Heavens Suppressing System: I’m the Great Sovereign

The Human Emperor grunted angrily, "She asked for it! Prince of Shou was a military general in the days of war. How was he teaching him now?    

    

He could either mess around in the palace, or he could go out and stir up trouble. As the godson of the empress, he should be punished! "Alright, there's no need for you to persuade her anymore. Quickly, give Ethical Code of Women to her!"    

    

The Human Emperor was extremely angry, and Wei Zhongxian was helpless against it. However, he didn't dare disobey the Human Emperor's decree. He could only bring Ethical Code of Women and two other eunuchs to the Empress' palace.    

    

At this moment, the empress dowager's main palace was brightly lit. Hundreds of concubines were gathered, sitting on both sides or standing. The other four seats were empty; the rest had all arrived.    

    

This was the custom of the imperial harem. The imperial concubines had to pay respects to the empress every day, while listening to the empress's lecture. The level of the imperial harem was very strict as well.    

    

At least it was part of the imperial concubine ranking. If it wasn't for the fact that he wasn't qualified to sit in the main seat, he could only stand and listen to the empress's lecture. When the empress got excited, she would talk for several hours.    

    

They were respectively the four imperial concubines of East, South, West, and North. These four imperial concubines were all from extraordinary backgrounds. They were not inferior to the empress's family.    

    

There were also princes on their side, so the competition between them was very intense. Thus, they rarely came to the empress's side to greet them. The empress was like a mother to the world, so she had no choice but to turn a blind eye to the imperial concubine and the others.    

    

The lecture this time was extremely torturous for many of the concubines. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the empress was forced to lower her head to Shen Muqing in the Bureau of Security case, causing her to feel angry and she could only vent her anger on this group of concubines.    

    

When she was hungry, she could eat some pastries and drink some tea when she was thirsty. However, the concubine was feeling uncomfortable as she stood there, cursing her mother in her heart while pretending to be incomparably humble on the surface. The more she resented the empress, the more she admired Shen Muqing for forcing the empress to lower her head.    

    

Just as the empress was about to reprimand him, the voice announced, "The imperial edict has arrived!"    

    

At this point, the empress was silent. She was surprised that someone had sent her an imperial edict so late at night. "Come in!"    

    

Moments later, Wei Zhongxian walked in with a book in his hands. The empress asked, "What will Your Majesty do for us?"    

    

Wei Zhongxian felt bitter in his heart, but he braced himself and said, "Pass His Majesty's decree that this book shall be bestowed upon the Empress Your Highness. Your Highness shall copy it twenty times tonight and place it within the main palace."    

    

The empress asked, "What book?"    

    

Wei Zhongxian thought, why are you asking me so much? However, he did not mention the name because he was trying to save face for the empress. Now that the empress had asked, he could only answer honestly, "Reporting to Your Highness, it's Ethical Code of Women."    

    

After saying this, the entire palace fell silent. Countless concubines stared with widened eyes. Ethical Code of Women was the one who taught people a lesson. As Ethical Code of Women, of course, she took a woman's moral character as her superior.    

    

Therefore, it could be said that this book was an indication that the Human Emperor was extremely dissatisfied with the Empress. A concubine muttered softly, "I'm afraid it's because I want Empress Your Highness to learn more about the virtues."    

    

This woman was Lee Shimin's mother's concubine. Although the Li family's status was lower than the four imperial consorts', the Li family behind them was still very powerful. They didn't have much scruples towards the empress.