My best friend is wearing a double body! Marry the emperor! Help me win the throne

Murong Che raised his eyebrows slightly. "This matter concerns the people's livelihood and the country. If the sorghum harvest is good, hundreds of thousands of lives can be saved. The Dragon Shadow Guards are not afraid of charging into battle, not afraid of fighting in the battlefield. How could they be stumped by a few thousand acres of land?"

Breaking through the enemy's formation and killing the enemy can save the people from danger. Similarly, farming and storing food can also save the people from famine. Is holding a sword necessarily nobler than holding a hoe?

No!

Xuanming and Chiyan realized their thoughts were superficial, so they knelt on one knee and replied in a resounding voice, "Your Majesty, rest assured. We will definitely fulfill your orders!"

When Xue Youli was communicating with Murong Che, he mentioned the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, but the project was huge, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it was impossible to complete it within half a year.

Therefore, during the morning court session the next day, Murong Che announced that he would dispatch personnel from the Ministry of Works and the Capital Water Conservancy Bureau to go south first to widen the river, build dams, and store water in advance.

When drought and famine really come, as long as they are well prepared, local officials and ordinary people will not be caught off guard.

And the scholar Xue Wuyang, who was chosen by him as the third place in the imperial examination, volunteered to go south with several officials to investigate the people's livelihood on behalf of the emperor.

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On the official road leading to the capital, several low-key and luxurious carriages were moving forward at a constant speed.

In the most spacious carriage in the middle, Queen Mother Yin and Chu Xinyue sat face to face.

"Yue'er, this time when I return to the palace, I want to arrange a marriage between you and the emperor. What do you think?"

Give her to that short-lived emperor?

When Chu Xinyue heard the Queen Mother say that she wanted to marry her to Murong Che, her hands trembled and the candied fruit between her fingertips rolled to the ground in fear.

"I am deeply grateful for the kindness shown to me by the Empress Dowager over the years. I have no way of repaying her. I only wish to remain unmarried and to serve you for the rest of my life!"

Queen Mother Yin heard her subtext, "You don't want to marry the emperor?"

Although Chu Xinyue didn't say it explicitly, she would rather remain single for life than accept an arranged marriage. Doesn't that mean she doesn't want to?

Chu Xinyue's body trembled violently, as if she was frightened after her secrets were guessed. "Please grant me your blessing, Queen Mother!"

But I thought to myself: How could I not know that I wrote the male supporting role myself? Murong Che couldn't even live past 25!

He has such a short life, so marrying him and becoming a widow would be the most perfect ending for me. If I am forced to be buried alive in the future, who can I cry to?

Seeing her resolute attitude, Queen Mother Yin showed a touch of kindness in her eyes, "Silly girl, I just don't want you to marry far away. I thought that if you stay in the palace, I can take care of you in the future. If you don't want to marry, I won't force you."

Chu Xinyue heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that Queen Mother Yin had given up on arranging a marriage for her. "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your consideration!"

Family members, who knows!

Dealing with the Queen Mother was really exhausting. She was afraid that her answer would not satisfy the Queen Mother and that she would become suspicious of her identity.

She bears the title of an orphan princess and lives on thin ice every day!

Now she only wants to return to the palace to seek refuge with the heroine, and live under the protection of the heroine's halo until she dies of old age.

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Capital City, Imperial Palace.

In the evening, upon learning that the Queen Mother had returned to the palace, all the concubines dressed in formal and appropriate palace attire and waited at the palace gate early.

Even the frail and sickly Concubine Chun was supported by the palace maids and stood quietly behind Concubine Rong.

Concubine Li was not present because she had suffered a miscarriage and was still recuperating in bed.

When the Empress Dowager's carriage stopped, Concubine Rong led the crowd in kneeling and bowing, "We respectfully welcome the Empress Dowager back to the palace. May the Empress Dowager live a thousand years!"

"No gift."

Empress Dowager Yin was helped down from the carriage by Nanny Li. She glanced around and said calmly, "I am exhausted from the journey and would like to return to the palace to rest. You may all go yourselves."

"Yes."

Chu Xinyue, who was standing on the right side of Queen Mother Yin, rolled her eyes and stretched her neck to look for the heroine in the crowd.

In the middle of the crowd, the handkerchief Xue Youli was carrying fell to the ground when she was saluting.

The moment she lowered her head to look for the handkerchief, she missed Chu Xinyue's sight.

The Queen Mother's return to the palace simply gave Yin Xuan'er another backer, but she didn't care.

Her goal is very clear, to kill the male and female protagonists Xue Qingyao and Murong Ye first!

"Yue'er, who are you looking at?"

Empress Dowager Yin saw that Chu Xinyue's eyes were following the backs of the concubines as they left, and couldn't help but ask a question.

"what?"

Chu Xinyue came back to her senses and quickly replied with a smile, "The ladies selected to enter the palace this time are so beautiful! I'm dazzled by the sight!"

When she was writing the novel, she described the paper-thin heroine as being extremely beautiful, but there was no ugly one among the group of concubines just now, and she couldn't even recognize who Xue Qingyao was.

hateful!

"Let's go too."

Queen Mother Yin slowly raised her right hand, and Chu Xinyue immediately bent over servilely and held her arm, "Yes."

When she first came here, in order to fit in with the temple life, she found different ways to please the Queen Mother every day.

Well, now it has become a conditioned reflex.

No!

She must hurry up and recognize her heroine!

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The next day, early in the morning.

Led by Rong Qingyue, all the concubines went to the Cining Palace to pay their respects to Empress Dowager Yin.

"Greetings to the Empress Dowager, may the Empress Dowager live long and happily."

"Everyone, get up."

After everyone stood up, Queen Mother Yin turned her gaze to Rong Qingyue, "I have been away from the palace for this period of time, Rong Fei, you have worked hard."

Rong Qingyue immediately bowed and replied, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, your words are too kind. I was only doing my duty."

Empress Dowager Yin glanced at her, her eyebrows raised slightly, "When I was at Jinghua Temple, I heard that Concubine Li had a miscarriage?"

Rong Qingyue stepped forward and apologized to Queen Mother Yin, "It is my fault that I failed to take good care of Concubine Li. Please forgive me, Queen Mother."

Queen Mother Yin's wise eyes slowly narrowed. "You have to take care of your daughter while also taking care of the trivial matters of the harem. You really can't split your time. Now that there are many new people in the harem, I will choose one of them to help you handle the affairs of the six palaces. How do you think?"

Everyone was silent when they heard this.

The Queen Mother used Concubine Li's miscarriage as an excuse to divide Concubine Rong's power.

She said that she sympathized with Concubine Rong, but in her heart she still blamed Concubine Rong for being incompetent and unable to protect the royal offspring.

Rong Qingyue had never had much interest in managing the affairs of the six palaces. She was eager for someone to take over the affairs of the harem so that she could have some free time. "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your consideration!"

At this moment, Concubine Ning beside her suddenly interrupted, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, if you want to assist Concubine Rong in managing the six palaces, I have a suitable candidate to recommend."

Queen Mother Yin didn't expect her to stand up. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Oh? Who do you think is suitable?"

Her original intention was to promote Yin Xuan'er. Her brother, Duke Shen, sent her niece into the palace in the hope that she could become the queen.

Out of selfish motives, Queen Mother Yin also wanted her niece to learn from Concubine Rong how to handle the affairs of the six palaces.

If Concubine Ning was sensible, the person she would recommend would only be Yin Xuan'er.

"I recommend Lady Xue."

As soon as Concubine Ning finished speaking, the smile on Empress Dowager Yin's lips froze slightly.

She had heard of Xue Youli when she was in Jinghua Temple.

Sheng Chong was banished to the cold palace for a while, but after just a few days there, the emperor not only released her but also promoted her rank. It sounds like a simple story.

"Who is Concubine Xue? Come forward and let me see her."