When I opened my eyes, Zhen Huan knelt in front of me and had a miscarriage

Concubine Duan nodded, "It's good to have Concubine Wan accompany you."

Then Concubine Duan turned her head and told Jixiang, "Jixiang, you guys follow behind. I have something to say to Concubine Wan."

Jixiang bowed and said, "Yes." Then he followed behind with Huanbi.

Jixiang lowered his eyes and suddenly saw that the shoes on Huanbi's feet had holes in them and the cotton wool was exposed.

She was surprised, "Huanbi, your shoes..."

Huanbi subconsciously took two steps back and shook her dress, trying to cover it up. "Nothing."

"This," Jixiang sighed and shook his head.

She followed Concubine Duan and witnessed all kinds of tactics used in the palace.

It was clear at a glance that the people from Suiyuxuan were also being targeted.

She sighed, "In the past, when our mother had little to eat and wear in winter, we also sewed winter clothes by ourselves. Fortunately, I know how to do it, otherwise I don't know how many winters our mother would not have survived."

Huanbi lowered her head, "Is that so."

"Don't worry, Concubine Wan was so favored by the emperor in the past, and she will definitely regain his favor in no time."

Jixiang said something encouraging, but Huanbi didn't feel much. She felt a little disheartened and just said.

"hope so."

……

"Since you lost your son and your mother left the palace, how many times has the emperor come to see you?"

The two walked to the side of the gravel road, with forsythia flowers blooming on both sides of the road. Concubine Duan stopped and turned her eyes to look at Zhen Huan quietly.

Zhen Huan smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you have long forgotten that there is a sister in this huge harem."

Concubine Duan sighed, walked past Zhen Huan, and picked up a drooping crabapple flower behind her with both hands.

"I have seen how favored and loved you were in the past, but it is really a pity that you have come to this point today. If you say that the emperor does not have you in his heart, I will be the first one to disbelieve it."

Zhen Huan shook her head, "The emperor's favor is like flowing water, it's just you today, me tomorrow, who can always be so favored?"

"Right now, the only one favored in the palace is Concubine Hua. She really has the most beautiful woman in the palace."

After Concubine Duan finished speaking, she raised her eyes slightly and looked at Zhen Huan's expression.

Zhen Huan just lowered her head, her face showing a hint of loneliness and a hint of sadness, but there was not much fluctuation.

Zhen Huan then said, "The Imperial Concubine Hua is very courageous. The Nian family was able to escape unscathed from the previous dynasty and the harem, becoming the biggest beneficiary, yet no one could find fault with them. This is the Imperial Concubine's ability."

"but……"

Concubine Duan waited quietly for her to continue.

"The plotting in this palace has never stopped for a moment. I hated her so much in the past, but now I am standing by her side. If it were in the past, I would not even dare to think about it, but today, if I want to protect the people around me, I must be at her service and do things for her."

At the end, Concubine Duan looked at Zhen Huan with tears in her eyes.

Concubine Duan sighed, "This is why you came to see me today."

"Yes."

Concubine Duan used to hate Nian Shilan as much as she did, but now they have become the same person.

It wasn't that Zhen Huan wanted to come here to learn from others, but rather she wanted to test Concubine Duan.

Concubine Duan sighed, "In this palace, it's nothing more than you scheming against me and me scheming against you. We can scheme, and the Emperor and the Queen Mother have these tricks in their hands. Maybe in the past we only thought that the harem was the business of women like us, but you have to know that this is the Emperor's harem."

"If anyone or anything does not meet the emperor's wishes, he will discard it and put it aside. You understand this meaning, and Nian Shilan understood it even earlier."

Zhen Huan frowned slightly and looked at her, thinking deeply about the meaning of these words.

Concubine Duan added, "You are so smart, how could you not know that a man's pity and sympathy are enough to make a woman stand firm on her feet."

Zhen Huan knew this, and she had taken advantage of it before.

After losing her son, she used this point to get the emperor to show leniency to her family. Although the final effect was not satisfactory, at least the lives of the whole family were saved.

"But, how did Concubine Hua...?"

Nian Shilan has always been arrogant and has been dominating the harem for many years. How could the emperor have any mercy and sympathy for her?

Concubine Duan: "You are not the only one who has lost a child in this harem."

"Sister, you mean the child that Concubine Hua lost in the mansion back then?"

"That's right." Concubine Duan nodded. "In fact, looking back at the days she has walked through since she knelt down to punish you for your miscarriage, every day and every time can be said to be licking blood on the edge of a knife. Everyone retreats under her iron fist. If you and I can't defeat her, we might as well be at ease and live with it. At least we can save our lives and our families."

Concubine Duan's words were soft, but her meaning was profound, and Zhen Huan understood.

"Thankfully, my sister showed me the way. Otherwise, I would be like a leaf floating in the lake, not knowing where to go."

After saying this, Zhen Huan smiled and gently brushed towards Concubine Duan.

After standing in the cold wind for a long time, Concubine Duan began to cough, and the two said goodbye.

On the way back to Sui Yuxuan, Zhen Huan and Huanbi talked about their conversation with Concubine Duan.

Huanbi was a little confused and asked curiously, "Your Majesty has no other choice and has already made up her mind to assist Concubine Hua, so why is she asking Concubine Duan?"

"Concubine Duan has been in the palace for a long time. She knows Concubine Hua better than I do. Besides, you know how deep the hatred between her and Concubine Hua is. I have to test it out."

"What did the lady find out?"

"She and I both have no choice. On the scale of fate, we will choose the side with more sweet dates. In this palace, no one has a choice to survive."

Zhen Huan said this and let out a breath.

After a long while, "But, just because I don't have a choice now doesn't mean I won't have a choice in the future."

Jingren Palace.

The Queen picked up the hot tea and took a sip slowly. After her trembling anger caused by Nian Shilan had subsided, she slowly looked at An Lingrong.

Without being given a seat, An Lingrong stood awkwardly in the middle.

Facing this former 'old employer', as an abandoned pawn, she felt mixed emotions at this moment.

The queen did not speak. In such a situation, she should have taken the initiative to ask.

An Lingrong opened her mouth slightly in uneasiness, stumbling, "I wonder why the Queen wants me to stay here?"

Every time she spoke, she felt an indescribable depression in the air.

"What's the matter? Don't you realize that An is in such a predicament?" The Queen's tone was calm, but with a majesty that could not be ignored.

An Lingrong became even more nervous. She had always been timid, and the miserable life she had been experiencing recently made her even more cautious.

"Your Majesty, I am useless. Please forgive me, Queen."