The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Liu Xiaoyi almost couldn't breathe. She didn't understand why Xie Yuzhen's attitude changed so much before and after. She even couldn't help but start to suspect whether someone else had obtained the same "system" as her and secretly used a strange medicine on Xie Yuzhen, causing him to start targeting her.

Little did he know that Xie Yuzhen, who had already reloaded the game several times, was already exhausted.

She tried countless methods, and even almost fought with Liu Xiaoyi a few times, but she could not find any flaws in the "strange thing". Instead, she got a lot of information about the Jingjun Marquis Mansion from Liu Xiaoyi.

Moreover, frequent file reloads made Xie Yuzhen feel mentally exhausted. She found that every time she poked at Liu Xiaoyi's background, the woman would lose control of her emotions. When she lost control of her emotions, Liu Xiaoyi would involuntarily follow the topic that Xie Yuzhen deliberately guided, causing her to reveal a lot of secrets about her father, the Marquis of Jing County, and Liu Xiaoyi herself - but there was nothing that Xie Yuzhen wanted.

Even if this woman was provoked to the point of losing her mind by her own words, she would quickly endure it. In so many reincarnations, she never revealed a single word about the existence of the system.

To be honest, Xie Ruizhen was so tight-lipped that he almost admired her. Unfortunately, Xie Ruizhen still remembered that these "weird things" with strange abilities appeared in this era just to be "cannon fodder" to kill him.

Even if Liu Xiaoyi has no conflicts with him now, they will inevitably conflict in the future.

After provoking Liu Xiaoyi again but failing to get any new information out of her, Xie Yuzhen lazily waved his hands at the angry Liu Xiaoyi and said something from his heart: "It's a pity that you are destined to stand on the opposite side of me, otherwise I would be happy to help you, maybe we can get along well."

From being kind and amiable, to verbally insulting, and suddenly turning calm again, this series of unexpected turns made Liu Xiaoyi completely confused, and she began to suspect that Xie Yuzhen might really have some problems with her brain. Her plan to use her to escape from Liu Shuyi's control was likely to fail before it even began.

Although Liu Shuyi and the Marquis of Jingjun were hateful, they were still healthy people who could communicate normally. However, the unpredictable situation of Xie Cairen really made Liu Xiaoyi dare not take risks easily.

And she insulted me like that when she was sick... Liu Xiaoyi gritted her teeth: [System, do you still have the trial pack of medicine? ]

[Ding——The trial medicine has been used up. The host can start the first task issued by the system. After the task is completed, you can draw a card for the rare medicine. 】

Liu Xiaoyi didn't understand what card drawing was, but when she heard that she had to complete tasks to get the medicine, she couldn't help but frowned.

Her first task was to gain Shen Xiaoyi's favor, but now she really couldn't see how Shen Xiaoyi could help her, so she asked again: [Can I change the task to gain Xie Cairen's favor? ]

[Ding——Currently the host does not have enough authority to carry out tasks related to Empress Dowager Yuming Renxuan in advance. Please complete basic tasks as soon as possible to increase your authority. 】

[What?!] Liu Xiaoyi suddenly raised her head and looked at Xie Yuzhen who was lazily saying something. She could no longer hear what the woman in front of her was saying. Her mind was filled with the word "Empress Dowager".

She hurriedly called the system: [What does the Queen Mother mean? Xie is the final winner?! Then shouldn’t you give me her mission...]

The woman's anxious questioning died down in an instant. Xie Yu really didn't care why Liu Xiaoyi's expression suddenly changed. It was nothing more than the "weird thing" in her head telling Liu Xiaoyi that she would become the queen or queen mother in the future. This situation had also happened in the previous few file loads.

Liu Xiaoyi was indeed just like Xie Ruizhen, trying her best to climb up the social ladder, but her reasons were perhaps more simple and pure compared to Xie Ruizhen's own wealth and glory.

She just wanted to get a high position, preferably some favor, give birth to a child, and ask for a decree for her biological mother, so that she would no longer be oppressed and controlled by the Marquis of Jing County.

The game was replayed back to the moment before he started testing Liu Xiaoyi. This young and gentle-looking woman still had a docile look on her face, revealing a bit of sadness about her life experience, as well as the subtle envy and dependence on Xie Yuzhen that was revealed in her eyes, which was perfectly controlled.

Xie Yuzhen also looked at Liu Xiaoyi with pity in his eyes: "In fact, my mother was also a concubine, but later my father's wife passed away due to illness. Before she died, my mother asked my father to make my biological mother his wife. Only then did I barely have the title of a legitimate daughter. I know what it feels like to be scolded by those gossipy women and called me a bastard."

Xie Ruizhen's stepmother was an extremely good woman. After giving birth to his eldest brother, she often suffered from uterine bleeding, so the couple had only this one child for many years. As for Xie Ruizhen's biological mother, when she was sixteen, she was almost sold to a brothel by her brother who could not pay off his gambling debts. It was his stepmother who met her and could not bear it, so she paid money to buy her.

Later, Xie Yuzhen's biological mother became a maid in the Xie family. Two years later, one day, Xie's father brought back a widow from outside after getting drunk. He even quarreled with his stepmother over her. The stepmother was so angry that she drove both of them out of the house.

After a few days without his wife to take care of him, Xie's father felt extremely regretful. He took the initiative to abandon the widow and went home to seek reconciliation.

But he still harbored resentment in his heart. Seeing that his stepmother treated his biological mother like her own sister and even released her indenture and still asked her to be a good girl, Xie's father became more resentful. He took the initiative to contact his biological mother's brother, gave him some money, and sold his biological mother to Xie's father as a concubine.

The matter was done. Even if both the stepmother and the biological mother were unwilling, they still couldn't persuade the sticky father Xie.

Later, when Xie Yuzhen was born, his stepmother's health was already very poor. The two of them raised the child and did not allow Xie's father to see her. Later, his stepmother felt that her time was up and was afraid that Xie Yuzhen's mother was controlled by Xie's father, so she took the initiative to bribe the government office to change Xie's mother's marriage certificate and asked Xie's father to make her his legal wife. She also gave all her savings of many years to Xie's mother, but Xie's mother kept it for his eldest brother to support his studies.

Fortunately, after experiencing many twists and turns, Xie's mother became more aggressive. She used the money that her stepmother gave her privately to do some small business to support the Xie family. She had complete control over Xie's father's food, clothing and other expenses. If Xie's father wanted to make a fuss, she would risk her dignity and drag Xie's father in front of the neighbors to make a big fuss.

Xie's father was pedantic and very concerned about his reputation. After a few times, he completely lost his temper. He would occasionally utter a few sarcastic poems and would be slapped by Xie's mother.

Thinking of this, if Liu Xiaoyi was not here to be cannon fodder for Xie Yuzhen, she felt that she might be able to resonate with him a little. She pretended to open her heart to Liu Xiaoyi and said, "I have remembered Liu Xiaoyi's righteous act today. If His Majesty comes to my Jinghua Tower in the future, I will definitely mention it to him. If Liu Xiaoyi takes good care of Shen Xiaoyi, you can also come to my place more often. But... before that, Liu Xiaoyi must take care of yourself."