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Chapter 942 The Best Family 69
After all, if the problem is not controlled at the source and the emperor demoted Linlang's position, no matter how much Empress Dowager Wu scolded Linlang, her position would not be demoted - although she was the empress dowager, she could not decide who would be the head of a palace. The emperor had said that all positions above the head of a palace would be decided by him personally, so even if Empress Dowager Wu did not like Linlang, she could not directly remove Linlang's position.

Although the emperor had to be filial, if he disobeyed the empress dowager, he would be criticized by the ministers. Logically, she could demote the concubines she disliked, and the emperor could not say anything. However, this was the truth. Did she really dare to interfere in the emperor's affairs? Her family was still being held in the Dali Temple. If she didn't want to offend the emperor and let him deal with her family, she would definitely not dare to directly demote Linlang without asking the emperor's opinion.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Wu could only discuss with the Emperor and ask him not to promote a beautiful girl of commoner origin to a position higher than that of the mistress of a palace.

"I mentioned this matter last time, and you didn't like it. But after Liu's incident, I still want to say that Concubine Cai's suggestion makes sense. This commoner beauty is just short-sighted and not suitable to be the mistress of a palace. So as for Concubine Sun, I mean that she should be demoted to a lower position. It would be very good already if she could be made a Zhaoyi." Empress Dowager Wu looked earnest.

The emperor listened to what Empress Dowager Wu said but did not nod. After all, what this emperor hated most was having others act as his father and tell him what to do in a fatherly manner.

In the previous dynasty, he was treated as a father by the ministers, but when he returned to the harem, even who he wanted to appoint to what position was controlled by someone. How could he be happy?
What's the matter? Is he such a coward as an emperor? Not only does he have to argue with the ministers about the affairs of the previous dynasty, but he also has to listen to others about the women in the harem, which are his completely private affairs. Can't he just give anyone whatever rank he wants?

So after listening to Empress Dowager Wu's words that seemed to be earnest but actually annoyed him, he just said calmly, "Don't worry about these things, mother. Just worry about the situation of the Wu family. The news from the Dali Temple is very bad. It is said that many of the things my uncle has done have reached the point where he cannot be spared from a lighter sentence. You should talk to the Wu family and see if you can give the victim some compensation. If the victim does not sue my uncle, I can still talk to him more easily. If the victim insists on suing my uncle, even if I give my uncle a lighter sentence, it won't be much lighter."

When Empress Dowager Wu heard her son mention her mother's family, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed. There was nothing she could do. It was because of her mother's family that she couldn't be tough in front of her son.

But she couldn't bear to blame her family and kept indulging them, so the matter remained deadlocked.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Wu had stopped talking nonsense, the Emperor said he understood and warned: "The compensation my son mentioned is real compensation. If the Wu family thinks that my son is trying to intimidate the victim and make him withdraw his lawsuit, and in the end the victim knows that the Dali Temple Minister is upright and will only stick to his guns and refuse to forgive, then I really can't give my uncle a lighter sentence."

It was no wonder that the emperor gave such instructions to Empress Dowager Wu. Given the tempers of Empress Dowager Wu and the Wu family, if he hadn't given them some instructions, these people might have been stupid or had bad character, and might have really carried him out and said that it was the emperor's order, so that the victims could not sue their benefactor and intimidated them.

After hearing the emperor's instructions, Empress Dowager Wu froze again.

In the past, there were people who reported illegal and criminal activities in the Cheng'en Mansion, but they mostly intimidated the victims. Seeing that the family was powerful, the victims just let it go. Now that her son had pointed this out, Empress Dowager Wu naturally felt embarrassed again.

So this time, Empress Dowager Wu's plan to suppress Linlang ended in nothing.

Although Empress Dowager Wu failed to demote Linlang's rank as she wished, she would start to make trouble for her when Linlang came to pay her respects. She would often find fault with her and scold her, or she would not let Linlang get up for a long time when she was paying her respects.

She did not hit people like Concubine Liu. After all, she knew that once Linlang was injured, the emperor would see her hitting Linlang and understand that she was venting her anger. When the emperor saw that she was taking her anger out on Linlang and injured Linlang, he might be unhappy that she was treating the concubine he still favored like this, and he would cause trouble for her own family and cause trouble for her, which would be bad.

Therefore, when Empress Dowager Wu made trouble for Linlang, she used mental means instead of physical means.

Although it was a mental method, seeing Linlang being scolded at every turn and being troubled by Empress Dowager Wu from time to time still made Zhang, the female official beside Linlang, a little worried. She said to Linlang: "I don't know what happened to us, Empress Dowager, that she is causing trouble for you like this."

Linlang said: "She is the Queen Mother. She has the power to cause trouble to anyone she doesn't like without any reason."

After hearing this, Ms. Zhang couldn't help but said depressedly: "This is too..."

She was just a small female official and did not dare to slander the empress dowager, but it was obvious that Female Official Zhang was unhappy and felt sorry for Linlang.

Linlang said calmly, "Don't worry. The Queen Mother's family has been in trouble recently, and the Dali Temple has been looking for trouble with her family. I guess she doesn't have much energy to keep looking for trouble with us."

When Lady Official Zhang thought of the troubles of the Wu family, she couldn't help but nodded and felt relieved. It made sense, she thought. The Wu family was in big trouble, and the empress dowager shouldn't have time to keep an eye on her own queen.

Lady official Zhang was reassured by Linlang's words, but in fact Linlang herself was not as reassured as she was, because she knew that whenever Empress Dowager Wu had the leisure time, she would keep causing trouble for her. After all, Empress Dowager Wu had been the empress dowager for many years, and even when she was a concubine, she was cautious - the previous emperor did not have a legitimate son, so Empress Dowager Wu was a concubine, not the empress - now that she is above everyone else, it is impossible for her to be cautious anymore, and she will do whatever she wants. Since she has become a person who does whatever she wants, she will definitely be unhappy when her demands are not met.

If the empress dowager is unhappy, how should she deal with it? The natural thing is to make things difficult for the person who has made her unhappy. Needless to say, this person must be Linlang. After all, the empress dowager does not dare to make things difficult for the emperor.

Obviously, Linlang had never offended her before, but just because she didn't want the commoner concubine to stand out and the emperor didn't agree, she took her anger out on Linlang and made trouble for her. Linlang was speechless, thinking that the Wu family's matter was too small for the Empress Dowager Wu to still be in the mood to make trouble for her, so she had to do something to make her behave.

Of course, she must not be allowed to get sick, otherwise, concubines above the rank of concubine would have to take care of her, which would be asking for trouble.