The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"......Your Highness......" Deng Jihui paused - he came to show his presence in front of Princess Yuyi, not to lose his integrity for just any person - and was about to pretend to be relaxed and say a joke, but he saw Lu Weiyuan suddenly lost interest in the people in front of him and turned away.

"Your Highness?!" The old maid who had just spoken to Lu Weiyuan had her heart pounding. She tried to recall if her tone was too harsh, fearing that she had offended this "Your Highness".

At this moment, the girl in the center of the crowd spoke up: "Please ask this young man to apologize to the prince just now on my behalf. My family just entered the capital for the first time and was too nervous. I didn't mean to offend him."

Deng Jihui had always been very clear that his target was the most beloved daughter of the Emperor and Empress, so for more than a decade, he had always pretended to be chaste. Seeing that Lu Weiyuan was almost at the age of marriage, he was naturally unwilling to relax. He just answered the girl indifferently and left with dignity.

Seeing that the two "nobles" had left, the old maids breathed a sigh of relief: "Miss, you'd better be cautious when you go out. You are a lady, a delicate guest, and a lady. In the future, it's better to let me and others speak for you about such matters. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the noble ladies in the capital will look down on you."

The girl in the Mi Li hat shook her head gently: "In this dynasty, most of the noble ladies of the royal family are referred to by their titles, or Lady So-and-so. Do you know which kind of noble lady will be directly addressed as 'Your Highness'?"

The old lady was silent: "... Could it be that the young lady knew about this?"

The girl in the Mi Li hat seemed to laugh softly: "It's the princesses."

"Ah!" The old lady was getting more and more horrified. "Then didn't this old slave...didn't this old slave offend Her Royal Highness the Princess?!"

The girl in the Mi Li hat shook her head again and said, "Madam, don't worry. I don't think that prince will remember people like us... Besides, the atmosphere in Beijing is probably much more open than our hometown. After we arrive in Beijing, if there is anything you don't understand, it's okay for me to explain it to you personally. It won't make people look down on you."

"But..." The old nanny frowned. The closer she got to the capital, the more some of the concepts she had built up over the past few decades were challenged. However, when she was in the underground state, she was not the young lady's personal nanny, and her impression of the young lady was only her silence and gentleness along the way. It was not until today that she realized that her young lady was also wise and had her own opinions.

After thinking it over, the old lady swallowed some of her words and said, "Yes, I will follow the young lady's instructions."

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"What day is it today? Why are you all rushing to the outskirts of Beijing?" Princess Cheng'an, who was dressed in lilac clothes, said impatiently. Before she finished speaking, she saw Princess Rong Le, who had changed her clothes, coming out from the side room.

Princess Rong Le heard her words and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Who's here again?"

Princess Cheng An waved her hand to dismiss a servant who had just come to report the news to her, and said, "My sisters are here too, right behind us... but they happened to be blocked on the road by two carriages stuck together."

"My remaining nieces——are all here?" Princess Rong Le smiled as she tilted her head slightly and glanced at the side. "Oh, if I had known they would have time to go out, I would have waited a little longer. But it's okay. When they come, you sisters can get together. It's a pity that Fuchang went out to play. Don't just focus on your sisters playing and leave me alone in the empty room."

"How could my aunt stay alone in an empty room? Didn't you bring your husband with you?" Princess Cheng'an said with a smile.

Her relationship with her husband was not very good, and she went out this time to relax - Princess Cheng'an and her husband had completely different opinions on the choice of their son's fiancée, and neither of them could convince the other, so they just had a big fight and went their separate ways.

Although the Prince of Donglai Marquis is mediocre in ability, he is not as easy to control as the mediocre and stupid Ruan He. Princess Cheng'an's mind and methods are not as experienced and skilled as Concubine Deng. Without the arrangements of her adoptive mother, it would be two or three times more difficult for her to do anything. She always feels a little struggling to deal with the power struggle in the Donglai Marquis' Mansion. What's more, the arrangements originally made in the Anguo Marquis' Mansion were scrapped and could not be transferred out in time, and were cleared out by the Anguo Marquis's wife who suddenly cheered up for some reason.

Whenever Princess Cheng'an felt that life was difficult - especially when her brother was becoming more and more absurd and undisciplined - she would always miss her adoptive mother whose cause of death was in doubt. At this moment, facing Princess Rong Le, who obviously had other thoughts, she actually felt an inexplicable fatigue and irritability when interacting with her. Although she knew that winning over the other party would bring great help to herself and her brother, she just couldn't muster the energy to do so and was even full of resistance.

So, while they were waiting for Princess Shou'an to change her clothes, the two of them casually probed each other, but no one said a definite word. Princess Rong Le, however, vaguely sensed the impatience hidden beneath the smile of her niece Princess Cheng'an, so she turned her back and could not help but frowning with a cold face.

Just at this time.

Princess Cheng'an's eldest son Kong Zhong ran past the door with a giggle, dragging a dog with him. Seeing this, Princess Cheng'an immediately stood up and said, "Kong Zhong! You rascal! I'm sorry, but the boy was too bored at home, so... please wait a moment, I'll go check on him and be back soon."

She clenched her fists and walked out quickly.

Princess Rong Le looked at her back with an increasingly cold expression.

"Aunt." A gentle voice sounded at the right time. Princess Shou'an seemed not to notice the coldness on her face. She smiled gently, took the teapot and teacup on the table, and personally poured a cup of tea that had been brewed early for Princess Rong Le. "Xiao Zhong is so lively and pleasant, and my niece is really envious of him. My elder sister can be very angry with a stern face, but my niece can't bear it. It's just that my niece's body is not very good. I don't know if I can have such a fate in this life."