The matter of being crowned as a concubine was an opportunity for Sheng Baixuan to become the emperor's true confidant.
Many times, the manifestation of affection is not how much one person gives to another person, but whether what this person gives is unique.
In the next two years, the emperor began to be willing to share and discuss with Sheng Baixuan some things happening in the court and his true thoughts on some things in the court.
Because of Wei Lan's help, every time the emperor mentioned matters related to state affairs, Sheng Baixuan's words could touch the emperor's heart and resonate deeply with him.
Humans are social animals and they all desire to communicate.
However, the emperor's mind is that the relationship between the monarch and his subjects in the government is clearly that of superiors and subordinates. Even with his most trusted and trusted ministers, the emperor would not discuss and share all his ideas.
At this time, Sheng Baixuan appeared. She was a partner who shared many of his ideas and whose life, property, wealth and honor were completely in his hands. This made the emperor feel a sense of security and relaxation that he did not have with anyone else.
Sheng Baixuan's every move was under his control. As a palace concubine, she could not interfere in political affairs, but she could make the emperor share his emotions, make suggestions that were actually his inner thoughts, and give him spiritual support and encouragement.
The most important point is that Sheng Baixuan has never shown any intention of helping her maternal clan. Her sister who was sent to the palace is currently only a noble of the seventh rank and has never been treated differently by her.
Although after Sheng Baixuan regained favor, her maternal family, the Sheng family, came to curry favor with her, and the resources that had originally been stopped from being sent to her were doubled and sent to the palace, but after experiencing the fickleness of the world in the cold palace, Sheng Baixuan had long seen through the so-called family support, which was nothing but a castle in the air.
Sheng Baixuan didn't help her when she was down and out, so she didn't want to be icing on the cake now.
After Wei Lan's analysis, Sheng Baixuan has realized one thing clearly, that is, when she is out of favor, she has no effect on the family and the family will not care about her; when she is in favor, the family's support will not make her more favored, but instead she needs to help the family, which arouses the emperor's disgust.
Only a fool would do such a thing.
On this point, Wei Lan asked Sheng Baixuan to tell the emperor honestly about her thoughts about her family.
Sheng Baixuan was a little worried: "But if this is the case, will His Majesty think that I am disrespectful to my elders and unfilial?"
Wei Lan smiled and said, "You can kill two birds with one stone by doing this. The emperor will think you are still a little woman, and he will bear grudges and have limited vision. Last time you asked him to pass the memorial from Prince Nanyang, weren't you worried that he would think you were too scheming and could not tolerate it? Saying this will make him let down his guard against you."
So when Sheng Baixuan was chatting with the emperor under the quilt that night, the emperor asked about the reward for her family, but Sheng Baixuan solemnly refused.
He also told the emperor the reason for his refusal truthfully.
After saying that, Sheng Baixuan deliberately grabbed the emperor's clothes and said nervously: "Your Majesty, do you think Xuan'er...is not respectful enough?"
As a result, the emperor was silent for a moment, but instead hugged Sheng Baixuan tightly in his arms, and said with great emotion: "I can't cherish my Xuan'er enough, but they don't value you so much. If you don't want to pay attention to them, just ignore them. I will support you."
At this moment, Sheng Baixuan clearly felt that the emperor was showing his true feelings and was moved.
Under Wei Lan's education, Sheng Baixuan, who had long been extremely resistant to the emperor's favor, couldn't help but be a little distracted. The next day, while getting dressed, she couldn't help but ask Wei Lan: "Director, what does His Majesty mean by this..."
Wei Lan knew what Sheng Baixuan was thinking at a glance, but she also understood and did not think that she was in love. Being in the middle of the situation, some things were not as clear as she, a bystander: "I don't know if he is tempted, but you should have become his most trusted concubine in the harem now."
Sheng Baixuan: "Why did the director say that?"
"Because you have been honest with him and don't want to care about your relatives' affairs, then he is the only one you can rely on. This satisfies his pity to a certain extent. Of course, more importantly, your situation is very similar to his. You have become the second lonely person in this palace."
"A lonely man." Sheng Baixuan seemed to be thinking about something. She wanted to retort that the emperor was rich and powerful. Although he had no queen now, the empress dowager and the prince were also his relatives. But now she was no longer a concubine in the harem who knew nothing. This was the so-called knowledgeable and experienced. Now Sheng Baixuan understood the court affairs every day, with Wei Lan guiding her. When she thought about the interests in the court, she suddenly realized that it was too appropriate to say that the emperor was a lonely man.
Wei Lan's voice sounded faintly in Sheng Baixuan's mind.
“No matter how selfish or heartless a person is, he or she will never hate another self.”
"Now, you are truly as close as one..."
Giving up relatives was a breakthrough, and the new people who came later made progress step by step. At the beginning, under the guidance of Wei Lan, Sheng Baixuan talked about political views, and what he expressed were the emperor's original inner inclinations. Among these inclinations, he proposed solutions to the problems from a more clever angle from a modern perspective, which gradually made the emperor look at Sheng Baixuan with admiration and deepened his trust in him.
Later on, Wei Lan was even able to let Sheng Baixuan influence some of the emperor's policy decisions through daily conversations.
When he achieved this, even though Sheng Baixuan was still Concubine Sheng, Wei Lan still received a full 300,000 points reward. At the same time, the scope of his observation had been expanded to almost half of the imperial palace.
Even when Sheng Baixuan was in the harem, Wei Lan's God's perspective could reach the previous dynasty.
With Wei Lan's presence, Sheng Baixuan would never encounter any conspiracy or intrigue in the harem. With the God's perspective and information observation covering the entire harem, any conspiracy against Sheng Baixuan can basically be avoided in advance.
During this process, Sheng Baixuan herself also transformed from a noble lady from a wealthy family who had only some experience in house fighting to a qualified female politician.
Although the emperor believed that all the changes in Sheng Baixuan were the result of his personal influence and teaching, only Sheng Baixuan knew that the one who really guided her was the mysterious "director" in her mind.
Wei Lan had seen other worlds in his dreams since he was a child. He had more knowledge and experience than his peers. He had lived two lives in reality and came from an era of information explosion. Naturally, the experience and perspectives he had output far exceeded those of his peers.
It’s not that the people here are not smart, but the limitations of their times and experience.
The reason why Sheng Baixuan can make such rapid progress is not only because of Wei Lan's multi-faceted guidance on human nature, centralization and balance, but also because Sheng Baixuan is engaged in actual combat every day. Wei Lan has already helped Sheng Baixuan with information collection. She has the best learning conditions to learn how to think and make decisions from the perspective of a superior.
Over time, the eunuchs around the emperor all knew that Concubine Sheng could handle some unimportant government affairs on his behalf.
Half a year later, Sheng Baixuan was promoted to the position of noble concubine, which was known as the vice-queen. Her promotion was so fast that other concubines in the harem could not catch up.
Even the most favored Concubine Hui at that time did not have such a fast rise as Sheng Baixuan. She is still favored by the emperor, but she is still Concubine Hui today.
Yes, even so, Sheng Baixuan did not receive the emperor's exclusive favor. But among all the concubines in the harem, she was obviously not the most favored, but she was the one the emperor trusted the most. No matter who was favored at any time, new or old, could shake her position.
It was also during this period that the virtuous concubine, who also held a high status, gave birth to a prince.
The emperor now has four children, but their mothers have low status. The Central Palace has been vacant since the death of the previous queen. This time, the virtuous concubine gave birth to a prince, which made her maternal family begin to be interested. They contacted the ministers of the same party and asked the previous dynasty to appoint the virtuous concubine as the queen.
The virtuous concubine's maternal family also had political enemies, and naturally they did not want to see the empress position given to the virtuous concubine. They immediately jumped out to oppose it, saying that there was an Imperial Noble Consort Sheng above her, and if they wanted to crown the empress, they had to crown the one above her first.
Sheng Baixuan was just an instigator. Upon seeing this, several other large families whose daughters were concubines immediately began to take action, wanting to have their daughters ascend to the throne.
Under such circumstances, Sheng Baixuan, who had been favored for many years but had never been pregnant, also began to worry.
In the past three years, she has been studying state affairs under the guidance of the emperor and Wei Lan. The intensity of her study is similar to that of a high school student. Unlike other concubines in the harem, she does not have the time to worry about why her belly has not swelled yet. Now she turns around and finds that she has not been pregnant for such a long time. This is very wrong, so she immediately summons the imperial physician to check.
As a system, Wei Lan can only check objects, but not a person's physical condition. So over the years, she can only ensure that there is no poison in anything Sheng Baixuan touches, but she cannot guarantee that Sheng Baixuan herself has no health problems.
The imperial physician was hired by the emperor, and he was the most powerful head of the Imperial Hospital. After a detailed examination, the old imperial physician shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has a cold constitution and is weak. It won't affect your longevity, but you may have some trouble having children..."
Some difficulties were just polite words from the imperial physician. The style of the Imperial Medical Bureau has always been to report good news but not bad news. He left ample room for maneuver, but the emperor and Sheng Baixuan on the side understood it.
Sheng Baixuan may have lost her fertility.
This realization made the emperor look unhappy, and Sheng Baixuan was struck by lightning. Wei Lan seemed to be her only floating wood: "Director, you have a way, right?"
Wei Lan didn't care about this matter. He always thought it was not destined to be together. After all, this situation is common among modern couples.
"If you mean having a baby, then I can't change your physical condition. You can only try to let the doctor treat it."
Wei Lan had already asked the system about this question after he got the conclusion from the imperial physician.
Not to mention that it is now a dream link, even the system Wei Lan has in reality does not have the ability to change reality. Its only two uses are to view other people's memories of their most intense emotional moments, and the lucky halo to increase the chance of coincidence.
After getting Wei Lan's answer, Sheng Baixuan collapsed on the bed, as if she had lost all her energy.
"Xuan'er, it's okay. It must be that the mediocre doctors in the Imperial Hospital are not good enough. When I find a miracle doctor, I will definitely let you have our child..."
Sheng Baixuan's tears flowed down. Even the director (the god) said it was impossible, so how could a mortal do it?
Over the years, in Sheng Baixuan's heart, "director" has become another name for a god.
The emperor accompanied and comforted Sheng Baixuan the whole night, but failed to help her get over the blow.
The next day, the emperor went to court.
Wei Lan looked at Sheng Baixuan, who was still listless, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"
Even when facing the deity she respected the most, Sheng Baixuan couldn't keep her mood up, tears burst out again: "You know it very well! I can't have children in this lifetime! What favor am I fighting for?! What power am I fighting for?!"
"If you can't have it, then you can't have it." Wei Lan looked at Sheng Baixuan in confusion. Based on his understanding of this girl during this period of time, Wei Lan didn't expect that she would care about this matter to this extent: "Do you still remember when we had our first long talk, I asked you what goals you wanted to achieve in the second half of your life, how did you answer me?"
Sheng Baixuan paused while crying and recalled what she said at the time. Because it was a major turning point in her life, she still remembered it after such a long time.
"I can live my life smoothly in the palace without being controlled or bullied by others."
Both of them repeated Sheng Baixuan's previous goal.
Wei Lan said: "So, what does this have to do with whether you can have children?"
"But, but..." Sheng Baixuan seemed to have discovered a blind spot, but there was always something that made her feel wrong. After thinking about it, she organized her words: "If I don't have a child, then what should I do if His Majesty dies one day?"
"Besides, if I don't have a child, I will only be a concubine for the rest of my life!"
Wei Lan chuckled and said, "You are just trying to convince yourself. Put aside the fact that you are Concubine Sheng and consider your infertility from the emperor's perspective. According to the emperor's personality, Concubine Xian has already given birth to a child, and there are voices in the court calling for her to be made queen. If he has to choose between you and Concubine Xian, who would you choose as queen?"
Sheng Baixuan was taught from a young age that a woman must have children to rely on for life. Even though she understood Wei Lan's meaning, she had not changed her mindset.
"but……"
Wei Lan: "Do you think giving birth is a simple and easy thing? Thousands of years later, giving birth to children may still be accompanied by various sequelae, not to mention various gynecological diseases, postpartum depression, urinary incontinence, uterine prolapse... Haven't you seen enough cases of difficult births resulting in one death and two deaths in the palace?"
Sheng Baixuan: “!!” Suddenly I felt that being infertile was not such a bad thing.
To be honest, Wei Lan felt that it was good that Sheng Baixuan did not have to bear the risk of childbirth. If she did not particularly want a child, there was no need to worry about it. She could just live her life well.
Wei Lan continued: "You have to understand one thing: what maintains the relationship between people is not emotion, but need."
"Your life is in your own hands. Before your child is born, only needs are eternal. As long as you maintain your power, you can live a comfortable life. If you can seize this opportunity to become the queen and maintain your power, don't bet recklessly. After the emperor dies, you will still be the queen mother, with power and legitimacy. Any prince who wants to gain support will come to you to win over."
"As long as you don't go against the emperor who supports you, he will support you in the future. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful and ungrateful. If the emperor behaves ungratefully, he will not get the support of the ministers."
Sheng Baixuan nodded involuntarily. Wei Lan had completely convinced her.
However, Wei Lan continued to speak: "Or, if you are still not at ease, you can just become the empress. However, you will encounter a lot of resistance and you will have to find a way to gain military power. But it is not impossible to do it..."
Sheng Baixuan almost choked on her own saliva after hearing such outrageous words: "Director! It would be great if I could be the Queen Mother!"
"Ah... okay then." Wei Lan said with regret.
This tone directly frightened Sheng Baixuan, and her previous worries flew away. She hurriedly discussed how to perform in front of the emperor to gain the greatest benefit.
While Wei Lan was teaching her, he was sighing in his heart, thinking about the limitations of the thinking of the time.
It seems that this live-action drama can only be called "The Legend of Empress Dowager Cixi" in the end, and can no longer be called "The Legend of the Empress" as she had planned at the beginning.
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With the attention of senior federal officials, a top-down investigation into the network of interests behind genetic poisons has begun.
People in the political arena have discovered that some parties and senior officials in the federation have been "forced" to retire silently, leaving the center of power and never to be seen again.
It's like the top floor of a building collapsed and was quickly rebuilt. Only those who are involved and sensitive to political changes will notice the changes.
If the changes at the top level regarding the thorough investigation of genetic poisons were silent, the changes at the bottom level were thunderous.
Chengguang was sealed off the day after the incident broke out. The senior executives involved in the case within Chengguang were all executed before they had time to inform the employees of the news. The next day, the middle and low-level employees saw the seal on the company gate when they went to work, and were then notified by the police who were maintaining order.
The entertainment industry didn't receive much news about Chengguang being directly shut down. The melon-eating crowd couldn't get more inside information, so they naturally had no way to eat the melons.
At the same time, Wei Lan, who was in a coma, was transferred to a special genetic biology research institute in the imperial capital.
Here, Wei Lan's physical condition is being studied and treated in an all-round way. His family members only have two fixed hours of visiting time in the afternoon every day.
City H is far from the imperial capital. With a family as wealthy as the Wei family, they naturally have a house in the imperial capital. Ye Luoxue moved directly to the imperial capital and visited Wei Lan every day. In addition to dealing with company matters, Wei Mingjie often went to the imperial capital. Wei Sijia also studied at the Imperial Capital Drama Academy and would visit Wei Lan when she had free time.
However, even though the Wei family has adjusted their mentality, Wei Lan still shows no signs of waking up.
On this day, when Ye Luoxue came to visit Wei Lan, she saw that her attending physician had been replaced.
This is normal, because Wei Lan's case is special. In the past half month, several experts in the authoritative field have been detained.
What surprised Ye Luoxue was that the attending physician who had woken up in front of him was extremely young, looking only in his twenties, a handsome and tall young man.
"Who is he?" Ye Luoxue couldn't help but ask the dean next to her in surprise.
The director of the academy saw this and introduced her: "This is Yi Yuan, a master in genetic engineering and the youngest academician of the Federation. He is a core talent of the Federal Academy of Sciences. With his participation in the research, your daughter will definitely wake up..."
Ye Luoxue's eyes lit up, and she looked through the ward glass with hope at the young man who was studying Wei Lan's case.
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