Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

In fact, if Mr. Sun and Mrs. Sun had not done this, Linlang would have to find a way to ask a eunuch to convey such a message to them in the future. Now that they know that they need to study, she naturally doesn't need to spend money to ask a eunuch to convey the message.

The reason why they had to study was because Master Sun was right. When her rank was higher, she could indeed get them a job. But if everyone in the family was illiterate by then, it didn't mean they couldn't get a job. After all, there were many people who sought jobs for the concubine's family, and among them there were illiterate people. But illiterate people certainly couldn't get a good job. If they wanted to get a good job, they had to be literate.

Linlang felt relieved when she saw that the eldest wife was doing things in a reliable manner.

In the palace.

Although Linlang was promoted to the eighth rank, she was only favored by the emperor once and was promoted one level according to the routine. Therefore, no one was jealous or made trouble for her. This was naturally a good thing for Linlang.

But she knew that even if she controlled the frequency of her visits and did not let people think that she was favored, as long as her rank was higher in the future, she would still attract envy and jealousy. Fortunately, she was not afraid of these palace fights, so she did not have to worry.

The emperor never called Han Gengyi since she was favored once before the Mid-Autumn Festival. She was looking forward to it and anxious at the same time, wondering if she didn't perform well last time and the emperor had no feelings for her at all?

Han Gengyi didn't know. She felt that she had performed well, but there were others who could perform better. What the palace had the most was women who knew how to please the emperor. So it was normal that the emperor didn't think of her. And she didn't give any money to the eunuchs who flipped the cards, so her card was always in the last round. How could the emperor flip her card?

Since she couldn't rely on the emperor to remember her and call her over to visit him, and she couldn't be the one to be favored by flipping the cards, how could she possibly get the chance to be favored?

If she is lucky and gets favored once and has a child, then her fortune will turn, because those who give birth to a child, no matter it is a boy or a girl, can rise to the level of a noble lady even if they are just a common beauty.

As far as Linlang knew, this year, there was a concubine of low rank who became pregnant after being favored once.

However, once she gets pregnant, she will be targeted by all parties. I wonder if Han Gengyi can withstand it.

That low-ranking concubine finally got pregnant, but ended up having a miscarriage. It's very likely that she was murdered.

Although Han Gengyi was not favored again, the lower-ranking concubines in Liu Bin's palace were rarely favored, so Han Gengyi could still bear it at this time. After all, she could comfort herself that she was not the only one who was not favored.

It wasn't until Linlang was favored again a year ago and was promoted to a higher level that Han Gengyi was a little upset. He wondered why the emperor would look for Sun Linlang a second time but not himself? How was he worse than Sun Linlang?

More importantly, Linlang was promoted to the next level, three levels higher than her.

They clearly came in at the same time, so why did Sun Linlang get promoted so quickly?

It's normal to break down if you think too much.

Linlang was chosen by the emperor because she spent money, otherwise how could she be chosen? She didn't pay the eunuch who turned the cards 100 taels to buy a place in the first plate, but only spent 50 taels to buy a place in the second plate. Anyway, the emperor didn't turn the cards, so her name could stay in the second plate.

Linlang has done statistics and found that it is actually more cost-effective to spend money to buy a second plate.

It is true that the emperor often flips over people in the first plate, but there are also more people who buy the first plate. The eunuchs who flip the cards dare not always put the low-ranking concubines who cost money in the first plate, lest the emperor discover that the name of this low-ranking concubine appears in the first plate every time he flips the cards. You know, it is normal to put the name of a high-ranking concubine in the first plate, but putting the name of a low-ranking concubine in the first plate frequently is too abnormal. It can be known immediately that the eunuch may have received money. Therefore, the eunuchs who flip the cards generally only dare to put the low-ranking concubines who cost money in the first plate occasionally, for example, the emperor flipped the cards five times and only put them once. At other times, they are placed in the second plate or other later plates, so that the emperor will not easily find out that something is wrong.

Although the emperor often changes the people in the first round, sometimes he feels that it is the same people over and over again, and he gets tired of it and will change the people in the second round.

Then Linlang discovered that for low-ranking concubines, the chance of winning by spending fifty taels to enter the second plate was almost the same as spending one hundred taels to enter the first plate. In other words, it was more cost-effective to spend money to buy the second plate.

——So Concubine Liu really did a lot of harm to people. After all, if she hadn't taken away all the money of the low-ranking concubines, and the low-ranking concubines' families no longer gave them money, they could save up for a year or two with the money given by the palace, and spend fifty taels to buy a second seat, and then have the opportunity to sleep with the emperor, and then maybe have a chance to climb up.

But now, Concubine Liu has taken away everyone's money, making it impossible for them to save money, and also cutting off the possibility of others getting promoted, which is really harmful to people.

Linlang spent money to buy a seat in the second round, but the eunuch who flipped the cards didn't mind, because these low-ranking concubines didn't have much money. After all, if they had money, they would have given it to the female official around the empress dowager to buy a position that would be 100% guaranteed to be upgraded. Why would they give it to him?
After all, except for the first visit, the emperor can almost upgrade the other party. Even if he visits them again, the emperor may not necessarily upgrade them. So giving them money to flip the cards is at most a gamble on the chance of pregnancy after the visit. Of course, it is also a gamble on the chance of upgrading. In short, it is all a gamble and uncertain.

Giving money to the female officials around the empress dowager will definitely lead to a promotion; giving money to them may not necessarily lead to an promotion, so some people would rather give money to the female officials around the empress dowager.

In other words, concubines who have no money and cannot afford the level of female officials would give them money to gamble.

Others would not upgrade, but Linlang would. So, Linlang used the dream magic talisman to create a dream that made the emperor feel particularly satisfied with Linlang's sleeping with him. After waking up, the emperor upgraded Linlang to the seventh rank concubine.

Although a seventh-rank concubine still has only one palace maid serving her and can only live in one room, the seventh rank is completely different from those below it. The eighth and ninth ranks are at the bottom of the social ladder, but from the seventh rank onwards, they are no longer at the bottom of the social ladder. One of the concubines that the emperor had previously favored was named a lady, and a lady is only one level higher than a concubine, which shows that the rank of a concubine is not very low.

And more importantly, Linlang’s upgrade this time is different from the last time.

The last time was the first time Linlang was summoned. As long as there were no special circumstances, it would be normal to be promoted to a higher level.

But this time, Linlang was summoned for the second time and was promoted to a higher level, which was very different. After all, summoning twice to promote two levels was too fast.

Therefore, Linlang's upgrade attracted some people's attention. Some people even planned to take action against Linlang due to jealousy and other reasons. So, in Zi Lan Palace, which had never attracted much attention, some people actually started to take action and prepared to win over the people in Zi Lan Palace to deal with Linlang.

The first person to be won over was naturally Han Gengyi, who was close to Linlang. (End of this chapter)