In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

The emperor was confused and felt humiliated when his beloved concubine asked him indirectly whether he was poor and incompetent to support his woman. Especially when he heard Xiyue say that if the emperor could not support her, she could write a letter back to her parents' home to ask for money, the emperor's self-esteem could not bear it at all.

"Xiyue, I can afford to support you!"

"You must not write to Gao Bin to ask for money. Why do you suddenly ask such a question?"

"Is there something you want that you can't get?" At this time, the emperor still thought that Xiyue wanted something that she couldn't get. He hugged Xiyue, covered Xiyue's mouth, and hurriedly explained.

"No, it's the Queen!" Xiyue then told the Emperor that the Queen wanted to cut everyone's expenses when paying respects today, and did not allow the concubines in the harem to wear beautiful and gorgeous clothes. She also said, "I really didn't expect that my life would be even more frugal after Your Majesty ascended the throne than when I was in the palace. So I came here to ask Your Majesty if it is really that difficult. If so, for Your Majesty, I can accept the cut in expenses."

After listening to Xiyue's words, the emperor became more dissatisfied with Langya. In order to gain the support of Fucha, he did not impose any additional punishment on Langya for what she had done, but only confined her to her home.

He originally thought that Langya would be a good queen after being confined, but he did not expect that his kindness to Langya would make her start to have other ideas. The emperor thought about it. Although the imperial physician had checked his body and found nothing wrong, it was precisely because Langya had the power to manage the entire palace when he was in the palace that she had the opportunity to drug the women in the palace, to attack Chu Ying, and even to attack him.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that this was not possible. Now that everyone had entered the palace and Langya had become the queen, if the power of the entire harem was in Langya's hands, what happened in the palace would surely happen again. In the long run, even if new concubines entered the palace, he would surely not have any other children.

What is even more likely to happen is that when Yonglian grows up, in order to ascend to the position of empress dowager in advance, Langya can also use the palace power to drug herself...

As the emperor was thinking about it, he thought of the late emperor. The "cause of death of the late emperor" was more or less related to the empress dowager, but the emperor pretended not to know because this matter was beneficial to him. But if it were him, being killed by a woman in the harem would not be a good ending.

So shortly after Xiyue left the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, the Emperor ordered that all palace rules remain the same and asked the Empress to hand over the palace power to Xiyue. After Xiyue took over the palace power, she officially began to place people in the harem.

The reason why the emperor gave the palace power to Xiyue was because he felt that Xiyue was straightforward, never scheming, and had no children, so she would not poison herself for the sake of her children. At this time, the emperor did not know that his childhood sweetheart Ruyi was angry with him.

So shortly after the emperor finished reviewing the memorials, Ruyi brought Anxiang Tang and A Ruo to the Yangxin Palace. When the emperor heard Ruyi asking for a meeting, he was a little surprised. Ever since Qingying changed her name to Ruyi, he had not been to the Yanx Palace for a long time because he was angry. Now when he heard the name Ruyi, he was still a little dazed.

In the end, the emperor let Ruyi in. Originally, the emperor thought that Ruyi came to see him because she missed him, but he didn't expect that as soon as he drank a sip of the Anxiang soup, he heard Ruyi questioning him.

"Looking at each other from afar on the wall, I was heartbroken the moment I saw you!"

"I still feel the same way about Your Majesty as always, but I wonder if Your Majesty is still the young man who only has Qingying in his heart?"

It must be said that the emperor really understands Ruyi. As soon as he mentioned the word "young man", he knew that the other party must have something to say. The emperor felt aggrieved, but still gave Ruyi face: "I am already the emperor, and the emperor is naturally not the same as before. Besides, Qingying is no longer Qingying now."

"Alas, why did you come to see me today?"

In the plot, no matter it is the young Qingying or the old Ruyi, in order to maintain their image of being aloof and proud, and as quiet as a chrysanthemum, they never speak directly about many things, let alone actively fight for them. They rely on others to fight for them for them or on the emperor to give them to them voluntarily. Even if she no longer has a caring mouthpiece in this life, Ruyi still cannot tell the emperor directly that she came for the power of the palace.

Ruyi opened and closed her mouth, hesitated for a long time, but ultimately could not speak her mind. She just pouted and said, "Can't I come to see the emperor if I have nothing to do?"

"Since he ascended the throne, Ruyi hasn't seen the emperor for three months. When she was still in the palace, Ruyi could see the emperor at least several times a month." As she spoke, Ruyi burst into tears.

Seeing that Ruyi rarely expressed her feelings, the emperor's expression softened instantly. He stepped forward to support Ruyi and gently wiped her tears. The atmosphere between them soon became affectionate.

Unfortunately, Ruyi wanted to stay overnight, but the emperor still remembered that he had sex every time he touched Ruyi, so he immediately refused Ruyi's request to stay on the grounds that he was still in mourning for the late emperor. In order to appease Ruyi, he promoted Ruyi from Concubine Xian to Concubine Xian.

Originally, Langya was still angry because her power in the harem was taken away by Xiyue. Now she heard the news that Ruyi became Concubine Xian. The disgust she felt towards Ruyi instantly overwhelmed her anger at Xiyue taking away her power in the harem. She couldn't help but think of Sulian again, "Sulian, how come you only remembered to prevent the women in the harem from getting pregnant, but didn't remember to get rid of Ruyi?"

Lianxin, who had just come in, accidentally heard Langya's mumbling and couldn't help but stop. The cause of Su Lian's death has always been a mystery. Because she was not brought by the Fucha family, Lianxin was not taken seriously by Langya. It was only after Su Lian's death that Langya gradually began to ask Lianxin to do things.

Originally, I thought Su Lian had done something to offend the emperor and implicate Langya. Now, from what Langya said, Su Lian's death was not only her own fault, but she might have been executed by the emperor because her crime was exposed. As for Langya, she was not innocent either. Maybe Su Lian died because Langya pushed her out to take the blame.

At this moment, Lianxin could not accept that Langya, who in her mind was a little weak but kind-hearted, turned out to be a scheming person with a sweet appearance and a bitter heart. Lianxin left the room in silence and returned to her residence with a heavy heart.

In this life, the Empress Dowager still brought up the idea of ​​'noble son'. The Empress Dowager originally wanted to stir up a fight among the people, but she forgot that it was still the mourning period for the late emperor. So before the emperor learned about the idea of ​​noble son, the rumor that "the Empress Dowager deliberately urged the concubines to give birth during the mourning period for the late emperor in order to find fault with him and frame him for being unfilial" spread in the palace.

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for the Emperor and Bai Ruiji to perform the so-called "if the song is wrong, Zhou Lang will look back" plot, Xiyue directly tipped off the Emperor that Bai Ruiji was the Queen Mother's person. Of course, the time was after Bai Ruiji had served the Emperor in the bedchamber and became Bai Da Ying.

As the rumor spread, the news that the emperor took a concubine during the mourning period of the previous emperor also spread. For a while, the empress dowager and the emperor, this plastic mother and son, lost their good reputation throughout the Qing Dynasty, while Xiyue, who chose the empress dowager as the fifth person to be slapped in the face, made a fortune.