Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen are experts in gynecology and are naturally capable of determining the gender of a baby.

After returning to Yiku Palace, Concubine Cao was the first to ask.

"Is Concubine Yue pregnant with a prince or a princess?"

"Ninety percent chance that he's a little prince." Jiang Cheng said.

Concubine Cao was delighted. Hello, brother. Hello, brother. Today, Concubine Yue treated her quite well. If Concubine Yue was a smart person, she should be able to hear her good intentions. If she was not smart, no, that's not right. How could someone who could say that in Jingren Palace be a simple person?

Hua Fei didn’t care whether it was a prince or a princess. Anyway, it was either a prince or a princess. It was not her child, so she didn’t care so much.

"I have already taken care of Concubine Wan Yue as you asked. What else can I do besides this?"

"Your Highness has already taken care of the heir to the throne, so the next thing to do is to take care of the concubines. The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs always treat people differently. The favored ones get the good things, while the unfavored ones and those of lower status don't even get a full share. Even if they do, they will only pick out inferior things. Your Highness used to be the assistant manager of the six palaces. If the shares of the lower-ranking concubines were missing, it was because the deposed queen did not act properly, and you had no right to interfere. Now that you are in charge of the six palaces, you should make up for the omissions of the deposed queen, so that those people know that the deposed queen lacked their things, and your Highness made up for it. By then, the lower-ranking concubines will definitely be grateful for your kindness."

After hearing this, Concubine Hua smiled and thought it was a good idea. But then she changed her mind and realized that all the people including Huang Gui, the general manager of the Imperial Household Department, were her people!

"But Huang Guiquan——"

Concubine Cao was such a smart person that she immediately thought of an idea when she heard the name Huang Guiquan. "Although Huang Guiquan, the chief steward, is a distant relative of yours, the two deputy chief stewards are both the deposed queen's men. It will be difficult for Huang Guiquan to take the deposed queen into consideration." Finally, Concubine Cao emphasized, "Your Majesty, whether they are the deposed queen's men or not, they can be."

Concubine Hua understood immediately, "Great! Concubine Cao is really smart. Wen Yi is almost one year old. This year, I will persuade the Emperor to hold a good birthday party for Wen Yi!"

Concubine Cao immediately squatted down excitedly, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this stage, nothing could make Concubine Cao happier than this.

She was really afraid that Wen Yi's first birthday party would be like Shuhe's, passed in silence.

Princesses who are not valued will never have a good ending. Concubine Cao is extremely terrible.

However, Concubine Cao also hit the target by accident, because the two deputy stewards, one was the deposed empress's man, and the other was the empress dowager's man. The empress dowager's people were hiding even deeper than the deposed empress's people. However, when Concubine Hua found out that one of them was the deposed empress's man, she dealt with the other one without hesitation and replaced them all with her own people.

An Lingrong of the Yanxi Palace is the one with the lowest rank and the least favored in this selection.

Originally, Yinzhen had turned over her card once after the New Year, but because she was trembling all over, Yinzhen returned her intact to Zhao.

Originally, because she had no family background, was not favored, and had a low position, her allowance was always deducted. Since then, the things sent to her by the Imperial Household Department became even fewer. She even embroidered a lot of handkerchiefs and sent them out of the palace through the Imperial Household Department to sell for money, otherwise she would have been afraid of not having enough to eat.

She was already disheartened and felt that she would live a miserable life.

But Huang Guiquan from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came.

He smiled and said, "My dear An, I'm so sorry. A few days ago, I was ordered by Concubine Hua to check the account books of the former deposed queen when she was in charge of palace affairs. I found that your share has been deducted since not long after you entered the palace. Although I am the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I am also in charge of the affairs of the emperor, the empress dowager, the royal heir, the main ladies and the concubines. Below the main lady, there are two deputy general managers in charge.

After we checked, we found that the two deputy stewards were acting on the orders of the deposed queen. If it weren't for Concubine Hua's wish to check the previous account books, we wouldn't have known that the subordinates had such thoughts. The two deputy stewards have now been beaten by Concubine Hua and kicked out of the palace.

Concubine Hua ordered us to make up the deducted rations for the ladies. Summer is coming, and the charcoal and cotton you were deducted from you in the winter are useless even if you are given them now. We have consulted Concubine Hua, and she suggested that we convert them into cash to make up for the ladies. Here is the silver that was converted in the past, and your ration for this month, you can count them.”

An Lingrong clutched her handkerchief, almost crying with excitement.

God knows how difficult her life was.

But no matter how difficult life was, things are getting better now.

An Lingrong didn't think much about it at first.

Now think about it, the deposed queen was once the empress. She was in charge of the palace affairs. How could she not know that the concubines under her were being deducted?

impossible.

She just didn't want to care.

Although Hua Fei may have known about it before, she is not the Queen after all. If An Lingrong wants to blame someone, she will definitely blame the one who is most responsible. And now Hua Fei has asked someone to make up her share. She is grateful to Hua Fei in her heart.

If the allowances were always delivered on time and in sufficient quantity, she sincerely hoped that Concubine Hua would continue to manage the palace affairs.

An Lingrong did not count in front of Huang Guiquan. If she did, wouldn't it mean that she didn't trust him? Huang Guiquan was the head of the Internal Affairs Department, so she had to give him some face.

After sending Huang Guiquan away in a polite manner, An Lingrong took Baojuan to look at the full stack of things on the table.

An Lingrong's share of the allowance was really quite a lot, so after it was made up, she suddenly became wealthy. On the table were six pieces of satin, silk, gauze, damask, silk, and kapok, all in the right styles and colors for her age and position.

There were also various kinds of jewelry, which, although not gorgeous, were just the right size for her to take out.

She also counted the money.

The promised annual salary was 30 taels, which equals 2.5 taels per month. She received 2.5 taels in the first month and 2 taels in the second month, and then it became less and less after that. She has not received any monthly salary since the jade was returned intact to Zhao.

Adding the money for charcoal and cotton, Huang Gui made up a total of 106 taels of silver for her.

An Lingrong weighed the silver and felt at ease.

She finally became a person with a family background.

An Lingrong took out 16 taels of silver and gave them to Baojuan.

"You have been working hard with me these days. Take six taels of silver, and give the rest to Baoque, Juqing and the others. When I am well, you will be well too."

Baojuan felt mixed emotions when she took the money.

She followed Lady An on the orders of the deposed empress. Although she was rarely used as a thorn in the side, she had reported news about Lady An and had also repeatedly tried to sow discord between Lady An and Lady Wan and Lady Shen.

Now that the queen has been deposed, she has lost her master.

The best outcome in the future would be to stay by Lady An's side. Just as Lady An said, she will be fine only if she is fine.

In that case, then serve Lady An well and help her gain favor.

Not only An Lingrong, but also Zhen Huan, whom Concubine Hua hated the most, had her share filled.

But there was no such thing as Concubine Duan. Concubine Hua felt that allowing her to live was already her limit.

Wanting to live like a concubine is simply a dream.

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