The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

She was clearly innocent, but because of Liu Shuyi's momentary personal grudge, she found an excuse that she was not paying enough attention to the Fourth Princess and expelled her.

The palace maids who originally served the Fourth Princess, after going through such an experience, would no longer be assigned good jobs after being sent back to the Shanggong Bureau. The younger ones could still hold on, but people like Nanny Jia, who had spent most of her life in the palace and was supposed to take care of the Fourth Princess for the rest of her life and would follow the princess to set up her own household in the future, were thrown from heaven into the mud in an instant.

If she was indeed punished and demoted because she neglected the Fourth Princess, then she would not be able to protest injustice no matter what, but that was clearly not the case!

Nanny Jia had no children, and she took care of the Fourth Princess like the apple of her eye, even though her biological mother Liu Shuyi was much inferior to her. If she did not truly care about the Fourth Princess, she would not have been willing to risk offending Liu Shuyi for the sake of the Fourth Princess's health and stand up to expose the fact that her biological mother neglected and even mistreated her daughter in order to win favor.

However, despite good intentions, no good results were achieved in the end.

How could she not feel resentful?

And Nanny Jia was just the most typical and most unlucky one among the palace servants that Liu Shuyi had dealt with on a whim.

Just as Concubine Xu said, Liu Shuyi herself couldn't remember how many palace maids she had punished, and she didn't even care about their appearance or their lives.

"......The Cui Liu that she was driven out of before was not actually the one who was in contact with me." Seeing that it was dark and quiet everywhere except for the direction of Yanzhang Palace, Concubine Xu was not in a hurry to leave, but told Xie Yuzhen first, "After Cui Liu was driven away, the one she promoted, Fang Fei, was my target."

"Four years ago, Fangfei and her sister worked as maids sweeping the Yanzhang Palace. In the autumn of that year, Fangfei's sister accidentally fell while sweeping fallen leaves. Liu Shuyi was trying to win the favor of the fourth princess by taking advantage of her frequent illnesses. When she saw the maid fall, she thought it was unlucky that she was bleeding, so she threw her back to the maid's quarters."

"Fang Fei was worried about her sister, so she wanted to visit the maids during her break, but she ran into Liu Shuyi and His Majesty. Even though Fang Fei was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time, Liu Shuyi insisted that Fang Fei deliberately stayed on the road that His Majesty and her had to pass by, and was deliberately seducing her. She had someone slap Fang Fei a few times and expelled her together."

Xie Yuzhen: “…Ah?”

She was puzzled and puzzled, and it was clearly written on her face. Lady Xu felt that Sister Xie was suddenly three times cuter than usual, so she lowered her head and smiled, "Sister, you have never seen what that family looks like... Hong and Liu Shuyi are really worthy of being biological mother and daughter in this respect. They don't care whether others are really wrong or whether they really provoke them."

"Degrading, insulting, and punishing are just their ways of showing off their nobility and favor." Lady Xu raised her head, with a hint of irony in her smile. "When I was punished in Liu's mansion, Mrs. Hong wanted to emphasize every time she punished me that she could punish me because she was the master, the mistress, the legitimate wife of Mr. Liu, and the most respected wife."

As she spoke, she sighed and said, "In fact, sometimes when I think back, I can't help but feel tired for them. They can only show their authority and favor in this way, by constantly humiliating people with lower status and position than them. What's the point of that?"

After Concubine Xu rescued her mother, the resentment in her heart faded day by day. Now when she thought of Hong, the hatred had been buried in the dust with her death, and turned into vigilance and alertness towards the Shunyi Marquis's family. She knew the character of this family very well. Even if she had paid the price of the title and the lives of two generations of mistresses, they would never reflect on their mistakes.

The opposite of.

As perpetrators, they will hate the victims more and more for daring to resist and survive.

"Liu Shuyi and I cannot coexist." Lady Xu said in a heavy tone, "After all, this is a matter of endangering someone's life. Sister, just listen to it today, but you must not interfere for me."

Xie Yuzhen saw her hands subconsciously stroking her slightly bulging belly while she was talking, and couldn't help but frowning: "Is the child healthy?"

Lady Xu was stunned, her eyes evasive: "It's okay, I don't know how long I can stay here."

"Since you are related, why not just make it happen?" In the past, when she had just entered the palace, Xie Yu would definitely not have such kindness, but after spending so much time with Concubine Xu, she couldn't help but have some soft thoughts towards her.

Perhaps the trauma she had experienced was gradually being healed by the many people and experiences she met after entering the palace...

"Giving birth is the most harmful thing for women. If they have a miscarriage, they may suffer from lifelong problems if they are not careful." Xie Yuzhen felt a little uncomfortable, but still expressed his concern.

She guessed that it was probably because she had just given birth to a daughter, and influenced by her, that she also showed some love for the fetus in other people's belly. Thinking of her daughter, Xie Yuzhen's heart was settled again: "But in the end it's up to you, how you choose... Don't regret it in the future."

Lady Xu sensed some unusual sincerity in her shy concern, and couldn't help but laugh heartily, saying, "Don't worry, sister. I've never been indecisive. Now that I've made a choice, there's no turning back."

"By the way, my sister sent someone to tell us to be careful of Concubine Deng...Did my sister discover anything?" Concubine Xu changed the subject.

Xie Yuzhen did not bother to argue, but said, "Meng's intention to replace my daughter and confuse the royal bloodline was not announced. During that time, His Majesty was also watching me, so it was not convenient for me to explain it to you. Today is a good opportunity."

Immediately, Xie Yuzhen concealed the existence of the system, and only said that Huisu and Meng Yanshou mobilized the palace servants to set up the scheme and it was suspected that Concubine Deng was behind it. He also told Concubine Xu that Concubine Deng was suspected to have rare flowers and medicines that had never been heard of or seen before, and asked her to be more careful.

"When the queen was seriously ill, it was you who gave her medicine and saved her from danger..."

The medicine that Concubine Xu offered was in the name of the nun who had taken her and her daughter in, claiming that it was a secret medicine left by her.

"...Everyone knows that the queen is not in good health. She has probably been eyeing that position for a long time, just waiting..." Xie Yuzhen swallowed those words uncomfortably, "Now you have ruined her expectations. I am afraid that after she realizes it, she will target you."

Lady Xu was stunned for a moment, but said, "It's better to ask her to keep her eyes on me. Without her to disturb you, you can do what you want."

The person who was in a daze suddenly turned to Xie Yuzhen. Her eyes were slightly sour. She thought she had a heart of stone covered with thorns. She didn't know how to feel guilty again for the umpteenth time.