The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Princess Cheng An was stunned for a moment before she gritted her teeth and said, "I don't have such ambitions!"

Lu Baohui shrugged nonchalantly: "The Donglai Marquisate has it, and the people around you have it, sister, that's enough."

"Then why did you choose to tell me about this?" Princess Cheng An was provoked repeatedly and was already a little out of control. "Could it be that you have already killed my fifth sister, seized the capital, and even my father and mother could not withstand the calculations of the Northern Frontier. Everything is under control, so you are so frank with me?"

Lu Baohui blinked slowly: "No."

"Huh? Could it be that you really have a kind heart?" Princess Cheng'an sneered.

Lu Baohui said calmly: "They can't kill the fifth sister, nor can they seize the capital. Even the situation in the northern border is doomed to fail."

Princess Cheng An, whose mind was completely overwhelmed by emotions, took a moment to react before she figured out what her sister meant: "You took advantage of Aunt Rong Le."

"Now, you still want to use me?"

"How can you say it's exploitation? We, my aunt and I, my elder sister and I, are just seeking benefits from each other."

Lu Baohui coughed twice and stroked her chest with her hand: "Big sister, Aunt Rong Le is too unwilling to give up. She wants to do something that will attract the attention of the world, so that she will not be recorded in history books as just a princess."

"Even though she knew the chances of success were slim, even though she knew failure would mean death, she didn't care."

"The person she had her eyes on at the beginning was actually you, elder sister. After all, you are different from me. You are the first child of our father, and your grandmother is your biological mother's blood relative. Although the Chengguo Mansion is low-key and dormant, it is still one of the three founding dukes after all..."

As she spoke, a cunning smile appeared on her face: "I am different. My mother is a sinner, my maternal family has no blood left, my husband is just an ordinary nobleman, I am weak, and I don't have a brother like my second brother who can call you big sister to support each other..."

"The most important thing is that my father doesn't like me."

"It should be said that he doesn't like any of his offspring except the fifth sister."

"But everyone is the same on this point." Lu Baohui stood up, moved closer to Princess Cheng'an, and suddenly reached out to grab her sister's hands. "Aunt Rong Le is really a little... too crazy. She doesn't care about her own life or death, nor does she care about me as her partner. Do you know what she has set up in the northern border?"

The two sisters were very close to each other at this moment. Lu Baohui was slightly shorter than Princess Cheng'an, so she stood on tiptoe and whispered in her elder sister's ear: "She colluded with foreign tribes and bribed the border guards. She wanted them to keep my father and mother here forever, and maybe take us with them."

Princess Cheng An pushed her away fiercely and said, "You are telling me this. Aren't you afraid that I will tell my father, the emperor and my mother about your plan?"

Lu Baohui staggered twice, then stood firm: "I said that my sister and I should seek mutual benefits."

"You are a traitor, and I can be considered a hero if I expose you to my father, the emperor, and my mother in advance. Where is the benefit for me to cooperate with you?"

"Sister, what you said is right..." Lu Baohui said with a smile, "Of course you have to benefit from me. Before I came to see you, I asked my elder brother-in-law to take my nephew to the city defense army. You did pick a husband who is easy to control, but unfortunately, you haven't taught him not to be easily controlled by outsiders or family members."

"Especially since his family is not really sober."

"My dear sister, you seem to be ambitious and eager for power, but I can see that apart from my second sister who doesn't care about anything except playing, you are the rare one among us sisters and brothers who values ​​love. Of course, you can choose to expose me, your sister, and quickly cut off ties with the Donglai Marquisate, abandon your only child, and watch them and me all die in rebellion, and then you can continue to live a stable life under the wings of our mother."

"But if you can't bear the name of treason for Aunt Rong Le, then you can only cooperate with me - to prevent the name of treason from falling on you and to protect the people you don't want to give up. This is where we can benefit from each other."

"You didn't even give up on a trouble-making loser like my second brother. Even though you knew that Consort Xian might be the murderer of your mother, you still forced yourself to stay rational and not believe it. I admire you deeply and feel extremely lucky to have such a good sister."

The air in the hall suddenly fell silent.

Princess Cheng'an felt as if she was meeting this gentle sister for the first time, but the image of Lu Baohui when she was young emerged involuntarily in her mind - the little girl who had just lost her biological mother and whose entire maternal family was convicted did not understand why, but she instinctively realized that her life would be different from now on.

At that time, Lu Baohui was sharp and noisy. Whether in Chonghua Palace or the Imperial Study, she always showed her thorns and wanted to compete with others. She was unwilling to fall behind others. She especially loved to target Lu Weiyuan. Although the latter was young, he was not a soft person. Lu Baohui almost never got any benefits from her.

Over time...Princess Cheng'an didn't notice how such a sharp person gradually became gentle and amiable, and even won a good reputation among clan relatives and officials.

It was as if Lu Baohui had always been like this from the very beginning, with a smile on her face and a gentle tone, and even though she was weak, she remained strong.

"You are gambling with your own life." Princess Cheng'an's heart, which had been restless ever since she realized that there was something wrong with the truth of her biological mother's death, suddenly became calm and helpless under her sister's gaze and confession.

"Because I really don't have anything else to bet on..." Lu Baohui sighed, "It seems that my sister made the right bet."

"Yes, you win. I am indeed not as ruthless as you. No wonder my mother only taught me how to assist others instead of..." Lu Yanzhen shuddered violently, swallowed back the bitterness that almost came out of his mouth, and asked unwillingly, "The prince consort is not someone who can be easily persuaded. What on earth are you..."

"Big sister." Lu Baohui shook her head. "You are not fighting for power for yourself. If you were fighting for yourself, you would understand how terrible temptation is. It can easily turn a good person into a desperate evil ghost."

"So you are determined to become this evil ghost?"

"Well... who can say for sure." She winked playfully, "Maybe what I want is not that complicated."