God favors the troublemaker, and the protagonist is forced to become evil

That day, Chunying came in, and Chao Zining bowed and said, "Master, someone from the Lin residence has sent a message saying that the eldest lady's wedding date is set for the tenth day of the twelfth month, and asked the master to go and buy the dowry."

The emperor issued an edict, conferring the title of King of Qi on the third prince, and marrying Lin Yanran on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Lin Yanran was going to get married, and it would take nearly two months. If Lin Yanran got married, then Prime Minister Lin and the Third Prince would be completely tied together, and he would definitely go all out to help the Third Prince win the throne.

When the situation in the court was mentioned, Zi Ning recalled it carefully in his mind. Speaking of which, the emperor had few children, only three adult princes and one underage prince. There were only two princesses, one was the eldest princess who was born to the third prince and was the one he met by chance that day; the other was the second princess born to Concubine Shu.

The forces in the court were mainly the Beijing School and the Southern School. The Beijing School was headed by the Right Prime Minister, who was a force of the old aristocratic families in the capital; the Southern School was headed by the Left Prime Minister, who was mainly talented people who passed the local imperial examinations.

The current emperor still has no crown prince, so the three adult princes are fighting fiercely, among which the third prince is relatively stronger.

The eldest prince was born to the late queen, and his maternal family was the imperial tutor. He had been with the emperor from the beginning, and his position in the emperor's heart was imaginable. The imperial tutor was also the teacher of the right prime minister and the minister of rites, so he was on the side of the Beijing faction and supported the eldest prince. The third prince was born to the successor queen, and his maternal family was the Duke of Protector of the Country, who commanded a hundred thousand troops, but now that the border was stable, the military power had been handed back.

However, the eldest prince's faction gradually declined with the death of the former queen and the abdication of old ministers. On the contrary, the third prince, because of the queen's reputation as a virtuous man, seemed to be in a position to sit on the throne.

The left prime minister originally only disagreed with the right prime minister in terms of political views, and did not rashly provoke a factional dispute. It was only a few years ago that the third prince privately reached an agreement with him and personally asked for Lin Yanran's hand in marriage, and the situation gradually became clear.

The emperor issued an edict to grant the marriage, so he must have known the relationship. He also didn't want to see the Beijing faction dominate, so the court needed a new force.

Zi Ning thought about his mission. As long as he stood on the side of the Beijing faction and allowed the eldest prince to ascend the throne smoothly, Prime Minister Lin would basically have no chance of getting away with it, and Lin Yanran and Li Yan would have no chance of getting away with it either.

But now the emperor is in good health, the border is stable, there is no disaster in the country, the weather is good, the situation in the court is stable, there is no chaos, and it seems that the country is peaceful and the people are prosperous.

We have to wait a little longer until someone in the court stirs up trouble and the situation becomes chaotic, and then we can take advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters.

Three months passed in a flash, and Zining planned to buy a few obedient and docile maids to be concubines. She herself did not plan to have children, so she decided to let others have them.

Zi Ning asked someone to harness the carriage and prepared to go out.

There were human traffickers in the west of the city. When Zining arrived, he explained his purpose and request. Soon, eight maids lined up and stood in front of Zining.

"Madam, please take a look. These are all innocent girls. Do you like any of them?"

Zi Ning took a casual look and found out their wealth. He then randomly selected two with good looks and gentle personalities. He paid the money and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered that he seemed to be in need of a guard.

In the novels and TV dramas I’ve read before, young ladies often encounter bad guys when they go out, so it’s better to buy a guard to protect your safety, just in case.

Zi Ning put forward his request to the matchmaker again, and after some selection, he finally chose Zhou Ye.

In the evening, Li Yan and Zi Ning had dinner together. After dinner, they went for a walk in the garden together, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

After returning to Yingyuexuan, Zining planned to tell Li Yan that there were several new concubines in the family.

"Master, my health has not been very good recently. I may need a few years to recuperate if I want to have an heir. But my mother is urging me to do so, and I am not a jealous person. Therefore, I personally went to pick two people today and carried them into the mansion. Now, Master has two more people to take care of him. Chunying, call someone in."

Then two pretty girls came in, bowed, and said softly, "I, your servants Zhilan and Ningcui, pay my respects to the master and the madam."

Li Yan looked at the people in front of him, then at Zi Ning, feeling a little overwhelmed. When he was studying hard in his hometown, Yue Niang was the one who served him; later, he went to Beijing alone, and now he was not used to having so many people serving him all of a sudden.

"Ning'er, I don't need their service. I just want to stay with you, so let them go." Li Yan said seriously.

"Master, they have been carried in. They are here to serve you. I am very happy that you have me in your heart, but I still hope that the Li family can have many descendants." Zi Ning looked at Li Yan with understanding and affection.

"Okay Ning'er, let them go down. I'll stay with you. It's getting late, so go to bed early." Li Yan waved his hand and asked Zhilan and Ningcui to go down, and called Chunying in to serve Zining.

The next day, Huang knew that Zining had given Li Yan two concubines, and smiled and praised Zining for being a good person. She turned around and told Li Yan to think more about his offspring, saying that old man Li died early, and if Li Yan had a brother to help him, Li Yan would not have suffered so much, but now everything is fine, and the hard work has paid off. However, he still needs to pay more attention to his offspring, and now there are more people in the mansion, so he needs to work hard.

That night, Li Yan went to Ningcui's room and only ordered water once before going to bed. The next day, Zi Ning did not give Ningcui contraceptive soup in a false pretense, but instead sent someone to send her a fertility-enhancing soup.

Speaking of concubines, Zi Ning asked Yue Niang to return to Jufulou and live with the other two concubines. Now things will be lively.

Li Yan had dinner with Zi Ning at Yingyuexuan. After helping Zi Ning digest the food, he wanted to go back to the study to sleep, but he met Yue Niang who came out from the side road halfway.

Yue Niang suddenly jumped out and scared Li Yan.

Yue Niang went into Li Yan's arms and cried, "My dear, I finally see you. I missed you so much, sob…"

What a familiar scene! Li Yanxu was thinking of the embarrassment at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. He looked around and saw no one around, but there was a servant following him. Although he lowered his head, he was still a human being.

Li Yan quickly stood up and pulled Yue Niang up, "Why are you still so rude? I am now a seventh-rank official after all. As a family member, you should know how to be polite. Hasn't Aunt Di taught you well yet?"

When Aunt Di was mentioned, Yue Niang stopped sobbing and said pitifully, "Husband, Yue Niang just missed you too much, that's why..."

"Okay, go back quickly. I have important things to do." Li Yan seemed to have lost his patience with Yue Niang. He sent her away in a hurry and slipped away.

Yue Niang had finally regained her freedom, so how could she let Li Yan leave so easily? She hurriedly chased after him.

The situation on Yue Niang's side had been projected to Zi Ning by the system. Zi Ning found it interesting. Yue Niang had been with Li Yan for so long, but ended up like this. How sad.