Shoukang Palace was not far from the Queen's Kunning Palace, and everyone arrived outside Shoukang Palace in a short while.

Compared to the other six palaces, Shoukang Palace's furnishings were noticeably more plain and simple. If you weren't told, you wouldn't have guessed it was the residence of a former empress dowager. The palace was filled with Buddhist incense, and numerous golden and jade statues, along with over a thousand Buddhist scriptures neatly arranged on the shelves, demonstrated the empress dowager's genuine devotion to the Buddha.

When Bai Yuzhi and the others were allowed in, the Queen Mother was still worshiping Buddha, so they were taken to a small Buddhist temple where they could worship Buddha.

"Your Highness the Queen Mother, I pay my respects to you. May your Highness the Queen Mother be well and at peace."

The Empress took the lead in kneeling, but the Empress Dowager did not respond. Instead, she called Concubine Rong: "Qingyuan, come forward and let the Buddha see you."

It would have been fine if the Queen Mother hadn't called them up, after all, she was still kneeling before the Buddha, so they, as the younger generation, should naturally bow down as well. But she ignored the Queen and praised Rong Fei so much that Bai Yuzhi could only imagine how grieved the Queen, who was now in the front row, must have been.

Concubine Rong stepped forward calmly: "I obey your command."

The maids in Shoukang Palace quickly brought out many cushions for the concubines to use for worship. Bai Yuzhi, as a concubine of high rank within the palace, was naturally given one as well. She had just placed the cushion under her knees when the Empress Dowager spoke: "The people in my palace are becoming increasingly ignorant. If they sincerely turn to Buddha, they will not be bothered by the sufferings of the flesh."

Bai Yuzhi looked at the cushion under the old woman's knees and understood.

It turns out that the Queen Mother did this today just to make trouble for people. She plays the double standard very well.

With the Queen Mother's words, no one dared to use the cushions. They all took away the cushions they had just obtained. But as soon as Concubine Rong moved, the Queen Mother stopped her: "Qingyuan, there is no need. I know whether you are sincere or not. Moreover, your mission is special. The Buddha will definitely not blame you."

After all this singing, reciting, and acting, anyone could tell that the Queen Mother was here to give Concubine Rong a boost. When Bai Yuzhi heard about this special mission, she knew that the old woman really had high hopes for Concubine Rong to get pregnant.

Now the Empress's reputation has been completely humiliated by her, and next she might be the "culprit" who caused Emperor Qin Huan to enter the harem without going to Rong Fei. Bai Yuzhi felt that this old woman was really confused. Rong Fei might be the only one in the palace who didn't want to have Emperor Qin Huan's child, but the Empress Dowager had to catch her.

After kneeling for about two quarters of an hour, the Queen Mother called out, "I'll trouble you to accompany me in worshipping Buddha. I'm afraid you must be tired. Let's go to the front hall."

"I dare not." Everyone could not bear her "trouble" and apologized one after another.

Bai Yuzhi was trying to take advantage of the situation and never said a word.

What crime can I accuse this empress dowager who is about to cause trouble?

In the front hall, the mother-in-law sat at the top, the empress and concubines were on her left and right, and the rest sat at the bottom.

"I haven't taken care of the affairs of the harem for a while. I wonder if the harem is peaceful recently?"

"Don't worry, mother, the six palaces are in harmony." The queen replied as the master of the harem.

The Empress knew that the Queen Mother's question was intended to suppress Bai Yuzhi, but after being slapped in the face by the Queen Mother, she couldn't bear it. After all, Bai Yuzhi was from her palace. How could she and Bai Yuzhi be in trouble just because of Concubine Rong? The Empress felt annoyed no matter how she thought about it.

But the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother after all, and she must accomplish what she wants to do.

"Is that so?" The Queen Mother glanced at the Queen calmly. "I think the Queen has been pampered and comfortable in recent years and has lost sight of those things."

As soon as the Empress Dowager started talking, someone immediately took advantage of the situation to climb up the ladder. This person was Concubine Jiang, who had tried to make things difficult for Bai Yuzhi in front of the Empress.

"Your Highness, the Empress Dowager has been busy with official duties, so she may have been negligent for a while. However, I believe that His Majesty has been showing special favor to Concubine Heng recently. We, the sisters in the harem, have urged Concubine Heng to advise His Majesty to be more tolerant, but she seems to be paying no attention!"

These words really touched the heart of the empress dowager. Concubine Jiang had put the knife in the hands of the butcher, waiting to slaughter Bai Yuzhi, the prey.

"Beauty Heng, today is the first time I've met you. There are some things that the Queen won't say, so I, the Queen Mother, will say them."

"Your Majesty, I will listen attentively to your instructions."

After all, this was Emperor Qin Huan's mother, and Bai Yuzhi didn't want to cause trouble. And to put it bluntly, the Queen Mother was unaware that Bai Yuzhi had taken the fertility pill and was pregnant with Emperor Qin Huan's child, so she treated Concubine Rong like a treasure and regarded her as a thorn in her side. It would be incredibly easy to get the Queen Mother to switch sides.

Seeing that Bai Yuzhi was surprisingly docile, the Queen Mother felt less unhappy and spoke in a less pointed manner: "You are quite sensible. I don't want to be too harsh. In the future, you will have to persuade the Emperor. Since the Emperor loves you, you must be a virtuous concubine."

"I obey the Empress Dowager's order."

Bai Yuzhi stood up and returned to her seat. Concubine Jiang was sitting below her. Seeing how embarrassed she was in front of the Queen Mother, she couldn't help but sneer, "Concubine Heng was so sharp-tongued in front of the Queen Mother just now, but now she seems like a completely different person."

The Queen Mother disliked Bai Yuzhi, nor did she necessarily favor Consort Jiang. As a mother-in-law, she wasn't familiar with her son's concubines, and she didn't even like any of them. She even considered them worthless, unable to bear Emperor Qin Huan a child in all these years. The only one she favored was Consort Rong, the one with the highest potential for pregnancy.

"I'm tired, you all should leave."

On the way back to the palace, Bai Yuzhi and Jiang Cairen were traveling together. They lived in the same Yikun Palace and could not avoid each other. Jiang Cairen was also a beautiful woman with a round figure, but her temperament was particularly stupid and foolish. Bai Yuzhi was pretending to be stupid, while Jiang Cairen was really stupid.

Bai Yuzhi didn't need to think to know that she was being used as a pawn by Concubine Rong, and she was still proud of herself, thinking that she was superior to others and doing something that was particularly good in front of the Queen Mother. In fact, she didn't care about the Queen's face at all. It's okay for the Queen Mother, but it's reasonable to say that the Queen was derelict in her duty. She, a talented woman, actually said in public that the Queen didn't pay attention to the affairs of the six palaces, which offended the Queen deeply.

He was so annoyed by her that Bai Yuzhi didn't care about being tactful or not.

She looked at Jiang Cairen's stupidity with a cold look and sneered, "Idiot."

After saying that, he didn't care that Jiang Cairen was flushed with anger and went straight into the main hall of Yiku Palace.

At this time, an inconspicuous little palace maid beside Concubine Rong was spying on Bai Yuzhi and Jiang Cairen from the corner of the wall. She did not return to report until their figures disappeared from the Yiku Palace.

"Your Majesty, I have confirmed that Lady Jiang and Lady Heng are indeed enemies."

"You go down."

This person sat in front of the dressing table, stroking her reflection in the bronze mirror with her slender fingers. Who else could this beautiful face be but Concubine Rong.

She dismissed her attendants, leaving only her personal maid, Chu Yue, behind. "It's no wonder I planned to send someone to sow discord between Concubine Jiang and Concubine Heng. This idiot is so impatient! Now everyone in the palace knows that Concubine Jiang and Concubine Heng are at odds. Give that medicine to Concubine Jiang."

Chu Yue said yes and took out a red medicine bottle from the secret compartment under the bed.

Concubine Rong smiled sinisterly. "Beauty Heng, who told you to be so beautiful and favored? It's a worthy death for me to have to use this medicine..."