father and brother are granted the imperial title. The Wu family should also be grateful for the emperor's kindness, be cautious in their words and actions, do things appropriately, and safeguard the royal face. But they are domineering, bullying others with power, and are inappropriate. Is it not appropriate for me to punish them?" Zhao Bing said.

"The Wu family has had it, and it is not wrong for Your Majesty to control it, but is the punishment too severe?" Wu Xi looked at Your Majesty and said.

"The queen still hasn't put her position right and recognize her identity!" Zhao Bing said a little disappointedly, "There is a saying among the people: marry a chicken, marry a dog, and marry a dog, and walk around with a shoulder pole. The queen of a country is not only the emperor's wife, but also the mother of a country. Your words and deeds should be an example for the people of the world. Therefore, your words and deeds represent the will of the country, not the individual, nor your Wu family; what you want to safeguard the interests of the country and the people, but not just protect the interests of a small group of people in the family."

"So, the queen should start from the overall situation when considering the problem. First of all, she should think about whether it is beneficial to the country and the people, but not the interests of a small number of people are harmed. At that time, it was the critical time for me to eliminate the old ills and implement the new policy. What the Wu family did was to confront me and damage the overall situation of the country. However, the queen said those inappropriate words behind the scenes, what did the civil and military officials in the court do, and how could they win the trust of the people!"

"Your Majesty, I am wrong. I should not interfere in the government affairs for my own sake!" Wu Xi seemed to realize his mistake and said politely.

"I know the queen is smart, but she was also mistaken!" Although Wu Xi admitted her mistake, Zhao Bing also heard her tone a little stiff, and she was still angry and sighed, "You think the imperial concubine's family and your family are both relatives, and the treatment they receive is huge, and her family is not even as good as the Shufei, who comes from the sage clan, so she feels depressed."

"I don't..." Wu Xi looked embarrassed and dared not look directly at His Majesty and shook his head.

"This is human nature, nothing to say!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.

"I have a little bit in my heart, really, just a little bit!" Wu Xi was touched and pinched her little finger and gestured embarrassedly.

"Haha..." As the queen, Wu Xi pays great attention to identity and always looks dignified and virtuous, even if he is alone with Zhao Bing. He felt that it was really tired to hold such a girl who is less than 20 years old all day long. After saying it a few times, he still remains the same. Today, he rarely shows the expression of a child, which makes him laugh.

"Your Majesty, don't make fun of me!" Seeing the emperor laughing wildly, he felt even more embarrassed and said in a slight manner.

"Okay, okay!" Zhao Bing stopped his smile and said, "Actually, you and I understand that their marriages are involuntary. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are blind and dumb. It is definitely not a man’s love, but a lot of factors are mixed with."

"Yes." Wu Xi nodded without denying it.

"I first got engaged with Li Sanniang. At that time, the dynasty had just moved to Qiongzhou. Zhuli was rebellious and unyielding. In order to stabilize the situation, the Empress Dowager and the ministers chose to marry their clans. According to the rules, they should be established as queen. However, after recovering Jiangnan, they could only be concubines because of their background. This was actually a breach of trust in their clans. However, they did not complain and still guarded Qiongzhou for our dynasty and suppressed Zhuli. They made great contributions. How could I let others down!"

"The same is true for the Chen family, and it is true that Chen Shu and I have a deep relationship since childhood. Chen Zeweng was the Guangdong Road Transport Authority at that time, and led the rebel army to resist the Yuan Dynasty and once recovered Guangzhou. I went through Guangzhou to raise food and money, and he led his troops to assist and restore Guangzhou, and joined the subsidiary general's office. You must know that I had only a thousand soldiers at that time, and only a few generals. His joining made great contributions to the General's Office, making great contributions to the General's Office in its early development. Then Chen Renweng organized a naval army for the General's Office and made extraordinary contributions to the Yuan Dynasty's victory. How could I be more arrogant to the Chen family!"
Chapter completed!