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Chapter 421: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 25

Not long after the late emperor's funeral was over and he was buried, news came from the palace that Lu Gege had suffered a miscarriage.

Everyone obviously knows that the main reason why Lu Gege had a miscarriage was because of her poor health, and she was too young to bear the mourning. But the timing of their pregnancy was not good. The late emperor was seriously ill at that time, and Yinzhen still had the mind to favor his concubines, three in a row, which was somewhat a case of being blinded by lust and pretending to be filial.

Now that Lu Gege had a miscarriage, and it happened on the day of the late emperor's burial, Yinzhen's reputation was completely ruined. In her previous life, Lu Yingfeng was only a small concubine because of this.

"Your wife, Lady Ulanara, is of noble descent, of a distinguished family, gentle and intelligent, kind and virtuous, and has all six virtues. She has long been known for her virtues, and has spread the four teachings in the palace. She is truly a model mother to the world. I have received the empress dowager's benevolent order to appoint you as empress with the imperial seal. I respect you."

Yixiu finally received the imperial edict conferring the title of empress. She should have been overjoyed because her wish had come true. However, her happiness was overshadowed by the fact that before this imperial edict, the emperor had issued an imperial edict posthumously conferring the title of Empress Chunyuan on Ulanara Rouze.

Especially, right after the imperial edict that crowned herself as queen, there were two imperial edicts that crowned Nian Shilan as noble concubine with the title "Hua", and Li as concubine with the title "Qi".

In addition, there were Feng Ruozhao and Qiu Yefang who were conferred the title of concubine because of their pregnancy. One was given the title "Jing" and the other was given the title "Fang". The other concubines in the palace were given the titles of "Ding Ying" and "Chang Zai". However, Lv Yingfeng, who should have been conferred the title of concubine like Jingpin and Fangpin, only got the title of "Chang Zai" and the title "Xin" because of her miscarriage in front of the coffin.

According to custom, the infertile Feigege was given a noble title by the emperor, with the title "Li".

At this point, the positions of all the women in Prince Yong's mansion have been determined. Fei Yunyan, who had relied on Nian Shilan in her previous life, did not rely on Nian Shilan in this life, so naturally she could not become Lipin. However, Qiu Gege, who had competed for favor with Nian Shilan in her previous life and offended Nian Shilan, was promoted to Fangpin in this life because Nian Shilan did not interfere and she was pregnant.

Nian Shilan didn't care much about whether she was named Hua Fei or Hua Guifei, because in her opinion, no matter whether she was a concubine or a Guifei, she was the first person under the Queen, no different from her previous life.

But obviously after entering the palace, those women didn't think much of it. Nian Shilan didn't care about her position, but that didn't mean they didn't care. Yixiu was even more resentful. She knew that Nian Shilan was favored, but she didn't expect that the emperor would disregard her face as the queen and directly make Nian Shilan a noble concubine.

You have to know that above the Noble Concubine is the Imperial Noble Concubine, and above the Imperial Noble Concubine is the Queen. Nian Shilan is now only one step away from her. How can Yixiu accept this?

Concubine Qi could not accept it even more. She believed that she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, and entered the palace earlier than Nian Shilan, so she had more seniority. As both of them were concubines, why was Nian Shilan, who had no children, a noble concubine, while she, the mother of the eldest son, was only a concubine?

Unfortunately, Concubine Qi was timid, and no matter how much she hated Nian Shilan, she dared not complain to her. It must be said that Concubine Qi was not smart, but her intuition was quite accurate. No matter how Yixiu instigated and provoked her over the years, once she saw Nian Shilan, Concubine Qi was like a mouse seeing a cat, and she couldn't say a single harsh word.

Nian Shilan has already entered the Tao, so no matter how restrained she is, she will not become without aura. In addition, she has a strong personality and has been an empress. People with weak minds dare not face her directly. It is no wonder that Concubine Qi is afraid, because there is almost no one in the entire Prince Yong's Mansion who is not afraid of Nian Shilan.

Yixiu could only resist by relying on her status as the legitimate wife and the resentment and hatred in her heart. In fact, if Nian Shilan was really angry, Yixiu could not bear it no matter how hard she tried.

After the new emperor ascended the throne and distributed titles to his concubines, he naturally would not forget those who helped him ascend the throne. The reward to Nian Gengyao of the Nian family remained the same as in his previous life. Nian Shilan had a first-rank general like Nian Gengyao as her backer. Even though the empress dowager had repeatedly hinted to the emperor that it was too much to make Nian Shilan a noble concubine without having a child, no one in the court dared to question it.

"The Emperor is already over 40 years old, but he only has two princes. This is really too few."

The Emperor's favor for Nian Shilan has reached an eye-catching level, so the Empress Dowager had to propose a beauty contest and invite new people into the palace to share Nian Shilan's favor.

The emperor felt a little impatient when he heard the empress dowager once again bring up the issue of her having few children. During this period of time, he had finally coaxed Shilan into giving up, and the two of them had reconciled and were in love. The empress dowager always didn't want him to go to Shilan, and asked him to treat her equally.

"Jingpin, Fangpin is pregnant. In a few months, I will have two more children."

If he was lucky, he could have two more sons at once, which would not be considered a lack of offspring. The emperor did not want to mention the rest of the people. In his mind, except for Nian Shilan and the former Rouze, the rest of the women were vulgar.

"When the late emperor was your age, the princes were already ranked outside the top ten."

"I know that you, Your Majesty, like Concubine Hua, but her health is bad. No matter how much you like her, you can't neglect your offspring for her. The most important thing for the royal family is to have many children, so that the country can last forever and have people from generation to generation. For this reason, the imperial concubines are selected every three years to enrich the harem."

When mentioning Nian Shilan's health, the emperor's expression suddenly changed. Just because he didn't say it explicitly doesn't mean the empress dowager can get away with it. Why is Shilan's health in bad shape? Doesn't the empress dowager know?

"The Empress Dowager is right."

But the Empress Dowager was his biological mother after all, and the Qing Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. For the sake of his reputation, the Emperor could only listen to what the Empress Dowager wanted to say no matter what.

"Then the draft is settled."

The Empress Dowager did not want to always force the Emperor, but for the glory of the Ulanara family and for Yixiu's position as Empress, this selection had to be held.

"Everything is at the discretion of the Queen."

Oh, let's do it. After his anger subsided, the emperor also realized that he really had too few children. He liked Nian Shilan, but he also knew that Nian Shilan could not have children.

Now that Nian Gengyao has become the general, he is relieved that Nian Shilan is unable to give birth. After all, he no longer needs to tie the Nian family down with offspring, so Nian Shilan's inability to give birth is a good thing for him.

"I am old, what else can I arrange? Let the Ministry of Internal Affairs pick a good day, and select one round after another. If an outstanding one is chosen, I will be your concubine or consort. Then I will wait for my grandchildren to enjoy my life."

The Queen Mother proposed a beauty contest and the Emperor agreed, so her goal was achieved. As for helping to arrange the selection and doing the hard work, she was not going to do that.

"The Queen has many things to do, and Concubine Hua is in charge of the six palaces. Let Concubine Hua take care of the selection."

Although he felt a little sorry for Shilan, he had just ascended the throne and had no money. The Queen was born a concubine's daughter and was not generous enough. If he handed this matter over to the Queen, if something went wrong, his reputation would be ruined. It would be better to hand it over to Concubine Hua.

"Over the years, Concubine Hua has never made any mistakes in assisting the management of the palace. I think if the selection is left to Concubine Hua, she will be able to do it perfectly."