The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

The emperor ascended the throne when he was young, and although he had many concubines during the seven years after he ascended the throne, he only had three princesses.

After that, three princes were born one after another, but this was still too few for the royal family. For the sake of offspring, the first general election of the dynasty was held under the advice of the Empress Dowager.

Fully five years had passed since the election before there was another happy event like the selection of a new concubine to enter the palace, and the entire palace became bustling with activity.

Xie Yuzhen woke up from her coma not long after, and it was time for her to get on the sedan chair and enter the palace.

The wobbly sedan chair carried people to the carriage that was welcoming the new concubine into the palace at the palace gate. After sitting in the carriage, Xie Yuzhen finally figured out what the strange thing that suddenly appeared in front of him was.

It is square, translucent, and emits a faint light. The words "Save" and "Load" are written on it, and only you can see it.

She guessed that this was probably the ability that the strange thing had mentioned that would be very helpful in palace fighting, but the voice of the system had disappeared from her mind, and she didn't know whether it had gone to the place where the emperor's true love was or was gone.

Xie Yu really remembered the last few words of the system. In addition to the system, there would be other strange things coming to Dasheng to "cannon fodder" himself. The system seemed to have been attacked when it was about to leave, and it left something for him.

Hopefully this thing works as well as the system says it will.

Xie Yuzhen tried to save the game silently in her mind, and then she saw a time light up on the translucent block. She lifted the curtain and took a look at the palace road outside. She happened to pass by a clump of green bamboo. She silently took note of it, and when the convoy passed the bamboo forest, Xie Yuzhen silently recited "load the game" in her mind again.

A light flashed by, and Xie Yuzhen lifted the car curtain again. She was surprised to find that time had indeed gone back to the moment she saved the file.

Trying hard to control her expression, she looked at the translucent cube tenderly, wondering why there was such a large blank space on this thing. Maybe she could save another file?

When this thought came to her mind, a new time actually appeared on the block below the previous time. Xie Yuzhen was happy, but also a little regretful. She couldn't help but whisper to herself: "Oh, I should have been more cautious. One more time means one more opportunity."

She didn't dare to think about saving the file again, for fear that the storage space would be occupied by the same period of time.

Xie Yuzhen measured it carefully and found that she could have four more save files at most. She carefully put away the blocks with her mind, feeling secretly delighted in her heart - she didn't know what other weird things would come to deal with her. At worst, she would be careful and wait for them to appear one by one and attack. Then she would immediately load the save file and strike first before those weird things could deal with her!

A fierce light flashed in the woman's beautiful and smart eyes, like a female leopard that had set its sights on its prey.

In addition to Xie Yuzhen, a total of nine new concubines were selected in this election. The Shanggong Bureau from top to bottom was busy, and the palace roads were full of eunuchs and palace maids coming and going. Fortunately, the residence that the emperor arranged for Xie Yuzhen was not remote, otherwise it would be more troublesome.

Xie Yuzhen was the highest ranking among the new concubines. She entered the palace half an hour earlier than Shen Baolin, who was ranked second. When she arrived at Jinghua Tower in Shouning Palace, the room had already been packed. Two eunuchs led the way, and six palace maids in uniform stood behind.

"This servant and I would like to pay our respects to the beautiful lady."

Xie Yuzhen got off the carriage, looked at the palace maids calmly, and nodded: "Get up."

In terms of the status of a beauty, Xie Yuzhen could be equipped with one senior palace maid, two second-class palace maids, four third-class palace maids, and two little eunuchs to run errands. The spring equinox and summer solstice around her were given by the emperor, so naturally they had to follow her when she entered the palace.

Logically speaking, the palace could not be unaware of her situation, and five more palace maids should have been assigned, but now there is one more.

Xie Yuzhen walked into Jinghua Tower calmly, sat firmly in the main seat, and then pretended to be puzzled and asked the leading eunuch: "Why do I see that there seems to be one more person?"

The young eunuch smiled and said, "My lady, according to the rules, a beauty can only bring one maid with her when entering the palace. The Shanggong Bureau probably didn't know about this, so they followed the old rules and asked a maid to come with them."

He lowered his head after he finished speaking. He was just a small eunuch and did not have the courage to get involved in the open and secret struggles among the concubines in the harem. He could only tell the situation honestly and wait for the decision of his superiors.

"So that's how it is." Xie Yuzhen said, "Since there are too many, then let's send one back to the Shanggong Bureau. Well, let's take you, the one with the pink flower on your hair."

None of the six palace maids who were sent here were ugly, but they were all clean and decent. Only the last one seemed inconspicuous at first glance, but a closer look revealed that she had a slim figure and a piece of fair skin on her neck, which was different from the yellowish color on her face and hands.

This is to keep a low profile under Xie Yuzhen's nose.

Of course, he couldn't indulge her. No matter if she really wanted to hide her incompetence or had other intentions, Xie Yuzhen would not tolerate someone who lied in front of him.

Xie Yuzhen, who had just experienced the magical ability of reloading the game, was now very excited. Everyone he saw seemed to be a "cannon fodder" for his monster. This palace maid was also unlucky and happened to be caught in the crossfire.

Her knees softened and she knelt down: "Madam, please allow me to report. I was assigned by the Concubine Shu. Even if you want to return me to the Shanggong Bureau, you should ask the Concubine Shu's opinion first."

Her knees were weak, but her tone was hard.

"Empress Shufei?" Xie Yuzhen recalled the information he had inquired about before entering the palace.

Under the empress, there were two concubines, Concubine Deng Xian and Concubine Song Shu. Among them, Concubine Deng Xian, Deng Qingzhi, was the daughter of the Duke of England. She raised the eldest princess and the second prince, and was in charge of the six palaces. She was said to be a virtuous and dignified person, but she was not very liked by the emperor.

However, Concubine Song Shufei's background was completely different from the former. Her name was Zhiniang. She was once a lady-in-charge assigned by the empress dowager to serve the emperor. However, she gave birth to two sons, the eldest prince and the third prince, for the emperor. With the support of the empress dowager, she became one of the four concubines shortly after the emperor ascended the throne. Even though the emperor had an affair with Xie Yuzhen outside the palace, he did not forget this old love after returning to the palace.

Concubine Song Shu was apparently the most favored concubine in the palace, but I heard that she had always been in poor health and had not appeared in this election.

Although she did not show up, it was obvious that this Concubine Shu did not forget to annoy Xie Yuzhen, the woman who was competing with her for favor outside the palace.

Seeing that Xie Yuzhen remained silent after she mentioned the title of Shufei, the palace maid named Qiuhe couldn't help feeling a little proud. She curled the corners of her mouth, raised her head and was about to say something, but she saw Xie Yuzhen, who was sitting above her, raised his hand, and poured the steaming tea in her hand all over Qiuhe's head.

"Ah!" Qiu He screamed, and the powder on her face was washed off, revealing her burned red skin.

Xie Yuzhen didn't give her a chance to respond. He walked down a few steps and clamped Qiu He's chin with his hand: "I don't care who assigned you. Since you are in Jinghua Tower, you should only have me as your master. Since you miss Concubine Shu so much, I will have someone send you back to her!"

She took her hand back and gently wiped the tea stains on her fingertips with a handkerchief. She slowly glanced at the stunned palace maid and said, "Why, are they all made of wood? Why don't you arrest her and send her back to Concubine Shu?"

The ladies in the palace have always been willing to appear harmonious with each other even if they hated each other to death. The palace maids, who were used to this, had never seen Xie Yuzhen act like a shrew from the market, and they did not react for a while until she opened her mouth, then they hurriedly arrested Qiu He, who had been crying out for injustice.

Xie Yuzhen glanced approvingly at the first few people who took action, and said, "I believe you all know where I come from. I haven't been to school much, and I haven't learned many rules of a big family. There is only one thing I want you to remember, and that is loyalty!"

"I will not mistreat those who are loyal to me, but I will never forgive those who are disloyal."

"My lady, you can't do this!" Qiu He suddenly struggled and shouted, "The Concubine Shu has good intentions. She is worried that you don't understand the hierarchy in the palace, so she specifically sent me to help..."

Xie Yuzhen was stunned and subconsciously looked outside Jinghua Tower. Seeing that there were indeed outsiders coming, Qiuhe started to make a scene.

The person who came was a young woman wearing a light blue palace dress. When she saw Xie Yuzhen looking over, she smiled friendly, as if she hadn't noticed the chaos in the room. "My name is Shen Huiwan from Baosi Pavilion, Wen Baolin. Greetings to Miss Xie."