The prince supports her, and the reborn princess kills people

After the Shen family's affairs came to an end, Gu Beihuai began to work on the plan to crown her queen.

Although Gu Beihuai's thundering measures suppressed many ministers who were making trouble, there were still people who held opposing views and made fierce memorials at the morning court, stating that Shen Qingyan was not only a witch, but also the daughter of a guilty minister and was not worthy of being the queen.

In response, Gu Beihuai calmed down those emotional ministers with just one sentence.

"Yan'er is not worthy, but your daughter is?"

Now, all the ministers were speechless.

If she says she is not worthy, it means that she covets the position of queen; if she says she is worthy, she is unwilling to accept the position.

"Yan'er has been with me through all the ups and downs. Without her, I wouldn't be sitting here alive. Besides, she has no relationship with Shen Pinghe's family, and has never been involved in any corruption or bribery. Why can't I make her my queen?"

The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally someone mustered up the courage to say, "Your Majesty, it is not impossible for you to make Shen the queen, but I think it would not be too late to remove the love poison in her body before making her the queen. Why not make her a concubine first?"

The person who spoke was one of Gu Beihuai's right-hand men, the Left Prime Minister Qin Yunfeng.

Gu Beihuai knew that he must have his reasons for saying that.

The right prime minister, Rong Lan, also stood up.

"Mr. Qin is right. I also think it is more appropriate to confer the title of consort first."

Gu Beihuai's left and right assistants all said so. Naturally, they must have found out something and used this as an excuse to remind him.

Gu Beihuai understood and continued, "Since that's the case, let's both take a step back. First, confer Shen Qingyan the title of concubine, Zhao, and let her live in Zhaohua Palace."

Zhaohua Palace is the residence of the empress or the imperial concubine. By doing this, Gu Beihuai clearly intended to let Shen Qingyan be the queen.

Although it is not in that position, it makes no difference.

Naturally, some of the ministers were still dissatisfied, but since Gu Beihuai had said so, no one dared to raise any objections.

……

In the afternoon, Shen Qingyan woke up from a nap.

The sun is shining today, the autumn chrysanthemums are fragrant, and Shen Qingyan is in a very good mood.

She and Qingmei and others strolled in the garden to enjoy the flowers, feeling very comfortable. The fetus in her belly was more than five months old and her pregnancy was very obvious.

Qingmei really wanted to tell the news that Gu Beihuai was going to make Shen Qingyan the queen.

It has nothing to do with anything else, just because I want to make Shen Qingyan happy.

The emperor should do what he says, right?

In fact, Shen Qingyan had already noticed Qingmei's hesitation to speak, and seeing that she was almost becoming uneasy, she asked.

"What, are you worried?"

Qingmei immediately realized that she had been too obvious, so she gritted her teeth and told Gu Beihuai exactly what he had said.

Finally, he added one more sentence.

"Princess, the emperor still has you in his heart. As long as you become the queen, no matter how arrogant Fuling is, she won't be able to cause any trouble."

Shen Qingyan frowned slightly and shook her head gently.

"not necessarily."

Shen Qingyan didn't have high expectations for this matter. To her, status and position didn't matter. If two people loved each other, why bother about whether their status were equal?

What's more, her current identity is sensitive. Even if Gu Beihuai forcibly appoints her as queen despite the pressure from his ministers, how will the people of the world view him?

When a new emperor takes office, he cannot ignore public opinion.

Shen Qingyan understood this principle, and it was impossible for Gu Beihuai not to understand it.

So she felt that the position of queen was not possible for the time being.

*

After the morning court session ended, Qin Yunfeng and Rong Lan secretly came to the imperial study.

"At the morning court today, you stopped me from crowning the queen, but what did you find out?"

Qin Yunfeng and Rong Lan looked at each other, and Qin Yunfeng took a step forward and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, that is indeed the case."

Rong Lan then added, "Our spies have found that there are people in the court who are secretly colluding with the Zhanri Kingdom. They are using the sensitive status of the queen to instigate the ministers, causing quite a commotion in the court. Therefore, I hope that the emperor can hold his troops in place to prevent those with ulterior motives from taking advantage of the situation."

"Once I have found out the truth and caught the person behind it, it won't be too late to crown her as the queen."

Gu Beihuai pondered for a moment and said coldly: "Yes."

For the sake of political stability, Yan'er will have to endure this for a while.

When the love poison is removed in the future, he will explain it to her in detail.

In fact, he had been wanting to leave the palace again for the past two nights and secretly go to the mansion to see Shen Qingyan, but he held back.

Because Shen Yuanmu had sent someone to bring him a message saying that he had already received the Gu Po and would be back soon.

but……

Gu Beihuai always felt that Shen Yuanmu in the letter was a little strange, and there was a sarcastic tone in his words.

Never mind. Maybe he heard that I had deliberately ignored Yan'er and felt unhappy.

royal palace.

The small palace seemed peaceful late at night, but it was not peaceful.

Because an uninvited guest came here and was sitting face to face with Fuling.

The man was tall and wore a cold black mask. He looked mysterious and intimidating, but Fuling seemed used to it. It was obviously not the first time she had met him face to face.

The two sat in silence for a long time before the masked man spoke.

"I wonder what Miss Fuling has thought about it?"

Fuling took a sip of tea leisurely, her red lips raised with a hint of lazy charm.

"Where's what I want?"

The masked man took out a brocade box from his arms and handed it to Fuling.

The moment Fuling opened it, she was dazzled by the golden color.

But she was not satisfied.

"that's it?"

"My master said that after the matter is completed, not only will you be able to sit in that position, but the rest will also be given to you."

A bright light flashed in Fuling's eyes, and she asked calmly, "Is it just as simple as causing Shen Qingyan to have a miscarriage?"

"Don't worry, take it step by step."

Fuling had an idea in mind, "Okay, where's the medicine?"

The masked man handed her another small porcelain bottle.

"It is colorless and odorless, and nobody can detect it. Don't be stupid enough to put it in food. It can also evaporate in lotus ponds, fish ponds, and even flower pots, as long as people can smell it."

"Remember, you must find a scapegoat to avoid being exposed."

"it is good."

After giving the instructions, the masked man hurried away in the night.

Only then did the two new palace maids, Xiaoshu and Xiaohua, dare to come out.

Since Xiaoqin and Xiaoqi were killed in the gunpowder explosion along with Feng Yue'er, the Ministry of Internal Affairs allocated two more to Fuling.

Xiao Shu asked cautiously, "Master, who is this man? What if he was sent by the princess to harm you on purpose?"

Fuling was playing with the six pieces of gold in the brocade box and was in a very good mood.

"Don't worry, I have my own judgment."

After thinking for a while, she gritted her teeth, took out a piece of gold and threw it in front of the small book and painting.

"Now there is an opportunity to make a contribution. Whoever is sure he can accomplish it will pick up this piece of gold."

Xiao Shu and Xiao Hua's attention was immediately attracted by the gold and their eyes were wide open.

This piece of gold is equivalent to more than half a year's monthly salary.

But they are not stupid. The task that can be completed with such a large piece of gold must not be easy, or even difficult to handle.

Xiao Shu mustered up the courage to ask, "Master, could you please tell me what the mission is?"

Fuling glanced at him coldly, her tone full of displeasure.

"If you don't want to do it, there are plenty of people who will. It's better if you don't want this gold."

It just so happened that she was reluctant to leave.