The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Concubine Song Shu refused to say anything more.

But what she said was enough for Xie Yuzhen.

The more Xie Yuzhen thought about the secrets behind these words, the more dangerous they seemed, and she trembled all over.

[System, when did your Lord God put you into this world?] Xie Yuzhen suddenly asked.

The dream-making system woofed reflexively before answering in a circle: [The system lacks information about the time in this regard, and cannot determine the exact time. We can only speculate that it was about fifteen years ago on the timeline of this world.]

[Due to a fierce battle between the consciousness of this world and the Lord God, a time rift occurred. After suffering heavy damage, the system and its peers were separated one after another, and it was impossible to contact the Lord God anymore. They could only follow the core program and find a host to complete the task.]

[I see.] Xie Yuzhen asked again, [Do you still remember what strange abilities your colleagues have? Are there any... related to flowers and plants?]

[Ding——In addition to Dream Maker, Miraculous Medicine, and Crow Mouth, the systems produced in the same batch as this system also include the Halo System, Favored Concubine System, Many Children and Many Blessings System, Myriad Worlds Chat Group System, and the All-heaven Mall System. Among them, the Favored Concubine System and the All-heaven Mall System have been completely shattered in the aftermath of the battle. This system witnessed it with its own eyes. The remaining ones are nowhere to be found.]

[But even if they can survive, their situation is definitely not much better than my previous situation. They may have already exhausted their energy and completely dissipated. As for the ability related to flowers and plants that the master asked about... If it is because of the flower that Concubine Shu gave you, Tongzi may have some clues.]

【Oh? Tell me about it. 】

The dream-making system jumped twice: [This flower is not a species of this world. Without the blessing of the system, it is naturally rejected by the laws of this world. Ordinary people cannot grow it at all. The Halo System and the Birth and Blessings System do not have the ability to obtain other creatures outside the mission world, so they can be excluded. ]

[Under normal circumstances, the Wanjie Chat Group System can connect from the mission world to the world held by the Lord God. The host can communicate with the simulated characters in the Lord God's world and exchange items through this system.]

[Tongzi's level and authority are not high enough, so he cannot know the exact origin of this plant, but what is certain is that it should come from the world of high martial arts or cultivation. Only in such a world can there be such a strange object. ]

[The only system that can transfer items across worlds is the Myriad Worlds Chat Group System; it is also the only one with storage space that can retain some of the items intercepted during the last mission. Even if the Lord God cannot be contacted, it can still take out things that do not belong to this world. As far as Tongzi knows, it is the richest among our group.]

[It sounds amazing.] After Xie Zhen finished listening to the system's description, new doubts arose in his mind.

Even though it had been severely punished by the world consciousness and was unable to contact the outside world, according to the dream-making system, the chat group system of all worlds had a certain reserve... If it was as he guessed, it had already come to this world and bound to a concubine in the harem long before the counterattack system mistakenly bound itself... Then why, after so many years, is it still silent, as if it didn't exist?

Moreover, the upgraded dream-making system has repeatedly guaranteed that now it and Qi Yao are the only two people still alive in the palace.

[Dream, is it possible that the chat group is too weak, so you can't detect its energy fluctuations? ] Xie Yuzhen asked, [If I get close to Concubine Xian, can you do a scan or test on her? ]

The dream-making system paused: [It is possible, but why does the master think that Concubine Xian is the host of the chat group? ]

A small paw stretched out from the side of its round body and scratched itself.

After spending a long time together, Xie Yuzhen also felt that its silly and cowardly appearance was somewhat cute: [It is obvious that, apart from the Queen, who holds most of the power in the palace and can command so many palace servants to help Huisu and others to stir up trouble? ]

Just as Huisu said to Meng Yanshou before her death, she was a widow with no future. Apart from those confidants who had been with her for many years and were loyal to her and shared life and death with her, who else, without other inducements, would be willing to do something that would implicate the entire family for an old woman who had been a widow for many years, had no children, and whose younger generations were not ambitious enough?

After so many years, Ms. Huisu is still thinking about her prince who was poisoned to death, and resents Lu Yesheng who now sits on the throne. She wants to take action against the emperor's only healthy prince besides the second prince. The person behind the scenes sees the benefits of this matter to her own family. Although the two sides have never said it explicitly, they have secretly colluded with each other knowing it.

[The current emperor has five sons and five daughters, not counting the princesses. Among all the princes, except for the four princes who died young, which one of the remaining princes has the healthiest body, the most prominent mother family, and the most noble mother? ]

Among the only few high-ranking concubines.

Concubine Song Shufei held a high position and was favored, but she had no family background, and she never accepted the dependence of officials from the previous dynasty. This was because she knew very well that not only was her body not healthy, but her two sons were the same, all of them were sickly, and it was a great luck that they were still alive until now.

Although Concubine Ning was born into a noble family, she was not favored and had no intention of vying for favor. She had only one child, the third princess, and the third princess's mother, Concubine Gong, was just an ordinary commoner woman.

Concubine Li...is from a middle-class family and has long since fallen out of favor. Although the second princess is very favored, it is clear that both mother and daughter have no intention of fighting for power.

Liu Shuyi's family has already been despised, the Fourth Princess is not in good health, and now Concubine Xu is eyeing her covetously. Although she has had some adventures, Xie Yu really feels that if she has not repaired her brain, no matter how extraordinary the adventures are, they will not be enough to support her in defeating Concubine Xu.

As for the rest, Concubine Chen not only lost favor but also lost her child, Concubine Zhu was framed by Huisu and was exiled, and Qian Xianhui was sent to the cold palace...both of them were childless.

Even I, who came later, only have one daughter.

[The queen is in poor health, and the fifth prince has also been sick for many years. He has even built a mausoleum a long time ago. He wants to give it a try, but he also has to be prepared for the possibility that he may not grow up.]

[So, think carefully, if His Majesty wants to appoint a crown prince in the future, who will he choose? ]

The Empress's legitimate son who may pass away at any time?

The eldest son or the third son who has been weak and sickly since childhood?

Or...the second son who is healthy, obedient and studious, whose mother's family is prominent, whose biological mother is high-ranking and powerful, but who is respectful and humble, and has a good reputation?

And if the queen unfortunately passed away, would the emperor choose to make his biological mother the next queen in order to make the heir look better?

[In ancient times, many monarchs appointed the son of the queen as the heir. Even if he was not originally the queen, he would be given the position of queen first. If there was no time to give it to her, she would be posthumously conferred the title, or her son would be honored as queen mother after ascending the throne... Shufei is right. I want to be the queen and want Yuanjun to succeed to the throne. Sooner or later, I will have to confront Xianfei.]

Now the last question left is.

If the Wanjie Chat Group System is really bound, or has been bound, to Concubine Deng, would she know that she and her daughter have ambitions to compete for the throne?