Jinwei joins hands in rebirth: villains can also eat at the table

"Humph, hasn't it even started yet? What? After all these years, you still haven't changed your character as a palace maid? You're actually worrying about my affairs."

Jin Yuyan has always looked down on Yanwan. Seeing that she wanted to laugh at her, she retorted without even looking at her.

"Sister, isn't this just my concern for you? Now that we're both the Emperor's concubines, please stop using your previous tactics to pressure me. Well, since you don't like it, I won't say anything."

Yan Wan didn't take her few words to heart. She just lowered her head to look at the embroidery on her clothes and raised her hand to brush away the non-existent dust.

This dress was made of the material Yihuan gave her last time. She liked it very much, so she hoped it wouldn't get dirty.

Seeing Jin Yuyan acting so arrogantly, Yi Huan couldn't help but speak up, "This is the first time the Empress has come to pay her respects after being crowned Empress. Sister Jiapin, are you dissatisfied with the Emperor's decree that made you come so late?"

Upon hearing this, Yanwan smiled at her gently to express her gratitude.

Jin Yuyan didn't expect Yihuan to speak up for Yanwan, and was about to attack her.

"you!"

"The Queen has arrived!"

Rong Pei arrived just in time. She shouted, interrupting Jin Yuyan's next words.

All the concubines quickly stood up and saluted, and Ruyi came forward in a bright red auspicious dress.

She was already thirty-two years old, but still as graceful and charming as ever. She sat at the head of the table, looking elegant and graceful, with layers of gold, silver and jewels piled on her head, and her eyes full of shimmering pearls and jade, showing the queen's elegant demeanor.

Ruyi glanced at the crowd calmly. When she saw Jin Yuyan in red, her eyes turned slightly cold. Then she smiled faintly and said, "Everyone, get up."

According to ancestral rules, when concubines paid their respects to the new queen, she had to bestow rewards to show the legitimacy of the six palaces.

Ruyi gave gifts to each of the concubines. During the Jinchuan Campaign, the Yu family had made significant contributions. The emperor had instructed Ruyi that the previous punishments were just a minor disciplinary measure, but now they were almost enough.

Today she wants to restore Concubine Jia's position as Imperial Concubine and reward her with a pair of carnelian earrings.

Rong Pei angrily thrust the earrings in front of her.

In the verbal battle among the group of strong men, the thick earring pierced through her ear. Jin Yuyan was humiliated in public and held a grudge against Ruyi.

A new round of game in the harem begins again.

"This Concubine Jia is really domineering. It made your five years in her Qixiang Palace difficult."

She quietly sipped the jasmine tea in front of her, her heart gradually calming down. Looking at the elegant and simple furnishings in the hall, she couldn't help but sigh.

Just after leaving Yiku Palace, Yihuan was rarely a guest in Yongshou Palace. The bloody sight of her pierced ear just now made her feel uneasy.

She finally understood why Yan Wan hated Jin Yuyan so much. Judging by the scene in Yikun Palace today, she must have suffered immensely during those five years.

She still vaguely remembered Ai'er in the ice room. It was because of Jin Yuyan's punishment that she went to the master to pray for blessings and asked for Buddhist beads, and finally lost her life.

When Yihuan thought of Jin Yuyan's arrogant and domineering look today, she couldn't help but feel sorry for Yanwan's situation back then.

Since Yan Wan's rebirth, those gold, silver, pearls and jade have become external things. Most of the furnishings in the hall are insignificant items. The most abundant thing in the hall is books. In the small study on the east side of the house, there is an entire wall of books.

In addition to the poetry collection, there are also several landscape paintings hanging on the wall, and there is a guqin in the corner.

"It's all in the past. Back then, I was in trouble and became a little maid in Qixiang Palace, bullied by everyone. I washed clothes during the day and kneeled down to hold candles at night. Fortunately, the emperor showed me mercy and was able to escape those days without seeing the sun. If it weren't for the emperor, I'm afraid my sister would have died in Qixiang Palace. Now that I've become a concubine, I'm also in constant fear, afraid that I'll wake up and find myself as the little maid holding candles again."

Yan Wan said this with a smile, but when she mentioned the sad past, tears fell unconsciously.

Yi Huan quickly handed over the handkerchief: "It's all my fault. I brought up something that was not relevant and made my sister recall something sad."

"It's okay, it's all in the past, sister, don't take it to heart."

Yihuan finally understood why Yanwan cared so much about the emperor. If there was a man who saved her from danger, she would fall in love with him uncontrollably.

I fell in love with her at first sight, not to mention that the emperor saved Yan Wan like a god.

"Then how could the Queen do that?"

She thought of Ruyi, who was extremely prejudiced against Yanwan, and thought of Yanwan's strange behavior that day. Yihuan couldn't help but speak.

"I have a fellow countryman named Ling Yunche. It's no exaggeration to say we're childhood sweethearts. When the Empress was in the cold palace, we formed a supportive friendship. Because of Concubine Yu's astronomical predictions, I was incompatible with the eldest prince, so Concubine Chun banished me to the flower room. I once asked him to plead with the current Empress, and later, when I was delivering flowers to the various palaces, Concubine Jia took them away."

"I'm not afraid of being laughed at by my sister. I did have the thought of marrying him at that time, but during those years in Qixiang Palace, I was tortured... tortured to the point of almost being unable to survive..."

Yan Wan was almost choking up when she said this, and Yi Huan hurriedly helped her to calm down and let her relax for a while before continuing.

"That day in the Imperial Garden, it was the Emperor who rescued me from the clutches of the current Imperial Concubine Dejia. The Empress, remembering the support between me and Ling Yunche, wanted the Emperor to arrange a marriage for us. But five years have passed, and now that I've been rescued by the Emperor, I simply want to repay him for his kindness..."

"On the day he entered the emperor's chamber, I asked Chunchan to give him a sum of silver. He was just an ordinary guard at the time, and I thought this amount of silver would be enough for his monthly salary for three to five years. It would definitely be enough to repay our friendship over the years. Now that I'm the emperor's concubine, I can't have any contact with other men. It's better for both him and me if we break off our relationship early."

"The Queen is probably on good terms with him, and she can't bear to see me betray her sincerity, so she has a prejudice against me."

Having said that, Yanwan wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief and looked at Yihuan with red eyes.

After hearing this, how could Yihuan not understand anything?

"This can't be entirely your fault. We are not stone or wood, so how can we be indifferent? If you really want to repay the emperor, then you can only cut off all ties with him. What's wrong with that?"

Yihuan said this, but she also had some prejudice against Ruyi in her heart. Now, almost five years later, she still felt resentful and treated Yanwan indifferently, which was really too much.

Besides, the emperor is a true dragon emperor, outstanding among all people. He rescued Yan Wan from dire straits. What's wrong with her secretly falling in love with the emperor and wanting to stay by his side and serve him?

But Ling Yunche, who had been unable to help Yan Wan for five years, was asking her to give up the Emperor and choose him? That would be a betrayal of Tian Gang.

When she thought of this, Yihuan felt that something was not right with Ruyi either.

Logically speaking, she and that Ling Yunche were in a supportive relationship, and Ling Yunche must have gone to find Yan Wan when she was in trouble.

As early as that year, she was already a high-ranking imperial concubine. If she really wanted to help Yan Wan, she could have mentioned to the emperor that Ling Yunche had rescued her in the cold palace, and then issued an edict to grant them a marriage.

Everyone has selfish desires. Yihuan doesn't know what Ruyi feels in her heart, and doesn't want to explore it too much.

She just feels sorry for Yan Wan now. Although this incident happened five years ago, how did she get through the days and nights of being bullied?