Feng Ruozhao's father, Feng Lan, was the fourth-rank prefect of Qizhou. He and Shen Meizhuang's father, Shen Zishan, the assistant commander of Jizhou, were both officials in Shandong.

However, Feng Lan's official position was two levels lower than Shen Zishan's.

The Feng family is not like the Shen family. They have no relatives or power in the capital. Therefore, if Feng Ruozhao wants to control Xianfu Palace, he can only rely on himself.

Over the past few months, Feng Ruozhao, Ruyi and Hanzhu have already identified the targets in each palace, but have been slow to move against them.

The Imperial Household Department is now under the control of the Queen. Even if she replaces this person, there will be another person waiting for her. It is better to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances.

As for the rest, we can wait until she gives birth to the baby and buys the Loyalty Pill.

In fact, as long as she could contribute the recipes for cowpox and cement, and rely on her stomach, Yinzhen would definitely transfer her father and brother to the capital.

However, she knew that the court had been in turmoil in the past few years, and there had been a lot of messy things before and after Nian Gengyao's death. She didn't want her father and brother to be involved, so she let them stay in Qizhou for a few years and deal with other things later.

When the Queen heard the news that Feng Ruozhao was pregnant before going to bed, her first thought was that the news was wrong and could not be true.

"Jianqiu, did you hear wrong? How could Jingpin be pregnant?!"

"I have confirmed again and again that Jingpin is indeed pregnant. The Emperor also sent someone to say that Jingpin's pregnancy is unstable. The Emperor has granted her special permission that she does not need to come to pay respects before giving birth."

The queen suddenly felt a headache, tears streaming down her cheeks, "Jianqiu, my head hurts so much!"

Jianqiu saw that her own queen had a headache and hurriedly said, "I will go and get the imperial physician."

"Don't go!" The Queen stopped her. "I went to ask the imperial physician just after Jingpin announced the good news. How do you expect the Emperor to think of me?"

Jianqiu was so worried that she came up with a temporary solution, "Then I'll have someone boil the prescription that Doctor Zhang wrote last time. Your Majesty will feel better after drinking it."

Seeing the queen nodded, she immediately ordered the maids to do it, and then she came back and massaged the queen's forehead, "Your Majesty, please don't worry. Jingpin's body has been soaked in musk for many years. Even if she gets pregnant by chance, she won't be able to give birth."

"Yes, she has smelled Huan Yi Xiang for so many years, it is not surprising that she can't give birth. Jian Qiu, you know what to do."

"The servant understands."

Even though she had made all the arrangements, the queen was upset that night and she also had a headache, so she hardly slept the whole night.

When Concubine Hua heard the news that Feng Ruozhao was pregnant, she angrily smashed the teacup beside her.

"Shumulu (Noble Lady Fang) is pregnant, Lu is pregnant, Cao is pregnant, and now even that bitch Feng is pregnant! How come everyone can get pregnant, but I can't? It's all because of that bitch Qi Yuebin! She's the one who killed my child!"

Concubine Hua took Songzhi, Zhou Ninghai and others to Yanqing Palace, where she slapped Concubine Duan more than a dozen times and smashed things before returning to Yikun Palace in silence.

The next day, Concubine Hua, who had not slept all night, asked for leave instead of paying her respects.

However, the Queen, in order to hide the fact that she had not slept all night, asked Jianqiu to apply a thick layer of powder on her.

To be honest, there are not many people who can come and pay their respects nowadays.

Concubine Duan has been ill for many years, and she became even sicker after being tormented by Concubine Hua last night.

Concubine Hua did not come, and Concubine Cao was seven months pregnant and had been exempted from paying respects.

Xinchang has been recuperating after her miscarriage and has not had her period.

Now the only ones paying respects in Jingren Palace were Concubine Qi and Concubine Li.

But these two were each more stupid than the other, and their words were unpleasant to the ear. The queen felt that if she said any more to them, her headache would only get worse, so she quickly asked them to go back.

On June 19th, under the protection of Concubine Hua, Concubine Cao gave birth to a princess with great difficulty. The imperial physician and midwife determined that she would no longer be able to bear children.

The reason why Concubine Hua protected her so much was that she hoped that she was carrying a prince in her belly, and she would raise the baby herself.

Now that she knew it was a princess, she was so angry that her nose was crooked.

If Yinzhen hadn't been right next to her, happily celebrating the birth of the princess, she would have wanted to turn around and go back to Yikun Palace.

Originally, Concubine Hua and Yinzhen had agreed that the child in Concubine Cao's belly would be raised under Concubine Hua's name.

Now that she knew it was a princess, Concubine Hua didn't want her anymore. But she was afraid that Yinzhen would think she didn't value the princess and would spoil his fun, so she said that she couldn't bear to separate Concubine Cao and her daughter. The princess would still be registered under her name, but would be raised by Concubine Cao herself.

In fact, no matter how many excuses she made, Yinzhen knew that she disliked the fact that Concubine Cao gave birth to a princess.

But she didn't know that if Concubine Cao was pregnant with a prince, the child might not even be born.

He felt guilty towards Concubine Hua, so he wanted to give the princess to Concubine Hua to raise so that she would no longer be lonely.

But Concubine Hua didn't appreciate it.

Yinzhen sighed in his heart, looked at his daughter again, and then left.

As soon as he left, Concubine Hua naturally left as well.

Although she did not receive any promotion or reward, and even lost her fertility, Concubine Cao was still happy.

Because she can raise the princess herself.

As a mother, nothing could make her happier than this.

Although Concubine Hua has always been demanding power in the palace, she didn't take it too seriously because she focused more on Concubine Cao's belly.

Now that Concubine Cao is pregnant, Concubine Hua begins to pester Yinzhen for power in the palace.

Although the queen had always worried that her power would be divided, this day finally came.

A few days after Concubine Cao gave birth, Yinzhen issued an edict to grant Concubine Hua half of the palace power and asked her to assist in managing the six palaces.

After receiving the imperial edict, the queen hurriedly went to her aunt for help.

"Empress Dowager, when Concubine Hua was in the palace, she relied on her power to disrespect me as her wife and ridiculed and provoked me everywhere. Now that I have entered the palace, Concubine Hua holds the power in her hands. I am afraid she will not take me seriously at all."

The Empress Dowager had always disliked this cousin, but she had to support her. She couldn't let the Ulanara family lose face.

"You go back. I will go talk to the emperor."

The Queen thought that the Queen Mother would make the decision for her and at least reduce the power in the palace held by Concubine Hua, so she returned to Jingren Palace with hope.

How could she know that after thinking for a long time, the empress dowager came up with the idea of ​​persuading Yinzhen to hold a beauty contest to use newcomers to share Concubine Hua's favor and power.

"The late emperor had twenty-four of you sons. The emperor is no better than the late emperor."

"I am not blessed with three sons, which makes you worried, Madam."

"It's not your fault. The previous emperor had many concubines, so naturally he had many children. There are only a few people in your harem. The Empress, Concubine Duan, and Concubine Qi are all quite old, so it's difficult for them to have children. But the Emperor should know that the most important thing for the royal family is to have many children, so that the country can last forever and have people from generation to generation. For this reason, there is a selection every three years to enrich the harem."

Yinzhen nodded repeatedly, "The Empress Dowager is right."

Seeing that he was not disgusted, the Queen Mother made the final decision, "Then the selection is settled."

Yinzhen: "The Queen has many things to do, Hua Fei will assist in managing the six palaces, so let Hua Fei take care of the selection of concubines."

The Queen Mother's expression changed slightly. "Hua Fei is capable and beautiful. It would be good to select some new people to come in. Sharing the beauty is always better than having one person alone. But don't neglect the old ones. No matter how important the government is, you still have to go to the harem often." At the end, the Queen Mother said the main point of her visit, "And the Queen, after all, she is the Empress."

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