It's all ruined, who cares about the chastity arch

"Besides, Princess Pingle has always been known for her magnanimity and will definitely not turn a blind eye to this. I remember that when she was in the Zheng Mansion, she also arranged several concubines for her master."

"She is not the kind of person who haggles over every penny. As long as the princess nods in agreement, she will not have any objection."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Su Wanyu lightly. Her words were suggestive and cleverly put the other party in a position where she would appear stingy if she didn't accept the words. This move was very similar to the tactics used by the old lady of the Zheng family in the past.

Su Wanyu raised a cold smile. Her words came faintly from behind Yuan, which startled Yuan. She froze in place, feeling as if her heart had been hit hard.

Su Wanyu walked forward slowly, gazing down at the shivering Sixth Miss Pei with complicated eyes. This girl, who was only a season away from adulthood, was ruthlessly pushed to the forefront due to the family's interests.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

Yuan hurriedly grabbed Miss Pei Liu, and they knelt on the ground together, paying great respect to Su Wanyu.

The smile on Su Wanyu's lips deepened, revealing a chilling chill: "Pei, are you planning to let my princess's mansion take in a daughter as a concubine?"

Yuan gritted her teeth, as if risking everything: "Your Highness, if it weren't for saving my daughter from danger, how could I bear to let her give herself to someone else and become a concubine."

After all, they are not her own flesh and blood, so it is obviously difficult for Yuan to empathize with the feeling of "heartache".

According to the current status of the Pei family, even if they were not born of a legitimate wife, they would never have fallen to this point.

Facing Su Wanyu's still faint smile, this time, that smile seemed to carry a hint of coldness: "Being a concubine is not something I can't consider."

When Yuan heard this, she was overjoyed and her hands began to tremble involuntarily: "I knew that Her Royal Highness the Princess is kind-hearted and compassionate..."

Before Yuan finished speaking, Su Wanyu changed the subject and looked at Miss Pei Liu who was kneeling on the ground: "But what does Miss Pei think?"

Miss Pei Liu lowered her head, her body trembling like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, as if she would be blown away by the wind at any time.

Yuan's face was full of anticipation, waiting for the answer.

The hall was completely silent, with only the faint and trembling breathing of Miss Pei Liu clearly audible.

She lowered her head for a long time without saying a word.

Yuan finally couldn't hold back any longer and cast a glance, the smile on her face gradually froze: "Xi'er, tell His Highness quickly, are you willing to enter the Princess's Mansion and become the prince's concubine?"

Under Yuan's urging, Miss Pei Liu's body trembled more and more violently. Suddenly, with a thud, she kowtowed heavily to the ground: "Your Highness, please save me, I really don't want to be someone else's concubine."

Hearing this, Yuan's smile gradually faded, and a complex emotion flashed in her eyes: "Xi'er, what nonsense are you talking about? Have you forgotten that you said with your own mouth that you would not marry anyone other than the Regent, and you would be willing to be his concubine."

Miss Pei Liu raised her tearful face and looked at Yuan as if begging: "Mother, please let me go. I can do anything, but don't let me become someone else's concubine."

Yuan frowned and gave him a warning look.

Before this, Yuan and Pei Yuxi had already made an agreement that as long as she obeyed, Yuan would set up a tablet for her deceased mother in the Pei family.

Pei Yuxi's mother was born in a humble family and died of illness when she was ten years old. Because of her frail constitution, the master of the Pei family not only did not set up a memorial tablet for her mother, he did not even give her a decent funeral. It was said that she was simply wrapped up and casually abandoned in a corner.

Since then, Pei Yuxi was adopted by Yuan and stayed with her sister Pei Qingzhi all day long, working like a slave for her.

Now that Pei Qingzhi has left the mansion, Yuan plans to send her to the Regent's Palace and use her as a pawn for the family's advancement again.

Pei Yuxi was unwilling to accept this, so Yuan used the tablet of her biological mother to suppress her.

Everyone knows that Princess Pingle and the emperor have a deep relationship. Once she enters the princess's mansion and becomes the regent's concubine, she will probably never return.

In Yuan's worldly-wise eyes, her fate seemed as light as a feather. She only wished to climb up to a high branch and become a phoenix.

And the lady of the Pei family was a very thoughtful woman. How could she be indifferent and unaware of how favored Su Wanyu was in front of the emperor?

However, things change, and another person extended a more attractive olive branch to her, that was the noble Princess Liang.

Since the failed assassination attempt on Gu Linjun, King Liang acted quickly and quietly cleared out all the people involved. He became more cautious and careful in his actions, like a beast hiding in the deep forest, not showing his edge at all.

In order to further consolidate his position, in the delicate balance between imperial power and Concubine Pei, he even married the eldest daughter of the Minister of Rites, Wei, named Jin, who was in her prime.

The Jin family is well-known for being low-key among the officials in the court. Family members seldom act ostentatiously, and the same is true for Jin, who is gentle and virtuous, and does not fight or compete, like an orchid quietly blooming in a deep valley.

However, this seemingly simple woman actually has a turbulent heart and hides unknown secrets.

During her tender childhood, she had the good fortune to go to the princess's mansion with her mother and met Gu Linjun several times. The feelings she had at that time were like seeds that quietly sprouted in spring, buried deep in her heart and growing quietly.

This secret love has been hidden under the dust of time for several years.

Jin once mustered up the courage to ask her mother to propose marriage to the princess's mansion on her behalf, but was politely but firmly rejected by Gu Linjun.

This rejection was like ice covering the fire of hope in her heart, making it difficult for her to let go for a long time.

Slowly, she began to realize that perhaps there really was an insurmountable gap between her and Gu Linjun, and she had to learn to let go of this emotion.

However, when she learned that the regent, whom countless women dreamed of, had an ambiguous relationship with a woman from the Zheng family who had been abandoned by her family, the calm surface of her heart began to ripple again.

There is an old grudge between Jin and her mother, Mrs. Jin, and Su Wanyu's adoptive mother. Although the two families are distant relatives in name, the actual grudge was planted because of the change in Lord Wei's engagement in the past.

Back then, Lord Wei intended to marry the daughter of the Yan family. The original target was Su Wanyu's adoptive mother, but unexpectedly something went wrong halfway through and Madam Jin got there first.

This incident, like a thorn, was deeply embedded in the hearts of the Jin family and became a knot that could not be untied for many years.

Miss Jin learned about this old story from the nanny. She felt unfair for her mother and even had a deep hatred for Su Wanyu's adoptive mother, Madam Su.

Coupled with Gu Linjun's unfinished love affair, her hatred for Su Wanyu deepened.

Not only did she agree to King Liang's proposal, she also secretly planned in her heart, vowing to destroy the fate between Su Wanyu and Gu Linjun.

In Miss Jin's eyes, Su Wanyu and her mother are both stunningly beautiful beauties who bring disaster to the country.

So, Miss Jin secretly contacted Yuan and proposed a deal: as long as she could find a way to get her daughter into Gu Linjun's mansion as a concubine, she would say a few good words for Pei Chi'an in front of King Liang and help him succeed in his career, and at the same time let Yuan's jewel Pei Qingzhi return to the prosperous capital.