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Finally, the emperor wrote an imperial decree, conferring the title of Chenpin on An Lingrong and granting her the title of Yongshou Palace.

After An Lingrong received the imperial edict, she was stunned. She looked at it again in disbelief and asked in confusion: "Eunuch, my father is only a county magistrate. How can he become a concubine, let alone the title of Chen?"

Su Peisheng smiled and said: Empress Chenpin, you don't have to worry. Isn't there a treasure sent to you that can protect you?

An Lingrong asked curiously: Is the emperor giving me a secret guard?

Su Peisheng was stunned when he heard this and said: No.

An Lingrong was even more confused and asked: Then what can you use to protect me?

Su Peisheng smiled and said: It's a golden medal of immunity from death.

An Lingrong was even more confused. Could this thing be given so casually?

Su Peisheng didn't know what to say, and could only say: With this, no one dares to punish you.

An Lingrong's eyes lit up when she heard this and said: Is that even more powerful than the secret guards?

Su Peisheng didn't know how to respond after hearing that, and could only say: It's very powerful, except for the emperor, even the queen would kneel down when seeing the golden medal of immunity from death.

An Lingrong snatched it and held it in her arms, saying, "What about the Queen Mother? If she causes trouble for me, will it be of any use if I take it out?"

Su Peisheng thought for a while and said: With the golden medal of immunity from death in hand, no one can touch you, so if they hit you, they are hitting the emperor.

An Lingrong laughed and said: That’s great, I don’t have to die this time.

By the way, father-in-law, how many times can this be used?

Su Peisheng thought about it and decided to use it all the time.

An Lingrong smiled and said: That’s great, I’m just afraid that it won’t work after using it once or twice, and I’ll die if someone bothers me again.

As if she remembered something, she asked: "Eunuch, was it the emperor or the empress dowager and the queen who chose the concubine last time? Why do I feel like it wasn't the emperor who chose the concubine, but the empress dowager? Who is she sleeping with?"

Su Peisheng almost fell down. Is this something he can ask? Huh? Is this something he can say?

What a lewd statement, but it doesn't seem wrong to ask. If the emperor makes the choice, why would the empress and the queen mother get involved?

An Lingrong asked again: Who has the final say in government affairs, the emperor or the empress dowager? Why does the empress dowager seem to be against the emperor? Is the empress dowager ruling from behind the curtain?

Su Peisheng quickly said goodbye and left. After returning, he told the emperor what he had said. After hearing it, the emperor began to think about it carefully. As he thought about it, he felt a little terrified.

Isn't the Queen Mother controlling the government by controlling the harem?

Who is she imitating?

Call in the Guillotines to thoroughly investigate the Queen Mother and her family.

This is what An Lingrong wants. Queen Mother, just wait. My entry into the palace will be the end of you.

How dare you look at me with disdain? Don’t you see who you are? A mere foot-washing maid dares to go against me. Do you really think you can rest easy just because you are the queen mother?

Soon the teaching nanny came over. An Lingrong searched her soul and found out that she was the empress dowager's person. Then she signed a master-servant contract and asked her to teach her well.

After teaching me, he told the Queen Mother that I didn’t learn well and stopped teaching me.

An Lingrong was the last batch to enter the palace. Everyone in the palace wanted to see what her master was like whose father was only an eighth-rank official but had been awarded the position of a concubine.

An Lingrong went to the pawnshop and bought two maids, and asked the maid next to her to go back.

The maid was reluctant to leave, and An Lingrong said: The palace is a place where people are killed without bloodshed. If you follow them, you will only be executed. I have no choice, so why did I buy two new ones?

Even if they knew I bought it newly, I wouldn’t care whether it lives or dies. But it’s different for you. You grew up with me. If you died, how could I not be sad?

I can feel at ease if you help me look after the house at home. You can tell me the first time if there is any problem at home so that I can find a way to deal with it immediately. Don’t you think so?

The girl nodded when she heard that.

An Lingrong said: When you reach the age, my mother will return your indenture contract, and then you can get married and don’t have to be a maid anymore. When you go back, can you help me take care of the family?

The girl knew that the young lady was afraid that if she came to the palace, the young lady would not be able to protect herself, but what could she do? The young lady could be easily dealt with alone, but if she was added as a burden, she would really be a hindrance.

I could only nod reluctantly and said: Don't worry, Miss, I will take good care of the Madam and the Master.

An Lingrong said, "I will enter the palace tomorrow, you should go back too. I will feel relieved if you go back earlier." Then she put a letter in the maid's arms.

The girl nodded and went back to pack her things.

An Lingrong was the last person to enter the palace, and she lived in the palace where Zhen Huan became Concubine Xi.

This place is nice. An Lingrong likes this kind of environment. At night, she asked Lingjun to check whether there is any dirt inside and outside the Yongshou Palace.

Lingjun searched around and put all the harmful things into the space.

After a night's rest, she went to kneel down and pay homage to the Queen, otherwise she would not be the legitimate concubine of the Chen clan.

After kneeling, the Queen began to lecture her. When she finished, An Lingrong stood up to leave. The Queen did not dare to make trouble now, mainly because if anything happened to An Lingrong, the Emperor would go to her first to settle the account. Just because he did not dare to go to the Queen Mother did not mean that he would not cause trouble for her.

The queen thought that if she didn't cause trouble for others, there would be some people she could take advantage of.

As soon as everyone sat down, the Queen began to introduce Chenpin, saying in a fancy way that An Lingrong had no children, no country, and her father was the lowest-ranking official among her sisters.

It can be seen that Sister An is blessed. I wonder if you can pass on some of the knowledge to the sisters, so that they can also improve their status. To be honest, Sister An’s status is indeed not worthy of her virtue.

An Lingrong said: Your Majesty, do you think that the Emperor is wrong to confer a title on his concubine?

Or does the Queen think that the Emperor cannot appoint concubines?

Then Your Majesty, please remove me from this position of Concubine Chen.

This would prevent the Empress from feeling that something was not right when the Emperor conferred the title.

Please issue an edict, Your Majesty. I dare not use this title anymore.

The Queen has the final say in everything.

The Queen dared not say a word now. On the first day, she said that the Emperor should not confer the title of Chenpin. What she meant was that if the Emperor’s title did not count, then whose title did count?

Now all the concubines in the hall knelt down.

The Queen wanted to smooth things over, but it also depended on whether An Lingrong agreed.

Queen, the sisters are all kneeling. Why don't you issue an order? The sisters' knees should not be harmed in this way.

Your humble servants and others respectfully request the Empress's decree.

In a word, the queen now wants to die.

Now, not to mention Concubine Hua, even all the concubines dared not to breathe.

An Lingrong responded: Since the Queen asked all of you sisters to kneel, then you should kneel until she gives the order.

When the emperor came back from the morning court, he saw a group of people kneeling, while the queen was sitting there without saying a word.

When the Queen saw the Emperor coming, she wanted to say something, but An Lingrong said: "Your Majesty, you conferred the title of Chenpin on me. The Queen said that your decree is not trustworthy, so I and others are waiting for the Queen to issue an order to re-confer the title."

With just one sentence, the queen blocked all her escape routes.

The emperor sat on the throne and looked at the queen and said lightly: Queen, you are very good.

The Queen was about to explain when An Lingrong smiled and said: Your Majesty, you may not know that all of you sisters here have been kneeling for an hour now, and the Queen wants to show you a warning.

Therefore, after hearing the decision, I and all my sisters and brothers realized that I am indeed not worthy of the position due to my virtue, and am also waiting for the Queen's imperial decree to confer the title.

The emperor didn't say anything, and neither did An Lingrong. She just knelt there with her body straight.

Finally, the emperor said directly: An Lingrong obeys the order, and An Lingrong is named Chen Fei, and she is exempt from kneeling according to the imperial edict.

An Lingrong smiled and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Please send me the imperial edict exempting me from kneeling later. Without the imperial edict, the Queen will not acknowledge it. After all, I am not worthy of the position." After saying that, she stood up.

She walked up to the emperor and said: Your Majesty, the Queen does not know how to exempt the sisters from the formalities. Why don’t you, Your Majesty, come and help and let everyone stand up.

Each of them has a weak body and needs to take good care of themselves before they can serve His Majesty. In our palace, they are always punished to kneel for such a long time. Could it be that they are afraid that the sisters will give birth to His Majesty's children?

Otherwise, we are all serving the emperor, so why do we have to kneel for so long? No one is wrong, but those who are wrong do not kneel.

After saying that, he added: "Empress, do you know why there has been no heir in the palace for so many years?"

The Queen didn't dare to answer now, and An Lingrong didn't need her to answer, so she continued: "If the mistress of the house doesn't allow so-and-so, how can the sisters give birth? Don't you think so? Queen."

After saying that, he gave the hint and told the truth.

The queen knelt down immediately and told the whole story of how she had harmed her sister and all the concubines, and how the empress dowager had arranged for her sister to enter the palace and get close to the emperor, who was still a prince.

After they finished speaking, you could hear a pin drop in the hall.

After the queen finished speaking, she collapsed to the ground. She knew she was finished.

An Lingrong walked up to the emperor, took his hand and said: Your Majesty, there is no need to be sad. Seeing a person clearly is more worthwhile than anything else, isn't it?

The emperor laughed when he heard this, but his laughter was bitter. An Lingrong said: "Your Majesty, do you know why some people can control you? Because you care too much about that so-called maternal love."

To be honest, if my mother was like this, I would let her know what it means that you are on the first day of the month and I am on the fifteenth. Don't talk about filial piety. Without the first day, how can there be the fifteenth?

Okay, don’t be sad. The emperor is still the emperor, but the empress dowager may not be the empress dowager, and the queen may not be the queen. After saying this, she patted the emperor on the back.

The emperor was speechless when he heard this. Are you trying to coax the child? Right, right.

An Lingrong smiled and said: Your Majesty, I am now the Concubine Chen. Tomorrow the ministers will say that I am a demon concubine. Your Majesty, please tell me whether I should act like a demon or not. I can also help you deal with some disobedient things.

An Lingrong had never intended to be a sensible and well-behaved concubine. Since she would be called a demon concubine if she was beautiful, she might as well be a demon. Some demon concubines are for themselves, and some are for the people.

Since I can be a demon concubine, who wants to be a silly little concubine?