The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Chen Peiluan suddenly felt disgusted: "I wonder what made you angry like that."

After receiving such an answer, the half-gossipy, half-gloating expression on He Sangrou's face also fell: "You haven't had a good rest recently, why do you look a little bit tired?"

The nanny following behind Chen Peiluan couldn't help but interrupt: "My young mistress has been ill for several months, and she came out this time just to see you..."

"Mom Zhang!" Chen Peiluan called her.

Mother Zhang immediately shut up, knelt down and said, "It was I who overstepped the bounds."

He Sangrou glanced at Zhang's mother with some dissatisfaction, but didn't say anything else. She turned to Chen Peiluan and showed concern: "You, why didn't you tell me earlier that you were not feeling well and didn't come? Would I be angry with you for this?"

After that, she reached out and lowered the window, and did not forget to scold the maid beside her: "You are so tactless. Can't you see that Madam Chen is not feeling well?"

"I know I was wrong." The maid lowered her head and closed the window on the other side.

This time, He Sangrou was satisfied.

Chen Peiluan, who had finally adapted to the room temperature, felt like coughing even more. She frowned and held back her cough: "We all know that what men say, that the children born by their concubines are also the mistress's children, is just a lie. If a concubine has given birth to a child, does that mean we can stop having children, or does that mean the concubine's child will take our surname in the future?"

"It's just that men want to have affairs with other women, and don't want to have a reputation of being a playboy or a dissolute man. They also don't want to worry about the children born by concubines, so they keep saying that concubines are not worthy of being the mother of young masters and young ladies. They are married to help the mistress, and they don't want the mistress to work too hard. Even the children born will belong to the mistress... Ha, it's just a trick to fool people."

Chen Peiluan was in a bad mood, and her tone gradually became aggressive: "If you really want to marry the mistress, then you should take the mistress's surname and serve her wholeheartedly in the future. Otherwise, it's all just sweet talk to deceive women like us, and make us willingly raise the illegitimate children born by a man with another woman!"

"What do you mean a concubine is here to bear children for the mistress? That's bullshit! I took a concubine because I was too lazy to deal with Tao Er. I wanted him to go by himself and stop bothering me," Chen Peiluan became more and more angry. "Sister Sang Rou, we are both mistresses. You also know how much disadvantage we suffer as wives in this matter. Even if we want to test Chu Liupo, we shouldn't use this kind of thing to test her."

He Sangrou's cheeks turned slightly red after hearing what Chen Peiluan said. She said shyly, "I am really angry. I...I married into the Yao family for many years before I had a pair of children. I am not much older than Dalang and his family, and my two children are only slightly older than the two born to Chu Liupo. It is a good thing for several children to play together, but she is so wary of my two children..."

She is General He's daughter who has come of age. She is older than Chen Peiluan in both seniority and age, but her demeanor at this moment is like that of a young girl still in the boudoir. On the contrary, the younger Chen Peiluan looks more mature and stable.

"My Zhuzhu accidentally pushed her little son. He fell, but he's fine..." He Sangrou muttered for a while, and her voice suddenly rose. "I went back to my parents' home for my husband's career, but Chu Liupo interrupted me in front of my father, so I didn't have time to tell him about my husband's reinstatement. I was so angry that I said something irresponsible."

"Oh, A-Luan, this Chu girl is not the same kind of person as us. You won't get angry with me just because of an outsider, right?"

Chen Peiluan took a deep breath, and felt that her sister, who dared to love and hate, was honest and straightforward, and had been changed by something after she went to the southwest for a few years: "Of course not."

"That's good. I see that you are frowning. Is there something bothering you?" After pouring out her own troubles, He Sangrou finally remembered to ask about Chen Peiluan's recent situation.

Chen Peiluan rubbed her forehead and said, "It's similar to what happened in my sister's family. I'm afraid Tao Er...is having an affair."

"Who is so shameless as to snatch food from your mouth?"

He Sangrou looked indignant, but Chen Peiluan was getting more and more annoyed: "I am tired of Tao Er, not... Alas, he may have an affair, but my child cannot lose his father. If his parents divorce, it will be bad for him in the future... As for the person who hooked up with Tao Er, her identity is not convenient to tell you right now."

"Then you are being distant with me. I... Although my husband can't get up for the time being, my father is still alive. Even Your Majesty respects my father." He Sangrou said confidently, as if as long as Chen Peiluan uttered the woman's name in the next moment, she would be able to help her good sister deal with the other person immediately.

But Chen Peiluan avoided talking about it: "I took a concubine before to deal with her, but unfortunately she was very scheming and fell into my trap."

Why did Lin Qiao just save people instead of tracing back to the source and getting to the bottom of the matter?

Since she didn't take the initiative to come to the Duke of Shenguo's mansion to see me, and was so closely guarded by the Marquis of Yongjia's mansion, how could I threaten her to take off her men's clothes without anyone noticing, to recognize her identity as a woman, and to stop dreaming about the imperial examinations and becoming an official...

But she refused to even come to see him.

Chen Peiluan felt sad and angry, and a familiar dull pain emerged in her heart.

Although she is calm now, she has not let go of her resentment towards Lin Qiao for a moment. She just holds back because she realizes that the other party is not an easy character to deal with.

"If you tell me, I can help a little, right?" He Sangrou asked persistently.

Chen Peiluan was about to speak when she heard a loud noise coming from outside the private room, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground, and then, screams rang out one after another.

"What's going on?" Chen Peiluan motioned for Mother Zhang to go out and take a look.

He Sangrou covered her chest with a handkerchief: "Don't tell me someone is causing trouble. This is Princess Rong Le's property. Who would cause trouble here?"

Not long after, Mother Zhang came back with a gloomy face: "Madam, Madam He, Princess Rong Le fell from the building and is now lying downstairs. We don't know whether she is alive or dead!"

"What?!" The two ladies exclaimed in unison, stood up and walked towards the door.

Mother Zhang gently hooked Chen Peiluan's sleeve and whispered in her ear, "I went out and saw Mr. Lin was also downstairs."

"What is she doing here?"

This restaurant only entertains female guests, and Lin Qiao is still officially a man.

"The wife of the Marquis of Yongjia is here too. Mr. Lin should be in the building next door. He must have rushed over when he heard the noise."

Princess Rong Le's restaurant has one that only entertains female guests and the other that only entertains male guests. There is a peach blossom forest between the two buildings, and it is the favorite place for families to come for blind dates.

"Let's go out and take a look." Chen Peiluan made a decision after a little thought. She gave a few instructions to Mother Zhang and followed He Sangrou.