Transmigration: Experiencing Life's End - Dying Peacefully in One's Sleep

Ji Chao was not good with words, so he could only comfort her by saying, "You can have another child. The most important thing for you now is to take good care of your health. Was the miscarriage caused by someone?"

He clearly didn't want An Lingrong to have the Emperor's child at all, but in order not to hurt her, he held back and said that they could still have children.

"Yes, it was the Empress who did it." An Lingrong didn't hide anything from him.

Upon hearing this, Ji Chao felt that it wasn't easy for her in the palace either: "Should we take revenge on the Empress? I'll go find some evidence of Ulanara's crimes and hand it over."

He served the emperor, and the emperor felt that he treated everyone equally and was only loyal to the emperor, so it was not abrupt for him to do these things.

"No need, His Majesty has already investigated, the Empress can't escape." An Lingrong mainly didn't want to trouble him; she had a plan, and dealing with the Empress would be easy.

Ji Chao was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this, believing that the Emperor did not want her to help. However, after a while, she adjusted her mindset and realized that she indeed had no way to deal with the Empress.

"Alright, there are many scheming people in the palace, so you must be careful."

An Lingrong noticed the change in his expression just now, and a smile flashed in her eyes: "Hmm, your family didn't arrange for you to take a wife or concubine?"

The topic changed so quickly that Ji Chao hadn't even had time to react.

He paused for a moment before saying, "I wasn't feeling well before, so they didn't make any arrangements. Now that I don't want to, there's nothing they can do."

After all, his family depended on him, and they hadn't treated the original owner of this body well. He wasn't their son, so naturally he didn't care about them.

An Lingrong understood what he meant. The original owner of this body was in poor health, so his parents didn't make any arrangements for him. Now, he simply didn't want to.

She curled the corners of her lips into a smile: "Oh? Now that you're here, don't you want to experience having multiple wives and concubines?"

Ji Chao shook his head: "I don't want to. I've never been in a relationship before, and I can't suddenly get along with so many strangers."

Seeing that he was subtly proclaiming his innocence, An Lingrong didn't expose him.

After Ji Chao finished speaking, he glanced at himself and said, "Besides, I have someone I like."

After saying that, he stared straight at her. Seeing his undisguised gaze, An Lingrong smiled wickedly: "So you like other people's wives and concubines?"

Ji Chao's face stiffened upon hearing this, but then he saw her teasing smile and realized that she was joking with him. He said helplessly, "No, that's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?" An Lingrong pretended not to know and told him to be direct.

"Do I... do I have a chance?" Ji Chao asked directly.

An Lingrong deliberately remained silent for a while before slowly saying, "What if you could only choose between power and me?"

Ji Chao's first thought was that she was going to become the Empress Dowager, so did she expect him to become her male concubine?

Then she thought it probably wasn't that serious; it was probably because she had become the Empress Dowager and was worried that she would overstep her bounds.

However, none of that mattered. Ji Chao finished his thoughts in an instant, and he curled the corners of his mouth and said, "I don't value power. If Your Majesty can protect me..."

His voice was deep and pleasant, and the way he addressed her as "Your Majesty" made An Lingrong's ears itch: "Alright, let's wait for the right time."

Knowing that she had agreed, Ji Chao's smile deepened.

A few days later, An Lingrong, who was pretending to recuperate, received news of the Empress's death.

The Empress hadn't appeared in public for so long, citing illness as the reason, so it's reasonable for her to die of illness now.

An Lingrong watched the live broadcast and learned that the Emperor had discovered all the evil deeds the Empress had committed, so she immediately sent poisoned wine to her.

Before her death, the Empress Dowager left an edict not to depose the Empress, but it was destroyed by An Lingrong, and Zhu Xi was also sent away by her.

Out of guilt (mental suggestion) towards An Lingrong, Da Pangju raised An Lingrong to the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner, bestowed upon her the surname Anjia, and entrusted the Fourth Prince Hongli to her care.

When Hongli became her son, An Lingrong gave him a Qingxin Pill that she bought with 100 points, so that he would only act with clarity and discretion from then on.

The Emperor's health was also deteriorating. He looked at his sons and found that the Fourth Prince was slightly more intelligent.

In addition, since his current mother is Consort Yu, the emperor no longer cares about his birth mother.

After the Fourth Prince was taken in by the Emperor, An Lingrong's mission was accomplished, and she was just waiting to become the Empress Dowager.

The emperor's health was failing, and he estimated that he only had a little over two years left to live. He also rarely set foot in the inner palace anymore.

Half a year later, An Lingrong was made an Imperial Noble Consort, and An Bihai was promoted to Prefect.

An Lingrong has been controlling his actions for the past few years, which has made him work diligently and peacefully at home. The original owner's mother's eyes have also been cured, and she is living a good life at home.

Cheng Qiangong

After dinner, An Lingrong took Yunshang's hand and walked around the courtyard.

Lanxin walked in carrying a box and came to her: "Your Majesty, this was sent in from outside the palace."

Over the past few months, she had gotten used to the Empress frequently receiving things sent from outside the palace.

An Lingrong glanced at it and guessed it was a painting by Ji Chao: "Put it inside."

After she finished speaking, she went inside, and Lanxin followed and put the things on the table.

An Lingrong asked everyone to leave before opening the box and looking inside at the portraits of herself, all painted by Ji Chao himself.

His painting skills are exquisite and delicate, showing that he has some basic skills. He used to enjoy painting in modern times, so it's not surprising that he paints well.

I don't know how he drew so many different scenes of himself, even though he's only seen himself a few times.

Ji Chao: Thinking about it day and night, his writing naturally flowed like a god's.

Ever since An Lingrong agreed to his request, Ji Chao had to keep an eye on whether the Emperor had gone to Chengqian Palace almost every day. Fortunately, the Emperor was in poor health and rarely went to the inner palace.

"Host, let's go out of the palace for fun! You can go see Ji Chao!" Xiao Qi said in the space.

An Lingrong glanced at it, put all the paintings into her spatial storage, and after thinking for a moment, said, "I can go, but you're not suited to come out."

"Host, I want to go out too." Xiao Qi said expectantly.

"Not now, but you can come out every day after I leave the palace."

"Alright then," Xiao Qi replied sensibly.

An Lingrong coaxed it a little, "Be good, I'll have Yunshang get you something delicious tomorrow."

Xiao Qi immediately smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, host."

After appeasing the system, An Lingrong entered the space, thinking that it would be good to leave the palace and visit the Ji Dynasty.

She changed into a black fitted dress. It was evening, so the black wasn't as noticeable. It was a bit chilly at night, so she put on a long hooded coat in the same color.

She took off all the hairpins from her hair, letting her long hair fall loose, and now she looked like a modern person.

Once outside the space, she sent a telepathic message to Yunshang, indicating that she needed to leave the palace.

“Master, you go ahead, I will guard the palace for you.”

“Hmm,” An Lingrong immediately went invisible and flashed several times to Ji Chao’s house.