The queen has four sons and six daughters, and she can call the wind and rain

Seeing Concubine Zhou crying with joy, Qi Yejing felt helpless.

"If I had chosen you as my principal wife, you would have been the Queen of Daye long ago. I am only returning what originally belonged to you. Are you so excited?"

"Of course."

Concubine Zhou rolled her eyes at him, and the next second she realized something was wrong. She quickly wiped away her tears, straightened her expression, and solemnly performed the ceremony of three bows and nine kowtows to Qi Yejing.

"Your Majesty, I bow to thank you for your grace. Long live the emperor."

"Zi Tong, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Although she had received the imperial edict to confer the title of empress and was about to move into Fengyi Palace and become the empress of Daye, Concubine Zhou was still a straightforward person and could only hold her words for three seconds at most, no more.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. Although I am the queen, I will never bully Concubine Yi by relying on my status. I will treat the concubines in the harem well. But if they are disrespectful to me, don't blame me for being rude to them."

"You are the queen, and you are in charge of all matters in the harem. If it is not a major matter, I will not easily intervene, and the two queen mothers will not interfere in the affairs of the harem and embarrass you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Qi Yejing patted her shoulder and nodded with satisfaction.

"I have something I need you to handle right now."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

As the saying goes, a new official starts with three things to do when he takes office. She will definitely make this fire burn brightly so that those villains will not dare to act rashly.

Qi Yejing told Concubine Zhou what had just happened. After Concubine Zhou finished speaking, she immediately patted her chest and made a promise.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will handle this matter properly and will never let Concubine Zhang get in the way of you and Concubine Yi."

"Then I'll have to trouble the Queen."

The word "Empress" greatly pleased Concubine Zhou. Her eyebrows were curved and her face was full of smiles.

"Does Your Majesty have any other instructions? If not, I will take my leave first."

"No more, kneel down and pay your respects."

Concubine Zhou bowed slightly and walked away.

Behind him, Qi Yejing smiled helplessly.

As expected, she had this kind of personality all her life, and she couldn't change it even after becoming the queen.

Well, such a person is pretty good. At least he doesn't have to worry about the people in the harem being persecuted by her, nor does he have to worry about her stab him in the back.

Even if she becomes the queen, Aning will not suffer any injustice.

I hope Aning can understand his painstaking efforts and not have conflicts with him or even hate Zhou because of this matter.

Otherwise, everything he did would be in vain.

The Zhang family was destroyed and Zhang Wanru was demoted to a commoner. Although she was pregnant with the royal heir, she was already a useless chess piece.

In order to avoid dying with Zhang Wanru, Concubine Zhang brought prepared food to the imperial study every day.

Although she did not go in today, she did not give up. She stood outside and expressed her feelings to Qi Yejing, Empress Dowager Xiaoyan, Empress Dowager Xiaoci, and everyone in the harem.

Before Concubine Zhou went in, although her face looked calm, there was still a hint of nervousness between her brows. But when she came out, it was gone. It was as if she had encountered something very happy and was about to walk sideways.

Concubine Zhang felt a little doubtful, but she didn't show it on her face.

"Farewell to the noble concubine."

As soon as the words "Royal Concubine" came out, Royal Concubine Zhou stopped instantly.

She glanced at Concubine Zhang and pretended not to know her.

"Dong Ling, is this the maid from the imperial study? What did she do wrong? Why did the emperor make her stand in the corner as punishment?"

Dong Ling almost couldn't hold back his laughter and burst out laughing.

"Your Highness, you are joking. This is not a maid from the Imperial Study, but Concubine Zhang, the younger sister of the commoner Zhang."

"So it's her. She's just as arrogant as her sister!"

Concubine Zhang looked aggrieved.

"Sister, you did something wrong. You can punish me however you want, but I have never offended you. Why do you want to humiliate me like this?"

"I refuse to accept this!"

"I want to see the emperor. Please make the decision for me."

Concubine Zhou snorted coldly, her eyes full of disdain.

"Lin'er, tell Concubine Zhang that the emperor just summoned me. What's the matter?"

Lin'er raised her chin and said proudly.

"The Emperor has just issued an edict to make our queen the Queen of Daye, and the ceremony will be held in a month."

"So Concubine Zhang should address our queen as the Empress rather than the Imperial Concubine."

"do you understand?"

Concubine Zhang's face turned pale in an instant.

After her sister was deposed, she guessed that the throne of queen would not be vacant for long. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, the emperor appointed a new queen.

What was even more unexpected was that the new queen was Concubine Zhou.

The dissatisfaction and jealousy in her eyes were almost overflowing.

Although Concubine Zhou was not as smart as Yun Zhining, nor as good at keeping a low profile as Madam Lin, she was able to sit in this position and was not stupid. Naturally, she would be able to see the expression of Concubine Zhang.

She turned her head and looked at Dong Ling.

"Can I exercise the power of the queen now?"

"Of course you can. The imperial decree has been issued. I will personally lead people to decorate Fengyi Palace and invite the Queen to move in. Whatever the Queen wants to do, just do it boldly. The Emperor will support you in everything."

"In this case, I can rest assured."

She turned around, looked down at Concubine Zhang, and slowly made her judgment.

"Zhang Jieyu was disrespectful to the Queen and looked down on everyone. She should have been severely punished, but considering that a happy event is about to happen in the palace, I will only give her a light punishment and a heavy warning."

"From now on, Zhang will be demoted to a concubine and moved to Lengyue Palace to accompany commoner Zhang."

Concubine Zhang originally came to show her presence and win favor, but who would have thought that she failed to show her presence or win favor. Instead, she witnessed Concubine Zhou becoming Empress Zhou and became the first fire started by Empress Zhou after taking office.

She was unwilling to do so.

"I don't accept it, I don't accept it!"

"I want to see the emperor."

"I want to see the emperor!"

Unfortunately, the emperor didn't want to see her, so she had to be escorted to Lengyue Palace by the new empress to keep her sister company.

The news that Zhou was enthroned as the new queen quickly spread throughout the harem. By then, Yun Zhining had already returned to Qingning Palace.

After Qingzhu finished her report, she kept staring at Yun Zhining, and Yun Zhining was amused by her.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Seeing that Yun Zhining was not angry, Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

"I am just worried that Your Majesty will be angry after hearing this news."

"Why would I be angry about such a good thing as becoming the queen?"

"Because the queen is Concubine Zhou, not you."

Yun Zhining stared at her, her eyes growing colder by the second.

"In your eyes, am I such a narrow-minded person who cannot stand others doing well?"