"Her Majesty, Koriyet is dead."

On the second day after Hai Lan froze to death in the Ministry of Punishment, Fu Jia received the news and told the Queen Mother immediately.

"died?"

The Queen Mother was quite puzzled.

"The Queen never asked the Ministry of Punishment to treat them harshly. It's just that their food was not good enough and a little cold, but they wouldn't die in a short time."

Fu Jia stepped forward and said to the Queen Mother:

"Madam Koriyete froze to death. She had not eaten anything for several days. She gave all her food and sleep to Madam Ulanara.

Yesterday, there was a conflict with the Ulanara clan. The Ulanara clan knew the truth about Ling Yunche's death."

The Queen Mother put down the book she was holding.

"But Ulanara is determined to blame Koriyete for this?"

Fuga nodded.

The Queen Mother was silent for a while, stroking the book in her hand.

The Queen Mother thought back to the time when the Third Prince was selected for the imperial examination.

At that time, Yixiu probably really loved Ruyi. Yixiu's original intention was to refer to Ruyi as the Third Prince's legitimate wife, and it was Ruyi who deliberately displeased the Third Prince during the selection.

When Ruyi was selected for the imperial examination, she never even looked at the Third Prince.

At the end of the selection, the Queen Mother still had doubts with Concubine Jinggui.

"I really didn't expect that the Ulanara princess disliked the Third Prince so much."

Concubine Jinggui has a pair of eyes that are different from others.

"When a woman gets married, she is supposed to obey arrangements. The current situation of the Ulanara family is not necessarily good, and Princess Qingying does not like the Third Prince.

Either Princess Qingying really doesn’t want to enter the harem, or Princess Qingying doesn’t want to enter the harem of the Third Prince.”

The Queen Mother's mind buzzed. She recalled a time when the palace was hosting a play and the princesses outside the palace were invited to watch it together. That time, she accidentally saw Hongli and Qingying talking and laughing.

Later, the Empress Dowager asked Hongli, but Hongli did not admit anything.

"My son and Sister Qingying have known each other since childhood. They watched a play together today. My son found that Sister Qingying had her own ideas and understandings about the play. He found it interesting and spoke a few more words to Sister Qingying, but nothing else."

Although the Queen Mother did not raise Hongli since childhood, she still knew him a little bit. She had already made an estimate of the future development of Qingying and Hongli.

"A princess with her own ideas, and a prince who quietly makes a living under my command. They are a perfect match."

The Queen Mother’s prediction was absolutely correct.

Qingying arrived late at Hongli's selection. The Ruyi that Hongli handed over made the empress dowager see the couple more clearly.

It's just a tactic of playing hard to get.

When Hongli failed in his first attempt to choose Qingying, Concubine Jinggui came to talk to the Queen Mother.

"After all, she wanted to be the empress dowager's daughter-in-law. If she hadn't been so pretentious, the position of the first wife would have been hers."

The Queen Mother laughed.

"People without blessings cannot afford such a favor. However, she is my daughter-in-law, and there is no way around it."

Concubine Jinggui was an intelligent person. After a little thought, she comforted the Queen Mother.

"Fourth Prince has grown up and always has his own ideas. If our Longyue falls in love with a good husband in the future, I can do nothing about it."

The Queen Mother responded with a smile, "Respectful Concubine."

"Thank you for your kindness, sister. I'm fine. I just thought that the grudge between the good Ulanara family would be settled here, but now it seems that it is not possible."

The Empress Dowager felt several times that Ruyi was the most disgusting and vicious method that Yixiu had left for her.

A jealous concubine, a queen who doesn't care about the affairs of the harem, and even a concubine who openly gets close to men.

The Queen Mother really had to sigh at how vicious Yixiu was.

The Empress Dowager could even imagine how Yixiu had instilled in her niece, whose mind was filled with only love, so many words of advice to cherish the opportunity and stay with Hongli.

Yixiu was calculating all his life. He made careful plans for others, but he did not teach Qingying any plan.

Yixiu knew that if such a stupid niece entered Hongli's harem, she would have an uneasy life.

The Empress Dowager still remembered the words that were passed into the palace when Ruyi came to pay her respects to Langya on the second day after her marriage.

"Fu Jin said at the time that Qing Fu Jin was lucky to be the first to serve the emperor, and that she had worked hard and should be rewarded. Qing Fu Jin said nothing.

The A-ruo in front of her laughed at the concubine in front of everyone, saying that it was a blessing for the concubine that the concubine didn't care, and that Xiyue Gege wouldn't dare to care either."

At that time, she had only been in the palace for three days. Neither Langya nor Xiyue had been favored by Hongli, so they were naturally angry but dared not say anything. They all praised Qingying for being so lucky, after all, she had a childhood sweetheart friendship with Hongli.

"I remember that Concubine Qing said that he and the Fourth Prince were as close as brothers, so how could she choose the Fourth Prince's concubine? Now that she turned around, things are suddenly different."

Aunt Fuga's words were so irritating that the Queen Mother laughed.

"What can I do? The women in the harem compete for favor only to see who can cry, laugh, and make noises. Our Qing Fu Jin is different.

She is stepping on women's faces and acting like a misogynist. Men always get carried away sometimes."

The Queen Mother is absolutely right.

A few days later, when Hongli stayed in Qingying Pavilion again, he heard her talking to the Fourth Prince:

"Brother Hongli, you come to my place again. I'm really worried that Fu Jin and Princess Xiyue will be unhappy.

But I am different from Lady Fu Jin and Princess Xiyue. I just want Brother Hongli to accompany me so that I can feel comfortable and you can come over more often.

If one day Brother Hongli feels tired of accompanying me, he can also accompany Fu Jin and Princess Xiyue. All I need is Brother Hongli’s promise. "

In the newlywed days, Fu Jin behaved kindly and virtuously, which was nice but boring. Gao Xiyue was interesting, but she wanted to monopolize Hongli, which Hongli naturally did not want.

Qingying is better. She is willing to let him go wherever he wants.

That was what she said, but Qingying showed something else. The next day, the emperor really went to see the legitimate wife. Qingying was so upset that she didn't eat anything the whole night.

He even pretended that he was just feeling unwell and had a poor appetite, and gave special instructions to Ah Ruo.

"A Ruo, I can't eat because I have a poor appetite. Don't go out and tell lies. If the prince hears it, he will be worried again."

Not surprisingly, Hongli came to accompany Qingying the next day. Hongli took her into his arms and advised:

"Why don't you have a meal? Are you unhappy that I stayed at Fu Jin's place last night?"

Qingying shook her head and smiled.

"No, Your Highness, where did you hear that I didn't eat? I was just not feeling well. You must have heard Ah Ruo's nonsense."

Hongli was delighted by this commotion. Young people always like to be admired. The emperor was very proud that Qingying was jealous of him, Langya and Xiyue.

"When you are a newlywed, you are inevitably young and immature. You can act a little bit like a little woman in front of your husband. At that time, men will be more likely to fall for your tricks. But when a man is no longer facing a room full of women, his attitude changes."

"Especially for an emperor, he would be ashamed to admit that he had ever favored his concubines and tolerated their seductiveness."

The Queen Mother said these words when Hongli ascended the throne and continued to have conflicts with Qingying.

The emperor is the empress dowager's son, there is nothing the empress dowager doesn't know.

How could the emperor not notice that the empress dowager was reaching out to the harem? Otherwise, he would not have said so many words on the surface to help Empress Fucha.

However, the emperor's ultimate goal was not to reprimand Fu Cha Langya, but to let the concubines in the harem know that this is no longer a shallow residence, the rules are strict and there are many things to do.

Especially Qingying, who used to be good at understanding the emperor, knew that the emperor had his own helplessness. Look, the queen has been scolded, and I can't visit you often.

Qingying knew that she was not liked by the Queen Mother and that even the Empress was scolded, so she behaved herself for a while.

The emperor tried this method and it worked every time.

"Come on, follow me to the Ministry of Punishment to see her and see the last resort that Ulanara left for me."

When the Queen Mother arrived at the Ministry of Punishment, she saw Ruyi staring at Hai Lan lying on the ground with an expressionless face.

The look in her eyes made people feel that the person who died was just an insignificant person, not the good sister who had protected her for many years.

The Queen Mother sighed.

"The emperor will do whatever he wants."

The jailer ordered someone to take Hailan's body away, and according to the rules, he gave Yongqi some respect and buried Hailan as a concubine.

The Queen Mother sat on an unstable bench. The jailer came up to change her, but she refused. When she was at Lingyun Peak, she had lived in worse conditions than this, and it was not the first time that the Ministry of Punishment had come. She didn't care.

"This is not the first time I have come to the Ministry of Punishment."

The Empress Dowager was talking to Ruyi. She looked at the Empress Dowager woodenly. This time she was no longer sitting still, but standing. Except for her pair of armor moving constantly, there was no other movement.

"I once went to the Ministry of Punishment to save Cui Jinxi.

You should have heard that Cui Jinxi was my maid, and she was the wife of Su Peisheng, the chief eunuch beside the late emperor. "

There was a glimmer of light in Ruyi's eyes.

She almost forgot about this incident. She was puzzled as to why Su Peisheng and Cui Jinxi, both eunuchs, had such a good ending. The Queen Mother had let them leave the palace many years ago.

The Queen Mother knew Ruyi's thoughts and said to her:

"Because Su Peisheng is a real eunuch, and because Su Peisheng is devoted to the late emperor."

"The most important thing is that Cui Jinxi is just a palace maid."

Ruyi was speechless. She really wanted to ask why Ling Yunche had such a tragic end.

"I never liked you."

When Ruyi heard this, she looked up at the Queen Mother and said silently:

"No, I know."

Ruyi could no longer call herself a concubine. She had been deposed by the emperor and had no status at all. It was very embarrassing.

The Queen Mother said with great interest:

"You probably don't know that your aunt never intended to let you leave the palace. The wife you choose for the Third Prince must be a concubine. If you can't become the Third Prince's concubine, you must be the Emperor's person."

Ruyi couldn't believe it. How could her aunt be such a person? Her confused eyes fell on the empress dowager.

"Doesn't your aunt know you better than I do? How could your aunt not know that you and the emperor were flirting with each other?

If you are chosen as the Third Prince's concubine, you must serve your aunt obediently. If you are chosen as the Emperor's concubine, you will naturally not recognize your aunt, but you will not be filial to me either.

Your aunt is so calculating that she has put a person like you under my nose and wants me to see you and the emperor grow up together."

Ruyi was unable to utter a word, but just twisted her body uneasily.

It seemed that what the Queen Mother said was true. Thinking back to what she had done in the past, it turned out to be exactly what the Queen Mother said.

She was favored by the Emperor, but was never liked by the Empress Dowager.

"I changed your name to Ruyi that day. Actually, I didn't want to change your name. It's just that you were not as stupid as you are now."

"At that time, your aunt's castration still made you behave yourself. But after I changed your name, you became more fearless."

"Your aunt really knows you very well."

The Queen Mother laughed. Her laugh was quite refreshing.

Yixiu is really good at scheming. She lets such a stupid woman stir up trouble in the emperor's harem. Most of the things in the harem are related to Ruyi.

During the time of the previous emperor, it was inevitable that the concubines would scheme against each other, but most of the time, it was for their children and their future. Only Ruyi was different.

He always quarreled with the emperor over trivial matters and treated others coldly.

She doesn't even look like a concubine, she looks like a hateful child who only knows how to compete for favor.

It doesn't matter who you are or what you do. If her needs aren't met, she'll get upset.

The former dynasty and the harem are one, the emperor's face, in Ruyi's heart, they mean nothing.

Even after the Empress Dowager said this, Ruyi still looked confused.

She didn't understand what she had done wrong. She really didn't understand, she just thought that maybe her aunt had schemed and used her.

The Empress Dowager saw that she couldn't explain it clearly to Ruyi, so she got up and left without saying anything more.

"Treat her as you did Mrs. Koriette."

The Queen Mother had no intention of killing Ruyi. It's a pity that such a thing died so early.

The Queen Mother walked step by step towards the Ministry of Punishment.

With every step she took, the Queen Mother thought back to the past.

She supported the emperor to ascend the throne with one hand, and raised her son with the other hand, but Yixiu took advantage of the situation and used Qingying to easily sow discord between them. The empress dowager had endured this for many years.

The Queen Mother had been waiting for the day when something bad would happen to Ulanara herself.

When the Queen Mother came out, the sun had also come out. Although it was snowing, the Queen Mother felt warm in her heart.

"Fujia, accompany me to Anhua Temple. I want to burn some incense for Yixiu."

The Queen Mother lit three incense sticks and was about to offer them, but a gust of wind blew them out. Fu Jia took out a fire starter and was about to light them again, but the Queen Mother signaled.

"No need. It seems that Yixiu is unwilling to admit that she has lost and is unwilling to accept my incense. That is not her choice."

After saying this, the Queen Mother directly inserted the unlit incense.

"Whether you like it or not, she is still your niece. You kept her by my side and annoyed me for decades. Now she is finally no longer favored by the emperor.

The women of the Ulanara clan will be returned to you, the Ulanara clan.

I will never allow the Ulanara family to interfere with the Aixinjueluo Kingdom. "

After the Queen Mother said this, she laughed again.

"Yixiu is very stingy. I can even imagine that if I could meet my old friend, Imperial Noble Consort Dunsu, in the underworld, she would definitely ride in a sedan chair to watch Yixiu make a fool of herself."

"If I am not wrong, Yixiu will have a headache again. Imperial Noble Consort Dunsu will definitely not let Yixiu go easily.

I think it won’t be long before the story about Yixiu’s niece is spread everywhere, and then Yixiu will really have a headache.”

"Perhaps, Yixiu will also be generous enough to meet the Imperial Noble Consort Dunsu, and maybe even say something. Why? Isn't Yikun Palace your territory?"

"It's really interesting."

The Queen Mother only needed to think that if she could meet these people again in the future and talk to them again, it would be a pleasure.

Fuga also smiled.

"In the end, the Queen Mother won over the Ulanara clan."

The Queen Mother sighed.

"Yes. I finally won against the Ulanara clan."

The Queen Mother and Fu Jia walked out of the Anhua Hall, and another gust of wind passed by. Three incense sticks were lit.

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