Good luck in pregnancy, the daughter of the prime minister's mansion has a soft waist

"Actually, before I met you, marriage and having children had never been a part of my life plan..."

"Oh, that's quite interesting."

While saying these playful words, Shen Muxue had already moved closer to hug the emperor tenderly, and whispered in his ear, "But, what if the selection can really bring us tangible benefits? For example..."

After hearing this, the emperor cast a stern glance at the intelligent lady before him and said, "That's just nonsense! How could a Son of Heaven allow his dignity to be traded as a commodity?"

"But if this really offers the opportunity to accumulate a great deal of wealth for us, would Your Majesty really not consider giving it a try?"

The emperor silently pondered the interests involved for a while, weighing various possibilities in his mind. Finally, his attitude gradually softened, and he finally compromised, saying: "As long as the Queen Mother nods her approval, you can arrange it as you wish."

Afterwards, Shen Muxue excitedly explained the entire plan in detail to the Queen Mother, including every detail considered and the possible benefits it would bring.

After hearing this, the latter clapped his hands in admiration, his face full of appreciation: "This plan is really very good, then let's start preparing it immediately."

Once the imperial edict for the selection of candidates was issued, it quickly spread to every corner of the country. There were no special restrictions on the participants' background and age. Anyone who was willing could sign up and have equal opportunities.

After the initial screening process, the people responsible for verification began to investigate the family background information of the shortlisted women. They hoped to take this opportunity to select as many women as possible from wealthy families as final candidates.

Time passed to the spring of the following year, when flowers bloomed and the richest and most attractive women were selected from all over the country and gathered in the capital, starting a tense and fierce competition.

The selected beauties were all arranged to live in the specially designed Hanguang Hall in the imperial palace.

According to the common wishes of the Queen Mother and the Empress, after paying a certain amount of money, some unknown little secrets about the Emperor were shared among them, which made the competition between them even more intense.

In order to gain the emperor's favor in the future, the concubines racked their brains to collect all available information to find out what the emperor preferred or what his hobbies were.

In just a few days, Queen Shen Muxue earned tens of thousands of silver taels by providing information to these girls who were eager to get to the top.

She excitedly showed her husband a thick stack of banknotes. "Look how generous these wealthy children are! It would be a waste of resources if we don't take this opportunity to collect more tribute. I've already spread the word that you'll be going to the Imperial Gardens tonight to enjoy a moonlit stroll, and I've successfully sold three people to accompany you. This will bring a significant amount of revenue to our treasury."

Upon hearing this, the emperor's face suddenly turned ashen. He never expected that his noble status would be used by his wife to make money in this way.

Especially when he realized that if he did not go he would have to compensate the Queen for the financial losses, he felt even more uncomfortable.

After dinner, Shen Muxue strolled alone in the garden outside the palace.

She is pregnant now and is accustomed to taking a walk after every meal to keep herself in a good mood and feel comfortable.

Forced by Shen Muxue, the emperor reluctantly went to the Imperial Garden.

He walked into the garden almost at the speed of lightning, but before the palace servants could react, he had already turned around and left quickly. The whole process was like a gust of breeze, coming and going in a hurry.

Among the three beauties who learned the news and prepared to welcome the emperor's visit, one had already prepared a jade flute in advance, hoping to win the emperor's attention and favor.

However, before he could find the most accurate and beautiful tone and start playing, a yellow figure flashed by and quickly disappeared from sight.

Another concubine planned to win the emperor's favor by showing off her superb dancing skills.

Just as she was turning the first light circle with great anticipation, a hurried black shadow suddenly passed in front of her.

Suddenly her mind was in turmoil, and she hurriedly asked the maidservant beside her, "Was that His Majesty just now?"

The third concubine was even more unfortunate in comparison, because she hesitated for a moment, and when she finally arrived at the Imperial Garden, she found that the emperor had already left for a long time, and she could not even see his back.

Taking advantage of this clever arrangement, Shen Muxue gained a lot of extra benefits from those concubines who were looking forward to gaining the emperor's favor.

Not only did he successfully earn a considerable amount of money, but he also sparked a fierce talent competition among these people who originally did not know each other or were jealous of each other.

Everyone involved hopes to stand out and become the final winner in this invisible but extremely cruel battle.

In this regard, Shen Muxue almost directly marked a clear price for the auction: whoever is willing to pay the most money can become the final winner and enjoy the special honor and treatment bestowed by the emperor himself.

After a simple yet intense talent show, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver easily fell into Shen Muxue's pocket.

The lucky winner will not only receive high praise, but will also have the honor of attending a grand banquet specially held for him by the emperor as a reward.

However, in recent times, in order to foster a closer and more harmonious relationship between the Emperor and Empress, those close to them have gone to great lengths to create numerous seemingly accidental but in fact carefully arranged meetings between them. This, coupled with the frequent generous rewards and other arrangements, has in turn made the Emperor extremely dissatisfied and even angry at Shen Muxue's abuse of imperial power to amass wealth.

Finally, he could not help but issue a stern warning that if such incidents continued, he would not rule out the possibility of considering taking extreme measures such as a strike.

In desperation, Shen Muxue had to personally instruct his trusted subordinates to secretly start a small-scale fire in a remote palace not far from Hanguang Palace.

She had carefully planned the entire process, ensuring that the fire was large enough to wake everyone in the palace and create enough panic, but controlled enough so that no one would actually be harmed.

The next day, at the invitation cleverly arranged by Shen Muxue in advance, several highly respected monks in the capital were invited to the palace.

After solemnly inspecting the place where the accident occurred last night, they officially announced that they had found signs of evil spirits on some of the beauties who were about to participate in the selection, and that these evil spirits were the cause of the sudden fire at night.