After having sex with a fake eunuch, I became the queen

Upon hearing the news, Xiao Qian immediately rushed to Mingxin Palace and ordered the little grandson to withdraw the execution order, but the little guy refused to do so and cried and made a fuss in front of her, insisting that Qiao Wan'er looked exactly like the mother in his dream and was the reincarnation of his mother, Empress Dowager Xiaoming.

Xiao Qian thought that it was his grandson Ji Ning's imagination that Qiao Wan'er looked exactly like Empress Dowager Xie. He had no idea what Xie looked like, he had only seen her portrait. The two women did look somewhat alike - Xie was the Crown Princess she had chosen for her son, she was beautiful and dignified. The palace maid named Qiao Wan'er was also pretty... Naturally, good-looking people all look alike.

Moreover, this palace maid had a pair of kind eyes like the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, which made it easy for the child to feel close to her. Although Ji Ning said that he had never seen this woman before and had only seen her in his dreams, Xiao Qian thought that it might be because the child's memory was not clear, and he had probably seen her on some occasion... This woman who looked a bit like Xie somehow caught his eye and turned into the mother in his dream.

As for the claim of the mother's "reincarnation", it is even more outrageous: Xie had been dead for five years. If there was a reincarnation, it could only be a five-year-old baby at most. How could it be a woman of the same age?

But Ji Ningke didn't care what age the reincarnated woman should be. He was determined that this woman had a close connection with his mother. He was determined not to withdraw the order to execute her and insisted on keeping her by his side.

In Xiao Qian's impression, his grandson had never acted like this to achieve his goals since he was old enough to understand. Although the powerful Empress Dowager was always ruthless and had the final say, she was an extremely kind grandmother in front of her little grandson. So when she saw her grandson crying and making a fuss, with tears and snot bubbles all over his face, she felt very irritated and reluctant. The words of command that she usually came up with were gone, and all stuck in her throat.

After all, this little grandson was not only a puppet to control the imperial power, but also the inheritance and proof of her bloodline... She had become a laughing stock for many people because she gave birth to a stupid son for the Ji royal family. She was said to have polluted the royal bloodline with her foolish bloodline. The birth of Ji Ning finally made her feel proud of this matter. Even though she later became a high-ranking ruler, no one dared to say anything about this matter, but she still wanted to prove to the world that her bloodline was noble and intelligent, and that her stupid son was just a joke from God.

The grandfather and grandson were feeling anxious when they suddenly heard the eunuch guarding the gate announce: Mr. Fan Mingchu, the executive officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has arrived.

As the announcement came, a man in a dark blue official uniform walked slowly into the hall, his steps were somewhat humble and cautious.

Although Mr. Fan was already over forty, his beardless face was smooth and white, and his figure was still thin and upright, without any signs of gaining weight. His eyebrows and eyes were regular and his features were handsome, so he gave the impression of a pale-faced scholar in his thirties.

Fan Mingchu was born into a scholarly family in Jinling Prefecture. He was a child prodigy and was determined to take the imperial examination. At the age of fifteen, he easily won the first place in the county examination and passed the examination.

However, he was later disqualified from the provincial examination because his family was said to be related to Empress Xiao by marriage. This so-called relationship was probably unknown even to his family themselves.

In fact, it was just that a relative in the family had a little connection with the wife of the brother of the nephew of the sister of the queen's eldest uncle, and then he ran outside and boasted that he was a royal relative.

When Emperor Jingxuan was in power, he was afraid of the growing power of the Empress' family, so he ordered a strict review of the qualifications of candidates who were related to the Empress's in-laws. Fan Mingchu was really unlucky. Because of this in-law relationship that could not be traced at all, he failed to pass the qualification review of the provincial examination, which made him, a talented man, lose the chance to be on the list of successful candidates.

Somehow Fan Mingchu later entered the palace and became a eunuch, and eventually rose rapidly to become the highest authority in the Imperial Household Department. It seems that a talented person, as long as he still has his brains, will not be buried no matter where he goes or what he does.

After hearing the announcement, Ji Ning immediately stopped crying. Yu Fu, who was standing by, took the opportunity to whisper, "Your Majesty, look, Lord Fan is here. Hurry up and get up!"

Perhaps he felt that sitting on the ground and crying in front of his subjects was inappropriate, so this time, before Yi Fu could even lend a hand to help him, Ji Ning obediently got up from the ground and sat back in his seat.

But after all, children's ability to control their emotions is not as good as that of adults. Although the crying has stopped, the low sobbing continues rhythmically.

"Manager Fan, you're finally here. Do you really have to rely on me to invite you personally?" Before Fan Mingchu finished his greetings, Xiao Qian spoke impatiently, with blame in his tone obvious.

After Xu Shixin was killed, Fan Mingchu, the leader of the higher-level government, temporarily took over the position of the chief of the inner class.

Acting in such a position, Xiao Qian felt that he was not even half as good as Xu Shixin.

Take today's incident for example. The young emperor took the initiative to pardon a murderer who was about to be beheaded, which was tantamount to usurping the power of her as the person in charge of government affairs. If such a thing happened to Xu Shixin, he would definitely come to inform her in person as soon as possible.

But Fan Mingchu was in trouble: when the Empress Dowager heard the news, it was estimated that everyone in Longchang Palace knew about it, and she had already gone to Mingxin Hall in person to inquire about it, but the head of the inner class was nowhere to be seen.

"Please calm down, Your Majesty. I am late because I received an oral order from Your Majesty to personally supervise the promotion of Qiao Wan'er." Fan Mingchu could tell from Xiao Qian's displeasure and quickly made a respectful "apology" gesture.

"What did you say! To supervise the promotion of Qiao Wan'er?" Empress Dowager Xiao had just recovered from the disturbance caused by her little grandson, and now she heard Fan Mingchu say this. She was so angry that she almost jumped up from the dragon head chair.

She had always thought that Fan Mingchu was too bookish and unsuitable to be an inner court official. He was fine for doing some literary things, but he could not be compared with Xu Shixin, who climbed up from a low-level eunuch to a high position step by step by relying on his ability to read people's eyes. He was very good at guessing his master's thoughts. Fan Mingchu might have been stupid because of reading books, and he was so pedantic that he went in the opposite direction... Even if it was the emperor's will, could he bypass her, the Grand Empress Dowager?

"General Manager Fan, when you convey the Emperor's order, shouldn't you let me, the Grand Empress Dowager, know it first?" When Xiao Qian said this, she deliberately raised the tone of the words "Grand Empress Dowager". Anyone could hear the hidden meaning in her words: How dare you convey the order when even I, the Grand Empress Dowager, doesn't know?
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I thought this was a matter of the harem, so I received your majesty's order..." Before Fan Ming could finish his words, he was interrupted by a "pop" sound - that was the sound of Empress Dowager Xiao hitting the armrest of the chair.

"Manager Fan, you really... listen to His Majesty very much!" After Xiao Qian patted the armrest, he spoke in a stern voice, but halfway through his words, he suddenly paused and changed his tone for some reason.

It turned out that she wanted to say "General Manager Fan, you really don't take me seriously!" But halfway through her words, she suddenly realized what Fan Mingchu was referring to - before the young emperor ascended the throne, she had made a promise in front of her grandson on a whim: after Ji Ning ascended the throne and became the new monarch, she would still have to preside over and decide the affairs of the court, but the new monarch could have the final say on matters in the harem.

The young emperor had not married, and did not have three palaces and six courtyards. What big things could happen in the "harem"? Xiao Qian just casually said that to cheer his grandson up.

She "forgot" what she said. For example, right after Ji Ning ascended the throne, he proposed to marry a cat queen and dog concubines, but she rejected them all.

Unexpectedly, Fan Mingchu would remind her that "the emperor never jokes" - didn't you say that the emperor can make his own decisions about the affairs of the backyard? Wasn't the matter of the maid killing the chief eunuch a matter of the backyard? Then the little emperor could naturally make his own decision.

So, what he meant was that regarding matters concerning the harem, one could directly handle them after receiving the imperial edict, without the need for the Empress Dowager's permission.

It turns out that people who read a lot are dogmatic and don’t know what flexibility is!
Xiao Qian was just about to speak angrily and say: The harem is still under the control of me, the Empress Dowager.

Before he could speak, Fan Mingchu continued, "Your Majesty, I drafted an edict for Your Majesty, and then I went to check the woman's register, and I found something strange."

"Oh? What kind of strange thing is it?" Xiao Qian suppressed his anger for the time being and asked with some curiosity in his tone.

"This woman's birth date is exactly the same as Empress Dowager Xiaoming's. Your Highness, Empress Dowager, don't you think this is too coincidental?"

"What did you say?!" Xiao Qian was really shocked.

The little emperor, who had been silent and only sobbing silently, suddenly started crying again when he heard this: "Wuwuwu, I told you, she is my mother's reincarnation, wuwuwu, I don't want to take back the order to execute her, no, I just don't want it, wuwuwu!"

Afterwards, Xiao Qian asked to personally check Qiao Wan'er's birth register. Fan Mingchu called in a young eunuch who had been waiting outside the door. The young eunuch was holding a thick palace maid register. He took the register, opened one page and showed it to Empress Dowager Xiao for review - Qiao Wan'er and Xie were actually born on the same day of the same month of the same year!

"It seems that this girl really has some connection with my poor daughter-in-law Xie! Since the order to withdraw the execution has been issued, there is no need to take it back. But after all, she has a life on her shoulders. Even if she is spared the death penalty, we still have to think about how to explain it to the outside world. In my opinion, we should wait and see about the promotion!" After repeatedly checking Qiao Wan'er's horoscope, Xiao Qian finally put on the face of a loving mother-in-law and reluctantly let go.

Because she had already seen that Fan Mingchu's inflexibility in this matter was purely intentional, most likely because he had received instructions from the young emperor... He had always disliked Xu Shixin, so he sided with Ji Ning.

The reason why Queen Xiao finally decided to give in was because the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this matter was quite strange - no matter how much the two of them wanted to save this woman's life, they would not be able to do it without her divinely-assisted birth date.

The old empress dowager, who had become suspicious as she got older, began to become suspicious: people with the same horoscope were not uncommon, but in this case, it was really too coincidental. Could it be that this woman really had some connection with Xie?
At that time, Xie died of puerperal disease, but in fact, she had someone put a chronic poison in her tonic medicine. After taking the tonic medicine for a long time, Xie eventually died of the poison. The person who carried out the poisoning was none other than Xu Shixin, the chief steward of the internal class.

Now, Xu Shixin was actually killed by a woman with the same horoscope as Xie. When Xiao Qian thought of this, he felt a chill down his spine.

In addition, even if it was just a coincidence and there was nothing mysterious going on, if she insisted on killing this woman regardless, would people think that Xie's death was related to herself? She felt guilty and thought that doing so might make her appear guilty.

When Empress Xiao was young, she would never be so hesitant before killing. She would kill whoever she wanted to kill.

This year, Ji is older and has held imperial power for more than ten years. The seemingly stable country is actually undercurrents. She, who is accustomed to killing, has gradually begun to pay attention to superficial work - she might as well give in to her grandson, which not only makes her appear kind as a royal grandmother, but also covers up the murder of her daughter-in-law.

Let this palace maid named Qiao Wan'er live a few more days!
(End of this chapter)