My eunuch An is a yandere

Prince Consort Cui and his concubine had their pants stripped off in the lobby of Jingzhao Yin, exposing their white buttocks, and each was beaten with twenty boards.

The mistress was sentenced to three years in prison because her identity was not recognized by the law.

This result made all the wives and mistresses shout in their hearts with joy, and soon there were so many families selling their concubines that they had to line up.

Bai Ningwei looked at the information An Jiu had brought her and nodded with satisfaction. Some customs should be changed.

But before she could be proud of herself, the minister of state Shen Gaoyi came to the Purple Palace with a large group of people and a poor young man from a marquisate who was no longer invited to palace banquets to meet the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, be well and safe. This is Zhao Fan, son of Marquis Zhao Yuan."

Bai Ningwei thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out who this person was.

"Zhao Yuan is Zhao Lin's great-great-grandson."

Speaking of Zhao Lin, Bai Ningwei finally remembered him.

Zhao Lin is a close brother of the founding emperor, but his family has been declining with each generation. As soon as his generation dies, the title will be taken back.

"Well, is Lord Zhao in good health?"

Bai Ningwei greeted him in a very official manner. She couldn't be dead. If she were dead, she wouldn't come looking for him, but would report it directly to the Ministry of Rites.

"My father is in good health. I came here today to ask for the Queen Mother's grace."

"Tell me, what do you want?"

The visitor had bad intentions, and Bai Ningwei didn't want to beat around the bush with him.

Zhao Fan took out a jade pendant from his arms and held it high above his head respectfully.

"This is the jade pendant bestowed upon the Zhao family by the Grandfather Emperor. He promised that as long as the Zhao family refrained from becoming traitors, they could make a request to the imperial court."

Li Xiaojiu took the jade pendant and showed it to Bai Ningwei. It was a not-so-remarkable auspicious cloud jade pendant. It did not display the royal dragon pattern, and the jade material was not of particularly good quality. At first glance, it did not look like a royal product.

However, Bai Ningwei recognized this jade pendant. It was a token of love between the First Emperor and his first wife. Unfortunately, his first wife died before her husband ascended the throne, so the First Emperor wore the jade pendant as a token of his deep affection. The pendant was even painted into the First Emperor's portrait, which hung in the Wenhua Hall for the emperor and his ministers to admire at all times.

In the previous life, the Zhao family only took out this jade pendant when the old marquis passed away and asked to pass on the title to another generation. At that time, I failed to recognize the jade pendant immediately and was scolded by these ministers in a roundabout way.

"This jade pendant..."

Shen Gaoyi thought Bai Ningwei didn't recognize this thing, and was about to snort coldly and tell her the origin of this thing, but Bai Ningwei told him.

"Isn't this the ancestral emperor's jade pendant? How did it end up in your hands?"

Zhao Fan hadn't expected the Queen Mother to recognize this item, and for a moment, he forgot what he was going to say and glanced nervously at Shen Gaoyi. Shen Gaoyi cleared his throat awkwardly, knowing that this man was useless, so he had to speak for himself.

"To the Queen Mother, this jade pendant was indeed a gift from the Grand Emperor to the Zhao family. Originally, the Zhao family had no intention of giving it away, but every family has its own problems. The Zhao Yuanhou Mansion is currently struggling to have children. Although it's wrong, Zhao Fan's concubine now has a child."

"Originally, we could have just welcomed her into the palace, but the new law states that a woman cannot take a concubine within three years of marrying her husband. Zhao Fan's child arrived at an inopportune time. However, the three unfilial acts are not having a successor, and the worst is not having a successor. I hope the Queen Mother will be flexible and grant the marriage, allowing Zhao Yuan's concubine to enter the palace as a co-wife."

Bai Ningwei laughed. No wonder they argued so hard when she proposed adding a new law, but in the end, no one argued with her and it passed. At the time, she'd thought they'd learned their lesson and resigned themselves to their fate. It turned out they'd already devised a plan, waiting to embarrass her today.

Bai Ningwei picked up the jade pendant, looked at it again and again, and couldn't help but be amazed.

In the previous life, this jade pendant renewed the title of marquis for the Zhao family. Although the Zhao family is now a hollow shell, the title is still a glory that many families cannot obtain in their entire lives, not to mention that with this title, there is an extraordinary status, and social treatment is different in many things.

I really don't know what benefits these people promised to the Zhao family to make them exchange this jade pendant for an imperial decree granting marriage, just to marry a concubine.

Seeing Bai Ningwei remain silent, Shen Gaoyi and the others knew she was definitely unwilling, as the law didn't allow for a co-wife. Marrying a co-wife was a custom among merchants who traveled extensively. For convenience, merchants who frequently traveled between the two regions would marry a wife in each, making them equally equal. These two wives would likely never meet in their lifetimes.

Shen Gaoyi and the others exchanged glances with pride. Today they not only wanted to embarrass the empress dowager, they also wanted to kill her and stab her heart.

"Empress Dowager, the jade pendant is real. You can't ignore the will of the first emperor. And it is precisely because of the Empress Dowager that Zhao Fan's concubine has this inseparable relationship with him."

It turned out that this concubine was a soldier under Zhang Ying. Because of her outstanding performance, she was selected as a female city patrol. It was because of this that she met and hooked up with Zhao Fan.

Bai Ningwei listened, keeping her composure, taking a deep breath, and telling herself not to get angry. She knew she couldn't get angry. If she got angry, no one would take her place. It wasn't her fault that some people were hopeless, and she didn't need to get angry over such idiots.

"If that is the case, I would be unfaithful and unfilial if I do not fulfill your wish."

After hearing this, everyone was secretly happy and felt that the matter was settled.

As long as there is an imperial decree granting the marriage, the empress dowager will be just a woman who changes her mind every day and has no credibility.

Facing this group of unconcealed guys, Bai Ningwei picked up the jade pendant and said to Zhao Fan in embarrassment.

"As a junior, I will naturally abide by the wishes of the Holy Ancestor. However, the laws set by the court are not for show. There is no such thing as a co-wife. How can I arrange a marriage for you?"

Seeing that Shen Gaoyi and others were about to start a quarrel, Bai Ningwei continued speaking in one breath.

"I can grant you the position of concubine, but then your Zhao family should degrade themselves to merchants. After all, the idea of ​​concubine was invented by merchants."

How could Zhao Fan possibly agree to this, even if he had lowered himself to the status of a merchant? Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans, merchants had the lowest status, and no one in the Zhao family engaged in trade. He knelt down and kowtowed, intending to refuse the arranged marriage.

Shen Gaoyi didn't expect that Bai Ningwei could find a reason to refuse the jade pendant of the Holy Ancestor. He was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he also knew that it seemed that he couldn't force her to be a co-wife.

So he settled for the next best thing and spoke.

"The Queen Mother is absolutely right, but the concubine's pregnancy can't wait. If the child is labeled as illegitimate, I'm afraid the spirits of the Zhao family ancestors in heaven will lament the family's misfortune. Why not, the Queen Mother grant her grace and allow the concubine to enter the palace as a concubine in advance?"

Shen Gaoyi wanted Bai Ningwei to slap herself in the face by taking a concubine in less than three years.

Bai Ningwei nodded.

"Yes. I will grant you this grace."

Although the grace was not an imperial decree, but only verbal, it was also agreed by the Queen Mother herself. Seeing this group of fifty-year-old old men smiling and twirling their beards, they planned to leave the palace to celebrate later.

Bai Ningwei changed the subject.

"Grace has been granted, and the matter of raising a concubine is a foregone conclusion. Now let's settle the score for favoring a concubine and destroying the wife."