Chapter 7: The Beginning of Chaos

  For many years, the queen was bullied by a young woman with no power to fight back, her husband was occupied, and the crown prince was punished and expelled from the palace. Now, Queen Shen can only stay in the palace, crying every day. //?.// In the harem, knowing people are not clear, with good character, danger is approaching like a shadow.

  The trusted palace maid beside Shen Hou came up with a plan, "Why not send a letter to the Crown Prince and let him petition for forgiveness? Who knows, maybe it will move the Emperor's heart and allow mother and son to reunite?" Shen Hou was anxious about her son and didn't care about anything else, so she entrusted the palace maid to take charge of everything.

  After writing a letter, I have no experience as a spy, and I'm not afraid of what would happen if the letter fell into the wrong hands. In the letter, I directly told Yizhen that the Emperor is unjust and favors a wicked woman. My child, you can submit a memorial pretending to admit your mistakes, and when you return, we'll think of another plan.

  After writing the letter, Shun'er fell ill and had the old lady diagnose her pulse. The imperial physician was not used, but instead found an old lady to diagnose the pulse, which was too amateurish. The news immediately reached Bao Si's ears, and Bao Si listened, thinking that there must be a conspiracy. She secretly ordered someone to search Shun'er's body carefully when she left the palace.

  After handing over the letter, she knew nothing and handed it over to Wen Ajiao. The old lady directly put the letter in her arms, holding the two pieces of brocade awarded by the empress, and came out of the palace with great satisfaction. When she was about to leave the palace gate, the guard suddenly changed his usual demeanor and carefully searched. Wen Ajiao couldn't help but panic, her expression greatly changed, and the guard became even more suspicious, and indeed found Shenhoulou's letter.

  The letter was delivered to Bao Si's place, and the beauty was no longer beautiful. She tore two pieces of brocade into powder, her face twisted in rage. But she was secretly delighted, for the opportunity had finally come.

  The letter was presented to King You of Zhou, who naturally recognized the handwriting as that of Shen Hou. Caught between the empress and his favorite concubine, he couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia. Ah, Empress, it turns out you still have such abilities... He swung his sword at Wen Jiang and comforted Bao Si, saying, "Look, I'm leaning towards you, can you rest assured now?"

  Who would have thought that Bao Si cried even harder, and King You of Zhou did not understand her intention. Bao Si sobbed and said, "In the future, my son and I will still be at the mercy of the Crown Prince, and it will be hard to escape death!" King You was stunned, "With me protecting you, what can the Crown Prince do?" Bao Si choked back tears and said, "At this time, with the Emperor's protection, in the future when the great king passes away, won't it still be up to the Crown Prince to decide?"

  Bao Xi raised this question, which is indeed a high and profound inspirational teaching. The question is exactly this question, how do you think it should be solved?

  King You of Zhou said: I have long wanted to depose Queen Shen and that good-for-nothing son, and make you and our child Bo Fu empress and crown prince. I'm just afraid the ministers will object.

  Bao Si continued to encourage King You of Zhou, "You have to ask, how can you know if it's not possible? One must be brave in practice."

  That night, Bao Si ordered his trusted advisors Gu Gong and Yin Qiu to discuss this matter.

  The next morning, King You of Zhou brought up the matter of deposing Queen Shen and replacing Crown Prince Yijiu. Guo Gong and Yin Jifu strongly supported this proposal. King You was overjoyed and did not suspect that there was anything wrong with such a unanimous voice. In fact, he had always been biased towards Bao Si, so this approval was just what he wanted. Why didn't the other civil and military officials say a word? With the example of Bao Si, plus Bao Si's power, who could still oppose it? It would be useless to talk more, and one would only invite disaster. The upright officials basically resigned and returned home after this incident. This job couldn't be done anymore, and staying on would not be good.

  King You of Zhou didn't have a strong feeling about this change. The people who often opposed him had left, and the good times were just beginning!

  The grandeur of the rivers and mountains, the people's livelihoods, these heavy topics are no longer repeatedly mentioned, only songs of praise and admiration for wise governance can be heard.

  Now King You of Zhou can finally put all his energy into pleasing Bao Si. It's strange that Bao Si has been in the position of queen, but she has never smiled once. Whether it's the sound of bells and drums or the performance of music and dance, Bao Si has always had an expressionless face.

  King You of Zhou was too impatient, what's going on? Was it because I didn't do a good enough job?

  Indeed, there are such situations where the more you try to please someone, the less it becomes a transaction. The entire palace is full of flattering smiles trying to win the emperor's favor, but then there's one person who doesn't take bribes or flattery, and instead gives the emperor attitude. Well, wouldn't you know it, this really got under King You of Zhou's skin. He just wanted to make her happy.

  King You of Zhou asked Bao Si: "Is there anything that the queen likes?"

  Bao'er said that there was nothing she liked, but it seemed like she remembered the sound of tearing apart the colored silk on that day when she was angry, and it sounded very refreshing and pleasant!

  This can be seen as a sign of being a spendthrift, one must destroy things in order to feel happy.

  Isn't it easy?

  King You of Zhou ordered that a hundred pieces of colorful silk be taken and spread out to fill the great hall, then commanded the palace maidens with strength to tear them.

  However, Daji still didn't smile.

  King You of Zhou asked again, "Why are you still not smiling?"

  Bao Ji said, she doesn't like smiling. I think there might be some kind of psychological problem.

  King You of Zhou has come up with a new whim, and it must be laughed at. Pass down the order: whoever can make the queen smile will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold! As the saying goes, "Where there is great reward, there must be brave men." But for such an idea to have been proposed, it must have come from a jester.

  Marquis Guo has come up with a plan. He says, Your Majesty, in the past, when our ancestors were defending against the Western Rong, they set up twenty beacons at the foot of Mount Yi, and ten drum towers. If the Western Rong invaded, the smoke signals would rise straight to the sky! The neighboring vassals would see them and send troops to assist. Now that we are in a peaceful and prosperous era, it has been many years since we have seen any beacons lit. If you were to go on an outing with the Queen to Mount Yi and light the beacons at night, the vassals will definitely come, they must. When they arrive and don't see any invading enemies, the Queen will surely be delighted.

  Smoke mound, that is beacon tower. Beacon towers can only be ignited when the country encounters foreign enemy invasion, lit at night and smoked with wolf dung during the day. Because of the smoke from the beacon tower, it is straight and gathered, and the wind cannot disperse it.

  The one who came up with this idea should be killed.

  However, King You of Zhou decided to do so just to amuse Bao Si. On the same day, he took Bao Si up Mount Li and ordered the beacons lit at night, watching the smoke and fire signals together!

  Zheng Boyou knew about this and hurriedly ran to the Xi Palace to report, "This beacon tower is a token of trust between the Son of Heaven and the vassals. Now it has been lit without cause, which is making fun of the vassals. In the future, if there's an unexpected event, the vassals will definitely not believe it! What can be done then?"

  This is indeed the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

  King You of Zhou was furious, but the whole country was at peace. When can we go to war? Why are you so tense just because I'm joking around?

  That night, beacons were lit and drums beaten. The vassals within the capital came hurrying to Mount Li overnight.

  Strange, I only hear the sound of silk, bamboo, pipes and strings.

  King You of Zhou ordered someone to inform the vassals that fortunately there were no external invasions, so they didn't need to bother.

  The princes looked at each other in dismay, then what did you teach us to do? Had no choice but to return.

  Bao Si watched the vassal troops hustle and bustle in vain, and indeed burst out laughing. It turned out that destroying things couldn't make her happy, but teasing people could. Playing with fire to tease the vassals, who will pay the price for this?

  Chapter 7: The Beginning of Chaos

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