Jingren Palace.

"Chun Changzai is useless. It's time to let her experience the fickleness of the palace. Otherwise, she will never make any progress in her life." The queen looked deep in her eyes and instructed Jianqiu while practicing calligraphy.

Fang Chunyi's family was promoted by the previous emperor in earlier years, and was named Fang Jia of the Manchu military banner. Therefore, as soon as she entered the palace, she naturally became close to the empress of the Manchu military banner like Noble Lady Fucha.

The Queen saw that she was not only young, but also looked childish and spoke in a naive manner, which made it easy for people to let down their guard. So she had people take good care of her and preserve her character so that she could catch people off guard when necessary.

Unexpectedly, she was so useless. She never accomplished anything after entering the palace. First, Zhen Huan fell ill, and Fang Chunyi moved to the Yanxi Palace, but failed to gain Zhen Huan's trust and information.

This time, she was told to go to Suiyuxuan more often to meet the emperor by chance. If it fails this time, there is always next time. However, she took the initiative to go to Lanqi Valley. Does she have any relationship with Concubine Lan? Isn't her intention known to everyone?

In the future, who in the palace would be smart enough to believe in her innocent appearance? But she was still really innocent and simple, and was completely useless. Naturally, the queen felt that there was no need to take care of her anymore.

"People who are useless have no right to live in the palace."

……

It was another family banquet for the whole palace. Yinzhen and the Empress Dowager sat at the top, the concubines sat below the Empress according to their rank, and the princes of the royal family sat below the Empress Dowager.

The development of events was roughly the same as in the previous life, with the Queen and Concubine Hua still competing openly and secretly in a verbal arena, and Yinzhen's joking tests of his brothers in the royal family.

In recent days, it seems to outsiders that the Queen is quite favored by the Emperor, so she is particularly proud and happy, especially when the Queen looks at Concubine Hua with a meaningful look and a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.

Could Concubine Hua tolerate this? Of course not. She immediately showed off her clothes, jewelry, and the hairpins personally awarded by the Empress Dowager, and at the same time criticized the Empress's family background and frugality.

Then he made the Queen Mother angry and left without realizing it.

That's right, this time Zhen Huan was not favored by anyone, but Concubine Hua was still angry about the Queen's favor, so she took the black fox skin to please the Queen Mother and filed a complaint against the Queen, using the excuse of considering the royal heir.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother was shrewd and well-mannered. She was able to endure the mockery of her niece's infertility in front of her son's concubine, and smiled as she gave Hua Fei a hairpin to comfort her.

Ye Bingshang saw all of this but smiled without saying anything. She didn't care about scenes of jealousy and competition.

It even seems ridiculous that the two major forces in the harem have so much power and freedom, but they fight openly and secretly for Yinzhen's little favor. They have completely lost themselves. It's really sad.

Thinking of this, Ye Bingshang suddenly saw Prince Guo opposite her looking around as if he was looking for someone. Her heart sank and she felt a little puzzled. Why was a prince always looking at his concubines?

Yinzhen, who was sitting at the center of the table, suddenly spoke up, interrupting Ye Bingshang's thoughts, "This is the fine wine that Wan Chang is brewing. Wan Chang and I picked the newly blossomed osmanthus flowers in the golden autumn to brew this wine. Let's all taste it together."

Upon hearing this, Ye Bingshang's first reaction was to go see Concubine Hua. She remembered that Concubine Hua had said a lot of sour words in public, which seemed to be directed at Zhen Huan, but in fact, she was also giving face to Yinzhen.

Seeing that Hua Fei frowned and rolled her eyes, she was about to find fault, but Yinzhen did not give her the opportunity this time and said, "Since today is a good day, I have decided to restore Wan Changzai's position as a noble lady. Let's have a drink together."

Ye Bingshang and other concubines were slightly stunned, but all the concubines and clan members were present. No matter how dissatisfied the queen was, she could not stop the scene. She had to pretend to be magnanimous to show the queen's demeanor and expose Hua Fei's blatant jealousy and displeasure.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Zhen Huan did not delay and immediately stood up and bowed to express her gratitude. Her face showed only happiness and affection for Yinzhen, without any surprise at all. It was obvious that she had discussed this with Yinzhen early in the morning, but only brought it up today.

When Zhen Huan stood up, Prince Guo's eyes lit up and he began to praise the affection and frugality of his 'royal brother and little sister-in-law' in front of Yinzhen, which made Concubine Hua's face become increasingly ugly.

The Queen was able to keep her composure, and it was not the first time that the little sister-in-law was called Prince Guo. She had already called him that when Zhen Huan performed the Jinghong Dance in the Old Summer Palace.

Ye Bingshang, who had been secretly paying attention to Prince Guo's unusual behavior, was shocked and her alarm bells rang. Something was wrong. Prince Guo was actually looking for Zhen Huan. It was strange that the prince looked at his favorite concubine in that way.

She was worried about this and felt that things were gradually getting out of control. She couldn't help but blame Shen Meizhuang for her stupidity. She didn't even notice anything in her previous life. It couldn't be that Prince Guo in this life suddenly became interested in Zhen Huan.

Feeling a little stuffy in the chest and having no appetite, Ye Bingshang took a look at her stomach and made a guess, so she didn't drink the osmanthus wine and only ate a few bites of food.

Little did she know that all this was seen clearly by Yinzhen, the leader, and she was misunderstood.

Yinzhen had a preconceived idea that Ye Bingshang was jealous, and he felt relieved and smiled particularly happily, "It's just a family dinner, so please be casual, pick up your chopsticks."

The Queen, who had been paying attention to Yinzhen, smiled knowingly upon seeing this. Her eyes moved among Concubine Hua, Zhen Huan, and Ye Bingshang, and finally she looked at Concubine Hua with sympathy.

Her beauty was still there but her love was gone. She sat leaning against the incense burner until dawn. The situation was already hopeless, Concubine Hua.

"Caiyue, go to the Imperial Hospital and quietly summon Wei Lin to come and tell him that I have caught a cold." Ye Bingshang whispered to Caiyue after returning to the palace.

Wei Lin felt the pulse and showed joy on his face, "Congratulations, Madam Lan, you have been pregnant for a month."

As expected, Ye Bingshang just smiled and asked Caiyue to give Wei Lin two silver notes of one hundred taels each.

"The prescription you prescribed for me to recuperate is very effective, but I dare not confirm whether I am pregnant privately because of the false pregnancy before my period. I hope that Doctor Wei will not make this matter public."

"I understand, Your Majesty, please rest assured." Wei Lin agreed without hesitation. Although he had admiration for Ye Bingshang, he wanted to take advantage of this favorable opportunity to rise to the top and build a career.

Seeing Wei Lin being so understanding, Ye Bingshang was satisfied. This was much better than Wen Shichu.

Most of the love has already dissipated. When it completely dissipates, she will not only lose Yinzhen's natural favor, but also the little natural favor that the other concubines have for her.

Based on observations during this period, Ye Bingshang discovered that as long as she did not touch upon what the other concubines cared about most, they would unconsciously ignore her.

The thing that Hua Fei cares about most is Yin Zhen's favor, and the thing that the Queen cares about most is probably her offspring. Ye Bingshang gently stroked her upper abdomen, "Mother will take good care of you."

Calculating the time, she has caught up, one month later than the time when Noble Lady Fucha became pregnant as she remembered. She just hopes that there will be no changes in the pregnancy of Noble Lady Fucha and Zhen Huan, so that her planning will not be in vain.

With Wei Lin's help, Ye Bingshang claimed to have a cold and took off the green card, which did not arouse suspicion. It was as smooth as when Zhen Huan lied about being ill to avoid favor.

Over at Sui Yuxuan, An Lingrong really caught a cold. She was afraid of passing the disease to Zhen Huan, so she hid in the east wing hall and refused to come out.

This gave Fang Chunyi an opportunity. Zhen Huan had always felt that Fang Chunyi's personality was similar to that of her biological sister Zhen Yurao, so she liked her particularly. In addition, Yinzhen's obvious dislike for Fang Chunyi made Zhen Huan feel more comfortable.

After Fang Chunyi's constant persuasion, Zhen Huan finally relented and agreed to let Fang Chunyi live in the west wing of Suiyuxuan. "This west wing is small, but there are no other palaces in Suiyuxuan, so I have to let Chunyi live."

"Chun'er doesn't care about these things as long as I can live with Sister Wan." Fang Chunyi said in a naive manner.

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