After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

She was startled and when she looked closely, it turned out to be Xiao Minshen.

Xiao Minshen was frowning, looking at the little tiger sleeping in his place.

He asked unexpectedly, "Why is he here?"

Shen Yunjin asked in a daze, "Why is your Highness here? Isn't tonight your wedding night?"

Xiao Minshen raised his hand and carried the little tiger out along with the quilt.

After a moment, he walked in.

Only when he saw Xiao Minshen lying down on the bed did Shen Yunjin finally wake up completely.

"Your Majesty, will you sleep here tonight?"

Xiao Minshen closed his eyes and asked, "Concubine, do you want to chase me out to sleep?"

Shen Yunjin stopped talking, pulled the quilt up, and lay down.

The west wing is full of red.

Sitting on the bed was a beautiful woman in a pink wedding dress.

It was Liu Shishi, the concubine bestowed by the Emperor to Xiao Minshen.

At this moment, her face was covered with frost.

"But did you see clearly that the prince went to the East Courtyard?"

The maid kneeling below shuddered, "Yes. I followed the prince and saw him go in and never come out again."

Just now, after Xiao Minshen lifted the veil and drank the wedding wine, he said that he had something else to do and asked Liu Shishi to rest by herself.

Unexpectedly, he actually abandoned her, the bride, and went to Concubine Shen.

Liu Shishi pulled the handkerchief in her hand hard, wishing she could tear it into pieces to vent her anger.

Liu Shishi's personal maid Mingyue came over and said, "My queen, it's getting late. Why don't you take a rest? You have to go to the palace to express your gratitude tomorrow."

Hearing this, Liu Shishi nodded, and several maids immediately came over to serve her.

After a busy period, Liu Shishi lay on the bed.

Touching the thin and warm quilt covering her body and looking at the bed curtains embroidered with words of hundreds of children and grandchildren above her head, Liu Shishi made up her mind.

Her mother said that she must learn to be patient and wait for opportunities.

She recalled that when she was young, her mother took her and her brother to live in the countryside and lived a difficult life.

Only every once in a while, when her so-called father came back, could she wear new clothes and eat delicious food for a few days.

She likes the days when her father is at home.

She chased her mother and asked what her father did and why he didn't live with them.

Every time this happened, her mother would look unhappy and beat and scold her. Later, she didn't dare to ask again.

My mother urged my brother to study every day, saying that only if he had a promising future could they be reunited with their father as soon as possible.

When she grew up, she overheard her parents' conversation and found out that her father was from a wealthy family in Beijing.

It is impossible for a wealthy family to accept someone of my mother's status.

Only when my elder brother has made progress will my mother be qualified to take him to live with my father.

My elder brother was very talented in studying and achieved good results in the autumn examination. He made it all the way to the palace examination and was chosen by the emperor as the third place in the imperial examination.

When my father came, his face was flushed with excitement.

She heard her father and mother discussing bringing them back to the capital so that her brother could recognize his ancestors.

Unexpectedly, before their father came to pick them up, their mother's old illness relapsed. Before she died, she told them that their father was the Duke of the Duke's Mansion.

My father had a family in Beijing, and my mother was his mistress.

At that time, she didn't understand what the status of a concubine's daughter was.

It was not until she entered the Duke's Mansion that she realized that her mother was not even a concubine.

When the servants in the Duke's Mansion saw her, they all looked at her with contempt.

As for the wife of the Duke, she had only seen her once on the day she entered the mansion. She was a middle-aged woman who was aloof, serious and stern.

Unlike my mother, who always speaks with a smile on her face.

Although the situation in the Duke's Mansion was embarrassing, it was many times better than life in the countryside.

When she learned that her father had arranged a marriage for her with the concubine of Prince Qi, she saw jealousy in the eyes of the other sisters in the palace for the first time.

The wife of the Duke's Mansion even smashed a set of top-quality white kiln jadeite tea cups.

She knew that this was a perfect match.

She must hold on to this marriage.

She didn't want to be like her mother, who had good days to live but chose to live them in confusion.

Before the hour of Mao, Liu Shishi was awakened by Mingyue.

As per custom today, I have to go to the palace to express my gratitude.

Liu Shishi couldn't suppress her nervousness.

She had never thought that one day she would be able to enter the imperial palace that she had only heard of in storybooks.

She tried hard to recall the palace rules and etiquette that the palace maid had taught her.

"Where is the prince?" She was worried.

"Fulu, who is beside the prince, came to pass on a message, saying that the prince had something to do and went to the palace first, and asked the queen to go to the queen first, and he would be there soon."

Now, Liu Shishi felt even more nervous and her legs felt weak.

After a long struggle, Liu Shishi finally reached the gate of Kunning Palace.

At this time, a palace maid came out and looked her up and down.

"The Queen is not feeling well today, so she will not meet with Concubine Liu. Concubine Liu, please go back."

"The Queen said that we are all family, and there will be many opportunities for us to meet in the future. Concubine Liu must serve the King of Qi well and give birth to children for him as soon as possible."

After saying that, the palace maid waved to the maid behind her to bring up a plate.

"This is the gift that the Queen prepared for Concubine Liu."

Liu Shishi hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed three times towards the Kunning Palace.

The palace maid turned and left, and Liu Shishi suddenly collapsed on Mingyue.

At this moment, the palace maid was reporting to the queen.

"That concubine Liu has sharp eyes, and it's clear she's not a quiet person."

"I heard that the queen didn't see her, and her face was full of shame and anger."

"When the servant brought the reward on the tray to her, she kowtowed to the queen happily."

"It can be seen that he is a shallow-minded person."

The queen turned the tortoise shell in her hand and said, "What knowledge could a concubine's daughter have?"

Still ashamed? With her status, how could she be qualified to step into the territory of Kunning Palace?

With Mingyue's help, Liu Shishi walked out of the palace and got on the carriage.

"The prince is still discussing matters with the emperor in the Yangxin Palace. Please ask Concubine Liu to return home first." Fulu said outside the carriage.

"Go tell the prince that I am waiting for him here and we will go back to the palace together."

The Prince of Qi did not stay in the west wing last night, and the prince did not wait for her to go to the palace together in the morning. If she did not go back to the palace together, she was worried that she would be laughed to death by others.

Seeing that Concubine Liu insisted, Fulu bowed and returned to the palace to report.

Today, Xiao Minshen came specially to visit the emperor.

That day, he felt that the emperor's health was too abnormal.

"Father, I have the guts to bring Dr. Li here to ask for your safety."

The emperor was annoyed. "Are you too idle? It just so happens that the border is not peaceful. Do you want me to send you to guard it for a year or two?"

Xiao Minshen knelt down and said, "It is my duty as a son to share my father's worries."

"However, please allow Doctor Li to take my pulse for the sake of my filial piety."

Ever since the emperor converted to Taoism, he never asked Imperial Physician Li to take his pulse.

"Are you threatening me?"