I'm not willing to be a cannon fodder for the female supporting role anymore

It's bad. This time I'm afraid it's because I'm meddling too much and letting others take advantage of me.

"I think that Concubine Chen is less than three months pregnant, so I'll find someone to take care of the puppy until the fetus is stable..."

"How could Wanxi give birth to such a cruel daughter like you? If we hadn't found someone to investigate, would it be said that Concubine Chen deliberately let the dog harm Concubine Qin because she was pregnant with the dragon heir?"

Before Yueying could finish her words, the Queen Mother interrupted her with a loud scolding.

"Mother, what do you mean?"

This Shen Huanxi is deliberately messing with me. Now that I realize it, I can only take one step at a time.

"Pass it on to Xiao Chengzi."

A short boy came in and knelt down and kowtowed hard as soon as he entered the door.

"Empress Dowager, it was Concubine Chen who really asked me to let the dog out. I didn't know I would bump into the Imperial Concubine."

"Who asked you to keep this dog?"

"Yes...it's Concubine Chen."

This confession was paired with Yueying's previous statement, and to the people present, it sounded like there was some conspiracy.

Hongye, who was kneeling on the side, listened and immediately raised her head and spoke loudly without caring that she was in front of the Queen Mother.

"You are not the little Li who raised the dog. Although the dog was taken away by the Queen, the little Li who was in charge was sent by the Emperor himself."

Yueying thought that she was going to be killed by this eunuch today, but she didn't expect that Hongye's words would actually pick her out.

Li Qiyun? She didn't expect that he would help her take care of such a small matter, so this man must have taken care of her.

The Queen Mother originally wanted to take advantage of this incident and convict Yueying in public while Li Qiyun was away. She didn't necessarily want to take her life, but to establish her evil reputation. Only then could she slowly work towards the position of Queen and Crown Prince.

She gritted her teeth, glared at Hongye, the little palace maid, and said in a deep voice.

"I will send someone to inform the emperor as soon as possible. Since this evil slave is plotting to murder the heir to the throne, telling lies one after another, and making random accusations against Concubine Chen, drag him away and beat him to death."

"Mother, we still haven't found out where Little Li is. Why was the dog taken away by this servant? We still need..."

Yueying knew that Li Qiyun was not around, so she would not be able to get justice, but since there were foreign officials around, she still had to play her part.

"Empress, I lost a little grandson today, and you still want to help this servant escape?"

"I am not helping him escape, but there must be someone behind him who is behind this..."

"Does the Queen want to go along with him and drag Concubine Chen and my other little grandson into this funeral?"

Yueying didn't think that this was the work of the Queen Mother. After all, the preparation was not sufficient. But she was so anxious to close the case that Yueying guessed that it must have been done by one of the daughters of the Shen family in the palace.

"What are you still standing there for? Drag him out and beat him to death!"

The Queen Mother urged the guards to carry out the execution, but the eunuch kept calling out Concubine Chen's name.

"It's really Concubine Chen~ The Queen Mother and the Empress are wise~"

The play was over, and Yueying didn't know what else she could do. It was only at this moment that she realized that without Li Qiyun in the harem, she really couldn't stand up.

"The Queen, as the head of the harem, not only did she fail to help the Emperor expand his family, but she also failed to take good care of the Emperor's heirs. She will be fined for two years and will be sentenced to three months of reflection in the East Court Hall."

"Your Majesty's order is obeyed."

Shen Huanxi had always wanted to do something to Qin Hanyan, but the emperor and the empress protected her very tightly, and for several months, she had not been able to succeed.

It can be seen that the emperor cares about this savior, and the empress dowager also finds that the emperor's feelings for her are not deep, he just treats her better than others.

Just like this, some time ago, she wanted to recruit Qin Hanyan for her own use, but after helping her regain the emperor's favor, the empress dowager discovered that this woman was not truly loyal to her.

"I'll just die, it's so useless."

Inside the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager sighed as she let Nanny change her clothes.

Returning to the East Palace, Yueying felt as if she had survived a calamity. She sat quietly by the window, looking at the nearest peach tree in the yard, with a faint hint of pink mixed in it.

Qin Hanyan is gone just like this? A few days ago, I wanted to wait for the peaches to ripen and send her a few. After all, there are no such good varieties in this era.

As they were both time travelers and as long as they did not harm each other, she felt that she still had some feelings towards Qin Hanyan as a fellow countryman.

Hongye clearly exposed the fact that she was the emperor's spy. Yueying didn't want to blame her, but felt grateful instead.

During this period, she couldn't control her emotions well and was always inexplicably willful. She ignored the fact that this was a mission in the palace and if she made a mistake, she might lose everything.

"How did you deal with Qin Hanyan's body?"

Frightened at night and caught in the rain, Yueying slept for the whole day. When she woke up, she remembered that Qin Hanyan was dead and she was under house arrest. The empress dowager would never take care of her funeral in person. Li Qixuan still had three days to complete the prayers. Would it end early because of this?

"To reply to your Majesty, I heard yesterday that the Emperor rushed back after receiving the news, and he returned to the palace at dawn today."

"It should be. After all, she is someone he cares about."

Lu Yao, who was helping her with her makeup, paused for a moment when she heard this. She didn't understand. It was obvious that the Queen's words and expressions showed that she cared about the Emperor, but why did the Emperor always feel that the Queen was not pleased with him?

She sighed heavily behind Yueying. The relationship between these two masters was very strange.

I don’t know if it was because the Imperial Noble Consort died twice that made the Emperor more concerned about the royal heir, but after that, the Emperor turned over Concubine Chen’s name card every night, which made everyone in the harem jealous again.

However, Yueying didn't know all this. She was under house arrest for three months and stayed quietly in her own palace.

In her eyes, after Li Qixuan returned to the palace to deal with Qin Hanyan's funeral, he stayed at her place every night. Yueying thought of him as one of his two choices before, but now she was the only one left, so men only came to her place.

When he took the initiative to talk to her, Yueying also suppressed her emotions. The person was dead, so there was no point in worrying about who he really loved more.

Although the living can never compete with the dead, being alive means that two people still have a long way to go together, doesn't it?

"My queen, the ban on our East Palace should be lifted soon."

"What happened?"

"Something happened to Concubine Chen's dragon fetus. The emperor and the queen mother went to the Yikun Palace."

"Yikun Palace?"

Isn’t Yikun Palace where the Empress Dowager’s niece Shen Ling’er lives?

"Yes, the inner guards have surrounded the Yikun Palace."

"Luyao, do you think my queen looks like a figurine?"

Yueying looked at the candlelight with some disinterest, her tone indifferent.

"My lady..."

She waved her hand, indicating that she wanted to stay for a while, and Lu Yao bowed and left.

Sure enough, by evening, the curfew in the East Palace was lifted, and Chief Steward He came in person to announce the decree.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor and Uncle Shen are discussing matters in the Imperial Study and will not be here for a while. His Majesty is thinking about you and has ordered this old servant to come and announce the decree as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Mr. He, for making the trip in person."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This is what I should do. But I can't help but say something. After this incident, I hope Your Majesty will not be angry with Your Majesty."

Yueying didn't know what to say after hearing what He said. In less than three months, Li Qiyun lost two children in a row. It was normal for him to be in a bad mood. Yueying thought that He wanted her to comfort him.

"My lady, I just got the money for the past two months from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I ran into the guards escorting the maids from the Yikun Palace to the Xinzheku. I heard that several senior maids were beaten to death."

"Where is Concubine Ling?"

"He has been temporarily confined to Yikun Palace."

All the palace maids were sent away, leaving only the empress in the huge palace. Yueying guessed that there must have been something left for her.

It was late at night and Yueying had already fallen asleep, but she was awakened by the rustling sounds of someone taking off clothes and going to bed. However, she did not react much. Li Qiyun had been doing this every day for the past few months and she was used to it.

But today, when she turned sideways and planned to continue sleeping, the person behind her refused to let her go. A pair of hands wrapped around her slender waist and pulled her back.

Yueying guessed that he had something to say, so she simply turned over, hugged Li Qiyun's neck with her arms, and opened her mouth actively. Her voice was soft and had some bubbles.

"Ah Xuan, do you have something to say?"

"My little Ying has been wronged these days."

"I won't argue with you."

In the darkness, although the other party couldn't see, Yueying still rolled her eyes at Li Qiyun.

"I will not do it again."

"The Queen Mother and the Shen family will not send their daughters to the palace in the future?"

"More than that, I am the Son of Heaven, you should learn to trust me. I promised you to be together for the rest of your life, and I will definitely keep my promise."

Yueying swallowed her saliva. She guessed that the matter with Concubine Chen must be a setup by Li Qixuan. After all, she secretly summoned the eunuchs at night and checked the records of the sleeping arrangements. It was obvious that Li Qixuan had been staying with Concubine Chen every day for the past two months.

But judging from his current tone, could there be something fishy about Qin Hanyan's death?

"Concubine Qin..."

"died."

Yueying hesitated and hadn't asked yet, but Li Qiyun quickly replied. She was startled and felt a chill rising under her feet.

Repaying a life-saving favor with hatred?

"Concubine Qin is dead, but there is one more Concubine Han in the world."

As expected, the person in his arms stiffened for a moment, and then Li Qiyun spoke slowly again.

He did it on purpose. The little girl was too naughty. For more than half a year, the two of them had been in a cold war, and he was still feeling depressed.

"You mean..."

Li Qixuan asked the Queen Mother to cooperate with Qin Hanyan, but the latter turned against him and co-starred in this fake death play, and used the fictitious offspring to seduce the Shen family to take action. After poisoning two royal heirs in a row, Shen Ling'er escaped the first time, but could not escape the second time.

He asked Qin Hanyan how she wanted to live in the future, and she said she wanted a base for growing flowers, and then she wanted to open a shop to sell flowers and perfume. Li Qiyun immediately thought of Li Qiren, so he asked the Jiaofang Palace to also set up a flower room. Who would have thought that the two would exchange their experiences in growing flowers, and they both liked each other very much. Qin Hanyan really had a place to settle down.

This afternoon, Concubine Ling was dealt with in front of the Empress Dowager, and Shen Luyi was summoned to the palace in the afternoon.

One was to tell him that the Queen Mother and Shen Ling'er had murdered the royal heir, and that the Queen Mother had since gone to the Royal Buddhist Temple to worship Buddha, and that the latter was about to leave.

Secondly, she showed her concern for her uncle. A few months ago, by chance, she saved the lives of his concubine and son from the midwife of the Shen family. The concubine was Shen Luyi's favorite in the past two years, so Mrs. Shen not only wanted the child to die, but also wanted one corpse and two lives.

The third is that he hopes that his uncle and he can help him govern the world in peace.

To be honest, with all the threats and inducements, Shen Luyi naturally agreed to Li Qiyun's request.

"Are you afraid that he won't agree with you handling the matter between the Queen Mother and Shen Ling'er?"

Yueying was still a little confused after hearing this. Shen Ling'er murdered two royal heirs, and the empress dowager did not handle it cleanly for her the first time, and even left evidence. No matter what, Shen Luyi would not make a fuss for the sake of the Shen family's reputation.

"No, I want him to support me in disbanding the harem."

"what?"

Yueying sat up suddenly, a look of disbelief on her face. In the darkness, she could only vaguely see Li Qiyun's outline, so she touched the man's forehead with her small hand.

"Are you serious?"

"Xiaoying'er, you are really heartless. I have done so many things, and you still doubt my sincerity?"

"correct."

Yueying suddenly thought of rabbit fur slippers. Ancient slippers were similar to clogs, with thick cotton soles, thick cotton padding, and a layer of rabbit fur wrapped around them. This shouldn't be a style of shoe that existed in ancient times, right?

"Did you design these slippers?"

"Well, doesn't Ying'er like these little shoes?"

Looking at Yueying's somewhat serious expression, Li Qiyun was a little puzzled. Wherever he touched with that hand, it felt very comfortable.

"No, this...how did you come up with the idea of ​​doing this?"

You can't ask if he is the male protagonist you met in previous lives, right?

She didn't pay much attention to it before, but thought a lot about it tonight, including checking the records of the concubines' sleeping with her. Yueying discovered that although Li Qiyun was angry with her, with the exception of Qin Hanyan, he slept in his palace on many days when the concubines were sleeping with him.

"One day, I saw Ying'er sitting by the bed with her feet swaying. Suddenly, the image of these little shoes flashed through my mind, so I drew them and asked someone to make them."

Li Qiyun was just talking casually, but Yueying was a little excited. Did she really catch up with collecting some Lord God fragments? Then she could go home soon. The extra points were probably because she had collected the Lord God fragments.

After Yueying thought about it, she looked at Li Qixuan with more obsession. Although she couldn't see clearly at night, after Li Qixuan took her into his arms, she clearly noticed that the girl was quite proactive.

Because Shen Luyi united his own followers and supported Li Qiyun's move to disband the harem, Yueying smoothly became the only mistress of the harem. She lived a very comfortable life without palace fighting and house fighting.

In this world, the male protagonist's blackening value was quickly reduced to zero. Li Qiyun died before Yueying. Before his death, he took out the Linglong Umbrella and gave it to her.

"Ying'er, I had a very long dream a few days ago. In the dream, we were together for several lifetimes."

Li Qiyun spoke weakly as he held Yueying's hands, which were no longer delicate due to age, in his palms.

"Over the years, there have always been times when I felt like you were looking through me at someone else, and I always thought it was Ouyang Zhe. But it was still me, wasn't it?"