After killing four concubines, the queen was sentenced to death and reborn

Yu Ma Ma replied, "She didn't complain at all. She sat down and started copying Buddhist scriptures without any hesitation."

The Queen Mother was a little surprised and a little unconvinced, "Really?"

"Why would I lie to the Queen Mother?" Nanny Yu replied with a smile.

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and whispered, "Could it be that I really went too far?"

Yu Ma Ma comforted her, "No, the Queen Mother is not exaggerating at all. As your Majesty's concubine, it is her blessing to copy Buddhist scriptures for you."

"Let's take another look! Maybe he is pretending?" The Queen Mother said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

After breakfast, the Empress Dowager went to the study, but did not go in. Instead, she stood at the door and watched Zhao Baolin copying. Zhao Baolin was concentrating on copying seriously and did not pay attention to what was happening around her.

Seeing how serious she was, the Queen Mother said in a low voice, "You are serious indeed."

The Queen Mother stood in front of the door and looked for a long time.

The palace maid beside Zhao Baolin was about to remind her, but Yu Ma gave her a look and she shook her head slightly. She immediately covered her mouth and lowered her head.

Zhao Baolin had been copying for a while and felt a little tired. She put down her brush, stretched her muscles, and when she looked up, she met the empress dowager's sharp eyes.

She immediately stood up, walked to the Queen Mother, knelt down and greeted, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."

"Don't be so polite, get up!" said the Queen Mother in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Yu Ma Ma supported the Queen Mother and sat down on the couch beside her. "I asked you to copy the Buddhist scriptures. Have you ever resented me in your heart?"

"I dare not." Zhao Baolin said hurriedly.

"Don't dare?" The Queen Mother said coldly.

Zhao Baolin lowered her eyes and continued, "The Queen Mother is your Majesty's mother. No matter what the Queen Mother asks me to do, I will do my best to do it and share the Queen Mother's worries."

"Tell me why you want to be the emperor's concubine?" the Empress Dowager asked directly.

Zhao Baolin answered honestly, "Your Majesty, I want to get rid of the days of being bullied by others. As a dancer in this palace, my only way to succeed is to become your majesty's concubine."

"Perhaps, in the eyes of the Queen Mother, and even everyone else, I am just a seductress who seduces the emperor, but I just want to get rid of my identity as a dancer, work hard to climb up, and survive in this palace."

This answer surprised the Empress Dowager. She didn't expect her to be so sincere and not hide her ambition at all.

"You are very sincere." The Queen Mother had a better impression of her now.

"I don't want to be a hypocritical person. I want to climb up and become a superior person. I don't think I'm wrong to do so. I just want to live a better life, that's all." Zhao Baolin said with a firm look in his eyes.

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she suddenly felt that perhaps her prejudice against her was too deep.

"Your Highness, I will continue to copy Buddhist scriptures."

"Ah."

After getting the approval of the Empress Dowager, Zhao Baolin bowed, then turned into the inner room and sat down to continue copying.

Weiyang Palace

Zheng Xiyan knew that Zhao Baolin had gone to Shoukang Palace again, and asked in a deep voice, "Has the Queen Mother ever made things difficult for her?"

"No, I just asked her to copy Buddhist scriptures." Biluo replied.

"I want to help her, but it can't be too obvious. Let's talk about it in a few days!" Although Zheng Xiyan wanted to help her, it also depended on her own luck.

"Yes!"

As she was talking, Zi Luo came in and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Chongyuan and Lady Li are here to pay their respects to you."

"Let them in!" Zheng Xiyan said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"Concubine, please give your regards to the Queen."

"Don't be so polite, just sit down!" Zheng Xiyan raised her head slightly and glanced at the two of them.

"Thank you, Queen."

After the two of them sat down, Xu Chongyuan looked gloating, "Your Majesty, do you know that the Queen Mother kept Zhao Baolin in Shoukang Palace yesterday and ordered her to copy Buddhist scriptures for three hours?"

"I already know about this." Zheng Xiyan looked at her meaningfully and said in a cold voice.

Xu Chongyuan had no animosity towards Zhao Baolin before, thinking that she was just a little dancer who could not cause any trouble. But in just half a month, she went from a dancer to a sixth-rank Baolin. This made her feel a sense of crisis, and now she also developed some hostility towards her.

"Even the Queen Mother can't stand it anymore. It's really inappropriate for Your Majesty to dote on a dancer like this." Xu Chongyuan said with an unhappy face.

Zheng Xiyan naturally saw her hostility towards Zhao Baolin, and also understood why she was like that.

"His Majesty has been particularly fond of her these days. I wonder what kind of magic potion she has given His Majesty?" Lady Li felt the same way. A dancer of humble origin was now more favored than them. Anyone would be unhappy about this.

They naturally wouldn't care about someone who posed no threat to them, but once this person became a threat to them, that would be a different story.

Zheng Xiyan put down the teacup in her hand heavily, and then said to the two of them coldly: "One more friend is always better than one more enemy, what do you think?"

Xu Chongyuan and Lady Li looked at each other and immediately understood what was meant. Then Xu Chongyuan asked with a slightly embarrassed expression, "Your Majesty, do you want to win over Zhao Baolin?"

"Isn't it good? She is indeed favored by His Majesty and has no one to rely on in this harem. If I give her some alms, do you think she will be grateful to me?" The smile on Zheng Xiyan's face was a little creepy.

The two of them inevitably changed their expressions, and they broke into a cold sweat over what they had just said. They replied angrily, "I understand."

"I'm glad you understand." Zheng Xiyan said in a deep voice.

In the following days, Zhao Baolin went to Shoukang Palace every day to copy Buddhist scriptures without slacking off for a single day.

Shoukang Palace

That day, the Empress Dowager came out of the study and returned to the main hall. Soon after, she told Yu Ma, "Forget it! Let her go back to Yihua Palace! There is no need to copy it anymore in the future."

"Your Majesty, you are still soft-hearted." Nanny Yu said with a smile.

"I can't say I'm soft-hearted, but I'm not a cruel person. After torturing her for the past few days, I've come to find that she's a pretty good person." The Queen Mother said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Nanny Yu went to the study room, and Zhao Baolin happened to be resting after copying a page. The palace maid was massaging her shoulders, "Baolin, take a rest!"

Zhao Baolin did not agree and said, "No, I need to finish copying as soon as possible."

When Nanny Yu came in, Zhao Baolin quickly stood up and bowed slightly, "Why are you here, Nanny? Does the Queen Mother have any other instructions?"

Nanny Yu smiled and bowed, saying, "Baolin, the Queen Mother said that you don't have to copy Buddhist scriptures anymore. You've worked hard these days. Go back to Yihua Palace!"