In Kunning Palace after Bai Yuzhi left, the queen's trusted maids Baoqin and Baoshu served by her side. Baoqin was not as thoughtful as Baoshu, and she could not help but ask the queen.
"My Lady, why are you offering someone to His Majesty?"
In Baoqin's opinion, the Empress was already out of favor, and having a Concubine Rong in the harem was already very troublesome. If Emperor Qin Huan took a fancy to Bai Yuzhi, wouldn't her situation be even worse?
The Queen sat at her dressing table, removed the intricate phoenix hairpins and rubbed her forehead, which had been painful for a moment. She knew this trick wasn't foolproof, but now Concubine Rong was too powerful, and she couldn't bear it.
"After all, she comes from Kunning Palace, and her family background isn't as prominent as Rong Fei's. Even if she's powerful and favored, she's like a rootless duckweed, so naturally she'll cling to me." At this point, the Queen felt even more confident in her decision. She wasn't trying to explain Baoqin's doubts, but rather to give herself a convincing reason. "Besides, she's just a maidservant, not even worthy of my respect. I don't expect her to save face in front of His Majesty. She's just causing trouble for Rong Fei."
That woman has always been proud of her unique beauty, thinking that she is the most beautiful among all the palaces. If she saw that a palace maid serving tea could share her beauty, she would be extremely angry.
The Queen's mood brightened considerably at the thought of this. Even the headaches that had tormented her for years seemed to be slightly relieved. As for what to do if Bai Yuzhi failed to win the Emperor's heart but was still resented by Concubine Rong, the Queen didn't care at all.
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Bai Yuzhi returned to the small room where the tea-serving maid lived, taking the brocade robe and jewelry bestowed by the Queen. If she knew the conversation between the Queen and Baoqin in the inner hall of Kunning Palace, she would definitely feel much more at ease.
Since the queen thought that she was shallow and not good enough, it proved that her disguise was not in vain.
The reason why Bai Yuzhi showed herself to be ambitious yet slightly flattering was to make the Queen think that she was just a beautiful person but not smart enough. Only in this way could she gain the Queen's support in the early stages of the mission. If she showed herself to be too smart, it would only make the Queen suspect that she would become a threat to her after gaining her favor.
However, Bai Yuzhi was unaware of all this, so she could only prepare for two scenarios. She had to change her original appearance during her first encounter with Emperor Qin Huan, leaving him with a poor impression. Her current appearance had been modified by the system to reflect her original form, which was naturally superior to her original appearance. However, even this alone was no guarantee that Emperor Qin Huan, who had seen countless beauties, would be moved.
Opening the system mall again, there are currently 950 white jade points remaining.
[Props: Beauty Pill]
[Value: 100 points]
[Effect: Can quickly improve the user's appearance. An additional effect is to change the memory of the user's original appearance in the minds of others except the user.]
【Time limit: permanent】
After purchasing the beauty pill, Bai Yuzhi also bought a fertility pill. As the name suggests, the fertility pill is a prop that can make the user pregnant and ensure that the child is a boy. It is worth 500 points.
These two pills cost Bai Yuzhi more than half of her points, so she had no plans to buy anything else. According to the Queen's plan, she would use a trick to get herself into the Emperor Qin Huan's bed that evening. Bai Yuzhi first took the Beauty Pill, watching the girl in the mirror become even more stunning and charming, and smiled with satisfaction.
Bai Yuzhi did not wear the brocade robe and jewelry bestowed by the queen, but was dressed in the plain clothes of a palace maid. Her black hair was scattered on her back and hung down to her calves. After taking the beauty pill, not only did her facial features become more stunning, but every part of her body changed. Her skin became as white and delicate as cream, and her long hair was thick and black, which was definitely not ordinary.
This is the item worth 100 points, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything was ready. Bai Yuzhi received a message from the Queen, saying that Emperor Qin Huan was heading to Kunning Palace, and the Queen asked her to serve tea.
It was late at night, but it was against palace rules for a palace maid not to tie her hair up, so Bai Yuzhi used a silver hairpin to tie up her long black hair for safety. However, there was some trickery here. The hairpin was positioned too low, and her hair was thick and long. Now, as long as she shook her head slightly, the silver hairpin would fall off, creating the atmosphere of a beauty under the lamp.
In the inner hall, the Queen was reporting to Emperor Qin Huan on the affairs of the harem. Emperor Qin Huan started his career at a young age and unified the country at the age of twenty, becoming an emperor who had the final say. In recent years, he has become more and more arbitrary, and he knows everything about the harem. His temperament is even more unpredictable and moody.
Although the queen was the mistress of the harem and the emperor's wife, she was also trembling with fear when facing her husband, Emperor Qin Huan. After she finished speaking, Emperor Qin Huan had no expression on his face, no matter whether it was good or bad. It was just that she turned the jade ring on her hand. The atmosphere in the palace gradually became depressing, and the palace maids and eunuchs serving on the side did not dare to breathe.
"Your Majesty, I have reported everything to you. Please make your decision."
The Empress had forgotten that Bai Yuzhi was waiting outside the palace for her to act according to her plan. She was already suffocating under the pressure of the emperor's majesty, and her mind was in a state of chaos. It sounded really pathetic for an Empress to have reached this point, but even the old ministers who had followed Emperor Qin Huan into the empire, let alone the women in the harem, dared not relax for a moment in front of him.
Just as the Queen was about to give up and kneel down to apologize, Emperor Qin Huan finally set his eyes on the Queen, whom he had been married to since childhood, but there was no trace of gentleness in his eyes: "What does the Imperial Physician say?"
What is coming will come.
The Queen's body trembled slightly. In the past few years, Emperor Qin Huan would ask this question in a casual manner every time she reported on palace affairs. He was asking the Queen if there was any pregnancy in the harem.
But what kind of person was Emperor Qin Huan? He clearly controlled the entire harem, both the former and the harem, and if anyone truly diagnosed pregnancy, it would mean he was pregnant with his first child. He certainly couldn't have been unaware of this important event. Yet, even knowing the pregnancy wasn't happening, Emperor Qin Huan still confronted the Empress directly. When she said no, he flew into a rage, and whenever she did, he was accused of being incompetent.
However, Emperor Qin Huan had stopped asking such questions since last year. The Empress had originally felt relieved, believing that the Emperor had given up on the matter and was ready to choose a successor from among the nobles. But Emperor Qin Huan's resurrection today made her realize that, far from agreeing with the court officials' opinions and choosing a virtuous person, Emperor Qin Huan had clearly become obsessed with having an heir!
The queen dared not say anything more, and could only grit her teeth and kneel down to apologize: "It is my incompetence!"
Emperor Qin Huan suddenly stood up, grasped the Empress's chin with his hand, and lifted her face up. He looked at her frightened face and spoke each word clearly: "Incompetent? If it is because you are incompetent, I will execute you by slow slicing. How do you think?"
The emperor wanted to sentence the empress to death, or to a cruel punishment like lingchi. This huge news made all the servants in the room paralyzed. They had already knelt and kowtowed when the empress knelt to apologize, and now they wanted to crawl on the ground.
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