Li Shengxuan has been very busy since he came to the throne. Fang Zilan has not seen him for several days, not even Xia Houzhang, let alone talk about remuneration.

She was trying to find a way to meet Li Shengxuan, but Fang Ziqin sent someone to ask her to help prepare for the ceremony.

It was natural for King Xiang to ascend the throne and Princess Xiang to be granted the title of queen, and the courtiers had no objections. However, she heard Qiu Shui next to Fang Ziqin say that although the courtiers did not say anything on the surface, secretly they all wanted to have their own sister and daughter.

If I send something to Li Shengxuan, I'm afraid that he will be urged to hold a talent show soon after the sealing ceremony.

"Miss Qiu Shui, why should you worry about getting angry? You might as well let nature take its course." Fang Zilan comforted Qiu Shui beside her while checking the list just sent by the Ministry of Etiquette.

On the other side, Qiu Shui was counting the items that would be used in the ceremony. He couldn't help but frown when he heard her words, "You don't know what those group of censors and doctors were saying in secret when they openly congratulated the new emperor on his enthronement and my daughter became the queen."

If you spread your branches, wouldn't it mean that my young lady has no heirs?"

"Miss Qiu Shui!" Fang Zilan shouted in a gentle tone. Qiu Shui suddenly realized that she had made a mistake and hurriedly kept silent.

"This kind of thing is not something we can discuss. Let's do the thing at hand." Fang Zilan said, bringing the list to Qiu Shui, "I've got this right, there's no problem."

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss." Qiu Shui took the list and was about to say something else when someone outside announced that the Queen Mother had arrived.

Qiu Shui was stunned for a moment after hearing the announcement, "Why did the Empress Dowager come over suddenly?"

"Anyway, Miss Qiu Shui, hurry up and inform the Queen." Fang Zilan patted the stunned person beside her, nodded, turned around and ran into the inner hall.

The Empress Dowager is the biological mother of Emperor Ning Shun, and can also be regarded as the queen mother of Li Shengxuan. But when she came to see the empress, she probably came to show off her power. Fang Zilan thought like this, and saw that Fang Ziqin had already walked out.

The bustling palace guard of honor at the door had also arrived. After a while of salutes and greetings, Fang Zilan finally saw clearly the appearance of the Empress Dowager. She was a graceful and luxurious old woman, with dignity in every gesture and gesture. She was also a beauty when she was young.

"Since you followed that child Shengxuan into the palace, the Ai family hasn't had time to come see you once. Now that you have time, will you blame the Ai family?" The Empress Dowager said as she took Fang Ziqin's hand with a smile.

Hands, a look of intimacy.

Fang Ziqin smiled lightly and said dignifiedly: "What are you talking about, the Empress Dowager? It's embarrassing for Ziqin."

"The Ai family knows that Ziqin is the most sensible person." The Empress Dowager patted Fang Ziqin's hand, "It's just that the Queen Mother is not in good health and has been resting for the past few days. Otherwise, she would have to stay with the Ai family today.

Come and see you."

"Is the Queen Mother sick? Ziqin will ask the imperial doctor to come and take a look later." Fang Ziqin looked concerned, but the Queen Mother shook her head, "It doesn't matter, Qiyou and Qiye have two children in the past two days.

She's already in the palace and has been taking care of her, so you don't have to worry too much."

Hearing this, Fang Zilan's heart tightened. The Empress Dowager mentioned that the two princes, Prince Yucheng Li Qiyou and Prince Yuming Li Qiye, were probably not on a whim. In addition, coupled with what Qiu Shui had just said to her, she only felt that something was not good.

She looked at Fang Ziqin and saw that the smile on her face had faded a bit. It seemed that they had thought of getting together.

As expected, the Empress Dowager, who was chatting and laughing, suddenly sighed, "Shengxuan has been on the battlefield for many years, and it has not been easy for you. You still don't have a son or a half."

Fang Ziqin was about to say something, but the Empress Dowager did not give her a chance and continued speaking, "But how can you be the only one beside Shengxuan? If the Aijia wants to say that you should be more generous, most likely for Shengxuan.

Think about it."

The Empress Dowager said this as if it was Fang Ziqin's fault for not having children. Fang Zilan couldn't help but frown slightly, but Fang Ziqin just responded lightly, "What the Empress Dowager teaches is that Zi

Qin noted it down."

"Now that I have written it down, I must do it." The Empress Dowager suppressed a smile and looked a little more serious, "The Ai family has been looking for a few girls these days. They are all from good families. They will be sent to the palace tomorrow.

, let Shengxuan take a look, and if you like it, keep it with you."

Come from a good family? Fang Zilan frowned even more tightly. A woman who can enter the palace and be sent to the emperor should come from an official family. What does it mean to come from a good family?

However, Fang Ziqin agreed all the time. Perhaps seeing that she seemed obedient and allowed others to handle her, the Empress Dowager didn't say anything more and left after saying a few polite words.

As soon as the Empress Dowager left, Qiu Shui couldn't help but murmured a few words, but Fang Ziqin didn't say anything. He just turned to look at Fang Zilan and said warmly: "It seems that I have to trouble Miss Xiu to help this time."

Fang Zilan's lips curled up slightly, "The Queen wants to be a good person, so why does she have to make me a bad person?"

Of course she knew what Fang Ziqin wanted her to do. Since she had just promised the Empress Dowager, Fang Ziqin couldn't refuse when it was delivered tomorrow. Then she would have to find someone else to do this kind of nitpicking.

Not a good job.

"The Empress does not want to offend the Empress Dowager, and I naturally don't want to either." Fang Zilan said calmly, without any sense of being a palace official.

Fang Ziqin was not annoyed, "Since Miss Xiu stayed with the emperor, she naturally wanted to do something for him. The emperor would not want the Empress Dowager to have an informant around him. For Miss Xiu, this is an opportunity.

"

"What the Queen Mother said is not unreasonable, I can consider it." Fang Zilan smiled, "It's just not a good thing to openly offend the Queen Mother. I have to have a name."

"You should be able to imagine this title." Fang Ziqin smiled, "Only women from official families can be sent to the palace, not from a good family."

Fang Zilan pretended to sigh helplessly, "Since the Queen has even thought of the title for me, I can't refuse."

In fact, even if Fang Ziqin didn't say this, she would agree. After all, this incident gave her an excuse to see Li Shengxuan. She must discuss the remuneration with Li Shengxuan as soon as possible.

The Empress Dowager sent five girls early the next day. Fang Ziqin refused and said that she wanted the Emperor to see them in person, so she delayed them until the afternoon. After sending a message to Li Shengxuan to confirm his agreement, Fang Ziqin also said that the Minister of Rites

Wanting to discuss the process of the conferment ceremony with her, he casually sent Fang Zilan and five girls to the Imperial Garden to meet Li Shengxuan.

On the one hand, Fang Zilan lamented that Fang Ziqin's whole show was really watertight. Now the Empress Dowager 80% thinks that Fang Ziqin is a puppet queen who has no independent opinions and can't do anything. It is really a good trick. On the other hand, she is worried again. She will wait until she meets Li Shengxuan to ask for help.

How can I help send these five girls away?

Although Fang Ziqin was stalling for time in the morning, he still helped her carefully check the financial background of the five girls. The result was that except for the fact that they were not officials, everything else was good.

Fang Ziqin kept comforting her, saying that even this alone was enough to send her away.

But since the person was sent by the Empress Dowager, then the Empress Dowager must know better than them. Knowing that she still wanted to send him here, the Empress Dowager would not give up easily.

Now that this hot potato has been thrust into her hands, Fang Zilan only feels a little regretful.

"These are the people the queen wants me to meet?" Li Shengxuan sat by the railing of the waterside pavilion, looking at Fang Zilan and the five girls standing beside her in the corridor. The half-smiling expressions made her a little uncomfortable, and she hurriedly nodded.

Headed.

Seeing her nodding, Li Shengxuan glanced around and said calmly: "Since he is the one sent by the Empress Dowager, let him stay."

"That..." It's not that Fang Zilan didn't expect Li Shengxuan to agree, but she didn't expect that he would agree so quickly. It seems that the evil person really wanted her to do it.

Fang Zilan took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Although I am presumptuous, I checked the financial background of the five girls and found that none of them are from official families. I hope your Majesty will think twice."

"The people in the harem must be women from the official family, I still know this." Li Shengxuan said and looked at her thoughtfully, "That's all, you can send the person out of the palace."

Hearing this, Fang Zilan was just about to agree when she heard the girl next to her kneel down with a plop, "Please let the emperor let me stay in the palace. Even if I don't have a status, it's good as long as I can stay with the emperor."

This sudden situation made Fang Zilan stunned. How could she have forgotten this trick? It was indeed a troublesome task. She thought about this and went to help the girl kneeling on the ground. Unsurprisingly, the girl was still kneeling on the ground and refused to get up.

"Do you know what it means to have no status?" Fang Zilan couldn't help but shook her head. She didn't know what the Empress Dowager did to these silly girls, so she could say such a thing.

There was a hint of crying in the girl's voice, "The slave family knows, but as long as they can stay with the emperor, the slave family doesn't care about anything."

Li Shengxuan, who was opposite him, looked like he was watching a show, and Xia Houzhang beside him couldn't say anything. Fang Zilan couldn't help sighing to herself that she was unlucky, and then she pretended to be fierce, "Girl, you know, with your

What will be the consequences of becoming the emperor's woman? With so many pairs of eyes in the palace looking at you, I'm afraid you will never have peace. If you are lucky enough to survive or even become pregnant in the future, you may not even be able to save your life..."

She paused deliberately as she spoke, and as expected she saw the panic in the girl's eyes, "How could that be?"

"Why not? It is a serious crime to tarnish the blood of the royal family." Fang Zilan looked at the person in front of him coldly, "Should he be executed in Lingchi or quartered into pieces? Let me think about it."

The second part of her sentence was just to scare the girl who didn't know the world, but the girl seemed to have made a lot of determination, "I don't care."

Although the sound was low, everyone present could hear it clearly.

Fang Zilan was a little annoyed. Could it be that she spoke too harshly and made the girl not afraid of anything? Or was it that the Empress Dowager had already guessed that they would do this and had given these girls instructions in advance?

Just when she was puzzled, she suddenly heard Li Shengxuan's voice, "You don't care, I care."

Daily Question: Has Fang Zilan started her career today?
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