Although Yu Zizhen's extra reward was not given to Princess Zhenbei herself, Princess Zhenbei didn't think it was a big deal at all.
She was a very traditional ancient lady. Even though she had a strong character and a paranoid temperament, there were two major directions that she had never changed.
The first is that she has always firmly supported the decision of King Zhenbei.
Before the Prince of Zhenbei makes a decision, she will offer her opinions and try to secure the best interests for herself and Yu Zicheng, but once the Prince of Zhenbei has made up his mind, the Princess of Zhenbei will never go against his will.
The second was that she was preoccupied with planning for her only son.
At first, she could sacrifice Yu Zizhen for Yu Zicheng, but later, because of Yu Zicheng's insistence, she agreed to let him marry Chen Nianzhi, whom she did not like.
And now, because Chen Nianzhi was pregnant as soon as she entered the house and was particularly valued in front of the emperor, Princess Zhenbei not only had a great change in her opinion of Chen Nianzhi, but also naturally felt proud because she was the wife of her son.
In her opinion, Chen Nianzhi's glory is Yu Zicheng's glory, and Yu Zicheng's glory is naturally the glory of her as his mother.
With all this in mind, she must be very satisfied with Chen Nianzhi, who could give birth to a child and would not harm her son's family line, and who also won Yu Zizhen's favor, allowing her to benefit from him.
So on this day, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got along as harmoniously as usual. On the contrary, most of the concubines and illegitimate children of the King of Zhenbei were depressed by the shocking news of Chen Nianzhi's pregnancy.
Over the next four months, Chen Nianzhi encountered several "accidents." However, each time, the "accidents" carefully prepared by the concubines and illegitimate sons of the King of Zhenbei were successfully resolved by the guards and servants assigned to Chen Nianzhi by Yu Zizhen.
When the time was ripe, Chen Nianzhi gave birth to a baby boy who met the expectations of Princess Zhenbei.
Upon receiving the news, Yu Zizhen quietly sighed to the baby-voiced system, "It seems that even though their wedding has been postponed, the order in which they have children will most likely remain unchanged."
In the original book, Chen Nianzhi's first child was also a son, so Princess Zhenbei was particularly satisfied with her.
However, at that time, Princess Zhenbei still had the idea of giving her son a concubine. However, Yu Zicheng was still fond of Chen Nianzhi at that time, so he directly rejected his mother's proposal.
Later, when his father passed away and it was his turn to inherit the throne, he didn't even need the Princess of Zhenbei to force women on him. He took in many concubines under the banner of balancing the court.
The rift between him and Chen Nianzhi also began to deepen from that time. As an independent woman who came from modern society, Chen Nianzhi would not learn from the wives of this dynasty to compromise.
She sensed Yu Zicheng's change from initial admiration and infatuation towards her to his later wariness and fear, and was also considering what to do to dispel Yu Zicheng's wariness and fear without falling into the miserable situation of being at the mercy of others.
However, before she could think of a suitable solution, Yu Zicheng had already done something very suicidal and directly created seven or eight concubines for himself.
Although he asked the Queen Mother, Princess Zhenbei, to come forward at that time, Chen Nianzhi was so smart and sharp that she would not be fooled by Yu Zicheng's little tricks.
She was very sad that Yu Zicheng regarded her as the biggest threat to his imperial power, but she was even more sad because Yu Zicheng not only took in many concubines, but also vigorously promoted the families of his concubines, making them capable of competing with her and suppressing her power in the court.
Although the children born to his concubines at that time were not yet old enough or capable enough to pose a threat to her son, the far-sighted Chen Nianzhi sensed from Yu Zicheng's attitude the great crisis that was about to engulf her and her children.
She didn't dare to gamble again on the so-called relationship between her and Yu Zicheng that had long been completely distorted. She could only force herself to give up completely and force herself to make painstaking plans for herself and her child.
After that, she endured humiliation for more than ten years. With the support of those ministers who supported her, admired her, and were loyal to her, and who hoped that Yu Zicheng would establish the eldest son as the legitimate heir instead of favoring concubines and illegitimate princes, which would sow instability for the country, she continued to plan and arrange, and eventually killed her husband and mother-in-law, and successfully pushed her and Yu Zicheng's eldest son onto the throne.
Yu Zicheng's concubines and illegitimate princes had done a lot of mischief when Yu Zicheng was alive, so they knew very well that once Yu Zicheng died, Chen Nianzhi would definitely settle accounts with them.
Of course, they were unwilling to sit idly by, so they gathered supporters and raised the banner of rebellion after Chen Nianzhi and Yu Zicheng's eldest son succeeded to the throne.
Since they were claiming to be seeking revenge for the late emperor and the late empress dowager, and they had also fabricated a complete chain of evidence to prove that Yu Zicheng and Princess Zhenbei were killed by Chen Nianzhi, many generals and aristocratic families in the country responded to the call.
The country, which had finally stabilized, fell into turmoil again, and the people were living in dire straits.
But in the end, Chen Nianzhi's group, who were more capable and better prepared, achieved a complete victory in the war amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
After the situation stabilized, she handed the country over to her son to manage, and faked her own death to escape. She retired to the south of the Yangtze River with Dou Zhang, the second male lead in the original book who had guarded her for half his life, and became a pair of rich and idle people, a fairy couple.
The author of the original book admired Chen Nianzhi's approach very much. After all, if you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust.
Since Yu Zicheng is treacherous and heartless, it is understandable that Chen Nianzhi chooses to let go, decisively abandoning the love and marriage that has deteriorated, bravely fighting for a bloody path for herself and her children, and in the process living a new life and finding new love.
But the problem is that too many people died in the struggle between her and Yu Zicheng, so many that it has affected the balance and stability of the world.
Otherwise, the Space-Time Administration would not have issued the additional task they added to Yu Zizhen, "to reduce the number of deaths in this world as much as possible."
Although Yu Zizhen accepted the task from the Space-Time Administration, she did not intend to act as a peacemaker for the couple according to their inherent ideas.
Rather than being a thankless "emotional expert" and mediating other people's conflicts of interest and emotional entanglements every day, she prefers to use the method she is good at, follow their path, and take their place, so as to completely cut off from the root the possibility of them using the world as a chessboard and the people as chess pieces.
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