The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"How could I have deserved such kindness from the talented lady?" Liu Xiaoyi sobbed, tears welling up in her eyes.

This gratitude and emotion were not entirely false. Since Liu Xiaoyi came to Kyoto, she had been looked down upon by others. After entering the palace, she was insulted by Liu Shuyi as a concubine and a lowly bastard. Liu Shuyi was also confined to her house and could not go out. She vented all her anger on Liu Xiaoyi.

In the harem of the Dasheng Dynasty, even if you are the mistress, you cannot punish the concubines. The most you can do is make them kneel down. In more serious cases, you can slap them in the face. However, because the latter is extremely insulting, unless the concubines commit a serious mistake, they will generally not be punished in this way.

But Liu Shuyi is different.

In her eyes, even though she was a palace concubine of the same rank, Liu Xiaoyi was essentially still an insignificant illegitimate daughter in her family. She would scold her and hit her, and it was normal for her to kick Liu Xiaoyi down. In fact, the bruises on Liu Xiaoyi's hands that Xie Yuzhen saw now were not all from her fall that day.

Liu Xiaoyi also suspected that Liu Shuyi was afraid that the scars on her body would be discovered by the emperor, so she made him fall and missed the opportunity to expose her atrocities, but there was really no evidence...

Xie Yuzhen didn't know the inside story, but she was very sensitive to people's emotions. Seeing that Liu Xiaoyi's moved expression didn't seem fake, she began to think about how to help her and thus restrain Liu Shuyi.

Yesterday, when the emperor visited her in Jinghua Tower, he mentioned Liu Shuyi. Xie Yuzhen found that the emperor's attitude towards Liu Shuyi was a little strange. Rather than completely disgusted with her, it seemed more like he was angry with her and was deliberately ignoring her.

This man is very arrogant in his bones. I'm afraid he is still thinking about Liu Shuyi in his heart, but because of what happened before, he deliberately treats her coldly, waiting for Liu Shuyi to take the initiative to admit her mistake and apologize, and be humble!

Realizing this, Xie Yuzhen naturally would not give Liu Shuyi a chance to react. Apart from himself, Concubine Song Shu was the most favored in the palace. Although Concubine Song Shu had done something to disgust people deliberately, she was a concubine after all, and she never did it again. Xie Yuzhen had to keep the grudge in mind for the time being and keep silent.

It would be fine if he couldn't shake Concubine Song Shufei for the time being, but Liu Shuyi... Just by looking at her, you can tell that this person is arrogant and domineering, and she will never let go of any grudge. Xie Yuzhen also spoke for Wen Baolin, so I'm afraid she has already held a grudge against her.

Furthermore, she guessed that the emperor seemed to still have feelings for Liu Shuyi, so she could not let Liu Shuyi rise again. Not only could she not regain his favor, but she would also have to instigate her to make a few more mistakes while she was still confused, so that she would completely lose the possibility of reconciling with the emperor!

After being tortured for several years in the Wuwei Marquis' Mansion, Xie Yuzhen's heart had already become as firm as iron. She was determined not to be a submissive woman anymore. She would eliminate anyone who might be harmful to her in advance.

"Maybe it's because it's the first time I met Liu Xiaoyi, so I felt Xiaoyi was particularly kind." Xie Yu said with a fake smile.

When she first met Liu Xiaoyi, the girl was pretending to be confused and listening to Meng Ronghua saying bad things about her.

Liu Xiaoyi's cheeks blushed: "I..."

"Oh, let's not talk too much. Let's take a look at these satins. Are there any patterns you don't like? If you don't like it, I'll ask my servants to change it." Xie Yuzhen very affectionately pulled Liu Xiaoyi to look at the patterns of the silk.

Liu Xiaoyi shook her head shyly: "I like it very much. Thank you for your concern."

"As long as you like it." Xie Yuzhen noticed that the woman named "Jindie" didn't seem to like the material with a pattern of hundreds of butterflies, but instead couldn't let go of a piece of silk with a pattern of flowers and a full moon. He secretly made a note of this, which made him vaguely feel a little strange.

Before leaving, Liu Xiaoyi said that she had nothing, so she took out a newly embroidered sachet from her bedside and opened it in front of Xie Yuzhen. Even the lining inside was brand new, exuding a faint sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance: "This is what I embroidered a few days ago. I put it on dried sweet-scented osmanthus for a while. If you don't mind, please accept it."

Xie Yuzhen took the sachet with a smile, and saw a few big red pomegranates embroidered on the autumn-scented background. Pomegranates with many seeds represent good luck, and are perfect as a gift for pregnant women.

This was embroidered by Liu Xiaoyi herself. Even if she wanted to do something shady, she wouldn't do it here. Xie Yuzhen immediately hung the sachet around his waist and praised: "Liu Xiaoyi is such a skilled embroiderer. Why not... embroider a sachet for your majesty?"

Xie Yuzhen really wanted to get closer to Liu Xiaoyi so that he could find out the situation of the system in her body. Now that Xie Yuzhen realized that there might be more than one system in this palace, he was not so impatient anymore.

No matter how magical a system is, it depends on how the owner uses it.

Just looking at Liu Xiaoyi, she is so low-key and looks so pitiful that she is bullied. If Xie Yuzhen had not encountered the system before, how could he have imagined that she holds such a powerful weapon in her hand?

Liu Xiaoyi understood what Xie Yuzhen meant, and realized that Xie Cairen would continue to help her show her face in front of the emperor, so she felt a lot more at ease. Just when she was about to say something with gratitude, she saw a palace servant coming to report that Shen Xiaoyi was here again.

At this moment, Xie Yuzhen became a little hesitant. She guessed that the unlucky system was either on Liu Shuyi or on Shen Xiaoyi.

She was worried that the other party would harm the fetus in her belly, but she was unwilling to give in and wanted to stay and see if this system could find any clues.

Just as she was thinking about it.

Shen Xiaoyi has come in.

Different from the pure and elegant attire she wore when I saw her before, Shen Xiaoyi was dressed very eye-catchingly today. Her bright red skirt was woven with patterns of fortune, luck and health in gold threads, and her hair was full of pearls, jade, gold and silver that sparkled brightly. Within the scope of her current position, Shen Xiaoyi tried her best to dress herself to look rich and dazzling.

She came in carrying something and was surprised to see Xie Yuzhen: "Hello, Mr. Xie."

"Shen Xiaoyi seems to be in much better shape." Xie Yuzhen said with a gentle smile. She glanced at Xia Zhi who followed in, and a look of helplessness appeared on Xia Zhi's face.

Just now, Shen Xiaoyi didn't even wait for the announcement and rushed straight in. Several palace people said that Xie Yuzhen was also in the room, but she ignored them and walked in with her chin held high.

Seeing Xia Zhi's helplessness, Xie Yuzhen tilted the balance in his heart slightly towards Shen Xiaoyi.

This woman had always behaved in a polite and docile manner, both during the selection process and during the month she had been in the palace. But today...she suddenly became arrogant.

Xie Yuzhen only guessed that Shen Xiaoyi might have the system, so he felt that he had a sure win and was incomparable to others.

However, she could not have imagined that not only was Shen Xiaoyi reborn, but her system also started to say how deeply Emperor Qiyuan loved her, even though he did not give her a noble position, did not let her child survive, and even because of the coercion of the Yuyang Marquis's Mansion, he had to admit that Shen Xiaoyi had framed others...

But in order to protect her, the emperor not only did not bury her in the concubine tomb like those ordinary concubines, but also forbade the female historians in the harem to record her life. Of course, it was because the turmoil in the former dynasty and the harem was not worthy of disturbing her peace after death!

However, this also means that this beautiful love story can only be glimpsed in unofficial history that is not controlled by the powerful, which is really a pity!