Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 142: Legend of Zhen Huan 14

Bao Que finally found an opportunity to explain the situation in the harem to An Changzai in detail, and even questioned Aunt Fangruo who taught her and Wanpin the rules: "When Wanpin entered the palace, she was only a concubine, but I also saw that Wanpin lived in the main hall of Suiyuxuan as soon as she entered the palace, and even accepted the service of the head aunt and the head eunuch. It must be that Suiyuxuan is located in a remote area and no one else has been there. Otherwise, this matter would be a crime of usurpation. Even with Wanpin's current favor, it would be a serious injury!"

An Changzai would certainly not forget why they were confined to the palace and made to copy the palace rules as soon as they entered. Even if one copied the palace rules a hundred times without paying much attention, one would at least remember the important parts. So An Changzai still felt a little scared when she thought about it now.

Bao Que glanced at An Changzai lovingly and quietly, "In fact, from my knowledge, there are many things about Wanpin that cannot be explained by a royal concubine. You are just a small concubine, and you and Wanpin did not have the convenience of growing up together. We should be more cautious."

Hearing Baoque's implicit advice to her to stay away from Wanpin and Hui Guiren, An Changzai felt a little amused and helpless. This diluted a lot of the bitterness from before. However, she was grateful for Wanpin's help and she would continue to use Baoque in the future, so she could only tell Baoque everything that happened before she entered the palace.

But Baoque said as soon as she heard it: "Wanpin may have helped you with some sincerity, but it was probably more of a desire to win over you, young master."

"Besides, your moving into the Zhen Mansion has more disadvantages than advantages. As soon as you moved in, you lost a nanny who should have taught you the rules. As soon as you entered the palace, you made a big fool of yourself and were punished."

Without waiting for An Changzai to refute, Bao Que continued, "Think about it, even if you were short of money and lived in an inn, but the news of your selection spread, the innkeeper certainly couldn't give you a yard, but would he be reluctant to let you stay there for half a month?"

When An Changzai was at home, she sold embroidery to support her family. After Baojuan mentioned it to her, she understood what Baojuan meant. She felt that Wanpin was just treating her and Hui Guiren differently. But to put it bluntly, they had not had any fatal conflicts so far. Moreover, she just realized that Wanpin was indeed better friends with Hui Guiren, and she and Hui Guiren knew each other because of Wanpin.

Bao Que thought of Wanpin's maid Huanbi and said directly, "And I think Wanpin's maid Huanbi is not honest. She is increasingly disdainful of you and Hui Guiren. Wanpin has not disciplined Huanbi for such a long time, which shows that Huanbi's actions are more or less approved by her."

An Changzai was suddenly speechless and could no longer say the words she had prepared. After all, she had personally felt Huanbi's contempt for her, and this was also the root cause of her gradual resentment towards Wanpin.

An Changzai remained silent, and Baoque could not continue to persuade her to surrender to Concubine Jin. After all, even though An Changzai had been living in the Yanx Palace, she was obviously more enthusiastic about Sui Yuxuan. Concubine Jin was indeed a generous master, but no matter how generous she was, she was not without temper. If An Changzai had not sincerely surrendered to Concubine Jin, Concubine Jin would probably have ignored her at all.

The emperor was preparing to set off for the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat, but the empress dowager was unable to get up, so the empress had to stay and take care of her. Concubine Hua happily packed her things.

Then there was Yi Xin. After all, she was pregnant. The imperial physician said it was okay, so the emperor certainly couldn't leave Yi Xin behind.

Next were the two favored concubines, Concubine Wan and Concubine Hui, as well as Concubine Qi, and the two princesses’ biological mothers, Concubine Xin and Concubine Cao.

Finally, Concubine Hua also added Concubine Jing and Concubine Li. After Concubine Xia acted coquettishly in front of Yi Xin a few times, Yi Xin brought Concubine Xia along as well.

As a result, only a few concubines, including Concubine Duan, Concubine Zhen, Concubine Chun and Concubine An, were left in the palace.

Because Yi Xin was a pregnant woman who was most afraid of the heat, the emperor arranged for Yi Xin to live in Zai Shui Yi Fang, and Concubine Xia still lived with Yi Xin.

Yi Xin came to the Old Summer Palace and immediately became interested. She picked up the system and ordered, "Let's build one for the Old Summer Palace, one with a large fountain, the kind that combines the Changchun Garden."

The system stuck out its tongue and pretended to be dead: "No!"

Yi Xin put the system down gently, rubbed his furry little head, and chuckled, "I know there will be one, right?"

No matter how the system cried and begged, Yi Xin happily took Sang'er and Xizhu out. Because Aunt Chen asked to stay in the Yanxi Palace to look after the house, Zhang Deshun followed. With Zhang Deshun in charge, Yi Xin lived a very comfortable life.

Xizhu had already inquired about it. The Old Summer Palace was very spacious and had beautiful scenery. However, Yixin was very interested in the Yingzhou Island at the moment. After all, an emperor had been trapped to death there. Well, he was the descendant of the Fourth Master.

Xizhu supported Yixin while introducing Yingzhou Island, "Yingzhou Island was built to imitate the fairy mountain overseas, but there is only a small palace on it, and it has been in disrepair for a long time, so there is nothing to see."

Yi Xin smiled happily at Xi Zhu with a little pride, saying, "It's okay. I just want to walk in a different direction. The lotus flowers ahead are blooming beautifully. It would be nice if we could pick some tender lotus leaves to make porridge."

Sang'er quickly advised: "Lotus leaves are cold in nature. Your Highness is pregnant, so it's not suitable to use them..."

Yi Xin was not annoyed, still smiling, turned around and said to her: "I won't eat, I'll just watch you guys eat, okay?"

When Xizhu heard this, she quickly called out to the two young eunuchs who were leading the way, "Hurry up, listen to your Majesty. Today, we can also take advantage of your Majesty's light and taste the first crop of fresh lotus leaves."

There was a lot of noise and cheering here, until a bird with an arrow falling from the sky broke the harmony.

A young eunuch quickly picked up the bird that was still dripping blood and replied from a distance: "Madam, look at the mark, this arrowhead belongs to Prince Guo. The emperor did summon Prince Guo to the palace to talk today."

Yi Xin lost interest immediately, but still smiled, "Then you should return it quickly. I will go back slowly."

As she said this, she asked Sang'er to give purses to a few young eunuchs who were sitting in a boat picking lotus flowers and leaves. Yi Xin held Xizhu's hand and walked back slowly, with no intention of joining the emperor in the fun.

However, she did not join in the fun, but Concubine Wan joined in without any hesitation, and was seen by Concubine Cao who was taking Princess Wen Yi out. She went back and told Concubine Hua about it.

Hua Fei was worried that she couldn't find a proper reason to punish Wanpin, but Wanpin herself handed the handle to her. She immediately wanted to find someone to scold Wanpin for not knowing etiquette and getting close to a man outside, but was stopped by Cao Guiren.

"Your Majesty, Wanpin is the most favored concubine in the harem. Even if the emperor really violated a taboo, even if he had a grudge against Wanpin, he would still go easy on her to protect his own face."

"We can't do anything to Wanpin directly now, why don't we use Hui Guiren to stir up trouble?"

Only then did Concubine Hua stop moving to leave, and sat back down, directly forcing Concubine Cao to make a decision quickly. She wanted to inflict heavy damage on Concubine Wan and her group.