The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Which is uglier, true love or self-interest?

Many people will despise interests and praise true feelings, and then when they need to make a choice, they will choose interests without hesitation.

But when people have enough benefits, they can't help but want to seek true love.

The Emperor... Xie Yuzhen knew that this man was actually full of indifference and arrogance in his bones, but those things on the top of his personality made him more willing to show his emotion and pursuit of true feelings, and, like all those who like to label themselves as "gentlemen", at less important moments, he would temporarily criticize some people's profit-seeking ideas.

After scolding Liu Shuyi.

Xie Ruizhen then ordered the dream-making system to cast [Misfortune] on Liu Shuyi.

The effect of [Doomsday] is very powerful, but it also has many limitations. It can only be applied to the same person at a time, and after use, it takes a long time to rest before it can be activated again.

Xie Yu really wanted to hit Concubine Deng directly, but due to the missing Wanjie Chat Group System, Xie Yu was unwilling to act rashly before investigating its whereabouts and what it left for Concubine Deng.

Compared to the part of "bad luck" that makes people have bad luck in everything, Xie Yuzhen attaches more importance to the effect of "bad luck" that makes a person gradually get stuck in a dead end.

Although Liu Shuyi has been pretending to be very decent recently, the pride and arrogance in her bones, as well as her impulsive nature when she is emotional, can still be aroused by others.

Xie Ruizhen's move was just to make it easier for her to lose control.

In a place like this, whoever loses control first and loses his sense of proportion will naturally be in an unfavorable situation.

"I'm just telling the truth." Liu Shuyi was speaking when she suddenly felt a chill on her back. But before she could figure out where this feeling came from, another emotion rushed straight to her heart.

After savoring it briefly, she concluded that the emotion was hatred.

Hatred for Concubine Xu, the culprit who killed his mother.

Hatred towards Xie Yuzhen, the obstacle that prevented him from avenging his mother.

Or even...

Liu Shuyi silently mobilized the true energy that she had accumulated with great difficulty in her body to clear away the strong hatred in her spirit platform, but she only suppressed it temporarily and could not eradicate it.

She looked at the emperor and said in a sad tone: "If you really love a man, how can you give him to someone else... Your Majesty, I have made several mistakes because I was jealous because of love..."

Her sudden confession made the emperor frown. If it were an ordinary day, he would certainly enjoy the concubines saying such "not very virtuous" words in order to win his favor, but in the current situation... he always felt that Liu Shuyi was trying to drag him into the water and make him take the blame.

Xie Yuzhen immediately stepped up her attack: "Yes, yes, yes, it was because of love that Liu Shuyi ignored the health of her own concubine and intended to make her die of illness; it was also because of love that she refused to take good care of the daughter of her beloved, and instead used all kinds of methods to exploit her beloved's bloodline in order to win favor..."

She said with a hint of anger: "Your Majesty, Liu Shuyi really loves you~"

"Although she committed murder and arson, it was all because of her great love!"

"I am embarrassed to continue to accuse her of evil deeds."

As soon as Xie Yuzhen said these strange words, the emperor and the empress sitting above didn't know what expression they should put on for a moment. They wanted to laugh, but couldn't. They also wanted to scold Xie Yuzhen a little, but what she said seemed to make sense.

"How dare you! How could I have committed any murder or arson?" Liu Shuyi was so angry at Xie Yu.

Xie Yuzhen waved his hands: "Calling away the doctor who was treating a seriously ill person, isn't that an attempt to kill people? Tossing this and that all day long, making the concubines and maids in the palace and even the heirs restless, isn't that arson?"

"......you!"

Xie Yuzhen suddenly ignored her and looked at Fangfei: "The palace maids in Yanzhang Palace are replaced several times every year. Maybe in your opinion, Concubine Xu has bad intentions in contacting the palace maids, but she just can't bear to see the palace maids being tortured too much by someone, or getting sick or dying. After all-"

She said meaningfully: "The torture you have endured is hundreds of times more painful than this. Concubine Xu has personally experienced it somewhere. She only helped the banished palace maids because she couldn't bear it."

"Perhaps you are just like some people who only care about interests and don't believe that there is sincerity between people or that there are bottom lines for being human. Then I have nothing to say." After Xie Yuzhen finished speaking, he sat down with a gloomy look on his face.

She changed from the lively, playful and sarcastic look she had when she mocked Liu Shuyi to a suddenly lonely look that made people feel distressed.

At least the emperor, who was completely fooled by Xie Yuzhen's acting, felt very sorry: "I know that Xianming treats people with sincerity... Well, Yunrong, go get Lady Xu's sachet."

Seeing that the emperor was not stumped by Xie Yuzhen's words and still wanted to check the sachet, Liu Shuyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help feeling a little proud. She raised her eyes to glance at Xie Yuzhen, who seemed to be exhausted, but unexpectedly saw that Concubine Deng seemed to have frowned slightly.

Liu Shuyi did not think deeply about it, but saw a familiar figure in her peripheral vision.

It was Concubine Chen who slowly walked in from the door.

"Greetings to His Majesty." Concubine Chen twirled her Buddhist beads with a cold expression.

The emperor nodded at her: "Why are you here?"

"Yes, isn't the noble concubine in the east hall with the royal heirs?" said Concubine Deng.

Hearing her speak and no longer remain silent, Xie Yu's heart really skipped a beat and he subconsciously looked towards Concubine Deng.

Concubine Chen shook the Buddhist beads in her hand and replied, "I ask Concubine Liu to accompany the heirs."

But he didn't say why he came here.

"Concubine Liu?" Not only Concubine Deng, but Xie Yuzhen was also a little surprised.

After thinking about it carefully, I remembered that when Chen Guipin entered the east hall, there seemed to be such a person following her.

However, Concubine Liu was timid and weak, dressed simply, and lowered her head to blend in with Concubine Chen's group of palace servants, as if she did not exist.

Before anyone could say anything, Yun Rong came out holding a sachet.

When Liu Shuyi saw the color and pattern of the sachet, she felt more confident: "Princess Zhao, why don't you take a look at this sachet to see if it is the one that Concubine Xu often wears and is her favorite."

Xie Yuzhen raised her eyelids: "It looks like that, but what's going on inside..." Before she finished her words, a light bulb went off in her mind, and she immediately figured out the most important part of Concubine Xu in today's game.

His body trembled violently.

Xie Yuzhen walked up to the emperor and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please summon the old imperial physician Bai to check Concubine Xu's pulse again!"

"......What are you doing?" The emperor was stunned by her actions and was about to help her up.

Xie Yuzhen took the opportunity to hold the emperor's hands tightly and pinched them hard, so that he could truly feel his uneasiness: "If it is true as Fangfei said, Concubine Xu's fetus was too weak to be saved from the beginning, and it was not affected by the cold things in the sachet, her pulse must be different. Old Imperial Physician Bai is very skilled, please summon him to examine carefully!"

At this time, Yun Rong had already cut open the sachet and poured out the stuff inside. As the queen's most trusted female official, Yun Rong naturally also had some knowledge of medicine. Seeing what was poured out, she opened it and took a closer look, then exclaimed: "This... is full of medicinal herbs for preserving the fetus and nourishing the body?!"