The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"Lady Xie, get up first. Be careful of the dragon heir in your belly." The queen admitted that Lady Xie was indeed beautiful and was very good at showing off her beauty. Her tearful look was enough to make even a woman like her feel soft-hearted, let alone the emperor who was already a womanizer.

However, although this woman was beautiful, she was also good at causing trouble and causing trouble, which really gave the queen a headache.

But she was very good at finding a justification for her rascally behavior so that outsiders could not catch her, not to mention that she was pregnant.

The current emperor ascended the throne when he was young, and seven years have passed since then without any princes being born in the palace. Even the number of princesses is only three, which can be said to be a rare offspring.

Because of this previous relationship, even if the emperor did not like the child's biological mother, he would not treat his own child badly because of the biological mother's anger towards the royal heir. Besides, Xie was still his sweetheart, and the baby in her belly was even more precious.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration." Xie Yuzhen stood up, wiping her tears - she was not afraid that the emperor would know that she had acted too aggressively and vulgarly, and the emperor had already seen her even more shameless appearance.

but......

She stole a glance at Liu Shuyi, whose face looked like a palette had been overturned. This lady was probably going to have a hard time in the future.

After all, having been a daughter-in-law in a marquis's mansion for several years, Xie Yuzhen knew very well how much these noble ladies from aristocratic families valued their reputation. Even if they hated each other in their hearts, they had to be harmonious in front of others and call each other sisters to show affection.

But when they are behind the scenes, they can resort to any vicious and sinister means, all aimed at bringing disgrace and death to the other party.

In the past half month since entering the palace, Xie Yuzhen discovered that these concubines from aristocratic families also paid great attention to maintaining their family's reputation. Their reputation included but was not limited to the emperor's favor, offspring, family background, and upbringing. Those who were not favored would compete with each other for offspring, and those who did not have offspring would talk about their origins all day long. This origin was often tied to upbringing, and every word and action had to have a standard - didn't you see that Meng Ronghua was bullied by Zhu Guipin like that, but he could only accept the scolding in a proper manner, until he was slapped in the face, and then he finally exploded.

Speaking of which, the man sitting on the dragon throne now doesn't seem to like this woman who abides by the rules so much.

Concubine Deng was well-known for her gentleness and virtue in the circle of ladies in the inner and outer courts. She had a pair of children and the power to assist in the affairs of state, which made countless wives of officials envious. However, she was not favored by the emperor. If she had not had a good family background, a pair of good children, and was not trusted and respected by the empress, she would have become a transparent person in the harem long ago...

When Xie Yuzhen thought of this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Concubine Deng... could it be "true love"?

But that weird thing clearly said that the emperor's "true love" did not have a prominent family background... Concubine Deng was the daughter of the Duke's Mansion, so it couldn't be her.

Sitting back in her seat, Xie Yuzhen inexplicably felt as if something was stuck in her chest, giving her an uneasy feeling.

Liu Shuyi's eyes widened. Seeing that she had clearly committed a crime of disobedience, yet she had not received any punishment and was even granted a seat, she felt angry and dissatisfied. "Empress, are you pretending not to see Xie's offense to me?"

The Queen frowned and said, "Liu Shuyi, since you said that what Xie did offended you, then when you yelled and criticized the concubines in Kunning Palace, didn't that offend me?"

Liu Shuyi was stunned at first, and then she shuddered and suddenly reacted: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty is not... Your Majesty was just so angry at these two that I spoke without thinking. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she seemed to have no idea why she had suddenly become so reckless... Liu Shuyi felt chills running down her body. She had indeed been spoiled and reckless since she was a child, not treating her half brothers and servants as human beings. However, she had restrained herself a lot since she entered the palace, until she was favored by the emperor and discovered that the emperor seemed to like her spoiled side more, and then her true nature gradually revealed itself.

Even so, those outrageous actions were just Liu Shuyi's little fun when she was alone with the emperor. In front of other concubines, she still had to maintain her dignity as the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jingjun, especially... in front of the queen.

Liu Shuyi knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I lost my mind just now and did such an arrogant thing. Thank you, Wen Baolin, for your forgiveness. I... I don't know what happened just now..."

She felt a sharp pain on one side of her head.

Xie Yuzhen's feeling of a foreign object blocking her heart became more and more obvious. She reflexively raised her eyes and looked among the crowd, but she saw that all the concubines were paying attention to Liu Shuyi's behavior in the palace, and there was nothing unusual.

Unable to find anything unusual, Xie Yuzhen became more and more alert. She intuitively felt that the strange thing called "system" had come again. Just when she was hesitating whether to save the game first, a girl in blue walked out from among the concubines.

Liu Jindie knelt down behind Liu Shuhua without saying a word: "Please forgive me, Queen. Sister... Queen Shuyi has been worrying about the health of the Fourth Princess recently and has been unable to sleep day and night. That's why she was a little anxious. Please forgive me this time for the sake of Queen Shuyi's motherly heart!"

"The fourth princess is still young and cannot leave Madam Shuyi. I am willing to go to Shen Xiaoyi's room to take care of her on behalf of Madam Shuyi. I will not step out of the door until Shen Xiaoyi recovers. If Shen Xiaoyi is unfortunate... I am also willing to shave my head and become a nun, and pray for her for the rest of my life."

The strange feeling in my heart exploded all at once.

Xie Yuzhen couldn't help but sit up straight. There was an indescribable sound in her mind that kept sounding the alarm. She was absolutely sure that the woman in front of her, who was willing to sacrifice the rest of her life to plead for her elder sister, had "something strange" on her.

This was an intuition that she herself couldn't explain, but it naturally made her extremely alert.

Liu Xiaoyi has not yet been able to serve the emperor in bed, and Shen Xiaoyi doesn't know when she will get better or whether she can wake up. She is a new concubine who was not noticed by the emperor during the selection process. If she misses this period of time, she will probably be forgotten by the emperor.

Hearing that Liu Xiaoyi was so willing to take it easy, Liu Shuyi was not grateful at all. Instead, she lowered her eyelids to hide the resentment in her eyes - he was indeed raised by a maid and was not worthy of being in public. If she had any tact, she should have come out and taken the blame long ago!

Liu Xiaoyi touched the ground with his forehead, looking very pious.

[......You said that Shen Xiaoyi will have a child and a pet in the future, so it would be best for me to make friends with her now to gain her trust. But the effect of your trial pack of medicine is too poor. It just made Liu Luohua, that bitch, lose control of her emotions. How better to just make her crazy? ]