Comprehensive film and television: Every time I dress up as a supporting role

In the palace layout, Xianfu Palace belongs to the Western Six Palaces, and Jingren Palace belongs to the Eastern Six Palaces. Daily greetings require walking a much longer distance than those in the Eastern Six Palaces.

Correspondingly, in the six western palaces, the queen's control is weaker and not as strong as in the six eastern palaces.

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Qu Lian packed her things and quickly moved into the western wing of the Xianfu Palace, right next to Concubine Fang.

Wen Renfang is now a concubine. Logically, she can have two palace maids and two eunuchs serving her. One of the palace maids can be promoted to her personal maid, that is, a senior palace maid, whose rank is one level higher than that of an ordinary palace maid. Her monthly salary is two taels, or three taels, more than when she was a palace maid sweeping the floor.

Fang Changzai didn't think much about it and promoted Qu Lian to be the senior palace maid.

Although Qu Lian cannot be exposed too much, she still needs to be accompanied by one or more palace maids when she travels on weekdays. Over time, it will be clear who the confidant is, so it is better to improve Qu Lian's treatment from the beginning.

Qu Lian didn't have much stuff. After all, there wasn't much she needed to do in the cold palace, so no one would blame her even if she looked unkempt.

However, she did have a lot of money. In the past few months, the money Xia Wei gave her, and the money Xia Dongchun gave to Qu Lian from her father, totaled several hundred taels. This money was enough for her to buy a small house and have some money left for herself.

But it is far from enough and does not meet the standards of a rich woman.

We still have to struggle.

The west side hall is not as big as the main side hall. In the TV series "Legend of Zhen Huan", the place where the ladies lived was quite big. But when Qu Lian walked in personally, she found that even the most luxurious Yiku Palace in the whole play was actually not that big. Even the imperial garden was narrow, so it was easy for people to run into it when they went out.

The main hall of the west side hall is small, let alone the servants' rooms.

Qu Lian lived with another palace maid, and the two eunuchs lived in another wing.

The scope of work for the palace maids who serve the concubines is not as clearly defined as that for the main concubine. Even the senior palace maids are responsible for taking turns sweeping and cleaning to keep the palace clean and tidy.

The palace maid who took care of Fang Changzai together with Qu Lian was called Tian'er. She entered Xianfu Palace almost at the same time as Qu Lian. She first paid her respects to Fang Changzai, and then went back to the new residence together to make the bed.

Except for a few bags of small change for buying food with the guards, Qu Lian had exchanged all her money into large-denomination banknotes. Her luggage consisted of clothes, jewelry, and some miscellaneous daily necessities.

Qu Lian made the bed quickly and then locked her important belongings in the safe.

The palace maid's room is not as exquisite as that of her master, but it is still equipped with basic safes and bronze mirrors. After all, the palace maid has to maintain her appearance in order to better take care of her master, and a bronze mirror is an indispensable item.

After finishing the work, Tian'er was sent by Fang Changzai to clean the house. She couldn't wait to close the door and whisper to Qu Lian.

Fang Changzai briefly recounted her encounter with the Emperor and what happened this morning, then highlighted the key points:

"I did as you asked the other day and successfully got the Emperor to take me back to the Yangxin Palace. I also successfully slept with him. When do you think I'll be able to get pregnant?"

Fang Chang asked earnestly.

It is true that she wanted to use her child to climb up the social ladder and find an opportunity to avenge her aborted child, but at the same time, she naturally wanted to use her child to gain wealth and glory.

After a year in the cold palace, experiencing the fickleness of human nature and the pain of having to do everything herself in daily life, Fang Changzai came to her senses. Losing her child was painful, but being bullied by everyone was equally painful. She never wanted to live that kind of life again.

She will climb up step by step.

Qu Lian said, "It's hard to say, but it's always a good idea to come a few more times."

Fang Changzai paused for a moment, then continued, "Yesterday, I pestered the Emperor to sleep with me twice, and afterward, I was careful not to let anything leak out."

They were all experienced people, and she truly regarded Qu Lian as a doctor, so she didn't have many reservations when talking about private matters.

"That's right, this will help you get pregnant. Let me boil some medicine for you so that you can get pregnant soon." After saying this, Qu Lian went to write down the necessary things and prepared to choose a day to get the medicine.

Now that she is no longer a maid in the cold palace, it is much easier for her to get medicine.

Pregnancy-maintaining medicine is an extraordinary measure. It is not harmful to the body, but medicine is toxic. If the child Fang Changzai's body was not as strong as that of an ordinary person, Qu Lian would not have needed to use this method.

It would be better to get pregnant as soon as possible while the emperor is still interested in Concubine Fang.

The emperor is only interested in Zhen Huan, and is indifferent to ordinary concubines. Opportunities come and go quickly, and must be seized in time.

Hearing that there was medicine for pregnancy, Fang Changzai felt more at ease.

She took Qu Lian to appreciate the gifts sent to her by the palaces today. She put the ones that could not be given away into the storeroom and picked out some beautiful jewelry that could be given to the servants for Qu Lian to choose from.

"Pick as you like. I told you I won't treat you unfairly."

Fang Changzai held Qu Lian's hand tightly, like a best friend who had become rich overnight, and took out the good things she had worked hard for and shared them with her good sister as if they were treasures.

Qu Lian glanced at Fang Changzai and saw only sincerity on her face, with no hypocrisy in her eyes. Qu Lian lowered her eyes and thought that if Fang Changzai always remained like this, it would not matter if she was sincere to her.

Sincerity is hard to come by, and she is not a cold-hearted person.

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A few days later, the emperor summoned Fang Changzai to sleep with him again, but there was no movement after that.

Concubine Hua didn't even come up with a plan against Concubine Fang, and Concubine Fang was thus forgotten by everyone.

Concubine Hua was immediately amused, thinking that Concubine Fang would not amount to anything, and turned to target Shen Meizhuang, who had divided the palace power.

The fact that Fang Chang was drinking pregnancy-maintaining medicine was no secret in the harem, but since drinking pregnancy-maintaining medicine was normal behavior, no one paid special attention to it.

More than two months later, in the living room of the main hall of the west side hall of Xianfu Palace.

Qu Lian carefully felt Fang Changzai's pulse as usual. After several minutes, her brows relaxed slightly and she smiled:

"Congratulations, my lady. Your pulse is slippery, which is a sign of pregnancy."

Fang Changzai said in surprise: "I'm pregnant?"

She was so happy that she wanted to get up and spin around to celebrate, but she held back when she remembered that she was pregnant.

The two spoke in a very low voice, and they intentionally concealed the fact that Qu Lian knew medical skills from everyone in the West Side Hall. Even though they lived in the same room, Tian'er didn't know that Qu Lian knew medical skills.

Recently, Tian'er has been sneaking out of the house, and Qu Lian has been secretly watching him for a long time.

Qu Lian reminded her, "Tian'er has been acting suspiciously lately. I wonder if she's been bribed by another palace. We should be cautious. The fetus isn't stable yet. It won't be too late to report to the Queen after it stabilizes."

As for telling the Emperor directly without going through the Empress, that was a privilege reserved for the favored concubine. Concubine Fang had no intention of doing so. Being pregnant was already high-profile, and doing so would only make her more likely to attract the jealousy of Concubine Hua, the reincarnation of a jealous spirit.

The long-term way to survive stably in the harem is to have less hatred and friction.