In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 453: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 57

Before meeting Nian Shilan, Nian Xialing had many words of advice to say. After meeting Nian Shilan, Nian Xialing saw the strength and determination beneath her beautiful face and was speechless.

Nian Xiyao, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up, interrupting the silence between Nian Shilan and Nian Xialing. He asked, "Shilan, are you sure?"

Nian Xiyao did not object, because ever since he knew that this matter started before Nian Shilan married the emperor, he knew how serious Nian Shilan was about it. He was just worried that Nian Shilan would fail, and planned to ask Nian Shilan and then see whether he should make a plan in advance to preserve the Quan family bloodline after Nian Shilan failed.

"What do you think, brother?"

Nian Shilan laughed again. She knew that except Nian Gengyao and Nian Shilan, no one in the Nian family was stupid. In his previous life, Nian Gengyao was killed. Although Nian Xiyao was demoted, nothing happened to him. In fact, the Nian family still preserved Nian Xiyao's lineage.

Nian Xiyao also laughed. After Nian Gengyao returned the military power, he thought that Nian Shilan in the palace would become pregnant and give birth to a prince. The emperor's fear of the Nian family or the military power in Nian Gengyao's hands was too obvious. He saw clearly that Nian Shilan had not been pregnant, and he didn't think that Nian Shilan didn't understand it.

So he thought that Nian Shilan had been accumulating power just to wait for Nian Gengyao to return the military power, so that the emperor would no longer be afraid of her, and then she would take the opportunity to give birth to a prince and support him to ascend the throne.

However, after Nian Gengyao returned the military power, Nian Shilan still did not get pregnant. However, Nian Gengyao did not seem to be anxious, nor did Nian Shilan stop expanding her power. Nian Xiyao began to suspect that Nian Shilan's accumulation of power was not for the purpose of seizing the throne in the future and letting a prince with Nian family blood ascend to that position.

Looking at Nian Shilan's past behavior, she never made friends with other concubines in the harem, nor did she contact the concubines with children. Nian Xiyao had to start imagining what Nian Shilan's real plan was.

He still had doubts before, but after seeing Nian Shilan with his own eyes, Nian Xiyao finally confirmed his craziest guess: Nian Shilan did not intend to support anyone else to ascend the throne, she planned to ascend the throne herself!

"Shilan, the world now is different from the world during the heyday of Emperor Wu Tang. The forces bought with money may betray you at any time, especially when they learn of your true intentions."

Nian Xiyao was not joking, nor was he exaggerating. Nian Shilan had been an empress herself, so she naturally knew how difficult it was for a woman to ascend the throne, especially if she was not a princess but a concubine.

But Nian Xiyao didn't know that Nian Shilan had a family system that passively bound all people with more than 30% loyalty. This effect was like the loyalty pill used in "Knowing". Without these, Nian Shilan's plan would never be realized.

The world is bustling with people all because of the pursuit of profit. If it weren't for the passive buff of the family system, Nian Shilan would be a charmer and would not be able to restrict anyone's thoughts at all.

"I understand what you said, big brother. You can rest assured about this."

Nian Shilan was too confident, and Nian Xiyao had to shut up when he saw that he could not persuade her. Then Nian Shilan began to make requests to Nian Xialing and Nian Xiyao in person. With the family system in place, even if Nian Xiyao and Nian Xialing disagreed, they still resigned themselves to their fate and obeyed. After Nian Shilan left, everything began to proceed according to her plan. Nian Xialing began to contact his classmates and descendants when he was an official, while Nian Xiyao contacted his colleagues, hoping to contact his classmates or even relatives.

When leaving the Nian family, it was already dawn. Nian Shilan was riding a horse through the outskirts of the city when she encountered a carriage blocking the road. There was no sign on the carriage, so Nian Shilan didn't recognize whose it was. Songzhi got off the horse and went forward to check, but saw that the person in the carriage had lifted the door curtain first, "Royal Concubine, long time no see!"

"Prince Guo, why are you here?"

Nian Shilan held the reins in one hand and hid her other hand in her cloak, moving it behind her waist to hold the dagger. She planned to wait for Prince Guo to come forward and kill him directly.

Prince Guo had finally seen Nian Shilan, so naturally he couldn't bear to look away. He stared at Nian Shilan greedily. Even though Nian Shilan's movement of holding the dagger was very slight, he still noticed it.

Prince Guo smiled bitterly. He truly loved the Imperial Noble Consort, but the Imperial Noble Consort felt that he was a threat and wanted to kill him.

"Your Majesty, don't be nervous. This prince has no ill intentions."

"No ill intentions? If the prince had no ill intentions, why did he send people to investigate and wait for me here?" Nian Shilan believed that Prince Guo was "in love" with her at this moment, because the affection she felt in her consciousness could not be false, but she did not believe in the love of ancient men. In the plot, no matter how much Prince Guo loved Zhen Huan, didn't he still have a child with Meng Jingxian?

Nian Shilan didn't know how much Prince Guo had discovered, but she didn't think that he would hide it from the emperor just because he liked her.

Up to now, the plan is that Nian Shilan will wait for the empress dowager to pass away and then send the queen away. After the queen passes away, she will become the queen. Only then can she handle memorials on behalf of the emperor when he is unwell. As for whether the emperor is willing or not, it doesn't matter. Nian Shilan will make him agree anyway.

The Empress Dowager is seriously ill now. The Emperor killed the Fourteenth Prince in the imperial mausoleum because of the saying "the younger brother shall inherit the throne after the elder brother's death". After Longkodo dies, the seriously ill Empress Dowager will probably not survive.

By then, the Queen will begin to fight for the custody of the Third Prince, and it will be time for the Fourth Prince to return to the palace.

When his plan reached a critical moment, Prince Guo suddenly showed up. The phrase "meddling in other people's business" was a compliment to him, while "trouble-maker" was more used to describe Prince Guo's behavior of chasing after his investigation.

Finding that Nian Shilan didn't believe him at all and became more alert, in order to avoid being silenced, Prince Guo had to quickly explain: "I am telling the truth, Noble Consort, think about it. I didn't tell my brother when I saw you leaving the palace secretly during the first year's banquet, and I will not tell you now."

"So, what do you want to do?"

Nian Shilan knew clearly that Prince Guo's feelings towards the Emperor were not truly brotherly. He had long been fed up with the Emperor's suspicions and probings, so he was not moved at all by Prince Guo's words. Prince Guo's refusal to tell the Emperor did not mean that he had no ill will towards him, but simply because telling the Emperor would not benefit him.

In his previous life, Prince Guo helped the emperor secretly collect evidence of Nian Gengyao's crimes for the sake of power. After the Nian family fell, Prince Guo was promoted from a prince to a prince.

"I just like your Majesty and want to help you."

Seeing Nian Shilan's cold look, Prince Guo not only did not feel sad, but was even more moved. He could not help but speak out his true feelings, but was scolded by Songzhi: "Bah! Shameless, lecher!"

Nian Shilan was too lazy to listen to Prince Guo's confession. When she was about to take action to end the matter, she heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance. She looked back at Prince Guo, then at the shadowy figures in the distance. She knew that if she took action now, she would most likely be discovered, so she could only glare at Prince Guo.

"Your Highness, remember what you said last. If I find out that you have done anything, I will kill you!"

"Songzhi, let's go!"