A quick journey starting from Wu Dalang

Chapter 303 Doomsday Training Class - An Lingrong + Huanbi (4)

Time passed quickly, and An Lingrong in the palace finally made her official appearance in front of the emperor. Of course, this opportunity was only possible because of the Seventeenth Prince.

Hepin was originally considered a favorite concubine, but unfortunately she fell into obscurity after losing a daughter. Only after An Lingrong planned to become her "son" did Hepin continue to compete for favor.

But Hepin was very smart. She competed for favor, but she was also on good terms with Shufei. Naturally, An Lingrong had some contact with the Seventeenth Prince, who often took her with him and gave her guidance on everything.

The emperor was happy to see his two sons getting along harmoniously. He had not paid much attention to Yinzhu in the past, but now he gradually began to take notice of him, until he tested the seventeenth prince's academic performance.

The Seventeenth Prince was a bit lazy and was very good at Chinese studies, but he lacked some skills. When he turned around and saw An Lingrong, he was surprised that she performed well in every aspect. The emperor immediately became interested.

After casually testing him, he was very satisfied. After all, as a father, he would be happy if his own child studied well. Moreover, this was his youngest son. When he turned around and heard the praise from the master of the Shangshufang, the emperor was even more satisfied.

An Lingrong accepted the compliment humbly, thinking that she had stepped on the Seventeenth Prince to ascend to the throne, and was afraid that the Emperor would remember this and get angry with her again.

At this moment, Shu Fei came to see the emperor specially. Seeing the emperor's expression change slightly, An Lingrong suddenly realized that the emperor's favor for Shu Fei was just a consideration, not true. She immediately felt that her plan could continue.

Time passed slowly. During this period, Hepin was promoted to concubine and Shufei became noble concubine. For a time, the Seventeenth Prince also became very popular, and the most lively place was the Eighth Prince Yinsi's mansion.

The Crown Prince seemed to be slightly inferior to him, so he became complacent. However, An Lingrong saw clearly that Yinsi had no chance, and the Emperor promoted him purely to bring balance to the court.

Once the crown prince dies, Yinsi will definitely not have a good ending unless Yinsi can find another opponent for himself. Although An Lingrong hates Yinzhen, she has to admit that Yinzhen will be a good opponent. Once the crown prince falls, Yinzhen will be the next one to take his place.

The one who replaced the Eighth Prince was the Fourteenth Prince. If the Emperor had lived longer, perhaps these younger princes would have taken turns to take over, so as to live up to the Emperor's selfish desire to regard power as his exclusive delicacy.

The disadvantage of doing this is that the court will end up in a mess, leaving behind a dynasty full of problems, and the next emperor will have a hard time. An Lingrong doesn't want to be the one who has to suffer, so she chooses to exacerbate the conflict.

With An Lingrong's subtle fanning the flames, things began to get out of control and the emperor was somewhat unable to control them. However, he had already deposed the crown prince. If he were to reinstate the crown prince, he would not only be unable to control the people's hearts, but he himself would also be questioned.

But if he appointed someone else as the crown prince, it would undoubtedly mean handing over the throne to someone else. Looking at his sons who were fighting with each other, he suspected that once he appointed a crown prince, they would rebel.

After much deliberation, the emperor still couldn't decide on the new crown prince. An Lingrong understood the emperor's concerns and began to ask to see him frequently, not standing out among the other princes.

What An Lingrong had to do was to make herself non-threatening in the eyes of the emperor. The young prince needed to be educated, and raising a son personally was simply the emperor's dream come true.

He did not admit that he had failed to teach the deposed prince well, but only thought that the deposed prince had grown up astray. Now, he had a new test subject, a smart, young and useful son.

Compared with the older princes, An Lingrong poses no threat. Compared with the other younger princes, she is smart enough. Moreover, she is born to the concubine. The power that the Guaerjia clan has dispersed among the deposed prince needs to be slowly recovered, so there is no need to worry about An Lingrong having ambitions.

A few months later, the emperor issued an edict to appoint the 20th prince Yinzhu as the crown prince, and chose the daughter of Fucha as the crown princess for him. The other princes were all shocked.

Yinzhen, who had been pretending to be a carefree and carefree person, could no longer pretend. His fear of Concubine Nian also disappeared. He decided not to get rid of the child he had originally intended to kill. He just wanted to rely on Nian Gengyao to change the emperor's mind.

He was obviously overthinking it. How could Nian Gengyao, a high-ranking figure, change the emperor's mind? But by accident, Nian Shilan accidentally saved his son.

After becoming the crown prince, An Lingrong became more cautious when facing the emperor, but the emperor was probably crazy and still scolded the princes, scolding the Eighth Prince so much that he broke his mentality and the Fourth Prince so much that he broke his defense.

The deposed crown prince committed suicide at home, the Fourteenth Prince fell ill and could not get up. The Tenth Prince and the Ninth Prince knelt down to plead for the Eighth Prince until they had fever and fainted in front of the Qianqing Palace.

Even An Lingrong was scolded a lot. An Lingrong felt that the emperor was probably crazy, but it didn't matter. At this time, it was the most cost-effective approach to take advantage of the emperor's madness to deal with the dishonest people.

With An Lingrong's instigation, the emperor was like a mad dog, biting whoever he caught. On the surface, no one benefited from it, but those who benefited were the only ones who knew it in their hearts.

The wind from the Forbidden City cannot reach the small Songyang County. In order to persuade Lin, Zhen Huan felt exhausted. But Lin complained about An Bihuai while defending him. Zhen Huan really didn't understand.

"Mother, father already has so many concubines, but he still wants to go out and have fun. Isn't Aunt Xiao beautiful enough? Isn't Aunt Liu slim enough? Didn't Aunt Hua give birth to any children?" Zhen Huan could no longer find an excuse. To put it bluntly, An Bihuai was more lustful.

"He, he just..." Lin hesitated. Of course she knew that An Bihuai was wrong, but everyone had gone through the same thing, so what could she do?

"Mom, grandma said that if you are willing, you can divorce Dad. Your family is here, and no one will make things difficult for you." Zhen Huan gritted her teeth and said what Shi Yi said.

"But everyone has gone through this, how can I divorce your father because of this?!" Lin was shocked.

"Is it right if everyone does it?" After asking this question, Zhen Huan suddenly felt relieved.

Lin's lips moved but no words came out.

Not long after, the emperor passed away, and An Lingrong became the new emperor as she wished. The princes who stood in his way, those who were ignorant had already been tortured to death by the previous emperor, while those who were sensible were also conferred the titles of prince and duke by An Lingrong.

At this time, An Lingrong was only seventeen years old, and her wedding had been just over a year ago. Fucha was busy handling palace affairs and presiding over the funeral ceremonies. Guaerjia, who had been promoted to queen dowager, lent a hand, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law worked together to successfully complete the funeral ceremonies.

In Songyang County, Lin finally agreed to divorce An Bihuai. Even under Shiyi's suppression, Lin got two of An Bihuai's concubines and sons. These two concubines were Aunt Xiao and Aunt Hua.

Even Shiyi was almost taken away by Lin. If An Bihuai hadn't knelt on the ground and begged desperately, he might not have been able to protect even his own mother.

A long-lost sunny smile appeared on Zhen Huan's face, and Lin also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Madam, are we going to live here from now on?" Aunt Xiao looked at the magnificent house, somewhat unbelieving.

"From now on, this will be the Lin Mansion, Lin Xiu's Lin." Lin, no, it should be Lin Xiu. She looked up, and for a moment, Zhen Huan seemed to see a bloom in her.

It is natural that a new emperor has to observe a three-year mourning period when he ascends the throne. An Lingrong is not a fat orange person without conscience. She just observes mourning for the late emperor honestly. After all, the late emperor was very good to her during those last days.

Her harem only consisted of Empress Fucha and two noble ladies. After all, she was a woman and the harem was just a decoration. She was not a beast that would harm so many innocent women.

Empress Fucha is the daughter of Li Rongbao. In history, Empress Xiaoxianchun was a virtuous woman. An Lingrong was very satisfied with her and planned to send her out of the palace to live a normal life when the time was right. (I set her age to be a few years older)

There was no one in the harem, so the court officials naturally had some ideas in their minds. Since ancient times, the big Manchu families have been intermarrying with each other. If you count them carefully, they all have the same ancestor. Now they naturally want to continue to maintain such a relationship with the emperor.

He didn't ask for the next emperor's biological mother to be from his family, but at least he had to have a prince with his own blood to feel at ease.

As soon as the mourning period was over, court officials began to submit memorials urging An Lingrong to participate in the selection. The Empress Dowager Guaerjia also urged her. The Queen did not have any ideas as the decision-making power was not in her hands.

After all, An Lingrong had just ascended the throne, so she had no choice but to agree, stating that this was only the first time that the selection of concubines would fill the harem, and that no more concubines would be allowed into the harem in the future.

The court officials and An Lingrong each took a step back, and the condition was perfectly met. Beautiful girls from all over the country came to the capital, and Zhen Huan also bid farewell to her mother and went to the capital with her maid.

Huanbi also arranged the people around her and began planning to participate in the talent show.

On the day of the audition, Shiyi also arrived at the scene. She focused her attention on the Dongzhu on An Lingrong's head and began to look at the beauty with An Lingrong.

Shen Meizhuang was already over the age limit and had married a royal family member as his wife. The only familiar people present were Wei Yichun, Huanbi, Zhen Huan, and Guaerjia Wenyuan.

An Lingrong waved her hand and packed several people into the harem. As usual, she selected a Borjigit from the Mongolian military flag into the palace. The others were given to royal families or directly dismissed.

Guarjia Wenyuan is the niece of the empress dowager's family, and it was her wish to enter the palace. After all, everyone knows that it is impossible for a family to produce two empress dowagers. Wenyuan simply fell in love with An Lingrong at first sight.

Wei Yichun was a young lady of marriageable age. She was exactly sixteen after three years of mourning. An Lingrong chose her just to make up the number.

Huanbi's current identity is Zhen Yuhuan, and Zhen Huan is An Lingrong. Due to the special nature of the two people, An Lingrong has to let them enter the palace no matter what.

Among the four, Guwalgiya and Borjigit were conferred the titles of noble ladies, and the other three were all maids-in-waiting, which was considered impartial. When the empress saw that they looked honest, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, the one who slept with the emperor on the first night was Guarjia Wenyuan. It was logical and emotional that it should be her. However, when An Lingrong saw the burning love in the other's eyes, she felt it was difficult to deal with.

"Your Majesty, I will serve you to bed." Guarjia Wenyuan was bold and enthusiastic. An Lingrong even felt a little panicked. She quickly knocked her out, changing her perception to make her think that she had already served him in bed, and also let other people have the same perception.

After three days, it was Huanbi's turn. The two recognized each other as soon as they met.

"The emperor is so powerful. He became the supreme ruler without any notice. It is really enviable. If I had known this, I would have replaced Yunli." Huanbi's mind was full of the idea of ​​exchanging identities with Yunli. Compared with love, power was more attractive.

"It's just a substitution, not a cat replacing the prince. Exchange is unrealistic. You'd better be my favorite concubine." Facing an acquaintance, An Lingrong took off her clothes and joked.

"Your Majesty~ I don't agree~" Huanbi pretended to be coquettish, and for a moment she actually looked like a friend.

A few days later, it was Wei Yichun's turn. Although she was a little older, she still looked innocent. An Lingrong chatted with her for a while and she fell asleep because she was too sleepy.

Finally, it was Zhen Huan, who had the lowest rank. An Lingrong stroked her face, her eyes full of love: "An, your face really haunts me."

It was the face of Zhen Huan that An Lingrong cared about, and it was the identity of An Lingrong that An Lingrong could not forget. Such a double buff made An Lingrong almost crazy. For a moment, she even wanted to tell Zhen Huan the truth, tell her about her own difficulties, tell her that An Lingrong was not born humble, and that An Lingrong could also become a superior person. But in the end, she said nothing.

"Your Majesty~" Zhen Huan called out timidly. For a moment, she felt she was in danger.

"It's okay, just settle down." An Lingrong skillfully changed everyone's perception and looked at Zhen Huan's sleepy eyes.

When Zhen Huan didn't belong to her, she really wanted to destroy her, but when she belonged to her, she felt a different kind of peace of mind.

Zhen Huan was favored in the eyes of others, but she felt scared. In her eyes, the way An Lingrong looked at her was very similar to the way Lin Xiu looked at An Bihuai back then. But Lin Xiu left An Bihuai so decisively, and she was scared.

Lin Xiu can still live a carefree life without An Bihuai, because An Bihuai is the county magistrate, and Lin Xiu has someone more powerful than An Bihuai behind her, but there is no one behind Zhen Huan who can surpass the emperor.

Zhen Huan felt more and more anxious day by day, but the Queen noticed it and comforted her in a soft voice.

"Sister An, I think you have never left home, so you are not used to it. I have ordered people to send you some new toys to amuse you. Although you are in the palace, you are also restrained."

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty," Zhen Huan knelt on the ground to express her gratitude.

"Get up quickly. The ground is cold, or you might get sick." Fucha spoke gently, and Zhen Huan felt at ease.

On the other side, Huanbi was also secretly inquiring about everything about Prince Guo in the palace. She really wanted to replace Prince Guo's identity. Especially after seeing An Lingrong's success, this feeling became even stronger.

Because of the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Concubine Shu, Prince Guo would occasionally enter the palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, and he happened to meet Huanbi who was asking about herself from old people in the palace.

"Prince Guo has a gentle personality and is very kind to us palace maids. When the emperor was a child, it was Prince Guo who taught him some things." The nanny spoke well of Prince Guo. In her eyes, Huanbi in front of her was just a little palace maid who admired Prince Guo.