In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 459: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 63

In other words, people who walk the path of merit cultivate righteousness and uprightness. In order to make sure that the person practicing is a "good person", the Heavenly Dao sets up tests. Even if all the malice is magnified, those who still stick to the bottom line or are not affected can begin the next step of practice.

"No wonder!"

Nian Shilan finally understood why she hated the emperor, the queen, and many people so much in this life, and was even impatient when facing Nian Gengyao at the beginning. It turned out to be because of this.

If Nian Shilan hadn't been afraid that killing too many people would affect her merits, she might have just poisoned the people she hated to death.

"Thank you for your greed, thank you."

Nian Shilan silently thanked herself in her heart for being greedy enough, because she wanted to make the most of the identity of 'Nian Shilan' to gain merit, and because she was unwilling to 'sacrifice' herself to cultivate a 'wise monarch', she endured the boredom in her heart and persisted until now in order to become the empress without bloodshed.

Thinking about it carefully, my intention to kill Prince Guo was more like a reminder. At first, it was because I wanted to cut off the cause and effect between Prince Guo and myself. Considering that he owed me a life and I would repay it after killing him, I had the intention to kill Prince Guo.

Now that I think about it this way, it is precisely because of this that I realized that something was wrong, and then I re-examined the method of cultivation. Every sip and every bite is indeed cause and effect, and effect is cause.

Just when Nian Shilan figured it out, the causal force belonging to Prince Guo suddenly broke, then shattered into pieces and dissipated in the air.

"In order to complete the mission, I inadvertently changed the fate of Prince Guo and Zhen Huan falling in love and eventually being poisoned to death by the emperor, thus making Prince Guo owe me karma."

"Now, because I want to untie the karmic power that Prince Guo has bound to me, I have the intention to kill Prince Guo. This intention has made me discover the problem and successfully pass the test of upgrading, thus making Prince Guo pay off the karmic power."

This is really unexpected!

Surprise, such a surprise.

In just one day, Nian Shilan not only successfully unlocked the heavy power of cause and effect, but also successfully broke through the five organs of merit (golden elixir) from the heart of merit (foundation building). The next step is to cultivate the meridians. After cultivating the meridians of merit (Nascent Soul), Nian Shilan can separate a small Nascent Soul and get rid of the constraints of the dream-fulfilling system.

Nian Shilan already knew that the Dream-Fulfilling System wanted him to work for him indefinitely until his soul was completely worn out. How could he be willing to continue acting as a converter and help the system invade the film and television world and steal the origin of the world?

However, Nian Shilan has not yet figured out how to gain merit after leaving the dream-fulfilling system, so while she can still take advantage of the system, she will not miss any opportunity.

Nian Shilan was so absorbed in practicing that she had not given any reply for a long time. Prince Guo was getting anxious waiting outside the palace. Fortunately, Baicao was very helpful and successfully used manpower to deliver Nian Shilan's reply to Prince Guo, which temporarily calmed the anxious Prince Guo.

It has been over a month since the Empress Dowager passed away, and the Emperor has finally started to enter and leave the harem. More than a month is enough time for the Empress to completely control the people left behind by the Empress Dowager, but it is unknown how much the Emperor knows about this.

Zhen Huan has already given birth to Xiaoyue, and now with the help of Wen Shichu, she has not only become more charming and attractive after her recovery, but also has a sense of brokenness that she did not have before, which makes the emperor feel pity for her.

Zhen Huan regained favor, which made everyone in the harem dissatisfied. The most dissatisfied were not Concubine Qi and Concubine Rou who loved to compete for favor, but An Lingrong and Ye Lan'yi.

Although Nian Shilan said that she only needed to apply the ointment a few times before she could serve the emperor in bed without having to apply it, An Lingrong and Ye Lan'yi were afraid that they would fail to complete their mission and ruin the imperial concubine's plan, so they not only actively competed for favor and cooperated with each other, but also applied a thick layer of ointment every time, for fear that the emperor would absorb too little.

If the Empress Dowager had not passed away and the Emperor had not entered the harem, perhaps these two people would have come to ask for another dose of ointment without waiting for Nian Shilan to ask.

Now that she had finally waited for the Emperor to start entering and leaving the harem, the days of sleeping with Zhen Huan were occupied by her alone. How could An Lingrong not bear a grudge? Ye Lan'yi had the same idea. They did not realize that they were allies at first, but Ye Lan'yi's admiration for Nian Shilan was too obvious for An Lingrong to see through easily.

After some probing, An Lingrong and Ye Lan'yi confirmed their allies and began to cooperate. They all believed that the ointment given to them by the Imperial Concubine was half a secret medicine, and the combination of the two and the accumulation in the Emperor's body would be called the Emperor's Chinese medicine.

As for whether the emperor is dead or alive after taking the Chinese medicine, they don’t care at all, because they are sure that no matter whether the emperor is dead or alive, the imperial concubine will never give up on them.

It must be said that their guess was correct, Nian Shilan would not give up on the two. But they guessed wrong about the two merging into one, but Nian Shilan did not elaborate on this.

Soon the weather turned cold again, and it was the end of the third year of Yongzheng's reign. It was the New Year, and Nian Shilan once again proposed to confer titles on the harem. The emperor wanted to refuse, but then he thought about the fact that Nian Shilan had been confined to the palace and the empress was the only one in power in the harem, so he nodded and agreed.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign, after a night banquet, Prince Guo sneaked into the Yiku Palace at night and met the Imperial Noble Consort who had been haunting him. With the help of alcohol and the reply letter, Prince Guo successfully got into the Imperial Noble Consort's bed.

On this day, the queen, who had been waiting for the emperor to invade with joy, lost her gentle smile after hearing the emperor's cold words.

Early in the morning on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the emperor issued an edict to confer titles on the concubines in the harem.

As an imperial concubine, Nian Shilan had no other titles to offer and could only receive a number of rewards and some symbols unique to the queen, such as oriental pearls and court robes.

Concubine Jing and Concubine Qi were successively promoted to Imperial Concubine, Shen Meiyu was promoted to Concubine Hui and moved to the main hall of Yongshou Palace, Concubine Xin's position remained unchanged, Concubine Qi was promoted to Concubine Qi, Concubine Li's position remained unchanged, Concubine Zhen Huan was promoted to Concubine Wan and moved to the main hall of Chengqian Palace, Concubine Fucha was promoted to Concubine Jin, An Lingrong was promoted and given the title Wen, and was named Concubine Wen and moved to the main hall of Yuzhao Palace, Ye Lan'yi was promoted to Concubine Ning, Yu Ying'er was favored because of Kunqu Opera, but fell out of favor because she could not dance and music after the empress dowager died, and was forgotten by the emperor and did not get promoted, Concubine Rou was promoted to Concubine Rou.

The remaining concubines were all promoted to Changzai, but none of them were given titles. There was also a Changzai Chun who was completely forgotten, and no one mentioned her title at all.

Because Nian Shilan passed the test, her exaggerated disgust towards the emperor disappeared, and instead the emperor thought that the empress dowager had passed away. Nian Shilan finally let go of her knot and was willing to face her feelings. The emperor was so moved by this that he began to frequently go in and out of Yikun Palace.

Zhen Huan and others were quite dissatisfied with this, and the Queen was even more furious. In addition, Prince Guo outside the palace also hated the Emperor's behavior, because the Emperor went to Yikun Palace more often, which caused him not to enter the palace to meet his sweetheart for a long time.

"If this continues, the Imperial Concubine might forget about me!"