Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 180: Legend of Zhen Huan 50

The news that Concubine Wan and Concubine An had taken some things to the cold palace soon reached Concubine Guaerjia's ears. Relying on her favor in front of the emperor, she took the opportunity to report Concubine Wan while accompanying him. She even linked Concubine Wan's behavior with deceiving the emperor. Su Peisheng felt sorry for her when he saw it.

The emperor called out to Su Peisheng, who immediately stepped forward and replied, "I just happened to know about this. Lady An brought two large food boxes of long-lasting snacks, a package of silk thread, two rolls of old fabric, and a pound of last year's tea."

"Noble Lady Wan gave two baskets of charcoal and two books to Commoner Shen. The three chatted for a while. I have not yet found out what they talked about, but Commoner Shen later packed two plates of snacks, one for the housekeeper in the cold palace, and the other for an old abandoned concubine of the late emperor."

Su Peisheng quietly raised his eyes to check the emperor's face, and found that he was looking at the memorial in his hand without changing his expression, so he continued: "The Imperial Concubine is in charge of the distribution of the entire palace. Your Majesty, although the Imperial Concubine only checks the accounts every month, she can't stand the fact that the Chief Steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prince Ding, is still her cousin's husband. So she said that no one is allowed to deduct the share of the share. The share of the cold palace is sufficient, and no one dares to deduct it."

"It's just that, after all, those who are sent to the cold palace are all criminals, so the supplies for these criminals are naturally not as good as those for others. Shen Shuren has never suffered hardship before, so he must have been a bit extravagant at the beginning, and then all the arrangements were made properly later."

As he spoke, Su Peisheng described in detail the predicament Shen Meizhuang faced when she had just moved into the cold palace. The emperor felt relieved just by his imagination, but the smile on his face was only fleeting. Only Su Peisheng, who was familiar with him, saw it. Noble Lady Guarjia was grinding ink nearby and thought that Su Peisheng was being very nagging, even though the emperor clearly didn't want to listen.

But she still emphasized: "But it's not appropriate for Concubine Wan and Concubine An to bring so many things to the cold palace to visit Concubine Shen. Are they getting close to Concubine Shen to show that they are living a good life, or are they simply dissatisfied with the emperor's treatment that day?"

The emperor felt that he could no longer tolerate the stupidity of Concubine Guaerjia, and directly attributed her to the same person as the deposed Concubine Li, who only had a decent face, but was a complete fool inside, and could not read people's faces, which made people disgusted.

After Concubine Guaerjia walked out of the Qianqing Palace, she never got the chance to accompany the emperor again. It took her more than a month to realize that she had fallen out of favor!

The friendship between Noble Lady Fucha and Noble Lady An remained the same, and Noble Lady An even became closer to Noble Lady Fucha. After all, in her opinion, apart from the Queen, Noble Lady Fucha was the only one willing to help. Even though Noble Lady Fucha didn't help at all in the end, she just remembered this favor from Noble Lady Fucha.

And Noble Lady Fucha could see that Noble Lady An was a person who would repay a favor, so she gave Noble Lady An an idea, asking her to find an idle job for her father in the capital that was not prone to making mistakes. This would also make it convenient for her to take care of her blind mother from time to time.

Noble Lady An was tempted, but she could not help at all. Noble Lady Fucha suggested that she could ask for an official position when the emperor was happy, but Noble Lady An could only think about it in her heart and dared not talk about it in front of the emperor. Even though she had figured out that everyone has their own advantages, this was useless when facing the emperor.

Noble Lady Fucha had no choice but to give up. After all, she didn't have the capital to ask her family to invest at the moment. She said all this only because of Noble Lady An's sincerity to her. As for whether Noble Lady An would listen or not, and whether she would do it after listening, she had no control over it.

And Noble Lady Fucha noticed that Noble Lady Guaerjia had reported Noble Lady An and Noble Lady Wan in front of the emperor, but it only caused her to fall out of favor, so she suspected that the emperor wanted to take Concubine Shen out of the cold palace.

Noble Lady Fucha was clear-headed. She knew that she came to the palace to share the favor with the Imperial Concubine, and she knew even more that as long as the Imperial Concubine was still around, she would have no chance of obtaining a high position.

To be honest, she didn't have any bad intentions towards Yi Xin. Although she wanted a high position, she didn't think she could climb up by harming others, so her main goal at the moment was to have a child.

If there was another prince from the Fucha clan in the palace, the emperor would probably trust them even more, and she would at least be able to have the position of a concubine.

Noble Lady Fucha had a good idea, but there were many people eyeing the remaining position of concubine. Especially at the end of the year, the emperor said he wanted to confer titles on the harem, and even Noble Lady Xiang had thoughts about it.

Concubine Duan had her eyes on the remaining position of Imperial Concubine, and at the same time she also wanted to get rid of Concubine Nian, so that Concubine Wan and Concubine Yu would occupy the two vacant positions.

Of course, Yupin herself wanted a promotion and a raise, but she also knew that she was not the only one who thought so, so she kept her composure and behaved as usual, which made the emperor look at her differently and confirm Yupin's position as the first one.

As soon as the imperial edict to confer the title of Concubine Yu was issued, Concubine Wan became determined to make Concubine Nian have a miserable New Year.

In her anxiety, she came up with a bad idea. She first asked the emperor to move back to Suiyuxuan. The emperor knew why she wanted to move to Chengqian Palace at the risk of offending Yi Xin, but he couldn't understand why she wanted to go back to Suiyuxuan now. After all, the emperor felt that Suiyuxuan was a bit unlucky.

However, Concubine Wan was so gentle and considerate, just like the Empress Chunyuan at that time, that the emperor could not say anything to refuse. He had to nod and agree, and also promised to promote Concubine Wan to Concubine Wan.

When Yi Xin saw Concubine Wan coming to say goodbye, even though she knew that Concubine Wan might be up to something, she felt that it would be better for her if she moved out, so she gave her a gift and sent her away politely.

The fact that Concubine Wan moved to Suiyuxuan soon attracted the attention of Concubine Nian. These days, not only Concubine Wan was thinking about Concubine Nian, but Concubine Nian was also very concerned about Concubine Wan. The two of them inexplicably reached the point of a life-and-death feud.

Concubine Nian wanted to take advantage of the good opportunity when Concubine Wan just moved out and simply set fire to Suiyuxuan and burn Concubine Wan to death, but she didn't expect to be opposed by Songzhi.

Songzhi advised Concubine Nian, "Your Majesty, although our lives are a little too quiet now, I see that you look a lot younger than before! Anyway, the Emperor has failed you, so why are you still fighting for that useless favor of the Emperor and ruining your good life?"

Songzhi deeply hated the emperor for deceiving Concubine Nian, but she knew that Concubine Nian could not let go of the Nian family, so Concubine Nian did not go astray when the musk in Huanyi incense was revealed. Anyway, she felt that her current life was not bad. After all, it was better for the Nian family to have a concubine in the palace than to have no one.

But Concubine Nian was unwilling to accept this. That day, Concubine Wan revealed that musk was added to Huanyi incense. She was indeed angry and indignant. But the emperor happened to arrive and punished Concubine Wan for her. In addition, she thought that it was not entirely the emperor's fault that the child was born, so she still had some mercy on the emperor.

"Noble Lady Wan is a flatterer, but I don't believe she has any true feelings for the Emperor. The Emperor and I have been married for almost twenty years, and I can't bear to see the Emperor's love wasted on a piece of trash like Zhen Huan."

However, before Concubine Nian could take any action, a fire broke out in Suiyuxuan. Concubine Wan had half of her hair burned and her arms were scalded. The maid Liuzhu inhaled too much smoke into her lungs and died after having a high fever for several days. In addition, Cui Jinxi's throat was damaged by the smoke. Although she could speak, her voice became rougher than that of a man. If Concubine Wan had not insisted, Cui Jinxi would have been transferred to some idle position.