I just want to rob you of your luck

Everyone in the troupe had already arrived. Lin Jiuer was late, and the troupe leader was a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't get angry in the palace.

Lin Jiuer was one of the mainstays of his troupe. She was usually quite obedient and situations like this rarely occurred to her.

It seems that she has become a little too proud of her fame. I'll find a chance to give her a good beating.

But he knew that the nobles in the palace were difficult to serve, and if he offended anyone, he would lose his head.

However, if the performance is good, there will be generous rewards, and the troupe will become famous.

So the troupe leader quickly led everyone in the troupe to put on makeup and rehearse.

The birthday banquet began, and the performance was as exciting as in the previous life. The emperor's eyes were quickly attracted by Lin Jiuer.

It is well known that the emperor likes beauties. There are many beauties in the harem, some plump and some thin, but none of them can compare to the favor of Concubine Zhao.

Concubine Zhao was the only daughter of Duke Zhao, who was a great contributor in supporting the emperor, who was then the crown prince, to ascend the throne during the battle for the throne among the princes.

In addition, Concubine Zhao was beautiful, was a concubine in the prince's residence, and gave birth to the second prince, so she has always been favored by the emperor.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he named her a noble concubine. Two years ago, the queen died of childbirth complications, and the power of the palace naturally fell into her hands.

Many people speculated that Concubine Zhao might soon be named the next empress.

Therefore, most of the concubines in the harem respected her. In addition, Duke Zhao's mansion was very powerful, and Concubine Zhao's popularity in the harem was unmatched.

On Concubine Zhao's birthday, the palace held a grand banquet for her and the celebration lasted for three days, which shows the emperor's favor to her.

Lin Jiuer naturally discovered that the emperor looked at her with a hint of admiration and obsession.

Concubine Zhao was sitting next to the emperor, so she naturally noticed that there was something wrong with the emperor's eyes. She glared at Lin Jiuer fiercely.

Then she raised the wine glass and said in a soft voice, "Your Majesty, I offer you a toast. Thank you for hosting such a grand birthday banquet for me."

The emperor was stunned. Although he had arranged for the birthday banquet to be held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, most of the arrangements were made by the imperial concubine herself.

He also didn't expect that the imperial concubine would hold a three-day banquet, but he had always doted on the imperial concubine, so he didn't object.

He raised his wine glass and clinked it with Concubine Zhao's, smiling faintly: "As long as Concubine Zhao is happy."

In the following time, Concubine Zhao would pester Zhu Heng to drink or chat from time to time.

Everyone in the harem lamented that the emperor really doted on Concubine Zhao and they had no courage to compete with her for favor.

After the birthday banquet, the troupe was informed by Concubine Zhao's people that the performance the next day was cancelled.

He gave them some rewards and let the troupe leave the palace that day.

Lin Jiuer frowned. This is not the same as the previous life?

However, her status is low now, so she can only go back with the troupe for the time being.

She didn't have much to pack, so she packed a few clothes and some jewelry in no time.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Jiuer curled her lips, as expected, what is supposed to come will come.

She pretended to know nothing and opened the door, only to see a eunuch in his twenties standing outside.

The eunuch said gently with a smile: "Miss Lin, my master wants to see you."

Lin Jiuer had an impression of this person in the original owner's memory. He was the eunuch Fushun who was beside the Emperor Zhu Heng.

Lin Jiuer was a little surprised: "I don't know, who is your master? The imperial concubine asked us to leave the palace immediately. If you still want to watch the performance, why not tell the imperial concubine?"

Eunuch Fushun seemed unaware of this. His face was surprised for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"Don't worry young lady, my master only wants to talk to you for a few words. It won't take too long."

He thought to himself, such enormous wealth is about to come, why is this girl so slow?

He was worried about her.

You have to know that even an actor who has already gained some fame like Lin Jiuer is a person of low status.

Those who are lucky are taken as concubines by some high-ranking officials, while those who are unlucky are forcibly taken advantage of and become playthings of the nobles.

This person is obviously very lucky. Being noticed by the most noble man in the world can be said to be a meteoric rise to fame.

Lin Jiuer hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Well, please lead the way, eunuch. I'll trouble you to explain to the noble lady later that I can't stay in the palace for too long, otherwise it would be bad if the noble concubine blamed me and implicated the troupe."

Fu Shun nodded and sighed inwardly. The imperial concubine had become more and more domineering and arrogant in the past two years, and she had absolute power in the harem.

It seems that people also have some complaints about her.

Fu Shun took Lin Jiuer around crowded places and soon arrived at a pavilion by the lake.

Lin Jiuer saw from afar a tall and majestic figure standing in the pavilion. The dark robe he was wearing looked very familiar. It was the Emperor Zhu Heng whom she had seen at the birthday party just now.

Zhu Heng is 26 years old this year and has been on the throne for five years. Although it is rumored that he likes beauties, it does not prevent him from being a wise ruler.

Fushun brought Lin Jiuer to the pavilion and stopped: "Go ahead, young lady. The master is waiting in the pavilion."

Lin Jiuer still looked confused. She nodded and walked into the pavilion.

As soon as she entered and saw Zhu Heng, her face changed instantly and she fell to her knees.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. I didn't know that the noble you were talking about was actually Your Majesty."

Zhu Heng walked over, held her arm and helped her up.

"No gifts."

Lin Jiuer lowered her head, revealing a section of her jade-white neck. She shrank a little as if she was frightened.

Zhu Heng saw that the fair skin on her neck turned visibly light pink. His expression changed slightly, and he chuckled, lifting Lin Jiuer's chin with his hand.

"Are you afraid of me?"

Lin Jiuer lowered her eyelashes and still dared not look him in the eye. She knew that looking directly into the emperor's face was disrespectful.

"I am a humble girl, and I dare not offend your Majesty."

Zhu Heng seemed to be looking at her and was silent for a while.

He said, "Look up at me. I have something to ask you. I won't blame you for being disrespectful."

Only then did Lin Jiuer raise her eyes obediently, and their eyes met, as if they had been together for eternity.

Zhu Heng has a handsome appearance, with long eyebrows slanting into his temples, a high nose bridge, thin lips, and deep phoenix eyes that make it difficult to figure out what he is thinking.

"Are you willing to enter my harem?"

Zhu Heng had asked the original owner the same question in his previous life, but the original owner did not want to enter the palace and compete with so many women for the favor of a man, so she politely declined.

Unexpectedly, he ended up dying tragically and his family was wiped out.

In this life, Lin Jiuer would certainly not refuse. Her mission target was Concubine Zhao, so naturally she had to enter the palace and fight with her.

Zhu Heng saw surprise in the beautiful eyes of the woman in front of him, and then some shyness and joy.

Her cheeks turned red instantly. Zhu Heng found her little look very cute and a smile appeared in his eyes.

Lin Jiuer lowered her head again and whispered, "I am willing to enter the palace."