In the Yangxin Palace, Yixiu and Hongli sat opposite each other. After Yixiu finished talking about what happened today, Hongli seemed a little guilty, "Actually, Bai Da and Bai Guan's daughter was pregnant. She told me yesterday, so I allowed her to ride in the sedan chair."

Yixiu agreed and said, "The emperor doesn't have many children, and the roads are slippery in winter, so a pregnant Baiguan woman naturally needs extra care."

The more generous Yixiu acted, the more guilty Hongli felt. He didn't understand this feeling when he was in the mansion before, but after he entered the palace and his wife became the queen, he understood it.

The queen's attitude and feelings towards him were not like a wife's towards her husband, but rather like an elder's towards a younger generation. She was born to be a queen, just like her name, Langya blessed land, the glory of women.

She managed the affairs of the six palaces, treated the concubines well, and raised children very well. When encountering things like today, she would treat everyone equally, handle them impartially, and take the overall situation into consideration. This would not make the other concubines feel dissatisfied, and would also suppress the concubines' thoughts of being arrogant because of their favor.

Hongli: "But... the Queen, aren't you afraid of making me unhappy by doing this?"

What does it matter if you are unhappy? I dare to do this not because of your favor, but because of my powerful family background and healthy and intelligent children.

No matter what she thought in her heart, Yixiu still said politely: "I cannot and dare not change the emperor's mind. I can only do what I should do as the queen."

As expected, it was not the love a wife had for her husband. Hongli once again accepted his fate and secretly sighed that there was no perfect person in the world.

Hongli: "The Queen handled it very well. I am not unhappy."

In the more than half a year since he ascended the throne, he has become very familiar with the Queen's style of doing things. Most of the time, she is virtuous and generous, and tolerant to her subordinates. She only strictly controls matters of status and positions of concubines. He even thinks that she is a bit stingy in controlling positions.

For example, when he wanted to promote Hailan to the position of concubine, he was stopped by the Queen, on the grounds that Hailan had no children, and if the positions of high-ranking concubines were filled too early, it would be difficult to make arrangements for new sisters who entered the palace with outstanding family backgrounds.

He thought about it and agreed. The Queen was never stingy in rewarding the concubines, and she never cared about the occasional overstepping of the boundaries by the favorite concubines such as Ruyi. I think she would not deliberately suppress the status of the concubines, she just kept a strict control.

It is better to be stricter, so as not to make their appetites too big and difficult to control in the future. It is better to let them work hard to give birth to children for him and then get promoted.

If Yixiu knew that Hongli thought of her this way, she would laugh to death. She hated the concubines getting pregnant and hated the concubines being promoted too quickly. She had to make concessions in terms of offspring for the sake of reputation, which could only strengthen her control over the title.

When Zhen Huan in Cining Palace found out, she scolded Bai Ruiji for being stupid.

Zhen Huan: "I was not favored to begin with, and finally I was promoted to concubine. I was also blessed to be the first one to get pregnant after entering the palace. But before I could even be happy, I was overjoyed and ended up in tragedy."

Fu Jia: "The Baiguan girl is of humble origin and has a shallow eye."

Zhen Huan: "It's because the Queen is too capable that she demoted the pregnant concubine so easily, and the Emperor didn't even object. She's really difficult to deal with and keeps ruining my plans."

She didn't want to see the emperor and empress being of one mind, and she also didn't want the empress to be happy. She thought that with Concubine Xian around, there would definitely be a rift between the two of them.

But now it seems that the queen is very smart, and she has made a plan since she entered the palace. She won over the noble concubines with outstanding family backgrounds, gave birth to legitimate sons and daughters first, and secretly cultivated the seedlings of favorite concubines. She did not hesitate to endure for so many years, and only pushed Hai Guiren out after she entered the palace.

"One step at a time, she is steady and determined. Look at the noble lady she picked, Hai Guiren. She is stunningly beautiful, timid but cautious. She was born in a humble family but is a member of the Mongolian Army. She also spent so much time and effort to teach her many talents. Even I can't find a better candidate."

Fu Jia: "The queen is willing to spend time and effort to cultivate a concubine for her husband."

"So she is smart. As long as she can share Concubine Xian's favor, she will have no objection." Zhen Huan showed sarcasm. "Besides, it is not right for her as the queen to compete with the concubines for favor. She will always have to push someone up."

"Jin Changzai wanted to join her, but she ignored him and cultivated Hai Guiren on her own. I think she not only saw the emperor's preferences, but also understood the emperor's grudges against foreign concubines. I can't let the queen become too powerful, otherwise there will be no place for me in the harem."

Fu Jia thought of something and said, "The Imperial Concubine and Concubine Xian have not been pregnant for many years. It seems that the Queen has tampered with the pair of lotus bracelets."

Zhen Huan shook her head. "She is so smart and cautious, she would have dealt with it long ago. Yonglian is already grown up. Bai Ruiji is useless, so I have to find someone new."

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