After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Zheng Yan glanced at me, sighed deeply, said nothing, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, and said: "Your father should be back to the capital soon. Xihe State has been pacified. He will stay in the capital and will not go to the border again. Xihe State can submit to our country. Your father has made great contributions, so the position of queen must belong to the Marshal's Mansion."

Having said this, Zheng Yan couldn't continue and lowered his head as if he was thinking about something.

Although I am only seventeen years old now, I am no longer seventeen years old. I have long passed the age of palpitations. I understand Zheng Yan's regret, but I cannot respond.

I looked at Zheng Yan in silence. He was almost twenty years old, and it was already late for him to take a wife at this age.

Seeing that I didn't say anything, Zheng Yan finally sighed deeply, turned around and left without saying a word.

The next day when the audition was held, He Wan'er sent someone to call me to go with her, but I declined.

The relationships between these concubines are complicated and it would be bad to offend any of them. I'd better lie down obediently, eat and drink. Why should I suffer?

Who knew that Zheng Yan would come again at night.

At this time, I was ready to rest. Just as I took off my coat, I heard the announcement from outside: "Your Majesty has arrived!"

I couldn't help but roll my eyes. This is really never going to end!

Yang quickly helped me put on my coat and put a cloak on me, wrapping me up tightly. I was sweating from the heat, but Yang refused to let me take off the cloak.

Zheng Yan hurried in, not caring whether I was going to rest or not, and asked, "Today is the day of the talent show. You are the Queen Mother, why don't you go and help?"

You are not my son, so why should I be so anxious to help you choose a wife?

But I really didn't dare to say these words out loud. I sighed and said, "I'm so young and so beautiful. I'm afraid those girls will feel inferior if I go."

God knows how long it took me to come up with such a reason.

Who knew that Zheng Yan actually believed it? He couldn't help but burst into laughter, and his gloomy face relaxed a lot.

Zheng Yan said: "Ah Man, Ah Man, I like your personality, you are not pretentious."

I snorted inwardly but remained calm on the surface.

I glanced out the window and said, "It's getting late. Your Majesty should go back and rest. Tomorrow, the beauties will appear before the Emperor. Your Majesty will have to spend some time selecting the one you like."

Zheng Yan looked at me deeply, which eventually turned into a deep sigh. He turned and left without saying goodbye.

Seeing Zheng Yan always coming to my palace, Yang felt uncomfortable and was always worried that something might happen. After thinking about it, she decided to remind me, "The Marshal is about to arrive in Beijing. How about we stay in the Marshal's Mansion for a few days and wait for him to return to Beijing?"

I think this is a good suggestion. I stay in the palace all day long, and there are always people I don’t want to see hanging around in front of me, which is really annoying.

So I said to Yang: "Well, after the harem has a new master, I'm afraid it won't be so peaceful anymore. It's better to go back to the Marshal's Mansion and live freely."

When Yang heard this, she was very happy and hurried to pack her things. She also missed her son, and she was very happy to hear that her son got the first place in this monthly exam again.

Yingchun also likes to go back to the Marshal's Mansion. Panchun, Wangchun and Xichun, who went out of the palace with her to serve me, are not married yet. They get along like sisters. Every time they go back, they always have endless things to talk about.

But when we were preparing to leave the palace, we received news that Concubine Gui was dying.

It was said that Zheng Yan and He Wan'er were still in the selection process when the eunuch came hurriedly to report that Concubine Gui was dying.

In the end, He Wan'er insisted on finishing the show before heading to the Laurel Palace.

If Concubine Gui died, I would have to stay in the palace to see her off. Damn it, if I had left home a day earlier, I could have found an excuse not to return to the palace. Man proposes, God disposes.

When I rushed to the Laurel Palace, I saw Zhao Fangping lying on Concubine Gui and crying his heart out. Even I couldn't help but be moved.

After I pissed off Concubine Gui, her health deteriorated. If she rested and didn't worry about anything, she would have lived another year or two, but she had given up on living. After I left, she went on a hunger strike and strangled herself.

Although Zheng Yan disliked Concubine Gui, she was a concubine after all, so he ordered a funeral to be held according to the standards for a concubine.

As the funeral bell rang again and again, the entire imperial city had not yet recovered from the grief of Zheng Xian's funeral, and the funeral bell rang again.

It's really unfortunate.

I had foreseen the fate of Concubine Gui long ago. I would not pity her, nor would I shed a tear for her, but I still had to put on some pretense. Besides, her status was higher than mine, so I had to pretend.

But I still underestimated the concubine's funeral. Going through all the ceremonies would have broken my old waist, so I pretended to be sick and refused to go the next day.

Zheng Yan didn't dare to force me to go, and He Wan'er was even less brave, so I was the only one in the entire palace who closed the door and lived a happy life in secret.

I finally waited until the funeral of Concubine Gui, and I had to attend the funeral "while sick". After the funeral procession left the palace, I went straight back to the Marshal's Mansion.

Many people along the way saw me running away, but no one dared to say anything.

I spent several days leisurely in the Marshal's Mansion. I didn't have to see the annoying Zhao Fang every day, nor did I have to look at Zheng Yanru's face covered by thick fog. I felt very comfortable.

Unfortunately, since Gongsun Wen became regent, he has rarely seen anyone else.

Every now and then he would send someone to deliver some little gadgets to me. Knowing that I liked reading books and practicing calligraphy, he would search around for some books and calligraphy to send to me.

The medical clinic and school that I funded were also under construction in full swing. I visited them several times. They were not large in scale, but had a square layout and the designer had obviously put a lot of thought into them.

During the time I lived in the Marshal's Mansion, I would go to Changchun Hall at the home of Imperial Physician Sun to help out when I had nothing to do. Since Zhao Fangping was accompanying Concubine Gui's funeral to the Imperial Mausoleum, he could not come back for more than a month. I felt particularly comfortable when Zhao Fangping was not around.

Not long after, news came that Zhao Zhenyuan had arrived outside the capital.

We called Jinping back, and the three of us went out of the city gate to greet him.

Many common people also learned that Dayu the God of War had returned from a great victory, and they all spontaneously came to line the streets to welcome him back.

We waited at the city gate for a while, and then we saw Zheng Yan arriving at the city gate escorted by a large number of guards.

When everyone saw Zheng Yan, they all knelt down to pay their respects. I wanted to kneel down too, but Zheng Yan held me back and said, "The Concubine Shu is not feeling well, so forget it."

Not long after we left the palace, Yingchun got news from somewhere that Zheng Yan had favored several concubines, and the concubines he had favored were given positions afterwards.

I felt that Zheng Yan rolled around with women every day, and I didn't know how many women his hands had touched. I naturally felt uncomfortable. I took a step back, broke free from Zheng Yan's hands, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration."