I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

Liu Ming also feels panicked now.

His life felt like a roller coaster in the past year. His daughter successfully entered the palace, successfully became a noble lady, and even successfully received the emperor's favor. She was also pregnant with a prince, which was a great joy.

Now that his old boss has gone bankrupt, he can make a huge profit from his old boss's corpse to enrich himself, which is also a great thing.

In just one year, he completed the journey that he had not been able to complete in decades, and successfully transformed himself from a country bumpkin from another place into a spiritual celebrity.

Although he did not have the same majestic power as those old nobles, he was still a well-known figure. Even when those nobles faced him, most of them were polite.

Before this, he, a lowly businessman, would never have dared to imagine that such a situation would occur. No matter how capable he was, the fact that he was born a businessman would nail him to the pillar of shame forever.

Although his official position had not changed much and he was still the Yuanwailang who had donated his money, he felt that with his efforts in research and his ability to guess people's minds, he might be able to get a good official position in a short time.

But at this time, a big thing happened. Seeing that the nobles in the palace were sent to serve the Queen Mother, although it sounded good on the surface, they actually lost their influence in the palace.

Liu Ming knew very well how the Liu family managed to gain a foothold in the capital.

If he did not have a good daughter who had considerable influence in the palace, what would he be in the capital?

If Liu Zhirou lives well, their Liu family can use Liu Zhirou's power to show off their power in the capital. Once Liu Zhirou loses power, their Liu family will be torn to pieces in an instant by those guys who are eyeing them covetously.

Serving the Empress Dowager can indeed earn you a reputation for being filial, but a girl's blooming period is only a few years. If you really waste two or three years of her time, can you still get the Emperor's favor when you return to the palace?

Liu Ming knew clearly that Liu Zhirou's current position was neither up nor down. If she could take one more step and achieve the position of a concubine, then even if she really couldn't become the emperor's favorite concubine, she could still get along well in the palace with this position and the favor of the empress dowager, and the foundation of the Liu family could be preserved.

But if she went to serve the empress dowager but did not gain the corresponding benefits and was instead forgotten by the emperor, then both Liu Zhirou's life and the Liu family's life would become extremely bad.

The arrangement of concubines in the harem has always been one queen, two noble concubines, four concubines, and nine concubines. Although concubines can be called the main position in a palace, they are actually not rare and not valuable. When the emperor favors them, they have some say and status in the palace. If the emperor does not favor them, then they are nothing.

Liu Ming was so anxious that his hair turned white. He also hoped to help Liu Zhirou in his own way, but he couldn't figure out how he could make the emperor trust him.

Xianfei's father, General Lin, has extraordinary command ability. He can command thousands of troops for the emperor, resist attacks from foreign enemies, and suppress those who have evil intentions.

Although Defei's brother is not as capable as General Lin, he is the emperor's most trusted person and is in charge of the defense of the entire capital.

Liu Ming had nothing. He was neither as talented as General Lin, nor as good as General Piqi, who grew up with the emperor and was deeply trusted by the emperor.

The only thing worth praising about him is his good business ability, but are there not enough capable businessmen in the whole capital? Not to mention that other emperors have eight great imperial merchants under their command, each of whom is in charge of a certain area of ​​power, and each of them is a top smart person, so there is no need for an outsider like him.

Just when he was feeling depressed, the attendant around him suddenly reported to him that the mistress had come with the fifth young lady.

Liu Ming was about to wave his hand and say that he was upset and didn't want to see anyone, but suddenly he remembered that Liu Zhirou, who was working as a queen far away in the palace, was born from Zhao's belly after all, and Zhao had always taken good care of her, and the mother and daughter had a deep relationship.

If he did this and angered Zhao, and if Zhao said a few bad things about him when she entered the palace, he might be greatly affected.

Moreover, although the Zhao family is now weak, it still has considerable influence, even surpassing the Liu family. If Liu Ming had not relied on having a good daughter to develop recklessly in the capital, the Liu family might not have developed as well as the Zhao family.

So he had to suppress the annoyance and dissatisfaction in his heart and ordered people to invite Zhao and Liu Zhilan in.

Zhao had no idea of ​​her husband's mixed feelings. He was very proud of himself at that time. His daughter was doing very well in the palace and had become a pillar of support for the family. Her husband was now very polite to her and her mother-in-law didn't dare to make things difficult for her anymore. Her former arrogant daughter-in-law had suffered a great misfortune and was divorced. If she didn't have a son, she would have been a winner in life.

Although Liu Zhen also respected her as mother, she was not born from his belly, and the mother and son were not particularly close. Zhao wanted to find a daughter-in-law who was similar to her, but there was no suitable candidate in her family.

After the relatives exchanged greetings, Zhao sat down leisurely and patted her little daughter gently.

"Lan'er, didn't you say you had something to tell the master? Why don't you say it?"

Liu Zhilan lowered her head slightly, and a blush appeared on her cheeks.

She had already thought about it, but as a little girl, she was shy after all, and was too embarrassed to speak her mind in front of her parents.

Liu Ming's heart moved slightly, and an incredible idea came to his mind. He looked at Liu Zhilan carefully, and finally shook his head helplessly.

No, no, although Liu Zhilan could be considered a beauty, she was far inferior to her sister. If she were in an ordinary family, she might be praised as exquisite, but if she were sent to the palace, she would be nothing more than ordinary.

Moreover, Liu Zhilan's personality is too impetuous and erratic, making her unsuitable for entering the palace.

At this time, Liu Ming suddenly missed his fourth daughter Liu Zhijin, whom he had sent to the farm. Apart from anything else, Liu Zhijin was extremely beautiful, exactly like her mother who was once famous all over the world.

Her character could be considered good in the past. If she had not become crazy and talked nonsense later, Liu Ming would not have given up this useful chess piece so quickly.

As for the second daughter, Liu Zhijing, it is better not to mention her. She is timid and plain-looking, a completely useless waste.

The remaining daughters are still young and will be of no use for the next one or two years.

Liu Zhilan hesitated for a long time, but finally started to talk about her girlish thoughts.