The most beautiful lady in the harem

In the first year of Yongjia, the imperial city.

In July, the heat has gone away. After a drizzle of autumn rain, the imperial city is refreshing after noon.

From the high upturned eaves, water drops fall down, sparkling with the bright sunlight.

The palace under the tiles is exceptionally quiet and peaceful.

Qin Liuse couldn't sleep. She stared at the water droplets falling down and had already counted so many drops that she didn't know how many there were.

Under the bamboo pavilion in Shu Yuexuan's backyard, a few maids were idle and gossiping.

"I've been lying in bed for a month, why haven't I gotten better yet?"

"Isn't it a terminal illness?"

"I think that girl is doomed to fail. Look, my concubine has been in the palace for two months and has been favored twice. She has been with that girl for so long and she is still a girl."

The one I am talking about is naturally the current emperor.

After saying this, the maid started laughing.

"That's right. I really envy you. If you follow the right master, you will have meat to eat. People in our small courtyard look particularly outstanding, but alas, they are only good-looking but useless..."

The sound of chattering came in, and Qin Liuse forgot which drop of water he was counting and started counting from the beginning again.

She could not fall asleep when she should have taken a nap. She had been lying in bed for almost a month and was almost going moldy.

But I had to do the whole act, and even if I was almost crippled, I didn't dare to walk around in the yard.

Although she was in her own palace, her position was not high at the moment and she lived in the same palace with others. If she didn't perform the whole play, it would be easy for others to see it.

The person who was waiting to bring her down lived next door.

She died once, what about another time?

That won't work!

In this sensitive time, she was reborn!

She was reborn to the day when she almost left the palace six months after Emperor Yongjia ascended the throne.

Interestingly, she died and was reborn, and she returned as Lady Qin...

But don't underestimate her because she is just a beauty. Even though she is not favored, she is at least a fourth-rank official!

It was because she followed Emperor Yongjia from his palace that she was granted the favor.

The emperor's grace was immense. During the coronation ceremony, Emperor Yongjia promoted the ranks of all the concubines who followed him from the imperial residence.

She was promoted now, otherwise all the newly selected beauties would have to start from the ranks of imperial concubines.

Of course there are exceptions, but the highest level is just a talented person.

For example, her nominal elder sister, Qin Huaijin, was given the title of Talented Lady as soon as she entered the palace. She was so glorious that her chin was as low as the big geese by the river in the village.

The reason why the Qin family girl was able to be so successful was mainly due to the help from her mother’s family.

The Qin family comes from a prominent family. My father is Qin Boyuan, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. He was a popular figure in the palace when the new emperor just ascended the throne. This is why both sisters benefited from it.

Speaking of this "sister" and this "mother's family", Qin Liuse got so angry that she kicked away the quilt and turned over.

In her previous life, the reason why she died at this age was all thanks to the Qin family and Qin Huaijin!

Although Qin Liuse also has the surname Qin, she is not Qin Huaijin's sister, nor is she Qin Boyuan's daughter.

The reason why she was sent to the former royal palace under the name of Qin's daughter was because the late emperor was still alive at that time and the crown prince was not the current Emperor Yongjia, Xiao Yan.

At that time, Xiao Yan had no rank at all in front of the late emperor.

Qin Boyuan was an old and cunning man who couldn't bear to send his own daughter to the beauty pageant.

The late emperor was on his last legs, and there was almost no hope of conceiving an heir. Even if there was, who could survive with so many princes and princesses ahead of him?

If he suddenly passed away, the daughters of the Qin family would either be buried with him, or become widows at a young age, or be sent to guard the imperial tomb, or become nuns.

On the bright side, since I was not favored by the previous emperor, but was chosen to be married to the relatives of the royal families, I still have a way out.

But the crown prince already had a principal wife at the time, and giving Qin Huaijin to other princes as a principal wife or concubine was something that even the old fox Qin Boyuan felt was inappropriate.

He was planning to find the best husband for his daughter and make her the most noble woman in the world.

Therefore, since the situation was still uncertain, he could not bear to give up the most honorable chess piece of the Qin family.

Therefore, Qin Boyuan thought of finding a relative girl in the Qin family to serve as a substitute, saying that the second young lady who had been raised in his hometown since childhood was also considered a noble lady of the Qin family.

The Qin family’s ancestors lived in Yangzhou, and Qin Liuse was not a direct relative of Qin Boyuan’s lineage.

After asking around, no one was willing to send their daughter to serve the old emperor.

In the end, Qin Boyuan didn't know how to convince Qin Liuse's family to send her to the capital.

When Qin Liuse thought of his past life, he wanted to slap himself a few times. That was really stupid!

She didn't understand anything at that time and was deceived by her father. She really thought that her father did everything for her own good.

Little did she know that her family only wanted to use her to get close to Qin Boyuan, a relative who was a high-ranking official in the capital.

In Qin Liuse's previous life, she was sold like this and was still counting money for others.

It can be said that God was kind to her. She participated in the selection but was not chosen into the harem. Instead, she was assigned to the Ninth Prince Xiao Yan, a person no one dared to bet on at the time.

If I were to go back to six months ago and tell people that Xiao Yan could become emperor, no one would believe it.

It just so happened that Qin Liuse was on the opposite hill.

Unfortunately, after entering the palace, Qin Liuse's life was not smooth.

First, Xiao Yan was far away, stationed in the northwest, and did not return for more than half a year.

The palace distributed beautiful girls to the prince's palace, not to marry him as a wife or a concubine, so he did not have to come back to pay his respects.

He did come back later, but the late emperor was seriously ill at that time and the palace was busy, so he was only in the palace for a few hours a day.

Later, the emperor passed away.

During that period, the prince was very busy with state affairs, and Qin Liuse had never even touched Xiao Yan's finger, let alone slept with him.

Even after ascending the throne, Xiao Yan did not set foot in the harem for the first three months.

So tell me whether it is funny or not... She lived two lives, was Xiao Yan's woman twice, and even reached the status of a beauty, but when she returned, she was still a virgin.

As for her elder sister, although she was only a talented woman, she had also served in the emperor's bedchamber and now lived with her in Shuyuexuan.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been like a dragon that has been missing for a long time. Qin Liuse can understand this.

After all, his throne is not stable yet, and he is truly a dark horse among the princes.

Without roots or foundation, the previous dynasty had to deal with things and stabilize the powers of all parties. It is no exaggeration to say that it was so stressful that it made people unable to sleep at night.

Since he hadn't yet secured his position, naturally there were fewer visitors from the harem. After all, this was a family matter and it wouldn't cause any big trouble, so it could be put aside for the time being.

According to the ancestral rules of this dynasty, Xiao Yan originally planned to mourn for three years, but the Taichang Temple and the Zongzheng Temple did not allow it. They repeatedly petitioned in the court, saying that the emperor had few children and that according to the late emperor's wishes, the country and the royal heirs were more important.

Now that they have moved away from the mountain of the late emperor, what else can Xiao Yan say?

If you don't listen to the advice, it would be unfilial to the late emperor, and it would be even more inappropriate to the people of the country.

So, the Taichang Temple calculated the fortune and decided that the mourning period would only be three months.

As soon as three months had passed, the selection process began to expand the harem.

That old dog Qin Boyuan finally got his chance. Now he is favored by the emperor, and the queen in the harem acts as if nothing happened, so she immediately sends Qin Huaijin in.

Qin Liuse hugged the quilt and cursed silently. She really made the right bet on this old dog.

The queen was frail and sickly, and indeed would not live long.

After she died in her previous life, she drifted around for a long time, and then she saw Qin Huaijin finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, and finally he made her the queen, and Qin Boyuan really became his father-in-law, the emperor!

Qin Liuse was floating at that time, so angry that her teeth were itching, but she could do nothing.

Fortunately, God had a good vision and allowed her to be reborn one month before she was about to go astray in her previous life.

A month ago, Qin Huaijin had just entered the palace and had not yet gained favor, but he immediately brainwashed this "sister".

Qin Liuse has lived in Yangzhou for almost twenty years, so naturally she has feelings for the country and also has someone she favors, and that is her brother Jia.

That was her childhood sweetheart. When Qin Liuse went to Beijing, they said goodbye reluctantly. Brother Jia even said with tears in his eyes that he would wait for her all his life.

In her previous life, Qin Liuse was also an honest girl, so naive that she believed Qin Huaijin's words that he would send her back to Yangzhou quietly.

After drinking a bowl of medicine, she fell asleep and was sent out of the palace.

As a result, everyone she trusted betrayed her.

Qin Huaijin immediately reported that she had eloped with someone and a city-wide search was launched.

Qin Liuse returned to Yangzhou like a stray dog, only to find that her brother Jia was married to her best friend when she lived in Yangzhou.

Qin Liuse went home in despair, only to find that her mother had been divorced by her father. Her father had attached himself to the Qin family, a powerful family, and despised her mother. Under the arrangement of Qin Boyuan, he married the daughter of a scholar and severed relations with her and her mother.

Only then did Qin Liuse realize clearly that her father did not love her as much as she thought. If he really loved her and her mother, how could he have been persuaded by Qin Boyuan to send her to the beauty pageant despite her mother's reluctance?

How could he agree to divorce his wife and remarry with just a few words?

Unfortunately, it was too late. She took her mother to find a quiet place to spend the rest of her life, but they met a gangster on the road and her mother died trying to save her.

She didn't want to be humiliated by a group of stinky men who were worse than dogs, so she jumped off the cliff.

At the last moment of her short life, she was thinking that it would have been better for her to stay in the palace.

At least Emperor Yongjia was the most handsome of the previous emperor's sons. Now that he has ascended the throne, his aura is unmatched. This alone makes him surpass thousands of men in the world.

Perhaps she didn't want to, but after her death, she just floated back to the capital, following Qin Huaijin every day, watching her step by step, becoming the queen...

Thinking of this, a tear fell from the corner of Qin Liuse's eyes.

At the end of her previous life, she finally figured it out: All under heaven belongs to the king.

Why did she go back to find Brother Jia? Why did she trust Qin Huaijin, who sent her into the palace, had no sisterhood with her and treated her as an enemy?

Surviving in this palace and gaining the emperor's favor is everything.

She wants to take back bit by bit what the Qin family owed her in the previous life!

But now it seems a bit difficult.

First of all, there is Shu Yuexuan.

Although it is in the imperial city, it cannot be more remote.

I don't know what luck it was that I was assigned to this remote corner.

The emperor obviously doesn’t have many concubines, so could it be that he doesn’t have a place to live?

The explanation given by the people in the palace at the time was that many palaces needed to be repaired, so she had to live here first.

But now it has been repaired, and there is no sign of them moving her there.

For a concubine like her who had hardly ever met Xiao Yan and had no impression of the emperor, living here was almost like being banished to the cold palace.

He couldn't see her in person, and she had no place in his heart. The plate for flipping cards at night was so small, and there were not many green cards that could be put on it. And there were so many new beauties, it would be strange if the emperor thought of letting her sleep with him.

Secondly, she and Qin Huaijin lived in the same palace.

Qin Huaijin also lives in Shuyuexuan and comes here to cause trouble whenever he has time.

A month ago, knowing that Qin Huaijin wanted to persuade her to leave the palace, Qin Liuse, who had been reborn, was unwilling to do so and simply pretended to be sick and stayed indoors.

Qin Huaijin had just gained favor, and was afraid of being infected and losing the chance to continue to be favored, so he never set foot here.

Qin Liuse hasn't attended any court meetings in the palace for more than a month, and she almost forgot what the emperor looks like.

Thirdly, Qin Liuse could actually guess why she was assigned to live here, and she could also guess why Qin Huaijin hated her so much.

Her appearance is indeed outstanding.

In my previous life, I didn’t take it seriously. After returning to Yangzhou, I was deeply hurt by my father and Brother Jia, and then I realized...

Since she was a child, her father has been raising her with the intention of selling her at a high price. He provides her with food, clothing, and other necessities. From childhood to adulthood, money has been spent like water. How could he not raise her well?

Besides, her father and mother are both handsome and pretty, so it was a good thing for her to be born into this family.

It was due to both innate and acquired qualities that Qin Boyuan fell in love with the clan's daughter at first sight when he asked someone to paint a portrait of her.

Besides dad, there is also Brother Jia.

When he returned to Yangzhou in his previous life, Brother Jia didn't want to be obsessed with her, so he told her directly that he always wanted to marry her close friends.

Other people's fathers are officials, but her father is just a wealthy businessman.

Brother Jia also told her that he had planned to marry her, but not as his principal wife, but as his concubine...

Qin Liuse was now completely disheartened. The deep affection she had thought of and the feelings she had relied on were all false...

Thinking of this, Qin Liuse sat up softly, opened the bed curtain with a pair of jade-like hands, and called out softly: "Qingqing."

Upon hearing this, the personal maid Qingqing immediately walked in, lifting her sleeves as she walked: "Beauty, are you ready to get up?"

Qin Liuse nodded and said yes, then looked down at the gold-plated bracelet on her wrist, which was given to her by Brother Jia when she came to Beijing.

Qin Liuse took the bracelet off her wrist, thought for a moment, and threw it into the incense burner on the high table beside the bed. Then she raised her head with a carefree smile on her face and asked, "Are all the doors and windows open? Is the water for bathing ready?"

Qingqing said with a smile: "It's all right, it's all right!" She was happier than anyone else that her master was willing to get up, and quickly added: "Zijin is watching!"

When the doors and windows are open, it means beauty is here.

Zijin was Qin Liuse's other personal maid, who had served him since she was a child and later followed him to Beijing and entered the palace. Qingqing was bought to serve him after he entered the palace.

Qin Liuse stretched her legs to the edge of the bed, "Then help me change clothes. I have been lying for so long, and I am exhausted."

Since her rebirth, the first scene has been completed, and she has also avoided the most hectic and trouble-prone months in the harem.

Now is the time to get up.

Some things, now that she has thought them through, she will not go down the same old path again. She will not let those who want to harm her get what they want.