The mental state is beautiful

Now Xia Dongchun, Shen Meizhuang, Noble Fucha and An Lingrong are all dead, and the only ones left from the previous batch of newcomers are the mascot Borjigit, Zhen Huan and Fang Chunyi.

Because there was no blessing event in Yimei Garden, Yu Ying'er is still a little palace maid with no future, working in Yimei Garden and getting by.

"The attrition rate among this year's new recruits is really high!" Yixiu sighed in front of the mirror while doing her skin care.

"It's all because they are unlucky and can't handle the wealth and honor." Jianqiu replied casually while combing the queen's hair.

"They were unlucky. They could not bring honor to the family, and they died at a young age."

Yixiu looked at the fine lines at the corners of her eyes in the mirror and her voice darkened, "The Queen Mother wants to persuade the Emperor to select a concubine again, on the grounds that the Emperor has few children."

"Your Majesty, the treasury is empty now, and the selection of concubines will cost a lot of money and manpower. The emperor is diligent in his work and loves the people, so he will definitely not agree to it."

Seeing that the Queen seemed to have a headache, Jianqiu put down the comb and began to massage the Queen's head.

"I know this truth, but the Queen Mother's intention is clear. Out of filial piety, she also wants to select some women to fill the harem."

Yixiu waved her hand and asked Jianqiu to leave.

After the news reached Yikun Palace, Concubine Hua no longer had the appetite to eat crab roe pastry.

"It's all my fault that I haven't been able to give birth to a child for His Majesty. The Queen Mother wants to hold a beauty pageant on the grounds that His Majesty doesn't have many children. It's also a sign of her concern for His Majesty."

As Hua Fei spoke, it seemed as if the corners of her eyes drooped.

Seeing Concubine Hua looking dejected, Songzhi could only console her, "No matter who she is, she cannot compare to the status that the Empress holds in the Emperor's heart."

"Really? But the emperor has been going to Sui Yu Xuan to see that vixen Zhen Huan recently, so how could he still think of me?"

"At the beginning, I was only concerned about guarding against Shen Meizhuang, but Zhen Huan took advantage of the opportunity!"

"By the way, Liu Bin escaped before. Was he caught later?"

Songzhi quickly replied, "Don't worry, Madam. General Nian's men said that Liu Bin accidentally encountered bandits on his way back home and was killed on the spot."

Concubine Hua sneered, "Humph! That's good! As long as there are no mistakes in these matters, that bitch Zhen Huan won't be able to find evidence to convict me."

"Shen Meizhuang has been dead for such a long time, but Zhen Huan still won't let me go. Unfortunately, as long as there is no evidence, her doubts about me are all nonsense!"

"When Shen Meizhuang was alive, she was merciless in her fight for favor. Now that Shen Meizhuang is dead, she has shown a deep sisterly love. She is just using this incident to make the emperor think that she is loyal and righteous!"

Songzhi rolled her eyes and sneered.

"Humph! How could a truly loyal and righteous person let his sister serve as his slave for so many years? Lady Wan is just pretending to be nice and deceiving the emperor!"

Concubine Hua nodded in satisfaction, "Now that Zhen Huan is favored and the emperor is always concerned about her, it is difficult for me to take action."

"I don't believe Zhen Huan can remain in favor forever. When the emperor gets tired of her, it won't be too late to deal with her!"

"Now I don't know if the emperor will hold another beauty pageant. There are so many women in the harem! It would be great if I were the only one by the emperor's side."

"Your Majesty!" Songzhi interrupted in a hurry. Nowadays, women who are jealous will be criticized openly.

"That's enough! I understand. Please leave. I'm tired." Concubine Hua lay down directly.

Songzhi lowered the bed curtains layer by layer and went to the outer room to keep watch.

Li Jingyan was still looking forward to the next talent show. One reason was that she could watch the fun, and the other was that she could take the opportunity to make some money. It would be a waste not to take the Nian family's banknotes.

However, Da Pangju was not confused about political affairs. He refused the Queen Mother on the grounds that the treasury was empty, and the Queen Mother found it difficult to refute him. In the end, she gave several palace maids to Da Pangju.

Among them, there was a palace maid who was from the Uya clan, and for a moment the empress felt like she was facing a great enemy.

Li Jingyan thought of the ability of these bannermen families to make money. He was afraid that more than half of the national treasury today was emptied bit by bit by these people.

On an ordinary day, Li Jingyan planned to investigate these Baoyi families. She went to Wu Ya's house first in the dark.

Although the young ladies of the Uya clan entered the palace to serve as servants, their lives at home were no worse than those of the young ladies of princes and nobles.

What these bondservant children ate, drank, wore and used was no worse than what the emperor and the empress dowager did.

Li Jingyan emptied out all the warehouses of the Wuya clan with a wave of her hand. Afterwards, she went around the warehouses of the Zhangjia clan, the Gao clan, the Cao clan and other bondservant families in the same way and emptied them all.

For this purpose, Li Jingyan specially sorted out the things in her soul space. She sorted out a lot of ordinary objects and food that had no special marks.

Li Jingyan found several puppets and used their identity cards to make them local gentry in many places outside the palace.

She also ordered these puppets to go among the people and distribute the things she had sorted out to poor families, but the poor families needed to exchange them for labor.

On the second day, all these bondservant families were shocked. So many things disappeared overnight without any trace. They dared not say anything. They could only attribute it to the fact that they had misappropriated the royal family's things and were punished by heaven.

For a time, these people lived in fear and were much more cautious when working in the palace.

Noble Lady Uya, who had just entered the palace, relied on being the niece of the empress dowager and looked down on even the empress. However, she suddenly learned of the changes in her family and became much more restrained for a while.

However, after restraining herself, Noble Lady Wu Ya still dared to confront Concubine Hua. She called Big Fat Ju "cousin" all the time, as if they were very close, but in fact they had never met before.

"Bitch! If her last name wasn't Wu Ya, what qualifications does she think she has to go against me?" Concubine Hua was furious, her face flushed like a puffer fish.

At this critical juncture, Zhen Huan became pregnant.

Noble Lady Uya had long known that Zhen Huan had pretended to be sick to avoid favor and was now the daughter of a criminal, so she did not take her seriously.

Now that she saw that Zhen Huan was going to be promoted to Wanpin because of her pregnancy, Uya was extremely jealous and wanted to get pregnant as well.

This was exactly what the Queen wanted. If she could deal with Concubine Uya the same way she dealt with Concubine Fucha, she would be able to have a child and remove the obstacle, killing two birds with one stone.

Yixiu gave Concubine Wuya a prescription to help her conceive and she took the bait.

Li Jingyan lamented that Concubine Wu Ya's IQ was indeed not that good. No wonder the Empress Dowager refused to let Concubine Wu Ya enter the palace when she had a choice. This was simply a request for food!

It seems that the Queen Mother really loves her niece, but she cannot resist the ambitions of the Uya clan and her niece.

Ambition needs to be matched by ability. Li Jingyan watched coldly as Concubine Wu Ya committed suicide. As soon as she became pregnant, she provoked Concubine Hua, ridiculed Zhen Huan, and pestered Big Fat Ju to promote her.

For the sake of the Queen Mother, Big Fat Orange was very annoyed by this, so he went to Sui Yuxuan to look for the eloquent Zhen Huan.

"Your Majesty, why worry? Now there are many sisters in the palace who have great experience and they should be promoted. Why not take this opportunity to confer titles on all six palaces so that everyone can share in the joy."

Zhen Huan held the teacup and looked at Big Fat Ju, and sure enough, she saw his frown relax.

"Wanwan is the one who understands my feelings and can relieve my worries." Fatty Orange patted Zhen Huan's hand happily.

"Silang has already come up with a plan, but he deliberately came to ask Wanwan for advice. Is he trying to tease me?"

Zhen Huan's coquettish words really made Big Fat Orange very happy, "Hahaha! You, girl, are becoming more and more petty! When have I ever teased you?"

The two of them were in a mess.

On the second day, the decree to seal off the six palaces was issued.

It would have been normal for the Queen to propose conferring titles on the six palaces, but now Zhen Huan had stepped in and had the Emperor's tacit approval. The Queen Yixiu had to try her best to hold back her anger.

The whole palace was filled with joy. Concubine Qi received the share of Imperial Concubine, Concubine Hua received the share of Noble Concubine, and Concubine Li received the share of Concubine.

Noble Lady Wuya was promoted to concubine and given the title "Shen", and lived in the main hall of Yonghe Palace; Zhen Huan was promoted to concubine, Wanpin, and lived in the main hall of Suiyuxuan; Noble Lady Cao was given the title "Jin"; Concubine Xin was promoted to Noble Lady Xin; Fang Chunyi, who had already served in the emperor's bedchamber, was promoted to Noble Lady Chun.

The other palace maids were originally just official girls, but now they were promoted to concubines.

Other concubines who were not promoted also received rewards.

Noble Lady Uya has now become Concubine Shen, but she is not happy at all.

"How could my cousin be like this? It's all because of Zhen Huan. She must have said something." Concubine Shen smashed several cups before she calmed down.

The nanny sent by the Queen Mother to take care of Concubine Shen's pregnancy immediately told the Queen Mother about Concubine Shen's performance. The Queen Mother was very disappointed with her niece.

"She trusted Yixiu's words, I'm afraid she won't be able to keep the baby. Well, at least she can have a child with the blood of the Wuya clan, so her trip to the palace is not in vain."

The Queen Mother said this with both affection and cruelty. It seemed that Concubine Shen had become an abandoned child.

"Empress, this Shenpin is a brainless idiot. Even with the Empress Dowager's support, she can still make the Emperor so unhappy."

As soon as Jianqiu finished speaking, Yixiu gave her a look that killed her. After all, Jianqiu's words seemed to imply Yixiu as well.

Li Jingyan was not idle either. She had secretly handed the real cause of death and evidence of Noble Lady Fucha to the Fucha family. It seemed that the Ulanara family would be retaliated against soon.

Now the Ulanara clan has a queen in the palace, and Qingying has become Hongli's legitimate wife.

Although Hongli was not favored by Big Fat Ju, the title of the prince's legitimate wife was still enough to impress people.

Qingying and Hongli are now considered a loving couple, but part of the reason is that the power behind Qingying can help the ambitious Hongli.

Ever since Hongli married Qingying, he felt that he had become half the queen's son. He never imagined that the queen had never considered him from beginning to end.

The Fucha family soon started to deal with the Ulanara clan in the court.

There were very few people from the Ulanara clan serving as officials in the court, and they were all incompetent and held unimportant positions. Even so, they no longer have official positions.

Because the Fucha family took several detours to deal with the Ulanara clan, their identities were not exposed.

The Queen was puzzled as to who would target the Ulanara clan. After much thought, she finally concluded that it was Concubine Hua who did it.

My goodness, the Queen and Concubine Hua are also enemies.

Concubine Hua was inexplicably taken the blame, but she had no idea it and was even gloating over the misfortune of the Queen's family!

The Ulanara clan no longer had anyone to support them in the court. The Ulanara clan, which had rapidly fallen into decline due to Li Jingyan's crackdown, was now even more devastated.

Yixiu used her own private treasury to subsidize a lot of this, but every time she subsidized, Li Jingyan took that much from the Ulanara family's treasury.

In less than a year, the Ulanara clan could no longer maintain their basic appearance. In addition to Yixiu, they also set their sights on Qingying, a married woman.

But Hongli had no assets to begin with, and now he even had to rely on Qingying's dowry to make a living. Qingying had no spare money to subsidize her parents' home.

Moreover, she did not want to lose face in front of Hongli. After all, she had always been proud of her family background and proud that the Ulanara clan was a prominent Manchu noble family. Now that her family was in decline, she was worried that it would affect her status in Hongli's mind.

Therefore, Qingying could only secretly use her dowry to subsidize the Ulanara clan, and dared not let anyone notice.

Now, the only direct descendant of the Ulanara clan left is Qingying's father Nerbu, and the side branches are basically composed of useless playboys who have no official positions and not much wealth.

Previously, Nerbu was secretly targeted by the Fucha family and lost his official position, but Dapangju still took into account the face of the Queen Mother and the Empress, and restored Nerbu's official position.

It happened that the Yellow River was flooding, so Fat Ju sent Nerbu to go there. In fact, he didn't have to do anything, he just had to follow other officials who were good at flood control and take his work seriously.

This was also to allow Nerbu to accumulate some merits, but Nerbu would not eat the merits that were right in front of him. He simply jumped into the Yellow River and drowned. Even his body was never found.

Big Fat Orange was speechless and could only insist that Nerbu died in the line of duty and gave many rewards to the Ulanara clan.

Qingying cried bitterly after losing her father. Since then, the Ulanara family fell into complete desolation and silence. The rewards given by Dapangju were soon divided up by the uncles and aunts from the side branches.

Nerbu's wife and little daughter had a hard time, and they relied on Qingying for support.

Now Hongli has also figured it out. It turns out that the Ulanara clan is not as powerful as Qingying once told him. Just look at how the emperor handled Nerbu's death, and you will know their position in the emperor's heart.

Hongli was very disappointed. He suddenly felt that Qingying was not as noble as before. However, he still maintained the appearance of affection with Qingying. After all, there was still the queen in the palace.

Yixiu now seems to be a few years older, and her mother's home is as good as non-existent, with only an empty shell left.

Therefore, Yixiu valued her position as queen more and did not allow anyone to covet her position. Therefore, Yixiu was more determined to get rid of Shenpin.

Yixiu and Dapangju went out to participate in the mulberry silkworm ceremony. Li Jingyan had the highest position and temporarily managed the harem.

Therefore, Concubine Hua did not let everyone go to the Yikun Palace to listen to the incident, and the children of Zhen Huan and Uya stayed safely until a few months later.

At this time, the queen and Big Fat Orange had already returned to the palace.

Soon, news came that Zhen Huan's mother had passed away and Zhen Yurao had met with an unexpected death, and Zhen Huan went into premature birth.

In fact, these things happened two months ago, but the news was reported up the chain of command and had to travel a long distance, so it was considered fast for it to reach the palace now.

Zhen Huan regretted not asking the emperor earlier to let her mother and sister return to Beijing. The emperor had already agreed, but her mother and sister died two months ago.

Zhen Huan is only seven months pregnant now, so premature birth is indeed a little too early.

Yixiu gave Jianqiu a wink, and Jianqiu immediately nodded in response, which meant that Yixiu had arranged for the midwife to deliver Zhen Huan.