The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"...You try so hard to protect your father and the dignity of the Yuyang Marquis's Mansion, but you don't know that in their eyes, you are just a more useful dog than me!"

Xu Ronghua recognized that it was Shen Nanliu's voice. Although it was still full of resentment, it was not as crazy as before. It should be that the effect of the drug had worn off.

Yes.

After deciding to kill Shen Nanliu and gaining Xie Ruizhen's approval and support, Xu Ronghua decisively used the energy that was originally reserved to protect himself and exchanged it for a miraculous medicine that could affect people's minds.

Instead of passively defending and being on guard against Shen Nanliu all the time, it is better to give up your own protection and take the initiative to attack.

Even if this trick could not kill Shen Nanliu immediately, Xu Ronghua was ready to drag her to hell with him - when Yue Hui was still alive, Xu Ronghua had gone to see her and learned that Shen Nanliu was not as innocent as later investigations revealed in the matter of Wang Xuanshi's miscarriage. She had wanted Yue Hui to secretly put something that could harm the fetus by causing cold, but Yue Hui refused, so she tortured her until she became sick and threw her out.

When she went to see Yue Hui, she was already sick and confused, and she mistook Xu Ronghua for Wen Baolin. She kept telling Hui Jie to be careful of that ungrateful person who could never be tamed. She also said that she had put the evidence of the theft and a piece of Shen Nanliu's underwear under the bed. However, Xu Ronghua bent down to look for it herself and found that the thing had been taken away long ago.

She guessed that the "Sister Hui" that Yuehui mentioned was Wen Baolin and Shen Huiwan. She had been here before, but for some reason no doctor was called to treat Yuehui - her room was as clean as a snow cave, without even the slightest smell of medicine.

When leaving the palace maids' quarters, Xu Ronghua met Susu, who was secretly crying behind a rockery.

What happens next becomes very simple.

Susu was not a person with a strong will. After being coaxed and deceived by Xu Ronghua with just a few words, she told him that she had been instructed to spy on Baosi Pavilion. This scared her. After Xu Ronghua used this as an excuse to warn her once, he pretended to inadvertently notice that the little palace maid seemed to be unsteady.

Her expression immediately changed, and she began to care for the shivering Sisi. From Sisi, she learned that Shen Nanliu's temper had become more and more strange after that day. Sisi already had injuries on her feet and body, but she loved to make Sisi kneel down and serve her, and would point at her and scold her if she was not satisfied with anything.

Xu Ronghua gave Susu some loose change and asked her to get some medicine to treat her wounds. Later, she pretended to meet her by chance a few times and showed great concern every time. Soon, Susu showed that she wanted to get closer to her.

then.

Xu Ronghua asked Susu to put the drug that could affect a person's mind into Shen Nanliu's daily diet in small doses.

There were two pills in total. The first time, he put in the amount of a fingernail scraped off, and the second time, a little more. The amount was accumulated one by one. Shen Nanliu's mental state became worse and worse, like a firecracker that could explode at any time.

The appearance of Concubine Zhang and the conflict between them saved Xu Ronghua the need to personally provoke Shen Nanliu; but she did not expect that she only knew from Sisi that Shen Nanliu would go to Taiye Lake in the afternoon, so she casually mentioned to Concubine Zhang that the scenery of Taiye Lake was beautiful, and the two met by the lake, and even affected the pregnant Liu Yunu.

After causing such a big commotion, Shen Nanliu was directly sent to the cold palace.

It's really unlucky.

Xu Ronghua thought about it without any guilt, and continued to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two people without any shame.

"How could my young lady treat you badly? How could you say such vulgar words? You are indeed a nobody and not worthy of being in public." The voice of Yan Yu, Wen Baolin's personal maid, was heard again.

When Wen Baolin and Shen Nanliu entered the palace, they brought a pair of maids with them, also a pair of sisters, Yue Hui and Yue Lai. Yan Yu was sent to the palace in advance by means of the Yuyang Marquis' Mansion. Because she was more familiar with the affairs of the palace, she was appointed as the female official.

Now that Yuehui is dead, Wen Baolin was afraid that Yuelai would be too emotional, so he didn't bring her here.

"I am not presentable, but I am not as disgusting as you who are bitches and want to be virtuous!" Shen Nanliu's eyes were full of hatred. "You are presentable, haha, I am the adopted daughter of the Marquis' Mansion after all, and you are just a lowly slave. It's ok for you to pick on me and yell at me when I was in the Marquis' Mansion, but now that we are in the palace, you still want me to hold your pure, noble and kind eldest daughter in your arms?"

Shen Nanliu sneered, "The inner palace is not the backyard of the Yuyang Marquis's residence! If you want me to be humble and flatter her like I am in your family, then you can dream on!"

"You..." Yan Yu was extremely angry.

Wen Baolin raised his hand to stop her, looked at Shen Nanliu, and said lightly: "I think I have always been friendly to you. I will share everything I have with you. When you are embarrassed by others, I will also help you out. When you first entered the mansion, there were indeed some rumors in the mansion, but I also asked my mother to order the servants in the mansion not to be prejudiced against you..."

Wen Baolin really couldn't understand why Shen Nanliu held such a strong resentment. She was so delicate and lovable at that time, and was well-fed in the mansion of the marquis, and could learn etiquette and poetry together. Why did she become resentful instead?

"Are you unhappy in the Marquis' Mansion?" Wen Baolin asked doubtfully, "Then why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't say that?" Shen Nanliu looked at the woman in front of her. Even though she was dressed in a low-key manner, she still looked noble and graceful.

The hatred in her eyes suddenly turned into sarcasm: "Didn't I say that, or do you just not care?"

"When I said I wanted to go home, you said that the Marquis' Mansion was much better than my home. I should look up and forward. I can get much more in the Marquis' Mansion than in my own home."

"I said I was not used to staying in the Marquis' Mansion, and you said I had to learn to adapt, and that I should learn to adjust to the changes in my body and spirit. Once I got used to the life of a noble lady in the Marquis' Mansion, I realized how kind you were."

"I said I was afraid to go to your uncle and aunt every day to pay my respects. You said that since I was already the daughter of the Marquisate, I should work hard to maintain the dignity of the Marquisate. I should understand your uncle's painstaking efforts to save me from the quagmire. Although he is not my biological father, he has given me a good life. I should be grateful, filial, and be his qualified and obedient daughter."

Shen Nanliu's face was cold: "Of course I have to be obedient. I just look like you, so I was bought by your uncle to annoy your father. What will happen if I don't obey?"

"He will be beaten to death, he will be eaten by the wolfhounds that guard your yard, he will..." She suddenly choked.

Because of the shocked expression on Wen Baolin's face opposite him.

"I'm giving you good advice. The Marquis' Mansion can give you the honor of a noble lady, give you things that you might never have access to in your original family, and make your life better. What's wrong with that?" Wen Baolin has always had a calm temperament, but Shen Nanliu's continuous complaints made her mood fluctuate.

"The Marquis' Mansion has given you so much and allowed you to live in luxury, and it would be fine if you didn't ask for anything in return, but you actually dared to harbor hatred in your heart. Miss, what more can you say to such a fool?" Yan Yu's expression was very rich and vivid.

But Shen Nanliu just wanted to laugh: "Gold and jade? You mean servants like you, every one of you can tell me this and that, and you have scolded me to my face more than once, saying I am not presentable, a mud-legged, an ungrateful wolf, or a child of a poor family?"

She brushed the messy hair that was hanging on her shoulders and said, "Shen Huiwan, aren't you the most pitiful and kindhearted person towards me? Why haven't your maids followed your instructions and treated me as a proper master yet?"