After listening to An Ran's words, Emperor Yuanfeng patted An Ran's hand several times with emotion and said: "My beloved concubine is so knowledgeable and reasonable! She thinks about me in every aspect. They also scolded me for doting on you too much. But if they are like my beloved concubine,

Think about me, instead of annoying me all day long, I will not bother them. In this way, since you don't want your father to be an official, that's fine, I will make your father the Duke of Anguo!"

Before the change, Emperor Yuanfeng might have only made Zhang's father the Duke of Anguo, but today An Ran's performance was so good and he was in a good mood, Emperor Yuanfeng was extra generous and made Zhang's father the Duke of Anguo.

Although there is only one level difference between Duke and Marquis, his status is much higher. After all, there are many Marquises in Beijing, but not many Dukes.

Soon, Emperor Yuanfeng's imperial edict arrived at the Zhang family.

The Zhang family also didn't understand why the imperial concubine would agree to the emperor granting them a title. After all, didn't everyone agree to become ordinary people and no longer serve as officials?

Thinking of this, Zhang's father said to Zhang's mother: "Anyway, I have to go to the palace to express my gratitude. You go and ask the empress."

Mother Zhang nodded.

At that moment, the couple entered the palace, Zhang's father went to thank Emperor Yuanfeng, and Zhang's mother came to An Ran's place.

Logically, Mother Zhang should go to the Queen to express her gratitude, but at this time, there was no middle palace, and there was no Queen Mother, so Mother Zhang in the harem did not need to go to other places, she could just come directly to An Ran.

After seeing An Ran, Zhang's mother asked An Ran to step aside, "Didn't your Majesty say that you don't want your family to be in the court anymore, so as not to fall into party strife again and get involved? Why does the emperor grant the title of Duke to our family now?"

?Or... His Majesty issued the decree directly without your opinion?"

An Ran shook his head and said: "That's not true. Your Majesty told me, mother, the reputation about me has been getting worse and worse recently. I thought, anyway, I am being scolded by people left and right, and I haven't enjoyed it yet, so I might as well live up to my name."

, at least you get scolded, and you enjoy it. Besides, it’s just an empty title with no real job, so it’s okay. In this way, when you go out, you have status, you don’t have to kowtow to people everywhere, and you don’t have to worry about getting involved in party disputes. It’s quite

OK."

In the original world, the original person was executed, and the original family members, as the family members of the demon concubine, did not escape death.

Since you are so low-key, others still can't stand you and want to kill you, then you should comply with their wishes and be more public. In this way, even if you die in the future, you will still live a good life and not suffer any loss - Zhang

Before the family members were executed, they had shouted like this, saying that they had let down the name of Yao Fei’s family. If they had known this, they should have enjoyed it, and they would not have enjoyed nothing and still been scorned and killed.
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An Ran pondered their thoughts and decided to satisfy them. As long as she was here, she would never let the Zhang family go on the same path as before.

After hearing An Ran's words, Zhang's mother couldn't help but fell silent. After a while, she sighed and said, "That's what you said. That's fine. I'll tell your father and brothers about your opinion."

When Zhang's mother said this when she went back, Zhang's father was fine with it, but his sisters-in-law and younger brothers and sisters were still happy to see it.

There are obviously beloved concubines in the family, but every time they go out, they have to kowtow to those successful villains, which makes them very angry. So now they have become the daughter-in-law of the prince, and no one will stand above them except the royal family.

They kowtow and salute, and they are naturally happy.

Grandma Zhang Si, who had just entered the house at that moment, said: "Actually, that's what your Majesty said. Besides, His Majesty has long wanted to ennoble our family. It's not something our Madam forced us to do. It doesn't matter. My daughter-in-law thought, the reason why Your Majesty has long been

If you want to ennoble our family, you also don’t want to see us saluting people everywhere. After all, the empress is your favorite concubine, and your majesty doesn’t want the father-in-law and his brothers-in-law to salute people.”

After hearing this, Zhang's mother hurriedly interrupted her words and said: "Be careful what you say. We are the fathers of the country, and you are the brothers-in-law. Fortunately, only a few of our family are talking together. If there are outsiders, we can't talk.

In this case."

What happened more than ten years ago, Zhang's mother felt like it was still yesterday. Every time she dreamed back at midnight, she was often awakened by nightmares, so she was the most sensitive and afraid of these things.

Grandma Zhang Si said: "That's what my daughter-in-law said. I guess in His Majesty's heart, he just regarded us as the father-in-law and brother-in-law, but he just didn't say it directly."

Mother Zhang said no more now.

In fact, she also felt that His Majesty treated their family very well. Several times she went to the palace to see her daughter and met the emperor. The emperor indeed treated her as his mother-in-law and treated her very well.

The Zhang family was granted the title of Duke and moved into a rather nice house in Beijing given to them by the emperor. A plaque for the Duke's Palace was hung up, and it soon became crowded with people.

Although many people in the court called the Zhang family girl a witchy concubine, there are always those who follow the trend of others.

Fortunately, the Zhang family had been in poverty before and had seen many people who looked down upon others. In addition, they were frightened by the party struggle and demotion. Now An Ran agreed to knight them and give them status, and they did not

On the contrary, they closed the door and thanked guests. Except for those with good connections, they looked down on them when they were in decline. Now that they are prosperous and come to praise them, they will not see them.

Anyway, the empress said that she agreed to the emperor’s knighthood in order to give the family status so that they would not have to kowtow to anyone they met in the future. Now that they have this convenience, plus their salary and other income, their family conditions are getting better and better.

Well, they are very satisfied. They don’t have to jump around like a villain trying to achieve their goals, lest they commit another crime and be demoted again someday. They are really frightened by being demoted.

As the saying goes, if you cultivate yourself, manage your family, and govern the country, the world will be peaceful.

Self-cultivation, for An Ran, means practice, and she is practicing hard now, so it goes without saying.

Qi family, now she has successfully made the Zhang family a duke.

Individuals and families have been dealt with.

Next, it is time to govern the country and bring peace to the world.

Apart from anything else, Emperor Yuanfeng's ability to govern the country was really lacking.

It was bad before, but now that I'm old, it's even worse.

However, she cannot mention it casually when it comes to governing the country and bringing peace to the world. After all, it is taboo for the harem to interfere in politics.

So she has to find an opportunity.

The timing is also fortuitous.

That day An Ran heard that something had happened to Emperor Yuanfeng, and got very angry in the imperial study room.

After finding out the reason, An Ran brought mung bean soup, pretended to go to comfort Emperor Yuanfeng, and approached him.

"It's such a hot day, people are easily irritable, let alone something happened. It's no wonder that Your Majesty is in a bad mood. Come on, Your Majesty, please take a sip of Jieshu Decoction to relieve your anger. Then we may have some clues.

."

Although Emperor Yuanfeng was in a bad mood, seeing that his beloved concubine had arrived and brought mung bean soup, he relieved his mood a little, drove the ministers out, took An Ran's hand, and sighed: "My beloved concubine.
Chapter completed!