Your Majesty, please do not disturb, the empress only wants to engage in business

Chapter 149 Queen's Heart

Let’s not talk about what’s going on in Chengqian Palace. Yao Jinse is also very troubled now. After the words have been spoken, it seems that the immediate problem has been solved, but how to deal with the next batch of things is the real problem.

Even though the Duke of Qi's Mansion cannot be said to be extremely powerful nowadays, the connections and strength they have accumulated over the years should not be underestimated. So whenever they want to do something quietly, in most cases they can succeed.

Yao Jinse had no doubt that the Duke's Mansion would be able to find the corresponding candidates and send them to the Yao family. As long as the people were found and properly arranged, Concubine Rong would naturally mention the matter of the concubines' families entering the palace to Xie Yun'an.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether this grace is granted before or after the New Year. Any time is appropriate. As long as Xie Yun'an can be made to give in, even if it is February 2nd or Qingming Festival, Concubine Rong can find a reason.

Besides, the Duke of Qi's Mansion still has a few years of good days to live. While the old Duke is in good health, Xie Yun'an will not take action against the Mansion. He cannot bear the infamy of being a traitor. But once the old Duke dies, it will be different.

After returning to Yuxiu Palace and closing the door, the courtyard became quiet. Bai Tao was waiting for Yao Jinse to come back happily, but she didn't expect that Yao Jinse and Bai Tan both looked unhappy when they came in.

"What's wrong? Why do you and the young master look so unhappy?"

Bai Tan shook his head, helped Yao Jinse sit down, and motioned Bai Tao to bring a cup of tea: "Stop talking, the imperial concubine pulled you over to talk for a long time after the banquet, I'm afraid you are a little tired."

In fact, it was not that tiring, but one always had to be extra careful when talking to the imperial concubine. Yao Jinse was afraid that she would accidentally say something she shouldn't. If the imperial concubine Rong got angry, that was secondary. What she was afraid of was that it would cause some trouble.

Living in this deep palace, it is best not to talk even in your dreams. No matter where you are, being cautious is always an indispensable rule of survival. What's more, for someone like Yao Jinse, if you tell others about some of the things in your mind, you will probably be regarded as a lunatic.

Yao Jinse pondered in her heart.

Because of the previous contribution, which was considered a merit, Xie Yun'an still had a good impression of her. However, a good impression is something that cannot withstand the erosion of time or other things.

The imperial concubine must be saved. No matter what the future outcome of the Duke's Mansion is, as long as Imperial Concubine Rong can continue to survive in the harem, there will always be someone who can stand in front of Yao Jinse.

As for the difficulty of this matter, it is not a big deal for Yao Jinse.

The real difficulty lies in whether Concubine Rong can untie her knot. Facing the emperor who ordered the punishment of her entire family, can she still love him as much as before? Even if she likes him, can Xie Yun'an still have no grudges against her like before?

These are things that did not exist in the original plot, so for Yao Jinse, every step requires effort.

"I don't know how many eyes are watching Chengqian Palace right now. I feel that young lady really shouldn't have given this idea to the Imperial Concubine today. Now that the Imperial Concubine has no one available, she will pay special attention to young lady. Young lady has been cautious all these years, but she still needs to be more careful." Bai Tan is indeed the most cautious person around Yao Jinse. Bai Tao is smart and lively, while Bai Shuang and Bai Lu still need experience. Yao Jinse does not allow eunuchs to serve her closely. Although Xiao Shanzi and Xiao Tang are also valued by her, they basically take care of things outside. Although Yuxiu Palace is not the largest among the six east and west palaces, there are still some places that need manpower to take care of, so the two of them are outside to take care of people.

Separated from the inside and outside, Yao Jinse naturally relies more on Bai Tan and others. Treating everyone equally is just a superficial effort, so in private, only Bai Tan and Bai Tao can say such things.

After all, he is the one who has been by my side since the beginning.

"There is nothing we can do now. We had no choice but to deal with Concubine Yi. If it weren't for Concubine Yi's thoughts of internal fighting, the situation might be better now."

There are some things she doesn't need to say.

If someone is vying for credit in front of her, they will naturally spread the word. As long as she says a few appropriate words, she will be able to get away with it. After all, this is how the original owner had lived for so many years.

But who knew that Concubine Yi would be so anxious.

Yao Jinse took a sip of tea and couldn't help sighing in her heart.

Nowadays, it is no longer an easy task to choose someone who can talk to the imperial concubine. After experiencing the last incident, Imperial Concubine Rong had long lost any interest in the concubines around her. This was one of the reasons why she later became obsessed with having a child.

In the past, Imperial Concubine Rong promoted people just to spite the Empress. It seemed as if with such a group of people supporting her, she would be more worthy of the position of mistress than Shen Qingyin. But Empress Shen never cared about these things. No matter whether she was angry about these things in secret, at least she always behaved decently in public.

As long as it doesn't explode openly, the anger in secret will naturally be felt by the imperial concubine and the queen together. If the queen doesn't care about it at all, then the imperial concubine will be the only one who will go back and sulk.

Now that there is a pregnant concubine of low rank in the palace, the empress has made it clear that she wants to play the role of a wise and magnanimous person, and she can even push the emperor aside. It is conceivable that in this matter, the empress must make sure that the child is born.

The Empress has been childless for many years and may not have one in the future. In this case, it is better to choose one from the existing children to rely on in the future. Xie Yun'an is now in his prime and has experienced the disputes for the throne himself. Naturally, he would not want to see his sons go through the same thing. Therefore, based on this, older children cannot be an option for the Queen.

It would take at least ten to twenty years for these newly born children to grow up. By that time, the emperor would be in his fifties. As long as the plan was properly planned, the queen's wish might be fulfilled.

Throughout the dynasties, killing mothers to seize children was always common. In the final analysis, it was just that it was difficult to raise children in the palace, so they had to give birth to more children and pick out the best ones to keep for the end. As for the fights between these princes, as long as the queen could sit on the throne, she would naturally not be implicated.

It doesn’t matter who becomes emperor, as long as the emperor has no biological mother, her position as empress dowager will naturally be secure.