Transmigrating into a book, seducing him to rise to power

More than three months have passed since Su Jingyao entered the manor.

During these three months, Ling Yue almost stopped spending her time and energy on Jun Zechen and devoted herself to managing the affairs of the backyard every day.

When she actually started managing the internal affairs, she deeply realized how difficult and complicated these tasks were.

Every day, just watching the arrangements and scheduling among the palace maids takes up a lot of her energy and time, as does the work of arranging etiquette training for the palace maids of the Eastern Palace.

Fortunately, with the help of experienced matrons, things progressed relatively smoothly.

What truly gave her a headache was the Crown Prince's financial problems.

The Crown Prince's finances have always been managed by Anshun. Every year, a portion is allocated to the back courtyard for expenses, while the rest is arranged by the Crown Prince himself, and Ling Yue has no right to interfere.

However, Ling Yue spends most of her time checking the backyard's expenses every day.

The account book was as complicated as a maze. Only with the nanny's patient guidance could Ling Yue barely make out it. She even learned that account books could be forged, and she needed to examine it carefully, not missing any detail.

Although I was exhausted every day, the feeling of actually holding power in my hands was wonderful.

Besides managing household affairs, Ling Yue now uses the guise of studying to visit the Empress and casually mentions the imperial concubine selection to her.

Ling Yue could clearly sense that the Empress's impression of her was no longer as one of disgust and dissatisfaction as it had been in her previous life.

At lunchtime, palace maids from the Empress's side hurriedly arrived at Qiluan Palace.

"This servant greets the Crown Princess. This is the list of candidates for the imperial concubine selection sent to you by Her Majesty the Empress. Her Majesty the Empress has instructed you to personally determine the rank of the candidates and the palaces they will reside in."

The palace servant bowed respectfully and presented the list with both hands.

Meixiang quickly stepped forward and took the list.

Ling Yue nodded slightly and said, "I will carefully consider the ranks of all the ladies-in-waiting so that the Empress Dowager can rest assured." Her tone was firm and her expression was calm.

"Yes, this servant takes her leave." The palace maid bowed again and then slowly withdrew.

After the palace maids left, Ling Yue's previously calm expression instantly betrayed her intense curiosity. With lunch laid out before her, she had no appetite whatsoever.

He eagerly took the list from Meixiang's hand, hurried to the couch, sat down, leaned forward slightly, and began to examine it with focused and anxious expression.

Ha, almost all of them are acquaintances.

I just didn't expect that An Jinyan wouldn't be selected?

In her past life, she was Su Jingyao's loyal dog.

When An Jinyan first entered the Eastern Palace, it was because of Su Jingyao's malicious instigation that she took such drastic measures against herself. As for Su Jingyao herself, she was always treated as an innocent little white rabbit, and all those evil deeds were done by An Jinyan on her behalf.

Originally, she had planned to make An Jinyan and Su Jingyao fight each other in this lifetime. After all, Su Jingyao was Jun Zechen's favorite now, while she was the disfavored Crown Princess. Why would An Jinyan put her energy into dealing with her?

Pity.

Lin Miaoyin, Ye Yaqin...

These two were also formidable rivals of Su Jingyao in her past life, especially Lin Miaoyin. In this life, Ling Yue will make them enemies from the very beginning!

A ruthless glint appeared in Ling Yue's eyes.

Then she thought that in her previous life, the Empress had also asked her to bestow titles upon newly entered concubines. At that time, she was ignorant and didn't understand anything, so she offended many of the newly entered concubines.

In this life, one should naturally strive to make appearances look perfect.

Among the seven selected ladies, Ye Yaqin and Mu Liyue came from the most prominent families, so they were both granted the title of Liangdi. It's just a matter of what kind of person Mu Liyue is; there was no such person in my previous life.

Lin Miaoyin is a noblewoman from Jinzhou, so it would be appropriate for her to be granted the title of Liangyuan, but what about her palace?

Thinking of this, Ling Yue slowly curled a meaningful smile at the corner of her mouth, revealing a hint of calculation.

Then let Lin Miaoyin live in Huamei Residence next to Su Jingyao's Shui Ning Palace.

In her past life, Lin Miaoyin was able to gain Jun Zechen's special favor, so she must have had some skills and abilities. In this life, let these two fight to the death, preferably to the point of mutual destruction, so that neither of them can have an easy time.

Jun Zechen detests scheming and plotting between women, but Su Jingyao in this life is anything but innocent. She blatantly framed him last time, and he won't let this go so easily.

Ling Yue didn't have a deep impression of Yan Xiaofei, but she knew that Yan Xiaofei was no pushover. Although she was just a concubine's daughter, she was very ambitious.

However, given her powerful family background, it is appropriate for her to be granted the title of Chenghui.

Mo Zhirou is also a newcomer who never appeared in the previous life, so it seems that many things will change drastically in this life.

His family background was of average means, so bestowing the title of Chenghui was quite appropriate.

In the end, only two familiar faces remained: Tang Suxi and Xu Shiying, both of whom had sought refuge with him in the past.

Tang Suxi's family background is the lowest. In her previous life, she was only granted the title of Fengyi, and she will probably remain a Fengyi in this life as well.

Xu Shiying didn't know what her fate was in her previous life, but in the harem, any woman with ambition would probably not have a good ending.

Although her status was not high, it was still better than Tang Suxi's, so let's appoint her as Zhaoxun.

Ling Yue carefully wrote down the ranks of each of the selected ladies and the palaces they were assigned to at the table, and then sent a copy to the Empress and Jun Zechen respectively.

After both the Empress and Jun Zechen confirmed that there were no problems, the Empress was able to officially confer titles upon the selected women.

The timing of their entry into the palace varied depending on their rank.

Ye Yaqin, Mu Liyue, and Lin Miaoyin will enter the palace in five days, Yan Xiaofei and Mo Zhirou will enter in ten days, while Tang Suxi and Xu Shiying will enter the palace in half a month.

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When Su Jingyao woke up, the sun outside the window was already setting in the west, long past lunchtime.

Miaoyun received the Crown Prince's instructions not to wake her master, but to stay by his side so that he could sleep peacefully until he woke up naturally.

After Su Jingyao got up, she sat in front of the dressing table. Miaoxia, who was dressing her mistress, held a comb in her hand and moved gently.

However, she spoke with some concern to her master about His Highness being summoned by the Empress to participate in the imperial concubine selection this morning.

But seeing her master's nonchalant and seemingly indifferent expression, Miaoxia couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince is holding a selection of concubines, and the Eastern Palace will soon be filled with many new women. Aren't you worried?"

Miaoxia stopped what she was doing.

These days they have clearly seen His Highness's doting affection for his mistress, and how his mistress, when facing His Highness, is completely in love and acts like a shy little girl.

Miaoxia was genuinely worried that her mistress wouldn't be able to accept His Highness's impending favor with another woman.

"What, have I become so arrogant lately that Miaoxia actually believed me? Did she think I would be jealous of a new concubine who's about to enter the palace?"

Su Jingyao tilted her head slightly, a faint smile playing on her lips, but her eyes held a thoughtful expression.

However, jealousy and rivalry are not unacceptable. First, be an arrogant and domineering concubine, then become a dignified and elegant empress.

"It's just my overthinking. My lady is of a steadfast mind and will not be seduced by male beauty."

Miaoxia chuckled and joked, continuing to comb Su Jingyao's cascading long hair.

Su Jingyao chuckled softly, her gaze falling on herself in the mirror. Her stunningly beautiful face now held a hint of conflict.

Her biggest headache right now is whether or not she should get pregnant.

Soon, the Crown Prince's Palace will be welcoming new women. Since Jun Zechen is going to hold a selection of concubines, it is enough to show that Jun Zechen intends to favor these women. Since he intends to favor them, there will naturally be a possibility of pregnancy.

Su Jingyao wanted to give birth to Jun Zechen's first son, after all, the eldest son's status was extremely precious, and the current emperor and empress would value him highly.

However, if she becomes pregnant, the pure passion between a man and a woman will diminish, and Su Jingyao dares not say that Jun Zechen is now hopelessly in love with her.

For someone who reigned as emperor for decades, his favoritism was merely a temporary act of charity, a pastime, and a means to make himself feel better.

Love? Not really.

Su Jingyao has always clearly distinguished between liking and loving.

When will the new bride enter the palace?

Su Jingyao frowned slightly and asked.

"The first batch, in five days."

Miaoxia held a hairpin in her hand, preparing to put it on her mistress while answering respectfully.

"The first batch? Your Highness selected many?"

Su Jingyao looked puzzled.

"His Highness has selected seven people in total. Five days from now, Consort Ye, Consort Mu, and Consort Lin will enter the palace."

Miaoxia explained carefully.

Su Jingyao nodded slightly, her snow-white skin seemingly radiating a soft glow in the sunlight.

Her delicate brows furrowed as she fell into deep thought.

Su Jingyao didn't remember much of the novel's content, after all, more than ten years had passed. It was already quite good if she could remember the male and female protagonists. None of the three of them remembered anything.

But she seemed to remember someone with the surname An. Could it be that she remembered it wrong?

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Table of Crown Prince's Positions.

Number of Crown Princesses: 1

Number of Crown Prince's concubines: 2

Number of Liangdi (a high-ranking concubine) of the third rank: 3

Number of Rank 4 Consorts: 6

Number of Chenghui Zhengwupin (Rank 5): 10

Number of recruits for the seventh rank: 16

Number of Rank 9 Officials: 24

The number indicates how many people can hold this position, not how many the male lead selected. There were only 7 in this selection process.