Harem Daily Life

No matter how sad He Xuan was, she had to leave today. Tao Yanyan waited patiently for her to stop crying, then led her out of Wen's room, met up with He Linzhang outside, and left the Wen family.

He Xuan looked back every few steps, her eyes full of reluctance, so Tao Yanyan had no choice but to pick her up and coax her gently.

When they reached the outer courtyard, everyone in the Wen family came up to see them off. Lord Wen seemed to be hesitant to speak, but he eventually asked about the matter of the concubine of the Wen family entering the palace.

Tao Yanyan frowned slightly when she heard this. In fact, she never understood why the younger sister also wanted her elder sister's man. Wouldn't it be awkward for two sisters to share the same man?

She refused instinctively and only looked at He Linzhang.

He Linzhang had a blank expression on his face, and his words left no room for maneuver: "The eldest princess has plenty of people to serve her, and I already have many concubines in my harem, so there is no need to bring in new people. Yu Rou has begged for mercy on this matter, but it is useless. I don't want to, and Lord Wen, please don't embarrass me anymore."

After saying that, He Linzhang led his men out in a line and returned to the palace in an organized procession.

Tao Yanyan took the eldest princess into the carriage, and from time to time he glanced at the silent He Linzhang beside him.

"Is there a flower on my face? Yanyan likes to look at it so much." He Linzhang glanced sideways and his eyes met Tao Yanyan's.

Tao Yanyan was a little embarrassed, and he coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, it's quite straightforward to reject the Wen family today. Keep it up in the future, okay?"

Don't bring every pretty girl into the palace. Not only will it delay her good marriage, but it will also be tiring to have too many rivals in love in the palace.

He Linzhang sighed softly, "Ever since the Queen poisoned me, I have long wanted no one to enter the harem. The more people there are, the more trouble there is. If a person stays in the harem for a long time, his or her character will change. I don't want to see anyone do anything that is against the will of heaven and earth in order to win favor."

Tao Yanyan agreed very much that the harem was a place where people were eaten. Anyone who came in would be bitten a few times and lose a lot of their true nature.

After returning to the palace, He Xuan was as limp as an eggplant hit by frost, and her eyes were swollen like two peaches from crying. Tao Yanyan asked Caiyun to boil two eggs, wrapped them in a cloth, and applied hot compresses to He Xuan.

He Linzhang's mood was not much better. After sending the two back to Changle Palace, he went into the study to practice calligraphy.

Because of his memory loss before, he had no feelings for any of the concubines in the harem. But once his memory came back, all those past events came flooding back to his mind, and he was still touched by the fact that the Wen family was beyond help.

Seeing that both the father and daughter were in a bad mood, Tao Yanyan didn't say much. He just held He Xuan in his arms and showed more love to her. As for He Linzhang, he could only let him digest it himself.

Eunuch Zhang was called out by a young eunuch, and then hurried back to report: "Your Majesty, Wang Zhaoyi will go to Jingci Temple tomorrow, but the third princess is young, and many concubines in the palace are vying to raise her. The Queen Mother's intention is that Your Majesty should choose a candidate and then take the third princess over."

"Oh? Who are the people who want to raise children?" He Linzhang asked without stopping writing.

Eunuch Zhang reported back one by one. When he mentioned Li Cairen, he spoke very quickly. However, because she was the lowest-ranking concubine he wanted to support, she left a deep impression on He Linzhang.

"A talented lady?" He Linzhang thought for a long time.

After He Yue and Xiao Jin'an came back from the elementary school, the family of five had dinner. Fengyi Palace sent a young eunuch to invite His Majesty over, saying that Wang Zhaoyi had invited him, and asked His Majesty to see her no matter what. He Linzhang looked at He Yue: "Yuer, do you want to go see your mother? She will go to Jingci Temple to practice tomorrow."

Tao Yanyan listened on the side. Although she didn't like the queen, she would not deprive the child of the right to see his biological mother.

He Yue frowned and said, "Will Empress Tao go with me? If not, then I won't go either."

He Yue was very dependent on Tao Yanyan. He Linzhang looked at Tao Yanyan and said, "You can go with us and visit the Third Princess."

Tao Yanyan nodded: "Then I will go there, but I will wait outside and will not see her." Tao Yanyan was still angry and was too lazy to see her.

Several people rode in a sedan chair and the former Queen Wang had changed into the attire of a Zhaoyi, without many precious jewels. When she saw the Emperor leading He Yue in, she immediately wanted to go up and hold the child, but He Yue hid behind He Linzhang and was not held.

Wang Zhaoyi looked at the second princess hiding behind the emperor with a sad look on her face, and said angrily, "Why, after you recognized someone else as your mother, you no longer remember your biological mother, right? Yue'er, you really make me feel so disappointed!"

He Yue opened her big innocent eyes, hid behind the emperor, and poked out her furry little head: "Mother, you put a snake-attracting sachet on me and fed me laxatives. Doesn't that make your daughter feel disappointed?"

Wang Zhaoyi looked at the emperor in surprise, thinking that the emperor had told He Yue all these things.

He Linzhang frowned. In order to prevent the child from having any grudges, he did not tell the child the truth. So how did the child know about it? Did Yan Yan tell him?

But He Linzhang felt that Concubine Tao was not someone who would tell these things to her children. She wanted her children to grow up carefree and happy more than anyone else, so how could she incite her children to hate their biological mother?

Wang Zhaoyi asked directly: "Yuer, how do you know these things?" The queen initially thought that the emperor might have said it, but then she thought that the emperor was not that kind of person, so she boldly guessed that it was Concubine Tao who did it.

As long as He Yue gives out Concubine Tao, the image of Concubine Tao in His Majesty's mind can be destroyed. Of course, the Queen will ask for the truth.

He Yue pouted: "I heard it myself."

Wang Zhaoyi didn't believe it and continued to guide: "Did you hear it from Concubine Tao?"

He Linzhang also looked down at the child.

He Yue shook her head. "No, I was playing hide-and-seek and heard it under the table. Mother admitted it at the time. You gave me one sachet to attract snakes and you one, so the snakes followed the smell. Later, I heard you tell Nanny Fang that you might not have given me enough laxatives and that you should add more. That's why I was in pain for two whole days."

As soon as He Yue said this, Wang Zhaoyi's expression changed, her face turned red and white, and she was very embarrassed.

He Linzhang didn't expect that the child already knew the truth. How painful must the child feel?

He glared at the queen fiercely and held He Yue in his arms: "Then Yue'er fell down on purpose and pretended to have lost her memory so that she could leave Fengyi Palace and live in Changle Palace, right?"

He Yue nodded, then shook her head: "Father is half right. I really fell, it wasn't a fake fall. Later, I pretended to only know Concubine Tao, and I really wanted to go back with her."

He Linzhang held his clever daughter in his arms and felt a little amused and helpless.

Wang Zhaoyi refused to believe it: "You must be lying to me, right? It was Concubine Tao who told you everything, right?"