Become a winner in life after binding the childbearing system

Sitting in the carriage heading to the farm, Shen Yao leaned in Ren Chengzhou's arms and closed her eyes to rest.

Ren Chengzhou put one hand loosely around Shen Yao's shoulders, and held the dragon-shaped jade pendant he had taken off with his other hand, his eyes complicated.

At the same time, the imperial concubine in the palace

The third prince Jiang Chengjin was complaining to the imperial concubine in a rage that Ren Chengzhou was too ungrateful.

Even though Ren Chengzhou was clearly his biological brother, from the same mother as him, in Jiang Chengjin's eyes, this man should have died long ago to make way for his grand ambitions.

Concubine Jiang: ...

"Chengjin, there is no need to say more about his health. Even if he is alive, it won't affect you or me. Why complain here? You should think about how to arrange it with the emperor."

Concubine Jiang is already quite old, but she still looks graceful and elegant after years of maintenance.

At this moment, she was sitting on the chaise longue, and not far away stood Jiang Chengjin, who was dressed in the prince's auspicious clothes.

"Mother, when Ren Chengzhou saw his son today, he didn't even say a word.

What's the point of keeping such a person? If my mother hadn't been kind and compassionate and asked my father to send him out of the palace, would he still be alive to marry and have children?"

What a dream!

Jiang Chengjin, who was not a prince but was better than a prince since he was a child, did not consider other people. He only thought about himself.

Now the emperor was trying to find a way to live forever, and the cheap brothers in front and behind him were not honest. The Duke's Mansion, which he could rely on, backed off at the last minute. Jiang Chengjin was so angry that he almost exploded. Was he just dissatisfied with Ren Chengzhou? He was dissatisfied with the fact that the emperor had so many sons who were competing with him for the throne.

A vicious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, directly destroying Jiang Chengjin's handsome face, "Mother, the longer father delays, the more wrong it will be. We can't wait any longer."

Like the devil's whisper, Jiang Chengjin encouraged Concubine Jiang to charge into battle for him.

It has always been like this. Although Jiang Chengjin is a bad person, he will not leave any handle for himself.

It seemed like some bad things were done by other people, including Concubine Jiang and her daughter, and even Jiang Chengjin's wife, all of whom were seduced and bewitched by Jiang Chengjin.

So up to now, Jiang Chengjin has nothing wrong with him, but if Concubine Jiang's affairs are exposed, he will be in trouble.

Concubine Jiang's heart began to lift. She looked at Jiang Chengjin sharply, "Don't be impatient. The more impatient you are, the more mistakes you will make. Your father's body won't be able to take it."

There is no need to jump out at this time. Concubine Jiang admits that she values ​​Jiang Chengjin, but she is not a selfless mother who can devote herself wholeheartedly to Jiang Chengjin until her death.

Just as the two of them had discussed privately, the series of strategies to directly attack other princes and force the emperor to pass on the throne were just strategies. If they were really used, Concubine Jiang would have to worry about whether she could keep her head.

Although she was a favorite concubine, she was worthless compared to the emperor's power.

She pursed her lips, indicating that she needed to think carefully before making up her mind, and Concubine Jiang sent Jiang Chengjin away without saying anything.

Jiang Chengjin: ...

Jiang Chengjin secretly cursed Concubine Jiang for being useless. She couldn't even handle such a small matter, yet she dared to promise him that he would ascend the throne in the future. It was really unrealistic of her to do so.

Jiang Chengjin is born with the trait of being ungrateful. He turned around and left the palace, and decided to leave Concubine Jiang behind and act alone, and by the way, put the blame on Concubine Jiang and the Duke's Mansion outside the palace.

Little did he know that Jiang Chengjin's every move at this time was seen by his ignored good brother Jiang Chengyu.

"Third brother is really," shaking his head, Jiang Chengyu felt that Jiang Chengjin's arrogance would cause him to suffer.

As a prince who is currently living in the palace and has not moved out, Jiang Chengyu's daily life seems more casual and leisurely than Jiang Chengjin's.

What's more, although Jiang Chengyu is married, he has no children, and his wife is the daughter of an ordinary official, who cannot be compared with Jiang Chengjin.

Thinking of his third brother Ren Chengzhou, whom he had met in the palace, Jiang Chengyu felt that Jiang Chengjin was in trouble. He really treated people as soft persimmons and squeezed them whenever he wanted.

Of his two third brothers, Jiang Chengyu most admired Ren Chengzhou, who lived in the Duke's Mansion.

Reaching out and knocking on the table, Jiang Chengyu came to the door and called for a servant.

"According to the previous arrangements, if Third Brother is going to take action, you should try your best to help clean up the mess." They couldn't really send the Imperial Concubine and the Duke's Mansion in, but they could appropriately trap Jiang Chengjin to death.

As the saying goes, if you solve the problem, you have solved the problem.

When Jiang Chengjin comes to power, he will not show any mercy to his biological brothers, let alone his half-brothers.

I'm sure my father must be worried too. He just wants the Jiang Kingdom to continue, not to destroy it. Jiang Chengjin is not a good candidate.

"Yes, I understand."

The servant nodded, turned around and left the palace with a strange face.

The turmoil in the capital city has no immediate impact on Shen Yao and Ren Chengzhou who are far away in the farm.

They are currently enjoying themselves because their estates are connected and after the marriage was granted, they were able to successfully demolish the outer walls and merge the two estates into one.

Now they not only have more places to live, but also their range of activities has expanded.

In particular, the most planted things on the farm are various herbs. Occasionally going out to collect folk songs during my free time every day is a kind of scenery that is extremely difficult to experience.

After living in the farm for only three months, Shen Yao was diagnosed with pregnancy.

Ren Chengzhou was so happy that he personally returned to Beijing to report the good news.

As a result, the man returned in a hurry after three days, and asked the servants of the farm to keep a close eye on the courtyard to prevent irrelevant people from approaching.

Shen Yao asked knowingly, "Is the situation in the capital serious?"

Ren Chengzhou pursed his lips and nodded, "I didn't see my father when I returned to Beijing this time," and he didn't even see Concubine Jiang. He only received some rewards.

Not only that, when Ren Chengzhou returned to the Duke's Mansion, he was called in for talks by the Duke and the old lady respectively, and both of them told him to be careful.

Ren Chengzhou didn't dare to ask more questions. When he thought of Shen Yao still staying at the farm, he hurriedly brought his people back.

"Grandma just told me not to pry into things. The situation here is far more complicated than I imagined." Ren Chengzhou was afraid of scaring the pregnant Shen Yao, so he tried to comfort her, saying that everything would be fine. "We are hiding in the farm and living in peace. No one will find us."

Shen Yao buried her head in Ren Chengzhou's arms, "I believe it won't take long to resolve."

Ren Chengzhou hummed, "Yes, our father was in good health when we left. I guess he didn't show up this time because of other considerations."

Although everyone in the capital is in a panic right now, Ren Chengzhou believes in the emperor. Even if something happens, it won't be so quiet. It must be a big event.

The only plan now is to hope that the emperor can take the father-son relationship into consideration and show some mercy to the son he had abandoned so long ago. The fight for the throne in the capital is extremely dangerous and has nothing to do with him.

Shen Yao didn't know what Ren Chengzhou was thinking, but through the system in her mind, Shen Yao understood that the situation in the capital was not optimistic.

The emperor did not meet Ren Chengzhou, not because there was anything wrong with his health, but because he was plotting against his sons.

Including Ren Chengzhou's biological mother, Concubine Jiang, who fell ill quietly and was very ill. Perhaps the emperor didn't want to keep her?

Concubine Jiang is surrounded by the emperor's people. Shen Yao doesn't know when they were replaced, but she knows that the Duke's Mansion already knows and tacitly accepts Concubine Jiang's true situation.

Tut tut

"Is the Duke's Mansion going to give up on Concubine Jiang? The old lady's health isn't very good."

With the system, a big mouth that can speak at any time, it is hard not to know what is happening in the capital. Concubine Jiang and the Duke's Mansion are from the same lineage, and even the passive situation of the Duke's Mansion before was all because of Concubine Jiang in the palace.

Even though the Duke's Mansion withdrew at the last minute and the Duke had submitted his resignation, they were still not clean in the eyes of those in power.

'Using two women to protect the Duke's Mansion and the safety of several princes and princesses is a very cost-effective deal.

Host, these are all private deals between the Duke's Mansion and the Emperor.'

The system jumped out and swayed left and right. It felt that Concubine Jiang and the old lady were doomed to die.

"Sacrificing a minority to safeguard the interests of the majority is a common practice throughout history."

This is still the price that the Duke's Mansion could negotiate. All the noble families that failed to reach an agreement were buried in the long river of history. During the period between the emperor's abdication and the new emperor's ascension to the throne, the number of noble families in the capital that got into trouble was far greater than last year's incident.

"Just keep watching and see how many people are left after the storm."

Not to mention the noble families of the court officials, even the emperor's own princes would be killed or injured.

The adults had already fought to the death, and no matter who came to the throne, no one would show mercy, so the emperor preferred the later prince.

We can't just watch the royal bloodline die. Although some people only care about themselves and ignore everything else, more normal people will still consider the overall situation.

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It shouldn't take long, by the end of this year, the winner should be decided.

Shen Yao estimated a time in her mind and focused on taking care of the baby.

In early September, a mutiny broke out in the capital. The second prince led his troops in a rebellion and directly attacked the imperial city.

Unexpectedly, the Second Prince's actions were discovered by the First Prince, who captured him and killed him without authorization. Not only did he order the First Prince to be besiege all the military families including the General's Mansion.

After the fifth prince informed the emperor, he investigated and found that the second prince's case involved a wide range of people, and that the eldest prince had framed and given false testimony, so the eldest prince and the queen were all imprisoned in the palace, and the besieged generals of the country were released without charge.

In October, the third prince was poisoned and seriously injured, and it was discovered that the culprit was the fifth prince.

While the emperor was ordering the arrest of the fifth prince, the fifth prince committed suicide.

In November, the emperor was seriously ill and fell unconscious in the imperial study.

In the middle of the month, the fourth prince led his troops in a rebellion, but was captured by the guards who had ambushed him early.

In December, the unconscious emperor opened his eyes, dragged his sick body to summon court officials into the palace, and publicly announced that the next new emperor would be the seventh prince.

In mid-December, the emperor passed away, and the seventh prince successfully ascended the throne with the imperial edict.

Within three days of the same month, the Seventh Prince's biological mother, Imperial Concubine Jiang, passed away out of grief over the death of the previous emperor.

Squeak, squeak, squeak—

On the carriage back to Beijing, Shen Yao tossed and turned with her six-month pregnant belly.

She should have stayed at the manor, but Ren Chengzhou's biological father and mother died together, and his brothers were half dead. As Ren Chengzhou's wife, it would be bad for her not to go.

There was no other choice, Shen Yao could only take a carriage back to Beijing and show up in the palace.

'This litter is similar to the previous one, and it seems to have good qualities.'

The pills she had taken earlier worked. You have to know that Shen Yao did not completely eliminate the problems with Ren Chengzhou, and still retained the most fundamental problems.

Even if Shen Yao planned to bring people back to the world of cultivation later, she would not do anything out of line, because the problem of dragon energy and spiritual energy not being able to communicate with each other is a long-standing problem in the world of cultivation.

"Host, you can stay in the capital this time. The new emperor intends to win people's hearts. Your brother, who has the same father and mother, is the best candidate."

"The capital is complicated. Besides, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and the dragon energy is at its peak. There is no benefit in staying here."

Those who practice Taoism pay more attention to practicing in seclusion, and seek immortality by hiding in uninhabited places with beautiful mountains and rivers.

Although no one in the world of cultivation can truly achieve immortality, this is the path that cultivators pursue.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, and Shen Yao slowly got off the carriage.

A butler came forward and explained that the prince had entered the palace and the princess could rest first.

Pregnant women have human rights. Besides, Ren Chengzhou does not have deep feelings for his parents, so there is no reason for him to let his wife and children suffer.

"Tomorrow morning, come with me to the palace and burn a stick of incense for them."

It was already dark when Ren Chengzhou came out of the palace. He hurried to the room and hugged the person in his arms to comfort him the first thing he did when they met.

"You are pregnant, so this step should be skipped, but there are a lot of gossips in the palace," for fear of being brought up in the future.

As the saying goes, a new official starts with three big things. Ren Chengzhou couldn't guarantee that Jiang Chengyu would behave the same way before and after taking office, so after much thought, he could only let Shen Yao suffer some grievances.

Although he said sorry, Ren Chengzhou felt more and more sorry for Shen Yao. He had never had peace since marrying her.

Shen Yao smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous. I don't think the new emperor would do anything ungrateful."

Jiang Chengyu’s promotion was partly due to Ren Chengzhou’s efforts.

As someone who had secretly looked at the faces of these princes, Shen Yao had no doubts about Jiang Chengyu's character.

Of course, this only means that time will change everything at the moment.

Who can predict the future? Just like the late emperor who just passed away, he was also a wise ruler before he personally planned for his own children.

"I am afraid that the new emperor will not be able to control himself." The situation in the court was not under the control of the new emperor. He heard that the coffins of the late emperor and the imperial concubine had not yet been buried, and some court officials began to discuss the selection of concubines.

In the Jiang Dynasty, when a parent or relative passed away, blood relatives would observe mourning for a year.

"They can't even wait a year. Who knows what it will turn out like in the end."

Ren Chengzhou shook his head. He had never thought of ascending the throne, so he didn't understand the greed in some people's hearts.

He told Shen Yao in detail what he had seen and heard in the capital in the past few days. The two had dinner together and then went to bed early.

Early next morning

Shen Yao got up, changed into the princess's wedding dress, and took a carriage into the palace to pay homage.

Overall, there were no troubles. The only splash was caused by the Duke's wife.

Old Madam He's health is running out, and the Duke's wife asks Shen Yao to remind Ren Chengzhou to be prepared.