When he came to power, he used every means to get rid of the old ministers in the court. Those who were supposed to retire and return to their hometowns did so, and those who were supposed to die all died.
Ning Renqing's position cannot be changed, so he tried his best to suppress the Right Prime Minister's Office and made Yu Hanzhi the Left Prime Minister. His purpose was obvious, and Ning Renqing was also aware of it.
But so much time has passed, and with the sudden appointment of Ning Jiu'er, the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's family, as Empress, everything was caught off guard, to the point that Yu Hanzhi had forgotten about his relationship with Ning Jiu'er after so long.
"I never expected that my mother would snatch it away," Dugu Lianbai suddenly realized.
"I've been wondering about something for a long time, and I just can't figure it out. The Empress Dowager had never seen the Empress before, so why did she suddenly..." Rong Ling couldn't understand it, no matter how hard he tried.
Dugu Qianchen sighed: "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? The Empress Dowager made this sudden decision, even threatening suicide. I had no choice."
Their words, however, stirred up Dugu Lianbai's memories: "I remember that when my mother went out to burn incense and pray to Buddha, she decided to make the Right Chancellor's eldest daughter the Empress."
"Isn't it obvious? The Empress Dowager must have asked a wise person about the Tianqi affair," Rong Ling said with an expression that said it was all the same old story.
“This is the least believable thing, I didn’t expect the Empress Dowager to believe it,” Dugu Lianbai shook his head.
“The eldest daughter of the Right Prime Minister’s family cannot shake the fate of Tianqi at all. The Empress Dowager may have been deceived,” Rong Ling said.
Although he knew Shang Xian was somewhat clever, he thought that a woman like her could shake the entire Tianqi realm? That was overestimating herself, so neither of them thought about it any further.
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Shang Xian swaggered out of the palace gates and headed straight for the Right Prime Minister's residence, completely disregarding her status as an empress. She lifted her skirt and took two steps at a time until she saw the three words "Right Prime Minister's Residence" arrogantly written on the golden plaque. Only then did she lower her skirt and gracefully walk inside.
Dusk was taken aback by her series of actions.
"Father, Mother, I'm back!" Shang Xian's face was beaming with smiles.
Suddenly, a "big green rat" darted to her side and picked her up. Shang Xian didn't even have time to react, and her head was still a little dizzy.
"Sis, you've finally come back to see me!"
The voice belonged to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. A line of text appeared above the boy's head, confirming his identity: Ning Ge, the young master of the Ning family, who dotes on Ning Jiu'er the most!
Her younger brother is good at everything, especially in business. What she needs to do now is to speed up the plot development and lay the foundation for the future.
"Gor, quickly put your sister down," a loving voice reached Shang Xian's ears.
Ning Ge hurriedly put Shang Xian down, scratched his head, and stuck out his tongue at her with a smile: "Sis, I'm so happy!"
Shang Xian looked at Ning Ge, who was much taller than her, and said with a grin, "This is my younger brother."
"Jiu'er, why are you back?" The Right Prime Minister looked at Shang Xian with some surprise.
"Father, I am the Empress, not a prisoner. I want to get out. Does the Emperor intend to lock me up?" Shang Xian said, taking out the jade pendant given to her by Dugu Qianchen and weighing it in her hand a few times. "I'm friends with the Emperor."
Right Chancellor: "..."
Ning's mother's mind was filled with thoughts of how this child could speak like that!
"Sister, you and the Emperor are... friends?" Ning Ge doubted that he had heard correctly.
“Yes,” Shang Xian replied. In front of them, she was just a friend. Her relationship with Dugu Qianchen was a bit delicate. The delicate part was that they were husband and wife friends in the royal family. It was strange no matter how you looked at it.
Shang Xian returned with a purpose: one was about Yu Hanzhi, and the other was about something else.
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