Chapter 369: The Stupid Emperor Shao Quanzhong

When Empress Dowager Cixi "followed the example of Empress Xiaozhuang" and married, Shao Quanzhong stayed overnight in the West Warm Pavilion. This was allowed by Ci'an, the previous emperor's empress, "in accordance with the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty."

I have been on the battlefield for almost a year and have come back. I have to take care of my lover and concubine in the palace and treat them equally.

The master and the "lost maid" are about to play a private game. Are you, the queen mother, still planning to watch it live? Have you bought your ticket?
"Master Dong Fo, please give me a salute. I dare not accept it."

How did you escape from Zhongcui Palace? Is Cixi so easy to talk to?

The happiness and pain in this world are out of proportion. A cat is very happy to eat a mouse, but the pain of the mouse being eaten is far greater than the happiness of the cat eating the delicious food.

Shao Quanzhong was a powerful official and a strong man, so it is difficult to truly appreciate the tremendous pressure he brought to the Manchu royal family.

Under this pressure, the royal family united, and Ci'an became part of the boss again, giving Cixi, a wild horse that could easily run away, the helm. This was the collective will of the royal family. Faced with the life of the young emperor's son, Cixi herself was willing to give up some power.

The graceful and elegant Ci'an's face revealed a resolute belief. She was the most steadfast defender of the interests of the Aisin-Gioro family.

"Shao Aiqing, your expedition to Europe this time has won face for our Qing Dynasty. The French emperor apologized in person, and nearly half of the treasures from the Old Summer Palace were recovered, which greatly enhanced the prestige of our Qing Dynasty."

"In just ten years, our Qing Dynasty turned around and became a great power. This is all due to the efforts of Prince Rui alone. I recognize this."

"My dear, you are the pillar of the Qing Dynasty. Now you have been given the surname Juelu and become a member of the royal family. We sisters have discussed that no matter what conditions you put forward, we should agree to them."

"As long as we ensure that the Qing Dynasty remains unchanged, Prince Rui can enjoy all the benefits of the emperor."

"Well, Prince Rui has come back from the expedition today after a hard day's work. Let's not talk about state affairs. I will personally host the reception for you."

Ci'an clapped her hands gently, "Come out!"

As Shao Quanzhong looked stunned, a gust of fragrant wind blew into his nostrils, and four beautiful women in palace dresses walked out slowly from the west warm pavilion.

Damn, there are so many people hiding in Lan'er's bedroom. Fortunately, she is a beauty, otherwise Shao Quanzhong would have shouted to Maria to come and protect him.

Maria is Archduchess Lucia. She inherited her mother's beauty and has always been proud of it, thinking that the only person in the world prettier than herself is Apple.

Now, she was surprised to find that the four women who came out of the bedroom in the west warm pavilion were all extremely beautiful and graceful, and any one of them was more beautiful than herself.

Beauty is not just about appearance. Appearance is just the foundation. The four women walked lightly with lotus steps. Their walking postures were professionally trained. They stood in a row and knelt down to greet Shao Quanzhong. "Master, good luck."

This - which club hired this? This level of talent must be a pillar of the top courtyard, and only three thousand taels of silver can be ordered to perform.

"These are the four concubines of the late emperor, Haitangchun, Mudanchun, Wulingchun and Xinghuachun. They were named Xifei, Qingfei, Yufei and Jifei by the late emperor respectively. They were all top-notch skinny horses purchased in Yangzhou by Hua Feng, the chief eunuch of the Old Summer Palace, and presented to the late emperor."

"They were the most favored in the harem back then. Together with sister Lan'er who lived in 'One Family in Heaven and Earth', they were called the 'Five Harems'. I was extremely envious."

"Among them, Xinghuachun and Mudanchun went to the Mountain Resort with the late emperor, while Haitangchun and Wulingchun were rescued by Elison on Yingzhou Island in the Old Summer Palace with Ping'er and sent back to the Forbidden City."

"Now they are still young and have the top skills to serve the emperor, but they can only live alone in the cold palace. It's a waste of the emperor's children. It's better to use them to reward meritorious officials. I will make the decision and let them serve Prince Rui in the future."

It has been ten years since Emperor Xianfeng passed away. Can the concubines still look young? Of course they can. These concubines are only 23 or 24 years old now. They are at their most beautiful. They are the mature and complete forms of vixen that Emperor Xianfeng could not see back then.

Shao Quanzhong took a deep breath and said, "Oh shit!"
In theory, Shao Quanzhong could stroll around the Forbidden City at will, but in reality, he was not Dong Zhuo after all, and he was very busy, so how could he have the time and leisure to do so? Apart from the Qianqing Palace where the meeting was held, he only went to the Yangxin Palace.

I didn’t expect there were so many top-notch vixens hiding in the palace. No wonder Brother Xianfeng didn’t live long.

Such vixens must be hated by Empress Ci'an. But Empress Ci'an was a virtuous woman and would not do such a thing as making a human pig. These four concubines of the previous emperor all died of natural causes in history, and Mudanchun lived until the 31st year of Emperor Guangxu. She was widowed in her teens and it was very hard to stay in the cold palace for decades. The four vixens were delighted to be sent by the Empress to appease Shao Quanzhong, the powerful minister. After all, Shao Quanzhong was a man, and a handsome and domineering man at that.

Ci'an clapped her hands again, "Serve the banquet."

Li Lianying, the fourth-rank chief eunuch of the Imperial Palace, served the dishes personally, and with the help of several palace maids, a Manchu-Han banquet with 108 dishes was set out in the West Warm Pavilion.

Shao Quanzhong sat in the middle, with Cixi and Ci'an serving him and pouring wine on his left and right, and the four beauties in the harem began to dance.

Hai Qing quietly appeared beside Shao Quanzhong and whispered in Shao Quanzhong's ear, "The dishes were prepared under the supervision of our people. They have all been tested for poison. Don't worry about eating them, second brother."

He turned around and cast a secretive look at the scene in the room, then backed out of the west warm room. Well, he behaved like the second chief eunuch of the imperial palace.

Shao Quanzhong was not impressed by Hai Qing's excessive caution. His safety in the Forbidden City was not guaranteed by such caution, but by the absolute force of his men.

Not to mention poisoning the food, if they really wanted to murder him, he could stay overnight in the West Warm Pavilion and Cixi could kill him with just a long needle.

The problem was that others were more afraid of him than Shao Quanzhong himself. If Shao Quanzhong died, the next day, the Forbidden City would be littered with corpses, with no one left alive, and the city would be a bloodbath.

Harem conspiracies are ineffective against warlords who possess absolute military power.

Shao Quanzhong drank and ate, while the four concubines in the harem did their best to sing and dance to liven up the atmosphere. At first, they performed a solo dance in palace costumes, and then they kept changing costumes, such as Yuyi Nichangqu and Qiuci music and dance.

In fact, Ping'er knew how to do these things. But Ping'er was more scheming than them. After finding out Shao Quanzhong's preferences, she went out without makeup, worked hard to get rid of the image of a vixen who used her beauty to serve men, and worked hard to continuously improve her ranking in Shao Quanzhong's harem.

These four vixens have no other abilities except using their beauty to please others. Even if they did, they don't have the status of Ping'er's concubine as a foundation, so they can only rely on their beauty and talent to please their new masters.

As the singing and dancing and Shao Quanzhong's banquet progressed, the dance became more and more restricted. Later, the four of them began to dance the Persian Demon Dance, a private custom-made dance for true emperors.

Seeing that Shao Quanzhong had almost finished eating and drinking and the atmosphere for dancing had arrived, Ci'an gave a wink and the palace maids who had been accompanying the dance quickly cleared the banquet and all left. In the west warm pavilion, except for the "Five Concubines" and Ci'an, only Shao Quanzhong and his personal female bodyguard Maria were left.

Shao Quanzhong was a little disturbed by the famous Heavenly Demon Dance and decided to accept Ci'an's gift. Seeing that the palace maids had left tactfully, he looked at Ci'an with dissatisfaction.

I'm going to take part in the group dance in the next show, so it's inconvenient for you to watch.

Ci'an turned back and gritted her teeth. For the sake of the Aixinjueluo family's world, today -

Seeing Ci'an's hand reaching for the collar of her cheongsam, Shao Quanzhong was shocked, "Master Dong Fo, what are you going to do?"

"I have said that Prince Rui can actually enjoy all the treatment of the emperor. Sister Lan'er, come here and help Prince Rui change his clothes."

"Everything"? No, Maria is watching here. You feel worse than the Spanish harem.

That - don't mention it, Ci'an was at least of average appearance. The identity of the empress dowager as the queen mother could make the heroes and grassroots feel extremely conquered.

Knowing that Ci'an's move was to gain greater benefits for the royal family, Shao Quanzhong had no intention of touching Emperor Tongzhi at all. They were just scaring themselves.

Well, since I have given you the royal benefits, it seems that it is not a bad idea for you to take over the legacy of the late emperor as a whole.

But in this way, I, Shao Quanzhong, would become a tyrant——

(End of this chapter)

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