My eunuch An is a yandere

In the Lingqi Palace, the wife of Duke Anguo sat at the bottom, holding seven-month-old Xiao Qi in her arms with a doting look on her face.

"Your Majesty has taken good care of Qi'er. We at the Duke of Anguo's Mansion are grateful for your hard work."

Bai Ningwei waved her hand nonchalantly.

"Madam, you are too kind. Qi'er is still young, and usually it is Nanny Qin who takes good care of her."

Lady Anguo was very satisfied with Bai Ningwei's attitude of not taking credit for herself, and smiled as she pointed to the treasure box held by the palace maid behind her.

"This is what the Duke asked me to bring to Your Majesty. There's been a lot going on in the palace lately, Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."

There was no reason for Bai Ningwei to refuse something that was delivered to her door, so she raised her hand and let Gualv take it.

Bai Ningwei took the things and understood some things intuitively.

The wife of Duke Anguo revealed the real purpose of her visit to the palace.

"The selection will be held soon, and I don't know what the palace is planning."

Bai Ningwei looked at the wife of Duke Anguo and smiled without saying a word.

Seeing that she did not express her opinion, Lady Anguo also became tactful.

"Nowadays, the Virtuous Consort is no longer suitable, and the Shu Consort is in poor health and cannot work hard. It's impossible for Yuan'er to preside over the selection, right?"

"Although I have good intentions, I can't do it without the proper reason."

Bai Ningwei was only a concubine after all. A concubine didn't have the nerve to preside over such a big event as the selection of concubines.

Unless the emperor promotes her to be one of the four concubines.

"In the entire harem, apart from Your Majesty, I don't believe anyone else can do the selection well."

Whether it was for the benefit of the Anguo Mansion or recognition of Bai Ningwei's strength, Lady Anguo said this sincerely.

"The palace has been busy lately, and Your Majesty may have been upset and forgotten about this. The Ministry of Rites should remind Your Majesty."

Lady Anguo felt reassured after receiving Bai Ningwei's affirmative response. As long as Bai Ningwei was willing to fight for it, then the Anguo Mansion would be willing to give her some support.

But when it came to the selection, Bai Ningwei had to stay with the girl from the Anguo Mansion.

These things were tacitly understood, and the two of them reached their first consensus of the day.

The wife of Duke Anguo changed the subject and talked about Xiao Yuaner again.

"Speaking of which, Yuan'er is not young anymore. I'd like to trouble Your Majesty to pay more attention to this child's marriage."

"Why, has the Duke's Mansion already got a suitable family?"

"No, no. The princess's marriage is a matter of state, and the Duke's Mansion has no opinion on it."

Lady Anguo heard Bai Ningwei's displeasure and immediately denied it.

"Yuan'er is the legitimate princess and your majesty's first child. If possible, I hope her marriage will be free of politics and will be as smooth as she wishes."

Lady Anguogong had never expected to hear such an answer from Bai Ningwei, and she was a little dazed.

An adoptive mother actually hopes that the princess can marry for love. Even if it is just an idea, it is touching enough.

Bai Ningwei didn't know what the Duke's wife was so moved about. The reason she hoped Xiao Yuan'er would marry for love was not because of the deep mother-daughter love.

Rather, having witnessed two generations of ancient marriages, she truly wanted to find a true love that would last a lifetime, at least to comfort her ever-present love-struck brain.

If you can't find a partner yourself, you have to let her find one.

Moreover, as the woman in the entire dynasty, the princess should have the most privilege to pursue love in marriage. If she cannot get a happy marriage, it would be a waste of this rare reincarnation skill.

Knowing that the Anguo Mansion probably couldn't interfere with Xiao Yuan'er's marriage, and since she had been in the palace for quite some time, the Anguo Mansion's wife stood up and took her leave.

After she left, the eunuch Hezi came in.

"My Lady, Wang Xiuyi is gone."

Hezi said that he was gone, so there must be something strange about the way he died.

But this matter involved Xiao Duo's secret, so he had to keep it secret.

As for the Wang family, Xiao Duo remembered their old friendship, and An Jiu handled the matter quickly, so the art of exorcism was not spread out. Therefore, apart from the execution of a clan woman, no one else was implicated.

As for what Wang Xiuyi did, the person in charge of the Wang family wished he could take it into his coffin so that no one else would know about it. As a result, no one in the former court or the harem knew what had happened.

Bai Ningwei felt a faint sense of unease, but after asking around, she couldn't find out anything other than that everyone in Jujiu Palace had been executed. She couldn't make blind guesses without any basis, so she had to let the matter go for now.

If it weren't for An Jiu's unusual way of thinking, few people would be able to guess what he meant.

Wang Xiuyi's death was questionable, with almost no funeral rites. The Wang family took her back with only a thin coffin.

Although the harem was in chaos, the previous dynasty didn't care. Some things needed to be prepared and mentioned when they should be mentioned.

At the court meeting, after all the important matters had been discussed, the Minister of Rites stepped forward and reminded the emperor that the general election was imminent and the empress who would handle these affairs had not yet been decided.

Xiao Duo then remembered the talent show. If it hadn't been decided long ago, he really wouldn't be in the mood to choose a girl.

Bai Ningwei was hastily appointed on the spot to make the arrangements, but the Minister of Rites said that her status was not high enough, that there was no precedent for a concubine to preside over the ceremony, and so on and so forth.

Xiao Duo became extremely impatient after hearing this, and finally he could only suppress his annoyance and return to the imperial study to promote Bai Ningwei to the rank of Defei.

Xiao Duo's original plan was that if Concubine Shu really couldn't be helped, it wouldn't be too late for him to promote Bai Ningwei.

Although it was a small matter, he had been unhappy with the harem these days, and he did not want to be selected for the imperial selection, so he was somewhat reluctant to issue this decree.

Outsiders would not know the details here, and would only congratulate Bai Ningwei with envy.

Wang Xi placed his hopes on Bai Ningwei, so when he conveyed his order to Bai Ningwei, he also took the opportunity to make a good deal of it.

Bai Ningwei received the colorful imperial edict and welcomed Wang Xi into the hall. Gualü had already brewed tea and placed a bulging purse next to it.

Wang Xi knew at a glance that Concubine Shu and Concubine De were no match for each other.

"There have been a series of incidents in the palace these days, but the previous dynasty insisted on forcing Your Majesty to select the concubines. Your Majesty is actually not happy about this."

Therefore, he was not happy with the decree of promotion.

Bai Ningwei understood and winked at Gualü, who turned around and prepared a purse.

In fact, it is normal that Xiao Duo is not happy about the draft.

Not to mention that it had only been half a year since the Second Prince's incident, Xiao Duo didn't have many old people around him to begin with. Now one was dead and the other was insane, and his own mother took the opportunity to force someone on him. As if that weren't enough, the previous dynasty was also holding a beauty pageant. How heartless would he have to be to think about the beauty pageant, welcoming new brides, and waiting to be the bridegroom?

"Eunuch Xi is indeed always thinking of His Majesty. I know this and will certainly not let a good thing turn into a bad one."

Bai Ningwei understood Xiao Duo's thoughts. After thanking Wang Xi, she immediately went to the study to write a plan for the audition, waiting for Xiao Duo to review it when he came to see Qi'er.

The reason why she was willing to host this talent show was not to recruit new people for Xiao Duo.

But Xiao Duo eventually took his anger out on Bai Ningwei. Seven or eight days had passed since the decree of promotion came out, but he hadn't even set foot in Lingqi Palace.

He just asked Wang Xi to take the legitimate prince to the imperial study on time every day.

Unable to wait for anyone, Bai Ningwei simply handed the plan she wrote to Wang Xi and asked him to take it to Xiao Duo for a good look.

But after the plan was taken away, she didn't wait for Xiao Qi to come to find her, but waited for Concubine Shu to come to provoke her with a bulging belly.