After wearing the book, Ben Gong lay down all the way to win

Chapter 520 King's Heart (3)

It is true that the Empress Dowager hated those women who snatched the husbands of good sisters.

But as the mother of the three dynasties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, her status is extremely noble, how can she be so narrow-minded, and she wants to target a girl like Ziling who doesn't seem to be of a very noble background?
Obviously, the queen mother's mind is definitely not that simple, otherwise she would not be the queen mother.

Women in the palace calculate others, basically they take one step and watch two steps, and those who are a little smarter can take one step and watch four or five steps at most.

But the queen mother, as the last palace fighting champion, can see at least ten steps whenever she takes a step.

For example, when the emperor ordered her and Concubine Hui to be imperial concubines at the same time, the Empress Dowager proposed to perform the canonization ceremony separately to create a time difference so that she could seize the opportunity to catch Concubine Hui's pigtails.

At that time, many people thought that the Queen Mother did this just to harmonize the position of Concubine Hui.

But no one expected that the Empress Dowager secretly dug a big hole for Concubine Hui, took advantage of Concubine Hui to call her an old woman, made a big fuss after the death of Empress Yuan Xian, and completely eliminated Concubine Hui from ascending the throne Opportunity.

From this incident, it is enough to see the sophistication of the queen mother.

That day the Empress Dowager decided to send Zi Ling into the palace, and Linglong always felt that this matter was weird when she came out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and it might not be that simple behind it.

However, the Empress Dowager's mind is unpredictable, and it is not so easy to penetrate it.

It wasn't until she obtained Zi Ling's account information from Lu Ping with Bai Yu Gel, broke through layers of checkpoints, and successfully sent Zi Ling to the palace, and then Ting Lan offered to take action, that she finally figured it out.

Ting Lan took the initiative to lend a helping hand, although she wanted to relieve her worries, but at the same time, there was also an element of secret instruction from the Queen Mother.

Ting Lan said that the Empress Dowager Concubine Hui and Concubine Hui had been staring at Chengqian Palace, and if they acted by themselves, it would be too eye-catching, and the plan would most likely fail.

This set of arguments is naturally reasonable, and I have no reason to reject it.

But one thing she overlooked was that the harem was closely related to the previous court, and any disturbance in the harem could easily affect the previous court.

If one analyzes along the lines of interest entanglements between the former dynasty and the harem, things become particularly complicated.

Women in this era follow the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, obeying the father at home, obeying the husband when married, and obeying the son when the husband dies.

The women in the harem are all married women. In the harem, only the husband and son can be relied on. If the husband is the emperor, then she may become the queen, and if the son is the emperor, then she may become the queen mother.

Therefore, the starting point of women's struggles in the harem revolves around husbands and sons.

When they were young, they competed for the favor of their husbands and hoped to be queens. When they were old, they hoped for their sons to succeed, and they themselves wanted to be queen mothers based on their sons.

But Ting Lan is different, although she is a queen, the late emperor passed away early, leaving no son after her death, so her son and husband can't be counted on. Naturally speaking, she has no benefit to all the women in the harem threat.

Because there is no threat, she is too easy to be ignored, and the empress dowager is too sharp, covering up her own brilliance.

So for so many years, Ting Lan has lived so much like a wisp of smoke and dust, which will be blown away by the wind, leaving no trace.

It is also because Ting Lan's sense of existence is too low that she can stay out of the harem battles, and the clouds are calm, so she is not easy to be noticed.

(End of this chapter)