The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Just as Concubine Zhang fell into deep thought because of Pei'er's words.

In Shouning Palace, Xie Yuzhen was already sitting at the table and eating from the hot pot.

She did not wait for the emperor. The young eunuch Baoxi who was sent to follow had already run back and was describing in vivid detail the conflict in the imperial garden. Xie Yuzhen listened and ate two large bowls of meat while gossiping. Then the emperor finally arrived.

"You heartless girl! You didn't even wait for me." The emperor couldn't help but scold her with a smile when he saw that she had already started eating.

Xie Yuzhen put down her bowl and chopsticks gracefully: "Your Majesty has been gone for so long, my concubine and I are getting hungry. As the saying goes, food and fodder must go before troops move. I am going to rob someone, so I must feed myself first before I can act."

The emperor raised his hand and nodded at her, then walked to the table and sat down. The palace servants brought out the hot pot meat and vegetables that had been prepared long ago.

"You are the only one who has a lot of reasons." The emperor's tone was full of helplessness. "I just rushed back after dealing with it. I was thinking about you, but you didn't appreciate it and spoke in such a strange tone."

Xie Yu was really unhappy: "I am ready to break the palace rules and smash other people's palace doors while I am pregnant. Doesn't this count as caring about your majesty?"

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, she raised her chin and said, "Then your majesty, please tell me, how shocking a commotion do I have to make to prove how important you are to me?"

The emperor just wanted to tease her because he saw that she started eating without waiting for him. He didn't want to get entangled with this unreasonable woman. He admitted his mistake without any airs: "I said the wrong thing. Eat, eat." He picked up a piece of beef as thin as a cicada's wing, boiled it, and passed it to Xie Ruizhen's bowl.

Xie Yuzhen wasn't really angry, he was just flirting, and happily picked up the beef and ate it: "This meat is well-cooked, but it's not too old, but not too raw, it's fair and impartial~"

However, he used meat to talk about the emperor's treatment of Concubine Zhang and Concubine Li.

Judging from the outcome of this matter, the emperor actually favored Concubine Zhang more.

The emperor understood Xie Yuzhen's hidden words, but he was not angry. Instead, he felt from the bottom of his heart that the concubines in the palace were either respectful and obediently endured even if they were dissatisfied with him in their hearts, or they were completely unaware of his mood changes and only respected and loved the "emperor" in their imagination.

Only Xie Yuzhen is so smart and bold, able to joke with me like a close friend, and get along with me in every way like a confidant.

"I have added a few palace maids to Xianqiong. Our daughter is about to be born. Why don't we open the side hall of Shouning Palace first and arrange for people to serve the princess. After you give birth, we can move them into the main hall so that it will be more convenient to take care of our daughter?"

This was the position of the head of the palace promised to Xie Zhen.

In the Great Sheng Dynasty, concubines in the harem had to start from the third rank of Jieyu before they could take charge of a palace and become the head queen, and then look forward to the power of the palace...

Xie Ruizhen was initially granted the title of a fifth-rank beauty, and was promoted one level because of her pregnancy. She is now a fourth-rank talent. If the emperor now promises to allow her to live in the main hall of Shouning Palace, it means that after Xie Ruizhen gives birth, she will inevitably be given the title of a concubine.

From Cairen to Jieyushi, there are Wanyi, Deyi, Shunyi of the fourth rank, as well as Pin of the third rank. Since the current emperor ascended the throne, no concubine has ever been promoted above her rank. Even Concubine Song Shu was promoted step by step. However, as an old servant and favorite of the emperor, her initial rank was Guipin. She was given the title of Shufei only after she gave birth to two sons.

Xie Yu really calculated that if he could be promoted to Jieyu, it would mean he had advanced three levels at once!

Never seen before.

I wonder what the court and the imperial concubines will say about me, the beauty who brings disaster, when the time comes.

However, Xie Yuzhen didn't feel guilty at all. She was pregnant with such an excellent heir for the emperor. How could it be justified for him not to treat her better?

As for those rumors, let them talk as they please. They will have to slap themselves in the future. If anyone is so blind as to dare to dance in front of him... Hey, Xiao Xie's slap will not show mercy. It's personally certified by the emperor that it hurts a lot!

"Then my concubine and I would like to thank Your Majesty in advance." Xie Yuzhen's mood improved and she picked up three pieces of the vegetables that the emperor disliked the most with her chopsticks.

It was rare for his beloved concubine to be so attentive. The emperor raised his eyebrows and finished all the food without leaving any. "I will go to see the queen this afternoon. You are in advanced stage of pregnancy and your body is getting heavier. You don't need to come to pay respects in the months before and after delivery. I will talk to the queen in person."

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuzhen thought to himself that previously it seemed that the relationship between the emperor and the empress had eased, but why today it seems that the rift is still there?

The emperor sighed and said, "Her health is getting worse. After you give birth to the child, rest assured and take care of yourself. When the queen mother returns to the palace, take the child to meet her. If you can please her, you can learn some skills from her and help the queen in the future."

What's the weather like today?

Where does the sun come from?

Xie Yuzhen resisted the urge to look at where the sun was outside the house, and thought to himself: How come this guy promised a high position and hinted at Gong Quan? This pie is quite big, but I don't know how sincere he is.

"I understand." Xie Yuzhen smiled sweetly.

The emperor looked at the woman affectionately and said, "You have always been on good terms with the queen, except for you... I really don't trust anyone else."

"Your Majesty treats me well, and I will always remember it." Xie Yuzhen couldn't help but feel happy for a while in her heart because she had taken another step towards the position of queen. At the same time, she also felt secretly relieved.

As she said.

The queen treated her well.

But she still wanted to be the queen.

She would not take the initiative to attack the queen, but the queen's health seemed to be getting weaker and weaker... Holding back the bitterness that unconsciously permeated her chest, Xie Yuzhen forced herself to ignore the guilt mixed with reluctance: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will not let your Majesty down, nor will I let down the queen's kindness."

Even more, you must not let down your ambitions.

Calm your mind.

Xie Yuzhen saw a hint of doubt on the emperor's face again, and he said as soon as he heard him speak: "The Yongjia Marquis's Mansion will also be your confidence in the future, so there is no need to be so careful... Although Concubine Zhang did something wrong today, it was more or less because she lacked confidence and only wanted to be tolerant of others, which made her nervous and made mistakes in the chaos."

"I hope you can be more confident and not be like her..."

Xie Yuzhen shook his head: "Your Majesty, you are wrong to compare a scoundrel like me with Lady Zhang."

"Oh?"

"I am just a poor girl who married into a marquis's family. When those bitches and bastards were plotting against my life, how could I ever truly tolerate it?" Xie Yuzhen never minded exposing her cruel side in front of the emperor. She felt that the emperor could be mean sometimes. He did not like docile ladies and preferred to tease those who would make him suffer.

"It was only because Tan Nu was young that I had the patience to live with his family for a few years." Before he decided to risk his life to break off relations with Zhou Ting, Xie Yuzhen used his savings of many years to bribe the gatekeeper of the Wuwei Marquis's Mansion and secretly sent his son away. Fearing revenge from the Marquis' Mansion afterwards, he did not send his son back to his mother's home, but instead placed him in a Taoist temple under an assumed name.

"Even if I hadn't met Your Majesty at that time, I had no intention of enduring those bitches. Not to mention that I can swim, I didn't drown as they wished, and I met you who truly loved me... Even if I had unfortunately drowned at that time, I would have turned into a fierce ghost and entangled him day and night, so that the Zhou family would have no descendants and would never have peace!"

"Tolerate everything?"

"Ah!"