Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1181 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 105

Qingying was lucky, as the news that she was pregnant for more than a month really spread. This was the first grandchild in the palace, and the reward for Dapangju was more generous than that for Ningpin's prince. Jiang Xinxin originally wanted to just give the reward according to the rules, but Qingying sent A Ruo to Jingren Palace to tell Jianqiu that Concubine Qi was resentful about Ningpin's belly, and she was in a very difficult situation.

Jiang Xinxin thought about it and was quite satisfied with Qingying's current situation, so she gave her an additional three points in reward.

The concubines in the harem were originally waiting for Queen Jiang Xinxin to express her opinion. After all, the grudge between her and the Ulanara family had been made public. Although the concubines were all vassals of Emperor Dapangju, their direct superior was Queen Jiang Xinxin.

Offending Big Fat Ju would certainly bring misfortune and even the possibility of losing one's life, but offending Queen Jiang Xinxin would mean even more torture. Therefore, after Jingren Palace sent a reward to Sanfujin Qingying that exceeded the usual amount by three times, the concubines in the harem followed suit and increased the gifts given to Sanfujin.

Madam Shen was distracted by taking care of Concubine Ning's belly, and she sighed: "The Queen's power is really extraordinary."

Concubine Ning has been in a good mood recently. The only depression in her heart has gone away. She looks radiant and energetic.

After hearing this, she couldn't help but laugh and said, "Yes, the Queen is already very powerful, and the concubines in the harem have to pay attention to every move of Jingren Palace."

Concubine Ning really thinks this is a good thing. Jiang Xinxin no longer has to use her tricks on the concubines in the harem these years, and she is willing to share the palace affairs with the people below. Concubines don't have to worry about being harmed when they are pregnant, and they can even make their own money and spend it on themselves. Where can you find such a good life!

Mrs. Shen also felt the same way. She had a deep relationship with her husband, but there were still several concubines in the family. Even though she had great means to control the concubines, she also took action against their children. Otherwise, why were there only concubines' daughters and no concubines' sons in the Shen family's backyard?

In this way, she was already considered an excellent mistress of the house, but compared with the queen's actions, she was still too petty.

Concubine Ning gave birth to the Ninth Prince when Qingying was still pregnant. The Ninth Prince was born fair and clean and very adorable. Jiang Xinxin even held him in her arms for a while and announced on the spot that Concubine Ning would be promoted to Consort Ning, and the canonization ceremony would be held after she finished her confinement.

Madam Shen hurriedly led everyone in Yonghe Palace to express their gratitude. After Jiang Xinxin and the others had left, Big Fat Ju finally arrived. He only looked at this fair-skinned baby boy who was different from the other children for a while and did not hug him as Madam Shen had hoped. Instead, he expressed satisfaction with Jiang Xinxin's announcement of promoting Concubine Ning to Consort Ning, and turned around to go to Jingren Palace.

Big Fat Ju went to Jingren Palace for no other reason than to ask Jiang Xinxin why she announced the promotion of Concubine Ning.

Jiang Xinxin looked at the angry fat orange cat with a calm face. Not to mention, his belly was becoming more and more obvious, and he was wearing apricot yellow clothes, making him look like a orange cat more than ever.

"According to the palace rules, giving birth to a child means promotion. Concubine Ning was originally a concubine, and now that she has safely given birth to the Ninth Prince, she has been promoted to Concubine Ning. What's the problem with that?"

Fat Orange knew that Jiang Xinxin must be ignorant of the rules. He looked at Jiang Xinxin, who was smiling and seemed to be unaware of the rules, and said, "Since when has the Queen been able to decide the positions of the concubines in the harem, especially the position of the head of the first palace?"

Jiang Xinxin was really annoyed with Da Pangju, but even though Da Pangju was wary of her, he still trusted her and felt guilty about her, so he would come up to her from time to time, and she was really too lazy to deal with him.

So, Jiang Xinxin sighed and flipped the table: "I have been a widower and lonely for almost all of my life. Apart from having some money in my hands, what is there to be afraid of?"

"I am really curious. You were afraid of Nian Gengyao at the beginning. Even though you had some true feelings for Nian Shilan, you still aborted the six-month-old baby. But at that time, Nian Gengyao's official career had just started, and the Nian family had become your bondservant. The birth, aging, illness and death of the Nian family were almost all under your control. Why did you feel afraid of him?"

Big Fat Orange had nothing to say, but some things just couldn't stand up to careful thinking.

Jiang Xinxin continued, "It's fine if you're afraid of Nian Gengyao after you ascend the throne. After all, General Nian does have a large army under his command. If we don't handle it well, I'm afraid he will really rebel one day."

"But do I have the military power? Even if I rise up in rebellion, are there really fools willing to obey my orders and rebel?!"

"Or do you think that the hatred between me and the Ulanara clan is not deep enough, and that I must slaughter the entire Ulanara clan to prove that I have indeed broken off with the Ulanara clan?"

"Well then, I will do as you wish today—"

As she spoke, Jiang Xinxin pulled out a red-gold phoenix-tail hairpin from her head and stabbed it into Big Fat Orange's neck.

Jianqiu reached out to stop her immediately, but before she touched Jiang Xinxin's arm, she simply stopped and knelt down.

Gao Wuyong exclaimed, and before his brain could react, he threw the whisk in his hand towards Jiang Xinxin's arm that was stabbing the fat orange.

Big Fat Orange quickly dodged backwards and raised his hand to grab Jiang Xinxin's hand. Even though the flat-headed gold hairpin was not sharp enough, it still hurt when the hairpin pierced Big Fat Orange's arm.

Gao Wuyong's whisk hit Jiang Xinxin's arm, but it was a step too late. As soon as the crisis was resolved, Fatty Orange ordered no one to come in. The fear and disbelief in his eyes were clearly revealed without having to be carefully distinguished.

But Jiang Xinxin didn't care at all, and did it lightly, and even asked Da Pangju with a smile how she did it: "Assassinating the emperor in public, even if I don't kill all nine clans, at least I should kill three clans. How about this, I didn't show mercy, did I?"

Even though Jiang Xinxin had an extraordinary background, Yixiu himself was just a mortal. Moreover, Jiang Xinxin was not happy in this world, so of course she was reluctant to do so. She used her spiritual power to improve the constitution of her body, and only slightly eliminated the hidden illnesses and deficiencies in Yixiu's body. In essence, her martial arts ability was no match for the fat orange man who had practiced riding and archery.

But no matter what, although Jiang Xinxin's stab just now could be considered a feint and she had no intention of really killing the fat orange, she did not hold back at all.

It was because Big Fat Orange felt that Jiang Xinxin had left no room for him that he found it hard to believe that Jiang Xinxin actually wanted to kill him.

No matter if they are men or women, they can always feel the love of others for themselves. It would be fine if everyone around them was insincere, but in the past, whether it was Rouze and Yixiu, or Nian Shilan, they all truly loved Big Fat Orange.

How could Fatty Orange, who had received true love, not feel Jiang Xinxin's insincere feelings towards him?

He was just blinded by the thought of having let Yixiu down in the past. He was also confident in his status as the emperor, thinking that the world was in his hands and that Queen Jiang Xinxin would only be his loyal supporter. He subconsciously ignored the possibility that Yixiu would not love him.

When Jiang Xinxin exposed all these lies, Big Fat Ju was angry and upset, but he would not be broken, because Yixiu's true feelings were dispensable to him, and the position of Queen was something he could give to whomever he wanted.