The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Seeing that the emperor was hesitant, Xie Yuzhen couldn't help but say a few soft words to push him. He himself was feeling confused at the moment, and it was no wonder that he felt uncomfortable with such a big thing sticking around.

It would be better to push it to the queen who is full of worries. Now this couple are his supporters, he must not let the support fall apart.

Although Xie Yuzhen knew very well that the emperor was going to push him up to share the empress's power, his own family had not yet developed. He really relied on the emperor to expand the Yongjia Marquisate and the power in his hands. If there were things in the future that were not convenient for him to know, Xie Yuzhen would be unable to do anything. It would be better for him to take advantage of the tug-of-war between the couple and leave room for himself to operate behind the scenes.

It doesn't matter who you hit, Xiao Xie thought about it and decided to have the best of both worlds and take them all.

Moreover, Xie Yu really had a hunch that as long as he had the ability and his position was promoted, the Queen would definitely not be unwilling to grant him the power of assistance. As the most honorable couple in the Great Sheng Dynasty, although they had significant differences in some areas, they were both generous enough!

If even a little bit of it leaks through my fingers, it would take a long time for someone like me with no foundation to digest.

Finally, the emperor was persuaded by Xie Yuzhen and went to Kunning Palace.

Xie Yuzhen sent him away, then rolled back into bed and had a good sleep. She got up at noon the next day and was putting on her makeup when she heard that Xu Ronghua was coming, so she quickly asked someone to invite her in.

"How is your health, sister?" Xu Ronghua first looked at Xie Yuzhen's rosy face and breathed a sigh of relief. "I just heard someone say that sister had a nightmare last night when I woke up this morning. I also thought that sister might need to sleep a little longer today. Sure enough, it's just right to come here at this time."

When she saw that Xie Yuzhen was fine, she relaxed a lot. However, Xu Ronghua only put her worries aside after Xie Yuzhen said in person that he was fine.

"It's just a nightmare. Why are you so scared?" Xie Yuzhen teased, "Did you go to the cold palace last night?"

Xu Ronghua was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "How did you know, sister?"

Xie Yuzhen pointed at Xu Ronghua from a distance and said, "You have two marks under your eyes that cannot be covered even with makeup. Who else in the palace can keep you awake except that Shen?"

In fact, the two gatekeepers in the cold palace had been secretly developed into Xie Yuzhen's own people. The news that Wen Baolin and Xu Ronghua had been to the cold palace one after another last night was reported to Xia Zhi early in the morning.

Xu Ronghua did not doubt it at all, and just kept saying yes, and then said: "Not only did I go there, Wen Baolin also went there, and they even had a big fight."

"Wen Baolin?" Xie Yuzhen smiled and said, "She usually looks well-behaved and well-behaved, but she actually did something so outrageous. It really shows the deep sisterly love."

Shen Nanliu got into trouble, and Wen Baolin was also implicated and put under house arrest. If someone got the news that she secretly went out to visit the cold palace at night, it would probably really annoy the emperor.

Although the current Marquis of Yuyang Mansion is not very responsible in family affairs, he is a good helper to the emperor in state affairs. Even the eldest master, who looks even more irrelevant, holds the position of Vice Minister in the Ministry of Revenue. In addition, they have a younger brother who is an official outside the capital.

It can be said that this is one of the few powerful families among the nobles. Therefore, although Shen Nanliu's madness displeased the emperor, the emperor only reprimanded and suspended the family from their duties for reflection because the family was still useful in the court. What's more, in addition to the adopted daughter, the Marquis of Yuyang also has a biological daughter in the palace, and this biological daughter is quite favored by the emperor... Therefore, in the end, the only one who was really hurt by Shen Nanliu's madness was herself.

"The Shen family has a lot of resentment towards Wen Baolin and the Yuyang Marquisate." Xu Ronghua hesitated to speak.

Xie Yuzhen glanced at her and said, "Ayuan, is there anything you can't say to me?"

"No... I'm just afraid of scaring my sister." Xu Ronghua looked at Xie Yuzhen's belly, "Even if my sister is brave, I'm afraid that saying it out loud will offend the little princess."

Xie Wei really understood: "Did Shen go?"

Xu Ronghua looked at her helplessly: "You really don't care about this."

"Life and death are normal. I only believe in ghosts that are useful to me." Xie Yuzhen stood up and asked Xia Zhi to serve the meal. "If it's a useless ghost... it's so useless, why should I be afraid of it?"

What’s more, Xie Yuzhen had just had a conversation with Heaven, and learned that he and the baby in his belly were truly blessed by heaven. Even strange creatures from other worlds were waiting for him to deal with, so what were local ghosts?

While waiting for the palace servants to bring up lunch, Xie Yuzhen pulled Xu Ronghua to the low couch and asked her, "Looking at you, it seems that you didn't kill Shen yourself."

Xu Ronghua couldn't help but sighed deeply: "Nothing can escape my sister's sharp eyes. She is a hateful person, but also a bit pitiful. Her situation in Yuyang Marquis's Mansion always reminds me of when I was still in the Liu family. But I didn't hold back because of this. It was her own change before she died..."

Shen Nanliu committed suicide.

She tore open the quilt, wore down the edges of a copper five-petal flower that she had secretly hidden, cut her arms repeatedly, and wrote a "blood letter" on the cloth with blood, leaving the arms and legs missing.

Shen Nanliu was not very literate, and Xu Ronghua just watched silently beside her. The blood letter roughly said that she was not the daughter of the Shen family, but the daughter of a prostitute bought by the master of the Yuyang Marquis's mansion from a flower boat in the south, and pretended to be the daughter of a branch of the Shen family. Because she looked similar to Wen Baolin, the master often used her to vent his resentment towards the Yuyang Marquis's family. When he heard that the palace was going to choose a concubine, he had a perverse idea to nominate herself for the selection.

Blood kept flowing from Shen Nanliu's arm. Xu Ronghua, who was watching, felt the pain, but she didn't cry. Instead, there was a strange and satisfied smile on her face.

She wrote that she knew that she was of humble status and had lost her chastity, and was not worthy of the position of a concubine. She could only continue to have a place in the palace because of the emperor and empress's pity. However, she was so worried, angry and frightened that she became mentally confused, violated palace rules, offended the empress and harmed others. Now she was willing to die to atone for her sins, and only asked that her body be preserved after death. If pardoned, she begged His Majesty to have mercy and send her body back to Jiangnan to reunite with her mother who was drowned in the river because she refused to sell her daughter.

Then Xu Ronghua watched Shen Nanliu hang herself with the long cloth covered with blood words.

She returned to Yuchunju in a daze and did not sleep all night.

Following Xu Ronghua's trembling narration, Xie Yuzhen could not help but remain silent: "...The final blow was indeed ruthless."

only......

Xie Yuzhen didn't think Shen Nanliu's last struggle before death would have much effect.

The Yuyang Marquis Mansion, the home of an important official...but more importantly.

Royal face!

The Emperor and the Empress would not allow such a huge scandal to spread out, and the eldest master of the Shen family, who had done the evil deed, had already been punished once because of his adopted daughter. There was no rule in Dasheng that a concubine's suicide would implicate her family, so the Emperor might be cautious and remember this incident, waiting to catch him doing wrong and deal with him together. However, Shen Nanliu's injustice was destined not to be exposed to the world and gain publicity.