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

In "Knowing Your Destiny", there are two opportunities for Qin Wanrong to become the empress dowager. One is to find a way to become the concubine of the current Emperor of Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen, and give birth to a son. The other is to find a way to marry the next Emperor of Song Dynasty, Zhao Zongshi, and give birth to a son.

Both opportunities have their own advantages and disadvantages. The first one is to become Zhao Zhen's concubine. The disadvantage is that the man is old and she cannot be the queen, but can only be a concubine. But the advantage is that as long as she gives birth to a son and raises him well, there will be basically no competition. She can live comfortably for at least twenty years and achieve her goal when she is in her thirties.

The advantage of marrying Zhao Zongshi is that she can become the legal wife as long as she finds a way, and the man is also young, but the disadvantage is that she will have to live a miserable life for twenty years, and even if she succeeds in becoming the queen, she will still be constrained by the empress dowager, and the man will die early.

If Qin Wanrong didn't need fame, she would definitely choose to marry Zhao Zongshi, but it was precisely because of the need for fame that Qin Wanrong thought about it and finally could only think of entering the palace to become Zhao Zhen's concubine. At least now that the Dongchang Marquis's Mansion is in Bianjing, it is much easier for Qin Wanrong to find a way to meet the emperor who left the palace than to find a way to meet Zhao Zongshi who was sent away.

After carefully recalling her memories of her previous life, Qin Wanrong vaguely remembered that there were rumors in her previous life that the emperor would sometimes go to Hanshan Temple outside the city of Bianjing to burn incense, and she heard that the later Concubine Rong was chosen by the emperor to enter the palace because she met the emperor on the way back from burning incense.

Rong Guifei was a few years younger than herself, so she had not entered the palace yet. According to her past life memories, the emperor did not add any more concubines to the palace until Rong Guifei's daughter died. Thinking of this, Qin Wanrong realized that even though the emperor was not young at this time, he was still romantic with women.

But this is a good thing for me. In terms of beauty, I believe that no one in the entire "Do You Know" can compare with my soul transformation. I think it is not difficult to attract the emperor's favor. The difficult part is how to make the emperor meet me.

The social atmosphere in "Knowing Your Destiny" values ​​literature over military affairs, and pays more attention to so-called integrity. After all, she is the legitimate daughter of the marquis's family, and it is impossible for her to rush to be the emperor's concubine. Therefore, this can only be that the emperor couldn't help himself, and Qin Wanrong could only be moved by the emperor and willing to enter the palace for love.

In this case, I can't stay in the Marquis' Mansion all the time. I have to find a way to go to a place where I can meet the official. Before that, I have to find a way to earn more reputation points for myself and buy some things I need in advance.

In three days, the old couple of Marquis Dongchang will be buried after seven days of keeping their bodies. On that day, many people will surely come to the Marquis Dongchang's mansion. Only at this time will they not care too much about the so-called strict separation between men and women and allow themselves, an unmarried woman, to appear in front of everyone.

But what should I do at the funeral to impress everyone? Qin Wanrong thought hard. Outstanding looks might be one option, but there was no time. Besides, it was not gentlemanly to discuss a woman's appearance at her parents' funeral. Give up!

Grief-stricken? Maybe, but it's nothing special. How can I not be sad when my parents are dead? Give up!

What else? Acting thoughtfully? This is not easy to show. After all, I am still young. Besides, my brother and sister-in-law are the masters of the family. It is totally unwise to interfere with them!

Every time this happened, Qin Wanrong felt that this task was really impossible to do. Although the status of women in Qing palace dramas was low and their actions were restricted, at least she had the plot and the manpower. It was completely different from the current situation. The characters in the plot have not been born yet, let alone the plot. She has no money and no manpower, and the key is that she can't make the decision.

You are really asking for trouble!

After silently cursing myself, I still had to continue trying to find a solution. I couldn't just let the situation develop as I remembered from my previous life.

After careful consideration, Qin Wanrong finally came up with a plan in her mind. She simply organized her thoughts and took Xiang Mama, who was still a maid, with her to find Qin Wanrong's sister-in-law, Lady Dongchang Hou.

The newly appointed Dongchang Marquis, Lord Qin and his wife, Lady Li, were discussing the funeral arrangements three days later in the main courtyard. They were surprised when the servant came to report that the third young lady had arrived. The couple looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes. Lord Qin blinked and said nothing.

Seeing her husband's silent reaction, Li knew that Marquis Qin didn't want to see Qin Wanrong and deliberately asked her to drive her away. She cursed in her heart, "You only knew to ask me to be the bad guy!" She winked at Mother Wang beside her, hoping that she would think of a reasonable reason to let the third lady leave.

Qin Wanrong waited outside the main courtyard gate for half an incense stick of time before she saw someone coming out of the main courtyard. She looked up and recognized the person's identity. It was none other than Mother Wang, who served her sister-in-law Li.

When Mother Wang saw Qin Wanrong, she bowed gently and stepped forward and said, "Greetings to the Third Miss. Madam has been busy with the funeral of the old Marquis and his wife these days. She is physically and mentally exhausted. She has already gone to bed, so she cannot invite the Third Miss to meet her."

"I wonder what the Third Miss has come for. If it's not urgent, why don't you wait until the funeral of the old Marquis and his wife is over before coming to discuss it with Madam?"

Mother Wang's words were polite, but her implicit meaning was that Qin Wanrong was looking for trouble and was eager to cause trouble for her sister-in-law before the funeral of the old marquis and his wife was over.

Qin Wanrong listened to what Wang's mother said, and her heart was filled with anger. What kind of family is this Dongchang Marquis's mansion? It's really amazing. The relationship between brothers and sisters is so dull. No wonder Xiao Qin had to marry into the Gu family as a concubine in her previous life. It seems that her biological brothers and sisters don't even take her seriously. I don't know how the old Dongchang Marquis and his wife raised their children.

Since my brother and sister-in-law are unwilling to cooperate, I will force them to cooperate! Qin Wanrong was so angry that she laughed. When the family treats their own sister without even listening to their intentions, who else will fail in the Dongchang Marquisate?

If it was Daqin who came today, there would be no need to inform them, because the snobbish couple inside would have come out to greet them. In their eyes, this "money-loser" who could not bring them any benefits and would cost them their own interests was naturally not worth meeting.

"In that case, I won't bother my brother and sister-in-law anymore. However, I still hope that Mother Wang can tell my sister-in-law that I plan to go to Hanshan Temple to practice asceticism for three years to mourn for my parents, and I will leave after my parents are buried."

After saying that, Qin Wanrong turned around and left. Returning to her own courtyard, Qin Wanrong and the clerk collected all her gold and silver jewelry. As she remembered, not long after her parents were buried, her eldest sister-in-law Li brought people in and took away Qin Wanrong's gold and silver jewelry on the pretext of observing mourning, saying that they would be returned to Qin Wanrong after she had finished mourning.

At that time, Qin Wanrong still thought that everything was the idea of ​​her eldest sister-in-law Li alone, and that her eldest brother, Lord Qin, was not aware of it. She went to her eldest brother to complain with great expectations, but she only once again realized her brother's snobbish nature.