Selling wife for fame? Kick out the scumbag and marry the new emperor to enjoy the harem of favors

Chapter 77 Well-informed

The intention to provoke was obvious in the Queen's words.

What do you mean by being the most favored by the emperor? Doesn’t this just attract hatred?

There is also the issue of the royal heir. Xie Jiu lives in Ninghua Palace. The biggest worry of the mistress, Concubine Yi, is that she lost her child due to miscarriage. If Xie Jiu gets pregnant in Ninghua Palace, Concubine Yi might hate her to death.

The Queen now directed her anger towards Xie Jiu, obviously not wanting Concubine Zhuang's anger to be directed at Chen Cairen alone.

After all, Chen Cairen is under her command.

But Xie Jiu has no interest in taking the blame for others.

"Your Majesty, you must be humiliated by what I have said. I was only able to catch the Emperor's eye because he took pity on me. How I entered the palace is no secret. I was entrusted with the wrong person before, but now I have received some favor from the Emperor. How could I dare to hope to bear an heir to the throne?"

Xie Jiu did not hide his past.

The more seriously you take these scars, the more others will like to use them to hurt you. The more calm you become, the more no one will mention them.

So when she brought it up on her own initiative, everyone present was a little surprised.

But under the gaze of everyone, Xie Jiu continued calmly.

"Speaking of which, Zhou Baolin is the one who has the Emperor's favor. Not only the Emperor, but the Empress Dowager also praised him highly that day. It seems that he is blessed. When a prince is born in the future, Your Majesty, you are both his legitimate mother and his aunt, so you will definitely be close to him."

Originally, few people thought that the queen wanted to have a child through surrogacy, but now that Xie Jiu said this, all the concubines present suddenly understood why this girl from the Zhou family suddenly entered the palace.

It was not an accident at all, but a careful arrangement by the Queen and her mother's family.

For a moment, even someone as calm as Wei Jieyu cast her eyes on Zhou Baolin's belly.

The queen's face looked grim.

It was true that she had this idea, but when it was brought out in the open for everyone to hear, she looked very unhappy.

Another thing is that Zhou Baolin’s future life might not be so easy. After all, everyone knows what it means if she gives birth to a prince and hands him over to the queen to raise.

Among the concubines present, only Concubine Zhuang had a son, and she was a little restless at this moment. She immediately turned her spearhead and pointed it at Zhou Baolin.

With Concubine Zhuang's personality, it's impossible to say that she has no ambition.

Even though she is a little naive, she wants a lot. For so many years, she is the only one who has a son. She has already imagined many times in her mind the scene of her son becoming the crown prince.

By then, she will be honored as a mother because of her son. Even if the queen is still alive, the emperor should make her a royal concubine. When her son succeeds to the throne, she will be the Holy Mother Empress Dowager.

Now Concubine Zhuang suddenly realized that Zhou Baolin was brought into the palace by the Queen to bear children, and she immediately wanted to get rid of him.

She hoped that the Fourth Prince would always be the only one.

Sun Baolin was already pregnant, and she wanted to get pregnant but didn't dare. But Zhou Baolin was nothing, so it wouldn't be a big deal if she killed him.

If the queen wants to do the same thing again and find a new person to enter the palace, it will probably take a long time.

"Xie Jieyu is really praising me. How can I be considered blessed? If I were to say blessed, the Empress, as the Mother of the Nation, is truly blessed. As long as we sisters serve the Emperor well and listen to the Empress's teachings every day, we will naturally be blessed by the Empress and be able to bear children for the Emperor."

Zhou Baolin, who was sitting next to her, spoke hurriedly. At this moment, he could still see that Xie Jiu was trying to trip her up. The main reason was that the Queen's face had darkened a little. No matter how dumb Zhou Baolin was, seeing that the Queen was unhappy, he could guess that what Xie Jiu said was not good.

"Zhou Baolin is really sweet-talker, no wonder he is so likable." Xie Jiu pursed his lips and smiled.

Then he sighed and looked emotional.

"Zhou Baolin is different from us. After all, sisters are family members and should be closer. The Empress's blessings will surely protect Zhou Baolin more. For someone like me, my blessings were probably used up when I entered the palace. From now on, I can only hope that Zhou Baolin and all the sisters can give birth to more children for the Emperor."

It doesn’t matter whether she gives birth or not. It’s impossible for her to give birth at the moment. We’ll talk about it later when the situation changes.

But right now, these words make those who cannot have children feel the most uncomfortable.

The only one who is definitely unable to give birth is the Queen.

The more children the concubines in the palace give birth to, the more uncomfortable the queen will feel.

Sure enough, the queen's eyes looked at Xie Jiu even colder at this moment, but she still pretended to be gentle.

"Xie Jieyu, you're being too self-deprecating. As the saying goes, after hardship comes happiness, and after adversity comes prosperity. You've suffered great injustice in the past, but you'll surely be blessed in the future. The Emperor loves you so much now. I heard that in order to reunite your family, he plans to transfer your brother from Lizhou back to the capital to take up a post at the end of the year. How could this be bad luck for you?"

When the Queen mentioned this, Xie Jiu immediately became alert.

Zhao Xingjin had just told her about this yesterday morning, and it hadn't even been implemented yet. Now the Queen knew about it. She was really well-informed.

It is not known whether the Queen's hand could reach Chengming Palace, or whether the Zhou family outside the palace was powerful enough to get the news and pass it into the palace.

No matter which one it is, Xie Jiu feels that he needs to be more vigilant. Don't let himself be exposed one day and then happily think that he is safe. The Queen's power and eyesight should not be underestimated.

After calming down, Xie Jiu spoke, "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. My brother's return to the capital is necessary for the Emperor's administration. How can it have anything to do with me? If your words get out, the censors will mistakenly think that the Emperor is nepotism and that he selects officials based on nepotism. This will damage the Emperor's reputation."

"As long as your brother has real ability and returns to Beijing to make some achievements, those people will naturally shut up. What's fake can't become real, and what's real can't become fake." The queen smiled wryly.

This means that if Xie Wei has real ability, even if he returns to Beijing to get promoted due to nepotism, then others will not say anything. But if Xie Wei is a fool...
Even if he returned to Beijing, it would be like trying to save a useless person.

"Your Majesty is right." Xie Jiu's face was calm and he curled the corners of his lips.

Upon hearing this, the Queen withdrew her gaze and looked over to the other side. "Wei Jieyu and Liu Baolin, you two should always pay more attention to the Emperor. Now that you two are living in Zhongcui Palace, each of you prefers to be quiet, and you don't care about the Emperor at all."

This is true.

The two people in Zhongcui Palace have a very low sense of presence.

"Your Majesty, you're really putting me in a difficult position." Concubine Zhuang chuckled. "This person is out of favor. Even if she wanted to serve, she can't even see the Emperor. How can she truly like tranquility?"

These words caused Concubine Wei to frown.

Concubine Zhuang glanced at it and asked, "Why, Concubine Wei thinks what I said is wrong?"

"Your Majesty, what you say makes sense." Concubine Wei raised her chin. "I was just wondering how I could serve you with all my heart. I wanted to ask Your Majesty for advice, but then I remembered that it seems like you haven't seen the Emperor alone for a long time."

(End of this chapter)