The most beautiful lady in the harem

"The Queen has left, and the harem still needs someone to take care of it. Concubine Shu is too busy to handle it alone, and she also has to take care of the princess and the fetus in her belly. Queen Mother, please let Concubine De and Concubine Xian stay."

Emperor Yongjia did not follow Empress Dowager Dong's opinion, but spoke again. Although his tone was negotiating, the Empress Dowager could not change Long Wei's power.

Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Dong nodded very kindly, "It is I who am old and confused, forgetting that both Consort Xian and Consort De have no children, so it is best for them to take care of it."

In one sentence, Concubine De and Concubine Xian were mocked as hens that could not lay eggs.

But Concubine Dong was virtuous and Concubine Xiao didn't care, so there was no special expression on their faces.

After talking with the Empress Dowager for a while, Emperor Yongjia got up and went to the study to listen to the people from the Ministry of Rites report on how to prepare for the Empress' funeral. The Empress passed away suddenly, and she had a noble status, so there were still many things that needed to be dealt with.

Empress Dowager Dong sighed as she looked at Emperor Yongjia's back. When Emperor Yongjia was far away, she turned her gaze back to the palace and scanned the people in the room, "Who was it just now who wrongly accused Consort Xian and Consort De?"

The maid who had just come out to report immediately lowered her head and walked forward and knelt in front of the Queen Mother Dong.

"When did you see Concubine Xian and Concubine De murdering the Queen?" Empress Dowager Dong said with a chilly tone.

The maid felt something was wrong and immediately kowtowed, saying, "I didn't see anyone framing the queen. I was just saying..."

"What do you mean by just saying? Do you know that your words almost caused me to wrongly accuse a good person?"

Qin Liuse shook her head in her heart. This maid dared to say that, which clearly showed that someone was behind it. Now that the matter had not been accomplished, she was blamed by the Queen Mother Dong. She really had no choice but to accept the consequences.

As expected, the Empress Dowager Dong said, "Take him away and slap him a hundred times. To serve as an example."

Soon someone came and dragged the maid out.

The weather in the first month of the lunar year was already quite cold, and the sounds of beating and wailing coming from the yard seemed even more desolate.

If he gets slapped a hundred times, his face would probably be ruined.

Qin Liuse's heart trembled, and he looked up at Queen Dowager Dong.

The Empress Dowager Dong acted as if she didn't hear anything. Wei Lanxin, who was standing next to her, still had a slight smile on her lips.

What a hard-hearted person.

This is clearly in front of the Queen's coffin, yet he still comes here to show off.

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Because the queen died suddenly, all the bright red silks and red lanterns that had been hung in the harem before the first month of the lunar year were taken down.

The cloth strips were changed to white ones. Although the New Year had not yet passed, the entire palace was once again filled with a bleak and desolate scene.

Everyone in the harem spontaneously mourned for the Queen, but in the Empress Dowager Dong's Cining Palace, there were no sad people.

The Queen's body was buried today and sent to the imperial mausoleum.

As the Empress Dowager Dong was the elder of the Empress, there was naturally no reason for her to go and see her off. She just sat in the palace and leisurely drank tea.

"I don't know who the emperor will choose to be the queen now that the queen is gone." Although Wei Lanxin is a relative, she is not a woman in the harem and she has not yet married. She cannot go to the queen's funeral, so she stays in the Cining Palace to accompany the empress dowager.

Empress Dowager Dong glanced at Wei Lanxin's face. This face was so similar to the Empress's when she was young.

She smiled and said to Wei Lanxin, "I brought you to the palace. You know what I mean. The position of queen is now vacant. Whether you can sit on it depends on your own luck."

There was no one else in the room, so Wei Lanxin didn't have to hide her words when talking to Empress Dowager Dong.

After hearing what Empress Dowager Dong said, Wei Lanxin felt a little embarrassed and her face turned red. Of course, she also wanted to be the woman of Emperor Yongjia. With such a mighty and great emperor, who wouldn't want to submit to him under his dragon robe?

Thinking back to when she was a child, she had seen the Ninth Prince riding a horse, shooting arrows and playing ball. He was so majestic.

If it weren't for the fact that the Ninth Prince had no one to rely on at that time, there would have been many noble ladies in the capital who wanted to be his women. Many cousins ​​in the family were also present at the mahjong game, all cheering for the Ninth Prince.

My sister wanted to get married, but the elders in the family did not allow it, saying that she would have no future if she married this poor prince who had no support from his relatives and was not favored by the late emperor.

They would find other prominent families for their sisters, either for marriage or to marry them off as clan wives.

Who would have thought that no one was optimistic at that time, thinking that the Ninth Master, who only had a good body and a good face, would actually become the emperor.

Those ladies who are already married and made the wrong bet are probably crying their eyes out.

Thinking of this, Wei Lanxin was secretly happy. Fortunately, she had not yet married. Thinking of this, Wei Lanxin felt as if she was born to marry Emperor Yongjia and was born to be his woman.

"But Her Majesty the Queen Mother..." Wei Lanxin had an unspeakable expression on her face.

As an unmarried girl, it was indeed not in accordance with etiquette to plan her own life in this way, but she had to say it.

"Even if I am the emperor's woman now, I can never become the queen with so many sisters in front of me."

The Queen Mother glanced at her. This girl's idea was even more outlandish than hers. She was still thinking of ascending to heaven in one step. "How dare I ask you to become the Queen right now? You are overthinking it."

Wei Lanxin's face turned red after hearing what the Empress Dowager Dong said.

Empress Dowager Dong smiled again and said, "A girl is just a girl. You think too much. You should become the concubine of Emperor Yongjia first. With my help, the rest will come naturally."

But you have to climb up step by step. There is only one position of queen, and who wouldn't want to climb up and sit on it?

Now there are Consort Xian, Consort De, Consort Shu, so many concubines, and also Consort Chongyuan.

Even if Wei Lanxin were to sleep with the emperor today, she would have to start from the third rank at most and work her way up, and there was still a long way to go.

"I can remove the stumbling block of the Queen for you. What will it matter if there is a new Queen in the future?" The Queen Mother Dong curled her lips, very confident.

Although she held the position of empress dowager, she knew in her heart that her position in Emperor Yongjia's heart would never be as high as that of his biological mother.

Even though Emperor Yongjia did not grow up under the Empress Dowager Cixi's wing, a mother is still a mother after all, and blood is thicker than water.

Now that Emperor Yongjia looked at her with respect, it was only in accordance with etiquette and he respected her as the Holy Mother Empress Dowager.

What the Eastern Empress Dowager wanted was to overpower the Western Empress Dowager in the harem, just like when the late emperor was still alive.

What a glorious life it was back then. She didn't even take that yellow-faced woman in Yongshou Palace seriously. All the women in the palace had to give way to her, and the late emperor doted on her to the core. What an honor it was.

The only regret is that she doesn't have her own son.

When she entered the palace, the late emperor was already over fifty years old. Perhaps an old man and a young wife are the most affectionate. Although most of the late emperor's love was for her, she was never able to have any children.

In this way, the Empress Dowager Dong hoped that the candidate for the empress would be hers.

In this way, the future prince and the entire harem will be in her hands and she will not have to be subservient to others.

When the previous emperor was alive, she was so honored in the harem, but now, she has to lose to a yellow-faced woman who has been neglected for many years.

The Empress Dowager Dong could not tolerate this.

Wei Lanxin lowered her head, and was delighted by what the Queen Mother Dong said.

When the Empress Dowager Dong was planning to get rid of the Queen, she told her that with the Queen in the lead, Emperor Yongjia would never accept her given his personality.

Because the Queen was still alive, if Emperor Yongjia had favored Wei Lanxin, who looked so much like her, it would have been rumored to have spread, and it would have made the Queen feel uncomfortable.

But if the empress had waited until Emperor Yongjia died before taking her into the harem, the story would have been different if it had been spread out.

That must be a good story, saying that Emperor Yongjia missed his old friend, so he found a replacement.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Dong asked Wei Lan if she was willing to be the substitute. Wei Lan agreed without any hesitation.

"What happened to the double?"

Being able to serve the Yongjia Emperor, on the one hand, she would not have to worry about wealth and honor, and on the other hand, she would have such a mighty man as her. She would not lose out at all. Just thinking about the tall and strong body of the Yongjia Emperor, Wei Lanxin would blush.

Wei Lanxin firmly believed that sooner or later, the emperor would be fascinated by her.

Being a queen is just a means for her.

One day, Emperor Yongjia will surely understand that she is not the late queen, she is Wei Lanxin.