Ball Ball Cultivation

According to the appearance of the court officials that Zhang Jizhi "saw" in the illusion, Xie Ying'an and Zhang Xiaozhi began to search secretly to confirm that they were Concubine Xi's lackeys and had conclusive evidence of their crimes. He would not let any of them go.

When Xie Ying'an secretly designed the accidental deaths of three court officials, Qiuqiu found him. The accidental deaths of these officials had aroused the vigilance of the court officials, and the unknown dangers made the higher-ups most worried. The emperor would definitely investigate the matter thoroughly!

The current emperor has been self-willed, suspicious and increasingly obsessed with power in recent years. He still has absolute control over the capital. After helping his brother-in-law clean up the mess, he quickly persuaded him to stop.

Qiuqiu tried to persuade Xie Ying'an earnestly, but seeing the hatred still lingering in his eyes, she began to offer bad advice: "How about sending Lord Sun's daughter, Lord Jin's eldest granddaughter, and Lord Feng's sister to the palace? These three girls have all taken innocent lives, and like their fathers and brothers, they are not good people!

It just so happens that the emperor is selecting concubines to fill his harem, and he sends Cui Yanran in together. The emperor also needs to have more children.

These gentlemen hold positions in the court that are neither high nor low, and the imperial relatives' monopoly of power, which the emperor is wary of, will not occur. Let's see if their fathers and brothers will offend Concubine Xi for their sakes."

Zhang Jizhi understood that this was an attempt to divide the court officials that Concubine Xi had won over, and he shook his head slightly: "It's difficult. Concubine Xi never competes for favor and has always been very virtuous. She doesn't care who the emperor favors."

Qiuqiu, however, disagrees: "What if that concubine has a chance to become the empress? What Noble Concubine Xi cares about most is not power and status, nor the emperor's favor. She only cares about her own luck, absorbing the energy of dragons and phoenixes to improve her cultivation.

If a new contender for the throne emerges, do you think she can remain calm? "

Xie Ying'an didn't quite understand the subject of cultivation, so he looked straight at Qiuqiu, waiting for him to explain it clearly.

Qiuqiu calculated and replied, "The eldest daughter of the Sun family has the aura of a blue phoenix. If we exaggerate the rumors, they will become a rumor of a natural phoenix destiny. Add Cui Yanran to the mix, and the Emperor's harem will be in chaos."

As long as things get chaotic, Concubine Xi won't have time to keep an eye on Ji Zhi!

Xie Ying'an's eyes, originally filled with hatred, slowly turned into amusement: "They want them to fight each other, but who is that concubine's daughter?"

Qiuqiu has basic information about the backyards of various officials in the capital: "Sun Huhe demoted his wife to a concubine. His eldest daughter, Sun Meixiang, is actually the daughter of his original wife. He relied on his original wife and his old mother to support him in the imperial examinations. In order to marry the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor, he demoted his wife to a concubine.

His first wife was already suffering from serious illness due to years of hard work, but she died a few months after Sun Huhe remarried.

Sun Hu and his newlywed wife gave birth to their eldest daughter seven months after their marriage. Sun Meixiang was five years old at the time and clearly remembered her mother's death and her father's demotion to a concubine. She was intelligent from a young age, but her life in the backyard was difficult, and she harbored hatred for everyone in the Sun family.

Zhu Wanwan paid for and Xie Hanmei participated in the investigation of these affairs in the inner chambers of court officials.

Ever since Xie Hanmei learned that she was not Li Erya's biological daughter, but her identity was exchanged with her cousin by her grandmother and mother, she has been committed to digging into the privacy of other people's backyards.

At first, she just wanted to satisfy her jealousy which was unknown to outsiders. Later, after hearing it more often, she showed off in front of her direct enemy Zhu Wanwan and her most hated enemy Song Lanzhu.

In order to show the secrets he learned from growing up in the upper class circles of the capital, and also to dig out some more shameful secrets of the harem.

Xie Hanmei had seen too much of the underworld in the royal residence, and secretly convinced herself that replacing her cousin's life for eighteen years was not such a despicable act. Besides, it was her grandmother and mother who did the wrong thing, and she knew nothing about it!

Although Xie Hanmei enjoyed the status of an official's daughter, she had lived a very difficult life growing up under the care of her stepmother! Moreover, Song Lanzhu had restored her status and was married to the same husband as herself, with the same status as herself, both being the wife of a duke.

Besides, his grandmother once saved Song Lanzhu's mother's life, allowing Li Erya to live a stable life in the Li family until she married Xie Sanzhuang. She used 18 years of civilian life to repay the two life-saving favors. He and his grandmother did not owe Song Lanzhu and her siblings anything.

Once, Xie Hanmei used a secret from the backyard to get Zhu Wanwan a ten-year cooperation contract for silk raw materials.

Zhu Wanwan not only gave Xie Hanmei a 10% share of the profits, but also reimbursed all the expenses for finding out the secrets of the harem. After that, she set aside 100 taels of silver for Xie Hanmei every month to allow her to expand her information network.

The information is old-fashioned but true. People are greedy and want to swallow an elephant. It is driven by profit:

The legitimate daughter of the Chen family in Yingnan married the new nobleman Xue Guiqian as his second wife. The legitimate daughter of the Chen family was the daughter of an official, but there was no high-ranking official in the court, so she could only be a second wife. She was also given a ten-mile red dowry as a gift. The most valuable part of the dowry was the Yingnan silkworm breeding technology and the mulberry field.

Xue Guiqian, a poor man who had suddenly become rich, coveted his wife's dowry and secretly exchanged Chen's daughter for his concubine's son in order to keep the mulberry fields and silk in the Xue family.

When Zhu Wanwan heard the news from Xie Hanmei that the illegitimate son had been replaced by the legitimate daughter, she secretly revealed it to Chen, which saved Chen and her daughter's lives.

Chen, who was wary, also found out that Xue Guiqian's original wife was also killed by this favorite concubine. She mobilized her natal family's power to completely eliminate Xue Guiqian's beloved and secure her position as Mrs. Xue, which led to the ten-year business cooperation.

This Chen comes from a prominent family, has superb skills, and his social skills are obvious to all.

Qiuqiu decided to let her spread the rumor quietly that the emperor was about to choose a concubine, and that the concubine would be crowned queen after giving birth to a prince.

As for the rumor that Sun Meixiang is destined to be a phoenix, Xie Ying'an needs to find a family with a chance of becoming the empress to spread the word. The Zhang family's identity is too sensitive to be linked to the small piece of land under the jurisdiction of Concubine Xi.

With the help of Sun Meixiang's stepmother, Qiuqiu arranged someone to teach and control Sun Meixiang, causing her to fight with Concubine Xi in the harem.

Sun Meixiang wanted to destroy the Sun family to avenge her mother. The simplest and most effective way was to expose Concubine Xi's collusion with court officials in front of the emperor, so that the emperor would become suspicious of Concubine Xi and completely alienate her.

The plan was implemented step by step. After Sun Meixiang entered the palace, she did not arouse Concubine Xi's vigilance. Most of her attention was attracted by Cui Yanran.

Cui Yanran was trapped in the backyard by Concubine Xi, breaking her marriage with the emperor. Unexpectedly, I saw Cui Yanran again in the palace!

Concubine Xi immediately ordered her men to investigate Cui Yanran's situation. They soon found out that someone had staged an accidental fire and Cui Yanran was taken to the capital after faking her death.

The scars on her face were healed after half a year of treatment by a miracle doctor hired by someone behind the scenes.

There's absolutely no way to find out who's behind this! Even if Little Dragonfly checked Cui Yanran's memories, she wouldn't be able to find as much information as she did.