I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

The emperor went out of the palace on a secret visit and brought back a beautiful girl from the folk. This news soon spread in the palace.

Everyone who saw her said that the girl looked very much like the once-favored Concubine Chun. Of course, Ai Ziyi also heard this news, so she simply found a young palace maid who worked in Yong'an Palace and who she had evidence against, and questioned her.

"This is all I know. Empress Lan, please spare my life..." The little palace maid knelt tremblingly, looking extremely frightened.

Ai Ziyi was fiddling with her armor out of boredom, secretly sighing in her heart that one day, she would become the person she once hated the most. However, she did not feel any regrets, as blood debt can only be repaid with blood.

She now only hated herself for being so naive and easy to trust others, but it seemed not too late to change now.

"Am I someone who doesn't know how to deal with things and only knows how to make trouble? All right, get off now."

Ai Ziyi had no intention of squeezing out a person once she caught him. To her, these servants who had been used as evidence by her were all sustainable resources. There was no need to give them up unless it was absolutely necessary. It was not easy to plant a chess piece of her own in Yong'an Palace.

The little palace maid felt as if she had been pardoned. She quickly got up from the ground and ran away.

"Your Majesty..." Cuizhi came up hesitantly. She had been under a lot of psychological pressure these days. Although she had completed the steps of serving the emperor in bed with Ai Ziyi's deliberate indulgence, the emperor obviously had no feelings for her. It would be better to say that the emperor had forgotten about her after sleeping with her and did not even give her a position.

Therefore, her current position in Qixiang Palace is quite awkward. She is called a palace maid but she doesn't act like a palace maid, and she is called a lady but she doesn't act like a lady.

"Don't act so flustered. Since I said I would give you wealth, I will naturally give you wealth." Ai Ziyi looked at her coldly. She actually looked down on Cuizhi's character. She would be arrogant when good things happened and panic when bad things happened. She didn't have a calm temperament. Such a person would only be at the bottom of the society.

"Yes, yes, I am sorry for talking too much." Cuizhi nodded in panic. Her hope for the next half of her life was on Ai Ziyi. How dare she offend this financial sponsor?

"Okay, go back and have a good rest. If you can give birth to the baby successfully, you will be our great hero!" Ai Ziyi said with a smile to comfort her, but Cuizhi felt even more psychologically stressed.

It had only been a few days since she was favored by the emperor. Who knew whether she was pregnant with the emperor's child?

Cuizhi certainly hoped that she could have a boy at once, but she knew in her heart that this was quite unrealistic. At the beginning, only Concubine Chun could do this, but she succeeded in getting pregnant after receiving the emperor's favor twice.

Cuizhi wanted to emulate Concubine Chun's path to promotion, but she didn't think she would be so lucky?

If she fails to get pregnant by then, who knows how Concubine Lan, who is so kind to her now, will treat her.

Thinking of this, Cuizhi became more and more panicked, and wanted to escape from Qixiang Palace immediately, but she also knew that in the outside world, she was now a foxy woman who betrayed her master and seduced the emperor. No concubine would easily accept someone like her. All she could do was to follow Ai Ziyi all the way to the end.

"Empress, Miss Du is here." At this time, a message suddenly came from outside the palace. Ai Ziyi was a little surprised, but didn't say anything. She just turned around and saw Cuizhi looking uneasy, so she had to ask her to go back.

"Okay, go back first, take good care of yourself, and don't think too much."

As soon as Ai Ziyi finished speaking, Cuizhi hurriedly bowed her head to express her gratitude, then left in a hurry.

Du Baolin hurriedly entered the room and bowed to Ai Ziyi. Ai Ziyi did not embarrass her and directly signaled her to find a seat.

"Empress Lan, something terrible has happened!" Du Baolin spoke impatiently as soon as he sat down, without even taking a sip of tea.

"What's the matter that's worth you being so flustered?" Ai Ziyi was quite calm. She knew what kind of person Du Baolin was. He was just a concubine who was crazy about being favored. No matter who was favored, Du Baolin would go up to them and try to get close to them.

The emperor did not like Du Baolin, and Du Baolin did not have any wisdom to stand out from the crowd. It was just because of her good family background and the fact that she did not have the courage to do anything bad, so the emperor just let her run around in the palace.

"If something big hadn't happened, I wouldn't have come to you in such a hurry. Do you know the little girl that the emperor brought back before?" Du Baolin was so impatient that he didn't even bother to be polite.

"The emperor is bored of staying in the palace, so he goes outside to change his taste, that's all, what's the big deal?" Ai Ziyi's attitude was still indifferent. Although she tried her best to create an image that she loved the emperor to death in front of the emperor, she didn't pretend much in front of the concubines. There were few concubines in the palace who were not shrewd. The pretended affection had long been seen through by others, making them a laughing stock.

Moreover, even when she was expressing her love most solemnly, she would not try to influence the emperor's decision in her own way. There was no other reason, it was just the self-cultivation of a favorite concubine.

"Oh, it's not just a change of taste. Do you know who that girl is?" Du Baolin was as anxious as a dog whose bone was about to be snatched away.

"What identity?" Ai Ziyi already had an idea in her mind, but she still asked according to Du Baolin's wishes.

"She is Concubine Chun's biological sister! If this little girl is allowed to enter the palace smoothly and gain great favor, the Liu sisters will control the emperor and dominate the harem, and there will be no place for concubines and others to stand!"

"I know that Concubine Lan and Concubine Chun have a very good relationship, but Concubine Lan should also consider herself. No matter how good your relationship with Concubine Chun is, it is just some affection gathered after entering the palace. But this little girl is Concubine Chun's biological sister. Is it safer to support a friend you have known for a short time, or to support your biological sister who you have seen grow up? I don't need to tell you this, right?"

"Concubine Chun is still pregnant. If she really gives birth to a prince and is successfully appointed as the crown prince, then it will not be a problem for her to become a noble concubine because of her son's status. This little girl will become the noble concubine's sister, so naturally there will be no obstacles in the palace. In the future, we will all depend on her!"

After getting permission, Du Baolin immediately fired countless words like a submachine gun, hoping that in this way he could convince Ai Ziyi to stand on the same front with him and suppress the arrogance of the Liu sisters.

Ai Ziyi just found it very funny.

Not to mention that Liu Zhirou had helped her many times before, just the personalities of the two were as different as heaven and earth.

Ai Ziyi had been favored and had also fallen out of favor, but no matter what time it was, Liu Zhirou never gave up on her. Not only was she close to her in daily life, but she also never forgot to speak well of her when meeting the emperor.

But Du Baolin had hardly received the emperor's favor, and only hoped that others would say something good about her, but she didn't want to help others at all. This kind of person has low character, and only wants to use others as a tool, and wants to fool her?

Not to mention Ai Ziyi, who has experienced a lot now, even Ai Ziyi, who had just entered the palace, could not have fallen into her evil scheme.

However, Ai Ziyi has changed to some extent. At least if she had just entered the palace, she would have thrown down her teacup and ordered the people around her to kick out this random provocateur. But now she can at least make a few false promises and then politely ask the people around her to send the guest away - there is no completely unusable garbage in this world, and fools have their own ways of using them.

However, this matter is indeed worth pondering. Did Ah Rou know that her sister had met the emperor by chance and was brought into the palace by the emperor? Was this an accidental result or a long-planned plan?

Ai Ziyi fell into deep thought. She decided to write a letter to Liu Zhirou first to find out her opinion on the matter, so as to adjust her attitude towards Liu Zhilan. If it was an accident, it would be fine. But if she was jealous of her sister's wealth and deliberately came in to snatch a man, Ai Ziyi was not going to indulge her.