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Time passed quickly. On March 24, the empress dowager passed away. All the civil and military officials in the court were in mourning. An Lingrong didn't care about the empress dowager. Because she was pregnant, she made the excuse that she was not feeling well. She didn't care what others thought, so she didn't attend the meeting.

But she would still go to burn incense and guard the mourning hall, and she would not even kneel. Don't say things like the dead are the most important and it doesn't matter. With An Lingrong, it doesn't matter whether you are alive or dead. If she doesn't want to, she won't even pretend to do it.

Anyway, the enchanting concubine An Lingrong likes it.

But why don’t the ministers say she is a witch queen now?

Well, the reason is that, as long as you see An Lingrong's current figure, no one will say that she must kneel in the mourning hall.

The main reason was that her belly was too big. Let's put it this way, a five-month-old belly is about one and a half times the size of a ten-month-old belly. An Lingrong now has to hold her belly with her hands when she walks. It is too big. Even if the ministers were blind, they would not dare to let her kneel in the mourning hall.

The Empress Dowager's mourning hall had just been built when news came that Yixiu in the cold palace had also passed away.

But that was a deposed queen, so she would not return to the imperial mausoleum, but would just throw a straw mat into the mountains.

The palace was unusually quiet during this period, in fact, it was all because people were afraid of An Lingrong.

No matter whether it was a palace maid or a eunuch in each palace, if they were beaten or scolded by their master for no reason, An Lingrong would directly transfer them to another place, and the concubine would also be fined for half a year to a year, and of course, would also be confined to her house.

So now, no matter how angry everyone is, they don't dare to hit anyone or smash things, because whoever wants to smash things in the palace has to buy the things they want to smash themselves.

The things were bought from the Imperial Household Department, and each item was ten times more valuable than its own value.

So now the concubines in each palace are very careful with everything they take, for fear that a teacup may cost her a year's salary, let alone other items?

A small kitchen was set up in each palace, and concubines could cook for themselves if they didn't like the food. Each concubine had a fixed portion, so everyone was trained by An Lingrong to become real ladies.

Those who speak softly walk lightly.

The action of taking things was even gentler than when he was taking things himself.

To be honest, there are probably quite a few people in the palace who have internal injuries due to holding back.

Those ministers wanted to make a memorial, but the emperor's words immediately extinguished the ministers' anger.

Because everything in the Queen's palace belongs to the Queen. Even the things I sent her were stored in the warehouse according to their ranks. Everything she used was bought by herself, even the food.

If I want to give her silver, the Queen will say that she has the silver and the Emperor's silver should be used to improve the people's well-being.

Moreover, nothing in the Queen's palace had ever been broken. Even if palace maids or eunuchs accidentally broke something, the Queen would pay for a replacement herself.

The emperor smiled and said: Since you, my dear ministers, have doubts about your daughters' spending, then in the future you should give more silver to the queens in each palace.

After all, the salaries of concubines in each palace are so little, which is not enough for them to spend.

Before the ministers' anger had died down, the emperor continued leisurely: Many people in various places have become homeless, so please show some love and donate 100,000 taels of silver each.

Okay, go back and prepare, and give the silver to the Minister of Revenue Li Lang tomorrow.

After saying this, the emperor left, and the ministers who stayed behind were stunned. What the hell?

What does it mean to show love? No, wait, then everyone widened their eyes and said, "Fuck!" The emperor is really not a human being now.

Minister Bing was so angry that he gnashed his teeth. Why didn't he just rob the hundred thousand silver coins?

Minister A said helplessly: Well, the emperor is just robbing, it’s up to you whether you give it or not. The fact that the emperor dares to say this means one thing, he knows better than anyone else how much money everyone has.

So everyone should stop getting hung up on it. Didn't you see that the emperor didn't even give everyone a chance to explain themselves? This means that there is no room for negotiation on this matter. Either you take the silver, or... everyone knows what "wanting a mother" means.

In the end, everyone came to support his daughter but failed and was caught by the emperor.

After the emperor came back, he demoted those concubines, reduced their salaries, and even planned to banish them to the cold palace. This was the price of asking their family members to come and ask the emperor for an explanation.

Shen Meizhuang now receives the same treatment, becomes a concubine, and moves to Sui Yuxuan to live with Zhen Huan.

Zhen Huan was also demoted to a minor official, and could only keep one palace maid by her side. The one left was Huanbi. Liuzhu was sent back to the Zhen family, and Zhen Yuandao was impeached.

She took in the daughter of a guilty official and even gave birth to a child with her.

Now she was serving as a maid for her own daughter. Soon Zhen Yuandao was sent to Ningguta, and Huanbi was a slave for life and was also taken away.

Zhen Huan was accompanied by a maid sent by the Imperial Household Department, and this maid would not talk to Zhen Huan. After all, Zhen Huan was now the daughter of a criminal.

Jinxi was also taken to the Ministry of Punishment and had no choice but to die here. After all, asking about the emperor's itinerary was a taboo.

I didn't clean it up before simply because I wasn't in a hurry. Now that I have nothing to do, I naturally have to clean it up.

Shen Meizhuang and Zhen Huan are now in Suiyuxuan. The difference between them and the cold palace is that they have people to serve them. They are not allowed to live in the main hall of Suiyuxuan. Why else? Because they are not qualified.

Shen Meizhuang's father's official position was also downgraded, and he was now just a ninth-rank official. The Shen family was no longer a prominent family.

In the TV series, the fact that Zhen Huan could live in the main palace was not mentioned by anyone, which just showed that Zhen Huan was special. We were not fools, so that was because no one dared to say anything. Even Concubine Hua at that time only dared to put her in a remote place, and no one else dared to do anything.

There is nothing that An Lingrong dares to do. Before, it was arranged by Concubine Hua, and An Lingrong could not care about it. Now she is in charge of the palace herself, so naturally she will drive Zhen Huan out of the main hall.

Now the two good sisters can finally be together. Are they happy? Are you surprised?

As for Concubine Duan, since you like the patient, just send her away. Don't say anything innocent. She is the smartest one who can give advice to Zhen Huan and live in peace in the palace.

What's more, when An Lingrong became the queen, no one came to pay homage to her, which shows that they didn't take her seriously. In that case, there was no need to keep her.

Soon, the palace maid beside Concubine Duan came to the Queen and said that her queen wanted to see her.

An Lingrong smiled and said: "Who is your queen? Can I be invited just because she wants to?"

Go back and tell your master that if her people are obedient, they can stay with her, but if they are not, they can go with her.

The palace maid beside Concubine Duan was stunned when she heard this. After a while, she came to her senses, knelt down, bowed, and went back.

After telling her own queen what An Lingrong said, Concubine Duan smiled and said: Yes, I am indeed not qualified, and I don’t need the support of any family. After all, she is the one who has not competed for favor since she entered the palace, so why would she care about these things?

I was the only one who thought I still had some value, so maybe it was a mistake not to go and pay a visit that time.

As a person who doesn't care about the Queen Mother and Yi Xiu, and who can make two families disappear at will, how could she care about a small person like me who doesn't take her seriously now.

I was too self-righteous. My cleverness backfired.

There was no other way but to write a letter to her family, saying that if she wanted her family to be safe, she had to be on good terms with the Queen and not hostile. Concubine Duan believed that her family members would understand after reading the letter.

Why didn’t An Lingrong pull Concubine Duan into her camp?

Do you think it is necessary? Does An Lingrong still need them?

If they are disobedient, you can just send them away like the Ulanara family.

So less than a month after the Empress Dowager passed away, Concubine Duan died.

When Concubine Duan died, the emperor came and asked, why?

An Lingrong did not answer. Her face looked a little unhappy. She asked lightly: Is the emperor blaming me?

Upon hearing this, the emperor hurriedly said: No, no, don't think too much, I just don't understand, so I asked. As for the Empress Dowager and the Queen, I understand that they provoked you, but Concubine Duan didn't.

An Lingrong's expression eased a little and she said: Concubine Duan's health is not good enough for her to even pay a visit to me. Since she refuses to pay a visit to me, it means she does not recognize me as the queen. Since she is useless, there is no need to keep her.

Concubine Duan was the smartest person in the palace. She naturally knew why she was drugged, how to avoid being killed, and how to make the emperor feel sorry for her and not sentence her to death.

So if Zhen Huan is the female Zhuge Liang, then Concubine Duan can be Zhuge Liang's ancestor.

In terms of forbearance, Concubine Duan was more tolerant than the Empress Dowager; in terms of means, Concubine Duan was more ruthless than the Empress Dowager. She could make the Emperor remember her for the rest of his life by taking advantage of the small matter of her inability to have children.

Such gratitude will also bless her family.

The emperor asked, is Concubine Duan good at chess? After all, Concubine Duan's family holds a large number of troops, but she has never been suspected by the emperor.

With such forbearance and such schemes, if she hadn't met me, someone who is not afraid of her family, it would be hard to tell who would live and who would die in the end.

If the emperor is in the mood to care about those women, he might as well think about why the army of Concubine Duan's family only recognizes people and not tiger talismans.

It is not a good thing to be able to gain the loyalty of soldiers without the need for a tiger talisman.

Upon hearing this, the emperor said cautiously: It is true that I have not considered it before. He then wanted to be a hands-off boss and let An Lingrong find a solution. An Lingrong interrupted him and said: Your Majesty, please do as you please. I am going to rest.

After saying this, she ignored the emperor and went straight to the couch, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

It's so annoying. She has to do everything. What's the point of having an emperor?

Three months passed in a blink of an eye. An Lingrong's belly was so big that it was a little scary, like a balloon, and it felt like it would explode at any time.

Everyone was wondering, if it was thinner, would we even be able to see the child inside?

The emperor thought so too, so he asked. An Lingrong thought for a while and said: If the belly is half as big as it is now, then I can see the baby in my belly. I can't see it now.

What's more, the baby is due soon.