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Xie Shuyi is the prime minister's granddaughter. In her previous life, she married into the palace and became the empress of a middle-aged emperor. Her luck was neither good nor bad, and she became the empress dowager. However, the prince who ascended the throne was not her child.

Later, the late emperor's brother, the Prince of Qin, rebelled, led a large army into the palace, and killed both the new emperor and Xie Shuyi.

Xie Shuyi was reborn, one year before she entered the palace. At that time, she had just come of age, and her grandfather, who was the prime minister, had not yet asked the emperor to establish a queen.

Xie Shuyi had no plans to enter the palace and become a queen in this life. She wanted to marry the King of Qin and become his consort. After the King of Qin rebelled, she would still be the queen second only to the emperor.

The King of Qin is young and handsome, and will not die early. She can also have her own children. When her children ascend the throne, she will be the biological mother of the new emperor, and it will not be as embarrassing as in her previous life.

However, the prime minister disagreed. He believed that the emperor was only 45 years old and would not die young, while the King of Qin was young but did not have much power.

Within two years, she was sent to the vassal state by the emperor. At that time, the emperor was far away and there was no one to support Xie Shuyi when she was wronged.

Despite Xie Shuyi's protest, the prime minister still agreed, but the position of queen must only belong to the Xie family.

It’s just that the Xie family didn’t have any girls of the right age, so after choosing and choosing, they finally chose the original owner.

The original owner was the youngest daughter of the prime minister's eldest daughter. She was extremely beautiful, but timid and indecisive, making her a perfect tool for the Xie family.

The original owner married into the palace with great ceremony and became the empress, while Xie Shuyi married the King of Qin. Xie Shuyi waited and waited, but the emperor never died.

But in order to help the King of Qin rebel, Xie Shuyi asked the prime minister to give the original owner a secret medicine, and through the original owner, poisoned the emperor.

Later, when the emperor passed away, the King of Qin rebelled under the banner of purging the court and broke into the palace before the new emperor ascended the throne.

The original owner was accused of plotting to murder the previous emperor, demoted to a commoner, and then imprisoned and beheaded along with her natal family.

The original owner was clearly marrying in place of Xie Shuyi, but in the end her whole family suffered a miserable death. It was pitiful and tragic.

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"Shan'er, are you willing to enter the palace and become the queen?"

Zhang's mother looked at Zhang Shan nervously and distressedly. Her daughter was dull and cowardly. Could she really survive after entering the palace, a place where people were killed without blinking an eye?

Zhang Shan never raised her head, but her eyes were red.

"Grandfather wants Shan'er to enter the palace, so Shan'er has to enter the palace. Mother doesn't have to worry about Shan'er. Shan'er is the queen, second only to the emperor and above everyone else. No one will bully Shan'er, and Grandfather won't let Shan'er suffer any injustice."

"My Shan'er~" Zhang's mother hugged Zhang Shan in her arms.

Although Zhang's mother was the daughter of Prime Minister Xie, she was the daughter of a concubine and was not favored by the Prime Minister. She made a living under the care of her stepmother, pretending to be obedient and clever, and her character was very weak.

The Zhang family is not a large clan. Zhang's father was born in a poor family and was favored by the prime minister. However, the prime minister's daughter did not want to marry Zhang's father who had no background. In the end, she found Zhang's mother from a corner and married her.

Under pressure from the prime minister's power, Zhang's father left Zhang's mother alone for the rest of his life. However, Zhang's mother was fertile and gave birth to four sons and two daughters in succession. Zhang Shan was the youngest child.

Zhang Shan’s dowry was all paid by the Prime Minister’s Mansion. After all, you can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing a child.

However, Xie Shuyi felt a little uncomfortable when she saw that something that originally belonged to her was given to her cousin Zhang Shan.

The dowry prepared by the prime minister was indeed all good things. When the dowry was displayed, many people admired the prime minister's wealth and generosity for preparing such a generous dowry for his granddaughter.

On the wedding day, Xie Shuyi was feeding fish in the garden in a depressed mood. King Qin came from the corridor behind her and stopped behind her.

"Miss Xie, do you regret it? It is not a wise move to give up the position of Queen and marry a small prince like me who has no real power and is about to be banished from the capital."

Xie Shuyi put down the fish food, stood up and looked into King Qin's half-smiling eyes. Suddenly, he felt a little scared.

In his previous life, this man looked at her with the same eyes and then stabbed her in the heart.

She subconsciously touched her heart. Fortunately, she was reborn and would never make the same mistake again in her life.

"It was this prince who frightened Miss Xie."

Xie Shuyi quickly shook her head, "I have met Your Majesty. I am pleased with you and have not regretted marrying you. I believe that you will achieve great things one day."

Xie Shuyi didn't notice that the smile on King Qin's face faded and a flash of murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

This stupid woman, does she know what she is talking about?

I wonder if marrying a woman like this is a blessing or a curse?

There is no doubt that marrying Xie Shuyi is equivalent to gaining the support of the prime minister's lineage.

But Xie Shuyi obviously doesn't seem to be very smart, so she won't hold him back, right?

As both are legitimate sons of the late emperor, why can his second brother become emperor but he can’t?

The Prince of Qin was very upset about this, but he disguised himself very well when facing the emperor, otherwise he would not have allowed the emperor to keep him in the capital for so long.

No one knew about the conversation between the two in the garden, and everyone's attention was on Zhang Shan.

The emperor and Zhang Shan performed the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven together. They stood on the high altar, overlooking the civil and military officials who were prostrating themselves on the ground, especially Prime Minister Xie who was kneeling at the front of the officials.

She will always stand tall and step on them, leaving them no chance to turn over.

It was the first time that Xie Shuyi felt the solemnity of the Queen's enthronement ceremony.

She could no longer remember the feeling of standing on a high platform in her previous life.

"In the future, I will be able to ascend to that position again. I am the queen of destiny. Now I am just lent to that bitch Zhang Shan. In two years, I will take it all back!" Xie Shuyi comforted herself.

The emperor had gained weight in his middle age, with a big belly, a double chin, and yellow and oily skin. When Zhang Shan came out of the shower, she saw him rolling around on the bed.

After that, Zhang Shan dripped two drops of chicken blood on the bed and then went back to the side hall to rest.

There was no empress dowager in the palace. The emperor's mother died of complications during childbirth when giving birth to the Prince of Qin. After that, the late emperor did not appoint another empress, which showed that they had a deep affection for each other.

But this emperor was not that affectionate towards his empress. Zhang Shan was his fourth empress. The previous empress died of illness due to various problems and left no children.

But the emperor has many children, five princes, six princesses, and the eldest prince is already twenty-five years old.

But the emperor had a common problem among all emperors, that is, suspicion. The older princes had not received any imperial education and their abilities were average, so after the emperor passed away and the eldest prince ascended the throne, he was led by the nose by the court officials.

"Your Majesty, the ladies of the palace are already waiting in the main hall. Would you like to order breakfast first?"

Zhang Shan yawned and signaled the palace maid to serve the meal. She was the queen and she wanted to eat breakfast, so they could only wait.

Two cups of tea had already been served in the hall before Zhang Shan slowly came out.

"let's start."

The third prince's biological mother, the Imperial Concubine, started the procession by paying great respects to Zhang Shan. The people kneeling in front were about the same age as the emperor, but only the Imperial Concubine had given birth to a child.

"Get up, I don't know you sisters yet, how should I address you?"

No matter how young she is, because of her status as queen, all the concubines have to call her sister.

"Your Highness, I am here to see Her Majesty the Queen."

"Your humble servant, Consort Liu, pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen."

"Your humble servant, Consort Fang, pays respect to Her Majesty the Empress."

……

An hour later, Zhang Shan dismissed all the concubines.

But this is not the end yet. In the afternoon, we will welcome the royal concubine, princess, and married princesses.

The ladies of honor were received on the second day. The original owner's grandmother was the chief of these ladies of honor. She was sixty-three years old, but she was well maintained and behaved like a kind and amiable noble lady.

"My wife pays homage to the Queen."

Zhang Shan put down her teacup and personally helped Old Madam Xie up. "Grandma, please get up. You are the elder. How can I accept your kneeling respect?"

Madam Xie followed Zhang Shan's force and sat on the chair that had been prepared long ago. "Your Majesty is the Queen, and I am your subject. You deserve this kneeling from me."

Although she was unwilling to let the bastard born by the bastard become the queen, she represented the Prime Minister's Office and could not hold the Prime Minister back.

Although Old Madam Xie was ruthless and had the final say in the mansion, she still considered the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion outside.

At this time, Zhang's mother also sat on Zhang Shan's right, which was the seat Zhang Shan reserved for her.

"If I accept Grandmother's full gift, people will say that I will become arrogant when I succeed. Grandmother, please don't make things difficult for me."

After pressing Madam Xie to sit on the chair, Zhang Shan greeted the ladies one by one, this time not as formally as she did to the empress.

"How is Madam Gao's health lately?"

"I heard that Madam Lin has a sore throat, and I just happened to get a can of cough and lung syrup. Chuntao, take it back to Madam Lin later."

……

Zhang Shan did it perfectly, which made Old Madam Xie frown. Could they control such a queen?

Three months later, Xie Shuyi married the King of Qin. Zhang Shan could not attend the wedding, but she did give her a gift.

On the happy day, when Xie Shuyi heard that Zhang Shan was pregnant, the smile on her face disappeared, and she came to the Prince Qin's mansion with a sullen face.

The young couple did not have a happy night. They each had their own thoughts and were sleeping in the same bed but had different dreams.

After Zhang Shan became pregnant, the harem never stopped using tricks. Zhang Shan dealt with many people, but there were still some people who were not afraid of death.

Some of it was the emperor's work, which was also within Zhang Shan's expectations.

This emperor has too strong a desire for control, and now he feels that he is still young and it is not the time for him to train an heir, so he does not want any prince to appear who can affect his power.

Zhang Shan was not angry, after all, the child was not his.

The child was born amidst the siege of the crowd. He was a prince. The emperor seemed to like him very much, but he didn't give him a name for a long time.

Not long after Xie Shuyi married the King of Qin, they left the capital for their fiefdom. She took away dozens of boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, leaving deep ruts wherever her carriage passed.

But they were unlucky and encountered bandits. Not only were Xie Shuyi's dowry and her belongings robbed, but King Qin's belongings were also lost.

"Let's go back now and ask my father to ask the emperor to send troops to suppress the bandits and get my dowry back!"

Xie Shuyi's eyes were red, these dowries were her confidence, and they were all capital to help the King of Qin rebel.

The King of Qin was also furious, but this place was thousands of miles away from the capital, and there were no carriages left. If they wanted to go back, they would have to walk on foot.

"As long as everyone is safe, we still have a chance."

After pacifying Xie Shuyi, the King of Qin planned to go to nearby Yangqu and ask his fifth brother to help escort him.

If it had been in the past, he would have been disdainful of his fifth brother, Prince Yang, but now he had to ask for help, so he had to lower his posture.

After going through untold hardships, King Qin and Xie Shuyi finally arrived in Qinzhou.

Before they could settle down, news of the emperor's death reached Qinzhou.

So the couple returned to the capital.

"Xie Shuyi, do you regret it? If you hadn't married me, you would be the empress dowager now. The new emperor is young, and the empress dowager is in charge of government affairs from behind the curtain, commanding all officials. How majestic!"

You know what, Xie Shuyi really felt a little regretful, but he still denied it with a smile, "How could it be? The Queen Mother is just a widow, how can there be love and affection between husband and wife?"

The King of Qin snorted coldly.

When the two returned to the capital, the emperor had already been buried in the imperial mausoleum, but they still made it in time to attend the coronation ceremony of the new emperor.

Looking at Zhang Shan holding the new emperor in the hall, Xie Shuyi admitted that she felt a little regretful. If she had entered the palace and given birth to a prince sooner, it would not have been the eldest prince's turn to ascend the throne.

But when she thought that the King of Qin would successfully rebel two years later, her regret disappeared.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, Zhang Shan, in order to show his favor, changed the fiefdoms of those princes who had behaved well (at least on the surface). Some accepted and were eager to try, while others strongly opposed and cursed.

But imperial power was supreme, and when they did not have a strong army, they could only obey orders.

Except for their families and 5,000 private soldiers, they could not take anyone away, and decades of hard work went to waste.

There are only zero and countless times to change the fiefdom. If the princes don't understand Zhang Shan's desire to reduce the power of the princes, then they are too stupid.

Finally, various places wanted cavalry, but the forces they assembled were not enough to defeat Zhang Shan.

The princes were brought back to the capital, imprisoned in the imperial mausoleum, and given the job of guarding the mausoleum.

"Empress Dowager, Shuyi is your cousin after all. She is pregnant now. The imperial mausoleum is damp and harsh. Please allow Princess Qin to return to the capital to take care of her baby."

The prime minister knelt on the ground with gray hair, and Zhang Shan threw a memorial in front of him.

"Prime Minister, please read these memorials and think about a way out for yourself and your descendants first!"

The memorial contained evidence that Prime Minister Xie funded the King of Qin's rebellion. This was a serious crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the clan. Prime Minister Xie's back collapsed instantly.

He should have known that this granddaughter was so courageous that there was no way she wouldn't find out about him.

"I beg the Queen Mother to spare some blood for the Xie family because I have worked so hard for the country and the people. I deserve to die!"

Zhang Shan nodded. As for Xie Shuyi's matter, Prime Minister Xie seemed to have forgotten about it.

The Xie family did not wait for Xie Shuyi to return to Beijing, but waited until the patrol battalion surrounded the Prime Minister's residence with knives, confiscated his property and exiled him.

Zhang's mother did not dare to come to find Zhang Shan. After all, confiscation of property and exile were the lightest punishments. However, it was just the beginning of winter, and if they had to brave the wind and snow to go to Ningguta, they might die on the way before reaching the place of exile.

When the news of the annihilation of the Xie family reached back to the capital, Xie Shuyi had just given birth to a baby girl. After hearing the news, she burst into tears.

The King of Qin had become numb. He was imprisoned in the imperial mausoleum and had to go to the front hall every day to recite scriptures and copy books. He had become more and more Buddhist.

Xie Shuyi died in the fifth year of the new emperor's reign. She did not rest well after giving birth and became ill due to worry, and died soon after.

On the contrary, the King of Qin, who was kind-hearted and fat, lived the longest.

In the fiftieth year of Fengcheng, Zhang Shan retired and returned power to the emperor.

In the twentieth year of the emperor's reign, Zhang Shan died of old age and was buried in Fengling.

The emperor was ill for more than half a month. After he recovered, he passed the throne to the prince and lived a retirement life of raising flowers and playing with birds.