The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Palace.

Concubine Chen Hui sat next to Concubine Liu with a cold expression.

All the lights in the house were lit, and even the palace servants who were supposed to be resting came out to move around. All this was just because of a scream that the Sixth Prince had let out in his own yard not long ago.

"It's okay, it's okay, Baoer, it's okay." Concubine Liu held the Sixth Prince in her arms and kept stroking his back to comfort him.

There was still a bloody smell in the air.

Concubine Chen Hui waited until the mother and son calmed down before pulling the frightened Sixth Prince over and asking in a serious tone, "Didn't I tell you that once night falls, you must not stay outside, let alone?"

"Not long ago, there was an assassination attempt, and your mother was injured!"

"You are so careless, are you worried that your mother is hurting and not enough, you want to make her sad again?!"

Concubine Chen Hui spoke in a stern voice, looking more angry than ever before. The Sixth Prince turned pale with fear, but he did not dare to tremble. He knelt on the ground with his knees bent, and kept muttering: "I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong, I..."

Seeing him like this, Concubine Chen Hui sighed and helped the Sixth Prince up: "Bao'er, I know you are old and have your own opinions, but do you think that you have to sever everything from your mother just because you have grown up?"

"Perhaps you don't need to let your mother know everything you are thinking and want to do. I just hope that before you act, you can think more about the pros and cons, think more about your mother, think about how she is worried about you, and think about... how anxious and painful she would be if she lost you."

The Sixth Prince choked up and said, "Madam Chen, I really know I was wrong. I just accidentally saw a strange figure moving around my Second Brother, so I wanted to quietly climb up the wall to take a look..."

"My child... I did have some stupid and inappropriate thoughts, but... ever since Master Chen started avoiding me, I already understood that you and mother really didn't want me to compete with my brothers and sisters."

Concubine Chen Hui looked deeply at the young Sixth Prince and could not help but sigh once again at the precocity of the Lu royal family. Over the years, she and Concubine Liu had raised the Sixth Prince together, and they had been raising him to be an idle member of the royal family.

But since I was born into the royal family, the place closest to power in the world, how could I not have any ambition at all?

The sigh and helplessness in her heart were hidden by her cold expression. Before Liu Pin could react, she felt that the atmosphere was really bad, so she didn't dare to speak.

The Sixth Prince swallowed his words and continued, "I was unwilling to give in, but when I saw my mother getting hurt because of me, I really didn't care about it anymore. My Second Brother was acting strangely, so I was planning to sleep at that time, so I didn't bring so many people with me. I was afraid that the noise would alert the enemy, so I only asked Maizi to come and inform Empress Chen..."

Seeing that Concubine Chen Hui's expression softened as he narrated, the Sixth Prince couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said anxiously, "I didn't expect that they would dare to attack me directly. I thought..."

"You thought they were just plotting something and wouldn't cause any trouble, right?" Concubine Chen Hui raised her hand and tapped the Sixth Prince's forehead. "Those fighting for power, especially those fighting for the imperial power, are mostly desperate criminals. You are clearly putting your life at the mercy of others. Fortunately, Maizi, who served you, is fast, otherwise you should think carefully about whether you can save your life!"

"I will never dare to do it again..." The Sixth Prince said aggrievedly, touching his head.

As he was touching it, he remembered something: "Second brother is clearly restless. Empress Chen, shouldn't we go and tell our father and mother as soon as possible?"

Concubine Chen Hui looked at her and shook her head. "Your Majesty has seen everything that happened today. Bao'er, remember, your mother and I stopped you from getting involved in what happened earlier. It's not because we don't have the ambition to fight for power, nor is it because we want to bide our time. It's not because we are deliberately suppressing you. It's because we all know that if you step out, you will die."

"Sometimes, as a mother, what you want is not your child to be successful, but you, just to be safe."

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"Will there be peace tonight?"

The lanterns flickered.

Someone was looking at the lights flickering in the windless air and uttered a low, mournful sigh.

"If you are willing to stop here, you will be safe." The woman's voice seemed a little low, but it still had that unique sweetness like brewed honey.

The "Sir" laughed when he heard this: "My legs are disabled and I can't even walk, so how can I stop?"

Xie Yuzhen stood up from behind the curtain, walked out, looked at the old figure in the wheelchair, and said indifferently: "Then stop the wheel, same principle."

"Is the Empress the only one here?" said the leader of the Red Sun Cult. "Let me guess. His Majesty must be very ill. Of course, based on past experience, maybe he is not ill at all. He is just like a poisonous spider with black armor, hanging his web high up, and the hanging spider silk is tied to people like us."

His eyes became meaningful: "Empress, will you look back at the spider silk hanging behind you?"

Without waiting for Xie Yuzhen to answer, the leader of the Hongyang Cult began to talk to himself again: "The Lu family is all like this, vicious and cruel, extremely insidious. In order to win on the chessboard, they don't care at all how many innocent people will die because of their selfishness."

"You have made many moves, contacted the Lu clan members and the nobles in the capital, and even reached out to the royal heir. Is it just to be able to talk nonsense in front of me?" Xie Yuzhen looked at the face of the leader of the Hongyang Sect, and did not find any trace of having seen him before in his memory.

The leader of the Hongyang sect laughed twice and told her, "Of course not. It's just that the commander of the imperial guards in the palace is in my hands now. My followers will replace the palace guards one by one later. Could it be that the queen still thinks this place is safe enough? No, it is indeed safe, but this safety is the safety of the common people. For your majesty and the queen, it is dangerous."

"Of course, my enemy is only the Lu royal family. Queen, if you can make way for me, I can guarantee that you will still be safe."

The person behind the Red Yang Sect Leader pushed the wheelchair forward two steps, only to see Xie Yuzhen slightly sideways, and then he drew a sword: "As a person who has been planning for many years and is about to take revenge on his enemy with his offspring, Sect Leader, your emotions are too stable, and your attitude is too casual. You are not sincere enough, nor are you eager enough for this revenge. How can you comfort the relatives and friends of the Mi family in the netherworld?"

She flicked the sword with her fingers, and after a clear sound, Xie Yuzhen asked, "Master Hongyang is still in the capital, is he waiting for my Yuanjun?"