The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

After about two-quarters of an hour, Yao Xingde brought Lu Zhaolin's oral instructions to Jingyang Palace.

"Xue Guifei has no talent, no virtue, and no way to teach her children. She is demoted to the concubine position. From now on, she must remember her lesson and strictly discipline the Ninth Prince."

Xue Bin endured her annoyance and accepted the order to thank her. On the one hand, she was sad that her good noble concubine had become a concubine in a blink of an eye, but on the other hand, she was glad that the Ninth Prince had not left her side after all.

What followed was the punishment for the Ninth Prince.

Lu Zhaolin ordered him to bow and apologize to the imperial concubine, Princess Funing, the eighth prince, and the tenth prince. In addition, he was also punished for ten consecutive days, facing the wall for half an hour every day.

The Ninth Prince was a little unhappy at first, but Xue Bin, who had always been kind to him, suddenly became stern. Under Xue Bin's pressure, he obediently bowed and apologized.

After Yao Xingde left, Xue Pin and her son resigned.

Afterwards, Princess Funing also said goodbye and left.

When the tenth prince was about to leave, Jiang Shiying asked Yu Chengyi to send him back in person, and also brought many rare toys as an apology: "Tell Concubine De carefully about what happened today. Mu'er was wronged today. It's my fault. Gong is not the host."

The tenth prince was very sensible: "What happened today is all the fault of Empress Xue and Brother Ninth. What does it have to do with the imperial concubine and her mother?"

Jiang Shiying touched his head tenderly: "Good boy, come back and play in two days. Your brother misses you every day."

The tenth prince responded, and then he was led by Yu Chengyi obediently out of Jingyang Palace.

Not long after Yu Chengyi left, Hongying returned to Jiang Shiying and said, "Empress, I have asked someone to check. Qiaorong is no longer in the palace."

"Not in the palace?" Jiang Shiying frowned.

Hongying nodded: "Do you remember that two months ago, the palace released a group of maids?"

Jiang Shiying said: "Aren't the ones released all over the age of twenty-five? Then Qiaorong is only fourteen or fifteen now, right?"

Hongying said: "My slave went to check the records and asked the female official who was in charge of this matter at that time. The female official said that it was the eldest maid Chang Xia who was next to Concubine Zhen who found her and said that Qiaorong had grown up with Concubine Zhen since she was a child. Around me, Concubine Zhen couldn't bear her wasting her years in the palace, so she asked them to add Qiaorong to the list of people leaving the palace."

Although this matter is not so legal, there is a precedent for this, so it is reasonable.

Hearing this, Jiang Shiying tapped her slender index finger on the table.

She also thought that Concubine Zhen wanted Qiaorong to be with her because she wanted to use her beauty to help her maintain her favor.

Now it seems that she didn't have this idea?

If she were a concubine, and there was an imperial concubine in the palace, not only would she have great power, but she would also dominate the harem. Not to mention the stunning women around her, even those from other palaces would find a way to push her into the queen's bed.

No matter who it is, break this monopoly pattern first, then the harem can be reshuffled!

Jiang Shiying frowned and thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out what Concubine Zhen was thinking. It can't be that he has true feelings for their majesty, so he doesn't want new people in the harem, right?

In any case, since Concubine Zhen can't even tolerate Qiao Rong, who grew up next to her, let alone the two most beautiful women in this draft.

This is great!

Whenever Concubine Zhen takes action, this is a good opportunity to kill three birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shiying raised her eyes and said, "Look for an opportunity for Concubine Zhen to see the portraits of those two people."

She didn't name her, but Hongying instantly realized who she was talking about and responded crisply.

Just as Hongying was about to go out, Jiang Shiying added: "Tell your sister Ayuan to have someone check Qiaorong's whereabouts outside the palace."

She didn't believe that Concubine Zhen would leave such a lively beauty alone.

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At night, Lu Zhaolin finished his government affairs and came to Jingyang Palace.

The two chatted for a while and then talked about the Ninth Prince.

Lu Zhaolin was quite dissatisfied with Xue Bin: "At first I thought she was a good person, so I put Lan'er under her knees. But now it seems like, ugh."

He let out a long sigh, feeling very upset about this.

Jiang Shiying did not add fuel to the fire, she only said: "Xue Bin also cares too much about the Ninth Prince, and it is inevitable that she will lose her sense of proportion."

Lu Zhaolin snorted: "Cares about the Ninth Prince? I'm afraid she cares about her own future protection."

It is inevitable that he would say this.

They both raised the children of Han Cainu.

The noble concubine of Qing raised Princess Funing, who not only allowed Princess Funing to come and go with her brothers and sisters frequently, but also allowed Princess Funing to talk to Han Cainv outside Suchun Pavilion from time to time.

Although Lu Zhaolin hated Han Cainu, he was still very satisfied with Qinggui's actions and felt that Princess Funing was a good and filial child.

On the other hand, it was okay for Xue Bin to want the Ninth Prince to only recognize her as his mother-in-law, but her mistake was that she should not have prevented the Ninth Prince from interacting with her brothers and sisters, and she should not have spoken ill of Princess Funing in the Ninth Prince's ears.

The royal family was prone to feuding between brothers, and Lu Zhaolin, the father of the emperor, did not want his children to fight against each other.

Jiang Shiying only said: "I think Xue Bin has learned a lesson today, let's see what she does in the future."

Silent all night.

Jiang Shiying didn't pay much attention to the matter between the Ninth Prince and Xue Bin, but just took care of it casually.

What she really paid attention to was Concubine Zhen's actions.

After half a month, Concubine Zhen finally took action, but it was not what Jiang Shiying wanted.

"Concubine Zhen lets someone get close to Xiao Atom from the Royal Pharmacy?"

Hongying nodded: "This little atom has always been responsible for delivering medicine to Fengyi Palace."

Jiang Shiying frowned and thought for a long time, then sneered and shook her head: "Concubine Zhen, she really wants to drain the fire from under the cauldron."

"Pull the fire under the cauldron?" Hongying was stunned at first, and then said in disbelief: "You mean?"

Jiang Shiying's tone was light and airy: "According to common sense, if the queen dies, the draft should be canceled or postponed."

Hongying opened her mouth, and after a while she said: "Ms. Zhenfei is too courageous."

Just to get rid of the draft issue, he dared to attack the queen. If found out, the whole family will be confiscated and exterminated.

Jiang Shiying smiled: "Who in this palace is not brave?"

Only by being bold, careful and decisive can you survive well in this palace.

What's more, she always felt in her heart that the draft was just an opportunity, and that Concubine Zhen didn't want the Queen to die just for this reason. It's a pity that she has never been able to find out clearly what happened between Concubine Zhen and the Queen.

It’s hard to forget what happened in the past, so you have to seize the opportunity of the present.

Thinking of this, she told Hongying: "Find a way to leave some evidence that Concubine Zhen murdered the Queen. Especially the little one, don't let Concubine Zhen's people kill him."

Hongying said "Promise" and then said: "Since Concubine Zhen has taken action, do we not have to worry about those two people?"