The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

On Princess Zhaohua's wedding day, both the princess and the queen disappeared.

The whole city was under martial law to search for the princess. The emperor gave the minister of war enough face in public, but privately called the minister of war to the imperial study and rewarded him with a box of southern Hunan specialties.

When the Minister of War left the imperial study, his legs and feet were so weak that he almost fell down. After returning home, he immediately sent his young son to his remote hometown.

The youngest son does not need to bear the heavy burden of the family. Being able to marry a princess is a great honor, but if it angers the royal family, it can also be a great disaster.

The affair between the prince consort and the orphan girl living in the mansion is not a big deal and cannot be a reason for Princess Zhaohua to break off the engagement.

The Emperor was searching for Princess Zhaohua on the surface, but secretly he was threatening the Minister of War, obviously wanting to stand up for Princess Zhaohua.

Yu Ningkang really wanted to indulge his sister in her misbehavior. If his sister did not have the qualifications to act recklessly, he might as well not be the emperor.

The imperial sister thought she understood him and foolishly wanted to share his worries. However, she didn't know that he, who had been a deep-minded person since childhood, understood the imperial sister better than the imperial sister understood him.

He and the royal sister are twins, a boy and a girl, who grew up together. He is also an observant person, and he can see through his royal sister's mind just by the turn of her eyes.

When he was young, he knew that the imperial sister cared about him, and he always lied to her in a malicious way, saying that the person he cared about most was his mother, and the person he cared about second was his father, and that the imperial sister had to sit behind him.

In fact, father, mother and imperial sister all have the same importance in his heart. They are all close relatives and there has never been any distinction between them.

But his silly sister believed his lies completely. Once when she was drunk, she asked him in a wronged tone whether her position in his heart would be put on the back burner now that he had Consort Xian and the eldest prince.

Seeing his sister acting silly like she did when she was a child, he felt both amused and distressed. If he had known that his silly sister would believe his words, he would not have lied to her and would have only said things that would make her happy.

Tell the imperial sister that no matter when or where she is, she is the imperial sister he cares about the most and no one else can replace her.

However, he will never say anything again that he did not say when he was young.

The emperor's thoughts cannot be revealed easily, and he cannot have obvious preferences. Even if he shows obvious preferences, that is just the appearance he wants the world to see, a means for the emperor to confuse people.

He had promised A'niang that he would be a good king and bring peace and prosperity to Dafeng, so he must do it.

If you want peace and prosperity for the country, the former dynasty and the harem must be stable, and the prerequisite for the stability of the former dynasty and the harem is a balance of equal strength.

It doesn’t matter who he truly likes. What is more important is to use superficial liking to balance the court.

Empress Gao's maternal family is powerful, so there is no need to favor anyone else. Concubine Xian's maternal family is weak, so she needs his support to compete with the Empress. Therefore, he must favor Concubine Xian.

As for whether he had ever liked Concubine Xian, he must have liked her!

When he saw Concubine Xian smiling at him with curved brows for the first time, his heart was moved and he had the urge to show some sincerity to her.

When he saw the true face of Concubine Xian and realized that the love in the palace was mixed with interests, he decisively withdrew his impulse and locked the door of his heart tighter.

The locked heart is filled with my father, mother, sister and other close relatives. It is enough and there is no need to put more people in it.

When he first entered the palace, the first lesson the tutor taught him was to tell him that as a crown prince, he should avoid showing his joy and emotions. In the face of family and country's interests, everything can be sacrificed, and the first thing a king must sacrifice is love.

My father used his dignity as an emperor and a man to preserve his love for my mother. He had no children and had no chance to give up his dignity.

He also didn't think he would ever meet a woman in his life who would be willing to sacrifice his dignity to protect her, until Chu He left.

Chu He was a lady who entered the palace through a major election two years ago. Her father was the magistrate of a remote county in the northwest. Due to her humble background, she was given the lowest rank of lady after being selected.

The first time they met, it couldn't be said to be the first time they met, because they met during the election, but he didn't have the slightest impression of Chu Shuren, who had left her name in person.

To be precise, the first time Chu He appeared in his eyes, she sprained her ankle and fell in the grass beside the lotus pond, acting pretentiously and delicately to attract his attention.

The little girl's clumsy tricks could be seen through at a glance, so he didn't have time to pay attention to her and just walked past her. Because he was in a good mood at the time, he didn't blame the little girl for spying on the emperor.

Unexpectedly, when he passed by the next day, the little girl was waiting there again. He saw her coming from a distance and recited a sour poem in a northwestern accent. In the hot summer day of June, he was given goose bumps by her recitation.

Although the little girl successfully caught his attention, he still ignored her and walked straight past her.

He couldn't help but wonder if the little girl would come to stop him tomorrow. If so, what would she do?

On the third day, the little girl came as usual and sang songs instead of reciting poems, but her singing was not very good.

Over the next ten days, the little girl waited for him on the path he had to pass every day, wishing she could show him all her eighteen talents. She had many talents, but none of them was up to par.

It was not until more than two months later that the little girl was able to perform a set of boxing moves, and she was doing very well with great vigor.

He happened to be not busy, so he stopped and watched for a while, and only turned and left when the set of punches was almost finished.

As expected, he caught a glimpse of the disappointed look on the little girl's face. As his mind raced, he turned back and praised her, "Your boxing skills are pretty good."

After being praised, the little girl's eyes instantly curved into crescents, with two shallow dimples on her pink lips. Her smile was more beautiful than the lotus flowers blooming in the pond.

In the following days, the little girl changed her talent to boxing. When he was in a good mood, he would praise her, but when he was in a bad mood, he would just ignore it.

As summer turned to autumn, the little girl's punches became weaker day by day, like the withering lotus flowers in the pond.

Seeing the little girl practicing boxing like she hadn't eaten enough, with the light in her eyes getting dimmer and dimmer, he couldn't help but be curious and stopped to ask, "Chu Shuren practices boxing every day, why is it that she is getting worse and worse?"

The little girl knelt on the ground, her big eyes secretly glanced at him, and she complained in a low voice: "Your Majesty, people have to give some money to watch the acrobatics. I have been performing hard for dozens of days, but Your Majesty didn't even give me half a copper coin. How can I still have the energy to perform!"

He found it interesting and asked, "If you think you won't get anything in return, why do you come to block me every day?"

"Just a gamble! What if the emperor is happy one day and gives me something as a reward! Besides..."

"Besides what?"

The little girl secretly glanced at him again and muttered softly, "I have nowhere else to go except to try my luck with the emperor. Before I entered the palace, I thought life would be hard for an unfavored concubine in the harem, but I didn't expect it to be this hard. Winter is coming soon. If I am not favored by the emperor this year, I am afraid it will be harder than last year when I was hungry and cold."

Seeing the little girl lowering her head and looking angry, he couldn't help but tease her, "I don't understand, is Chu Shuren short of money, or does she want my favor?"

The young girl seemed to have no idea how to answer. She frowned and didn't say anything for a long time. He pretended to lose his patience and turned to leave. Then he shouted hurriedly, "Money and favor, can I have both?"

He did not give a direct answer, but said: "Don't be too greedy, otherwise you may lose both ends."

The young girl's expression was not as disappointed as he expected, and she boldly said, "Then Your Majesty, please give me something as you see fit!" She did not forget to add, "I am not picky."

He was amused, so he waved his hand and rewarded the little girl with a hundred taels of silver.

The little girl was visibly happy and kowtowed to him several times, and he was stunned by these kowtows.

Chu He blocked him every day, and he couldn't see through her disguise with his naked eyes, but he firmly believed that Chu He, like the other concubines in the harem, had used other means to gain the emperor's favor.

But what he didn't expect was that Chu He, who had received the silver, never appeared on the path again, as if this person was no longer in the harem.

Although he was curious and felt uncomfortable, he resisted the urge to send anyone to inquire, and gradually put the woman who had aroused his curiosity out of his mind.

It was not until the end of summer and the beginning of autumn of the following year that the figure he had long forgotten appeared again on the path beside the lotus pond, punching with great vigor.

On the first day, he was curious and ignored her. On the second and third day, he still ignored her. On the fourth day, he could no longer bear it and stopped to ask, "Why are you boxing again?"

Chu He still knelt on the ground, secretly observing his expression and whispering, "The palace is too expensive, and the money can't be stopped."

Hearing this, he laughed again. He didn't know whether he was amused by the girl's remarks about being short of money, or was angry at being treated as a local rich man who was rewarding people.

At the same time, his previous beliefs began to collapse, and he began to suspect that the girl in front of him might be approaching him either to win his favor or to make his life easier.

No matter what the purpose of the girl in front of him is, her true colors will be revealed one day, and he has already taken the bait and is willing to give her the favor and money she wants.

That night, he turned over Chu Shuren's name card, and the next day he conferred the title of Chu Cairen on Chu Shuren, promoting her twice in a row. The unknown person who had been in the palace for several years was unexpectedly favored and conferred a title, and officially had a name in the harem.

Whenever she was favored, Chu He, like other concubines, was shy but happy. But unlike other concubines, when Chu He received rewards of gold and silver, she was even happier than when she was favored, and her big watery eyes lit up.

Once, he couldn't stand it any longer and asked Chu He directly, "Do you like gold and silver so much?"

Chu He answered without hesitation, "Of course, who in the world doesn't like gold and silver? I will save more money, so that when the emperor dislikes me in the future, I can still have enough food and clothes, and my life will not be too miserable."

He subconsciously asked back, "How do you know that I will hate you?"

"Can the Emperor still favor his concubine for the rest of his life?"

He would always remember that when Chu He said this, she used an affirmative tone, and the sarcasm in her eyes could hardly be concealed.

Everyone knows that just as flowers do not last forever, there is no long-lasting favor in the harem. Even the most favored concubine will become yesterday's flower as her beauty fades.

But what everyone knew was that for the first time someone directly mocked the emperor for being ruthless and ungrateful.

After that, he didn't turn over Chu He's sign for a long time, and Chu He didn't appear in front of him on her own initiative.

As the days passed, after the second election, a new group of people joined the harem. Every day, he faced either new faces or familiar old faces, but Chu He's not-so-beautiful face often flashed in his mind.

Several months later, when he saw Chu He at the palace banquet, he truly experienced what it felt like to miss someone.

But even if he thought about it again, he always remembered the taboo of being an emperor and could not show his preferences in front of others.

After holding on for three days, he finally turned over Chu He's card and took advantage of her again and again as if to vent his passion.

Because she had been practicing martial arts since she was a child, Chu He was not as delicate as other girls and had never shed tears in front of him. But that night, she was bullied by him and cried.

Chu He broke down and cried, questioning him, "Why did the emperor provoke me? I can obviously control my heart, why does the emperor provoke me again and again... I can't control myself now, I really miss the emperor, every day and night..."

In her sleep, Chu He was also muttering his name with tears in her eyes.

He realized that Chu He also cared about him, otherwise she wouldn't be thinking about him in her dreams.

His heart felt like it was being grabbed by someone. Sometimes it felt warm, sometimes it felt painful, and he had the urge to give his heart away.