The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Shen Xiaoyi smiled embarrassedly and said, "Oh, I was so flustered that I didn't even remember it all of a sudden." She quickly called for the palace servants to go to her room to get some medicinal herbs for her health.

Seeing her like this, Liu Xiaoyi couldn't understand why Shen Xiaoyi was hostile to her.

Clearly when she just woke up, the system prompted that the task of gaining Shen Xiaoyi's favor was completed... This person has changed so much, and with the "story" that Xie Yuzhen told her before lingering in her mind, Liu Xiaoyi finally guessed in the direction that Xie Yuzhen deliberately led her.

Shen Xiaoyi also has something similar to her own miracle medicine system!

Thinking of this, the emotions in Liu Xiaoyi's eyes became heavier.

Xie Yuzhen silently looked at the two women with different systems, and was very keenly aware of the undercurrents that kept surging between them. She had an idea in her mind. She deliberately took a piece of light blue silk with silver threads woven into the shape of thin bamboo and said to Liu Xiaoyi, "It's getting late, and I won't stay any longer. If Shen Xiaoyi has time, she can cut all the silk into clothes. Speaking of which, His Majesty also praised the bamboos in my Jinghua Tower for being well-grown, handsome and upright, and quite proud."

The emperor liked bamboo, the gentleman among woods, and he liked to use bamboo patterns to embellish his utensils and clothes. However, he did not like women using bamboo hairpins or wearing overly plain clothes.

If a concubine with whom he had some friendship and a close relationship dressed simply, he would still praise her, and then he would give her colorful clothes and jewelry, dressing up his favorite woman like a doll.

But if a concubine whom he hardly remembers and doesn't like very much is seen walking around in front of the emperor dressed so simply... then the man will most likely get angry. He will feel that he has worked hard to govern the country, making the country prosperous and the treasury rich. You are just a little concubine, and you have been given clothes and jewelry according to your position. Who are you humiliating by dressing so shabby?

While advising Liu Xiaoyi on how to sew sachets for the emperor, Xie Yuzhen was also secretly setting a trap for Shen Xiaoyi, who seemed to be not very smart.

And Liu Xiaoyi had no intention of reminding her.

As soon as Xie Yuzhen left, Shen Xiaoyi's aggressive attitude became more and more obvious. She even asked for the bamboo-patterned silk directly, and she did so in a very confident manner.

Although Liu Xiaoyi had not received much education, the old nuns in the nunnery had told her many stories. She did not show any strangeness towards Shen Xiaoyi's excessive demands, but gave the satin to her on the spot with a good temper.

Leave Yanzhang Palace.

Xia Zhi was a little angry: "This Shen Xiaoyi said that she was from a marquis's mansion, why is she acting so vulgar?"

"She is just a daughter of a distant branch of the Shen family. She used to be gentle and obedient. Maybe she got upset after the incident." Xie Yuzhen found that he would feel uncomfortable whenever he stayed next to someone carrying the system, and this discomfort would become more and more obvious as the number of people increased. However, as long as he was about fifty steps away from that person, the uncomfortable feeling would disappear.

But... this light can only sense the existence of the system, it can't deal with them!

A vicious idea suddenly came to Xie Yuzhen - since he couldn't deal with the system, what would happen if he killed their holders?

Will it be untied from the owner as the guy I met before said, or will it disappear completely like its final fate?

For no reason, Xie Yuzhen felt from the bottom of his heart that when the owner died, the system would disappear.

But, killing people... Although Xie Yuzhen had made up her mind early on to climb up at all costs, she had never done such a life-threatening thing, so she was still a little hesitant.

What's more, she was not sure how to kill all the system holders without leaving any traces, and she was pregnant!

What if the murder fails and the child is accidentally killed?

Xie Yuzhen sighed heavily. Then they had no choice but to fight. It would depend on who had better tactics.

After returning to Jinghua Tower, Xie Yuzhen became more and more eager to train her own people and develop her power in the harem, but she had no other bargaining chips except the emperor's favor and the child in her belly. Moreover, this era has always valued boys more. Her daughter was precious when she was still in the womb, but as soon as she was born, she would fall behind the princes.

Ultimately, the focus should be on the emperor.

Autumn is getting deeper.

Xie Yuzhen was counting the days until the Mid-Autumn Festival. She received a few small gold mooncakes from the emperor. After begging the emperor, she gave some to her family as rewards. She also reminded the person who was going to deliver the rewards to remember to tell her mother to give two to Jun Yuexin who lived next door so that she could play with them.

"Mr. Xie is very generous with this gift. It not only benefits her family, but also her neighbors." When the emperor saw that she did not leave a few pieces for himself, he subconsciously thought that this woman might be eyeing his private vault again. He enjoyed Xie Yu's coquettish and artificial behavior, and he liked her even more when she relied on him unreservedly.

However, this time Xie Yu really exceeded his expectations: "When I was at home, I played best with Yue Niang. She only has a widowed mother at home, and her brother went to war with the army some time ago. Now she is an orphan with a widowed mother. I married so well, shouldn't I support her?"

She only kept two small pieces of golden mooncakes for herself, and happily put them in her makeup box like a squirrel hiding food for the winter.

"She has had a hard time these years. Although the family has some savings, most of it has been used to give away porridge and donated to the Beijing Orphanage. The family lives on the income from the farm."

When the emperor heard her say this, his eyes flickered and he remembered something: "But she is the daughter of the general who guards the country?"

"Yes, when I first learned that her father was a general, I was shocked. They are brother and sister and are no different from the wild kids running around in the streets. You can't tell at all that they are children of a first-rank general!" Xie Yuzhen sat obediently beside the emperor and picked up a walnut with a pair of tongs to eat.

The emperor seemed to be thinking: "Her brother also joined the army?"

"I heard so." Xie Yuzhen bit the walnut in small bites, as if he had just realized it suddenly, "Look at my brain. It has become less and less intelligent since I got pregnant. I wanted to ask about the battle situation in Lingzhou when I received Yue Niang's letter, but I forgot about it."

The emperor couldn't help but laugh at her annoyed look: "Don't worry, they are just some grassland people who have been defeated a long time ago. They are desperate to disturb the border because of food shortage."

The Great Sheng Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous, and the national strength was extremely strong. The emperor did not take the barbarians from the grassland seriously, and was not shy about mentioning the war situation with his concubines. When Xie Yuzhen mentioned the two children of the former general who defended the country, he became a little concerned and planned to go back and see if there was anyone with the surname Jun in the battle report to see if he was as brave as his father.

While cracking a walnut, Xie Yuzhen carefully observed the emperor's expression. He knew that he had noticed Jun Muchen to some extent, and the heavy burden that had been weighing on his heart since he received the letter from his close friend was finally relieved.