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

The Queen was a little surprised when she received the Emperor's "oral instruction". The Queen Mother had already informed her about the selection of concubines. Although the Queen was unwilling, she knew that only in this way could she drive away the wolf and eat the tiger and kill Nian Shilan.

But she still thought that the emperor would hand this matter over to Concubine Hua. The queen knew the emperor well, and naturally knew that the emperor looked down on her because she was not generous enough in her work when she was in the palace. Logically, the emperor should not hand over such a big event as the selection of concubines to her, so why did he... this time?

"Jianqiu, do you know where the emperor went after leaving the Cining Palace?"

"Your Highness, I have asked and found out that the Emperor went straight back to the Qinzheng Palace after leaving the Empress Dowager this morning and did not go anywhere else."

"Oh, that's strange. Why did you think of me when you haven't been anywhere?" The queen felt something was wrong no matter how she thought about it.

Jianqiu thought differently. She explained, "Your Majesty, I think this is what the Emperor meant."

"Your Highness, have you forgotten? You are now the Empress, the legitimate wife of the Emperor. It is only natural that the Empress should be in charge of such an important event as the selection of concubines. No matter how favored Concubine Hua is, she is just a concubine. No matter how much the Emperor loves her, he cannot ignore the opinions of the people in the world."

Jianqiu believed that only her master was the emperor's wife. For the sake of his reputation, the emperor did not dare to favor his concubine over his wife, and asked Concubine Hua to organize the selection.

After hearing what Jianqiu said, the Queen somewhat agreed. This life was different from her previous life. In her previous life, the Queen also had power and naturally knew the situation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In this life, the Queen had been sidelined by Nian Shilan since her time in the prince's palace, and all she knew was what Nian Shilan agreed for her to know, even after she entered the palace.

Although Nian Shilan was in the title of assistant manager of the harem, in reality, the entire palace power, except for the queen's seal, was in her hands. Everyone in the palace was shrewd and they naturally knew that originally the palace was ruled by Concubine Hua and the queen was just a decoration. Now that everyone entered the palace and the emperor bluntly said that it was like the palace, who wouldn't know who the real power was in the palace?

"Yes, we are not in the palace now. No matter how good the wife and concubine are in the palace, they are not comparable to the difference between the queen and the imperial concubine in the palace."

The Empress Dowager knew about the situation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the selection of concubines should be left to the Empress. For this reason, the Empress Dowager only sent Aunt Zhuxi to Jingren Palace to remind the Empress. As for other things, the Empress Dowager didn't care. She was able to persuade the Emperor to hold a selection when the mourning period for the late Emperor had not yet ended. Would she still care about such a small matter that the Emperor lost face because of the shabby selection?

The opening scene of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" - the talent show has officially kicked off. After spending nearly half a year, the day of the palace selection finally arrived. Nian Shilan did not pay any attention to it from beginning to end. She only wanted to take advantage of the time when everyone's attention was diverted to the talent show to frantically bribe people in the palace.

In any case, after entering the palace, it was indeed much more difficult for Nian Shilan to communicate with people outside the palace. There were too many people in the palace, and the relationship network behind each person was intricate and it was difficult to sort out the truth and falsehood.

Fortunately, the 30% loyalty point is not difficult to achieve. If 0% loyalty means that when you tell others to do something, they will completely ignore you, then 10% loyalty means that when you tell others to do something, they will do ordinary things but will not be willing to do so. And 30% loyalty means that when you tell others to do something, it is not difficult for them to do it and they will not be unwilling to do so.

Nian Shilan has spent enough money, so as long as there is no one behind him or there is someone behind him but the loyalty to the person behind him is very poor, he can easily reach the 30% loyalty threshold. Once these people reach this threshold, they will not be allowed to betray him in the future.

Nian Shilan's men quickly occupied the palace. When 70% of the people in the palace became Nian Shilan's subordinates, the draft was finally successfully completed.

Before the imperial edict came down to confer the title of new bride, Concubine Jing gave birth to a daughter. Interestingly, the daughter was named Wen Yi by the emperor. When Nian Shilan learned about this, she raised her eyebrows with interest, because she was missing a few strands of causal power.

In An Lingrong's previous life, she had made a deal with Concubine Jing, but she didn't expect that she would be affected by the karma. It should be because the original trader, An Lingrong herself, did not have much entanglement with Concubine Jing, so those transactions involving Concubine Jing instead caused herself, the tasker, to be affected by the karma.

It seems that in this life, Concubine Jing no longer has to envy other people's children. In her previous life, An Lingrong gave Concubine Jing a child, but the child lost his identity. In this life, because she refused Cao Qinmo to enter the mansion, she asked Wen Yi to change her birth mother to repay the karma?

No, that's not right. If that were the case, then I would owe Cao Qinmo the karma. But although Cao Qinmo didn't enter the mansion and lost her status as a noble in her previous life, she would not lose her life and could raise her child herself, so the karma would be offset.

Could it be because of Huan Yi Xiang? In the previous life, because of the trader, Jingpin was unable to have children. In this life, because he had exposed the true face of the queen in advance, Jingpin was prepared and successfully became pregnant and gave birth to a child.

I think this should be the reason why the thread of cause and effect is severed.

In addition to Concubine Jing, there is another Concubine Fang in Suiyuxuan who is pregnant, but it is obvious that this person is not as cautious as Concubine Jing. A few days ago, she went to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers and accidentally fell, causing a miscarriage. Now she is lying in bed to recuperate.

I just don't know whether this baby can be raised well. The current imperial physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau, Nian Shilan, has not mastered all the situations yet. After all, there are also the Queen's man Zhang Mi, Zhen Huan's bootlicker Wen Shichu and Wen Shichu's apprentice Zui Yan Weilin, three imperial physicians who cannot master the situation.

Nian Shilan has always been a loner in her life, ignoring everyone equally, so even if Concubine Fang suspected that someone had harmed her after she fell, they would not suspect Nian Shilan. After all, there is no one in the entire palace who doesn't know what kind of person the queen is.

Not long after, Concubine Fang suddenly gave birth prematurely, and eventually two lives were lost. It seemed that she could not escape the Queen's handiwork. However, it had nothing to do with Nian Shilan, and she was too lazy to care.

Not long after, the newcomers entered the palace. Although Nian Shilan had never organized a beauty pageant in her life, the Queen still sent the list of palaces to which the newcomers would be assigned in the name of Concubine Hua as the assistant manager of the harem, saying that if there were any unreasonable arrangements, Concubine Hua could modify them.

Songzhi didn't quite understand the Queen's intention. Seeing Nian Shilan casually glance at the list and asked to send it back without even opening it, she couldn't help but ask Nian Shilan: "Your Majesty, what does the Queen mean by this?"

"What do you mean? You just want me to take the blame for your disgust." Did the Queen still think she was the trader who loved the Emperor in her previous life? She didn't care who the Emperor favored. Anyway, she didn't have to pay for it herself, so the newlyweds could live wherever they wanted.

"Ah?" Songzhi didn't understand.

"The queen arranged good palaces for the most outstanding brides, so that the emperor would be grateful for her kindness."

"As for sending it to me, it's simply because she thought I was just like her, and couldn't stand the emperor favoring a newcomer, so she wanted me to be a bad guy and modify the palace."