The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Facing Yun Rong who came to deliver the message, Xie Yizhen finally let go of the last stone in her heart. On the surface, she still pretended to be overjoyed, and asked the palace servants to go to the imperial kitchen to get snacks and tea, and also asked someone to take out the clothes and toys that she had prepared for Xie Yi in her spare time.

She turned around in a hurry and stuffed a handful of gold and silver ingots into Yunrong's hands: "Thank you, young lady, for telling me, and thank you, Madam..."

Yun Rong couldn't persuade her, so he had to accept the incense stick and kept saying that he didn't dare.

This was the busy and joyful scene that Xu Xiaoyi saw when she arrived - she had suppressed a lot of things in her heart last night, and followed Xie Yuzhen's instructions, carefully serving the emperor, which made him very happy. The next morning, he promoted her position to the sixth rank, and now she should be called Xu Ronghua.

The controversy over Xu Ronghua's previous name change has not yet passed, and now she has become the first one among the new concubines to be promoted. Once the news gets out, her limelight will almost overshadow everyone else in the harem.

When concubines of the Dasheng Dynasty were promoted to the rank of concubine, imperial edicts were used instead of imperial decrees. The latter was more formal and more important than the former, while the imperial edict for promotion only required the concubines to receive it at their own residences, and would not be specifically notified to the six palaces.

Although this is the case, the inner palace is not short of eyes and mouths. The news of Xu Ronghua's promotion will probably spread throughout the palace tomorrow. After receiving the order, Xu Ronghua hurried to Shouning Palace, wanting to tell Xie Yuzhen the good news in person and tell her that he did not let his sister down.

Then there is the matter about the Queen...Xu Ronghua asked the Miracle Medicine System if he could tell others about its existence.

As soon as this question was uttered, it was immediately rejected by the Wonderful Medicine System.

The host cannot take the initiative to inform outsiders of the existence of the system, nor can he take the initiative to reveal the information about the future heard from the system, otherwise it will trigger the system's core self-destruct program. By then, not only will it be the magic medicine system, but even Xu Ronghua himself may be implicated and his consciousness may be damaged. In mild cases, he will lose his memory of the period after obtaining the system. In serious cases, Xu Ronghua will become a vegetable or a lunatic.

Xu Ronghua didn't understand what a vegetative state was, but she didn't want to lose her memory or go crazy.

But in this case, how can I reasonably let my sister know that the Queen only has five years to live while circumventing the system program?

If the Queen's death was due to illness, then he could still use the system's medicine to help her recuperate, but... she was very likely to have died from a royal secret, or even from infighting in the court... This was completely beyond Xu Ronghua's cognition.

Moreover, she had a not-so-glorious thought in her mind. The Queen was dead, and her sister would become the Queen Mother in the future. Then... Xu Ronghua had a lot of thoughts on the way to Shouning Palace, and felt dizzy from time to time.

It seems that if the queen dies, her sister will benefit, but both of them have done her a favor...

Although Xu Ronghua was intelligent and ruthless beyond her age, those were ultimately directed at enemies and outsiders. At this moment, she felt as if she was standing on a single-plank bridge. No matter which side she fell to, she would be greeted by an abyss.

With a heart full of distress, Xu Ronghua unknowingly walked to Shouning Palace.

To her surprise, Shouning Palace was particularly busy today. The eunuch guarding the gate led her to the entrance of Jinghua Tower. At a glance, she saw palace maids and eunuchs carrying things coming and going in a hurry. Xie Yu was standing in the middle, holding her waist and directing everyone. The person next to her was not Xia Zhi, but Yun Rong, the queen's lady-in-waiting.

As soon as Xu Ronghua entered the room, Xie Yuzhen saw her. In line with her personality as a caring elder sister, Xie Yuzhen enthusiastically called Xu Ronghua to her side, stopped her from bowing and said, "Please go inside and sit for a while. I will be done soon. There is freshly brewed tea on the table. Ask Shuangyi to pour it for you."

As she was talking, Xiaoxi ran in from outside. She was also small, but she was carrying a big food box. She walked briskly, with sweat on her forehead but she was not breathing heavily. "Madam, the imperial kitchen prepared Hechuan peach slices, jade belt cakes, Heyi cakes, and dragon beard cakes today. I took a plate as well, and asked my aunt to make hawthorn drink for me."

While Xie Yuzhen was praising the little girl, she called an older palace maid to help her take the food box, took out the cakes and put them on the table: "Here you go, have a drink of water and take a rest."

She took off a gold armlet from her wrist and gave it to Xiaoxi as a reward. The little girl thanked her happily and walked away.

Xie Yuzhen pulled Xu Ronghua into the house and said, "This child is very kind. He actually brought so much. Ah Yuan, you sit down first and help yourself to the cakes."

Xu Ronghua was worried, so he pulled Xie Yuzhen's sleeve anxiously, "Sister, are you saying this? Is there any happy event in your palace?"

Xie Yuzhen's eyebrows softened: "Your Majesty has shown mercy and asked my son to come to the palace to visit me. You came at the right time, but you must not miss your nephew's gift!"

Seeing that Xie Yuzhen was so happy, Xu Ronghua had not yet figured out how to reveal the news to her, which made it even more difficult for him to say it.

Five years... that's all. There will always be a chance. Now let's not disturb my sister's good mood. So Xu Ronghua let go of her hand and forced a smile: "I didn't know it was such a happy event. I was in a hurry to go out, so I could only give him the things I had on me..."

Xie Yuzhen was instructing the palace servants to place things in the room. Hearing this, he turned around and glanced at her: "I was just joking with you. I don't really want anything from you."

Xu Ronghua took off the purse she had embroidered and said, "Although I have nothing, I cannot skimp on the gift for my nephew's first meeting."

Seeing her movements, Xie Yuzhen laughed: "My sister is so good at sewing. Tan Nu got his aunt's sewing, which is more valuable than anything else."

After the house was cleaned up, the queen arrived with her gratitude.

Xie Yi pursed his rosy lips and followed the queen's feet obediently and restrainedly, but he couldn't help looking inside the palace gate. When he saw his mother, who was very different from the past, walking towards him with a smile, he couldn't help but wet his eyes and called out in a trembling voice, "Mother!"

Then he ran towards Xie Ruizhen.

"...Be careful..." The Queen looked at him worriedly from behind, wanting to remind Xie Yi not to bump into Xie Yuzhen.

Xie Yi once again showed a maturity beyond that of a child. After running a few steps, he suppressed his excitement and slowed down his pace. He did not throw himself into his mother's arms, but carefully pulled the hem of Xie Yuzhen's skirt, rubbed his sore eyes, and raised his face: "Mom, Tan Nu missed you so much."

Xie Yuzhen couldn't help but feel tears welling up in her eyes. She was pregnant and couldn't hold the baby, so she just held Xie Yi's hand and said, "Mom misses you, too."

Xie Yi sniffed hard, stood on tiptoe and rubbed her cheek against the back of her mother's hand: "Mom is not thin anymore, that's great!"