Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

In the name of expanding the dynasty, in reality the emperor could not bear not touching a woman for three years, so after fulfilling his filial piety by using twenty-seven days instead of months, the emperor could touch a woman, and even have a child during the three-year mourning period. After all, there was no way to prevent pregnancy in ancient times unless the emperor did not go to the harem.

But no matter how much he could touch the harem and have children, he certainly could not do things like selecting concubines, otherwise he would definitely be impeached by the censor. So it can be imagined that there would be no more selections in the palace within three years. It would take many more years for Master Sun Er to realize his dream of rising to prominence. If he was unlucky and did not live long, he might die before he could see the girl he sent to the palace rise to prominence. After all, so many years had passed, and Master Sun Er was already in his forties, and the lifespans of ancient people were not long, and there were many who died in their forties or fifties.

So when Master Sun Er heard that the Empress Dowager had passed away, his reaction was the same as Linlang had expected. He became furious and cursed the Empress Dowager for not dying earlier or later, but at this time, affecting the second house's plan to develop.

Now, they can only watch as the first branch of the family continues to become more prosperous than theirs for three years. Even if the second branch of the family becomes prosperous, it will be three years later.

——In fact, it will take more than three years. Even if they send the girl to the palace after three years, will they be able to pamper her immediately? Impossible. Not to mention more, it will take at least one or two years to prepare, right? In this way, five years have passed.

It’s just that they don’t want to think that far ahead, so they get angry when they see that there is no hope of surpassing the first wife within three years.

In fact, the second branch should work hard to become an official. After so many years, Master Sun Er might have reached the sixth or even fifth rank, which is higher than Master Sun Da's position. After all, the first branch's title is indeed high, but it is an honorary title. The real powerful position is still the job in Master Sun Da's hands, and that is only the sixth rank.

It's a pity that ever since Linlang entered the palace and gained favor, and the first wife became prosperous, Master Sun Er no longer focused on his own development as he did in his original world. He kept an eye on the development of the first wife every day, trying to trip her up, which delayed his own development.

If we say that Empress Dowager Wu died and the Second House was depressed, then the most depressed people would naturally be Empress Dowager Wu's family, the Wu family.

The former Duke Cheng'en who was imprisoned at this moment - his title was passed on to his son after he was imprisoned, so the current Duke Cheng'en has become the former Duke Cheng'en - has been released.

Because after he was arrested, Old Master Cheng'en had been imprisoned until he was sentenced to three years. Combined with the time he had been imprisoned before, Old Master Cheng'en didn't spend long in prison. He was released as his term expired.

As a result, just after he was released, before he had time to continue to act rampantly, his sister, Queen Mother Wu, died, leaving him without a major backer.

Although, he is the emperor's uncle. Logically, even if his sister died, he can still live arrogantly as the emperor's uncle.

But, can a nephew be treated the same as a sister? A sister would treat him well unconditionally, but a nephew is different. If the nephew makes too much trouble and the emperor is annoyed, he might even cause trouble for him.

Even if they didn't cause trouble for him openly, and let him stay sick in private, recuperate at home, and not go out unless necessary, he would have no choice, after all, the emperor's orders had to be obeyed.

If his sister were still alive, he would not have to worry about the emperor daring to give such an order. But now that his sister is gone, if the emperor was annoyed with him, he might really give such an order. He was not killed because he was his uncle. Otherwise, if it were a stranger, he would have been killed long ago for killing so many people like he did.

So, after Empress Dowager Wu died, the Second House was depressed, and Empress Dowager Wu's family, the Cheng'en Mansion, was even more depressed.

In fact, it was not only the former Duke Cheng'en who felt depressed without his sister as a supporter, but other people in the Duke Cheng'en's mansion were also depressed because of the death of Empress Dowager Wu.

It was normal for him to be depressed. After much difficulty, the former Duke Cheng'en was put in jail. No matter how much trouble the other people in the Duke Cheng'en Mansion made, they were not as bad as the former Duke Cheng'en. In addition, the Duke Cheng'en Mansion was involved in this lawsuit and they were punished by the higher-ups, so the rest of them did not dare to be so arrogant. They had been very honest and dutiful in the past three years.

Although Duke Cheng'en was imprisoned, Empress Dowager Wu only loved her younger brother and spent money on him in prison. She did not love others as much and spent less money on them, so she did not give much money to Duke Cheng'en's mansion.

But even so, because the prodigal son of the former Duke Cheng'en was gone, and the other people in Duke Cheng'en's Mansion had also restrained themselves and behaved themselves, Duke Cheng'en's Mansion was living quite well just relying on the Duke's salary. It was much better than before when they had no food to eat and sometimes had to go to the palace to find Queen Mother Wu and cry poor and ask for help when they really had no money.

Therefore, these three years were the most comfortable three years for everyone in Cheng'en Mansion.

But, the former Duke Cheng'en will be released from prison one day. Now, the three-year period is up, and the Duke's Mansion's biggest "enemy" has returned, causing great distress to the Duke's Mansion.

In fact, they had cursed Empress Dowager Wu in their hearts back then, hoping that Duke Cheng'en would spend more time in prison until he died. But, Empress Dowager Wu worked hard and the emperor only sentenced him to three years.

Three years is three years. If Mr. Qian Cheng'en couldn't bear the suffering in prison, it would be great if he died.

As a result, I heard that Empress Dowager Wu arranged the prison so that the former Duke Cheng'en lived a good life in prison and did not suffer any hardship at all. In fact, because he was not like outside, where alcohol and sex were harmful to his health, his health improved a little. Not only did he not die, but after he was released, he had more energy to work than before. The people in Duke Cheng'en's mansion almost exploded when they saw the former Duke Cheng'en come out.

But at least there was Empress Dowager Wu at that time. Even if Old Master Cheng'en had to spend money, Empress Dowager Wu would cover it, so they could still barely accept it.

But now, Empress Dowager Wu has passed away, and she will no longer cover for the old man of Cheng'en. And the old man of Cheng'en is still alive and well, and is still squandering money. How can the people in Cheng'en Mansion not be depressed? Even more depressed than the second branch of the Sun family.

Looking at Old Master Cheng'en like this, none of them did not hope that he would die.

They didn’t dare to think like this before because of the Empress Dowager Wu. They were afraid that if they thought like this, the Empress Dowager Wu would find out and cause trouble for them.

But now, Empress Dowager Wu has passed away, and there is no one to protect Old Master Cheng'en, so they are just hoping that Old Master Cheng'en will die.

Unfortunately, the old man, Duke Cheng'en, had spent three years in prison and had recovered his health. It was estimated that he would not die for a while, which made everyone in the Duke Cheng'en's mansion very worried.

They have just enjoyed three years of good life, and now they are being tormented by Old Master Cheng'en again, making their whole life miserable. Who wouldn't be upset? They really wish Old Master Cheng'en would die soon so that they can continue to live a good life.

If it weren't for the prohibition of killing people, otherwise it is estimated that the old man Cheng En would have been killed a hundred times. (End of this chapter)