I just want to rob you of your luck

Zhu Heng felt a headache because of Concubine Zhao's crying. He patiently sat down beside the bed and comforted her.

"Rong'er, I just thought she was a good actress, so I took her into the harem on impulse."

"You are lying. I clearly saw your majesty flirting with her at the banquet."

Zhu Heng was the king of a country, but now he was accused by a concubine. Logically, he could just punish her for jealousy.

Finally, he thought of Duke Zhao. He was indeed tempted by her beauty, and it was indeed inappropriate to do so on the concubine's birthday.

He still said in a gentle voice: "I shouldn't have married her on your birthday, but you know I was just in a whim. Don't worry, no one can replace Rong'er's position in my heart."

When he said this, Zhu Heng's black eyes flickered, and he gently patted Concubine Zhao on the shoulder.

"You are tired today, so go to bed early. I will go back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

"Brother Heng, won't you stay with me?" Concubine Zhao hurriedly turned around and grabbed Zhu Heng's hand.

Concubine Zhao's name was Zhao Ronger. Before she got married, she had been in love with Zhu Heng, who was the crown prince at the time.

However, the prince had already been engaged to the daughter of the Grand Tutor, and after the prince's wedding, she successfully married into the prince's mansion and became his concubine.

The prince treated her better than the crown princess, and she felt very satisfied.

Later, after the prince ascended the throne, she was conferred the title of noble concubine. She finally survived until the queen died of childbirth complications, and she thought she could enjoy the emperor's exclusive favor.

Unexpectedly, after the queen's death, Zhu Heng let himself go.

Not only did she hold beauty pageants many times and bring many young and beautiful women into the palace, but now she even brought an actress into the palace on her birthday.

She felt like Zhu Heng was blatantly slapping her in the face. How could she not be angry?

When Zhu Heng saw her pleading eyes, his heart softened. Today was her birthday and he had planned to stay with her.

But because of her disturbance, he felt a little annoyed and just wanted to leave early.

Concubine Zhao made a big fuss, but now she has calmed down a little and feels that she has gone a little too far.

"Brother Heng, Rong'er just cares too much about you, so she lost her composure and made things difficult for Brother Heng. Rong'er was wrong. Can you stay and accompany me tonight?"

In private, Zhu Heng allowed Concubine Zhao to call him by his name as she did when he was a child.

Seeing that Concubine Zhao had given in, Zhu Heng's expression eased a little. He sighed and sat back on the bed.

"You are now the mother of the Second Prince and the Imperial Concubine in charge of the harem, why are you still so willful?"

With a shy look on her face, Concubine Zhao hugged Zhu Heng's waist from behind and put her face on his broad back.

"Isn't it because Brother Heng spoils me like this? This is my confidence."

Zhu Heng's eyes were dark and deep as he thought about all the years, Zhao Ronger's actions were indeed fueled by him.

But her greatest reliance was not him, but the Duke Zhao's Mansion.

Speaking of the Duke of Zhao's Mansion, it is now extremely powerful, and the Duke of Zhao is even called Zhao Banchao among the people.

It can be seen that even the common people knew that almost half of the officials in the court were under his control.

In the past, he doted on Zhao Ronger in order to get Duke Zhao to support him to ascend to the throne.

Now seeing Zhao Ronger becoming more and more arrogant and domineering, he gradually developed a feeling of disgust in his heart.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Zhu Heng asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

Fu Shun's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, everything has been arranged."

Zhu Heng understood as soon as he heard it. Fushun meant that everything had been arranged on Lin Jiuer's side.

He said calmly, "I understand."

When Zhao Ronger heard this, she thought of something and became instantly angry again, and her voice couldn't help but become shrill.

"Brother Heng, you're not going to ask Fushun to settle that little bitch, are you?"

Zhu Heng stood up and said in a cold tone, "Rong'er, that is the concubine I personally appointed, Wan Cairen, not some little bitch. As a concubine, you are a role model for the harem, so you must be careful with your words and actions."

"I'm going back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. You should also settle down as soon as possible."

Seeing Zhu Heng leave without looking back, Concubine Zhao was so angry that she threw a bunch of valuable ornaments in the room.

There was a look of jealousy in her beautiful eyes.

"It's all that lowly actor's fault. He actually dared to seduce Brother Heng at my birthday party. He deserves to die!"

That night, Zhu Heng did not go to Changle Palace to see Lin Jiuer, but went directly back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The next day, all the concubines in the palace went to Yaohua Palace to pay their respects to the imperial concubine as usual.

Although she was neither a royal concubine nor a queen, she seemed to have regarded herself as a queen.

Every morning, the concubines were asked to pay their respects to her, and Zhu Heng had no objection to this.

Naturally, the concubines in the palace did not dare to say anything.

Yuling and Yuyao helped Lin Jiuer to wash and dress up early, reminding her that she had to pay her respects to the imperial concubine today.

Lin Jiuer didn't react to this. Anyway, she had to face it sooner or later since she entered the palace.

What's more, she was taken into the harem by His Majesty on the Imperial Concubine's birthday, which was a slap in the face of the Imperial Concubine. She will definitely be bullied today. This is something that no one needs to think about.

She was even a little bit looking forward to it, because she heard from the maid that His Majesty had favored the imperial concubine for many years, even more than the original queen.

That's why the imperial concubine is so arrogant and domineering.

But Lin Jiuer knew that a monarch with a little bit of ideals and ambitions would not allow a minister to ride on his head.

She knew that Concubine Zhao's mother's family was the powerful Duke of Zhao's Mansion.

Over the years, Zhu Heng has been condoning the Zhao family's expansion of power and even forming cliques for personal gain. It seems that the time has come to close the net soon.

When she saw Zhu Heng for the first time yesterday, she knew that he was definitely not as gentle and weak as he appeared.

While thinking, Lin Jiuer walked to Yaohua Palace. Yesterday she was just an actor performing for the nobles.

When she came here again today, she had become a member of the harem.

When she met some palace concubines on the way, Yuling and Yuyao would remind her in time that she was new here and most of the concubines here were of higher status than her.

She could only bow respectfully. Most of the concubines had heard about her story and all looked like they were enjoying a good show.

Lin Jiuer slowly walked into the main hall of Yaohua Palace. As soon as she entered, she saw a room full of beautiful girls, most of whom were looking at her with ill intentions.

Even though Lin Jiuer was thick-skinned enough, she still couldn't stand being stared at by so many beauties.

Zhu Heng really lives up to the rumors that he likes to collect beauties. With so many women, he is not afraid of kidney damage!

Concubine Zhao sat upright in the main seat, looking at Lin Jiuer with a leisurely gaze.

Lin Jiuer complained inwardly, walked to the front, knelt down and bowed to Concubine Zhao.

"Your humble servant Wancai greets the Imperial Concubine and all the sisters."

She is the newest person to enter the palace and is indeed the youngest one here. It is not an exaggeration for her to call others "sister".

Concubine Zhao was reluctant to ask her to excuse herself and deliberately left her alone to talk to a concubine next to her.

"Concubine Li, I heard that your family is in Yangzhou. Can the skinny horses there compare to our Wancai?"

Concubine Li looked embarrassed. Her father was the prefect of Yangzhou, and her family did raise a few Yangzhou skinny horses to entertain high-ranking guests.

But as a concubine, it was really not presentable for her to say this, she felt like an ordinary woman.

But under the pressure of Concubine Zhao, she had to say, "In my opinion, those skinny horses from Yangzhou are naturally inferior to the talented Wan. Otherwise, why would His Majesty fall in love with her at first sight?"

Lin Jiuer sneered in her heart, stood up straight, walked to the last seat and sat down.

The place fell silent instantly. Before Concubine Zhao could speak, a woman beside her angrily said, "How dare you! Did the Concubine ask you to get up and sit down? How dare you disobey the Concubine and commit treason?"