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Chapter 311 There's a Time Traveler in the Palace (3)
At that time, Wei Qin was also favored and was unparalleled in the harem.

However, her good upbringing prevented her from showing off, and she always kept a low profile.

During her rise to power, many people envied her and engaged in open and covert struggles with her, but she resolved all of them one by one. Because of her kind nature, she did not retaliate afterward.

Therefore, Consort Qin had always enjoyed a good reputation among the many women in the harem.

Furthermore, with a prince by her side, she became the object of many people's flattery.

Even though the emperor's feelings for her gradually faded and he spent less and less time with her, no one looked down on her.

However, even at her peak, Wei Qin could not compare to the favor Mo Chan receives now.

Based on the way the emperor was bewitched, Yu Muhuai suspected that the Fox Lien tribe might actually be practicing related witchcraft.

Although Emperor Huang Tinghe was an emperor who loved beautiful women and war, he always maintained a good sense of proportion when it came to matters of principle.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have decided not to marry any woman from a powerful family right after ascending the throne.

Moreover, Huang Tinghe had great ambitions; he wanted to expand the territory to an unprecedented level during his lifetime and become a monarch who would break with history.

During his years in office, the territory of Wenzhou expanded considerably. A larger land area meant that more people from other countries submitted to its rule.

However, this will certainly come at a bloody price.

Due to years of warfare, the national treasury of Wenzhou Kingdom has dwindled sharply in recent years. As a result, the people are suffering much more than before.

To alleviate the burden on the people, the emperor reduced some of the corvée labor. Although warlike, the emperor also considered the people's needs.

How could such a decisive, ambitious, and determined monarch suddenly dismiss his harem?
This is not only illogical, but it will also incur the dissatisfaction of all officials and the people.

The harem of a country is not only a matter for the monarch, but also an important matter concerning the entire country.

The influence of women on men is self-evident, and the affairs of princes and grandsons of the emperor are matters of great importance to the nation.

What will the princes and grandsons think if all the women are dismissed? What will become of them?
What will become of those thousand women?

In such a feudal era, sending the emperor's women out of the palace was tantamount to taking their lives. Moreover, the journey out of the palace added to the bloodshed.

In Yu Muhuai's world, there was once an emperor who had no concubines, only an empress—Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, Zhu Youcheng.

However, Emperor Xiaozong of Ming only had one empress from beginning to end; he didn't get her first and then discard her when he got tired of her.

Moreover, Huang Tinghe's reputation for womanizing was well-known; he was never a faithful man. He had only one night of passion with women in the palace, and afterwards, he couldn't even remember their faces—there were women everywhere.

For someone like that to suddenly want a lifelong, monogamous relationship, they must be bewitched.

No, Mo Chan isn't a ghost.

She is a soul from another world, a powerful figure skilled in witchcraft.

Yu Muhuai sneered, "You know witchcraft, I know formations."

Let's see who's better.

After Qingyue brought over the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, Yu Muhuai quickly began writing down the required items.

Although he possessed Wei Qin's memories, the handwriting he imitated was still slightly different.

However, Qingyue didn't notice at all; her attention was entirely focused on what the Empress had written.

Among them are various jade stones, herbs, peach wood, and the like, which are all normal items that every empress would use.

But what are those strange-looking things below?

There were 99 tears from both the boy and the girl. A handful of incense ash that had accumulated in the temple for over five years.

One drop of blood from each of one hundred different black dogs.

There are 66 willow branches on poplar trees within a mile radius of the grave.

A tile from the roof in the southeast corner of the residence of an honest and upright official.

Qingyue's lips twitched slightly.

She internally screamed, "What the hell is all this?!"
However, she did not show it. As the most capable maidservant by Consort Qin's side, Qingyue tried her best to maintain her composure and not lose her composure in front of her mistress.

"Your Majesty," Qingyue asked cautiously after a moment's thought, "when will we need these things later?"

Yu Muhuai did a quick mental calculation and then said, "Seven or eight days should be enough; it's not anything complicated."

"Qingyue, take this token; you can leave first thing tomorrow morning. Once you're out, find Dai Qing, the owner of Jiqing Restaurant, and show him this order. He'll help you."

Dai Qing and Wei Qin were from the same hometown and had known each other since childhood. Wei's father had once helped the Dai family clear their name of a wrongful conviction, and the Dai family had always treated the Wei family as their benefactors.

Since Wei Qin entered the palace, she has almost completely cut off contact with the outside world.

It wasn't until several years later, after she had taken office, that she received a letter from her father.

The letter stated that Dai Qing had arrived in the capital several years ago and was now running a restaurant called Jiqinglou. The implication was that if needed, one could seek Dai Qing's help.

Mr. Wei knew that he was of low status and had no influence, so he couldn't help his daughter in any way.

Entering the palace is like entering a deep sea.

A few years ago, if a daughter of low status were to die accidentally in the palace, they might not even receive the news.

If Wei Qin hadn't worked so hard to climb up, the Wei family would likely never have received any more news from her.

Upon learning that Dai Qing had arrived in the capital, Wei Qin sent someone to deliver some gifts and her greetings, saying that he could ask for anything he needed.

As the Consort Qin among the four consorts, Wei Qin had the authority to make such a promise.

Although she was not the empress, no one in the harem held a higher position than her.

Since the Empress's death, Huang Tinghe had no intention of establishing another Empress.

To ordinary people, it might seem that the emperor missed his deceased lover and did not want anyone to replace the empress.

However, some astute people in the harem and the court realized that the emperor was unwilling to be bound by others.

The emperor is revered by all, and the empress is the mother of the nation.

Even if the women in the imperial harem did not come from powerful families, once they sat on the throne as empress, they would have the power to look down upon the world.

Emperor Huang Tinghe, with his unrestrained and romantic nature, certainly did not want anyone to sit in his position and then restrain his behavior.

A group of ministers in the court have been complaining every day that if there were one more concubine in the harem, he would be driven crazy by it.

In the absence of a master in the harem, the four concubines held the highest status.

The four consorts were Consort Mei, Consort Xiang, Consort Liang, and Consort Qin.

Compared to others, Wei Qin's background was already quite good; her father was, after all, a local official.

Before entering the palace, Consort Mei was an actress. Actors in that era had a very low social status, only slightly better than courtesans.

Third update (^^*)
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