GBP Chapter 430: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 34
Chapter 430: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 34
"I have to find a way to meet my father in person!"
The family system is indeed useful, but if you don't use points to buy props or pills, and you want Nian Xialing to do everything you want, it's not enough to just rely on correspondence. You must listen to the orders of the head of the family, Nian Shilan, in person.
But now Nian Shilan is trapped in the palace and has no way to leave for a long time. As an outsider, Nian Xialing has no chance to enter the harem to meet Nian Shilan. Even if Nian Shilan's mother, Sister-in-law Li, can enter the palace, it will be useless.
The clone puppet can be used, but its IQ is too low, and it is easy for people to find out if it is not at night. Nian Shilan can choose not to pay respects to the queen at ordinary times, but it is impossible for her to close the Yikun Palace and not come out to see people. Even if she closes the palace under the pretext of being sick, it may not be possible to prevent the emperor from coming to visit.
"Songzhi, there are still two months before the New Year's Palace Banquet. Find a way to get the people on this list to come to the capital, and wait for me at the base outside the palace on the day of the banquet."
Due to filial piety, it is inconvenient for her biological father to ask someone to come and see her in person, but it is convenient for others. Nian Shilan thought about it carefully and felt that the matter of meeting her biological father in person could be postponed to later when the emperor and empress left the palace to pray for rain. But before that, she could first meet the card characters that had been added to the family system during this period.
Being able to become a card character, there is naturally no need to worry about loyalty. The problem is that everyone only knows their master, and knows nothing about the real things to be done and the partners they will cooperate with in the future. Nian Shilan must meet everyone in person and give them instructions in person about the general arrangements to be made next.
As for more specific and detailed tasks, these people need to find a way to arrange them themselves. Another point is Nian Shilan's principles. She must once again clarify her code of conduct with these card characters. These people do not have to be upright officials. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Nian Shilan can understand this.
But they must be clear about what the bottom line is and what conscience is. This is not something Nian Shilan is overthinking. After all, among the newly added card characters there is a character that surprises Nian Shilan - An Bihuai.
When the character An Bihuai appeared in Nian Shilan's card list at first, she thought it was an accident or a homonym, until she clicked in to check, only to find out that it was because Nian Shilan's plan of surrounding the city with the countryside had taken effect, and Songyang County, where An Lingrong was born, was included in it, and An Lingrong's father, An Bihuai, the eighth-rank county magistrate, naturally became a member of the Nian family.
At this time, An Bihuai had not made any major mistakes as an official. Although he was somewhat incompetent, most of his scandals were limited to family scandals. Therefore, according to the collection standards set by Nian Shilan, he was not classified as eliminated.
It was because of the example of An Bihuai that Nian Shilan suddenly thought of this problem. Just because one does not bully the people in the village when he is a low-ranking official does not mean that he can keep his original intention when he becomes successful in the future.
The reason why they are still considered "good officials" now is probably because they do not have enough power at this moment, or their greed has not yet swelled. In order to cut off this development as soon as possible, Nian Shilan must set clear standards for them to be officials before they climb to higher positions, and at the same time put a taboo on their memories, so that they must never say anything that should not be said.
Time flies, and the year comes to the end in a blink of an eye as the emperor indulges in his new and old loves. At this time, Zhen Huan has become Concubine Wan, and Shen Meizhuang has also been given the title of "Hui" and became Concubine Hui.
Among the newcomers, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang were the most favored. It could be said that Noble Lady Fucha was not out of favor as she could see the emperor once a month. After Xia Dongchun's house arrest was over, she waited for half a month without being summoned by the emperor, so she went to Jingren Palace with gifts and soon after succeeded in sleeping with the emperor.
Now Xia Dongchun has officially become a palace concubine, and her favor is slightly better than that of Noble Lady Fucha. She can barely see the emperor two or three times a month.
On December 26, the Emperor intended to let Nian Shilan host the New Year's Banquet, but Nian Shilan pushed the blame to the Queen on the grounds that as a concubine, it was inconvenient for her to host such a banquet. Although the Queen felt humiliated, considering that royal family members would also be attending the banquet, she would really lose all her face if Concubine Hua really hosted it. In the end, she endured the humiliation and accepted the banquet.
The Queen Mother felt that Nian Shilan's action showed that she recognized her own identity, which was rare. She was somewhat favorable to Nian Shilan and even asked Aunt Zhuxi to come to Yikun Palace to give Nian Shilan a reward.
"I pay my respects to Concubine Hua. The Empress Dowager sent me to give you a reward. This butterfly and phoenix hairpin was given to you by the late Emperor when you were made a concubine. I am now giving it to Concubine Hua."
"Aunt Zhuxi, please stand up."
"Songzhi, please help me see Aunt Zhuxi off."
Nian Shilan had no intention of helping Zhuxi up herself. She said a few polite words and gave Songzhi a look, indicating that Songzhi should send the man away. As for the Queen Mother's reward, Nian Shilan said that she was already a noble concubine, so who would care about the reward for an enemy when he was made a concubine?
When Aunt Zhuxi bent down to salute, she thought that Concubine Hua would give face to the Empress Dowager like other concubines and help her up without waiting for her to bend down. Unexpectedly, after Concubine Hua received the reward from the Empress Dowager, not only did she not show any joy on her face, she didn't even say a word of thanks to the Empress Dowager.
After Songzhi sent Zhuxi away from Yikun Palace, she saw with her own eyes that the smile on Zhuxi's face, who had just turned back, suddenly fell. Knowing that Zhuxi was angry with his master, Songzhi did not rush to explain, but when she sent Zhuxi back to Nian Shilan after sending her back, she still asked a few questions with some concern.
"Your Majesty, Aunt Zhuxi looked very unhappy when she left. If we do this, will we really not offend the Queen Mother?"
"Songzhi, you have to remember that as long as I am alive, the Queen Mother will not have any good intentions towards us."
"We are enemies of the Uya clan and the Ulanara clan. It is useless to curry favor with the enemy. The bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine we had was proof of that."
As soon as Nian Shilan mentioned the pregnancy-preserving medicine, Songzhi thought of the miscarriage her own master had suffered. She was immediately heartbroken and never mentioned the Queen Mother or the Emperor again.
"Your Highness is right. I was mistaken. The Queen Mother is the Queen's aunt. She only cares about the glory of the Ulanara family. Your Highness is favored and controls the palace power. She has long been a thorn in the Queen's side."
"Don't worry, Madam. There will be plenty of opportunities to avenge the young master in the future. As for the Queen Mother, she is already old and may die at any time."
Songzhi became more and more bold as she spoke, even forgetting the taboos in the palace. Nian Shilan nodded her head with amusement, "Alright, only in the Yikun Palace can you be so bold. In the future, be careful not to say "death" or "death" randomly. It would be bad if someone heard it."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I understand. I'll take this Hehe hairpin and put it in the storeroom!" Songzhi felt a little embarrassed. She was careless for a moment and made such a mistake. Fortunately, Your Majesty was not angry.