Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

Because he has seen his own heart clearly, Gu Yanjin is now very unwilling to see Yan Jialuo, and even feels somewhat resentful, thinking that if it were because of Yan Jialuo, he and Chunxi would not have come to this point.

That's how scumbags are; they're all good at shirking responsibility and shifting the blame onto others, as if thinking that way makes them seem more innocent.

"Yan Jin, why are you so distant from me now?" Yan Jialu said with a hurt expression. "We were fine before, how come you suddenly stopped talking to me? You ignored all the letters I wrote to you during this time, and now you're being so polite and distant when you talk to me."

"Yan Jin," Yan Jialuo said with tears in her eyes, "did I do something wrong to upset you? If I really did something unintentionally that upset you, then just tell me and I'll change. I just beg you not to ignore me like this, okay?"

"Princess, please don't be like this," Gu Yanjin said, feeling somewhat guilty in the face of Yan Jialuo's tears. "You did nothing wrong; it's my fault. Just consider it as me letting you down!"

“You need to sever ties with me,” Yan Jialuo said, looking deeply hurt. “Gu Yanjin, you can’t treat me like this. You promised me before that you would ask the Emperor to grant us a marriage when you passed the imperial examination.”

“Gu Yanjin,” Yan Jialuo stepped forward and grabbed Gu Yanjin’s hand, “What did I do wrong to deserve this treatment? Even if you want to sever ties with me, you should at least let me die knowing why, otherwise I will never let this go.”

"You need to understand that I am not some powerless woman who can be bullied by you. I am a royal princess. You want to sever ties with me without even a word of explanation? Do you really think my title as a princess is just for show, and that my Lu Prince's Mansion is meant to be bullied by anyone?"

Yan Jialuo was truly enraged and couldn't care less about anything else. She finally understood that she couldn't be too polite to a man like Gu Yanjin, or he would really take advantage of her.

"What do you mean by that, Princess?" Gu Yanjin's face darkened. "Are you threatening me?"

"So what if it is?" Yan Jialuo released Gu Yanjin's hand and sneered, "Otherwise, do you think that I, a dignified royal princess, am someone who can be toyed with?"

"Gu Yanjin, listen to me carefully. Since you've provoked me, don't even think about severing ties with this princess. You'd better inform your elders as soon as possible to come to the Prince Lu's residence to propose marriage, or else you can expect my revenge!"

"Fine, fine, fine," Gu Yanjin laughed in exasperation. "Since that's the case, how dare I, Gu Yanjin, refuse? I will inform my elders as soon as possible to propose marriage at the Prince of Lu's residence."

What men can't stand the most is a woman's threats. If Gu Yanjin was just taking his anger out on Yan Jialuo before, now he hates her.

"Alright, then this princess will wait for you to come and propose marriage." After saying this, Yan Jialuo gave Gu Yanjin a deep look and turned to leave.

Yan Jialuo was naturally unwilling to see things come to this awkward situation with Gu Yanjin, since she had a purpose in marrying Gu Yanjin, wanting him to listen to her every word.

But words spoken in the heat of the moment are like water spilled on the ground, so she could only give up and do whatever she wanted. Anyway, once she married Gu Yanjin, she didn't believe she wouldn't be able to make him obey her.

That evening, Gu Yanjin went to see his father and proposed that he wanted to marry Princess Hua'an.

Gu Bingkun breathed a sigh of relief when his son wanted to marry Princess Hua'an. As long as his son could let go of Chunxi, he could finally relax. So he readily agreed and the next day he went to discuss with Old Madam Gu about proposing marriage at the Prince Lu's residence.

Madam Gu had mixed feelings. She disliked Princess Hua'an very much, but given her grandson's situation, she could only nod and agree to propose marriage to the Prince of Lu's mansion as soon as possible, no matter how much she disliked Princess Hua'an.

Just as Gu Yanjin and Yan Jialuo were discussing marriage, the Empress finally took action, and the pregnant concubines in the harem began to abort their pregnancies one by one.

If the Emperor and Empress Dowager had no suspicions about the first concubine's miscarriage, they couldn't help but become suspicious when the second concubine miscarried. They immediately began an investigation, and while the Emperor and Empress Dowager were secretly investigating, the Empress became even more unscrupulous.

Let's just catch them all at once; I'm too lazy to deal with them one by one.

As a result, apart from Jiang Chunxi, several of the pregnant concubines miscarried.

The reason Jiang Chunxi escaped danger was because Granny Yun was knowledgeable in pharmacology and noticed that the diet Jiang Chunxi was going to consume was incorrect, thus preventing any harm to the dragon fetus in Jiang Chunxi's womb.

To be fair, the Empress was quite capable. Leaving aside Jiang Chunxi, even the other concubines—when the first concubine miscarried, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor sent extra people to take care of the pregnant concubines—but they still couldn't escape the Empress's methods and were even caught in a trap by her.

However, because the Empress made such a big fuss this time, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor immediately found her out.

Immediately, all the servants in the Empress's palace were arrested and taken to the Imperial Prison for severe torture, leaving only the Empress alone in the entire palace.

"Why?" The Emperor arrived at the Empress's palace, sat down in a chair, and coldly looked at the Empress kneeling on the ground. "I believe I have never mistreated you, my first wife. So why did you take action against the imperial heir?"

This is something the Emperor simply cannot understand. If the Empress had a son, the Emperor could understand why she would take action against the imperial heir in order to eliminate danger for her son.

But the empress had no children, so what reason did she have to act so recklessly against the imperial offspring?

"Why?" the Empress scoffed. "Why else could it be? Why can't I, the Empress, have children while others can? Since I, the Empress, have no children, then no one else should even think about having children."

"It's just a pity! Consort Fu escaped a disaster. Of all the pregnant concubines, she was the most hateful. If it weren't for her giving the Emperor another child, how could so many pregnant concubines have suddenly appeared?"

In truth, the Empress was very flustered and afraid, but even so, she could not allow the Emperor to suspect the Prince of Shangchen in the slightest. Therefore, she deliberately said this in order to get the Emperor to deal with her quickly, put an end to the matter, and stop the investigation.

"You are truly heartless! I never imagined that the person I share my bed with would be so venomous. I always thought you were a virtuous and kind empress!" the Emperor roared in fury.

"Virtuous and gentle," the Empress mocked. "Your Majesty, please stop using those four words to disgust me. Tell me, which woman in this world can remain completely free from jealousy and envy when her husband has countless other women?"

"What nonsense about being virtuous and kind? That's just a shackle used to bind women. The words I hate most in my life are the four words Your Majesty uses to praise me as virtuous and kind."