The most beautiful lady in the harem

But Qin Huaijin came to show off, and Qin Liuse refused to cooperate, so she continued to sing the show by herself.

Then he continued, "Last night the emperor summoned me to sleep with him."

You wanted to show this off?

Qin Liuse held her forehead with her hand, wanting to say something but not wanting to argue with Qin Huaijin.

Qin Huaijin was proud for a while, and then continued proudly, "You don't have to show off to Wei Lanxin. The emperor will never take her as his own. If she wants to stay in the harem, let her stay until she is old and ugly."

Qin Liuse was interested. Qin Huaijin was still angry yesterday, so why was he so sure today that Wei Lanxin would not enter the harem?

Perhaps this curious look pleased Qin Huaijin, and he raised his chin and said, "Don't disbelieve me, the emperor has nodded."

These words successfully left Qin Liuse speechless. Did these words mean that Emperor Yongjia had promised her?

What a dog emperor, Qin Liuse cursed in his heart.

Earlier, while they were in bed, Emperor Yongjia told her that he had found out the cause of the Queen's death.

Could it be that Emperor Yongjia also told Qin Huaijin about this matter last night?

But it doesn't matter. Men, when they are passionate, maybe when Qin Huaijin asks him, Emperor Yongjia will tell her that pillow talk has been very useful since ancient times.

In fact, Qin Huaijin also said to keep half and half, so it gave Qin Liuse unlimited imagination.

Qin Huaijin was a member of the Empress Dowager Dong's palace, so naturally he could guess what was going on with the Queen and Concubine Xian, and that it was closely related to the Empress Dowager Dong and Wei Lanxin.

Wei Lanxin and Empress Dowager Dong disliked the former queen as an eyesore and a block to their position, so they tried every means to get rid of her as soon as possible and make way for Wei Lanxin.

Later, Qin Huaijin also speculated about the matter of Concubine Xian. It was probably because Concubine Xian knew something that the Empress Dowager Dong wanted to kill two birds with one stone by killing her.

Then she made it look like suicide so that people would think she committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

Because of the death of the former queen, Concubine Xian couldn't rest in peace, so she couldn't help committing suicide. In this way, she guided others.

However, these were just Qin Huaijin's own guesses. She had no evidence and did not dare to blame Empress Dowager Dong and Wei Lanxin.

She was close to Empress Dowager Dong's Cining Palace, and Qin Huaijin was afraid that if she told Emperor Yongjia what she was thinking, he would think that she was involved and would end up implicating her.

So last night, Emperor Yongjia asked a few questions about Qin Huaijin. Qin Huaijin thought about it for a while and then whispered in Emperor Yongjia's ear.

Qin Huaijin told him that when the late queen was alive, Wei Lanxin always complained that it was because of the late queen that Emperor Yongjia did not favor her.

All these things were done to put the blame on the late empress for not having the emperor's favor.

At the end of his speech, Qin Huaijin successfully saw the coldness in Emperor Yongjia's eyes.

Emperor Yongjia asked her again what Wei Lanxin's personality was like, and Qin Huaijin had a lot to say.

She pretended to be pitiful and said that Wei Lanxin relied on her childhood friendship with the Ninth Prince and looked down on ordinary concubines with arrogance.

Qin Huaijin was naturally not stupid enough to speak ill of Wei Lanxin directly. Instead, she cited several examples of how she treated servants and unfavored talents and beauties. This way, Emperor Yongjia could find out if he wanted to, and he couldn't blame her.

Although Emperor Yongjia did not react much after listening to it, Qin Huaijin knew that he was unhappy about it, because after talking about this, Emperor Yongjia had the lights turned off.

From this, Qin Huaijin deduced that it was impossible for Emperor Yongjia to keep Wei Lanxin.

However, Qin Huaijin still felt a little regretful that he couldn't let Wei Lanxin suffer a complete defeat.

Qin Liuse lay on the beauty couch with her eyes closed, and now she knew that Qin Huaijin had come here deliberately to make her unhappy.

After listening to Qin Huaijin, Qin Liuse smiled and said to her, "Since this is the case, sister can rest assured."

"But even if she leaves, there will be a bunch of new people coming in tomorrow. Sister, just keep calm, otherwise this life will be an endless torture."

Qin Huaijin is still just a talented person, and she is really afraid that too many newcomers will come in and steal her limelight and suppress her, so the better.

For a moment, he became angry again, gave Qin Liuse a cold look and left.

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The next day, the sky was clear and the blue sky was vast.

Outside the Golden Palace, there were beautiful girls standing everywhere, which seemed to make the beautiful weather look even more brilliant and dazzling.

During this period of time, Qin Liuse has retired after completing his mission. Those who expressed their opinions today were mainly Emperor Yongjia and Empress Dowager Dong.

Emperor Yongjia and Empress Dowager Dong had not arrived yet. She, Concubine Xiao De, and Li Chongyuan stood in the hall and took a final inventory of all the items on the scene.

The beautiful ladies outside the palace had their eyes full of anticipation. They had been in the palace for less than half a month and had not yet seen Emperor Yongjia. Their hearts were pounding as if they were going to meet their lovers.

Li Chongyuan whispered in Qin Liuse's ear, "I don't know which newcomers will be able to catch the emperor and the empress dowager's eyes. After they meet the emperor, they will be distributed to the clan members. Some will be happy while others will be sad."

With so many beautiful women, Emperor Yongjia certainly would not take them all for himself.

The people here will come in to see the emperor later. Emperor Yongjia and Empress Dowager Dong nodded and stayed.

For those who stayed behind, small portraits would be sent to the desk of Emperor Yongjia, who would decide which ones he wanted.

Some of them were kept to serve him, and some were distributed to other relatives and nobles.

In the capital, there are many noble families who are unmarried or waiting to remarry or take in concubines.

Qin Liuse was also a person who had selected concubines. Looking at the faces that were full of expectations for the future and shyness towards their future husbands, she felt a little emotional for a moment.

The second half of a concubine's life is entirely determined by the emperor's every stroke of the pen.

When the auspicious time arrived, Emperor Yongjia and Empress Dowager Dong took their seats, and the people from the Shanggong Bureau arranged the procedures.

Six beauties entered the hall in a group. When the eunuch read out their names, they stepped forward to pay their respects.

Zhu Wanxi then decided whether they should stay or go based on Emperor Yongjia's wishes.

Those who stayed enjoyed the flowers, and those who left enjoyed the jade pendants.

Those who admire the jade pendants can pack up and go home after leaving this door.

Qin Liuse watched silently at the side as the beauties came in groups. When they looked up and saw Emperor Yongjia, they blushed with shyness and wanted to buy their heads.

They also tilted their necks slightly, as if they were afraid that Emperor Yongjia could not see their faces clearly.

When they were learning the rules in the past, these people had their own personalities, but who would have thought that when in front of Emperor Yongjia, they were all shy and well-behaved.

When a girl meets a man she likes, she looks so shy.

Qin Liuse smiled without saying anything, raised his head and glanced at Emperor Yongjia who was sitting on the throne. He was born with such a good appearance that he was very deceptive.

But after just one encounter, he won over most of the girls' hearts.

By then, those beauties who were eliminated or assigned to royal families would probably cry their hearts out.

Those who can pass five gates and kill six generals to enter the golden palace to meet the emperor are not born ugly. Therefore, Qin Liuse did not know what criteria Emperor Yongjia used to select people.

All I could hear was Zhu Wanxi's constant voice passing on messages.

"Give me flowers!"

"Give me a jade pendant!"

"Give me a jade pendant!"

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Emperor Yongjia took time out of his busy schedule to hold the beauty contest. Within two days, the list of concubines assigned by Emperor Yongjia came out.

For a moment, one could hear several concubines crying loudly when they learned that they were assigned to powerful and meritorious officials.

Of course, there were also those who caught the emperor's eye and stayed, and they were so happy that they lost themselves in joy.

Emperor Yongjia did not visit the new bride immediately. Instead, the concubines in the harem were very interested in the beauties and were wondering who would be the first lucky winner.

However, even though he had not yet visited the harem, the palace was not busy, because Xin Zhaoyuan and the little princess, who had traveled a long distance back to the capital from the northwest villa, would be arriving soon.

The messenger ahead of the carriage returning to the capital came back first to report that they would be able to reach the imperial city tomorrow.

The harem was bustling again for a while, because of this trip, there were not only Xin Zhaoyuan and the little princess, but also several talented women and Baolin, all of whom were old people who had never returned from there before.

Xin Zhaoyuan stayed there to take care of her pregnancy and give birth. Those concubines who had no children naturally could not come back on their own. They could only pretend that they would stay to serve Xin Zhaoyuan and the little princess, and that was why they came back only now.

So after finishing the selection, Concubine Xiao De and Li Chongyuan took Qin Liuse to prepare the palace for the new ladies and Xin Zhaoyuan to live in.

Xin Zhaoyuan could live in a palace alone as the main seat, so Emperor Yongjia allocated Chuxiu Palace to her. Princess Ningle, Xin Zhaoyuan, and several talented Baolin people who came back from the northwest lived here together.

It took a lot of effort to take care of everything. Because there was a little princess, I also had to keep an eye on the Shanggong Bureau to prepare everything for the little princess.

As for the rookie girl, the other sisters in the harem were extremely curious.

Since there is no empress now and no one appointed by Emperor Yongjia to manage the harem, the concubines do not have to pay respects to the emperor. They have some free time, but they miss the opportunity to get together for tea.

So many old concubines were curious about the new beauty, but none of them had the chance to see her.

Qin Liuse and Li Chongyuan were all participants in the beauty pageant, so they had all met Concubine Xiao De. So when a group of old friends came to stay in Concubine Ning Shu's palace, everyone was very curious and asked about their lives.

Qin Liuse found it funny in her heart. Because of the arrival of new people, they, the old group, seemed to be forced to unite a little bit.

Everyone couldn't help but ask Qin Liuse and Li Chongyuan about those beautiful ladies.

Xie Jieyu frowned and said, "I met one in the garden yesterday. The smell of powder on her body gave me a headache."

"A little fragrance is nothing, but not knowing etiquette is fatal." Meng Cairen complained, "When he bumped into me at the corner, the newcomer Baolin even asked me who I was and if I had any manners."

"That's not true." Cairen Zhou said eagerly, "At that time, Cairen Meng and I were relaxing together. But after we asked, the girl smiled and said, 'My sister has just entered the palace and is young. She doesn't know the etiquette and doesn't recognize people. I hope you can forgive her.' She is only one or two years younger than us and entered the palace more than half a year later. She really thinks she is so young."

The thought of having to deal with people like this in the future is daunting.

Concubine Ning Shu sat on the couch, holding her forehead, and complained in a low voice, "Buzzing, buzzing, it hurts my ears."

"Your Majesty, please find another virtuous concubine to take charge of things. Don't come to my place anymore. It's buzzing like a beehive."

Xie Jieyu asked Li Chongyuan, "Sister Li, how do these newcomers look? Are there any as beautiful as our Qin Jieyu? Beauty is secondary. I wonder if they are easy to get along with."

What could Li Chongyuan say? "They are just children who have just entered the palace. You will know for yourself when the time comes."

Now that the beauties have been selected and the people from the northwest have returned to the palace, the harem is left without a master. I'm sure that when Xin Zhaoyuan comes back, the emperor will definitely reorganize the harem.

We have to choose someone to take charge of the six palaces, otherwise it will be a mess.

Qin Liuse also urgently hoped that Emperor Yongjia would choose another person to take charge of the affairs, otherwise, with her status, her help would really just be help.

People like her and Li Chongyuan, whose positions were neither high nor low, could not control others and their words carried little weight, so it was really difficult for them to suppress their subordinates. They could only help Concubine Xiao De. Fortunately, Concubine Xiao De was there.

As for this group of beautiful girls, Qin Liuse knew that the Queen Mother Dong had promoted her own people again.

There is no other empress dowager who loves to put spies around the emperor so much.

For a moment, Qin Liuse thought of Wei Lanxin again. The matter of the late queen had to be resolved as soon as possible.

Otherwise, when Xin Zhaoyuan returns to the palace and the concubines are in the limelight again, if Emperor Yongjia chooses another empress, the momentum will be suppressed and Wei Lanxin's murder of the previous empress will be kept secret.

Moreover, by that time there will be more people in the harem, and it will be difficult to take action if someone is in charge.

We have to take advantage of now, when no one is in charge and the harem is in disarray, and resolve this matter quickly.