The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Upon learning of Lu Weiyuan's sudden departure, Princess Rong Le instinctively felt that something had happened beyond her control. However, before she could react, she saw Xie Yi and two other people coming to her door, carrying a familiar corpse.

"Greetings, His Highness Rong Le." Xie Yi had a folding fan with a big "闲" (idle) written on it hanging on his waist. He cupped his hands and waved his long sleeves lightly. There was no mistake in his etiquette and his movements were very pleasing to the eye.

But Princess Rong Le no longer had time to appreciate the beauty. When she saw the face of the corpse clearly, she instantly understood what had happened - this actor must have greatly offended Princess Yuyi, otherwise Marquis Yongjia would not have been so angry as to kill him directly... Killing him was not enough, he also brought the corpse to her on purpose. She was afraid that this person had a different identity!

Princess Rong Le frowned and said, "Please tell me what happened, Marquis Yongjia. The safety of Heyi Tower is my responsibility. I will never allow anyone to deliberately cause trouble in the tower!"

She was an elder, a proud princess. It was really servile for her to behave like this in front of her non-blood-related nephew brought by her sister-in-law. But Princess Rong Le didn't care. The most important thing for her right now was to figure out what the dead actor had done, to what extent Princess Yuyi was offended, and what kind of crisis was hidden behind today's events?

After a brief panic, Princess Rong Le quickly regained her senses. At the same time, she also understood that the brother and sister did not make a fuss about the incident and report it to their parents immediately, but instead took the initiative to come to her after the incident. This move was made with a certain amount of goodwill - this made Princess Rong Le couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Since ancient times, there have been many princesses who have relied on sending beauties to curry favor with the emperor and the royal heir, but not many of them have failed. Princess Rong Le could not help but get angry when she thought that she, a veteran in the world of women, had actually chosen the wrong person. She knew very well that her relationship with Empress Xie's lineage was not that close.

Princess Rong Le had indeed tried to persuade Lin Qiao to enter the officialdom at the beginning, but due to the long-established ideas, she did not dare to stand firmly on the side of Empress Xie and Lin Qiao. She just played a supporting role. At the same time, although Princess Rong Le vaguely sensed that Empress Xie wanted to raise the status of women, she never dared to think that the supreme couple would really want to help their daughter to that position!

When she woke up, the interest groups around Lu Weiyuan had already gathered together tightly. There were places for her to gain a foothold, but they were too marginal and too small... and could not satisfy Princess Rong Le's growing appetite.

"Your Highness, please listen to me in detail..."

Xie Yi cut through the details, pieced them together, and told a half-true, half-false story very much like his own mother told it. While pointing out that Yan Xun was probably a cultist, he also emphasized how innocent and frightened his weak, naive, simple and lovely sister was, and how angry he, as a brother, was.

"...I'm afraid there are people behind this beast. I have already sent people to pursue his junior sister. I also ask His Highness Rong Le to search the interior of Heyi Building, especially those places where various spices and drugs are used. By the way, Your Highness, don't worry about the hallucinogenic scent. I found the unused drugs on him and have sent people to deliver them to the masters of the Imperial Hospital for research. I believe that the antidote will be available soon."

"Marquis Yongjia is very thorough in his work, so I have nothing to worry about. It's just that this matter was ultimately my negligence. I will order someone to offer apology to Yuyi and the other noble ladies later. If there is any progress in the investigation, please ask Marquis Yongjia to send someone to inform me." Through the attitude of gratitude she showed, she knew that she could not interfere in the investigation of the cultists in the Marquis Yongjia's Mansion, so she could only try her best to draw a clear line between herself and the actor's brother and sister.

Of course, having suffered such a huge loss, Princess Rong Le would definitely investigate it herself.

But we have to deal with Marquis Yongjia first.

And after Xie Yi expressed that he had no intention of interfering in how to appease the noble ladies who had also inhaled the fragrance of the medicine, Princess Rong Le finally felt relieved - the noble ladies who were invited by her were mostly the most favored daughters of prominent and powerful families in the capital. If this matter was directly triggered by an outsider, then although Princess Rong Le's relationship with these families would not lead to enmity, it would definitely be affected. It would be better for her to handle it herself to minimize the losses.

Seeing such sincere gratitude, Princess Rong Le completely let go of some of her discomfort about bowing to the younger generation, and called in the nanny in charge of personnel in Heyi Building to express her support for the Yongjia Marquis Mansion with actions.

Xie Yi did not bother to be polite with her and said bluntly that the matter must be reported to the emperor and asked Princess Rong Le to be prepared to meet the emperor. At the same time, he also said that he would say a few good words for his "step-aunt" to reduce her guilt.

Princess Rong Le certainly understood very well that this matter was caused by her own negligence. Although Princess Yuyi was fine, she had to go before the emperor. With these words of thanks, she felt much more relieved.

Sent away with thanks.

Princess Rong Le turned around and grabbed her confidants, and fiercely ordered them to dig out the escaped actress even if they had to dig three feet into the ground.

After arranging her subordinates, she lay down on the low couch tiredly. She had lost her majestic and elegant appearance in front of others. Instead, she turned over and curled up her hands and feet to protect them, like a baby: "...They are indeed the children she trained. They speak and act so steadily and thoughtfully. What a pity..."

There was an inexplicable dejection in her heavy sigh.

"Your Majesty, you are such a good person... so good... that it even reminded me of thoughts that I never dared to think of before..."

Princess Rong Le closed her eyes tightly, and after a long while, she suddenly opened them with determination: "In such a prosperous era, if I can't leave my name here, what's the point of living this life?"

"What's the point?"

She seemed to be asking herself, or as if she was asking some invisible existence.

Amid the jingling sound of pearls and jade, Princess Rong Le suddenly stood up and pulled the string connected to a bell somewhere at the head of the bed. Soon, the chief historian of the Princess's Mansion appeared in front of her.

"The person you sent to ask Cheng An when he would be free should have returned. How is that?"

"In reply to Your Highness, Her Highness Cheng An said that she intends to go to a manor on the outskirts of the city to relax in the second half of the month, and would like to invite Your Highness to go with her, as well as... Her Highness the Fourth Princess."