The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

After leaving Heyi Building, Lu Weiyuan did not go to Yongjia Marquis Mansion immediately as Xie Yi had instructed, but instead went to the Ciyuyuan instead.

Hu Ziyi had long been accustomed to her arbitrary style and followed behind silently.

Since Xie Yuzhen completely took over Wang Linghui's charity home, the orphans in the home have grown up into several groups. The first few groups who were unable to practice martial arts were arranged by Xie Yuzhen to work in her various properties; and the orphans who started practicing martial arts later, the oldest of them are already eighteen or nineteen years old. Some of them have begun to try to take the imperial examinations, while the others want to follow the example of Jun Yuexin, who taught them martial arts, and join the army.

They are old enough. If they were in ordinary families, they would have been urged to get married and have children. However, their status as orphans has given them more autonomy. Almost all girls who come out of the orphanage will not get married until they are over 20 years old, and the majority of them still have no intention of starting a family.

Thanks to the open-minded atmosphere of this dynasty, there is no additional "single tax" levied on unmarried men and women of older age, nor is there a regulation like in the previous dynasty that if a woman does not marry by the age of 15, she will be forced to marry a bachelor by the government.

Regardless of whether the orphans in the Salesian Home are studying literature or martial arts, or working in Xie Ruizhen's businesses, most of them now live in rows of newly built houses near the Salesian Home.

Hua Changchun is one of them.

She was also extremely talented. The year she was sent to the orphanage was exactly when Xie Yuzhen had modified his martial arts skills under the influence of world consciousness. Although her age was no longer the most suitable for practicing, Hua Changchun quickly stood out with her talent and hard work. When she was in her teens, she was taken to the southwest by Jun Yuexin as a personal soldier, and she made meritorious service in the war and was awarded a formal official status.

Now Hua Changchun has been transferred to the Jinwu Guards as a colonel - of the three major camps in the capital, the Yulin Guards are the palace guards, responsible for guarding the safety of the imperial city, and Jun Yuexin has already moved in; the Jinwu Guards are the guards of the capital, usually responsible for patrolling the city, checking inside and outside, and occasionally taking on part-time duties as urban management, cooperating with the Jingzhao Prefecture to handle cases; the Xiaoqi Guards are stationed outside the capital, and as the most well-equipped and largest of the three guards, they are ready to be transferred by the court at any time, either to the north or south, and can rush to various places when the capital is not facing a war. If the enemy comes to the capital, they will become the last line of defense of the imperial city together with the other two guards.

Originally, Jun Muchen was in the Cavalry Guard, but his current official position was not as high as his sister's. After Jun Yuexin took over the Yulin Guard, he was transferred out of the capital and stationed at the border.

Hua Changchun once asked Jun Yuexin why he had to be transferred away. Jun Yuexin first said that his brother and sister were stationed in the two most important guards in the capital, which was too eye-catching. Then he said that his brother was a dull person who didn't even know how to bark at his master to attract his attention...

"Since some words cannot be said, there is no need to say them from now on; since some things have been missed, it means that the opportunity to compete with others is lost forever... Even wild beasts know how to expel the losers in a fight. Now I am just driving him away to make him wake up." At that time, Jun Yuexin bared her big white teeth with a smug look on her face and said something that sounded incomprehensible to Hua Changchun, her promising disciple and his followers.

Hua Changchun was a straightforward child when facing his own master: "Master and, uh, uncle and his sister are fighting?"

"Does he intend to seize his position in the Imperial Guards?"

Although Master and that General Jun are siblings from the same mother, he has never educated me. Hua Changchun naturally leans more towards Jun Yuexin: "It is indeed necessary to keep them apart. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens in the future and the siblings kill each other, it may have a bad impact on Master."

Jun Yuexin rubbed his disciple's head: "What are you thinking about... I won't go that far, because your master is already the winner. Master tells you that the most taboo thing in life is to be shy. If you are shy and hold back your thoughts, and don't dare to act on some of your thoughts... then you will gain nothing in the future, and only regret."

"But by that time, what's the use of regretting?"

Hua Changchun felt that he still didn't quite understand, so he asked tentatively: "Master, do you regret anything?"

"A little, but not much. At least, not much compared to my stupid and cowardly brother." After Jun Yuexin finished speaking, she instructed Hua Changchun on some official business and turned to go into the palace to look for her best friend.

This day.

Hua Changchun was on vacation, so before going home he went to the market to buy two pounds of meat, a pot of wine, and some side dishes, intending to treat himself to a good meal when he got home. When he reached the alley, he saw a couple arguing on the street.

The wife said that her husband was still thinking about his ex-girlfriend, and now he must be regretting not marrying someone else after his ex-girlfriend's husband died, but instead his parents destined him to be such a fierce wife.

The husband loudly denied his wife's words, blaming her for being too suspicious all day long. She said that having such an idea probably meant that she was still thinking about her ex-husband and disliked that she was not as tall as his ex-husband.

The two of them disliked each other and walked home accusing each other, not caring whether passers-by might have heard their privacy, and their voices were getting louder and louder.

Hua Changchun didn't think she was a gossipy person, but the content of their argument was so exciting that she couldn't help but stop and listen to the excitement like other passers-by.

"Wow, this man's ex-lover actually married his wife's ex-husband?"

A young girl's crisp voice sounded from behind Hua Changchun: "It's so lively, exciting and thrilling."

Hua Changchun's hair suddenly stood on end, she shuddered, and turned around to see two familiar faces - as the best among the orphans, she and the other two orphans had served as Lu Weiyuan's sparring partners for a period of time. Later, Hu Ziyi was the only one who could fight with Lu Weiyuan on the training ground.

"Your Highness..." Hua Changchun was about to salute, but Lu Weiyuan waved his hand to stop him.

The latter exuded a sense of casualness: "No need, no need, we are finally outside the palace, don't keep bowing all day, hush, Xiao Huahua, don't talk, I am listening to the exciting part."

Little Flower——Hua Changchun: "......"

He exchanged a glance with Hu Ziyi, who was following Lu Weiyuan, and Hu Ziyi folded her arms and shrugged, then also began to listen to the gossip attentively.

Hua Changchun, who was carrying meat in one hand and wine and food in the other, thought about it, shrugged his shoulders, and continued to listen to the wife complaining about her husband pulling her away in a hurry every time he passed by his ex-husband's house, asking him if he was afraid of seeing his ex-girlfriend and being exposed...

Her husband stiffened his neck and retorted, "It was you who dragged me along! You walked much faster than I did!"