In addition to the first year when the emperor ascended the throne, those who had followed him from the beginning were given higher titles. Even if they were not of high birth, as long as the emperor did not dislike them, they could also be granted concubines. Later, the beautiful women who were selected through the draft were ordinary civilians. Women, no one has ever been named a concubine.
So it would be difficult for Linlang to become a concubine.
Especially since Cai Guibi told the Empress Dowager Wu last time that the grades of ordinary civilian showgirls should be limited to prevent them from being commoners and lacking in etiquette, making jokes in public and losing the face of the royal family. Although Queen Mother Wu I mentioned it to the emperor, but he didn't agree. However, Empress Dowager Wu agreed with Cai Guifei's idea, so when she saw that Linlang was about to be promoted to the head of the first palace, she began to feel bad. Obviously, Empress Dowager Wu felt that Linlang was not worthy. Raised to the concubine position.
The Empress Dowager Wu was not good to Linlang. The eunuchs and maids in her palace, and even the eunuchs and maids in other places, were just looking at what others were doing. Naturally, she began to treat Linlang with eyes instead of eyes, and noses instead of noses.
Linlang saw that Empress Dowager Wu didn’t care whether her natal brother had harmed some girls again, but she had time to worry about the fact that she was born a commoner and was not qualified to advance. She couldn’t help but feel funny at the moment, thinking that Empress Dowager Wu was really doing this. , I have a lot of messes at home, and I still have time to mind other people's affairs.
She doesn't even need to deal with her. As long as she starts from her mother's side, she will be so distressed that she won't have time to target her in the palace.
Under Linlang's control, some victims who had been harmed by Empress Dowager Wu's natal brother went to Dali Temple to sue Duke Cheng'en for raping civilian girls, and some sued Duke Cheng'en for robbing civilians' wives.
In the past, these people were frightened by the two big hats of Chengen Duke and the Queen Mother, so naturally they did not dare to file a complaint.
But this time, Linlang deliberately sent someone to tell them that so-and-so in Dali Temple is Master Qingtian. He is not afraid of power, even the Queen Mother. He is not afraid and will not give in. These people listened. , and then came up with the idea of suing Chengen Gong.
Since Linlang dared to send people to tell those people about this great master Qingtian, it is naturally true.
That man was not only a Qingtian lord, but more importantly, he was not from the Queen Mother's faction, so he would naturally not protect the Queen Mother's natal brother.
So those people sued Mr. Qingtian, and sure enough, the other party took the case and actually "invited" Mr. Cheng'en to Dali Temple for questioning.
The people in Duke Chengen's Mansion were shocked and hurried into the palace to bring in reinforcements. After all, they had heard of the reputation of Mr. Qingtian and knew that they would never be able to bribe this man by giving him some money. Empress Dowager Wu could only stop it in person.
So naturally, Empress Dowager Wu became anxious about her brother and was not in the mood to cause trouble to Linlang. Linlang's life returned to its previous calmness.
Linlang's life is peaceful, but Empress Dowager Wu's life cannot be peaceful, because her brother has committed so many things, and the person he met is the famous Mr. Qingtian in the court. , even if Empress Dowager Wu came forward, the other party was unwilling to give in and let Duke Cheng'en go back. This made Empress Dowager Wu anxious to death. Can life become peaceful?
Linlang watched Empress Dowager Wu scolding Mr. Qingtian and those who sued Duke Chengen every day in the palace, but she never thought of teaching Duke Chengen a lesson so that he would not do such evil things in the future.
Seeing that Empress Dowager Wu no longer caused trouble for her, Linlang occasionally asked Little Bee to check on her situation and did not keep an eye on her. After all, Empress Dowager Wu had such obvious weaknesses - she Her younger brother is her weak point - he is no match for her.
It is difficult to deal with someone who has almost no shortcomings.
But he said that Linlang had a good idea. Soon Concubine Li told the emperor that she was pregnant, and then she stopped sleeping with her. The emperor could not find her, so naturally he could only find someone else.
In fact, Concubine Li originally planned to wait for three months until the fetal image was stable before talking about it, so as not to say it before the fetal image stabilized. If someone in the palace wanted to harm her, she would be easily harmed.
But the emperor asked her to attend his bed, and she was afraid that if she didn't tell him, it would harm the child, so she was in a dilemma and chose to tell him. The news of Concubine Li's pregnancy naturally made those childless concubines extremely happy. After all, they had no children, so they didn't have to worry about Concubine Li being pregnant. If she gave birth to a prince, she would compete with her son for the future throne.
On the contrary, Concubine Li could not sleep with her for nearly a year, and their opportunity came. Can they be unhappy about this?
But those concubines who have given birth to a prince are not happy. After all, once Concubine Li gives birth to a prince, she will be the most favored by the emperor. In the future, this prince will be better than their son. Easier to get on top.
So these concubines naturally did not want Concubine Li’s prince to be born, and many of them began to make small moves.
Linlang estimated that during the period of Concubine Li's pregnancy, some of the concubines would wear a piece of white silk or end up in the cold palace. After all, killing the emperor's heirs would not end well once they were discovered.
These turmoils have nothing to do with Linlang. In fact, with the big news about Concubine Li, everyone's attention turned to Concubine Li. The time when she was summoned by the emperor, as As she expected, there were more people, but not many people noticed.
That is to say, the matter of concubine sealing later made people look at it a little more.
Yes, towards the end of the year, Linlang was promoted to the first palace master as expected.
Being a concubine, being able to choose a palace to be the boss made Ms. Zhang and others happy.
As for Linlang's residence, this time it was not found for her by the female officials, but arranged by the emperor himself, who ordered her to live in the Qinghe Hall.
At that moment, Linlang moved to Qinghe Hall.
This is a palace not far from the Purple Orchid Palace.
This is good, because after leaving the Purple Orchid Palace, she does not have to worry about living in the palace of other concubines with worse personalities, which will bring trouble to herself, and Liu Concubine has no reason to exist. , she was going to deal with Liu Bin next. After all, Liu Bin had molested her so many times, she would definitely repay her.
I live not far from here, so I can just watch the excitement. Otherwise, I am far away. If I want to see the excitement there, it would be inappropriate to go directly there. I can only watch it from the little bee, which is a bit inconvenient. .
Liu Concubine didn't know that she was about to be unlucky. Seeing that Linlang was promoted from a commoner to the concubine, she couldn't help but be shocked. She felt that Sun Linlang might be more favored than Concubine Li in the future. After all, climbing up from a commoner was very difficult. Concubine Li is getting older.
Then he was worried that Linlang would take revenge on him.
When she did those things before, she was not afraid of retaliation from others. She felt that those low-ranking concubines with commoner backgrounds were incapable of climbing up, so she naturally did not have to worry about them retaliating against her, so she dared to bully them.
Now that Linlang can really climb up, she is naturally anxious and scared.
But what did you do long ago? Only now do you realize that you are afraid. Isn’t it already too late? (End of chapter)