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That was more than ten years ago, when the previous dynasty was full of extravagance and greed. The ancestors couldn't stand the lobbying of local heroes and righteous men, and it was also because the ancestors themselves were dissatisfied with the old emperor and the crown prince.

After a few years, the ancestor overthrew the previous dynasty and changed the country's name to Tian Sheng.

When the Ancestor ascended to the throne, logically speaking, the Ancestor should have had a Matriarch, who even gave birth to a son for the Ancestor. However, after the Ancestor ascended to the throne, he conferred the Matriarch the title of Consort.

Consort De, the virtue of benevolence.

In the past, the Ancestor had contributed towards the Qin family and even paid for it. After he ascended the throne, he had always remembered this matter and brought up a Prime Minister of the Qin family, who was the current Prime Minister of the Qin family. This was still not enough, the Ancestor discussed with Prime Minister Qin, and chose a woman as the empress for the palace, indicating the superior position of the Qin family in the Tian Sheng.

The chosen woman was Prime Minister Qin's elder sister, the then esteemed empress dowager, the current esteemed empress dowager.

The empress had been sent to the palace all those years ago, accepting the fate of her family.

The imperial palace already had Consort De, and Consort De was very popular. As for her, everyone was only respectful on the surface and obedient on the surface.

Consort De had gone through the wars of the ancestors, and her scheming mind was not something the queen, who spent her days in her room, could compare with.

The empress wasn't very happy with her daily life. She had been worried all day, Prime Minister Qin had visited the empress several times before, but the empress had expressed her unwillingness to be the empress. She was under a lot of pressure, and was physically and mentally exhausted.

At that time, the empress had yet to gain a foothold in the imperial harem, and her mind was wavering. Prime Minister Qin naturally knew. "For the Qin family, for the glory of our bloodline, the empress must work hard."

The empress didn't listen to his advice, but still found it difficult to bear the oppressive atmosphere of the palace day after day. She wanted to flee at all costs until one day the empress became pregnant and a dragon appeared in her womb.

The empress's nature changed. For the sake of the children, she would fight for them, even if it meant fighting with all her might. My son would trample on them, no matter what.

Prime Minister Qin was naturally happy to see the empress's transformation. He picked a beautiful woman from a branch of the Qin family and sent her into the palace to take care of each other.

Prime Minister Qin naturally wanted the empress to protect her son in this messy harem so that he wouldn't be tricked and lose the dragon seed in the end.

Prime Minister Qin was not just randomly chosen. He carefully selected a smart, knowledgeable, and beautiful woman to be sent to the Imperial Palace. This person was the later Chenfei, the mother of Prince Zhan Chu Xiuhan.

Before she entered the palace, she had already reached the stage of discussing marriage. Although she was a side branch of the Qin family, she was a side branch with a lot of connections. She didn't have a high position in the court.

He hadn't thought that Prime Minister Qin would choose someone to accompany the empress, but he'd picked her instead.

Chenfei's parents rejected the man who came to propose and called for the guard to beat him out.

The man was heartbroken. He heard that he had left for the border and had never returned to his hometown ever since he became a soldier.

Chenfei's parents had always felt that entering the palace was a great thing. Originally, their family's small courtyard wouldn't be their turn, but who would have thought that their luck would be so good?

In the past, Chenfei had argued with her parents that the Qin family already had an empress, and now they were selecting people from their family to enter the palace. There would definitely be no good things happening, and there would definitely be some sort of conspiracy.

How could Chen Fei's parents listen? Prime Minister Qin had promised that once his daughter entered the palace, the emperor would immediately bestow the title of concubine.

He was quite heartless. When Chen Fei's parents saw that she refused to enter and refused to enter the palace, they shut her up in the woodshed every day.

She almost starved to death, but she refused to let go and go to the palace.

"Let me tell you this, that brat was chased away by the guard sticks in the manor. A few days ago, I heard that he had gone to the border as a soldier, and before he left, he made a cruel vow that he would never come back in this life. You don't need to think about waiting for him, if you enter the palace and become the emperor's concubine, you might be able to use your power to find out some information about him and meet him."

It had been several days since Chenfei had eaten. When she heard the news from her father, she cried so hard that she couldn't shed tears. Just like that, one night passed, and she decided to enter the palace.

Just as expected, after entering the palace, she found that the Empress did not have a good life. On the surface, she was the Empress, but the true owner of the harem was Consort De.

The empress had someone she could trust. She spent her days and days with Chenfei, and in less than two years, Chenfei had also given birth to a dragon. This child was the later Prince Zhang.

Prince Zhang's personality wasn't as taciturn as Chenfei. He had a good relationship with the crown prince, who was then the empress's son. They spent the whole day playing around together.

Of course, Prime Minister Qin had a daughter after a few years, and that child was Qin Ruxue. Qin Ruxue had often entered the palace since childhood to accompany the empress.

It was just that Qin Ruxue had always liked the Prince Zhang since he was young. The Crown Prince was too unruly, and was a little out of tune, while the Prince Zhan was actually much warmer and more reliable. Qin Ruxue would always follow behind the Prince Zhan and shout out, "Big brother Han, big brother Han!"

Prince Zhan also liked this generous and decent little sister a lot, and always took care of her. "Sister Xue, be careful, there are steps under your feet, don't fall."

Days passed, and the three children grew up quietly. Even Consort Chen couldn't remember how long she had been in the palace. Perhaps she didn't want to remember at all.

The empress's situation in the harem had turned advantageous on the surface because of Chenfei's help, but Chenfei always knew that peace was just a facade. The harem battle never stopped. There were always undercurrents.

Prime Minister Qin came to the harem occasionally. He didn't go to the empress, but to talk to the empress about something.

The empress didn't know about it. Ever since the empress found out that the marriage alliance was broken before she entered the palace, she realized that the reason for the empress's indifferent expression wasn't because she was magnanimous, but because she saw through life and death and the world.

So it turned out that Concubine Chen's heart wasn't in the palace.

If it wasn't for the Qin family arranging for Chenfei to enter the palace to work with her, then Chenfei should be very happy with her beloved man right now. The empress also felt a lot of guilt, and usually the empress treated Chenfei and Prince Zhan even better.

However, during this period, the emperor's health was getting worse and worse. The previous dynasty was in turmoil, and the imperial harem was in disarray. Consort De always looked at the empress with a meaningful smile.

Gradually, a voice began to circulate in the imperial court. The crown prince was not someone who could rule the country, so he was not highly valued. He should cripple the Eastern Palace and change the First Prince that was born to the Concubine De to the crown prince.

It was true that the Crown Prince was a little stingy, he had been acting like a young master all day, and everyday, he would casually say to Prince Zhan, "You can be the Crown Prince, I'm very annoyed in front of everyone."

With such a situation, how could Prince Zhan dare to accept? He was so terrified that he didn't know how to reply.

The empress's mind was in a mess these days. The people from the imperial palace had all said that the crown prince was going to be crippled, and the crown prince was making such a joke about the Prince Zhan. The empress had also forgotten how Concubine Chen had sacrificed herself to accompany her into the palace.

The empress purposely kept her distance from the empress for a few days, while Consort De smiled proudly. It had been so many years, but her strong sisterhood had finally loosened.