Become a winner in life after binding the childbearing system

"Miss, you are here."

As soon as Shen Yao arrived at the main courtyard where her step-grandmother lived, she heard a pleasant female voice coming from the front.

Looking up, she saw that the woman coming was dressed in maid's clothes. She knew that she was the maidservant of her step-grandmother, whose name seemed to be Chunxue.

Well, she and her maid, Chunhua, were part of a group of maids that came in.

It's just that these two people have different lucks. One serves the Shen family's ancestor who has the final say, while the other can only be with the unfavored eldest daughter.

Chunhua has been behaving herself well in recent years, not causing any trouble or standing out. This may have been influenced by her previous feelings of loss. After all, everyone has a competitive and enterprising spirit.

Shen Yao didn't care. She nodded to Chunxue who came over to greet her and asked, "How are you, Grandmother?"

Chunxue smiled and replied, “Miss Lao is worried, the old lady is always well.

It’s just that recently, because of the eldest lady’s entry into the palace, the old lady is a little unhappy.”

Chunxue smiled brightly after she finished speaking, seemingly trying to curry favor with Shen Yao, but in fact, it was just a warning from her step-grandmother through her mouth.

Tsk, I can only say that in terms of euphemism, he has some of the demeanor of a declining family.

Shen Yao's adopted grandmother, whose surname was Ji, was of high social status and was a daughter of a duke. Although she was born out of wedlock, she received a few years of orthodox education with her stepmother.

As for why she was married to Shen Yao's grandfather, it was because Shen Yao's grandfather was very talented back then. Although he came from a poor family, he was able to rise to prominence through the imperial examination and was chosen as a son-in-law by someone. He married Ji, the daughter of the Duke's Mansion.

After marriage, they both had a very good married life.

Unfortunately, the Duke's Mansion chose the wrong side, which led to the Emperor ordering the Ji family to be exiled to Lingnan, never to return to Beijing.

Shen Yao's grandmother, who lost the protection of her natal family, soon became tired of her and Shen Yao's grandfather. The reason was that Shen Yao's grandfather took a concubine who was considered a co-wife in order to advance his career.

As for why she was not a co-wife, it was because of Ji's great power. Even though the entire Duke's Mansion was exiled, the marriage relationships in the court were still huge.

The emperor could not offend all of them, and the family of the concubine married by Shen Yao's grandfather happened to be living under the control of others.

In this way, Shen Yao's grandfather, Shen Yao's grandmother and the concubine's family each took a step back, and the other party entered the mansion as a concubine and provided help for Shen Yao's grandfather to move up.

The entry of the concubine into the mansion had a great impact on Shen Yao's grandmother. Even though Shen Yao's grandmother had already given birth to a son and a daughter at that time, she still needed to avoid her limelight.

After all, for the sake of his career, Shen Yao's grandfather had always stood on the side of the concubine.

As a result of what Shen Yao's grandfather did, the concubine suppressed Shen Yao's grandmother for ten years.

During the ten years, Shen Yao's grandmother gave birth to two sons and three daughters, but in the end only one son and two daughters survived.

Your concubine, however, gave birth to three sons, and each of them is living well.

But unfortunately, Shen Yao's grandfather met with an accident on his way out of the palace.

In order to protect the emperor at that time, he was shot in the heart, and when he was sent back to the Shen family, he was only breathing his last breath.

Although the emperor arranged for an imperial physician to come and treat Shen Yao's grandfather, his life was ultimately lost. He only survived for three days and then died.

As soon as Shen Yao's grandfather died, the concubine's health also deteriorated, and she passed away within two days. Shen Yao's grandmother explained that the two had a deep relationship and the concubine was too sad, so she died with Shen Yao's grandfather.

For this reason, Shen Yao's grandmother asked the palace to make the concubine a co-wife and bury her with Shen Yao's grandfather so that they could keep each other company and not be lonely.

The royal family was moved by the concubine's deep love and loyalty, and agreed to the request of Shen Yao's grandmother. In order to appease the Shen family, they not only bestowed a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but also arranged a position of fifth-rank Yuanwailang for Shen Yao's grandmother's youngest son, Shen Kang, the biological father of Shen Yao's current body.

The meaning was simply stated: no matter whether Shen Yao's father could pass the imperial examination, he would at least be a fifth-rank official in the future.

Although these are not as good as the third-rank official position that Shen Yao’s grandfather had climbed to, it was Shen Yao’s grandfather’s fault that he was unlucky and died.

Shen Yao's grandmother thanked her happily, and at the same time, she held a grand funeral for Shen Yao's grandfather and concubine in a grand manner. Anyone who saw it would have to praise Shen Yao's grandmother for giving her face.

Of course, out of respect, Shen Yao's grandmother did not leave Shen Yao's grandfather and the concubine alone in the underworld.

Within a year, all three children born to the concubine died in various accidents, but the concubine's family could not find any evidence of deliberate murder.

When Shen Yao's father came of age, his poor academic performance became apparent. Knowing that he could not pass the imperial examination even if he tried his best, he obediently inherited the position of a fifth-rank official.

During this period, the concubine's family suffered misfortune and was exiled, and would never again influence the Shen family.

After that, it was all about the trivial matters concerning Shen Yao's father, which were so ordinary that no one could get interested at all.

Following Chunxue who was leading the way, Shen Yao obediently walked into the main courtyard.

The room was dim, and even with candles lit, it still couldn't stop the encroaching darkness.

Shen Yao bowed respectfully to her adopted grandmother who was sitting on the couch. After receiving the response, she stood up and sat on the round stool brought by the maid, holding her handkerchief.

Ji was not young, with a plump appearance and a wealthy figure. He was wearing dark green clothes, and his every move exuded the aura of a superior.

Shen Yao knew that Ji was the one who had the final say in the Shen family.

Even Shen Yao's biological father, Shen Kang, did not dare to say much when facing Ji.

"Yao Niang, are you unhappy about entering the palace this time?"

Ji was wearing a beautiful jade bracelet on her hand, which was exquisite and beautiful.

She reached out and played with it while casually asking Shen Yao who was coming over.

Shen Yao lowered her head and said, "Yao Niang doesn't dare."

Hearing this, Ji suddenly chuckled, "You, you dare not, but you didn't say you don't complain. It seems that you are still a little dissatisfied in your heart."

Shaking his head, Ji didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After all, he has always lived in a farm in the suburbs. Even though he has a nanny and maids arranged by her to be around him, he is different from the other grandchildren living in the Shen Mansion.

There is no kinship between them except blood ties.

Shen Yao's father had a total of seven daughters and three sons.

Among them, there are three legitimate daughters, all of whom were born to different wives of the same family.

Shen Yao is the eldest daughter of the Shen family and the least important one in Ji's heart.

But unfortunately, by some strange coincidence, Shen Yao was selected into the palace and was favored by the emperor, and entered the palace to serve. Even though this person's most likely outcome after entering the palace was to live out his life in loneliness.

“Grandma knows that you are unhappy, but it has already happened.

Yao Niang, we must look forward to everything."

To be honest, Ji did not want Shen Yao to enter the palace, but the other two legitimate daughters were too young. The remaining four concubines' daughters were similar to Shen Yao, but unfortunately the concubines' daughters of fifth-rank officials were not qualified to participate in the royal selection, and Ji had already made arrangements for the four concubines' daughters. If it weren't for the mistake with Shen Yao in this selection, Shen Yao's future marriage would not have been related to the royal family.

Alas, it's all luck.

Shen Yao smiled, and looked at Ji with a calm look in her eyes, "Grandmother, Yao Niang is just dissatisfied. The daughter of the Minister of Rites is precious, but can we treat the daughter of the Shen family as we please?"

But just one rhetorical question made Ji open his eyes, and his gaze swept over sharply.

"Yao Niang, the Minister of Rites is only a fourth-rank official, but the legitimate daughter of that family has a second-rank grandfather," so the Shen family could only swallow this loss.

Shen Yao raised her eyebrows when she heard this, "The current emperor is only twenty-five.

Even if the queen already has a legitimate son, he is young and weak and it is unknown whether he can grow up.

Yao Niang doesn't know why the Minister of Rites is unwilling to send his daughter to the palace."

The topic has been brought to this point, and Shen Yao began to find out more information for herself.

There is no way, her body has been living in a farm in the suburbs all year round.

This time I returned home for a short stay just because of the talent show that takes place every three years.

It was originally just a formality, but on the day of the selection, Shen Yao was tricked by the daughter of the Minister of Rites, and had to enter the palace.

Of course Shen Yao knew that everything was a foregone conclusion and the result could not be changed.

But this did not prevent me from finding out more about the general situation in the palace. Otherwise, I would be doomed if I entered the palace in the dark and knew nothing about anything.

Ji listened to Shen Yao's doubts, but she was not surprised, because due to Shen Yao's background and surrounding environment, Shen Yao really didn't know some of the twists and turns in the palace.

Ji sighed with a complicated expression, “It has always been a life-or-death situation for women to enter the palace.

And the current emperor of the Dajing Dynasty is not the most beloved prince of the retired emperor.

For an emperor who may not be able to keep his throne, who would be willing to send their daughter to the palace?"

That's simply throwing meat buns at a dog, there's no way back.

We are not stupid. If it were a normal emperor, he would definitely send his daughters to the palace to gain favor and increase his family's luck. But it is different now. It is really that the current emperor was able to ascend the throne by accident.

Seeing Shen Yao's curious look, Ji shook his head helplessly.

After all, she is my granddaughter and is about to enter the palace, so some news should be told to her.

“Yao Niang, you should know that the emperor of the Dajing Dynasty came to the throne because the retired emperor was in a coma that year, and the court needed an emperor who could take charge of affairs.” That’s why they had to push the current emperor, Emperor Yuanhe, to the throne.

The way Emperor Yuanhe ascended the throne was different from other emperors in that his biological father was still alive, and he sat on the throne with a confused look on his face.

Shen Yao nodded after listening to this. She knew about this matter, "Grandmother, the emperor now lives in Yichang Garden outside the palace, and there are several young concubines accompanying him.

Except for festivals, he rarely returns to the palace. Are there really many conflicts between the emperor and the emperor emeritus?"

This shouldn't be the case. As far as she could remember, the retired emperor had hardly stayed in the palace since he abdicated seven years ago. He had always lived in the garden that had been built earlier.

She could understand the power struggle between the retired emperor and the emperor, but if the retired emperor wanted to pull the emperor down and push the prince to the throne again, well, it seemed a bit difficult with the little princes around the retired emperor, the oldest of whom was less than eight years old.