The naive concubine is only interested in being a bad person. Your Majesty, please change your favor

Hearing Xiahou Xuan's question, Jiang Huaiyuan couldn't help but think of the scene when he adopted her home:

"Since I have rescued you from the brothel, let's change your name and start over. I have a daughter named Wanyi, and the middle character is the character, which cannot be changed. How about calling you Ying with the last character?"

"Father, let's just call it Elegy."

"Which word?"

"A tragic death deserves an elegy. The me of the past is dead, and the me of today is just Jiang Elegy."

After the recollection ended, Jiang Huaiyuan gradually regained consciousness and looked at Xiahou Xuan:

"This name was chosen by Concubine Xi herself, which means to live towards death."

Xiahou Xuan didn't expect that this was the name Jiang Wange chose himself.

The word "elegy" can be superficially understood as "a song sung for the dead", which sounds quite pessimistic.

"So that's how it is. I understand. Although I already know Wanwan's true identity, I still ask my father-in-law to keep it a secret and treat Wanwan as your own daughter, lest other people know Wanwan's origins and stir up trouble again."

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will keep this secret until I am in my coffin."

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Xuan nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Jiang Huai to leave the palace.

Chenghuan Palace——

Concubine Shu supported her head with one hand, seemingly resting with her eyes closed, but in fact she was thinking about Jiang Wange's pregnancy.

Now the whole harem knows that Jiang Wange is already four months pregnant. If you calculate the time carefully, Jiang Wange got pregnant around the time of her first bedtime, but it was not recorded in the book...

"My lady, what are you thinking about?"

Rou'er saw that Concubine Shu had a frown on her face but was not sleeping, so she asked.

"Rou'er, do you think that an emperor as high and mighty as His Majesty would truly like a woman?"

"Your Highness, are you referring to Concubine Xi?"

"That's right. I was thinking that your Majesty was so careful to hide the fact that Concubine Xi was pregnant because he was afraid that the people in the harem would hurt her and her unborn child out of jealousy. He was so worried and took great pains to do so."

"Your Majesty, I think Your Majesty is only concerned about the child in Concubine Xi's belly. After all, this is Your Majesty's first child. It is reasonable for Your Majesty to be cautious."

"is it?"

Concubine Shu raised her eyebrows and then smiled charmingly:

Not entirely. Your Majesty must be deeply in love with Concubine Xi, otherwise he would not be so protective of her.

His Majesty is still very young and can have as many children as he wants, but he never really favors those concubines, they are just decorations.

The only person he truly favored was Jiang Wange, and he truly loved her.

Rou'er didn't quite understand what her master meant, so she simply didn't say anything else to avoid misjudging her master's thoughts.

"Your Highness, the Queen Mother summoned you—"

Lian Qiao, the maidservant beside Concubine Shu, walked in slowly and reported to Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu looked up at Lian Qiao and without saying anything, asked Rou'er to help her change her clothes.

"My lady, please let me serve you. I used to change your clothes."

Lian Qiao took the initiative to step forward and took over the task of changing Concubine Shu's clothes.

Ever since Rou'er came, the queen has ignored me for a long time and only let Rou'er serve me personally. If this continues, Rou'er will replace my position sooner or later!

Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu sneered:

"Why, do I need your approval before I can ask someone to serve me?"

"No, that's not what I meant. Your Majesty has misunderstood..."

"Kneel down outside the door and get slapped ten times!"

"Yes......"

Lian Qiao did not dare to disobey Concubine Shu's order, so she walked out of the house obediently, knelt in the yard, and then began to slap herself.

Rouer continued to change Concubine Shu's clothes, and then whispered:

"My Lady, are you being too harsh on Lian Qiao? Will she discover that you are... abnormal?"

Rouer asked in a low voice.

"Lian Qiao is just a stupid thing, how could she possibly find out that her master has changed? On the contrary, it would be really dangerous if she kept serving me personally." Concubine Shu patiently explained to Rou'er.

Rou'er nodded, "I'm grateful for your advice."

After Rou'er helped Concubine Shu change her clothes, she followed her and walked out together.

Outside the house, Lian Qiao was still kneeling in the yard, his cheeks red and swollen. It seemed that the slap in the face must have taken some force, and he did not dare to fool Concubine Shu.

"Get up, every failure is a learning experience, and your decision is not yours to question."

"Yes, I will follow your instructions."

Lian Qiao lowered her head, her eyes full of resentment.

Shufei didn't care what Lian Qiao was thinking, she just walked past her and headed towards Ci'an Palace.

"I have met the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be blessed and safe."

"You're here, sit down."

The Empress Dowager leaned back on the couch and waved her hand weakly, motioning for Concubine Shu to find a seat herself.

Concubine Shu didn't care at all and sat next to the Empress Dowager.

"What is the Queen Mother worried about? Perhaps I can help her solve her worries."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother raised her eyes and looked at her:

"Share my worries? With your brain, what worries can you share with me? It's good enough that you don't cause me any trouble."

In response, Concubine Shu did not refute, but asked with a smile:

"Then the Queen Mother summoned me here today. Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"You have become smarter. Yes, I do have something for you to do."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"After Xia Qingqian's mysterious death, the Xia family no longer has any girls of the right age to be sent to the palace. Even if there were any, they would not dare to enter the palace and would rather commit suicide after hearing that Xia Qingqian had died inexplicably. So now you are the only one I can rely on."

"I don't understand what the Queen Mother means..."

"Now that Concubine Xi is pregnant, it proves that His Majesty has begun to favor concubines. Then there is no reason for him not to favor other concubines. As Concubine Shu, you are the one His Majesty should favor the most. In short, I will ask the previous dynasty to put pressure on His Majesty to come to your palace. You should seize the opportunity and don't let me down."

When Concubine Shu heard this, her heart sank.

"Yes, I understand. Thank you Queen Mother for planning for me. I will do my best, but as for Your Majesty... If Your Majesty is unwilling, I cannot force you."

The Queen Mother almost rolled her eyes, then glanced at Nanny Sun, who then handed Concubine Shu a packet of medicine powder:

"This powder is colorless and tasteless and dissolves in water. As long as His Majesty drinks it, he will naturally favor you."

Concubine Shu's eyes darkened and she took the powder.

"Yes, I know it."

"Don't just know that you can't do it. If I didn't have other pawns, it would never be your turn to seduce His Majesty."

The Queen Mother said with a look of disappointment that Xia Qingqian was her most satisfying chess piece, but her death was so inexplicable that the Queen Mother was also very puzzled.

She clearly asked her to give the poison to Concubine Xi, so why did she eat it in the end?