Quick Wear: Explosive Change! The cannon fodder female supporting role is done with it

Chapter 401 Cannon Fodder Substitute & Cold Tyrant 52-53
Getting married is not only about giving birth to children. In ancient times, giving birth was like going through the gates of hell. One also has to take care of the husband's family and have concubines at home, whom one has to take care of... Even she envied him.

Of course, this is also because Xiao Yuan dared to do this because there are few people in his harem. At most, there are only more than twenty people.

If there were a certain emperor in a certain dynasty who had several thousand concubines, then forget it.

Xiao Yuan did not miss the envy in her eyes, and narrowed his eyes: "My beloved, are you envious?"

The word "yes" almost came out of her mouth, but fortunately she reacted in time and shook her head quickly: "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? I am only happy when I am with Your Majesty." She went into his arms, smiling like a flower.

Xiao Yuan snorted softly. He didn't hold on to her and let her go. No matter how envious she was, she couldn't leave.

There was no objection to the coronation, and the phoenix robe and next month's coronation ceremony were all quickly prepared. When Lin Zhi learned of Xiao Yuan's decision and reward, she also had someone inform the harem.

Maybe some people want to be concubines, but some people also want to leave the palace to get married, or live freely alone. She now gives them the choice, and it depends on what they choose.

After arranging this matter, she looked at Lu Rong opposite her.

That day, Lin Xieruo brought assassins to the emperor's bedroom and almost killed the emperor, causing the entire Cuiwei Palace to be implicated by her. They were all taken to the Ministry of Punishment. They were not released until Prince Rui rebelled and Xiao Yuan dealt with everyone.

However, more than 30 people went in and more than 20 came out, and more than 10 of them had unclean backgrounds.

Lu Rong was not clean either, but she still got the person back. Yes, only her. Lu Qi was dragged into the room by her and was finally beaten to death by Gao Peng. He showed no mercy to those who turned to Lin Xiruo.

The girl in green is Concubine Hui’s person.

Although Concubine Hui had passed away a long time ago and she was no longer considered Concubine Hui's person, Lin Zhi still didn't want her and sent her to other palaces to do work.

At this moment, Lu Rong was standing in front of her with her back slightly hunched. It was said that she had been beaten with a stick inside and her wound had not healed yet.

She cleared her throat and said, "Lu Rong."

"Empress!" Lu Rong nodded quickly, looking at her with excitement in her eyes. The longer she stayed in the Ministry of Punishment, the more disappointed she became. She thought Lin Zhi would never save her. Unexpectedly, just when she was discouraged and desperate, Songzi brought her out.

At this moment, Lurong's loyalty to Linzhi finally became pure.

Instead of being forced to cooperate with her, she said, "My lady, if you have anything to ask, please tell me and I will do it for you."

Lin Zhi sighed. She didn't know if it was because she was beaten, but Lu Rong looked a little more timid. She was eager to prove herself useful to her. "Lu Rong, don't be anxious. Listen to me."

"Although we were forced to become master and servant, you have always been my sister's maid."

Lu Rong was about to explain in a hurry, but she held back when she thought of what she had said.

"I have always been bothered by your lack of respect for me, so I will give you two choices now. One is to leave the palace at the age of 23, which means in half a year, I will give you enough money. You can leave the palace to get married or start your own business. It is up to you."

"The second choice." Looking at Lu Rong's stunned face, she continued, "If you don't want to leave the palace, you can stay, but I won't let you serve me closely. In the future, you can only be a second-class maid."

The tone was very firm and cold.

She didn't like Lurong from the beginning, and even though she later helped her wholeheartedly, she never trusted her.

She couldn't guarantee Lurong's character. The baby in her belly would be born soon, and there was no guarantee that Lurong would not do something detrimental to her and the child for her own selfish interests in the future. She would not keep this threat with her.

So even though Lu Rong looked pitiful now, she would not suddenly soften her heart.

Lu Rong was stunned, tears streaming down her cheeks. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. Lin Zhi turned her face away and said, "Actually, I think it's better for you to leave the palace. You have a strong character. Whether you are a wife or open a shop to do business, it won't be bad."

"Go back and think about it carefully. There's still half a year left. There's no rush."

She raised her hand, and the palace maids on both sides hurried forward and gently helped her up. Lin Zhi sighed, "I'm a little tired. Help me go in and lie down for a while." She held her waist and was surrounded by people and entered the house.

Lu Rong stood in the yard for a long time before she lowered her head and slowly walked back to her residence.

Three or five days passed quickly. Lu Rong did not say whether she would stay in the palace or leave. She served Lin Zhi as usual. However, Lin Zhi was already accompanied by a palace maid assigned by Xiao Yuan, so many things were not her turn to do.

Gradually marginalized in the palace.

Lin Zhi continued to take care of her pregnancy and occasionally went for a walk in the Imperial Garden. She often met many concubines who stared at her. She guessed that it was because of what Xiao Yuan said in the court. She did not take it seriously. Instead, she wondered if anyone came to her to talk about things outside the palace.

After waiting for a long time, there was no movement in the harem, even Concubine Zhang stayed quietly in the palace.

That day, she was leaning on the chaise longue when she suddenly heard a palace servant report that a concubine had arrived. Her eyes lit up and she asked someone to come in. As it turned out, the person who came in was an acquaintance.

"Concubine Hui?" she was surprised.

The former Concubine Hui knelt on the ground with her head down: "Your Majesty, I am no longer Concubine Hui." She was wearing washed-out clothes, her hands were covered with frostbite, and her voice was very hoarse.

"Your Majesty, I heard that His Majesty allowed us to leave the palace. Is that true?"

Lin Zhi quickly had someone pour her some warm tea, and had someone help her sit down on a low stool. She felt a little sad when she saw her clothes. When they were outside the palace, she and Lin Xiruo were the legitimate daughters of a minister and a prime minister respectively, and both were famous noble ladies in the capital.

Now the prime minister was removed from his position by Xiao Yuan because of his corruption and the deaths of countless victims, and he himself was banished to the cold palace.

It's really unexpected.

However, the Prime Minister's death was indeed not a pity, and Xiao Yuan was kind enough to spare his life.

"Yes, His Majesty said in person in the court that concubines in the harem can leave the palace at any time if they want to." Looking at her, "You want to leave the palace?"

Concubine Hui knelt down and said, "Yes, I want to leave the palace and reunite with my family. Please grant my wish, Your Majesty. I will be very grateful." She knelt with her head bowed. Her edges seemed to be smoothed out. She knelt down willingly in front of her former hated enemy.

Lin Zhi nodded: "Okay, don't worry, His Majesty is very tolerant of concubines who leave the palace. Your life will be much better after you leave the palace."

Concubine Hui: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

That same day, Lin Zhi told Xiao Yuan about this, and he quickly made arrangements. Because of what her father had done before, he did not confer the title of a county lady on her, but gave her a lot of silver, which was enough for her to support herself and her parents for the rest of their lives.

The next day, Linzhi told all this to Concubine Hui, and she agreed. After all, she was in the cold palace and that was how her life would be. It would be better for her to leave the palace and take care of her elderly parents and be filial to them.

She left the palace that day.

And with the first one, there will be the second and the third.

However, they were all concubines of low rank who could not survive in the palace and had a miserable life. Since they had no lawsuits, Xiao Yuan generously conferred titles on them as Xiangjun and sent people to send them back to their hometowns. The high-profile ceremonial guards and heavy carriages were surprising and attracted a lot of attention. People in the public heard that it was His Majesty who let the concubines leave the palace, and they couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with these women.

The person hiding in the middle immediately clarified that there was nothing wrong with these women, and that His Majesty was concerned about the Queen and could not bear to see these concubines die of old age in the palace, so he let them leave the palace. The people all thought that the Emperor was stupid, for he was so rich, yet still staying with one person.

Some people also talked about the concubine's chastity, but they quickly dispelled the rumor.

Some people believed it and some did not, but most people realized that it must be the queen's beauty that made His Majesty only want her.

In the palace,

Lin Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief. Although few people chose to leave the palace, she believed that there would be more and more in the future.

But soon, a secret news spread in the palace. The concubines looked at her strangely, and no one even came to her to tell her that she had left the palace. After inquiring, they found out that her identity had been exposed.

This matter came from Lin Xiruo, she had a quarrel with King Rui.

They exposed each other's secrets and told the matter. The people who were guarding them immediately told the clan affairs office. After learning about it, the clan affairs office thought about the recent uproar over the concubine leaving the palace. In the final analysis, it was the emperor who was threatening them with his future throne.

Now that I have such a handle, I will naturally not let it go.

The news spread immediately. In the court, the ministers also gathered their strength and confronted Xiao Yuan. They already knew the identity of the concubine in the harem: "Your Majesty, Lin Zhi is just a concubine of the Lin family and was once married to Prince Rui. It is really unworthy of her to be accepted in a high-class place. Please don't be confused."

"Yes, I don't know whose child is in my belly, and I can't mix up the royal blood..."

Before he could finish his words, he screamed and was hit in the face by Buddhist beads.

On the throne, Xiao Yuan had a gloomy expression. He strode up to the panicked imperial guards, drew his sword, turned around and slashed at the minister.

In an instant, blood spurted out and the minister fell down wailing.

The ministers and eunuchs were shocked. Seeing that he was still chopping without venting his anger, they rushed forward to stop him: "Your Majesty, no!"

Being held tightly, Xiao Yuan held up the bloody sword and looked coldly at the ministers around him. Everyone felt a chill in their hearts when they saw his cold eyes. Xiao Yuan said, "It seems that I have been too good-tempered recently, and you have forgotten who I am."

"I am here to tell you today that the queen is not only Lin Zhi, the concubine of the Lin family, but also the mother of my child and the future queen."

"As for the concubine of Prince Rui, if I hear it again, I will chop him to pieces!"

He dropped his sword, flicked his sleeves and left.

You could hear a pin drop in the court. The ministers who had been screaming dared not shout anymore and everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

None of them expected that His Majesty would be so angry. They were so scared that they dared not speak. They coughed awkwardly, and then the new Prime Minister Qin Chuan looked at Gao Peng: "General Manager Gao, I didn't expect His Majesty to be so angry, but what His Majesty said just now..."

Chief Steward Gao sighed, "Prime Minister, all the gentlemen, you only know one side of the story. Your Highness was forced to marry Prince Rui, and she and Prince Rui were never actually married. Prince Rui and the previous Concubine Yi had been having an affair before she entered the palace."

"After entering the palace, because His Majesty didn't like her, she wrote a letter to Prince Rui and her mother, asking them to threaten the Empress's biological mother's life and force her to enter the palace."

The ministers' eyes widened when they heard this; such a thing was simply unheard of.

Gao Peng said: "I think everyone at the palace banquet can find that Lin Xiruo looks very similar to the queen, so the queen had to enter the palace for her mother, and Lin Xiruo left the palace and lived with Prince Rui every day. The queen is the pitiful one."

"Even the Empress's biological mother was not treated well while staying in the mansion. There was a fire at night and she was burned to death."

"Even so, Lin Xiruo and Prince Rui shamelessly continue to use her biological mother to trick Her Majesty into listening to them."

Hearing this, all the ministers frowned and couldn't help but say, "Lin Xiruo and Prince Rui are so shameless!"

The other ministers nodded frequently, and some even exclaimed: "I know about this. I live next door to the Lin family. There was a fire in the backyard at that time. I saw it from the mansion, but they didn't send anyone to put out the fire until the house was burned down."

The ministers were even more disgusted and felt that the Lin family deserved what had become of them, taking advantage of people and not treating Lin Zhi's biological mother well.

For a moment, I was not so disgusted with Lin Zhi.

"But her status is not worthy of Your Majesty." A minister sighed.

Gao Peng shook his head repeatedly: "Your Majesty and His Majesty are both pitiful people. Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, was deceived by Lin Xiruo, the Lin family, and Prince Rui. Fortunately, after His Majesty and Your Majesty got along with each other, they were gradually attracted to each other and became true partners. It was Your Majesty who reminded His Majesty that Prince Rui was plotting a rebellion."

"If the Queen had not informed His Majesty in advance, many of the adults present would have been in trouble."

"Even that day, when Lin Xiruo led assassins to kill His Majesty, it was because His Majesty was worried and warned him in advance, otherwise His Majesty would have been ambushed."

He looked at the ministers sincerely and said, "My Lords, your Majesty's character is worthy of the position of Queen."

All the ministers frowned and did not speak for a moment. Although they knew the Queen's life experience and that she had helped His Majesty a lot, there was no problem with her staying in the harem. However, this was the position of Queen and it concerned their interests. Naturally, they would not agree just because they felt sorry for Lin Zhi.

"Besides."

Gao Peng stretched out his tone: "His Majesty has chosen the Queen, and the Queen is pregnant with his only child. Even if the ministers disagree, His Majesty will not change his mind."

The ministers were choked and their faces turned black. What an old bastard Gao Peng.

"If you continue to argue with His Majesty, it will only hurt feelings. I advise you that His Majesty is in a good mood now and will be lenient with you. It is better for you not to make things too awkward."

"That's all I have to say. I'll leave now. Please think about it."

Swinging his whisk, he hurried after His Majesty.

In the harem, Lin Zhi drove all the maids out. She really didn't want to see their surprised looks. After a while, there was a knock on the door. It was Lu Rong who brought in tea and poured it carefully: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about them. It was Lin Xiruo and King Lin Jiarui who wronged you. You are innocent, don't be afraid."

Looking at her belly, he said, "Besides, His Majesty cherishes you. If you have a child, no one will be able to surpass you in the future."

"Let those people be envious and jealous."

Lin Zhi turned her head and saw the worry on her face. She laughed and said, "You think too much. I don't care." She didn't mention these words and asked, "Have you decided to leave the palace or stay?"

There were pastries on the table. She picked one up and put it in her mouth, chewing it while looking at Lurong.

Lu Rong looked at her, stood up and knelt opposite her: "Your Majesty, I have made up my mind. I have decided to leave the palace." She smiled at her brightly, "Your Majesty said last time that I could do business. I want to give it a try!"

Lin Zhi was also happy for her: "Okay, when you open your business, I will definitely come to support you when I have time."