Thankfully, she transmigrated into the world of "Empresses in the Palace." If she had been unlucky enough to transmigrate into the early Ming Dynasty, she would have tried every means to poison Zhu Chongba to make him mute, or after Empress Ma died, she would have sent him to his death with a single stroke.

Sun Miaoqing said, "Therefore, most of the empresses and concubines of the Ming Dynasty came from very ordinary families, and there were very few daughters from prominent families."

"Once she becomes a court lady, her brothers can get the title of Imperial Guard, bringing glory to the whole family. Who would care whether a useless daughter lives or dies?"

An Lingrong felt the same way. If her death could benefit the An family, the first person to take her life would probably be her good father!

An Lingrong said, "Actually, before the Ming Dynasty restored the practice of human sacrifice, it had been abolished for hundreds of years. I have thought about it a lot, but I still can't figure out why he would restore this system."

"Besides the emperor's personal desires, were there other reasons? Later, I saw that after Zhu Yuanzhang died, it was his grandson who succeeded him, not another prince, and I guess I had my answer."

"Among his sons, there were many who were in their prime and had made great military achievements. Compared with Emperor Jianwen, who grew up in the harem, they were not only elders but also had great merits and virtues. His concubines were all of Emperor Jianwen's grandmother generation."

"Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that after his death, the court and the harem would collude with each other, affecting the stability of the imperial power. Or he was also worried that a figure like Wu Zetian or Liu E would emerge."

"However, even though he made many plans for the Jianwen Emperor, he still lost to the Yongle Emperor in the end. If Zhu Yuanzhang knew this in the afterlife, I wonder if he would regret not passing the throne directly to the Prince of Yan."