The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"You..." It was not the first time that Concubine Chen Hui realized the ambition of her cousin, but she never thought that she would be so reckless as to face the unpredictable storm.

"Please help me, sister!" Chen Peiluan knelt down without hesitation.

Concubine Chen Hui quickly helped her up and said, "I am now somewhat glad that the Sixth Prince is not my biological son."

To be honest, there are quite a few stubborn people in their Chen family, but most of them are stubborn about insignificant things and extremely lack ambition. It is rare to find someone as ambitious as Chen Peiluan in a hundred years.

"Sixth Prince?" Chen Peiluan realized something in her confusion.

Concubine Chen Hui shook her head gently at her: "It's just a period of time that young people always have. You don't have to worry about it. But since you are determined to stay and want to keep your position..."

She pursed her lips and said, "I still have some face with the Empress, so I will be your pleader. But if I do this, I probably won't stay in the capital."

Apart from Concubine Li Shufei and Concubine Shun, the only concubines who accompanied the emperor on this tour were a few low-ranking concubines whose hometowns were originally in the south. Concubine Chen Hui was not going to go at first, but after noticing some of the Sixth Prince's lively thoughts, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and after meeting Chen Peiluan, she realized that she should probably go with him this time.

Even though the Sixth Prince was still young and his mother's family had no power, he was a healthy prince after all. In addition, he was on good terms with Concubine Liu... The slight nostalgia and reluctance from many years ago made it impossible for Concubine Chen Hui to easily give up this mother and son from her life.

But at the same time, she was also deeply influenced by the family's teachings, understood the responsibilities she had to bear, and was even more aware that the two people above her were not kind-hearted people who insisted on doing their own thing.

As a concubine, she could ignore the emperor and not serve him because of the grudge between her and the emperor, and live a life of seclusion and meditation for the rest of her life. She could even plot to frame another concubine to avenge her son's death... No matter how much wisdom and means she showed, she was ultimately confined within the palace. However, if she were to get involved in the open and secret struggles among the royal heirs, it would be a very different situation.

At the very least, one will be demoted, and at worst, the family will be ruined.

Concubine Chen Hui quietly exhaled a breath of foul air.

Even if her next action would hurt the relationship that she had built up over the years with Concubine Liu and the Sixth Prince, Chen Yunlou knew that she had to personally make a lock that would satisfy and reassure Queen Xie.

"It's my fault. I have to trouble you, sister..." Chen Peiluan felt guilty after waking up from her wild fantasy.

Concubine Chen Hui shook her head, still looking calm and unperturbed: "Nothing, among the sisters of our generation, you have been the most opinionated and independent since childhood. Now you can finally let me enjoy being a sister."

Send Chen Peiluan away.

Concubine Chen Hui turned around and went to Shouning Palace to look for Xie Yuzhen.

After years of working together, Concubine Chen Hui deeply understood that in front of this empress whose mind was as twists and turns as a mountain road, it was best to say what she wanted to say, and playing it straight would have the best effect.

She herself was not a person who liked trouble. When the Fourth Prince passed away, the Emperor was trying to smooth things over. She said she would ignore it and never bothered about it again. Before Imperial Concubine Huaijing passed away, Concubine Chen Hui was invited to meet him. After he pointed out all the doubts about Concubine Deng in the death of the Fourth Prince, Concubine Chen Hui took over the backup plan that Imperial Concubine Huaijing had secretly left behind without any hesitation. Not long after, she silently contributed to Concubine Deng's defeat.

So she quickly thought of a result and decisively went to Shouning Palace to find Queen Xie.

But at this time, Empress Xie was still in the Lizheng Hall.

However, Concubine Chen Hui always avoided going there. Apart from the fact that she herself did not want to be involved, it was also more or less because of Concubine Liu and the Sixth Prince.

"Greetings to Her Majesty Huifei. The Queen has not returned yet. May I ask if there is anything urgent that you may need?" Today it was Yang Xigu's turn to stay in Shouning Palace. When she heard that Concubine Chen Huifei had come to ask for a meeting, she personally took the female officials out to greet her.

Concubine Chen Hui was very polite: "I do have something I want to ask our queen, but it's not a big deal, I'll just wait for a while."

"Then please let Concubine Hui follow me in," Yang Xigu signaled to the palace servant at the door.

Concubine Chen Hui seemed unaware and followed Yang Xigu as she familiarly sat down in a side hall of Shouning Palace and waited.

Xie Yuzhen in the Lizheng Hall also soon learned the news.

At that time, she was pressing the emperor, who had just returned from a stroll with great difficulty, onto the dragon throne, asking him to deal with those nonsense memorials of respect, while she herself was looking at an important political matter of building a dam in a certain place. She saw a palace maid from Shouning Palace coming to deliver the news that Concubine Chen Hui wanted to see her.

Xie Yuzhen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Go back and tell Concubine Hui that I already know her purpose. Tell her not to wait any longer and go back to her own palace to have a good rest and make preparations."

After hearing what was said, the palace maid left in a hurry.

The emperor leaned over and asked, "What are you preparing for? My beloved wife, are you finally going to have sex with my concubines?"

Xie Yuzhen turned his head helplessly and glared at him.

After witnessing Xie Jingrong's scandal and seeing Lin Qiao actually living with the foreign female official, the emperor finally discovered that the Xie family's ideas on choosing a spouse seemed to be more or less different from ordinary people. However, he has always been extremely confident in his charm and status. Only occasionally when he met Xie Yuzhen handling the internal affairs of the harem, he would deliberately pick up some words and say some strange things.

Xie Yuzhen attributed the emperor's behavior to the fact that he, as the hands-off boss, had too little to do and wasted time.

After glaring at the emperor, Xie Yuzhen ignored him and ordered the female officials to use another travel plan that had been prepared long ago and add Concubine Chen Hui to the team. Finally, he ordered Xia Zhi to find a suitable person to send the token that Chen Peiluan had taken off and returned, which represented that she could walk in the Lizheng Hall, back to the mansion of Duke Shen.

Seeing that his unreasonable behavior was ignored, the emperor stopped making trouble, shrugged, and leaned back on the dragon chair: "I really can't bear to read this broken memorial."

"In two days it will be an auspicious day for the tour. Your Majesty, don't be anxious. By that time, there will be many letters of greeting along the way that your Majesty can read." Xie Yu's reaction was really cold.

But the emperor still thought she was charming like this: "Isn't it enough to just look at you?"

Xie Yuzhen raised his hand and added a lot of "nonsense" to his desk.

Two days later.

The emperor and empress set out to leave the capital.