The delicate little cabbage was pushed by the old emperor

However, she was a little worried that the Ye family and the imperial concubine would not just let it go, so she asked anxiously, "Has the emperor figured out how to deal with the Ye family?"

"And what about the Imperial Concubine? She is now in charge of the harem. Even if the Emperor takes back her power to assist the six palaces, I'm afraid Le Yan will find it difficult to win the support of the people in the future."

Emperor Yong'an snorted coldly, "The Ye family has evil ambitions and wants to control my harem. How could I let them do that?"

"Don't worry, mother. The military power is in my hands now. Plus, the Lu family just fell. Even if they are dissatisfied, they dare not act rashly."

The Queen Mother nodded slightly, "It's good that the Emperor understands this. However, the preparations for this wedding are very rushed. Please don't let Yan'er suffer any injustice, and don't let the Shen family lose face."

"Your son understands and will make proper arrangements. Yan'er will not be wronged in the slightest!" Emperor Yong'an replied respectfully. In fact, even if the empress dowager didn't say it, in his heart Emperor Yong'an was eager to give the best to Shen Leyan.

So he decided to renovate the Jingren Palace and use it as the queen's bedroom, and to connect the Qianqing Palace with the Jingren Palace so that the two palaces would be closely connected, making it convenient for them to live and handle affairs in the future.

At this moment, his heart was full of longing for the future and anticipation of living with Shen Leyan in the future.

The Queen Mother then asked for some more details, wanting to know everything clearly.

Seeing that she had suddenly become concerned about the affairs of the harem again, Emperor Yong'an quickly suggested, "Why don't you ask your mother to take on this heavy responsibility for a while and help Yan'er?"

The Queen Mother was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "The Emperor has really made a good plan. I finally have some peace and quiet now."

Thinking about the time she spent managing the harem, she felt exhausted and aged quickly. As the saying goes, three women make a drama, and one can only imagine how much trouble a group of women in a harem can cause!

Emperor Yong'an smiled apologetically and said, "Your Majesty, I know that you have worked hard for many years. I shouldn't trouble you any more."

"Yan'er has just entered the palace and is unfamiliar with many matters. If you can help me, I'm sure things will go much more smoothly. Besides, doesn't my mother love Le Yan very much? How could I bear to see her being bullied?"

Of course, Emperor Yong'an did not want to be lazy and throw the mess to the empress dowager. He just thought that the harem had not been completely abolished yet, and some things were easiest to solve by the empress dowager. In the harem, the empress dowager's words were more convincing than his.

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and then slowly nodded: "Since the Emperor has spoken, even for Le Yan's sake, I will take over for a while."

"But once Le Yan gets familiar with her, I will let her go."

Emperor Yong'an was overjoyed: "Thank you, Mother! With you here, I feel much more at ease. I believe Le Yan will learn a lot from you."

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, "It's just right that I can see her every day in the future. She's with me and can keep me company."

She was destined to be too happy to sleep tonight. Early the next morning, the Queen Mother called her most trusted nanny to the Shen family and asked Shen Leyan to familiarize herself with the palace rules in advance.

During the morning court session, Emperor Yong'an took the initiative before anyone started talking about the matter of establishing a queen.

"Today I have an important announcement." After saying that, he gestured to Baoshun beside him to read the imperial edict.

Bao Shun cleared his throat and said, "By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Le Yan, the daughter of the Shen family, is gentle and virtuous, possessing both virtue and talent. She has won my heart, and I hereby appoint her as Empress. The ceremony of her coronation will be held on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. I decree this!"

When this decree was issued, the entire court was in an uproar, and the Ye family was caught off guard.

how come?

General Ye never expected that Emperor Yong'an would suddenly announce today that the daughter of the Shen family would be the queen.

At this moment, he was really cruel to Shen Hongan who was being congratulated by the court officials, but the matter was already settled and there was no turning back.

He could only say sarcastically, "Prime Minister Shen, you are hiding it really well."

Father Shen had anticipated this situation long ago, and at this moment, he said, "General Ye, you are joking. I am also very surprised. I thought the position of Queen would go to the Imperial Concubine."

Many ministers present were secretly eyeing the position of empress, hoping that their daughters could also gain the emperor's favor, so many people did not sincerely want the imperial concubine to become empress, so that no one could compete with the Ye family.

This can only be blamed on the Ye family being too high-profile and the eldest prince being somewhat extreme in his actions, so sometimes it is inevitable that people will feel dissatisfied, especially those ministers who originally defected from the prince's side.

Now, seeing that the Shen family’s status in the emperor’s heart is getting higher and higher, they have gradually stood on the side of Prime Minister Shen and helped him speak.

Seeing this, General Ye snorted coldly and left.

The affairs of the court soon spread throughout Zhaojing, and the entire capital was bustling with anticipation for the wedding of the emperor and empress.

The people in the Imperial Household Department were searching everywhere for rare treasures to decorate the future queen's palace, the embroiderers were working day and night to make the wedding dress, and the Shen family was also busy preparing the dowry.

In addition to trying on wedding dresses and choosing jewelry every day, Shen Leyan also follows the nanny to learn palace rules and etiquette.

Occasionally, she would chat with Shangguan Yueyin and Princess Jiayin about some private matters between women.

Now that Shen Leyan and Shangguan Yueyin were about to get married, only Princess Jiayin was left. That was why Princess Jiayin had been coming to the Shen family frequently to pester them and play around together. After all, days like this were going to be rare in the future...

Shen's mother was originally a little worried that there were too many rules in the palace and Shen Leyan would not be used to it after entering the palace. Fortunately, the Empress Dowager specially sent a nanny to teach her about court etiquette in advance.

Seeing that her precious daughter is becoming more and more decent and has begun to look like a majestic queen, Shen's mother feels proud.

When she heard from the nanny that the Empress Dowager would personally teach Shen Leyan how to manage the six palaces, she felt even more relieved.

On the other hand, when the concubines in the harem heard this, they all had different thoughts for a moment.

Some congratulated her on the surface but gritted their teeth in secret; some were planning how to curry favor with the future queen; and some concubines were jealous but also began to gloat over her misfortune.

After all, a new queen is better than Concubine Ye becoming the queen, right?

It seemed as if in their minds, they could manipulate the new queen at will, and they had no idea that Shen Leyan not only had the favor of Emperor Yong'an, but also had the support of the Empress Dowager, the previous palace fighting champion!

Among them, the one who hated Shen Leyan the most was Concubine Ye. She originally thought that the position of queen belonged to her.

After all, not only did she hold the highest position in the entire harem, but she also had the power to assist in managing the six palaces. She was now only one step away from becoming the empress, but unexpectedly, Shen Leyan suddenly appeared along the way...

She hated it! If she had known earlier, she should have told her brother to be on guard...

After hearing the news, she felt like the sky was falling, and she was so angry that she smashed everything in the bedroom to the ground.