The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Wherever Deng Qingsui wanted to live, the three sisters would move there together; Deng Qingsui liked magnolias, so their yard would be planted with magnolias; Deng Qingsui was in poor health and had to take medicine and eat vegetarian food every month, so even if they were not sick, they would accompany her every bite.

They say that they have a deep sisterly love and treat each other equally, and they should have everything that Deng Qingsui has, but what is the reality?

They live like the shadow of Deng Qingsui, the shadow of the loving sisters.

This seems to be a very fair situation on the surface, but the treatment in mainland China is very different. Who wouldn't feel resentful?

At least Deng Qinglan himself couldn't enjoy it.

Not long after being led out of the Cining Palace by the palace servants, Deng Qinglan saw a skinny little girl emerging from the flowers not far away. The maid in front of her stopped immediately and shouted in surprise, "Your Highness the Fourth Princess!"

Not long after she finished speaking, everyone saw several people chasing after the Fourth Princess. Leading the group was a young woman wearing a countess's dress. She was also very thin and did not run fast. Following behind her were several palace maids who wanted to rush forward but did not dare to.

Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, the fourth princess stood up, patted the dirt on her hands, and looked back at the lady: "Hurry up."

After saying that, he looked at the nanny who was leading the way and said, "You seem to be the aunt of the Royal Grandmother?"

"Yes, I'm Hu Pan, a female official in the Cining Palace. May I ask why Your Highness is here?" Hu Pan squatted down, and seeing that the Fourth Princess did not resist his approach, he took small steps towards her to prevent her from suddenly running away.

The fourth princess' cheeks were red: "My mother is ill, and she wants to see the wife of the Shunyi Earl."

She recited the words that Liu Shuyi had given her long ago: "So Baohui came to see Lady Shunyi."

Hu Pan slowly approached, first took the Fourth Princess's hand, wiped her with a handkerchief, and then tested the Fourth Princess's temperature. She heaved a sigh of relief when she found nothing abnormal - she knew that Liu Shuyi was under house arrest, but she couldn't say this to the Fourth Princess.

Moreover, after the fourth princess returned to Liu Shuyi, she became spoiled in just one or two months.

"Don't stop us, I still have to go and reply to my mother!" The fourth princess thought for a moment and said, "If you delay my mother's business, you will be stripped of your pants and beaten with a stick!"

Hu Pan could only speak softly and coax her with a smile. In his heart, he felt a little resentful towards Liu Shuyi for asking a five-year-old child to run out alone to pass on the message. This mother was too irritating.

While talking.

Mrs. Shunyi also rushed over.

Obviously, Marquis Shunyi had no intention of observing filial piety for the deceased Hong. Even his own mother, the old lady, died. He found an excuse and married a young wife while still maintaining the mourning period.

The newly appointed wife of the Marquis of Shunyi was a merchant's daughter, only seventeen years old, with the surname Miao. Her father saw it as a great opportunity to marry into the rank of marquis, so without further ado he married his daughter to the Marquis of Shunyi, who was about the same age as himself, and gave her a large dowry, hoping that with a marquis as son-in-law, his business would be able to reach new heights.

Miao was young and had been raised in seclusion, so she knew nothing about the ins and outs of the homes of high-ranking officials in the capital. She only knew that her future husband was of prominent status, a marquis, and had a daughter who was a queen in the palace and was the princess's in-laws.

As for age... it doesn't matter if she is a little old. The older you are, the earlier you die. I just need to be patient for a few more years, and I will be able to jump from a lowly merchant girl to the old lady of a marquis's mansion!

Miao, who entered the palace to mourn as usual, was shocked when she suddenly saw the Fourth Princess coming to find her alone. However, the Fourth Princess was young after all, and her words were not very clear. She only told Miao that Liu Shuyi had summoned her.

Miao didn't quite understand these rules, so she wanted to follow the Fourth Princess to Yanzhang Palace.

But the palace servants in the mourning hall were not ignorant of the rules. They tried to stop them and picked up the fourth princess and sent her back. However, although the fourth princess looked weak, she was very agile and had good physical strength. She would point at anyone who dared to pick her up and say she would beat him with a stick.

So after the commotion, the scene became that the Fourth Princess was running in front, and Miao and a group of palace maids were chasing after her.

After listening to the explanation of the palace maid who had chased after him, Hu Pan turned around and apologized to the three sisters who were waiting on the side, then immediately returned to the Cining Palace to ask the empress dowager how to deal with the matter.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother knew that Liu Shuyi was up to no good again, so she ordered Hu Pan to take people over and forcibly bring the fourth princess back. As for Miao... since Liu Shuyi was willing to let her daughter run around alone in order to see her stepmother, then let her see her.

just.

It is easy to enter the palace to pay a visit, but it is difficult to spread the message out.

After receiving the empress dowager's order, the servants of Cining Palace forcibly took the fourth princess away regardless of her throwing tantrums and crying. Another nanny also took Miao to Yanzhang Palace.

When they arrived, they happened to see Xie Yuzhen kicking open the door of the main hall and loudly calling Liu Shuyi a fool.

Hearing this not-at-all-elegant curse, Miao looked up at Xie Yuzhen with great curiosity - she herself was always looked down upon as vulgar because of her identity as a merchant's daughter, so she tried her best to imitate the manners and conversation of the wives of officials, for fear of incurring dislike from Marquis Shunyi and Liu Shuyi!

Xie Yuzhen was reminded by the palace servants and then she realized that someone else had come. One of them was the maid she had met in the Cining Palace. She immediately smiled and asked, "Why are the maids here? Who is this one?"

The nanny bowed slightly and said, "To answer Concubine Zhao Guipin, this person is the wife of the Marquis Shunyi. The Fourth Princess went to the mourning hall to summon her on behalf of Concubine Shuyi."

Xie Yuzhen raised an eyebrow and said, "How is the Fourth Princess? When I came back from the Shanggong Bureau, I happened to meet Aunt Jia who was very worried about the Fourth Princess' fever!"

"The fourth princess is fine, your majesty can rest assured, she is now with the queen mother." The nanny also smiled, "Children's illnesses come and go quickly, the fourth princess can run and jump, she is very lively, please rest assured, your majesty."

Hearing what the nanny meant, Xie Yuzhen looked at Liu Shuyi and said, "I'm so sorry. I just blamed Madam Shuyi wrongly. But it's true. How could a mother be so cruel as to torture her seriously ill daughter?"

Her tone was full of sarcasm. Liu Shuyi snorted and didn't respond to her words: "I have something important to discuss with the Lady of Shunyi. Could you please step aside for a moment?"

Xie Yuzhen blinked and said, "Madam Shuyi, are you going to plot to harm someone again?"

She sneered, "There are no pregnant women in the palace now who can harm you... However, Madam Shuyi really needs to have a good talk with her family while there is still time. I can understand you, Madam, please follow me."

She considerately took the maids and palace maids from the Cining Palace with her and left together. She even wanted to considerately close the door for Liu Shuyi, but the door was kicked in and could only be left loosely closed.

After retreating to the door, Xie Yuzhen was very "considerate" and stood outside the door and eavesdropped in front of the palace servants.

After the door was closed, Miao had already realized from their previous conversation that her stepdaughter, the aunt of the empress, might have committed a serious crime in the palace!

When she thought that she might never be able to enjoy the rich and luxurious life in the Marquis' Mansion again, and might even be implicated in the affairs of the palace and lose her life, she couldn't help but let her legs go weak and she collapsed to the ground.