The mental state is beautiful

It was winter again. The emperor posthumously conferred the title of Consort Zhe on Fu Cha Chu Ying, who had died of illness. Later, while listening to a piece of music, he fell in love with the young pipa master Bai Ruiji.

It happened that Gao Xiyue went to see the emperor. She was so angry that she picked up the pipa to compete with Bai Ruiji.

Xia Ning lamented that Gao Xiyue was too impatient. A noble concubine actually came out to compete with a Nanfu musician in person. It would be shameful even if she won.

A few days later, when the Queen was paying her respects, she announced the news that the Emperor had appointed Bai Ruiji as the Princess Consort, causing an uproar in the entire palace.

Concubine Jia said something that disdained Bai Ruiji's background, but she instigated Gao Xiyue and Bai Ruiji to confront each other.

Xia Ning couldn't bear to watch it, so he told Mo Xin about what he had seen and heard.

"Sister Mo Xin, I just met a fellow villager who is now working in the Cining Palace. She said that this Mei Concubine is the Queen Mother's person. Should we remind the master to avoid her?"

"Really? Is your fellow countryman reliable?"

"Really? She saw Bai Ruiji secretly go to see the Queen Mother at night. Moreover, Bai Ruiji is a concubine of the Southern Palace. If she didn't have a backer, how could she be so arrogant right after entering the harem?"

"Yes, that makes sense. I'll go report this to the master!"

After Xia Ning finished his task, he left. After that, Gao Xiyue must have sent someone to investigate and indeed no longer paid any attention to Bai Ruiji.

"It seems like Concubine Hui has grown some brains recently. I can't even provoke her anymore. Alas! The ready-made knife is useless. The arrogant look of Bai Ruiji is really hateful!"

Jin Yuyan complained to Zhenshu with a look of regret.

Xia Ning happened to pass by and remembered that Jin Yuyan often used Goryeo ginseng to bribe Su Lian and instigated her to do bad things in the name of the queen.

I think that as a chess piece sent into the palace by the Yu family, Jin Yuyan must have brought many valuable things of the Yu family to the Qing Dynasty.

Later, Jin Yuyan even recognized the Jin family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as her godparents, and the Jin family naturally supported Jin Yuyan.

So Xia Ning emptied the warehouses of Jin Yuyan and the Jin family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that night. Anyway, the Jin family did not dare to make it public.

As for Jin Yuyan, who cares? Anyway, no matter how hard we try, we can't find anything on this little palace maid.

Xia Ning entered the soul space and looked at so many large boxes filled with gold, silver and jewelry, as well as several exquisite small boxes, all of which were filled with Korean ginseng.

Xia Ning lay among these things, feeling contented.

The next day, the Jin family did not dare to report it. Jin Yuyan made a fuss. After all, her private vault was emptied overnight. Let alone other things, Jin Yuyan was determined to get back the Goryeo ginseng and Yu's special clothing.

The Queen originally wanted to clean up the harem. After all, many of the people in the harem were the men of the Empress Dowager and the deposed Queen Ulanara. Now the deposed Queen Ulanara's connections were naturally given to Ruyi.

The emperor also wanted to weaken the empress dowager's power in the palace, so the couple worked together to search the harem and carried out a major purge.

None of these things could disturb Zhongcui Palace. Now Gao Xiyue was gloating over Jin Yuyan's misfortune!

Xia Ning remembered that the mission required Ruyi to experience the difficulty of living without money, so it was necessary to destroy the Ulanara family's connections in the harem.

Xia Ning manipulated A Ruo to take out the list of contacts of the Ulanara clan in the palace that Ruyi had collected, and then secretly went to see the Queen.

"What did you say? A Ruo wants to see me?" Fu Cha Langhuan was still quite confused. She couldn't figure out why A Ruo wanted to see her.

"Let her in!"

"Yes." Lianxin went out to inform A Ruo after hearing that.

Su Lian stepped forward and helped the queen to sit at the top of the table, and A Ruo also followed Lian Xin in.

"This servant, A Ruo from the Yanxi Palace, pays respect to Her Majesty the Empress."

Lianxin and Sulian were both very surprised. After all, A Ruo was usually so arrogant, but today she was much more restrained.

"A Ruo, you came to see me at this time, is there something wrong with Concubine Xian?"

"Your Highness, I am not here for your Majesty's business, but I have something to ask of you."

"Oh? That's strange. If you have something to ask, why don't you go to Concubine Xian for help, but come to me instead?"

Ah Ruo had a sad face and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Empress, I want to become your concubine. Please help me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Cha Lang Huan shouted in shock, "What? Ah Ruo, you have sealed the demon!"

"Empress, my father now holds a higher official position than Empress Xian's father, but Empress Xian still refuses to let me leave the palace to reunite with my family."

"Every time I mentioned wanting to leave the palace, Concubine Xian said she would arrange a marriage for me in the future, but the families she chose were not as good as the husbands my father could choose for me!"

"Besides, I have been asked by Concubine Xian to be arrogant and domineering since I was young. This can not only highlight Concubine Xian's elegance and kindness, but also express her true thoughts on her behalf."

"If you win, then Her Majesty Xian will benefit. If you fail, then it will be me who will lose my reputation anyway."

"When the time comes, Empress Xian will pretend that she is unwilling to punish me because of our friendship since childhood. This will also allow the servants who are unaware of the situation to think that she is kind and considerate to the servants."

"Recently, Empress Xian has placed more and more importance on惢心. In fact, it is because惢心 is now more valuable than me."

"Among Suo Xin's fellow townsmen, one is the eunuch Li Yu in front of the emperor, and the other is Jiang Yubin, an apprentice in the Imperial Hospital. Both of them love Suo Xin."

"If something happens to Eunuch Wang Qin, Li Yu will be the next chief eunuch who is most likely to become the emperor's favorite."

"Although Jiang Yubin is only an apprentice, his medical skills are good. It's just that he didn't become a formal imperial physician because of his limited background."

"Empress Xian used惢心 to build a closer relationship with these two people. All of these will be her help in the future."

"And I am about to be abandoned, I just want to fight for myself."

"I originally just wanted to leave the palace, but Concubine Xian was unwilling to fulfill my wish and wanted to get rid of me when I got older. She is the emperor's childhood sweetheart, but I have also known the emperor since I was a child!"

"So I would like to ask the Queen to help me. I will be very grateful!"

Su Lian and Lian Xin felt the same way about A Ruo's words, and Fu Cha Lang Ya was more certain that Ru Yi was very scheming but still had to pretend to be a pure white lotus.

"Empress, I know that those who betray their master will not have a good ending, but Empress Xian will not allow me to leave the palace and return home. I want to get married. Only by becoming the Emperor's woman can I no longer be manipulated by Empress Xian."

"Of course Concubine Xian doesn't want you to go back. Her father has just been demoted to a sixth-rank cavalry captain. If you go back, you will be the legitimate eldest daughter of the Sochorolo family. Your father's official position is even higher than that of the Ulanara family. Concubine Xian is naturally afraid of being talked about by others."

"But the relationship between Suo Xin and the two fellow townsmen you mentioned is not enough for me to help you."

Ah Ruo was very understanding, "Empress, when you made the maidservant beside you a princess, many people sighed that you were generous and easy-going, and had the demeanor of a principal wife. Otherwise, how could Concubine Yi have such a blessing now!"

Fu Cha Langya was indeed happy to hear this, as she had always been most proud of her position as the legal wife.

Ah Ruo pulled out a half-rolled list from her sleeve and presented it with both hands, "Please have a look, Your Majesty."

Su Lian stepped forward, took the list, and handed it to the queen.

When Fu Cha Langya opened it, she was shocked, then smiled with satisfaction.

"A Ruo, I will make your wish come true!"

"Thank you, Queen, for your permission!"

The queen ordered people to set up the trap several times and confirmed that the people on the list were indeed from the Ulanara clan.

At the same time, Xia Ning visited Concubine Xian's private storehouse. Now the emperor rewarded her with many good things, and Xia Ning took them all away.

Xia Ning manipulated A Ruo to forge an almost identical list and put it back into the interlayer of Ruyi's dressing box. After Ruyi discovered that her private vault had been stolen, she indeed looked through the list in the interlayer.

Only after confirming that everything was correct did Ruyi feel relieved.

When paying respects the next day, Fucha Langya saw that Ruyi was again self-righteous and thought she was superior to her. Thinking about what A Ruo said, she felt extremely disdainful of Ruyi.

In the end, the Emperor and Empress cleaned out many of the Empress Dowager's men, and the Empress almost destroyed all of the Ulanara clan's men.

Ruyi was very shocked to find that apart from the palace maids in the Yanx Palace, she had no one else to use.

Moreover, Ruyi was unable to confirm whether there were other secret scouts among the palace servants in the Yanx Palace.

Afterwards, Ruyi found that she couldn't do without her own people, and gradually, she could no longer maintain her noble character.

It costs money to hire people to do things in the palace. The Ulanara family, whose storehouse was emptied and whose father was demoted, also asked her for money. It also costs money to give gifts to various palaces during festivals.

At first, Ruyi was too embarrassed to do it, and always delayed paying the maids' share of money, and instead spent the money herself. But after a long time, the entire Yanx Palace was filled with sorrow.

As for A Ruo, Xia Ning released her control, but made A Ruo clearly remember what she did that night when she went to see the queen.

Now A Ruo has figured it out and is completely planning to betray Ruyi. After all, Ruyi has even withheld her share of money.

This time, Xia Ning failed to control A Ruo, and A Ruo took the initiative to find the queen.

"Empress, please help me! Concubine Xian has been withholding the salary of the servants in Yanxi Palace for several months!"

"What?" The Queen and Su Lian could not have imagined that Ruyi was so shameless in private. She withheld employees' wages and not paid them for several months. It was really weird.

"Not long ago, the private vault of Concubine Xian in the Yanxi Palace was robbed. Originally, Concubine Xian could have told the truth like Concubine Jia did, and the emperor would have naturally compensated her given his affection for her."

"But Concubine Xian doesn't want people to notice the decline of the Ulanara clan, and she is also worried that it will affect her noble image in the emperor's mind."

"So they took money from us servants and then sent it back to the Ulanara clan."

"Ridiculous!" Fu Cha Langya was really angry.

So, the scene that Ruyi was most worried about happened. Hongli learned that the Ulanara family had no money, and Ruyi snatched the wages and sent them back to her parents' home. The whole palace was shocked.

Su Lujun and Chen Wanyin, who originally had a good impression of Ruyi, found it difficult to accept.

Although they were not born in high social status, they were from a family of upright civil officials and would never default on paying their servants' share of silver.

The Queen's actions made Ruyi lose all her face. The palace maids kept their distance from Ruyi, and the concubines were very disdainful of what Ruyi did. Ruyi's life became even more difficult.

The empress dowager was so happy that she was almost overjoyed. She was so delighted when she thought about how miserable Ulanara had become that she ate an extra bowl of rice and was in such a good mood.

The Queen was also secretly happy in Changchun Palace, "I just want to see how Concubine Xian will pretend in the future?"

Hongli still remembered that Ruyi was his favorite concubine. Ruyi's miserable state was a disgrace to Hongli.

Although Hongli was angry, he still rewarded Ruyi with many things, and found an excuse to give rewards to the Ulanara clan as well.

That night, Xia Ning emptied the warehouses of the Ulanara clan and Ruyi. Hongli began to suspect that Ruyi was playing a trick on him in order to get more money.

In a fit of anger, Hongli told Ruyi to handle it herself.

As a result, the concubines in the harem could see with their own eyes that Ruyi's quality of life was declining.

Ruyi used to love saying that material things are not important while wearing a head full of luxurious jewelry.

Nowadays, Ruyi really dresses simply, but she can no longer be as calm as before.

Some things, when you have them, you say they are not important and you don’t care about them, but when you lose them, you start to change your words.

Xia Ningke liked this mission so much that she didn't even have to make excuses. This mission required her to raid Ruyi's warehouse in broad daylight! So happy!

Ruyi has had a lot of bad luck lately, and Gao Xiyue was so happy watching plays all day that she gained some weight due to her good mood, even though her body, which was originally thin due to the cold, has gained some weight.

Xia Ning used his spiritual sense to check Gao Xiyue's physical condition and found that she had improved a lot. He was very satisfied. It can be seen that the one drop of spiritual spring water added every day is still effective.

Because it was winter, all the palaces wanted more silver threads, carbon and the like. Ruyi had no extra money, so she would not subsidize Hailan anymore.

Hai Lan is also very considerate. Knowing Ruyi's difficulties, she never complains and just uses her own allotment.

Gao Xiyue did follow the Queen and Jin Yuyan's plan and withheld Hai Lan's charcoal in order to make things difficult for her.

However, Xia Ning took out half of the lingxiang in Gao Xiyue's bracelet, and moved the charcoal fire that Li Yu, A Ruo,惢心, Jiang Yubin and others had prepared for him for the winter. They merged them together to form a charcoal fire with added ingredients, and gave it to Hai Chang to use.

Hai Changzai had no idea that Concubine Hui was targeting her. When she saw the sufficient charcoal fire, she thought that Concubine Hui was indeed a good person who followed the rules.

Xia Ning used a fireworks-isolating talisman at Hai Lan's residence, which means that people outside cannot tell whether there are fireworks inside.

One day, Xia Ning saw Concubine Hui was about to wear the gold hollow bracelet again, and immediately controlled Gao Xiyue's arm so that she accidentally broke the bracelet.

"Oh no! This is the bracelet that the Queen gave me. It would be terrible if it broke."

Gao Xiyue quickly looked at the bracelet and found that a small mechanism had been opened, and many small brown round pills rolled out.

She instinctively knew that this was not a good thing, otherwise why didn't the Queen make it clear when she gave her the bracelet?

"Xingxuan, pack these up and secretly send them out of the palace. Let Ama find someone to find out what these are!"

Gao Xiyue was panic-stricken. She was loyal to the Queen but still she was schemed against.

He thought about how the Queen and Jin Yuyan asked him to deal with Hai Lan, and recalled many past events. He suddenly realized that he was the knife in their hands, and they could stab him wherever they pointed.

"Mo Xin, go and give Hai Lan the charcoal fire that was originally in her allotment. Don't say anything else."

"Yes."

Xia Ning was waiting at the door and took on this task considerately.

She brought a basket of charcoal into Hailan's residence and found that she had almost used up the charcoal with added fuel, and nodded secretly.

"Mrs. Hai, these were specially sent by the Imperial Concubine. She said that the winter is getting colder this year and the charcoal in your allotment may not be enough, so she sent these."

Hai Lan was indeed very grateful, "Thank Concubine Hui for me."

"Yes." Xia Ning left happily. Now that Hai Lan used the charcoal fire with added fuel, Yong Qi would never be born in this life.

In order to save Ruyi, she can ignore the safety of the baby in her belly. It is better for this child not to come.

You should know that in the original plot, Bai Ruiji consumed too much cinnabar and gave birth to a deformed child.

Under such circumstances, Hai Lan still dared to use cinnabar during pregnancy, without considering the possibility that Yongqi would be born with a disability.

Later, Yongqi died early because of a congenital weakness and because Hai Lan forced Yongqi to study hard to provide support for Ruyi in the early days. After Ruyi had her own son, Hai Lan forced Yongqi, who was already resourceful and ambitious, not to compete for the throne with Ruyi's son.

For a woman who gives birth to a child just to use him, not having a child is also a good thing for the child.