The concubine entered the palace and the concubine was very attractive

The sky prison was as dark as an abyss, blocked on all sides by thick stone walls and iron bars. Only in one corner was there a blazing torch that barely dispelled some of the darkness.

Several guards in armor and with stern faces stood quietly beside Queen Chen, holding torches.

The flickering firelight dyed the queen's fair face with a faint golden hue, which made her look both noble and sad.

Her eyes seemed even more profound in the flickering light and shadow, as if they could see into the most secret parts of people's hearts, and seemed to contain thousands of words that could not be expressed.

The Queen was slightly surprised to hear Concubine Xian's words, because she no longer remembered the events that happened so many years ago so clearly.

She only remembered that when Concubine Xian was first taken into the Prince's Mansion, she seemed to have done something to Concubine Xian in order to demonstrate her own power and status.

It was nothing more than bringing Gu Junshen to her room on her wedding night and leaving him alone in the empty room.

This kind of thing should be very common in the backyards of wealthy families. It is just a means for the wife to show off her power. If it was Huang who was the Crown Princess at the time, she believed that she would do the same.

After that, she didn't do anything excessive again. She thought that everyone would become the emperor's concubine in the future, and the relationship couldn't be too rigid.

A few days later, Gu Junshen summoned her to sleep with him again.

But she didn't expect that Concubine Xian would keep this matter in mind for so long, for more than ten years.

"I just let you stay alone in an empty room on your wedding night. Why do you hate me so much?"

The Queen spoke to Concubine Huang with great disdain, as if mocking her for being petty and fussy about such a small matter.

"Oh! As expected! She even forgot what she had done. You are worthy of being the current queen of the Northern Dynasty!"

The virtuous concubine sneered, the mockery in her tone remained the same, but even more so.

After hearing this, Queen Chen looked a little unhappy.

The virtuous concubine was implying that her virtue as queen was not worthy of her position.

"What a pity! I am the queen, and you are just a concubine! You are not even a concubine now. You are a serious criminal in the court. Just like your father, your life is worthless!"

"Don't worry. You won't be any better off if I step down."

After hearing this, Concubine Xian did not get angry, but said something slowly that made the Queen extremely unhappy.

The queen was slightly moved after hearing this. She certainly knew what Concubine Xian meant, but the next person she would face was Nanxiang, the Imperial Noble Concubine.

But Nanxiang was only a royal concubine, not a queen, so this matter was nothing to the baby in her belly.

"It's not your turn to care about this vicious woman. You don't even let the child go!"

"Isn't this what you deserve?"

The virtuous concubine's tone became much calmer. After she aborted the queen's child, the resentment in her heart had long disappeared.

At this time, facing the Queen's continuous questioning and ridicule, he did not have much emotional fluctuations, but just felt a little more emotional, as so many years had passed.

"Do I deserve it?" The Queen found it extremely funny after hearing this.

"Back then, I just did something that the principal wife had done. Why did you feel so much resentment towards me?"

"Yes! You ruined my chance of getting pregnant in this life. Is this what you call the principal wife?" There were some stars flashing in the eyes of Concubine Xian. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised with some self-mockery.

After hearing this, the queen was completely stunned. It seemed like there was a blockage in her head and she couldn't come to her senses.

His eyes were dull, his brows furrowed, and there was confusion in his eyes.

"When did I stop you from getting pregnant?"

"The Queen is really a forgetful lady! The night I got married, you sent me a bowl of red soup and told me to drink it. Who would have thought that once I drank it, I would no longer have the possibility of getting pregnant."

As Concubine Xian spoke, her emotions began to rise, she felt a little aggrieved, and tears began to appear in her eyes.

Thinking back to those years, she felt that she was very stupid, so stupid to the point of being hopeless, as she actually drank the medicine in such a daze.

But she was determined to marry Gu Junshen at the time, and she was also a newly married rich girl who knew nothing and was completely blinded by love. She had no idea that the backyard was so dangerous.

She even thought it was a procedure unique to the Prince's Mansion, but she didn't expect that this was actually the Queen's way of preventing other concubines from having children.

However, there is no cure in the world. When she found that she could no longer conceive, she almost went crazy.

Her resentment towards the queen grew deeper and deeper, and she began to wish that all the women in the harem would be unable to conceive like her.

She thought she could endure it as long as she could be with Gu Junshen.

However, in the backyard of the mansion, only children can have everything.

She also fantasized about having her own children, but it was just a fantasy and would never come true.

So after the Crown Princess at that time, who was now the Queen, announced her pregnancy, she planned for a long time and devised a secret plan to get rid of the baby in the Queen's belly.

The funny thing is that the queen always thought it was caused by her own carelessness.

Of course she felt very satisfied, and then she used the same operation to prevent the queen from getting pregnant.

After her great revenge, she felt much better. Later, Wang became pregnant and gave birth to Princess Yong'an, who won the emperor's exclusive favor for a period of time.

She felt jealous again. Why did she have to suffer such a hardship? Why did she not get pregnant with the child of her beloved?

Not long after, the previous emperor passed away and Crown Prince Gu Junshen succeeded to the throne. They, the former crown prince's concubines, also obtained the title of concubine as they wished.

After that, she began to plan to make it impossible for all the concubines in the harem to get pregnant. Whenever a concubine entered the palace, she would send her contraceptive snacks.

"Red soup?" The queen became even more confused after hearing this.

If it was something she had done, she would definitely have an impression of it in her mind, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not remember that she had ever given red soup to Huang.

She looked at Caizhi beside her and asked softly, "I want to ask you, did I send red soup to Huang?"

Caizhi had followed her since she married into the Prince's Mansion, and she asked her to do many things.

Caizhi frowned in thought and then shook her head.

When the queen saw this, the ripples between her brows finally relaxed, and at the same time she confirmed the thought that suddenly appeared in her mind.

I guessed in my heart who had made the move that year.

"Whether you believe it or not, that bowl of red soup was not sent by me. I take responsibility for my actions!" The Queen said to Concubine Xian with some regret.

One wrong step leads to another. Sometimes, something that happens in a corner unknown to you may very well change your entire life.

After learning the truth, the queen looked at the sloppy-looking Concubine in front of her, and suddenly there was more pity in her eyes.

A bowl of red soup changed the life trajectories of two women in the harem.

But being in the harem, many things are beyond my control and I cannot stop them.