The system favors me so much, I get eight meals a day while escaping from famine

Jiang Qingyi simply skipped over those who were too young. As a result, there were only a dozen or so suitable candidates left, both men and women. Jiang Qingyi came from the future, and she did not think that women had no right to be rulers, so she planned to test them all.

It was still early when Jiang Qingyi finished reading it, so she went into the space and prepared a dozen simple mind-refining array plates, which were improved and suitable for mortals to use.

When Jiang Qingyi came out again, she went straight to the residence of the chosen people. The first one was the eldest prince, who was described by the second prince as having no talent or virtue. He was also of the right age.

In the room, the eldest prince was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly, with a beautiful woman in his arms.

Jiang Qingyi felt that this scene was a bit unpleasant to the eyes, so she activated the formation plate directly next to the eldest prince.

The person lying down fell into an illusion in his sleep. As the one who released the formation, Jiang Qingyi saw everything that happened in the illusion.

The eldest prince is not smart enough, but the emperor has high hopes for him, so he is under a lot of pressure. In private, he is fickle-minded, has ambition but no ability, and has done a lot of bad things.

Jiang Qingyi directly crossed this person out from the list. Such a person was not fit to be an emperor on earth.

After leaving the eldest prince's residence, Jiang Qingyi went to find the second prince.

After watching the scenes in the illusion, Jiang Qingyi said that it was difficult to evaluate. The second prince was a man with talent but no morals, and was extremely ambitious, which was not appropriate.

Afterwards, Jiang Qingyi went to look for other people on the list. None of the princesses of appropriate age that she selected were suitable. However, there were two princes that Jiang Qingyi was relatively satisfied with.

One is the Ninth Prince who pretends to be crazy and stupid, and the other is the Tenth Prince, the Queen’s biological son.

The ninth prince's mother was a palace maid who rose to power. Her family background was not good, but he was a really capable person. He survived in the palace by pretending to be crazy and stupid. He learned both civil and military strategies. Because he was not in the spotlight, he even left the palace to experience the people's sentiments. He had no ambition in his heart, but only hoped that the country would prosper and the people would live and work in peace.

The Tenth Prince can be considered a good person because of his noble status and good mental state.

But to be honest, Jiang Qingyi is more inclined to choose the ninth prince Shangguan Ze. Only those who have experienced the sufferings of the world will treat people as human beings instead of blindly exploiting and oppressing them.

After selecting the right person, Jiang Qingyi returned to the inn. The next day, she found a way to sneak into the palace. Of course, the place she went to was the residence of the ninth prince.

But she, a new arrival, had no chance of coming into contact with the Ninth Prince and could only be a palace maid of the lowest rank.

Moreover, the Ninth Prince's life in the palace was not easy. After all, he appeared to be stupid and foolish, and even the palace maids who served him did not treat him well.

The palace maids all wanted to go to their favored masters so that their lives would be better.

The Ninth Prince didn't care about these things, so there were even fewer palace maids serving him, otherwise Jiang Qingyi wouldn't have been able to come here so easily.

If you want the Ninth Prince to ascend to the throne, the opinion of the current emperor is the most important.

If Jiang Qingyi wants to complete the task in the shortest time possible, she has to eliminate all of the Ninth Prince's competitors.

The ones with the highest support in the court are only the eldest prince, the second prince and the fifth prince. The families of their mothers are very powerful, and it is not easy to get rid of them all.

Jiang Qingyi directly thought of a simple and crude method, which was to create a dream for the emperor and let him see for himself what his families had done.

She didn't know what these people had done, but in such a deceitful environment, there were very few people who were clean.

From that night on, the emperor would have dreams every night that his concubines were joining forces with his mother's family to kick him off the throne.

It was okay this time and twice, but after so many times the emperor would start to have some doubts in his mind, so he would send someone to investigate. He wouldn't know until he found out what he found out, which would make him angry to death.

Half a month later, several big families declined one after another, and several imperial concubines and princes were all turned into marginal figures by the emperor.

The most competitive people were all eliminated, but the Ninth Prince's personality has been maintained for many years. Even if this is the situation in the outside world, he is not the best candidate for the crown prince in the eyes of outsiders.

Jiang Qingyi carefully designed a scene of falling into water for the Ninth Prince, so that he could take the opportunity to return to normal after waking up.

The Ninth Prince didn't know Jiang Qingyi, but he was smart. Although he didn't know who wanted to harm him, he thought of taking this opportunity to return to normal.

The emperor was in a bad mood because he had recently dealt with several of his favorite sons. After learning that the ninth prince had recovered, he actually rushed over in person.

"Old Nine, are you okay?"

"Yes, Father, I am fine now. I was in a daze before and didn't understand anything. Now I feel that I have wasted a lot of time."

The father and son chatted a lot as if they were reminiscing about the past.

Jiang Qingyi, who was standing outside the Ninth Prince's room, heard everything.

After a conversation, the emperor actually felt that this son whom he had never paid attention to had great talent. Thinking that there would be no successor, he actually arranged tasks directly for the ninth prince.

Jiang Qingyi outside nodded with satisfaction. Isn’t this the opportunity?

The Ninth Prince also knew that this was his chance, so he agreed without hesitation. This was the first thing the Emperor arranged for him to do, and he would definitely do it well.

In the following months, the Ninth Prince used his intelligence to solve many difficult problems. He gained prestige among the people and gradually gained support among the court officials.

Although Jiang Qingyi intervened in this matter, she did not help much. In short, it was basically all up to the Ninth Prince himself.

A few months later, the Ninth Prince became the most popular candidate for the crown prince.

It was also at this time that the emperor was seriously ill. In order to protect the Shangguan family's kingdom, he rationally chose the ninth prince as the heir to the throne.

Another month later, the emperor passed away and the ninth prince succeeded to the throne.

Jiang Qingyi's mission was almost completed.

On the night Shangguan Ze ascended the throne, he had Jiang Qingyi called to the imperial study.

"Slave, please see your Majesty."

"Tell me about your purpose." The emperor stared at Jiang Qingyi and spoke calmly.

Jiang Qingyi put away her usual appearance and chuckled, "So I was discovered."

The emperor remained calm, "Who are you?"

"You are worthy of being the one I chose. Now it doesn't matter who I am, right?"

"What do you want?"

Jiang Qingyi pointed at the imperial seal on the stage.

The emperor's face changed.

Jiang Qingyi quickly said, "Don't get me wrong, I just want a mark."

The emperor immediately took out a piece of paper and put the imperial seal on it, saying, "Come and get it yourself."

Jiang Qingyi took a few steps forward, picked up the newly modified mark and blew it, then sincerely thanked him, "Thank you very much."

The emperor looked at Jiang Qingyi and asked, "Are you leaving?"

Jiang Qingyi smiled and said, "You must be a good emperor in the future."

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked out.

Perhaps because the emperor had given instructions in advance, Jiang Qingyi was not stopped on her way out of the palace.