Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Generally speaking, unless she is promoted to a certain level and has more than one place to live, for example three rooms, and Liu Bin can't accommodate her here, she will be moved to another place.

And there is more than one place to live. To be a lady of the seventh rank, there will be two rooms. Above that, to be a talented lady of the fifth rank, there will be three rooms.

Linlang has not counted the usage of Concubine Liu's room, so she doesn't know if it can be divided into two rooms. If it can be arranged, she may continue to live here. If not, she may move to other palaces.

Since she was still with Concubine Liu, she was naturally still her immediate superior and could still supervise her.

"You said you have no money, so you don't pay to avoid paying respects, then how come you keep getting promoted? You have money to bribe the female officials around the Queen Mother to get promoted, but you don't have money for me?"

Linlang said calmly: "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. The aunts around the Empress Dowager are all good people. How could they charge money to upgrade people? Besides, everyone's upgrade is the grace of the Empress Dowager. If you say that and it gets out, how will people see the Empress Dowager and the aunts around her? Oh, it's not that the Empress Dowager is kind, it's that the aunts around the Empress Dowager have to pay money to upgrade; oh, the Empress Dowager has such a bad vision that she actually chose such a person to be a female official around her..."

Concubine Liu really has no ability. It was only because she was the emperor's concubine that she was given the title of concubine after the emperor ascended the throne. However, in the four years since the emperor ascended the throne, Concubine Liu has not been promoted, and the emperor has basically stopped visiting her. Concubine Liu's position is very dangerous, which is also normal. The situation in the palace is many times more complicated than that of the previous princes.

When the emperor was still a prince, he did not dare to keep many concubines, and the women in the palace did not dare to fight too much. After all, if the prince they married did not ascend to the throne or was even dealt with, they would be in trouble. Then they would be a bunch of pitiful people, so there was no point in fighting. Therefore, before major events became clear, the environment in the prince's mansion was still very peaceful, so she was able to become a concubine after the emperor ascended the throne.

But now, the emperor has ascended the throne, and the surrounding environment has changed instantly, becoming more than a hundred times more complicated. Concubine Liu's inadequate abilities have been revealed. With her brain, if she had not been out of favor in the palace fighting environment, she would have been killed long ago. It must be said that the emperor did not favor her, but he spared her life and allowed her to live a few more years. Otherwise, with her brain and the things she did, she would not have survived more than one episode. After all, she dared to talk nonsense even to the female officials around the empress dowager. She is no fool.

In fact, Concubine Liu was not that stupid, because in her opinion, everyone here was hers, so she had nothing to be afraid of saying these things. If there were outsiders around, she naturally would not dare to say anything about the female officials around the empress dowager.

So after hearing Linlang's warning, Concubine Liu didn't take it to heart. On the contrary, she continued to question him, saying, "Don't play dumb with me. Do you think I don't know these things in the palace? I still say that, pay me honestly and you don't have to pay respects. It's good for both you and me. You don't want to be beaten again, do you? Since you lied to me, you can't pay the minimum of two taels. You have to pay four taels. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude. Of course, the more the better. If you are willing to give more, I will also give you something in return. I can give you some things that only high-ranking concubines can get, so that you won't suffer any loss."

When she thought of Linlang having a lot of money, her heart was burning with excitement, and she wished she could snatch all the money from Linlang. But there was no other way, as all the people in her palace were poor, and a fat sheep finally appeared. How could she not want to slaughter him?

Linlang said calmly: "I am a concubine of low rank, I can't even get close to the emperor, what do I need those things for?"

She just refused to give money to Concubine Liu, who was so angry that she found an excuse, saying that Linlang behaved improperly in the palace, and asked her maids to beat Linlang severely.

Linlang was speechless after seeing this. She thought about this Concubine Liu. She kept giving the same excuse over and over again and couldn't find a new one. Didn't she realize that she was not afraid of being beaten at all?
Of course, the main reason was that they beat Linlang a little harder. The next day, the maids' hands were so numb that they couldn't even hold a feather, and it took a long time to heal. So after that, the maids would try to beat Linlang very lightly, so that Linlang would not feel any pain, so as to avoid being sore and numb for a long time, which was very inconvenient. However, in order to prevent Concubine Liu from noticing and blaming them for beating her too lightly, on the surface, the two maids beat her quite hard, so Concubine Liu never realized that her subordinates were just doing superficial work when beating Linlang, and they didn't hurt her at all. This also led to Linlang not being afraid of being beaten by her, and she said she would not pay if she didn't want to.

So when Concubine Liu saw that she had tried every trick in the book and Linlang still refused to give her money, she had no choice but to get so angry that she died. After all, she didn't dare to just go into Linlang's room and rob her.

You can use the excuse of misbehavior in front of the palace to beat Linlang, but what excuse can you use to break into someone's room and rob money? Should you say that Linlang stole her money? Then Linlang will definitely say that she didn't steal it. If the other party reports it to the Ministry of Punishment, will you still have to bear the consequences?
It is two different things to frame Linlang for stealing money and to say that Linlang was disrespectful in front of the palace. The latter does not require evidence, as long as she opens her mouth, she can say it; but the former requires evidence. Without evidence, it is a frame-up of other concubines. Entering the house to rob money is even more of a robbery. How dare Concubine Liu do such a thing? No matter how stupid she is, she would not dare to do such a thing.

Of course, even if she tried to rob, she couldn't get the money because there was no money in Linlang's room. She couldn't beat Linlang and force her to tell her where the money was.

So that’s how the attempt to rob Linlang’s money ended, it ended in nothing.

Because she failed to snatch Linlang's money, Concubine Liu treated Linlang with disgust. She always looked at Linlang with hatred, as if Linlang had killed her entire family.

Concubine Liu treated the people in her palace like this and never thought that someone in her palace would become her enemy one day in the future.

The others were all concubines of low rank. She didn't think they could get ahead of her. Even if they were her lackeys, Concubine Song, who had the highest rank in her palace, was two ranks lower than her.

Although she was only two ranks lower than her, it was extremely difficult to surpass her and become a noble concubine, because she was not favored. Naturally, the other people in her palace were also invisible and not favored. Since they were not favored, how could they expect to be promoted higher than her?

Therefore, Concubine Liu was not worried at all that if she bullied these people, they would become better off than her in the future and cause trouble for her.

Besides, even if she is better off than her, unless she becomes the empress or royal concubine and can control the whole palace, otherwise, everyone has a palace, and she doesn't have to live in someone else's palace and be controlled by them, so what is there to be afraid of?

And the people in her palace became empress, imperial concubine, noble concubine and the like... It's so funny, how is it possible!

Because she thought it was impossible, Concubine Liu was not afraid that she would bully these people and that these people would take revenge on her in the future. (End of this chapter)