Not long after Chun'er was favored by the emperor, good news came from Prince Guo's mansion that Zhen Yuyin had given birth safely to twins, a boy and a girl.

When the news reached the palace, Zhen Huan burst into tears of joy and, along with the Emperor, named her two nephews Hongzhou and Lingxi. The birth of these two children not only helped Yu Yin gain a firm foothold in the palace, but also provided her and Long Yue with more security for their future.

Pangju was also very trustworthy and issued an imperial decree on the day of the children's third birthday. After that, Zhen Yuyin was officially included in the royal jade book and became the concubine of Prince Guo.

Meng Jingxian is about to marry into Prince Guo's mansion. In order to support her sister, Zhen Huan specially asks for the emperor's grace and goes out of the palace to Prince Guo's mansion to bless Hongzhou and Lingxi on the day of their full moon.

In front of Prince Guo and her sister Yuyin, Zhen Huan lovingly teased her two little nephews, her heart filled with tenderness and love, as if they were her own children.

Zhen Yuyin looked at Hongzhou in the prince's arms and Lingxi in her elder sister's arms, feeling a little uncomfortable. It was as if they were a family of four, and she was just an outsider...

This outrageous thought flashed through her mind, frightening her to the point of panic!

"What am I doubting! That's my husband and my beloved elder sister! Zhen Yuyin, you've lost your mind from giving birth to children! How could you have such a ridiculous idea?"

Yu Yin shook her head repeatedly, suppressing the discomfort in her heart, but doubt was like a seed still hibernating, and no one knew when it would sprout and take root!

A few days after Zhen Huan returned from outside the palace, the ceremony of conferring the title of consort began.

When the title was conferred, Nian Shilan looked at Feng Ruozhao, who was ranked alongside her, and she was still dissatisfied. She never thought that the emperor would also confer the title of Imperial Concubine on Feng Ruozhao.

Why? Why? Why! Why can Feng Ruozhao be on equal footing with her? Her brother fought bloody battles on the frontier to get her current position, but why did Feng Ruozhao get that?! Just because she gave birth to a prince? Because she recommended the imperial physician who solved the epidemic?!

Nian Shilan was deeply troubled. When the epidemic broke out, she had spent sleepless nights accompanying the imperial physician to review ancient pharmacopoeias. If she had been given a little more time, she might have been able to come up with a prescription to cure the epidemic before Feng Ruozhao. As for the prince, she should have had a son back then...

Standing behind the two imperial concubines was Consort Jia Huimin of the Xitala clan.

Yixiu stared at the auspicious dress on Concubine Jia, and her smile made people tremble!

Of course she recognized that this auspicious dress was the one that Concubine Jing wore when she was conferred the title of Concubine, but according to her arrangement, Concubine Jia should have worn the auspicious dress that her elder sister wore when she first entered the palace and met the Emperor!

Concubine Jia, Concubine Jing! When did the two of them join forces?

Yes, in this life, the Chun Yuan used clothes trap that Yixiu didn't have time to set up for Zhen Huan was used by her to deal with Concubine Jia.

But she never expected that Concubine Jia would be Feng Ruozhao's person, so when the emperor revealed to her that he would make her a noble concubine and promote Concubine Jia to a concubine, Feng Ruozhao secretly took his concubine's ceremonial clothes to Chengqian Palace and asked Xitala Huimin to keep them.

In order not to alert the enemy, Huimin even took the old clothes of Queen Chunyuan from the Imperial Household Department, and waited until she was made a concubine to take them to the emperor to flatter Yixiu.

This auspicious dress naturally couldn't do anything to Yixiu, but it could poke a hole in her precarious trust in the emperor!

Thinking of this, Feng Ruozhao and Concubine Jia looked up at the Queen at the same time, and smiled at her.

It seems like a mockery and also like a demonstration.

Yixiu was so frightened by them that she subconsciously took a step back. When she realized what was happening, her face twisted for a moment. Just now, she was actually scared!

She scolded herself in her heart, "Ulanara Yixiu, what are you afraid of! You are the queen, the emperor's legitimate wife, how can you be afraid of these two concubines who don't know how to live or die!"

Unlike the Queen's rage, the four people behind Concubine Jia, namely, Concubine Ning (Xu Wangshu), Concubine Chun (Fang Jia Chunyi), Concubine Rou (Ma Jia Minrou), and Concubine Mi (Yun Shu), were all quite happy.

After all, who doesn’t like the good news of getting a promotion and a raise?

Regardless of what everyone thought, after the ceremony of conferring the title of imperial concubine, Concubine Nian regained her former glory of holding power in the palace and enjoying the emperor's favor. She surpassed all the other concubines in the harem, and even Empress Yixiu had to admit defeat.

Feng Ruozhao even took the initiative to give up his palace power and concentrate on raising his cubs in Xianfu Palace.

However, Zhen Huan keenly sensed the calm before the storm, so the always proud and unyielding Zhen Huan actually began to bow her head when facing Concubine Nian.

Nian Shilan simply assumed everyone was afraid of her, oblivious to the turmoil the Nian family found themselves in. Her daily struggles included vying for favor and power, finding fault with the Empress whenever necessary and irritating Concubine Duan and Zhen Huan whenever necessary. She flaunted her power day and night, causing unbearable suffering for the entire harem.

What’s interesting is that no matter how arrogant Nian Shilan was, everyone endured it without any prior agreement.

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April 28th is a good day for marriage.

Red silk was hung high in Prince Guo’s mansion to welcome the legitimate wife into the house.

At night, the guests dispersed, but Prince Guo, who was drunk, had nowhere to hide and had to be helped to the main courtyard by his servant A Jin.

In their previous life, Huanbi and Meng Jingxian, regardless of age, married into the palace on the same day, and the civet cat still had a second-best option at that time.

But now Meng Jingxian is the legitimate wife, and he can't let her stay alone in the empty room on the wedding night. Otherwise, he will be slapping the faces of his brother and the Duke of Pei!

However, Prince Guo was determined not to sleep with Meng Jingxian, so he accepted all the toasts from the guests, so that he would not be able to perform the Zhougong ceremony after getting drunk.

But Meng Jingxian was well prepared.

After the civet cat entered the bridal chamber, Meng Jingxian's wet nurse first brought him a bowl of hangover soup with diuretics in it that had been prepared in advance, and then arranged for someone to help him wash and dress.

After all this trouble, an hour passed, and Prince Guo sadly discovered that he was almost sober! He didn't know where his wife had found the sobering medicine prescription, but it was so effective.

Coming out of the bathroom, Yun Li originally planned to continue pretending to be drunk and asleep, but he didn't expect that the bedroom had already been filled with An Lingrong's special edition of warm fragrance.

Well, this incense was sold to the wife of the Duke of Pei at a high price through the help of Feng Ruozhao's people.

The Songzi arresting incident from the previous life happened again in this life, but Zhen Huan had a uterus of steel, and the crowd-plunging incident in panic did not cause her to have a miscarriage, so afterwards Yixiu arranged for An Lingrong to send Zhen Huan the musk-scented scar-removing gel.

After Feng Ruozhao found out, he mentioned it subtly to Zhen Huan in private: You are pregnant, so it is better to let a trusted imperial physician check things like spices.

Zhen Huan was very perceptive and immediately understood the hidden meaning behind her words. After confirming that the scar-removing gel was filled with something good, Zhen Huan immediately eliminated An Lingrong, the little boss.

Of course, the emperor was not so cruel as to order the death penalty directly. After the incident, An Lingrong was demoted to a court lady and confined to a remote place in the Old Summer Palace.

An Lingrong cared most about her mother, Lin Xiu. It would have been easy for Yixiu to harm Lin Xiu, so she wasn't afraid that An Lingrong would betray her. But after all, the dead are the most reticent, so after returning to the palace, she orchestrated a plan to have An Lingrong catch a cold in winter and die.

This was of course what was said on the surface. In fact, Feng Ruozhao gave An Lingrong a dose of fake death drug, allowing her to take advantage of the situation and completely disappear from everyone's sight.

After faking her death, An Lingrong disguised herself as a perfumer in a spice shop in the capital owned by Feng Ruozhao's sister-in-law, specializing in making perfumes for Feng Ruozhao.

Part of the spices prepared by An Lingrong was collected by Feng Ruozhao and stored in the system space, while the other part quietly flowed into the backyards of various families.

The wife of the Duke of Pei believed the rumors in the capital and was convinced that Prince Guo was infatuated with his concubine Zhen Yuyin.

She was afraid that her daughter would not be favored by her husband after she got married, so she bought a box for Meng Jingxian as well, just in case.

Who would have thought that Prince Guo was so infatuated that he let Meng Jingxian use it on the first night?

The civet cat staggered towards the bed. Meng Jingxian's face gradually blurred in his eyes, slowly transforming into another familiar face that he could not desecrate...

"Han, Huan, Huanbi~" The last bit of his remaining rationality made him swallow the name that he could not reveal in his heart, and called out Zhen Yuyin's former name.

The shy smile froze on her face, and a mist gradually filled Meng Jingxian's eyes. She looked up at the incense burner burning with warm incense, and suddenly felt that she had become so despicable, and this moment was so humiliating!

If the late emperor had not joked about promising her to the prince, and if the empress dowager had not brought up the marriage after the current emperor ascended the throne, would she have made a different choice?

The big red bed curtain fell, and the civet cat smiled happily and fell towards the Wushan Goddess in his eyes. Meng Jingxian lay down obediently, and a kiss fell on her forehead. She closed her eyes tremblingly, but a tear slid across the corner of her eye.

'How pathetic!'

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